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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
WHATDOES OFFER?
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That's the question every wise
merchant mostly considers in select
ing his shoe market.
Briefly, here are the advantages
offered by the RED SEAL Shoe
Factory, located right here in Geor-
gia, to the merchants of the South:
Ist. The quickest and most con-
venient service. Our mail order
system will enable you to keep your
stock sized up from week to week,
to do bigger business on a smaller
stock. 1t eliminates any accumula-
ton of dead styles, and our near
ness to you means quite a saving in
freights.
2nd. RED SEAL Shoes are the
best advertised in the South. Buy
ing we'll advertised line is the next
thing to buying a well-established
business.
3rd. Style and Values. 1t would
be easy to say right here they're the
best in the world" Any manufac-
turer can and most of them do mod
estly claim that about their goods.
1t doesn't prove anything. We sim
ply invite comparison on style,
quality and value between RED
SEAL Shoes and any competitive
line on the market.
Thousands of money-making
Red Seal dealers and millions of
satisfied wearers make us confident
of your verdict.
A postal will bring catalog or
salesman without obligation on your
part.
J.K. ORR SHOE COMPANY
Red Seal Factory
way same day Atlanta, Ga.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
GhnI.iH,S Sale

No. i7,3i7-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of Caddo Parish, La.
g. Dudley Seay vs.. Mrs. Laura
Booth. Interdlct.
By virtue Of a commission to sell
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court Of Cad
do Parish, La, ID the above mum
bered and entitled cause I will Offer
Tor sale at public auction for cash
and according to law, at the prin-
c1pal front door OF the court house
OF Gaddo Parish, Louisiana during
the legal hours of sales, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. i3, 1913,
Lot thIrty-nine Of the Perrin 4
lelgler Subdivision Of ten-acre lot
SIX OF the Allendale Subdivision oil
the City Of Shreveport. Caddo Par
lsh. La. Said property to be sold as
belonging to the above named par
ties lltlgant for cash and according
10 law for the purpose Of eifecting q
partition. j. p FIOI1RNoY
Sheriff. ext fticio Auctioneer
caucasian, August Z, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Lightning Fata' to SIX.

Russell Snow and Mrs Bert Moore
were killed by lightning while at work
IN hay field eight miles north q
Fort Smith, Ark Frank keisinger
met like fate while driving wagon
six miles from Fort Smith. Sid Har-
mon met death likewise Eve miles from
Ozark, Ark, while at work on his
barn, and Charles Hnrmon, cousin,
fatally injured. L, Gorbet, foreman
Of a ranch Of Ed Lasater ID Brooks
county, Tex, and instantly killed. He
vas riding horseback at the time. He
is survived by widow and son three
years old At Simmons Live Oak
county, Tex, j. ], Murray was laid
low by lightning and a little daughter
stunned, a widow and two daughters
are left,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
SheriR's Sale.
No II, 226-In the First judicial Dii

No. A, 226-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of Caddo Parish La:
Gaume & Co. VS.. Frank Tomiu-
SON.
By virtue Of writ Of fieri farias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court Of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above mum
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 Of sales, Oh
SATURDAY., SEPT. 6. 1913,
An undivided onn-eightt interest in
and to fractional northeast quarter
of southwest quarter Of section 20,
township 20, range IS, and also eight
acres in northwest quarter Of the
southeast quarter Of northeast quar-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
PLAY WITH SHOTGUN.
A Consequence, One Little Boy
Is d CORPSE.

Sammy Stenson. ten years old, went
to neighbours at Black Oak, Hop.
kins county. Tex0, to spend the night
Willie and johnny Foster, eight and
ten years old, were the neighbours
children. The two families had gone
to church The boys undressed for
bed. Let's say, Now | lay me, y
suggested the younger Foster boy
No: let's &c, daddy's shotgun and
play rabbit, = replied the other Foster
boy. ''Tisn't late yet -
The children got the shotgun. Az.
though they did't know it, the gun was
loaded. 1t was Sammy's time to be
the rabbit.
There was loud report. The Fos-
tor children were Kicked over on
he floor. They got up crying, but
Sammy lay still on the bed. The en-.
tire charge of the shotgun had struck
him In the head.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Notice for PublicatiOn-O3979.

Department Of the Interior, Uni
ted States Land office at Baton
Rouge. La, July 30, t9t3.-Notice is
hereby given that William c. SUIT
ton, Of Forbing, La, who on July 1,
1910, made Homestead Entry No.
O3o79 for north half Of northwest
quarter of section 2, township Il
north, range IS west, Louisiana me-
ridian, has filed notice of intention
to make three-year proof to estab-
Iish claim to The land above de-
scribed before the clerk Of the First
District Court at Shreveport, La, on
the 9th day of September 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses II. S,
A. Forbing, Of Forbing, La; P. B.
Sutton, of Forbing, La; Armstead
Jamison, of Forbing, La; and Hiram
Tranlble, of Forbing, La.
JNO. F. NUTTALL., Register.
Caucasian, August ;, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
FALLS TO DEATH.
Ed Tracy, a Well Known Dal-
las Man. the Victim.

Falling almost sixty feet, from the
third floor Of the Thomas building,
Dallas, Ed Tracy, known to numbers
Of persons as red Tracy, received
injuries which caused his death.
He had room in the building, but
owing to the recent intense had been
sleeping on the fire escape. He had
retired about II O'Clock the previous
night and his body, almost stiff, was
found next morning at 6 O'Clock, indi-
eating be had been dead fvr several
hours. A small spot Of blood on the
pavement. near the wall, showed where
his head had struck. Part Of the bed
clothing was pulled through the open
ing where he fell.
Deceased who was about forty nine
years old, was q native Of Greencas-
tie, Ind, and has sister resting at
indianapolis. He went to Dallas
over twenty years ago and during that
period was waiter ia the employ Of
George Lang, restaurant man. He
was bachelor.
Tracy was great baseball sdevotee
and could give offhand the batting
and fielding averages OF mady leading
major league players.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
More Negotiable

State warehouse bill passed by the
Texas legislature was the measure O
Representatives Dove, Calvin anC
others. makinr the certificates easily
negotiable; puts the system in charge
Of the commissioner Of banking and
insurance and tends 70 guarantee sucl
handling and elias sitication Of cottor
AS 10 make the warehouse certificates
good security il the financial world
The warehouse bill that failed on its
passage was the general regulatory
measure indorsed by the Farmers
union It was Of much broader scope
and had 70 its object the improve
ment Of the cotton bale, its care ia tbs
warehouses and its marketing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Efforts In Vain.

DR.. John O. McReynolds OF Dallas
nearly lost his life ii his efforts ia
save Miss Linda McAlIister, rich
BOstonian, who was drowned near the
Denmark Inn, Denmark. Me-, where
both we're stopping. She drowned in
seven feet Of water. Dr.. McReynolds
Owed and took the body TO shore, and
after he had recovered worked with
other physicians to endeavor to revive
her, a pulmoter was used, but with
out avail. Death was due to heart
failure rather than drowing. Or. Nc
Reynolds was en- route home from q
trip to Europe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
G. B. Brown, driver
Of o wagon ct Fort
Worth, was held up
half a mile east Of
PolvteChnic college
LON e
STAR
LIN e 8

and SIT taken from him. He was re.
turning from Dallas.
In sinking we'll to supply Farmers
and Merchants gin at Poyner, Hen
derson county, for water vein was
struck at twelve feet which. had force
enough TO flow out at the top within
an hour Flow Is estimated at 1,O0(
gallons per hour.
Larry S. Gooding. 40 old printer,
who went to Paris before the civil
war, died at the residence Of his son,
Marion Gooding, in Durant, Okla. he
was about eighty Eve years old. His
body was buried beside bis wife al
Paris. Mr.. Gooding was drummer
boy in the United States army before
going to Paris and was with the de.
tachment Of soldiers that located Fort
Worth on what was then the frontier,
and was stationed at Fort Towson,
Okla, when it was an army post A
sister was the wife OF Governor LIE.
fore Of the Choctaw nation While
living at Paris he filed the Office Of
justice Of the peace. Another son.
Travis Gooding, is merchant at Man
gum. Okla The other sou is ID the
lumber business.
The Bonham board Of trade has
- -l
The courthouse aud fitted it up for a
ladies rest room. Merchants have
furnished the room and it has ia every
way been made comfortable IT is In
charge Of a natrOn.
Or. a. G. Oliver, senator from the
First senatorial district, has been ap-
pointed by the governor superintcnd.
ent OF the Confederate home, succeed.
ing Colonel Richard Lples, resigned
The lower body Of girl infant was
dragged into a Brentwood yarp by a
dog Search revealed box in an al.
ley near by, with pieces OF skull and
bloodstains. Body Of an infant boy
was found III we'll at That city, A
young woman is neld for the latter
crime
Fire at Sherman destroyed the Bray
building, one of the largest In the
city, and its contents, causing q loss
O. $50, 900 Mr.. Stratus and q young
man named Herbert D. Anderson, who
roomed 10 the bnilding, narrowly es-
cnped being burned to death. They
lost nearly everything.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
By the Governor From Bill
Before Approved.
SCHOOLS MOST AFFECTED
penitsntiary Measure, to Which
the Legislature Devoted Nearly
q Month, Is kilied-Tax Rate Is
Forfy-Five Cents.

Tho penitentiary bill, which Texas
legis ature spent nearly month in
drafting, was vetoed by the governor.
It is complete killing Of the legisa
tlon and leaves the law as it stood at
the beginning Of the special session.
Governor Colquitt's vetoes Of the
appropriation bill totalled So, 42D 32:1,
divided into 81, sos, 1853. SO for the first
year and 81, 1923, 34l3 for the second
year, The bill as it stands carries
81 639, OPS for both years.
Governor Co)quitt Fl led his veto on
Saturday morning just before leaving
for Colorado Springs. The formal
note accompanying the return Of the
bill to he secretary Of state reads:
Il have deemed it advisable to dis
approve house bill No. 18 and defer
until some future session Of the legis-
lature the hope Of maxim common
sense and practical business provis
ion for prison management. AS the
bill stands 1t is full Of dreams and the
cries which believe to be impracti-
sable
''The house bill is disapproved for
the following reasons: The unconsti-
tutionality of the socaled Willacy
profit sharing provision, according to
the attorney generals opinion; pay
ment Of per diem, which is unconsti.
tutional; depriving the prison com
mission Of right to purchase land, ]"
State tax board fixed ad valorem
tax rate at % cents on 300 property
valuation, an increase Of l3 cents over
last year. The board also fixed S
cent special tax for Confederate pen
sions as provided for under q recent
constitutional amendment The total
state taxes. therefore, will be 45 cents
as against 26 % cents last year, an
increase of Is l-3 cents.
Governor Colquitt appointed F. G.
Weinert. secretary Of state, to succeed
&. w. Brahan as prison commission
sr; W. O. Murray, fiscal agent of the
prison commission, to succeed Ben E.
Cabell, prison commissioner.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
AWfTL BLOWUp IN
CITY Of MEXICO
Dynamite Loaded on GondoIa
Is Demolished.
DEATH LIST A LONG ONE
Occurs IN Thickiy Settled Par
OF Tacubaya, Suburb, and the
Houses IN the Neighborhood Are
Torn to 6its.


An explosion on q gondofa foaaed
with dynamite on The tracks o. d street
car company il thicltiy settled part
OF Tacubava a suburb Of the City nf
Mexico. Killed or ia nred more Than
one hundred persons. chiefly women
and children over thirty bodies were
soon taken from the ruins Of houses
Scores Of wounded were picked UP out
OF the streets.
The disaster Was said TO have been
caused by collision between car
loaded with iron pipe and dYnamlte
car. For q radius Of 500 feet from
the scene Of the explosion not house
was left intact. islost Of the houses
were of adobe construction, and those
nearest where the car stood we're con
verified into heaps Of clay aid dust
Most Of the victims were Of the Ia
boring class The explosion took
lace at : o'clock ii the morning when
most Of the men we're at work,
Many fine residences in lacnyaha
and ID the connecting town Of san
Pedro were partially wrecked
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Official JOHrnal O. s'Au"" 80 go
An All Summer session.

The Congress 50 iIhn United Nialr~
i stlIl IN 4rssjulpan, will mol stand
adjourned until The legislation re n
omurudcd shall haze been enacted
into law The legislation desired IS
ceuierrd in the tarI1 and ne cur
rcnry bills. Tier" has been III effort
10 srruyn IN adjournment all'I 'i4c
adopllon of Tia tariff Dill. but prcsi-
dcut Wilson haS announced HAT IN"
currency bill u equally ~ lmp"rl~
ant ana III shall hold congress lnIil
this Legislation. one Of Il" pledges
to the people shall be- fulfilled.
Naturally there has been rNl-
denccd a great deal Of rcstINrnrss
and more OF less pickering h'lt
the President is determined and
firm. yet gentle and persuasive and
Yields an influence over Congress
which is exceptionally remarkable
The duty Of Congress IS plain, and
an adjustment would soon ~
reached if there We're less useless
debate, designed. as il would seem.
to delay and rrltatc III" Democratic
majority. Ii is obvious that il the
members Of Congress arc dlsln-
clncd to remain on active duly
they must expedite tho business fer
which they have been called TO cox
R1ne in special session.
As it is the legislation al Wash
ington is dragging heavily. aRd with
a meagre majority Of one III the
Senate The Democrats must neccS-
sariIy 60 slow. Yet the Republicans
can gain no advantage and in the
end must accept what the Demo
cratic majority will determine. 1t is
equally plain that If the two son
ators from Louisiana were aligneG
strictly with Tho Democrats the is
sue could be forced and a session
which has been prolonged without a
common sense reason WOuld0 have
ended long since TO the satisfaction
and the qualification Of the great
majority Of the people.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26

Ter section z, township 20, range 49,
as described i'll petition as follows:
beginning at the northeast corner of
'nF'h"eNt quarter Of southeast
quarter of section z, township 20
range III, run thence south G6O feet,
thence cast 36lM feet, thence north
bbo feet, thence west 3G1h feet to
ne place Of beginning with the
buildings and improvements there
on Halt property seized as belong
ing TO the above named defendant
ana 10 be sold 10 pay and satisfy
IRE debt as Specified in said writ sav
III tne sum Of eleven hundred and
seventy and nO-1OO dollars with f,xe
per cent per annun interest there
III from The ith day of May 1912 IN
III paid, and all costs of this suit
J. P. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian, July q, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
SIleriR's Sale.
No. II ,3IO-In the First Judicial Dis.
trict Court Of Caddo Parish, La.
j. M Wilmington Agent W. l.. Z

No. i7,3iO-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of Caddo Parish. La.
j. NJ Wilmington Agent w. L. T.
Thomas.
BY virtue Of writ OF fcri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
hered and entitled suit, | have seizec
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton Tor cash and according to law
at the principal front door Of the
court house of Gaddo Parish, La.
during the legal hours OF sales. on
SATURDAY. SEPT. 6, 1913.
Lots 5, 6. 7. 20, q and % Of the
Thomas subdivision Of tile City 81
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La, with
the buildings and improvements
thereon. Said property seized as be-
longing to the above named defend
ant and TO be sold to pay and satisfy
The debt as specified in said writ say
in the sum Of fifteen hundred dol
lars with eightloper cent interest
thereon from the 5th day Of May
1911, and all costs Of suit.
J. ?. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff, ex-Ollicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, july y, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Dit. TOGETHER.
Married Woman and a Love,
Divide Poison.

Fearing discovery OF their clandes-
time love Inv tie womans husband
after two weeks Of secret meetings a.
Indianapolis, Mrs Hazel Stewart
twenty eight years old and Leroy
Gross, twenty two. divided six ounces
Of Eoison between them, then expired
il each Others arms 10 the room 9
Gross
Gross did not meet Mrs Stewart
antl about two weeks ago Her hus
band, James Stewart. knew nothing
oi tie acquaintanceship. Mrs Stew
art was 4 beautiful woman and had
had d happy married life, it is said.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Meeting OF Stockholders

Notice is herhby given by the di-
fectors Of the Reeves Oil Company
That meeting Of stockholders will
ne ned At 5i8 Spring street, at the
hour OF 10 am, on Saturday, Au-
gust 30, 1913, for the purpose Of IN
creaslng the capital stock Of the
company. W a. KERI nv
July %, 1919. secrelarv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Due to Unfounded Reports,

While four Of their six children
looked on helpless, John Marshall at
their homo in Martins Ferry, across
the Ohio river from Wheeling, w.
Va, shot dead his wife. He then fed
to the attic. and when the polio cut off
his escape he killed himself. It was
stated that Marshall had heard I'M
founded reports rejecting upon his
wife's character
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Jeeee Jone. Chosen.

Governor Co1quitt has appointed
Jesse Jones Of Houston to head the
commission created by the extra SEES
sion of the legislature to solicit funds
for the erection OF suitable building
for Texas at the Panama Pacific expo
sion at San Francisco and for gather
ing an exhibit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
FIRES AT HUSBAND, KILLS
Another Man, Is Sad Affair
il Galveston.

When Mrs L II Evelt, the wife Of
Galveston timer, fired a shot FROM
q pistol ~ her husband in q saloon
tho bullet missed its mark and struck
A H. Moi hrrsop. o resident Of Tul.
"a, ol, 1a. in tho head. MCPHERSON
Was taken t. hospital. where death
soon resulted The Evelts have been
married twenty one years
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Voted for jackson

Joseph Fisher, said to be 107 years
old and claiming to have cast his
first vote for Andrew Jackson for
president, passed through Linton. Ind.
He was il . wagon
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
No Commission for Pnllede,phl.

Advocates OF the commission form.
Of government we're defeated in first
elections held in Pennsy lvania under
q Nv passed BY the legislature at its
last session. Boroughs OF Sunbury.
Shamokin and Mount Carmel voted
against the innovation. The fact that
there would be an increase il the cost
OF liquor licenses under the proposed
charters Is declared by those favoring
the change to have been responsible
Tor the result
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26
Saves Sister: Dles

Near Hallettsville, Tex, Valentine
Janak ran half mile to tell his par
ents his sister Was choking to- death
They saved her, but the little fellow
dropped dead.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-08-26

s,,bscr,ption pr,cr $500 per year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06
EMPIRE THEATRE.
Miniature musical comedy.
oRPHEUM THEATRE.
THE LITTLE THEATRE.
Pictures.
..T,I,c Bich Road

'.rhc High Rond."
Mrs. riske and the Manhattan Com
pany in Edward Sheldon's new play,
The High Road" written expressly
for Mrs Fiske, will play All engage
ment M the Academy on Monday
evening. The season has thus far
brought no engagement more rich in
promise. for Mrs. Fis!ie has we'll earn
ed the distinction OF being the leader
of the American stage. and she brings
this time, play that has aroused
vast discussion and brought 10 Mrs.
F'iske perhaps the most wonderful
In his new play the author ot Sal
walton Nell" The Niger" and The
Boss has chosen a broad and very
human theme. and in its EXPOSITION
is said to have wrought with strik-
ing interest and viriiity. His story
concerns the great cpoohs in the soul
progression and spiritual growth of Il
woman, who from the depths OF carly
ignorance and soul-cramping environ
nent. reaches the heights Of moral and
useful accomplishment
In THE High Road" the span OF
The play is unusually extensive, as it
covers practically the whole of the
woman's life story the different acts,
or parts as they arc termed, mark
ing different epochs therein. In so
far as the various phases OF develop
ment are concerned. each part is al
most q play in itself. and The outlet
for Mrs FIskes comprehensive genius
is therefore quite unusual.
The first epoch deals with the life
OF Mary Page in her youth. which was
spent under circumstances of cruelty
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06
b,JoU THEATRE.

COLONIAL THEATRE.
Vaudeville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06
nile. Modiste,p her first starring

vehicle.
1.-THE Love Wager" was written by
Edith Ellis, based upon Hungarian
farce; the LYRICS are by Cary Duncan,
and the music is by a composer hither-
to MISUNDERSTANDING ]. Hambitzer-
whose melodies are said 90 be original
and inspiring. 1T Is confidently assert
ed that in Mr.. HambitZer, Miss Schef
has unearthed {, musical genius of the
highest order, and his score will,
therefore. be awaited with unusual
interest. The story OF "The Love
Wager" deals with a bargain made by
Mitzi (Miss Scheff) with a handsome
lieutenant that she will give him one
kiss for each one of her elded sisters
whom he provides with husbands
The lieutenant forwith arranged ar
fairs. with the fair conspirator so that
the three elder sisters are soon mar
ried off to various admirers, and then
he claims his three kisses. Mitzi by
this time is the eldest. unmarried
daughter of the household and, &C
cording to Hungarian custom. it is
her turn next to marry. What hap
pens when the lieutenant tries to claim
I the three kisses may be easily inn
agincd. M 4
q In. the large singing company pro.