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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
THEN AND NOW.

Three years ago the Great War was
shaking the foundations of the world.
Men were saying-some men-"Where
is now the God?" But it was not hard
then for the most of US to hold to our
faith. Tie problem did not seem diff
ficult. The world had defied the moral
universe, had set up the golden calf of
self and greed, had held high carnival,
and, then, suddenly had rolled within
the sweep of the mills OF the gods
the eternal gods Of righteousness and
truth and justice. These mills began
to grind. We said "cause and effect,
seedtime and harvest, the wind and the
whirlwind-" We thought we UNDER
stood it. 1t was all going to be justi-
fled by a world newborn out of the
night Of unutterable retribution.
The armistice was signed. Alas, the
world that was caught between the up
per and neither miIlstones of the moral
order seems to have been crushed too
fine to be remade again. Where is the
good will between the nations which
was to mark the golden age-when,
chastened by war, mankind should
glory in a common brotherhood?
When, as even we then boosted, "Hu-
mainly should be above all nations 2"
When to be 100 per cent American
meant self-denial or even death, if
need be, to save world beyond our
selves? Where sits today that dream
ed-up group of statesmen, done with
secret diplomacy, done with the eager
hunger for place and power and con-
troll of the markets of the earth?
Never through the ward id the whole
seething turmoil of things look so with
out plan or purpose as does this con-
fused and turbid whirl Of opposing and
contending forces now calling itself
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Automobile accidents for summer
season in this country will cause more
casualties than the battles Of the Ar
gonne forest, at the rate accidents are
occurring. The roads get more and
more crowded. A lot of people are
driving cars who have not sufficient
judgment to operate baby carriage.
Are their actions to be permanently
tolerated, with the loss Of life and in
jury sure to result?
Police officers do what they can to
hold traffic in check, and the courts
impose severer sentences than former
ly. But they get a chance to act only
in extreme cases, and many disgrace
full things happen that they never
hear Of.
It is the habit of most. people, to
make no complaints of things that
happen on the road, unless they are
actually the victims Of a smash. If
one simply has a narrow escape, ne
good naturedly lets the incident go,
not desiring to make trouble for any
one else.
AS consequence a certain proper
ton of drivers are doing reckless
things all the time. Usually those
who attempt these stunts are fairly
skillfnl and they get away with it.
But the most skillful driver will oc-
casionally miss his calculations. If
drivers would notice the number Of
cars that do reckless things, and no.
tify the automobile authorities, it
would have most useful effect. 1t
would reveal lot Of joy riders whose
acts are menace.
After a motorist has had Few COM
plants handed in, he would realize
that he must have care. II all care
full motorists in Missouri would act
upon this plan, they could greatly re-
duce the risk Of accident in this state.
Cape Girardeau Sun.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
MANY SECTIONS REPRESENTED
AT THE STATE COLLEGE

The collegiate year of the State Col
lege does not close until June and,
therefore, attendance figures for the
year are not complete. The enroll
ment from April to April, however,
shows that the college serves not only
all Southeast Missouri but also other
sections of the state and other states
as well. For the year closing in April
the College enrolled 1147 students,
These came from IA counties in Mis-
souri, and IL other states. The Mis-
souri, counties which sent 30 or more
students to the college for this period
are: Cape Girardeau, 30S; Stoddard,
100; Scott, IS; st. Francois, Ga; Dunk
lin, So; New Madrid, AZ; Mississippi,
IS; Pemiscot, 40; Franklin, 81; JEFF
ferson, SO; ST Louis, 80; Butler, 81.
Other states sent 40 students. The en-
rollment for the regular collegiate
year ending in June will show a con-
siderable increase over these figures.
The State College also rendered
valuable service to the state by Ii
censing 284 teachers during the year
from September, 1919, to September,
1920. OF these, 14l received the Re
gents Certificate which represents one
year of college work above college en-
trance and lab received the diploma
which represents from two to four
years of college work above college
entrance.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
TO TEACH vBTER-
ANS ENGINEERING

Rolla, Mo-. May 8.-Between 500
and 600 disabled former service men
will be trained in various forms Of en-
gineering at the Missouri School Of
Mines in this city under the direction
of the Federal Board Of Vocational
Education, as result Of conference
Of officers Of tho board, Ct the S,nccl
of Mines and thu Rolla Chamber Of
Commerce. Rolh business men will
build dormitoIies and cottages to ac-
commodate at least 500 men.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
UNCLE SAM SAYS Lowry ONION rs EDIBLE LILY

Uncle Sam all onions. He the onion
has been falsely painted that reality il is only edible lily Says
shouldn't eliminate odors
the breathbu follow
all like and u OF Markets
other vegetable tamnes
experts the southwest and
OF the 1000 crop which coming
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13
N O TIC E.!

Strayed or Stolen lone bay mare, about is
hands high, will weigh about 1000 pounds; little
white in forehead and right hind foot and left fore
foot white; left hind ankle large / win pay $40
for her recovery.
N. c. WOOD. Rvermines, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-13

hay frame" on wagon and "hogged"
the middle of the road despite honi-
ing appeals to him to "get over"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

fenced in and well fed. It would
pay the landowner, for he would get
therefrOm an income on his lands.
It would pay the community in the
increased taxable property. 1t would
pay the owner Of the piney-woods
carrion to live in a bettered COM
munity; if he is an ambitious man
and likes the country, it is only
worth while to stay there if the
country is rapidly improving. II he
is an ambitious man he will boost
drainage and acquire enough OF this
cheap lands at present prices to profit
from it. But an investment in this
land won't pay unless we get drain
age here, for he cannot afford to pay
taxes on land which produces no IN
come.
If it is true, and who doubts it.,
that cut-over lands and piney-woods
''critters" are loss to the owner
and to the community, how long
should we want to make a start in
drainage? Isn't it time that we
should club together to raise money
to pay for an engineers survey Of
the situation? Isn't this the time to
organize those drainage districts and
operate in planning projects for
clearing the streams and rivers and
bayous? And let US not forget that
the cost of drainage is not paid II
advance by the land owner, but by
the issue of bonds to be paid after
the farmer is esta blished on the land
and oiuu nronc in cuoJ in
creased quantity as the result OF
drainage, that IN reality drainage
costs nothing hut is all profit.
Drainage is an investment, the best
investment possible in this parish
1t is the only possible investment on
which the investor is permitted to
receive the income in advance Of pay
ing the purchase money, with the
assurance that the income will be
sufficient to pay the purchase price
plus large profit. From the COM
munity's point of view, it is the best
investment that can be made here,
better than roads, for it will bring
the roads and pay for them. And
to the land owner it not only saves
the inevitable loss from the invest
ment in these lands in their present
condition., but it will enable him to
sell at profit, or to retain owner
ship with considerable net income
as rental in addition to the rapid in
crement in value of the land. In
these statements do not claim to be
the discoVerer of any new principle
or any new idea. Anyone who knows
anything about the economics of
farm improvement admits the truth
of them. Then why delay? If you
have a neighbor who doesn't read,
tell him about it, wake him up.
Let's get busy.
WE MUST HAVE DRAINAGE
HERE AT THE EARLIEST PRAC-
TICAL MOMENT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
The ST. Tammany Farmer
Fl MASON
SHAKING HANDS WITH THE PUBLIC.

shake hands and acquainted
Cooperation marks the time of is true
goods the least
patron position just who to
therefore the establishment of trade mark
recognized authority institution or business becomes necessary pre-
public recognition the opportunity offered Again. taking
bastc claims been exploded the entrance ha OF Inc
public be careful Real service
touch the heart q the public and are
freE the who be-
To-day the public WISE Pc
compelled sedense study conditions and II
has learned that policy
service out of deunct corporation OF
learned that public utilities must have
has learned how to protect itself
alike made rush to gain public u.s. those who have the
In consequence the of the
intimate public relations These mostly in the nature OF series
PUBLIC READS THEM LINE FOR LINE
their effect according their
truth and soundness.
Among public their claim
for
during it
conditions created then High freight and
the public that makes discussion
mens made But the statement PRESIDENT o. H. Marknam OF me
be ignored and
object of
give public service the best evidence of its It's record
trains schedule time and
protected accident and the dangers of travel at the
same time remarkable Degree we are inclined TO stop ana consider
building the through
community towns line
talks public the Illinois Central Rail
hey might full advertisements and if thought
the claims ade not ju we quickly give
APPROVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN THAT
PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO JUDGE ATTITUDE
SERVICE CORPORATIONS TOWARD THE PUBLIC,
we believe the duty study the under which they
service the only which
available
have the COUNTRY PEOPLE well the metropolitan
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

continue to be. exorbitantly high and
public Improvements scant. The Gre
alton OF large acreage OF farm
lands in this parish is. wholly de-
pendent on the prior establishment
OF drainage. A good farmer cannot
afford to own and cultivate undrain-
ed land. l am not advocating that
any good farmer move away from
this locality 1--WE can spare the bad
farmers), but j am urging that il
will be more profitable for him to
stay here and boost drainage until
we get it. Every good farmer be-
lieves in drainage, although unfor-
tunately they are not all boosting
for it because they lack confidence
in the ultimate good sense of the
people Of this parish.
The chief hindrance to drainage
here is the fact that most of the
population Of this parish know the
timber business, but little or nothing
about farming. It would be more
accurate to say they know how to
+ cut down or destroy a forest, but
not how to grow one. Otherwise
they would not set out or permit the
annual fires which utterly preclude
the growth of a new forest, any re-
forestration. The heat from the
fires in the vicinity are said by for
est experts to be almost as disas-
trous to young trees as the actual
burning where they stand. Under
present conditions we cannot re-
timber this country; and if it connOt
be re-timbered what is it good for
It is valuable for agriculture, pro-
vided it is drained Now that the
timber industry is practically gone
from the parish, these lands will
rapidly become wholly worthless to
the owners, an actual loss to them,
and the towns in the parish will
decrease in population, unless these
lands are made agr;culturally valu-
able by drainage.
There are very few people who
know anything about farming, and
those few know the value OF drain
age. They have selected lands which
can to considerable degree be
drained, such as hummock lands and
river fronts; but the few do not
sufficiently realize the advantage to
their lands to have "a we'll developed
farm community all about. 1t does
not make Iowa lands less valuable
because Iowa has less uncultivated
land than any other state in the
Union, but the contrary. The more
prosperous farms there are in cor1-
munity, the more profit there is. III
farming there. A farm in wilder
ness is meyer the most profitable
And it doesn't pay anyone to keep
this country in open range. It is
not profitable to rates piney woods
cattle or piney woods hogs. The
buzzards eat UP most Of the profit.
A buzzard is a beautiful bird in
fight, and even roosting on dead
pine tree he is a picturesque spec
tacle. In justice he is a benefactor,
for he clears the air of putrid smells.
Until good farming puts an end to
his service, it ought to be a misde-
meanor to shoot him. But it is q
disgrace to be in need of such SER
vices, and it is ruin to continue them.
It pays far better to have less cattle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
THE TELEPHONE DECISION.


1t is that the public
proftless
that the failed the public
this
receiving public
corporations and the operation
delegate
the indignation
seemed the
phone Company If believe
returned home before hearing
It that
estimation
the
upbulding
A rehearing
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here Backed Ey
Coyington Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend IN strangers
statement.
Read 5Covington endorsement.
Read the statements Of Covington
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it.
Ask your neighbor
b. E. Dutsch, Florida and First
Streets, Covington, says: MY back
became lame quite suddenly and
often tWitching something awful.
My kidneys were weak and disorder
ed, and whenever | caught a cold it
was sure to settle on my kidneys.
I began to use Doan's Kidney Pills
which got at the City Drug Store,
and they helped me very quickly.
When used about a box of them, !
was entirely cured Of the trouble
and my kidneys acted perfectly
normal. / have never had the least
sign of the trouble since and | am
confident Doan's do all that is claim
ed for them"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don. t
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Dutsch had. Foster.Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.Adv.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
BEFORE SPRING COMES, TONE
UP YOUR BLOOD.
Your Blood Needs the Help Of GUIDES
-Pepto- Mangan in Springtime to Over
come Drowsy, Listless Feelings
Called ''Spring Fever
PALE FACES CAUSED
BY BAD BLOOD
That Tired, AN-Gone Feeling Dam
ger Signal that Your Blood Needs
This Splendid Spring Tonic

The blood that courses thru your
body in the arteries and veins is Of
the most vital Importance to the
healthy life Of the body. The little
red corpuscles are what carry life
to the millions Of cells that make up
your body. The blood is also the
vehicle that carries away most, if
not all, Of the waste products.
Springtime is the season when the
! body adjusts itself from the rigors
of winter to the heat Of summer.
You notice how much sickness there
is in the Spring? Perhaps there are
weeks when you feel drowsy and list
less, and you call it Spring Fever"
It is really your blood that has be-
come weak and thin, and it needs
help.
Take that good blood tonic
Guides Pepto-Mangan. 1t will give
the red corpuscles in your blood new
power to carry fresh oxygen to the
cells all over the body. You'll
notice change for the better IN d
few days. It brings the color back to
pale faces and lifts you out OF tired,
all-gone feelings so that you enjoy
full vigor.
Spring is the time for a good
blood tonic. Take Guides Pepto-
Mangan so that you can enjoy the
most beautiful season of the year
Get it at your druggists, but be sure
to-Mangan" printed on the package
It is sold in both tablet and liquil
form They have aka t1v tho Same
medicinal advertisement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

and st. Tammany parish can never
acquire the benefit of its natural adj
vantages until adequate drainage IS
established here.
Drainage will increase the va
OF these lands, because it viii
crease their productive capacity.
crease in land values will ncre;s
public improvements, such as roa
and schools, which rest on taxat.oa
Taxation will be lowered becauS
there will be greater. values to Is
and in greater proportion than i.
need for public improvements. IT,.
land owner can more easily pay tht
tax, because drainage will produce
an income from the lands out o.
which to pay taxes, interest on the
investment, and profit besides.
Without drainage comparatively
few acres CT these lands can be
profitable farmed; none OF them can
be farmed most profitably without
drainage; and until a large acreage
in this parish is farmed, taxes win
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
MIR. BRIGGS LETTER.
CONTINUED from page II

CONTINUED from page II
course. for expert drainage engineers
to work out.
It is a most important considera
ton to every farmer and land owner
in his parish that every tract of land
in it be improved Today less than
half of the area of the United States
is planted to crops. Irrigation in
the West is at the present time draw
ing Northern farmers there, and
meantime lands in the Southern
States capable Of being made more
profitable at less expense than West
ern lands are neglected all because
the Southern farmer and land owner
has not realized the value to him Of
drainage. In no section of the
South could drainage be more profit
able than in these Florida Parishes,
and possibly in ST. Tammany parish
the opportunities are greater than in
its sister parishes. But the South
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
DODSON'S LIVER TONE
KILLS CALOMEL SALE

Don't sicken or salivate yourself
or paralyze your sensitive liver by
taking calomel which is quicksilver.
Your dealer sells each bottle of pleas
ant, harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone
under an ironclad money-back guar
antee that it regulates the liver,
stomach and bowels better than Gallo
mel without making you sick--1 5
million bottles sold-Adv. Q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FARM FOR SALE-Located Oh
Madisonvil.e-P ontchatou1a hard-sur-
faced highway, two miles from town
of jacksonville, containing 347 acres
Good house and barn. Eighty bear
ing pecan trees. Twenty acres i'll
cultivation, bolance tim'bered with
hardwood and some pine. Would
make ideal country home. Price
reasonable. Apply Mrs. T. r. Brews-
ter, Covington, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
70 RsALE-Ford truck, bargain
$500. Apply 1913, this office.

FOR SALE-Oak chifforobe, oak
chiffonier, kitchen cabinet, kitchen
safe, one Johnson Cabinet Grand
Piano, like new, big bargain; ma
hogany combination desk and book
case, large bed davenport, large
range, little used; ice chests and re-
frigerators. Every day is bargain
day at Eimer's Furniture Exchange,
Columbia Street. mrs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05
SUCCESSION NOTICE.
Succession Of Seymore Meyers.
No. 168.
Parish of St., Tammany,
Louisiana.

Whereas Michael Meyers has pc
t;tioned the Court for letters Of ad.
ministration ON the estate of the late
Seymore Meyers, deceased, intestate:
Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern, to show cause with
in ten days, why the prayer of the
said petitioner should not be granted
By order Of the Court.
GUY A. SMITH,
f26-3t Chief Deputy Clerk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

Farmers will
the constutonay
Congress has just passed bill providing purchase
interest
that these loans
the face
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

Will swap first-class Rosewood
Guitar" fnger-board inlaid with
pearl ornaments, pearl inlaid around
sound hole, ivory bound edges, peg
bridge, for a first-class kodak taking
post card size pictures. No trash
wanted Address Box 453, Madison
vile, La. f12
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE Williams grist mill,
with boiter, 16-inch burrs; guaran-
teed in good shape and give best re.
suits; brand new Good reason for
selling. Address w. j. Landry, Box
1855, Slidell, La. f26
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Barred Rock eggs,
Thompson strain, bred to lay, So for
Is; eggs from choice Rhode Island
Reds, $1.50 for S; fresh yard eggs,
Coo per dozen; baby chicks, rs cents
each; 500 white chrysanthemum
plants, SO cents per dozen; sugar
cane seed. J. M. Powe, Phone 3O4,
Box AZ, Covington. f12-3t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

WANTED-Peopie to know that
/ have for sale at my farm in Gov
=ington Al homemade cane syrup,
absolutely pure and wholesome. 81
per gallon at the farm. ]. H. War
ner, 21st Avenue. DAFT
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

GARDEN SEED-We now have in
our first stock OF garedn seed from
Chris Reuter-, and other reliable
growers. The best is the cheapest.
iARsOLAN'S STORE
fl Slot COvington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALES. C. Rhode Island
Red eggs from winners OF first prize
at ST. Tammany Parish Fair, $500
for setting of Is. Apply Mrs. 7. 3.
Brewster, phone IL, Covington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Second-ha piano,
cheap. Apply Miss Barnett, at the
Bodebender place, 18th and Jeffer-
son Avenue. j29
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Pure Bred Holste;n
Bull, years old, $50; White Leg
horn and Barred Rock eggs, $1.5o
per setting; baby chicks. Don r..
Watts, Pearl River, La. mr5-2tS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

The solar rays are bright and warm,
No moisture in the air;
The busy bees are due to swarm,
The weather's mighty fair.
The cold wave tried to pull a stunt
And give the farms scare;
And now the dry waves on a hunt
To warn them to beware.
Too dry!
Too wet!
We sigh,
And yet
The frost
May get
Our goat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Pure bred setting
eggs. R. c. Wyandotte, parish and
state prize winners, SIS per setting;
Sheppard strain Ancona, $3.50 per
setting; S. c. White Leghorn, $3.50
Ter setting of Is. B. w. Brown,
ellen Gordon" or Box SIT, Coying-
CON-, La. flo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR sALE-stoye wood and fat
| pine. zoo fat pine post. w. Il.
Badon, Ais Lockwood street, Cow
;.ingon. je12.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-1-8 hip. motor, new,
never used. Apply to W. H Kent
Eel, Covington, La. diff
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

TAKEN UP-One bay mare with
one white hind foot. At the Old
Rice Farm, on the old East Louisi-
ana Railroad. mr5 .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOUND place to have my auto
repaired. All work guaranteed.
Liberty Garage. at Haik's old stand
on Columbia street. Ezell & Wan
ner, proprietors. 1857
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Two mules and one
secondhand delivery wagon with
top. J. M. Aoueille & Sons, Cow
ingtOn, La. f12~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

9 Electrical Supplies, motors and
fans; house wiring. Il. T. Ragan,
512 Lockwood Street. mr5tf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-05

FOR SALE-Two Ford touring
earn. Apply to Good Roads Com
Covington Bank & Trust
Co. Building, Covington. mr5tf