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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
POSTOFFlCE BUILDING
Strong Resolution Protesting Agains
Judge Boarman's Interference.

The interference of Judge Boarmar
in the construction of the new postof-
fee building has aroused the citizens Of
Shreveport to resentment which is ex-
pressed in no uncertain sound. Even the
intimate friends of Judge Boarman dc
not approve his position, which is as un-
warranted as it is indefensible.
As the Caucasian has covered fully all
that should have been said in connection
with Judge Boarman's interference, il
is needless to repeat what has been said
To the resolution of protest by the
Progressive League there has been
added the protest of the Merchants As
sociation, the Shreveport Board OF
Trade, the City Council and letters to
Congressman Watkins and Senators
McEnery and Foster from citizens Of
prominence in this city
There has been met the objection that
Shreveport has no building in which
the postofice can be removed including
the Offices of the Federal officials.
The Federal Court, including Judge
Boarman, can be accommodated in the
court house of Caddo Parish.
There are two buildings which have
been held under advisement, one the
Levy building corner Spring and Crock
EFT streets and the other the Slattery
building opposite the court house. One
Of these may be selected.
1t is all important that the present
postoffice be removed 1t is unsanitary.
1t is breeding place for illness. This
declaration can be maintained with a
practical demonstration of facts.
1t is true the city has no jurisdiction
oyer the Federal building, but if it were
on fire the Fire Department of Shreve-
port could run their hose into the build
ing to put out the fire.
1t may be true that the Board of
Health of Shreveport may not have
jurisdiction over the postoffice, but the
Board of Health may be furnished with
such facts as will when published com
pei the public to take notice. Health is
greater than wealth, greater than the old
postofice, greater than Judge Boarman
whose interference seemingly is more
personal than judicial
The issue~is simply this Shall Judge
Boar1nan dominate over the people by
defeating the construction of the new
postofice or shall the people, in their
sovereignty, brush aside Judge Boarmar
and his interference and have pushed
ahead the construction of new build
ing, up-to-date and necessary for the
expediting of business?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
THE LETTER LIST.

The following is a list of letters re-
naming unctlled for in the Shreveport
postoffice for the week ending Thursday
June 10, 1900 A charge of one cent
will be made for each piece of mail
advertised. When calling for these let
ters please say advertised" giving the
date of advertisement. Free delivery OF
mail may be secured by having your
mail addressed to street and number.
LADIES LIST.
Adams Miss Nora Atkins Miss Mir
lam; Allen Mrs. Mamie; Austin Mis-:
Mary; Allen Miss Mamie; Anderson
Miss Annie Allen Miss Harlda.
Banks Isabella; Black Matilda
Blocker Mrs. Francis Brown Mrs
Hattie; Bradford Mrs Only.
Clark Mrs. Joe; Crow Mrs. T. J.
Gamble Miss Nonier; Curran Mildred
Colman Mrss Bescy; Carl Mrs. Fran
|cis; Cook Mrs. Pepp.
Dams Mrs Joe; Dickson Miss Julie
Dupre Miss Julia; Dolnina Mrs. F..
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
THE POLICE JURY
w. T. Crawford Elected President.
A. L. Duringer Reelected.

The Police Jury held long session
today There was much business trans
acted.
The tax rate was increased one mill
for the improvements of the roads.
Jurors Dreyfuss and Scott were
named a committee to confer with the
Board of Control at Monroe with re-
gard to the handling of the convicts
who are to be employed in the good
roads work in Caddo Parish.
w. T. Crawford was elected presi-
dent. Mr.. Dreyfuss, who filled the of
hce creditably last year, was not can
didate for reelection.
Mr. Crawford, the president, is one of
the leading business men of Shreveport.
He did not seek the Office; it was ac-
tually thrust upon him. He will not fail
to fill it creditably.
The present efficient clerk, Mrs. A. L.
Duringer, was reelected. This compli-
ment is we'll deserved and is recogni-
ton of efforts and endeayors directed
to the best interests of the parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
CORN EXPORT
From Louisiana Estimated by Commits
sioner Schuler

The Picayune's Baton Rouge special
says: Col Charles Schuler, Commission
er of Agriculture, estimates from re-
ports made to him that Louisiana will
expo-- between four and FIVE, millions
bushels of corn this year, the first time
in its history that such thing has oc-
Cured. The greatest part of this corn
has been raised in the Red River Valley
section of the State, where the boil
Weevil has made the raising of cotton
improbable. Colonel Schuler has re-
ceived reports which show that the State
will have corn to export this fall, and
he has been asked by a great many
farmers to find market for this corn.
The commissioner has answered that the
best and most profitable market for the
corfuas in hogs, and he has urged the
farmers to use some of the corn in feed
ing hogs. The best method Of finding a
cash market for the corn, Mr.. Schuler
says, is through the boards of trade in
the different communities These boards
could find any number of buyers for the
corn, but probably about four million
bushels of corn in the State will have to
be exported this year to get cash mar
bat
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10

Walter G. Evans to Lavina James, 10
"a Oakland subdivision; $500.
w. A. Jones, trustee, to M. A. Stan
ton, lot 8 block B, sec. 8, 10, 10; $3.50.
Francis NJ Barnwell to Goodwin R
Bell, lot 2o Creswell subdivision; $I7o5
J. G. Hester to John T. Jeter, south
half of section I, Io, 10; $I7oo.
J. T. Jeter to J. G. Hester, lot 81 and
I-2 of lot 38 block A Texarkana Annex
subdivision; $500.
]. G. Hester to Edward P Mills, lot
"a block 7 AlleAdale; $3.50.
Henry F. Hatcher ct al to Anthony
Notmi, lot I less 80 of Marburg sub
division $1,000.
E. w. Hilliard to Shreveport Mutual
Building Association, contract to build
residence on lot II Fairmoun; $I674
Mrs. Richie w. Agurs to B. Sokoloski
lots 28, 80, SO Io-acrel OF I Cutliff sub
division; $500.
Henry A. Bauman to Harry A. Davis,
lot ID and east 1-2 lot IS block IL Uni
versity Heights; 5000.
A. R. Schourup to VIM NJ Bishop,
lot 9 block IL Currie subdivision; $I2oo
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
eHFRIEFS SALE.

No. I2,o5o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, LOUIS
lana w. C. Cook vs.. S. r. Forney.
BY virtue of writ of fleri fae,as, to
me issued in the above numbered and
entitled suit, from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Far
isI, Louisiana, have seized and Will
offer for sale at public auction for cash
according to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo FAR
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales. on
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1909,
Three houses in Oil City, one house and
lot III Caddo City, one piano, one cash
register, one ice box ThS above prop
erty seized as belonging to the defend
ant and TO be sold to satisfy the amount
specified in said writ, say in the sum
Of S4Is and al costs Of suit.
J. p. FLOURNOY, :
Caucasian, May ~. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
BOIL WEEVIL
Sensational Report Sent out from Baton
Rouge.

The Picayune's Baton Rouge CORE
spondent says: Stories that are brought
to Baton Rouge show that the farmers
are abandoning their cotton crops be
cause of the large number of boil weev-
lis that have appeared this early in the
cotton field, and lead them to believe
that it will be impossible to raise any
cotton in a field where the pest is so
abundant. In spite of the warning of the
State Crop Pest Commission, these
farmers think that further work done
on the crop is labor lost, and they are
refusing to work the young cotton.
Around Zachary the weevil has ap-
peared early in large numbers, and while
there was decided reduction in the
amount of cotton planted this year in
comparison to last, a great many Of the
farmers did plant cotton, and from the
number of early weevils they are afraid
that they are not going to gather much
of the crop. The same report of the
great abundance of early weevils comes
from Pointe Coupee Senator Glynn
was in the city yesterday afternoon, and
says that those who planted cotton this
year declare that they never saw such an
army of pestS&pon the cotton I'VE are
tring paris green, Captain Marston's
remedy, up in our section, and with ap-
parently good results he said.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10

candidates denounced the race track
conditions in New Orleans and prom
ised relief in so far as it lay within their
power. Governor Sanders was most
pronounced in his support of the bill
The path of duty was plain.
'sIn all the hearings and debates de-
pending upon the bill no voice was
raised in defense of the methods of the
track The vice was patent, more poten-
tial, and destructive than the slot ma
chine, whose elimination no one dares
decry, but these autocratic mechanical
gamblers are to the track and its train
as the innocuous cigar store Indian is
to a bond of wild and whooping Sioux.
"Dignifying the game by the obsolete
title of the sport of kings, the race
men sought TO aristoeratize it, and pro-
posed wholesale readjustnlent and cor
rections to save the day It was init
tedly paltry, thieving game operated by
blacklegs and gamblers who manipulated
the horses as effectively as though they
were automatons worked by wires.
1T is not surprising that the defend
ers of this sort of thing should revive
the lottery, as did the banker in Georgia
recently, in order to defend it, and yet
the lottery in its greatest glory was not
comparable in the shame it produced to
the race track. For the great malignant
ulcers,sthe peoplewill find the knife the
surest method.
Regulation of vice instead of elm
ination is hardly the remedy proposed
by wise surgeons. Not many care to see
the germ of these evils once removed
planted again, but it is well for the
friends of order and salutary law to be
on guard, for there are those who, in a
spirit of local patriotism, because prof
itably affecting them, would be glad to
see New Orleans Monte Carlo, to the
shame of the State and its spirit of pro-
gress and civilization. !"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
W. S. PARKERsON
Is Answered by Leon Locke, Author of
the Anti Race Track Gambling Bill.
There Can Be no Defense of This Evil
as Practieed in New Orleans.

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Special to the Times-Democrat.
Lake Charles, La. June 8.-That w,
IS. Parkerson of New Orleans, in his
annual address as retiring president be-
fore the Louisiana Bar Association at
Alexandra, touched live subject when
he referred to stsse Locke bookmaking
bill, has been demonstrated conclusively
by the many responses which have since
been made to his remarks. Leon Locke,
the author of the bill, who made such
Ia hard fight for its enactment by the
last session of the Louisiana Legisla-
ture, has given out statement in an
swer to Mr.. Parkerson He says:
1T is hardly necessary to defend the
law passed by the last Assembly for the
suppression Of race track gambling, but
inasmuch as the attacks from unexpect-
ed sources recently made upon the law
indicate that the defenders of the evil
are alert, it becomes timely to cali the
attention OF the people to the fact in or
der that they may be armed for the con-
test. The proposition set forth by Mr..
Parkerson and some others is false in
/ its premises, as it assumes that the law
was for the purpose of enforcing NOR
| ais and for the regulation of personal
conduct.
THE fact that the law became i'm
operative because of the evils existing in
New Orleans and affecting all the dis
| itricts of the State were beyond endur-
ance The capture of the city by the
gamblers and hordes Of disreputables in
the train Of the race track made the law
possible, and the appeals for mercy and
1.-THE promises made through the Cordill
and the Cunningham bills to regulate
| racing fully proved the defenseless po-
sition Of the gamblers All sorts Of
counter movements and promises were
made; the evils would be eliminated
they would extirpate booknlaking and
install the pari mutuel, the conduct Of
which device was prosecuted under the
lvagabondage act in England in the early
eighties and which are forbidden still
/ they would limit the racing period to ;
few weeks in the year These wers
lamong many promises made, but ths
Legislators we're wise enough to see tha
III was the old case Of the devil being
sick
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
MIKE LIPSEY
Sentenced to Sixty Days on the Public
Roads and Fined.

It is only recently that Mike Lipsey,
manager of the Palace saloon, was con-
victed in the City Court, Judge Full
love, for selling intoxicants in violation
of law. He appealed to the District
Court, Judge Murff. The trial occurred
yesterday and occupied the attention of
the court until late hour in the after
noon. The judgment of the City Court
was affirmed. Lipsey must go on the
roads for sixty days and must pay the
fines against him, which aggregate more
than $500, and which if ur1aaid must be
liquidated on the public roads.
In the course of the trial is was de-
veloped that at the Palace saloon there
had been carried on regular system of
gambling It was in this saloon that
Uncle McDuff of Vivian was found af-
ter search of several days by his son
and officers of the law Although Nc
Duff was in a room on the second floor
of this saloon, Lipsey and others denied
that he was there or had been seen. 1t
is not known where or how, but McDuff
on recovering his sense realized that he
had been relieved of $500. He had been
"drugged" or had been made so drunk
that he was helpless.
It was not possible to prove that he
had been robbed in this saloon, nor
could John Rogers, who it is alleged
gambled with McDuff when drunk, be
held ROBBERS was discharged. 1t was
in evidence that he had sought employ
ment and this relieved him of the charge
that he was vagrant.
When placed on the stand Mike Lip
sey entered a general denial but the
facts were against him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
THE pACKERY
The Mahlen Plant May Be Utilized al
Little Cost.

The question of the paekery may be
settled next Tuesday at a meeting place
which will be announced in time. Mr..
Glassell, who has been. active in develop
ing this enterprise, would urge all the
citizens interested in the progress oi
the community to attend this meeting.
It has been made plain that the Mahler
plant can be converted at little cost into
packery with modern converiences, te
which additions can be made wher
necessary There may be organized !
stock company.
At the meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants Association held tuesday ths
packing house project was endorsed
unanimously
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record of Realty Transactions in tbs
City and Parish.

Furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company Sam W. Mason, president
F. A. Leonard, vice president; D. P.
Eubank, secretary treasurer Office ST.
Marshall street.
l. H. Templeman to Henry Williams
62.22 feet of north end lots ID, IS, Io oi
Templeman subdivision; $500.
Mrs Mamie Tullis to W. A. Jones
trustee, lot block A, lot block B, lo1
I block c, lot block D, lot 8 block E
lot s block F section 5, Io, I6;; 5000.
Davina James to Walter G. Evans, 10
So Oakland subdivision; 500
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
BISHOP SESSUMS
Was Given a Public Welcome in New
Orleans Last Nigh

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A public reception was given last
night to the Right Rev Davis Sessums,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese OF
Louisiana, irrespective of denomination
and creed, in the Palm Garden of the
ST. Charles Hotel. in New Orleans, un-
der the auspices of the Church Club Of
Louisiana T ha reception was in the
nature of welcome to Bishop Sessums
after his long absence He returned only
week ago last Saturday from Europe,
where he went last October for his
health.
The States commenting on this wei
come of Bishop Sessums says: As has
been already announced, the friends Of
Bishop Davis Sessums have arranged
for public reception this evening al
the Palm Garden in the St Charles Ho-
tel, to which all of the friends of the
bishop are cordially invited. 1t will be
remembered that more than a year age
Bishop Sessums was urged by his physi-
clans to take long vacation on account
of his shattered health
For some months his condition was
critical and a trip abroad became neces-
sary. Returning in restored health after
several months absence, his friends have
arranged this reception whereby they
may join with the admirers of Bishop
Sessums among all denominations in ex.
tending him welcome and in expressions
of gratitude for his restoration to health
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
WEATHER BUREAU
The River Service Is indispensable and
Is Fully Appreciated.

There has been reports OF curtailment
of the. service rendered at Shreveport by
the United States Weather Bureau
This service is very satisfactory, and
especially are the reports of the stage
of the Red river at its various points
The service is fully appreciated, espe-
cially in times of food or when the
river is rising. Instead of curtailing the
service it should be increased. If pos
sible there should be adj stations al
points away up Klahoma. Ths
Shreveport Board Trade has by reso-
luton voiced a full appreciation of the
service rendered locally but recommene
an extension of the service
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
DIRECTORS.

AT meeting of the directors of the
Commercial National Bank, Judge ]. c.
Reeves of Mansfield and E. Kirby Smith
recently of Texarkana, were elected di-
rectors of the bank. Mr.. Smith was
then elected vice president Judge
Reeves has many warm friends in this
section of the State Mr. Smith is noted
for broad views, his progressiveness
and his ability as business man and a
banker. The addition of these gentle
men to the directory of this bank will
increase its prosperity as well as its
strength
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
RIVER AND WEATHER.
morning opened fair

This morning opened fair.
River: Denison o8; Arthur City 64
fall of o3; Lewis Ferry rs, a fall of
o.5; White Cliffs SO, fall of OF; Full
ton 90, a fall of II; Spring Bank 80
fall of I.2; Shreveport "A, fall of OF.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled weather tonight and
Friday, and showers tonight or Friday
River forecast: The change will be
unimportant at Fulton during the next
% hours, and the fall will continue al
Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by NJ Meriwether ten miles
below Shreveport on the Bagley place
on Red river and estrayed before me the
undersigned, one rel ste@r about4 years
old, branded # S. on The owner
will come forward, PROV property and
pay charges or the same will be sold at
Bagley on the 18th day of July as the
law directs. B. R. JACOBS.
Justice of the Peace Eighth Ward OF
Caddo Parish, La. 6S.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
Ford Mrs. Fishie .

Oid AlR D. IiollIC
Githson Miss Lille; Garrett Miss
Levi; Gatlin Miss Alice; Green Mrs.
Ehie.
| Harkness Hattie; Hacks Mrs. Fl.
A; Holmes Miss Ledbetter; Harty
Miss Lizzie; Hickory Miss Laura; Har-
ris Miss Florence; Hampton Miss
Ada; Harris Mrs. Hattie A.
Joiner Mrs. R. V; Johnson Miss
Margaret; Johnston Miss Jestine; john
son Mrs. Jane; Johnson Mrs Anniest
Johnson Emma; Jones Emma.
Knight Mrs, L. M; Kingman Mrs.
Charles
Logan Miss Lizzie.
Mcdaniel Mrs. Georgia; Mercer Mrs.
NJ; Mason Miss Leolar; Murphy
Adele; Morrow Annie; Moody Mrs.
NJ D.
Nord Miss Hattie; Nash Mrs. Luyea;
Newconb Miss NJ. E.
Oglesby Mrs. Ella.
Perry Mrs. Willie.
Robinson Mrs Zizze; Robson Mrs.
Claude; Ritter Miss Orpah
Scott Lille A.; Simpson Mrs. Ida;
Smith Mrs. Fannie; Scott Fannie;
Shockney Mrs. D. P; Sheldon Mrs
Charles M; Strobe Miss Paula String
fellow Mrs. Will.
Tyson Mrs. Onia; Thompson Mrs. c.
II. !; Thomas Miss Zrelemer.
Wilson Miss Glee M; Winn Miss
Katie; Wright Mrs. ]. R.; Williams
Mrs. Amanda; Ward Mrs. E. NJ;
Whitney Elvira; Woods Mrs Claudia
Williams Mrs. Lille; Wege Miss Tlge;
Worker Miss Laura; Warmesley Mrs.
Patsy; Watson Miss Carrie Pkg.
GENrLEMEN's LIST.
Austin W. H; Arndt -; Arena Nick.
Anderson Geo.; Adger E. M; Aber-
son A.; Allison Lumber Co.
Bratscher N. j.; Bonhill Henry;
Brown Frank; Baker B. F.; Boon
Brothers; Bold All; Bush =; Biodgett
A. NJ; Bickham Benton
Carroll DIR. j.; Chance Brothers; Cage
Louis: Caldwell J. T.; Cross N. j.;
Carnealous Boney; Carter S. c.
Dawson & Boatman; Dickson Ben;
DeFatta H; Duncan ]. l.; Daniel R.
J.. 5; Davis Robert; Douglas Jon; Dow
ell S. H. 2.
Bastard Jessie; Ensey R. E.; Esson
Duncan D.
Fuller Will.
Galea Frank; George ]. M; Gam
blin Dick; Come George.
Hill Raymond; Helpton L. II. /;
aughs c. W.. Harris l.; Hickson ].
g; Horgh l. B.; Harris Walker
Johnson Albert Sidney; Johnson
Emil; Jackson Gray; Johnson Many.
Kary Tom; Kendrick NJ M; Ker-
Der Martin; King Len
| Lynn w. L. /; Lindsey T. c. Larrone
Jimmins; Lovejoy Arthur H.; Leod-
ard -.
Murphy B. j.; Miller A.; Mcdonald
x Hill; Murrell John; McConnie Co.
McElnany Pat; More Jack; Miller
Frank; Monon J. M Mcmillan M.
| M; Malloy Pat j.; Mellon P. P.
Nimpfer Stephen; Newbury Adolph.
Owens D. L.
i Price J. E.; Peters N. E.; Pleasant
George.
| Quinn P. H.
Rankins S. E.; Redmond w. II.
Ralison J. R.
Smith ]. M; Scharmberg J. E.
Sues NJ Malbie; Shreveport Med In
stitute; Stephens Henry; Selby c.
| Teal Willie; Turner Omedah; Tip,or
Mr. and Mrs R. M; Tomas Henry.
Vaughan Henry.
Wilson G. W.; Woods Jim; Warren
, Jimmie Wilcox J. H; Wade James
Williams Haries; Wyatt H&J. VIII
liams March; Williams jeff; Wrigh
Richard; Williams M. c. 2; Wood
Com. Co.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
DIXIE COTTON COLLEGE

Will operate in each cotton growing
State cotton grading school known as
the Dixie Cotton Company, during the
months of June, July and August. For
information call on T. w. Huey, man.
agef, Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport. La, June 10. 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10

the best prices obtained In % Lss Nee
orleans vcsburg Houston markets Prompt ruras
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady
Receipts I6a bales
Sales to factors none.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-10
SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS

SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS.
Stock on hand September I.... I,734
Received this day !. -. I62
Received previously /. Sa55I oo,7I3
Total stock to date -. =. $. ez,447
Shipments to date 86,743
Net stock on hand $. s.7o4
Same day last year ..... ..... 3,o7o