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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
RELIEF OF FAIRS.
Measure for Benefit OF These Institutions
Has Been introduced

Has Been introduced
Austin, March 27-The bill to re-
lieve fair associations from the oper-
alton of the anti-poolroOn law was
introduced Thursday by Senator
Hicks. Davidson of Galveston, Dawson
Of Dewitt, Willacy. Hill. Decker Saw
age, Paulus, Lipscomb, Fause. Stafford
and Faubion. 1t has been reported ia
yorably by senate judiciary NJ, with
minority report By Senator BratE,
field 1t provides as follows:
Section J. Hereafter it shall be
lawful to wager upon races between
horses in this state when such races
are conducted under the supervision
OF any fair association chartered und@T
the laws of the state Of Texas, and
when such wager is male on the day
the race is actually run, and within
2OC feet Of the track or grounds where
such race is run; provided. that this
act shall not be construed to at ANY
time or place authorize the selling Of
pools on any horse race"
In the senate a number of amend
ments to the Terrell election bill were
adopted. Bill went to third reading
but failed to get four-ffths vote to
suspend rules and pass finally.
House consumed nearly all Of Thurs
day discussing tax of intangible as
sets of corporations bill.
House adopted free conference re-
port on house bill repeating occupation
taxes on merchants, bankers. lawyers
and dentists.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
TUTORSHIP SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Tutorship of the minors, T. E. and
D. 0. Harris
By virtue of a. commission to me di-
rected from the Honorable the District
Court in and for said parish and State
/ will self the minors interest
being an undivided one-half interest
in lot twenty-one l2I). in block one O.
of the Howard Cole addition to tl1e city
Of Shreveport, on the terms prescribed
by family meeting. viz: For cash FIR
not less than two-thirds Of its appraised
value, and | will also sell my half on
the same terms. the whole lot being Of
fere:l at once The sale is made to pay
debss and will be made at the court
house door in the city of Shreveport on
Anril the nth at II o'clock m
DUNCAN c. HARRIS, Tutor.
Caucasian, March 8, 1903.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
SECTIONS COLLIDE.

One Mexican Killed and Three Passen
gers and Engineer Injured
San Antonio, March PA rear-end
collision of two sections of eastbound
passenger train No. 10 of the Southern
Pacific, occurred at Lacoste, small
station about twenty miles west of
this city. The first section had stop
ped at the station, and before it pull
ed out the second section telescoped
the sleeper. killing Mexican passen'
ger and severely injuring three other
passengers. The engineer of the sec.
ond section. named Quinn, was badly
injured.
Section No. 2 was destroyed by fire
The depot burned also.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
RECEIVERSHIP SALE.

No 6874-Receivership of Shreveport
Abstract and Guarantee Investment
Company
By virtue Of an order OF Judge \. D.
Land. First District Court. Caddo Par
ish, La. will sell at public auction at
the courthouse, Shreveport La, on
SATURDAY,. APRIL II. 1903.
at II m. the personal property Of above
corporation, as set forth in inventory on
file in above court
Terms OF sale cash, for not less than
two-thirds appraised value.
c. w. HARDY, Receiver.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
SHERIFFS SALE.
No. So63-In First Judicial District
Court - Caddo PariSi:, La. Vim.

Court - Caddo Parish, La: VIM
Winter VS.. J. NJ. Oden.
By virtue of a writ Of seizure and
sale to me issued in the above entitled
and numbered suit. by the Honorable
First District Court Of Caddo Parish.
La, have seized and will offer for sale
at public auction. for cash, according to
law, without the benefit of appraisement,
at the principal front door Of the court
house of Caddo parish. in the city Of
Shreveport, La, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY. APRIL II. 1908,
the following described property. to-
wit A lot in the town of Bethany. Cad
do Parish, La, described as fOll0ws
Commencing at the State line. bounded
on the north by the Grand Bluff ard
Shreveport road. thence running south
with said State line one hundred and
sixty feet to the said road; thence
east ninety feet; thence north one
hundred and sixty feet to the said
road, thence west ninety feet to
place of beginning, with all buildings
and Improvements thereon, less that
portion exchanged with f. c. Flanagan
and less that portion sold to F. F. Gill
as per deed of record in the clerk Of
fee Of said parish. Also the following
described property, to-wit: Beginning at
the southeast corner Of a lot formerly
owned by J. J. Kingsmore 50 feet S. s.
E. of S. E. corner of the Davis hotel
lot, stake in the center of the Shreve-
port and Grand Bluff road, thence with
center of said road n s. E. 465 yards to
a stake in road; thence north 1912
yards to stake; thence south s. W.
% I-2 yards to a stake in east boundary
line of land owned by ]. NJ TrosDer and
Davis heirs with said east boundary line
S. So I-6 yards the n w. corner of the
above named Is acre lot stake thence
with the north boundary line of said lot
E. 16 2-3 yards stake thence with east
boundary line of said lot s. I-2 yards to
"a place of beginning, containing acres
of land, except the following portions
of said acres, which was expressly re-
served by J. B. Moore and described as
follows: Beginning at S. E corner
stake thence 81 feet west, thence 235
feet north, thence "a feet east, thence
237 feet south to place of beginning
being 81 feet front and 235 feet in
length, with all buildings and nlachin-
cry and improvements on said property.
The above property being the same
on which the store house. gin and grist
mill of said mortgagor are located.
All of the above property to be sold
to satisfy the debt specified in the said
writ in the sum of tfirty-fve hundred
dollars with eight per cent per annum
interest thereon from 31st day of Janu-
airy 1901, and including $3.50 costs of a
copy due by said Oden to said Winter.
and all costs of this suit. including five
per cent attorneys fees on above
amounts.
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian. March 8, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Interesting Information.

Monroe, La. March 27.-Some in
teresting information was given out
by 2 NJ. Schilling. member of the
Tensas basin levee board who has
returned from Arkansas City, where
with other members of the board. he
had been watching water conditions.
MT Schilling states that the condi-
lions up there are good and that he
considers that there is sufficient pro.
lection except at the Fulton Lake le-
wee.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Train Run nut of memnh,s.

Memphis, March 27-The river is
38.7 feet on the gauge and falling.
The fall since o'clock Thursday
morning was one-tenth of a foot. but
the reports which have been received
from points north of the city say that
the fall has begun to have an appreci-
able effect there. and this fact indi-
Gates that the rate of fall will in
crease here. The Iron Mountain rail-
way has at last succeeded in running
q train into the city from the west.
The Little Rock passenger train arriv.
ed shortly after o'clock and a little
later the st. Louis passenger follow
ed. Three trains were sent out by the
Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Death of Judge Stewart.

Stewart. who for many years occu-I
pied the bench of the Tenth district
civil court, died Thursday morning.
Some ten days or two weeks since
Judge Stewart. while proceeding to
his duties, was stricken with faint
ing spell and collapsed in the county
court house %
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
First Louisiana Crevasse.

New Orleans, March 27.-The first
crevasse in Louisiana occurred at mid
night. Thursday night. $50 feet of the
ieVee near Lucy, forty miles above
the city. giving way. 1t is on the di-
viding line between ST. Charles and
st John parishes 1t is a big Ievee.
four feet above the water and is pre-
sumed to have been cut 1t is mile
and a half from the Texas and Paci-
nc crevasse. Water is pouring in.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02

GAINESVILLE. Tex, March 27.-Miss
Jennie Stewart, thirteen-year-old
girl living near Ammonia, six miles east
OF here, was burned to death. She
and a companion were burning stalks
in a field when her clothing caught
fire and she was so badly burned be-
fore assistance could be rendered that
she died in an hour or two.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02

l hereby certify that I have examined
the foregoing charter and find nothing
therein contrary to law, and therefore
approve same on this che soth day n
January, \. D., aineteen hundred snd
three.
JOHA, R. LARD.
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
(Endor5ed) Filed ana recorded jan
FRANK c. OIEARY.
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Ofhcio Deputy
Recorder.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and lore
going is true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my office.
Given under my hand and seal "f Of
fee this 3oth day Of January. 1908.
FRANK c. OLEARI,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Offcio Deputy
Recorder.
Feb. I, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Woman Charged with Adultery.

South MeAlester. l. T., March 81
Accompanied by her lite SON. Mrs
Daniel Earl, wife of leading Method
list minister of Canada, is In Jail In
default of $1,000 bail charged with
adultery She went to Oklahoma City
to benefit the health of the boy. Mrs
Earl. who declares her innocence, is
a beautiful woman, talented musician
and elocutionist of high rank.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Motor Car Casualty.

Muskogee, l. T., March 27-While
riding on a motor car near here the
latter came in contact with a spike
and was derailed. D. H. Donovan and
]. D. Zook, both of ST. Louis, were on
the car. Zook was hurled forty feet
down the embankment. but was un-
injured. !, Donovan's head struck tie
His skull was laid bare. his upped lip
was torn off, and he was bruised in
ternally.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
willis Have to stop Operation

Vicksburg. March 27.-The Valley
road IS managing to run trains on
sort OF go as you can schedule way
out the OVERLOADED sections of track
are steadily increasing and shut down
IS imminent. All mills and other in
dustrfes along the city's water front
were drowned out by the additional
rise
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
PRACTICALLY ASTAND
This Seems to Be the Flood Status
al Crescent City.
PROPER PROVISIONS.
ALL the Necessary Arrangements Arc
Made to Take Care Of the Elk.
cess ief Waters Expected
Soon to Arrive.

New Orleans, March 27.-With the
river practically stationary Thursday
there has been little change in the
food conditions The early morning
reading of the gauge was 20.2, rise
of one-tenth in twenty-four hours
From morning to night the height Of
the river f1uctuated. reaching z0.3 as
maximum. The phenomenal speed at
which the current is flowing and ia
vora BILE winds have doubtless restrain
ed the upward tendency. Rises are re-
ported from Red river down. but with
the present spell of dry and sunshiny
weather confidence increases In the
ability of the entertainments On both
sides 10 sustain the strain upon them.
A vigiIant eye is being kept on every
foot O., levee from Red river landing
to New Orleans.
The local weather bureau again adj
vises preparation for II foot stage
at this point if the EN- bankments hold
1t promises that the Red. Atcbafaiaya
and Ouachita will continue to rise. AS.
however. the flow of the Red and Mis-
sissfppi continue into the AtchaIafaya.
carrying off a great volume of water
from the main stream and relieving
the lower reaches of the river, the
expectation is, that the prediction of
the bureau will not be exceeded,
Ample provision has been made
here to care for the highest water now
promised. In 1897 the 1evees from
Louisiana avenue to Southport gave
the most concern, but these are now
considered Of impregnable strength
and the temporary embankments along
the commercial front are in excellent
shape and as rule built to height
capable OF resisting a maximum of
twenty-five feet. The trouble ct st.
Ann street. where water was leaking
through the levee, has been entirely
arrested. III
Thus far there has been no inter-
ruption to Steamboat or ocean going
traffic. The water is over many OF
the wharves, but emergency walks
nave been laid and freight is handled
with slight inconvenience.
Members of the state board of en-
g1neers are at various points along
the Mississippi, the Red and the La
Fourche.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02

Guthrie, Okla, March 27.-Chfef
Justice Burford issued an attachment
order for Senator Hickam of Payne
county, charging him with contempt
of court In failing to appear as sub
penaed before the Logan county grand
jury. to give evidence in the investiga
ton of alleged boodling in Oklahoma
senate. b
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
In Lake Providence District

Lake Providence. La, March 27.-
II was reported that the Ievee had
broken at Van Clure. Ark The report
was soon corrected from Lake vii
Iage. Ark. Levee commissioner Ham
ley is Just from Ashton. He says there
are 800 men at work on the stretch
OF ieVee from Opossum Point to Ash
ton. and he feels sure they can hold
if All levees are intact in this par.
4Sh
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Convict Fatally Shot.

Sheriff WEIGH, with posse. while ar
resting Allen Alsup, an escaped con-
Wet. five miles west of here, was shot
in the thigh. Alsup was shot in the
right shoulder and died a few hours
later E -*
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Man and wife AssassInatea.

Ardmore, |. T., March 27.-Francis
Hare and wife were assassinated at
Ravia. each being shot in the breast.
Hare was political leader among the
Chickasaws.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Police Made DEPUTIES.

Galveston. March 27.-Fifteen days
are allowed in which to file .applica-
ton for a rehearing in the Galveston
commission case. Police have been
sworn in as deputies. f.,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Baby Burns to Death.

Weatherford. Tex. March PA
the home of Claude Kelly, near Spring
town. his ighteen-months-o1d SOC
burned to death while the mother was
milking. r-E-.-.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
No New Developments.

Natchez. Miss, March 27.-There
were no new developments in the river
situation Thursday The break in the
private levee at the Briers has wild
ened, but no further damage occurred.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Got Much Cash.
-

Oklahoma City, Okla. March 81
The postofice at Choctaw City, twelve
miles east of here, was entered by
thieves. and the safe blown open.
Stamps amounting to $50 were stoI-
en-.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Another DALLAS A,derm.n De.s.

Dallas. March 27-A Alderman ~. c.
Ward died Thursday night. This Is
the second Dallas aldermen to die this
sTeek. Hon Oliver Thomas being the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Frost Gets cadetshin. EEFs

Fort Worth, March CIV. o. Frost
of Comanehe has been recommended
by Congressman Gillespie as a naval
cadet at Annapolis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Infants Legs Tncinerated.

Beckvil1e, Tex, March 27.-The in
FAINT daughter Of Frank Cuipepper fell
liz fire and both limbs were so badly
burned she died. .-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02
Shamrock III About Ready

Glasgow, March 27-Fftting out of
the Shamrock III has been practically
finished. Her trial trip will probably
take place March Is.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-02

Sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisi
Caucasian. March 8, 1908.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

70 lie sure. but ii might be explained on
the charitable assumption that Prof bas-
sett is wild with regard to Booker Wash
irxton alone. and not the race question
in general. such an assumption would be
mistaken. The Raleigh News and ohser
ser. which had q highly acprectatlve eel
;orsal n day or two before on IN af-
dress delivered BY Booker Washington =
the North Carolina capital city. faytd
Or. Bassett last Sunday. One OF he
quotations which the News and Observer
makes from the Bassett article y this:
In spite OF our race feeling. Of which
the writer has his share. they tthc ne
groesy VIII win equality al some time.
Is not thar positively lpccndlary. com
ing from a man who ! set m Is an IN
strsctor OF tie south's youth The WASH
ington Times. We observe. says that Prof
Bassett had better 20 armed. This, Q:
course. Is r sneer At Southern i~atoler-
ance.' Well. there would probably nc
no more intolerance IN the South tha'.
in any other part of the country i the
fools and fanatics would cease TO NEEDLE
with the race question. Al these fools
and fanatics are not in the -<orth aad
are not Of Northern descent. There
is no need for Or. nass"ft to go armed
but ne can make himself IN exile among
his own people ami rum the ~tandsuG
OF his college.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
SHOULD TEACH IN BOOKER WASH
INGTON'S COLLEGE.
Chatham Record.

Chatham Record.
Prof. Bassett, the professor of history at
Trinity College, has published a most re-
markable document, and one that deserves
the censure and condemnation of all white
men.
1t is an essay Oh the negro problem, in
which he expresses views that cannot be
too severely condemned. For instance,
he goes SO far as to declare that Booker
Washington is ''the greatest man, save
Gen. Lee, born in the South in a nun
dred years."
It seems incredible that any sane man.
especially a professor of history in a
Southern college, SHOULD have so slandered
the South. The idea of comparing Book
er Washington az second only to Gen. Lee
and as superior to all the other great
men of whom the South is so justly
proud!
The Raleigh News and Observer of last
Sunday copies this remarkable document
of Prof. Bassett. and in a long and able
editorial criticises it as it deserves ard
very properly calls it to the attention of
those who would not have seen it in the
periodical in which it was originally pub
lished.
If this is q sample Of the history
taught by Prof. Bassett he had better
resign his position at a white college and
teach at Booker Washington's college.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
THE PRESS ON BASSETT.
Extracts From Newspapers That do Not
Approve the View of the Trinity
Professor.

distinction by ability and originality, the
yellow pedagogue seeks to win notorlety
by some startling announcement, how
ever absurd. He predicts that the wo"ii
IS coming to an end or says that Shake
speare isn't worth reading. or something
equally rational, and SO becomes a seV-
en- days topic in the press This seems
TO Us a not unreasonable explanation OF
the Bassett phenomenon, and we accord
ingly decline to grow apoplectlc.
Nor do We believe that because OF his
views, as expressed in his magazine, Mr..
Bassett should be expelled from the fa-
Guilty of Trinity College. He IS entitled
to regard Booker Washington as second
only to Robert e. Lee, if he really thinks
that way about ii. That opinion hurts
nobody and convinces nobody-and least
Of all is it going to convince the young
men in Mr.. Bassett's history class. The
college young men OF today rs intellectual
a very independent proposition. He does
not take his opinions OF men and things
without question from anybody. Accord
ingly Mr.. Bassett's views are much more
likely to do harm by bringing him into
contempt among Trinity students than by
bringing the students around to his Wav
of thinking. If this should occur, Mr..
Bassett's usefulness as an instructor would
be impaired. II not destroyed, ana Ills lC-
signation might very well be asked for
on that recount.
But as for Mr.. Bassett's stlmat OF
Booker Washington, if 1t amounts to am
thing it is only in that it shows that he
has not the mental balance and outlook
necessary for sane instruction in history.
We have no purpose to decry Washing
ton, but the fact is that he has been
largely over-valued by others than Mr..
Bassett. His views as to the negro prob
lem are in no sense original. On the con-
trary, they are precisely the views held
and expressed by Southern white leaders
for twenty-five years. Washington has
gained fame through those views because
he had the courage to adopt them and
stand almost alone among negroes against
the mouthy ~demagogues, black and white.
who were talking social equality and other
nonsense.
Therefore, Mr.. Bassett Is merely 40
surd in rating Washington next to Rob
ert E. Lee. And the absurdity of the
estimate is its best %antidcte.
We incline more and more to the opln-
ion that the Southern press and people
make a mistake in taking seriously peda
gogues of the Dassett and Sledd variety.
| They are harmless and at times amusing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
A VOICE FOR BassETT.
A Re-pop-li-can Ex-senator Comes TO The De
tense of the Trinity Professor

To the Editor: As 50 many a-.".#
partisans have deemed it pro- FL. .
rounce Prof. Bassett for his ap.a..
where does your boosted freedom
thought come in?
Now as TO the matters OF fact G .
Professors paper they appear TO me .
50 true hat | canno comprehend fu.
of Il mind that would controyrr' '".
Prof. Bassett opinion OF BookeI "
ington may be the correct one anil 81. 81
abuse which may be heaped upon 'H. p"
lessor for his opinion Will not H.-"- f..
fact.
Has not the very attitude OF the ST..
and Observer and other papers /.
State proven beyond cayII the t"-.-
the article as a whole? As / -oo +. :.
gist of his article was that the Io...
between the two races were more straw"
tight now than at almost amy t-1.
viously. Is his contention true or
We country people believe it Is I-".
duct OF the negroes prove 1T. They ...
lost faith IN the white people J#..
gard us as their enemies ana itr..
they are Of less service to Us as a...
than before. Ii the crusade you aa.
augurated Is to continue and To S..
all but the very poorest HL-|s
will be driven 10 the towns I.. "
groes will have the country to tt,-
Your course, in my OPINION, rs
more to build up the towns %. .
pense of the country than u .i-.. .
thing. II you do not pause ".
future looks gloomy to me
ADRIAN J. a'..
Farmville, n. c.. Nov. ), 1909.