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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
AN ORDINANCE.

Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in regular ses~
sion convened, that the certain roads or
servitudes hereinbe1ow described are
hereby declared to be public highways
of Caddo Parish, said roads being forty
feet in width, having been acquired by
the open and public possession and use
thereof for the space of more than ten
years, and which are described as fol-
lows:
Moorihgsport and Greenwood Road
Beginning at the town of Mooringsport,
center of section So, township 20, range
10, running south through sections 2, II,
IA %, 20, IS, 2, II, IA, 20, 26, IS, 2, II,
II, 20 and 26 along line of IS and sc. 2
and I, II and II, ii and IS, diagonally
through "a and 10 and through 80, 81, 6,
2, 20, 50 and 4, being the Parish of Cad
do and DeSoto line.
Marshall and Shreveport Road-Be-
ginning at State line of Texas and
Louisiana in northwest corner of frac-
tionaf section IS, township 16, range IS,
thence east along NJ K & T. railroad
to bayou through section Fl, diagonally
to section ~, along State line between
22 and ~, 70 and 26, al and rs, E9 and
80, 20 and 20, Fl and 28, thence in a
northeasterly direction through sections
~, 20, u, 10 and 10 along line of Sec
tons 8, II, 9, 10, thence nortEeasterly
direction through sections 10, II and =
to City of Shreveport.
Mr.. Scott moved the adoption of the
above ordinance and that the roads
above designated be declared public
roads. Carried.
w. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
JUDICIAL SALE.

No.I4o56-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
Mrs Tela J. Penick vsMrs Pales-
tine L. Jacobs, ct al. :
By virtue Of d commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
iSh, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, | will offer for
sale for cash and according to law at
public auction, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1911,
The northwest quarter and north half
of northeast quarter of section 6, town
ship IS north, range IS west; southwest
quarter and east half of section 7, town
ship IS north, range Is west; southwest
quarter of section 8, township IS north,
range IS west; east half of northeast
quarter and southeast quarter of section
Is, township IS north, range IS west;
the eastrhalf of section 70, township IS
north, range IS west; the north half of
northeast quarter of section Il, town
ship Is north, range IS west; the north
east quarter of section p, township 70
north, gels west; the south half of
section 20, township 10 north, range IS
west; less 1852 acres sold DR.. L. H. A
Nickerson as per deed recorded in con-
veyance book IS, page $50, of the records
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, also right
of way OF the Kansas City Southern
Railroad Company, as per deed recorded
in conveyance book IS, page 449, of said
records; section thirty-one (3I), town
ship nineteen (I9) north, range fifteen
(I5) west, the land containing $500 48-IOo
(25oo.48) acres, more or less, and known
as the Page Lands" Said property to
be sold as belonging to the above parties
litigant, and to be sold for cash and &C
cording to law, for the purpose of eff
fecting partition.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer
Caucasian, February IA, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
THE PLAY OF CHILDREN.

Said mother:
Il am afraid all our children play
too much They get too much pleas
ure. When they grow up they will not
want to work.
What mistake!
Play is work. The joy Of it DISCUSSES
the fact that it is work usually hard
work And the truth is the child that
plays with the most zest is apt to work
with the most zeal.
Play is. joyous activity.
It makes muscle. Better than all the
gyInnastie exercises you force upon
the child IS the natural activity ot
healthfuI play. Play is the expression
of the body in joy
Play strengthens the brain In aH
active games the child must think
quickly. 1t must choose. decide. weigh
things instantly, make up its mind
what to do.
Play develops the emotions Watch
The children at their games. See hope.
fear, courage, patience and self CON
troll chase themselves over their bright
faces.
Well. then
How shall ron better develop the
child's body, mind and spirit
One Of the great students of the child
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
nan There is no joy comparable to

nan There is no joy comparable to
| that.
Some years ago a like pleasure came
| into my life. and. whatever happens to
me in time or eternity, nothing can
rob me of that happiness.
| At the risk of apparent egotism 1 tell
this true story:
| saved man from himself. He was
my friend and was worth saving.
Lacking one thing, he was every whit
man. He was q victim of the drink
habit
He tried my friendship sometimes to
| the utmost. Often he would telephone
me. Il am down again" At such
times I would hasten to him with a
closed carriage and take him home.
His wife. in many respects a good
woman, would have nothing to do with
him on such occasions, and I would
put him to bed.
Except when in his sprees he was
attentive to business and successful.
Many times he voluntarily made prom
Uses of reform. I never reproached
him, but said: "That is past. You will
not do so again"
He grew worse
The sprees came closer together.
My friends business began to suffer.
His wife left him. His physician said
to me: There is no hope. He is what
is known as a constitutional drunkard.
He inherited the drunkard's tempera-
ment''
We got him to take a ''cure"
He Strengthened up for awhile, but
was soon down again" He avoided
his friends and consorted with the
lowest. He was in the ditch
One day, though he tried to dodge
me, met him face to face and spoke
to him in the old familiar way. I
asked him why he had not come to see
me and invited him to lunch.
The poor fellow looked down at his
clothes and his voice broke as he said,
''AIy God, do you think there is any
hope for me?" I assured him | still
believed in him and would help him.
He turned to go and said, "When
you see me again shall be clothed and
in my right mind"
That was years ago.
One of the delights of my life is to
receive letters from my old friend. now
a successful business man in an east
ern city. And before me are his words,
'sYou can tell the world that it was
your belief in me that raised me from
the ditch
Hold on to your friend! However
low he goes. hold on
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
THE MENTAL. MAGNETS.

A newspaper writer compares the
numan will to the magnetic of an auto
az0tile
Which is apt.
You know gasoline when mixed with
SIR has great explosive power. But
something must explode the gasoline.
The magnetic does that
nc is a little machine that makes
electricity and supplies the spark that
explodes the gasoline. The rapid eK-
NssasOns drive the engine and send the
wheels OF the auto geing.
Eghe magnetic only needs to be start
80 godng by .'cranking'' the automobile,
sand at goes on making sparks as long
as the engine runs.
well
That mysterious thing up ia your
head 1nat we cali will power is your
xnagneto It makes the spark that
sets yeur whole machinery going and
Keeps at going
The mental magnetic, which is sup
Eplled 80 every human being, explodes
She fierce that resides in the gray mat
ser OF your brain, The nerves carry
What force TO whatever place it is
needed.
Because Of that magnetic you can go
where You want to 60. up hill or down,
and do what you want to do.
lis it not wonderful?
Modern science has revealed no fact
of greater Importance than that Of the
tremendous power Of the human will.
The viii is supreme
II there be in you the desire to do
~Dr be you need only crank your brain
anaehine, set the divine spark to going,
explode the force that is in your brain
sand-away you go.
OF course accidents may sometimes
laDpen You may get a puncture in
sne OF your wheels, or something may
go wrong with your transmission, /"
Sar you may steer 50 badly that your
machine will go to smash. But
The power is there.
9t only needs the spark to set the
machine going and care IN oiling and
cleaning and guiding.
Write It upon the tablets. of your
heart. bind It upon your forehead.
teach il to your child.
Xou can do or be what you want to
do Or be-
Use your mental magneto.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
Where CALAMITY Classes.


81 always believe" he CALAMITY said.
Tin yielding TO the ladies'"
81 suppose you always give way to
your wife when you and she happen
to have an argumentY
Invariably"
"And you never fail to relinquish
your seat in the car when it happens
that some woman would have to stand
unless you did SOP"
Certainly"
do you take of your hat when you
get into an elevator where there are
ladies?"
81 never fail to do that"
IF you had secured the last lower
berth in a. sleeper would you give it
up to a lady who would otherwise
have to occupy an upper"
"Of course. I have done it fire.
quently''
'In case you stood in line in front
Of a ticket window would you be will
ing to go away back to the end so
that some woman might have your
placer
Say, what do you think 1 ana
fool?"-C Chicago Record Herald
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
JUDICIAL SALE.

Ne. I4,o85-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession Of Columbus Orr
By virtue of a commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled succession, I will offer for sale
at public auction for cash and accord
ing to law, at the principal front door
of the court house Of Caddo Parish,
louisiana, during the legal hours for
sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1911,
Lot forty-two (42) of the Mount Zion
subdivision of the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana, as per map in conveyance
book 80, page SO, Of the recorders of
fee of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, togeth-
er with all buildings and improvements
thereon, and one lot of household goods.
Said property to be sold as belonging
to the above succession and to be sold
for cash according to law for the pur-
pose of paying debts.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Offcio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Feb. 10 1911
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

mind has wisely observed that children
are young because they play rather
than that they play because they are
young. The child that does not play is
old-prematureIy old.
And men and women also grow OLD
when they stop playing.
Watch men at play-at a ball game,
say. Watch women at pIay-at a party
or church festival Note how young
their faces appear
We Americans do not play enough.
One of the most beautiful things you
will see in Germany or in France is
a family picnic. From granny down to
the smallest mite they rest and play
play as the spirit moves them-Iet dull
care slip away for a day.
And these family excursions are fire.
Quent.
We need to hold on to the adage,
seldom heard nowadays, but a sound
one, "All work and no play makes
Jack a duh boy"
Play useless and unfit?
why, 1t Is the greatest boon human
ity is blessed with, and it is a pity we
do not carry over into our work the
zest and bu0yancy of chiIdren's play.
As matter of fact, the best work is
done in that spirit.
Urge the children to play.
Soon enough will come the evil days
when they shall fall into the plodding,
joyless labors of so many adult hu-
mans.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
Heart toHeart
Talks.
LOST MOTION,
By EDWIN a. rye.

An average bricklayer will lay about
1900 bricks in one day.
The same man working under ina
proved methods will lay as many as
2,700 bricks in one day.
The difference?
Under the old methods there is too
much lost motion. The brickIayer
must make some eighteen motions in
laying one brick; also in bending over
TO lift the brick he lifts not only six
pounds of brick, but about 100 pounds
Of brick mason. See?
In lifting 1000 bricks, under the old
system. he lifts 100000 pounds OF
f5ricE mason.
Under the new efficiency methods aD
Unskilied laborer is hired to put the
brick where the mason win not be
compelled to stoop to get it.
Again, under the old system brick
mason must toss the brick in the air.
turning it over until his touch tells
him which is the top. Did you know a
handmade brick has top? Under the
new method the bricks are carefully
piled in front of the mason right side
up.
Moreover. under the old way the
mason taps the brick several times to
make it settle properly. The new way
provides that the mortar shall be
thinner, so that the brick settles into
place Of its own weight.
Little things
1es- but they make up the difference
between laying 1000 bricks and 2.700
bricks in one day, and it is easy to see
how impossible it would be for a con-
tractor under the old system to COM
pete with contractor under the new.
Lost motion-that measures the diff
ference.
is there such a thing in your bust
ness or profession? Maybe it is be-
cause you or your employer still bend
over to get the brick that your com
Detifor down the street is getting the
better of you. There is lost motion
with you He cuts out every unneces-
ssaEy turn.
Lost motion
Amy OF that in your life? How about
your health? Is there lack of har-
Mony, of efficiency, of exercise, of
regularity in the care of your health?
Are you lifting yourself. like the brick
mason. too many times a day?
Lost motion.
How about your mental health? Do
you keep the bricks piled up in front
OF you, or do you waste many pre-
eious hours dabbling at this and that?
You cannot expect your mind to build
itself up when you lose efficiency in
turning the bricks right side up
Lest motion.
Your moral health? Are you build
ing up the wall Of character steadily?
How about the mortar? Is it too
ehicks
Are you the victim Of lost motion?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
A Parisian MeekLaoa Siam

A great Partisan lady died, and
among her belongings was found
pearl necklace. Her viii described
the necklace as an imitation and
placed its value at $50. One of the
heirs raised an objection said he
knew the necklace was genuine. An
expert was summoned, then a second
expert First hesitatingly, but soon
without reserve, they announced an
opinion confirming that Of the reealcf-
trant heir. The necklace was genuine.
Instead of being worth $3.50 it was
worth $1,000. The great lady's mem.
orr became the object of the merrieaS
and most fnpertinent comments. PED
pie recalled De Maupassant's famous
necklace story. They sketched gay
hypothesis to explain the lie in the
will Suddenly among madame's pa
pers a document turned up--a receipt
from the Jeweler Durand for $3.50 In
payment for an imitation pearl neck
lace. The necklace was taken to Du-
rand, who identified It at once. For
S160 apiece he would sell as many like
it as anybody cared to buy-Parsg
Figaro.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

The old adage says
self preservation is the first law of
nature
But that is untrue.
A bowling blizzard swept the prai-
ries of the northwest the other day. 1t
was the sort that makes you lose your
way and travel in circles. perhaps in
sight of your home.
Two Yankton Indian women. each
with a baby on her back, were caught
In the storm far from any human hab-
itation.
What did they do?
They took off the blankets that kept
them from freezing, wrapped the
papooses snugly inside them. crooned
the babes to sleep, and then
Lay themselves down and deliber-
ately froze to death
The babes were found, alive and
we'll
No. The sordid law Of self preserva-
ton is not the first law OF nature
There is a higher law. and 1t reigns
even In the savage breast.
It is the law Of love.
In Chicago recently business man
saw a little child toddle In front Of an
engine. It was not his child. He saw
and knew that If he saved the child he
must give up hts own life.
He did not hesitate.
He leaped after the child and flung
1t to one side of the track The engine
passed over him and mangled his body
into a shapeless mass.
Do you want more such stories of the
heroic sort where men and women
cbey the higher law?
Read the daily newspapers.
Self preservation is only one of the
laws Of nature. Men and women love
their lives, but under the pressure Of
the higher law will Instantly or DELHI
erately, as the case may betting their
lives away.
Man is more than animal
He is the offspring Of God.
And he partakes of the divine ma
ture He betrays his kinship.
As the divine nature is of the es-
sence of love, so man, put TO the SUI
preme test of a choice between self
and love, chooses to be like God.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
CHARTER
OF THE WINTER COMPANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, E. B. Herndon, notary pub
lie in and for the State Of Louisiana and
Parish of Caddo, duly commissioned
and sworn, on this day came and ap-
peared the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared
to me that they do hereby form them
selves into a corporation under the laws
of the State of Louisiana, under the
stipulations hereinafter set forth, to-wit ::
ARTICLE |.
The name and style of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be THE
WINTER COMPANY" 1t shall have
the right to enjoy succession for ninety
nine years, with the right to contract,
sue and be sued; and to hold, purchase,
lease, sell and hypothecate property,
real and personal; its dornicife shall be
in the City of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, and all citation and other
legal process shall be made on its pres
ident, or, in his absence, GA the treas
urer of the company, according to law.
ARTICLE II.
The objects for which this corporation
is organized are for the purpose of car
rying on general merchandise business,
including the purchase and sale of mer-
chandise. To purchase such merchan-
disc in pieces or in bulk from other
establishments, in entire stock or in the
usual course of trade, to resell the same
for cash, or on credit, as usual in trade.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be fifty thousand ($5oooooo) dol
lars, divided into and represented by
FIVE hundred (5oo) shares of the sum of
one hundred (SIoo.oo) dollars each,
which shall be paid for in cash or its
equivalent at date of subscription The
business shall begin when twenty-five
thousand ($25,ooooo) dollars of the
capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for as required No stock
holder shall sell, assign or transfer his
stock without first rendering same for
thirty days to the other stockholders,
and, in event of their refusal to pur-
chase same, such stock may be sold in
the open market, but not for less than
the price rendered by the stockholders
or any one of them No transfer of
stock shall be made, except such trans
fer be entered on the books of the COM
pany at its office in the city of Shreve-
port, Louisiana, and on the surrender
of the certificates therefor No frac-
tional share of stock shall be trans
ferred
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in a board of direc-
tors, consisting of four stockholders,
who shall be annually elected on the
first Tuesday in January. The first board
of directors is hereby declared to be
William Winter, Louis Lehman, H. A.
Winter aud S S. Weisman, who shall
serve until the first Tuesday in January
1912, or until their successors are elect
ed and qualified. The officers of this
corporation shall be a president, a vice
president and secretary treasurer, and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
BIDS INVITED.

Bids are hereby invited for building
a forty (4o) foot bent bridge over
Sterling bayou in Ward One, Caddo
Parish; also two bent bridges, each 80
feet long, in Ward Two on road from
Oil City west to Plum Point, the said
bridges TO be built according to parish
specifications. Bids to be opened at the
next meeting Of the jury, the jury re-
serving the right to reject any and all
bids.
w. 7. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

the first officers of said company are
hereby declared to be H A. Winter,
president; Louis Lehman, vice presi-
dent, and S. S. Weisman secretary treas
urer. The majority of the stock shah
elect the directors and, in all elections
or proceedings of stockholders, each
share of stock present or represented by
proxy shall be entitled to one vote. No
tice of all elections or meetings of stock
holders shall be given by written notice
TO each stakeholder ten days before such
election or meeting of stockholders.
Directors shall be chosen from the
stockholders of the company.
ARTICLE V.
The certificates of stock shall be
signed by the president and secretary.
All checks, drafts, notes or other obi
cations shall be signed by the president
or in his absence or inability by the sec
rotary and treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended or
changed or the corporation dissolved at
meeting of the stockholders conveaed
for that purpose with the asseat Of
three-fourths OF stock represented at
meeting called for that purpose. Thirty
days printed and written notice of ssch
meeting shall be given
ARTICLE VII.
In case of dissolution or Termination
of this corporation by limitation or eth
erwise, the liquidation of its affairs shau
be conducted by two commissioners
elected from the stockholders; such
commissioners shall remain in office an
til the affairs of the corporation are
fully liquidated. No stockholder of this
corporation shall ever be liable or re-
sponsible for the contracts, Liabilities or
faults thereof in any further sum thaa
the unpaid balance due the corporatioa
on the shares of stock subscribed for or
owned by him, nor shall any informaiity
in the organization have the effect of
rendering this charter null or of expos
ing any stakeholder to any liability be-
yond the unpaid balance of his stock.
This done and signed in thep resehce
of attesting witnesses on the first day
of February A, D. 1911.
WILLIAM WINTER.
LOUIS LEHMAN.
II. A. WINTER,
Attest: S. S. WEISMAN.
B. BLUMBERG.
SAM WILLER.
E. B. HERNDON,
Notary Public.
Having examined the foregoing char
ter, and finding nothing to law, / here
by approve the same, this 1st day of
February 1911. J. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Febru-
ary I, 1911. w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Ofacio Deprtv Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of cad5o.
I hereby certify that the above and fore
going is q true and correct copy of tbs
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my office. Given
under my hand and seal of Office this
1st day of February 1911.
w. NJ. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-ofcio Deputy Re
u0i' 2-2-II
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
HOLD TO Your FRIEND.

It is related Of one Of the Russian
ears that once, during battle. be dis
mounted from his horse, put a wound
ed lieutenant On his saddle and carried
she lieutenant to place Of safety.
l'fen the car swung his hat and ex
elaimed:
q have saved a manr'
The battle had gone against him,
That was mere incident. The thing
ogth while was that he had saved
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05
THE HIGHER LAW.

The old adage says
self preservation is the first law of
nature"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

An average bricklayer will lay about
1000 bricks in one day.
The same man working under i'm
proved methods will lay as many as
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, February II, 1911.