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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
ONLY A LITTLE WAY"

ONLY A LITTLE WAY"
"A little way''-I know it is not far
To that dear home where my beloved
are;
And yet my faith grows weaker as
stand
A poor, lone pilgrim in dreary land
Where present pain the future bliss OBJ
| scures,
And where my heart sits, like a bird
upon
The empty nest, and mourns its loved
ones gone.
Plumed for their flight, and vanished
quite!
All, me; where is the comfort, though
l softly say
They have journeyed on "a little way
"A little way''-at times they seem so
near,
Their voices tender murmur still I
hear;
To all my duties loving presence lend,
And with sweet ministry my steps at
tend,
And bring my soul the luxury of tears
Twas here we met and parted COM
pany-
Why should their gain be such a grief
to me?
This scene of loss! Thou heavy
cross
Dear Savior, take the burden off,
pray,
And show me heaven is but "a little
way
"A little way!' This sentence l repeat,
Hoping and longing to extract some
sweet
To mingle with the bitter. From Thy
hand
I take the cup / can not understand,
And in my weakness give myself to
Thee;
Although it seems SO very, very far
To that dear home where all my loved
ones are,
| know, know! 1t is not so.
Twas only yesterday they vanished.
Help me say
Though tears may blind-'twas but a |
little way.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
A DAY OF RECKONING.

There was not money enough for the
Insane Asylum or Confederate Veter-
ans, but there seems to have been ar
abundance TO. increase Archie Smiths
salary to $1,000 per year, and give him
$4,000 for operating expenses. Private
Secretary Fuqua, we assume, because Of
his general usefulness upon the floor OF
the two houses. has also come in for a
raise. There will be day of reckon
ing for the hungry politicians now in
Office, and it is not far off.-Louisiana
Democrat.
When?
Not while the New Orleans Bosses
and few of their allies in the country
control and dominate
But there may come day of reckon
ing when the people are prodded a little
more, when they are kicked and cuffed
about, and then they will awake. rise
IN their might and become self-assertive.
But when7
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
CUPID TRIIIMPHS

The Toiler OF Leesville says: Joe An
Irvine, an Austrian who has peddled in
this country for several years, was ar
rested here last Friday on a charge of
kidnapping a woman of his own race
from Shreveport. The woman claimed
to be Fl years old, denied having been
kidnapped, and claimed she had come
with him of her own accord, so, as no
legal reason was shown why the COW
should not be allowed to marry, mar
rage license was secured from the
clerk, the services of a priest from
Mansfield procured, and the couple was
married, after having been discharged.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
TWO "FlRST" BALES
Mercedes Bale Gets to Houston Four
Minutes Before Brownsville Bale.

Houston, Texas, June 23.-Mercedes,
BY beating Brownsville into Houston
with the first bale of cotton for the year
by four minutes, for the second year in
succession carried. off the honors for be-
ing the first on the market Both bales
arrived on the same train and were CON
signed to WI D. Cleveland & Sons. The
Mercedes bale, weighing 416 pounds,
was auctioned off with the customary
ceremonies, w. D. Cleveland & Sons
gaining the prize at $375. The Browns
vile bale was sold to Samuels & Co.
for $50. Both bales arrived iii this city
at 20 o'clock this morning. A spe-
cial automobile was waiting for the
Mercedes bale, which was thus enabled
to reach the Cotton Exchange at 7:3z
O'Clock. Four minutes later the Browns
vile bale was ushered into the exchange
after a more sedate trip on an autorno-
bile truck, the property Of w. D. Cleve-
Land & Sons.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
JUDICIAL SALE

No. I3,7o2-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish. Louis
lana: E. R. Bernstein. ct al VS.. w.
K. Henderson, ct al.
By virtue of commission to sell. to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
lsh; Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, | will offer for sale
for cash and according to law, at the
principal front door of the court house
OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY,, JULY 80, 1910.
South half of section twelve (I2) town
ship twenty-one (2I) range sixteen (16)
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, less right of
way of K. c. S. Ry Co. Said property
as belonging to the parties 1itigant and
to be sold for cash and according TO
law, for the purpose of affecting par
tition. ]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June 70, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26

industry in one section, when approx
mate conditions in the same industry
| existed in other sections.
Let the cotton farmer pin that fact,
while he remembers that the present ai-
| ninistration has been more tolerantly
treated by the South than any other
section of a dissatisfied and critical
country"
The conspiracy in restraint, etc, is
explained:
'In other words, the gamblers of the
New York Cotton Exchange were con-
fronted with maturing deliveries, and
they had expected to beat down the
price of cotton, make settlement on the
reduced basis, and then, dividing their
millions of profit laugh at the gulIibility
of the public
But they were called! The other
fellow got the cotton and then they
welchedI
And never, as long as he lives, will
L ISSiuSIl L dit NC dulC " SATISFACTORILY
explain why he permitted his Attorney
General-indirectly connected with the
New York Cotton Exchange-to rush
to the defense of the gamblers and the
welchers.
The conspiracy boot is on the other
foot Instead of these men seeking to
conspire in restraint of trade or to con-
troll prices, it is the government that is
placed by its Attorney General in the
attitude of conspiring with bear gam
blers to restrain the prices for cotton.
The government has apparently per
mitted the squeals of a few welching
bear gamblers to draw it into their
game, and to throw its weight back of a
systematic effort to beat down prices of
cotton and to cover the reputation of
contracts.
This is equivalent to serving notice
that any attempt to get fair price for
the staple of the Southern planter will
be opposed by the organized power of
the United States Government"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
MEMBERS OF THE COTTON
POOL INDICTED.

A few days since James A Patten
Frank B. Hayne, William Brown anc
others were indicted by the Fedora
Grand Jury These men are indicted
jointly, and charged as being engaged
in an unlawful combination to raise the
price of cotton in restraint of trade
and in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
In a telegram from New York it is
stated that there is a possibility that the
men indicted will never be called to
trial. It would seem that the indict-
ments are not only defective, but it has
developed that the government case
could not be sustained
The indictments, it is surrnised, were
suggested BY Attorney General Wicker
sham.
While the United States Attorney
General was striking at the individuals
engaged in the cotton traffic, why did
he not direct his efforts to the MANY
combinations in restraint of trade whose
donicile is in the States of the North j?
Commenting on the indictment of the
men in this cotton pool, the Atlanta
Constitution says:
Must the cotton farmer of the South
ern States add the United States Gov
eminent to that long list of conspirators
against fair prices that he has hereto
fore meen called upon to combat?
In view of the governments present
attitude toward the cotton industry, the
query is a legitimate one.
Upon rising market the govern
ment made its debut in cotton market
regulations by indicting group of men
alleged to be responsible for the increase
In price
That, in itself, demanded explana-
ton.
The demand became greater with the
joint Indictment OF a majority of the
larger cotton mills in the Carolinas,
Alabama and Gedrgia-the heart of the
cotton milling section of the Southern
States.
IN effect, the government has indict-
ed an entire industry Since, sno such
step has even been taken against any.
other American industry, the sectional
arniaus Of this attack IS its most dis
tressing feature, Never before has gov
srnmertal prying narrowed itself to one
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
FRED KOHLER, GOLDEN RULE
CHIEF OF POLICE.

Fred Kohler has been reinstated as
chief of police of Cleveland, Ohio.
On May IS he was suspended on
charges containing twenty-three counts,
alleging drunkenness and immortality.
When this attempt by law breakers
to discredit him was given publicity,
there followed the Il told you SOS" who
believed in his guilt, but the greatest
majority of the people everywhere were
confident that Fred Kohler would not
only disprove the charges, but that he
would develop conspiracy which had
for its purpose his retirement from the
service. during which he had for years
displayed his ability as we'll as his use
fulness in the enforcement of the law
Against him there appeared women of
questionable repute, and men who are
the associates and the allies of criminals
and law breakers, and not only were
the charges of drunkenness and immor-
atty disproved, but he forced, through
his attorney, from unwilling witnesses
the fact that they had been hired to tes-
tify against him.
During the trial thirteen counts were
Withdrawn by the prosecution, and final
ly what was begun in a sense tragical
ended in an ignominious farce.
Chief Kohler acquired the title of
Golden Rule through his humane
treatment of prisoners confded to his
charge. His policy is that it is better,
If possible, to keep person out of jail
than in jail, and to make arrests not
for trivialities, but only when arrests
should be made. Yet with all his good
ness of heart Kohler is a strict discip-
marian
In this exoneration of Chief Kohler
the majesty Of the law has been upheld
and an honest and fearless officer has
triumphed over law breakers ana their
allies who would have rejoiced in rob-
bing him of his good name-his char
acter-which is not measurable by the
standard of gold
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

As furnished by the Caddo Abstrac
Company, Office 5I7 Marshall street, tht
following real estate transfers were re
corded during the day:
w. w. Jones ct al to Willie Richards
lot III Green Lawn Terarce; $3.50.
Louisiana Real Estate and Develop
ment Co. to Mrs, Margaret McCarty ct
al, acre lot 81 in southwest quarter OF
section 3, 20. IS; $I6o.
Louisiana Real Estate and Develop
ment Co. to Terence Smith, acre lot 81
in south half of south hal fof section
%, 20, IS; 500.
E. R., Michel and Julius Bernstein to
J. 6. Hester, lots 10, "a, IS, 10 block 1
Fairview subdivision; $1,000.
Cassie Vinson to Mabel Watson, LOT
10 block 9 Talbot & Perrin SUBJ; SOS.
Hal M. Gatti to E. NJ Gribble, 100
acres in section 10, 10, IS; $500.
E. NJ. Gribble to Hal M. Gatti, lot 4S
Bowman Lane; $500.
Southern Nut Nursery Co. to Olo
Willis, 10 acres in Chase Company sub
division in part of sections 4 and S, IA,
10: $3.50.
H. L. Heilperin ct al to Mrs. B. Dill
lenberger, lot "a block Currie sub
division; Sos.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
SANDERS AND THE PANAMA
EXPOSITION.

Richland Democrat: Much is being
written in some of the New Orleans pa
pers relative to the Sanders success
ion or relative to Sanders candidate
for Governor" and such silly twaddle.
We believe that the people of the State
of Louisiana are today in position to
elect their Governor without the dicta-
ton of any man or set of men. Con
siderable discussion has been INDUCED
in about what Governor Sanders will
do after he retires from the executive
office, and some have suggested that the
Panama Exposition is a scheme gotten
up by his friends in order to furnish
him with a good fat Job after he goes
out of the Governors office. This is
also silly twaddIe The Panama Expo
sition was conceived in the brain of
business men, and of men who unself-
ishly labor for the upbuilding of Louis
lana, and who have higher ideas for the
State and its development. These men
do not belong to that class of men
which are capable of fostering a great
exposition for the sole purpose of Civ
ing any man or set of men a position,
however high and noble that position
might be. On the other hand Governor
Sanders is not the man, in our opinion,
who would be party to such a selfish
move: and he is. furthermore. a man
fully capable and able of finding or
making a place for himself in the af-
fairs of men after he goes out of office,
and does not need to have one created.
Governor Sanders is big, brainy man
and an able lawyer in the full vigor of
manhood, and amply able to take care
of himself under any and all circum-
stances.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
LICENSE TAX FOR TRAVELLING
HORSE TRADERS.

A bill is pending in the Legislature
requiring all transient horse and mule
traders who do not live in our State to
pay a license tax in every parish where
they do business. The bilr ought to
pass, because transient horse traders
from other States should not be granted
more privileges than the professional
men in our State, who pay license tax.
Travelling horse traders, as rule, are
tricky and unreliable, and they are not
needed in Louisiana-Mansheld Journal.
The bill should become law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
Democratic Congressional Committee to
Meet in Shreveport July Fifth.

Mansfield Journal The Democratic
Congressional Committee has been
called to meet i'll Shreveport July ) for
the purpose of fixing the date and max
ing other arrangements for holding the
primary election at which a candidate
will be nominated to represent this, the
Fourth District in Congress. There are
two avowed candidates for the position
Judge J. 7. Watkins of Minden, pres
ent incumbent, and Judge A. J. Murf Of
Shreveport Both gentlemen are expe-
'rienced and successful campaigners and
the contest promises to be warm and
interesting from the start
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
BOIL WEENILS.

Webster Signal: Quite a number of
boil weevils are beginning to show up
in Madison and several other parishes
in North Louisiana. Many young
weevils have been found, and as the
young cotton plants are not far enough
advanced for them to have possibly orig
mated therefrom, there is a great deal
of speculation as to the kind of plants
in which they have developed 1t has
heretofore been a commonly accepted
theory that they hatch only from cotton
forms.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
WHY. OH. WHY?

If this is republican, democratic or
representative government, which is
really claimed for it, why may not the
sovereign people choose all their off
cials9 If they are capable of selecting
their highest executive officers, why are
they not competent to choose the lower
ones? Why should the Governor of
our State be empowered with the au-
thority to appoint so many officials,
while the voters of the State have the
privilege of choosing him? 1t certainly
requires as much and as high order of
intelligence TO select a Governor for a
State as it does to choose some of his
subordinates.- Progressive Age.
Not in Louisiana, and the reason is
plain. In Louisiana any idiot, or any
individual, even if he can not read or
write, and has scarcely reached the re-
quirements of law, can vote for the
Governor and officials of the State,
through some intermediary who can
FIX his ticket, but he must be willing
to vote right.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
BEREAVEMENT.

The sad intelligence of the death of
Mrs. Rachel Dillon was received yester-
day. The deceased was the mother of
Capt w. F. Dillon of the First National
Bank. After spending several weeks in
Shreveport delightfully."- she, left Friday,
June Il, for her home in Sabene, Law
renee County, Ohio. accompanied by her
son, Captain Dillon. She was then ap-
parently in good health and gave prom
Use of living several years. The demise
of this most lovable lady is regretted by
all her friends and acquaintance, who
sympathize with Captain Dillon in his
great loss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
SCARCITY OF FIELD PEAS.

Coushatta Citizen: Why is it that
there is always a scarcity of field peas
at this time of the year It is well
known that the growing of peas is the
best and cheapest method of fertilizing
land. And there is no better feed on
earth for stock than peas and peavine
hay. Besides, for food for the table the
common field pea is hard to beat. Peas
are worth s. per bushe1 and ought to
be grown in abundance
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
HOKE SMITH
Announces that He VIII Be Candidate
for Governor of Georgia

Atlanta, Ga, June ga hot politica
fight was begun in Georgia this after
noon when Hoke Smith announced that
he would be a candidate for Governor
in the August primary against Joseph
NJ. Brown, who is seeking a second
term
Governor BraWn's message was read
to the Legislature which convened yes
terday and it called for a repeal of near
ly ali the legislation which Hoke Smith
secured during his term as Governor.
The message irritated Smith, and under
pressure from friends he announced to-
day that he would oppose Brown in or
der to preserve the reforms which were
enacted during the Smith adninista-
ton. The fight will be bitter, as Smith
and Brown are personal enemies. One
of Smiths first acts when he became
Governor was to dismiss Brown from
the Craftsmanship of the Railroad Com
mission, alleging that Brown was a tool
of the railroads When Smith offered
for second term as Governor he was
opposed by Brown, and the latter was
elected by a small majority
Now that Brown wants a second term
Smith will try to defeat him. Smith,
who was Secretary of the Interior in
the second Cleveland Cabinet, is called
a progressive Democrat, while Brown
is styled as reactionary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
A SILLY BILL
But There Are Others Pending in the
General Assembly.

The Mansfield Journal says: A mem.
Der of the lower House of the General
Assembly has given notice that he will
file a bill requiring that 'all members
of school boards be subject to the same
examination as parish superintendent.
The bill will hardly become law, be-
cause it IS not practical, especially in
the country districts. School boards are
supposed to be composed of men who
possess more practical than theoretical
knowledge. A man may be a safe ex-
ecutive and experienced in business af-
fairs, yet to large degree ignorant of
the sciences as taught now in our
public schools. On the other hand, one
may be versed in the requirements that
a superintendent must possess, yet a
failure III executive ability and common
sense. Our public school system is al
ready hedged in with useless and ca
rules and regulations, there
fore it is hoped it will not be encum-
bered further by such idiotic legislation
as the passage of the bill referred TO-
And, besides, it is too often the case in
elections that the masses do not stop to
consider the fitness of candidate for
Office, but rather the fitness OF the sal
airy to the man.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
FIRM DISSOLVED

Ihis IS to give notice that the firm
known as Culpepper & Gilmore of Bel
cher, La, has been dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr.. Gilmore retiring. Mr.. Gull
pepper will continue the business as
heretofore. He assumes all obligations.
All debts and accounts due the firm are
collectible by him.
JAMES GILMORE.
w. B. CULPEPPER.
June g, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
DR.. McKOWEN
Insists That He Is Not Insane but His
Friends Believe He is.

The Times-Democrat's Baton Rouge
special says that considerable interest
applies there to the probable develop
ments in the case of Dr. E. c. McKow-
en-, now in the parish jail there, con-
victed and sentenced to life imprison-
ment in the State penitentiary for the
murder of E. K Judson 1t is stated
that if DIR. McKowen actually commit
ted the deed, he must at that time have
been insane, and since the Supreme
Court has affirmed the verdict of the
jury and removed any hope of reversal
from that source, it is believed that the
next step of his attorneys would be to
apply for commission to examine into
his sanity
1t is now understood that DR.. Nc
Kowen,. while deyning most emphati-
eally that he killed Judson, also denies
that he is insane, and does not desire
steps taken along the fine of his conhne-
ment in an insane asylum instead of in
the penitentiary. Just exactly what will
be done in the premises is being
watched with interest by the people of
this and surrounding parishes, and un-
less something is done shortly the ten
days allowed in which to appeal the
case and ask for a re-hearing at the
hands of the Supreme Court will expire
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
TWO HUNDRED BARREL. WELL

Lake Charles, La, June 24-That
Vinton is really a new oil field was
proven yesterday when the we'll of the
Sabine Oil Company was uncapped and
flowed over 200 barrels of almost pure
petroleum in few hours. Great pre-
parations are being made today for i'm
mediate development of the field on
large scale.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
FOR JULY.
Copyright 1910, by c. H. Rieth.

When the Ballinger trial is ended,
And the jury has said what is thinks
When the case has been made and de
Tended
With the wonted political winks-
We shall smile-and gads, we shall neec
That feel it as we'll had been dropped
And the Guggenheim crowd will pro-
coed to
Resume where is was when it stopped
The signs shall come down in the tim
Der,
And the patents shall tie up the coal,
The law will get fabby and Timber,
And the trusts will do we'll on the
whole
It always turns out in that manner,
Although we may blush to confess it,
And we do not regard it banner
Achievement, exactly, to guess it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26

I can do your family washing east
er, quicker and better: save rubbing and
save the clothes: make item clean,
wholesome and snowy white; brighten
colors, soften woolens and kill germs.
I am WASHWAX, the new scientific
compound that does the work without
the aid of soap Or bleach; am used in
hot or cold water. There is nothing
like me- Send ten cents stamps today
and l will come to you by mali in reg
ular size.
You will be glad you tried me.
Address Washwax Co., St Louis, Mo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
LOST OR MIsLAID,

A vendors lien mortgage note given
by John Blow for the sum of eighty
seven and $1,000 dollars, dated MAY p.
1907, payable two years after date. sub
ject to my order. The public is hereby
warned against trading for same.
A. CURRIE.
Shreveport, La, June 20, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
HON. A. D. LAND
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF
LOUISIANA.

The Caucasian has been authorized to
announce that Hon. Alfred D. Land Of
Caddo Parish, is a candidate to succeed
himself as Associate Justice of the STU
preme Court of Louisiana, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-26
GENERAL EIINST0N

Leavenworth, Kan, June 24.-General
Frederick Funston, commandant of the
Army Service School here, is danger
ously i'll with an attack of heart disease
at his home here.