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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
THE GOOD ROADS CAMP.

As a rule street talk, like gossip, is
unreliable and is scarcely worth serious
attention, excepting in instances where
character may be affected, or business
interest involved In such cases it may
become necessary to trace the talk to
its origin and, if possible, to hold the
tattlers or the defarners to account
These remarks are suggested by re-
ports and street talk concerning the dis
cipline of the good roads camp. 1t is
street talk that some of the prisoners
consigned to the good roads enjoy privi-
leges which are not specified Nin the
rules or the customs of such camps.
The good roads camp of Caddo parish
is, in a sense, movable prison, place
of confinement where men are held I'M
der the decree of court, in conform
ity with penalty fixed for the violation
of law.
In such camp the best treatment and
care which is possible must be provided,
but it is not intended that any one con-
signed to the camp and to work on the
roads shall be permitted to revel in idle
ness, or shall be granted immunity
from the service which should be reas-
onably expected from each prisoner ac-
eording to his physical condition to do
manual labor. It IS certainly not the
place where prisoners may indulge their
faneies and inclinations iii the exercise
of such freedom as is enjoyed by citi-
zens not decreed to servitude
In brief, the street talk as we'll as the
reports would indicate laxity sof dis
cipline which should receive the speedy
attention of the Police Jury, and if ex-
aggerated or untrue the superintendent
of the good roads camp should be re-
lieved of discredit; and if true, he
should be removed. In either event it
is due to the people and to the superin
tendent Of the good roads camp that
these reports, seemingly reliable, shall
be cleared.
What the people want to know is sim
pie: Is the good roads camp what it
should be in SO far as it applies to dis
cipline in the ful6llment of the intent
and the purpose Of the penalty inflicted
by the court, or is it simply a place of
presumed restraint where some men of
class may enjoy special privileges which
are not accorded others as we'll favored
with influential friends.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
NEWS AND NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered by a Cau-
casian Representative.

The first meeting since the adjourn
ment for the summer was held, Monday
afternoon, in the council chamber of the
city hall, Mrs. P. Youree presiding At
ter the regular routine business, appli-
cations for membership were presented
and passed on. The new members adj
mitted are Mrs Cornelia Cook Smith,
Mrs. J d. Wilkinson, Misses Rosa V.
Cole and Noah B. Cole, Miss Jim Mar
tin, Mrs Annie Grosbeck, Mrs. May
Henderson Leonard, Miss Vera Hen
derson.
Communication was read from Mrs.
J. S. Allison of Bossier, State histo-
riar, asking the cooperation of the
Shreveport Chapter in creating an in
terest in the civil war epoch from OF to
65, among the pupils of the city schools.
To that end Mrs. Allison asked that
every chapter in the State will offer a
prize for the best essay on any subject
connected with the civil war, to be sub
mitfto before the next State convention
in May. The request was cordially en-
dorsed by the chapter and will be acted
on.
A very tender and beautiful biograph-
ical sketch Of the late Mrs George E.
Thatcher, beloved member of the chap
ter, was submitted by Miss Mary Fur
man. historian, and fead by request of
the president Then speaking in behalf
Of the chapter, Mrs. Matte H. Williams
expressed the deep sense of grateful ap-
probation of the noble and generous
gift Of $4,000 made BY Capt. P Youree
jointly TO the Shreveport Chapter and
the Leroy Stafford Camp for the cree
ton Of memorial column to the Con-
federate dead in Greenwood cemetery
She emphasized The fact that the gem
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
LOUISIANA STATE CONGRESS
OF MOTHERS.

Shreveport has been cornplimented
indeed honored in having had the pleas
IRE oF realizing that the first Biennial
Conference of the Louisiana State Con-
gress of Mothers has been held In the
auditorium of the Travis street public
school house, an edi6ce of modern CON
struction, which is a credit to the city
and to the State.
There can be expressed no words too
Mandatory in the appreciation Of the eff
forts OF these noble women in the well
fare of the child and in the encourage
ment of mothers who, being burdened
with the stern responsibilities of life,
need the stimulation aroused by kind
and gentle words as well as heartfelt
and substantial sympathy
It was Mrs. Charles Dickinson of
Denver. Colo, who in study outline
on Physical Training, published in the
National Congress of Mothers Maya
zine of December 1907 declared that
''the most magnificent thing about life
is life" but the whole problem is how
to live it.
Not only by precept but by example
and practical teachings the Mothers are
striving to exemplify how life should
be lived
Who can or who will dispute or ques-
ton the assertion that no work in the
world is as mothers work?
Is not "a mother the hottest thing
alive?
In this article we shall not venture
into a detail Of what the Mothers have
accomplished in this city, but suffice it
to say that the Shreveport Training
School is substantial proof in the evil
denee of the good work which is to
their credit Much more could be said
but we are deferred in Difference to the
wishes Of the Mothers, who disapproye
of the publicity Of their deeds How
ever, in no invidious sense nor with the
intent Of specializing. to Mrs. DeGarmo
president Of the Louisiana State Con-
gress, IS due much Of the credit for
what has been done. Always uatiring
and ever ready to lend helping hand.
She has been an actual and active leader.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
TWENTY YEARS
A Woman Died of Joy Because Her
Son Was Coming to Visit Her

A woman died of joy in Sacramen-
to, California, the other day because
her son was coming to visit her
She had not seen him for twenty
years
He telegraphed her that he was on
his way, and when she went down to
the station to meet him the excitement
was too much for her and she drop
ped dead in the waiting room
Twenty years? I wonder if it was
worth while waiting all that time
twenty years-and the boy she knew
was man grown, man with fam
lily, and she had never seen him since
kissed him good-by when he was a rosy
youngster, and let him go out into the
world to seek his fontune
Twenty years land they were short
years to him, full of life and interest
and adventure-but oh, how they must
have dragged to that lonely mother.
| wonder if you realize in the faint
est degree, you men who leave your
mother alone for years and years, what
the loneliness of these years are to her
You have thousand interests, doz-
en- friends, score of new ideas every
year; and she has, if she is like most
women who are mothers, nothing on
earth that she really cares the weight
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Edith Brown Bailie claims the
honor of entertaining Mrs. Creighton
Matthews of New Orleans during hei
visit to Shreveport this week
Mrs. l. K. Ridley has returned from
Monroe, where she has been in attend
ance on her daughter, Mrs Dan Breard
who has been seriously i'll.
Mrs c. E Byrd has returned home
after a pleasant visit of several weeks
to her mother, Mrs Pauline McFee OF
Monroe.
Mrs. E w Sutherlin and children
are enjoying a visit to relatives in Thib-
odaux.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
A FRIEND THAT NEVER FAILS

n MEM ia L. NENIN A11zGt
The following tribute to a faithful
dog was paid by its appreciative owner,
the editor of the Democrat, published
at Hickory. North Carolina
THE man who has never owned and
loved good dog has missed one of
TIE best things of life When luck
goes against him and things look blue,
when men look at him asl<ance and it
seems that nothing is good on earth,
the man who owns a dog has one friend
who will always remain the same, thru
evil and thru good report, who is always
glad to greet him and who believes in
him thoroughly. Heis the one friend
who never questions your action, or
your wisdom and who believes that,
like the king, you can do no wrong.
When a man loses a friend like thai
he feels that something has gone from.
his life which will be hard to replace.
Byron voiced this sentiment when
he wrote, although in a somewhat mis-
anthropical mood, these lines over the.
grave of his favorite dog, "Boatswain.
To mark friends remains, these
stones arise,
| never had but one and here he lies.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

the potent and all-powerful spirit in the
cause of the child.
At the session held yesterday Mrs.
DeGarmo resigned the Office she has
filed with credit. Her resignation is
due to her absence from Shreveport and
this State, which may be prolonged for
a year or more For a while at least
she will be at her girlhood home in
Missouri, where her daughters are being
educated
Although the resignation of Mrs. De
Garmo was anticipated, it was received
with expressions of regret from her
friends and co-workers, whose eyes suf-
fused with tears reflected the finest SEN
sibilities of their hearts.
There are Mothers Congresses in ev-
cry State of the Union and National
Congress of Mothers.
While the Mothers have done much,
there is yet much to do Fortunately
the Mothers are assured and have the
encouragement of the head of this Ma
ton and of the Governors of States
and of every man who may be interested
in the welfare of the child.
The Mothers of the Louisiana Con-
gress, we are pleased to say, at least
majority, if not all of the dele
gates, will remain during Fair Week,
and to one and all, we would voice the
greetings of welcome which can scarce
ly be expressed in words.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
HYPATIA.

Mrs Edith Brown Bailie, club report
er for Hypatia, gives following account
of November literary meeting
The monthly literary meeting was
held with Mrs H. H. Wheless in her
new home on Jordan street The com
pany assembled in the library, nineteen
members present. Invitations to the
Louisiana Chapter Daughters of the
Revolution, November 4, II o'clock
Fair grounds (model home) and to re-
ception by Mrs. w K Henderson to
Mrs. Creighton Mathews, president Of
State Federation of Clubs, November a.
3 to o'clock, was read and accepted
The programme as previously out
lined was given and very much appre-
ciated.
The next meeting will be held No
vember 10, Mrs. Egan hostess, with
Mrs. H. H. Prescott.
Miss Schuster told of accident to Miss
Lou Morris, former Hypatian, who
is now in the Austin sanitarium with a
broken limb from fall
In behalf of Mrs. Johnston, secretary
LIE Cercle Artistique, Mrs Lindsay pre-
scented possible programmes for express
ion of preference.
The restored health and speedy return
of Mrs Black Hamilton was drank in
the punch served by the hostess. Mrs.
Wheless honored the occasion of her
first entertainment in her new home by
sereing choice refreshments.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
MISS SOPHIE B. WRIGHT.

The Mothers Congress will have as
their guest during the Fair Miss Sophie
B. Wright of New Orleans, the most
beloved woman in the State, and the
most prominent in philanthropic work.
She is also one of the States prominent
educators. Miss Wright possesses the
open sesame to every town and city
in Louisiana.
Mrs. Frank E. Fritz, president gen
eral of the Daughters of the Revolution,
is expected to arrive Monday night and
be the guest of the local chapter. Many
brilliant entertainments have been
planned in honor Of their distinguished
guest
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
FLOWER SHOW

For the benefit of the Home for the
Homeless has been postponed on &C
count of the Fair. 1t will take place
the week after the Fair, perhaps, OF
which due notice will be given. The
annual flower show has been one of the
most delightful autumn festivals and is
looked forward to with great pleasure,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

State Mothers Congress convened Sat
urday in the Travis street school audi
toriun. Prominent visitors present
were Miss Sophie B. Wright of New
Orleans and Miss Brecllinridge of Tex
as, vice president of the Texas Mothers
Congress and the Federation of Won
ems Clubs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
A CUP OF COLD WATER.

Can be had during the Fair at the
booth Of the Womens Prohibition
League Artesian water will be served
and souvenir postal cards given away.
They can be addressed and stamped at
the booth ready for mailing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
PERSONAL MENTION.

Very deep concern has been felt since
the announcement of the serious illness
of Dr. ]. c. Egan Slight Improvement
was reported Friday, but his condition
is still precarious. DR. Egan has friends
all over the State who will welcome the
news of his improvement.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
THE EAR

Everything is i'll readiness. The de-
partments full and complete for the for
NAL opening tomorrow. With contin-
uation of beautiful weather and au-
ttimn's crisp cool touch in the air, the
attendance will undoubtedly be larger
than ever. Everything promises SPLEEN
did Success.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
BABY SHOW AT FAIR GROUND!

Saturday, November E, the babies will
be on parade In a special tent near the
model home the little cherubs will be
placed before the judges. Save trouble
by weighing the baby at home and send
ing name, age, weight and address to
Mrs. Z. B. Hands who with Mrs Files
has the matter in hand
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

of a single hair for-except you.
Who is there in the world that is
worth keeping you from your mother
That friend you care so much for p
why, heed leave you in minute for the
first pair of laughing eyes that called
him.
The woman you are so dead in love
with ?-she's in love with you, too, you
say. Well, maybe she is-has she Civ
en- the best years of her life for you
Has she sat up with you night after
night? Has she defended you against
every hint of accusation-fought your
fight as if it was her own? If she has,
perhaps you ought to give up your
mother for her; but if she IS the right
kind of woman she won't admire you
for doing it.
Don't bring your mother home to
live with the woman you love; that
isn't fair It isn't fair to your wife
and it isn't fair to your mother-but
don't let anybody in the world keep you
twenty years away from the truest
friend you ever had in the world
Twenty years IL wonder how much
the things that kept him away so long
were worth to tat man when he walked
into that waiting room and saw his
mother dead
Dead of joy and the long agony of
waiting.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

Published three times week, on Sun
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at 51z Edwards ST.,
by The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company, Limited, proprietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

9 go m. Regular meeting of Parish
Aid Society Monday in guild room 4 zoo
pm Special music at afternoon service
Everybody cordially invited to all serv-
ices. All seats free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Creighton Matthews, president
Of Louisiana Federation Wonens Clubs
will be in Our city during Fair week, es-
pecially to be present on Federation
Day. Mrs Matthews is one of the lead
ing club women of New Orleans, and
her presence in Shreveport will be
greatly appreciated
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
THE FOREST.

Have you heard the strident voices
OF full throated water courses
Heard the little singing rivers
AS they thread their silver ways?
Have they lured your feet to follow
To their far, mysterious forces
To the mirrored CLINT and cleaning
Of hundred lakes and bays?
Through the crimson aisles of morning
Have you wandered to the twilight
To that dim, empurpled twilight
Where the shadows follow fast?
Have they caught you in their meshes
Shrouding brain and shrouding sight
With veil too fine for fancy
And too beautiful to last?
Have you fingered through the night
time
In some ba1sam bower, dreaming
That your soul heard far faint whispers
Like the rush of angels wings
Till you Weakened in the moonlight
To find all the world a-gleaming,
All athrall with drowsy murmurs
And the cry of wild, shy things?
Oh, the forest Oh, the forest!
With its arts and snecromancies-
With its dim, untouched recesses
And its wild, untrodden waysl
1t will lead through sun and shadow
To such sweet, untutored fancies,
Till it strikes the quivering keynote
For the paean of Gods praise!
Alice Garland Steele
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. Jos. H. Spearing, rector-Serv-
ices today as follows: Holy communion
7:3o am. morning prayer II am.
evening prayer 5 pm. Sunday school
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31
A CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

4 JUNFEDEKAi Z VET EXAM.
There is in this city a Confederate
Veteran named ]. Hines, who was a
member of the Caldwell Guards, Third
Louisiana Regiment He was wounded
at Iuka and at Vicksburg, Miss. He Is
entitled to the recognition of his CO i
aides H residence may lie obtained
from the Bernstein Bros. drug store on
Texas avenue.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

Entered as second class matter February
IL, 1904, at the postofice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act of Congress
of March 81, 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

Better see about your supply of bill
and statement heads before the first of
the month. You'll need EN-. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

Subscription Price $2.oo a year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

Official Journal of CaSdO Parish
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-31

MOTHERS CONGRESS.
The first biennial convention of the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
La Temperature
A0UACxRos EN- IL. SUR
DB Ia IsLA

La temperature media en- la secci6n
fuS casi propia de IL estaci6n y Ia
precipitation fls dgo mas excesiva
de 10 cantidad usual en- la Ultima Sc
mana del afo. Hnbo mayor nublosi-
dad de 10 acostumbrado. Durante la
primera mitad de. semans, Sc regis
trarOn ligeros 8 moderadamente fuer-
tes aguaceros, casi diariamente, en-
todas parties menos en- la parte s. de
la isla. La precipitacian semanal fue
costumbradamente fuerte para la
estaci6n en- la parte Sc. de La isla,
sobre un area que comprende Huma-
cas y Aaunabo. y tambien en- toda la
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06

parte central de Il livisitl ~, sn don.
de les cantidsdss vsriaSsn de de- 8
es,atro pulgsAas ID dia g hubieron
en- b division s. hgerss aguaceros.
Los dias n , q ~ netArsn On W.
rias estaciones fuertes ventarrones. La
mayor velocidad del vie.to registra-
das en San Juan fu6 g. nillas por
hora, del NE, cl dia n de Diciem-
bre.
La temperature media en- la sec
cidn fue TAG grades , 81 promedis
de la precipitation fu6 1.76 pulgsdas.
La temperature mas alta que han in
tornado fue 81 grados, en- Juana Dfaz,
ei q de Dieienbre; Ia nAs baja, Sc
grades en- Las Aarias, ei 81 de Di-
ciembre. La mayor precipitation So
manal fue 4.32 pulgadas, en- Cayey;
la menor, 0.1s pulgadas, en- San Ger
man.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
Has buques formidables
CUATRo Ac0RAzADos HUEvos

Nssva York. miercoles.-Neweny ha recomendado
sGdamente In construction de cuatro aeoraxados de
- III tonsIadas ocho canones cada uno de catcrcc
Hnlgadas
Enes azmento del poderio naval considera iHdis-
Als dentro de Iss contingencies que han de surgir
- n iuturo muy cercano
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
Castro 11o si-'o opessad0
RI PACENTE EsTA GRAVE

Ansva York. miercoles-Los despachos de Berlin d.
- 4ns 81 general Castro ha sido operado aysr.
Annque II operaci6n ha tenido exto 81 expresdente
- venexnela continda grave estado que aoentu6
3ants Il noche La vida del general Castro ga
- Tiesgo
1tnsse que surjan compIcaciones sensibles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
hejillas color de rosa
hechas por IN buen alinenao

Ina que en- Acton, Wales noses
LENA de placer graitud tengo gusto
para dcces los magnos resultado he obtendo Grape
Nuts Por espaco muchos desie mi mfan suo
de Intermediates neuralgia ace
Desie tome e comence benefoy
des1e he
del decsos
frecucncia
Duermo mejor siento ag fresca ganado
cane mis- meas han vuelto color de La neuralgia ha
ben doy de ameno mi ha sf1a
la gran satisfaction de deci que salud es envdabe
Efcazmente recomendo todas madras
obtendran resutados
agadable mish
elos estan sempre lbrando mas
Ell nonbre 10 dara Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich, E. IA
los eos
los Ia enceaica
los hace
faci
tamben los disfrutcn de salud.
Crape-Nuts
THEME lAzoN DE- SEA"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
! EEL congreso cubano
UN coNFLIcTo QUE Sc AGRAvA

Nueva York. miGrcoles.-Mr Magoon ha convocads 81
Congreso de Cuba para el trece de este mes.
Va ha Edo publicada Ia proclama ohcial
0tros dsspachos de Europa dicen que aeentls II IT,
rantex do relaciones entire Servia Austria
II conficto aproxima. Es va nminsnts.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
L. protection 81 cate
TRES CENTAvos soLAMENTE

Iusva York, miercoes.-Dicen los informes que ne-
xn Dc Washington que es probable que el Comite de
Tuifas decida por la recommendation de que le sea
sreado e impuesto de tres centavos solamente Ia H.
In de cafe, en- vex de los seis centavos pedidos.
Les defensores de la industra caeters trabajan ac
para mantener el tpo de cnco centavos por 10
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
L. saIida para WapoIes
sPERRY I'm GAMING

Nueva York, mercoles-El almirants Sperry ha sahdo
para Napoles
Cuando llegue dicho puerto italano IL Aota aneri
cana ell amirane envara ses buques ransportes pres
tar los servcos que neceste Ell goberno de Italia Nm
de atenuar desastre que ha evado Ia ruina b deso
laci6n al Sur dc Italia y II Isla de Stella.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-06
u ostedr.' de Toledo
AnENAzANDo Ru1NA

Nueva York, miercolea -Cablesramas regados de Ma
rid dicen que 81 gobierno ha dedcado ereto espe
cial la reparaci6n Immediate de Ia hermosa Catedral
de Toledo de las oyas mas hermosas de Ia srqui
tectura monumental que tiene en- Espana tan nsgnes
ejemplares.
muy elogiada.
La Catedral amenaxa ruina.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
MISERY IN STOMACH.

Why not start nOw-tO-day-and
ever rid yourself of stomach trouble
and indigestion? A dieted stomach
gets the blues and grumbles. Give
1t good eat, then take Pape's Dia-
pepsin to start the digestive juices
working. There will be no dyspepsia
or belching Of gas or eructations OF
undigested food; no feeling like a
lump of lead in the stomach or heart
burn, sick headache and dizziness,
and your food will not ferment and
poison your breath with nauseous
odors.
Pape's Diapepsin costs only 80
cents for large case at any drug
store here, and will relieve the most
obstinate case of indigestion and up
set stomach in five minutes.
There is nothing else better to take
gas from stomach and cleanse the
stomach and intestines, and besides
one triangule will digest and prepare
for assimilation into the blood all
your food the same as a sound,
healthy stomach would do it.
When Diapepsin works your stom-
ach rests-gets itself in order, cleans
up-and then you feel like eating
when you come to the table, and
what you eat will do you good.
Absolute relief from all stomach
misery is waiting for you as soon as
you decide to begin taking Diapepsin.
Tell your druggist that you want
Pape's Dispepsin, because you want
to be thoroughly cured Of indigestion.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
THE MEEKER HERALD.
JAMES LYrrLE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

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