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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24

the principal front door of the court
house Of Caddo Parish, La, during
the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, OCT. IL, 1911,
Lots one and two q and 2 in block
ten DO of the town of Rodessa.
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, as per ma
or plat OF said town recorded
recorders office of Caddo PARISH.
La, with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon. Said property
seized as belonging to the above de-
fendant, and to be sold for cash and
without the benefit of appraisement,
TO pay and satisfy the debt specified
III SAID writ say in the sum of four
hundred and forty (s44O.00) dollars.
with eight per cent per annum in
terest thereon from the 18th day of
November 1909 until paid. and all
costs OF this suit, as we'll as ten per
cent on said principal and interest
as attorneys fees.
]. P. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
caucasian, September 7, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24

We go to work at in the morning
and work until 6 at night. We have
no time to play Little Bertha cries
and says she would rather be dead
thar alive SO we made up our minds
we would die"
What tragedy of childhood
Without the power of self analysis
these children did not fully realize per-
haps that under the depressing and
monotonous labors Of the mill both
their bodies and brains were being
stunted, bur they did realize they were
miserable
They did realize they were being
cheated of their birthriGht-the right
of self development, the right TO educa-
ton, to recreation. to play.
They did realize that because Of the
long and grinding hours of labor in
the insanitary factory with it's nerve
racking noises they were losing the
best years of their lives.
Their parents?
1t is sorrowful to record that in
Aiahy NdoCo VI tHiS CudI dCleI LLG pd1 :
ents are to blame, dividing with the
greedy mill operators the responsible
ity for conditions as they are.
But" say certain legislators
II worked on the farm as "a child
when l had to reach up for the plow
handles. 1t is good for children that
they should work"
Yes, but working in the open air and
sunlight is one thing; working in the
dust and CRIME of sitting mill at
mosphere is quite another.
We are proud of the fact that we are
working people.
Nearly all our great men as boys
were poor and worked hard
But none of them worked under the
conditions of our modern child slaves
in sitting factory, or at opening the
gates Of the dark mine. or standing
over the breakers" labors that change
boys and girls prematurely into old
men and women. ground by sordid
greed into human waste.
There is more than one sort of white
slavery.
Alma Whaley preached a powerful
sermon against child labor when she
told how these miserables preferred
death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
WHO IS TO RLAME7
I never had a chance"

L never had chance
That was the assertion of the young
woman concerned in the trial of young
Beattie of Virginia, charged with the
murder of his wife
Il never had chance" she SAYS.
my mother couldn't give me the train
ing / ought to have had
Continuing, Beulah Binford said:
oh. what's the use of trying to be
good? I've tried it, but it's no go. 1
get a place somewhere, but soon up
go the eyebrows, and I'm turned out
In the street again.
She says she began to be bad" at
thirteen and at fifteen she was a
mother
Who is to blame? The girl blames
her mother, and she may be right to
some extent. but
When this girl ''began to be bad"
did any one intervene to save her?
Did society? Society is too busy pun
ishinI the wicked to save the innocent.
And, unfortunately. there was no ten
der nursing OF the wounds made by
the girls fall.
She tried to be good and
Up went the eyebrows Oh. the
rarity of Christian charity under the
sum- Somebody whispered to the
woman of the house, up went the eye
brows. and out went the girl.
Now
II this Door girl had fallen down and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
Sheapfoid Notes.

Sheep are comfort lovers, and the
man who neglects to provide them with
good, dry shelter makes a costly error.
It is the gains that the lambs make
during the fall that determine the
feeders profit.
No female can expect to transmit to
her offspring better qualities than she
possesses herself unless she is mated
with sire with greater prepotency.
Do not go into sheep breeding Grow
into it. Begin in small way. You
will find many unexpected problems
constantly coming up, and if you go
into it largely at first you will find a
great deal of trouble and disappoint-
ment. There is much that has to be
learned by long and thoughtful expert
ence
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
THE WRONG WAY

Il want to do more for my children
than was done for me-"
knew the history of the man who
made that remark. He was tumbled
out into the world to earn his living
at an early age and had succeeded by
| deserving success. Like many other
| such fathers, he wanted to save his
children from the hardships he had
known.
knew his children.
There was the boy, yet in his teens,
but already young snob. He was
dressed like a swell-patent leather
pumps, silk stockings, gold watch fob
pearl stickpin, etc. 1t was plain to
see from the way he turned up his
nose at poorly dressed boys that his
measure of life was the cut glass, Per
sian rug standard.
And the girl:
At an age when she should have
been playing with her dolls her mind
was occupied with dress. She was
loaded with jewelry. wore false hair
and painted her lips, if not her cheeks
She swayed in her extremely short
dresses, and it was pitiful to see how
she Strengthened herself in order to
pose like a fashionable woman
In trying to do more for his chill
dren the father did not see that
Because he had gone up against the
hard knocks his struggles had devel-
oped his powers. His children, being
reared by dollhouse methods. were
weaklings.
There were no luxuries for him in
early life, and self denial had put fiber
into his character. His children were
f1abby and lacking because of luxury.
He never INDUCED his appetites as
a boy, and confluence had made a
man Of him. He was pampering the
appetites of his children to the full
Do you see
How much better for these mere
kids would be the plain dress and
plain fare and the experience of disci-
pine than the fine dress and the over
There is way to do more" for
your children than was done for you.
It is not the'way of filing their PAM
pered stomac rs with rich food and |
their weak heads with silly notions
1t is the way of education, of ODE /
henee of thrift, of discipline
Beware lest in trying to do more |
Tor your child you succeed in doing /
ess.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
ShepiH'S Sale.
No. Is, 394-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
r. D. Tillay VS.. r s Atkins

No. Is, 394-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
R. D. Tilley VS.. T. S. Atkins.
By virtue of a writ of seizure anC
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled suit
| I have seized and will offer for sale
at public auction for cash without
the benefit of appraisement, at the
principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, OCT. IA, 1911.
Lot ten, block nine of the Queens
borough Subdivision of the City of
Shreveport, La, as per map of same
recorded in conveyance book Al,
page 385, of the conveyance records
of Caddo Parish, La. Said property
seized as belonging to the above de-
PENDANT and to be sold for cash with
out the benefit of appraisement, to
pay and satisfy the debt as specified
in said writ, say in the sum of
twenty-five hundred and forty dol
lars with eight per cent per annum
interest thereon from the 3rd day of
April 1911, until paid, and all costs
of this suit, as we'll as ten per cent
on said principal and interest as at
torney's fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Cnllnacian Gnnf 40 IOIi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
YTIL WELLS DREAM.

There is man in Kansas City who's,
name is Sdlwell
lie dreamed a dream.
BIS dream was an air line of stee
tarom the grainfields of the middle west
~z1Inect to the gulf. People smiled. The
Hnoneycrats of Wall street laughed.
Nuf-
When American fnanciers turned
SEheir backs on StiIwell's vision of shin
ing rails from Kansas City to the sea
The dreamer went to Holland and told
rs dream to the Dutch capitalists.
f1ey FURNISHED the money. and the
znnsas City and Southern railroad
Teas built.
Slwells dream came true.
1e be sure, the author and builder of
S4zse read in the outcome was cheated
sB&k aof his hard earned share. but the
Esaad dis. there doing business as the
saNzEecf rea7ization Of StilwelPs dream.
-Sfi1weH dreamed another dream.
EaAnd again the financiers pronounced
s1aa dream q baseless fabric, fmprac-
rcm and absurd. They would not put
e2 dollar In the enterprise.
fRut Stilwen went about to make his
eaStfRer dream come true.
This was the dream:
he would build railroad from Kan
fsas City through Mexico to the gulf.
Lit was the old dream from new
vTSeWpSfnt. Stilwelrs vision was again
the benign one of connecting the great
agTanaries of the west with tidewater,
thereby saving the farmers the long
EAanl transportation
He dared to cut the parallels of
attitude.
he was like that car of Russia who
s.2azd dewn his ruler between two great
>aeitIes and, despite the circumstances
s. OK engineers, said. Build it on that
line"
Somehow stilwell is getting the
money, and the Kansas City and Orient
railroad is largely built.
Oftentimes your dreamer is the utfli-
9arian. His vision makes things come
20 pass.
There must first be the dream.
Columbus dreamed Of the other side
of the world and found it. Napoleon
y dreamed Of an empire and won it,
With their natural eyes men see only
little things; they dream of big things.
It Is the dreamer. who hangs the i'm
possible bridge over the spanless
-chasn, lays a path for thought on
oceans bottom, discovers the new
land, sends the message through the
-iewiesss air.
Where there Is no vision the PEG
;zRie perish" Therefore the seer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
10 f. U. johnson, or His Heirs No.
Residents

You are hereby notified that 7
pure purchased at tax sale for the unnaid
soaoe and parish taxes for tbe ye a,
1s1o' the following assessed f. 80
D Doill IN, IN Gaddo Parish assessment
1 ulis's lot IL, block II, Fairfield
t nelsnts' deed being dated july 15tb :
~ 19l1' recorded in Conveyance b loeh,
Of Of t pase o. on July 81, 1911. Amount
u taxes penalties and costs s7.55'
co PERCY N. BROWNE
caucasian, Sept, II, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TO A MOTHER.
By EDWIN a. NYE.

That boy OF yours!
He comes into the house like a whirl-
vaEind, throws his cap in one corner
and his books in another
He sprawIs if his meals, kicks at
fhis brothers shins under the table,
makes faces at his sister, leases the
cat, is noisy and in evidence at all
times except when he is asleep.
But-he is built that way.
The vitality that is in him must have
Its escape valve or his boiler will
burst.
Let him blow off.
Preferably he should blow off out
doors; but, If not, still he must find
vent
By and by the boy will need every
@ounce Of that surplus energy. He
must go up against sharp corners and
over big obstacles.
Do not scold him for what he cannot
help.
Though noisy and mischievous, his
E1eart is right He is not bad. He is
Just superfuously virile In fact, he
rs apt to be boy of better impulses
than If he were quiet and self cen
'&ered.
II you scold him harshly you stir up
che little bad-the racial leftover
E1hat is in him. 1t is easy to nag
boy Of spirit into retort or rebellion.
There's a better way. Your boy is
SAs tender inside as he ia tough outside.
&t9e does not wear his heart on his
zsieeVe, but it is not calloused.
down deep-under his vest-is a big
Love for his mother.
There's your advantage. You are his
sweetheart. Keep him so and he will
die for you
You forget?
Yes, ] know. You are worn. tired.
and the boys way jangles your nerves.
E1ou dare up at him. Your reprimand
ssf1ngs. You rumpIe him. His ouick
9mper flies up in self defense. 1t is
soon over. and the boy still loves his
FmOfher. But
Have you not failed?
me boy obeys you, but the cord by
(which you hold him is loosened a frac
'TElon- Can you afford that?
dou have forgotten the seedlings and
The faultfndings, and so has he. But
Is the boy still at the end of mothers
aprsn strings?
Remember
Soon your boy will be a bearded man
;anu you will hold out empty arms-in
Evainl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
Sherif's Sale.

No. t4,122-Tn the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
J. B. Nelson vs.. Charlie Mccall.
By virtue Of a writ Of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled suit,
have seized and will offer for sale
at public auction for cash and with
out the benefit of appraisement, at
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
Usual Symptoms of Worms.

The mysterious actions of a horse
which whirls and bites itself savagely
are due undoubtedly to the presence of
worms in unusual numbers. The rub
bling of the tail is another symptom A
wise course Of treatment is to give a
pint of raw oil or four drains of aloes
In ball. After it has ceased to act
give vermifuge.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
CHILD SLAVERY.

Alma Whaley OF Chattanooga, Tenn.
! drank one and one-half drains of car
bolic acid in an attempt to end her
life, but was saved by the physicians
Why a suicide at fourteen?
The girl revealed the fact that she
with several OF her fellow workers in
. factory had entered into suicide
pact, preferring to die rather than
work In the mills.
Listen to the child
~Ve al wanted to die at our frame
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24

Don't expect a colt to respond read
lily to every pull of the lines, but first
let him become accustomed to the
new order of things. He isn't used to
a piece of iron in his mouth, nor does
: ne understand why he should turn his
head first one way, then another.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
Matter of Breed Not Vital.

Any breed of chickens will do on
he farm, but it is not a good plan to
have several breeds around. Males
changed once a year is a good plan.
Mated with lively hens they give pleas
ing results.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24

Oil is cheaper than rust That is
just hint to keep all bearing parts
and unstable surfaces of farm tools
and machinery well oiled. Better oil
that mental machinery occasionally
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-24
J. P. FLOURNOY.

Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian Sept. 10, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24

We acquire . good stock OF words
for daily use. y working vocabulary:
tha; Il. partly By our own pains ard
care and partly BIZ listening 20 9th
ers who use good language and part
II By every day reading = few pages
IN a book that Is worth attention.
No matter Zoe ~~=s @ze -. abe
should Try 10 keep one good book On
hand and read IL through page By
page. although 10 do SO may occupy
several weeks. More than most peo-
pie think. they enrich their vocabu-
larry by regularly attending church
services. The habit OF listening 20
sermons does more for you than its
first object. which Is to lift the mind
into an atmosphere OF devotion.
IL adds little by little TO your treas
ury OF beautiful and well-chosen
words.-Sew York Evening Tele-
gram.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24
TOUING KING GEORGE.

Il is true that much OF the King
work is what most people would call
pleasure, but when one has To work
at pleasure for twelve or fourteen
hours a day it becomes hard labor,
and there is no getting out OF it for
King George. He is the official head
OF British society, and the English
church, and the British army and the
British navy, not TO speak Of the Brit
ish empire, and he must be on show
at all sorts of ceremonial functions
all the time. At every function he
must be appropriately dressed. On a
busy day when he has a dozen or
more engagements the mere labor Of
changing his clothes alone would
brighten an ordinary man, who puts
on one suit in the morning when he
goes to business and maybe changes
for dinner when he gets home at
night.
Apart altogether from the extra
ordinary festivities of the season
King George is a. busy man and even
in ordinary times clothes take up a
lot of his time. This is particularly
hard on him because he does not care
for dress. King Edward delighted in
dressing up" as keenly as any de-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24

cause IL has often been misapplied-
There ia really no reason Why We
should not use II n describing an at
tractive. polite and agreeable woman.
\ charming writer mas given the
definition OF lady as woman in high
state OF civilization.
am sure you prefer TO be eonsid-
cred highly civilized 10 being thought
savage and barbarians.
When a girl says: Gee whiz." 1t
was something fierce" or You're up
against it," you need nothing more
TO convince you that she may be good
hearted and we'll meaning. but
Nobody wants to be stamped as
common. To say to any one that she
is kind hearted. good natured, will
ing to serve a friend, and that she
honestly pays her way, Is TO say that
she is a respectable member OF So
ciety; but TO add 10 this that she is
common and ordinary is to indicate
a fatal defect.
Purity OF speech requires the omis-
sion OF slang and silly superfluous
phrases. The latter, while perhaps
not profane, are often not refined,
and shows that ones associations
have been with ill-bred persons.
To think before you speak is an
excellent rule.
You should make up your mind
once for all to use only grammatical
words and phrases to represent the
thing you mean to say. Never say
hadn't ought" or amt" or use q
singular verb with plural noun.
Most girls have gone through the
grammar school, if not further, and
they have been taught what is right
and what is wrong in framing sen
fences in English.
| Vocabulary is another matter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24

busaate getting ready for bar arss
party
Here i ; typical aay II klaE
Georges life. showing no< oaly his
actual engagements. but how Dc has
20 dress for them: he rs@es ~ s-so
=. Ia. geta into hre@cAes AID boots
and goes for ride il tie park Naez
ae comes hack 20 the palaces about "a
hour later be changes into ordinary
fasis a. s:S5 and then speads the
morning wlth bis secretaries. gcins
over his correspondence and attend
Ing 10 the Ordinary business OF the
day. He fiuds an hour during the
forenoon for his physical training
wlth Sandow. Or one OF his assistants
II be has no public engagement ha
need not change his clothes again IN
til luncheon. when he gets into a
frock coat and dark trousers. but II
he must grant al audience or receive
an am bassador be must don one OF
his many uniforms. His favorite uni
forms, II q man who detests uniform
can be said TO have fovorites. are
those Of a field marshal OF the Brit
ish army, and the undress uniform
of a British admiral. The latter In
deed is the one that he wears most
OF all, and his naval training is
probably accountable for this prefer
ence.
If he receives a foreign ambassa-
dor. however, he must wear the uni
form of one OF the regiments OF the
ambassadors country, 10 which he is
entitled. There are also thirty uni
forms OF British regiments of which
he is honorary colonel which he must
wear on certain occasions. IL it is a
quiet day he may get through the af-
ternoon without changing again, but
| IL he has two Or three engagements
he may have to change as many
| times. He dresses for dinner about
Z o'clock and dimes at g.
OF course, the mere act of changing
is made as easy for the King as posi-
bic. He has two Wallets, the senior
| Hewlett, having been with him for a
number of years, and two "brushers, d
who assist the Wallets. A valet and
brusher are always on duty. Every
morning the valet receives a copy OF
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24

he ktaxea IIss % sngaxezsats Tor
ne ar and Il II as datr TO sase sas
auYupvsase eloshes rcsdy shea tas
E8nw coUes 30 change lie aust
ancw al tie nkresss& 81 al tao nai-
snru.m ana see that everything - cor
rs~x ia TIE laxs DOT Il spite O. ali
,Ats responsibility tie pay % not asgA-
Hewlett receives = salary Of SEQ =
year and las 81 apartment II 81
lanes Palace. Of coarse. he ell
also - peusloned. Is King I'd ard =
valet wam. when be gross too old 10
work or when his master dies
Apart from al this dressing and
undressing and al the regular and
extraordinary business he bad To a.
tend to during the coronation ssason.
King George did Iot Of private en-
,srtaIuIng. The other day he went
over the list Of his royal relatives
actually housed ia Buckingham Pal
az. during the coronation ceremonies.
II never knew before that had 80
many cousins n the world. he said
IN his secretary And no wonder he
made this remark. for there were
eighteen distinct parties OF them IN
the palace, comprising over ninety
persons In all who car claim close
blood relationship. Imagine having
TO be polite 10 ninety uncles and eous-
ms and aunts all AT one time for a
fortnight on . stretch. Being polite
is not merely a form with King
George He Is a strong believer In
the duty OF hospitality and he may
be relied on 10 see personally after
his guests comfort and to devote
some personal attention TO each one.
An ordinary man would have Difficult
~ in remem bering all their names.
Hardly day will pass during the
crowded three months without a ban
quet of some sort at which King
George will have TO preside and make
pretence at least OF eating. Here
is where his abstemiousness will
stand him in good stead. AS a rule,
he eats only the plainest food, cook
ed in the simplest manner.
He is also a believer in early
hours. AS a rule, he manages 70
get to bed by II p. m, and even on
State occasions he usually gives the
signal to retire before midnight, and
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24
PURITY OF SPEECH.

Purity Of speech means something
more than the omission Of vulgar
phrases that ought not to be used by
any self-respecting person. A young
girl should carefully avoid falling in
to slangy or careless modes Of speech.
You can shut your eyes and tell
whether the woman next to you is a
lady Cor, should | say, gentleman?
by listening to her conversation.
There has been in recent years a re-
action against the word lady" be-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24
THREE nAxgFu

TAeFv aTa ,aree sa=e--s
70 saaee~ss Tee erss = -. >ss
- liquor. he $780, Z. s---'slas
ard The 'Airs = sas--a-< ss
I waa TELEGRAPH eez-ss.. @
hurg. kae~ a. ,Ae So u. "a
lated Teey Se~s 20. z- -. 'sze
best Tepais. thsy zsr- -<-s-s-..aa e
saspielon- ] h&ys lives -- - "a
them ruled. h2Ek~ass .- = &
bankrupt Ia cAa-ze.S~ -
scarcely AZ iass&nre g -.-
has made ; tortaae s- -. ia
and kept Il. The ;al-4 ss.s..''
perilous habit &c .ass-.~. =
when = man IN des; sas5-s., = 9
other. II Is not his oea z-ss.. =
own capital tha; hc -ssss
money 81 bis oar creditor \
fore | say that II you 40 er=- -
upon 90 indorse. Bcver L. !. -,
you have cash means lot -ee...-s. :
your own debts. and aevs- -
beyond your means -A.a.sx :
negie.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24
ON THINKING GLAD.

Never mind a change OF scene
Try 4 change Of thinking.
What II things seem gordid. mean.
What's the use OF blinking?
LIES not always storm and cloud.
Somewhere stars are shining
Try to think your joys out loud.
Silence all repining.
By degrees. by thinking light.
Thinking glad and sweetly.
You'll escape the stress OF night,
Worry gone completely.
Get the habit looking for
Sunbeams pirouetting,
Tapping gaily at your door
Surest cure for fretting.
Needn't fool yourself at all,
For there's no denying
Fen above a prison wall
Song-birds are a-fiying.
Wherefore hearken to the song.
Never mind the prison.
And you'll find your soul ere long
Unto freedom risen.
John Kendrick Bangs. in Songs @
Cheer"