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THE WAY THEY FIGHT. The Foster-Foster combination in seems to be in a sore strait, located Mar Mliar as it is behind fortifications and of h firing under cover of masked guns. M For better evidence note the follow- Clai ing communication received by 184: our editor, signed anonymously Glo as appears here, with no clue to at s its author: Ben "SHREVEPORT, La.. mal Nov. 15, 1897. por MR. C. D. HICKS-- 1S71 Dear Sir: In a recent issue of THE Bcl PROGRESS you stated that Mr. T. Alexander would or could not be Col used as a tool by Foster. In your knm last issue you say, in giving rea- Sta sons why we should not vote for him, is because he would be used as one by him. Why the sudden wit change? Is it because Cal. Hicks her wanted to be one of them, as it is ha' whispered about? ye" Yours respectfully, SUBSCRIBER." ag as Tn the first place, "Subscriber," Or THE PROGRESS did not say that all Mr. Alexander would be used as a tool by Mr. Foster, nor did it inti- sir mate as much. It seems to us that he no one not blinded by prejudice or N controlled by animus could draw ke any such conclusion. Our paper ru has said nothing derogatory to sr either Messrs. Wise or Alexander, personally, nor does it intend to make a personal warfare. Both are our friends, and as such it is n our aim to treat them in this cam paign. ti We did lay--aul do yet-that h they are being used as stalking , horses to draw our side into the v enemy's camp and thus bring b about our capture and perpetuate it the reign of Fosterism, and we be- l1 lieve it is so. That they are doing so h i ntentionaily or with that purpose in view we have never intimated. As to the whispers about "Cal. 1 Hicks" wanting to be a candidate, 1 t they emanate from a source as < unreliable and unworthy as one I who will throw mud from conceal ment, as you have done, "Sub scriber". We doubt, however, if you have ever heard that whisper, I "my masked person," because it is so far from the truth that it could never come from an honest, manly source. The question has been asked "Cal Hicks" if he wouldn't like to go to the Consti tutional Convention, and the reply has always been, "that is out of the question, I have neither the time to spare for a canvass nor the money to defray the expenses." The fact that he did not want to be a candidate was well under stood among our political friends. THE PROGRESS has publishe d your little note, not because it de served recognition, but to show and reveal the unmanly, the un fair, the contemptible methods which the Foster coterie and its satellites are employing in this campaign. Our people will readily resent and repudiate such dark il~nbemra modes of warfare. Died. on In Shreveport. La., Wednesday ed evening November 17th, 1597, Mrs. d Mary E. Mitchell, in the 56th year nd of her age. as. Mrs. Mitchell was born in St. - Clair, Illinois, February 16th, by 1542. She was educated at ly Gloversville, New York. While to at school there she met Mr. W. E, Bennett, whom she afterwards married. They moved to Shreve . port, where Mr. Bennett died in 1570. On March 23rd, 1578, Mrs. T. Bennet was united in Marriage to be Col. A. C. Mitchell, who is well our known in this city and several ea- States. for The writer was well acquainted sed with Mrs. Mitchell. In fact she, eks her husband, the Colonel, and he t is have been warm friends for many years. More than eighteen years ago we were associated together as members of the Independent er," Order of Good Templars in which that all were active workers. as a Mrs. Mitchell had been a con nti- sistent christian many years. In that her early girl-hood she joined the e or Methodist Church and faithfully raw kepther vows, obeyed its laws, iper rules and doctrines in letter and r to spirit. der, The writer draws on no imagi d to nation in saying she was a true Both lover of the Master's cause; does it is not depend on the testimony of :am- others to know of her pious devo tion to the work of our Savior. -that He boarded in the house over Iking which she presided as mistress and Sthe was afterwards as welcome at her bring board as any member of the fam tuate ily, and this close and familiar re e be- lationship taught him and showed ng so him how devotedly she trusted in rpose and served her God. sated. For several years Mrs. Mitchell "Cal. has bee in bad health. During idate, I these days she has known much ce as of life's vicissitudes. Its shadows s one have been dense around her, but iceal- during all, the faith of herself andi husband, their earnest trust in 'Sub- God illuminated these shadows rer, if and while the world was dark, the c isper, hearts and souls glowed with a use it hallowed light and warmth which iat it makes the pilgrimage of the Christian so stable, ;o beautiful, onest, so sublime. ºn has On the Other Side are loved if he ones, mother, father, husband, onsti- brother and three children--of her first marriage. She was prepared to reply go, willing to go. It was Christ out of who the decision made, which. re er the leased her soul from its earthly I or the casket, where so much suffering ses." was and she now peacefully rests in the bosom of her God. ant to To her bereaved husband, Col. Inder- Mitchell, the writers warm friend iends. now alone-as to relatives in this city, a deep, tender sympathy is lishe d extended. But no! not alone. To it de- one with the Chirstian experience show which Brother Mitchell has enjoy ed for more than half a century, no ie un- one is ever alone. Though in the ethods midst of th- solitudes of the desert, ,nd its the fastnesses of the forests, the n this labyrinthsof the mountains, God is with such, and to that God, to that "eadily Jesus we have heard him pray to, dark so often, we commend him. It is the only solace now. MEO MMIRM0 9APOINTER. T e r 1n-- Who makes a success of life in the mercantile world must have goods that are in demand, and prices that will place them within the reach of consumers. Wh e Have the Goods, Good goods; the right kind, and our prices are the right prices. IPEOPLES' STOBE, I A 1anrvest Field of Bargains. Hooks and Eyes, regular 5ec per S dozen, this week 1c. Stay Binding, regular 3c per roll, this week ic. Silk Elastic, regular 15c per yard, this week 10c. Finishing Braid, regular 5c, this week 3c. Peerless Knitting Silk, regular 10c, this week 5c. Bone Collar Buttons, regular 10c per dozen, this week 3c. Horn Strips, regular 10c, this week 5c. Ladies Kid Gloves, regular $1, I this week 73c. Silk Gloves, regular 50c, this week 33c. 35c Goods, this week 25c. Corset Staves, regular 10c, this week 5c. Ladies Hemstiched, colored and plain, Handkerchiefs, regn lar 10c, this week 5c. Child's and Misses' Caps, regu lar 50c, this veek 29c. Regular 40c goods, this wee 25c. 3S-inch Cashmere, silk finish, regular 40c, this week 33c. 36-inch'Cashmere and Flannel regular 35c, this week 25c. "9"W 2 2W 2W-W W 1- 2wý See our line of OT,'I TOS, the prices will suit 'YOU. If you want a good shoe CHEAP. This is the place to come. X o 2ord to ?Ae Weon. Come and see our line of Gent's Furnishings. Rock bottom prices. Come and see us. fPEOPLE'S STORE W. G. BULLARD, S206 Texas treet. Nelson's OldStand. e a ws uES Man.. M 10 5 ýIs