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•V t«e B06AW5A CmCCtmSC "yOLUME 8. A ND AMERICA N _ BOGALUSX; LA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922. NUMBER 6. NO WEDDING IN HISTORY OF SOUTH COMPARES WITH SALMEN-SULLIVAN NUPTIALS AT SLIDELL LAST FRIDAY frlim&teà Attendance Was in Excess of Four Thousand, Special Trains Carrying Hundreds to Event—Re freshments Were Measured by the Ton and Gifts Received by the Bride Will Run Into Thousands of Dollars—Spending Honeymoon in California. com - have a better opportunity to mutiny v e ver did the people of v have a better oppor L ir affection and esteem to 1 .V„ n was presented to n f Col w. H. Sullivan, mayor: talusa and vice-president and « i i „.»nager of the Great South-j ^nmhpr 'and Miss Ella Rose Sal-j «m LU . ei:j„ii nn last Friday men evening of Slidell, on when they were That friends took advan united in • pp i „ai. ...______ - ® aI f the opportunity is best at-1 t«f. 0 bv the fact that over four tested . nersons attended the cere ® #US ^ that gifts valued at several ® 0n ^'nds of dollars were received by îïü'hride and that hours before the onv people were waiting to ****". view of the wedding. * TAiiisiana has never witnessed such - ent before and nothing that will * nev with it has ever been re C0I Hd in the history of the South, ^«M^al trains were run to Slidell for vent hundreds came in autos i buggies and people of all classes, îm the poorest to the richest, uLd elbows. T j£® < j and refreshments for the nkitude were estimated by the ton. plobably only one-fourth of the nwd was able to see the bride and Cr °om when the ceremony was which gives an inkling of. Kinîtüdé' of ' the event and the oremony was true to the characters Jfthese two lovable people—plain '"ihe ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. ud Mrs. Fritz Salmen, at Slidell, at ?15 p. m., Friday, January 27 Rev Ssprgeon Wingo, formerly pastor of the Slidell Baptist Church, offieiat buf assisted by Rev. J. H. Strother rf the Slidell Baptist Church and Bev. R. I. Long of the Presbyterian ^The spacious veranda of the Sal men home, where the marriage was solemnized, was transformed into % bower of fern, white roses, smilax and white lilies, the tent immediately « front of the veranda being artisti cally decorated in white roses, smilax and fern, from which hundreds of nail white and pale green lights peeped. At the first sounds of the wedding march, playe dby E. H. Solo mon of New Orleans, Mrs. Betty Sul Iran-Frith, of Bogalusa, daughter of the groom and matron of honor, at tractively gowned in silver cloth, car tying an arm bouquet of lilies, came from the reception hall and stood in the bower of flowers; she was fol lewed by Miss Hazel Martin of Slidell, as bridesmaid, wearing a gown of »»le green lace over silver cloth, also •crying an arm bouquet of lilies. The bride came out on the arm of her father, Ur. Fritz Salmen, and was »et at the bower by the groom, who was attended by Fred W. Salmen as best man and J. H. Cassidy of Boga lasa as groomsman. Over 1000 From Bogalusa More than one thousand people faom Bogalusa attended the cere £ ny and a special train which left « at 4 p. m. Friday carried a iappy crowd, despite the fact that there was standing room only. Ar Wing at Slidell shortly after 5 o'clock the Bogalusa guests found thousands Pßt other friends of the couple and zfaeady arrived and everywhere it Itninded one of a great old-time Ttome-coming." Friends who had *ot met for years greeted one an ther, but no one discussed anything bit the wedding. Refreshments for Army A large canopy had been erected from the gate to the Salmen home, « altar being at the end, and here % Grünewald Caterers served the trowd with sandwiches, salads, ice «•«*», cake and coffee. The crowd »»der the canopy became so con torted that those inside could not get •JR, »nd many outside could not get j*\ R was a solid mass of humanity, *** everyone was good natured and •»••us to hold their place in order * pt a good view of the ceremony. * farwe crowd formed on each side -SB •Rh the Y »(the porch, while even at the rear ihnen home crowds gathered i the hope of getting a glimpse of J* bride. Mothers with babes in PR tms, others holding children J the hands were in evidence, but was injured in the throng and two women fainted. Baad» Give Concert R*w Orleans came about six dred guests and the Shrine Band. ^ Z* arrival . °f the Bogalusa Band ^two organizations entered into a contes* and entertained the an hour. Rcving Picture» Taken t -laU dav the moving picture myi on the job tr-king pictures of the Kenes. These pictures will i by ihe Pathe Comcany. ] ^T«P»f"'r men were in abundance! •fer A*! - F Lit.e, .Now Orleans and Oir.cuns w* re present. .. ^ u,> Mak«» App.-.-ir»nce Hatw ax week of steady rain, the! ••»miser» tl,! \ onl > thing that mar ovc "t which had CS ?» m ? V ? "'tio*- than any «»ent m the South's history. J At 3 o'clock there were dark (but shortly after the special skies, train ; left Bogalusa, scores of passengers the!called attention to the sun breaking through the clouds and when the .train reached Slidèll the clouds parted and the glorious sun added the touch that made the Salmen-Sullivan wed ding not only the greatest but the only 'most perfect of the state. the the finished in I Entire Dav Exciting A day of turmoil, excitement and joy—that was Friday; beginning at the crack of dawn with the arrival j of the refreshment train; followed, ; shortly after breakfast by the main | body of the motion picture camera gotten, photographers and newspaper j correspondents, who took up their po .sitions after the manner in which the [pioneers had laid out the battle lines, iso to speak; then a great drive to get (the tent annex built alongside , Salmen residence to accommodate (most immediate guests, finished j time ; presents arriving almost every ' minute ; delegations of friends rush |ing > n * or a l ast tearfully-happy era j brace of Ella Rose, the bride-elect. | Just imagine the handshakings, the [kissing, the happiness; imagine the rush for the special trains homeward per-[bound; the triumphant ride to New Orleans with the bride and groom, comparatively alone at last, in the last coach—the private car of Col. A. C. Goodyear of Buffalo, N. Y., presi dent of the Great Southern Lumber Company, loaned to the Sullivans for their honeymoon tour of the Pacific Coast, which began Saturday. Weddin? Mark« Epoch "We'll never see another event like this." That was the day's favorite phrase. The magnificence can be un derstood from the size and cost of it. But the simplicity of it—that must have been seen to be realized. "It's just a country wedding," said Mis3 Ella Rose. And so it was—in open door hospitality; in the sincerity of the welcomq._to the lowest and high est alike. L. L. WEBB LEADS .MISS LILLIAN MASON TO HYMEN'S ALTAR L. L. Webb, a popular young man who has been a citizen of Bogalusa since the city was founded and who is known to almost every resident of the city, was married Saturday even ing to Miss Lillian E. Mason, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mason, well known and highly respected citi is of Washington parish. The ceremony was solemnized at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Franklinton by Rev. M. E. Sweeney of that city. The happy couple re turned to Bogalusa and announced their marriage and have been kept ' busy since receiving the congratula tions of their many friends. The bride is a charming young lady and for the past six years has been employed in the office of the assist ant treasurer of the Great Southern Lumber Company, where she is a most valued employe. She is an ac tive church worker and has done much for the Baptist Church at Lees Creek. She is a sister to Miss Bea trice Mason, one of the popular teach ers in the Bogalusa schools. Mr. Webb is a young man of ster ling qualities and has been associated with the Great Southern Company for several years and I Lumber at I present is the rent agent for the com- . pany. The happy couple will reside at 542 Avenue E. COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY The regular monthly meeting of the Commission Council will be held on next Tuesday evening. In the ab sence of Mayor Sullivan, Commis sioner of Finance E. R. Cassidy is serving as the city's chief executive. +++*+*++++++++♦♦♦♦ ♦ SEE WEDDING IN MOVIES FRIDAY If you attended the Salmen Sullivan wedding Friday, or if you did not, you will want to see the moving pictures of the great ceremony. Thru The Enterprise arrangements were made with the Pathe Weekly News to take these pictures and the Magic City Theater announces they will be shown on Friday (tomor row) night in connection with the regular show. No extra ♦ admission charge will be made. ♦ The Pathe» people informed ♦ The Enterprise that during ♦ the next thirty days 25,000, ♦ 000 people will see the Sal ♦ men-Sullivan wedding on the ♦ screens of the United States ♦ States and Europe. ♦ Bogalusa will be one of the + first cities in the country to ♦ see the picture. ♦ ♦ ; ♦ ♦ - ♦ ] ♦ i ♦ j ♦ [ ♦ t -. ♦ ♦ Mr. Sullivan and Bride mm. X . Above is a photograph of CoL W. H. Sullivan and his bride just prior to the wedding ceremony at Slidell last Friday, January 27,1922. Mayor Sullivan and Bride Attract More Attention Than Did President ______ _____ _____ f ore ai T r ival G f the Grünewald Hotel lobby, everyone!tel insistent upon getting a look at the j bride. To begin with, it is ordinarily j ~ I When Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sulli van, who were married in Slidell Fri fice guests, stepped aboard the Sunset Limited, bound for Lower California at 11:15 Saturday morning in New Orleans, they will take with them memories of a wedding which will come to be referred to in local cir cles as historic. And not least among these memories will be the reception accorded them by their friends in the Grünewald Hotel on Friday night, and the party which followed that, says the New Orleans States. The bridal couple reached New Or leans at 9 p. m. Friday, coming in with their friends on a special train. Word had been spread about that they would arrive at this hour and that they would spend the first night of their honeymoon at the Grüne wald. That was enough. Long be the bride and groom long lines began forming in Bridal Suite Was Fairyland; Most Beautiful in Grünewald History It is unfortunate that every roman tic girl, contemplating marriage ei-' ther in her dreams or in the reality of the near future, could not have had just one little "peek" at the bridal suite which awaited Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. It was a little scene from fairyland. It was just such cozy little nook as one imagines ar ranged in Paradise. The couple occupied rooms 960 and 962, one of the big end suites of the Grünewald. They were placed on the same floor on which the bride's brother has lived for many years. An .artist had converted both of them into a veritable garden of roses. In room 962 a great trellis had been built of white and red roses, which gave the appearance of a rose garden. On the dressers, large bas kets of orchids were tastefully ar ranged. The room presented the ap pearance of one which had been newly furnished. The carpets were decorated, the windows and spreads of real Irish lace, gave the beds an appearance of snow white down. Bower of Row» In 960 reception room runways had been built into each of the windows in which giant ealla lilies lifted up their heads. A large basket of Amer ican Beauty roses stood in each of the four corners of the room and the centerpiece was a thing of beauty, made of American Beauties and white It was just such a place as roses. one sees sometimes in the movies, but seldom in the reality. The bridal couple, however, were only permitted a short rest in their temporary home before they were called on to join the celebration of the wedding in the Grünewald Cave. It was some celebration, too. The whole of the famous "ring ................ _______ _ .side" of the Cave had been reserved 'for members of the wedding party.) a crowded hour in the lobby. 'But the management never dreamed any there. A Rush to the Hotel In a hotel which has seen three presidents come and go, which has received the allied generals of the world, crowds are not a new thing. But this one got the best of the man agement. So thickly did the curious pack themselves into the front of that lobby that Manager Weber was forced to summon the house officer, Pinkerton dectectives and police. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, preceded by mem bers of the wedding party, reached the hotel shortly after the arrival of the special at the Terminal Station, and under an escort were rushed through the cheering throng to the first elevator and shot up to their rooms on the ninth floor. The management estimated that the crowd which gathered in the ho lobby was larger than the mob which assembled to see President Harding on his memorial visit here. « ___ Fifteen tables to accommodate 125 guests in all. Each table wa^ deco rated with American Beauties and beautiful lilies. The bride and groom with members of the wedding party occupied the center table. Those who were present at the a,Cave supper *ay nothing was forgot iten that even the most exacting could [desire. The food was rich and in abundance and on each ta ^ ere XT ^ as _ a punch. No one undertook to analyze it, but no one was reported to have declined to drink, having once tasted. WALDO ALFORD DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS Waldo Alford, for several years a resident of Bogalusa and known to many citizens of this city, died at Charity Hospital, in New Orleans shortly after noon Thursday. Death was the result of gunshot wounds in flicted by Thomfs Pigot, deputy sher iff at Ponchatoula, La., » week ago last Saturday night. The remains of Mr. Alford were shipped to Ponchatoula where funeral services and burial were held. The (deceased was 43 years of age and is survived by a widow and several spall children. He was a brother of *" e late Mrs. Wiley Magee, Pigott claims he fired the fatal shots in self defense. No action has been taken against him by the offi cials of Tangipahoa unrish. but it is said the shooting will be thoroughly investigated. I m. the I ELKS MEET TOMORROW Tomorrow evening at 8 p. m. -— , regular marring of the Elks will be held and there is much important j ,business to come before the meeting. 'pua}}« o; peSjn »j» «jêquiom jjy ■ 22-Cent Banquet at "Y" Draws 300 The first of a series of get-to gether meetings- between the mem bers of the Bogalusa Y. M. C. A. and the board of directors was held Tuesday evening in the gymnasium of the association. The meeting, advertised as a 22 cent banquet, attracted more than three hundred men and boys and was one of the most successful ever held in the city. The feast, prepared and served by the charming members of the Bogalusa schools staff, consisted of salad, hot dogs, black-eyed peas, hot chocolate and desert. Following the supper, Rev. E. C. Gunn, acting as toastmaster, intro duced the chairmen of the various committees of the association to the guests. tu n n,-H nf SiîPi«"' *"ï? e 1 °* Æî board of directors, spoke on "The General Work of the Y. M. C. A." C. L. Johnson, treasurer of the as sociation, gave an interesting talk on the finances of the "Y." G. A. Townsend spoke on the en tertainment and social features of the association. W. J. Willoughby, head of the physical department, told of the bene fits that could be derived from the use of the gymnasium and other fea tures of his department. F. C. Ratliff spoke at length on "Boys' Work." A. A. Overstreet, chairman of the religious department, told of the work his department is doing and intends to do. J. C. Mills, of the educational de partment, outlined the work of his committee for the new year. L. F. Guerre wasted no time in talk, but started right in to show how good his membership committe is, by securing twelve new memners in less than two minutes. H. E. Hoppen, general secretary of the association, to ,whom all credit for the banquet was given, outlined his plans for the new year and in troduced the various members of his staff to the gathering. The witty remarks made by Rev. Gunn at the conclusion of each talk kept the men roaring with laughter, and his tales of the negro in this country and in the A. E. F. were really amusing. J. K. Johnson opened the meeting with a prayer, and K. I. Be$n, called by Reverend Gunn, "one of Boga lusa's foremost songbirds," lead the singing. A1 Williams put on a comedy sketch and the Bogalusa Band rendered sev eral musical selections. M. B. Gore Marries Prominent Chicago Lady • M. B. Gore, formerly of the Great Southern Lumber Company and also at one time an employe of the First State Bank, was married on Jan. 7th to Miss Dorothy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Sparks, prominent citizens of Chicago. The newlyweds have just returned from Chicago after a honeymoon spent in Califor nia. Mr. Gore is connected with a big movie concern with whom he has an important position. His many Bogalusa friends join The Enterprise in extending congrat- ulations. -o Mayor Sends Truckload of Flowers to Hospital , From Bridal Chamber Saturday morning before Colonel and rs. Sullivan left their fairyland suite of roses in the Grünewald Ho tel, orders were given to send the flowers to Charity Hospital. Hundreds upon hundreds of Amer SS^AT^JS. parting thought of Colonel Sullivan j .. ____. .__, . ___I was for the poor sick people in Char - I ity chu ? r Z P ihL f Z children there, to whom part of the flowers will be given The incident, just a little one in the life of a busy man of big affairs, but one that gladdens the hearts of sick—perhaps dying—people, reveals an insight into the heart of the kindly man who made Bogalusa the city it is today. It stamps him as a man in whose veins the milk of human kind- ness flows. There will be many who wil lthink kindly of him at Charity Hospital. -h—O Annual Y. W. C. A. Banquet To Be Thursday, February 9 The annual banquet of the Y. W. C. A. will be held on Thursday even ing, February 9, at 8 o'clock, to which all the women of Bogalusa are not only invited, but are urged to at tend. A charge of 75 cents per plate will be made and those who expect td at tend are requested to make their reservations at once so that the com mittee may kno wexactly the number to provide for. PRESENTS FIT FOR KING. And the presents! RoyrJty might well envy the tokens of love and es teem received by the cpuple. Glitter ing gold and silver Vie with expen sive automobiles and costly baby grand pianos. Rare painting and oriental rugs, silver, bronze and gold ~ . . . - ornaments of every description and chests of massive silver, all in a |mighty collection, a tribute to tneir popularity. States. Bogalusa Was Home Head "Arson Trust" Warrants are said to have been is sued for the arrest of Mrs. M. E. Crosby, Mrs. Leonora Crosby-Raney, a daughter; R. R. Raney, her hus band; Mrs. Kirchoff-Higdon, wife of A. D. Higdon, known as Jack, also the latter, charging them with arson. The affidavits were made by State Fire Marshal Lecoq, who terms them the "arson trust." Mrs. Crosby is said to be in Jack son, Miss., and extradition proceed ings have been instituted. The where abouts of the othe^ four parties are unknown. The family occupied the Williams boarding house, on Columbia street, which was gutted by fire early last May. Insurance to the amount of $4000 was carried, and while the «re was more or less of a mysterious settlement origin, a settlement was made for $1900, and shortly afterward the family left Bogaiusa, locating in Shreveport, where Mrs. Crosby and her daughter, Mrs. Kirchoff-Higdon, opened a rooming house and insured the furniture for $2500. On Decem ber 24 a fire did considerable dam age to the property. Higdon and his wife are well known in Bogalusa. He was formerly em ployed at the Great Southern Lum ber Company and has many friends here. He became acquainted with and married his wife after her family had moved here from Lafayette, La. It is stated the Crosby family had a mysterious rooming house fire in that town. The disappearance of A. W. Kirch off, who came to Bogalusa with the family and later disappeared, is be ing investigated. State Fire Marshal Lecoq was in Bogalusa Tuesday making further in vestigations and while here stated that valuable assistance had been ren dered by Bogalusa's fire chief, O. J. Sherman. Mr. Sherman and Fire Marshal Lecoq have been working on the case for several months, and had they been able to secure a missing link at an investigation here several months ago, arrests would have been made. CHAS MULLINGS AND MISS HARMS FOLLOW ,v MAYOR'S EXAMPLE Miss Gertrude Harms, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harms of Atlanta street, and one of Bogalusa's most popular- young ladies, was united in marriage Friday evening to C. K. Mullings, car accountant of the N. O. G. N. railroad, and known'to prac tiéally every citizen in Bogalusa. The young couple werç to be mar ried at a later date, but after attend ing the Salmen-Sullivan wedding, de cided to put one over on their par ents and friends. Returning to Bo galusa on the nine o'clock special from Slidell they went at once to tUfr Presbyterian parsonage on Avenue D where Rev. C. fl. Maury performed the wedding ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Mullings left Satur day morning for a short honeymoon in New Orleans. They will make their home in Bogalusa. TELEPHONE EMPLOYES GIVE DANCE AT INN The employes of the local office of the Cumberland Telephone Company entertained about fifty young folks Saturday evening at a dance given at the Pine Tree Inn. The qgcasion was the quarterly meeting of the telephone employes of this district. A number of out-of-town guests were present. At the business meeting, held in Columbia Miss., was elected chair man of the district to succeed T. B. Merril of Picayune, who has been transferred to another section of the «'ate- J- H. Parnell, manager of the Bo)?alusa 0 ffj ce , acted as temporary chairman. The evShing was a decided success from a social as well as a business standpoint and Manager Parnell, who had charge of xhe affair, received hearty commendation from the vis itors. Out-of-town guests present were: Mrs. Clower, Misses Wilkes and Ma son and J. R. Skinner of Columbia, Miss.; Miss Stringfield of Franklin ton, Misses Davis and Penton of Picayune, Mrs. Bolling, Misses Ethel and Grace Lawler and J. E. Bufkin of Slidell; Misses Longworthy, Kauff man and La Croix of Covington, and Miss Stafford of Mandeville^ National Honors Come to Mrs. Eugene Arbona Mrs. Eugene Arbona, president of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Magie City Post of the America nLegion, returned home last week from In dianapolis, where she has been at tending a meeting of the national executive committee of the Woman's Auxiliaries to the American Legion. Mrs. Arbona addressed a meeting of Legionaires and ladies in New Or leans Wednesday night and told of the work the auxiliary is doing. She was elected as a national conw mitteman of the Auxiliary for Louisi ana and will be one of the most active directors of the National Legion meeting whieh will be held in New Orleans this fall. Saturday's Item ''ontains an excellent photograph of Mrs. Arbona.