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BOGALUSA, LA., THURSDAY, JANUARŸ 29, 1920.
iMILES of paved
SWEETS FOR
bogalusa
u a,« Property Owners Are
U Willing to Pay for One
TkjytJ of the Cost—Deci
jj on Will Likely Be Made
it Early Date.
j. 0 p [».« has an opportunity of se
good streets—paved streets
most modern type—if it meets
•Uj ^ approval of the taxpayers
«Tproperty owners along the pro
r | j improved streets. At a meet
the Commission Council held
ja de Citizens' Committee on
Ithe Citizens' Committee
Sited th»t with the funds available
£ vedd b* impossible to get more
, tour miles of paved streets and
of graveled streets. The
I suggested that it would be
çjendid thing, if it was agreeable
de property owners along the
: streets, to have the city pay
;<j of the cost of paving and
property owners on each side of
* pay one-third each; that
be not less than 30 feet
; be of the tarvia pavement.
' paving would be from the de
Pleasant Hill, down Fourth
to Columbia Road, down Co
Hftad to the colored quarters,
gp Columbia street to Austin
' via Alabama avenue, and cer
streets in Northwest Bogalusa,
also on Avenue B and certain
in North Bogalusa.
With ten miles of paved streets in
it would give the city
ôvroughfares which would rank with
de best anywhere. It is believed
tkt
paving is placed on some of
frindpal streets that the prop
in every section of the
*f will soon demand such streets.
It is estimated that the cost of
this paving in repair for the
few years will De practically
and in later years can be
is good condition for less money
same streets are costing
It is estimated that once Bogalusa
ks psted streets that they could be
a? *t a less cost than the pres
et gnveled streets.- It is also be
lieved that the suggestion of the Citi
kss' Committee will meet with the
baity approval of every citizen, as
there is not a citizen in town who
I not rather have ten miles of
paved streets than what we
iwe to contend with today. Prop
erty owners who are affected should
be pleesed, even if it will cdst them
»oney, because thr* city is will
1, to pay a third of the costs.
5 Ife proposition, as it has been in
by The Enterprise, ap
! to be a happy solution for our
Noblem. The only data nec
bwnr with which to convince any
it is the right move - is to
cost of taria pavement as
with other pavings of the
bility, and the approximate
making the repairs and the
and equipment to do it
„ AT ELKS FOR
'IS H RELI EF FUND
1 *eek from tonight, Thursday,
6, a dance will be given at
1 Home, and the proceeds will
»to the local fund of the Jewish
Campaign. The citizens of
1 will have an opportunity of
P, to a small extent, their ap-
of the many acts oî char-
• and community work which
»•wish citizens of Bogalusa have
■ been found willing to do their
5 ^* rt - The tickets for the dance
I* offered at $1 each.
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THOMAS ENTERTAINS
C. Thomas entertained
•twenty ladies at a bridge party
home on Avenue B last Wed
afternoon. The prizes were
■ V Mrs. L. F. Guerre and Mrs.
M. Percy. Delicious refresh
were served and it was one
ij enjoyable bridge parties
* fee sea*»
DIED HERE TUESDAY
!**• ^ nn * Fendleson, a woman of
years and a bride of a few
®*»jföed at the Bogalusa Hos
Taesday evening. Her body
to her late residence in
Wednesday morning.
Seyant, chief engineer of
!8a Paper Company, was
the fine Tree Inn, where
*n Monday, to the hospital,
I with a severe fever.
BOGALUSA NURSE MARRIES
FORMÊR PATIENT THURSDAY
Romance had its perfect way in
Bogalusa last Thursday when Miss
Mary Ball, a nurse at the Bogalusa
Hospital, was married to Earl Dean,
of Bassfield, Miss. The marriage
ceremony was performed in Coving
ton, the couple having gone to that
place on the afternoon train.
The groom was brought to the hos
pital about four months ago with
broken leg, and Miss Ball was de
tailed to his cot as nurse. Her band
was gentle and her way demure, and
the result was that the not only ef
fected a cure of her patient but en
meshed him in the entwinements of
her subie charms and he persuaded
her to the detail of a life job.
After the marriage the young
couple went to Laurel, Miss., where
they are now at home to t their friends
in the Laurel Hotel.
HowMuchlsaChild
Worth?—Contribute
Turn for a moment, if you will,
from your own cozy family circle to
those 800,000 starving, ragged, help
less Jewish children in Eastern Eu
rope. Consider their lot. You'll
have to stretch your imagination to
the breaking point—and even then
you will not exaggerate the grim,
terrible facts.
THINK OF IT!
Almost a million innocent chil
dren robbed of their birthright!
Their childhood is awry. Ever since
their prattling baby days they have
known only war. Peace to them is
an utter stranger. For years thou
sands of them have wandered, refu
gees from contending armies. Other
thousands are orphaned. None have
known a full meal in five years. They
can't remember what milk tastes like.
Think of the long dreary days,
with thé hunger pangs ever gnawing
at their little vitals. Think of the
terrible endless nights—spent alone
and unprotected out in the fields
upder the stars or on dirty city
Streets. Think of the rags and the
dirt and the lack of loving kindness,
of the sickness and the suffering and
the heartaches of myriads of little
tots "out on their own'' in a world
gone mad.
Could but a part of the sufferings
of little Jewish children throughout
Eastern Europe in the past five
years be summed up in words, the
world would stand aghast. Surely
the heart of the loving God must be
%orely wounded at what these little
one has been through.
Here is a situation where race,
creed, nationality—nothing counts
except humanity. It is a blot on
the escutcheon of the human race.
Nor can America ever clear herself
if she permits these conditions to
continue.
Those multitudes of Jewish chil
dren in Eastern Europe must have
food. They must have clothing.
They must have a decent place to
live. .
And they aut have a little of the
care and loving kindness that is the
birthright of every child born into
the world—of the child of yoar heart
and of these numberless Jewish chil
dren.
The first consideration of Ameri
can Jewry is to care for the untend
ed, unfed, unclothed—and unloved
offspring of the race across the sea.
But it is the first consideration not
only of Jewry, but of America as a
whole. The $35,000,000 that the
American Jewish Relief Committee
needs from the United States this
year will go, primarily, to save the
Jewish childhood abroad.
Shall it ever be said that for a few
paltry dollars a host of little children
were allowed to perish?
SHARE—DON'T DODGE.
Here are the facte:
With $200 you can sav* one
child's life in Eastern Europe for a
whole year.
For $20 you can feed one little
girl for a month, even in Poland,
where food costs twice as much as it
does here.
For 25 cents you can buy a 10
year-old boy more food than he has
had to eat at one timê for the past
five years.
There are 6,000,000 Jews in East
ern Europe whom the war has left
dependent upon us for aid. About
800,000 of them are children.
One change of clothes may save a
boy or girl from the terrible typhus
epidemic which is raging now in
Eastern Europe.
Poland is full of children of 8 to
10 years old, no largeT than infants
of g few .months, who cannot walk
is
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Johnson Prohibition
Officer for the State
Attorney Jess Johnson has been
named special prohibition officer for
the state of Louisiana. The appoint
ment was announced in Washington,
D. C., on Tuesday, and the news
reached Bogalusa by wire. Jess was
out of town at the time on business
connected with the taking of the
ctnsus of the Sixth District No
doubt he will make New Orleans his
headquarters, since the office nat
urally connects him with the custom
house department.
Just what plans Mr. Johnson will
follow out in the enforcement of the
prohibition amendment will be
learned upon his return.
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Bankers Will Meet
Here February 23rd
Bogalusa will have one of the most
important conventions in its history
when Group "D," of the Louisiana
Banker^' Association will meet here
on February 23.
This group is the largest in the
state and comprises the following
parishes: Pointe Coupee, West Fe
liciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena,
Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Tam
many, Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaque
mines, »Jefferson, St. Charles, St.
John, St. .Tames, Lafourche, Terre
bonne, Assumption, Livingston, West
Paton Rouge, East Baton Rouge,
Iberville, Ascension.
Many of the bankers have never
visited the "City Unusual," t and have *
expressed their pleasure in getting
an opportunity to come. Chairman
of the group, J. A. Spekenhier, will
soon announce the members of the
committees which will have charge of
the meeting, consisting of both la
dies and gentlemen.
"We are going to make this the
banner convention and "the fact must
not be overlooked that this is Leap
Year and many eligible bachelors in
the banking fraternity will be our
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guests. The Country CltflB, EÏks
Club, Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation and Young Women's Chris-
tian Association will throw open the
doors to the visitors and the airplane
field will be completed by the time
of the meeting, so there will be no
lack of entertainment to suit every
temperament," said Mr. Spekenhier.
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FIELDING ADAMS SICK
Fielding Adams, one of the pioneer
residents of this section, and one of
the most highly respected and best
known citizens of Wasnington parish,
is reported to be dangerously ill at
his home just outside of the city.
Pneumonia developed Monday and
his children have all'been summoned
to his bedside.
ELDER COMING
Rev. J. G. Snelling, presiding elder
of the New Orleans district of the
Methodist Church, will reach Boga
lusa Friday night and spend two
days here looking over the work of
the local congregation. He will
preach at the 11 o'clock service on
Sunday, and after the service will
conduct the First Quarterly Confer
ence of this year.
BECOMES GRANDMOTHER
Mrs. W- M. Porche is a grandmoth-
er, and among the proudest in Boga-
lusa. On last Thursday at the Bo-
galusa Hospital a lo-pound girl was
bom to her daughter, Mrs. R. L.
Hernandez. Mother nad daughter
are getting along nicely.
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MAYOR GOES NORTH
Mayor Sullivan left Saturday for
Chicago, Buffalo and other Eastern
cities, where he goes to look after
.business of the Great Southern Lum-
ber. Company. He expects to be ab-
sent from the city about ten days.
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MITCHELL-H1NES
Henry B. Mitchell and Miss Sallie
O. Hines were married at the Meth
odist parsonage Saturday evening at
7:30 o'clock. After the ceremony
the couple took the northbound train
for a short honeymoon before tak
ing up their future residence in Bo
galusa.
because of lack of food.
Bogalusa citizens have an oppor
tunity of showing their appreciation
for the .many services rendlred in
war and charity work by our Jewish
citizens. Give every dollar you can
—BUT GIVE. Send your contribu
tions to M. Marx, chairman Bogalusa
Committee.
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Stewart Drowns
at Baltimore, Md.
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■t
E. Stewart, a well known young
man of Bogalusa who was employed
at the plant of the Louisiana Fibre
Board Company and later at the Bo
galusa Paper Company, and is the
son of W. P. Stewart, a well known
fanner residing nears Lees Creek,
was drowned at Baltimore, Md., in
the Chesapeake Bay, a few days ago,
a message to this effect having been
received by the father.
No particulars of the accident have
been received here. The telegram
stated that young Stewart fell from
a ladder on a steamship in Chesa
peake Bay on January 14.
John Stewart, a cousin of the de
ceased, left for Baltimore Saturday
to make an investigation and return
with the body. In a telegram yes
terday he stated the body had been
recovered Tuesday and would be
shpiped to Bogalusa immediately and
should arrive here Friday. Burial
will be at Rio Saturday or Sunday.
The deceased was married to Miss
Carrie Jenkins, a resident of this
vicinity. To the union was born a
son. The couple were not living to
gether at the time Mr. Stewart was
drowned, Mrs. Stewart having re
tured to Bogalusa several months
ago.
Big Griffith Picture
Coining February 7
Hearts of the World," produced
by Griffith, best remembered for
his former success, "The Birth of a
Nation," will be presented by the
Saenger Amusement Company at the
Magic City Theater Saturday, Feb
ruary 7—three shows, 3:00, 7:00 and
9:00 p. m.
"Hearts of the World" is described
by Mr. Griffith as "the sweetest love
story ever told." It was written by
M. Gaston de Tolignac, a French
man, and translated into English by
Captain Victor Marier, under the di
rection of Mr. Griffith. Its phe
nomenal success in New York city,
where it has broken all records for
length of engagement and capacity
of audiences, awakens unusual in
terest here and promises to be one
of the most enjoyable engagements
of the year. The production was
made in France, under the auspices
of British and French officials, and
while essentially a love story of ten
der appeal and delightful romance,
combines all the graphic details of
the recent victory in France.
Matinee prices, 15 and 35 cents,
plus war tax; night, 25 and 50 cents,
plus tax.
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Famous Fichtls Family
Lyceum Number Friday
Bogalusa citizens will have an op
portunity of hearing the Fitchtls
Family, which was one of the most
popular attractions at the World's
Fair in Chicago and who were ".dis
covered" by the late Mrs. Potter
Palmer, who, in touring the Alps,
heard of the family of singers and
yodlers and succeeded in bringing
them to Chicago for the world's fair
and since that time they have been
in constant demand. They come to
Bogalusa as a Lyceum number and
those who enjoy singing will be well
entertained.
The attraction is heralded as the
best of the entire Lyceum series and
if you do not have a season ticket
you may pay admission at the Y. M.
C. A. door.
CHURCH NEWS
The pastors and workers of the
Baptist denomination in Washington
parish held an informal meeting at
Rio Tuesday afternoon for the pur
pose of discussing conditions in the
parish. The meeting was so profit
able that it was decided to continue
the meetings regularly. The next
one will be held Tuesday afternoon
after the first Sunday in March, at
Rio at 3:30 p. m. A permanent or
ganization will then be effected and
after that meetings will be held
monthly on Tuesday after the first
Sunday.
' The Women's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church are holding
Week of Prayer se^yices in the First
Baptist Church each afternoon of this
week at 3 o'clock. The attendance
is satisfactory and all the Baptist la
dies are urged to be present on the
remaining afternoons of the week.
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STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER
ARRIVES IN BOGALUSA
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ross and little
daughter, Lucille, arrived in Boga
lusa Monday evening and are guests
at the Pine Tree Inn.
Mr. Ross is to be the resident en
gineer for the State Highway Com
mission in * the construction of the
gravel road from Pearl River to
Franklinton and the Mississippi state
line. He expects to make Bogalusa
his headquarters for a year, in which
time he estimates the new road will
be completed. Work has already com
menced on the bridges and culverts
and the actual work of road build
ing will start as soon as the necessary
machinery arrives. '
Contract Signed for
Chautauqua Meet
Bogalusa will have a three days'
Chautauqua during the coming sum
mer season. The contract has been
signed and already the work of push
ing the movement to make it a suc
cess from the beginning has been be
gun. The Chautauqua will be
brought here by a regular advertis
ing agent, tents will be stretched ana
entertainers will be provided for two
entertainments daily for the three
days.
The chief attraction for the pro
gram is a regular theatrical perform
ance entitled, "It Pays to Adver
tise." This play is a first-class com
edy and will be put on by a New
York troupe of eight people. Other
numbers on the program 'include two
musical troupes, two lectures, one
lady entertainer, besides the man
ager of the Chautauqua, who is al
ways an entertainer of ability.
The bringing o l a Chautauqua to
Bcgaiusa this year is in the nature
of an experiment. If the city stands
it and supports it in the way other
cities of like population do, in the
future Bogalusa will have enlarged
programs each' year.
Help Count Every.
Nose in Bogalusa
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The United States census enumer
ators are progressing rapidly with
the work in this parish. Some of the
wards are now being completed. It
is the désiré of the supervise«? of this
district to make this the most thor
ough census ever taken and v each
enumerator has been urged to can
vass every house in their wards. It
is very important that no one be left
out in the count. The census of the
United States is taken only once in
ten years and unless you are enumer
ated at this time the record will stand
as incoihplete for another ten years.
It is hoped that this parish will show
a marked increase in population over
the last census.
If the enumerator, in your ward
has visited you or your home, you
should inquire of your neighbor if
the enumerator has been there. If
he has been through your community
and accidentally misséd you, you
should notify the enumerator of your
ward at 1 once, and also write Jess
Johnson, supervisor of the census at
Bogalusa, La., and state that the
enumerator has covered your section
but has ipissed you. The supervisor,
or enumerator, will then have yon
and your faimily entered on the list
to be counted. This is very impor-
tant. Please help out in this matter
by giving it your attention at once.
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PETE DELIN HERE ON BUSINESS
Pete Delein, who for several
months was located in Bogalusa dur-
ing the building and early operation
of the Bogalusa Paper Company, is
in Bogplusa on business. Mr. Delin
is now a member of a machinery en-
gineering company, with headquar-
ters in Chicago. He states that H.
L. Breyfogle, who was the first su-
perintendent of the plant, is located
at Kalamazoo, Mich., and that G. H.
Gilmore, the contractor who erected
the plant, is at Monroe, Mich., and
that both are enjoying good health
and.fine business.
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IMPROVES OFFICE
The office of J. K. Johnson in the
Commissary building has been re
modeled so as to provide an ample
filing room for the First State Bank.
Arrangements have been made for
the handling of papers from the bank
in the room upstairs, and while the
Johnson office has been reduced in
size, the n&ture of the work has beau
tified the office.
it
be
a
HIGH SCHOOL TO
BE ERECTED
HERESOON
Will Be a Two Story Brick
and Have All Modern
Conveniences, and Will
Be Located on North Side
, —Bids Advertised.
Bogalusa is at last to have a mod
ern High School building. It is to
be a two-story brick with every mod
ern convenience and is to be located
on the North Side, a site having
been donated sometime ago by the
Great Southern Lumber Company.
At a meeting held Monday morn
ing it was decided to advertise for
bids and at the end of thirty days
the contract will be let, providing
the bids are within the estimate of
the architect.
Bogalusa has long needed such a
building, and with the four addi
tional schools which are now in
course of construction in various
parts of the 'city, should result in
the^ schools of Bogalusa being large
enough not only to accommodate all
the children of today, but in the next
few years to come. It is expected
that all the school bujldings will be
ready for occupancy by the time
school opens in the fall.
Y. W. C. A. Drive
Starts Next Week
The first two weeks in February
have been set for the Blue Triangle
Campaign of the Y. W. C. A. At
that time a drive for funds for the
coming year will take place, and to
raise the budget of $10,000 every ef
fort will have to be made.
The people of Bogalusa are fa
miliar with the Y. W. C. A. and the
work that it does. We have a beau
tiful building and a thriving associa
tion. Funds are needed to carry on
the good work. Will you help?
There will be an Honor Roll for
the business men in every section of
the city. As a firm subscribes, it*
name' will be placed on a bulletin in
that section of town, Will your
name be on the Honor Roll?
The Young Women's .Christian
Association of your town needs your
help to help make possible a bigger»
better, broader life for your girl.
Airplane Flights
to Start in February
The Bogalusa Aviation Company
will be ready to do business the mid
dle of next month. Aviator Priest
came down from Memphis Tuesday
and with members of the local com
pany went to the site of the landing
field, which is on Louisiana avenue,
and work will start this week to put
it In condition. Next week the com
pany will apply for incorporation
papers and everything is expected to
be in readiness for the operation of
the machine on Washington's Birth
day, Sunday, February 22. On this
date it is expected that there will be
a number of visitors here from va
rious parts of the state who will at
tend the bankers' convention, which
meets the following day.
Mr. Priest brought news to the
stockholders of the local company to
the effect that the model plane pur
chased by Bogalusa citizens has goae
up $1000 in price smee the first of
the year. '
NEWSY NOTES OF
THE CITY S CHOOLS
The public schools resumed regu
lar sessions Monday morning and»
according to the reports of Prof. Rat
liff, ' the rooms are crowded more
than at any previous session.
Two new teachers began work in
the Bogalusa schools Monday morn
ing. Misa Frances Robinson took
the place made vacant by the resig
nation of Miss Percy in the Pleasant
Hill school.- She is from Kentwood
and is reported to be an experienced
teacher.
Miss Effie McElvin of Franklinton
took charge of the Richardsontown
school, filling the vacancy due to the
marriage of Miss Agnes Wood.
GIVES DANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Doerr of North
Border Drive entertained* several
young couples with a dance at their
home on last Saturday evening,
which was greatly enjoyed by alL