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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
AN OPEN LETTEDF PRESIDENT,
MARKHAM c THE nc

The following an open letter
from President CHI. Markham or
the Illinois Centr System to VIM
a. Johnston, present of the Inter
national Associate of Machinists:
addressed a tier on Decem Der
~ to the emploss of the Illinois
Central System Cling attention to
the campaign MISREPRESENTATION
and abuse which, being carried On
by spokesmen ofcertain labor uu-
ions to dlscredit te managements OF
the railroads in H eyes OF the puU-
lie. You have iritten to me an
open letter regaling my letter to
! our employees in which you make
statements that ford most giar-
ing example of te kind Of misrep-
resentation Of th railways to which
= called attention
You seize upa statistics of the
tentative valuatms placed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
upon tWenty-fou railroads, pract-
cally all of Whic9 are small and um-
important, and ise them in a way
that is adapted entirely to mislead
railway employeiand the public con-
cernlng the factlas to the valuation
or the railroadsmade by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The
statistics to Wkch you refer were
given by Glenn J. Plumb, author of
the Plumb plan to committee Of
the House of Representative OH
december IA. Fou say these figures
snow an averag valuation per mile
OF track for thse twenty-four rail
roads OF $32,17. Then, applying
lnls figure to he 265,000 miles OF
lne OF all the ALWAYS of the United
states, you arrive at an estimated
value for all he railroads Of $S.-
u 100000, which is $1O,29O, ,OO0,-
wv less than the tentative valua-
Lon Of $lS,90y000,0 900 fixed by the
interstate Commerce Commission il
lszo Tor rate-naking purposes.
Inc merest amateur in railway
matters can see at a glance that your
method of using your own figures is
entlrely erroneous Since you use
tne miles Of track in arriving at
your estimated value per mile, OF
ehese tWenty-four railroads, of course
you should also have used miles of
track, instead of miles of line, i'll
making your estimate of the value
- al the railroads The two things
are not the same. A railroad may
nave two, or three, or four, or even
more ., tracks for each mile of line.
1He railroads Of the United States
naVe approximately 100000 miles of
track and only 265 miles of line.
CONTINUED on page 6)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
VAUDEVILLE
LETTER
(By staff Correspondent

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott ano
baby spent Christmas in Slidell as
guests Of her mother, Mrs. P. Pro-
vost
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Bethea
had as their guests last week Mrs
Henry Mayfield and son, Peter
The Madames Wharton and Mas
ter Edgar Wharton and Mr.. Phelps,
of New Orleans, were guests at the
Audubon Hotel recently.
DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Gabert spent
Christmas and New Years in New
Orleans.
Miss Georgia Jay, of slidel!, spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. A.. H.
Welden.
Rev. John Foster will deliver Il
lecture at the Union Protestant
Church, Friday, January 18th, at
1880 p. m.
The Priscilla Club will mee: with
Mrs. VIM Shell next Wednesday.
Mrs. r. B. Paine entertained last
Thursday in honor of her daughter,
Miss Francis, the students of the
high school being her guests. Mrs.
Paine was assisted by her daughter,
Miss Ella, and by the Misses Eleanor
Rayne and Edit L,.ecke. The girls
and boys expre~sod themselves lis
having grand tilnc.
DR.. and Mrs M. r. Fisher, of Cow
ington, were guests Monday of Mr..
and Mrs F. Edw. Vix and Mrs. G. S..
Galbraith.-
Miss Leda Mayfeld and Miss Cop
pock, Of Slidell, visited Mr.. ana Mrs.
W. Scott and family, at Poitevent's
mill, last week
The School League will meet in
regular session Tuesday, Jan. 10th.
All memebrs are urged to attend.
Mr.. Louis PizZetta has returned
to Vaudeville after having spent sew
eral weeks in Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. A.. Flick will entertain in
honor Of her daughter, Miss Bertha,
on her sixteenth birthday, Friday,
January 9Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Simmons
and Mr.. and Mrs. A.. B. Simmons
are spending a month at thei- home
in Vaudeville.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
NOTICE.

Several months ago a committee
was appointed by the Women's Pr j.
gressive Union to cooperate with
the Association Of Commerce in an
effort to improve the quality and size
of bread. All the bakeries were ask
ed to do better, and the Womens S
Progressive Union wishes to extend
their thanks to the Peoples Bakery
for the improvement in the bread
made by them, and the increased size
of loaf. 1t is hoped that the other
bakeries will do likewise.
WOMEN'S PROGRESSIVEUNI
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
Secretary Minckler Fixes
January 28 as Probable
Date Of Big Day
ADVERTISING PLAN
TO SELL FARM SYRUP
Forerunner of Future OPP
perations to Place Syr-
up Before Public
Mr.. Minckler, secretary of the AS

Mr.. Minckler, secretary of the AS
sociation Of Commerce, announces
that the Trade and Auction Day IS
progressing nnely and will prooaD.y
come off on the 2Sth instant. TINS
is movement in which the merch-
ants of Cov1ngton are deeply .inser-
ested and should be especially ap-
pealing to the farmers, as the pro-
gram Includes the shipment and
marketing Of car load or syrup.
In the handling Of this syrup Mr.,
MinckIer has the approval OF the
Covington Association OF Commerce
and has gone quite extensively Into
campaign of advertising, including
the drafting Of labels and advertls-
ing cuts. The draftings of these GUS
ment of The Times-Picayune and
present very attractive and credit
able appearance.
This is the first time in which a
systematic campaign of advertising
has been undertaken. It is in ac-
cordance with the generally accepted
method Of introducing goods. Notn-l
ing can be done to-day without adj
vertising, and Mr.. Minckler has Sc
cured some very good advice from
the TIP. people. Besides this CAM
paign Of advertising, there will be
an effort to come in personal touch
with many of the handlers Of syrup
and some distribution directly to
housewives that will place the syrup
on the table of the home.
1t is thought that this campaign
will be the forerunner OF, future OPP
erations that will bring st. Tammany
syrup into public notice and open up
new fields for its distribution and
consumption.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
LIST OF DEAD LETTERS.

Following is the list of dead let
ters remaining in the Covington post
office:
Henry Blackwell, Miss Margaret
Barrow, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Band, J. D.
Curry, L. F. Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
R. Houssiere, Mrs. Prince Irvine,
Miss Dorothea Johnson, Osker Lind
sey, Miss Dorethea Louis, Miss Mar
garet Lands, Mrs. Emma Murray,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Moffett, Miss
Rose Ann Nelson, Andrew Raphe],
George Rivers, Ned Schneffer, Lucy
Williams, Miss Hester Williams.
Postmaster.
JACOB SELLER,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07

FOR SALE-6 fenced lots in Man
deville, five blocks from depot, six
from the beach; on public road;
Lafayette, corner of Villerie; $450
quick sale. Mrs. Ada A. Fruechtl,
5521 Tchoupitoulas street, New Or
leans, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
NOTICE.

The books will be open for regis-
tration at the courthouse for two
weeks, after which they Will be open
every Friday and Saturday.
Natura;ized citizens must bring
their papers.
Under the law there is an entirely
new registration and all people en-
titled to vote must be registered
anew.
GEO. R. DUT5CH,
REGISTRAR
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
CASERTA's NEW GAS STATION.

We have just installed a new gaso-
line pump and service station at our
garage, better to supply your needs
in this line. The pump is the latest
type Bowser pump, guaranteed TO
give full measure We will be pleas
ed to serve you.-Adv.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
SUCCESSION NOTICE.
succession of Rosalie Leon.
No. 201.
"enty-olxth judicial District Court,
Parish Of St. Tammany,
Louisiana.

Notice is hereby given to the cred
#tl.ors or this estate and to all other
persons herein interested to shoy
cause, within seven days from the
present notification, why the final ac-
count presented by Herman H. Levy.
administrator of this estate, should
not pc approved and homologated
ana the funds distributed in accord
ance Herewith.
By order of the Court.
GUY A. SMITH,
u-1t Dy, Clerk OF Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07

=
25th Avenue. Referred to Improve
ment Committee.
The secretary was instructed to
write DR. Bowling that DR. w. L. Stew
enson, of the local Board Of Health.
would represent the town Of Coving-
ton at the Public Health Institute
to be held in New Orleans, January
9Th to 18th, 1922.
The secretary was instructed to
write on all building permits, In
valid unless approved by the Board
of Health
There being no further business
the council adjourned.
ROBT. w. BADON,
Mayor.
L. a. PERREAND,
Secretary,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
MEETING OF CONVICTION TOWN
Z COUNCIL.
Covington, La, Jan. 3, 1921

Covington, La, Jan. 3, 1921.
The Town Council met in regular
session on the above date with the
following present: Robt. w. Badon,
mayor; Emile Frederick, G. H. Shelf
field, "A. r. Smith, H. "A. Mackie.
Absent: G. E. Schonberg and M. F..
Planche.
The minutes of December 6, 1921,
were read and approved.
The secretary submitted his report
for the month Of December, 1921: as
follows:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
MEETING OF w. u. U.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Women's Progressive Union will
be held Monday, January 9th, at 4
O'Clock, at the Community House.
All members are urged to be present.
Officers will be elected for the year
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07

WANTED-Large colored family
to farm on shares Come, or write
to I. II. Forman, Box 454, Ham
mond, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER.

Peter Ducret was brought up from
Slidell, December 30, charged with
shooting another negro named Mel
son Ducret in the leg. Ducret was
taken to the hospital in New Orleans,
and 1t is reported that his leg was
removed. Peter Ducret was releas-
ed on bond.
n Eli Washington was also brought
up from SlideH. He is evidently
crazy and will be interdicted. He
was captured in a wood she'd. He
had removed all his clothing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
$5456.3f
L. A. PERREAND,

$5456.3f
L. A. PERREAND,
Secretary.
On motion, duly seconded and
carried, same was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Received notice from the Fire De-
partment that the following plugs
have been dispensed with: In front
of w. R. Badon's residence, Seller
Building and Peoples Bakery, as the
underground reservoir at Columbia
and Lockwood streets furnishes suf-
ficient water for this section.
The secretary was instructed to
ask the Fire Department for list and
location of all plugs now in use.
"A petition was received asking for
"a light at the corner OF Polk and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07
ofORBID1TY WEEKLY REPORT.

Morbidity weekly report Of the
State Board of Health for the week, ]
ending December 81, 1921:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07

! FOR SALE-Kentucky bred saddle
horse; cheap. Apply at 315 Rul-
land street, Covington. j7
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-07

THE FARMER on sale Sat
urday at Covington Ne1taDd,
Bulloch's Drug Store, Seerss
Pharmacy, Covington; ,idnaA
Pharmacy, Madisonvil'e.
Five Cents Per Co
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STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Stating that plans were under way
in the lower Rio Grande Valley, to
give that section the finest stretch Of
highways in the state, Judge Oscar
Dancy, county judge, Cameron County,
Texas, made an enlightening talk on
conditions in the Valley and what the
people were doing to better them, at
the highway association meeting in
Galveston, Texas, Friday.
An expenditure of $270,6O5.52 will
be made by the city Of Orange, Texas,
during the next fiscal year, according
to the budget adopted by the city
commission. Last years budget was
$219,973
Brigadier General Edward w. Whit
aker, who, as a Union officer, is said to
have carried the message which halt
ed the prepared Union charge at Ap-
pomattox and which resulted in the un-
conditional surrender of Lees army,
died Sunday at his home in Washing
ton, D. c.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

Countess Hetta Trautberg, the Ger
man pacifist who was interned by the
Germans during the late war because
she condemned submarine warfare;
the deportation of Belgian and French
women and children, and the treat
ment of allied prisoners has been ex-
PEELED from Germany because she still
persists in her peace propaganda.
According to a recent ruling Of the
Mexican post office department, en-
yelopes with advertisements or printed
matter other than the necessary ad-
dress, will not be accepted for mailing.
It is held that such printing greatly
interferes with the efficiency OF the
mail service.
South Africa reports the discovery
of a new gold belt in the Transvaal,
stretching from the border of Bech-
uanaland to MUSHROOM. Options have
already been secured on several big
groups of claims and gold is said to
have been found in number OF
places.
Some railroad trains in Rumania are
so jammed with the rowing populace
that the conductors are poWerless to
collect fares. Hence the impression
is conveyed that one may travel for
nothing, which serves only to bring
larger numbers to the already over
crowded coaches.
Thousands of German ex-service
men are founding colonies in South
Russia, according to reports from
Odessa. In the neighborhood of the
latter city large tracts of national
lied" land have already been taken up
by these colonists at the invitation OF
the Bolshevik government. Within
the next two years the Soviets plan
to establish 100000 of these German
colonists in South Russia.
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ALL LATEST NEWS
News That Is News, When it
Is News, for All.
STATE, NATIONAL, FOREIGN
Happenings the World Over of
Important Events Condensed
to Good Reading.
NATIONAL, FOREIGN
WASHINGTON NEWS.

A reduction of $6,000,000 in the pub
lie debt during July was announced
Thursday by the treasury.
Great Britain's note to her debtor
whole interalled Indebtedness will
cause no change in the policy of the
United States towards its foreign
debts, it was stated officially Friday
at the treasury. Secretary Mellon was
represented as taking the position that
the American debt commission must
continue negotiations for funding the
obligations owed this country without
regard to the disposition evidenced by
Great Britain to wipe out International
wartime Indebtedness.
Colonel William H. Hart, now in
charge of the quartermaster and dock
ing army bases at New York, was NOM
mated Thursday by President Harding
to be quartermaster general of the reg
ular army with the rank of major
general. He succeeds Major General
Harry L.. Rogers, VINO completed
four-year term as quartermaster gen.
eral, July %.
President Harding had the rail strike
problem back on his hands Tuesday as
a result of the refusal of the railway
executives, at their meeting in New
York to accept the administration set
tlement plan so far as the seniority
issue is concerned.
This years cotton crop was placed
at II ,449 900 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight in the second forecast of the
season announced Tuesday by the de.
partment of agriculture, basing its es-
innate on the condition of the crop
July 25 which was 70.S per cent of
normal.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-08-12

A famous Russian dancer in this
country, who is himself good musi-
clan, was once guest at a reception,
where, without wincing he listened to
a pianofOrte. performance, more
vigorous than skillful, on the part Of
the daughter of the house.
'And how do you like the young
lady's playing? some one asked the
dancer.
"Ah, madam replied he, very tact
fully, 81 think the young lady has
very firm tread. "-Exchange.
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She Said 1t,

My small daughter had a habit of
asking every one to stay for the next
meal, no matter who it was
One day | was tired, and as one of
my friends was coming over l told
Jeanette that I would spank her if
she asked this woman to stay for sup
per-
In due time my guest arrived and
as soon as she was seated Jeanette
said: Can you stay for supper?
Mamma said if l asked you she would
spank me. e."-EXchange
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Her Curiosity.

The audience held it's breath with
amazement as rhe acrobat swung high
above the rostrum, held only by frail
cord looped around one foot
Somewhere among the spectators a
little girl arose from her seat.
Mamma she shouted, breaking the
silence, "can you do that?"
The lady tried to quiet her, but the
child persisted in demanding whether
or not her mother had ever climbed
ropes or done anything of this sort.
At last, embarrassed by the attention
which the child was attracting, the
mother jerked the child into the seat,
warning. "You just wait until l get
home!"
"Oh!" exclaimed the little disturber,
"then you're gonna try it?"-Judge.
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Conventional Standbys.

Suppose we could communicate
with the MartianS?"
'Well?'
'They might talk of something we
never heard about"
"That wouldn't make any difference
We could reply, Quite So. Yes, in
deed You don't say and Really,
Just as we always do in case like
t."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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rave Something to Ask"
because she says she is SO usual.
ynid like to be very different or
unusual.
ae does not even like her good
She wishes she could be del
- nave to drink beef juice each
e c guarded over and look pale
Y Nch things.
9! strange, very strange, but
! ue way she is. I was wonder
you couldn't send her a few
aad show her that it isn't in
o fun to look pale and be
'a nave to be watched over care
mo only allowed to do just such
y doesn't know how lucky she
very extraordinary. as l have
" King. S'0 'n0
= got up from his favorite
sau taxing with him some of
1e dream dust went off in the
y - !. which Witty Witch had point.
vent down from his cloud IN n,s
1anot and 1t only took him
1a'eS TO reach the small pink
y little girl was now dre. min.
y ,sia at the dentists. There she
'aat very unusual things had bad
% her teeth which would
4. ueaf deal of money and SKIN
IS ~. 'Ae thought she had gone -
~ % get a tonic, because she
49, little Indigestion of Iota
~. or = !, shook his head and said
4. 4 = N he didn't think sba na co,'Ia a"Ia
i y. y not for months and months auIra
~ a'a she must simply sit lts in tho
n s y ana as for a soda watar tne
Y - - would Y be lucky if She @, could
! m y Z u Eve years. Se 'ou'a
II dsai, she half-sobbed, .wbv did
q s.,I,se were unusual and interastinu s h,u
y sa'ea - 9, It's awful to be e,,,ls sjct
4 ~ = al sorts of rules, Je terrih,s rIth,
I 3. - ! Just couldn't bear .eth,u,e them
i - uansful l should have 'hela, hean
- and healthy and able to oedn do
"a -. -. Joy It was when she wo.o
NJ, as'sd 3D. 4 had all been sue = dTeam woke
= n n. Witch was thankful la i t1eam to tha
sa,lsass ss .er I the fine work he se bad ,a,s
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DREAM KING

,,,n King was sitting on 1ns his
ss,d 'aadu said Daddy, when
sas Witty Witch os,, Of vol,
" s',,' said Witty Witch !
|, i,nS' naw If you will do a favor
;, honor to do a favor for
n the Dream King
y i t that l can do for your
! us pray tell me. -, WITTY
m teIl you at once said Witty
y rI do not want to delay you
i, rors, and doubtless you are
,sis evening, not this evening"
1. r,ssm King. I just did up
DacEages called "Pleasah. y,
!, and a few others called
psars.' and the Dream De-
az, took them around for me.
10 nv friend, Sir Dreamless
,.pts to have adventures to-
r,,es his wand over the sleep
|, that they do not have any
] 4 all, and then he has a few
ca and afterward comes back
,aal with me-
,.p Glad am not bothering you
bpsy night, then,' said witty
III | know a most extraordl-
Sts girl. She lives five doors
n road In a small pink house.
unhappy.
D always sorry for people who
happy, especially children and
b
/ I'm not 50 very sorry for her.
Il, Witty Witch, you surprise
ID the Dream King.
viii explain to you what I
ald Witty Witch.
j zee, she is unhappy for such
reasons. She Is angry and un-
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DEPENDS on the Result,

"Don't you admire determination in
q mans character?'
"That depends. If it brings success
I praise it as splendid perseverance;
if failure, denounce it as cOnfOunded
ObStinacy."
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Nearly every law of health is easy
to follow except taking exercise; and
that's q nuisance.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-08-12

Hoping for the best is lazy mans
idea Those who get the best are
buster than that.
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Defined.

"Pa, what's a critic?'
"A critic, my son, is an artistic
knocker."
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He that gives to grateful man
puts out to uSury.
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Seattle Elects Two Women.
Two women have been elected to
the city council of Seattle.
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Scene from The Sky Pilot


Dttrichstein as the very quintessence
Of ultra-sophisticated drama, ele-
gante. fine, with either pathos or
comedy of the subtlest type. He be-
longs only I'm a setting OF the very
highest class-and this he has not
in the present production.
or course, no play, no matter how
inadequate. could ever conceal the
light OF Ditrichstein's art beneath
the bushel OF mediocrity. Let's hope
the great American dramatist is not
far around the corner Of the new
year with n vehicle for this great
actor.
Mrs. Hoyt's Art.
with Ditrichstein apotheosizing
ugliness, William Faversham revived
1.-THE Squaw Man with BEAUTY in
the ascendant. Mrs. Ludwig Hoyt,
high society favorite whose exquis-
ite beauty is worth the price of ad-
mission TO gaze upon, gave the re-
vival a 400" air. Mrs. Hoyts art
has not as yet produced a stir, but
her beauty OF face and figure is a
pretty good reason Of being. Edwin
Milton Royle's daughter, Josephine,
gives a striking example Of inherited
ability in her excellent portrayal of
the Indian wife, and the beautiful