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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
P. Sand nuts and candy.

Dear Santa Claus:
I am s years old and I want a
pair of skates and a Teddy bear,
want doll that goes to sleep. and
a stove, a table. a set of chairs and
set of dishes. want baby carri-
age and piano, money bank and
some candy and nuts.
ESTELLA JACKSON.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
1OS West Main street.

Dear Santa Claus:
1 want for Christmas a large sleep
ing doll and a doll carriage and a
nun and fur, a pair of shoes and a
pair of leggings, new dress. couple
of plaid ribbons and q set of dishes,
a bracelet, q set of garden tools. doll
bed and set of dining room chairs
and table, nuts and candy and sugar
kisses. Don't forget the address.
Your little friend.
SYLVIA WILLIAMS.
7I2 Clark street, Glen Elk.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17

Dear Santa Claus:
thought l would write.and tell you
what l wanted for Xmas. 1 would
like to have a doll, bracelet. ring. and
some candy and nuts and what ever
else you would like to bring.
Your little friend.
LILLE vANNORT.
los West Main street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
LELMA BARTLETT.

Dear Santa Claus:
want for Xmas light grey
mum and a fur and red coat. a
pair of overshoes and a pair OF leg
gings Alice in Wonderland book,
and two pairs Of stockings and a
doll trunk.
EVA nnpKINrS
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iAtNtt fItIlI " ELL.
40 Third street.
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CONTINUED on page III
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Ynnrs lnvlnglv-
Bridgeport.

Yours lovingly.
MARGUERITE BATTEN.
Bridgeport.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
Dear Santa Claus:

Northview.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
Dear Santa:

FRANK ARMSTRONG. JR.
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Oak st.
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Farnunn.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17

MILDRED and RUTH CLEMANs.
121 Buckhannon ave.
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WuTs lss tNtT,
MARIE WEEKLY.

II Il Baltimore street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-17
Dear Santa Claus:

149 oak St.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
A CONFEDERATE RUSH.

General Jastremski has not yet gotten
in the thick of the fight. but he will be
there before many weeks, when some
body must stand from under Some OF
his friends say that he is going to make
a Confederate rush. which means that
he intends to clear the track and get
where there is something doing. And in
the wind up, when all the wind and
buster has been spent. Sanders will hold
the office. while others will own the ex-
perience-Franklin Weekly Watchmna
And when the rush is being rushed
Candidate Sanders will be rushed from
position. and there will be something
doing" Sanders with all his wind and
buster will be as grease spot after a
storm
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
THE POSTAL POWER OF THE
GOVERNMENT.

A few DAYS since Hon Edgar H. Far
rar Of New Orleans read before the
convention of the American Bar Assoc
citation. III session in Portland, Me. a
well considered and an able paper on the
postal power of the government and It's
relations 10 the control Of the railroads
in the United States. In these days when
the railroads by appeals to Federal
authorities. it is refreshing and consol-
ing to reflect that it is in the power of
the government to alleviate strenuous
situation by exercising its postal power,
d right. it is claimed. is enjoyed under
the power of the Constitution relating
to postifices and post roads.
In this view great minds will disagree.
but as the Constitution is no longer in
tcrpreted with the strict construction
stand little stretching and be made to
fit the reasoning Of Mr.. Farrar, who
cited many judicial decisions i'll support
of his contention However. in the rush
for the dollar. constitutional limitations
are liable to the most generous and llb-
eral construction. but it has long since
been evident that either the railroads
must control the people or the people
must control the railroads to reasonable
and fair limitations 1t is fast being I'M
pressed on the masses. who are fast
reaching the conclusion that the govern
ment must control all the railroads and
the telegraph, the public utilities which
like the postoffice, are essential to the
welfare of the people.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
APPFNDICITTS-ITS CAUSE.

What is the cause of appendicitis
Many theories have been advanced. but
the latest is that it is the result of eating
bolted -four from which minute parti-
cles of steel. invisible to the eye. which
operate detrimentaly and effect the
appendix. 1t is not long since that II
was declared that this complaint was
due to grape seed lodging i'll the appen
dix. and other theories have been given
in explanation. but is it not singular that
the workingman and his family, who eat
biscuits made of patent flour rolled from
wheat OH steel rollers. the workingman
and his family who eat grapes and any
thing and many things which would
give the stomach ache to others. never
suffer from appendicitis?
Why is the man who works, the Ia
borer who tolls i'll the sun. whose fare
is coarse and whose diet is limited to
actual necessities of life do not have
appendicitis
IS il a complaint which the rich alone
can afford. a complaint from which re
lief is obtained only by All operation, the
cost of which range into hundreds of
dollars?
If the well-to-do are liable to appendl-
citis. why is it that the limited IN means
are apparently immune or exempt?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
COL. R. G.. PLEASANT.

1t is gratifying to note the steady pro-
gress of Col R. c. Pleasant in his can
vass for the nomination to the office OF
Attorney General of Louisiana In every
parish he has visited he has been &C
corded a hearty greeting His friends
are many throughout North Louisiana,
and he is equally popular throughout the
State. The complimentary mentions
given him by the press indicate that he
is held in high esteem. Indeed. he is a
gentleman worthy in every respect of
the attention he is receiving. personally
and as candidate for the Office of At
torney General
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
OPPOSITION TO MR.. ASWELL.

Perhaps there may be an active oppo-
sition to Mr. Aswell. the standing can
didate for reelection to the Office OF
State Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton. The great majority of the people
who do not subscribe readily to the sys-
tenn, its plans and its dictates, will re-
joice in the anticipation of there being
a candidate to contest the claim of the
present incumbent.
On this issue the views of The eau
casian. as on others, have been PLAIN and
direct. All that which is said of Mr..
AsAell by his friends and admirers. as
an educator and gentleman. is conced-
ed, but in Democracy the people IN
their sovereignty have the right to insist
on a change Of any official holding his
commission by decree of the majority.
In the past months several gentlemen.
prominent and honored educators. have
been suggested but all these have dis
appeared from view leaving on the mind
the impression that some silent yet all
powerful influence has been directed to-
wards the elimination of all prospective
aspirants in opposition to the reelection
of Mr.. Aswell How far this influence
has been directed it is idle to onlecture,
but it would now seem that candidate
in every sense worthy and capable of
filling acceptably and creditably this high
office will venture against Mr.. Aswell in
Mr. Henry E. Chambers of New Or
leans. who is known to The Caucasian
by reputation and whose personality is
outlined III the communication which
should be perused by all classes Of the
people. If Mr. Chambers will become an
active candidate The Caucasian will not
hesitate in giving him its support, sup
port it is willing and ready to give to
a gentleman possessing the ability and
the character requisite to fill the office
of State Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
COMPLEMENTARY NOTICES.

Mansfield Journal: Col. K, &. Pleas
ant of Shreveport. candidate for Attor-
ney General. spent parts Of Monday and
Tuesday here looking after his political
interests. The colonel has large num-
Der of admirers in our town. There Is
no good reason why he should not get
a big vote in our parish and he will get
it if the people are Informed of his worth
as a man and his ability as a lawyer.
Coushatta Citizen: Friends of Col R.
G.. Pleasant of Shreveport have received
letters from him i'll the interest of his
candidacy for Attorney General. Col.
Pleasant is very popular and thoroughly
qualified and will make a very strong
candidate. He will get almost the solid
vote of North Louisiana. as he is the
only candidate from this section.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
THREE PARAGRAPHS.
From the Farmers Union Banner

From the Farmers Union Banner:
One rose pinned on the breast of the
living will do more real good than a tor
strewn on the grave of the dead Try it
The men who never think any them
selves are the ones who generally be-
lieve what the politicians tell them Ever
notice it
If perditIon is what they say it is, We
will know the postoffice address of sew
eral of our officers and business men
when they leave here
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
NEGRO KILLED IN RAILROAD
ACCIDENT.

Webster Signal: A negro brakeman
on the short train that runs between
here and Sibley was run over and killed
at the latter place Friday night The
negro was riding on the pilot of the en-
CINE, which was switching In crossing
the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
track the pilot struck the rails and the
negro was thrown off by the sudden jar
and the trucks passed over his body. kill
ing him Instantly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
A LIBEL REFUTED.

The Caucasian has been conplimented
with two pamphlets. one being the
speech delivered by Y Sanders al
Baton Rouge on July 4, 1907. and one is
"A Libel Refuted' in which is reprinted
the statements of the trial Judge, dis
trict attorney. state witnesses and ex-
cerpts of the minutes of the court, dis
proving the libelous charge of murder,
the cowardly shooting brought against
J. Y Sanders.
From rational view it is not possible
to compute the advantage which candi
date Sanders may derive by keeping in
the prominence of publicity a matter
which the greatest majority of men.
especially men in public office. would
rather have laid away in silence 1t is
true Candidate Sanders, when young
man, did not commit murder, but ac-
cording to the explanation of Mr. CAT
frey, Mr.. Sanders did shoot man and
after having shot him he left the State.
assumed another name. returned in time
to St. Mary, was tried and acquitted.
The man recovered and lived several
years after the shooting.
Now in all seriousness it may be in
CURED who as been slandering and who
is guilty of slandero
The statement by Mr.. Caffery could
not have been palmer and more favor
able to Candidate Sanders. It was ex-
plicit, it was direct, it was fair, it was
all it should have been and all it could
have been
Is this not satisfactory?
Somehow Candidate Sanders appears
to be uncomfortable and i'll at ease un-
less he can indulge disproving what
he and some of his friends magnify into
ISLANDERS.
Who is slandering Sanders?
This Slandering Sanders is being
worn into frazzles. Argument, reason
able argument, sensible and practical
elucidation of facts principles and
measures are the things in which the
people are concerned However, if Can
didate Sanders thinks he can ride tri-
nmphantly into the gubernatorial Office
CRYING SANDER, why let him and his fol-
lowers keep up the cry until they be-
come hoarse or peter out.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
lust so!

Up to date no DeSoto parish politi-
clan has reported in New Orleans how
the parish will go in the gubernatorial
contest 1t is well, for no man liveth
can predict with any degree of certainty
what the result will be. Times change,
and men change with them. The State
campaign is not bothering our people a
little bit Mansfield Journal.
Just so, but the Sandersites are firm
in their belief that Sanders has DeSoto
parish grabbed and carries it in his vest
pocket with Caddo and Shreveport and
other sections of the State. But there
is no telling what the Sandersites would
not claim.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
\ REMARkA ABLE PILOT.
To ! he Caucasian

1t Is clear that the chief editorial
pilot chosen to steer the Democratic
voters INTO the Sanders port is James
+ T. Edmonds Democratic editors must
of his devotion to the Confederacy,
! chooses or helps to choose. as chief
editor for both the Daily State of Baton
Rouge and the Shreveport INES self
declared Republican who proudly pro-
claimed only three years ago that his
] father came to Mississippi from Ohio
via Sherman march from Savannah TO
the sea.
Mr. James T. Edmunds, Republican
State printer of the Sanders Democracy.
proclaimed his Republicanism to every
one III New Orleans up to a recent date.
but published i'll the New York Sun of
! August q. 1904, an open letter of which
the following is a correct excerpt:
TO the Editor Of the Sun: *
The viewpoint may be appreciated
when one adds that it is from one whose
father came to Mississippi from Ohio
via Sherman's march from Savannah to
the sea-
The Republican party, by every ut
terance which seeks to place it on record
as favoring the re-association of negro
rule. and that means vice rule, ignorance
rule in the South. adds one more brace
to the Solid South. keeps untold FESTIVE
honest men in the ranks of the Southern
Democracy and renders futile for years
to come the labors of those who have
striven since 1901 to build up a decent
Republican party south of Mason and
Dixons line
Now learn a lesson from this Leave
US alone down here We will settle this
problem. as the people Of Anglo-Sax
traditions have settled other problems
all around the world for the good of
the land. Leave the nucleus of the de-
cent white Republican party alone.
Drop the vote catcher negro planks
from ttS lidtiOldl NtpuDiiNdiI plotloi III.
They may be good politics just.now. but
they arc not the politics of generous pa
triotsm or far-sighted craftsmanship
They are akin in policy to those consti-
tutional amendments designed to per
petuate Republican rule in the South.
but which really made and created the
Solid South and Democracy
Leave us alone. say and i'll eight
years the solid South would be broken,
and broken for the good of the country
and forever
JAMES f. EDMONDS
New Orleans. Aug. IS.
Now this Republican editor who
boosted that his father came here as a
conqueror of the South, who wanted to
see the Democratic party broken up and
broken up forever, is now employed by
a coterie of his fellow Republicans to
land Jared Y. Sanders in the Democratic
gubernatorial chair. The gall of it is
enough to make hppotamus laugh, let
alone his party emblem. the elephant,
smile
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
nJASTREMSKTS CAMPAIGN.

1t has been announced that Gen. Leon
Jastremski will open his campaign on
September at Plattenville. in Assump-
ton parish. From there he will go to
Opelousas, thence to Sunset. He pro-
poses to make it warm for the opposi-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
JAMES +. EDMONDS.
COTTON REGION BULLETIN

The Weather Bureau reports scattered
showers, mostly light and unImportant,
fell here and there in the southern half
of the cotton belt, while the weather has
been mostly fair in northern districts.
Houston, Texas. reported a rainfall of
I48 inches. Hot weather has largely
prevailed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
Subscription Price S2.oo a year.

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01

Entered as second class matter February
II, 1904. at the postoflice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act Of Con
grcss Of March 81. 1870.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
d. {. SCARBOROUGH.
Chairman Central Prohibition Commit
tee. Natchltoches Parish

I'm substance the ordinance provides d
penalty of three thousand dollars for
any violation Of the ordinance which
makes it unlawful for any common car
rler railway. express company or steam
boat or barge line. to deliver to any CON
sgnce any shipment of vinous. malt or
spurious or Intoxicating liquors. until
the name fthe shipper. the name OF the
conSIgnec and the amount and kind of
liquors SO shipped into the parish shall
have been first entered upon books kept
for that purpose. and IT is unlawful for
any consignment Of spurious. vinouS,
malt or Intoxicating liquors to be shipped
into the Parish of Natchtoches without
being plainly and dictinctly marked on
the box indicating the kind of liquors
shipped i'll the said package
This law will be effective on and after
January /. 1908, and applies to depot and
express agents and to others who may
introduce ntoXlCants III the parish IN
contravention of this ordinance
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
A WARNING
Prohibition Ordinances in Natchitocl,es
Parish

Natchltoches. La. Aug. 21.-Ihc pro-
hlbltfon ordinances passed by the Police
Jury putting INTO effect the prohibition
ELECTION held on the 18th Of August. is
ia matter IN which | think your dealers
will be vitality interested We do not
want to burt any Of them. but we have
served notice on them that they must
keep out Of this territory Such liquors
as we want we can order without the aid
of any travelling statesmen If you will
notice the Enterprise this week you will
see the provisions of the ordinance so
passed We think it will take care of the
blind tiger The argument that we could
not keep down blind tigers was one we
had to meet all during the campaign
We think this law will do for begin
ming. Very truly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01

We would like to do a little printing
for you. Telephone 1000, either kind.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
The Arlington, NJGHEfAY YE1 Bf ,Sr AVE,
The PENNhuRST.

Steam heat sun parI0r. Noder1 c0rTeriences
Special .spriug rates Booklet, l. X. KUNZ.
slZ5g1t i&9
The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
OFFICIALS NOT RESPONSIBLE
Public Blamed for Failure Of Mu.
nicipal Administration.
Retiring President Of baltimore City
ter than People seem to Desire.
.pe-IaI to The Washington Herald

Special to Tie Washington Herald
Baltimore, Nd, May -I-Iu making the
speech which wound up his oervlce Of
nearly four years as president Of the
second branch Of the city council which
adjourned sine die Tonight. George r.
Gather declared that the responsibility
for the failure Of municipal administra-
tion in America lay with the public. and
not with the officials. In his closing
speech be said.
My present experience has dispeIled
some preconceived dciusious of our CITY
government. l was under the impression
that the poor administration was duo to
the officials who represent the people and
not the people themselves I am now
convinced that Baltimore has much
better government than the masses of
her citizens seem 90 desire 7 have seen
the Hobbies Of the council crowded with
representatives of special interests and
with citizens interested i'm advocating or
opposing certain measures. but in ms
entire term 7 remember only two citizens
who appeared 20 plead for the welfare of
the entire community.
"The public seemed Indifferent 20 the
success or failure OF important measures
presented 20 the council. It is this indif-
ference which has been responsible for
the fact that American municipal govern
ment in part has been such "a humiliat.ug
failure. II is because OF this Indifference
that the cities in America to-day DO so
little for the protection of their citizens
or 10 foster and promote their mental
welfare. They have failed % see The re-
sistless power Of corporation on the part
of men struggling for common purpose
and neglected to keep pace with the pro-
gressiva spirit Of the cities Of the Old
World"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
MASON CASE REMOVED.
Former Bank Examiner to Answer
Charge Of Conspiracy.

SPECIAL 90 The Washington Herald
Baltimore, May 20.-After an exam
ination of the state of mind of the
talesman in the Criminal Court this
afternoon by the counsel i'm the case.
Judge Dobler granted Walter A. Mason.
charged with conspiracy. removal Of
trial to Baltimore County
With Mason were his counsel. Sen
8tor William Pinkney Whyte, and Isaac
Lobe Str8us, while or the other end Of
the table We're ex-Alayor Thomas G.
Hayes. who is counsel for OIn Bryan.
Bryan. who was city solicitor under
Mayor HAYES, and who is under in
dictment with Mason, was also present
at the table
Bryan and Mason are charged with
conspiring to defraud the Munich Re
insurance Company. of New York and
Bavaria, out Of S4g590 on March 30.
1905. while they were officials Of the
United Surety Company.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
PROCTOR GETS TEN YEARS.
Ncgro Found Guilty of Attacking
Mrs. Minnie Spencer.
7e-sI to The Washington Herald

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Upper Marlboro. Nd. May 20-Eu-
gene Proctor. colorod, was sentenced
90 ten years IN the Maryland Penlten-
tIarv. the maximum penalty, for at
lacking Mrs. Minnie Spencer at Rose
croft. April s. last The second trial
Of Proctor was concluded last Saturday
night. but Judges Merrick and Crane
reserved their decision until this morn
ing
Court convened at o'clock in order
that the business might he finished in
timo for the judges 10 go 20 la Plata,
Charles County. 10 hold court.
I'm imposing sentence Judge Merrick
said that the testimony was such that
the court was convinced beyond rea-
sonable doubt that the prisoner was
guilty. Proctor was greatly affected
by the action of the court lie had
maintained his innocence and had ex-
pected an ac0uittaL
Before passing sentence on Proctor.
Judge Mcrrick took occasion % severely
repremand several newspaper correspond
euts for sensational articles sent 10 Wash
irgtou and Baltimore papers. The judge
said he would take no further action in
this case but n similar reports are sent
out I'm the future he would be compelled
% take drastic action.