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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
DISASTER REIN
PLAN PERFE
American Red eros, i /.
vide Local Heb.
Committees Soon 10 /.
Pointed in Many Con.
munities.

Do you belong to the Disast., 81
Committee in your town.
II you do, or if you are apD.l....
it means that you are coss's..
brave considerate, even4enps,ss NJ
strong. To be appointed q Ii.
nittee is one Of the highest e.
that the American Red Cross ]. !.
stow upon you: for the Dissst,, ).
lief Committee, recently ezDlsiS.s
Harry l. Hopkins, director y r,.,'.
Relief, Gulf Division, American i;
Cross, is the great body 4 sl,.,...
thinking, Quick-acting depenasAI.
sons, organized in each comnusI,,
meet disasters which arise
flood, fire, famine, exploslon "
wreck, or earthquake.
In the thirty-eight years slo..
American Red Cross was fIssl ~,
tied in 1881, it has participasss Is s.
disaster relief expeditions It ba0s NJ
abroad and has expended d 49,.
the expenditure Of twelve "a IA.
million dollars. This covers shs s.'s
up to June LIST, 1915 tha -
fiscal year.
America averages a dozen aI.ss..:
a year. Latest statistics commits
the Gulf Division, American Rss III.
show twelve disasters, and 81 s.
Cross gave relief In every oneI
In this immediate terrEiau At.
were grave disastefs IN reesn. ,s,,.
the Gulf States storm in 1905 Il Il
sissippi cyclone in 1901. IS 9h.s
sippi flood in 1912 and tbessesna ~
In 1914. Then there was anoIbs, ~ +
at Natchez in 1916, and mef, ~.
and the bon weevil menace ii AI,nrs !
IN 1917. IN ract, 1917 was hsS -,
for disasters IN the soutl. Is sS,,s
the summer the tornadoss ii vl's
Springs and Carbon Hili ane 4.
Hope, Alabama. brought about ma
suffering. Everybody III TILL sishIg
remembers the Lake Charles Is..
lana, storm in 1918, IN WhlcA liz o.
Division Red Gross furnished hi
great aid. and at which tine Ba,sf
Hopkins, director Of civilian mIs
went to Lake Charles and aas.lsi IL
erection of the tent city. 4 solil 4
$23,00a was expended ii IBIS dss
alone. And in 1919 the Corpus ehg
Texas, storm was robbed oi ualA 1
its horror through the pranp as
Of the Red Cross.
OF these ten Disaster b las Gin
Division in recent years. the BED els.
has given supplies and spent ns
to the extent OF approximately al
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

Franklinton, La, Oct. %, 1919.
Proceedings Of the Washington Par
ish School Board taken at the
meeting of said School Board held
at FrankIinton, Louisiana, on We'd
nesday, the 22nd day of October,
1919, for the purpose of promul-
eating the result Of the special
election held in the BogaIusa
School District on Tuesday, the
21st day Of October, 1919, and
passing ordinances issuing the
bonds and fixing the maturities
thereof and providing for the rate
thereof.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
BED cRoss NEEpEn
Gives More Aid Than Eve M
Men's Families

Gives More Aid Than Eve n M
Mems Families
More than double the aneu
money normally spent pei naHIA
the relief Of families Of service
was spent during the month q i
by the Gulf Division 81 TIE Ansle
Red Cross. according to 4 slalsae
made Saturday by Harry L HgIllz
director OF Civilian Relief Or e
ust, 1879, 4 total Of STA
been spent for this work 3 Als'
Louisiana and Mississippi DH
August, s12,2e4.25 was spent y
same purpose in these slatag
"This makes 4 total Said Af
kins, ''of $l26,SSslo expended ia'
relief Of families Of soldiers Z y
Division, Of which sum 3 ts1la
spent during the month d August 7
reason for this Is primarily ~ 7
that most able-bodied soldiers ls
charged by this time and ere tally 4.
TO take care Of their families
selves Those who remain sc g
large degree those who arg ssll Z
hospitals and who can do naslpi
the persons dependent upon shen'
"A very significant featuFs q ". a1.s
port is the striking manner ln Ea'.s
emphasizes the need FOR TIE seh.
ton Of the Red Cross WORK sVaa
times of peace. Obviously I Z.
snending more for the relief oi asls
families in August-Dearly 2 yss1
the ending Of the warthan gs
during the war itself, our WoiA Y
from finished. ...
incidentally, this HONE .s
work is only one branch q shs -.
doug Peace Time program Npl@
Red Cross has mapped cut ~ ~
The other departments are laa'
nortant to the welfare Of ever 81
nity IN the Gulf states i { Rs
reason that the Red Cross Is Co..
third annual roll call this yea Y
Der 2 to II. .....s ,..s
aBy the way, It may inter- 49,
readers to know that the Gull 1
which includes Alabama Lonls
Mississippi, is the only diElsloa
entire country in which w. ss.
lie Section has been estahll.
every single chapter. There
Home Service workers N tis
and thew gave aid and iniOs
1892 families during Arga ~.
wear. which makes the tcsal g I.
these workers have helped Y
1856, 100. ...,....ss
aof the s12,2s4.25 distEios.'s. s.
August in extending relief z
lies Of soldiers and sailors 3
vision, $4.110.s2 was distEins.s
,ama. s5,6e4.5S In Louisiapa
46S.75 in Mississippi
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
BIRD SEASON OPENS
SATURDAY, NOV. Is

Better get down the shotgun and
get it in shape and look up that bird
dog Of yours, which has likely been
running on the streets for several
weeks, for the open season for quail
begins Saturday week. Reports are
that the quail are here in abundance.
Many Bogalusa men plan to spend
the opening day at the sport and, of
course, they all expect to bag the
limits. License may be secured
at either bank for S1.0O.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

The Washington Parish School
Board, acting as the governing au-
thority, of the Bogalusa School Dis
trict, net in special session at the
Court House in Franklinton, Louisi-
ana, on the 22nd day of October,
1919, at II o'clock a. m, pursuant
to the provisions of the ordinance of
said School Board dated September
9th, 1919, and the proclamation of
election by F. B. Bateman, President
of said School Board, also dated Sep
TENDER 9th, 1919.
There were present: o. E. Morris,
F. B. Bateman, L. T. Richardson,
George C. Knight, /. ]. Greene, ]. A.
Moore and Willie Russell.
There were absent: D. Wallace,
J. K. johnson, D. T. Cushing and j.
II. Mitchell.
The School Board having been
duly convened, the following ordi-
nance was offered by Mr.. l. ]. Green,
seconded by Mr.. J. A. Moore:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

The Bogalusa School District of
the Parish of Washington State of
Louisiana, for value received, here
by promises to pay 20 beaIer on the
first day of December, 1D%., the
sum of One Thousand SCIS000.0O)
Dollars in gold coin of tho United
States of America, Of thu present
standard of weight and fineness,
with interest thereon at thss rate of
five per centum (5To) perl annum,
payable semi-annually on she first
DAYS of June and December! in each
year, upon presentation ana surren-
der of the interest coupon hereto at
tached as the same shals mature,
both principal and interest of this
bond are payable at the soffice of
the Treasurer of the Washington
Parish School Board, at aaklinton,
Louisiana, or at the optiGf4 of the
holder at the Chase Material Bank
of New York City, N. Y. {: g
This bond is issued by Tie Boga-
lusa School District of the sI!arish of
Washington, State of Louisihna, for
the purpose of purchasing, e9nstruct-
ing and equipping publk9 school
buildings within the BogalHss School
District under and by virtue Of the
authority conferred by Article 281
of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana and Act ESQ of Sthe Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisi-
ana for the year 1910, as .ahnended,
and this bond was especially author
lied at an election held in lie Boga-
Iusa School District on the 21st day
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

of October, 1919, the returns OF
which election were duly promul-
gated on the 22nd day of October,
1919.
The debt represented by this bond
and the issue of which it forms a
part was incurred and said bonds
were issued by virtue of the author
ity conferred by the Constitution and
Act referred to and conforming to
the result of an election held by the
property taxpayers in the Bogalusa
School District, qualified to vote at
the election held on the 21st day of
October, 1919, who authorized the
governing authority of the Bogalusa
School District to levy each year
tax sufficient on all property stu
ated in said School District to pay
the principal and interest Of said
bonds in accordance with law, and it
is certified that all acts, conditions
and things required to be done, pre-
cedent to and in the issuance of this
bond and of the issue of which it
forms a part, in order to make the
same legal, binding and valid obliga-
tions of the Bogalusa School District,
have existed, have happened and
have been performed in due time,
form and manner as required by law
and that the Indebtedness of said
School District, including this bond
and the issue of which it forms a
part. does not exceed the constitu-
tional or statutory limitations Of in
debtedness.
In witness whereof, the Washing
ton Parish School Board, as the gov
erning authority of the Bogalusa
School District, has caused this bond
to be signed by the President and
Secretary of the said School Board,
and the corporate seal of said School
Board to be hereto affixed and has
also caused the coupons hereto an
nexed to be signed with the facsimile
signatures Of said President and said
Secretary and this bond to be dated
the first day of December, 1919.
BOGALUSA SCHOOL DISTRICT,
F. B. BATEMAN,
President Washington Parish School
Board.
d. H. SPRINGFIELD,
Secretary Washington Parish School
Board.
FORM OF COOPON
On the first day of---...-------.....--.--.--
Ii, the Bogalusa School District,
of the Parish Of Washington, of the
States of Louisiana, will pay to
bearer Twenty-Five (S25.00) Dollars
at the office of the Treasurer Of the
Washington Parish School Board, at
Franklinton, La, or at the option Of
the holder at the Chase National
Bank of New York City, N. Y, be-
ing semi-annual interest then due on
its Public Improvement Bond, dated
December 1, 1919, No.--------..-.---.
F. B. BATEMAN,
President Washington Parish School
D. H. SPRINGFIELD,
Secretary Washington Parish School
Board
Be it further ordained, that said
bonds shall be executed by the Pres
ident and Secretary of the Washing
ton Parish School Board on behalf of
the Bogalusa School District and the
coupons shall bear the fac-simile
signatures of said President and Sec.
rotary.
Be it further Ordained, that said
bonds shall bear the following en-
dorsement:
'sThis bond secured by tax. Reg
istered on this, the -------------. day Of
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

Secretary Of State.
Be it further ordained, that said
bonds shall mature in the following
manner, to-wit:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
AN ORDINANCE

An ordnance auLnOrlZlHS IHS lsSu-
ance of Three Hundred Thousand
$500 ,OGO.O0) Dollars of bonds of
the Bogalusa School District, pre-
scribing the form thereof, and pro-
viding for the lew of taxes for the
payment of the principal and the in
terest of said bonds.
Whereas, according to the returns
Of an election held in the Bogalusa
School District on the 21st day Of
October, 1919, under the authority
granted by the terms of said election,
the Washington Parish School Board,
as the governing authority Of said
School District, was authorized to IN
cur debt and issue bonds to the
amount of Three Hundred Thousand
$4,000, 00O.00) Dollars, and, /
Whereas, the Assessor of The Par
ish of Washington has certified that
the assessed valuation of all the
property of the Bogalusa School Dis
trict for the year 1913, aggregates
-., and a boTd issue
representing an Indebtedness of
$500 900. 90 is less than 10 S9er cent
Of the assessed valuation ofsthe tax
able property within said School Dis
trict,
THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED
BY THE WASHINGTON PARISH
SCHOOL BOARD, in compliance
with the terms of Article ISL of the
Constitution of the State Of Louisl--
and, and Act 256 of the I General
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1910 as amended, and
acting as the governing authority OF
the Bogalusa School District and the
said Washington Parish School
Board having been authorizea at an
election held in the Bogaluaas School
District on the 21st day Of SQctober,
1919, hereby authorizes the incur
ring of an Indebtedness Of Three
Hundred Thousand ($30eD00.O0)
Dollars Of said Bogalusa SchpOl Dis
trict, for the purpose of purchasing,
constructing and equippingI school
buildings within the BogalusS School
District, and to represent said in
debtedness, the said Washington Par
ish School Board does hereby lauthor-
ize the issuance of Three Hundred
Thousand $500, 000.00) Drllars OF
bonds Of said School District, num-
bered from one to three huEdred, in
elusive, of the denominations of One
Thousand ($1,000.O0) Dollars each,
dated December 1st, 1915 bearing
interest at the rate of five per CEN
tum (59o) per annum, from date un-
til paid, said interest being payable
sen1i-annually on the firsts days of
June and December in each year,
and each of said bonds having at
tached thereto semi-annualS coupons,
to represe&t the said interest.
Be it further ordained, chat said
bonds and the interest the1epn shall
be payable at the office of the Treas
urer of the Washington Parish
School Board, at FraniintoE, La, or
at the option of the holder at the
Chase National Bank of New York
City.
Be it further ordained, Shat said
bonds shall be in substantially the
following form, to-wit:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
PROCLAMATION

/, F. B. Bateman, President of the
Washington Parish School Board, the
said School Board being the govern
ing authority Of the Bogalusa School
District, do hereby announce and
proclaim the result of the election
held in the Bogalusa School District
on October 81, 1919, as ascertained
by the canvass of the votes cast at
the said election by the Washington.
Parish School Board in session as
sembled at Frankinton, Louisiana, on
October %, 1919, at II o'clock a. M
and which canvass shows the result
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

be IL IurLnef ordained, CnaC the
Washington Parish School Board, the
governing authority of the Bogalusa
School District, obligates itself and
is bound under the terms and condi-
tons of law and the election author
izing said bonds, each year to levy
such taxes on all the property in the
Bogalusa School District as may be
sufficient to provide for the princi-
pal and interest of said bonds as the
same shall respectively become due
and payable, such tax not to exceed
the limit as fixed by the Constitution
and Laws of the State of Louisiana,
and said tax will be annually levied
upon all the taxable property of said
Bogalusa School District at the same
time and in the same manner as par
ish taxes are levied and collected.
The ordinance being submitted to
a vote, the vote thereon was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. o. E. Morris, G. C.
Knight, |. j. Green, L. T. Richard
son, ]. A. Moore and Willie Russell.
Nays-None.
And the ordinance was declared
adopted.
The following ordinance was of
fered by Mr.. L. 7. Richardson, Sec
onded by Mr.. ]. A. Moore:
AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance levying a tax Of g
mills on the dollar of the assessed
aYluation Of all property of the Bo-
galusa School District for the year
1919.
Be it ordained by the Washington
Parish School Board, acting as the
governing authority of the Bogalusa
School District, that the Assessor and
the Tax Collector, of the Parish Of
Washington, are hereby instructed
and ordered to assess and collect for
the year 1919, a tax Of 3 mills on
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
Members

d. H. SPRINGFIELD,
Secretary.
F. B. BATEMAN,.
L. T. RICHARDSON,
l. ]. GREEN,
J. A. MOORE,
WILLIE RUSSELL,
G. C. KNIGHT,
o. E. MORRIS.
The following ordinance was of
fered by Mr.. L. T. Richardson, sec
onded by Mr.. G. C. Knight:
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

10 votes, representing an assessed
valuation of Thirteen Thousand Sew
en- Hundred and Seventy-six 1$13,-
776.00) Dollars, cast against the
aforesaid proposition, as above out
lined, and it is therefore shows there
was a majority of votes, beth IN
number and amount, cast in favor Of
the aforesaid proposition, which said
proposition is therefore declared to
be carried, and this process verbal and
canvass of the votes cast az said
election held in the Bogalusa School
District on the 21st day of October,
1919. having been duly written and
read, was thereupon signed BY the
teIlers. BY the President and Secre-
tarv of the Washington Parish School
Board, and by each member Of said
School Board present at said meet
ing.
Tellers:
l. ]. GREEN,
WILLIE RUSSELL.
F. B. BATEMAN,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-22
SOLDIERS SEEK
 JOBS IN VAIN

Aiding returning soldiers, sailors and marines to obtain employment is the biggest task that is confronting the registration board of the "Wel- come Home committee at city hall. Over 50 per cent of those appearing for enrolment say that they are un- able to find employment in Bridge port and many of them have wives and families.
 A telephone has been installed in the common council chambers, and anyone having work for men, is urged to get in communication with the committee as 1t is able to furnish soldiers who are looking for jobs. Up to noon today TAO men had en- rolled, and the committee expects to
 have 1000 signed up by the end of next week. Several have appeared to register without having in their pos
 session discharge or release papers,
 and have been turned away. It was
 announced today that every man who | Iappears for enrolment should bring
 either his discharge or release papers
 with him as he cannot be enrolled
 without them,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-22
NO DECISION IN kEREKES CASE
Local Company Sues Minor to Collect $40O-Counter
 Claim Filed.

In the case of The Hungarian Sick Benefit Confederation against Eva Kerekes In which 1t is sought to de- eide who is the rightful beneficiary of a $1,000 insurance policy, eyid- ence has been produced showing that Eva Kerelles has long since been di- Vorced from Antone Kerekes who car ried the insurance. Although divo, ed the woman still continued to live with her former husband until his death in 1917. Judge Booth has not as yet decided whether the former wife or two sons should receive the money.
 All testimony has been heard in the case of the state against John H. Romme, Administrator of the estate of Mary H. Webb tn which the State of Connecticut is endeavoring to re cover $500 paid for the support ( z Mary H. Webb while she was an in- mate of the Connecticut hospital for the Insane. Judge Walsh reserves his decision until a later date.
 Judge Walsh also reserves dec. ion in the case of Joseph Cafaro against Guion Thompson in which the plain tlff is suing to recover 1,500 daages on account of an automobile collision which occurred in December 1917. Thompson has filed a counter claim of $500.
 The American Tube & Stamping Company is suing Loudon c. Minor ot Bridgeport for $4OO alleged to be due on a completed contract covering the l manufacture of toys. Minor has filed a counter claim in the amount o1 S1,500 to cover damages alleged tC i have been suffered on account of de lay in the completion of the con | tract
 i Albert Papp, a contractor of Strat
 ford wants $500 alleged to be duo i in payment for a completed building owned by John Homa. The defend
 ant has filed a counter claim in tn,
 same amount to cover work still un
 completed and covered by the con i tract.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-22
Officials Consider Means
 of Enforcing Prohibition
Continued from Page One)

This bureau now has about 500 quor violation detection, including 800 now engaged partly in running down Illicit liquor disdllers. Officials be- Heve, however, that this force would have to be enlarged by several times. The Department of Justice also stands ready to assign many of it's secret agCu 8 to prohibition enforcement
 The bulk of enforcement work, however, would fall on state and To- cal police authorities. Government agents would operate only in those districts where the local officers seemed unable or unwilling to en- force the law.
 Revenue agents say there already are indications of preparations for who propose to manufacture liquor illegally after July 1. Not only in the southern mountains the peinci- pal operating regions of moonshiners but in large cities of the east and middle west small stills have been found recently. Owners of some oi these are said to have admitted their intention of putting them in operation after prohibition becomes effective.
 The advent of prohibition. officials say, will not repeat revenue laws ap- plying taxes on spirits. nor nullifS existing provisions for fines and i'm, prisonment as penalties for illicitl, manufacturing liquor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-22
STAMFORD WANTS
 MORE TR0LLEYS
Town Appeals From Decis- ion of Public Utilities
 Commission.

Appealing from 8 decision by tho Public Utilities Commission handed down in December, 1917, in which the Connecticut Company was permitted to pos pone the laying of track and expansion of the trolley system on Hope street, Stamford, on account of the high cost of labor and materials incidental to the war, Stamford is now represented before the superior court of Fairfield county asking to have this order changed and the work completed immediately. The case is a novel one and the attorneys for the Connecticut Company and the Public Utilities Commission are of the opinion that the court will not have jurisdiction over the case. It is contended, however, by N. c. Downs, attorney for the Town of Stamford, that the superior court has jurisdic- ton in all matters covering an appeal from the Public Utilities Commission,
 The case of Joseph Solomon, trus' tee for the bankrupt estate of Arnold Cargill, in which it is alleged that Cargill gave his automobile to Miss Grace D. Beers previous to filing his petition in bankruptcy and making Miss Beers a preferred creditor, is still being heard. Ethel Groshans bookkeeper at the Mills Garage and L. c. Mead of the State Street Garage were two witnesses introduced by the plaintiff this morning. These wit nesses testified to the effect that Car gill purchased and kept in repair the automobile in question.