The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-14
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Passport application was made
Thursday on behalf of Mrs. Arthur
Elan and daughter Alice to ac-
company Mr.. A. j. Elan to State of
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Mr.. Elan has
been employed at Oaklawn Sugar
Factory as a Sugar Chemist, and
will accept similar employment in
Mexico. Mrs. Elan and baby have
been boarding with Mr.. Louis Kram-
er. The little daughter Alice does
not speak English.
DR.. T. F. Frere has taken active
charge of all Parish Post Offices as
Chairman of that committee. Each
post office in the Parish will report
to him bi-weekly its total sales Of
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Ger
tificates, and he will compile the re-
port of all the Parish sales bi-week-
ly for State Director, Hon. P. H.
Saunders. These reports from each
post office will be published in the
New Orleans and Parish papers.
The children of the Public Schools
have been actively canvassing for
the sales of Thrift Stamps and War
Savings Certificates, net waiting for
the government school literature to
be received or for their work to be
outlined by the Parish Committee.
They are making many sales and are
doing good Educational work In
few days, work will be outlined for
each school child, Public and Cath
Ole schools Of the Parish, to under
take. 1t will be along the lines Of
G) Home Work, (2) Neighborhood
work, 20 Outside work Through
the assistance Of the school children
there will be a census taken Of each
white family in the Parish and one
thrift card will be sold to each men,
Der of such family.
:.
Clarence Bingham, colored, plead
ed guilty this week to the charge of
burglary and larceny and was sem
fenced to be confined in the State
Penitentiary at Baton Rouge for
minimum period Of two years and
maximum period of five years.
This means that if his conduct at the
penitentiary is good, that he will on
ly have to serve the minimum period.
Mr.. Austin F. Phillips, Marine En-
gineer, Berwick, La, visited the
Court House Thursday and register
ed as voter.
Friday December 14th is the last
date for voluntary enlistment. Com
mencing Saturday December 18th,
1917, the Local Board will mail to
each registrant in the Parish the
"Questionaires", mailing out 165
each day until the total number 3413
have been mailed. Each registrant is
given seven days from the date of
mailing of his "Questionaire", which
date will be stamped on the front
page, to answer and return same.
Each registrant is requested by the
War Department to take his "Ques-
tionaire" to lawyer in his Parish.
who will render him assistance free
of charge. The members Of the Lo-
cal Board will not fill the Question
aires, but after same are filed, will
carefully read and classify each man
in accordance with his answers. The
Board has the right to take evidence
if same at any time becomes neces-
sary, sumoning witnesses through
the process Of the court.
After classified, the men in Glass
| will be called for examination. The
balance of the quotas will be filled
from Class l, and after it has been
exhausted from class 2, etc.
The Questionaires will be mailed
in order Of the Serial number Of
each registrant, 165 day not count
ing Sunday, until the last one has
been mailed out, commencing De-