Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-10
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


EhHfN is'ts' Pt' 'Nuf iDfo'
Whether it il n relief or not tn lie trans
ported 10 few hours from the bn-tc. the
noise aud confusion which attended the
Allen Greenebnck Mass Meeting ut Homer
Yesterday TO the Sabbath quiet and still
ncS, uf the good city Of shreveport, We
can't yet determine. An all night ride
from Homer to Shreveport, with only oc-
casionnl cat-nap- Of sleep, i, an experience
that leaves the suffering Traveller IN no
competent mood to decide upon anything
In particular. But there is compensation
in most trials and annoyanccs The SPLEEN
did dinner ut CuinP-tun'- Hotel, the polt"
attention. the icc-coid water aud all those
court.sic, aud substantial comforts which
have given this hotel the reputation of
"bcst ia the SOUTH" did much Ia make
your editor forget the dust, the heat and
loss of sleep.
Travelling mostly at night the writer
could form no opinion ~ to the character
If the crop along the way, hut other mat
ter Of interest To- republic was privileged
TO see aud make note of. The principal
| improyrnc since the accession of Mr..
/ Thoma,son IN IA" travelling facilities he
tween Shreveport aud Homer. 1hos" gen
/ tlcmnnly aud careful drivers, Tallie and
smith, now make excellent time with f"nr
horse teams that are changed once between
Nindcu and Shreveport. Nj Th"masson,
who cam" with ~ Ia tins place, assures us
that next week four horse teams Ill hr
put on between Homer and Mndrn, au5,'
-, rapidly H. can with safety be done, be-
tween the other points on H." ro;Sl. With
these and at44F-chnngrs contemplated by
Mr. Thomns-on the travelling public may
hope To bc transported with safety, celebrity
aud comfort along the routc from Munro"
to Shreveport
I'pto the date Of this writing have seen
none of the merchants of Shreveport but
from Mr.. Cnmp~ton and his popular clerk,
col. Cummings, ] lrarn that business has
opened in thi, city in a manner specially
gratifying to the friends Of the metropolis
"f North wcst Louisiana. September has
usually been considered rather ~ II sum
mcr month in which II" special amount OF
hu-iuc-, was to he expected, yet the first
six days have been full of the most salts
factory indications of u large trade. Trav-
81 over the Nnnr" and shreveport stage
lin" has been heavy. tumpStun's Hotel
has done finc business. A large amount
uf cotton has been received and has com
nandcd good prices. The outlook, from
n business point of view, is fine indeed
These facts will hc gladly read by the nu-
mrrous patrons Of the Gr,Kpl>N whose
business relations with Shreveport make
them anxious about her prosperity
There is no special political excitement
here. True, would not think of prnfnn.
ing the sabbath day lay u search after
political news; yet found, without en-
pulring that Caddo is just now n paradise,
politically. when compared with the pan
dcmunlum which RACES ia the land ui
Claiborne TIL" mammoth edition of the
Shreveport Times If to-day has Just been
handed me- hy my friend. Harry Kline. an
aitachcc ct that drS,rrctly popular paper
This copy Of III" Times You will receive
before tins letter il mailed From il Won
may gather a fair idea of the present con
diti"n and future prospects of Shreveport
Speaking from purely journalistic stand
point, the Times of the 9Th of September
l. marvel Of newspaper enterprise, an
ASSERTION which viii bc appreciated 10y 81
old and experienced new ,papcr man n
the publisher and proprietor Of the Guar
dian
| write THIS hurrcdly TO redeem my
promise of an early letter. Should CON
tinnr my journey further west will write
more at length, either from Texas or ON
my return here. am at present So com.
i"rtlhly situated under the hnSpitahlr
care ot Col. Cumming and Mr.. Cnmp,ton
that will hesitate long before going into
Texas from a mere Sightseeing motive.
To the readers of the Guardian who are
specially interested in the cotton crop.
and all arc Included in that list. NAV say
that the opinion prevails here that that
cotton earliest in the market will com.
maud the hest price. \ word 10 the wise
is sufficient.
II. H. II.