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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
NOT POLITICAL.

Ruston Leader: Judge Charles V.
Porter of Natchitoches, in a long article
appearing in this weeks issue of the
Natchitoches Enterprise, denies that his
recent attack on the good roads plan OF
Governor Sanders and his opposition to
that parish obligating itself in the sum
approximating $I75,ooo for roads, is
based on political grounds. He opposes
the plan because, he says, it takes the
matter Of establishing and building
the roads entirely out of the hands ol
the police jury or parish officials and
turns the whole matter over to the
Board of Control Of the State Peni-
tentiary and State Board of Engineers
He also opposes il. he says. because tht
parish IS required to put up this hug
sum of money q arrange Tor # and pas
infer sf all # before flle work is aesu
ally begun.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
Orleans Levee Board Wins in the Su
preme Court.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: The
Governor had acted on opinion that the
law was that the State was proper de-
pository Of this money and had with
drawn it from bank.
Funds of the Orleans Levee Board
are to be kept in repositories selected
by the board, and about 100000 now i'll
the State treasury will be returned to
the Interstate Trust and Banking Com
pany so soon as formal notice of the
refusal of the Supreme Court of the
State to re-hear the case is received by
the levee board
Early this year. Governor Sanders
announced his belief that the law of
the State is that the State is entitled to
the custody of levee funds, Upon this
belief, he took the funds of the Orleans
Levee Board from the depository it had
selected by competitive bidding, the In
terstate Bank, and had them placed in
the State treasury.
The case was taken into the courts,
and Judge SommerviIle of the Civil
District Court decided in favor of the
State The Supreme Court reversed
his decision unanimously, and yesterday
refused the State re-hearing
Funds of other levee boards are af-
fected by the same decision, and the
Importance of the final decision of the
Supreme Court may be gauged by the
fact that it is in Orleans parish alone
4 question of whether the levee board
gets the interest on over three-quarters
of million dollars, or whether the
State gets this interest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
MARsHALs SALE.

No. 2314-In the City Court Of Shreve-
port, La: Father Roulleaux VS..
Lewis Starks.
By virtue of a writ Of feri tacias,
issued in the above entitled and num-
bered suit, by the Honorable S. G. Full
lilove, Judge of the City Court, Shreve-
port. Louisiana, and to me directed, |
have seized and will sell at public auc-
ton. at the Texas street front door OF
the court house of Caddo Parish, La,
between the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY. OCT. a8, 1900
One lot of household goods The above
property seized as belonging to the sad
defendant and to be sold to satisfy the
writ issued in this case, say the sum OF
S5i.Io, with Interest," from August II,
1908. and all costs.
Terms of sale cash with benefit of ap-
praisement. G. F, GkRKALD'
Caucasian Oct II. City Marshal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record of Realty Transactions IT, the
City and Parish.

Furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company. Sam w. Mason, president;
T. A. Leonard, vice president; D. P.
Eubank, secretary-treasurer. Office 5I7
Marshall street.
The Louisiana Realty and Investment
Co. to Ebert Jones, lot 20 E. NJ. Smith
subdivision; $500.
Grandson Taylor to H. w. and w.
W. Jones, lot IS Oakland sub; $I33,5o.
Sidney l. Hero1d to Joseph E. John
ston Jr., 10 feet off south side of north
half lot 5 Howard Cole annex; $Ioo.
Samuel A. Guy ct al to Hiram Forb-
ing, lots I to 20 of Guy & Stinson sub
division of lots 10 and II Fairfield sub
division; $4,000.
NJ NJ Silbernagel to H. L. He'll
perrin, undivided I-2 interest in west
half of northwest quarter section IS,
20, IS; $1,000.
Louis Lehman to J w. Agurs, the
southeast quarter of southeast quarter
section IS, II, "A; $500.
Queensborough Land Co. to 3 H.
Blount, lot 81 block 46 Queensborough
subdivision; $Iso
Rodessa Land & Oil Co. to A. NJ.
Gibson ct al, lots I to 4 block 60 Ro-
dessa; $Ioo
G. NJ. Huckabay to Producers Oil
Co, north half of northwest quarter of
section 7, 2I, Is; $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
FRANK PAYNE
Bootlegger Sentenced to Five Years in
the Penitentiary.

In Nacogdoches. Texas, Frank Payne,
A negro, tried was for bootlegging. The
telegram states that after being out just
ten minutes the jury in the Frank Payne
bootlegging felony case returned a YER
dict of guilty and assessed his punish-
ment at five years in the penitentiary.
The jury took only two ballots-one to
determine the negro's guilt or innocence
and the other on the punishment, both
being unanimous This is the first case
of the kind in Texas.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Will Meet in Alexandria December
Eighth Instead of Fifteenth.

Alexandria, La, Oct Io.-A telegram
received from Bishop Candler of At
lanta, Ga, announces that the Louisiana
Methodist Conference will meet here on
December instead of December IS, as
previously announced. This change was
made at the solicitation of Rev. H. R.
Singleton of this city, who says that the
change will greatly facilitate the enter
tainment of delegates to the conference
as it will not fall SO near to the Christ
mas holidays, at which time the people
are usually buster than at airy other
time.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
DAVIS TO HANG
Negro Convicted of Rape to Pay the
Death Penalty.

The Monroe News-Star says that
Bud Davis, the negro brute who raped
Little Lee, a o-year-o1d negro girl on
the cotton mill place about month ago,
will pay for the crime with his life. He
was placed on trial Wednesday morning
and that night at about 1890 o'clock
the jury returned a verdict of guilty a:
charged, which carries with it the deatf
penalty The verdict met with the ap-
.proval of all who had heard the evi-
dence in the case. The evidence left nc
doubt about the crime and that Davi!
committed it. The jury in the case wa.
composed of some of the best citizen:
of the parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
SUCCESSION NOTICE

No. I248z, In the First District Court
OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Sue
cession of S. B. Long.
Notice is hereby given that F. A
Leonard, clerk and administrator has
this day filed his final account in said
succession, and unless opposition be
made thereto within the time specified
BY law the same will be duly homolo-
gated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable Z. F. Bell and
A. ]. Murff, judges of said Court, this
the q day of October, 1900.
A. S. HARDIN
October IL. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
MARRIED
Mrs. Carrie Drew Terry and Captain
H. B. Hearn.

Ruston Leader, Oct. 20: An event of
much interest was the marriage this af-
ternoon at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B. Lewis in this city, of Capt.
H. B. Hearn and Mrs. Carrie Drew
Terry, Rev A. G. Shankle, pastor of
the Methodist cfllrsh, officiating Capt.
Iearn is a resident of Shreveport and
is superintendent of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad. Mrs.
Terry is a resident of Minden, La, and
is sister of Mrs. w ]. Lewis of this
city Captain and Mrs. Hearn left this
afternoon in their private car on an ex-
tended trip to New York and other
places of interest.
The Caucasian joins the many friends
of Capt. and Mrs. H. B. Hearn in
hearty fluctuations.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
Y. SANDERS GOOD ROADS
PROGRAMME.
GOV

Mansfield Enterprise: Hon. H. I.
Lewis, one of the grand old men of the
State, and one who has given the mat
ter much study and thought, says
Governor Sanders good road pro
gramme is unwise, because, in addition
to imposing on the parishes the cost oi
maintaining the new roads, would also
impose a minimum interest charge OF
$3.50 a year on the money borrowed on
each mile. The Orleans-Baton Rouge
highway scheme is impractical because
the river siepage would endanger a
levee road, and farmers do not own All,
tomobiles and couldn't profit by it any
now. 1t is all inexpedient because more
pressing needs exist at this time. +"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
RIVER AND WEATHER.
I his morning opened fair.

/ MS morning opened fa1r.
River: Denison o. s, rise of o.5; Ar
thur City As, fall of OF Lewis Ferry
Al, rise of OF; White Cliffs 20 a rise
of OF; Fulton 4.8; Spring Bank O. 8,
fall of OIL; Shreveport g. 7, fall of or
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Generally fair tonight and
Friday; continued mild temperature
Red river forecast: Some rise will oc-
cur at and above Fulton during the next
g hours, and the change will be un-
important at Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
RECEIVERsHIP NOTICE.

No. I2,832-First District Court, Par
III Of Caddo. State of Louisiana
R. E. Bell VS.. Caddo Lake Oh and
Pipe Line Company.
Notice. is hereby given that w. b
Mccormick, receiver, has this day filed
his final account in said receivership.
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law the
same viii Be duly homoIogated as
prayed fou.
Witness the Honorables Judges 81
said court this the z6th day Of An
gust 1909. 81 a. LEONARD,
Sept. al 1900 Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
WATKINS HAS NOTHING TO
FEAR.

Mansfield Enterprise: A New York
newspaper woman is trying to make
some notoriety by throwing mud at a
party of congressman who recently vis-
tied Honolulu. among whom was Judge
Watkins Of this district. The Judge
should remember that when a woman
makes 4 charge, al the man can rely
upon IS his past record for truth and
gentIenanly conduct, and on this basis
Judge Watkins has nothing IS fear.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
ANTI-FUTURES LAW UPHELD BY
COURTS.

In the case of H. c. Williamson VS..
Bettes Majors, the United States SUI
Dreme Court has denied writ of GER
tiorari made by Majors, thus affirming
the decision of the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals in New Orleans
which court decided in favor of Viii
hanson. The case, which involves over
$4,000, it is claimed by attorneys, viii
settle the principle as to cotton futures
gambling as the decision holds that the
Federal courts of the country have nc
power to decree the sale of property tc
pay a gambling debt in State where
such gambling debt shall not be en-.
forced in any court The case, says {
telegram from Vicksburg, started il
The Chanccry Court of Bolivar County
Mississippi in January 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
sILccEsSI0N N0TIcE

No. I2,957-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana Sue
cession of J. T. Parker.
Notice is hereby given that w. B.
Parker, administrator, has this day filed
his final account in said succession, and
unless opposition be made thereto within
he time specified by law the same will
be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorables T. F. Bell
md A. J. Murff, judges of said court,
this Goth day of October 1000.
F. A. LEONARD,
Oct. FL. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21

TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Mansfield Enterprise: The Texas
Railroad Commission has abolished the
prohibitixe rates on cotton from all
East Texas points to Shreveport, and
now that city hopes to regain much of
that business. This is the result of the
work of Assistant Attorney General
Pleasant, who threatened to take the
matter before the National Commission
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Excelsior Steam Laundry Company,
Limited, will be held at the office of
the company, No. Oh Crockett street,
Shreveport, La, on Wednesday, Octo-
Der ~. 1909, at 10 am. for the pur-
pose of considering the advisability Of
increasing the capital stock.
]. D. PENNINGTON,
Secretary and Treasurer
Shreveport, La, Sept. I6. 1900.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
SALOON MEN IN BATON ROUGE.

SALOON MEN IN BATON ROUGE.
Ruston Leader: Saloon men in Baton
Rouge are beginning to feel the sharp
and bitter sting of the law. The other
day three of them were up before Judge
Brunot of that city for violating the
Gay -Shattuck law by selling liquor on
Sunday Two Of the saloon men were
sentenced to pay fine of $3.50 each,
serve 90 days in Jail and had their
license to do business revoked Another
man, who was up before flae court for
gEe first time. was sentenced to pay a
Iine Of $3.50 and was given 90 days 10
jail.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
COTTON REGION BULLETIN.

Reported by the Weather Bureau, ]. w
Cronk, local forecaster, October Fl
Precipitation has been generally unim-
portant over the western part Of the
cotton belt, while scattered light te
heavy showers have been reported be
tween the Mississippi valley and M
Atlantic coast Moderate temperature:
have largely prevailed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
Shreveport
DrugCo.Ltd.
The Original Cut
Rate Drug Store
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT
CUT-RATE PRICES.
CUT PRICES ON ALL DRUGS, etc,
With But Few Exceptions.

Oxidine, soc -. ...................asc
Groves Chill Tonic, soc ...........3 38c
666 Chill Tonic, 25c ................Ioc
Febriline, 25c ...... ..............Ioc
Beef Wine and Iron, $I.oo. ......... .s3c
SCOTS Emulsion, $I.oo .......... .83c
Wampole's Cod Liver Oil, $1.oo. ;. 83c
Bell Pine Tar Honey, 25c. .Ioc
Syrup Pepsin, soc .................. SO.
Foley's Cough Syrup =. ...........Ig roc
Nadinola. soc .... ...... 58e
Sanitol Face Cream. 25c .... roc
Peroxide Cream, soc 3Sc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21

TRADE WHERE YOU GET
vc1I . MONEYS VN1ap
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

October II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
WEDDING RINGS AND SUNDAY
SCHOOL MONEY ARE STOLEN
Loot Taken by BurRIRr from Home
While Family is at Church
Lecture.

The wedding and engagement rings OF
Mrs. NJ. B. Miller, 1904 Blnney street. were
among the articles of jewelry taken We'd
nesday night when a burglar visited the
Miller home and stole over 500 worth Of
jewelry and 50 or 81 in money.
N money in the world could have
bought my engagement and wedding
rings" said Mrs. Miller. when checking up
the goods stolen. ut almost broke my
heart to find them gone"
The cash belonged to a Sunday school class
of the North Presbyterian church and had
been entrusted to Harold Miller, who is
treasurer of the class.
Rings bracelets. watches and chains
were among the missing articles, every
member OF the household losing something
as the result of the visit Of the burglar.
II is thought he must have used a skele-
ton key and opened the kitchen door. as
the house was securely locked both be-
fore and after his short cali. The family
was attending a lecture at "A church two
blocks away and was gone only an hour
When they returned they found the house
had been ransacked. but everything that
had not caught the fancy of the thief had
been replaced where II belonged, W
closets and jewelry boxes being found
closed. Only a few burnt matches on the
floor were left in exchange for the 'swag"
of the light fingered caller.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Give Me a Warrant
or See a Murder
This Burst of Wrath Comes from an
lrate, but Innocent Looking
Colored Man.

"Dey amt no iaw p'tekshun To- de col
ored man. Dis amt no Roozevelshun squa'
deal. Ell yu'all won't gimme no warrant,
don' you be s'prised eff de's a murder"
And with an injured air a negro with a
name something like Dodd Ghastitt re-
luctantly left the office of City Prosecutor
Daniel Thursday morning muttering threats
OF summary vengeance on a "niggah wit
six foot o. height an a knife dat long
Calculating his description with a three
foot expanse of arm.
II don know his name or wher' bouts he
live, but l wants a warrant for his arrest.
is done wifi dis threat'nin' business and
made up my min t sick de law on i'm.
He's been gwine to carve me wild his knife
for a week.
Naturally. after such a vivid denuncia
ton of his deadly enemy, Dodd failed tc
take in the prosecutor's explanation that
a man cannot be arrested on a warrant un.
less the police know who he is and where
he lives. SO while some Unknown colored
member of the Third ward population
makes life miserable for Dodd GhastItt,
said Dodd Ghastitt can only trust to luck
that that three-foot knife will not find rest
in his perturbed physiognomy.I
Meanwhile the law cannot be ''sicked' on
anybody who is unknown to even the com
plainant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Seven Skeletons
Found at Florence
Human Bodies Lying Side by Side
Only Few Inches Under
the Surface.

Seven human skeletons were unearthed
by Henry Plant. a grading contractor.
while excavatlng on Clay street. Florence.
location is at the top of the hill near
the center of the town plat. He found the
skeletons of an adult and child Tuesday
and those of five adults Wednesday.
In neither instance had the bodies been
buried in caskets, but we're evidently COW
cred only with blankets. The skulls are
all in an excellent state of preservation,
In the five found Wednesday the bodies
had been buried only about eighteen inches
below the surface. They were all laid In
a row with the heads down the hill.
The bodies we're not anywhere near the
old Mormon graveyard. From the manner
of burial they are thought by some to be
Indian remains. The Oldest inhabitants OF
Florence rave no recollection Of a burying
ground ever having been at this spot. An
other theory is that they may have been
the bodies of some of the early emigrants
passing through this section. The bones
all indicate that they have lain under the
ground upwards of sixty-five or seventy
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Suit to Force
Australian Vote
in City Election
Republican Candidates Bring Man
damus to Compel Clerk to Dis
pense with Machines.

George w. Craig, republican candidate
for city engineer, and the four republican
candidates for Board OF Fire and Police
Commissioners w. J. Hunter. W. f. Wsp-
pich, Charles Karbach and Fred Hoye.
this morning filed a suit for mandamus to
compel City Clerk Butler to dispense with
the voting machines at the city election
May 4. and substitute the old Australia
ballot system They affirm that their
names cannot be placed upon the machine.
and that il would be unfair to them to
have their names off the machine with
those of other candidates on It.
The petition rccites that 1t is the pur-
pose of the city clerk to omit the names of
plaintiff from the voting device or machine
as being impracticable to insert and place
them therein and It is conceded and ad-
mitted that the said reasons exist and are
true, but that there is no authority in law
for the use Of the two devices for voting
The claim is also set up that the plain
lifts will thereby be robbed of the right to
have the voters so desiring vote a straight
ticket. AS attorneys for the plaintiffs,
Jefferis & Howell. Myron L. Learned and
c. f. Herring appear.
When the case came before Judge Redick
in the afternoon Assistant City Attorney
Dunn declared that he was not ready TO
proceed. having had no time in which to
read up. Judge Redick, who was in the
middle OF another suit and who goes to
Blair Friday morning, succeeded in getting
Judge Troup to postpone another case and
take up the mandamus hearing Friday
morning. Troup will act on it at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
J. E. SHEPHERD, PIONEER
OF lRvlNGT0N, DIES THERE
Lived On One Farm for Fifty Years
and Had scores of
Friends.

Judson e, Shepherd. % years old and for
fifty years the occupant Of a farm four
miles northwest of Irvington. died there
Wednesday afternoon. Cancer of the sto-
mach caused his death.
Shepherd was we'll known and prominent
in the vicinity of his home and also has
many acquaintance in Omaha, having
owned considerable land in the county and
had various dealings in this city. Near
lrivngton a whole community OF close
friends Of himself and relatives OF his wife
reside. She survives him. The couple had
no children. Although the exact date OF
Shepherds arrival in Nebraska from Yer
mont, his native state. is not known. It is
said by his family that ne has lived on
the one farm. where he died. fully half a
century.
Tn body Is now at the Bradley & Dor
rance undertaking rooms. The funeral is
TO be held on the old farm Saturday at 1
O'Clock. Burial will be in Mount Hope
cemetery. Rev. MIR. Storm will officiate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Fifty Years
and No Death
In Big Family Of J. B. Carter, Who
Celebrates Golden Wedding,
Grim Reaper Never Came.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Carter Of Benson were
married fifty years Tuesday. and on that
day they celebrated their golden wedding
at their home in Benson. The reception
was attended by many friends Of Benson
and omaha and members of the large
family.
In their own family and those Of their
five children there has never been one
death.
Mr.. Carter was born In Cumberland
county. Kentucky, October Is. 1886. In the
fall of 1850 he removed with his Widowed
mother to southern Indiana, where. while
in school, he became acquainted with Miss
Nancy e.. Brown. who was born in Sep
TENDER, lS42. They were married April q.
1853. In August. 1862, he enlisted in the
Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, with which
he served in different ranks for more than
two years in the civil war. going with
Sherman to Atlanta. where, on account Of
permanent physical disability, he was com
PEELED to resign his commission and return
TO his home in Indiana. where he resumed
his occupation Of farming.
In the spring of 1855 he removed with his
FAMILY to Fremont county, Iowa, hoping TO
improve his health and make his way in
the world, but he never succeeded In per-
manently improving his health. In 1878 he
had to give up farming. seeking lighter
employment. Among other small offices OF
trust he filled that of justice OF the peace
for nearly a quarter of a century, having
served as such in three different states.
Five years ago they removed from Shen-
andnah' Ia, to Douglas county in order
that they might be nearer their children,
who lived in Omaha.
In Benson Mr.. Carter built a home for
old age to which he gives his entire time.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Carter were born five
children-three boys and two girls. They
are r. b., Frances l., Albert s., Edwin A.
and Mary f. r. b. is now ~ years Of age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Will
Bring Wagon
Plant to Omaha
Buys Harrison Company of Grand
Rapids and Will Locate
it Here.

T. F. Stroud & Co. of Omaha. Thomas f.
Stroud, being president, general man
ager and board of directors" as he puts
1t, has bought the plant of the Harrison
Wagon company, located at Grand Rapids,
Mich, Mr.. Stroud will move the plant to
Omaha at once.
The Harrison company has been employ
ing about 200 men and its output has
gained considerable of a reputation. When
fully in operation here, the plant will en-
ploy as many men. and possibly more.
AS to his individualistic method of doing
business, Tom Stroud says:
"When you have a good thing you hang
onto it. don't you? But II you are just a
bit leary of results, why you let the public
In on it,"
sun, it's hard to tell about Stroud, who
is at once inventor, hard-headed business
manager, optimist, joker and philosopher.
His friends say that he will make his new
venture a success II anyone can.