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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
PRIMARY ELECTION PRoCLA-
NATION.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
BY virtue of the authority conferred on
me by the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and
in accordance with the primary election
laws of the State of Louisiana, notice
is hereby given, and we proclaim that a
primary election will be held at the va
'rious precincts as now established by
law in the Eighth Ward of the Parish
of Caddo, State Of Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1911,
for the nomination of a police juror for
said Ward Eight, said primary election
is to be held under the primary election
laws OF the State Of Louisiana, and at
the following precincts
Forbins-B. R. Jacobs, Fl. S. Forbing
and G. G. Jackson, commissioners; ]
Teagle and ]. D. Woodson, clerks.
Caspiana-J. M. Robinson, B. r. Null
ligan and T. c. Moss. commissioners
J. L. Ieyasseur and Will Knight, clerks
And we do hereby require and direct
that the polls be open from 8 am. until
Z pm. on the day Of said election
Thus done and signed in the City Of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
len this the 9th day Of May 1917.
HENRY HUNSICKER,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com.
nittee. Caddo Parish, La
HOYLE TOAIKIES, Secretary
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
PLUCKY AND CLEVER.
Dallas County Lady Causes the
Capture of Negro,

Mrs Frank Willes, wife OF a store
keeper in the Patrick neighborhood of
Dallas county, woke up and found a
negro in her bedroom She managed
by her pluck and cleyerless to scare
the negro away.
Mr.. Willes had gone to Dallas to
secure some goods for the store, leav
ing his wife and two little children
The lady took the precaution to place
a pistol under her pillow before she
retired
When she woke and saw the negro
rtandihg at the foot Of the bed het
first action was to seize the weapon
and point it in the direction of the in
truder Before she could pull the trig
ger the negro had her by the hands
and was graphing With her for pos
session of the weapon
Mrs Willes screamed at the top of
her voice, although it was evident no
body was in hearing distance The
screams, however, had the effect OF
frightening the. negro away, but not
until he had secured possession OF the
revolver
. Fifteen minutes later the negro re
turned to the Willes house and assum
ing blank expression volunteered
the statement that ne had heard the
lady 5 screams and wanted to know il
he could be of any assistance.
Yes, !" she replied. A negro man
tried to enter my room while ago !
am confident that he is somewhere
near here now If you will go with
me to the house of some of my neigh.
boss 7 believe we can capture the in
truper. =
The negro readily agreed to the
plan Mrs, Willes led the way to the
house OF the pearest neighbor he
negro followed Another house was
visited and still another, each man
enlisting himself in the negro hunting
posse being made up by the woman
When about half dozen white men
had enlisted the lady turned and point.
ing to the negro who had so willingly
accompanied her said; That is the
negro who entered my room thismorn
ing Arrest him.
Pouncing upon the negro the white
men pinioned his arms He was then
taken to the store and locked up and
Theriff Brandenburg, at Dallas, tele-
phoned
In an hour or two the whole neigh
borhood was aroused and men and
boys gathered around the store and a
lynching for a time seemed inevitable
Finally the sheriff arrived and the ne
gro put upon train and taken to
Dallas.
Williams is the name the negro
gave to the sheriff It is said that he
had worked for Mr.. Willes three or
four years and the quarters he occn.
pied are but short distance from the
room that the lady and her children
were sleeping in.
Pistol taken from Mrs Willes was
found under the front porch Of shack
Williams occupied
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
JUDICIAL SALE.

No. I4,47I-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
]. C. Thompson VS.. R. B. Hale ct al.
BY virtue of d commission to sell to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled suit, will offer for sale, at pub
lie auction, 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, JUNE 10, 1911,
The southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter, northeast quarter of southeast
quarter, and northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter, and strip off the
north end Of the northwest quarter Of
the southeast quarter, which said strip
contains thirteen and one-third acres,
and all Of which said deesribed property
aggregated one hundred and thirty-three
and one-third acres, and all being in sec
ton thirty-one, township twenty-five
north, range fifteen west, situated in the
parish Of Caddo, State of Louisiana,
with buildings and improvements. Said
property to be sold as belonging to the
above parties litigant, and to be sold for
cash, according to law, for the purpose
OF effecting a partition by licitation.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, exc ficio Auctioneer
Caucasian. May 2, 1917.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
MANY HAVE NOT PAID.
Some Three Thousand Corpora
tons Delinquent.

Approximately 1900 corporations
are delinquent ii the payment Of their
franchise tax to the state OF Texas
and are now subject to the penalty Of
% per cent on the amount Of the tax
due the state Secretary of state has
received numerous requests TO waive
the penalty. but in each case he has
refused. as the law is plrin upon the
subject
In The comptroller's department 300
corporations were May delinquent
in the payment Of the gross receipts
tax. due onthat date The penalty of
10 per cent IS now due on the amount
of the tax.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
sHERIFFs SALE.
No. f4,444--In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
w. Fl. ries VS.. M. 2. Notes.

No. f4,444--In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. ::
w. H. rfes VS.. M. F. Notes.
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, at the
principal front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1911,
North half of northwest quarter of sec
ton three, township twenty-one north,
range fifteen, in Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, with all buildings and improve
ments 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, say in the sum of two hun
dred dollars, with per cent per annum
interest thereon from March 10, 1905,
and all costs of this suit, including ten
per cent on said principal and interest
as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLoURNoY,
Sheriff, ex-O ficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, April 9, 1911
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
WOMEN TO RUN A REPUBLIC.
Formed Like United States Govern
msnt, With Congress and Cabinet.

Formed Like United States Govern
msnt, With Congress and Cabinet.
An American woman's republic, as
scheme of commercial rehabilitation, is
the plan OF d. G. Lewis, the financial
wizard of University City, Mo. Mr..
Lewis has surrendered the manage
ment Of his $6,500,00O properties,
which include his various publications
and town site, to a. board Of trustees
to be appointed by 1O1 eastern maya
zine publishers who have been iden-
tilted with the American Womenss
league.
Lewis proposes to demonstrate the
ability OF woman to conduct the af-
fairs of state now almost wholly vest
ed in man. University City is to be
the capital of the American Women 5
Republic the Capitalization Of ma.
tional governmeaA for women, with
LOCO, 900 constituents. The American
Women,s league viii be the nucleus.
The republic win be organized in Uni-
yersity City next January by the cleo
ton Of d congress. The congress will
elect president The 1900 local chap
tiers Of the American Women's league
win choose house of Representatives,
The president viii have secretary of
the interior. war. commerce and state.
and q treasurer and attorney general
A supreme court of three women law
yers viii be organized. The referen-
dun and recall win apply to the presi-
dent
The supreme court win be IN session
ia University City eight months in the
year. It win decide all questions re-
lating to members Of the republic and
It's rulings are to be final. Lewis ex.
poets to become the feld agent for bis
latest project and estimates that q
Gre years be viii have Increased the
naz beEslzn I'd ,og 600.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
OHIO CITIES TO
RUN PAWNSHOPS
New Buckeye State Law Said to
Be First Of Its Kind.
A BOON TO THE WORTHY POOR

Money Without Being Forced to Pay
the Exorbitant Rates Demanded by
s"Loan Sharks"
The Bertsch municipal pawn depart,
ment bill, said to be the first of its
kind. has just become law in Ohio.
The new law takes its name from Jo-
seph f. Bertsch, its author. Some for
eign countries have such departments,
but they have been established by the
cities without asking the state for au
thority or power therefor.
The new law is intended to be of
benefit to the worthy poor, and its
working in Ohio will be watched with
interest by the authorities of other
states with view to adopting some
such measure in their localities.
There are thousands of deserving
persons whose income does not allow
of their acquiring real estate or saving
money. And there are times when
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
Z. Blavlook . Trustee.

Is. Blaylock of Dallas, publisher OF
the Texas Christian Advocate, and
w. r. Monier of Nashville have been
elected trustees Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. south, to ELL vacancies
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
GLAD MICHEL IS A CANDIDATE.

GLAD MICHEL IS A CANDIDATE.
Baton Rouge, La, May 8.-On the
arrival Of the morning papers contain
|ing the announcement of John 7. Michel
for governor, a large number of Mr..
lliche1s friends extended eongratula-
|tions. Mr.. Michel, besides being the
candidate of the regular party, has made
many friends during his residence here
and incumbency Of the Office Of Secre-
tary Of State
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
INSURANCE.

When you want money, FIRE insurance,
bonds, life insurance, real estate. acci-
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see w. C. Agurs, in the Cooper
building
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
TAKE NOTICE.

Ali communications and articles I'M
solicited will be charged ten cents line
for every line exceeding half column
space. Personalities will not be enter
tanned at any price.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
FOR POLICE JUROR WARD
FIGHT

c. NJ. Hutchinson of Caspiana is an
nounced as a candidate for police juror
from Ward Eight, subject TO the action
Of the Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Caddo Parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
ICE CREAM FESTIVAL AND
LAWN PARTY.

! Friday night next the Queensborough
Epworth League will entertain their
friends to an ice cream festival and
lawn party An invitation is rendered
to all citizens who would spend few
hours pleasantly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
A. !. MNRFE.

Having resigned as District Judge has
resumed the practice of law with Offices
in Randall Filiquier building, $40 Mar
ket street Cid phone 7oo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
DIR. E. G. ALLEN

Office in the Cooper building. DR..
Allen is a graduate of both schools and
carries full line of homeopathic RENE
dies. Special attention given chronic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
pauehter Ftnde Mother Dead.

Mrs j r, Wagner was found dead
in he'd at Palacios, Tex. BY her little
daughter, helen. Her husband was
absent at The time on professional du-
ties. Heart aisase was the cause Of
death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
COMMERCIAL PRINTING.

We are prepared to furnish CONNER
cial printing of the better kind, and we
solicit an opportunity to show you what
we can do. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09

Potato growers around Houston
say they have had too much rain
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
DR.. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.
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lnuiish. German. spanish. Portuguese and FrsnsA

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s, WORMS. Worm Fever. o. Nsrm Disease. 80
s. galsc crzaue an6 wskefnlnesz of xafants.SE
q ntnrFhea, % ChildreH end Adults ....s.....ssS
5. Dyaenlerv, Gripfnes. Bilious colic.
Z. Coughs, Colds Bronchitis
q Toofhaehe, Feeeaahe. Neuralgia. 80
81 Headache Sack Headaehs. Vertigo. ........,S1
70. Dpanspsia, Indigestion Weak stomach. ...9S
So. Crean. Hoarae Cough. LaEynsitis s....sss.ss36
"a safe eshaum Erapsiuns. Erysipelas.
Is Rheumatism or Rheumatic PainsAs....sss.&6
10. Fever end Awae. Malaria IS
~ Piles, Kind OF Bieedins External lmeeEnsk. %
ns. anhfhmlnsa, weak cr Tnaamea Eyesss...s..2s
Ie. casasrh knliuenz3. Cold Is HsA4 D
30. whoopfng goashs SpasHodle Cough. 80
~. Asthma peesssd. ulnaeula Breathing. ..s..es
81 Kidney Disease. Gravel. caaeal .s....*85
7n. Neeyu4ss Debility Vital WeeAnsss -s..sAs@3
@8s sore Meath. Fever Sores ce Can
so. Hfznarr Naeoa s1meaees Wsstsne Ase.ssssss&4
81 Sore TaEeas QainsY esa pipesl .sss.ss9N
81 Ehfenze gols4esffonAs Hexcachea .sssssssae
llses. AAs reses Ell sszazsF esaes..s.3s
rnikss eafsss ef Pleasant Resles6. SIS 3s Eeat
SOLD BY zzlzs rs sz4S 1H xseslzak ~ zRzee
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-09
AN ORDINANCE,

Section I. Be it enacted by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Caddo, in regular
session convened, on this the 18th day
of April 1911, that an election is hereby
ordered to be held throughout thu Par
ish of Caddo on the 1st day of June
1911, for the purpose of taking the sense
of the regular qualified voters of the
Parish of Caddo, as to whether or not
Intoxicating liquors shall be licensed or
sold within the Parish of Caddo after
July I, 1911, or whether the sale thereof
shall be prohibited as it is at present.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said election shall be held under the
general election laws of the State of
Louisiana i'll so far as they are applica-
BILE to this election; provided, that bal
lots and other election supplies shall be
furnished by the Board of Supervisors
of Election, at the expense of the Parish
of Caddo, and provided further, that the
returns of said election shall be made
by the Police jury of the Parish of
Caddo, who shall meet in special session
on the grid day of June 1911, and receive,
canvass and cause to be promulgated the
result of said election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the polling places of said election shall
be at the regular polling places as here
tofore fixed by the Police jury of the
Parish of Caddo and the City Council
of the City of Shreveport, and which are
particularly fixed as follows:
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-28

ing to have in your family little child ren.
 "3. Don't marry if neither you nor he is Christian.
 "Girls, the man who says he can stop drinking when he wants to generally does not want 10. If you are engaged to 8 man who drinks break it off tonight.
 II believe any woman who is married and has the means and refuses the op- portunity to bring up children is traitor to her flag. The woman who is presi- dent of Wellesley college has not the op- portunity a mother has.
 Finally, how dreadful to have placed in your hands the soul of little child to mould who will some day have to face his God. if you have no family altar.
 "The child says, when his father takes drink, 'I'u take what father takes. That is his whole attitude. Men, do you realize it? And do you realize that that is too often the attitude of your wife as well?'
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-28
The Frog Problem.

To the Editor of The News:
 Agreeable to my promise l will now state my opinion, as to how the frog l wrote about, came to be imprisoned in the block of marble. I have read in a paper an article by some professor, stat ing that the toad was found in pocket of rock several hundred feet below the surface of the earth, and It was of.the same color as the stone. I think this was entirely probable, but I do not think that it was full grown when it was in closed in the pocket of stone. Now do not know if should class the one l wrote about as toad or frog, and we know there are toads and frogs of many kinds, and they do not come into the world full grown, We have seen some very small ones, not much larger than a horsefly. I think these are matched from spawn or eggs. Then we have all seen what we call pollywogs, and they turn into frogs, just as the caterpillars turn into butterflies and there are many species of toads. l would not be sur prised if some one would write and say they had found toad in a sugar tree.
 Now will tell how the one 1 wrote about, came to be imprisoned in the block of marble. In the first place I claim that marble grows as well as every thing else on earth, and my theory is, the earth grew into it's present forma tion. do not think it grew in few days or years, but think 1t was growing for hundreds of centuries previous to the time we have any knowledge of. This is subject that embraces so much I hardly know how to explain 1t, but mar ble grows in 8 sheet-ike form of various thickness, from a quarter inch to several feet, and between each layer, is a layer of 8 paSte-Iike matter. I have often seen between two of these thick layers Several thln sheets with layer of this paste-like matter between. These solidi- fly and grow together and make the large thick ones such as we quarry out for different uses. believe lime rock Is formed the same way and it was easy for this frog, when 1t was small, to get into some crack or crevice and be i'm prlsoned and if it did nature provides for everything that grows and the place the frog was in would grow with the marble. That is, the frog caused the whole to ex- pand to meet the requirements of the case. Marble is very porous, so you see MT. Frog had all the drink he needed and how do we know but this moisture sustained him? I think this would have been the case if he had been i'm prisoned in tree for the sap would sus- tain him. In cake of ice the result would be the same Now I do not know if have explained this to your satisfac. tion, but may write more on this sub. ject at some future time. do not agree with some of these great professors and men of scieDce in many things, for have acquired more Knowledge of such things by studying nature then by any other manner.
 Very respectfully yours,
 CHAS. A. HARRIS.
 Two Harbors, Minn., Dec. 12.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-28
He's One of the Leading Cand dates

Who is the haudsomest man in Ca- naan?-Canaau (Ct.) News. Knowing the News editor as do, feel free to say that he could give the correct an swer to the pulchritudinous question without going outside his own sanctum sanctorum -Pittsfield Eagle.
 It may be even SO but the rules of the beauty contest forbid that any votes be cast for any pulchritudinous sanctum santorumite. Meanwhile the contest still rages and it Is yet an open question Who is the handsomest man in Canaan ?-Canaan News,
 This last reminds me of court incl dent that happened more years ago than I like to remember. Col. Sam Horne of Winsted and Attorney J. Henry Rora- back of Canaan were on opposite sides of the case, and were very earnest and very eloquent in their efforts to make the cause of their respective clients pre- vail.
 When his turn came to sum up Col. Horne said, addressing the court :-
 "If your honor please, I feel that if my handsome friend from Canaan had been addressing jury composed of members of the fair sex my cause would, indeed, be already lost. But in this contest where a just judge is governed solely by the evidence and the law and where the personalities of the contend ing counsel are disregarded, l feel 1 have an even chance. So, with entire confidence in the righteousness of my cause I now address myself to the grave issue and its determination. - Pittsfield Eagle.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-28
Letters From the People
Handsomest Man Owns Up.
he Editor of The Nays:

To the Editor of The News:
 Permit me through the columns of The News to put an end to thls Beauty Con- test between man and man in Canaan. It has ragged long enough. It is unseen ly in that it is arousing suspicion and jealousy in the hearts and minds of brethren who hitherto have lived in peace and amity. Men are not attending to business they are late down town because of their more careful toilettes, and the time spent in curling hair, face massage, beading the eye-lashes, and so on. Our fat men are rolling on their boudoir floors till late mornings, taking of their superfluous flesh thin men are taking two-hour baths in olive oil ; old men are trying to see how high they can kick, and young men-but say, it s the women who have raised such pow WOW over this Handsomest Man business that I, in all conscience can stand it no longer. Wives, unaccustomed to hard toll, now have to get up and split wood for the breakfast fires, while their hand some husbands are unrolling bandages from their double ohins, or soaking of the face marks from their noble counte- nances.
 In this struggle for masculine beauty, hoping to be called the handsomest man in Canaan, women have been thrown onto the hard, cruel world, who, but a short time ago, knew not where the money for the next Easter hat would come from, but knew the man would provide, and she have the hat. "Get thee hence from our boudoirs P' cry the wives "cease these f1oor-rollings and ceiling punches with the feet Get out with your reduction bandages, oils, paints and face creamsl Go to workl Who cares whether a man is handsome or not? Go earn moneyl Col Get! Gotl Begone!" But the men were beauty-craz with their own looks and would not listen.
 Now this is what happened. Every woman and girl in town, between the ages of five and nlnety-fve, knows that l am the handsomest man in town, and they know that I know 1t, too; so a delegation of women came to me and begged me to throw modesty to the four winds of heaven and quen this riot of vanity among Canaan men, all seeking to be beautiful. "Take not the hats from our heads, nor the bridge from our tables, !" pleaded they. II loathe sleeping with curl papers," moaned one aged woman. "I'm scared to death at that horrid beauty mark" sobbed a sweet little newly-wed. "How a man looks with his jaw tied up like 8 corpse, shrieked the mother of eight ''we all sleep in the barn, Father looks so" cried they.
 We'll, that settled it, so now, though I flush with becoming modesty, and though I do not like to do it at all. still, for the sake of sad and frightened women and children, hereby publicly answer that question: "Who IS the Handsomest Man in Canaan? ?" by frankly and nobly admitting that I am
 Very truly yours,
 THE HANDSoMEST MAN IN CANAAN.
 P. S.-L shall now leave town on the night express.