Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-10-20
ALLEY Tells Of Inp
to Highway Meet
IN Meridian, Miss
Rv B. D. TALLEY,


II. nartv left here Mo4Gay a. ~
0aF patT Ting at Hattiesburg Mon
la9n, a. Rising early and spread,
1 Rsogalusa pep and Joy arou 5T,,a ~
q .a IoS for a few hours on 1 isi
Bal1es sLninp left there at 10 o'clock
Sly moi sS23rel for dinner. There
rsscalns snread more Bogalusa JOY
g9 ., . the citizens and went 9 0ui
anop u NJ to Meridian, boosting 20
E1y ~ ~ ~ every little hamlet along
Gus = arriving at Meridian at ~
bs way TIrosdav night. There Cliff
.I ~ had made reservations Tor
illls ne Southern Hotel, convention
:. Nv where we began to get
isllsss.tod Each of the delegates
ss3G ta5Tes with Bogalusa, La, M. v;
~ $500 ~ lapel Of our coats and
y , I, which attracted the visit
Jealeates. The convention
~ at 3 a. m., but the Bogalusa
3 gP,.tion. like the fairer sex VINO
49, 49,. to attract attention, went IN
body a bit late. Governor nus gus
Z \, M, ~ :sneaking and, when he finish
~ delegation, thirteen strong,
M without introduction, and
Ao .. sbFee rahs for Bogalusa, three
aovarnor Russell, and three Tor
Sississippi Valley Highway. IL
1900 inst about three seconds 10
H. IN ewes Of the entire conYen-
la's srsed unor rs and we were
E.rssfter fully and intimately &C
..iTted Our cars were profusely
l..arsied with slogans about Boga-
II. i The booklets, furnished by
a9t Southern Lumber Company
I'M tbe most cards, distributed to each
1900 and officer of the. conyen-
san tbe first morning before they
M bv Boy Scouts, and the favor
.5o comments upon Bogalusa and its
voSderftl strides were too numerous
4 meation.e Bogalusa went after
n convention for 1922, but there
~ 4 gsntlemen's agreement that 1t
Aopld swing back North in 1922 and
a. local delegation had an. uphill
fT8 Wednesday night we attend
III tbe convention banquet and the
bsssmaster gave our speaker ten
trutes to tell about Bogalusa. The
leastr gave a speech about the de-
sloDment of the Pine Tree and told
ten L would require ten years, not
a minutes to tell just the good
fhu about Bogalusa. Some of our
FsFshern friends then assured us
fsy Just simply had to see BOgalusa
lnd It's wonders.
Thursday morning before cOnven-
eoh assembled, there was a confer
saes Of delegates from different sec
IONS and Of those men who had made
ID Mississippi Valley Highway pos
Ole, at which conference Bogalusa
tas represented. The conference
Fsss plea for harmony in the ranks.
Bogalusa, Mobile, Ely, Mimi, Alton,
d, and Burlington, Ia, were asking
tF tie convention for 1922. Then
was that mention was made of the
settlements agreement that the con-
YentiOn should swing alternately
Worth and South, and, that the North
Vzs entitled to it in 1922. In this
eaaferehee BOgalusa cheerfully yield
Cd To the North, asserting that she
would bid for 1923, while Mobile
fought and continued to fight and
lost.
On the floor Of the convention J.
4 Johnson made the nominating
9eech for BOgalusa, and after all of
ne other nominating speeches were
made, the writer, acting in accord
ahee with plans had in conference,
ganed the floor and told them that
sogalusa would be glad to entertain
Aem. That Southern hospitality in
creased as it went further South and
eat we would challenge any other
slg TO surpass our entertainment.
sat that since there had been a gen
asnens agreement for the conven-
g9n to swing back North, Bogalusa,
wing essentially city of Southern
s.ltlemen, yielded to the North. That |
w delegation was composed Of thir-
zee and the convention itself had
Aysleal evidence Of whether or not
" delegation was successful, that |
l.gsllsa took ho6doo numbers and
aaalIions and made successes of |
EN- That, therefore, we would
s.sseiully yield to the North for 1922
~ now bid for '23. The eonyen-
WI e6eered Bogalusa Justify, rising !
M. M = Eaelr seats, We feel like spe- !
W hanks should be given n. E.
~ chairman Of the committee, |
- Progressive Ford man; to w. F. |
mons, our progressive Studebak- |
- -, ana 9. w. Davidson, the |
sgesslye Columbia street DRUGGIST |
s ny nOt only devoted their time but |
- automobiles also. Others "A |
NJ, ~ "a ne Chamber of Commerce ex-
Is p;. SInanks are ]. B. Purvis, Jr.. L. |
\ VS5. -fqsont r. E. Richardson, B. |
f,a ssgsli%anls, 2. W. Lindsley. 3. D. |
w. 4. Slaughter, c. Fl Amack. |
n. . q Johnson and J. H. Lively, |
s,,isSye five days time. Speciai |
- N I.. a5e due to the Great South |
y. SsgAoer Company for the book
II s ~ post cards which really made |
a. up a success, besides the 800 !
b 4, ss9iaErputed toward the expense
I'm q ZIP; to the city of Bogalusa. |
~ otSte Bank and Wasbingtnn |
a55.s1.aso trust Company, other con-
~ n toward expenses Of theI
N etean get the 1928 conven-
RsgsI We 90 after it in a Bogaiusa
4, SMALL Si..ll BLAZE FRIDAY
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