The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-10-27
Judge Porter Parker, in civil dis

llle Idult Ol FRANK II. JOuBF4 l. StSlC
tary and general manager Of the belt
line. The petitioners charged JOubert
was Of colored descent. In dismiss-
ing the suit Judge Parker said Jou-
bert had proved undoubtedly that
there was no negro blood in his fam
lily.
The dismissal Of the suit followed
the testimony OF several persons re-
garding the definition Of the Spanish
word "Mesteza," which was applied
to JOubert's great grandmother in the
record of her marriage. That the
word signlfied the offspring Of whites
and Indians, and was not applied TO
persons Of negro blood, was testified
to by Francisco s. Carbajal. MeXico's
provisional president for a time IN
1914 and formerly justice Of MeXic0s
supreme court; the Rev. Father Mi
chael Murphy, instructor of ethics and
philosophy at Loyola University, and
Rafael Mallen, instructor of Spanish
at the Tulane College Of Commerce
and Business Administration.
%Joubert's mother testified she vas
born in Hamburg, Germany, and was
married in st. Augustine's Church
here in 1880 to Charles Joubert. She
declared all ner ancestors were eau
casians. The rector and keeper Of
the archives Of st. Augustine's testi-
fed a pencilled letter &C." which he
understood signitied 'colOred," was
written beside the marriage record or
Joubert's parents and that the mar
riage had been recorded in that part
Of the book which contained records
Of negro marriages. The keeper OF
the archives at St. Louis Cathedral
testified that the marriage record OF
Joubert's grandparents was contain
ed in tho book for negroes. He says
frequently In former days births, mar
riages and deaths Of Indians also were
entered in the book for negroes.
DR.. W. T. O'Reilly, president Of the
city board of health, testified that in
the old birth records an a~bbreviation
"Col." had been added after the names
of Blanc Francois Joubert, the de-
PENDANTS grandfather, and two other
members of the family. The abbre-
Walton, the witness said, was written
in different ink from that used in the
original record.
Joubert recently filed charges of
criminal libel against 40 employees Of
the public belt who signed a petition
to Mayor Behrman in which they al
legged Joubert was colored. A similar
charge was also filed by Joubert
against P. Henry Lanausee, recorder
Of births and marriages for the city
board of health.
,tions in the Louisiana National Guard
for the month of September is an
nounced by Adjt. Gen. McCrory Of
Baton Rouge as follows: Walter 8.
Hava, appointed to first lieutenant;
First Lieut.. George c. Collier, pro-
noted from lieutenant commander;
Lieut.. David c. C. w. J.. Neville, pro-
noted to be lieutenant commander;
Lieut.. David c.. Cary, promoted to lieu.
tenant Division D; Ensign w. F.
Raikle, promoted to Division D.
A good roads meeting was held at
Morrow and a party of boosters from
Bunkie who came in automobiles
headed by c. j. Pope, who spoke in
the interest of the proposed link Of
the Jefferson Highway, which is TO
be opened between here and Bunkie
by December /. A tax for crawling
this section Of the road will be sub
ject to vote.
The McNary & Cady Lumber Com
pany of Forest Hill are building a rail-
road bridge that will span Spring
Creek. The bridges will be nearly a
half mile in length and will require
a great deal Of piling driven to a
great depth on account of the swift
current when water overfows the
creek banks.
Work on the drainage. canals near
Suyden Is now under way. Several
large dredge boats commenced to pillow
their way through the canals and an
effort will be made to complete the
work in time for next seasons crops.
Property owners OF this location have
voted s250,000 for the improvements.
The first month of the current quar-
ter of the State Normal School at
Natchitoches closed. Under the new
faculty rule, whereby no student is
allowed to carry than twenty
hours, the number Of failures has been
greatly reduced. The record shows
that failures are the exception.
After a litigation Of six months be-
tween Gus We'll and H. S. Bats, who
ran for the mayoralty Of White Cas-
tie, April IS, a jury rendered a verdict
in favor of Mr.. Bats, declaring him