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MEN INVITED

A special program will be rendered
at the Y. M. C. A, on next Tuesday
evening when an important meeting
will be held, starting at 1880. The
men of Bogalusa are urged to attend
and are assured an interesting even
ing.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-10-23
ATTENDING FAIR

D. 7. Gushing is in Shreveport at
tending the Louisiana State Fair and
acting as guardian for the famous
Holstein bull which is being exhibited
at the fair.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-10-23
PROPOSED ORDINANCE

An ordinance levying a tax of
three (3) mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of all property of
the City of Bogalusa, for the year
1919.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-10-23

the option of the owner, the said
note shall bear eight (8) per cent in
terest from their date and provide
for ten (10) per cent attorneys fees
IN event of suit to enforce collection
after their maturity, which notes
snail be paraphed by the City Clerk
as being Secured by Assessment No.
- Of Local Assessment Ordinance
NO. -" which notes, so given,
snail carry with them the lien and
privilege above provided for against
the property mentioned in the assess
ment, and said notes may be trans
ferred to the contractor at their face
value in payment pro tanto of the
work done by him, without recourse
on the City of Bogalusa.
Section 6. That only that part of
the contract covering the work done
on property mentioned in the above
assessment is accepted by this ordi-
nance, and no part of the balance is
E. r. CASSIDY,
Acting Mayor.
d. NJ. WADSWORTH,
Comm'r. Public Affairs.
K. /. BEAN, City Clerk.
introduced October 22nd, 1919:
adopted October 22nd, 1919.
Miss Norma Tombstone and her
Mrs Tombstone, were week
end visitors m Nav, O~Ioa..- IouA c..
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-10-23
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcements for Parish Polit.
zeal Offices $3.50 payable in advance,
The Enterprise is authorized to an.
nOunce that the following well known
citizens are candidates for the Demo.
cratic nomination for parish offices
of Washington Parish, subject to the
decision of the January primary. The
office which they seek vii be found
under the proper heading below:
FOR ASSESSOR
G. w. MAGEE
: S. E. MORRIS
FOR SHERIFF
L. L. SCHILLINGS.
]. E. BATEMAN
THOMAS J. SIMMONS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
T. E. BENNETT
MURPHY ]. SYLVEST
FOR CORONER
DR.. P. R. BAC0T
DR.. J. L. BROCK
DR.. w. w. JONES
FOR CLERK OF COURT
ARTHUR HOOD
L. v. BANKSTON
G. w. KNIGHT
A. w. ARD.
H. F. STAFFORD.
CARTER C. WEIGH
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

1T matters little, Macumazahn,"
he said, with q shrug of his great
shoulders, "for of this / am sure,
that l have played my part with
the People of the Axe and to stop
among them would have meant my
death, who am a man betrayed.
What do care who love none and
have no children? Though It is
true that might have fed to Natal
with the cattle and there have led
a fat and easy life. But ease and
plenty / do not desire who would
live and fall as q warrior should.
Never again, mayhap, shall see
the Ghost Mountain. where the
wolves ravened and the old Witch
sits in stone waiting for the world
to die, or sleep In the town of the
People Of the Axe. What do I want
with wives and oxen while l have
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That Ia why you are not so
clever as / thought, since OF one
sort or another there Is always i
lion which wise men should be pre-
pared to meet"
At that moment Hans arrived
upon the scene. followed at . dis
Greet distance by the wagon boys.
The Great Medicine Of the
Opener Of Roads has worked WELL"
was all he said.
"The great medicine Of the
Opener of Heads has worked bet
ter" remarked Umslopogaas, with
a little laugh and pointing to his
red axe. But. Yellow Man, how
comes II that you, who / have been
told are cunning. watch your mas
ter 90 M"
II was asleep" suffered Hans,
Indignantly.
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Those who serve should never
Sleep" replied Umslopogaas, sternly.
Then he turned and whistled, and
behold! out Of the long grass that
grew at a little distance, emerged
twelve great men, all of them bear.
ing axes and wearing cloaks Of
hyena skins, who saluted me by
raising their axes.
set q watch and skin me this
beast by dawn. It will make us
mat" said Umslopogaas.
"Who are these?" asked.
"a few picked warriors whom I
brought with me-"
Then we went to the wagon and
spoke no more that night.
Next morning / told Umslopo-
gaas Of the visit / had received
from the Induna of the King, who
wished me to come to the royal
kraal. He nodded and said:
"As it chances, certain thieves
attacked me on my Journey, which
is why one or two of my people re-
main behind who will never travel
again. We made good play with
those thieves, not one of them es.
capped" he added, grimly, "and
their bodies we threw into a river
where are many crocodiles. But
their spears l brought away, and ]
think that they are such as the
Kings guard use. II so, his search
ror rlem will be long, since the
fight took place where no man
lives and We buried the shields and
trappings."
That morning we trekked on fast,
fearing lest a regiment searching
for those thieves" should strike
and follow our spoor AS we went
Umslopogaas told me that he had
duly appointed Lousta and his wife,
Monazi, to rule the tribe during his
absence, an Office which they &C
cepted doubtfully.
l asked him whether he thought
this wise. 1t had occurred to me
since l made the suggestion that
they might be unwilling to surren-
der power on his return, also that
other domestic complications might
ensue.
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where can they bel" asked.
Asleep BAas, I think. = saA Hans,
and - was right TAe whole pop
ulatioa q tie place vas inAslUing
IN q MONDAY sieatA
At last We get % near to the
house that haltsd The vagua and
descended to investigate. At this
msmsnt some one did appear. Tie
sigAt of WAem astoaishsa ne net .
little, namely, . vssy strikAeAsok-
ing young woman. She vas tan.
handsome. With large daxk eyss.
good features, q rather pals com
plsxion. and I think the saades4 face
Tat ever saw. Eyidsntly che had
hoard the 1eise a tie vagoa and
hsd come out to $50 what Il was,
for shs had nothing On Asr head.
which vas covered With thick hair
Of 1avea blaekne.. CateAing
sight Of the great UnslepeOaas.
With his cleaning axe. and Of his
savage boxing bodyguard. NE ut
tered IN exclamation and not unnat-
ur1lly turned TO ~. =
.It's all night" ! sang out emery.
ing from behind the oxea. and In
English. though before tt words
had left my hps I reflected that
there was not the slightest reason
TO suppose that she would under
stand them. But to my surprise
she, answered me IN the same
tongue. with peculiar accent that
was neither Scotch nor Irish:
Thank you." she said. =. sir. was
frightened Your friends look-
here she stumbled for . word. then
added, 'terrocious.
:. / laughed at this composite ad-
jectfve, and answered:
well, 90 they are IN . way.
though they win not harm you or
me. But, young lady. tell me. can
We cutspan here. Pprhaps your
husband"-
"I have no husband; have only
Q father, sir" and she sighed.
well. then, could l speak to your
father. Ny name il Allan osatsr'
main. and l am making . journey
Of exploration"
"Yes. win 60 and wake him he
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is asleep. Every one sleeps here
at midday-except me-" she said
with another sigh.
why do you not follow their ex-
ample!". / asked jocossly, for this
young woman puzzled me, and
wanted to find out about her.
Because / sleep little, sir, who
think too much. There will be
plenty Of time to sleep soon for all
of us, will there not!"
stared at her. and then inquired
her name, because / did not know
what else to say.
MY name is Inez Robertson" she
answered. 81 will go to wake my
father. Meanwhile please unyoke
your oxen. They can feed with the
others; they look as though they
wanted rest, poor things" -.
"Inez Robertson" ! thought to
myself, that's a queer ombination.
English father and Portuguese
mother, l suppose. But what can
an Englishman be doing in a place
like this? II it had been a trek
Boer l should not have been sur.
prised."
We. had just got the oxen out Of
the yokes when q big, raw-boned,
red-bearded,. >. .blue-eyed, roughly-clad
man of about fifty years Of age ap-
peared from the house, yawning.
threw my eye over him as he ad-
vanced with a peculiar rolling gait.
A drunkard who has once been q
gentleman. ! reflected to myself, for
there was something peculiarly dis
solute in his appearance, also one
who has had to do with the sea, q
diagnosis which proved very accu-
rate.
How do you do, Mr.. Allan Qua
termain. which think my daughter
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would not say, except that in the
country whittier we wandered he
would fight . great fight and win
much honor. Now Umslopogaas
Was by nature . fighting man, one
who took . positive JOY In battle.
and. like . bold Norseman. seemed
to think that thus only could q man
decorously die. This amased me,
q peaceful person, who loved quiet
and q home. Stfll gave way,
partly to please him, partly be-
cause I hoped that We might dis
cover something Of interest, and
still moro because having once un-
dertaken an enterprise my pride
prompted me to see II through.
Now Zikan had told me that
when we drew near to the great
river we should come to . place on
the edge Of bush weld that ran
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made a home for himself in the
wilderness.
Also after an inspection of his
enchanted knuckle-bones he de.
clared that something remarkable
would happen to this man or his
family while I was visiting him.
Lastly, in that map he drew in the
ashes, the details of which were so
indelibly impressed upon my men,
ory, he had shown me where I
should find the dwelling of this
white man.
Travelling by the sun and the
compass had trekked steadily in
the exact direction that he indi-
Gated, to find that in this useful
particular he was we'll named the
Opener Of Roads," since always
before me / found q practicable
path, although to the right or the
left it would not have been prac-
ticable. Also such tribes as We
met proved of friendly character,
although perhaps the aspect of Um-
slopogaas and his fierce band,
whom, rather irreverently, l named
the Twelve Apostles, had some
share in inducing this peaceful at
titude.
So smooth was our progress and
so well marked by water at certain
intervals, that at last l came to the
conclusion that we must be follow
ing some ancient road, which at a
forgotten period Of history had run
from south to north or vice versa.
Oh, rather, to be honest, it was the
observant Hans who made this dis
covery from various indications
which had escape my notice.
Passing over certain high, misty
lands during the third week of our
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Inkosikaas, the groan-maker, and
she is true to me?"
And he shook the ancient axe
above his head so that the sun
cleaned upon the curved blade and
the hollow gouge or point at the
back beyond the shaft socket.
where the Axe goes, there go
the strength and virtue of the Axe,
o Macumazahn."
at is strange weapon" / said.
"Aye, a strange and an ancient,
forged far away, says Zikali, by a
warrior wizard hundreds of years
ago; great fighter, who was also
the first Of smiths, and who sits in
the Underworld waiting for it to re-
turn to his hand when it's work Is
finished beneath the sun. That will
be soon, since Zikali told me that l
am the last Holder of the Axe"
Did you, then, see the Opener
of Roads?" asked.
AYE, saw him. He it was who
told me which way to 60 to escape
from Zululand. Also he laughed
when he heard how the flooded
rivers brought You to my kraaL
and sent you message in which
he said that the spirit of a snake
had told him that you tried to
throw the Great Medicine into.
pool. This, he said. you must do
no more, lest he should send an
other snake to stop you"
On we travelled from day to day
meeting with such difficulties and
dangers as are common on road.
less weld in Africa, but no more
for the grass was good and there
was plenty of game for meat, In
deed, here in the back regions of
what is known as Portuguese South
East Africa every sort of wild ami
NAL was so numerous that person.
ally l wished we could turn our
journey into shooting expedition.
But Of this Umslopogaas would not
hear. In fact, he was much more
anxious to carry out our original
purpose than myself.
When / asked. him why, he an
swered because of something Zikali
had told him. What this was he
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trek We came acress . queer No
mAdjc people. who seemed 70 tive
n movable grass huts and 10 keep
great herds Of goat and lons-tailed
sheep This folk ran away nom
~ at hrst hut when they found we
did them NO harm became frieadly
and brought u o6erinss Of milk,
also Of kind Of slug or caterpillar
which they seAned 70 eat. Hans.
who was . srsat master Of diRer.
ent languages. discovered a tongue.
or . mixture Of toagues, in which
be eould make himsalf understood
to some Of them.
They told him that In thsir day
they had nsver seen . white man,
although their rsmote ancestors
had known many Of then. They
added, however. that n We went on
steadily toward the north for an
other seven days We should come
to whsre . white man hved. one.
they had heard, who had . long
beard and kiIlsd animals With guns,
% We did.
E~~cv~>~>A Svw <hS. S~k~lYSwooro
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CHAPTER v.

WYE had sighted the house
M shortly after sunrise, and
w by midday we were there.
1t stood almost Immediately be.
meath two great baobab trees. 1t
was q matched house with white
washed walls and a stoep or YER
anda round it. Moreover, beyond
1t, at little distance, were other
houses, with wagon sheds, etc., and
beyond and mixed up with these a
number of native huts. Further on
were considerable fields, with
springing corn; also we saw herds
Of cattle grazing on the slopes.
Evidently our white man was rich.
Umslopogaas surveyed the place
with a soldiers eye and said to me:
This must be peaceful country,
Macumazahn, where no attack Is
feared, since Of defences l see
none"
Yes" l answered, why not, with
a wilderness behind it and bush
weld and a great river in front"
Men can cross rivers and travel
through bush veld." he answered,
and was silent.
Up to this time we had seen no
one, although it might have been
presumed that q wagon trekking
toward the house was a sufficiently
unusual sight to have attracted at.
tention.
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W pushed for
ward. now travel
ling d0wnhin out
Of the mists into q
more genial coun-
try. At length we
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saw far away vast sea Of bush
weld which, as l guessed, must
fringe the great Zambesi River.
Moreover, Hans, whose eyes were
those Of a hawk, saw some build
ings Of a more or less civilized
kind, which stood among trees by
the side Of stream a mile or two
on this side Of the great belt OF
bush.
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Continosd on Page 10
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CHAPTER w. (Continued)
The Lon as1 the Are.

Z row In front of the gateway
IN Of the cattle kraal grew a
big wild fig tree. Passing
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>~~S ~SA~se AoAo W AnSohc - W ho"
to Cross the great river and about
other things.
The captain was interested, espe-
cially when l informed him that I
was that same Hunter Quatermain"
Of whom he had heard In past years.
but told me that 1t would be impos-
sible to take the wagon down into
the low bushveld, which we could
see on the horizon, as there all the
oxen would die OF the bite OF the
tsetse fly. ! answered that ] was
aware Of this, and proposed to try
to make an arrangement to leave IL
in his charge till / returr.Sd.
That might be managed, Mr..
Quatermain," he answered. "But.
man, will you ever. return' They
say there are queer folk living on
the other side OF the Zambesi, saw
age men who are cannibals. ANA
hagger, ] think, they call them. ];
was they who in past years cleaned
out all this country except a few
river tribes who live In floating
huts or on islands among the reeds.
and that's why II is 90 empty. But
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Great Britain Rights Deserved
Evening star., 1919-05-04
Hard.

''J>HE Germans" said a senator.
expected great things OF Pres
ident Wilson They're terribly disap-
pointed that he should he so hard
IT'S like the case OF the young fell
low who proposed for the pretty girls
hand Her father gave him a hot re-
ception, The girl when she heard
about II, said
Clarence, dear I can't tell YOU how
shocked ] am. That dad should treat
you like that! Dear me, | idolized
dad--and now To- think that my idol
has feet Of clay"
"Clayr said Clarence Clayf I
guess YOU mean concrete"
Evening star., 1919-05-04
JAMES X. MANN.
Will he dominate the next House Of
RpDrcNen tn tfyeN$


setts. members OF the Gillett faction
But Frank w. Mondell, the floor
leader. also is catalogued Mann
partisan, and so the Mann faction out
numbers the Gillett faction two to
one Two days before the next Con-
gress meets whe ther early. under
call by President Wilson or not until
next December, the regular time fixed
by law. the republican members Of the
House will hold another caucus for
the purpose of hearing the reports of
its committee on organization and
of approving or changing the ar
rangements that have been agreed
upon
At this caucus an attempt will be
made to add four members to the
steering committee. The four men to
be suggested are Campbell Bascom
Slemp of Virginia. Charles Frank
Reavis Of Nebraska. sydney Anderson
of Minnesota and John I. Nolan of
California.
On the face of the movement the
effort to enlarge the steering commit
tee is geographical and industrial
Slemp. it is argued. would represent
the south. which some republicans
still have hopes of dividing. Reavis
and Anderson would represent the
wheat and farming interests beyond
the Mississippi. Nolan Is an iron
molder and a labor union officer.
II the four get on the committee
then that body will have a Gillett
sjority and to quote Mr.. Long
worth. will be in sympathy with the
views Of modern republicanism." The
objection TO Mann is summed up in
the word "reactionary."
But Mr. Mann denies that he is re-
dictionary and points to the "progres-
sive" legislation that he has ener-
getically supported and the enact
ment Of which ne has successfully
managed Concerning his first vote
in Congress. back in 1897, he sa id to
the writer: ut was east in opposition
TO my party"
i
The Dinsley bill" he continued
was being considered. An amend
ment was offered by some democrat
AS II was sensible. l supported it when
my name was called. new acuuaip-
tance in the next chair aud a boo,
prophet remarked: You will live. my
friend, to regret that act
Never. l answered. i shall always
vote as please And" Mr.. Mann
added, II have voted that way ever
since. Therefore. l have no quarrel
with independent men. in Congress OF
out Of It,"
During Uncle Joe Cannon's reisr
as Speaker. which lasted for eigh,
years. Mr.. Mann was the republican
hoor leader A share. then, Of al
the real and imagined sins OF Can.
nonism were attributed to him Wher
the republicans lost the House al
Representatives and became merel,
minority party. deprived Of al,
power except az critics and obstrur.
tianists, Mr.. Mann retained the 400,
leadership. An empty honor, II wa,
. thought.
He passed his days in the House
from noon until adjournment. watch
ing every act and listening to ever,
Evening star., 1919-05-04
}. HAMPTON MOORE,
A big man on the next Republican
steering committee.

10 be centered elsewhere. All bodies
of men require leadership.
The democrats, getting control of
the House of representatives, chose
Champ Clark for Speaker. appointed
their committees. decided that the
chairman of the committee on ways
and means should be their floor leader
and that a board of directors, called
steering committee. should manage
Legislative matters. Such a commit
tee was selected. but the republicans
say that it has been no more than
a fgurehead. The Legislative. policy
of Congress. they assert. has been
sent ready made to the Capitol from
the White House. the Treasury and
other executive departments.
Also the republicans had steering
committee. but, as they did not con-
troll the House of Representatives the
committee acted only negatively and.
practically. did not function in any
respect. 1t moved on occasion, but to
oppose. and not to direct.
In the House OF Representatives. Of
the Sixty-sixth Congress, which is
soon to meet. the republican steering
committee will control all Of the busi-
ness that may be suggested or trans
acted. For the first time, the repub-
licans say. a committee Of that char
acter will not only establish lesis-
lative program, but will carry II
out. The members will daily confer
with Speaker Gillette and with Mr.
Mondell their floor leader.
A steering committee when IL ac-
tually steers is both board Of di-
rectors and board Of strategy.
There are more than 400 members OIL
the House. Each has policy Of his
own in regard to his district or state
He has bills that he wishes passed
and speeches that he means to de-
liver There are important general
subjects also that he believes should
be taken up without management
there would be chaos in the rooms OF
the committees and on the moor.
The steering committee Will learn
the temper of the House. Members
one by one will be asked for thei'
views. Differences will be harmonized
Foolishness will be held in check
whenever possible, in one manner OF
another. Bills for the raising OF
money. such as those pertaining tc
the tariff. and bills for the spending
of money, as are those appropriatins
funds for the support Of the govern
ment, have what can be called the
right OF way in the House.
All other bills, practically, have te
be manipulated. Once reported back
from committees. where they wer,
examined and recommended for pas
sage, they must be Unanswered by tn,
members who introduced them int
favorable positions SO that they cal
be openly debated and brought to
vote.
The steering committee will decide
which bills shall be considered by tn,
House and in what order. And tn
committee on rules may fix the da.
and hour and the limits Of debate
The republican steering committee &
therefore. of the next Congress, il
deciding policies of legislation. will
give to the presidential campaign o
1920 some of it's principal issues
Moreover, the steering committee b.
narrow and unpopular action coul,
make the election of the republica