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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-20

is general favorite, and is assured oil
large patronage from the start.
John II. Martin of Rumford Falls,
formerly of South Paris, has been spend
ing a few days with relatives at South
Paris. One day recently Mr.. Martin
went to the top of Whitecap Mountain in
Rumford, picked ten-quart pail full OF
bueberries, and brought them OH the
mountain himself. Pretty good stunt
for man whose first visit to the mount
ain was nearly or quite seventy years
ago. Mr.. Martin is 81 years of age, and
Whitecap, as is generally known, is far
from being cradle knoll.
It's quite a gift to be able to do the
appropriate thing at the right time. A
South Paris party who were on an auto
mobile trip the other day had chugged
merrily along without break in the en-
ioyment for about fifteen miles, until in
going up short, sharp pitch, wheel
went into a washout and struck a stone,
and the chain snapped. The machine
ran back a short distance and turned
toward the ditch before the brake
brought it to a standstill, but there was
no danger The party jumped out and
proceeded to make repairs, when from
the megaphone of monograph, pointed
at them through the open window OF
house at the foot Of the hill, came the
strains of that recent popular song
You'll have to get off and wall"
Appropriately, the festive steamed
clam formed the basis of the feast con
sumed by the Klammettrs Klub at Oai
Lodge Friday evening. The ladies wer.
the hosts, and they guessed just right
on the amount of CLAIMS, that is, they 60
awhole lot, and everybody bad plent.
and there were just enough left for mar
ners. Pastry, fruit and coffee comple'
ed the repast, and the remainder OF tn
time was occupied in social convers
and enjoying the evening air. Some
the hard-working ones were for goin
home about as soon as the table wa
cleared, but they were persuaded to n
sst their slumbroVs tendencies until
hour later than that Of the one-tim
eurfew. All but one of the origins
members of the club were present, an
all voted 1t 6rstclass time.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-20


I believe that the interest of the vii
lage will be best served if the money
raised for this purpose is raised In this
village, and that it shall be controlled by
the village corporation and not by a
private water company. also believe
that it should be raised in the good old
fashioned way of 100 cents on a dollar
and shares Of one hundred dollars par
value. Watered stock and twenty hive
dollar shares are apt to be misleading
and owners of such stock are apt to
think they are getting only a per cent
when they are getting 10 per cent on the
actual money invested. 1t is not un'
likely that the people will soon have
chance to say whether they are satisfied
with the present arrangement or wan,
something else, and it is matter Of
great Importance that should have the
careful consideration of all concerned
and as 1t seems to present good chano'
for profitable investment there seems &c
be but little chance to lose and goot
chance to gain.
GEO. r. MORTON.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
A TELEPHONE NUMBER

1he decision of Judge Murff i'll the
case of DR.. Louis Abramson is of gen
eral interest Dr. Abramson brough
suit against te Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company to compel the
transfer of the telephone number ,6c
from the Shreveport Sanitarium on
Texas avenue, which was under hi,
charge before he moved into the sani-
tarium on Crockett street
The company on being enjoined re-
piled that it could not transfer goo from
the sanitarium on Texas avenue to the
sanitarium on Crockptt street, but was
in readiness to give number and serv-
ice to the Crockett street sanitarilm
The point at issue was settled by the
decree of the court, which, in substance.
ruled that the number of the Shreveport
Sanitarium being 900, it being so en-
rolled and advertised, it therefore could
not be moved, and to give the Crockett
street sanitarium the same number
would create endless confusion The
Crockett street sanitarium must be
connected with new number.
In the case of an individual or firm
removing from one location to another,
there could be no objection to the re-
moval of the telephone apparatus and
the number to the new location, but if
only one of the firm removed, and the
establishment operated was still con-
tinued, the remover could not take with
him his telephone nor have the same
number of this service, except by the
consent of the parties directly interested.
The case may be appealed to the Cir
cult Court
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18

own, but it must be in some country SCI
apart for them. Negro civilization il
the South is impossible as long as &
white civilization exists, and Booker
Washington has enjoyed sufficient edu-
catlonal advantages to be able to realize
that fact quite clearly.
The South is the country of the white
man and white civilization will prevail
in it however much Booker Washington
may plan and dream impossible dreams
The lands he would have the negroes
own are held by the white man and they
will remain in his keeping The deter
mlnatlon to maintain and strengthen the
white Civilization Of the South is the
inspiration of thelmovements the South
ern States have instituted to secure i'm
migration from the overcrowde1 States
of the North and from Europe The
millions of acres of land which Booker
Washington hopes will come into the
possession of negroes will be reserved
W DNNOiiN .eilS VI tIS WllltS iii
migrants who must inevitably pour into
the South in the near future
There is no room in the South, and
there never will be any, for negro civ
ilization, but there is need and desire
for greater and more complete white
civilization. The Charleston News and
Courier realizes this need and says
Every white settler who comes to the
South is protection to those who are
here now, and the white mans civiliza-
ton will not be safe until the white pop
ulation is so large that the negroes can
not compete with it in the ars and in
dustries
The South will be ruled in the future |
as it has been in the past by one race
only and that race will be the one to
which the white man belongs If Booker
hopes to build up a civiliza-
ion for his race he must select some
,thcr country as the scene of his effort
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
THE ITALIANS ARE BEING ABLY
DEFENDED.
GO TO SUPREME COURT
If Found Guilty-Will Not Be Hanged
Until the Final Tribunal Shall Re-
view the Findings-Case Expected to
Be Concluded This Week.

The States staff correspondent writ
ing from Hahnville under date July y
yesterday. says: A verdict in the La
mana case ought to be in the hands O.
Judge Edrington not later than Frida,
forenoon according to the present out
look. The State hopes to close today
Over half its witnesses have been heard
and there is no reason why the end
should not be reached AS for the de-
tense, Mr.. Rivarde has very few wit
nesses summoned, not more than seven
IN number, and they can all be heard in
one day without any trouble. He will
ask no more and hopes to save the
necks of as many of his clients as are
innocent under the law from the gal
lows, by the forceful evidence which he
declares these few witnesses will give
when they take the stand, and on the
effect of his cross-examination of the
States witnesses, his strong point is to
lay stress on the fact that force or
threats were used to get the testimony.
The Gretna attorney has undertaken
the defense of the Italians with all Sc
robustness and has gone deeply into the
case. He Is not the type of lawyer who
does things by halves, and if any or all
of his clients go to the gallows it will
not be because they have not had all the
benefits of loopholes which the law
gives the criminal.
The case will go to the Supreme
Court. This is another feature that
stands for the vindication of the law in
this locality. Mr.. Rivarde announced
yesterday that he did not purpose to
throw away any chances that his clients
may have. He may change his mind
later, but right now is fortifying himself
with many bills Of exception, taken to
the ruling Of the court, and will use
these as basis for the plea in the high
er court when it is all over in the dis
trict tribunal here.
Il feel that the people of Louisiana
and my friends in St. Charles parish
don't want any aftermath to this trial"
said the defense attorney yesterday
avening. These people are my clients
by virtue of an appointment from this
court and am sworn to do my duty
1T is hard and trying task, but l
will stand ythe prisoners as far as the
law extends them protection and will
see that they secure every safeguard.
1t is better that it should be so. If they
are guilty they are entitled to fair trial
Just the same and then, when it is all
over and justice has been done, the tri-
lmph will be all the greater because of
The generous obedience to the statutes
has been observed, and there Ggill be the
that only guilty men have
been hanged"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
NORTH LOUISIANA AGRICUL
TURAL SOCIETY.

Ruston Leader: The next regular
meeting of the North Louisiana Agri-
cultural Society will be held on July Is,
and the subject for discussion is How
Shall We Make Our Homes Attractive
and Wy? This is most important
subject one which should vitality inter
est everyone, more especially the ladies,
and we consider that we have been for
tunate in getting Prof. c. E. Byrd, pres
ident of the Industrial Institute of Rus
ton, Mrs. Matte H. Williams of Shreve-
port, too we'll known for introduction,
and Prof. G. A. Hester of Calhoun to
talk to us on this occasion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by f. L. Rambolt, on the
Capers plantation one mile south of
Gayles, La, and estrayed before me, the
undersigned authority, one bay mare
colt, about 3 years old, dark name and
tail, no brands The owner will come
forward, prove property and pay costs,
or same will be sold at Gayle, La, on
the Goth day of July 1907, at t2 o'clock
w. B. DANIEL,
Justice of the Peace, Eighth Ward, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
The Caucasian, June 20, 1907
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
BOOKER WASHINGTON
His Dream of Racial Civilization an I'm
possibility-The Superior Will Dom
mate the Inferior

In its issue of July 10 the New Or
leans States says editorially: 1t seem
that Booker Washington's earnestnes
i'll urging negroes to remain in th'
Sout instead of distributing themselves
as is best for them, throughout the 9th
er sections of the country, is due to the
fact that there are millions of acres Of
cheap and unimproved lands in the
South capable of supporting millions o1
people. Upon these lands he has based
the hope he entertains for his race. The
fact is he dreams of building up ne
gro civilization in the South, and there
fore breaches to the negroes to remain
here, to become skillful farmers ant
artisans, and to buy large bodies of land
while it is cheap, his idea being that in
time when they become large landown-
ers and possess other kinds of property
there will be established negro civili-
zation in the South.
But Booker Washington is dreaming
dreams. Aside from the fact that the
South is white mans country and is
going to remain SO, the history of the
world records no instance of two diff
ferent races of people having separate
civilization in the same country at the
same time Such thing has never hap
pened in all history, and will never hap
PEN Where there are two races living
in one country the civilization of the
superior must be accepted by the in
ferior unless the latter is strong enough
to destroy the former and dominate the
The South does not object to
the negroes having a civilization of their
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. II,3oS-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Fate Adams, ct al, VS.. Amy Bland.
BY virtue of commission to sell, to
me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of the Parish of
Caddo, Louisiana, l will offer for sale
at public auction, for cash, according to
law, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, in the City of Shreveport, during
the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 90 1907,
The east half of northwest quarter Sec
ton thirty-six, townsip eighteen, range
fourteen, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Said property to be sold for cash, ac-
cording to law, for the purpose OF par
tition. }. +. FLOUKNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Of6cio Auctionee!
Caucasian. June I6, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
GEORGE NEIL AND THE SUNDAY
LAW.

George Neil, the negro who operates
a dive in ST. Paul bottom, has been con-
victed of violating the Sunday law. for
which he was fined $500 and costs
George Neil is an old offender and a
general nuisance. His resort. should be
suppressed. But it may be pertinent to
inquire if George Neil is the only man
in Shreveport who violates the law. or
is the only man who can be caught vio-
lating the Sunday law?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
NEW STANDARDIZATION LA\

New Orleans States: According to al
accounts, the new naturalization laws
or rather the decentralization laws OF
this country have created terrible stir
abroad, where former subjects of for
eign powers have emigrated to the Unit
ed States, secured naturalization for the
purpose of claiming protection of the
American aegis against military con-
scription and then returned to their ma
tive lands to live. We are glad of it AMI
hope the last one of these fake Ameri-
can citizens will be gobbled up at their
old homes and made to do their duty
1t is in nowise desirable that they should
return to our shores, and the laws cover
ing the case are but just to ourselves
and to foreign powers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
GENERAL JASTREMSKl
Will Be in Shreveport on Monday. Oc
tober Seventh

As programmed, the Fair Association
will give one day to the politicians o.
the State. that is, one day will be de-
voted to the entertainment of the can,
didates for Governor and State offices
The candidates for Governor are sched-
uled for speeches. In answer to let
ter from the secretary, General Jastrem-
ski has replied that he will come Mr.
Sanders and Mr.. Wilkinson are ex-
pected as well as the other candidates
for Office
Monday, October 7, promises to be a
big day for the Fair Association.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
CHARTER
OF the Oil City Land and Oil Com
Dany. q

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Before me, S. l.. Herold, the under
signed authority, notary public in and
for Caddo Parish. Louisiana, ct my of
fee i'll the City of Shreveport, came and
appeared on the date herein Ter writ
ten, the following: A. G. Fits. L. K.
Lawhon, Frank J. Looney. J. \ 1hig
pen and T. F. Bell Jr., all X id,nts OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, aid c. l.
Gaines, a resident Of Jackson County,
Missouri, wh.. declared t. me in the
presence Of the ltte5iile witnesses that
| they desired H. f3:nl aid constitute a
lcorporatlo:: t:.:dcr the laws of Louis
| lana, AID that they do hereby form
themselves and their successors a cor
poration and constitute same in compli-
ance with the provisions and subject to
the restrictions of the laws of the State
of Louisiana governing corporations,
and under the provisions of the articles
of Incorporation hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation shall be
lhe Oil City Land and Oil Company !;
by this name it shall have power and au-
thority to have and enjoy succession for
the period of ninety-nine years. to con-
tract, sue and be sued to make and use
corporate seal and same to break, al
ter or amend at pleasure; and under this
name to hold, receive, purcase and 9TH
erwlse acquire, to own, convey, sell, or
otherwise dispose of, to lease, pledge
mortgage or otherwise hypothecate
property, real, personal and mixed
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation is de-
clared to be the City of Shreveport, La.
ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business to be car
RED OH and the purposes for which this
corporation is established are as fol-
lows: To buy and sell land and to hold
same, and develop same for gas and oil
Or other minerals, and to lay all neces-
sary pipe lines, and do all things in fur
therance of the objects and purposes of
this corporation.
ARTICLE ".
he corporate powers of this corpora
ilon shall be vested in board of~direc-
tors composed of five stockholders. The
directors shall elect president, vice
president and secretary treasurer, and
Shall prescribe the duties of each.
Electioroof directors shall take place
The first Tuesday of June in each year.
The first board of directors shall be as
follows: Z. R. Lawhon, J. A. Thigpen,
Frank J. Looney, A. c. Pitts and C. L.
Gaines, with Z. r. Lawhon, president;
J. A. Thigpen, vice president, and
Frank J. Looney secretary treasurer
All officers and directors shall serve ,k1-
Ill their successors are elected
Service of all legal process shall be
made on the president, or in his absence
on the secretary at the office OF the COM
pany.
Three directors shall constitute quo
rum to do business.
The board of directors may appoint
such managers, agents or sub officers as
the interests of the corporation may re-
quire, and make and establish such by
laws as may be necessary and proper
for the management and regulation of
the affairs of the corporation. If any
occur among the officers or
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 1o,o7o-In First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana
Succession of Isaac Miller.
Notice is hereby given that H. A.
Winter, administrator, has this day filed
tableau of debts in Said succession, and
unless opposition be made thereto with
in the, time specified by law, the same
will be duly homologated as prayed for
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell,
judge of said court, this the Goth day OF
June 1907.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
June q. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
RIVER AND WEATHER

This morning opened fair.
River: De1nison. Texas, 40 Arthur
City 1I.o, fall of ~ Fulton 21.4, "a
fall of IA: Shreveport I4.4, fall o.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Generally fair tonight; partly
cloudy weather Friday.
Red river forecast The fall will con-
tlnue at Fulton and Shreveport during
the next five days
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. II,354- InFirst District Court OF
Louisiana Succession of George w.
Graham, Jr.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo !:
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Willie
= Graham has tbs day applied to be
appointed administrative of said success
sion. and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law,
she will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. ]. Murf,
Judge Of said court, this I2th day OF
june 1907.
I,,ne "a Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the regu-
lar annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Ogilvie-Harper Printing Com
pany, Limited, will be held on Saturday
August 10. 1907, at II O'Clock M, at its
office 2Io Milan street, Shreveport, La
o. p. OGILVIE, President.
Shreveport, La, July 8, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
TWO SIGNED

Two new base ball players have been
signed by Fisher: Carlin of Fort Worth,
third base; and Patterson of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, second base.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18

on file and of record in my Office
Given under my hand and seal of of
flee this 22nd day of June 1907.
A. F. HAYNES.
Deputy CLERK and cx-Oflicio Deputy Re
corder.
June 23, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18
BOBlNEI BARS

BOBINET BARS
IoS inches deep, worth $500, closing
out price Monday, bar.
5000 kind, 100 inches deep, closing
ont price Monday, bar. $3.50
BOYS STRAW HATS.
Worth up to soc, closing on; price
this week ......... .............f5c
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-18

June ~.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-26

Boston. Just at this time, when the
finest fleet ever assembled under one
flag has started on its mountaineering
voyage, it is interesting to record the
passing of the last of the vessels that
made up the squadron under command
of Commodore Perry when he sailed
into the Japanese harbor of Yedo in
July, 1853.
Queen of the fire vessels of the
western barbarians," she was once
called. Now she is to be demolished.
Exit the Saratoga!
1t is still name to conjure with in
far Japan. And in American history
the stanch old sea fighter will be insep-
arably linked with Commodore Mat
thew Calbraith Perrys epoch-making
trip to what was then a land Of mys-
terry and of dreams. For that trip and
the commercial treaty signed there
opened up the Japanese empire to the
commerce of the world.
Battered and full of years, the grand
war hulk has been lying dismantled at
League Island navy yard. Now she be.
longs to Thomas Butler & Co. of BOs.
ton. She will be taken to Philadel
phia, where will be performed the last
sad rites of this former pride of the
American navy.
Only Seven Survivors.
There are those who will mourn her
with a personal loss. Seven men yet
live who made that memorable trip
with Perry in the fifties. All but two
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-26
Commodore Perry's REGARD.

Many consider Commodore Mathew
Calbraith Perry to have been a great
er naval man than his more famous
brother, Commodore Oliver Perry. In
fact, the two are often confused. Be-
sides opening up Japan to American
trade and to western civilization, he
was the greatest naval educator of his
time. His life may be briefly summed
up as follows:
while yet a lad he was naval
officer in the war of 1912.
2-He chose the location of the first
free black settlement in Liberia.
3-He was the father of the steam
navy.
4-He first demonstrated the eff
cheney of the ram as weapon of Of
fence in naval warfare.
/ 5-He founded the naval apprentice.
ship system.
6-He was leader of the campaign
to extirpate the foreign slave trade on
the coast of Africa.
7-He commanded in 1847 the
largest squadron which had ever as
sembled under the American flag
This was in the gulf of Mexico.
S-He opened Japan to the world.
The Perry family furnished more ma
val officers to the United States than
any other American family, with one
exception. The sturdy commander OF
the Saratoga was survived by three
daughters, one of whom became the
wife of August Belmont, the multi
millionaire of New York.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-26
EXPLORED THE BLEAK NORTH.
French Countess Travelled Far in In
hospitabIe Country.

Countess Meherenc de St Pierre, OF
st. Brienc, province of Brittany, In
France, has just returned from lone
ly three months trip that took her
1,6OO miles beyond civilization in the
far northern districts of British Amer
lea. She went forth accompanied by
only two Indian guides and penetrated
to the sixtieth parallel, riding astride,
tramping, padding in light canoes,
floating down treacherous, rock pick
eted rapids in clumsy native barges.
and for one period of two weeks see
ing no human being except her two
Iedian servants.
"The Indians in that region are very
superstitious, very ungrateful, very in
dependent, but very honest. ! in
vited chief to have luncheon with
me. He refused. To eat in company
with woman would degrade him; he
would lose caste with his tribe. In
mother part of the country had some
indians anc their squaws along on an