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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
Clayton Looks Like A Winner,
Hon. ]. E. Clayton, Of Concordis mar.

Clayton Looks Like A Winner.
Hon. J. E. Clayton, Of Concord. par
lsh, La, candidate for Congress from
the Fifth Louisiana District, looks to
De the winner In the first primary,
which will be held early in September.
In our opinion Mr.. Clayton is the best
man for the Office. He has served his
people in the General Assembly, and in
every istance he HIS shown that he 10
the same Clayton who makes the inter.
ests OF the people his first censidera.
ton. We have heard Of Mr.. CLAYTON
for years, have watched his record a.
lawyer and legislstor. q advocate of
the best measures for the improvement
OF the Mississippi river and protection
OF the riparian lands and feel warranted
in saying that he is a man of sterling
qualities Of heart and mind, a man Of
the highest worth and ability, a Louis
ianan among Louisianias, answering
in his devotion to his State and in the
discharge Of his duty Sc 4 mar, citizen
and legislator.
His nomination q . Democratic
candidate for the General Assembly
was won by = large majority over
two opponents and his magnificent
record in BATON Rouge 10 knowa to
every one who takes IN iterest IN
public affairs. He has shown hi.aself
to be an able, vigilant and wise servant,
whose only motive has been u serve
his people for their good by securing
the enatment Of proper laws in their
interest.
He is admirably endowed by God
given gifts. nature and temperament
for the duties and responsibilities Of q
law-maker and i beyond custom the
right man to succeed Mr.. Rsnadell,
A more fitting succeasof could net be
found. He can render his people the
most excellent service in Washington
and from the reports we have received
we feel safe in venturing the predic-
ton that he viii belthe next Ccngreas-
man from the Fifth District Of Lou.
isiana.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
The Candidacy Of o. e. D.wk;n,

The News after duly consider
ing the candidacy Of the differ
ent candidates wishing to repre-
sent the people Of this, the Fifth
congressional District, has de-
clded to support the Hon. o. C.
Dawkins Of Ouachita parish. IN
subserve the will Of the peopie
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30

making this decision we weighed
carefully the merits of each can.
didate and had but one para
mount object in view, and that
is the selection of q man that is
best fitted to represent his con-
stituents, and whose life is being
spent to better the conditions Of
his fellowman. In Mr.. Dawkins
we have a man whose heart and
soul is in sympathy with the peo-
pie, ever advocating better
schools, better churches, better
roads, better levees and better
conditions for the farmers and
wage-earners. His political life
is an open book. He has always
advocated what he conceived to
be the true principals Of. the
Democratic party. We have
various kinds Of dennoera1k in.
this district and state, but Mr..
Dawkins is one from the old
school, who has persistently
urged that this is a government
Of the people, by the people and
for the people, and that they are
the sovereigns, and the officials
are their agents and simply
chosen to represent them. Let
the people Of this parish lay
aside all their political cisism and
personal and sectional feelings
and support a man who will best
Upon these grounds we place the
name of Hon. Oliver Cromwell
Dawkins at the top Of our mast
head, and ask our people to care
fully consider his candidacy when
they go the polls on September
the 3rd. -Catahoula News.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30

Columbia, La, Aug. rs, 1912.
Editor Waterman, Columbia, La.
Dear Editor: In the last issue
of your valuable paper appears
what purports to be q sworn
statement by the Hon. j.. E.
Nice lanahan, touching my ap-
pointment by Governor Hall a
Judge Of the 30th Judicial Dis.
trict.
1t seems to me that such a
statement is of little interest to
the general public, but as he has
given the matter publicity it can.
not pass unnoticed.
What strikes me as strange
about the matter is that there
Should be any statement at all.
and stranger still, there should
De a sworn statement. It seems
to me # such a statement had to
be made, he could have obtained
II from Governor Hall himself
and thus obviated the necessity
OF making affidavit to his own
statement, as well as the obiec.
ton that his statement is hearsav
ana, therefore, not the best eyi.
:, Now \, l never asked Governor.
Hall tor the appointment ' ~
Judge OF the Both judicial Dis.
tr!ct, neither did ANY FRIEND ~
m ever request the Governor
o % appoint 4! me to said position
nor did ! ask Governor J Sandar.
Tor the appointment. ''o
- ! had been elected by the nan.
p.e I. 70 9 tour years term q Jndca
Of. Of the Fifth judicial District asd
my N.Y. term Of Office would have ~.
p pareo N November. 1912. Il th r.,
m 1.;s. the goth judicial d 81 81
tr1ct' composed of the nar;sha. q y |
Caldwell g Y and LaSalie ", was .s crs. y
e ni the Act creating The mi! nj
g g INTO effect on January, ! '. 1olo
''ereoy necessitating the as.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
pointment of a Judge and district
attorney in the @th District as

Pns'''aA'Siit VI JuuBe anu 0lSCrlC
attorney in the 30th District a
we'll as in the 5th District
Thereupon, / was appointed b,
Governor Sanders Judge of tn
3th District and Mr.. T. W. Per
nn OF LaSalle, was appointed
District Attorney. l did not asl
Governor Sanders for the ap
pointment and certainly hat
Nothing to do with the appoint.
ment Of Mr.. Perrin. Ihave al.
ways felt, and have so expressed
t. that in all justice and fairness.
Mr.. Thornhill should have receiy.
co the appointment from Gov.
Sanders instead of Mr.. Perrin.
| have known Governor Hall
for q number Of years and we
nave been friends;; and I while |
I'D not ask him {or the appoint
ment as judge nor did ANY
FRIEND Of mine make any such
request, knowing Governor Halls
high sense Of justice and fair
ness, | felt perfectly confident
that | would receive the appoint
ment at his hands.
Mr.. McC lanahan says that the
Governor did not want to an.
point me, and that only through
his (McClanahan's) importuni-
ties did he consent to do 50.
Who importuned the Governor to
appoint 7. w. Perrin district at
torney instead of Mr.. Thornhill?
the former district attorney.
i am at q loss to understand
why Mr.. McClanahan should in
terest himself so much in getting
Governor Hall to appoint me
Judge, as it is and was his boast,
before and since my appoint
ment, that he would dig my
political grave. The only thing
! can see in his statement is to|
show that Governor. Hall dislikes
ne, and that only through his
powerful influence with the Gov
amor l was appointed. :.
The truth is Mr.. Met lanahan |
his been for years my personal
and political enemy. I am ..not]
subservient to his wishes and not
10 be controlled by him, there.
fore, l must be politically buried
after he has dug my political
grave. an employment he has
been engaged in for some years.
The people Of the district, or a
|aTge majority of them, know
ID as well, if not better, than
NJ. McClanahan. My public,
private and official life is an open
oook before them, and I am will.
ing to stand on the record it
liScloses.
Yours truly, ).
GEORGE WEAR.
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A Statement From Judge A. D. Land,
Headquarters,
A REPLY.

Judge Lynn Watkins has put
lisned in the press of the district
an open letter signed by Hi
Burch Lee, of Minden. It an
pears from the statement tha
this gentlement visited Shreye
port and made an investigation
OF Judge Lands private business
and family affairs. Judge Lynl
Watkins has approved of this ac
ton by having same published il
numerous newspapers. The
writer, Mr.. Burch Lee, is q youna
man in the brokerage business &
Minden. He is entitled to hia
preference, Of course, but his
opinion on the subject carries no
more weight than that of any
other voter.
His statements as to judge
Lands financial condition are
misleading and false. Judge
Lands total possessions consist
Of some vacant lots in the old
Land Homestead in the Shreve-
port suburbs. and of a
house renting for $500 a
month. Over and above his OBJ
legations he is worth about $751;
10000. Mr.. Lee refers to Judge
Lands investments in New
Orleans and elsewhere. 4" They
exist solely in his imagination.
Now, according to Mr.. Lee.
Judge Lynn Watkins owns a
nice town place in Minden. It's
also known that he has just won
before the Supreme Court a case
involving 100000, and it is|
generally said that his fee was
$40, 10000. This was the case in
which he was employed immedi-
ately before, or after, his resigna.
ton from the Circuit Court. III
is thus seen that Mr.. Lees
Judge Lynn K. Watkins.
is worth about as much as Judge
Land.
Mr.. Lee wrote that Judge
Land had no one dependent on |
him. Thu is untrue, as the Judge
has for years been the sole sun.
port of a daughter and her twol
girls.
It is unpleasant and distateful|
to Judge Land and his family to
have these matters dragged into
the public press and made the
subject Of popular discussion,
out IS his opponent has seen fit
10 publish these misleading state.
nents all over the district, wei
propose that the people shall
know the truth.
Judge Land was considerably
bruised and his ankle sliQhtly
'prained in the wreck near Ho.
ner on August 9Th. He had re.
covered from his other Injuries.
'ut the sprain will probably pre.
'ent his resuming his canvass
'efore August &rd.
A. D. LAND, JR,
kuQ,st 10. 1912
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s R. {. Drew. Record As C,nparel
Viii Jslgs Hxar1s.
drew Headquarters.)

In last weeks issue Of the pa
per Judge Edwards made the
claim that fewer Of his cases had
been reversed by the Higher
Court than any other Judge in
tie State with as large q docket
6 he had, and for the benefit Of
tie people who havn't access to
tie court records ! am publish
ia the document below certified
81 by the clerk Of the Court Of
State Of Louisiana.
Parish Of Caddo.
A. S. Hardin, Deputy. Clerk
first Judicial District Court Of
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
For District Judge.

For District Judge.
The Waterman is authorized 70 an
nounce
HON. C. P. THORNHILL
as candidate for Judge Of the Thir-
tieth judicial District, composed of the
parishes of Caldwell and LaSalle, SUBJ
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
Proceedings Of Democratic Ex.
ecudve Committee.

Columbia, La, Aug. %. 1912.
The Caldwell Parish Demo
cratic Executive Committee met
this day at IL o'clock noon at the
court house in call session with
the following members present'
to-wit: R. R. Redditt, Chairman:
J. A. Powell, ]. P. Duke by n
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For Judge Circuit Court Of Appeals.
The Waterman is authorized to ar.
nOunce
R. C. DREW,
OF Minden, Webster parish, as candi-
date..for the Judgeship of the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals for the district
composed Of the Parishes of Eossier,
Webster, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln,
Jackson, Vim, Caldwell, Grant and
Bienville, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primaries.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30

as a candidate for the Office Of District
Attorney for the Thirtieth Judicial Dis
trict, composed Of the parishes of Cald-
well and LaSalle, subject to the will Of
the voters to be expressed in the Demo-
cratic primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
'DGE BEN p. EDWARDS

We are authorized to announce the
name of
JUDGE BEN P. EDWARDS
as a candidate for the Judgeship of the
Second Circuit of Appeals for the dis
trict composed Of the Parishes OF Bos-
sier, Webster, Claiborne, Union. Lin
coin, Jackson, Vim, Caldwell, Grant
and Bienville, subject to the action of
the Democratic primaries.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
Fer Ra1rsad Csnnis,;sser.

We are authorized to announce
HON. J. J. MEREDITH
Of Columbia, La, as candidate for
Railroad Commissioner, of the Third
Railroad Commission District, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
mary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
For Member School Board.

For Member School Board,
The Waterman 10 authorized to an
nounce
DR.. E. D. GARDNER
40 a candidate for member of the
School Board from Ward 4 of Caldwell
parish, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
For District ATTORNEY.

FOR UbstTIct Attorney.
The Waterman is authorized to an
nOunce
S. L. RICHEY,
as candidate for District Attorney for
the Thirtieth judicial District, subject
to the action Of the white Democratic
primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
The Waterman is authorized TO an.
JUDGE GEO. WEAR

as a candidate for Judge of the Thir-
tieth Judicial District, composed of the
parishes Of Caldwell and LaSslle, SUBJ
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30
GEO. WEAR, JR.

The Wstchman ia authorized to IN.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-08-30

80 AAANN VAlCll WIlIlel
notification to become candidates
at SAD primary election, in &C.
cordance with resolution calling
sa;d primary election, to-wit:
For member school board ward
z, G; 7. Martin; for member
school g board ward 6, W. b.
Newell; for member school board
ward T. j. B. Thompson: for
member school board s, Terry
Brown; for member school board
ward y! 10, W. L. White; and
Whereas, there being no oppo.
sition to the above named cand;-
gates. and in accordance with
Section T q Of Act 40 of the Acts.
OF the Legislature of 1906, thew
are hereby declared to be the
nominees Of the Democratic par-
ty to be voted for at the general
election e in November 1912 Pa and ID
~ tlle secretary is hereby ordered
to forward the names Of said
persons to the Secretary Of State
as nominees of the Democrat ;
party to be voted for as afo a,l.
salo. Resolution unanimously
adopted this August 20, 1872 '''
~, ;, 4. R. Redditt, Chm.
e. =. L. Hover, Secty Pro Tenn.
;,e un ,, mo5'on carried, the follow
'''ouSiy
~ whereas e at the primary cleo
ION held throughout the parish
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CHAPTER II.
oUR FIRST CLEw.

II oUISE and l sat at dinner to-
gether.
Isn't it strange in this world
OF ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible, how the usual and the I'M
usual intermingle, how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems TO
be tumbiing about our headsl In one
OF the rooms upstairs lay Katharine,
still unconscious, with doctor and
nurse constantly at her side. The bullet
had been removed, and while it had
penetrated the brain some slight dis
lance, DIR. Wilcox said there was just
a chance-the barest chance-that she
might recover. 1t might, however, be
hours, he explained, before she regained
eonsciousness-if she ever did.
In another OF the rooms lay Cen
Parrish, more dead than alive. Paraly-
ss had deadened his limbs and tied his
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tongue. Only his eyes seemed alert.
Most of the time since the stroke had
felled him he had been slumbering
heavily, not with the sleep of health or
WEAKNESS, but with the coma of dis
ease. In the moments when he was
awake and seemed conscious his eyes
had the look of terror that we had seen
just before he was stricken. Coupled
with this look OF fear was an indefn-
able expression of entreaty, as IL there
was something he would ask and could
not. Anxious as Louise and were to
learn what it was that was troubling
him, the doctor forbade our making any
effort to do so, and made us leave the
room, where he had put second nurse
in charge.
While the hustle of caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was little
time for thought, and l was glad for
the activity that kept Louise's mind dis
tracted. Just at the moment when il
seemed that everything had been done
and there was nothing left but the anx-
ious waiting for the worst
the butler had tiptoed in to summon us
to dinner. Bravely, at first, Louise and
l made pretense OF eating, each trying
to encourage the other, but the unfor-
getable events of the afternoon, the
missing faces at the table and the sor-
row that filed us both made food i'm
possible. Drawing our chairs together,
we discussed in whispers the battling
mystery of Katharine's attempted sui
eide and her fathers strange terror.
On the table before US lay the scrap
of yellow paper, the sight Of which had
so agitated Gen. Parrish. AS soon as
he had been carried into his own rooms
| had fastened to rescue il from the
floor. felt that, insignificant as It ap-
peared, il must have some important
connection with the events of the af-
ternoon. Yet. as Louise and / puzzled
over It, there seemed nothing sinister
in the fragments of sentences that the
flames had left all but indecipherable
The paper. of peculiarly yellowish
tint, was hardly more than two square
inches, the torn corner of folded let
ter. On il we could make out these
words:
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and what she did this afternoon. Be-
fore she shot herself she burned this
letter, or most Of il. Father must have
known about the letter, so | am GER
tain that It concerned Crandall."
"Has Crandall sister,"
Il do not know" said Louise. Il
know nothing about his family. 1t
seems strange, too, when for months
and months we saw so much of him. l
do not recollect his ever having men-
toned any Of his relatives"
My brain recorded victory for wom-
ans intuition over mans logic. Her
theory seemed infinitely better than
mine. After all it was absurd to sus-
pect a skeleton in the life of a man like
Gen. Parrish, who had been constantly
under public scrutiny for many years.
1t was much more probable that the
letter referred to some incident in the
life of Crandall, something so discredit-
able that the general had been forced
to forbid Katharine having anything to
do with him. This theory would ac-
count for the quarrel between father
and daughter, for Crandalrs reticence
about his family, for Katharine's dis
tress, and naturally the sight OF the let.
ter that had caused all the trouble would
upset the general began to see a
plan for action.
Louise, dear" How quickly adj
puts us where Our hearts would have
usi Louise, dear" l said. 1T will
probably be days before either your
father or Katharine will be able to give
us any assistance, yet the knowledge
that everything has been cleared mp,
that the specter has been driven away.
undoubtedly would hasten the recovery
of both. So | feel that we must go
ahead"
ooh, Harding" she breathed. Her
hand stole out and sought mine. What
a comfort you are to me What would
l have done this afternoon without
you'll You are right, dear; we must solve
this awful mystery at once. We must.
THE first thing for me to do,
went on, lis to find Hugh Crandall. He
can probably tell us all about this LETT
ter. Even II he can't. he can say why
he telephoned Katharine and where she
went this afternoon. When we have
learned this much we shall at least have
made a good start. The next thing
will be to trace the letter. II Crandall
does not know about IT, We will try to
learn from whom it came"
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v" We i4oSeJ e'ery% ",no. - Sh;ch
aine iognh ~. ny ~, e ~ IT. h"rnsd
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man. Gn o. @ !ii sni;s, HE
L ilend o. p,.. ''in an. We S Snd CrandaIl
ne.Pi put is. mus. inu ',,h;na Il
oo : nc can sem Us ,. -, LIS ;"
Nm 10 YOU Snow WIZ sn,n.-
lie hss os sS ap"' : ~, Inow
Wn.re aons 1's aen hs n,.u of h"s;
Just where' Aho" MS pace Vi o''-
he sI - A.. L,. :. :, ,s.,.ss
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10 ny 70 nnu nun 'heIe 'o III S o,.s
na.haf'he USED 10 senu d, "sI 49,. n
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In 1911 there were Ave railroads who
applied for receivers. the total mileage
amounting to 2.6O6 and capital invested
Cbonds and stoclSs) $2l0.6O6, SS2.
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connection with the events of the af-
ternoon. Yet, as Louise and / puzzled
over II, there seemed nothing sinister
in the fragments of sentences that the
flames had left all but indecipherable.
The paper. of a peculiarly yellowish
tint, was hardly more than two square
inches, the torn corner Of folded let
ter. On il we could make out these
words:
ba
used sc
a sister
seemed inevita
and disgrace all
by accident lie
make good
As we studied the bit of typewriting.
word by word, we tried to trace in it
some hidden meaning, some sinister
warnin" something or anything that
would connect ii with poor Katharine's
mental distress and her fathers poig-
nant terror That the letter of which
this was part had been in Katharine's
possession was evident from the place
where had picked up the fragment II
was equally certain that it had been fier
purpose to destroy it. On the other
hand, Gen. Parrish. too, must have
known of the existence of this letter,
else why did he show such terror at the
mere sight OF scrap of itl II must
have been part OF some document that
had made a vivid impression on his
mind More than likely, we felt, what
ever the letter was, 1t had played some
part in the quarrel between Katharine
and her father the afternoon before she
dismissed Hugh Crandall.
We ran over all the words we could
think of that begin "b-a," trying to fit
one to the phrases following back, bar,
bank, bankruptcy basin, barrel, barren,
battle-there were too many of them.
We gave it up and passed on to the next
phrase, used SEP II proved equally
pulling We could make nothing out
of it, but the third line at least was def
mite enough for discussion
"A sister" said Louise. THAT
makes it certain that this letter did not
apply in any way to father, for he
never had a sister. He was an only
child"
was not so positive as she that the
letter did not apply to the general The
thought came to me that perhaps even
in the proud Parrish family there might
have been some girl child of unblessed
birth whose existence had been kept
SCNtCt HUH l<DulSC. SOI1C
knowledge of this sort had come to
Katharine and the letter referred to il.
refrained from suggesting such a
theory, for / felt it would be the height
of cruelty even to hint such thing to
Louise at time when her father was
helpless to explain. Yet the follow
ing phrase, Seemed inevitable" might
well fit into some theory such as this,
followed as it was in the next line with
the word disgrace"
For a moment l felt that I was ON
the track of the solution of the mys-
terry. Some specter from the generals
past had risen to haunt his declining
. years, to threaten his good name, to
worry him into his grave His elder
daughter had discovered il and had been
unable to carry the burden of shame.
Could this have been the secret that
these two shared and kept Louise in
ignorance of? A word from Louise all
at once upset my theory.
II wonder" she said, eff this isn't
part of letter about Hugh Crandall"
Both she and were convinced that
in some way Crandall was involved.
My theory would not account for his
connection with the case and at once