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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
POSTED PRICES
TOPREVAILAT
CURB MARKET
(By Anna Morrell Smith }

One of the sure signs Of approach
ing spring for Covington is the ap-
pearance of the farmer and the
housewife at the Curb Market.
On Wednesday morning, in addj-
tion to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Dutsch,
who missed very few days at the
market ali winter, there were sew
eral others who had some very at
tractive vegeta bles from their early
gardens.
AS in the several seasons past, the
Curb Market Committee of the Pro-
gressive Union hopes that the house
wives of Covington will patronize
the market every Wednesday and
Saturday morning, and that the
farmers will offer their produce at
the prices set by the committees.
These prices are fixed with the view
of beneftting both the seller and the
purchaser-that is, the farmer to
make fair profit and the housewife
to get some reduction of the prices
she has to pay for vegetables which
are shipped into Covington. Unless
all attendants at the market CO
operate in this way, the success of
the market is doomed. The COM
mittee therefore asks that all farm
ers as we'll as purchasers pay strict
attention to the prices posted on the
bulletin board.
Most of the farmers seem just now
to be getting in at about Z o'clock.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
c O NJ M u NIT J
ENTERTAINS
AT FOLSOM

Last Saturday night. March 18th,
che FOLSOM Club entertained the
people of that community at the
Community House. There was a
large crowd in attendance and every
one seemed to have enjoyed it..
Supt. Lyon gave a very ineresting
talk on the things they are going to
have in Folsom through keeping the
proper spirit in that community and
sticking together as one body. Miss
FIavla Gleason, from the Extension
Department of L. S. U. commended
them very highly on their commune
ty spirit. Mrs. w. j. Davis, the
home demonstration agent, in the
few remarks she made, boosted the
club work that was organized and
begun in Folsom, and prophesied a
big and better future for Folsom, If
the work was kept going as it is
now.
The entire program that belongs
to the Agricultural Club, was given
by the children, and the general idea
of club work and what it stood for
was brought out in this program in
very interesting manner, showing
that the Folsom club is live cluD,
too, and that the boys and girls who
really do club work in the various
communities are the boys and girls
who will voice the sentiments of the
future and keep doing things as they
are doing now. Such boys and girls
as these are the ones that will make
the country a better place to live III,
and especially the community that
they represent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
Marketing and Standardiz-
ing Farm Products Will
Be Taken Up.
MATTER IMPORTANT
TO FARM AND TOWN
Business Men and Farmers
Urged to Attend Meet
ing March Goth.

The Slidell Commercial and Civic
League has called meeting of farm
ers and business men, at Community
Hall, in Slidell, Saturday, March rs,
TO consider plans for curing, storing
and marketing sweet potatoes; also
for standard4zing syrup from cane
grown in this section. This meet
lngxis in accordance with the views
Of the best informed business men
and farmers. Louisiana is an agri-
cultural state. st. Tammany parish
will soon be without anything to sup
port it, except its agricultural inter-
ests. The timber is gone. Pro-
ducts Of the soil must take it's place
or we are all gone, financially. And
the farmer has years of drudgery
before him unles9 modern methods
of production are adopted and CO.
operation and business principles
are brought into the marketing and
handling.
If you are farmer, don't fail to
attend this meeting. If YOU ARE
A REAL BUSINESS MAN YOU
WILL NOT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
This Will Include the Va
rious Clubs in the Eight
Districts of State.
PROMINENT WOMEN
EXPECTED TO COME
Convention Will Be Held At
Community House
April 13 and IA.

Covington has the distinct honor
this sprlng Of being hostess to the
Sixth District of the Federated W0-
mems Clubs of this state.
There are eight parishes in the
Sixth District, and as every parish has
a number OF federated clubs, we may
expect quite few very interesting
and capable women-those who
think and do things for their COM
munity.
The convention will be held on
"Wednesday and Thursday, April Ii
and IA, all sessions to be at the
Community House. The time Of the
meetings will be, Wednesday, 2 to 6
p. m. and 8 to 10 p. M; Thursday,
8 to 1880 a. m.
AS all club conventions necessari-
ly must devote some time to con-
ducing business, some of the time
will be given to that purpose. How:
ever, we are assured of some very
good and entertaining numbers, es-
pecially so at the Wednesday night
session.
The two federated clubs Of Cow
ington are the Women's Progressive
Union and the School League Thru
this medium these organizations
urge all members to attend these
convention meetings, and they also
invite all nom members who are es-
pecially interested in the diversified
work Of the busy woman who has
at last found her place in as well aa
out Of the home.
ANNA MORRELL SMITH,
Secty. Convention Committee.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
A MATTER THAT SHOULD BE
ATTENDED TO.
CnvingtOn. La March

CoVington, La., March 10.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
Some persons make a practice Of
hauling the carcases of dead animals
out by the Fair Grounds and leaving
them there to decay. This is not
only offensive but dangerous to the
health Of the communitysand should
be stopped at once.
The law requires that carcase5 OF
dead animals be burnt or buried
burning is better. No one should be
allowed to haul out carcases and
leave them in this manner to leave
their foul smell and endanger the
health of the community You cam
not remove dead animal and leave
it without burning it on somebody's $
land. It might not be deposited on
your land or your neighbor'ss land
but whenever it is stopped it Is on
somebody's land and unless it is
burned or buried it is liable 20
spread disease to both man and
beast. The authorities should see to
it that this dangerous and offensive
practice is stopped.
Yours truly,
J. e. GLISSON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
ATHLETIC CLUB ORGANIZED Al
/. COMMUNITY HOUSE.

About thirty boys and girls met
a the Community House few even
ings ago and organized the Athletic
Club for the benefit of the boys and
girls and to encourage general Sports
and fun in a wholesome way. There
are about thirty members at present
and more joining every day. Indoor
baseball is the next outdoor game
that will be encouraged in this club
Week end trips will be chaperoned,
all forms of general amusements
will be encouraged. The first thing
that will be done is to give a negro
minstrel, the proceeds Of which is tc
go to help build the gym for the
high school.
The Athletic Club meets at the
Community House every two weeks
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

Daughter Of impulsive skies,
There she. lies!
Through each dream and reverie
From the bayou to the sea
Bloom Of roses never dies!
Where the limped waters flow,
Pulsing go,
Music wild is there outborne,
Thru the hours of night and morn,
Blending in the waves echo.
Teasing winds that tonic bear
Far and near,
Need of calm bid thee forsake,
Bid thy waters form and break
ShoreWard rolling, see them fare!
Hope is harnessed to thy gale,
Corded sail,
When the tempest wakes from sleep
Courage in thy vigil keep, s.
So the voyage shall not fail.
Slanting low and deftly spun,
BY yon sun,
AS the daytime wakes old,
Seems a cunning web of gold,
Where the laughing ripples run.
Sister thine, In tender fight,
Starry night,
Lends thy heaving bosom space, y
Half her purpling shadows grace,
And her thousands points Of light J!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
Courtroom Jammed, Heat
Intense, But Crowds
Stick It Through
SINGLE CONVICTION
GETS, s, NEW TRIAL
Best Legal Talent Of Gov
ington Lined Up In
Various Cases

Judge Carter took his seat in the
District Court this week already Y
worn and tired from excessive work,
with serious criminal docket to
dispose Of. Distr CT Attorney Brock
stood the siege Of criminal cases
we'll, but he was also pretty we'll
tired out.
The Trenchard case filed the
courtroom and corridor, and human
generators of heat assisted Old Sol
in making the atmosphere as sitting
and uncomfortable as possible. Dull
ing the eloquent speech made for
the defendant by Lewis L. Morgan
surging mass blocked the corridor
and entrance to the courtroom.
When the trial started sentiment
seemed to be against the defendant.
But as the evidence was drawn out
and put together the feeling became
almost unanimous that verdict Of
not guilty was probable. The jury
returned in Is or 20 minutes and
announced they could not, agree.
Judge Carter sent them back and
they were locked up for the night,
bringing in verdict Of not guilty
Thursday morning.
In the case of the State VS.. Jos. W.
Provost, the jury brought in a
verdict Of not guilty in few min
utes. Provost was defended by
Judge T. M. Burns and Ellis &
Cappell.
There was but one conviction and
and new trial was secured in that
case-State VS.. Luther Smith, col
ored.
The Penton case is on trial as we
go to press.
Following is the list of cases dis
posed of:
State>vs. John Marange. Charged
with stealing hogs. Tried by jury,
found not guilty.
State vs.. Jos. w. Provost. Shoot
ing with intent to murder. Found
not guilty.
State vs.. Luther Smith. Shooting
with intent to murder. Found guilty
Of shooting with intent to kill. New
trial granted. Assigned for next
term of court.
State VS. F. B. Trenchard. Shoot
ing with intent to murder Ed. Jones.
Found not guilty.
State VS.. Alb. Penton. Charged
with shooting with intent to murder.
Case on trial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND
MOSQUITOES.

The Board of Health Announces
that this is the season when whoop-
ing cough and measles are prevalent,
and that parents or guardians are
warned that they must isolate child
ren suspected of having either dis.
ease, and must not send them to
school or church or theatre. Neither
disease is trivial. Five out of nine
ty-fve cases Of measles in New Or
leans, the latter part Of February
proved fatal. Property holders are
urged to drain stagnant pools and
tanks and cans to lessen the malaria
menace, and to keep their premises
free from rubbish and garbage to
prevent the spread Of disease BY
flies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
President of the Police Jury.

Mr.. Allie v. Smith has accepted
the position OF manager Of the Sill
dell Grocery & Grain Company, and
will shortly be stationed there. Nj.
Smith has considera Bile experience III
the business and is we'll and favor
ably known in Slidell as well as IN
Covington. We wish him success.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
THE CHINOUAPlN BLUEJAY
Edited by Widwood)
Our Motto: There's a
Chinquapnb BY the Bay on, La. March, 1921.

was on Canal street could not help
but notice the many bobbed skirts
that lovely women displayed on that
fashionable promenade. Somehow Is
was reminded of the day when l was
a lad, back there in the country and
helped around the coWpen Of even
ings. Mother would often say,
"Bill, it's time to pen the calves.
A Would-be humorous Georgia
editor headed his marriage, birth
and death notices with Matched
tHatched," ''Dispatched.''
II his wife quits him he will put
that under the heading of Scratch
ed. =
The War-like Russian Reds are
again making trouble over there.
About this time the little revolution
ary red around ChinQuapin begins
to make bother. He frequents the
grassy mead where wild violets grow
and his name isn't "Pat."
The youngsters at Baton Rouge
! are working heroically to create a
new constitution for Louisiana.
Hope they may create live one
composed Of flesh and blood like
other people. Hitherto / have some
times noticed that when the sharp5
are ready to get in their fine work
| a states constitution hinders them
about as much as, would an Egyp-
| tian mummy.
! am sorry to announce that the
new department Of Questions and
! Answers cannot be opened at pres
ent. hired nice gentleman at
fine stipend to attend to this task,
but he has fallen down on the job.
He said that he had once passed
through the library Of Congress and
could answer questions off hauG. A
hatch of queries from my readers
was turned over to him and a week
later he handed ID the following as
a sample Of his work Needless to
say the editor Of the Bluelay dis
claims any responsibility and he's in-
Continued on page 81
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
NOTICE.
To the Citizens and Taxpayers Of St

To the Citizens and Taxpayers Of st.
Tammany Parish:
After speaking to several members
Of the Police Jury in regard to the
meeting on March 5, about the &C
tion taken by them in regard to the
Farm Demonstration and Home Dem
onstration Agent, it seems to me
that it would be useless for any
committee of any kind to come be-
fore the Board at their next meet
ing to try to get them to reconsider
their action, unless they have 3
petition signed by five hundred farm
ers, and farmers only, and cannot
and do not guarantee that the peti-
tion will carry.
Yours truly,
J. B. HOWE,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

March Is, 1921, at a. M, George
Edward Smith, beloved husband of
Inez Inetary and son of Mrs. Martha
Smith, of Lewisburg, La. He is also
survived by three children.
drainage in connection with terrac-
ing (about which l will write at
some later date), the blowing under
of green crops for the double pur-
pose of fertilizer and to facilitate
drainage, and open ditching or tile
underdrains. | believe the tile un-
derdrain would be the most profit
able on some of hill lands and in
some cases might be the only prac-
ticable method of drainage. This
is where expert engineering counsel
is invaluable, and it seems to me
that the cooperation of the farmers
in employing such engineering as
sistance in planning and laying out
their drains can lbe much more eco
nomical than for each farmer to
handle his problems apart from his
|neighbors. The fair and proper
way to handle this would be for the
engineer to make complete survey
Of the whole neighborhood in any
drainage district and lay out at one
time the plans for terraces and
drains. A plan could. be devised by
which each owner might pay in pro-
portion to the labor expended on b S
lands so far as not included in the
public or general service drains.
What ! say here is merely by way
Of suggestion. The vital matter is
that better results can be accom-
plished at less cost through coop
Grafton.
The Sweet Potato Money-Maker.
The real test for drainage is, OF
course, It's answer to the question,
What crops can be profltably raised
on these lands when drained? The
value of the sweet potato as a crop
and the Importance of drainage in
it's raising and harvesting is a part
of that answer. Concerning the
value of the sweet potato, the Agri-
cultural Extension Division says ia
it's recent bulletin: This is crop
which has not been properly appro-
ciated in the South. With the per-
fecting Of the sweet potato curing
and storing house any farmer should
'be able to build small house on
Continued on page -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
PROPOSE TO ABOLISH SCHOOL
BOARDS AND POLICE JURIES

3S tPuDllSned Dy Lne 1Ollce jury
Two ordinances, according to
press dispatches, have been intro
duced in the Constitutional Conven-
.tion proposing to abolish School
Boards and Police Juries, and to sub
stitute a board Of three in. their
stead. 1t is not clear whether the
assessment and collection of taxes
would also be placed in the hands
of such a board.
For some years now it has been
occasionally suggested that School
Boards and Police Juries are cum
bersome, inefficient, and Wasteful,
and that parish affairs generally are
badly conducted, and that the cure Is
in concentrating uthority-cutting
down or cutting out the representa-
tive idea-and hiring good govern
ment,
1t is admitted that there is room
for improvement in the management
of parish affairs But where is the
proof that three men can be found
in each parish who can do better?
Eliminating wholly the fact that the
relation between the people ana their
officers is entirely different from
that of the business manager and
his stockholders, what foundation IS
there for the assumption that the
private business of a parish is 80
much better managed than the pub
lie business or the fundamental
theory Of our government should be-
changed at its base, at the place clos
est to the people, and the autocratic
system substituted for the demo
cratic? Judging from the percent
age of failures in private business
and the frequent change of manag-
ers, even In big business, the as
sumption of an entire success i'll an
attempt to hire good government is
wholly gratuitous.
But the real objection to the pro-
posal, and that which induces me to
call your attention to it, is that it
is an attack on the American system
of the Republican form of Govern
ment. On the dubious plea OF I'M
proved efficiency, not proven any
where's the representation and par
ticipation Of the people in their at,
fairs is to be practically abandoned
at their very fresde, and their busi-
ness delegated to two or three al
legged experts, who, according to all
past experience i'll government,
would in time become political ty-
rants. Under our system the people
need broad and frequent exercise in
self government to keep familiar
with it, to preserve it, and their lib
erty along with 1t, even at some cost.
Those who propose the abandon
ment of this exercise are as shors-
sighted as those unfortunate nations
of the past who, too tbusy or too
negligent to train themselves for
their nj itary defense, put their
faith in foreign mercenaries, only in
time to become victims Of their own
hired experts.
That there is lost motion In the
functioning of our parish system cam
not be denied, and some contraction
in the size of the parish boards
might help; but the remedy does not
lie in laying the axe to the root OF
our whole system, and the practical
abandonment by the people Of local
self government. On the contrary,
the remedy is a real menace, an in
sidious blow at our representative
principle, which l hope your board
will oppose manfully.
Yours very truly,
HARRY GAMBLE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
SALMEN MILL BURNED.

The salmen Company's saw mill
at Slidell was destroyed by fire Tues
day morning. The loss is placed at
between $4,000 and 100000. IN
sured. The planning mill sheds and
lumber did not burn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the kindness shoWI
our beloved brother, George Edward
Smith, during his illness and death
Special thanks to Rev. Father Bene
dict and DR.. Griffith, of SideH, alst
all Of his friends.
Signed,
MOTHER, WIFE, BROTHERS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
PARISH SURVEYOR.

Mr.. Howard Burns has received
his commission of reappointment as
parish surveyor. He has held this
position with credit for quite num-
Der of years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
LUTHER IN SERVICES IN COW
INGTON,

Rev. O. w. Luecke announces that
Lutheran. services will be held at the
courthouse in Covington at a. M,
on Palm Sunday There will be COM
munion for all Lutherans.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

wish to announce that I have
made Mr.. Emile Fuhrmann deputy
assessor for the First Ward. This
completes the list of deputies for st.
Tammany parish.
WARREN THOMAS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
MILK DEpor-v1cToRY FARM.

Victory Farm will establish milk
depot in Coyington at the Centrat
Hotel. Cows inspected by us. Gov
ernment. In perfect health.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

Just received. shipment of 9O-day
velvet beans. r. 2. Marsolan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

BORN-To Mrs. w. P. Martin, OF
February IS, 1921, a daughter, Anna
Elaine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

Chinquapin frogs are musical.
They sing in chorus, and when the
rain falls on the mill-pond they start
jumping in and out with their cheer
full nk-plank-plunk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

More than once have apologized
to nice young lady for accidentally
treading on her skirt Felt aWk-
ward but always received smile
and was kindly excused. That was
q good while ago. The last time
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19

IOST-One brown mare, weighs
about 1000 pounds; sorrel horse,
about 700 pounds,4 white fee, left
pierce,s pace at Rio a week ago
Reward for information leading -
their recovery. L. E. Pierce, Rio,
Louisiana mr19
Get our prices for the next 5 days Is
on Electric house-wiring-25 per
cent cut. F. b Trenchard, INele'-
phone 275. ts'.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
'- GEORGE EDWARD SMITH.

Died at slidell, La, on Tuesday,
March Is, 1921, at 7 a. M, George
Edward Smith, beloved husband Of
Inez Inetary and son of Mrs. Martha
Smith, of Lewisburg, La. He is also
survived by three children.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
Editors Chat

Dear reader, by each gentle squis
May sweetness be promoted;
For IL the Jay should tell a fib,
The same is chocolate-coated.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

The marriage OF Mr.. Ivy Cham
pagne and Miss Mickey Bradley took
place Thursday evening, Judge Gill
|lbert P. Molloy officiating.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-15
EXPERT COMING
- No. - 80 y q
TO HELP. LOCAL
u.s. TAXPAYERS
Blanks Will Be Mailed to Those
Who Paid Last
.r. Year

If you paid federal income tax last
year in North Dakota an income tax
blank Wilt be mafledto you.
If you did not pay the tax last year,
and come under the laws provisions
this year, you will be able to get a
blank in Bismarck as soon as supplies
arrive.
3. E. Hitchcock, internal revenue
agent, whose office is in room 22S,
postoffice building, said today that he
had been bombarded with requests for
income tax, blanks. The blanks are
printed and are being held in the Far
20 internal revenue office until envel-
opes arrive, when they will be mailed
out. Mr.. Hitchcock will make an an
nounceHent when they arrive in Bis
marck.f Persons who paid the tax last
year will receive blanks direct from
Fargo.
Income tax returns must be filed by
March Is.
Before the end of the. period, prob
ably; before March l, a government
representative will be stationed in Mr..
Hitchcocks office to give advice on
corporation income tax. Mr:4Hitch-
cock will give advice on personal IN
come and partnership reports. y
The tax is the same this year as
last. a.