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BQGALUSA, LA., THURSDAY^DCEMBER 19, 1918.
jalusa Preparing
for Big Christmas
Every indication points to the fact
Christmas this year promises to
The
enjoyed by every citizen
of the war and the return
0 f many of our boys makes
feel that it i» to be à
unusual. The Christmas
__ broken out in Bogalusa al
iy and by the end of the week
ms can be expected to be dec
„ in her Christmas costume.
"ilwe people will likely remain at
this Christmas than on pre
The merchants report a
business to date, but are ex
f pectin«:
an unusual rush during the
days of next week.
ien Getting Up
1 ' Petition to Gay
A suffrage petition in *red and
letters on linen, which the
of the National Woman's
y hope will prove to be the big
jf started on its way to a sen
in Congress, is now on display
({quarters of the party at 325
»adelet street, New Orleans.
Riss Vivian Pierce, in charge of
said she hoped to se
100,000 signatures ny which to
Senator Gay of Louisiana
women should be entitled to
Miss Pierce expressed confi
that local labor circles are io
the passing of the federal
ent
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FI
lYLE-CLARK NUPTIALS
most prominent <jhurch
of the season was solemn
the First Baptist Church yes
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock,
Albert Frayle was united in
to Miss Allie Belle Clark.
ly was performed by
E. Brakefield in the pres
ne daughter of Air. and
J. B. Clark, well known resi-
of Pleasant Hill. She is an
accomplished young lady and very
popular among the younger set. The
has been in Bogalusa for the
fust two years, coming here from
Xtw Orleans, and is manager of the
Sfrtns Drug Store on Pleasant Hill.
The happy couple have left for a
honeymoon and will be at home to
friends on Pleasant Hill after Jan-
a»ry l.
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TAX INFORMATION
There appears to be many people
in Washington parish of the opinion
that because the taxes cannot now
he paid that it also means that you
ran wait until that time to pay your
tax, which is not the Case. If
ï*ur poll tax is not paid on or be
i lore December 31 you will not be
permitted to vote in the election of
t year, and also in 1920. If you
have not paid your poll tax, go to the
Wist State Bank or the Washington
®ank and Trust Company and pav
it now.
buffalo herd coming
Within two weeks Louisiana prob
will be in possession of the eight
of buffalo purchased by the
: ''•Menration Commission for propa
, Purposes at the Urania reser
[Wfiw «in La Salle parish. William
A8Hmes, superintendent of the
[ in d ivision of the commission, left
I f°r Newport, N. H., to take
IjiJSIe of the shipment. The eight
! S 81 *** come ^ rom the famous Cor
I herd of pure bred buffalo. There
two bulls and six cows.
RICHARD BAER HERE
Bichard P. Baer, of the Richard P.
I*® Company of Baltimore, Md.,
j.®®* of the largest hardwood mill
in the United States, vis
m Bo ^ alusa last week. Mr. Baer
** Inspect the progress of the
1 ®H1 here and was favorably im
._****! with the work to date. It is
||J* e k'l that the plant will be ready
1 a h° u t the first of
SHOWER FOR BRIDE
Arabelle Clark, a bride of this
E*** 1 » was entertained on last Frl
■ I ®ight with a surprise mlscel
i shower given by the Business
C lub, of which Miss Clark is
active member. Miss Clark
a number of beautiful gifts.
' c ^°colate and cocoanut, maroons
► served.
Jones' Commission
Comes Day of Death;
The War Department has just an
nounced that on the day that A. *L.
Jones of Bogalusa, formerly of the
G. S. L. treasurer's office, died of
pneumonia in France that he had
been commissioned a second lieuten
ant. News to this effect was sent to
his mother, Mrs. J. M. Fox, 4614
Carondelet street, New Orleans, thia
week. Mr. Jones was one of Boga-
lusa's most popular young men and
he volunteered his servîtes and sailed
for France with his intimate friend,
Lieutenant W. M. Babington.
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Campaign lor
Jefferson Highway
Encouraging prospects for resum
ing highway building in Louisiana
are reported by J. D. Clarkson, gen
eral mAnrger of the Jefferson High
way, in New Orleans to make ar
range for the comjng campaign in
the interests of the highway. The
campaign will be started from
Shreveport, December 19, and con
ducted in every town along the route.
A meeting of the international di
rectors of the Jefferson Highway will
be held in New Orleans January 16
and 17, and a state conference to
consider the Jefferson road and other
highway interests in the state will be
held January 15.
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PORTO RICANS TAKEN HOME
All Porta.jRieans imported by the
govern mem to work at the various
plants and industries during the pe
riod of the war are to be returned
free of charge by tile government«
The transport Hancock arrived at*
New Orleans Tuesday from a Vir
ginia port with a load of Porto Ricans
and will take on board about one
hundred more who are stranded in
M
CITY PAYS DIFFERENCE
At a special meeting of the Com
mission Council, held last Thursday
afternoon, the council passed a reso
lution authorizing the city to pay
the different in the contract price
of placing the concrete walks of the
northeast section of the city, which
work was done by J. H. Cowgill. The
difference in price grew out of the
War Board stopping shipments of
concrete.
LONG DISTANCE RATES
CHEAPER JANUARY 21
According to announcements made
this week the government has or
dered a cut in the long distance tolls,
effective January 21, which will af
fect every city and town in the
United States. According to the re
port the toll from 8:30 p. m. to mid
night will be one-half of the day rate
and from midnight until 8:30 a. m.
the rates will be one-third of the day
rate. The charges are to be based
on airline distances, which is also
expected to reduce the day rate. Ac
cording to these rates, based on the
present charges, you can talk to New
Orleans for 20 cents after January
21 from 8:30 p. m. until 12 midnight,
and between midnight and 8:30 a. m.
you could talk for about 15 cents.
MAKING IT UNANIMOUS
Sam Davis, the genial représenta
tive of the Albert Mackie Company,
has been confined to his home since
Monday with the "flu." Mrs. Davis
and three children were down with
the flu and Sam stated to friends
that he did not know of any reason
why he should not make it unani
mous. All are getting along nicely.
SECURES GOVERNMENT AID
A letter from Duncan Buie, state
highway engineer, who is in Wash
ington in the interest of government
aid for road construction work in
Louisiana, says he is meeting with
success. More than five million dol
lars' worth of road construction work
has been planned for 1919.
GOING TO NEW YORK
H. E. Baumgarten, chief clerk to
Superintendent Cullen of the®Louisi
ana Fibre Board Company, w«il leave
the end of this week for New \ ork,
where he will spend the holidays with
his mother and other relatives. He
will return via Washington, where he
will spend a few days.
! FIRST WORK CW l 1
ROADS WAS- STi
IS GRAVEL
LAST WEEK
The first work toward giving
Washington parish good roads was
started several days ago when a
staff of engineers, rindef the su
pervision of J. W. McDaniel, bogan
running the lines for the road. The
first line to be run will be from
Pearl River to Franklinton. The
survey shows that a distance of two
miles wilt be saved ç^pr the present
roads eoa.T hr.
roads. The road from Bogalusa wili
be the upper road for some distance
and then it will lead into the lower
road. After reaching Franklinton
the line will run to the Mississippi
roads, while another will lead from
Franklinton to connect with the St."
Tammany road.
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ELKS TO SEND Bi
TO NEEDY OF
PROVISIONS
.USA TUESDAY
If there are needy persons in Bo
galusa who do not anticipate having
a happy Christmas they can change
their minds if the name and address
is known within the next few days
by the Elks' lodge. This order pro
poses to spend several hundred dol
lars to see that every needy family
in Bogalusa is provided with provi
sions for this day. ^ committee is
now trying to secure the names', and
if - there is a needy family* in your
vicinity you should report, giving
name and address. You may phone
Ê. R. Cassidy at 96, G. G. Timberiake
19, and the Enterprise 111, W. S
Gardiner of the Great Southern Li
ber Company, J. C. Mills, Cpea
plant, phone 67; M. R. Dorsey, pho
122; W. B. Gilbert 99, or Mrs.
at the Y. W. C. A.
The baskets are going to be well
filled and it is going to require two
large baskets or a hamper to
the articles—enough provisions
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION AND BIG
MEETING TO BE HELD HERE DEC. 28
The citizens of Washington Parish
are going to have an opportunity of
seeing a demonstration of a tractor
—the one piece of machinery which
has done more to develop efficiency
and reduce the cost of farming than
most all other machinery combined.
The demonstration will be conducted
by H. E. Rester, local representative
of the Fordson tractor, which has al
ready been pronounced a great suc
cess and hundreds are being used
throughout the United States. The
tractor not only breaks the ground
and places it in condition for plant
ing, but does as much or more work
in a day that several teams
and farm hands could do in a week.
It also harvests several crops and can
GOV. PLEASANT ASKED
ABOUT FARM LANDS
Annapolis Md., Dec. 17.—Govern
or Pleasant of Louisiana and thirty
five other state executives in annual
conference here were advised by
Secretary of Agriculture Houston to
ascertain what farming lands might
be available for use of returning sol
diers. He cautioned, however,
against throwing these men indis
criminately into agricultural pursuits
without previous experience or ade
quate training.
Reconstruction problems, particu
larly those relating to labor,- educa
tion and public lands, were discussed
by the governor*.
Secretary Baker said that war had
presented the indispensability of
strong state governments in peace a3
well as war times as the principal
agencies for mobilizing and demobil
izing soldiers and developing better
methods of physical training for
young men. At the same time he
pleaded that state authorities give
cities more freedom to work out their
individual local problems.
Governor R. G. Pleasant of Louisi
ana is among those attending this im
portant conference.
DR. SLAUGHTER RETURNS
Dr. J. H. Slaughter has returned
from a two weeks' vacation, which he
spent in various parts of the state.
He attended the ice manufacturers'
convention in New Orleans last week.
roads to be built are of the
4 type of gravel roads and will
Ahe following places: Franklin
kley, Warnerton, Rio, Var
Bogalusa and will connect
pitigton parish roads with those
Tammany, Pearl River, Marion
Walthall counties, ^Mississippi.
Ï bonds of half a million dollars
sold in February and it is
ed that everything will be in
to start, work on the actual
Jon by spring. Federal and
aid will be received on the
and when the present program
jpipleted it is expected that
sngton parish will have in the
orhood of 100 miles of fine
led roads. '
lie ordinary family a week.
!G. Timberiake, who is chairman
buying committee, states that
placed his order and the mer
will arrive this week.
S. Gardiner, who is chairman of
ommittee in charge of raising
has informed the buying com
to get everything that is need
that if there are not enough
ble funds on hand that he has
or two that he can "cash"
tinted that he would «have some
planned for New Year's Eve
in the event that there was a
icy.
extraordinary session of the
t will likely be called by Exalted
J. B. Lindsley for the early
of next week to see that the
are filled. Deliveries will be
« after dark on Christmas Eve
*Elks with cars are expected
the Elks' Home to assist in
, these baskets.
be used for a score or more of other
kinds of work on the farm. In fact
the tractor is said to do most every
thing on the farm and at a lower cost,
of operation and does practically
everything but milk .the cows. The
demonstration here on Saturday De
cember 28th is expected to attract
hundreds of farmers and landowners
from this and St. Tammany parishes,
Pearl River and Marion counties. The
demonstration will be held on the
tract of land adjoining the armory on
Avenue B, starting at 11 o'clock. At
the meeting Governor Sanders will
make an address upon good roads
and farming, and Hon. Harry D. Wil
son and other well known state offi
cials will attend.
VIGILANCE AGAINST
FLU URGED BY BLUE
Washington, Dec. 17.—The danger
of relaxing efforts to check the
spread of influenza was emphasized
again by Surgeon General Blue oi
the Public Health Service.
"The epidemic is not ended," the
surgeon general said, *'and such re
crudescences of cases and deaths a-,
are now occurring in many localities
may be expected to become more or
less general.
"Any statement at the present
time that the epidemic has come and
gone for good can only do harm, for
it will lull people into a false sense
of security and cause them to relax
the precautions they should take co
avoid the infection."
POSTPONES TRIP
Mayor Sullivan will not leave for
his extended business trip this week,
but will remain in" Bogalusa for
Christmas and will likely leave the
day following. All Bôgalusa will be
glad to know that Mayor Sullivan
is feeling fine again.
BOYCOTT ENEMY CUSTOMERS
Paris Dec. 17.—The general syn
dicate of French hotel men an
nounces that it has decided that for
ten years it will not receive a native
of enemy countries as an employe or
customer. This decision will be
transmitted to organizations of hotel
men in all the Allied countries.
Better Pay Your
Poll Tax Quick
The political bee has begun to sing
around the ears of several well
known parish citizens and if you
want to have anything to say about
who are to be the next parish offi
cials you had better hurry to the
Washington Bank and Trust Com
pany or the First State Bank and
pay your poll tax. If you do not
pay your poll tax before January 1
you cannot vote in the parish, state,
congressional or other elections.
Elections are going to be numer
ous during the next, two years and
every man who could vote should not
become disfranchised by overlooking
to pay his poll tax. The holiday sea
son is right at hand and if you do
not pay your poll tax before that date
you are very apt to overlook it: It
is estimated that Bogalusa should
have 1500 votes at the next parish
primary and up until Monday only
about 10 per cent of that number
had paid their poll tax.
George U. Borde
Dies Suddenly
George U. Borde, an expert engi
neer and well known in Bogalusa,
died at his home in New Orleans
Monday, following an attack of in
fluenza. Death was unexpected as
he was recovering from the attack
and was expected to be at his desk
by the latter part of this week. The
decéased had done much work in Bo
galusa and assisted in placing the
sewerage and water system in this
city, and two years ago when the
city decided to purchase the system
Mr. Borde was employed as appraiser
and the city purchased the plant at
his figures.
Great Business in
New York, Dec. 17.—Resolutions
cautioning all manufacturers against
'fhasty action or conclusions in refer
ence to employment questions" were
adopted by the committee on adjust
ment of the National Association of
Manufacturers, meeting in joint ses
sion here today with the advisory
committee of the National Council of
Industrial Defense.
The resolution declares that "the
normal demands of industry" will
provide sufficient work for all per
sons now employed, as well as for the
soldiers and sailors soon to be re
turned to civil life.
Asserting that there appears to be
a "well defined attempt to créât the
false impression that we are to ex
perience in the near future an un
heard of cessation of industry," the
resolution declared incidations are
that the country is "on the thresh
hold of an unprecedented business
expansion."
All members of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, it was said,
are pledged to give jobs to former
employes returning from the military
service and a plan was suggested for
the estaidishment by manufacturers
of factory schools in which disabled
soldiers would be trained for suita-j
ble work.
KING GEORGE IS
OFF WATER WAGON
■Until armistice
London Dec. 10.
week King George had not been in-
side a theater since-the outbreak of
the war and had not partaken of in-
toxicants since 1915. On the night
of the signing of the armistice he
had champagne with his dinner and
after perusing a long list of theatri-
cal attractions he selected something
lively—one of the most popular
"girl" shows which he seemed to en- j
joy. *
PIZZlATAS TO LEAVE
Mr. andfMrs. Eugene Pizzata are
planning to leave Bogalusa about
February 1 for Tampa, Fla., where
they will make their future home.
Mr. Pizzata will be associated with
J. H. Thompson, Jr.
S41LS FOR LONDON
John L. Davis, formerly superin
tendent of the N. O. G. N. railroad,
and now vice-president of Callender
& Co. of New York, sailed for Lon
don, England, on December 16th on ;
an extended business trip.
200 Xmas Boxes
Sent to Wounded
Mrs. E. E. Lafferty, chairman, as
sisted by Mmes. W. C. Magee, E. R.
Belton, L. F. Guerre and Miss Pris
cilla Voorhies, sent 200 Xmas boxes
to wounded soldiers at Camp Beaure
gard. The request was received on
Wednesday and all had been mailed
before 6 p. m. Saturday. Each box
contained : One pound fruit cake, one
pound candy, one package playing
cards and one can talcum powder,
and was attractively decorated witta
Christmas card and seals. The candy
remaining over was sent to the nurses
of the Base Hospital at Beauregard.
Since the demobilization of troops
has begun the Home Service Section
is rendering service wherever possi
ble and is receiving an increasing
number of calls for service front the '
families of the soldier boys.
Only twenty-three sweaters have
been completed so far out of the al
lotment of 120. Mrs. Belton would
be pleased to receive applications for
yarn from volunteer knitters.
The First Aid class will be held
Friday evening at 7:30. Volunteer
Boy Scouts will be used in demon
strating emergency bandaging.
To Amplify Holiday
Passenger Service
To provide adequate service for
the anticipated heavy pasesnger trav
el during the holidays, which win be
augmented by the movement of large
numbers of soldiers and sailors on
leave or discharged from the service,
Director General McAdoo has in
structed regional directors to give
careful attention to operating the
necessary extra trains.
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HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT
WAS A BIG JOKE
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morris, erstwrtue
Hope" picked up the softest $1250 of
his Queensbury career Monday night
at the Louisiana Auditorium. Morris
was paid the record fee for probably
the most perfect dive ever witnessed
in a New Orleans ring. It lasted less
than a minute but had anything An
nette Kellerman has attempted trim
med about forty ways from the jack.
Morris took his daring leap per
haps three feet at the expense of s
willing public. Nearly $6000 worth
of spectators enjoyed the great
American privilege of criticising him
in return. Some of the angry fans
yelled "robber!" while others sug
gested the entire troupe be arrested
on a vagrancy charge.
The contest as Dominick Tortorich,
the promoter, explains it, was staged
for the purpose of "showing" Jack
Dempsey, the knockout specialist to
local fans. Dempsey was "shown" at
a heavy cost. The boxing game will
recover from the fiasco, but it is go-
ing to take quite a little time for it
to wear off.—Daily.States.
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H. P. LEDOUX DEAD
H. P. Ledoux, 71 years, and for
the past seven years a resident of
this city, died at his home on Pleas
ant Hill last Thursday morning.
Death was due to Bright's disease.
His condition had been serious for
several days previous. The deceased
is survived by a widow and eight
children, four sons, V. J., E. H., W. J.
and F. J. Ledoux, all well known in
this city, and four daughters, Mrs.
H. P. Rucker, Misses Lillian, Maud
and Amelia Ledoux.
Mr. Ledoux was a native of Pointe
Coupee parish and came to Bogalusa
in 1911. He was a member of the
Catholic Church, where the funeral
services were conducted last Friday.
Burial was in the Bogalusa Cemetery.
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* BIRTHDAY PARTY
Little Inez Chandler entertained
her little friends at her home on
Avenue C Thursday afternoon in
honor of her fifth birthday. The
evening was spent in pleasant games.
Dainty refreshments were served the
guests and many gifts were received.
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MEET ON TUESDAY
The Business Girls' Club met at
the Y. W. C. A., and after the regu
lar business meeting made taffy
mendely and the club decided to have
candy. All enjoyed themselves im
candy-pulling nights oftener.
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