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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-08-10

as a candidate for nomination as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the Primary Election
called for September 18th.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-08-10

The Railroad Labor Board seems to
feel that the laborer is worthy of his
lower Times.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-08-10

We are authorized to announce
CLAY ELLIOTT
as a candidate for the nomination of
Judge of the Court of Appeals of
Louisiana, First Circuit, subject to
the Democratic Primary called for
September 18th.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-08-10
We are authorized to announc
ROBERT R. REID

We are authorized to announce
H. F. BRUNOT
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case other letters finn eitsens d~ssnssins this
qnnslcns
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About Six times.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
BOND SUE

NSSSG
FAIRMoNT, April 7.-tEdltor
The Yves. Virginian. I'VE are re-
queste1 by the County Court to
express by vote on April IL. our
sentiments "For" or against the
issuance Of bonds to the amount
1891, 900. 90 to improve certain
county roads, Morgantown avenue,
State street, Columbia street, Mer-
chant street and water street. All
other city streets excepted. those
inimpr6ved streets when paved
will be improved according to Law:
that is, each property owner will
pay one-third and the city one
third OF the expense.
We do not wish to suggest as to
how you shall vote. but we do rea.
lize that every person in the dis
ttict will be effected by this bond
issue as much as we, even the man
who rents must pay more rent to
cover the extra taxes on the house
in which he lives.
We haYe given the cost and
benefits TO be derived from this
bond issue considerable thought,
and we surnbit the following fig
ures for your careful consideration.
The published statements spect-
files a special levy OF IS cents on
each 500 valuation each year for
tho next twenty nine years; for
Instance II Will post ynu ga hn m ch
year or a total of s10t. so on the
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Riley \ CHANGER.

NXytIL the student OF one hundred years from
Wv now lind 1t necessary to read the appealing
verse otiJaines wHitcomB Riley with the assistance
Of an explanatory text book? A recent news arti-
Gle suggests that It may be possible, and the argu-
ment is not without reason. The Riley poems are
built about a life, and are filled with references
to a period, that will have little Identification with
the everyday round OF one hundred years from
now.
1t requires small effort to recall the numerous
implements OF household and farm use. constantly
in evidence a comparatively short time ago, that
have passed their time Of Usefulness and been for
ever discarded. Their very names In some In
stances have no meaning now, and IN a hundred
years from now they will become absolutely OBJ
scure,
Would the average young person OF today know
a bootjack II he were 10 see one? Would he have
the remotest idea of its use? Yet sixty years ago
every household has its bootjack and It was a very
necessary part of household equipment, Every
farmer had his flax hackle, his flail, Today these
are curiosities put away In the farmhouses to be
taken out occasionally and commented upon.
Chaucer is obscure and difficult today. The
student pores over HIS verse and unearths his
meaning by means OF ~tootnotes and references. It
is only reasonable to suppose that In time the liter
ature OF the present will become obscure and diff
cult, tor today's sponge wipes out the slate 81 yes
terday very quickly and clearly.
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SideIights
,HoWpYlpo.

.irHNaaa II 80 wv W. -
We want YOU to meet Mac Tim.
her Wolf, formerly OF independence,
San:, now residing at the homo Of
and Mrs. j. W. Wilson III Pier.
cont avenue.
Yes in "tMac3 has a real vol
from the wilds OF Rocky Kansas.
he was shipped to Fairmoht from
his far homeland in the western
state when he was only A month
old, and was not much bigger thai
m ordinary house cat. That was
last September, so "Mac" IL hug.
fling along toward his first birth.
day and has grown until he is as
large as an English setter. His fur
sort OF gray mix and fairly thicS.
Possibly "Mac" would be a larg.
Be animal now II he had run wild.
but spending the mapor portion OF
time on a long chain attached
10 4 stake does not give much 0p'
p~ortunity for romping about. Once
or twice his "wolilets" has escaped.
the chain and had a wild race all
over the hills In the Pierpont ave-
nue. section. One Saturday night
he stayed out until Sunday morr.
inf but he came back at breakfast
lime ready for his chow.
Mac was quite playful when
interyiewed yesterday afternoon b.
a. couple Of Unemployment. He
sfied b show them a good time By
climbing upon them and playfully
chewing at their coat sleeves.
Thr Young wolf is quite popular
With tie children and never offers
To- bother them IS long as they do
not shnw signs of fear; II they
chow the white weather at all, he
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about here:
Rattle, rattle, clahkety din!
Tile bird III the alley said, Bring
'er in"
So into the shop for repairs it
went
And the bird did>his work with
good intent.
A new set Of geaIst A fender made
straight;
Nihety4ive dollars AMI SIX weeks
WAiti
Nov list to the rattlett, clank-
etf dIn-
A Aiytetts a aivver SO why not
grin?
When reason and discretion
take Night on the wings OF fancy,
,stfiethinB like the following, clip
ped from the Winchester (Va.).
Evening Star, results:
Miss Susan Reid Wiiliafns....
was A radiant flower in d garden
OF lovely blossoms. Clad in
shtmniering, glistening white,
from her beAutlfully-arched neck
10 the tip OF her silken slipper,
mlbt-llke chiffon flowing about
her, her eyes like stars and her
Slowing young face as ao1denly
beautiful as the breaking dawn,
she was a picture Of grace and
loneliness that held that audience
spellbound and caused them to
eAtot their breaths In wonder and
admiration. And when she sang,
in her beautiful, sweet young
voice her appealing song. Groom
in6,' and as she danced. with every
movement Of her slender body 4
part Of grace itself, their wonder
and admiration became ten fold.
II was a Joy to watch hersand hear
her-this talented lovely young
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3IErseo.I

NH4ME wfHs iEE ffGNgFA gEla- aE.E.
Ia AIRMoNT Is concerned, naturally, about the
i rapid completion OF the roads that connect
iris JeLts with olaftsburg and wheelings and de-
sirts that the work upon them 30 ahead without
pause, but the one which interests most Faiftnonts
ets Is the road between here andTMorgahtown that
speeds the people from the interior on to Union
town and thence to anywhere the traveller wishes
to 20. This Is the most popular route fot Fair
mont people.
The contract for the remainder OF the road has
been let and by the next cold weather the road
should be clear for travel, 1t viii then be, no, for
Pittsburgh, for Washington, for the east,-the bars
will be down.
Fairmont has always been greatly attracted BY
the summer resorts sheltered in the Alieghanles.
and by the cool spots along the seashore. And
since the automobile became the means Of common
conveyance even rough roads, and at times DANGER
Gus road conditions, have not kept the people from
ttAtetsins them. Before automobiles we're thought
OF, the, Saturday trains were filled with men Joining
th6it families for the week end At Mountain Lake
Park or nearby places. and the station platform at
these resorts were SO filled with Falrmonters that
they looked IKE the home town. This Is still the
case With. al increase. The difference Is that more
folks b. than formerly, and take their automobiles
with them, and they are not so inclined to settle
down Ia one spot for their entire vacation.
Fairmont is fortunately located in regard to prox-
Unity TO the mountains. When a clear way is OPEN
ed over the road. the trip to these cool, delightful,
quiet retreats will be one Of pleasure from start to
finish, and there will hardly be a mile OF 1t that
will,not hold It's West Virginia car.
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RUFF STUFF

Rattle, rattle, clankety din!
Oh, hear the sound of jingling tihi
u 1t an automobile or tfticit2
An auto" My dear, there's no
such luck!
It's last years liyyer Just over.
hauled; z
For many a dollar INF pocket Whs
pulled!
Bnt list 10 the rattIet5, elAhkety
1t looks like A breAd.box and
sounds like stint
Which reminds Us that we re.
Gently observed a very prominent
Marion County officer strolltns
down street with a red-head4d
woman. Bet his wife doesn't know
III
Personal note: Hello, Scott
dale! Couldn't think Of LETTING
you syne up for the Astonishef.
Watch for announcement tomof.
row.-R. S.
Spring is here at last! The goot
on Monroe street burned his years
accumulation OF inner tubes in his
beck yard yesterday morning.
Twas fragrance for yS eodst
Well, we'll, well-Se feel an
yers6lof sid's poem is going
to overpower US and hnd a place
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$1,000 valuations thus it you hate
property valued under the reaBs-
essment at 5000 your annual
taxes will be Increased $17.5 or
a total cost OF $5O7 so before the
bonds are retired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taxpayer: What
per cent Of your dollar will be re-
presented in actual street nm
provement2 First: The face value
of bonds Is $4,000. Interest on
same at 5 Ia per cent On one 10
twenty nine years serial bonds Is
$500. 1915, making a total debt 81
bonds and Interest $7S7,l57.5 so OF
a dedustion OF 81 cents for inter
est on each and every dollar YOU
pay in taxes for this improvement.
Second: By bonding ourselves
to improve our streets, NO relieve
Fairntoht proper Of their righttul
participation In the one third ek-
pense Of $158,000 (the proportion
Of this bond to be used on our,
streetsl, or $50. G66 less our pro-
portion OF the cities one-third, or
a net loss to us Of sac, 800. It's re-
lation to the issue Is more than 10
per cent, leaving only 80 cents Of
your dollar.
Third: AS near 20 per cent OF the
total valuation Of the district lies
within the city, and our streets
are to get but 40 per cent Of the
appropriation Tor In other words
81 per cent Of the valuation re-
cetvo go per cent Of the appropti-
atom. This dlspropottionate dis
trlbution reduces the value of your
dollar to less than Is cents.
Fourth: BY bonding to improve
our streets we must bear quite a
bit Of preliminary expense incl
dent to a vote. ETC.. on same, and
as. a consequence the estimated
cost must also be widely publish
ed, while the estimated expense
must needs be placed high. as to
cover any possible fluctuatfon III
valuation that no deficit occur be-
tween cost OF Improvements, plus
interest and the amount to be OBJ
talned through taxation. This e1-
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pens To- bond SIN.
fedueEs alne 81 ypar
Filth! ~ TIE btf j iISihs II
the street to be- improved fd6tts6s
les than q cents 81 actual value
from each and every dollar spent
III this Improvement what per
cent Of personal value from the
dollar Will YOU and I receive who
do not I've on the street 10 be
Improved, and who represent near
~ Z per cent Of the total poputa-
.tion.G?
Here Is the crtix Of the whole
question: Not one single evil OF
loss that has Been here recounted
VII enter into our Improvement. II
We pave our city stthts BY the
regular and established city plan
of street Improvement
Our state road bonds and the
proposed filtration bonds carried
5 peri cent interest; while interest
on this bond issue Is 5 Ia tax.
eAslnpt ana are or such large de-
nomination that the poor man can
not buy them, Thereby atfordinE
the rich a fine Investment, who az
the same time aettite that amount
from federal ana state tatatioh.
Thus the taxes he escapes are
placed upon US; while the constant
purchase and sale OF tax-frea
securities today keep a large pro.
portion Of our working capital In.
active dead money! not stifinlat-
Ing business, producing anything,
nor affordinE the laboEhs man
employment. that might enable
him to pay his extra taxes. This
one-half ner cent interest means
an additional cost TO us OF sS6, Ola
Fellow citizens. shall We not
rise up In our sovereign rights rs
citizens OF this. commonwealth.
and crush this parasitic systematic
robber or will We sit with folded
hands and Permit this octopus to
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West virginia's state treasury contains a little
over twenty-eIght million dollars, with over seven.
teen million of this in cash. This is a tidy little
sum, but West Virginia needs every cent Of it and
then some. The things which the state undertakes
are not small things, aud West Virginia means to
grow and to develop, to make the yery most OF all
she has and 1t cannot be done oh a shoestFlng. West
Virginia would like to have about ten times as
much as Is now In the treasury.
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with the miners, operators, and county officers
all IN cooperation to suppress the sale Of illicit
booze It looks like liquor would get scant chance to
do any damage while the strike is on. 1t is a fine
thing that all concerned are determined to keep
things under control. No other thing could con-
tribute so much danger to a strike situation than
a large amount OF the awful stuff now sold. Keep
the Id on tight and punish offenders without
mercy.
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suck from ~ Nc very subsistence
Itltat snsttins our lie gee II
Agter i'll id and done. ou
inst cause viii 80 down 10 dofcatI
if ws fatI rs 81 10 the polls anne
yot bn flli tfnptstaht issue ou
April III
NE nave aRps&led O your very
highest Eyth intelitk eMt hon.
esty and Justice and feef e6hfident
that al VIM tesnena NSr sati sfnt
torily th6th men and wpntenl on
.thiE most Important ssue Apfl H.
Y6ufsst6f Jttsttes and
eoNaiIrt
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girl, whose soul Is as pure as the
beauty God gave to her, and who
could win fame on the stage.
%"At lief sixth encore, Miss viii
liarns curtsied to the audience,
blew them a kiss from the tips Of
her fingers. and sat down imply in
her CHAIR
The new secretary OF the Mor4
gantowh Chamber OF Commerce Is
rather ambitious in attempting to
land the 1923 state convention of
the American Legion. However,
lie may be planning to house the
delegates In SIs1e's Place In the
absence Of hotel facilities.
Rattle, rattle, ciankety din!
Uphill ands downlIilI it coes like
wind,
1t chags past Packers, Pages
and such,
Without any brakes and a
broken.down clutch.
Two bits q week for oil and gas
Is all 1t costs, so the Fellows 1 nAss
Can laugh At My fatt1ety clan.
kety bin
While my old tin fiyver gives
ZEN a trim!
.
Over in the ad section: "Best
Cough Mixture is Home Made
Yes, but it's against the law IL
make 1t.
Judging from its published state.
merts, the K. X. K. seems ID think
1t has n monopoly on cross.burn-
ing. 1t would appear to q casual
observer That the youth Of the
city" as Fairmont's younger set
has been aptly termed, has as much
moral and legal right to burn
crosses as does the Khan. In the
words Of the Sacred Writings, how
do they get that way? Yeh, We
mean the Ktklops and the
Kleakles.
Found in the Astohisher! g.
the following program was rem.
dered: Results OF battles, ". F. Six;
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Twenty-Five thousand pistol permits have been
Issued to New York residents who are greatly
alarmed over the depredations daily committed
in the metropolis. Twelve thousand OF these have
been issued to frequenters of Wall Street. New
York is an armed camp therefore, but the residents
do not seem able to use their guns after they get
them.
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I. :. . Individual Records. ". F
Six; What Are They, w. +. six:
Facts About the Team, W. F. Six;
Toasts to each player. w. F. Six:
Toasts 10 Referee PaugN. W. F.
Six" 1t seems that Mr.. Six was
present.
About Six times.
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makes them stand their distance.
One word Of warning-don't calf
Mr.. Timber Wolf a fox. It makes
him angry.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Clean Up

Wilmington's Cleanup Week from all re-
ports was certainly a success. Hundreds of
truck loads of refuse and litter were hauled
out Every organization took part in the
work, business men met daily to outline plans
Officials and private citizens worked side by
side for Clean City-without once disput-
Ing who should receive the honors.
The Country town should be cleaner,
healthier and more beautiful than the city.
Most of them are. But many of them fail
so utterly to take advantage of what Nature
and space has given them. No town in Della
ware has the advantages of Newark. Loca-
tlon, natural setting, drainage Everything
at hand making it so easy. A good old town
1t is, beautiful town but aren't we failing
in not improving it? We do not mean, neces
sarily the expenditure of public funds but in
the little things. Walk around town and see
the ash heaps, the tin cans, litter old wire,
leaning and broken fences. These are not
confined to any one section, nor any class of
citizens. You can find it on public property,
church back yards school grounds, as well as
IN the yards of residences. The speed Jazz is
getting us and we think we are progressive,
But the price of a gallon of gasoline would
trim the line of walk or plant a flower.
Let's all try it and see the peace and ioy and
beauty that would come.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Good Roads, Flowers Parks Better Schools Trees Pure
Water Fresh Air, Sunshine and Work for Everybody.
The Other MQryS

Christ sad "Mary" he aUalked acithin the garden
The norng DEATH calm and free OF pGan
has hands and his side longer burned HAM,
He that once had been q God again.
Christ sod "Mary' he aoaZked aOithin the garden
All I'M his trumphing, back from the dedd
With upon his cheek aUhe the aOord ea0 to HIM.
"Mary' aOas the first name he ever sad.
first Mary God chose he looked about the oorld for her
And her Ualking aUith the maids of Gat1ee;
She stood beside cluasy-naIed above hillside
And saa0 the babe on 1T she had held at her knee-
Christ praised another Mary ho the SAINTS rebuked for Uast
For he Understood them aveu all Morys of his day,
Yes, and of today too, Mary staid and caring,
Marys aUId and homeloving-t aDas his
Martha and Lazarus talked aOth Christ at suppertime
Martha and Lazarus, of crops and folk and aOdrs;
But a0hHe the food cleared o0 By the doorstep
1t Mary spoke to him, When there stars.
Not of and gossip not of aOOrk and neghbOrs-
Christ and Mary talked about the 7Using to be good
And the easy falling and the neaU beginnings,
And the WGy the looked loU GbOUe the 1OoOd
Christ said "Mary" he qUalked avtltin the garden;
Startled Mary Mdgdaene raised her tearstaned face
That Oas Uery long ago. IN tarOH country,
In far-of country, and q foreign place.
Still each at Easertinae do think again Of her,
And the other Marys aOho are dead IN the earth
Who dead long ago. but aUho oUed and tended him.
When Lord man, and felt of tears and mirth
Mary SchOartz and Mary BroDn, and Mary Rosenstein
Little Mary Donnely, Mary Holt and Mary Hull,
Mary Olsen Mary Morse, all IN q Gne
Since 1t the EGSter-ne and little bells ringing,
Let as aUak IN still pride aDith lifting of the head
For Uhen he had from the grave all qUOrd knoous
"Mary' the first that God said.
Mary Carolyn Davies
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Cowards and CitisenS

Education and business, motor cars and
golf Socialism and War Conference, social
unrest and religion, the latest fiction and
good Irish joke, civic improvements ana
politcs-and other interesting topics, mad
been review in a good natured but serious
way. The scene was at dinner over the
coffee. Cigars lighted, the discussion WaXed
warm. There was a physician who is a
citizen, too, a lawyer, a business man and
college professor. Permitted to listen in
was newspaper scribe. 1t was interesting.
Creeds and political affiliations were laid
aside. 1t was man talk with perfect frank
ness. It was American citizenship IN action.
Praise and reward were given to public
characters to be followed by scathing rebuke,
according to point Of view. Every man talk
ed from the angle of his own environment
and profession. To strike an average OF their
opinion would be an expression OF American
Institutions as they exist today.
The snock came to us all when the pro-
fessor summed up politics by saying:
"We are ruled by the common people.
I am sick of it all. The country is in
control of incompetents. l, for one, am
through with the whole disgusting mess
of it. Democracy is failure"
The serious part Of the statement was
that the man was honest in his statement. He
is not only professor with his mind center
ed on the class room but is a student of public
of our institutions far above the average
man. So his statement came like a thunder
bolt And he paid dearly for his confession.
Questions came with rapid fire velocity, end
ing with, "What are you doing to prevent
it?" It developed that at the last election he
neither registered nor voted. At the previ-
GUS election, he had registered the last day
and voted but took no part in the primary Sc
lection of candidates. He rallied against
paternalism yet had been silent when such
questions were before us for Legislative ac-
ton. He had no patience with many of our
statutes and on inquiry we found he un-
hesitatingly violated them brazenly before
his fellows. He criticized town, county and
state government and civic efforts for better
ment yet he had never actively participated
in these affairs.
His honesty of purpose, his sincerity of
thought cannot be disputed. His integrity,
ability, knowledge and experience would be
a wonderful asset-if he would use them.
There is much of truth, too much in what he
says and has observed. But he is not doing
one thing to better conditions AS citizen
he is defeated. The odds are too great for
him. He has surrendered without a fight.
Morally and intellectually he is good man.
AS citizen, he is coward. And the future
of Democracy America and Institutions of
Liberty and Government under law depends
upon the ratio of citizens and towards. The
coward of this story enjoys all our privileges
but renders no civic service. He is out of
sorts with America. And with reason, for
this is the Home of the Brave
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Arb0r Day and CihsenShib

Arbor Day in Dover is not merely school
day observance of the Governors Proclama-
ton but living, active civic fact. Instead Of
few recitations by pupils in the primary
grade, there was parade of over five hun
dred children followed by the Mayor and
Council, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
Club Kings Daughters, New Century Club,
and several Fraternal organizations. They
marched to the grounds of the new school
building where with fitting exercises forty
beautiful trees were planted. The Mayor,
the President of the Chamber of Commerce,
the President of the New Century Club,
Principal of the Public Schools and Minister
of the town-all spoke. This aside from the
children. And citizens under direction did
the work
The idea of it all came from the Tree
Committee, Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary
A wonderful demonstration of citizen
ship. The community in which such spirit
is possible represents growing America at
its best.