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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
Judicial Sale.

M 400 2s9-In the Civil District
Court of Parish of Orleans, Id
The Teutonia Bank and trust
Comnanv VS.. Security Brewing
Company.
Rv virtue of a commission to me
directed from the Honorable ol'ii
District Court in and for the Pa PARIS,
of Orleans. in the above numpY5
and entitled cause. | will offer~s9l
sale at public auction for cash anu
according to law as hereinafter SCI
forth, at the principal front door u
the court house of Cadfo PARISH L'-
during the legal hours of sales, Oh
SATURDAY. JULY 26, 1913.
. lot of ground in section one, town.
shin seventeen, range 1oufteeh' III
Caddo. Parish. La, and within the
CITY of Shreveport, La, and ae-
scribad as follows: Commencing at
the northwest corner of lot sold 10
I A Rrantps. as per act III convey
ance book 81, page 739, OF the rec
ords of Caddo Parish, La, running
thence along Texas avenue TOWARDS
the intersection Of Culpepper street
and Texas avenue thlrty-slX 1eet'
thence on a line perpendicular 10
Texas avenue to the right of way
of the Texas and Pacific halfway
Company thence along said right OF
vav to the west line of lot sold 10
Nr. J. A. Brantes, thence to point OF
beginning. with the buildings ana
lmprovcklents thereon. Said prop
erty to be sold as belonging to the
above named defendant on the fol-
lowing terms, to-wit: For cash. The
property has been appraised al
eighteen hundred dollars, and the
minimum bid acceptable must De
over twelve hundred dollars, ana
the purchaser to pay all costs, ana
the City and State taxes for the year
1913. J. P. FLOuRNOf,
Sheriff, x-Officio Auctloneer.
Caucasian, June %, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
SheriH'S Sale.

No. f6.898-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Robert E. Shaw VS.. r. A. Sey-
mour and Walter Wallace, "The
Georgia Minstrels."
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias
to me directed from. the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton for cash and according to law,
at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1913,
Nine uniforms, coats, nine caps,
eight stove pipe hats, eight long
coats, sixteen chair covers, one bass
drum, one snare drum, one slide
trombone, one bass horn, one tenor
horn, one alto, one cornet, one clari-
net, one tent, side walls, poles,
stakes, ropes, bail rings, two gas
tanks and burners, one stage and
scenery, stage jacks, seats and jacks,
bill trunk and lot of bills. Said
property seized as belonging to the
above named defendants and to be
sold to pay and satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ, say in the sum
of two hundred and eighteen and
55-100 dollars, with five per cent on
said amount from the 3ist day OF
May 1913 until paid, and all costs Of
suit. J. p. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian, June %, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22

will now be required to yield. The
Commoner has long advocated such
law. 1t is clearly in line with good
public policy. Newspaper publish
ers obtain great convenience
through mail privileges and the
government has the right to ask
that they put the public in posses
sion of information concerning the
motive behind the papers appeals
to its readers Then the readers
know the identity Of the men who
control the publication. Then they
would be able to place a:proper es-
innate upon the value of the advice
that the publication gives with re-
spect to public matters.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
Record of Blalock Probed in Vain.

The Picayune's special states that
it became known in Washington on
Wednesday that minor officials of
the regimental records division of
the adjutant generals office in the
War Department have been seeking
information against Elgin H. Bla-
lock of Shreveport, La, whose
charges that Chief Clerk Frecht of
the adjutant generals office has
been discriminating against white
clerks in favor of negro clerks has
kicked up a big row in the depart
n.ent.
These officials raked over Bla-
locks whole record in the adjutant
generals offise in an effort to i,S-
cover something they could use to
prefer charges against Blalock, the
scheme being to GUST Blalock from
the department before Secretary of
War Garrison finished the exami-
nation he is now making of Bla-
locks charges against Frech.
Examination of Blalock's record,
however, disclosed the fact that
during the last six mon his he had
satisfactorily done Is per cent more
work than any other clerk in his
division.
The effort to trump up charges
against the young Louisianian has
therefore dismally failed.
It was reported today that Secre-
tary Garrison is preparing to shake
up the records division as result
of the Blalock charges, and many
official heads are said to be going
under the guillotine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
judicial Sale.

No. 17,i13-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La
j. P. Smith ct al VS.. G. L. Mills
ct al.
By virtue of a commission TO sell
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Cdart of Cad
do Parish, La. in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, l will sell at
public auction for cash and accord
ing to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, La, during the legal hours
of sales, on
SATURDAY JULY &c, 1913,
The southwest quarter of the north
east quarter of section five, town.
ship twenty-one, range sixteen. Cad
do Parish, La. Said property to b.
sold as belonging to the parties liti-
CANT, for cash and according to law
to effect partition in the following
proportions to-wit: J. P. Smith one
fourth; L. L. Jones One-eighth; A. F..
Ortege one-eighth; Hubbard Rambo
one-twelfth; Fannie Rambo one
twelfth; Pinkie Rambo one-twelfth:
and 6. L. Mills one-fourth.
j. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff. ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June 10. 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
Dudley Griffin Good Athlet i'm BIG
Meet.

Dudley Griffin Of Mansfield. La,
has again won hOnors for himself in
the big meet at Birmingham. Ala,
the first week OF. this month. He was
a contestant from the Young Mems
Gymnastic Club of New Orleans and
won three medals, winning in the
three events he was in. In the run
ming high jump he won first place,
5 feet 1-2 inches; in the hOp-step-
and-jump, second. E. Streams of the
Baton Rouge High School was first
IN this event, distance ~ feet 6 81
inches. Griffin came third in the
broad jump, E. Streams of Baton
Rouge winning first in this event
also with 20 feet inches. Griffin
won several events last year in the
State rally at Baton Rouge, and this
year down there he won the hop
step-and-jump with 40 feet 1 inch,
and also the broad jump, 20 feet 3
inches. He is going to enter the
Louisiana State University this fall
and his friends are sure he will set
up some new records.
There were three Southern rec
ords broken at Birmingham. Sc
pound weight, Is pound shot, and
discus. Many others would have
been broken had the track been in
good condition, but owing to heavy
rains the track was in bad condi-
ton. F. G..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
Cotton ReuiOn Bulletin.

By the U. S. Weathe Bureau:
Widely scattered light to moderate
" heavy showers have occurred
here and there in several sections
of the cotton belt, having been mess!
numerous in Louisiana. SeasonaDle
to slightly above normal tempefa-
lures have generally prevailed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
Civil Venire

Of the First Judicial District Court
for the Week Commencing Mon-
day, June 80, 1913.
4 Stiffel. Alb. Stephenson, j. E
4 saenger, Julian Whited, S. J.B.
4 Richardson, D. C.
5 Tiller, M. J. Page, c. w.
5 Matthews, H. P. Prunty, J. c.
4 Atkins, w. S. Baird, E. P.
4 Wheless, w. E. 2 Lawton, C. ].
2 Hart, j.. Lilies, S. E.
Kahn, Lazar 1 Hardin, NJ. w.
2 Blanchard, H. R.4 VESSEL, S. S.
8 Kent, J. S. 4 Matthews, w. H.
4 Bland, E. D. Keel, S. j. 4
5 Smith, A. NJ. 4 Bulkner, C. C.A
Z Garrard, HI. 4 Bancroft, B. H.
4 Johnson, Carl 1 Nelson, r. C.
2 Bruce, T. H.
J. B. ARDS,
F. H. BOSNIAN,
C. MONCURE,
F. A. LEONARR,
Jury CommissioISr
S. N. KERLEY,'
Clerk and ex-Officio Jury Commits
siOner.
Attest:
S. o. WILLIAMS.
A. S. HARDIN.
A true copy.
S. N. KERLEY, Clerk.
Caucasian, June %, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22
The States Credit.

1t mas been suggested tHdC toh-
stitutional ConN entiOn should be
called at which to provide some So
luton of the State debt aegregatlng
about eleven million dollars, due III
January of next year.
This obligation has been Haunted
in the Sanders administration with
no practical result, besides glitter
ing promises unfulfilled.
If is Of record that Governor
Blanchard and Governor Heard each
recommended intelligent action, IN
order to meet this obligation when
due. but little heed was given TO
what each of these executives nave
recommended.
It was possible during the San
ders regime to have provided the
means of settling this obligation, but
the opportunity was neglested. 1t
was also possible to have arranged
some medium for settlement as an
ticipated by Governor Hall, but af-
ter several conferences, the fiscal
banks have announced that they are
unable to handle short term bono,
even under terms that amount to
~ per cent.
The bonds of the State bear per
cent and there is no offer nor pos
sibility of their sale. The State
therefore has no funds at present
visible with which to liquidate the
eleven million dollars obligation
when due in January 1914, and un-
less this debt is then liquidated, the
State of Louisiana, as the financiers
have already announced, will be in
the attitude of having repudiated
this debt and the States credit will
be impaired. In this effort OF en-
forcing this fact on the people it
has been declared that the credit OF
Ievee boards of the parishes and OF
the municipalities will also be af-
fected to the extent of being classed
as regulators.
If this statement were not serious
il would be relegated as nOnsensicai,
but il serious it could not affect
the credit of levee boards, the credit
of the parishes and the municipali-
ties whose obligations are met and
settled as contracted.
As well say that Smith and Jones
and Brown, occupants of a house
with Williams are liable for the lat
ter's debt or obligation, which if not
paid will affect the credit of Smith,
Jones and Brown.
IT is conceded that the States fail
ure to cancel this obligation of
eleven million dollars will be dis
credit of the State, which must be
shared by the fiscal banks of the
State and all State banks, then it
that be true why is it that these
State banks will not help the State
from its financial dilemma when
they can hold, as a reserve and
guarantee the bonds of the State
bearing per cent.
Practically the State can not and
will not repudiate any honest claim.
but is as the individual embar-
raised, with good collateral which
can not be negotiated except at a
great loss, the creditors must wait
or must help the individual who is
willing and ready to settle if he can
transform his collateral into money,
but assuming that a Constitutional
Convention would be called, could
legal relief be provided in time to
meet and settle this obligation of
the State, and if not why incur the
expense of a Constitutional Conven-
ti0n to devise the necessary means
which it would seem the banks OF
the State could provide.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22

Your subscription will be appre-
slated. One year only one dollar,
which is less than cents a week.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22

OF the First Judicial District Court
for the Week Commencing Mon-
dau lima 90 1Q12
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-22

No. 17,ii3-In the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court of Caddo Parish, La:
J. P. Smith ct al VS.. G. L. Mills
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01

always wild and forbidding, often DESC
lated and for long stretches practically
uninhabited, the troops were to march
nearly 800 miles before reaching Chatta-
nooga.
No similar march had been performed
by an equal number OF men to that time
in the war. Sherman's command num-
bered more than 10000 men His OWE
corps on October n had a strength of
., 442 present" while there had been
added to it at Corinth division of the
Sixteenth Corps-that commanded by
Gen. S. \. Hurlbut with headquarters at
Memphis - under Gen. Grenville NJ.
Dodge, which numbered 5000 men.
This army, for such il was in proper
tions. with all its guns and wagons, its
ambulances, its necessary supplies and
its varied impedimenta, must travel over
the worst of roads, in a season of heavy
rains, and at all times be prepared to
resist attack by cavalry sent out by the
enemy to impede its progress.
In making this march Gen. Sherman
was engaged in work for which he was
peculiarly fitted. and in which he was
at his best. His orders and correspond
ence of this period show him to have
been in possession of great mental vigor.
while his labors in overcoming obstacles
and pushing his marching columns for
ward were such as only a resourceful
and able commander could perform.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01

The population Of the United States
contains s,SOO,ooO more males than fe-
males.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01
LABOR UNION OFFICIALS
OFF TO CONVENTION
Party, Headed by President Gompers,
Leaves for Seattle, Where Meet
ing Is to Be Held.

A number Of labor union officials. head
ed by Samuel Gompers, left yesterday for
Seattle, Wash, where they will attend
the convention of the American Fedora
tion OF Labor, beginning November 10
Before leaving the city. Mr.. Gompers
held q conference with representatives of
the navy yard machinists regarding re-
quests made to the Navy Department for
wage increases.
In the party with Mr.. Gompers were:
Mrs Gompers, wife of President Com
pers and their daughter. Miss Sadie
Gompers; Frank Morrison, secretary of
the A. +. OF L.; William D. Clark,
president Of the Plate Printers Union;
John Williams. president of the A l.
s and T. W. Union; John Golden,
president of the Textile Workers In
ternational Union; Thomas Tracy, sec
retary Of the Union Label Trades De-
partment of the A. F. of L, and Mrs.
Tracy: James O'Connell, president of
the, Metal Trades Department of the
a F. of L.; Al Berres, secretary and
treasurer Of the Metal Trades Depart
ment of the A. F. Of L., and Frank ].
Manning.
Messrs. Grennall and Gwynne. frater-
nal delegates from the British Trades
Union Congress, accompanied the WASH
ington delegation
The Union Label Trades Department of
the federation will hold its convention
in Seattle on the three days preceding
the A F. of L convention
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01
THE WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
November ls63Gen T. Sherman, Marching with the Fifteenth Army
Corps Eastward from Memphis Renorce Grant Chattanooga,
Crossed the Tennessee River Of the March
written expressly for The Herald,

Fifty years ago today Gen. W. T. Sher-
man. with the Fifteenth Army Corps,
marching eastward from Memphis to re-
= ENFORCE Grant at Chattanooga, crossed
Y the tennessee River at Eastport, Miss
The passage Of the river might be
termed turning point in Sherman's
! great march. He had brought his army
TO near the point of crossing along the
railroad from Memphis. Now he must
push on through a rough and unfriendly
country nearly 900 miles by wretched
:. roads before he could reach railroad,
: that from Nashville South This would
put him in touch again with a sure
means of obtaining supplies, but would
not relieve the marching men, who must
stpnoceed thence fully 100 miles further and
cross mountain ranges to reach Chatta-
nooga =
The miles put behind them by She=-
mans men, between their old camps at
VicRsbnrg and their new field of action,
would aggregate nearly 7oo OF this dis
itance the first 600 or thereabouts had
sbeeA- by steamer from Vicksburg to
Memphis. Then followed for some of the
troops lbs miles along the road to the
Vicinity of Bear Creek, twenty-six miles
east of Corinth, Miss.
; Thence ON, with many detours, across
swollen 9vers, through cold streams,
>ver mountain ridges, In q country
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01

to repair the railroad east OF Corinth
as he advanced. As the road had been
wrecked In many places, all its bridges
burned and most of its material de-
stroyed, this had proven slow work and
at the end of fortnight from the time
of its leaving Memphis on October II the
corps had completed the road only as
far as Bear Creek, tWenty-six miles east
of Corinth.
Sherman. not content with this slow
progress, while continuing the work, had
sent forward two of his divisions, under
Gen. Frank p. Blair. jr., to Tuscumbia,
Ala, twenty miles further on. These
encountered resistance from Confeder-
ate cavalry under Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
sent out from the Confederate army
under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. then
encamped In Eastern Mississippi
It was Sherman's purpose to supply
Gen. Blair's troops while at Tuscumbia
by steamers on the Tennessee River, but
1t was found that the boats could not pass
Muscle Shoals, and Gen. Blair was or
dered to fall back to the neighborhood
Of Bear Greek.
On October q Gen. Sherman was sitting
on the porch of house in Inka, that
served as his headquarters. when he was
approached by a ''black-haired, dirty
Individual with mixed dress and strange
demeanor." who handed him. q letter.
The messenger was Corp. James
Pike-an eccentric character who aftsi-
ward became lieutenant-who had come
through the lines by drifting down the
Tennessee In a canoe, being often under
fire. with message from, Gen. Grant
to Sherman. The message ran;
Drop all work on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad. cross the Tennessee
and hurry eastward with all possible
dispatch toward Bridgeport till you meet
further orders from me-
There was a ring to this order that had
been quite lacking in Sherman's orders
from Washington to rentir the railroad
as he advanced. Sherman saw that an
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01

The call from Chattanooga for help
had brought Sherman. as II had Grant.
rapidly into a new and important field
Of action. The orders that Grant had
received on September p to hurry troops
from his force at Vicksburg to the aid
of Gen. w. S, Rosecrans, then conn
manding at Chattanooga, had resulted
In sherman's Army Corps. the 18th, be-
ing put instantly in motion for the East
Grant had hastened up the Mississippi
in pursuance of his orders, to find him
self promoted to the command OF all
the forces in the country between the
Alleghanies and the Mississippi, aggre-
eating more than 100000 men. One OF
his first official acts, after relieving Gen.
Rosecrans of command, had been TO
promote Gen. Sherman to the position
he had himself held, the command of
the Department and Army Of the Ten
pessee.
Sherman's orders for promotion had
reached him on October "a at 1uka, 10S
miles east of Memphis. In assuming the
command on October 25 Gen. Sherman
had issued a general order that revealed
the manner, afterward famous, in which
he believed war should be waged.
He called upon the officers command
ing artillery posts in his district to
"repress all disorders, alarms. and dan
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01

emergency demanded great exertions TO
press forward, and acted accordingly.
Crossing the Tennessee.
The troops that had been halted at
IuIxa and Bear Creek were marched forth
with to Cherokee Station, eight miles
east of Bear Creek, where a road bore
on northward to EastpoIt, on the Ten
nessee, distant twelve miles, Gen.
Blair's troops fell back to the same point,
and on October 8 the work OF ferrying
the command-more than sixty regiments
across the river to Waterloo, was be-
gun.
The navy had been asked to aid in
Sherman's march by dispatching gum
boats up the Tennessee River. to protect
transports that were to carry supplies t.
Eastport land beyond II possible), for the
subsistence OF his forces.
Two gunboats had been sent up, the
Key West and the Hastings, under COM
mander S. l. Phelps. rLey arrived the
day Sherman received his orders to cross
the river.
There being no ferryboats available
near Eastport, Commander Phelps i'm
provised one by decking over a coal
barge; and leaving one gunboat, hurried
ferryboat
In his absence the ferrying began.
The crossing of a river with a large
force, where no bridges exist, is diff
cult under the best conditions. In
Sherman's case it was doubly difficult,
for heavy rains had swollen the Ten
nessee, and 1t was rolling at flood
pitch past Eastport.
The clay banks were steep and slip
perry. The means of crossing were i'll
adapted to such a situation.
Guns and wagons were taken over
the river on the barge, the gunbost
carrying men. On October so, Com
mander Phelps returned with a small
ferryboat- Two transports also arrived
laden with stores. They were speedily
unloaded and were used as ferryboats
By these means the entire command.
of more than 10000 men, was ferried
across the swimming river in two days.
Obstacles to the March.
Fifty years ago today, the first troops
that had crossed the Tennessee were
at Florence, twenty-five miles east of
Eastport, and Sherman, the last of his
forces having made the passage of the
river, crossed in person and took up
the march in the same direction.
It was Sherman's purpose to follow
the most direct road east, via Athens
and Huntsville to Stevenson, on the
Nashville Railroad. where Grants
army had a depot of supplies.
This route he was soon obliged to
A more serious obstacle
than the Tennessee had proved was
before him, for the Elk River, twenty
five miles east of Florence. was i'm
passable in its lower. reaches. and a
march of nearly seventy-five miles
was necessary TO reach
crossing place, at Fayetteville.
Once across the Elk, the command
was to make rapid time over the worst
OF roads, via Winchester and Decherd,
to Stevenson. and thence across noun
tain ranges to Chattanooga, where they
were destined to arrive in time to par
in the battle of November 23-
20, which resulted in the raising of the
siege and determined, as a logical Sc
quence, the campaign against Atlanta,
In which, and the following march to
the sea, Sherman was to win his
greatest measure of fame.
Tomorrow-Gen. Mead proposes to
move to Frederieksburg.
(C0pyright. Isl3. by Associated Literary Presa)
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01
WIFE CHASED HIM OUT.
Leon Charpentier Tells Court of His
Domestic Difficulties.

Answering the suit OF Adele Cath
crime GocheF Charpentier for mainte-
nance, Leon Charpentier denies that
his wife was obliged to separate from
him, and alleges she deserted him four
years ago. He says she earns large
sums OF money" 81 or S5 day.
Charpentier, who says he is a chef,
and earns $50 a month. says she drives
him from the house whenever he goes
there, and will not permit him to
speak to the children, furnishing them
severely If they so much as express a
desire to be with their father.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-01
DR.. Twogood Is Arraigned.

Dr. Merton L. Twogood was arraigned
before Chief Justice Clabaugh yesterday
to answer an indictment of manslaugh-
ter. DR.. Twogood waived the reading
Of the Indictment and entered plea OF
not guilty. The physician was driving
an automobile October q. 1912. near Co
Iumbia Road and Mintwood Place. when
the car struck Gladys Frailey. The ma
chine passed over the child, inhicting in
jury which resulted in her death the
same day.