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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
PERSONAL MENTION.

Archdeaeon Webbers lecture on the
Passion Play recalled to many the very
interesting and beautiful lecture given
by Miss Lavinia Egan on the same sub
ject the summer following her return
from an extended European tour in
1900 Miss Egan was engaged by the
Louisiana Chautauqua management to
deliver her lecture at the Chautauqua
near Ruston. 1t was one of the choice
attractions of the fine lecture course of
that season. Later the lecture was re-
peated in our city before brilliant club
entertainment to the pleasure and edih-
cation of the large company.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Proclamation Designating the Date and
the Polling Places.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
In accordance with Act 40 of 1906, mo-
tice is hereby given and we hereby pro-
claim that a primary election will be held
at the various precincts as now estab-
lished by law on Monday, May 81, 1909,
for the purpose of nominating Demo
cratic candidates for one councilman
at-large, and for one councilman for
Ward Nine of the City, to fill vacan-
cies in the City Council That said
election shall be held under Act 90 Of
1906 known as the Primary Law. The
polling places of said election shall be
as fellows:
Precinct I-Chatwin Bros, Market
and Travis.
Precinct Court house.
Precinct 3-Ferris Monsour's, $50
Louisiana avenue.
Precinct Bob Hughes store, Jor-
dan street.
Precinct 5-Charles Steers, Texas
avenue.
Precinct O. snyder's implement
house, Texas avenue.
Precinct LEO Louis gun shop,
Common street near Milan.
Precinct 8-Alfred Bros, Western
avenue and Anna street.
Precinct e-Luchini's barber shop,
Texas avenue
Done and signed this 18th day of
May 1909. JULES DREYFUSS,
Chairman of the City Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee.
MATT VAN LEAR, Sec.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
REAL. ESTATE MARKET
Record of Realty Transactions in the
City and Parish.

Real estate transfers furnished by the
Caddo Abstract Co. Ltd, 5E7 Marshall
street, opposite court house. J. D. Eos.
bank, president; F. A. Leonard, ysss
president; Sam w. Mason, secretary;
D. P. Eubank, treasurer.
]. H. Reagan to Mark Bluestein, lots
6 and block 2, lot FL block 10, and lot
r8 block Fl Fairfield Heights; $500.
VIM. Hamilton to L. E. Chase, south
west quarter of northwest quarter sec
ton 2, IS, IS; $500.
Hardy Lur1bus to A. c. Pitts, north
half of southwest quarter section 5, "a,
IS; $500.
A. C. Pitts to Louisiana Real Estate
and Development Co, same; $500.
B. Fl. Collins to c. A. Collins, IA in
terest in lots T, g. 7, block 10 Talbot &
Perrin subdivision; $500 and assurnpsit.
Mrs T. L. Cage to c. S. Steere, part
of lots II, IL, - eagle sub; $500.
c. S. Steere to L. S. Cage, lot II Fair
mount; $32oo.
NJ R, Purnel to Reid Land Co, lots
1 and z block 9 Tuxedo Park, lots ? and
8 block d, Barret sub; $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

ed, beautiful photographers in artistic
mission framing, done BY the boys of
the school placed on the walls, stem
cilled curtains made by the girls placed
at the windows, and shopnade mission
furniture for use and beauty. From the
purchase OF 100 books made by this in
itial appropriation, the library now
numbers 1923 volumes, embracing bio
graphy, literature, science, poetry, his
tory and travel. The public school Ii
brary is Hypatia's work, and is an en-
during monument to the intelligence and
culture and artistic spirit of these de-
voted women.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
FROM THE SHOP.

Another magazine table has been
made for the library by the boys of the
central school. The table is square, mis-
sion style and covered with leather, put
on with large flat tacks. 1t is a neat
piece Of work and the library is indebt-
ed TO the following boys Of the fresh
man class for this addition to its fur
rishings Lynn Reid, Frank Whited,
Sam Gleason, Roy stoner, Jack Tullos.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
PERSONAL.

Mre l. NJ Ccarj4,'c p1anco.,f .e,,act
Mrs Edna Me- .oa,nh left for her home
in Natehitoches Saturday,
Mrs + ~ R1ewer and Mrs. NJ IS
Poster are q sherman Tax,s ,tta,d.
mo the graduation axarc;ses af tha
Kidd Kew College +, attendance Gre
The fal1au;,,o hr;ol,t erie fron, shra,,e-
.narf M;sses Fits g,a,,er ora11. Eosz
ter and Amanda Tavior
Mrs panl Dun,,v "a R;e1ardsor,,
Miss sister ~ Mr. + u Gosn,.n hoe
been t1,e welcome o,,est of Mr. and nsrs
C,osrnan The nae. weel
The illness ~ Mrs Carroll HAYDEN
of Center TEXAS brought her TOR
treatment to orr c;tv where she bas
been under the care of nhvs;c;ans = tba
s1,revenort san;tar;nu, Mrs HAYDEN
was accompanied bv her husband and
her narents Mr. and Mrs Iobn San
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
sUCCEs sI0N SALE
No. 1I,4z6-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
c.~r,s.seeH;;sr ,.,# 80 Msaff.aS TSt,,,e11.,

No. 1I,4z6-In the First Judicial Dis
triet Court Of Caddo Parish, La. !:
Succession OF Mollie Johnson
BY virtue Of d commission to sell, 10
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, il the above entitled and
numbered successioll will offer for.
sale at public auction, for cash, accord
ing to law, between the legal hours for
sales, at the principal front door Of the.
court house Of Caddo Parish. La, on
SATURDAY, JUNE Io, 1900,
One-half Of LOT rs next and adjoining
LOT a4, and half Of lot "a next and adj
joining lot IS Of block 70, Io-acre lot 4
of the City Of Shreveport, La, the said
property being 4oxIs5o feet. together
with all buildings and improvements
thereon The said property TO be sold
Eor cash, according to law, 70 pay debts
2. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian May IS. 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
PROPOSITIONS INVITED.

Propositions are hereby invited to
sell to the Parish Of Caddo from 900 to
500 acres of land adjacent to the City OF
Shreveport, suitable for purposes of es-
tablis1ing a poor farm, same to be SUBJ
United to the clerk of the Polise Jury
by June z, 1909, the jury reserving the
right TO reject any and all propositions.
JULES DREYFUss, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
Caucasian. May I6, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
[E WORK OF THE PUPILS


The, very pretty basket made of will
low reeds for the library is the work of
Fred Nicholson, studious pupil of the
fourth grade in Miss Barthoff's room at
the central school. The best thing about
this young worker is his good conduct,
which ranks as high as his lessons, and
his teacher says that he is making the
required high average and be exempt in
the coming examinations. Fred has a
marked mechanical turn and his own
good taste is displayed in the pretty
things he. makes at school.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
T. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. JOS H. Spearing, rector-Serv-
ices today as follows: Holy communion
at Z 80 am. morning prayer II am. +;
evening prayer S pm. Sunday school
o:3o am. Regular meeting of Parish
Aid Society Monday in guild room at
Ago pm. Thursday, 10th, Ascension
day, morning prayer at 1890 am.
Everybody cordially invited to all serv-
ices. All seats free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
SUCCESSION NOTICE

No. 12,o45-In First District Court of
Louisiana: Succession of Thomas
Hanley.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Annie
Hanley has this day applied to be ap-
pointed administrators of said success
sion, and unless opposition be made.
thereto within the time specified by law,
she will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable Judges Of said
court this a3rd day of April 1909.
F. A. LEONARD,
April IS. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that on June
IS, 1909, a meeting of the stockholders
of the w. H. Powell Lumber Company
will be held at its Office at Shreveport,
Louisiana, for the purpose of deciding
upon an increase of the capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000.
w. IL. POWELL,
w. c. DOWNS,
w. ]. POWELL
i w. c. LENAHAN,
N A. AYRES.
Board Of Directors.
Shreveport, La, May /, 1909. So
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
w. S. INGRAM SENTENCED

w. S. Ingram, recently convicted of
embezzlement in New Orleans. has
been sentenced to three years servitude
iii the penitentiary He was well known
in Shreveport and throughout this sec
ton of the State. He lived beyond his
means and was a reckless spender of
not his own.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
A NEWCoMB GRADUATE.

On the graduation of Miss Nettie
Cooks Barnwell from Newcomb Col
lege this week Miss Barnwell will re-
turn with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |.
H. Barnwell to Shreveport and another
bright, ambitious Newcomb alumnus
will be added to those in our city who
have enjoyed the fine advantages OF our
great Southern college.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
TIE WHIPPOORWILL.

Above long woodland ways that led
To dells the stealthly twilight treads
The west was hot gera11iuln-red
and still, and still,
Along old lanes, the locusts sow
With clustered curls the Maytimes know
Out of the crimson after-glow,
We heard the homeward cattle low,
And then the far-off, far-off woe
Of swhippoorWill!' of ''whippoorwill =
Beneath the idle beechen boughs
We heard the cow-belis of the cows
Some slowly iangling toward the house !;
And still, and still,
Beyond the light that would not die
Out of the scarlet haunted sky,
Beyond the evening stars white eye
Of glittering chaleedony,
Drained out of dusk the p1aintivec ry
OF .whippoorwill!s of swhippoorwill 7,
What is there in the moon that swims
A naked bosom Ger the limbs,
That all the wood with magic din1s?
While still, while still,
Among the trees whose shadows grope
Mid ferns and fow'rs the deWdTops ope,
Lost in faint deeps Of heliotrope
Above the etover-scented slope.
Retreats, despairing past all hope.
The whippoorwiIl, the whippoorWill.
From Red Leaves and Roses by Mad
ison Caweir1.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.

The patterns described in the Caucas-
ian are supplied by the May Manton
Pattern Company, I32 West Twenty
seventh street, New York City, and the
Masonic Temple, Chicago, I'll. Forward
orders with names and addresses 10 the
New York or Chicago Office of the COM
pany, with cents for each pattern, and
they will be mailed direct
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

institution, which laid a firm foundation
for the educational work of the girls of
North Louisiana The school with its
noble founded passed away but through
out the State are to be found the young
women in various pursuits and positions
whose lives were influenced for ever
lasting good by one whose life was
noble example to others.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
INSURANCE.

When you want money. fire in trance,
bonds, life insurance, real estate, aeei-
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see w. c. Agurs, in the Cooper
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
DIR. E. G. ALLEN.

The Caucasian has been requested to
announce that DR.. E. G. Allen has re-
sunaed the prac' Of his profession.
Once in the Cooper building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
PIANO FOR SALE.

A Kirnball grand in good condition is
offered for sale. Apply at 5oa Fannin
street, Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
SUCCESSION SALE.
Board Of Directors.

Shreveport, La, May /, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

No. I2,o45-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
THE LIGHT IS BREAKING.

TIL equities of Negro citizenship given legal acknowledgment
the decision of the Supreme of the State of Mississippi
ed November End when declared that the law recently passed
by the legislature of that state establishing county agricultural high
schools for white youths is unconstutona because makes
vision for the education of coored children.
plainly measure, which would employ money
raised part from the levied the property of cooed citizens
the benefit of white children only practically barring cooed chill
r from its advantages The legal breadth and purely the decision
welcome of light breaking through the oppressive gloom of
Southern jurisprudence establishes the fact that
to be recognized citizen having legal rights Mississippi which
white men are bound to respect
1t be supposed that these white ursts and other citizens
determined that the Negro child shall enjoy the opportunities
that the white child for the law probably would been
deemed sufficient had made partial provision for the similar
coOred
constitution forbddng class legislation clearly recognized uf
cent indication that the South general and Mississippi particular
advancing toward that ultimate liberty and democracy
which the real foundation buwark
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
TILE VENTURE SPIRIT.

WHERE the object which element
the OF the
characteristic demanding development
ectu and moral advancement Independent needs feghted al
benefits
ending better The
which characerzes people establishes the position and
standing that with world
and the of its all of its smaller relations
The itself
well
further
of its enterprises need necessarily be educated
himself the achievements
whether business the spheres although
possessed of the spirit better equipped capable
many examples of semade whose education picked
they along but who really the pioneers of They
educated
ventures who follow in their footsteps
To of and known paths
make that people independent ereian and The eau
The fifty have from state of peculiar
the the leading
nations of the world from which they have begun challenge Cauca
civilization of merit of awakened
which suddenly oveeaped the boundaries of its island home
flowed through nlets Of Asia China catch
nations that Sleep venure the nations that being
whmed absorbed The particularly the Negro of America
thoroughly and dare He
throw himself generally the slowly channels OF bust
home follow their fast widening leads around
the world other people
all earth But and
done and as conquerors expect to do.
children should bayhood at
objects parental judgment their
failures should be allowed
Them for failure of the natural elements OF eventual
When the Negro begins exploit the
portunit other question OF will
check he will then be the to the
heights of undamted manhood.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
DANGER
From
Comet
Only Slight
By CHARLES DIETZ
Mechanical Expert

Should toward the earth its first effect would be
the the comets preceding compressed atmosphere
of This would the take
shy side and BY Should not do this
press earth gradually toward the while the compound
the earth comets atmospheres would and
compression through which the solid of the
earth would without In proof of this the
double show the survival of these paced collisions
meetings 1t only the smaller fragments of comet that could
trate earhs atmosphere and strike it with force.
The caused by earthquake large enough
TO break When the earth be
round it will fall breaking into smaller fragments
of which in their pathway to the be
ground into dust by the friction with the atmosphere
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13

1t is about time that predictions of the
end of the earth caused by Halley's or
another comet striking the earth were
stopped. The possibility of comets COM
ing in contact with the earth, although
coming directly toward the earth is very
Slight. Should it come in contact with the
earth it would not jar it and we have ma
terial evidence in the heavens that planet
and comet may come together without
any disastrous effects.
The earth rotates at the rate of 1000
miles an hour at its equator and travels
100000 miles a day in its orbit around
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13

JOHN ROCkEFELER has given one million dollars as the
inament fund used for the determination the hook
discovered the South 1t that this
this by the
liberal supply OIL the Company the
supply hand which will furnish at but small advance
of the public Possibly oil will
by-produc
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13

A novel and mysterious disease that the
profession designates as .infantile paraly-
sis has lately been spreading among the
very young children of Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska.
The disease is new one to us and,
though suggestive in some of its phases
of meningitis, must not be confounded with
that more malignant malady. Few of the
babies that have been affected with paraly-
sis have died, but in meningitis there is
always big percentage of mortality.
This new ailment begins with fever,
is succeeded by vomiting and sharp pains
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13


LAID out by the engineer necessary the scheme by which limited
train dashes from Chicago York IS hours But the
in construction get $4,000 year salary while the labo
$1.50 day.
This does not make possible that all the concentration which the
aboe might put into his work would guarantee him than his
regular $150 day. He has abos BRAIN content with labor
es hire But the position the engineer the absence of concena
ton in the engineers makeup have left him only $1,000
assistant to the engineering staff.
The point would make that concentration of mind is fac
uy acquired ability command the faculties of mind and of
body and for the best of results this requirement must insure harmon
relation between and brawn Advice "You
cenae yourself work. about ineffective suggest
him that he grow four inches taller than he is
Everywhere it will be conceded that of the most irritating
experiences social life find himself talking another who
many not listening This social ofene often hard to forgive
But for the worker work without his attention nted his work
constitutes ofense that find still
harder to forget.
ones wasn't paying attention his work when he made that
tak the rriaed day from tens of thousands of
authority other responsible for their mistakes and
failures 1t the most irritating of all forms of hortcomng If
Jones had not been competent to do the thing his
perior could feel that he had made the mistake in
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
THE JEANS WILL IN DANGER.

the legal heirs of the late Anna
Quakeress who wed million dollars to
Washington and Others for the benefit OF rural
schools the South have combined suit to break the will
The technical being claimed that the
execution of the will bencares under the will
disqualified similar wills have been
the
fate The heirs number than thirty and doubtless some OF
them would be glad charitable beques revoked the courts
they benefited by The motive the OF OF the
they will take of the
charities if the will is broken But best the situation startling
beeoene recorded than that such vau
able help the rural Negro schools The work of the board under
fairly Considerable
of The threatened interrupt
ton of that will be unfortunate We sincerely hope that
will be seriously hampered dsasrousy dealt
with President Taft member of the board formed to execute
valued above three million dollars
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
Faculty
Acquired Ability
to Command
Attention
By JOHN A. ROWLAND

)NCENTRATION of mind in harmonious relation with bod
lily activity is the greatest active force in civilization There
human activities which effective without concentration
in the mind, but somewhere the harneng of this force
bread scheme has been evolved without which this aim
less force in the individual would be wasted.
In thousand ways the drudgng, ignorant aborer of
the lowest type becomes vital in the pefecng of material
dreams of the concentrated mind That ouchng amless
figure of tanning sand under railway tie to the level
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13
New and
Strange
ChiId'S
Disease
By DR.. HOWARD L. MARTIN

and completes its evil work by attacking the spinal
causing paralysis legs other muscle groups The
when death ensue usually several weeks
away, but the paralysis continues.
does appear be contagious frequently only
large m will be attacked There hardly dout
though, of its being infectious
Up this time child has recovered the of its limbs and Il
doctors trying find the the
widespread feeling alarm and the governor
board going limit their endavors
the epidemic.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-11-13

C0H1Pere11U
perior could feel that he had made the mistake in
leaving Jones to do the work. But Jones knew better
and failed because of inattention.
Concentration of the faculties not only is a safe
guard against errors, but it is that when
a move has been considered and determined upon the
move will have all effectiveness and accomplish the
maximum in results. Without this power of concen-
traton every of these faculties must prove poor
broken reed instead of lever that might move
world. ~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-01

A grand rally held last night in the
Y. NJ. C. A. building marked the close
of a most successful three days COM
vention of the Y. M. G. A. associations
of the state and this morning the
hundred or more delegates, who were
in the city for the occasion, departed
for their various homes greatly pleased
with what had been accomplished.
From the expressions Of the dele
gates the annual convention, just clos
ed, was one of the most gratifying In
every respect that has ever been held
and they left the city feeling that their
time had been well spent.
- The Rally Last Night.
After the church services in the city
were over last night the delegates
gathered at the auditorium Of the as
sociation, building where they listened
to a number OF good short talks by the
various delegates. A number of local
Y. M. c. A. workers made short ad-
dresses among them being r. M. Ham
ilton, w. J. Lane and c. A. wheelock
Secretary Chas. J. Allen also gave a
short talk OF much interest to the as
senblage.
Many of the delegates from the stu
dent associations at the various edu-
cational institutions told what the con-
vention meant to them and OF what
benefit the session will be- in helping
them in improving the work of their
associations.
The resolution committee made a re-
port through its chairman, Ralph Be
bee, expressing appreciation Of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-01

work which the Fargo association has
done toward making the conferences a.
success: expressing the thanks of the
delegates for the banquet given by the
Fargo Y. w. G. A.; to the press of the
city for the reports made OF the ses-
sions and to the speakers who came
here to address the delegates. These
resolutions were adopted by vote of
the delegates.
The Sperry Lecture.
The entire day Sunday was taken
up at various services and opened, at
9:15 in the morning at the association
building when the delegates were ead-
dressed by International Secretary w.
M. Parsons. In this address Secre-
tary Parsons impressed upon the dele
gates the great work that was before
them in their home and student as
sociationsin improving and expanding
the work. He told of the great work
which is being done all over the world
by the Y. NJ. c. A. and the field that
was open to young men.
After-this address the delegates re-
paired to the various churches where
they listened to the services which
completed the. morMing deyotions. In
the. afternoon all the delegates repair
ed to the First Presbyterian church
where they listened to one of the best
addresses every heard on the subject
of Male and Female, of the Signifi-
canoe Of Sex. by DIR. Lyman b. Sperry
OF Oberlin, Ohio.
Fully TOO men were in the auditor
ium OF the church TO listen to this adj
dress. The speaker dealt plainly with
the subject striking straight. from the
shoulder dealing with the duty of the
man and the woman In. the production
Of their own kind. OF the duty of the
man to protect and provide and OF the
woman IN making the home.
DR.. Sperry has made q life. stud y, OF
the subject and his lecture IN Fargo
was something that has peen looked
forward to by a large number OF the
men Of the city.
After the church services In the
evening the convention was closed by
the rally at the Z. NC. A. building.