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tae B0&AIU5A entcwfttsc
AND AMERICAN
-VOLUME 4.
BOGALUSA, LA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918.
Number 40
BOGALUSA TO HAVE HONOR ROLL
FOR ALL MEN NOW IN SERVICE
jte citizens of Bogalusa, white
^ colored, who are now in the
i*rrice or who will Join the colors
Mint the period of the war are not
to be forgotten.
The name of every man is going
be placed in large letters on a
, jçj,! designed board just opposite
O. G. N. depot, giving the
of every man in the service,
board will be set in concrete and
aad for years.
goj^alusa's roll of honor, which
„ae has been selected, is an idea
sloped by Mayor Sullivan and
ier k aas already started on construc
ts cf the board. It will be 12 feet
Hi), and SO feet long, allowing a
-ceiof three inches in height for
letters, which will make it easily
„jd for some distance._ 1 -
CITY HAS GOOD PLAN TO GET ON
SPLENDD FINANCIAL BASIS
HThen the City of Bogalusa was in
(orporated July 4th, 1914, it was
weessray to borrow' $30,000 to run
fte city till during 1915. The city
of Bogalusa collected no taxes
general government during 1914.
iid, however, collect a special school
jut. Since that time, the city has |
been burdened with this debt of j
$3®,000, which it has been paying off I
as it could, and, paying the interest |
also. In addition to this debt, the
1 about December 1st, 1918, it
the desire of the present Council
snake everything as good for them
poi«ible, so that they will have a
chance to demonstrate to the
«tension of the water works to
A&mstown, Richardsontown, Colum
ba Road and Pleasant Hill and Den
Juntcwn have entailed great ex
pense over and above the bonds
«ted for that purpose, and, the city
it tlM indebted for these improve
Ktntr Since the new Commission
Cwmcil will be sworn in and assume
V their ability as city fathers in
"ng the city. Thereiore, it has
thought wise to wipe out as
as possible of this old debt and
the new Council a clean
Therefore, the council has fijied
jiroperty valuation for purposes
of general municipal taxes at 100
City Prisoners to j
Cut City's Wood j
If the Commission Council of j
ileplusa adopts a plan of having the ;
iicrs at the city jail cut wood j
»ill not only be able to make!
money off the work of the prisoners, i
which heretofore has not proven suc- i
«aful. At the same the work will ■
it * new idea in patriotism and at j
tiie same time improve the fuel situ- J
atioji here. Coal is going to be j
:»igrty scarce in a few more, and j
♦varyone is urged to burn wood in |
section. So great has been the j
'4tnund for wood that it iB going to '
k# aard to secure shortly. . If ar- j
~ents could be made to haul j
abundance of wood to the city i
j yard, or take the prisoners to
aea"by tracks of cut-over pine land,
tiie*e prisoners could cut an abund
| of wood during the next few
The wood would find a
• iy sale at a good price.
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BUYS $2,000 BONDS
j: Richard P. Bear Co., of Bal
timore and who are building the
hardwood mill here, have
|P»od Mayor Sullivan here, have
ption for $2,000 worth of the
>'.rth Liberty Loan Bonds. This
»tion has already demon
that they are going to co
every way possible to help
op Bogalusa and boost every
Te ®* n f which will give us more
-Ijr. Progress on their work is
more rapid every day, and
J ^ttpect to be ready lor opera
— by the first of the year.
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SANDERS HOME
'essman Sanders arrived
! from Washington Friday night
JrHf* from » severe cold. He
^ akely remain here several days.
WiU n0t pass on any im -
t bill owing to the fact that
/**£* number of Congressmen will ;
' URl f° their homes in order t. ;
in the Noveavoer contests. !
lusa now in service should telephone
There will be enough space on the
board for 400 white and 400 colored
names. The expense of erecting the
Roll of Honor will be paid b y the
Great Southern Lumber Co. Every
mother, father, sweetheart, brother,
sister or friend of a man from Boga
the name to City Clerk Bean, èo that
no names will be missed. This is
the only manner in which the names
can be secured, and you would not
want the name of your father, son,
brother or sweetheart to be missing
from this roll of honor. Attend to
this at once, as it is of great im
portance. Do not take it for granted
that some one else will send in the
name. Do it yourself—do it right
now. If any other information is
Required, City Clerk Bean will ask
you for it.
per cent of the valuation, and, for
the bonds already voted, valuation
àt 50 per cent. Now, this will figure
out as follows: If your present as
for'sessment is $1,000, you will pay just
Itj$12 more for this year " ------
present assessment is $600, you will
| pay just $6 more, etc., if $250, just
j $3 more, etc. So that the increase
I will not be much, and, the money
| received will enable the council to
wipe out the old debt of 1914 before
any taxes were collected and leave
practically clean slate for the new
Council. Another reason why it is
necessary that this be done this year
is, that in November, a Constitution
al amendment will be voted on, which
if passed will prohibit any higher
.valuation than 100 per cent, but will
reduce the millage to 5 mills, and, if
this matter is not adjusted this year,
1918, the city would be forever
barred from adjusting it on account
of the Constitutional Amendment,
Now, that every one in the city is
making more wages than has ever
been konwn, and, making more
money than any other country on the
face of the globe, certainly this lit
tle $12 per thousand, for one year
will not cause any hardship, espe
cially since it will wipe out the old
debt, and, enable the city to go for
ward on better basis.
If your
j Powell Home After
j A Y ear in France
j Private W. Deason Poweii is spend
; |ng his furlough with home folks in
j Bogalusa after serving more than
year in the trenches in France. Mr.
i Powell was formerly an employee of
i the -N. O. G. N. and left here for
■ France June, 1917. He has been re
j cuperating at a government hospital
J at Ft. Bayard, New Mexico for the
j past few months and has now fully
j recovered his health. He has the
| usual pep and punch of the brave
j Sammies that are keeping the Hun
' on the dpad run.
j He is touring the parish with the
j speakers of the Fourth Liberty Loan
i Campaign and doing his bit to put
it over the top
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MRS. BANKSTON DEAD
Mrs. Annie Bankston, one of Boga
lusa's most estimable ladies, died at
her home in North Bog'alusa last
Wednesday. While the
ment of her death was
announce
shock to
her many friends, her condition had
been critical for several days. The
deceased was the widower of M.
Bankston, Bogalusa's first chief of
police and who was killed about
four years ago. She is survived by
two sons and a daughter. The fun-
eral services were conducted by Rev.
Townsley.
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20 NEGROES ARRESTED
The local police force assisted by
Constable Lambright succeeded in
rounding up about 20 negroes who
did not answer their call for serv-
ice. Several stated that they did
not get their notice, while other
stated that they just had received a
notice to report. They were sent to
Franklinton Tuesday morning.
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lO-POUND GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Scarbrough are
*" lu
the parents of a fine ,-------
; daughter, who arrived last Saturday,
; Mother and daughter are getting
! along splendidly.
ten-pound
Enterprise Moves In 1
New Quarters
When the painter completes his
work at the new home of the Enter
prise, Bogalusa can lay claim to one
of the prettiest and up-to-date print
ing offices in the South. Moving day
is a task that everyone dreads, but
now that the Enterprise is located
in the Spekenhier building, on Louisi
ana Avenue, the trouble, work and
cost has convinced every member of
the force that it was a good in
vestment. All of the machinery, in
cluding the linotype, was moved by
H. F. Parker, assisted by W. Rawles,
of the Great Southern machine
shops without any mishap of any
kind. When it comes to handling
machinery, placing them and laying
out the new shafting, they proved
past masters of the art. With the
Electrical connections and changes L_
A. Larson, of the Great Southern
Several others rendered valuable as
sistance, among whom was R. Ko
lena.
Within the next week after the
painters and carpenters have com
pleted their work we want you to
visit the new home of the Enterprise
and see if you have ever visited a
more sanitary or better looking print
office.
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Johnson Sees Good
Omen in France
Sergt. Major Jess Johnson, of this
city and former law partner of
Governor Sanders, has arrived safely
over seas and writes that the first
thing that met his eyes before he 1
got off the boat in France was the j
word "Enterprise." "It struck me,
writes Jess "as being a good omen
for my entrance in France, having
come from a city whose maiden
name is "Enterprise" as evidenced j
by the title of Bogalusa's good news- j
paper." He states th»t if Mr. SulLi- !
van could float a few rafts of "Boga- j
lusa Brand" yellow pine over there !
it would find a ready sale, not only j
for buildings, but also for shoes, as
most of the people there are wear
ing wooden shoes. Jess states that
he enjoyed the trip across the pond
and was never feeling better. His
address is Sergt. Major Jess Johnson,
Judge Advocate, Office Headquarters,
39th Division, A. E. F.
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WILLIE HARVEY,
COLORED, IS 322
Willie Harvey, colored, residing at ;
518 Ave T, age 18 years old and j
employed as a laborer at the plant)
of the Great Southern Lumber Co.,|"
j h^dTsenaT'number 322, being
[ drst num ber to be drawn in the lot-|b*
tery at Washington. As a result he|^
will be the first of those called into
the result of the recent j
. The number was drawn
service as
registration
by President Wilson.
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MAYOR WORKING HARD
Mayor Sullivan has been devoting
considerable time to the Liberty Loan ;
drive this week, and besides selling !
several thousands of dollars' worth;
of bonds, he has been making ad
dresses at various places in the
1
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BUY $1,000 BONDS
The Bogalusa Veneer Co , through
its President, Mr. Ames, of Crawr-
fordsville, Ind., has wired Mayor
j Sullivan to purchase $1,000 worth of
(Liberty Loan Bonds for the local
company. This company has always
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ager of the Great Southern Lumber
Co., who arrived in Bogalusa last
j week with his bride.
shown a willingness to do everything
in their power to co-operate with the.
citizens of Bogalusa.
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TOUR PARISH
Judge Jno. J < Robero, of Jennings,
La., accompanied by Rev. A. Inman
Townsley and Judge Ott, have been
making addresses this week in all
parts of the parish in the interest of
the Liberty Loan drive. They spoke
at Franklinton and Zona on Tuea-
day_
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LEASES LINDSLEY HOME
Mrs J. M. and Mrs. J. B. Lindsley
will leave Saturday for New Orleans,
where they will locate fbr the pres
ent, so as to be near Mr. Lindsley,
who entered service several days ago.
Mrs. Lindsly has leased her home to
' F. M. Johnson, assistant sales man
1 3,511 Registered Here'
Since June, 1917
Since the outbreak of war ther^
have beeg 3511 men registered in
Bogalusa. This, of course, does not
include the full company of infantry
which was formerlly old Co. G, nor
the scores of young men who volun
teered before the registration was
ordered. Mayor Sullivan has kept
a close record on the number of men
from this city now engaged in some
branch of the army or navy and re
ports that there are almost 800. Fol
lowing is the results of all registra
tions held to date in Bogalusa:
June 5th, 1917—
White
Col.
Total
Precinct No. 1
173
288
461
Precinct No. 2 4
171
32
203
Precinct No. 3
258
46
304
Precinct No. 4
160
376
536
Total registered
762
742
1,504
Sept. 12th, 1918—
Precinct No. 1
188
194
382
Precinct No. 2
209
68
277
Precinct No. 3
415
98
513
Precinct No. 4
243
456
699
Total registered
1,055
816
1,871
Total June 5, 1917 762
742
1,504
Sept. 12, 1918
1,055
816
1,871
Grand Total
1,817
1,558
3,375
June 5, 1918
54
64
118
August 24, 1918
15
3
18
Total registered
1,886
1,625
3,511
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Ask Fire Rates To
Be Reduced Here
-
E. L. Middleton introduced a reso
,?ution at the meeting of the Commis
1 sion on Tuesday evening requesting
j the Fire Prevention Bureau to send
'ia representative here and re-rate the
insurance of the city^ Mr_ Middleton
is of the opinion that the city has
/complied with the requests of this
j bureau, having extended the water
j mains, purchased modem fire fighting
! apparatus and made connections with
j the plants of Hie Louisiana Fibre
! Board Co., Bogalusa Paper Co., the
j Great Southern as well as building a
fine pumping station.
According to the statements pre
viously made, Bogalusa should have
ycent.
a reduction of about 25 to 30 per
%
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GERMAN SPY PLOT
FOILED BY AMERICAN
;
j
Charles Ray, in New Photoplay, "The \
Claw» of the Hun," Has Role of I
Great Dramatic Force I
_ I
m jl_
How ' JonR & ta uton, sen of *, um
onair f manufacturer of munitions,
role ^yed by Charles Ray in
s latest Paramount photoplay, 4 The
he|^ aws of tRe Hun ; produced u T nder
ne supervision of Thomas H. Ince,
j * 0 ? 1 tae piot of german spies to ob
i' tain the f ecret for ™ ua of a ?"*? ex '
plosive, forms a thrilling episode of
that usually strong picture which will
be displayed at the Magic City
Theater, tomorrow, Friday.
John Stanton long has desired to
enlist for duty "somewhere in
ut his mother who is ill,
:
;
! Fr ff' U 5 hlS ™° tilSr 1S , ,U '
and fearfu1 ' exac ** a promise fr ° m
him , " ot ^ to enll * t .' j )ecaU f Se f e
ROuld n0 su ™ ve *Z !
ithe front. He is called a slacker j
by his friends and when his sweet-
t ___^ fc{w , mIM „ ^
tff ^ Hun espionage in this
heart treats him coldly he is in des
pair In his father's safe reposes
the formula of a high explosive en
trusted to him by the United States
government, and Stanton learns and
frusterates the plot of several Ger
spies to obtain possession of it.
Of course, when Stanton's mother
come to a full realization of the
country and of the necessity of com
'batting enemies abroad as well as
at home, Stanton is permittted to re
fute the charges of being a slacker
by enlisting in the American army_
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KINDERGARDEN OPENS
Bogalusa can boast of a full
fledged kindergarden. It is being held
in the Y. W. C. A. building with
Miss Ruth Altick a3 teacher. It is
fascinating to watch the cute little
fellows do their stunts and learn
useful things by play.
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100 PORTO RICANS ARRIVE
A hundred Porto Ricans, who just
arrived from their native country,
arrived in Bogalusa Tuesday night
and were sent to the Great Southern
camps, where they will be put to
work.
BOGALUSA STOPS EVERYTHING TO
PUT LIBERTY LOAN OVER THE TOP
Following a meeting at the Y_ M.
C. A.last Friday night Bogalusa start
ed her drive to go over the top inn the
Fourth Liberty Loan. Following the
meeting the ladies announced that
they have sold several thousands of
dollars' worth of bonds and they are
still at work and if all of the reports
of the ladies' division could be se
cured, it is believed that they have
sold $125,000 worth of bonds in the
parish. The ladies are way ahead
in the lead, and as Miss Elizabeth
Sullivan warned the men, they are
going to be badly defeated in this
contest.
Incomplete returns of the teams in
Bogalusa alone showed that they had
sold about $90,000. A good organi
zation of ladies has been secured in
every part of the parish and they are
hard at work. The complete reports
of the first week of the drive is ex
pected to show that the parish has
raised over $150,000 or with $15,000
of the quota assigned the parish. D.
T. Cushing, in charge of the men's
CASSIDY, MILLS, WADSWORTH AND
REAGAN ELECTED COMMISSIONERS
Bogalusa's first primary, which
was held last Friday, September 27,
was an interesting affair despite the
fact that less than 500 votes were
cast. The results showed that only
one member of the present commis
sion council was re-elected, the suc
cessful candidates being E. R. Cas
sidy, J. C. Mills, D. N. Wadsworth
and J. R. Reagan.
There were several interesting
E. R. Cassidy..................
J. K. Johnson..................
M. Marx..........................
E. L. Middleton..............
J. C. Mills........................
J. R. Reagan...............
D. N. Wadsworth............
H. H. Wilcox.............
TOTAL VOTE CAST
No. IPrecinct No. 2Precinct
No. 3 (Columbia
lall)
(N.-W. Bog.) (South
Side)
Street)
65
55
165
71
356
....28
18
146
41
233
12
12
41
23
88
17
17
111
22
167
54
57
181
63
355
37
63
139
50
289
53
57
144
44
298
10
9
67
38
124
470
Cassidy received 76 per cent of the total vote cast; Johnson 49 per cent;
Marx 19 per cent; Middleton 35 per cent; Mills 76 per cent; Reagan 62
per cent; Wadsworth 63 per cent; Wilcox 26 per cent'.
Shells and Seeds
Desired by Red Cross
If you have any peach seeds, apri
cot > P™ne, plum, olive pits or date
seeds, brazil, walnut, hickory nut or
butter nut shells, please save them
for within a short time t-.e Boga
iusa chapter of the Red Cross is go
^ c ' 0 n ect these seeds, pits and
Cooking wi n not effect the
can be
used by chemists in the making of
gas masks. Hotels, restaurants and
individuals who can, should dry the
pits before sending thenij to the Red
Cross.
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ELKS RED CROSS DANCE
The local lodge of Elks are mak
ing arrangements to give a dance at
the lodge room on Saturday evening,
October 12, the event being in honor
iof Columbus day. The proceeds will
ft>e given to the Italian Red Cross
fund. Admission will be $1.00 per
couple> and t h e public is invited to
d
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MAKES FOUR SPEECHES
Mayor Sullivan made four
ad
dresses in the interest of the Fourtn
Liberty Loan in Washington Parish
Tuesday^ Among the towns he visit-
ed was ' Mt. Hermon, Hackley and
Pine, lie was accompanied by A.
N. Dobbs, who also made four talks.
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GOES TO COLUMBIA
Mr. L. H. Lewis and family are re-
moving to Columbia, Miss., where
they will reside. Mr. Lewis and his
son, Durward, having accepted a
position with Lampton Wholesale
Grocery Co.
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City Clerk Bean transacted busi-
ness in the Crescent City Tuesday,
returning home the same evenin.
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FOR' SALE—Ford truck, has body
for jitney. Apply, Dreyfus Store,
Columbia St.
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CANE GRINDER FOR SALE—Very
cheap price For particulars see O.
B_ Magee at Washington Eank &
Trust Co.
division of the city and Miss Sulli
van, of the ladies' divisions state that
if the committees work as hard for
the next few days as they have the
fir^f half of the week that the parish
should be able to go over the top^
A. N_ Dobbs, Parish Chairman, states
that anything less than $200,000 will
be a dissappointment and keep the
(parish of city from having a mer
chant ship or a tank named after
Washington Parish or Bogalusa.
The report of the ladies' division
as reported .Tuesday night was as
follows :
Miss Elizabeth Sullivan..........$64,200
Mrs. Plummer.......................... 4,050
IMiss Blanchard...........~.......... 1,400
Mrs. E. E. Lafferty.................. 2.050
Grandma Groshe...................... 200
Mrs. F. Sullivan......_.............. 1,550
Mrs. D T Cushing.......;........ 4,150
Mrs. J.'C. Lee............................ 5,950
Miss Kendricks........................ 1,250
Mrs. Berenson .......................... 4,100
Total
$88,900
of which was the fact that in Mr.
Cassidy's precinct he secured 65 of
a possible 68 votes. The new com
mission council will assume its duty
at the first meeting in December.
M. Marx did not make any ac
tive campaign for the office and it
was reported that he would resign af
ter serving a short time. Following
is the vote by precincts as well as
the percentage of the vote which
each candidate received.
Precinct No. 4
(passed an ordinance at their meeting
^Tuesday night, which
Pleasure Riding on
Sunday Is Costly
If you have been violating the
orders of the Fuel Administrator
and using your car for pleasure on
Sunday, you will discover that there
is no pleasure to it next Sunday, for
the Commission Council of Bogalusa
will subject
any person, whether a resident of
Bogalusa or not, to a fine of $100
and 90 days in jail for driving a
car in Bogalusa on Sunday as long
as the orders of the Fuel Adminis-
trator are in effect.
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WITH GREAT SOUTHERN
C. L. Johnson, for the past several
years assistant to Asst. Treasurer D.
T. Cushing, is enjoying an extended
vacation. During his absence W. J.
Willoughby, formerly with the N. O.
G. N. is holding down his job.
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SANDERS GRATEFUL
Washington, D. C., Sept. 28, 1918.
Mr. C. S. Moss,
Editor Bogalusa Enterprise,
Bogalusa, La.
Dear Mr. Moss:
I take advantage of this, the first
opportunity that I have had since my
return to Washington, and through
you to the good people of our par
ish, my sincere thanks for the cor
dial support given my candidacy in
the recent Democratic primary.
I wish to thank each and every one
of you for your vote of confidence,
and to assure you that I will at all
times, to the limit of my capacity and
ability, work for the welfare of all
our people.
Any matter brought to my notice in
which our people are interested will
receive my earnest attention, and I
want them to write to me, rememer
ing that is not only my duty, but
that it /will be a pleasure, to serve
them. »
Cordially and sincerely yours,
J. Y. SANDERS.
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HARMS ARRIVES OVERSEAS
M. Harms, only son of Mr and
Mrs. Ed Harms, and who left Boga
lusa on July 1st, has arrived safely
overseas.