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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-10-14

bottom of their nature The trouble is
gsther and get They % wait
to town and come you When fellow
ride there down by nd e1e xond BE-
% YOUR m e you m oveu tn @ hep
9ss @ an n epe f
clock on the manepece SAYING Get together get togethe
times while getting Gaughter
coming going: (1aughter) got to get together
1T with SEE en fe
dstleTs saoonEeepers and gamblers etc.
with Us eapst %ehods PTo
on drop dnerenees and unite in this lquor
You tell So~ people @ GONG 'Rs
mind % reader eGu Id aot tel mans politics
lined going to try
oa are hat
d oo o tna haye been sick That what made
Anti-sa League the Medium
@ S S n
ngsye the M League the medium believe the
d hs b believe God put it into the heart of Russell
nominations will with
and We are og gef o1e
ss ss5s to
have other point to make and the only point they make
prohibit, three things
say our laws are necien we haVe bTan
ae gGod o n m out hr in
and they made prohibition in Alabama that has
political election not temperance one; and the who
spoke the other side talked
political situation in Alabama peculiar But they
have the best statewide prohibition in Alabama the
South, and they going to keep it,
For Stainless Flag
have efficient laws
can't enforce the laws can't elect officers who
enforce the then the devil bigger than
We prohibit everything but that. something
prohibit The devil bigger than
is Old Glory. Gle held white handkerchef)
Where the stars of acquion?" They all faded
Progress doesn't amount anything.
Uncle Sam scared He going the devil and he can't stop
it. He can't prohibit it. 1t is big for him. There
to make the laws The devil is too big him" where
the stripes embems of blood
thousand baefelds?" They all We
heroes Manhood is going give
in the saloon. Uncle Sam
in to the organized moneyzed poicaized
old faded that
of heroes and that nation earth
found the devil to big
the handkerchief
You "No." Well, have something. Gle
draws from another pocket the (Long appause)
Old Glory Says, 'The MustGo
"When freedom mountain height
Unfured to air
She the
nj the of
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-10-14
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE

pocket and leaves nothing The saoonkeeper takes the dollar
liquor. the fellow
thing fellow? fellow that
who dollar nothing better citizen than
the who takes dollar and leaves the bottle of liquor
How much is the who leaves the liquor? He
much the bottle of liquor than nothing Now
George Stuart said any that would dollar
and nothing better than the who takes
dollar and leaves bottle of liquor don't that
| say he is seven times worse. Qaughter)
Now, going to that to just the
now, times worse, didn't I? Well
three fve six, eight will eight times
body just good before the highway robbe takes
your aoa hn leaves your d nd gs as clear as before
wife just before the highway robber takes
highway robber your
interest in your home Just strong was before the
making money before the highway
obber takes dollar reputation just good
before the highway obber takes dollar and leaves
immortal soul just goodleaves with just good
chance for Heaven had before. Is that right?
Liquor Interests their Tools Not products
saloonkeeper your your body
head to foot Did old beareyed boated
nosed fellow taken by the people at the fair
old farmer takes his hogs his horses his cattle his wheat and
placed a glass cage by liquor
people illustrate what the saloons doing for the country
and how their great traffic benefttng the aughter
The farmer doesn't his pow; he takes his He
take his pow but he takes the fruits that have the
result of using his plow The old hog doesn't take his
he takes the hogs that have been the The old horse
doesn't take his cattle exhibit the fair;
he takes his cattle They don't take their tools they take their
their they Here the tools with Come
with they
uets that have come as result of their use Applauseo
going tell a little I raised
the farm Raised pretty often sometimes with pillow line
sometimes with hame string. Iaugher thank God for
raising And when reached the executive to the
he wants to do something if it is nothing than to blow
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-10-14
UnOrganiZed

And going tell little tale raised
the farm Raised pretty often sometimes with line
sometimes with hame string. GaughterD thank God for
raising. when I reached the
where wanted to boy when
something if it is nothing blow
sack full of wind smash it with his hand wanted
a but they wouldn't let have shinge
of it a paddle; walked
clover field. The field in full blossom and it
that clover field tonight
humble the distant I
smell the perfume of the clover.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
HON. SAMUEL L. GILMORE.

Hon. Samuel l. Gilmore, representa-
i've in the Congress of the United
States from the Second District of the
State of Louisiana, able lawyer and
Staunch Democrat, died Monday morn
ing at 3:45 o'clock at Abita Springs,
where he had gone some weeks ago in
the hope of restoring his health.
Mr.. Gilmore was born in New Orleans
in 1850. After graduating from the law
department of Tulane University in
1879, he began the practice of law in
that city. In 1896 he was elected to the
city attorneyship, a position he contin-
lied to fill until last year, when he was
elected without opposition to the sixty
first Congress to fill out the vacancy
caused by the death Of Representative
Robert c. Davey.
Mr.. Gilmore is survived by his wife,
who before their marriage was Miss
Martha Franzier Nolan of Ascension
Parish, Louisiana, and two children
Samuel L. Gilmore Jr., and Miss Mar
tina Gilmore
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

AS furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company, Office 5I7 Marshall street, the
following real estate transfers were re-
corded during the day:
]. g. Hester to Mrs. Cornelia A, Lacy,
lot Al eagle subdivision; $1,000.
E. E Bagley ct al to C. G. Carpenter,
north half of fractional section 7, ID
10; $68o.4o.
A. D. and ]. H. Saenger to Charles
H. Smith, lots 27, 28, 20, 80 block 9 Al
lendale Heights $1,000.
A. D. and J. H. saenger to William
Wallace, north end of lots I, 2, 8, 4, Of
block 8 Al1endale Heights; 500.
Miss Annie B. Belts TO J.. ]. Lyon, Iot
20 block D, Highland Park; $3.50.
Richard Smith ct al to S. C. Fu1lilovt
ct al, lot 4 Sewal1 subdivision; $3.50.
Nyanza Hawkins to Henry Di1len-
berger, lot II block AZ; $3.50.
A. J. Parham to Nathan Ratcfiff, 1ot
IS of block of the Al1enda1e Heights
subdivision; $500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
WEATHER AND CROPS
Corn Will Produce the Banner Crop Of
the Year-Farmers Anticipate Re
duced Yield of Cotton.

New Orleans Picayune July I8: While
there has been no cessation, the rains
have slightly lessened during the past
week, and farmers in many sections of
Louisiana and Mississippi have been
able to get in some work on their crops.
1t seems to be the concensus of opinion
that with fair weather from now on,
even the backward cotton crop may be
spurred to greater growth, and furnish
fair yield under the circumstances, al
though it will be necessarily reduced by
almost continuous adverse conditions,
which have prevailed since early spring.
The crop on high, well drained land,
while suffering from grass, the farmers
having been unable to work it properly
throughout the lang rainy period, still
offers promise, but that on the loWlands
is in many instances hopeless. Reports
from cotton districts regarding the raw
ages of the bill Weevil vary. In some
localities it is claimed that scientific
methods are aiding the farmers greatly
in fighting the pest, while in others the
ravages seem as great as ever. 1t is
certain, however, that a more deter
mined spirit of belligerency prevails
among the farmersf and there are very
few instances where cotton has been
plowed up to give way. to other crops,
on account of the weevils work.
Corn will produce the banner crop of
the year. The early planted corn is said
to be splendid, while that planted later
has suffered some from the rains
Sugar cane is doing we'll, although it |
has had an ample sufieiency of mois
ture. Rice is thriving, but even the rice
growers are satiated in their desire for
water The crop is heading, and with
fair weather conditions, harvesting will
be in progress very soon. Stubble cane
is all that could be desired, but plant
cane is said to be damaged somewhat, |
which will have its effect on the stubble |
next year.
Miscellaneous crops, hay, peaches and
other fruits, peas and potatoes are ap-
2arent1y doing well. The watermelon |
crop is said to be enormous.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
COMMON. SENSE
The Basis of Adjustment of Differences
Arising Between Wage Farmers and
Their Employers.

The article following is contributed
by lady we'll known in Shreveport, a
friend Of the Caucasian, who keeps in
touch with the issues and the problems
of today:
The seventy-fve thousand cloak max
ers employed by the fifteen hundred
manufacturers striking for higher wages
and improved factory conditions, are en-
titled to consideration. Common sense
demanded an adjustment should have
been made before there was strike.
The manufacturers-if men of higher
abilities than the people employed
would not have given any chance for
$1,000 people to quit work. That is too
many people to be idle, with only the
expectation of gaining a little more
money. Cloaks can not be made without
hands, and the time lost by the strike
will likely lose the manufacturers more
money than the higher wages would
have consumed.
If the same problems that were over
come in the past by the shirt makers in
the strike of the winter of 1909, are
being faced by the coax makers, it is
plain fact that the problems were not
even partially solved at that time The
similarity of the strikes will likely OBJ
tain similar results.
Presumably there may be conflict
between what is called won1an's rights
and what might be termed mans rights,
but-that is quite abstract to the ques-
ton. The cloak makers make a request
for higher wage for work. The man
ufacturers must answer. There. can be
no side issues brought into play without
causing complications and befuddling
the minds of both parties.
Strikes are becoming too common.
Who are the promoters of strikes?
What is the cause of the strike fever
that is raging in New York, Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, New Orleans?
These premeditated strikes-which are
put III motlon-neVer seem to aid the
strikers, and they not only put the peo--
pie to inconvenience for the time, but
cause great sueffring to the contending
parties. Were it not better to use a lit
tie common sense and make an adjust
ment?
Common sense always demands the
greatest good for the greatest number,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
g.fGHgNlNG STRIKES
A Church and Splits the Pulpit While
the Minister Prayed

Paris, Ky, July 1.-Two persons
were probably fatally injured and a
score of others severely shocked at II 80
O'Clock this morning when lightning
struck the Silas Baptist church about
forty miles from this place. The bolt
split che pulpit in twain, ran clear
around the room, out of the door and
along a sire to where horse was teth-
cred some distance from the edifce, kill
ing the animal instantly and burning the
harness from is back.
The two most seriously injured are
Mrs. James Thompson, who was badly
burned about the body. Miss Bette
Starks was burned about the back and
legs. Mrs. Thompson is in a serious
condition and is not expected to recover.
Miss Starks' shoes and stockinfs were
torn off by the bolt, and physicians say
that if she recovers, which is doubtful,
she will be demented. Roger Allen, who
was standing near the women, was
thrown distance of ten feet He is
seriously injured. -..-
The bolt struck the church roof i'm
mediate1y above the pulpit and while
the Rev. 7. G.. Stackhouse, the pastor,
was pronouncing the benediction The
lightning first struck the pulpit, splitting
the marble slab on the top and cutting
it half in two. The preacher was not
hurt. The electricity then ran around
the edges of the goom to the doorway,
where number of people were stand
ing, throwing thm to the right and left
Miss Starks was knocked to the floor
and her dress caught fire. She was
badly burned before the fire was extin-
guished. Mrs. Thompson, who was
standing nearby, was also knocked to
the floor and her dress fred up into a
mass of flames.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
TEXAS POLITICS
Final Week of Activity-Colquitt Max
ing a Strong Race-Opposed to State
wide Prohibitior-Bailey Sentiment.

Houston, Texas, July I7.-The State
campaign enters tomorrow upon the
final week of activity. As matters now
stand Oscar B. Colquitt, representing
the antis, will secure the nomination for
governor, largely due to the fact that
two of his opponents, Cone Johnson and
William Poindexter, are outright pros,
and r. " Davidson, former attorney
general, is straddling the question,
claiming to be an anti, but favoring sub
mission of the proposition of statewide
prohibition through a constitutional
amendment.
The Republican nomination has been
offered J. o. Terrell of San Antonio,
heretofore reputed to be a Democrat of
the conservative type, and it is probable
that he will accept He has issued a
lengthy statement, in which he asserts
that many Democrats in Texas are
bound to the party through fear and not
through real loyalty, and he urges them
to remember that the ballot is a sacred
trust, which has large responsibility at
tached This statement is taken to indi-
cate that he will accept the nomination.
The pros will put out full State
ticket, in the hope that many Demo
Gratis will scratch Colquitt, if he be
nominated, and that they will according
!y show gain.
The extraordinary session of the Leg
islature is to convene Tuesday morning,
but it is hardly probable that there will
be quorum of either house until next
Monday at the earliest, as many of the
members are candidates before the pri-
naries to be held Saturday, either for
reelection or for some other office. In
the event of the nomination of Colquitt,
Governor Campbell may submit re-
commendation to the extra session for
the enactment of law requiring that
intoxicants be sold only in quantities of
one quart or more, and that it be made
a misdemeanor to drink the liquors upon
the premises where purchased, IN other
words statutory prohibition He will
also probably submit a plan for the Gre
alton of commission to handle the af-
fairs of the State penitentiaries, the
first set of commissioners to be ap-
pointed by himself, thus keeping Col
quit from having any sort of power to
investigate the State road and other
matters connected with the penitentiary
system.
Senator Bailey has, after having made
one or two speeches which somewhat
savored of interference in the cam
paign, confined himself to federal mat
ters and his own course in Congress,
much to the satisfaction of his friends
and the chagrin of the two candidates
known as a11ti-Raifev
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
"WHAT Is WHISKEY?"
A Louisiana Case Is Holding up the
Ruling of Mr. Taft.

Washington, July I8.-The application
of the supposedly final ruling of Presi-
dent Taft on what constitutes whiskey
may be suspended for some time as the
result of the restraining order issued by
the Louisiana court, acting on a tion
of representatives of the so-callSN
key trust
The ruling reached the Treasury De
partment today and Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Cabe1l Immediately en-
tered into consultation with Assistant
Attorney General Fowler, representing
the Department of Justice, which has
charge of the legal proceedings in in
ternaI revenue matters. The whiskey
interests contend that the government
has no right to dictate that whiskey
shall be made only from the grain, that
the Treasury Department discriminates
in its rulings and that there is no reason
why whiskey made from saWdust, potato
parings or any other such material
should not be in the same taxable status
as whiskey made from grain.
The petitioners want the entire gov
ernment proceedings in the matter sus-
pended pending a final determination of
the test case instituted through the bill
of equity in the Louisiana courts The
whole problem of what is whiskey" is
therefore again the matter of sharp dis
pute.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
sHERIFFs SALE.
No. I3,o62-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis

No. I3,o62-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: v. Bossetto VS.. H. Vaccarro,
By virtue of writ of alias feri IA
cias to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, | have seized
and will offer for sale for cash and ae-
cording to law, at the principal front
door Of the court house Of Caddo Par
ish, La, during legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY. JULY 80, 1910,
One ice box "L. H. Mace make" one
coffee urn "nickle plated" said prop
erty seized as belonging to the above
defendant, and to be sold to pay and
satisfy the debt as specified in said writ
say in the sum of $486.7o, with 8 per
cent interest from June IS, 1900, less a
credit of $4,000 paid July 2, 1910, to-
gether with all costs of suit.
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-O Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian. June II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
SATURDAY EVENING POST AND
LADIES HOME JOURNAL.

The Shreveport Training School for
Girls is agent for the Saturday Evening
Post and the Ladies Home Journal,
whose representative will be at the Re-
gent Shoe Store Thursday and Friday
morning. Her residence is on Christian
street near Reynolds. Readers of the
Saturday Evening Post and of the La
dies Home Journal will help good
cause BY patronizing the agent of the
Training School.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
JUDGE J. T. WATKINS OF WEBSTER
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
GEORGIA COTTON
Is Badly Damaged-Rains Have Kept
the Farmers from Working-Plants
[hoked with weeds.

Atlanta, Ga, July I9.-That his year
cotton crop in Georgia will not exceed
,oooooo bales at the most is the pre-
diction made by cotton men who have
been investigating conditions in the
State. Considering that the normal yield
for Georgia, the second largest cotton
raising State, is 100000 bales, the con-
dition, which is about 20 per cent, is
alarming. Excessive rain is the cause
The crop is at least two weeks late, is
in a deplorably weedy condition and
suffers from black root.
The rains have choked the plant with
weeds and have made cultivation impos-
Sible, with the result that the plant is
stunted. In some sections of the State
large areas in cotton are so covered
with grass that attempts at cultivation
have been abandoned Even where the
grass has not overrun the fields the cot
ton is dying from black root. The scaEc-
ity of labor has also had much to do
with the condition of the crop In many
sections it has been impossible to get
negroes to work in the fields.
Judge John S. Carter, who owns sev-
eral largep limitations, and who has just
returned from trip over the State,
says: Il can't see more than a million
bale yield for Georgia, and l think we
shall bel ucky if we have a million
bales. I think that 90 per cent would
be liberal estimate of the condition"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
TUBERCULOSIS
The Cause Is Assigned to Alcohol Says
Bertillon.

In Paris telegram of recent date it
is stated that DR.. Jacques Bertillon, the
well known chief of the fnger-print de-
partment of the French police, has pub
lished an article on the question of the
connection between alcohol and tuber-
culosis.
DR.. Bertiilon says that of the causes
which in France favor the development
of tuberculosis the most important is
the alcohol in beer and spirits.
He declares, however, that the best
enemy of tuberculosis is wine. In the
twenty-eight departments which form
the northern part of France, cider, beer,
spirits especially brandy are much
drunk The deaths caused by consump-
ton were 23o per 100000 inhabitants in
1906, while the proportion was 40 in
the other departments of France, where
wine is the favorite drink.
After the age of 80, he says, consump-
ton is twice or three times more fire.
quent among men than women, undoubt-
edly because the drinking of alcohol is
more common with the former than the
latter
To combat consumption, says DIR. Ber-
tillon, we must combat alcoholism" /"
and the surest method of doing this is
to encourage the drinking of wine and
the drinking of beer, cider,
brandy and other spirits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
RIVER AND WEATHER.
lis morning opened fair.

This morning opened fair.
River: Denison 3.5, a fall of o6; Ar
thur City 10, a fall of o.6; Lewis Ferry
I2.o, a fall of 20; Fulton I4.o, d rise of
90; Ringo Crossing 90. a fall of OF;
Finley rs; Spring Bank SIS, a rise of
20; Shreveport 10, a rise of o.3.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity Unsettled tonight and Wednes-
day; Slight change in temperature.
Red river forecast: The change will
be uninportant at Fulton during the
next AZ hours, and a rise of several feet
will occur at Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE.

The political atmosphere is becoming
charged with personalities Personali-
ties are not arguments. Whatever the
people want are arguments on the ques-
tions and the issues in which they are
vitality concerned. There was time.
when mud singing Was v.-~~.., y iDrt
the people of today must be reached and
convinced with sensible argument.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
c. S. STEERE
Postmaster Is Seriously I'll from Acute
Indigestion.

The Caucasian chronicles with regret
The serious illness of c. c. Steere, post
master. He is suffering from acute in
digestion with complications. He is re
ceiving the best attention and all that
can be done by physicians is being done
for him. While seriously i'll, there may
follow a recovery, and should the best
wishes of his friends prevail, he will in
time resume his daily activities
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
LUZIANNE COFFEE is the South's
favorite coffee. Six million pounds used
annually. AS your grocer for it.
COMMISSION FORM.

The aggregated signers to the petition
for the commission form of government
exceed one thousand, being nearly one
half Of tn vote cost far Mayor at the
primary held in 1908 1t is intende to
secure the signature of qualified voters
until the time when the petition will be
presented to the Mayor for action.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
The FEDERAL BUILDING.

AS announced in Sundays Caucasian
the laying of bricks on the new Federal
building will begin about August I.
Today gang of men, under the direc
ton of Contractor George Epple, are
taking up the walks about the basement
of the old building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
LOCAL RECEIPTS.
-Ihis Wee

You can not find better. more salts
factory coffee than LUZIANNE, even
at twice its price Order some from
your grocer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19

We have time just now to do some
work for you. May be you have not
tried our printing. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19

Ifit is a question Of quality and price
when it comes to stationery, we think
YOU are looking for US. Phone 1000 and
we will either come or send.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19

When you want strong, clean, fresh,
finely favored coffee call for LUZI-
ANNE.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19

It's good economy to use LUZIANNE
COFFEE for it's twice as strong as or
binary brands-goes twice as far. Call
for it at your grocer's. .l-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian,
. Shreveport, La, July Is, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-19

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady.
Receipts none.
Sales to factors none.