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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
TWENTY BLIND TIGERS.

There were twenty blind tiger Nquor
cases disposed of at the last term of the
Bradley County Circuit Court, on pleas
of guilty. 1t is little curious that there
should be so many liquor dens in a pro-
hibition county, where no body drinks
The Monticellonian
Not surprising Blind tigers and such
"varmints' having no regard for law do
not hesitate to haunt their defiance in
the face of public decency All such
contempts for law and order can be
checked by applying as penalties the
fullest limit of the law. There should
be wasted no sentiment or leriency on
the blind tiger and bootleeger whose
violation of the law is willful and de-
liberate
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
THE STATE FAIR OF LOUISIANA

THE STATE FAIR OF LOUISIANA
in the publication OF President Bol-
myers address. in which there Is made
clear the condition OF the State Fair OF
louisiana, there has been accomplished
all awakening to the Importance OF the
continuance OF Annual Fairs.
No sooner had this address reached
the public. than public spirited men III
towns Of less Importance than Shreve-
port manifested an eagerness to become
its successor For instance. the Baton
Rouge Board OF Trade with othclals OF
the parish and city and State have an
nounced q readiness Of action which Is
significant. and New Orleans has also
been awakened to take notice. Cnques-
tionably Lake Charles. Alexandra and
Monroe will be aroused and therefore
it rests entirely with the citizens OF
Shreveport TO determine if they want
the Fair and will give it the support 1t
merits.
In its last issue the Caucasian without
a nincing of words made plain the duty
of the citizen and pointed out the re
Droach OF discredit which must rest on
the community if the Fair should be dis
continued and abandoned for any lack OF
the necessary public spirit.
1t NAV as well be said that in Shreve-
port there are some men who will not
only treat with silent contempt this ap-
peal of President Boliner. but will at
tempt to discourage others from an
swering favorably his appeal.
Let no citizen who has pride in his
town and would see it grow in prosper
ity give heed to such "kr.ockers.
Had these prevailed some years ago i'll
their opposition to progress there would
not be in Shreveport today the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas railroad. nor the
Kansas City Southern, and other enter
Drises which have increased the valua-
ton of property from which the knock
ers'' have profted.
The importance of the Fair may b.,
best determined by the readiness ard Che
eaeerness of citizens of Baton Rouge,
New Orleans. Monroe, Alexandra. Lake
Charles and other towns to become the
successor of the Shreveport Fair Asso-
cation.
Let every citizen having at heart the
welfare of Shreveport join hands and
rive that practical encouragement to the
directors of the Fair Association which
sIill strengthen them in their efforts to
promote the welfare of the community
and of the State
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
COTTON MILL ASSURED.
Fort Worth Is to Have Large Manu-
factory of This Kind.

Fort Worth Is to Have Large Manu-
factory Of This Kind.
Fort Worth. Jan. 3O-It is now def
initely settled that Fort Worth will
have a $350.O00 cotton mill within thir-
teen months or thereabouts Fred H.
White of Charlotte. n c.. has returned
home after having formally closed the
deal and placed the matter in the
hands of his company's attorneys, Mill
er & Stephens, with W. c. Newly as
trustee
The cotton mill will be located in
Factory PLACE, directly west and ad-
joining the glass factory. The people
of the West Side have donated $4,000
worth of reol estate in Factory Place
and Arlington Heights additions to
cover the bonus for that amount, ask
ed by the mill people It now only
remains for these lots to be sold and
the actual work of construction 1T
buildings for the plant will then be-
gin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
ROLLS OVER AND TAKES A NAP.

like climbing Il mountain. She rolls
over and takes anol her nap instead of
jumping oiil of bed. glad that she is
alive. During The dag she takes a
rest whenever she can and INDUCES
herself in Il hundred Little comfortable
ways She readS only the li@li:est lit
elature and shuns hard thinking as
she would hard labor. Now. hat wo-
man is Sl"w!.. rs';.'::t i. I'll i:c" men
tai and her physical activity until by
and by she will he like IL block OF
wood. She may have to depend on
her wits one of these days. and her
children may have to depend on her.
Who knows: Is it right or decent for
her to allow herself to deteriorate IL
this way:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31

The reason more women don SIX
iced IN ih.. business world Is 'e0a''>N
y, Soma, time or other they hav" IL
lowc. their brains to grow 'aZy ana
they don't realize the state they are -
"Onc uf iIe most pathetic sights
come in contact with is the mido!S
aged woman seeking employ ment =:
marked a friend of mine who Is Al fh>
head of Il business enterprise.
-.of course il is sad to see her W"rH
at that age" | ventured.
Not at all" she interrupted. she
should be at he height of her powers
around forty The sad part OF II Is
the way she has deteriorateu- she
romes to me to help her. We'll. l am
too willing. but does she help herselI !:
Not :: bit. You would think she nae
a sponge instead Of thinking api'2
ratuS. She leans on NE with her iui'
weight and waits for Inc TO 90 th'f2s-
The other day | gave one OF these
women = list Of firms whose advertis-
inc she was to solicit. she nuhe
around the door for awhile. and finally
| asked her what she was waiting Tor
SWINGING her muf listlessly by its loop,
she ulurnilred. Which shall ! go I"
first
Now, Just fancy that. She couldn
do even this much thinking for herself
How can do this branch OF work:
or How eau | get this position: one
hears asked repeatedly. and the 4t1es
TONER really wants you to do the WORK
for her or get her the position. That $
all
I.aziliess is the bane Of the middle
aged woman That's why she grows
fat.
know Il woman who is most talent
ed and who needs TO make money, but
she will never amount to anything be-
cause she has reach he'd this torpid state
Of mind when she simply cant think
and keeps postponins things. In the
morning the thought of getting up is
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
THE PEOPLE MUST HELP THEM
SELVES.

In an editorial the subject Of which IS
the headline of this article, the Monroe
Star says:
I'VE dislike to think it, much less say
II, but the conviction is forced home
upon us that the moneyed interests OF
Mountaineering the bankers. the job
bers and the large plantation owners
do not want the people to get away from
the all cotton and credit system. When
ever any scheme is proposed to meet the
conditions brought about by the advent
Of the boil weevil and the consequent
quickened disposition of the negro to
seek other fields, they (the interests)
promptly mount the band wagon. talk
fair and promise well, seize the reins
and as promptly run the wagon into the
old ditch of non-progression. They have
done we'll under the old all cotton and
credit system and naturally are disposed
tD let we'll enough alone, while the COM
mon people pay the interest and con-
tinue in bondage.
The Star cites the sudden and dis
astrous termination of the canning fac
tory project, when it was an assured
fact"
Monroe is no exception in this expe-
rience. The men of the class who have
led the Star to its criticism are to be
found in every village, town and city.
especially in Louisiana. They are not
ranked with the public spirited citizen
who contributes his full share of time,
energy and money to upbuild but are
leeches and parasites The incentive Of
such men is to increase their accumu-
lation of money 1t is pity that there
is no law to reach such men; but there
may be some consolation in the refec-
ton that these leeches can not live al
ways nor can they take with them the
money they have accumulated, perhaps,
by means which may not be approved
at the reckoning on Judgment Day
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
THE SHATTUCK LAW
lis Enforcement in New Orlens Or
dered by the Mayor.
/, :. ,,no1mced IN the States flt:

!, : o,no,nccd IN the States flat:
~,i,vor Rehrlnan this morning I79u
;,s,r,,c,ions to Police Inspector )Qon-
,,. 70 impress officers detailed a balls
u.;t, the enforcement OF the Gays !at-
,,r,. law The Mayor called the nS2ec-
tors attention TO the recent dl9ci1o'''es'
showing that youug girls nave been
served with strong drink at these dances.
The Aiavor charged Inspector OtQr-
nor to have his officers keep d close
watch on these places and to MAKE ar
rests ~ eases where it is known glTi5
and Young bows are served with drinks.
"Navor Behrnaan will shortly receive
=, visit from Judge Wilson Of the Ju-
venile Court. on the question OF young
girls attending public dances he
Iudcc thinks that these places ought to
he better regulated If they are to be per-
m;,ted to conduct dances at all. With
this aim in mind Judge Wilson Will
consult with Mayor Behrinan as to the
best means OF wiping out the EVIL IN
t1uences of such places.
The best means of wiping out these
evil influences is by arresting, convict
inc and imprisolline the men who ope-
rate such places but to secure conv!c-
tons neither the police nor the officers
of the law must be in sympathy with
those men who defy the law and good
morals
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
THE BUDGET-WINNFfELD.

Southern Sentinel: The reduction in
the budget for expenses of the city gov
eminent of Shreveport for the current
year reminds the writer of a conversa-
ton that occurred the morning after
the organization of the fire department
of Winfield A citizen, in the discus
sion of the facilities for prompt service,
asked why the department did not have
trained horses and hose reels to match.
The retort was that when a man did not
have means to buy pound cake he had
to content himself with corn bread
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
WiFE's AWFUL STORY.
Mrs. Clements Accuses Her Husband
OF Doing Oiabolicai leeds.

Of Doing DiabolicaI leeds.
Huntsville. Ala. Jan 3u.-Bob Gle
ments was arrasted at Woodland Mills
Morgan county. charged with the MUIR
der of Tom Edmon.lson and his fam.
lily.
Edmondson. his wife and mother and
two children were murdered and the
bbodies burned by setting fire to the
house and barn. Clements wife broke
down and gave the particulars of the
tragedy. She said Edmondson came
home and found Clements and Mrs Ed
mondsOn in the barn. and that a quar-
rel ensued. during which the man and
his wife were both killed. Clement
then went to the house and killed tn
mother and two children. according
to Mrs. Clements, and on the following
night he returned to the place and
burned the buildings. into which the
bodies had been carried.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
IN STORMS GRASP.
Rain. Snow an! Sest and High Gales
Also Pre> lied In Sections.


Also Prev lied In Sections.
Washington. Jan. 3o-The entire
country was in the grasp of d stron
Friday which swept rapidly east ward
Shipping on Atlantic and gulf coasts
has been warn d of 4 storm. Rain.
snow and siet. are telling and high
gales prevailed in nearly all states.
At Kansas City a sixty mile wind
blew down telegraph poles and shat
tered plate glass windows and scat
tered streets with debris of every de-
scription The temperature fell to 90
above zero
High winds iutcrfered with wire
communication in many parts OF the
south and practically isolated the state
of Texas.
Telegraph service between points
west and north nf Chicago was almost
completely severed by the worst storm
of the season.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31

BOTTLES LOSE THEIR LABELS.
Mansfield Journal: Something of a
stir was caused in Shreveport and at
Oil City by the threat of District Judge
Bell to send men who are brought be
fore him a fourth time for bootleglng
to the peritentiary as chronic offenders.
In reporting several indictments against
men At Oil City recently the grand Jury
denounced the place As hotbed OF I'M
lawful vhiskev sellers. Four oi those
against whom indictments were re-
turned Mere convicted or pleaded guilty
in the district court and fines a.2rcgat
ing Sl,2oo were assessed Iy Judge Bell
Judge Bell stated that he would double
the fine on second conviction. triple /,
on the third and on the fourth send the
accused to the penitentiarv for an in
definite period as he is authorized to dc
by law
Several near beer saloons are i'll OPP
GRAFTON in the city. and IL is claimed that
the genuine heer is being sold with the
label off
There have been no arrests. however
since Judge Fulilovc decided the sale
OF near beer" was not in violation oi
the prohibition law Apparently ,hes,
near beer saloons are doing good
business
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Costly Christmas Tree.

Youngstown. o., Jan 30-James
Cumming of Cornersburg has been
held in the county Jail over a month
to answer a charge of malicious de.
struction of property in cutting down
a fire tree in Mill Creek park for a
Christmas tree for his children His
wife is critir ally i'll, and the family is
without mears Of support. Cummings
bond was fired at $500, which he was
unable to give. having had but six
days work in three months He was
indicted by 'e last grand jury
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
SPIRITED AWAY.
All Negroes In Boone and Harrison
Counties Have De,arted.

Harrison. Ark. Jan. 30.-Followins
the conviction of Charles Stinnett :,
negro aged twent y-four years. for as
sault upon Miss Annie Loyett. aged
sixty-one by jury hastily summoned
all negroes in Boone county and Har-
rison have left and the prisoner was
spirited away. fearing mob violence
Stinnett was sentenced to hang Feb
Is by Judge Hudgins.
1t is believed that the prisoner was
taken to Marshall. Ark. Miss Lovett
is seriously i'll. and it is feared that
should the negro be brought here be-
fore the date set for his hanging he
would be lynched.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Wind Damages Hot SPRINGS.

Hot Springs. Ark. Jan. 3O.-The
Third Baptist church building. in the
southern portion of the city. was up
rooted by the heavy wind that prevail.
ed here throughout Friday. and lifted
from its foundation one block to the
Central avesue eitrance of the OaF
Lawn race track. where it was depos.
tied in the street. Several plate glass
show windows were broken. either by
the pressure Of the wind or by flying
missiles. There is much damage to
trees. the greater part of which is
represented in the stripping of the
heavy foliage in the magnolias, whic"
are especially heavy leaved this win
ter.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
d. B. SEAY. Secretary.
BEN S. LEE SHOT.

Coushatta Citizen: Mr. Ben S. Lee
was accidentally shot Tuesday after
noon In mounting his horse he dropped
a pistol and it was discharged, the ball
entering his back and lodging under the
shoulder blade. The accident happened
near Gahagan, where Ben was visiting
the family of Mr.. Robert Allen. The
wound is a painful one but not believed
to be necessarily dangerous
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Molasses Mutjnv,

McAlester, Okla, Jan. 30.-The three
hundred convicts in the state peniten-
tiary here at supper protested against
the quality of the molasses served
and mutinied. They were hastily
locked in their cells. when they made
the night hideous with yelling and
hurling soap brushes through the win
dOWS until daylight
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Leaps From Window.

Atlanta. Jan 30-Mrs Eta Harrel,
who was ordered held pending fur
Their investigation NltO the death of her
two days old baby. which. according
to the coroner's jury. was strangled
to death Wednesday. leaped from a
second story window in an effort to
escape from officers who were guard
ing the house in which she was con-
fined She was found half an hour
later in woodshed and removed to
a hospital Her wounds are not Sc
riOuS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
AFTER LIQUOR MEN
Bill Introduced in Tennessee to Ascer-
tain Who Get Out Internal Revenue
Licenses

Nashville, Tenn. Jan. 2S.-ln the
upper house of the Legislature today
a bill was introduced to require sheriffs
to secure from the Federal revenue Of
fcers list of all persons to whom Fed
eral liquor licenses have been issued ..
Another bill was introduced providing
for commission to assess the value of
all property. the use of which is alleged
will be damaged by the Statewide pro-
hlbition bills.
In the House bill was introduced
making it unlawful to advertise in any
form intoxicants in this State.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
a CHOICE BETWEEN SOBRIETY
AND DEGRADATION

Southern Sentinel When it comes to
a choice between sobriety, personal
prosperity. peace. law. order and per-
sonal comfort as against the spread of
CRIME squalor. want, suffering. disorder
and degradation. the great moral senti-
ment OF communities and the country at
large will always be found in support
OF the former conditions anono men
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
The Nineteenth Reunion Will Be Held
in Memphis, June 8, g. and 10.

The next reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans will be held in Mem
1phis, Tenn, on June 8, 9 and 10. Ad-
iutant General Mickle estimates that
there are about 10000 Veterans in the
Association.
1t is the opinion, Of the Mansfield
Journal that it is not the number OF
Veterans at Reunion that makes the
occasion attractive to the general pub
lie. The old fellows are simply the
drawing card, so to speak, and that is
one reason why many of them do not
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

> Marks EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Kew, JOS Fl. Spearing, rcctor-Serv-
ices today as follows: Holy communion
at 80 am. Morning prayer at II am
Sunday school o:3o a m. Regular meet
ing of Parish Aid City Monday in the
guild room at 4 pm. Rev Dr. Gray will
preach at the II am. service. At the re-
quest OF many the choir will aain render
the religious contata The Newborn
hmg at pm. Everybody cordially
invited to all services All seats free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Vigorous Denials Made.

Washington, Jan. 30-Vigorous de-
malls both by c. p Taft and William
Nelson Cromwell of the charges made
in the recent speech of Mr. Rainey of
Illionis on Panama canal affairs were
read in the house of representatives
The communication from Mr. Taft was
In the shape of a cablegram from Ha.
vana to Mr. Rainey. while Mr. Crom-
wells rejoinder was addressed to Mr.
Lowering of assachusetts There was
an animated discussion on the sub
ject
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
FIRE ALARMS FREQUENT.
Oklahnma City Has an Epidemic
of Blazes.
SEVEN BUILDINGS BURN.
Most Disastrous Fires Those of Okla
hor1a Newspaper Plant and Ware
house of J. |. Case Company. Both
Caused by Flashes From Motor.

Oklahoma CITY. Jan. 81 Oklahoma
city was Friday in the throes of the
fire tiend The epidemic OF alarms
came with tup dawn, and by night
fall seven buildings in as many sec
lions of HE city Wcr" LAID low by
the flames. and the approximate dam
nse will total S2oo"oo.
The first most disastrous fire occur
red just before noon in The plant OF
the Oklaholnan. at Robinson and Cal
ifornia streets, and before the flames
could be controlled the business, me
chanical AMI editorial DEPARTMENTS had
been Quilted. The loss Will total SIS
600. fully covered by insurance.
AT 1 O'Clock in the afternoon fire.
was discovered in tn" elevator SHAFT
OF the J. I. Case warehouse. At II East
Grand avenue, and III q few moment 5
the entire interior was aflame Fan
ned BY a siXty-fcur-mil" wind, the
flames swept over the building. bat.
fling the efforts of HE firomen. VI
an hour the StruCtur" was burned 10
The ground. The loss IS estimated at
S100,"nh, with SG2 O0G Insurance
Sparks from the Oklahoman fire.
carried five blocks to the gin wards
OF the Harris-lrby company, aHshled
in the center of hundreds of bales OF
cotton and caused an incip.ent blaze
The fire. however, was cAtinguiShed
with little damage.
The fires in both the OkIahoman and
J. |. Case buildings were caused by
flashes from the electric motors
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Root For Parcels Post.

Albany. N. y. Jan. 30.-United
States Senator Elect Elihu Root. in an
address to the senate and assembly,
which met in joint session in the s.
sembly chamber to meet him. after
thanking the legislature for the op-
portunity to represent the state in the
senate. endorsed the parcels post prop
osition and spoke of what he believed
were its good features. He said he
was firm believer in it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
eABY'S THROAT CUT.

Terrible Crime Unearthed by the DIS.
interring Of Infants Corpse.
was arrested at Indianola Friday
morning charged with infanticide A
physician was called thursday night
to attend the wOman'S unmarried
daughter and demanded the child
which he found had been born. The
neighbors gathered and compelled TIE
mother of the young woman to go 70
the garden. where she dug up the
newly born infant. When it was
found its throat had been cut. Tryir g
to conceal her daughters shame the
woman had killed the child
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Taft's Eiol h Trip Across lsthmus.

Panama. Ian 30-President Elec.
Taft Friday made his eighth trip
across the isthmus. and everywhere
was greeted with marked demonst.a
tons of gCc.l will.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Sweeps Path THROUGH Town.

LaMonte, Mo. Jan 3O-A windstorm
from the southwest swept path
through this town, demolishing the
opera house building, four-story
structure, and wrecking the stocks of
the merchants occupying some floors
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
LUCKY NEGRO.
Strung Up, Wire Breaks and Officers
Rescue Him From Mob

Jacksonville. Fla. Jan 3O-A negro
answering the description Of one who
attempted to criminaily assault Mrs
Jesse Holland near here. was cap
tured by angry neighbors and strung
up tree with telephone wire The
wire broke and second attempt was
being made to hang the negro when
a sheriff's posse scattered the crowd
and took the nero to Jail.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31

If your stationery is not lust what
you would like it to be, Civ us ,
trial with your next orier. and we will
make II that wav Phone 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
Much Jewelrv Stolen.

Tyrone, Pa. Jan. 30-Several hun
dred dollars worth of jewer1y was
stolen from the residence of F. G.
Albright
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31

:-'''-"-titv q! t;i:,>""''' This is sid
q, hr he largest rr,ul,cr on record
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31
II you are one of those who are par
''c"'ar about your stationery, send it to
as. Phone 1000. either kind
CONGRESSMAN WILLETT'S
SPEECH

ne recent speech of Congressman
"'l'ett' ct New York was expunged
rom the Congressional Record 1t was
eN"ose II applied to no measure before
congress, and was simply personal
ABUSE OF the President En-
terprise.
Why this difference to the President
VINO has not hesitated to abuse and to
Witty men in the public serviceo Via:
IS good for Willett should also be good
'or the President. The abuse of midi
''o"a's by the President should be ex-
p'ner from the Record. Why not?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-31

II you like good printing, try or
sraa'. rhcne 1000.