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AND AMERICAN
ewte&e&tse
VOLUME 5.
BOGALUSA, LA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919
* Situation Here
Greatly Improved
ins been a remarkable ira
, in the influenza situation
j* during the past week,
^ game progress is shown
»nt week it is expected
i will develop after this
' week there was a daily
0 f about forty-five new
'while this week there have
i ariy ten. A large number who
been confined to their homes
r out and there are few per
, reside in the city that are
a t lenoo* condition.
?B#w fortunate Bogalusa has been
pared with other cities can
By seen when McComb, Miss.,
s citizens in one day than
has during the last seige,
JSU towns in Tangipahoa par
. jjgt more citizens than the me
wgpolH—Bogalusa.
Great credit is due the local physi
% who worked day and night,
have had better succès with the
than any other physicians in
il Meets and
Passes Ordinance
. was a special meeting of the
aion Council on last Friday
___on when the fire ordinance
I passed which regulates the kind
I which can be erected in
t sections of the city. The or
is important to the future
! of the city and will do much
securing a big reduction in
I fire insurance rates here.
I ordinance appears elsewhere
l ids issue of the Enterprise and
I be read by every property
and prospective builder. This
only matter coming before
except foe pa y ment of
are
from
fect,
en
just
them.
after
party
ber
his
you
call
party
the
which
is
ness
ident
about
that
give
given.
new
cents,
you
new
new
if
call
after
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) THOUSAND HELP
JCE CLEOPATRA
I «dation to the thirty thousand
- who appear on the screen in
Fox's massive spectacle,
in which Theda Bara
the colorful life of the an
t Egyptian siren, there were more
j two thousand men and women
vt in the work of producing this
t spectacle. These included car
masons, painters, hostlers,
seamstresses and the
Magic City Theater January 29th
i 30ht.
the
at
a
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MRS. KING DEAD
Mis. J. G. King, owner of King's
Store in North Bogalusa,
»bed to an attack of influenza
She returned last week
» a visit to New Orleans and the
J day developed influenza.
' condition gradually grew worse
I die end came Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. King have resided
Bogstasa for the last four years
I she was well known to all resi
,, &ts. She was 30 years of age and
jjp» «arrived by her husband, hér par
#ti and brothers and sisters. The
*bf were shipped to New Orleans
«y where the funeral services
■ conducted.
by
a
close
of
day
ed
nue
ing,
in
^*md
FLU AT FRANKLINTON
Dietrict Judge P. B. Carter and
gjfeWet Attorney J. Vol Brock oi
jPtoktaton were in Bogalusa Tues
fcy. locking after legal business and
their many friends. Judge
stated that there was consid
>P*ble influenza in the parish seat,
rtfe bo deaths have occurert during
i l*te outbreak.
WEATHERSBY HOME
*bert Weathersby, a former pop
11. 0. G. N. engineer, but who
called into the service several
! ago, arrived home last week,
*tog been mustered out. He is
• fine and stated that he never
better. For the past few months
has been located at a camp in
£*Sf«nia. He will resume work with
®* G- N. in the near future.
USE DYNAMITE?
v If you are going to use dynamite
|F«Sb explosives, or sell same, don't
the fact that the war re
Jtouefeons are still in effect, which
®*he* it necessary for you to secure
before purchasing same.
Nation by purchaser or seller
IIIPP them liable to a heavy fine.
is
in
NEW PHONE RATES
ARE PUZZLE TO ALL
They forgot to advance the tele
phone rates during the war, so they
are going to make up for lost time
unless someone enjoins toe company
from carrying the new rates into ef
fect, similar action having been tak
en in many other states. The em
ployees of the telephone company are
just as much "up in the air" over the
changes as the public, because it
makes a great deal more work for
them. If you want to stay up until
after midnight, you, can, talk to,.a
party in New Orleans for 25 cents,
providing you know his phone num
ber and he answers the pîione, but if
his cook happens to answer the phone
you will have to jfcalk to her. If you
call a party and you do not get the
party you ask for there wfii be a
"'service" charge of 25 per cent of
the rate to the point where you
called. There are many other changes
which went into effect and the only
consolation we can see in the changes
is that if there is any important busi
ness you desire to take up with Pres
ident Wilson, you can talk to him
between midnight and 4:30 a. m. for
about $1.35, providing, of course,
that you know his phone number, 'lo
give you a new idea of the ratés, the
following prices for service are
given.
Franklinton—Old rate, 20 cents;
new rate, call number of phone, *20
cents, to get party you want 25 cents.
Columbia—Old rate 30 cents; call
phone number 30 cents, get party
you want, 40 cents.
New Orleans—Old rate 40 cents;
new rate 45 cents, if you call by
number, 55 cents if you give name of
individual.
Baton Rouge—Old rate, 40 cents;
new 60 cents; 75 cents if you ask for
certain party.
Chicago—Old rate $5.50; new rate
$5.50, if you call by number; $6.85
if you call for individual. Or you can
call the number you desire in Chicago
after 8:30 p. m. for $2.75, or for
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walks
bog.,
think
which
do
than
in
favor
pigs
from
to
dren
and
fore
cil
city
and
many
work.
of
lawns
and
the morning.
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the
uary
Mrs. Geo. Davidson
D _ is
rneumoma Victirn ; buy
Mrs. Bessie Davidson, aged 22 j
years, died at the Bogalusa Hospitu,
at noon Thursday of pneumonia, foï-j war
lowing an attack of influenza. It was ent,
a pathetic death, as She is survived solve
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by a baby daughter, two weeks old,
a heart-broken husband, a number of
close relatives and a large number
of friends. Her condition had been
serious for several days, but on Wed
nesday there was a noticeable im
provement, but a relapse came Thurs
day morning.
The deceased had been married but
three years and prior to her mar
riage was telephone operator at the
Great Southern Lumber Company's
office, where she was very popular.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the family residence, '621 Ave
nue C, Reverend Gearheard officiat
ing, and the remains were laiu to resl
in the Bogalusa Cemetery. She .s
survived by a husband, daughter, h
mother, five brothers and two sisters.
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now
at
or
new
in
in
SALE BIG SUCCESS
The great Clean-Up Sale which
started at the Bogalusa Stores Com
pany last Saturday was a big success
^*md will continue for several days
and
is
re
yet. Every department of the stoic
gave unusual bargains, no depart
ment escaping. Manager Max Wilson
is confident that within the next few
months there will be a big decrease
in the cost of merchandise and rather
than hold his stock and get the old
prices, he would rather take the loss
now and make room for the new
spring goods which have begun to
arrive.
If you have not attended this sale
you are missing an unusual oppor-
tunity of purchasing anything you
need for the home at a big saving.
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THANKS, THANKS, BOGALUSA
Mrs. George Denegre, who directed
the state drive to raise funds for
the Belgian children, has written the
local committee thanking them for
the funds raised here.
Mrs. Denegre says:
to
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a
In her letter j
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"Many thanks' 7 to the good people
of Bogalusa for the generous con
tribution to the fund for the little
Belgian exiles. It is quite wonder
ful to have overcome so many ob
stacles. When these children are re
united with their parents you will
have a part in their great joy. They
are the hope of the future Belgium.".
WHY DENY CHILDREN PRIVILEGE
ENJOYED BY COWS AND HOGS?
Latter Use Sidewalk» and
Children Do No Harm
Walks in Bogalusa—City
Hogs and Cows Should
Beautiful Lawns, While
Skating on Concrete
Grown to Size Where
Roam die Streets.
Don't you think that your son or
daughter is entitled to use the side
walks just as much as that cow or
bog., of your neighbor? ' Dont'yôu
think that the cows and hogs
which roam the streets of Bogalusa
do more damage in one day or night
than all the children do to property
in a year? Then you should be in
favor of putting up tne cows and
pigs against stopping tne children
from skating on the sidewalks.
At a recent meeting of the Com
mission Council the body was asked
to take some action to stop the chil
dren from skating on tne sidewalks,
and the Enterprise believes that be
fore any action should be taken to
deprive the little folks of a new
pleasure, that the Commission Coun
cil owes it to the taxpayers of tne
city to see that the cows, pigs, hogs
and other stock is kept up.
Last summer there were scores of
complaints about the cows ,and pigs
ruining war gardens which had cost
many dollars and many hours of hard
work. Several hundred dollars worth
of damage was done to beautiful
lawns in Bogalusa last year by hogs
and cattle, and if Bogalusa is to have
New 1919 W. S. S. i
Are Now on Sale!
The proverbial thrift of Benjamin
Franklin has been given official
recognition by the government.
It is the picture of that unique and
the 1919 war savings stamps.
And on Franklin's birthday, Jan
uary 17th, every American, remem
bering the adage of "a penny saved
is a penny earned,", was expected to
; buy a 8ta mp m hi S honor.
j There is no doubt that the sturdy
American patriot would welcome a
war savings stamp as a birthday pres
ent, were he alive and helping to
solve the great problems of the day.
: And one of the biggest problems
der
a
is
the
.s
h
And one of the biggest problems j
now confronting the government is j
cleaning up its war obligations and;
financing its peace program. By!
buying war savings stamps every
American can help solve this problem.
The 1919 stamps maybe purchased
at any postoffice, bank, store or other
authorized agency during the month
or January at $4.12. The price In- j
creases one cent a month until De - 1
cember, when it will be $4.23. Thtj
new stamp conies due on January l,j
1924, in the sum of $5. The increase
in value represents about 414 '/<, com-1
pourided quarterly. It is a splendid •
investment. It is the only security '
in the world which must increase In]
value.
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TO LEAVE WEDNESDAY i
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Jr., |
and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pizzetta '
and son, William, will leave next j
Wednesday for Tampa. Fla., where!
they will make their future home,;
old
to
you
for
the
for
after several years' residence in Bo
gausa. Mr. Thompson will be asso
ciated with his brother, who is a large
cigar manufacturer of Tampa. }
Their many friends in Bogalusa ;
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deeply regl et to see them leave, but |
wish them all the success and happi-'
ness that it is possible for anyone to j
have in Tampa, and commend them
to the citizens of the Florida metrop
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CARLOAD OF TRACTORS j
H. E. Rester received a carload!
of Fordson tractors this week, con- j
sisting of seven tractors. Mr. Rester
expects to dispose of toe shipment in
a short time.
LIGHTS IN ADAMSTOWN
Adanvstown, that section of the,
city beyond Northwest Bogalusa,
j to have street lights, the improve
J ment having been ordered, and it is
expected the lights wïïî be in oper
con
little
ob
re
will
They
ation in a short time.
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MRS. SAUCIER DEAD
Mrs. Eliza Saucier, wife of Philip
Saucier, who resides within the city
limits on the Franklinton road, died
Monday of pneumonia. The funeral
services were conducted Tuesday.
successful gardens, pretty lawns and
sidevwalki, which can be kept in a
presentable condition, it is necessary
that the» Commission Council take
some actfon which will result in the
stock being kept up.
Bog&lrjsa is probably the largest
city in jhe United States inat per
mits jcpvts and other stock to run at
large arid visitors to the ciy never
cease cajling our atention to the fact.
A younj man with the American
army iij Russia, in writing to * his
friends back North, stated that the
Ihing Which looked moss peculiar to
him .wife the running at large of hogs
on the (streets where he was located.
It will soon be time to start the
spring gardens and have the lawns
fixed for spring, and the Enterprise
belifrœ the Commission Council
shoiffel take action and pass stock or
dinances which will bring to an end
forever the running at large of any
kind of stock within tne corporate
limits of the city. In the meanwhile
we think the children should.be per
mitted to skate on the concrete side
walks until traffic becomes much
heavier. .
Ready to Build
New Clubhouse
a
Work on the clubhouse of the Bo
galusa Country Club will be well un
der way by the end of the week, the
weather permitting. Already lumber
be'OT the bungalow type and will be
a cozy clubhouse.
Within a short time the member
ship committee of the Country Club
is expected to start a drive to double
the membership of the organization.
Instructor Turpic has been giving
lessons each day the weather permits.
IMPORTANT ELKS'
MEETING FRIDAY
The regular meeting of the Elks
will be held tomorrow (Friday) night
and it will be one of the most im
portant and interesting meetings that
has been held for several months.
There will be initiation and several
candidates will be balloted up. Fol
lowing the meeting a social session
will be held, complimentary to J. H.
Thompson, Jr., esteemed leading
knight, and Eugene Pizzetta, both of
whom are charter members of the
lodge and have been hard workers.
All in embers are urged to be present.
TEACHERS SICK
!!rs. Frank Sullivan, one of the
popilar teachers of the Bogalusa
has been confined to her
mon this week with an attack of in
fluéza. Several of the teachers con
traded the illness, but all are *•«
pot«! to be gettirng along nicely.
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YOUNG MOTHER DIES
}
; conplications
Mrs. Fred Augustine, 905 Avenue
h', fife qf a well known employee o
the Bogalusa Paper Company, diea
at 1er home Wednesday morning of
following influenza.
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| She is survived by a four days old
duuthter and a two-year-old son.
j Thefamily have been here only a few
moiths. The remains were shipped
to ktndalia 111. today.
AGED FARMER DEAD
j Hrk Pounds, aged 72, who resided
nea Lees Creek, died Saturday of
j pnqmonia. He was a well known
far|er and the father of a large
fairly, all of whom survive. The
furiral services were conducted Sun-
dayand burial was in Poole's ( erns-
ter}
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WILL HARGON DEAD
ijilliam Burton Hargon, aged 2Î,
a ioorer, died at the Bogalusa Hos
piti Saturday of pneumonia, fol
lovjng an attack of influenza. The
re riiins were shipped to Wesson,
Mit, for burial.
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TO LIVE IN GUNTOWN
H Thomas Purvis and son have
goif eto Guntown, Miss., where they
Avi^make their future home.
MISS TOWNSEND IS
J ANUAR Y BRIDE
Miss Ruth F. Townsend, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Town
send of Now Orleans, was quietly
married to Newell E. Tilton on Janu
ary 2, 1919, at 3 o'clock.
The bride's sister, Mrs. C. Borg,
and Mr. Felteman were attendants of
the bride and bridegroom. Mr. Fette
man is a K. C. brother of Mr. Til
tons.
Mrs. Tilton was â very popular
young lady, both in New Orleans and
Bogalusa.
The couple were given a supper
at home, followed by a party at the
Tulane Theater.
Mrs. Newell E. Tilton is at home
with her parents on Michigan ave
nue in Bogalusa, while Mr. Tion is at
Pelham Bay Naval Air Station, New
York, awaiting his discharge.
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H. D. Middleton
Died Last Tuesday
Holland D. Middleton, aged 69, fa
ther of E. L. Middleton and one ot
Bogausa's best known merchants,
died at his home on Pleasant Hili
Tuesday as the result of kidney trou
ble. The remains were shipped to
Port Gibson, Miss,, Wednesday
morning. The deceased was,the fa
ther of several children, all of whom
are grown.
Mr. Middleton-was a man of fine
character and early in life_ beeame
a member of the Baptist Church and
lived a Christian life. He had resided
To
in
ed
of
the
est
D.
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in Bogalusa for several years ana was j
well known to all the citizens of|
Peasant Hill. j
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Baby Airplane on
Market Now for $40
Pans, Jan. 21._The latest hing
in aircraft is the propellorless baby j
airplane,, driven by a motor of
horsepower and costing only $40. j
The machines have already been tried j
out and will be put on the marker, j
but the company plans to make its
biggest profits out of teaching avia
tors to fly. Agencies will be estab
lished in the United States.
The craft is of the monoplane type
and the motive power resmldes a
turbine, sucking in the air in front
and expelling it at the rear of the
machine.
BURN EIGHTY SHIPS _
IN "CLEOPATRA"
Eighty ships of war, reproductions
of those which figured in the Battle
of Actium, the first naval battle of j
history, were especially built for the
William Fox screen spectacle, "Cleo- !
patra," in which Theda Bara appears
as the siren of the Nile. During the
filming of the battle scenes these ves
sels were burned to the water's edge.
Magic City Theater January 29th'
and 30th.
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I. O. O. F. INSTALLS OFFICERS
At a recent meeting of the local
lodge of the Independent Order
Odd Fellows the following named of
ficers were instaled for the ensuing j
term by District Deputy Grand Mas
ter E. H. Taylor: j
W. F. Steams, noble grand ; C. Do
remus, vice-grand ; J. B. Pollock, \
treasurer; E. H. Taylor, secretary ; \
S. J. Entrican, warden; J. P. Tucker, |
conductor; Warren Mizell, past
grand; R. L. Strickland, chaplain; V. j
C. Hvnote, L. S. N. G.; Jep Smith,;
L S V G.; G. H. Sprales, R. S. S.;.
Timothy Ezell, L. S. S., and J. L. j
Smith, inner guardian. I
Visiting brothers are in evidence.
in each meeting which is held in !
Siam's Hall on the hill. I
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LOSES CLOTHES ;
If you think that S. Lacy Dicker- ;
son of the New Orleans Underwrit- '
ers' Agency is wearing his army uni
form too long, don't menÜon it to
b ; m _because when he had his bag
gage checked from Blue Mountain,
Miss., to Bogalusa, about, all the
clothes he had was in the suitcause.
When he opened it Monday only one
article remained, the lock having been
picked and all the clothing taken. *
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GOING EAST
Mayor Sullivan wdl leave the end
of the present week for an extended
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business trip to Buffalo and other
eastern cities. i
To Display Bull in
Grünewald Lobby
Bogalusa's bull, one of the finest
in the South, and whose name I»
Prince Woo dawn of Edgebrook, own
ed by the Great Southern Lumber
Company, is going to have the priv
ilege of spending a day in the lobby
of the Grünewald Hotel at New Or
leans. Great preparations are being
made for the reception of Prince
Woodlawn and he will possibly at
tract more attention than any guest
that has been at the Grünewald for
the past several years. The date *f
this guest's arrival at the South's fin
est hostelry is February 11.
During that week there will be »
meeting of the Southern and-South-
wester cattlemen, when several hun-
dred are expected to attend. Prince
Woodlawn being one or the finest
bulls in the world, it was decided to
show the genuine Bogarasa product.
D. T. Cushing of the Great Southern
Lumber Company will have charge of
the Prince during his stay in New
Orleans, and at present he is figur-
ing on how to get him in the firent
door of the hotel. *
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Exempt Land From
Taxes; Plant Trees
In a recent article in the Chicago
Tribune Governor Lowden says:
"I know of no single acre of hunt
in Hlinois, even though it be net
suited to cultivation, that cannot bo
made to produce trees successfully.
j We shall, if we are wise, make lawn
of| whereby every acre, which will net
j produce wheat or corn, will be made
j to grow trees.
! "It may be that we shall be wise
j enough to exempt these lands from
' taxation, saying to the owner: 'Plant
this little tract to trees and
harvest them they shall pay a fair
j percentJ4J?e of thc , pr0 ceeds into the
tep-^y of the statc ..
j „ You would not on]y #et theae
j litüe acre8 t0 work for the pro fit of
j both the gtate and the ownerf hvA
tbe grrow j n g forest upon the famrwiH
help to tie the children to the farm.'^
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know every section of this ordinance.
FIRE AND BUILDING
ORDI NANCE PASSED
What is believed to be the most
important ordinance ever passed in
Bogalusa by the Commission Coun
cil is the Building and Fire Ordi
nance, which appears in full in thia
issue ofthe Enterprise. It is of vital
importance that every proper cy own
er and prospective property owner
and taxpayer in Bogalusa should
Read it carefully and then preserve
your part of the paper with the or-
dinance.
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BOGALUSA GREATEST EVER
N. Forsheimer, for several years
advertising manager "of the Maison
Blanche Company of New Orleans,
and for the past five years manager
of the mail order department of that
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firm, snent several days last week in
ofBogalusa as a guest of the Pine Trao
Inn. It was Mr. Forscheimer's first
visit to this city and he was given
a most agreeable surprise, finding*
several of the South's greatest in
dustries located here and he pro
nounced the citizens of Bogalusa th%
most hospitable of any he had met,
and he is very anxious to locate here,
He has just recovered from an illness
of several months.
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HAS SISTER HERE
John R. Silliman, U. S. consul to
Mexico, who died last week, was a
brother to Mrs. C. K. Muhngs of this
city. When Mr. Silliman visited the
United States three years ago he
spent a day and a night in Bogalusa.
During the crisis with Mexico Mr.
Silliman was Présidant Wilson's chief
advisor regarding action during the
trouble with that country.
LIVELY AND DAUGHTER SICK
J. H. Lively, «w$ent f<* the N. O.
G. N., and daughter, Miss Catherine,
are confined to their home with in-
fluenza. Miss Catherine will be out
in a few days, but Mr. Lively is not
expected back at his desk before the
first of next week.
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MRS. WUESCHER IS UP
Mrs. M. L. Wuescher is able to be
out again after being confined to her
i room for ten da,ys with influenza.