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WC BO&ALVSA
AND AMERICAN
gm.UME 4.
BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1918.
NUMBER 36.
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Democratic Primary
To Be Next Tuesday
Everything is in readiness for the
Danocratic primary to be held next
wl > en nominations will be
'"«•iffor a U> S ' S3nator ' ConST 638 -
gn d Constable of this district,
jj, three-conered fight for the Ben
gal toga is between John Over
of Alexandria, Ed Gay of Iber
parish and ex-Gov. Luther E.
of New Orleans. Unless there
' new developments, the
fcrt in the comin '? P rimar y is not
yjBg to be exciting, there being little
i jatorest taken.
I goggiusa citizens are urged to vote j are
_ Tuesday in order that Gov. Sand-'
«' majority here will be as great as
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ftrish.
Jg Sanders whatsoever, but un
jgjj Bogalusa voters turn out to a
ytn, there will be other cities that
,01 give him a larger, vote than
jogalusa. In the race for constable
ftere are four candidates, RileyTCing,
lie present constable, R. (Ross) H.
Lunbright, C. D. Jones and Benj.
F. Moore. This race appears to be
tie most interesting of any of the
contest and' all concede that it will
jtqoire a second primary.
Unless ther^ig a.big change in the
senatorial rfiîë, there will also be a
"rar -off" in this contest.
or
that
There is no opposition here j to
the
to
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be
one
Judge Ott Going
After the Speeders
for
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There are going to be no more sus
pended sentences for speeding in
Beaalusa and op the contrary Judge !
Otvhas 'served notice to some auto j
drivers that the next time they are j
irought before him that they wili
jjeta fine to which will be added sev-j
«ral days' jail sentence. Several i
ipeeders were brought before him last ,
week and so numerous have been the j
«rreits that a special day has been!
Mt aside to try the cases. They will i
igsrvb for trial torefffrrow- Thé !
33 oHinanees bq* ircrpabJ
Jpeed limit to 15 miles an hour
tiré ordinance is going to be en- j
forced, even if the jail is filled up.
MEN CAN BECOME
HONORARY MEMBERS;
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The drive for members of the
Mothers' Honor Commission will.
start on, Monday, when it » h °P e A,
that every woman in Bogalusa will
join this organization which ^ as
made such a great success under the
direction of the late Mrs. W. H. Sul
livan and which is now in charge
her daughter, Miss Betty Sullivan.
At a recent meeting of the orgamza
tion it was decided to extend invita
tion to the men of Bogalusa to be
come honorary members at a
of $1.00.
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cost
JEWISH NEW YEAR SATURDAY
The Jewish new year, which starts
»t 6 P. M. Friday evening will be
observed in Bogalusa and a large
number of the retail establishments i
will remain closed until Saturday j
evening or Monday morning. Accord-jlivan
to the Jewish caiendar, this is the
beginning of the year 5679.
DR. DEAN ENLISTS.
Dr. Claude Dean, of the Bogalusa
Hospital, and one of Bogalusa's most
popular professional men, went to
New Orleans last week where he en
listed in the medical corps. He re
turned to Bogalusa Friday and is
•waiting his call, which he expects
to be in early October. Dr. Brister, |
®f the Bogalusa Hospital, and Miss,
Spinner, formerly superintendent of j
nurses, have been in France for some
time.
DR. SLAUGHTER ENLISTS
Dr. J. H. Slaughter, èf the Boga
t Hospital, and one of the best known
citizens of Bogalusa, has joined the
medical reserve corps, and will be
■object to a call to service within a
•hort time.
NOTICE, MERCHANTS
The Enterprise is prepared to de
liver sugar certificates which you are 1
required to use in each and every sale
of sugar. Phone your order and they
wil be delivered in a few minutes.
RETURN FROM VACATION
Hon. and Mrs. B. D. Talley and
•On have returned from a vacation
ich the'- srsr.t r.t Stafford. Wells.
McGivney Coming
To Investigate Labor
Eugene J. McGivney, chairman of
the communtiy labor board and also
agent of the United States Employ
ment Service, is coming to Bogalusa
to investigate conditions. Several
war contracts are being filled here,
and if labor conditions to do this
work are not as they should be Mr.
McGivney will likely take action.
While here he- will also investigate
! the essential and non-essential trades.
He is quoted as follows in reference
to the essntial and non-sential work:
"By esential I mean those that
j are working on government contracts
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or are working to supply material
that will be of service to the gov
ernment. Whether a man is essential
j to any industry must be decided by
the draft boards. They will also have
to decide whéther his reclassification
will work a hardship or whether a de
ferred classification shall stand. In
the case of labor, however, there will
be no hardship in a man giving up
one job for another."
Non-Essential Jobs
Are-Made Public
Non-esential occupations for Lou-!
isiana have been established as fol
lows by the community Labor Board
for Baton Rouge only:
Private chauffeurs, public car driv
I ers, barber shops, pool rooms, gamb
ling houses, saloons, soft drink es
tablishments, cigar and candy stands,
lunch counters waiters in hotels and
restaurants, porters, bell hops and
sales
! elevator tenders, livery and
j stables, junk dealers, garages and
j automobile repair shops, pressing and
cleaning shops, shoe shine parlors,
fruit stands and shoe repair shops.
i All able bodied males of draft age
, engaged in such employment must
j seek work in war industries or be
immediately inducted into the draft,
i regardless of their deferred classifi
! cation', arn no totted Chair reran Georg*
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JOiHISOH 3X1(3 iVllllS
Seek Reelection
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J. K. Johnson, Commissioner of Fi- j
^ j c Mi „ Commissioner be
pubKc UtUities> announce in this I
jssue of the Enterprise that they will !
^ candidate for selection to thej
:offices of Commission Council. Both |
aft1ong the best known citizens of
ßogalusa and have served the tax
^ for fQur vears in the office !
— y geek reelection Both are BUC _
cegaful buginess menj understand the
•affairs of the city and have never
missed an opportunity to do anything
for a greater and better Bogalusa.
PRESENTS PHOTO OF
MRS. SULLIVAN
At the meeting of the Mother's
Honor Commission, held in the \ . \V.
i C. A. Monday afternoon, a splendid
j photograph of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Sul
was presented to the Commis
sion by Miss Betty Sullivan. The
picture will remain in the room which
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is used by the Mothers' Honor Com
LIEUT. GARDINER HOME
Lieut. George Gardiner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Gardiner, arrived
home last week for a ten days' visit
with relatives and friends. George
has just attended the officers' train-
ing camp at Camp Pike. He will re-
port for duty at the end of the week.
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PARTY DATE CHANGED
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The date of holding the first fall
party at the Y. W. C. A. and which
was fixed for Tuesday night, has
been changed to Monday night. Those (
who contemplate attending the party
should bear in mind the change of
the date.
PLAN BIG RALLY
Supporters of Governor Hall are
arranging to hold a big rally in Boga
luso OJJ Saturday evening. Partie
1 ulars will be made pub*,c t.i.
end of the week,
1320 ENROLLED
The opening of the etiy schools on
Monday was attended by the larges;
[number of pupils that ever attended'
ly, there being 1320 er.-k
; the first day
! rolled.
COUNCIL SETS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
27 AS DATE FOR CITY PRIMARY
Candidates Must Qualify on or Before Friday, September
13, and Deposit $50, If They Want to Enter Race
for Commissioner—Election Officers to Get Fair Pay
The date of the city primary to
nominate the democratic candidate
for mayor and four members of the
Commission Council has been fixed
for Friday, September 27th, and all
who want to enter the race must
qualify on or before Friday, Septem
ber 13. Each candidate for the Com
mission Council must deposit $50 to
help defray the expenses of the
primary and in case there is any
money remaining, it will be pro-rated
among the candidates. The candi
dates will have until Monday noon,
September 16 to name their
election officers who are to receive
$7.50 for their services. The vot
ing places for the election will be
New City Hall, Coca-Cola Bottling
plant, Old Fire Station and New Fire
No Pleasure Riding
On Sunday in Future!
car Sunday evening so that it will !
You may as well wa3h up your!
be spick and span for Sunday,
cause the fuel administration has rub j
ed that there must be no pleasure i
riding in automobiles or motor boats j
in any city or community south east j
of the Mississippi river on Sunday.
No fine is going to face those who
go on a drive Sunday, but you are
going to be considered unpatriotic if
you do. However you can en'oy your
car on holidays, unless a new order
appears later, which will depend to
a large extent upon the co-operation
of the public to the new orders. The
ruling is the result of a threatened
; shortage in gasoline
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Back Pay Salary
Goes fotStaiaps
During the past few days several
hundreds of dollars has been paid to
money
j has been invested in v saving
j stamp*. The exact figurer ould not
be obtained as to the amount pi*
I chased, but the two banks and tie
! <>^ e r ^ ort ^usually heavy
3ales - all of which was purchased by
| these men. Every employee of the
shops also own liberty bonds ana LJv
are doing nil in their power to do
! their P art to help win tne war.
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Oliars nab ueen iu,
the shop men of the N. O. G. N. here
land a large per cent of thi
SWAIN RESIGNS
Geo. M. Swain, for the past sew
eral months manager of the Boga
lusa Stores, has resigned his fositior,
and left for California. Max
Wilson, for the past two years with
the company, has assumed tie man
agement.
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PAY YOUR SLBSCRITION TO THE
ENTERPRISE BEFORE NEXT
WEEK'S ISSUE
INDICATIONS s
1 iuVi n will rpppii
on
er.-k
are hat there are over 500 families
who will receive ie Enterprise THIS WEEK v:ho
will NOT receive itrlEXT WEEK unless their sub
scription is PAID s ONCE. The GOVERNMENT
ORDERS go into ef ict NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEM
BER 9th and those vho have NOT PAID their sub
scription cannot ge The Enterprise. Moreover, no
FREE COPIES carjbe sent out.
Owing to the ict that the orders came so sud
denly The Enterpr^ e has not had time to make out
the statements of e subscribers in arrears. We
are going to TRY t mail you a statement this w r eek.
We are going » do our very best to try and get
The Enterprise to )U and in case you DO NOT re
ceive it next w T eek - will be because your subscrip
tion is in arrears.
After you are hrough with YOUR Enterprise
mail it to one of < JR BOYS OVERSEAS or in a
TRAINING CAM! because after this week the
GOVERNMENT ( tDERS will NOT PERMIT us
to send any papers 1 them UNLESS IT IS PAID for..
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Station on Columbia street.
Members of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee will be named at
the primary and in the event that
there are not enough candidates, the
names will be selected and placed
upon the ballot.
Besides paying the Commissioners
of Election and clerks, ballots, tally
sheeets, instruction cards, ballot
boxes, etc., has all got to be paid
for by the candidates.
It was estimated that necessary
expenses in holding this primary will
amount to $300 or more, and in order
to raise this amount *it T§ T as found
necessary and thought proper to as
sess each candidate for Mayor $80
and each candidate for City Commis
sioner $50.
Overton to Speak
At Park - 1 onight
John H. Overton, candidate for the
rnomination for U. S. Senator will
fce-jnake an address at Goodyear park
this evening and it is expected that
hé will be greeted by the largest
crowd of voters that has attended a
political meeting here during the
campaign. Mr. Overton being an or
ator of state wide reputation has a
large number friends in the par
ish who believes that he will receive'
the nomination. You will enjoy hear
ing Mr. Overton tonight regardless
of your choice in the race, and an
especial invitation is extended the
ladies to attend.
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fPPorters of the state Ant.-Saloon
League in this section are unanimous
Babington After
Dr. Turner's Scalp
Editdr New Orleans States:
Dear Sir: The eontrioutors
and
in their condemnation of Rev. Tur
ner, their accredited representative,
in supporting ex-Gov
Luther E.
Hall, who they recognize here as the ,
candidate oMhe saloons and brewer- ,
' es p V e k 'h Ue °f e . v e
se " ;t0! Jï0, ' Ll ' s " a ' e ' aR ''*p l *° j
pose entering a protest with the Na
tional Anti-Saloon League of America i
against having a representative fall-;
ing in lire with the saloon interests
os Rev. Turner seems to have done.
Yours very truly,
C. S. E. BABIN GTON.
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Dr. Minnie Faulk, of Lexington.
t vy., has returned to her home af
:er a week's visit with her sister,
»1rs. Jno. T. Williams.
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Finds Bones a
Many Old Coins
Hunter Mills, brother of Commis-
sioner J. C. Mills, and formerly con-
nected with the Coca-Cola plant here
and who has been in France for sev-
eral months, ift a letter to his brother,
tells of digging a well in France and
when at a depth of 12 feet they dis-
covered many old coins dated back
B. C. at a depth of 55 feet he found
more which were in an excellent state
of preservation. At a depth of 50
feet they found a tombstone, but
could not make out the reading on
it. The coins were of bronze and
copper and a few of silver. While
digging the same well they found
many bones. The coins had a picture
of Caeser on them and were of
various shapes and evidently hand
made.
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Pictures Made Here
To Be Shown Friday
If you attended the ceremonies at
the city hall on May 11th when T.
McClellan presented thé city with
the ax with which he fellfd the first
tree on the site of the City of Boga
lusa; if you were present when Mayor
Sullivan was presented vfith the lov
ing cup; if you witnessed the ac
ceptance of the flag pole *nd the rais
ing of Old Glory, or if you were in
the parade prior to the meeting, then
you will want to see the motion pic
tures of these events. This picture
will be shown at Goodyear parl^ on
Friday evening and there prill be two
performances. No admission will be
charged. The pictures ate being
shown under the auspices of the Y.
M. C. A.
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Meat Markets To Be
Closed on Sundays
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Bogalusa citizens who are not go
ing to.have chicken for dinner Sun
day had better bet their roast on
Saturday «▼»«.mtsç or - you may have
to eat bacon for Sunday dinner as
an ordinance closing the meat mark- j
ets was passed at the regular session \
of the Commission Council on Tues- 1
day
Every market owner
evening,
in Bogalusa signed a petition, and j
presented it to the Commission Coun- 1
oil several months ago, praying for
the o rdinance. i
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Kypof Fp/lhlfP Pirhirp
VJlCCll I CalUIC 1 iLlUl"
Coming to Magic City
When on October 25, 1915, the
Kaiser shook his fist in the face of
Ambassador James W. Gerard and
told him that after the war was end
ed he would stand no nonsense from
the United States, he did not realize
that the patience of Americans
would soon reach the breaking point.
The whole series of incidents, the
plot and intrigue, the broken prom
ises, the deliberate disregard of all
rights of a friendly nation in the in
sane desire to rule the world is clear
ly shown in the wonderfully vivid
motion picture reproduction of Mr.
Gerard's book, "My Four Years In
Germany."
Here, you see unrolled before you
the whole page of history from the
Zabern incident to the gathering of
the American army over there.
Every American should see this
picture so that he can better under
stand why America must stand united
against this common foe.
This picture will be shown at the
Magic City Theater on September 12.
Shows at 4, 7 and 9 P. M.
BUYS 2,000 ACRES
OF LAND HERE
The Great Southern Lumber Co.,
has made a very important sale of
land just north of Vamado to Ed
Langhurst, of Elgin, 111. Mr. Lang-
hurst is a practical farmer and stock-
man and hS purchased two thousand
acres of the Company's cut-over land,
and has already rented a house in
Vamado, where he will move in a
few days and begin the development
of his pro per t- 1 -
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MISS WOLFROM TO LEAVE
Miss Wolfrom, who has been phy-
sical director of the Y. W. C. A. since
the home was opened here, will leave
next week for Birmingham. She
has made hundreds of friends here
who will deeply regret her departure.
teatless Days Now
Thing of the Past
T. J. Magee, local food admin-
istrator, sent notices to the merchant'*
of Bogalusa and vicinity Monday
notifying them that wheatless day»
had been discontinued and that re-
tailers are permitted to buy from
wholesalers wheat flour without sub-
stitutes. The public can also pur-
chase four pounds of flour to one
pound of substitutes instead of fifty-
fifty plan as before. In his letter
Mr. Magee expressès his thanks to
the merchants and citizens for their
co-operation, this co-operation being
responsible for the restrictions being
called off.
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Ordered to Leave;
Faces $10,000 Fine
Peter Sandifort, who was employed
in the N. O. G. N. shops here and
who was arrested several days ago
in Bogalusa for trying to incite negro
laborers and when he was arraigned
he was given his preference of leav
ing the city on the next train or
getting the full penalty of the law.
Peter left Bogalusa and judging from
press reports, has met with still worse
fate, for he went to New Orleans,
where he secured employment at
shipyard No. 12 of the Foundation.
Company. There he tried his same
work, but was kept under surveilance
and on Saturday he was arrested by
agents of the department of justice,
who have secured enough evidence to
warrant holding him in the house of
detention while the Federal Grand
Jury investigates his case.
The charge was said to be the first
of its kind in New Orleans since the
outbreak of the war, and a conviction
entails a Une bf not more thap
$10,000 o rimprisonment of not more
than thirty years, or both. The act
provides punishment for the wilful
injury or destruction of war material,
or of premises or utilities used in
Connection with war material and for
other purposes. _______....
SINGERMANBUtS
RICE WOOLEN MILLS
M. Singerman for 20 .years a prom
inent tailor of New Orleans and the
father of Mrs. Alex and Meyer ^Ber
enson, of Columbia street, has pur
chased the Rice Woolen Mills on Au
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^ gtreet and after increasing the
i stock and making several changes
Swill open for business on September
l 5th with a fine line of men's' fum
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ishings and a line of tailoring goods.
A deal is also pending for the pur
chase of the building by Mi. Singer
man from Frank Cassidy.
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WILCOX ANNOUNCES
FOR REELECTION
H. H. W'ilcox, the well-known
Commissioner of Education and one
of the leading merchants of Colum-
bia street, annonuces this week that
he will be a candidate for reelection
subject to the Democratic primary on
Septeember 27th. Mr. Wilcox has
served the city in this capacity since
the city was incorporated. His
friends believe that his reelection is
just a matter of waiting for the votes
to be counted.
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JOHNSON TO WED
F. M. Johnson, Jr., assistant sales
manager of the Great Southern Lum-
ber Company, left on a business trip
today which will take him to his old
home in Chicago, where on Septem-
ber 21, he will be united in marriage
to Miss Hildur Wisteen, a charming
young lady of the Windy City. The
happy couple expect to be at the Pine
Tree Inn on October 1.
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OFFERS HIS SERVICE
C. L. Johnson, chief clerk to D.
T. Cushing, assistant treasurer of
the Great Southern Lumbr Co., has
volunteered his service to the Y. M.
C. A. for overseas work. Mr. John-
son is one of the best known and
most popular young men of this city
* and there is no question about his
services beeing quickly accepted.
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GOOD PICTURES COMING
The Magic City is offering an ex
tra good run of pictures for the week
starting tonight. "The Doctor and the
Woman" is a feature which appears
tonight. It is a Weber production
you will enjoy. Pictures you will
greatly enjoy will be shown each
night during the coming week and
for the compete program see page
8 of this issue.