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The Progress., 1893-05-20
LOOk to Your Own Interest.

Surely no one can be blamed Tor
consulting his own interests IN mat
ters of business. By this we mean
dne observance Of those matters
which will result to ones individual
advantage. In fact a man owes to
himself and to his family to preserve
and hold what he has so long as to
do SO, a miserly spirit on the desire
to deprive another of MS just due
does not prompt and govern him in
his saving. 1t is an old adage and
we believe is generally accepted as
true that it is not the making but the
saving of money which makes one
rich. It is said that any one car
earn money but few seem to possess
the faculty of saving it. tits the lat
ter failing that we desire to strength
en- tie public in. We are firmly o
the opinion that we can assist tn
trade in saving money if it will pat
ronize us. We believe w
) can prove that we are selling hard
ware and general agricultural I'M
, plemenis for less money than an,
a house in North Louisiana We d
not hesitate to compare our stoc
: with them, and the question OF price
has been decided in our favor Ion
/. ago. Therefore we say save none
by buying from
b. THE SOUTHERN HARDWARE CoMPASl
The Progress., 1893-05-20
SHREVEPORT LA. MAY, 20. 1898.
REFORMS VOICE AT ALEXANDRIA.
Resolutions adopted at the meeting

Resolutions adopted at the meeting
Where's, the present elective sys-
tenn of Louisiana has been manipu-
lated in d manner t. deprive the peo-
ple of their inallenable rights, max
ing it amachine in the hands OF de-
signing politicians to debauch the
ballot-box, render nugatory the will
of the people and perpetuate IN DOW
or those who. in many instances, are
not the choice Of the people.
Whereas, in the interest of good,
wholesome and honest government 1t
is necessary .hat the State Of Louis
iona should have such an election
law as will guarantee to the people an
untrammeled right to cast free bal
lot, and have the same returned as
cast in the ballot-box; therefore be it
Resolved, that we, the representa-
tives Of the press here assembled, do
hereby pledge ourselves to use every
ihO1orable means in our power to in
duce our Legislature to enact such a
ballot law as will meet the necessities
of the case herein expressed; and
Resolved, that failing in this effort
we pledge ourselves to urge the cleo
ton of such Legislature as will
give to the people this needful re-
form; and further
Resolved, that cordial invitation
is hereby extended to ali members of
the State press to cooperate with US
m securing these results: and be it
further
Resolved, that the State press is
hereby requested to publish these res
olutioDs.
Respectfully submitted,
W. c. -ANNIs.
w. ". MCCLURE,
& ID. Hicks,
j. Z. JOHNSTON,
Committee
The Progress., 1893-05-20
CITY Chnrehes.

I'm this department we will be gla0 te
publish notices of regular and special
services of all the churCnes in the city,
Pastors, or those authorized by them.
are invited to furnish information as to
any changes for each week, nOa later
than Thursday evening of the week pre-
yious.l
First Methodist Episcopal Church
South, Rev. j. L. Pierce, pastor. Preach
ing Sabbath Ham. and s p. IN. sun
day school, 80 am. Glass meeting, )
pm. Sunday. and p. N. Tuesday.
PRAYER meeting 8p. M. Thursday.
Methodist Mission. supplied by Rev
l.. T. jackson. Preaching every Sunday
morning except the first of each month
at Ills a. IN. and every Sunday at pm.
Sunday-school ats pm. Regular
prayer meeting Friday pm. Epworth
League meeting Wednesday s pm,
First Baptist Church. Rev. w.
Penick, ID. D., pastor. Preacing Sab
bath IL am. and Sis p. IN. Sunday school
$50 am. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night SIS. Ladies Mission Society meets
at pm. first sunday in each month.
-Allendale Baptist Mission, Rev. w. s
Peniek, ID. D., pastor. Preaching Sab
bath IL a. IN. Services p. IN. Sunday
school 4 p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday
night at s o'clock.
-Homesyiile Baptist Mission, Rev. w
8. Penick. pastor. Sunday school p. ID
Prayer meeting Tuesday night at
O'Clock.
Presbyterian Church Pastor, Rev
M. Van Lear, ID. ID. Services: Sunday
school, $50 g. 10. Preaching. IL a. IN
Prayer meeting. Wednesday, 7.30 p. IN.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
SINFUL REPR0vlN6.

We may reprove sin in a sinful way.
We NAV commit more sin in reproving
sin than those commit whom we re-
prove. An impatient, bad-tempered re-
proof may be worse than the act which
occasions our bad temper. We find this
illustration: A Sunday school scholar
reported to the pastor the fact that he
had sseen Ed and George fishing on
Sunday. ''Did you do anything to
make them understand that they were
breaking the Sabbath day." 20, yes,
said the boy-and that BOY is type OF
not few Christians-'I stole their
bait. Nashville Christian Advocate
The Progress., 1893-05-20
NOT tA HARklNY.

We have often wondered if it was
constitutional for District Judge to
sentence a. convicted person to- the
State per;Santiary al Baton Houge
fcr certain period, and then, as soon
as the prisoner Earives az Baton
Rouge have him tu1ned over to Mai.
S. l.. James, the lessee, and taken to
work OF .soIas leves or railroad; prob
ably 150 miles from Baton Rouge and
the StaSe penitensiary!
Every DistrCa Judge should
change the wording of his sentence,
so as TO read: II now sentence yon,
10 shovel dirt End trundle a
wbeslbarrow fGr---years,. tor until
dessh relieves you, which it generally
docs in few monthsl, for Maj. S. l..
james, or his agents, and he is given
the authority to place you at work as
MS slave as any place within tn.
! State of Louisiana"
I Hundreds of convicts never see in.
side the penitenaiary sA Baton RoSge
but once and tkat is when they are
first taken theRe to DO recorded, and
don q, convict's suit, so the SEN
fences expressed by the Judges of
Louisiana are nos carried out. Ii
other words the Indicial authority ii
in conflict with the Legislative an
shortly. The courts say one tbins
and the State law regarding the leas
ing of State convicts does somethin,
else.
"At hard labor, in the State peni
: Tertiary at Baton Rouge" does no
mean work on Mississippi levee il
r East Carroll, or some other parish
and Town Talk begs that the Stat
, Legislature see that some law
passed at the next session that vii
carry out the sentences rendered b.
I the courts.-Town Talk.
That's the right talk. Let such
pressure be brought to bear on tn
Legislature that it will have to abol
ish the penitentiary lease.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
NEW TRIAL REFUSED,
Judge Taylor Overrules the
Motion, and
THE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN
APPEALED Tc.

After several days of careful stuu!
and examination into the case 1uose
Tavlor. on last Saturday morning over.
r.,led the motion for new trial asked
for by Messrs. Nash and Barnett Oh
the Ground of incompetency OF Juror
Perry. for non-age.
Pending this decision, reign oil
quiet anxiety and Apprehension pre-
vailed among the citizens OF ShreVe-
mort and of Caddo parish. 1t seemed
at one time that the moral public must
endure that punishment which iegal
tecbnicalities ever inaict upon IT, 10
seemed hard and is that justice should
miscarry and righteous and honest ver-
dict be set aside on mere technlcal-
itv. one of those peculiar turns OF the
law. which makes glad the heart OF the
shrewd attorney employed in the case,
and exasperates the unsophlstlcated
citizen who understands none oil the
wbies and wherefores of the matter.
But as it has done from the begin
ming of this serious and over-awlng
crime. Shreveport's morality has yield
ed Quiet, respectful and earnest hom-
aaps 20 the behests of Justice and Law
and was determined to be gov
erned br the decree rendered by the
law on this trial as they were by tha'
of the jury. And we are glad TO stat'
,fhat their restrained patience has beer
rewarded, and that unless the Supreme
Court DEGREES otherwise, the verdict o
.be iury will stand, for in his opinion
rendered in the case on application 10
a new trial. Judge Taylor decided tha
II was not proven that Juror Perry wa
asked his age. This decision shifts tn
seenes in this great life drama to tn
Supreme Court, pending which tn
PROGRESS will venture no opinion.
A. The case of Nash and Barnett has b
come noted one, and was the pivot
point in Morality's career in Cad'
parish. Upon the outcome of the
trial rested the supremacy of law al
,orier. the decision which would dete
mine whether the written law or tn
handed down by Judge Lynch shou
! 81 hold sway in our parish, or whether Il
moral element in Shreveport had al
rights which the immoral should
spect, or whether the former was--e
titled to live beyond the time when {
latter decreed they should die. Op
mists may gild,sing, declaim and wri
as forcibly as they can, but there "
being brought about in Shreveport
state of public affairs which promis
to equal that of California in 40 a
that of Texas in her early days VIII
her best people went armed, not
the purpose of being lawless, but
self protection against the onslaught
ruffiauism. The very air OF our to
was permeated with this spirit and
was the siren voice of this unholy, 1
moral goddess which prompted Ma
The Progress., 1893-05-20
Meeting at Calhoun.

Editor PROGRESS: Will you kindly
announce the next meeting of the
North Louisiana Agricultural Society
to take place here Thursday, May %.
The subject for discussion will be ''How
shall we renovate our hill soils?"
After adjournment the organizers OF
the Calhoun Tobacco Manufacturing
Company win meet to elect
a board of directors, etc.
All interested in in this new
enterprise are cordially invited to at
tend. Respectfully, NJ. BIRD,
Secretary North Louisiana Agricultur-
al Society
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-thNENtBOAhs
SHREvE2eRE, La, NDy 6, 1s':1I
"a the Press of North LG.uisiara.
AZ the rezuess of good number
Of our breshrea interested in the
n2owement, Ghape selected Saturday,
June II next. nt l O'Clock p.ra,. at
Shreveport as the time and place fer
holaing olriNeath Louisiana Eiiso-
,ial IrnmigatiaN ConvSation.
Believing that this Haovem ent'wilh
ee of musA good to our territory a
good mary have already enlistedin
the cause, and it is 70 be hopedthah
every newspaper in tAe province mea-
toned VIII have a representative 81
the mees;ag.
As 1 Lave called 5he meeting by re-
guest, Lhope that all members of the
press Who will join rs in she under
taking viii reproduce this call as often
as thsF think necessary, and maAsed-
itori&l comment indorsi3g the same
thus adding to ihe spir;t of the-move-
ment, increasing the interest therein
and inducing others tolend a helping
hand
Hoping that this will raeet with
general approval, and trusting that
hearty response viii be made TO this
call, rerAain your obedient servant
G.. d HICKS,
For TIE PROGRESS.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
ASSEMBLY CUMBERLAND CHURCH.

The next general assembly OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
will be held at Little Rock, May Is
to 2S. For this occasion the Texas
and Pacific Railway will sell tickets
at rate of one fare for the round trip,
on May 16, IL and Is; good for re-
turn passage until June 3. For fur
ther information apply to ticket
agent.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
EDITORIAL -dMLGRATIOE c0NVEBTI1N

" .s,ed for Sat uday, June u. iS!;'- at
Shreveport.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
TELL - THE - STORY

Ne a4Es rigs that A4 Everybody acknowledges tie D on 'SrHd
Ty@7;mS Orr Store has dNg TIE past ' i H"a ne p
z3uceHvea
a4n; fail 70 attract Of eager 6nysTs 1e items tsV are 0'y a. @
q ken a RAJ
The Progress., 1893-05-20

gp3 Milan Street, shrevep
The Progress., 1893-05-20

From II. NJ. Rutherford, who has just
returaed from a trip through the parish,
we learn that crops are generally good il.
Bienyille.
The Progress., 1893-05-20
DINNER SETS.

Now is your time to buy III piece
decorated dinner set for slO.l5. A
genuine bargain at The Fair"
The Progress., 1893-05-20
MADAM RUMOR SAYS /:

trallerS or the Belt Line cars.
That Moss Side would make a
beautiful cemetery site.
That from a question OF conven-
ience simply the proposition to enlarge
the old grave yard was not bad one.
That the city council is to be con
graduated for its good work of Mon
day night.
That the police jury should carry
on the good work by having nice
concrete sidewalks laid on the four
sides of the court house square.
That the jail committee would do
we'll to hasten the work on that ques-
ton
That the home vagrants are worse
than the visiting ones, and should re
cieve the more carful attention from
the police force.
That now is the Spring oF our dis
content made so by the Eamerous
burglaries which have taken place in
our town.
That the frog on the embaakment
may send forth a loud croak, but ne
is only frog at last.
That the police force had better
look to its laurels and break 40 the
gang of burglars which have been 20
active of late.
That Shreveport has learned ore
severe lesson by allowing vaGrants 40
lay around the town, and She hopes
it will not be repeated this season.
That a merry sound to our people
Just now, would be the whistle of the
Gnlf road locomotive.
That Officer Weinstock patrols the
9th ward better than any officer VIE
has ever been on the same beat.
That shooting dogs may be apless-
urable pastime, bat it is an extremely
cruel measure, and should be abated.
That our city VIII have rsw. grave
yard ere long.
That in selecting new cemetery
consideration shculd be paid tOits &c
cess by foot as well as by vehicle.
That Kindergarten statesmen
abound all over Shreveport
That Fairtield avenue Wiz soon be
illumined by another electrlc light
That the citizens of Shreveport .ir-
respective of class, should overthrow
the reign of the municipal politician.
That a moro. healthful public santi-
ment has gone into force sincs- the
conviction Of Nash and Barnett.
That our people are fast Giscern-
ing the de5iliating effects Of pot
house political rule.
That no. one, not even Congress
man, has The right to- further his o%n
interests by placing NcOmpstant men
in office
That the mothszs of Shreveport
could now increase the strength ol
the neral leaven,. by organizing
motherhood cluh,to combat the evl
Influences which are at work hage.
That the higher officials. seem to b
trading in public patronage for indi
vidual gain.
That idle and unstable sentimen
most frequoatly shows apaTtlal.ty 10
the unworthy to the great Injustice o
the worthy.
That the police have been at woa1
, among the vagrants this week.
That there are white vagrants i
our town whose presence is Just a
harmful as the blacks, and the polio
should make these 90 to work
r leave town.
: That it seems to be the gener
a opinion that we will have a fair tn
s Fall.
Il That the committee for the ma,
agement of the next ia
- and should be put
70 work. She says Time is feeting al
TO there are no moments to spare.
re That both Emery and the Bayo
1e Pierre bridges should be made fir
in passage-ways. She says it is buI
I'd ness policy to do So
as That the police jury would conf
hs great favor by explaining WI
81. S1OO xrora maid tn Messrs Als
The Progress., 1893-05-20
Truck Farm al! h4
FOR SALE
A RARE BARGAINNT| 4

have for sale one of the most
BILE places for truck farming aDd
growing in NsYth Louisiana 1t "A
ted oue-half mile below Shrsyep0
Red river. i'm BOssier parEA, about
five acres of land. dweIlGg, hGl
room and pigeon lOft; abo0t twen
acres in orchard, comprising w
trees, twO-thirds just cone into y
400 igs, 800 pears, besides apps
cots, cheTvies, plums. pseans asa
in smaller quantities. ihs
best OF lands adjacent.
chaser should want 70 cultiyal
t;onal lands I'M cotton, fer ~
place isadmirab,y sisaated Tor u
which. ran in connection wa !
canning and preserving esta1n
Oh the place, will yield banos
| tDrns From now on. To ANYONE
health and energy 10 .attens 70 y
an opportunity nCs met with o"s y
The place is owned by Mg..hA.,
nv ana must be sold on acg0unl@n
tiueed III health 10 recupeials =,
is warned by his physician tnIs
leave. For this reason Z VIII rh'
uable piece of property Tor tns
The Progress., 1893-05-20

:, , C,b S;ls oil ronulor shades, ........ 45c
~ Sm;noJ Sill pom zee warranted to laundry,
Srined and Dotted Silks for waists 81 inches wide Soc
Changeable Wash Silks fancy striped, d,....... 9oc
Solid Colored Half Wool Chalies .;..... 2oc
,r@e assmt Empress 10th, w hip Cords Change 75
able DagonaIs Fancy Striped Lawn Cloths,
Colored Striped Woven Lava fast coIorS'.'. 52c
Fancy Sarragossa Satin Striped Lawn Zc
Fancy Maiorie Lawn in checks and stripes, 4%
42-inch Fancy Lawns, fast colors ....'''.' ,g 54'
White Plaid and striped Lawns, ........'..' I3:c
White Plaid ard Striped Lawns, '' ....''.'. iIc
I % Id W NJ +tim, aI nnaIitv 10 wards n piece - -
% ,It+; VOW beavy seamless 40 y,!s in piece SO 80
7 ~ D'@sI Natn;c, 10j lbs seamless 20 vCs SIS 90
Good quality Gloria Parasols, 2t-inch, ,.'.... 81 -
Good quality Gloria Parasols, 2j-nch, - - ~ 90
Good quality Gloria Parasos fancy handles, . w
G-no.olI Frnoo Domosl Towels ljc
ttottoT Frin%e Damask Towels extra size 23c
~ IEo,,.t +olod II incl, ~ VOLS evtra larUp Toe
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-15
THE TIvOLI MUSICIANS.
Action of the Board of Directors OF
the Union.

Yesterday afternoon President Vented
of the Musicians Mutual Protective Union
presided al a meeting of the board of directors
held for the purpose of hearing testimony
in the case OF Louis Marcus, a piano
player, and two other members o the union
named Brandt and Donigan versus the
Tivoli management.
Leader Bauer of the Tivoli was sum-
moned to answer a charge preferred against
him of having offered TO pay less than
union rates to musicians IN his employ.
The main question 10 be decided was
whether extra men employed IN a theater
when grand operas are produced would in
sst on being paid the $50 per week which
the schedule of the union provides for, or
whether an old-time custom TO allow the
TiYoli management the privilege Of paying
its extra musicians the same salary it pays
to the regular orchestra shall continue.
The decision of the board as announced
by Secretary SchmitZ after the meeting adj
j0urned was that Manager Kreling will
have TO pay the full amount OF $50 per
week to each of the three extra men he EN-
ployed during the production OF Faust,
and that the union will hold Leader Bauer,
one of its members, personally responsible
for the money due these men.
On the charge preferred against Bauer he
was found not guilty, because 1t appeared
that he had net offered any specified salary
to any of the extra men when he engaged
them, hut simply considered that they
would be satisfied to receive the amount
usually paid.
Marcus stated that he demanded $50 be-
cause that was the amount the schedule
called for, and that had he accepted So 80
he would have violated his oath taken
when he became a member of the union.
During the investiga ton 1t appeared that
the proprietor of the Wigwam does not pay
union prices to extra musicians. The sec
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-15
Personal NOTES.

DR.. II. H. Clark of Santa Cruz is at the
Grand.
C. Hrsch of Seattle is a guest at the
Baldwin.
a. NJ. Stewart. a capitalist of 81. Louis. is
at the California.
Captain E. w. Holmes of the steamship
Umatila is at the Lick
NJ. Gage. the prominent Riverside orange
grower, is at the Occidental.
George Wiley, manager of Cooks ranch
near DanVille. is at the Grand.
George Denison, hotel man from Boulder
Creek, is staying at the Grand.
c. w. Hinchcliff. a mining man from Aus
tin, New. is guest at the California
Rev. Alfred Onken. q well-known Chicago
divine. has apartments at the Baldwin.
S. Ii. Fairchid, prominent wholesale
merchant from Kansas City, is at the Bald
win.
T. E. Hughes, proprietor of the Hughes
Hotel. at Fresno. is now registered at the
Grand.
Lieutenants Fl. McrreIl and Henry A.
Wiley of the United States navy are guests
at the Palace.
l.. p. Sage and wife are at the Lick. Mr..
Sage Is the proprietor OF the famous Sara
toga Springs
William E. Whitman of East Bridgewater,
Mass, is staying at the Baldwin. Mr.
w nlLmhn is tfe owner OF one OF the largest
shoe-factories in the United States.
George b. Clark. travelling agent of a
wel-known firm, has been removed from
the Southern California route and placed at
work In the city. DE Leon HI. Crane has
been advanced to the position vacated by
Mr.. Clark.
b. III. Hoag and w. p. Wetherton, grand
officers of the Independent Order of Good
Templars, are again In the city. They have
been visiting Athens Lodge Of Oakland, and
came back to the Lick House. accomnanied
by Past Grand Secretary George B. Katzen-
stein of Sacramento.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-15
HAYMAN'S PROJECTS.
He Talks About Proposed New
pera-HOuSe.

II have now been in this city three days
after years ABSENCE" said AL Hayman,
the well-known theatrical manager, last
night. land l have never spent three buster
days in all my busy life.
Il am not going to build theater and
never intended to do So" SAID he in reply
to a question:; ''but there is a wealthy
young man here who will build one if /
take a twenty years. lease of the place
~ have not agreed to this and cannot say
at this time that ] will ] am neither
young nor poor man and, having been
fairly successful in my theatrical enter
prises, / naturally look forward toward the
time when can retire from business, there
fore to tie myself down for twenty years
does not suit me at all.
81 have no family except my wife, and the
number OF tbeaters now control keeps me
very busy. not to speak of the travelling
combinations l have always OH the road
"a large and modern opera-house in this
city would be very desirable institution
Tor my business. because. as matters stand
now, | have to occupy the Grand Opera
house whenever | have an extra large
attraction, and | do not like to ask the
people of San Francisco to come to that
place, because IL Is out OF the way, cold and
cherries.
However, II is simply question of play
ing these big attractions in San Francisco
at all, or not bringing them here, for there is
no house here except the Grand Opera
which can accomm odate the big audiences
necessary to make them pay.
"Of course, il | was the lessee of new
and comm0dious theater, such as it is pro-
posed to have constructed. | would have to
dispose of one of the two theaters i now
control in this city, but that would be an
easy matter.
II will not be able to state positively
what am going to do about this for some
time yet, but before l leave for the East.
which will be in about three weeks time,
shall come TO a decision and will let the
public know just what conclusions l have
arrived at"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-15
RAISED THE FLAG.
First Stars and Stripes
i'm California.
George Bingham's Long Service in
the Army and Navy-Now Poor
and Homeless.

Fifty-one years ago. so lie claims, George
Bingham hoisted the first American flag
that ever foated over Calfornia's golden
shores.
1t was In 1912. at Monterey. and Bingham
was private on the United States seam
ship Yorktown. There was trouble then in
Texas, and somehow or another the Ameri-
can Minister at Peru got the idea into bis
head that Mexico was going to seize the
United States.
By way of retaliation, he sent the York
town, then In the Southern Pacific squadron,
up to San Francisco te capture California.
And we did 1t. too" says George Bng-
ham. And not a man was killed nor a
shot fired. We just sailed into port. hoisted
the stars and stripes and proclaimed the
world ours.
"1hen the Minister at Peru found 1t was
all a mistake, and we were ordered TO
break away. We did so in fine style. We
gave the natives ball on board the York
town. and presented them with a hands me
new silk flag. Then we sailed back to Nor
folk, Va. aud were discharged"
George Bingham was born seyenty-hye
years ago.
Therein lie the possibilities OF this tale.
When a man has gone beyond the allotted
three-score and ten his life taxes on a halo
of its OVID by very reason Of lis age.
But in Bingham's life the halo comes as
well from service as from age. Great