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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
CHARTER
OF THE AMERICAN TIE AND TIM
Der. COMPANY, LIMITED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, R. c. Pleasant, Notary
public in and for the Parish of Caddo,
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned
and qualified, appeared on the date
hereinafter written the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed who de-
clared that, availing themselves of the
provisions of the laws of this State rel
ative to corporations. and especially Of
Act No 36 of 1888, of the General AS
seinbly of Louisiana, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these pres
ents covenant and agree, and bind them
selves, as we'll as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, to form and constitute limited
corporation and body polite in law, for
the purpose and objects, and under the
stipulatons, articles and. conditions fol-
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of the said cor
poration shall be American Tie and
Timber Company, Limited" and its
domicile is hereby established in the
City of Shreveport. Caddo Parish,
Louisiana and under its corporate name
said corporation shall have the power
and authority to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and use a corporate seal
| ahd the same to break and alter al
pleasure: to hold. receive, have, pur-
chase, improve, ALLEVIATE. convey, sell
borrow, pledge, mortgage, and by
ipothecate under its corporate name
property. real, personal and mixed
corpereal and incorporeal,; to nam,
and appoint such officers, directors
Iagents, and managers, or employees, a
the interest or convenience of said cor
poration may require; to make and es
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. II,467--In First District Court Of
Louisiana: Succession of Mrs. L.
A. Perry.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Notice is hereby given that Ernest K.
Bernstein has this day applied to be ap-
pointed as administrator of said success
sion. and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
Ernest r. Bernstein will be appointed as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell
Judge of said court this 18th day oi
August 1907.
A. F. HAYNES,
Aug. Is. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
BIDS INVITED.

Notice is hereby given that at the
next regular meeting of the Police Jury
of Caddo Parish, La, to be held DC
tober q 1907, bids will be received fo'
medicine for prescriptions for jail fo'
next twelve months. Right TO reject any
and all bids reserved.
.s r. FURMAN, President.
a {. DURINGER. Clerk.
Aug. g. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
J. BOYKIN @EAD.

This morning at about go o'clock J.
Boykin, carpenter, died at his home on
Snow street from the effects of an over
dose of morphine The deceased was
a carpenter by trade
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13

sympathy is for the strikers for shorter
working hours and compensation III
keeping with the skill of the operators
and the price Of living which has IN
creased remarkably in recent years
through the combination OF trusts winch
control almost everything essential 10
the welfare of mankind
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
THE TLEGRAPHERS STRIKE.

lI1E LEINAI II ENo >
The United States is experiencing a
strike of telegrarhers, which includes the
operators of the Associated Press, whose
demand summarized is: Six days work
of eight hours each; thirty dollars per
weel, and overtime and extra at the rate
of seventy cents per hour. with vacation
as now fixed" They requested reply
by 7 80 yesterday evening.
To these demands Melville Z. Stone,
general managers of the Associated
Press, replied: The changes involved
are so radical in their nature as to add
over 100000 year and probably more
to the expenses of ths organization. ne
Associated Press is mutual III ITS char
acter, makes no profits and has no sur
plus fund ont of which such sum could
be paid Any such increase must OF ne
cessity be levied back on the newspapers
as part of the weekly assessments, AS
general manager have no power to
make such an increase either IN salaries
ar assessments without authority from
the board of directors, and it is obvious
" impossible to call this together within
the time named. The board consists OF
fifteen members scattered throughout the
entire country.
The feature of Mr.. Stones reply IS
&C
its character Do the newspapers re-
ceiving its service enjoy any of its imam
cial profits? Do the workers derive any
benefits from the net earnings OF the
company? Are not all the profits dis
tributed among the stockholders, which
are limited in number? The Associated
Press is mutual in the sense that 1t IS
not trust, since its subscribers are
newspapers who are rated as members
of the Associated Press However, this
is not the issue.
Neither the Associated Press, the Pos
tai nor the Western Union operate on
sentimental lines. 1t is always the cash
down for services rendered and the
stockholders of those companies have
become and are numbered with the
wealthy men Of the country. Whatever
they have acquired is their, and no one
has the right, in fairness, to dispute their
claims by reason of their accumulations
but the toilers also have the right to de-
mand reduced hours and better wages
1t has been stated that the initial
trouble originated in San Francisco
which has led to the present crisis. Ii
this be true, it is unfortunate that the
threat of serious complication was not
ayerted in the spirit of wisdom ane
good will.
AS a rule the telegraphers are men o.
more than ordinary intelligence and ar'
slow to action. and the whole fraternity
would not have joined issue with thu
companies named unless they hav'
grievances which should be redressed
While the telegraphers are unionized. i
( is not the basis nor in the spirit of SOM
men who ''tie up job Or a contract OF
the most trivial pretext.
Besides their demand for shorte
hours and extra pay for overtime, tn
photographers charge violation of con
tract by the corporations from who's
service they have withdrawn until thei
differences are adjusted.
| While this strike by telegraphers wi
lead to embarrassment and will tie up
ltrade and triffic, it is fortunate that thi
complication has arisen at time whe
commercial activities are at the min
num-
Naturally, all things being eqnalize'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
COTTON REGION BULLETIN

The Weather Bureau reports scat
tered showers. mostly light, here and
belt. Hot weather has prevailed in the
western half, while temperatures have
generally been moderate in the eastern
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
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. Id, 1907,
at 10 100 am, for the purpose of decid-
ing tte question of increasing the capi-
tai stock OF the company from $4,000 oo
to $Ioo,ooooo By order of the board
of directors.
T. E. STEPHENSON,
July rs, 1907 President
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
BEN HOLzMAN'S
MONDAY

We will offer SPECIAL REDUC-
lions in LADIES PANAMA,
MOHAIR and WOLFE SKIRTS,
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, La
DIES LAWN WRAPPERS, short
and long KIMONOS, LACE CUR
TAINS, MATTINGS and LIMO
LFUMS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13

LAWN WRAPPERS
Entire stock of Lawn Wrappers one
third off this week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
BLACK WOLFE SKIRTS

We have Just received beautiful line
of Black Voilc Skirts in all the new
styles and makes.
$3.50 value Monday for.. 5000"
$500 value Monday for. $I2.oo
$3.50 value Monday for I4oo
$3.50 value Monday for $I4.8o
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
ALL. MEMBERS OF THE HOS
PTTAL. CORPS.

Havana, Aug. I2-Major Kean, super
visor of the Department of Sanitation,
reports that no additional cases of yel-
low fever are being treated at the mill
tary hospital at Cienfuegos, All the pa
tients are members of the hospital corps.
With the exception of one bandsman no
case of yellow fever has occurred among
the garrison The infection is believed
to have originated i'll the city of Gen
fuegos, where the conditions are favor
able to rapid spread of the disease
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
LADIES SKIRTS

Light weight and Chiffon Panama and
Mohair Skirts One-Third Of.
Black, Navy Blue and Gray.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
kIMONOS.

MATTINGS.
Special Prices for this week
22 / 2c China Mating for. r.........i0c
7oc China Mating for ........23c
}Sc China Mating for ............28c
& re China Mating for ........3 3oc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
OFFICIALLY REPORTED
Cienfuegos Has Yellow Fever-Fofus of
Infection Unknown.

Washington, Aug. I2.-An official re
port of the existence of yellow lever
among the Cuban army of pacihcation at
Cienfuegos has reached the War Depart
ment in the following telcg-am from
Colonel Taylor chief Srrr"r'. dater
Marianano. addressed to tx Sugeon
General of the army:
Ten cases of yellow fever IN COM
mand at Cienfuegos Focus of infection
unknown Agramonte there now and
confirms diagnosis. Birmingham goes
there tonight Will keep you fully ad-
vised.
DR.. Agramonte is Cuban surgeon IN
the employ of the American government
and is an expert in yellow fever cases.
Dr. Birmingham is one of the regular
Irmy surgeons
Officials here profess not to feel any
serious concern over the development OF
the disease in the island They express
the opinion it can be handled success
fully
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13
SHIRT WAISTS.

Special sale of the Marquise Shir
Waists for this week one-third off.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-13

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fond of walking. It is convenient to
have something in the hand when
walking. As a girl. the duchess was
an interchangeable walker Many a
avenue noticed a tall, slender young
woman walking along with steady
gait without knowing who she was
that she was a Vanderbilt who had a
dozen carriages at her command
On her jaunts in town. the duchess
was often accompanied by Miss Gladys
Deacon. another young American girl
who uses the walking stick.
Perhaps the most audacious deyotee
Of The walking cane Is that beautiful
young matrOn who has taken London
by storm and who only a few years
ago was living 0bscUrely in Kentucky
Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey. Today
she is a favorite in the most aristo-
cratic society Of Great Britain. AL
though she is not much seen in New
York society. she was entertained at
several smart little dinners during her
recent visit here. Marceau made a
striking photograph OF Mrs. Chauncey
and her original walking stick.
Mrs. Chauncey's cane is muCI longer
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IS showing them goes, this prophecy Is
being verified, FOR in addition 20 the
vivid violet shades tnere are equally vio-
let tones IN C-Ee.
Bright royal blues are bidding for IA
Vor Wise women. however, who have
a preference for this shade VIII make
their SELECTION from the duller tints.
These are called Copenhagen blues and
are more on the cadet tones than the
royal One can imagine them being
cadet blues originally and then gwen
just suspicion of royal blue, which
has seemed to iufuse life Such shades
VIII be geneTe Uy becoming, especially ia
these days, when nine gowns out Of ten
show some Kind of relief about the face.
Then there are quite a number to choose
from, so that both blonde and brunette
viii be quite sure to find something that
viii SUIT.
There is a very rich. deep blue IN
Copenhagen that viii be immensely be-
coming 10 the auburn-haired woman.
and another in a pale shade that will be
charming for fair brunette. Indeed Il
will be only the exceptional person who
cannot find a becoming shade in this
color.
Never was old rose seen in such fas-
chatting TINS as those brought out for
the coming season. The shades just
seem to melt into each other, and I can
imagine nothing more attractive as an
evening wrap than a handsome coat or
brOadcloth chosen from these exquisite
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tones Old pink, describes them better
stili, faded pink. One particular shade
reminds one exactly of a pink rose thar
has stood in water for, perhaps, a couple
Of days, or until the outer petals begin
10 drop. The dyer seems to have
matched this shade exactly, and then
given it TO the world Of women who love
pink but who find the fresh-loOkinS,
true color a little trying. Greens and
grays are not much seen so far, though
the latter never goes entirely out OF
fashion, only being worn more some
seasons than others
The same may be said of navy blue,
for a tailored suit of serge or brUad-
cloth in this shade has no equal for
general wear.
trimmings will be of braid, both plain
and fancy, including wonderful effects
in soutache
A good idea for a fall suit Is shown
in mixed tweed in tones of brown.
The skirt clears the ground by quite
three inches. is pleated and trimmed
with the rows of brown braid The
jacket is on the cutaway order, slightly
longer in the back than in front, and Is
edged all around with the braid. Black
silk faces the mannish collar, and braid
on the sleeves, which are wrist length,
suggest cuffs. For street or business
this is an excellent model The new
hats. too. demand an article entirely ali
their own, and this, too, will come
later
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Fall StYIOS Show Vivid Shades of Violet

such riot Of shades in violet. Though
masqueIading under the name of pre-
lat no one can fail to recognize the
old-fashioned, genuine violet. and few
can deny that it IS really one of the
- 'S7 irving C1lOTS ever introduced
Blonde women lok well in these tones,
-., dv-s -.ic s.5man with clear, pink
ana white complexion and silvery gray
hair. Those with the slightest tiuge of
sJllowness In skin should avoid it, For
tunately. there are a number Of other
shades brought out for fall wear. many
extremely pretty. so that there will be
no reason why the violet should be Sc
lected, II considered unbecoming unless
one prefers to saCrInCe looks at the
shrine of fashion, taking for granted
violet viii be the prevailing note of color
in the wardrobe. It is one thing to
launch certain shades, but quite another
TO make them ia ke."
The browns refuse to lose their hold
on public favor, and the new shades Of
this color are introduced under the
fanciful name OF "blondine" The light
er tints remind one somewhat of mode
with just Il dasn of tan. then come
darker shades, still preserving the tone
OF mode. and so on through to the
browns, which are distinctly on the
wood color. The warm leather-like tans
appear 10 be absent from the list and
on the whole. the distinctly cool note
running through these shades suggests
spring rather than autumn fairies
Paris predicted vivid colors. and so far
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pirectoire sticks in the turmoil Of
Broadway and Sixth avenue is rather
ridiculous. They wouldn't be allowed
inside troIleys. They ~aUid have to
be left on the platforms If cars and
checked at the doors IF department
stores.
It's a chance for the woman Of this
country to use her common sense.
VIII she? Won't she? It's up to her
to answer.
And yet there are signs that the
aeon for women is coming into fash
len. after two or three partially sue
Cessful efforts TO make u fashionab BILE
ia recent years.
It has already been seen, carried by
some of our maids and matrons on
Fifth avenue. New YORK.
Here are a few of the smart Amer
lean girls and matrons who favor the
cane: The Duchess of Marlborough,
Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey, Miss
Gladys Deacon, Miss Gwerdolyn Bur
den, Mrs. William Warner Hopper.
Now. there are three kinds of canes
that. If the fashion really establishes
itself. viii be used. The first is the
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Perhaps she acquired the habit when,
as bridesmaid at Elsie Whelen's we'd
ding, she insisted on all the other
bridesmaids keeping step TO the tap OF
her tan DiTectoire cane. She really
made quite a commotion at the re-
hearsals by her insistence on this.
It was a fad for a time in England
for bridesmaids to complete their pic
turesquc effect of trailing skirts and
big. bsplumed hats by carrying tall
Directoire sticks decorated with flow
ers and tied with satin ribbons.
But the canes which promise to
come before long as a natural accom-
paniment to the Directoire and EN-
pire and Incroyable lines we are adopt
ing in our gowns are substantial,
everyday looking affairs. They are
not gildcd, nor ere they flower decked.
They even lack A frivolous ribbon to
suspend them from the wrist. They
have only cords.
They are slim shafts of ebony, black
and polished, surmounted by a knob
of silver or of gold, plain or chased.
The average length for one is about
four feet. although, of course. this
varies according to the height of the
person destired TO carry it.
If 1t really becomes the general
fashion to carry these canes-and that
has yet to be proved-you can imagine
the additions which up-to-date fngen-
uity will rake to an Old World toy.
At a shop where in glass cases re-
pose hundreds OF canes-more canes
chan one ever dreamed of seeing In
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short cane, a little over two feet
long, called a 'swagger stick" in the
British army The second ls a fun
length cane OF the size used by men,
but very ornate Such a cane is car
I1ed by the bewitching Mrs. Samuel
Chauncey, and may be seen in her
latest photograph.
The third kind is the walking cane
used by great ladies in the eighteenth
century and even down to the begin
ming Of the nineteenth. It is the kind
carried by the Duchess Of Marlborough
in her portrait by Carolus Duran. In
its original state it was very long,
coming nearly as high as her shoulder.
A coiored ribbon was sometimes knot
ted around the silver top.
It was a very stately affair and
seems scarcely suited TO these bust
ling. prosaic modern days. But women
will be as anachronistic as she pleases,
and London believes that the tall elgh-
teenth century walking cane is really
returning to fashion.
The leading New York haberdashers.
saddlers, hatters. and jewelers.. who
are also the principal sellers Of fine
canes and umbrellas. agree unanimous
" that canes for women are becoming
very fashionable. Among those con-
suited were Cross, Knox, Dunlap. and
Harrison
Cross said that the favoFite type OF
cane for ladies is twenty-four inches
long, with a plain gold or silver top,
no croOp and a one-inch steel ferruIe.
One Of the newest canes is covered
entirely with pigskin. hand seWed. It
costs from $3.50 to s12
Many canes Of whangee wood,
thirty-thT0e inches long, have been
sold. Cne ordered the 'other day was
fitted with monocle in the head.
Knox sells a cane for women with an
L-shaped handle. The handle Is COW
cred with pigskin, which extends about
three inches down the cane The tip
is also bound with pigskin for three
inches. The wood is malacca
The young Duchess of Marlborough
adopted the cane because she was so
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ones Hfe-they tell me that they al
ready have many orders for these
Dh ectoire sticks. In price they range
from s. for the plain black shaft with
a simple silver knob. up to SO for one
with a gold top.
This at the shop of the cane-makers.
But the up-to-date American women
lose no chance to lavish expense on
their personal belongings. And the
fashionable jewelers. ably second them.
So you can imagine thu JOY with
which the worker in gold and precious
stones viii seize upon this latest toy.
He will not be able to touch tie
stick itself, for it's characteristic in
its smooth ebony shaft, bet on the top
ne can lavish all his art. He VIII
chase and engrave it ard inset II with
precious stones. In this day when
madame cannot apparently live with
out her powder puff, he viii not lose
such an excellent opportunity to Sc
crete one in the top Of the stick
tiny watch may find a resting place
there also. Miniatures, eXquisiteiy
painted. wJll be inset in the knob, un-
der glass. Oh, you may De sure the
willy jswel-man will miss no chance to
mount up the bin which the husband
Of madame viii receive at the first Of
the month. Another limerick fad"
You can hear him murmur with scorn.
All this If the American woman
really succumbs to the longing to look
But will she2 VIII she
so lose sight Of the fitness OF things?
While 1t is possible TO imagine these
sticks being carried by women step
ping from their carriages AMI sweep
ing with plumed hats aud trailing
skirts into a reception, the picture OF
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The DncCtOirc Slick
Is a Natural Accom-
DdninnCnt TO The Pic
turCSQuc DircCtOirc
Costume of Trailing
Skirts, Big Hats
and Lace RuffICS.

~ OULDNT you raise your
M eyebrows a tri1e if you
" saw the women of Fifth
avenue saunterins along,
carrying tall, slim sticks, a Ia Mar
quise?
If you see tnis-and it's quite pos
sibIe you may before long-don't jump
to the conclusion that they have es-
capped from the chorus of a popu-
lar comic opera. Or that they are
athletic bits of femininity equipped
with Alpine sticks and a wild ambi-
ton to mountaineering the canyon
walls of downtown Manhattan. No,
these women are merely trying to
carry out in accurate detail the vogue
for Costumes Directoire.
Walking sticks Of various kinds have
long been carried by women in Eng
land and in France. They are nearly
always stout canes of ash or rose
wood, initiating closely those used by
husband or brother-just the average
walking stick length
When Queen Alexandra, then the
Princess of Wales, was obliged by an
accident to her knee, to walk WITH a
sum- NNL l'JdA lCLui4llllEI oubJSStS III
mediately adopted both the limp and
the cane. The limp didn't stay long
IN fashion-it was a trife fatiguing
and quite difficult to do gracefully
but the walking stick for women be-
came a permanent British institution
OF course, you don't see il in town,
but no country walk undertaken by
an English woman is quite complete
without one.
In France, too, the women carry
sticks when walking in the country.
But they are not great pedestrians.
as are their neighbOrs across the
Channel
There has been an effort made from
time to time TO induce American
women 10 carry walking sticks-pos-
sibly as an inducement to greater out
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Tie CT, With the Stick on Fffta Avenue, Neeu York.

her on the hills at Lenox walking
with her tall stick. Alice Roosevelt, as
she then was, used to be known by
the ''rat-tat-tat" of her walking stick.
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carried one when in the country. VIII
liam X. Vanderbilt's sister, Mrs: VIII
liam Douglas Sloane looks most pic
turesque and dignified when you meet
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door exercise But while some women
did adopt the fashion, they were few
and far between.
The Baroness HengelmuIler always