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Bogalusa enterprise., 1915-08-05
ssys His Duties Are Not
Those OF \ Detective
And Invited Mr.. Lancas-
fer To Appear Before
Grand Jury

During the past few days hun
d,eds Of residents in Washington
Parish have received a circular
dtued by W. B. Lancaster, a New
orleans resident who is a property
bolder in and around Vaudeville,
stating that the liquor laws in Man.
deville are not being inforced.
Attorney Brock, of Franklinton,
has issued a statement to the press
stating that he does not know
whether the said circular was
sctuated by motives of patriotism
and a sincere desire to see the laws
d the state upheld or whether it
was actuated by personal malice or
for political reasons. He then gives
some facts, a part of which are as
follows:
Whether this circular was actuat-
ed by motives patriotic and a
sincere desire to see the laws Of the
State upheld, or whether it was
sctuated by personal malice or for
political reasons, | leave the public
to judge from the following state
ment Of facts.
The gentleman whose name ap-
pears at the bottom Of the circular,
NJ. ". B. Lancaster, is a resident
dthe City Of New Orleans, the cir
culars we're printed in New Orleans,
they we're mailed from New Orleans,
they were mailed to the citizens of
Washington Parish who could have
no possible interest in the admins
ration of the local laws in the town
81 Vaudeville, which is IN St. Tam
many Parish, Washington being a
prohibition Parish and a larte por-
ton Of St. Tammany being wet, in
ehding the town Of Vaudeville,
she'e the complaint is laid
II the gentleman would imply
BY mailing these circulars to the
citizens Of Washington Parish, that
the citizens Of St Tammany Parish
are incapable Of managing their
own internal affairs. then think he
Snould have made his appeal for
assistance, if such it is. in a different
way and the people of St Tammany
farlsh would doubtless have appre-
GATED MI. Lancaster's soIicitude for
'nelf welfare a great deal more if he
mad confined his circulars to the
hdlus OF the Parish affected, which,
70 Sy the least, would have come
nearer proving his sincerity"
under date of May 7, 1915, re.
eeNed by me in due course of mail,
: the following letter.
New Orleans, La. May 1875.
hon J. Vol Brock,
District Attorney of St Tammany,
louisiana.
Dear Sir:
lmls to advise you that a license
" operate a bar on the beach at
/, ,'saoevllle, between Gerard and
'dsette streets, has been illegally
asn'ed ! to Bechac and Muenier by
y ae Mayor and Town Council of
Vaudeville. VI
lay Illegally because Bechac
a ~. Ausnler failed to have a ma.
%@y ,aa Of property holders. within
~ wv 'ee'' sign the petition for said
''' 'o'm necessitated by law.
~" soil9 10 allow this bar
4. a 70 De run in open violation of
-. = aS ? Further more | will also
:" 's !. you to come to Vaudeville
sunday and see the bar rooms
/, ~ openly violate the Sund,v
ANU = ue Iay Shattuok law and the
nnbina law. ''
Very truly yours,
4 y. 'Slened) W. B. Lancaster"
~ a's :, Communication I replied on !
!, H. 1915 as follows:
I, :, s,,'anklinton, La, May II, 1915
Bogalusa enterprise., 1915-08-05
}. Is. Lindsey Appears Be-
fore The Police Jury And
Shows That No Special
Tax Is Required To Pay
Indebtedness

The people of Washington Parish
will not be asked to vote a special
tax of a mill and one half on Aug.
ust 81, as had been ordered. This
action was taken at a meeting of
the police jury Tuesday afternoon.
1t was decided to dedicate two and
one half mills Of the present taxes
to takeoff the out standing indebted
ness. At this meeting of the Police
Jury Tuesday, Mr.. j. B. Lindsey,
President of the Washington Bank
& Trust Co., Fiscal Agents of the
Parish, made an hours talk in op-
position to any increase of taxation,
and advocated the dedication of a
proportion of the present tax reve.
nues as basis for a bond issue
with which to take up the present
outstanding indebtedness.
In the course of his arguments,
Mr.. Lindsey brought out the fact
that Of a total net revenue of $&,.
435.8 which the Parish collected in
1914 only approximately $1,000OO
was on hand with which to finance
the Parish for 1915 and to meet a
large outstanding debt. He said in
part:
1t is interesting to note from the
Sheriffs report that of a total COL
lection of $43,435.SS, $17,575.7O was
paid in parish script, This merely
goes to prove the careless, lmpro-
vident, unbusiness like and reckless
manner in which the Police Jury
handled the affairs of the Parish in
the past. One instance that might
be taken as an illustration of this is
the expenditure of about ST, 100000
in the early part of this year for
the improvement of the Courthouse
and the Courthouse grounds. Under
prosperous conditions. |, personally.
am always in favor of civic improve.
ment of this kind.
Would you, Mr.. Keaton, paint
your house, if you had neither
clothes nor food for your family ?"
Referring to the rumor that the
Police Jury had recently award
ed contracts that wee not in
writing, and through the agency Of
one member, and without oios, .d&
Lindsey stated that if this were
true the Police Jury was suj',y Of
criminal negligence" In an aIau-
ment with Mr.. Smith he asserted
that such contracts were illegal and
that in his opinion the individual
members of the Police Jury were
personally liable. He stated that
he had no objections to the men,
bers spending their own money in
this way, but that the Police Jury
was accountable to the people for
the public funds.
The more money we give you,
the more you will spend. If we
were to double the taxes, you would
use it all"
In regard to liquidating the out
standing Parish indebtedness, Mr..
Lindsey said;
The Sheriff turned over to you
net last year $43,435.88. This year,
you will get about $4,000, decrease
on account of the incorporation
of Bogalusa. About $500 Of this
can be used on roads only. This
reduces your income for general
purposes to $3250o.00 You bude-
eted this year $22,495.O0 including
however the Sheriff's commission of
$25Q0. This would come out,
leaving $19,995.OO. BY pursuing a
strict policy of economy and re-
trenchment, it is possible to cut this
budget still more You have for
instance set aside SS.OOO.0O for
Bogalusa enterprise., 1915-08-05

H. Wood, the general manager is
expected to arrive in Bosalusa with
in the next week when it is expect
ed that he will announce just when
the mill will reopen. Mr.. Wood has
adopted the policy of not announc-
ing the opening until he is positive
that he can keep his word. When
last here he stated that he did not
believe the mill would reopen until
the first or middle of September,
and those who are in position to
know state that he will not miss
his guess but a few days.
Bogalusa enterprise., 1915-08-05
PARISH ROAD CONTRACTOR
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION

These are the days of resignation
and now the parish officials are
adopting the habit. H. E. Willis,
who since Feb Is, has been road
supervisor rendered his resignation
at the meeting of the Police Jury
Washington Parish to 90 into effect
on September !. Mr.. Willis was the
first road supervisor of the parish
and his action came as a surprise
to all.
Hon. Body of Police Jurors of Wash
ington Parish, La
Gentlemen:
1t is with regret that | hereby
tender my resignation to take effect
Sept 1st, 1915. After trying for six
months to get the road affairs of
the Parish in good shape. and being
met with obstacles from several
members as follows: Contracts be-
ing let without allowing or receiving
any bids whatever. Also not max
ing the contractor give good
Security Bonds.
Under the above conditions |
consider it impossible to get good
first class work for the least possible
cost to the tax payers. Therefore
| would request that your honorable
body make arrangements to relieve
me of my present duties Sept 1st,
as stated.
Respectfully.
A. E. Willis.
Bogalusa enterprise., 1915-08-05
Bulletin
4:15 p. m.

SsS~ r. Asss
With about half the vote
reported Riley is leading
Bilbo with a majority Of
1000 votes and the Clarion
Ledger predicts that Riley
will have a majority over
Bilbo of between 1000 to
5000 and that q second pri-
mary will be necessary.
ESPECIAL TO ENTERpRIsE)
Jackson, Miss, Aug 3.
Early returns from the Mississip
pi election showed that the race fol
governor was between Bilbo and
Riley, the other three candidate!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
Woman Suffrage and the South

\/IRGINIA Democrats can have no SYM
pathy with the effort to confer suffrage
on women by amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution. The surest way the sponsors for
this movement can take 10 ALLEVIATE the think
ing South is to press their mistaken crusade
Among men of the South there is much
sympathy with the aspiration, OF women to
vote. We do not believe this sympathy ami
mates as yet anything like majority of the
electorate but it is growing, unQuestionably.
When approximate majority of the white
women in this part of the world want the
ballot it will not be withheld
But the South utterly opposes all extern
sons of the suffrage through national con-
stitutional amendment From the beginning
OF the government the right of the States to
control the exercise Of the voting privilege
was recognized That right has never been
invaded in time OF war Not alone
Southern tradition, but the safety and perma-
hence of Southern institutions are bound up
with firm insistence on our historic stand
The South is told now that it must either
confer the suffrage on women of its
motion or consent TO the coercion of the
national government. The movement goes
further, for an effort is being made to win
Southern sympathy for the amendment and
TO dragon Southern Congressman into Civ
ing il their Endorsement.
few days ago pair of ill-bred females.
who should be in institution for the
feebleminded, insulted the President of the
United States. The supporters of their in
decent effrontery declare they will
badger Mr.. Wilson wherever he goes. Posi-
bly, we shall have the same sort of behavior
in this neighborhood, although we trust no
Southern women - certainly no Richmond
women-will lend themselves to it.
Every performance of this sort has an
effect exactly contrary to that intended by
its perpetrators. 1t alenates immeasurably
more sympathy than il wins for the cause"
1t disgusts men. and women as we'll. who
retain respect for the ordinary courteses and
clvilities of human intercourse.
II the sunragists in the South can win for
their theories the approval OF their own sex
their fight will be won, unless they throw this
advantage away. 1t may be thought this
method involves too much time and the con-
sututonal amendment plan promises quicker
results. This is one view Of the matter, of
course, that will gain favor with enthusiastic
parusans but we regard il a mistaken one
1t will be some time in the future, whatever
Congress may submit for ratification before
the Legislatures of three-fourths OF the States
approve this particular tinkering with the
structure OF the government.
Al any rate, to threaten the South is the
very worst way that could be devised TO win
Southern support for anything.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
Footprints in Stone

Scientists hesitate to estimate ge-
ologic time in terms OF years. Such es-
Inmates have. however, been made and
Schuchert in 1910 states that about
1900 900 years have elapsed since the
CLOSE Of the Carboniferous age, an age,
as the name suggests. in which grea,
deposits OF carbon, in coal, were be-
ing formed in many parts of the world.
This age has been divided by geolo-
gists into the Mississippian. Pennsyl-
vanian and Permian epochs. OF which
the Mississippian is the oldest and the
Permlan the Youngest The Pennsyl-
vanian epoch alone is estimated by
Schuchert to have covered 2.160,ooo
years. and animal life is supposed to
have existed on the earth for over a.
100000 years before that time.
Geologic periods are recognized
primarily by the animals and plants
that lived in them. so that the study
of fossils plays n very real and i'm
portant part in the progress of geo.
logic knowledge. Rocks of Carbon
ferrous age. as shown by their fossils.
have a wide distribution in the United
States. and they are apt to abound in
these remains of plant and animal life.
The fossil shells which are found in
'heiii' iloWeNeT, may vary greatly from
point to point. because the animals
they represent lived in different pc
RODS OF geologic time or in different
regions in the Carboniferous ocean.
Recent publications Of tho United
States Geological Survey describe the
fauna of the Wewoka formation Of Ok
lahoma. formation consisting OF a
group. OF rocks of Pennsylvania age in
a region where the geology Is not as
we'll known as in the upper Mississip-
pi and Ohio Valleys. The report de-
scribes 14O different fossils, some of
which are new to science, while others
have a distribution well-nigh as wide
as the continent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
when Walls Have Ewes

M ARCON1 sailing for Italy. declares that
A'A he has about perfected an invention nv
which one may actually see through n solid
wall Christian Science has done this
theoretically, by denying the existence o.,
matter; but Marconi intends TO do i, with
an instrument something like a camera
winch resembles tht N-ray in one respect. but
is more powerful in its penetration.
IL is very simple. The operator merely
places the camera close 10 the wall. looks
INTO II and sees everything going on in the
next room y photograph may at the same
Ime be taking correct report of all thar
Ia being said, and Marconi's camera NAV he
improved in time far that the whole scena
may be photographed by a penetrating fash
Al the same time and with the above an
nouncement, Marconi says that The te,enbone
oy which the person talking NAV be seen ana
rehanlv identified is rapidly approaching
practicabihty We are willing TO believe Mr.
Marconi He said something abou, wireless
feiegraphing once, and perhaps we thought
'he 1I,, ne was spoofns. If So we apologize.
What Is going TO happen to the criminal,
when the very air has ears the walls have
eyes and the photograph has tongue?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
Britain Falls Into Line

. ROMPT disavowal by the British govern
ment Of the Foreign Office statement, that
arrangements made with cotton shippers for
the disposition of their seized cargoes were
understood 10 be satisfactory 10 the United
States" has clarified the situation consid-
erably
The Foreign Office probably did not mean
to imply that the entirely unofficial arrange
ments with shippers had received the official
sanction OF this government. or could be
taken as modifying in any way the admins
tTauons criticisms of the orders in council
closing neutral ports to noncontra band trade
However, the words employed were unfor-
tunately chosen. Reputation by Secretary
Bryan of their Interpretation Of the Ameri-
can attitude demanded
Just at present this country has contro-
versy with Germany that must be settled be-
lore we can take up differences with England
Germany must answer for the crime of the
Lusltanla Afterwards we can discuss further
Britain's wanton disregard OF our rights on
the high seas
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
RUM RATION STATISTICS
Of the Days Best Cartoons.

The European war, subjectinE mil
lions OF men TO the Irregularities and
exposures OF life in field and camp. has
naturally revived interest in and fur
nished new material for the discussion
OF many old problems. Among these
problems Is that connected with the use
or alcohol by the soldiers. Tho time
has passed, In the opinion OF medical
men. when alcoholic liquors are 10 be
regarded as inseparable from warfare
and essential for military activities
Efficiency Is now the prime considera-
ton.
Since the last great war scientific
research has greatly increased our
knowledge of the effects OF alcohol on
the human body. While the physiolo-
gist has not yet spoken the last
word on this subject, the overwhelming
preponderance OF scientific evidence Is
in favor OF the proposition that the use
OF alcohol. In any amounts. large or
small. tends to Impair muscular CO.
ordination, to dull the special senses, 10
retard muscular and nervous reactions
and mental processes. and to reduce
efficiency to any work requiring rapid
and accurate mental or physical effort.
The question still open TO discussion
is whether. in time OF unusual eS-
posture, strain and eXertion, the tenn
porarily stimulating effects OF alcohol
are sufficiently valuable TO compen-
safe for its undesirable results. Evil
IDENTIFY the military authorities OF Eu-
rope think so. or are still Influenced by
custom or tradition. since in each army
the regulation ration OF alcohol is still
provided. In the English army two and
one-half ounces OF rum are issued 10
each man twice week. For men In
the trenches this allowance Is increased
to three ounces twice a week under
ordinary weather condition and 10 two
and one-half ounces daily in very bad
weather. making minimum OF nv"
ounces week and a maximum o.
seventeen and onehalf ounces. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26

of the ship-purchase bill that was done to
death at the last session of Congress as
ready as any one else with their recognition.
However, they are not ready to establish the
line unless the United States agrees to pay
them what they call Liberal subsidies
They say that government participation in
this business will stife individual initiative.
However, American individual initiative has
never bestirred itself to the point of estab-
fishing big steamship line to South America
at least, under the American flag-and.
1t does not follow this particular highway Of
the sea. cannot be throttled in that vicinity.
The need exists Because American capt.
tai does not care to take the admitted risks,
the need goes unsuppled and American COM
merce and trade unserved Why should the
government. in such a case as this. refuse
or neglect to act? Must 1t wait forever, or
until it is willing to abandon its prejudice
against subsidies and do what its critics would
have it do?
We think not. Were Congress in session,
the ship purchase bill would be passed be-
You'd the question of a doubt, and it will be
passed by the next Congress, unless. in the
meantime, the individual initia tive" we hear
so much about does little something in
the initiating way.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26

regular ration of two and one-bs,,
ounces Is estimated to contain oss
grams OF alcohol
The French soldier receives da,Iv
fifty grams OF rum containing ,xsn,,.
grams Of alcohol The German soldi.r
receives 1893 grams OF beer and twen,v
grams OF brandy day Tho beer
which Is of the ordinary lager varietv
has low alcohol content of only about
80 per cent, but this quantity would
amount TO a total of T07 grams -,
actual alcohol day. Austrian soldiers
receive each day 05 liter OF wins
equivalent TO forty grams of alcohol.
The physiologic effects Of alcohol o,
military efficiency would probably not
be so clearly apparent in the army a.
In the navy. Tho modern battleship
cruiser and submarine have become
marvels Of mechanical completely and
delicacy The soldier In the trenche,
might take the maximum German "a.
ton OF 20 grams Of alcohol a day with
out impair!ng his ability to handle his
rife or manipulate a machine gun.
Whether the members of the avia ton
corps. the artillerymen charged with
handling the heavy guns. or the signal
men. on whose qu!ckness and accuracy
of vision much might depend. could
maintain the highest efficiency on a
daily allowance OF alcohol remains 10
be proved.
There Is" says the Journal Of the
American Medical Association, "abund-
ant testimony on the part OF naval
experts 10 show that alcohol dim!n!she.
the accuracy OF the gun pointer on the
battleship. ana so reduces the number
OF probable hits. Dutch courage has
heretofore been regarded as an indis-
pcnsahlc equipment OF warfare. and al
cohol has been looked on rs the ally
rather than the enemy OF the lighting
man; nut the present war Will reverse
The opinions OF the civilized world on
q good many questions, and II is pos.
sible that the spcnsability OF a..
cohol in tho army may be one OF them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
War News Fifty Years Ago

II Is supposed that with the arrival here. at
Almost almost. any hour. of Governor Pierpont. the
virginia state government will be fully -estab-
lished The State officers who viii take charge
are Francis Harrison ricrpont. of Marion. Gov
+ n o %f Of
nsHnmy Ch1r r H. Lsws Of RSek
WEBB b. OF WYE Nor,o Of Lewis w
An election for members of the Virginia
Legislature will take place in many parts of
virginia tomorrow.
The steamer George s. Dodge. drawing seven
feet of water. passed through Dutch Gap Canal
Yesterday. carrying many passengers and a great
t tn or treiSht. II thus has been demonstrated
that the arbitrary digging of the canal in in
prise
The continued rains of the past week have
hooded all of the Virginia streams. and the low
lands are all submerged Crops have been
injured very much yet.
General y. r.. Forrest is not dead as reported.
On the contrary he is very much alive. 1t is
not true. as reported. that he had run off either
TO Mexico or Cuba. He has issued an address to
his men, announcing the surrender of General
DICK Taylor TO whom he owed allegiance. and
advising all Of his men to submit to Federal
authority The general himself has hung up his
sword and is his way 10 his home in
Tennessee
telegram from Washington says Secretary
Seward at his office yesterday for the first
time since he wounded the night OF the
assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln.
Five tons OF Confederate archives captured
recently at Charlotte. n. c.. have reached Fort
Monroe and will be forwarded to Washington
at once.
The New York Post. in lengthy editorial
article. declares that none of the charges that
have been preferred against Mr. Davis he
proven. and il is therefore folly to attempt to
bring him TO any kind Of trial The Post recon-
mends that he be discharged at once.
Charles a. Dana. assistant secretary OF war,
has rendered his resignation which has been
accepted, and Major Eckert has been appointed
in his place.
Ex-Governor 1sham G. Harris. OF Tennessee.
has been captured and is being taken to Wash
ing ton as prisoner of war.
General " r. Banks has been peremptory
dismissed from the army by General Grant.
1t is stated that the reasons for his dismissal
are purely military and in no sense political
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-26
Single TnN lIses Again.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
S!r,-Your editorial. The Triumph of Dcmoc-
racE' On England), is good writing, and YOU
state the case very we'll In saying that. in spite
OF the supposed efficiency of a autocratic form
Of government. yet true democracy will win out
In the end, even though ii is slow.
The English commoncr. LLOYD George
Is nov the recognized leader of the En- glish peo-
pie. as opposed to the iron handed soldier, Lord
Kitchener. who got his prestige by the use OF
military force against some of the inferior races
in Africa and India.
But you fail to mention that Lloyd George is
making history because he has recognized and
adapted that great principle democracy
which American gave to the world in 1879
when the book, Progress and Poverty was
The Prophet of San Francisco. our Henry
George, put into definite book form the idea
or freeing industry from taxation and shiftinr
IN 5he -, exnfnss Of Eovsrnment and public servce
was started in England two years before ~
World war began, and the impotent House of
LORDS Was powerlcsS to veto the measure
Taxing land values in England will mark
to make the world better "PTEDNHEr es
Charlottesville May 90, 1915