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The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
MISLEADING.

The Fair at Shreveport has ceased te
be a State institution, but is now al
affair of the City of Shreveport. The
fair grounds have been transferred tc
Shreveport by the State Fair Associa.
ton The grounds wifi now be used
eleven months in the year for a city
park and one month for the Fair
Mansfield Journal
This statement is misleading. The
transfer of the fair grounds property
to the city will not impair the connee-
ton nor the interest of the State in the
annual Fair held at Shreveport. What
ever property is titled to the State will
remain the States property on the fair
grounds, and SO will the title of prop
erty of the parish remain in the parish.
The State Fair Association has been
wise in transferring the fair grounds to
the city and the city fathers have dis
played good, practical common sense in
promoting this transfer
This property is valuable and will in
crease in value. 1t is well adapted to
the purposes for which it is devised, a
public park and fair grounds. The
transfer was patterned after Dallas.
The city of Dallas owns the Dallas fair
grounds which at one time was the
property of the Texas State Fair Asso-
ciation. The annual fairs at Dallas are
managed and held by the Texas State
Fair Association whose headquarters is
Dallas.
Having transferred the fair grounds
property TO the city, the State Fair AS
sociation of Louisiana being relieved
of debt can now direct its whole atten-
tion to the development of annual fairs
on a more extended scale than ever be-
fore attempted in Louisiana. The men
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAM
PAIGN.

In a review of the progress of the
congressional campaign to date the
Mansfield Journal says .'We hope the
canvass will be pitched on high plane
and conducted along the lines of fair
ness and discretion.
Judge Watkins and Judge Murff are
clean men il. their private lives. They
are held in high esteem by all who
know them, and if, for political reasons,
they mar their records they will lose
more than a seat in Congress. If either
OF them hopes to be elected by impugn-
ing the motives of or casting aspersions
upon the other he is not likely to sue
ceed. The people are tired of that sort
of thing IN political campaign.
I'VE have been prompted to express
these views because already there are
indications that each of the gentleman
is loaded for the other. We trust they
will be true to themselves, however, and
give their friends no cause to be dissat-
isfed with their bearing as aspirants for
a high office"
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Vital statistics of Shreveport for the
week ending July 20, 1910.
Marriages
Births-Chas. c. Lowe and wife, boy
Maurice McGee and wife, girl; D. B.
Roche and wife, boy; D. R. Boisseau
and wife, boy; James Lewis and wife,
boy; Meridith CLANCY and wife, boy.
Black: Calman Hill and wife, boy;
James A. Luke and wife, boy.
Deaths: Sarah Assumes, 90 years
Lena Ann Robinson, u years; Baby
McGee, 1 day; Baby Nelson, 8 days !;
Pauline Burnett, 8 months. Black
Maggie Washington, 81 years; Pearl
Lee Brown, 22 years. Non-residents ::
Baby Underhill, month. Black, non
residents: George Howard, 20 years !;
John Dunaway, 20 years.
OF above 4 died at Charity Hospital
A. S. REISOR,
d. b. SEAY, Sec, Health Officer
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
A NEGRO COLLECTOR.

Despite all remonstrances President
Taft persists in the nomination OF
Whitfield Mckinley, a negro, to be col
lector of customs at Georgetown, the
name of the port of Washington. Nc
Kinley is negro of wealth but his
money can not make him white. This
appointment is being resented by the
Washingtonians and thereabouts Nc
kinley is to supersede white man.
The nomination was not solicited. It
was reached with deliberation by Taft.
Why should Taft SO displace white
man for a negro? 1t is needless to say
that the citizens of Washington are
protesting vigorously The appointment
is an insult, but what are the Wash
zngtonians going to do?
Why not let the negro alone? There
may be an effort to not confirm this ap-
pointment when the United States Sen
ate is convened. The complaint is that
there are now too many negroes in of
fice in Washington, but if negroes were
not encouraged by the Republicans,
wuold the negroes in doubtful States
give their support to the Republican
candidates for president and other of
6ces?
Remove the negro vote from the
States of Ohio, Indiana and other
States and the triumph of the Demo-
crats in national elections would be as
sured. It is the negro vote in the
Northern States which control the cleo
fion in the United States.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
BOOZE MEDICINE
Sellers of the Kill-me-Quick Must Con
form to the Law.

New Orleans States For some time
thechenlist S of the Treasury Depart
ment have been conducting an examina-
ton of different preparations sold as
patent or proprietary medicines by drug
stores, of which alcohol is the chief
component. As result of this exam
ination Commissioner Cabe1l has given
out list of more than two hundred
preparations which are held to be in
sufficiently medicinal to exempt them
from the class of alcoholic beverages.
Therefore any druggist selling them
will be required to take out a govern
ment license.
1t is asserted that many of these
medicines" are concocted especially for
sale in dry territory, where the pro-
hibition laws forbid the sale of alco-
hoic drinks. 1t appears that in making
up the list the chemists were governed
by a standard of medication fixed by
Secretary MacVeagh, and alcohol will
be permitted only to the amount neces-
sary to hold in solution all medicine
used. or to extract and preserve the
same. It will no longer be possible to
favor a bottle of cheap llill-me-quicbz
whiskey with a drug or extract and sell
1t for medicine without paying the in
ternal revenue tax of SIS year.
There are 10000 drug stores in the
United States, and it is estimated that
a little more than one-half of them now
pay this tax If the others think that
their profits from the sale of the pre-
parations on Commissioner Cabe11's
list will warrant the payment of the
tax, the national treasury will be- en-
rlched proportionately. But in this mat
ter there is a local interest, for it is
evident that if the preparations are held
to be alcoholic beverages within the
meaning of the ederal laws so that their
sale requires an internal revenue Ii
cense, a local license will also be neces-
sary to comply with the laws of the
States and Municipalities.
State and municipal officers may cas-
lily obtain a copy of Commissioner Ca
bells list from the internal revenue bu-
reau, and have their inspectors learn
what druggists, if any, carry the pre-
parations i'll stock There will be a
protest, of course, against such action,
but that is to be expected. In all fair
ness to others engaged in the trade
druggists who sell booze medicines
should be required to take out licenses
as liquor dealers.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
NOTICE 10 STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given to the stock
holders of the Loggy Bayou Lumber
Company that at a meeting attended by
all the members of the board of direc-
tors of said company, on June 10, 1910,
it was unanimously resolved to call a
meeting of the stockholders to be held
at the Office of the company in the Con-
tinental Bank and Trust Company build
ing, Shreveport La, at I 80 o'clock pm.
Saturday, August 9, 1910, for the pur-
pose of considering an increase of the
capital stock of the company from ff-
teen thousand dollars to twenty thous-
and dollars, and of transacting any other
business that may ceme before the meet
ing. NJ. C. NELSON,
June 80, 1910. Secretary.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24

connected with the association are not
money makers, but are moved by the
public spirit which suggests and pro-
NOTES substantial progress, enterprises
which contribute to the wealth of the
community, in which is included the
whole State of Louisiana.
The State Fair of Louisiana has been
the medium of stimulation in the gen
erous rivalry which has led to the di-
versifcation of the products of the
farm, and in the promotion of better
conditions generally.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
THE DEMOCRACY OF VERNON

New Orleans States: The Democrats
Of Vermont have nominated a full
State ticket and lined up in support of
it. They are an intrepid band, and for
more than eighty years they have gone
UP against their Republican opponents
only to suffer overwhelming defeat, yet
they never fail to come gamely to the
scratch whenever the blast of war blows
in their ears. DiscOuragenent is a
feeling they have never experienced,
and to get licked regularly they regard
as duty that thy owe to themselves
and their country.
But time was when Vermont was a
Democratic State She voted for JET
ferson in 1904, for Madison twice and
for Monroe, and for period of sixteen
years showed her loyalty to what was,
in those times, known as the 'Virginia
dynaSty.' Since 1920 Vermont has been
strongly anti-Dcn1ocratic, and in the
electoral college has never cast a vote
for the Democracy.
- 1t is this fact that reminds the Wash
ington Post that it was the lamented
Carmack of Tennessee, who on the
night of the national election in 1892
had this bulletin spread on the canvis
iii front of his newspaper office in
Memphis: Everything Democratic ex-
cept hell and Vermont" But to the
credit of Vermont it must be said that
she has produced some great Demo-
Gratis, if she has not produced Demo-
cratic majorities.
Stephen A. Douglas was native of
Vermont, and for nearly twenty years
one of the most popular leaders of the
Democratic party. Matt Carpenter, the
great lawyer, was also a&<ative of the
State and Democrat until the seces-
sion movement made him a Republican,
but he never ceased to be a strong
States rights man, and the speech he
made in behalf of Tilden in the disput-
ed presidential succession in 1877 re-
mains unsurpassed as masterpiece of
political eloquence and perfect English
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
JACK JOHNSON FOR COUNCIL
MAN

A negro paper in the city of Chicago
has announced Jack Johnson, the cham
pion of the American Prize Ring as it
is called in sporting papers, for council
man in one of the wards That one
disgraceful, uncivilized scene at Reno
has done more to inflame the preju-
dices of the negro race than the lynch
ing of hundred negroes. The whole
force and outcome of this was TO inn
press and teach social equality Homer
Guardian Journal
And should he be elected? And he
may be elected? Then what viii the
white councilmen do? Kick him out !?
Oh no! Not in Chicago.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
THE NEEDS OF LOUISIANA.

Thrifty farmers, home builders and
home makers are one of the needs of
Louisiana At least, this would apply
forcefully to this section of the State
where there are thousands of acres of
desirable land for cultivation which may
be obtained at fair prices.
Instead of directing our best effort to
securing thrifty farmers who are NOV
ing west, on barren prairie lands, we
are frittering away much time in enter
tanning visionary schemes, which appear
plausible but which could not be con-
summated in years to come,
There is no section of earth more de
sirable than North Louisiana, in which
is included Caddo parish, for raising
cattle, horses and mules, nor is there
afforded anywhere in the world such
possibilities for the diversihcation of
the products of the soil, and yet with
all these advantages the newcomers are
comparatively few, and why?
L iiS dilo"Sl 10 SCI1-NNluGllt. EAlIlOSl
within reach, say within four hundred
miles, are hundreds and thousands of
home seekers, disappointed and ready
to change location and doubtless many
of these could be induced to come to
this ection of the State if they were in
formed of the possibilities of North
Louisiana 1t is we'll to discuss good
roads, the gas and oil fields, the paving
of streets and politics if you will, but
it is time that the people were being
awakened to the urgent needs of the
State, especially the need of home
builders and home makers, whose in
dustry would in a few years swell the
wealth of the State
Will the Chamber of Commerce take
notice?
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
J. P. FLOUPN
SHERIFF'S SALE

No. I3,742-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
Mrs. Jessie NJ Hostetter, admins
tratrix, VS.. c. S. Dixon.
By virtue of writ of seizure and
sale 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 ac-
cording to law, without the benefit of
appra1sement, at public auction, at the
principal front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST ~, 1910,
Lot ten of block twenty-five situated in
the town of Mooringsport, in the Par
lsh of Caddo and State Of louisiana.
with buildings and improvements there
on. Said property seized as belonging
to said defendant and to be sold to paw
and satisfy the debt as specified in said
writ, say in the sum of 10000, with s
per cent interest per annum from
March 10, 1909, and ten per cent on
said principal and interest as attorneys
tees, upon the following terms: For
cash tor an amount necessary to pay
$4,000 and interest already due. and
on terms of credit to meet the notes
OF 5000 each due respectively at Is, Is,
Fl, "a, II, 80 and 80 months from May
TO- 1909, and 8 per cent interest from
that date, and all costs of this suit, to-
getfer with ten per cent on said prin-
cipal and interest as attorneys fees
]. T. FLOGRNUY,p
Sheriff, exOficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July "a, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
POLITICS IS WARNING.

Coushatta Citizen: Politics is wa1n:-
ing UP all over the State Judges Land
ard Hall are busy asking the voters for
that Supreme Court iudgesnip. In our
congressional district, the Fourth,
Judge Murf is opposing Judge Watkins
for reelection. Down in the Seventh
District our friend Jim Bailey is look
ing for Pujo's political scalp, and over
in the Fifth District ]. E. Clayton of
Ruston and T. H. McGregor of Ray
vile are both asking the voters to turn
Ransdell out and elect one of them.
While in several of the Board of Equal
ization districts the present members
have opposition 1t is not likely that
Wallace of our district will be opposed
The general primaries will be held on
September g.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
LOUISIANA FARM LANDS CON-
GRESS

On September I next the vice presi-
dents of the Louisiana Farm Lands
Congress will hold a meeting in Alex
andria. In a recent issue of the Cau-
casian there was presented the list of
the officers of the Louisiana Farm
Lands Congress including the vice pres
idents. The Louisiana Farm Lands
Congress is launched in an enterprise
of development which should be fos-
tered by all citizens The indefatigable
secretary of the congress is w. A
Jones of Shreveport.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
sHERTFF,s SALE.
No. I3,84o-in the. First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.

No I384o-fn the. First Judicial Dis.
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
w. ]. Hughes VS.. NJ. NJ. Be1ah.
Rv virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court OF Caddo
Parish. Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and. entitled suit, | hayr seized
and will offer for sale at public auction.
at the principal front door OF the court
house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, dur
ing the legal hours for sales on,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27,f R1o,
Tot No. ten (1o) and ten feet N Of
the east side of lot eleven GI) lying
adjacent to lot ten Of block twenty
eight (28) of Queensborough- addition
of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana,
as per map in conveyance book II, page
285. together with all buildings and i'm
Drovenents thereon, said property seized
as belonging to the above defendant
and to be sold for cash and according
to law, to pay and satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ, upon the folIou-
ing terms: Said property to be sold for
cash to pay the notes now due amount
ing to $4,000, less a credit OF $I775,
with eight per cent per annum interest
and ten per cent as attorneys fees on all
of said notes, and interest and costs of
this proceeding, and on terms OF credit
to pay the notes to- become due amount
ing to $I,I12.83, and all costs of this
suit, including ten per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, exOficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July "a, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
BIDS INVITED

bios are hereby invited for building
a bent bridge about 80 feet long over
tucker branch on road from Shreve-
port 10 Moorlngsport, according to par
tsh Speclhcations. Bids to be opened by
hnance committee on first day of Au-
sust at IL o'clock m. The jury reserves
right to reject any and all bids,
w T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L DURINGER, Clerk
July II, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
RIVER AND WEATHER.
Yesterday was fair and warm.

Yesterday was fair and warm.
River: ,Denison II, fall of o3; Ar
thur City SO, a fall of o3; Lewis Fer
ry 30, a fall Of 10; White Cliffs 80, a
fall of o.z; Ringo Crossing o., fall
of OF; Finley 90; Spring Bank 90, a
fall of 2.8; Shreveport 20. a fall of o.6,
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Generally fair and continued
warm Sunday.
Red river forecast: The fall will con
tinue at Fulton and Shreveport during
the next 48 hours.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
ENGINEER TAYLOR.

Engineer Taylor, whose leg was am
putated below the knew, is doing we'll
He was on the northbound Kansas City
Southern passenger train known as the
Dude, which went into an open
switch at Mooringsport and collided
with freight train on the sidetracl
Engineer Taylor has been in the service
of the company for years and is popu-
lar all along the line.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24

No I3,835-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Mrs Elizabeth Adger VS., w. D..
Pyron, ct a.
BY virtue of writ of seizure and
sale 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 at public auction,
for cash and according to law, without
the benefit of appraisement, at the prin-
ciGal front door of the court house of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY,, AUGUST 27, 1910,
Southeast quarter of section one, town
ship twenty north, range fifteen west,
containing one hundred and sixty acres
more or less, with all buildings and
Improvements thereon, situated in Cad
do Parish, Louisiana. Said property
seized as belonging to SAID defendant
and to be sold for cash according to
law, to pay and satisfy the debt spec
1hcd in said writ, say in the sum of
s., 10000 with 8 per cent interest there
on from November II, 1909, and 5 per
cent on said principal and interest as
attorneys fees, together with all costs
Of this suit. -s4 -
J. P. FLOUPNGy&
Sheriff ax0H1cip A,,c+;oraa-
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
FOR CONGRESS.

The Caucasian has been authorized to
announce that JUDGE J. T. WAT
KINS of Webster parish is candidate
OF succeed himself as a member of Con-
gress from the Fourth Louisiana Dis
trict, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
THE NEEDS OF SHREVEPORT

THE NEEDS OF SHREVEPORT
One of the greatest needs of Shreve-
port is business administration, an ad-
ministration which shall manage the af-
fairs of the city on business principles
In the years past there has been too
much pickering and dissension arising
over political issues and the seeking OF
petty political advantages However
such is the experience OF nearly all COM
munities and to this failure of admin
istering the affairs of communities on
business principles is due the spread OF
the system of government by commits
sion. The people are tired of the old
or present system and will insist on a
change
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
DEATH OF AN AGED VETERAN

DEATH OF AN AGED VETERAN.
Bossier Banner July Fl: Mr. Henry
Barnacastle was found dead about {
O'Clock this morning sitting in chair
! in his bed room at Haughton.
Mr.. Barnacastle was born in North
Carolina during 1880, and came to this
parish during I84o, making his home in
the Fillmore neighborhood, where he
lived until his death, being engaged in
agricultural and mercantile pursuits.
At the time OF his death he was one of
the justices of the peace III Ward Six.
He served in the Confederate Army
during the war of I86I-5 as a member
of Company B Marks Guards) Twen-
ty y-eighth Louisiana Regiment, Mouton's s
Brigade, Polignac's Division, Trans
Mississippi Department, and was a
member Of Loudon Butler Camp No.
400, u, c. v. He represented his camp
as one Of the delegates at the annual
Confederate reunions held in Memphis
last year and in Mobile April last. He
was a jealous Mason, and a member
of the Fillmore Lodge until the surren-
der of its charter nearly forty years
ago, when he affiliated with Bellevue
(now Haughton) Lodge
In point of residence, Mr.. Barnacas-
tie was perhaps the oldest citizen of
Bossier parish. He was a good man,
and his death is regretted by a host of
friends 1t came to him peacefully, and
alone he fought his last battle and
passed silently into the land of dreams
and eternal rest"
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that pursuant
TO the call of the president a special
meeting OF the stockholders of the WV
ian State Bank will be held at its office
at o'clock Friday, August the 10Th,
1870 for the purpose of considering the
proposed raising of its capital stock.
w. T. CALDWELL,
July 10 cecra+o.,,
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
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 candidate to succeed
himself as Associate Justice of the ST.
preme Court of Louisiana, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24

Entered as second class matter February
II, 1904, at the postofice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act of Congress
of March 81, 1879.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24

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Official Journal of CaGdo Parish
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
rHE CAUCASIAN.

SUNDAY, JULY a4, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24

No. 13,742-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
Mrs. Iessie NJ Hostetter. admins
The Caucasian., 1910-07-24
SHERIFFS SALE.

Caucasian, July Fl, 1910.