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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
DAUGHTERS HONOR TAFT

Announcement was made yesterday in Gin
cinnati that ITO membership I'm the Con
fcderate Museum. In this city. had been
voted President Taft May Dudley Taylor.
president OF tho Stonewall Jackson Cha Mt or,
United Daughters Of the C6nfederacy. re-
ported that meeting held in Cincinnati a
resolution was adopted to make such gift
courtesies extended by him TO tho Daugh-
ters during their convention held In Wash
ington last November.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
Hit by Coal, hoy NAV nil.

John Hale. colored. ten years old.
lies at the Retreat for the Sick ut the
point of death as the result of being
struck ON the head with a big piece of
coal, which was either thrown or fell
from the viaduct of the Chesapeake
and ohio Railway, in Fulton. late yes
terday afternoon. Examination OF the
boys injuries by DIR. w. y Neal. of 800
Louisiana street. showed that lie had
sustained fractured skull. lie was
removed TO the hospital by the physl-
cith' ~ was laid that his condition
was critical.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
ATTEMPT IS MADE
TO KILL ENVER BEY
Leader of Young Turks I
Badly Wounded by
Soldiers.

London, February 11.-Turkish sol
diers early to-day attempted to assas-
sinate and succeeded in badly wound
ing Enver Bey. the Young Turk leader.
a news agency dispatch by wireless
from Corstantinoplc says that Enver
was stabbed severely several times,
but gives no further details
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
FIvE-FooT FALL FATAL.
Negro Fractures Skull When He Tumbies
Backwards from Elevator.

A negro. whose name was said to be-
James Alexander. thirty five years old. fell
n distance less than i've feet yesterday while
at work at the plant OF the Richmond Mica.
Company. fractured his skull u concrete
moor, and died three hours later at the City
Hospital.
Alexander about whom little was known,
he having just been employed yesterday
morning assisting In removing barrels
from an elevator. which stood four and one
half feet from the f'oor. No could ex-
plain just no wtEc accident occurred. How
ever the negro evidently stepped backwards
lost his balance and fell. He struck on his
head He was unconscious when Or. o. c.
the hospital. where he died at $50 o'clock.
Death was caused by a fracture at the base
OF the skull.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I'm TIomc,.

Constantinople, February 1.-THE
quarter adjoining the Saint Sophia
Mosque in Constantinople is burning
y hundred and fifty houses and shops
so far have been destroyed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
PLAN BIG FIGHT
ON CAR EXTENSION
CONTINUED From First Pagel

7 - J
Company is primarily to accomm odat
the people on the avenues and in the
heighborhood thereof. and is not for
the convenience of the general pub
lie: and
Whreas. no resident in the district
between. Broad and Main Streets east
of the boulevard and west of Iom-
hardy Is more than four or five blocks
from the present car lines and practi-
cally all Of the property owners, who
have the longest distance TO walk
have signed a petition that no franchise
be granted: and
Whereas, many of the property own
cTs OF the district have moved from
streets upon which cars have been
running for many years and have To-
Gated upon streets having no car lines
in order to escape the constant noise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
No Hope of Two Democrats.

night disposition to disregard local
election OF Il United States Senator
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18

Malone at EIks' Club.
); l.. Malone. the champion billiard
ana pool shot, Will play the champion
Tin billiard and pool shot at the Elks'
club, AZ Eleventh and Marshall Streets.
tonight He Will also give an exhi,
Dluon OF fancy pool Shots
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14

Good stationery is essential TO the
up-to-date merchant. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14

No. 17,41i = In the Firsb judicial
District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana: James Riley vs.. j. A.
ScIby.
sale to me directed from the Hon
orable the First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
in the above numbered and entitled
suit | have seized and will sell 1T
public auction. for cash and with
out the benefit Of appraisemcnt, at
the principal front door Of The
Court House of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, during the legal hours Of sales
on
SATURDAY. OCTOBER I, 1913
Lot fourteen Of the Keith suhdivis-
ion of the City of Shreveport, Lou
isiana, as per map filed and record
ed in Conveyance Book 6. page | 10,
|of the records Of Caddo Parish, Lou
isiana, together with all the build
lngs and improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
The above named defendant and TO
be sold to pay and satisfy the debt
as specified in said writ, say in the
sum Of Three Hundred and forty
eight and no-iOO dollars with eight
| per cent per annum interest there
on and all costs Of suit and ten per
cent interest on said amount Of
principal and interest as attorneys
fees. j. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Sept. 2, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14

which bore their possessors proudly to
war They marched away from home.
Just rs YOU ana |. reader. leave our
own homes to so to our daily toll.
They bore men strong and glorious in
the pride Of manhood. tired with the
Of loss Of life OF limb
Now the legs lie rotting on Balkan
battlctieids with the bodies of thou
sands who perhaps more mercifully.
have been spared the pain and perils of
continued lives with limbs Topped off.
AS careless boys, unheeding of in
sects' pain. twist and pull off the parts
of insects, SO these limbs of men have
been twisted ana torn off to crafty
the wnrmakers, the lusters after ter
ritory the proud and ambitious.
Think of those 5000 artificial limbs.
Was Sherman right in his characterize
tion OF war?
"I.ut we do not make war;" the read
ers say, 1T is made by the statesmen.
who do not send men to death and
wounds unless there Is no other way
open,
The other way Is opening. It leads
men along the path Of international
arbitration, Of discussion Of differ
ences. In this highest and most hon
orable Of national and international
pursuits our own government Is u
lender
Statesmen and kings and govern
ments do not nowadays make war. 1t
is waged by the people themselves. and
theirs is the 6na! decision In the mo-
mentous question. War or peaceT
If the voice Of nation Is unmistaka-
bly, opposed to war no president, king
or emperor will coerce 1t into the ways
of slaughter Of fellow men. Only the
people themselves can take that road.
In the cause of international peace
all can help.
All can aid in averting the frightful
sacrifice of nren and their limbs such
as is represented by that call for 5000
artificial limbs.
If throughout the world the people
of hamlet and village and town and
city join with one voice in denouncjnS
war there will be no more war.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
Heart to Heart
Talks
SUPPOSE
By CHARLES N. LURE

SUfPUSE- ~
Suppose YOU were forty three years
old
Suppose that for almost twenty seven
fe.rs YOU had been a helpless cripple.
with your joiuts becoming solid bone.
SO that movement slowly, but surely.
became impossible.
Further. suppose that cure was out or
fhe question.
IL you could use only yorr right
shoulder and the middle joints Of two
fingers Oh your right hand
DO you think that you could write
q book On patience? q
Thomas r. Lcckhart of WcIlington
Mo did so.
Lockhnrt Is dead after years of suf
fering. but his example remains to the
world.
Crippled and almost helpless, he
penned the words which sold far and
wide and brought him enough money
to buy the house In which he lived and
pay for a nurse.
You who have all your faculties IN
Impaired and yet complain that you
Aave no chance, think Of Lockhart!
Think OF Helen Keller; think Of
Laura Bridgman: reflect on Alexander
Pope, most quoted Of English poets
except Shakespeare. cripple from his
early years: think Of Charles Darwin,
giunt among scientists. working hard
amid acute physical pains.
l.. !,
The gasoline which makes the auto
mobile engine 60 might be compared
TO the energy Inherent in the human
body. but without the oil which lnbri-
Gates the engines parts the machine
could not go very far.
That is the function Of patience 1t
acts as the oil to make the human
machinery move swiftly and noiseIess-
iy to its goal
II your faculties are unimpaircd you
have the needed energy.
Add the patience and the engine
runs.
1T is well for us that we do not
need 50 great an amount of patience
as that which upheld Lockbart through
bis decades Of suffering and which
enabled the afflicted great Of the world
50 do the work which made them fam
GUS
Theirs was the patience to endure
and to achieve. Most Of Us need only
the faculty of waiting
1t is that Of which Burroughs, the
poet-naturalist. sings:
Serene | fold my hands and wait.
Nor care for wind Or tide OF sea
rave more gainst time or fate,
For 10, my own shall come to me!
] stay my haste, make delays
For what avails this eager pace?
L stand amid the eternal ways.
And what is mine shall know my face
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
Melting Steel Under Water.

Cutting through steel like slicing
cheese with knife by using the mod
ern oxyacetylene or oxyhydrogen flame
has become an old story the last year
Pr two IN cities, where it is often en-
ployed for the destruction of old steel
buildings: but now this wonder has
been made even more remarkable, for
the oxyhydrogen flames can be used to
cut steel under water. The tame is
much like the ones commonly used.
but shield and compressed air
blower are added TO keep water away
from the fame. With this device a
diver sixteen feet under water has cut
a bar Of iron two and half inches
thick entirely through in half min,
e.-Satup1ay Evening Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
ShcriH's Sale.

| No. II .335-In The First judicial Dis
trict Court OF Caddo Parish. La. :
Milton +. Smith 1t al W. Leon
| Dawson
BY virtue Of writ Of seizure and
| sale to me directed from The First
| Judicial District Court Of CaddO
| Parish La. III The above numbered
and entitled suit, have seized and
will offer for sale at public auction
tor cash and without the benefit Of
appralsement, at the principal trout
door of the court house Of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal
hours Of sales. on
SATURDAY, SEPT. q. 1919,
Lots % and q Of block Q Of the AL
lcndalc Heights subdivision of the
City Of Shreveport, Caddo Parish
La as per map of same in convey
ance book %, page 761, of the rec
ords Of Caddo Parish, La, together
with all buildings and Improve
lnentS thereon. SAID property Selzcu
as belonging to the above named de-
PENDANT. and to be sold to pay and
satisfy the debt as specified in said
writ, for cash to pay and satisfy the
sum of $4,000 with per cent in
tercst on $4,000 from August 16,
1911, and upon like amount from
August Is, 1912, until paid, and upon
terms OF credit as to the note not
yet due amounting in principal and
interest Si,li2.80, beginning with the
note due August Is, 1913, and each
successive note OF like amount due
10th of August inclusive Of the note
due August l6, 1917, and the last
note of $4,000 due August IT, 1913,
with 8 per cent interest from date,
and all costs of this suit, as well as
10 per cent on said principal and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. p. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, eX-Ofie io AlctiOneer
Caucasian, August 26, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
THREE THOUSAND ARTIFICIAL LEGS.

From Europe comes 4 bit Of news
we'll calculated to MAKE an American
grateful for his citizenship in this
country 1t brings wildly and forcibly
to mind the atrocities Of warfare such
as that Of the Balkan states. 1t makes
the old man here think Of the time
when he or bis friend and comrade
came back manned and mutilated
from the battlefelds of the civil war.
Here is the item:
A government now engaged in war
adyertses In 4 German paper for 5000
artificial legs. They are Wantedto re
place those torn of by shrapnel and
shell or smashed By rife bullet or rid
den over by artillery wheels or the
terrible hoofs Of charging cavalry.
Three thousand artificial legs! Think
OF the aggregate OF misery they repre-
sent.
Once there were 5000 natural legs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
Sl,eriH's Sale.

Caucasian, Sept. 9, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
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trains passing over them at unsafe
| speeI-too many smashed cars in the
ditch,
| Nowadays men talk Of signals and
block systems and improved methods
of tujlding ours and locomotives rath-
haste around curves ana Oh the long
| level stretches Of track
Tie death rate Is still too high but
men versed il such matters believe it
will 20 down. The margin Of security
| is widening With the precautions be
ing tnkcl, to insure safety on the rail
Signs are not wanting that along the
road Of life the same thing Is happen
ing Not many men speak as did the
young millionaire the other day when
be said:
when ! want TO get anywhere
express trains are not fast enough
order specials. | want my automobile
TO be the fastest one that the builder
ran supply. That's the way to live
speed up and get there o
While YOU skim along the road and
speed Is deIectnble And 1t Is pleasant
to get there" to be the first on the
scene
But suppose you never get there?
Suppose your train Of life is derailed
and wrecked and you are thrown. dy-
iv,fo jfoh hn
wheel Of your hundred horsepower car
skids and you are thrown out against
telegraph pole, to have your name
added to the list OF victims Of speed?
Slow up bit in the ride Of life. The
goal Is not SO distant that you must
burn up the rond to get there
See the scenery Of life as you pass
through it. II you keep your nose on
the steering wheel you miss the pleas
ant hills that lie between you and the
horizon. You cannot live your life as
you should If you are too much intent
on getting through with it as fast as
possible. .......- .......-
Pause to admire the flowers OF life
that bloom along the way.
Whatever your business In life may
be. it surely does not lie within your
duties to ignore everything save get
ting finished with it,
Besides, speeding through life is not
safe Too often it cuts short the Iii
vine thread Too often it leaves a man
n wreck on the road while til, process
sion passes him lluhepIinr Of his
groans and lamentations us he cries:
"Oh. that ! bad not tried to live too
fast il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
MOVED OR MOVER?

Arc you among the movers of the
world. or are you one or the moved?
/ How or why the world was set IN
motion cons ago. in the unresting
| whirl which is one of the basic facts
Of existence. no one knows. But it is
not too fancful Il thought to believe
that human energy keeps it. going
| round
| Some men give forth that energy;
| others absorb it,
/ In which class nre yon2
| Must the world give you shove to
| keep you going. Or do you push your
self2 Perhaps you are among the
| workers who not only supply the en-
ergy to keep themselves going but
create a surplus which helps to make
| up the deficiency of others.
| IL every form Of machinery invented
| by man some percentage Of energy is
lost il wasted motion, in friction,
| which should be foreseen and pre-
vented The ideal engine will be one
in which no motion is lost and there Is
no friction.
Friction is loss.
The same is true Of that great
engine. the world. Everywhere we
look we see unnecessary labor and
needless rubbing. When we learn to
eliminate these we shall learn how to
rule the earth wisely.
In the meantime it behooves every
man to be creator Of sufficient en-
ergy for himself and for the supply
| ing Of others who are deficient Until
the ideal age comes there will be
mental and moral and physical de-
ficients who will need some force ac-
| tuating them from outside to keep them
going.
Don't be like little Joe in BLEAK
House,
Poor Joe was always being moved
on" His enemy the policeman would
not let him rest long In one place. He
was moved on and moved on until he
left London to die in the country.
| Move yourself on or the world will
move you on.
The world cannot wait for those who
cucumber its path. Sooner or later it
moves % past them Too often its
progress is over their bodies.
IF you are q mechanic, move on by
doing the best work Of which you are
capable. IF you are a housewife, keep
your household going swiftly and
smoothly in the paths Of economy and
cleanliness and cheerfulness II you
are q physician or lawyer, move on
lpt
developments in your profession.
| Motion is life; life is motion Stop
page and decay are death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
MAKING a MAN

Many man makes himself. still
more are made
Not all are endowed by nature With
ahe initiative. the push which sends
man to the top. Most of us have to
get the shove from outside
There are official showers Of such
are the teachers Of youth. the preach
ers who address themselves mainly to
adults. the writer's who try to inculcate
the lessons Of thrift. study and effort
DssIeof all the factors in the advance.
greatest.
Hats Off, then. to the ambitious mans
wife.
In nine cases In ten his success may
be trnced back to her
Grit unay be bis mother to whom the
praise is due. In either case the prin
<1iple is the same.
: The French say "Cherchez Ia
Femme" which means Look for the
woman" when they want to fix the
blame for mans misdeeds. Let US.
with more charitableness. use the
same words with werthier implica-
/ ton and seek the woman when we de-
, sire to apportion praise for mans
achievements.
KIp1ing wrote:
Down to Gehenna or up to the throne.
Hattravels the fastest who travels alone.
sI3uS. not all Of us agree with Kip
Ygsngas rugged philosophy. We would
srat,Eaer behold man and woman going
sh;and in hand up the mountain Of sue
cess.
Let us think Of Andrew Johnson.
later president Of the United States.
taught to read. by his wife. Let US
think Of his immortal predecessor.
Lincoln, who said. "All that am, all
that | hope to be, owe to my angel
mother"
We hear much nowadays of women
leaving the home to take care Of itself
while they make careers for them
selves The fear for the future Of the
home is largely imaginary.
Women who are wise know that they
can serve their own interests best by
standing stanchly behind their hus-
bands, encouraging them IN the hour
of trial and dependency. sharing with
,glat1ness in the success when won.
Behind the two and enveloping them
is the home, the greatest OF human in
stitutions.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
THE LONELIEST PLACE IN THE
WORT II

ITS the loncliest place in the world.
says d Canadian novelist. speaking OF
one Of the stations of great fur
trading company up near the Great
Bear lake For six months you do
not see Il human face or hear human
voice" And he tells of the perils Of
madness 4, the land of snow and ice.
hwith no cCmpanionship to cheer the
terrible hours Of solitude.
The loneIcst place in the world?
Perhaps But there are many per-
sons who will tell you that the lone
lest place is not where the soughing
of the winds in the great pines is the
only sound and where the only signs
of life are the tracks of animals i'll
the SNOW
They will say that the IoneIicst place
is in the midst of great crowds of
persons.
DO you know the feel" of solitude
in a great city? You are. let us say, a
stranger permanently in the city for
business reasons or temporarily so
iourning there. The time comes when
the tie OF business or pleasure is ZOOS,
enedsand you are alone.
.'Alone in Il great city, IT sounds
like the title Of an old time melodramn,
but it is the statement Of q living.
CHASTITY fact.
You are encompassed by walls Of
humanity, which recede rs you ap-
proach them. You are afIoat in a sea
Of persons. but none of them touches
you. You see them pass and repass.
each with his interesting story of life
behind his serious or smiling face. But
you cannot read the tale. 1t Is for
his friends. his acquaintances. his kin.
not for you. literally "a stranger in
strange land
You must be chary Of making adj
vances. The city views such with
suspicious born Of painful experiences
with confidence men, with sellers Of
alluring goods that shall make the
buyer rich and the seller poor-per
haps.
Brother or sister city dweller, this to
you:
Are you home occupier in the city?
Do you know the joys Of your own
freside. the happiness Of possessing
family and friends? &
From your store of content can you
not spare little for the dweller with
in your gates? II there is in your city
or town no association, no movement,
for extending the hand of cheer and
good fellowship to the man or woman
bravely trying to overcome the loneli-
ness Of a city. will you not form one?
IL there is one already within your
reach. will you not give to it a little
Of your time and energy?
Many man has gone down in the
vortex Of shame and sin. many wo
man has lost all that is dear to Wo-
manhood. in the loneliness of city.
She might have been saved. be might
have been redeemed, by the friendly
extension Of q hand.
Remember Him who said:
II was ahnngered and We gave me
meat: | was thirsty aud We gave me
drink; was 4 stranger and We took
me in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
SAFETY FIRST!

Whenever the big men Of the rail-
roads gather nowadays-the men Of
the keen, clear cut faces and thu
searching eyes-and talk Of the opera
ton OF the roads one Is very apt to
hear:
Safety first! Speed afterwardr'
The day Of the eighteen hour train
between New York and Chicago has
passed away, perhaps forever. Too
many trains derailed By rails unable
to stand the terrible pressure Of steel
.~N ga - zzzsauu
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-14
Slcl'iH'S Sale.

Nos 1908 and Is, lO9-In the First
Judicial District Court Of Caddt
Parish, La: City of Shreveport
vs.. st. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
BY virtue Of Two Writs of iicri
taciaS TO me directed from the Hon
orab|c First Judicial District Court
Of CadtIo Parish, La, in Iile above
numbered and entitled cases, | have
seized and Will offer for sale at pub
lie auction for cash and according
to law al the principal front door of
The court house of Caddo Parish,
La, during The legal hours OF sales.
ION
SATURDAY,, OCT. 1t. 1913,
a tract OF ground described as FOL
lows: Commencing where the all"y
III the Doe Jones Subdivision inter
sccls the west side Of the present
Texas Road at Point a. see map Of
same, rum thence nnw,h along Tie
west side OF the alley t96 feet to
point Is, tilhIlfH SOUTHWESTERN dHii
parallel to the Texas Road and 30
feet tllereIronl GS2 feet, Or to tie
north side Of street dividing the
property Of Carl SvarNa and he
property herein conveyed to point
&C. thence northeast along the
north side Of said street 1874 feet 10
point on The west, side of Texas Road
to point ''D,' thence northeast along
the west side Of the Texas Road to
place Of beginning. Said property
seized as belonging to the above
named defendant and to pay and
satisfy THE debts as specified in said
Writs, as follows: Tn suit 1908 to
pay and satisfy the sum of thirteen
hundred and thirty-seven and
no-iO0 dollars, together with eight
per cent per annum interest from
the 23rd day of June 1905 and all
costs of this suit; and in suit No.
1900 to pay and satisfy the sum Of
eleven and $500 dollars and all
costs of this suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Of1icio Auctioneer,
Caucasian, Sept. 9, 1913