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Berwick Council Meets

Berwick, La, May Sth, 1918
Adjourned meeting Of the Mayor
and Council called to order by May
or Thorgeson, first order Of business
was to organize.
Motion made, seconded and car
ried, Mr.. Thos. j. Johnson was made
temporary secretary.
Application of A. L. Boudreaux.
for the position of Secretary and
Tax Collector was read: motion by
Mr.. Sam Watkins that A. L. Bou-
dreaux be nominated seconded by
Mr.. johnson and carried. Ballot
was taken with the following result
z. H. Scott. yea, Thos. J. johnson,
yea, Sam Watkins, yea, Alvin Cash
ia, yea, o. W. Bergquist, yea, A. L.
Boudreaux was duly declared elect
ed clerk Of the Board of Aldermen
for the ensuing term, also Tax Col
lector.
Motion made, seconded and car
ried that the Marshall, Mr.. C. L..
Gilmore, be appointed Street Com
missioner and License Collector
and Sanitary Inspector. Motion
made. seconded and carried, Mr.. J.
johnson was elected Treasurer.
The following names were offer
ed for the Board of Health: DR.. J.
{. Berwick, Henry Poncio, John D.
Ehrlich, Paul Chotin and Chas
Downing. Motion was made. sec
onded and carried that the above
named be named as the official
Board Of Health of Berwick.
The Mayor appointed the follow
ing as the Finance Committee:
'Messrs. Sam Watkins, E. H. Scott
and Alvin Gashia.
Public improvement Committee,
G. W. Bergquist, Thos. J. Johnson
and Sam Watkins.
Alvin Gashia was appointed as
License Inspector
motion by Mr.. Watkins, that the
Marshal's salary be $1,000 per
month, and per cent. commission
on licenses collected. It is also the
duty Of the Marshall to make COL
lection Of Light bills and River
Front upon which there is to be no
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commission. Seconded BY MI
johnson and carried.

commission. Seconded by Mr..
johnson and carried.
Motion by Mr.. Watkins that The
Secretary's salary be $500 per
month and that he be paid commits
sion of 5 per cent as Tax Collector.
on all General Tax, no commission to
be paid him on Special Tax. Motion
seconded by Mr.. Berqguist and car
ried.
Mr.. John A. Pharr appeared before
the meeting upon the necessity OF
having a dippi' ( vat for the town
Of Berwick, and the lower part Of
the parish below town, asking the
town to pay one-third Of the expense
Of such a vat. Moved by sfr. Wat
kins that the Mayor be authorized to
have the vat built, provided the cost
to the town was not more than one
third of the gross cost, motion sec
onded by Mr.. Johnson and carried.
Moved by Mr.. johnson that the
town of Berwick sell to J. N. Pharr
and Sons electric power at flat
rate per month, J. n. Pharr and
Sons to furnish and erect poles, the
town to furnish rest of line, and
that the Mayor and Supt. Of Light
Plant enter into a contract with Mr..
Pharr upon such terms as may in
their judgment be fair to all parties.
Motion seconded by Mr.. Scott and
carried.
Motion made, seconded and car
ried, the following committee was
named to audit the books Of the
town, Messrs. T. j. johnson, A. w.
Bergquist and E. H. Scott.
Motion by Mr.. Watkins that the
following ordinance to be known as
ordinance No. 80 of the Town of
Berwick to suppress, penalize and
prohibit betting or wagering upon
was offered. Motion sec
onded by Mr.. Johnson and carried,
ordinance follows:
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AN ORDINANCE

To suppress, penallZe and pro
hibit betting or wagering upon any
thing, in any place where people re
sort for the purpose Of wagering or
betting, and to provide that a place
or device shall be considered as used
for gambling or to gamble with, or
Cor betting or for wagering if any
fees, or money, or anything Of value
is bet therein, or if the same is re-
sorted to for the purpose Of gamb-
ling or betting, and to provide and
prescribe penalties for the violation
thereof.
SEC. 1. Be- it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Alderman of
the town of Berwick La, in regular
session, that no person shall bet
or wager at any gambling
table, or bank or pigeon hole,
or jenny lind or shall bet or wager
any money or other thing of value
at any gambling game, or at any of
the following: Poker, poker dice,
low dice, dominoes, euchre, poker
with dominoes, cracker loo or any
game of matching money or coins,
Of any denomination for such coin
or other things of value, or seven
up, or five-up, or coon-can, kotch, or
any other game of any character,
including lotteries and punch boards,
whatever, that can be played with
cards, dice or dominoes, or at any
table, bank or alley, by whatsoever
rame the same may be known, or
whether named or not, without re-
ference as to how the same may be
constructed or operated, or shall bet
or wager upon anything, in any
place where people resort for the
purpose of wagering or betting.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., that no person shall rent to
another, shall keep, or shall be in
any manner interested in keeping,
any premises, building, room or
place for the purpose of being used
as place to bet, wager or gamble
with cards, dice or dominoes, or keep
or exhibit for the purpose any bank,
table alley, machine, wheel or de-
vice, whatsoever, or as place
where people resort to gamble, bet
or wager upon anything whatsoever,
or shall permit property or premises
OF which he is owner, or which is un-
der his control, to be used for such
purpose, and a place or device
shall be considered as used for
or to gamble with. or
TOR betting or wagering, if any fees,
money, or anything Of value is bet
therein, or if the same is rescrted
to for the purpose of gambling O.
betting.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained.
ETC., that any person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this or
dlnance shall be deemed guilty of a
and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than
Five (S5.OO) Dollars nor more than
One Hundred ($10OO0) Dollars. or
De imprisoned in the town Prison and
for term of not less than ten (1O)
days, nor more than thirty (3o)
days, or both, at the discretion of
the Court.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained.
ETC., that none of the Sections of
this Ordinance shall apply to any
persons fond playing games with
1ominoes or cards, at a private res
dence, occupied by family land
Used as such only,) or to any person
found playing games with don,inaes
II cards in the club house of and
by, any ,ratn-ral or.-- !
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y M. c. A. WORKERS WANTED

The Rev. c. c. Miller has received
letter from the Secretary OF inc
War Work Council of the Y. NJ. "
A. in Louisiana, advising that r.
cruiting officer would be az s''
Commercial Hotel in Franklin, may
16, to enlist men in this work. lns
communication was read to the co"I
prepation of the NJ. E. Church at inc.
Sunday evening service.
Secretary Jones stated tnas !"
uuirements for enlistment IN tne ".4
work of the Y. NJ C. A. were as W.
lows: IN
Between the ages of 80 and 50.
Nationality that would perm" "
government passport. Business anu
professional men who have maoe
success Of their business. n
TYNE Of Christian character, Wl'n0u'
the least suggestion Of dellnqaens"
Abundance Of physical vl'aA''
Good mixer, and men capable o.
team work Men who can 'psa.
French W ferret 10 serve "l'Hoa ~.
salary. cxcspt in cases Of very cap Ts
bic men who have dependents ;,
serve during period OF "ar' q
least for one year.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY hEL.'
Las. uccs's meeting of the Ms, MIS-
sionarr Society was held at the D. 40.
Of Mr. E.ra Mcnamara anu 10.
well attended. The meeting Mn.
opened ny prayer By Mrs. T. = .;r,n
er and the Bible reading was
by Mr. w. /. Hamilton. a;,s
Mrs. I. +, Dreher gave a rea'I q,
entitled the Great Ch''t ., po.
The Ages. and a paper on =, ,' 1T
neer For Christ In The N.
kingdom" vas read by Mrs =
Hamilton. ..ryed
DELICIOUS grape punch was $50, ss,.
by the hostesses; Mrs. m' ia.
Mrs. G. W. Lesh and Ar' =
son.
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Miss Jessie Smith entertained the
Afternoon Bridge Club Saturday.
Mrs. j. Allan Barnett captured the
Club prize, four Thrift Stamps. De-
lightful refreshments were served
after the game.
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FLASHES FROM THE
PARISH SEAT

Mrs. Prescott Foster left Satur-
day night for San Antonio to JOIN
her husband, Lieut.. Foster, who is
stationed near that city.
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Sergeants Chas. NJ. s. O'Nlell ana
Alex Stirling are at home from
Camp Beauregard on five days
furlough.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-13

Messrs. Ned Kemper and Edward
Delahoussaye of the U. S. Navy are
at home on forty eight hour fur
Tough
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-13

A number Of Franklin people at
tended the dance in Centreville Sat-
urday night.
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WANT ADS And NOTICES

NoTIcE--New plumbing f;x+,,.
have been installed in the CITY, 's u'
tel. Hot cold baths at all how! 40. ;.
the day. Price 25c. 0'S o.
6t
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Miss Delaware Kemper Of New
comb College,, New Orleanft is
spending the week end with her
father, Mr.. C. D. Kemper.
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Miss bloomsbury was the guest
Saturday of Miss Mollie Zenor at
Avalon Plantation, Patterson.
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Miss Sarah Foster, youngest
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Muir
ply j. Foster, has been quite sick
for several days.
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CHAPTER X.
tConhnu.d.l

~HAT same night found Muller
on another trip OF inspection
to tho Green House. Coins
through Erlach's papers proved
OF especial interest. There were
a few letters from Paul Erlach,
written in formal style. Not a single
letter contained a request for money
nor a word OF thanks for any gift. In
spite OF his financial difficulties the
young oficer had never asked his un-
Gle for help and the latter had never
volunteered assistance. There were a
few business letters and some bills
and two or three in a woman's hand
which were signed Eve" Your
grateful Eve"
The last drawer that Muller opened
contained notebooks carefully or
dered. each one OF them dated with
the beginning and end Of the period
over which the memoranda extended.
Muller began to read the two upper
ones Of the pile.
There were figures for every day,
even for the smallest expenditures.
The last book contained memoranda
beginning with the first Of March and
ending with the 9un OF September.
And on tho first Of each month be-
low the item noted as Wages for
Mrs. Tonner" came another, Twenty
crowns for f." The old gentleman,
for some reason unknown to anyone
else, had sent twenty crowns every
month 10 this Eve.
Muller found this matter rather in
teresting. But he soon came to some
thing that was even more go. In an
older book. n which bore dates OF
June / to the end OF December OF a
year back, Mr.. Erlaoh had made Ut
a summary OF his entire fortune
which was invested in stocks and
bonds, Muller carried in his pocket
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a copy OF the official list OF what had
been found in the safe. He took It
out now and compared Erlach's own
list with the one made by the police
on the 10th Of September. There was
something wrong there, something
decidedly wrong. Papers TO the value
OF at least twenty thousand crowns
were missing from the safe, And In
none OF the notebooks Of a later date
was there any memoranda OF the
change in investment or any other
disposal OF the sum. And yet Erlach
had written down every half pound
OF butter, every bag OF salt that came
into his house.
Muller leaned forward. resting his
head in his hands, while he ~pondered
deeply or the matter. suddenly no
started, Hs thought he had heard
the closing Of % door and yet he real
tied II might have been only the
creaking OF a Dough outside, OF a
turn OF the rusty w~eathercock-
Tho detective rose softly from his
seat and listened Then he put out
his left had TO catch the lantern and
took his revolver with tho right.
There was no mistake possible now.
Someone was moving in the hall.
Muller had left tho key In the in
side Of tho sitting room door, a key
on a ring from Winch hung several
others. The detective yes watched
the tliCkering Of light which these
keys threw out lu the faint CLEAN OF
his lantern. Then he moved forward
slowly and listened again. Someone
was moving out i'm the hall. II was
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door he looked out through the glass
and could dimly see the figure OF a
man waiting there.
Tho man moved. pressed the knob
OF the outer iron gate and shook II.
Finding this OF no avail, no put his
arm through the bars and knocked
on the glass pane
Then Muller knew who II was and
turned the light of his lantern full on
the face outside, as no opened tho
door.
What nre you doing -hero7" no
asked in surprise. a. Karl Tonner
slipped hastily through the opening.
Thank goodness, you're all right"
murmured Kari. wlping his face. II
sure he'd shot you"
Who had7"
The mar I met a. 7 ran up here"
Where did you meet HIM"
About one hundred PAGES outside
me gate. at the end Of the avenue.
Tie suddenly Jumped out from behind
II trce and ran or over tho moor"
Did you call after hlm7"
yes stop, you rascal I cried.
You see | heard tho shots and siw
him running away"
'Dld you climb over the wall
again asked Muller when they wer0
back In the bedroom, and no was
gathering up tho trophies ~ his eve
ning's work.
Karl nodded an affirmative.
your"
"oh. no."
Well, we can 20 now. Even n no
should nave come back, he won't dare
70 attack two OF US"
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S e n A m c
By Uncle Harry

they had TO GROSS White Pass IN ma
snowstorms and bitter cold. but noth.
ing would stop them. They vere
AFRAID delay OF even n few ho,,,s
might mean tho loss OF n chance a.
over the pass"
When they came ashore Teddy and
IriN were amazed. They Thought
they were coming TO the Arctic
region. Instead, tho weather wa
warm and they found SkaEwAy to be-
a well built town with nice storea and
churches. What surprised Thorn most
wero tho vines and pretty flower gar
dens around many OF the cottages.
To n the climax, there wore tele-
phones and electric lights in the
hotel.
This isn't a wild country any
more said Mrs. Martin; at has
made great progress since Uncle Sam
bought II from Russia for 81, zoe, 900,
In 1851. IL Is very cold on the other
side OF tho mountains. but the ocean
makes II warmer along the coast"
After lunch they visited a village
where the Indians we're making blan-
kots, hats and baskets. The boy and
girl were Interested in a shaft OF
wood carved with strange animal
figures.
eft is n totem pole" Mrs. Martin
told them. You might call II tho
coat OF arms of some tribe OF Indians
They believed these animals repre-
scented their clan and had a supersti-
tious feeling for them."
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whether tho larger sum. the twenty
thousand crowns, might have found
their way TO her also. Even tho most
misery OF elderly bachelors are gen.
erous sometimes. or have to be. From
her no learned OF an Eva Geiringer,
living at No. 3 Linden Street, Vienna,
In whom sho believed Mr.. Erlach 20
have taken an interest,
An hour later Muller's carriage
stood before the house in Linden
Street and no himself mounted the
stairs 90 tho third floor. on one OF
the many doors on this landing he
saw the name OF the oma he
sought. He knocked at tho door and
II was opened by an elderly woman.
poorly but neatly clad. Muller In
qulred whether Miss Gciringer was at
home. The smiled sadly and
answered: "Oh. yes. she's at home"
MAY ! speak to herr" he asked
again.
And again tho woman answered.
with sadness In her face and voice:
yes, you can SEQ her to-day"
Evidently the young lady Is not
always In tho mood 10 receive visit
ors." thought Muller as he entered
the small, dark vestlbule. The whole
look Of the place was totally different
from what he expected, and when the
woman went o.. 20 announce him, he
looked about carefully signs OF pow
or1y were everywhere, but poverty
combined with exquisite ncatness.
The tiny little kitchen into which the
vestibulo opened was bright and
CHEEKY, and, as well as tho hall. was
spotlcssly clean.
"Nlll you please come In, sir" said
tho woman, returning and holding
the door open
Muller entered a small, SUNNY room
furnished with tho greatest possible
simplicity, but cory and homelike I'm
spite Of u. In front Of tho window
was a large table and beside N a
great soft armchair In tho chair sat
a thin, faded, little woman who's
face seemed shrunken with its many
wrinkles Only the great gray eyes
stil showed signs OF NE. and traces
Of former prettluess.
CTo BE Continued Monday)
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Suddenly the veteran detective rose
with "A start, while n crimson a OF
blood shot up over his a c to the
very roots OF his hair. One OF his
sudden intuitive flashes had illumined
his brain. He hnd realized that all
the colors I'm this room were dark.
From the browns Of the inlaid floor
mp TO the paler ceiling everything was
dark. The furniture was OF ebony
and tho picture frames, heavily
carved, OF the samo wood. The wall
paper was OF a dark shade which had
grown deeper with years. The light
ceiling and tho white coverings OF tho
bed were all that brought brightness
into the Muller's eyes now
rested on the old-fashioncd woodwork
Of the bed structure, its richly carved
high head and foot boards. On top
OF the h~eadboard, two little angels,
carved out OF the black wood. leaned
forward as II 10 look down on tho one
who should sleep there. With their
little fat fingers they held fast to a
rOcocO railing which formed a border
for the heavier carving of the solid
wood below. II was this railing and
It's many and curves that now
attracted Mullcr's eyrs. A faint
memory Of something seen before but
only half noticed, came back TO his
mind,
II seemed 20 him that when he first
saw this bed he had casually noticed
that the lines OF the pretty compost
ton at It's top were not quite clear.
II was this memory that nov sent a
searchlight flash through hts brain.
He stood with tho light NJ his lantern
thrown full on tho carving. His free
hand carefully disengagcd tho black
cord which was twisted about tho
black carving, the cord left there by
Su tncrcdib bly, dudacious criminal.
Then Muller examined his latest
discovery, The cord was about ten
Inches long, evidently a bin cut or a
larger piece, The strands were loose
ming on either end. Tho cord was
made ~ braided horsshair.
That's what he vas after" said
Muller aloud, And then he won
dored mildly whether tho mar who
escaped was not likely 10 De waiting
outside on the moo until no himself
should come Out. II hc were, there
would probably be heard the sound
of a shot through the night. or safer
siiIl there would be tho quick thrust
Of a knife, and tho man with tho
black cord would no longer hoyN ~
fear tho only foe who was as brave
and clever ~ he was himself But
Muller, whu though fearless was not
reckless, decided that thore was no
necessity Of running into such an
aypdable danger when he could
easily pass the rest Of the night in
tho Green House. lie looked At his
watch and found II TO be Just twelve
o'clock.
Muller made himself comfortable
IN the cornor ~ a big sofa. settling
down for the rest Of the night. But
no had not sat there long before no
raised his head again and listened.
Again no heard someone moving,
outside the house this time. He stood
up, closed his lantern, took his re-
yolvcr and moved softly out into tho
corridor. When be reached tho front
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stood outside had quick ears. AS tho
detective pulled the door open a tall
figure glided past him toward the
front OF the house.
stop right there or I'll shoot"
called Muller, but the man did not
stop. He flung open the front glass
door and dashed down the five steps
leading TO the ground. Muller was
equally quick in pursuit and fired as
he ran. But the man gave no sig or
having been hit, n did not lessen
his pac in the slightest. Tho sharp
light OF two electric beams threw his
quick moving shadow along tho
ground, FOR he carried IA lantern also.
Muller fired n second time, but Just
made "A quick dive around the corner
of tho house. As Muller followed hIm
in this direction, something hard
struck him on the head M dazcd
him for a moment. But no was
not injured and took up his pursuit In
a second or two. The slight pause,
however, was sufficient TO enable tho
other 10 dash through the garden
door and disappear in the blackness
outside.
The detective stood by the gate
peering out in all directions, but the
night was absolutely dark and tho
"e9 AI'AAtAN dbto k1bAA ~
ray of his lantern. He closed the door
with the key he found on the outside
and then put in his pocket. on his
way back to the house no found the
object that had hit him on the head,
II was a little lantern OF unusually
line n costly workmanship. Ha
took this In too. Both tho front doors
had been unlocked from the outside
The keys were still in the locks. Null
Ter RI1GnA than nWI a.HN ILHL Ola.
keys with the others In his pocket.
Then no let the light Of his own
lantern move over every foot of tho
floor in the corridor. He saw several
new footprints there, the wet earth
still clinginB to some Of them. He
recognized his own footprints and
beside them were enormous tracks
that he had not seen there before.
But he did not stay in the hall, hs
went back into tho study, locked Il
carefully and from there passed on
into the bedroom.
'Of course It may have been an or-
binary thief who managed TO got tho
three keys and thought this "a good
chance 10 plnnder an empty house
said the detective 10 himself But
this idea didn't seem right 10 him. He
was glad he had forgotten 10 bar tho
garden door through which he en-
lerod himself For II this had been
done tho unknown would have real
lzed that there was someone in tho
house and would not have come Tho
man, whoever IT. was, seemed 10 know
the locality, and went directly 10 the
bedroom. What could he want In this
room? He must know that all valud-
bles, as well as the contents Of tho
safe, had been removed TO the police
courts, Was there some clue. some
trace ~ his presence that he NAV
have remembered leaving, and that
he wanted 10 take away?
The detective asked himself all
these questions, while his eyes wan.
dered over every inch Of the room.
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FEBRUARY CONTEST AWARE
WINNER.
March.

ga WAKE. spring IL oomlnxi'
~ calls March in a loud bfls-
tering voice. and all the
flowers who have been asleep during
the winter open their eyes and push
their green shoots up through the
earth. They know that the propheoy
Of March IS always true and ma
spring\s on her way.
Marcel " "A very busy fellow. He IL
the bC/ friend tho flowers have. al
thougt he Is such a loud, blusterinx
young hramp. II no did not awaken
the flowers, they might oversleen
and spring would catch them nan
ping. Then they would be ashamed
March has other work beside awaken
Ing tho flowers, lie clears away the
dead leaves so that tho green graz,
may spring up, sends the kites flying
through the air. and sometimes very
mlsohievously sends our hats flying
after them.
But nevertheless we are glad 20
have March come back to Us again.
for now we, as well as the flowers he
10 kindly awnkens. know that the
long, cold winter is over and sprinR
will soon be here.
ESTHER VAN NORDEN, 4 thir.
teen, No. 372 East last Street.