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BOGALUSA ENTERPRISE
AND AMERICAN _______
PUBLISHED IN ENTERPRISING BOGALUSA
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY AT 104-106 ALABAMA AVENUE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
PHONE 111
CLYDE S. MOSS
OWNER-PUBLISHER
Catered
as second-class matter December 31, 1914, at the Postoffice at Bogalu
Louisiana, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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BOGALUSA'S FIRST SACRIFICE ON BATTLE FIELD
OGALUSA HAS LOST her first citizen in action on
the battle field in France, John A. Hanmer being the
victim. John Hanmer was one of those loyal, red-blood
ed young men who offered his life for liberty, and met
death fighting the Huns. Bogalusa can expect other such
announcements from time to time, because we have a
large number of citizens in France and before the end
of the year Bogalusa will likely have 400 or more of our
best young men in France, offering their lives for we at
home.
The death of John A. Hanmer should bring to every
citizen the necessity of doing everything we can possibly
can to win the war. Not only by giving to the limit in
every cause, but producing everything we can and saving
articles which mean quicker victory for the Allies.
The next man to be killed in France may be your
son, husband» sweetheart or friend. Everything that you
do to help win the war means his chances are less for
being killed or injured, because the more we do our part
at home the sooner the war is going to end.
Give all you can, save all the sugar, wheat and meat
that you can possibly save, work so that every minute in
the day counts, because the production arid man power
of the United States must go at full speed to bring the
war to an earlier close.
Remember John A. Hanmer.
Think of our other boys !
DO YOUR DUTY!
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JULY FOURTH
TODAY not only marks the anniversary of the Independ
* ence of the United States, but also is the fourth an
niversary of the City of Bogalusa. Wonderful changes
have taken place in the United States since July 4th, 1776,
and likewise have many improvements been made in the
city during the past four years.
The citizens of Bogalusa are not going to celebrate
the Fourth this year as we would like to, because of the
war. Many Bogalusa boys are now in France, hundreds
in training camps and many more will answer their
country's call during the next few months. We, at home,
feel that we should devote our money and time to help in
winning the war and next year, we hope to have every
Bogalusa boy in service back home, the war 4 ended, and
then we can have a genuine Fourth of July celebration
and there will be special reasons for an. unusual Fourth
of July because with our boys back home it will mean that
we have whipped the Kaiser.
Four years ago today the Bogalusa Paper Company
was unthought of, the Louisiana Fibre Board Company
was idle, the railroad shops were working half crew, the
veneer plant was a dream, good bridges, municipal
ownership of the water system, improving the streets,
the erection of a fine city hall and hundreds of homes and
several business blocks are just a few of the many things
which have been accomplished during the past four years.
Every indication points to the fact that the next two years
will even see greater progress in Bogalusa than the past
four years which means that Bogalusa will be a city of
25,000. It is conservately estimated today that there
are between 12,009 and 15,000 people in Bogalusa. On
Company C Day here last August Mayor Sullivan told
the beys that when they returned from war they Were
going to find that the city had made a remarkable growth,
and, unless something unexpected develops, Bogalusa is
going to be a city of a much greater population than
the boys expected to find.
During the past year there has been better co-opera
tion among all citizens who realize that the success of
any local development depends upon the co-operation of
all citizens. This co-operation is going to continue even
after the war and when once the cittizens realize what
great things can be accomplished through co-operation,
every citizen is going to he enlisted.
BUY THRIFT STAMPS TODAY
CAMPAIGN FOR THE W.S.S. DRIVE through
. the State has been extended until today owing to
did not come up to the allotment and
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drive.
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mated that Bogahi a was $35/
otment and during the day Eh
Bogalus cannot fail to go ovei
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fact t
Washington parish ana Bogalusa are no exceptions. Or
Monday is was estimated that Bagahi a was $35.000
of her
age wf
and will be necessary for several who have not taken the
limit to increase their subscriptions. In pledging to pur
chase these W. S. S. remember that you are giving
NOTHING, but investing your money in the highest da-?
and best paying investment the United'States Govern
ment has ever offered. You have from now until Decem
ber 31 to purchase the stamps which you pledge to buy
NOW. You can stand $50 or a $100 more, can't you,
without anv great inconvenience? Then ring up the'
W.S.S. headquarters in the Cassidy building and tell those
gentlemen who are working so faithfully to put Bogalusa
over the top.
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WHY SCHWING ANNOUNCED
pHAS. M. SCHWING, who has just announced as,a ean
^ didate for Cnogressman of thi sdistrict, and in taking a
page advertisement in the Baton Rouge Times of June
the 20th states that a man in Congress ought to support
the Presdient and do all in his power to help win the war.
Mr. Schwing, nor anyone else has not accused Congress
man Sanders of not supporting the President and doing
all in his power to help win the war. In fact even the
political enemies of Governor Sanders have had nothing
ut praise for his record in Congress. This part of Mr.
Schwing's * platform has no argument except that
he thinks that he should be the one man of the Sixth
District to support the President, regardless of that fact
that Mr. Sanders is doing more than Mr. Schwing could
hope to accomplish, he wants the people of the Sixth Con
gressional District to turn Sanders out and put himself in.
The quality and degrees of a man's support amounts to
something in Congress, being gauged generally by his ex
perience, ability, etc., and most certainly Mr. Sanders'
record for the first two years is one that any first termer
would envy.
Mr. Schwing also states in his announcement that
he is in favor of National prohibition. Yet only a few
days ago when his vote would have resulted in the Federal
amendment making Louisiana dry, with Senator Delos R.
Johnson, of this parish, making one of the most remark
able pleas ever known in the Slate Senate to Mr. Schwing,
he voted AGAINST the constitutional'amendment. .Now
he comes forward and states that he would FAVOR
National prohibition.
Unless Senator Schwing can find some better ex
cuses for entering into the race, he had better make his
plans for a withdrawal, because the voters of the Sixth
Congressional District will give little encouragement to a
politician who tries to get away with that class of cam
paign thunder.
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THE NEW HEADING which appears on The Enterprise
* this week is the design of type which has been reg
istered in the U. S. patent office and wherever the name
"Bogalusa" appears in the future, it will be used, when
possible. This will give the city more individuality, and
it is hoped that every business concern in Bogalusa will
use this type on their printed matter. The Enterprise
has purchased an assortment of sizes of this type and
will be prepared to use it on your stationary or adver
tising matter.
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THE NEW POSTAL LAW, which went into effect last
* Monday, may be appreciated best by the public, be
cause it threatens to put several publications out of busi
ness for the duration of the war/ If the new postal law
was not worrying the publishers, it would be the pay roll,
paper bills or the labor situation. Publishers are not sup
posed to have any money, anyway, so as long as they are
able to dig up the price of the new postal rates, what's
the use of kicking.
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"EVERYBODY WORKING OR FIGHTING" is sup
J- 4 posed to be the announcement of every city, town,
village and community in the United States before the
end of the week. Can you imagine yourself on Canal
street in New Orleans without a crowd of men hanging
around cigar stores and barrooms? Sounds almost too
good to be true, and Bogalusa people will await word
from New Orleans to the effect that all are at work and
then Bogalusa people will run down just to see for them
selves if such is the case.
MOW THAT A NEW PROHIBITION BILL is before
* * Congress you can begin to realize that national pro
hibition is coming a little closer. Congress is not going
to take you by surprise, but give you a year to get used
to it. According to the bill, the balance of beer, whiskey
and wine which is not sold when the law goes into effect
can not be sold in the United States, but can be exported.
Evidently an excursion or two will be run daily from New
Orleans to Havana. 1 .
EDITORIAL REVIEW
JULY FIRST
This date is going to be a day of
great rejoicing among the real pa-i
triots of America, for that day \vi!'!
see the s'ackers get busy,- whether j
by choice or otherwise, but they ". ill J
get busy in some useful employment. !
Never in the history of any court ryj
was .there a people more at war than
are Americans. Co where you will
—to the farm, the mine, the city,
the village, anywhere—and you will!'
find that the war and the winning j
tlxxbof'ls the paramount thought and*
a/. The former will comment upon
the rood prospects for a corn crop,
ar.d the splendid wheat and oats, !
and in the r-fme breath he will say, j
"and it will help win the war," or
tiret '"the Lord is surely with us lhis|<
year, when we need wheat so badly;
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and thf x wil1 ? ut him to work
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America is at war, and :
md ten null.on
,u:e :t to the full .tie-j
nor room for
vho doe* not
gr-rc. hhe-re is no Urn
a jkor—for a man
v:ct: : n seme productive vocation— !
and all over the country the feeling;
is strong indeed against that man I
who can be characterized as a slack- ■
er in the slightest sense. July 1 will *
be the day when great power wal be ;
vested in the eexmption boards. It
will be left to them to determine;
whether or net a man is a slacker, *
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useful employment. The loaders will \
have no exemptions—it means get to
work fer the loafers and those who j
are fiddling away their time at pool,
rooms, at cold drink stands and sjm-;to
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one mite to the one bi
-winning the war.
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rnmerit has
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ransfermed Jaekscn
rg country twon to
f paved streets,
SPIRIT
5 what builds
; closer to each
rit is what has
ton a struggl
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concreted side
progressive business houses
humming industries, populated
patriotic, people who not only]
e in, but practice the doctrine
lp one another.
ssi •:plans who visit Jacfcscn, and
aie multitudes of them, eom-j
most favorably upon the growth
eir capital city. It has become
ride of the State. Its location,
jits educational and religious advant-;
: ages have commended it highly to
people—*homesoexers and its population con
Unties to increase year by year until
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has become far and away the
rcat est town in Mississippi. Growth
increases property val-
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nere, trat rau
Ought when they first thou,
coving to Jackson they coal,
aved hundreds of dollars.
Fortunes have been madp in Ja<?!>-
j sen real estate and there arc othr
\ fortunes awaiting those vho invest
in the future. Jackson is still grow-
j ing with no idea of stopping, and
past high or ices are only a marker
what Jackson real estate will
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PAYS HANDSOME
TRIBUTE TO
SANDERS
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His Efforts Resulted
$1,000,000 Being Added
for Levee Work
Honorable Ben G. Humphreys,
Congressman from Mississippi, and
chairman of the House Committee on
Flood Control, recently paid a hand
some tribute to Congressman J. Y.
Sanders, of the Sixth Louisiana
District, on the effective work done
by Governor Sanders in securing the
extra million dollars allowed by Con
gress, for levee work this year. Aft
er the passage of the Sundry Civil
Bill, in which this appropriation was
was included, Mr. Humphreys ad
dressed the following letter to gover
nor Sanders, expressing his apprecia
tion of Governor Sanders' co-opera
tion and efforts in getting the ap
propriation through:,
"Dear Governor Sanders:
"I have just received a letter from
General Bixby, the president of the
Mississippi River Commission, in
which he expresses the opinion that
the $1,000,000 which we added to
the appropriation for the Mississippi
River in the Sundry Bill will enable
the Commission to 'take care of all
the work which is specially urgent,
and probably meet all of the contri
butions which local levee boards will
be actually able to make this year,
although riot all which they are
now promising.'
"If General Bixby had known, as
I do, of the very effective work you
did in the House to secure this ad
ditional appropriation, I rather think
he would have written his letter to
you, but as I am the chairman of the
Committee on Flood Control, the
communication # was sent to me.
"It may sound a little presump
tuous in me, in view of the fact that
your interests are as great as mine,
but I, nevertheless, cannot resist the
temptation to thank you for the
splendid work and most material help
you gave us in doing the almost im
possible thing—that is, persuading
Mr. Shirley and his confreres on the
Appropriation Committee, to consent
to this increase.
"With best wishes,
"Very truly yeors,
BEN HUMPHREYS."
Thus, through the activity of
Congressman Sanders, the River
parishes of the Sixth District, and, in
fact, all the River parishes of Louisi
ana, will. b e benefited during the
coming yeaj in levee protection
funds available for their use, to the
extent of their proportion of the ex
tra million dollars appropriated in
the Sundry Civil Bill for this pur
pose.
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bring in the future.
War times have rought to Jack
son a spirit of loyal co-operation
greater than ever before felt. Fa- ;
triotic to the core, her people have
stood shoulder to shoulder, working
day in ar.d day out, patriotically
pulling for every movement that
would help Jackson or the nation,
and she has never yet faded to go
"over the top" in every duty she has
been called upon to perform for the
winning of the war.
The people of Jackson have caught
the war spirit and it is growing on.
bnsity. The war j
teacher, and it3 ;
lessons when victorious peace shall!
nave come, as it will come as surely
. 5 „!Ou reigns in Frael, will be uîtil- !
! r.nd be helpful in many ways i
- 11 * ï-eopîe of the State ^Capital,f
who levs every inch of Mississippi*
no ; 1 a.:.I who stand shoulder to
-sou..;., with t.hei: fefiow citizens
- -*«••.>' .to co-operate with them,
every movement for cm* commtmjaRo'
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MAGIC CITY PROGRAM
SHOW STARTS AT S P. M.
TONIGHT — July 4th — Dorothy
Teilen in "Love Me"; also "A Battle
Royal" - reel Mr.ck Sc.ir.ctt comedy,
1 *> n r: 20 cents. . ~ - /
FRIDAY — Marie Walcamn, .the
ferries? star ''In the Lien's Clatv,"
prst ep'eode. . L avia Henry in a 2
red L'.k.O. Comedy; also Universal
weedy, S and 10 cents.
SATURDAY — Wallace Reid in
"R r to tic Jones" and Fatty Arbuc'cle
in 'T.otc-h Home," 2-reel comedy.
• MONDAY—Carroll Holloway arid
T/illia«Duncan ! n "Dea l £y>t
Tr-kar," 3-reel western play and
"Vf oman in Web" No. 11, 10 and
15 cents. Matinee at 4:30, 5 and
10 cents.
TUESDAY.—Douglas Fairbanks in
"Headin' South" and "Milk Fed
Vamps" 2-reel comedy.
WEDNESDAY—Chas. Chaplin in
"Easy Street" and William Russell
in "Hearts or Diamonds."
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Mr .and Mrs. J. B. Lindsley spent!
7/ednesday in New Orleans.
one
"Bogalusa Bran«
On Firing
Saumur, France,
,, June 9th.
Mr. W. H. Sullivan,
V. P. and G. M. G. S. L.
Bogalusa, La.
My Dear Mr. Sullivan:
Thank you very much f w
kind letter of April 30th co
the photos of the big ship
and logs. I showed them to
French saw mill operator her»
Saumur a few days ago and I
probably have to give him
them to keep him quiet.
Was glad, indeed, to know
Bogalusa had again "come thr
in the Liberty Loan drive and
tainly hope you succeed in
the honor flag.
I have been up here for the
six weeks on some important
road work and have had no ti
visit the many interesting and 1
ieal points in this vicinity, but J
to be able to do so come day.
is the most fertile section of Pr
and the farms are really wond&
There are many old chateaux hT
vicinity which was the play
of the old pleasure loving
Richard, the lion hearted, is
only a few miles away.
I have been hoping to see
of the Bogalusa contingent «
ing on thi3 side, but if any have -
over, I have missed them.
I have on hand a good many 8x
x28 bridgu stringers bearine
"BOGALUSA" brand and I
heard of a great many i m —
pieces of work using your timb
only wish there was more of it
here. I am paying $125 per M
2x4 and 1x6 and wider boards
local mill cutting the native —
and have trouble getting it.
Again thanking you for the
tures and with the kindest
to Mrs. Sullivan, Elisabeth
Frank and all in the office, I
Very truly you«,
C. R. HOWARD,
1st Lieut., 17th Engineers,
American Expeditionary f
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FIVE-ROOM HOUSE FOR
Located on 4 lots on Pleasant '
has outbuilding and will sell '
for cash owing to fact that I
leaving city. Apply on premises
write W. V. Gaines, box 736, ;
lusa.
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RESOLUTION NO. 67.
WHEREAS, it appears that
finances oi -the City of
in such condition that it is a
for a loan to be made, find it.
appearing that the F
of Bogalusa, Louisiana, has
to lend the City of Bogalusa, '
i of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
vided it be secured by
revenues for the year
otherwise pledged or set aside, asj
WHEREAS, it being «maid«*
fer the best interests of the Qt
of Bogalusa that the loan from
State Bank be made at
(6) per centum per
; First
rate of six
num.
THEREFORE, Be It Resolved Ü*
the Mayor and each of the 0#
missioned of the City of Bogälp
Louisiana, be and they are
authorized and empowered to kft>
row from the First State Bank
Bogalusa, Louisiana, the sum of F<Ü
teen Thousand Dollars ($15,000;'
Seven Thousand, Five final
j ($7,500.00) to be advanced ça
; date and balance as required, .to 1
used in ' defraying the expenses
the'City of TJogaiasa, operating
! cr its charter, which sum s4
i rowed shall be secured by ^«ÜBT
revenues for the year 1913.
Eo It Further Resolved I
revenues derived from the ten (1
mill tax (General tax) is her;'
in'pledged, hypothecated and sett
the'revenue derived frei»
! Capita Tax ,a also hereby pit'
! hypothecated am? set aside to *£
payment o l the Ran of CIS
korized to be roads/ 1 ;
'urthcr Re-olved tiÄ
• i each. Commission*!
I Eogalusa era
nd directed to istft,
h .if of the Q*y j^T
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erest.
y&yrcio .-.cvajnoer I,
Fifteen Thousand Doll
rov- c i from the First Stats Fat®'
To* fiuea, Louisiana, and that#®
of th's resolution be annexe#
certificate so given.
W. H. SULLIV
K. L BEAN, I
City Clerk.
Introduced and adopted Js
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E. R. Ca ~:cy will leave
for ACautN C. y and ocher
points. He goes to Atlanta
attend the Grand Lodge
the Elks, being the dele
Bogalusa. While east Mr. c
will visit his old friends i*j
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