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BOGAL USA, LA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918.
NUMBER 49
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COMMISSION
COUNCIL WAS
ORGANIZED
Finance; Reagan,
and Park»; Mills,
Schools; Wadsworth, Pub
Affaira
new Commission Council was
into office and the body or
at. the regular meeting held
evening. The sesison at
a number of prominent citi
Commissioner Mills introduced
which was seconded by
Cassidy, assigning Mr. Cassidy
of finance, who will
) serve as mayor in the absence of
Sullivan; J. C. Mills, as commis
of Education; J. R. Reagan,
a er of streets and Parks;
Wadsworth, commissioner of
affairs, and Mayor Sullivan
»k after the health and public
department.
mer Cassidy moved that
be selected clerk of the
on Council for the next four
which was seconded by Com
Reagan, and Mr. Bean was
ily re-elected. 1
oner Cassidy introduced a
which was seconded by
oer Mills, and carried, that
I of the city, except those
elected, should appear beforé
Service Commisison, which is
of W. C. Flanders, John
BT. W. Heslin, D. R. Joseph,
Grififth. The commission
on every application for
io desire to secure meploy
1 the city.
selection of ^he City School
I then madé, Mrs. J. H. Cas
, L. Johnson and D. Bienn be-
Mayor Sullivan called
i to the fact that this depart
id try to decide IjJ^on some
will give Bogalusa a mod
el gilding and suggested a
" * " a be selected to
used ordinance, making the
irere furnish an indemnity
) amount depending upon the
of passengers the car will
aers giving a bond of $500
' the capacity of his car. This
: the public assurance that if
a damage suit against any
I driver that same can be col
Action will likely come up on
ice at the next meeting,
of the proposed fire ordi
'ere given each member of
ncil so that they can take ac
the near future. The ordi
specifies what class of buHd
be built in the business sec
■ the city and will prohibit the
: of a frame business block on
it business street,
question of allowing Con
J. Cowgill an increase on
of the concrete work was
but no action was taken, it
sided to give the council and
i opportunity to investigate
of the proposed increase,
said not to be the fault of
but to conditions which
when the government or
building stopped, and pince
there has been a big in
s' the price of cement.
I of meeting of the council
»in the same, being the first
f evening °f each month, at S
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of
! Nurses'
»NG COMPLETION
Home for th© young
?ed at the Bogalusa IIos
completion and it is
1 that it will be ready for oc
within the next two weeks.
•fford8 every convenience
Stertor of the house has a
finish. The furniture will
When the nurses move
' home it will give more
ft® hospital and the spece
' occupy may be used for pri
*ANT OTT WOUNDED
1 Mrs. EL W. Ott of Mount
f 8 letter from a base
in France stating
Lieutenant Stanley
• wounded. He has
au. °* ft* hardest fighting
Eastern front, and was in the
fe? Chateau Thierry to the
For hb gallantry on the
I j, was advanced from sec
beB tenant. * He received
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^oro a German shell some
Era Leader.
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NEW T SECRETARY
COMING THIS WEEK
The new secretary of the Y. M. C.
A., Fred^S. Thompson, is expeeted to
arrive in Bogalusa with his family be
fore the end of the week and assume
charge of the local "Y." Mr. Thomp- j
son comes here from Tulsa, Okla.. ;
where he has made a great record in
this work. He was state secretary of,
Oklahoma for .the boys* section and j
has taken a leading part in all of the '
"Y" activities. The selection of a
physical director for the "Y" will
likely be made within a few days.
Geo. Smith Found
Guilty of Murder
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George Smith, a well-to-do fanner
residing near Mount Herman, was
found guilty of murder without cap
ital punishment at the session of the
District Court in Franklin ton last
week and has begun his life sentence
in the state prison at Baton Rouge.
He was convicted of killing Sam
Smith, another farmer in the same
vicinity. The killing occurred a few
weeks ago and the body of Sam
Smith was found on a public high
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way within a few yards of where his
brother, Dr. Smith, was killed sev
eral years ago, and there was every
indication that both men had been
killed by someone hiding in the
swamp as their victim approached the
bridge. It wàs never known who
ItilledDr. Smith.
District Attorney J. Vol Brock
made a strong case against George
Smith, and was assisted by Attorney
Ponder of Amite.
\ BABINGTON IN HOSPITAL .
Lieutenant W. M. Babingtön, for
mer assistant »'cashier of the First
.State Bank and one of the first Bo
galusa boys to volunteer îiis services
at the outbreak of the war, is con
fined to a hospital in France, accord
ling to a letter received by his father
in, Franklin ton. His condition is re
jnrted.net
he is back on duty bjTthis time. He
is with the Quartermaster Corps.
M.
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men
died
in
INJURED IN ACTION
time
to
jMr.
j the
Marteniz Moak a well know vonnu J 6?
man of Bogalusa' who has been in
^Lefor£• past rigMmLths was h
L?urZ n In '
WT^te restive here thlt he was hi
ivTOce relative here that he was in
the hospital and getting along nicely,
He was wounded in the arm. His a
relatives would not be surprised to with
hear of his landing m the United
States with one of the first ships car
rying wounded. ^ jwas
0 here
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ADDS NEW DEPARTMENTS
The City Mercantile Company lo-,
cated in the Cassidy building, have I
received several shipments of men's
furnishings and expect arrivals of I
other merchandise within the next
fews days, and by the first of the
year they expect to have a complete
stock of dry goods and notions. Man
ager J. O. Ward expects to have one
of tiie most up-to-date stocks of gen
eral merchandise to be found any
where on that date. ,to
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TROOPS ARRIVE I
The first American troops to ar
rive in New York from overseas were
"reported Monday when zwo stiips ar
rived, one carrying IIOjO wounded,
most of whom had lost an arm or a
leg, while the other carried 4000 non
combat troops.
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DRAWS BIG CROWD
The motion picture show' giver, un
der the auspices of the Girls' Busi
ness Club on Thanksgiving night, at
the Magic Theater, drew a record
in
crowd.
FIRST HEAVY FROST
The first heavy frost of the season
greeted Bogalusa citizens on Monday
morning and again on Tuesday.
Heavy frosts were reported through
out the South.
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HOLINESS MEETING
A meting was started at the Holi-
ness Church on Pleasant Hill Wed-
nesday evening, which will continue
indefinitely, and thfr jJublie is invited
to attend.
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HAS NICE STOCK
The store of Caraway and Com
pany, which was opened in the Cow
gill building on Austin street, which
was formerly occupied by Brock and
Company, has received large ship
on
a
mens of merchandise during the past
few days and invites the public to
-call and inspect his stock. [very
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BOGALUSA SERGEAN I S, COMPANY F,
AS THEY LOOK WHILE IN FRANCE
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Above is a group of boga.n^a coys taken in France
a few days ago, ail whom are well known and popular
young men who are now sergeants of Company F, 154th
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Infantry. The picture was supplied the Enterprise by
Frank Sullivan, through his father, Mayor Sullivan. They
are, reading from left to right, top row: H. G. Jones, R.
M. Magee, I. Waiker, A. G. Moore, B. F. Cruell, M. A. Cur
tlSS, K. L. Lem bright; bottom rew, V. F. Underwood, A.!
Ward, Frank SuIIivrn, L. E. Kennedy. In the letter Mr.
Magee states that the boys are in good health and in fine
Spirits /?
A. Z. (Casey) Jones
Died in France
A. Z. Jones, one of the first young
men of, th.s city to volunteer h s
services at the outbreak of the v ar, j
died in France several days ago. In-:
format'on to this effect was received
in Bogalusa in a letter from W. W. ;
W. W. j
Bab.ngton, formerly of the F.rst
State Bank, who enlisted at the same
time with Mr. Jones, and they re
mained together for soma £me
Délais BëfevW
to have been the result of pneumon a.
jMr. Eabington wrote that on readi ng
j the Nantes Hospital Center A. F. O.
J 6? T® ® £ th " ofbs
fmnd ' "j 10 had . been s ck only a few
h °"" b T ® f ° r ® dy , u . .
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P ° PU ' ar y ° U " e men> He v S3 E
native of New Orleans, but has been
associated with Bogalusa citizens for
a num ber of years, having worked
with H B . Woofeoek at Madera,
Mexico, and returned here with Mr.
Woodcock about three years ago. He
jwas a members of trie Elks' lodge
here and the first member to die in
France . ,
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DISPLAYED A TRACTOR
I H. E. Rester, local Ford represent
ative, displayed a Forfson tractor
here this week which attracted much
attention. These tractors are do ng
the work of several teams and hands
on farms in the NorMi and East and
are revolutionizing the farming bus:
ness. The cost of operation is so ; d
,to be small when compared with !
j teams and it is expected that several!
I will be in oneration in this praish
LATE FIGURES SHOW INCREASE
before a far distant date.
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giving $29, ÖÖO^Sti Tammany $25,00,
The tatest, but inconntete, fguros
in the United War Work Drive in th s
in
district, composed of Sfc. Helena, Tan
gipahoa, St. Tammary an! 'Tashirg
ton parishes, show that $73,000 was
raised, w'hile the allotment was $53,
000, Th's parish leai the district by
Tangipahoa $17,000 and St. Leier. a
$2,000. The employees of the sh-'p
yard at Madisonville gave $8,300, the
report of this being received by DI>
trict Chairman Sullivan Saturday.
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PROTRACTED MEETING
The protracted meeting which was
started at the First Baptist Church .
last Sunday by Rev. J. E. Brakefield !**
has attracted large crowds each even- ;
ing and afternoon. The services will \
continue during the remainder of the
we,k Md a» public i. iuvited to *'M.
tend. Ecenine serve« bern M 7:30.
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DANCE A SUCCESS
The dance given at the Elks' Home
on Thanksgiving Eve was attended by
a large crowd despite the inclement
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Riely
[very
weather, and a neat sum was real
ized, which was placed in the Christ
mas fund for the poor. The sale of
candy, under the direction of Mrs.
*---d Miss lone Ein germ an, was be
ifitable. *
Bays 12 Lots and
Will Build Plant!
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Ode of the largest sales of busi-'fe
s ness lots ever sold in the history of
j Eogslusa was made last week when
tbs Coca Co a Bottling Works pur
chased from the Great Southern Lum
; ber Cororany ten lots, ahd two ad
j ber Comrany ten lots, ahd two ad
'oicing ones from the First State
Fanis. The lots are in the square
opposite the Masonic Temple, or old
in North Bogalusa. This
gives the Coca Cola company a plot{
of ground, with a frontage of 240
feet and a depth of about 160. Jus<
when the new home of Coca Cola will
be bu lt denends upon conditions, as
r ' ar:a ' ,-er Mills stated. Work may be
* ar ' ed ° B the erdction of a buildin *
3 ja the next.few months, then it might
be de,ayed for tw0 or three years -
"One th rg is certain," said Mr.
Mills, "and that is when we do build
we will no only have one of the most
modern n'ants in the city, but we pro
pose to have a beautiful yard.
The build ng will be of brick and will
set back some distance from the prop
erty line. »
, ha3 been great activity in
, North Bogalusa property for the past
sevcral weekg _ It is expected ^
work will start bn building the new
hotne 0 f the Cumberland Telephone
Comrany at an €arly date . Char ie S
M. Warnick, 5, 10 and 2$-cent store,
has purchased lots in North Bogalusa
from"'the 'webster Rearty Company"
Thr , Vs dre near the Spekenhier
building
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LINDSLEYS VISIT HE^IE
On Saturday evening,
a special meeting in
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lindsley spent
the week-end with their many Boga- j
lusa frends. ^ „v»«;«J
the Elks had
honor of his visit, Mr. Lindsley be
jng the exalted ru i er of the local
locfee _ He expects be mus tered !
oiit of service within the next ten
days, and after a visit with friends
in other sections of the state will re
turn to Bogalusa.
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MISSING IN ACTION
Benjamin M. Fisher of Franklin,
ten, La., is reported as one of thos*
missing in action during the last few j
days of the fighting in France. He
jis well known in the Franklinton vi-|
cinity and hb friends are hopeful
ihat he is safe and they will hear
from him a few dayg .
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; WOMEN MÀY CONTINUE
\ Orders have been issued to the va
;rious railroads throughout the United
*'M. tout toe, ».y continue to .m- 1
.pie, worn*, .n toeir «ton dtpurt
,ments after the war, if they so de
.
SILVER TEA FRIDAY
The silver tea, whieh was to have
been served at the Y. W. C. A. last
Friday, vfill be held tomorrow (Fri- 1
day), from 3:30 to 5:30, to which the
public is invited. The proceeds will |
be given to the religious work de
partment of the Y. W. C, A. |
WOODCOCK IS NOW
SUPERINTENDENT
H. B. Woodcock, for the past two
years purchasing agent of the Great
Southern Lumber Company, bas been
made superintendent of the plant;
succeeding H. B. Welsh, who was
' called to the bedside of his wife, who
is critically ill at Demming, New
j Mexico. Mr. Woodcock assumed his
I new duties Thanksgiving Day. F. M
j Johnson, Jr., who has been assist
! ant salés manager of the Great South
jern, has been selected to assist Mr.
Woodcock, while D. B. Haven has
been, made assistant sales manager.
Mr. Woodcock has nad consider
able experience in the lumber busi
ness and was superintendent of the
big plant of the Madero Lumber Co.
at Madera, Mexicd.
RED CROSS XMAS
ROLL CALL BEGINS
Bogaiusa's reputation for doing pa
triotic work is going to finish with
about a 150 per cent out of a possi
ble 100 . The last patriotic drive of
th * ïear wiU be 018 Red Cross christ -
mas R , oH , c f! 1 '. w, L en every man > wom *
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A.! until next week, yet several hundred
have answered the roil call by paying
thoir dollar -
J* H. Cassidy, who has so success
fully directed other patriotic War
drives, called a meeting at the Y. M.
C. A. Tuesday afternoon and outlined
a program for the campaign. M. L.
Wuescher was made chairman of the
city division and his teams are now
at work.
1 "Bogaiusa's Red Cross membership
busi-'fe go ing to show the outside world
what ar city this is/' said a prom
j nent citizen. "Bogalusa has been
claiming a-population of between 12,
000 and 14,000 happy and busy peo
n l» Th«> Hriva w iH be our
p i e , The Red Cross drive
opportunity to show just exactly what
the population is, because unpatriotic
peo ple do not count in a city's bopu
iati& "these times." ' s ' *
Mr. Cassidy and his co-workers
state that Bogalusa will go over the
top and that if you want to know the
exact pooulation of Bogalusa, just di
vide the'total amount received by 1,
and you w jh h ave the correct figures
because no one in Bogalusa should
think of not giving them $1 to the
neatest organization that humanity
has ever known
Following is the organization for
to
the city of Bogalusa to handle Red|
Cross membership drive, starting De
camber 15th, 1918: i
M. L. Wuescher, city chairman.
-W. B. Gil
Northeast Bogälusa
bert, captain. *
Northwest Bogalusa and Adams
town—Z. A. Davis, captain.
Southwest Bogalusa, Pleasant Hill
and Denhamtown—D. -T. Cushing,
captain.
Southeast Bogalusa, Columbia St.
and Richardsontown— E. Berenson,
captain.
Colored Section—Professor Lenoir,
captain.
Each of the above captains will or
ganize two committees, (1) men's
committee; (2) women's committee,
tein3 wiU then form the P er sonnel of
each committee and sent list of same
^ ™11 act as captain for men's com
j mittee ' «WJ»**™* for wom '
en3 committee, and these two cap
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to city chairman
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Railroad Shops and
all Employes— H. W. Heslin, captain.
Great Southern Lumber Co., plant
and office— H. M. Woodcock, captain.
Bogalusa Paper Company— G. H.
Whelan, captain.
Louisiana Fibre Board Company—
R. J. Cullen, captain.
Colonial Creosoting Company—F.
T. Rowell, captain,
j Bogalusa Veneer Company— C. W.
Ames, captain.
Richard P. Baer & Co. — H. R.
Duke, captain,
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The Bogalusa Stores Company—
M. Wilson, captain.
Publicity Committee— O. J. Rich
ard, captain.
. Speakers' Committee — F.
Thompson, captain.
The above captains will organize
most efective in putting each particu
lar department over. Send list of
committee to city chairman:
All committees consisting of men
'are to solicit membership for the Red
Cross drive from men only. All wom
1 en committees are to solicit member
ship from women only,
| M. L. WUESCHER,
City Chairman, Red Cross Christmas
| Membership Drive.
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GEARHARD HERE*
TOWNSLEY TO
. ORLEANS
New Minister of Methodist
Episcopal Church for Bo
galusa Has a State» wide
Reputation.
Rev. A. Inman Townsley, for th*
past three years pastor of the Fink
Methodist Episcopal Church of this
city, will be transferred to the Feli
city Methodist Episcopal Chord! of
New Orleans, and Rev. A. J. Gear
hard of New Orleans will come to
Bogalusa as a result of the annual
M. E. conference which ended in >4ew
Orleans Monday. Announcement of
the changes were made Monday
night. Reverend Townsley is on*
of* the best known citizens of Boga
lusa and during his residence hero
proved popular among aH classes and
his friends were numbered by the
hundreds.
Reverend Goarhard visited Boga
lusa during the W. S. S. drive and
delivered an. address which convinced
Bogalusa citizens that he was a splen
did orator and lived up to his repu
tation of being one of the best
speakers in the state. He also has
gained much publicity by his news
paper work and many citizens of Bo
galusa have read his "Short Ser
mons for the Stay-at-Home," which
appeared in the Daily States. Mr.
Gearhard is expeeted to arive in Bo
galusa to assume his duties shortly
before the first of the year.
LITERARY SOCIETY
ORGANIZED FRIDAY
The High School Literary Society
was organied last Friday morning,
the following officers being elected:
Thomas Quick, president; Wiimer
Bennett, vice-president; fta,Mae Lee.
^secretary and treasurer; Claud©
Mitchell, sergeant-at-arms; Wdiara
Covington, editor-in-chief; Clara
Adams, assistant editor. The society
will hold monthly meetings, the first
of which will be Friday, December 13,
The football team piayed two
games with New Orleans last week.
On Saturday afternoon tho Manual
defeated^ Bogalusa by a score of 19
to 9. Ip game with Rugby is sched
uled for Monday afternoon. The boys
wl * re *™* Tu f day ^rmng
F "l ay a ? teraoon > DeceI * ber
the Hlgh 84:1,001 W,U 8 P ro ~
gram, beginning at 2:15, in which the
British will be honored for their he
roic part in the world war. The pa
trons-are cordially invited.
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ELECT OFFICERS
The annual election of the Wash
ington Parish Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross was held at the Y. U.
C. A. last Wednesday evening and
several out of town members were
present notwithstanding that very
bad weather prevailed. W. H. Sulli
van was re-elected chairman; Mrs. G.
A. Townsend, vice-chaiman; M. L.
Wuescher, treasurer, and Mrs, EL E.
Lafferty, secretary. All of the old
directors were re-elected, except W.
C. Flanders, who asked to be relieved
from the salvage department, and W.
S. Gardiner was appointed. The élec
tion of the Bogalusa chapter officers
will be held at the Y. W. C. A. at 8
o'clock this (Thursday) evening. AH
members are urged to attend.
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REV. CHALMERS LEAVES
Rev. W. P. Chalmers, for the past
three years pastor of the Presbyteriap
Church, left yesterday for Pasca
goula, Miss., where he has acepted
the pastorate of the First Presbyter
ian Church of that city. The best
wishes of all Bogalusans follow Rev
erend Chalmers to his new location
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UNION SERVICES
Union services of the First Metho
dist and the Presbyterian churches
will bo held Sunday at 11 a. m. and
again at 7:15 p, m. at the M. R.
Church, led by Rev. A. Inman Towns
lay, tiie retiring pastor. This will be
the final service of Mr. Townsley bo
fore leaving for the Felicity Church
hi New Orleans.
PEARCE DISCHARGED
Sr.ellings Pearce arrived in Boga
lusa last Friday for a few days' visit
with his many friends. He was at
tending an officers' training school
in Georgia and was discharged last
week. He was the first Bogalusa boy
to be mustered out of service.