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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
TRAGEDY IN STATION.
Brakeman Kills Clerk and His
Own Career Ends.

Little Rock. Sept. IN c. Suegs, a
brakeman in the employ OF the Iron
Mountain railroad walked into the of
flee in the union station here of the
trainmaster. pulled a revolver after a
few minutes conversation and killed
j. G. Cromwell clerk Holding the
smoking pistol in his hand, suggs
said: I've got two shots left; one
for the police and one for myself
He then walked about 100 yards
down the track and shot himself
through the head 1t is said that Cror,-
well and Suggs had some previous
trouble over business matters-a dis,
pute as to his time on payroll
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
TWO QUERIES.

A short time ago our friend Edmonds
was telling just how to make the South
Republican Has he changed heart, or
does he hope to aid his old time cause
by supporting the Lieutenant Governor
Is it true that Lieutenant Governor
Sanders law firm was on the pay roll
Of corporations while he was in a posi-
ton to aid or retard legislation affecting
their interests? If SO, is. he the proper
man to have still greater power for good
or evil as regards corporation legisla-
ton ?-Minden Democrat.
Is this SANDER? Slandering Sanders?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
A CASE IN POINT.

The Ruston Leader aptly observes
Whenever a candidates becomes his
unnatural self we have no use for him
for if his candidacy makes him a differ
ent man what manner of man must we
expect in case of his election? A Jump
ing jack to please you for votes would
probably be as supple in Office to please
himself"
Judging Lieutenant Governor Sanders
from the Leaders viewpoint, his con-
domination is evident, "a all impartial OBJ
servers must conclude. The Caucasian
has no desire to harshly criticise the
other man from St. Mary. On the con-
tray, he rather deserves commiseration,
for in all the histories of previous po-
litical campaigns none present so la
mentally dismal failure to measure Up
to the needs of the hour than Mr.. San
ders in this contest.
Had he been natural, that is to say,
had he followed in his public speeches
the policies he had previously advocated,
and addressed himself to the questions
at issue from the plane of his previous
political associates and associations, he
might have commanded liberation, at
least.
But, as our Ruston contemporary re-
marks, an unnatural self commands
contempt rather than esteem if pity did
not plead mercy in Mr.. Sanders case.
For instance, Mr.. Sanders has posed
throughout North Louisiana, or at least
IN such sections of it in which moral
issues are leading political factors, as
representative of those issues, and of the
purposes of those moral forces engaged
therein.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
PROF. HENRY E. CHAMBERS.

BOSSler Banner: VI Prof. Chambers
it can be truthfully said there are few
men about whom SO many good things
could be said and of whom nothing that
is discreditable can be said. In fact,
there is not one thing lacking that could
be said why he should not be elected
State Superintendent of Education. He
is man that those who know him de-
light in praising; man of wise judg-
ment, who would be just to all the peo-
pie. For many years he was zealously
engaged in educational work, and made
close study of the affairs and needs of
the State in educational matters. Pos
sessing broad intellect, he is eminently
equipped for the place.
Prof Chambers will be the candidate
of no faction or organization, and if
elected, will give an administration that
will be for the good of the greatest
number, and it will be a proud day for
Louisiana when she not only honors
him. but herself, in choosing him as
State Superintendent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
LOUISIANA RANKED SECOND.

A bulletin issued by the census bureau
at Washington for the year 1905 shows
duction of lumber. And yet many people
living outside the State tink Louisiana
is a swamp filled with alligators, mos
quitoes and malaria Mansfield Journal.
Which is traceable to the deliberate
misrepresentation of land agents, in
New York and other cities of the North,
who have directed homeseekers to the
Western and other States However.
Louisiana is growing steadily into prom
inence and becoming one of the most fav-
ored for natural advantages of States of
the Union
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS
| In an issue of recent date Town Talk
published in Alexandria, points out the
glaring inconsistency in the appointment
of teachers. Town Talk favors an
amendment to the school law which re-
qtires the issue of certificates to teach
ers who would teach in the public
schools, and states that with the pres
ent law as it stands it is impossible to
secure sufficient teachers to teach coun-
try schools, because those competent to
answer the catch questions in the exam
ination of teachers demand higher sal
aries for teaching than the school boards
can afford to pay for country schools.
What is the result? That hundreds of
school houses are empty and the boys
and girls of those neighborhoods are
growing up illiterates. not even having
chance to learn to read. white or
CIPHER
PROFESSIONALLY the present system
should be modified or repealed. Town
Talk favors IAN amendment that will
make every graduate of recognized
State public high school eligible to re-
ceive third grade certificate to teach in
the public schools, without examination.
Do this and the country schools can Sc
cure teachers fit to teach in those public
schools where the salary is seldom over
$40 or $50 per month Illiteracy of the
State is growing we actually believe, be-
cause of the lack of teachers for the
small schools. During the past few
months we have seen at least four cou-
Piles of young people, from country dis
tricts, married in this city, who could
neither read nor write.
The Town Talk is right; every grad
uate should be recognized as being
to teach, at least in the third
grade, without the formality of certif-
cate 1t is reflection on the State to
admit that illieracy is on the increase,
and positive discredit to the Superin-
tendent of Public Education. However,
there is consolation in the reflection that
many needed practical reforms will fol-
low when the school boards are elected
by the people.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
OHOl AHAI

So the Wilkinson Islander" so far as
it relates to the bargain and sale of the
Shreveport Times. was true in fact and
was off only in details
The Shreveport Times says it in al
most SO many words.
Just read this from the issue of the
Times of Saturday:
Friends of Colonel Wilkinson wanted
The Times and negotiated for its pur-
chase. If they had succeeded in cons,lm-
mating the deal, The Times would today
be supporting Colonel Wilkinson and
Colonel Wilkinson would be welcoming
that support and congratulating himself
on his good fortune Colonel Wilkinson
can testify to the truth of these state
ments if he will When Colonel Will
klnsons friends in this city failed to get
the paper they nursed their resentment
until they might find an opportunity to
discredit it. Colonel Wilkinson lent HIM
self to this malign purpose and he BELT
tied himself when he did So He was
badly advised and the realization came
to him when he saw that the effect of
his attack on this paper was not what
he and his advisers had so fondly hoped.
1t was a tactical blunder-one of many
that the farmer candidate has made
and he admits it when he and his friends
about i'll frantic effort to stem the
tide that is rising to overwhelm him"
According to The Times. it was for
sale, presumably to the highest bidder
According to The Times the Wilkin-
son people failed to "consummate the
DEAL" and, to logically infer as the pa
per came out whooping for Sanders.
Sanders did ''consummate the deal
Of all the tactical blunders' this of
the Shreveport Times is as bad as po-
litical history records.
Mr.. Wilkinson only need in future re-
fer to the columns of the Shreveport
Times to corroborate his charge of the
fact of its sale
Colonel Wilkinson's friends in this
city, as the contemporary asserts,
wanted The Times and negotiated for
its purchase"
Now, Mr. Wilkinson's candidacy was
not an assured nor reasonable fact
when the Sandersites bought The Times
And again, suppose Mr. Wilkinson's
friends had appealed for its support,
what of it?
Mr.. Wilkinson's friends in Caddo par
ish are not AK grinders" No Interior
designs actuate them in supporting Mr..
Wilkinson's candidacy.
They are so doing on patriotic, high
civic and moral grounds, and they can
supply to any of Mr.. Sanders friends,
including The Times, the why, in elab-
crate detail, of their motives.
So it not only seems but it really is,
that The Times is the same old leopard |
with all its spots intact and unchanged
And all the indignation, columns in
length, over Mr. Wilkinson's SANDER
of priceless press!
The Times like the preacher, had a
splendid text, but the delayed admissions
of previous barters illustrate it badly.
As the deacon then said: "Parson. you
had a great subject, but it caved in on
you
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
NOTICE..

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Washburn Lumber Company will be
held at the office of the company in the
First National Bank building, Shreve-
port, La, on Saturday Sept ii, 1907,
at 10 100 am, for the purpose of decid-
ing the question of increasing the CAPT.
tai stock of the company from $4,000. 90
to $Ioo,ooooo By order of the board
of directors
T. E. STEPHENSON,
July IS, 1907 President.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
EVERY BONE BROKEN.
Boy Meets Dreadful Fate While It
Work In Mil

Lambertville, N. j.. Sept. John
Galligan, boy employed in the Mann
Paper company's mills, fell headlong
in the big dryers and was quickly
drawn through the immense rollers
to his death, before any of the other
employees could move to stop the pom
derOus machinery
The boys body passed fully through
the rollers, and every bone in his
body was broken
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

The Troy Press declares that Mr..
Taft is the presidential photograph.
He goes to Oyster Bay to get his or
ders, and then to Ohio and Kentucky to
carry them out. His temptation to this
course was great, undoubtedly, but a
man not big enough to resist it is not
big enough for the presidency And
yet, physically, Mr.: Taft is quite the
biggest of all the possibilities.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
OLD FASHIONED BASE BALL
pr AVER

What has become of the old fash
toned base ball player who hit the ball
so hard that he broke te bat?" asks the
Spartansburg Journal. We understand
that he has contracted the habit of
walking up to the plate and striking
out-Vernon News
He has retired
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
WALKS OFF SLEEPER,
j. w Taylor of W-co Sericuc'y Icjur
ed North Of Temple.

Waco, Sept. IL. w, Taylor. one o
the best known attorneys in this city
and widely known in the state. Wa.
dangerously injured Friday morning q
few miles north Of Temple by walking
off the rear end Of sleeper. This il
his second sonnambulistic accident
His head was spit Omen. an arm brok
en- and injured il ternal,y. He was
brought to Waco In precarious con
dition.
The city cOuncii ra<sed finally the
ordinance reouirinp sellers Of ice to
carry scales on warOn and weigh out
to customers
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
NOT QUITE so INDUSTRIOUS.

Bunkie Review: We're guessing the
monstrous Sanders majority in St.
Landry is not now quite so monstrous
Mr. Wilkinsons swing around St Lam
dry has been a continuous ovation, and
many of those heretofore counted by the
Sanders supporters are now openly out
for the Plaquemines gentleman
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
CAMPBELL AND BRYAN.

Invited With Other Democrats to At.
tend Banquet at Lincoln.
Lincoln. Neb, Sept. 7.--Arrange.
ments have been perfected by the
Democratic state central committee
for the annual banquet to members Of
the party. to be held here Sent "a. In
vitations have been sent large num-
Der of Democrats of national reputa
tons. among them Governor Campbell
of TEXAS and Hon. John W Kern of
Indianapolis. Hon w J. BRYAN will
be present and deliver ore of the prin
cipal addresses.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
CURED.

Hello, old man! You seem to be en-
tirely cured of that bad case of hay fever
you had yesterday"
Yes, the frost cured me-.
What Frost this hot weather?
Sure. | didn't get home till o'clock
this morning, and my wife met me at
the door"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Home raised meat and bread must be
very unhealthy; as we never see any of
it lately-Farmers Union Banner.
1t is very unhealthy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

After all this early political rush Mr.
Sanders political managers must see
how much more effective than a wild
scramble for the place would have been
to soap the tracks of his rivals.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Down in Vernon Candidate Sanders
was local optionist and didn't drink
whiskey." Gee-r,l-salem!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Now. this would be laughable if it was
not serious.
Mr.. Sanders past associations both
personal, which has been respectable, nc
doubt, and political, which, with the ex-
ception of the lottery campaign, has been
OF the earth earthy-tl1at is to say OF
the ring ringy, are at outs with reform
policies. According to his own admis-
slorl-and were it not that It's truth
lnevertheless-he has the support of 'all
but two of the city Bosses and to class
a man who has their approval as d
purist in politics" tests credulity to the
limit.
And again, Mr.. Sanders tortures the
public with the tortuous effort to play
prohibition in prohibition section and
to go wet were it isn't dry.
No one is deceived by this course of
ulnaturalism.
Persons ordinarily informed know
Mr.. Sanders personal record, so far as
that record relates to the public These
know, also, Mr.. Sanders political asso-
ciates and associations, and The eau
casian isn't "slandering Sanders when
it asserts that the widest imagination
would not accord him the faintest halo
in a contest for saintliness in politics.
OF course Mr.. Sanders has The eau
casians sympathes but the strain is too
much to demand of us belief in his
sincerity.
No, no, Mr. Sanders, you are quite
when you strive to attune the
Ten Commandments to the music of
your campaign methods and to your po
litical past.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Mr.. Sanders apparently disgorges his
former views on things in general with
extreme reluctance.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

The employment of Editor Ed1nonds
to feed peanuts to the public was an
other dismal failure.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Publishel three times week, on Sun
day morning, Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at 5I7 Edwards St,
by The Caucasian & Carney Print
ing Co. Ltd, Proprietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

When Candidate Sanders hits a pro-
hibition parish he yells for lid holder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Joe Lcveque's worship of Sanders
partakes of the devotion of an eastern
true believer He approaches his ideal
candidate with genuhections, luminar-
les and incense.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS
The employment of Editor Edmonds
to feed peanuts to the public was an
other dismal failure
| Down in Vernon Candidate Sanders
was local optionist and didn't drink
whiskey." ru-salem
Mr.. Sanders apparently disgorges his
former views on things in general with
extreme reluctance.
After all this early political rush Mr..
Sanders political managers must see
how much more effective than a wild
scramble for the place would have been
to soap the tracks of his rivals.
Joe Leveque's worship of Sanders
partakes of the devotion of an eastern
true believer. He approaches his ideal
candidate" with genuhections, luminar-
les and incense
Our friend, General Jastremski. has
failed so far to excite the opposition
If he expects row, or even to attract
the interested attention of his opponents,
he must provide himself with a larger
shoulder or a bigger chip.
The Arcadia Argus is for Sanders
because, in short, Sanders is as good
man personally as either of the other
candidates, and in all other respects is
the best man for the place Usually
the judgment of Our friend Head gets
that way when his liver is out of whack
Avoyelles parish wisely provided fire
risks, and we'll she did. for the Shreve-
port Times speaks of Candidate San
ders' eloquence as burning"
Right now that Bank Syndicate"
ought to know the difference between
the cost and the value of wind mills.
Having answered all ISLANDERS. he
growls for more
Sanders had fit of temporary frank
ness at Bunkie. He admitted that Will |
kinson was a good man.
Representative Marks of Assumption |
fell into the fray for Jastremsk. He hit
the canvass with sound like fat man
falling down stairs.
The whoop-la press seems to have run
out of themes.
If Candidate Sompayrac isn't careful
IN his speech some one will drop Gig
arctic stump in the gas bag of his fly
ng machine.
If Wilkinson would only stay put,
now comforting it would be.
In these primary election days how
he average candidate for Office must
wish to experience the exhilarating de-
light of tariff debate or to throb under
he rapturous and tumultuous emotions
If the niger issue. But-the surplus
won't let it go at those.
Well might the Bank Syndicate ex-
lain:
Who did not draw his sword before he
blew his horn.
Editor Schwing of the Ibervlle South {
las been highly enthusiastic but-indis-
rect. In other words, as the cam
'aign progressed the Sanders people
ound out that something more was
eeded to insure success than space q
ller. He is now at Mineral Wells, It
'exas, organizing Louisiana social I
lubs." At first they spoke of him as |
the life and the light of the Sanders i
and then-the light went out q
Candidate Sandefs, crates for four or +
We days ''in the c0lntry parishes and \
len rushes to New Orleans for more v
food for thought. He is evidently of \
lie make of the Yankee gun the old 7
confederate ran up against in 1862 1t i,
as, according to the "reb,'' "a new O
angled weeping, kind a repeatable. II
hich you can load up enough on Sun
ay to fab hit off all the rest of the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Entered as second class matter February
II, 1904, at the postoffice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act of Con
gress of March 81, 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Our friend. General Jastremski. ha:
failed SO far to excite the opposition
If he expects row, or even to attract
the interested attention of his opponents
he must provide himself with larger
shoulder or a bigger chip.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Subscription Price S2.oo a year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Right now that Bank Syndicate
ought to know the difference between
the cost and the value of wind mills.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Avoyelles parish wisely provided fire
risks, and well she did, for the Shreve-
port Times speaks of Candidate San
ders' eloquence as burning"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

The Arcadia Argus is for Sander:
because in short. Sanders is as gooo
a man personally as either of the othe1
candidates, and in all other respects i:
the best man for the place" Usually
the judgment of our friend Head get:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

Representative Marks of Assumption
fell into the fray for Jastremski. He hit
the canvass with a sound like fat man
falling down stairs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

If Candidate Sompayrac isn't careful
in his speech some one will drop Gig
arctic stump in the gas bag of his fly
ing machine
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-08

1t IS said to be one of the severe5I
tests of Il political memory t. recall
VINO ran for vice president in any Civ
en- election. Yet 1892 ha., not reccde1
so far into the dim past that people
may not remember that Mr.. Reid tt4>l-
accompanied Benjamin Harrison to do
1eat- lie was never politically popu-
lar, and at that particular time the
New York Tribune, which he owned.
was in the bad graces Of printers p
over the country for its fight upon TIE
Typographical union.
Washington. D. c.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1907-10-26
FOUND SHOES FOR ADAMS

Ever beard OF the Geo. Adams shoe?
It's not likely, as 1t is something
brand new, and had it's origin In the
fertile brain of Lore, of the depart
ment store; that is, the idea OF
making the shoe came from that
mans gray matter. 1t may nos be
generally known that Piggy
Adams ia the hardest man on shoes
In this town George knows 1t, for
he has spent many dollars trying to
keep his piggies of the hard ground.
He searched and searched and at last
appealed to Lore, who also searched
for a shoe builder to make something
HaYveyized. Bessemerized and water
tight for piggy Lore found his
man, with the result that shOe was
at last made that gives satisfaction
to the subject of the picture on the
last page. The feet are not shown
because there was not room enough
for them and piggy 81 robust head
and frame.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1907-10-26
ATTENTION! EPN0RIHL[AGU[

The league OF Wesley Nj. L. church
has been reorganized and new cab
met elected, as follows: Pres. j. E.
Blake, Jr.; lst Vice Pres, Samuel
Ambruster; "a. Miss SalIie J. Blake;
Sd. Mrs. NJ. Daley; 4th, Chas. Haga-
man; Sec'y, Louis Cbampion; Treas.
and Collector. Alice Campbell; Organ
ist, Euphemia Blake.
An interesting service was held last
Sunday evening. Mr.. Samuel Am
bruster will havecharge OF the next
Sunday evening devotional service,
beginning at 645 sharp. Please be
prompt. They expect to have an in
teresting program and special music.
Come and enjoy the service and by
presence encourage the officers. Is
were present last Sunday evening in
spite of the storm.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1907-10-26
THE FORT THAT ClN'T 81 BEAT


Say. that man Fort
liz just the sort
Ofmnn we want for governor.
For home rule he stands,
Like Jersey sands,
He's known from door to door.
On Election Day,
I've heard them say,
That John Franklin Fort
VIII surely fail to reach the port.
But this know. I'll tell you 50,
That Democrats or any rats
Can't beat Franklin Fort.
They have o man,
They say, who can
Beat the great g. o P.
But they win see
That he can't beat
A Fort that you can't defeat.
It's getting late.
So veil leave your gate,
But take Oh your coat
And cast your vote
For Judge Fort and Home Rule,
And let Democrats know you can't
be fooled.
JESSE P. ATKINSON.