St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-01-15

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THE END OF A PERFECT DAY.
Sunday was a beautiful day. TIL
gravel highway from Anite City il
Hammond was dotted here and thei,
with cars moving according to tn,
mood and temperament of drivers;
some saunter:ng lazily in dreamy en-
joyment and some whirling by in tht
passion of motive glee. A mile OF
two from Amite, going toward Ham
mond, car occupied by lady anC
a little girl drove down the center
of the road, going probably 25 miles
an hour. A hundred feet behind a
| Nash Sport Model, clipping off 80
miles an hour, sounded it's horn for
room to pass, but the car IN front
held the road; then it swerved in
slightly, but resumed its course as
the Nash shot by and the Nash had
to take the edge of the gravel in the
SOFT dirt to prevent collision. The
driver released the clutch and at
tempted to regain the road, but the
rear wheels skidded and the car shot
across the road to the opposite ditch
at the rate of 80 miles an hour, and
in the swinging curve plunged side
ways into the ditch of mud and
water. The momentum rolled 1t
over partly on the top, and the
crunching glass Of the wind shield,
tho TON q G h n1 LOT n
sounded the signal of the last spent
force of monarch of the road. The
car then settled back on it's side and
the four imprisoned occupants
breathed Sigh Of relief on finding
that they We're whole and uninjured.
AS the curtains We're all up, no one
was thrown out, but Miss Grantham
was thrown SO that one foot was
thrust beneath a curtain and was
caught beneath the car as it settled
back. The foot was protected by tn,
soft mud and was uninjuerd.
/. Quite crowd rapidly gathered
and willing hands soon tore the cur
tains apart and helped the inmates
from dark Imprisonment into. the
bright sunshine. There were some
plucky girls in this wreck. Not a
squeal from any one Not hysteri-
cal sound. Not word of complaint.
And there were some fine men that
made up the rescue crowd. There
was no thought of bruised hands or
muddy clothing. as they gave their
service of relief. And if any of them
seq this account Of the accident, we
want them to know that if they ever
get into trouble any where near Gov
lngton they can call up the editor %
this paper with full confidence that |
help will reach them in short order.
And we wish to thank the gentlemen |
Of the Automotive Service Company |
Of Hammond for their kind consid- |
Grafton. 1t is the kind of service |
hat pays.
The speedy Nash Sport Six, with
is beautiful lines buried in the mud
If the ditch, lay crumpled On it's
side. It did not look as if it would /
ever again respond to the throttle or /
glide with graceful speed and
strength to the humor of it's driver
rhe crowd OF men and women looked
IN with regret at it's ending. But
1t least the effort seemed worth
while, and everybody lent hand and
ipped it back on its wheels Some
IT the mud was washed off and the
op was thrust back. Mr.. Mason
hen got in and stepped on the start
r. Without a moments hesitation
he soft purr of the engine announc-
ID that it was ready to move again.
After getting it out of the ditch, the
aides climbed in and the trip was
made back to Hammond at Is miles
n hour, where the o'clock train
o Covington was boarded. Mr. VII J.
ombe, Of the Automotive Company,
rought the party to the train and
ook the car back to the garage, MIR.
]. H. FitzS:mons, of the F. G. c.
,uto Company going after it Monday
nd bringing it back to CoTingtOn,
here Mr.. Millaudon, chief mechanic
+ that Company has put it in per-
ect order. When the new top ar ii
ives you will not know that any I;
hing ever happened to it.
But every body will want to know
Tho the girls were that could go {
through such a gruel;ng experience s
'ithout losing a smile or dropping e
7ar. They were. teachers in the /
ovington High School: Miss Nina {
ing, Miss Nettie Sojourner and Miss :
earl Grantham. The trip was made
rom Covington to Amite, where s
lncheon was served at the home OF s
Irs. DR.. Stewart, sister of Miss
ing. Mr.. Mason drove the car. ~
AS a final to this account of the ]
ccident, the editor vans to say {
lat he has always been a careful /, /
river and has not had an accident !
| four years previous driving, but /
e is not a slow driver, except in {
avn or heavy traffic. The Sport {
ash is one of the speediest and one ]
the safest ears on the market, and {
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Alex Taylor and Robt. Voss have $
ome mammoth purple top turnips $
n exhibition at the Cov;ngton Bank {
Trust Company. They will weigh {
bout Z pounds apiece.