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THE CAJCA IAN. VOL. XXI S-IREVEPORT. LA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, (910. NUMBER 172 HERMAN LOEB, Dealer in Hides, Wool, Tallow, Beeswax, Furs COMMERCE STREET, Next to V. S. & P. RAILWAY. SHREVEPORT, LUI18IANA. I guarantee to sellers the best prises obtained in St. Leis, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Oalvesten and Houston mamtsm PROMPT RETURN6. S. B. HICKS, President. YALE H.IKS, Vice Presi4t W. F. CHASE: Secretary-Treasurer. DIREOTOR5: YALE HICKS. S. B. HICKS, F. H. G0SSIRM, W F. CHASE. T H. SCOVELL, R. E. COMEGYS. The Hicks Co. (IJITWD.) Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors Office; 406-410 Cornmerce;St., Warehouse: Corner Spring, Travis and Commerce Sts. SHREVEPORT, LA. Pure Rock Water Is taken from our Artesian Well 328 feet deep, distil led by our improved apparatus, then carefully filter ed through sponge and charcoal filters which leaves it palatable and tasting very much like soft spring water. Delivered to all parts of the city. Consumers Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. PHONES 824 LEGAL SALE. State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo: By virtue of, and pursuant to, an order I from the Honorable Fred J. Grace, Reg ister of the State Land Office, dated the eighteenth day of October- 19Io, and in .conformity with Act No. 228, of the t Acts of the General Assembly of 1910, i I will offer for sale and sell at public c auction, at the principal door of the court house of the Parish of Caddo, at Shreveport, Louisiana, on SATURDAY, NOV. 26, 191o, between the hours of ii o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m., to the last and highest bidder, the following described property, I to-wit: Seven-eighths of lot 21 in block S of io-acre lot io of the Ciyt of Shreve port, La. Terms of sale: Cash for not less than two hundred ($200.00) dollars. J. P. FLOURNOY, Sheriff. Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 18, Igo9.-Ap proved. FRED J. GRACE, Register of State Land Office. Caucasian, Oct. so, 910o. SUCCESSION NOTICE. No. 13,936-First District Court, Parish ofCaddo, State of Louisiana: Suc cession of B.' F. O'Neal. Notice is hereby given that S. B. Hicks, administrator, has this day filed a tableau of debts and final account in said succession, and unless opposition be made thereto within the time specified by law the same will be duly homolo gated as prayed for. Witness the Honorable A. J. Murff, judge of said court, this the 3rd day of November 9tgo. F. A. LEONARD, November 3. Clerk. You can not find a better, more satis factory coffee than LUZIANNE, even at twice its price. Order some from your grocer. We Desire to Call Particular Attention to SOUR SAVINGS- DEPARTMENT Ino which we allow THBEE PER CENT INTEREST on awpn a saunts, or we will iSeiiM 9etileates of De i~wlt payable in twelve itas bearing F 0 UR ii C CENT INTEREST. Naaa ~Lank FOR SALE I Dwelling and Six Acres With All the Improvements. The Free Water Place on Olive street e two miles from the court house and in- i side the corporate limits, is for sale. It a consists of six acres, with the residence and outhouses, and all the improvements v and a blacksmith shop. A splendid well v of water. For particulars and terms c apply to James Cook at Free Water, or o address him care of postoffice box I5A, f Shreveport, La. t FOR SALE A Full Blooded Jersey Cow, Giving Milk. A full blooded Jersey cow is offered for $75.00 in cash. The cow is regis tered and in splendid condition. The cow may be seen at Mrs. Julia Wright's, Bossier City, at the bridge. COTTON MARKET Office of The Caucasian, Shreveport, La., Nov. 22, 1910. SHREVEPORT MARKET. The market closed steady 1-8 up. Receipts 1707 bales. Sales to factors none. Low middling ............... 13 3-4 M iddling ... ... ... ... ...... 14 1-4 Good middling .............. 14 1-2 SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS. Stock on hand September 1.........218 Received this day .... 1,707 Received previously .. 56,713 58,420 Total stock to date ......... 58,638 Shipments to date ........... 35,267 Net stock on hand ......... 23,153 Same day last year .......... 22,o83 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT This yr. Lastyr. Since yesterday ...... 1,707 542 Same day last year ... 463 Thus far this week ... 5,815 Thus far last year ... 1,607 2,224 Since September I ... 58,420 63,317 Net stock on hand ... 23,153 22,083 LOCAL RECEIPTS. ---This Week gr10. 1909 go Saturday . . . 2,249 702 889 Monday . . . 1,859 542 593 Tuesday . .. 1,707 463 542 Wed'day . . ... 74 90 TktEt$;sud;I ·· ·~· .· -ce U;~:, MRS. MATTIE WATTS Seriously Burned by Gas Escaping from a Street Main. Last night Mrs. Mattie Watts, aged 6o years, was seriously burned by gas escaping from a street main at the in tersection of Stonewall street and Vir- I ginia avenue. With a lady friend Mrs. Watts was going to church and carried a lamp with which to light the way. 1 When crossing the street there was a I flash and a blaze from the main, and in an instant Mrs. Watts was enveloped in flames. With her garments on fire she leaped aside and with the assistance of her friend smothered the blaze, not, however, before she had sustained sc rious injury. The escape of her friendl from a similar experience seems provi dential. It is not known how long the gas was leaking at this point. It may have i been several days, and without the knowledge of the company. CRIPPEN HANGED For the Murder of His Wife, Belle Elmore. Yesterday morning Dr. H. H. Crippen was hanged in the Pentonville prison, in England, for the murder of his wife, Belle Elmore. The execution of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen completed the criminal record of one of the most sensational of recent murder cases. The brutality of the crime committed by a man who had been known as of a gentle and kindly nature, the murderer's spectacular flight to his native atnd and the fact that the case against the doctor was purely cir cumstantial, combined to make the tragedy of absorbing interest not only in England, where the murder was done, but as well in America, where both Crippen and his wife was born. Crippen, slight in figure, was just past fifty years of age. He was born in Michigan, and after studying medicine, practiced in the United States and Can ada. In I906 he married Cora Maka motzky of Brooklyn, a vaudeville ac tress, whose stage name was Belle El more. They removed to London, where the doctor 'engaged in dental manufac ture. Soon there was domestic infelic ity, due, Crippen alleged, to the atten tions his wife received from other men. Then Ethel Clare Leneve, a prepossess ing woman, now about 27 years of age, entered Crippen's employment as a typ ist. She sympathized with the doctor and,the two fell in love. Meantime Dr. Crippen and his wife were estranged. It was about July 31 that parts of the body were found. The medical experts who examined these parts were never able anatomically to prove that they were from the body of Belle Elmore. Never theless the jury that heard the case was satisfied they were. Dr. Crippen kept the secret of the crime with him and carried it to his grave. REVOLUTION IN MEXICO The Cause Is Assigned to the Unfair Treatment of Francisco Madero, Who Was a Candidate Against Diaz. In name Mexico is a republic, but in actuality it is an autocracy over which Diaz has dominated for years, by hav ing himself returned to the presidency regardless of opposition. In a sense the political situation in Mexico is not un like Louisiana, where the will of a few men who are subservient to Diaz and dance ready attendance on his every whim, have ruled the majority, submis sive until recently to their dictations. Even the worm will in time turn, and then trouble is the sequence. In reviewing the situation in Mexico the Picayune says: "Although a strict censorship has pre vented definite news from filtering through from Mexico, enough frag mentary information has been received to indicate that President Diaz's gov ernment has something more serious than a few isolated disturbances to con tend with. It is now evident that the grave disorders which have broken out in a number of widely spread localities are due to an organized and widespread conspiracy, which, unless it be promptly checked, is apt to develop into a full fledged revolution. "The reputed head of the revolution ary movement is Francisco Madero, who was a candidate for the presidency at the recent election against President Diaz, and claimed that he had been un fairly treated. As a result of this ac cusation against the government he was imprisoned for a time, but later re leased. Of late it is believed that he has been in the United States, but is now { said to have crossed the border into : Mexico within the last few days, and is actively directing the revolutionary movement. .That there exists widespread discon. Iexico with the existing regitub ino very serious objection to the lteran pre-idient himself, but there is strong popiular teeling against the men who surrou tl him and against the effort, that are heing made to perpetuate the IDiaz policies after the aged Diaz hin ,.i" passes away. Some of the ablest and most int!luential men in Mexico are I,cliCv, d to be in symlathy with the revolutin.lnary inovemenlt. "While the existing situation demands that the L'ited States maintain strict neutrality in the domestic quarrel which is colnvutlini our neighbor and that no precaution is to he neglected in protect iiig our Imuilaries from being used as a base of ope-rations, the administration at \\asl;ington can not possibly be in differcnt to the course of events, be caue Amlllerician investments and inter S-t. in Mexico are very large. The vast in> of .\mtieican money which have hcten ii vieteAd in Mexico have been sent there owing to the guarantee of stable and safe government which President l)iii h:t furni-ihed. The overthrow of P'rsidlent I i:tz might imperil American interests c,:siderabl'. Americans are not liked hvi the masses in Mexico, and in the event of civil war both the lives a:nd prlioerty of Americans would ha:* to he car fuIlly watched. Unfortunately our got-crnient is very negligent fn its dutic> tnitards its citizens living. A .af in-Am irican countries, arl( as .& - ,ult A\merican investments in such oun Iri.- are ' . ss safe than British and G(! imatn invi stmcnts. Great Britain * s ipecially careful as to the welfare of its subjects residing abroad, and as 0 *)n sequenlce foreign governments, wren rev ,luti ,inary makeshifts, are extremely careful not to molest British subjects or their property." MARTIN BEHRMAN \\'as Not Endorsed by the Baptist Con ventio n-Resolutions Adopted. Slihe following is a copy of the reso lutions adcpted at the Baptist conven tion in session in New Orleans a few dlays since : Whereas, it is reported in some of our papers that the Baptist State Con tvetit:on indorsed Mayor Martin Behr man in his position relative to the _chool board controversy in this city; and, Whereas, this report might be misun derstood by our churches and brethren, since no reference was made to the school question in the mayor's address of welcome before this convention; and, \Whereas, it is against our principles to take stock in anything other than moral questions: therefore, be it Resolved, That we deprecate the fact that this convention should have been dragged into the school question of this city, since it does not wish to be quoted as taking sides either way in any local controversy. Resolved, second, That the courtesies shown the mayor of this city, the invita tion extended him to deliver an ad dress of welcome from the city, and other expressions of appreciation con cerning his words of welcome, were courtesies extended hini because of his position as mayor of the city, and are not to be taken in any sense as indorse ments of his official acts. A NEW ORLEANS POLICE JUDGE. i A police judge at New Orleans re cently fined a man convicted of selling t cocaine only $25. The district attorney seems indignant, and says it was equal I an acquittal. The idea of fining an or- i dlinary bootlegger $500, and letting a cocaine dealer off on paying $25 is a judicial absurdity, well calculated to bring the law and the courts into con- I tempt.-Mansfield Enterprise. The man convicted, on evidence that could not be distorted, minimized or set aside, and who was sentenced to pay a nominal fine, only $25, is not only a friend of Judge Aucion but is of the class privileged to set the law at de fiance when selling cocaine or other drugs to human beings who are made imbeciles or are transformed into devils. It is self-evident that the Mansfield En terprise is wanting in that fine sense of distinction which led this New Orleans judge to fine his friend $25, when it should have been the full limit, and to have required almost the full limit from a negro who had transgressed the law. "GAME WHEN AFTER A COON." Mansfield Enterprise: Some game of ficials, "game when they are after a coon," the threatening to prosecute sev eral disfranchised Afriganders for help ing to pull a seine for a man who took ous a $25 license to operate a 36-foot seine for catching fish for market. Who ever heard of one man operating a 36 foot seine alone, and the authority to operate the same carries with the au thority to hire the necessary help to carry on the business. Some "game" of ficials' heads seem to be filled with gourd seed instead of brains. When you want a strong, dean, fresh, y flavored coffe eal for WZ1 --~ IHANKSGIVINU DAY Its Observance Limited to State and Church-Business in Full Blast. Thanksgiving Day is of English ori gin and came to America with the Puri tans who in the autumn of the year i(,2 observed the day with religious c(re monies and in general rejoicing: Since then Thanksgiving has received a:nnual attention from the Puritans and h;a spread gradually until the dlay has come to be recognized as a national holiday. In Shreveport the day was observed by the court and the clerk and the sher iff's office, by the United States court and the postoffice, whose hours of hi i ness were as on Sunday; by the banks and the commercial bodies and by somen business firms and by the churches and schools. ' There was held a union service at St. Mark's Episcopal church where an in teresting sermon was delivered by Dr. Hill. The service was attended by a large congregation from other churhels. There is much for which thanks may be offered, but the epressions (# thanks fe tkvors Gceived rol ool should nc e e imitc@ o. dhis alS singl4e lay ef the pea, WThile *i$ i /tstatI i ob gracet the @)ak&ie.Ad c ant! o,@ru gooRehings which *la be withi feacal, lhere i nuck ionnecte4 gitl lt " iA. Mould p(Opetuate *$ io gving od ihall s *v eig (ay I& *lessings L.ict a* ex presseOl eve ,4 ,ae " woe sghape or form, inS 94 #hicl w loulW offer the itlleA .4 appreciatio, BESSIE BRUMMETT Pleaded Guilty to Shooting Her Hus band and Was Fined Five Dollars. Bessie Brummett, aged 17 years, is free from the entanglements of the criminal law. When called to the bar of justice she pleaded guilty to shoot ing her husband with intent to kill and was fined $5. Much sympathy was ex pressed in words, as well as in cash, which was contributed by some of the officials of the court. It will be recalled that not long since Bessie Brummett shot her husband on Texas avenue near,the hospital. He had slandered her outrageously. She was seeking a divorce. She had warned him to desist his vile accusations against her. When they met on Texas avenue he re newed his insults in the presence of a number of bystanders, which provoked E.ssie Brummett into immediate action with a 32-caliber pistol which she had concealed in the bosom of her dress. Comment is unnecessary. URGED PROHIBITION The Saloons and Liquor Business Can Not Be Regulated Committee Report. The committee on temperance of the Baptist convention which closed its ses sion held in New Orleans a few days since, reported: "Prohibition is broader than temper ance. It includes temperance, but it in cludes vastly more. Temperance is the wise use of all good things, and the non-use of all bad things. Prohibition is this excellent dictum written into the organi9 law of the State. Prohibition is temperance applied to the State. "Law is the crystallization of the pub lic conscience; it is the social, civil and moral life of the people expressing it self. We want a temperate national life as well as a temperate citizenship. But no nation can be called temperate so long as it throws temptations to intem perance in the way of its citizens; so long as it invites its own citizens to en ter into the business of making drunk ards by giving to tkfs business a legal respectability; so loig as it condones the crime of the licensed liquor traffic by fattening off the revenues which come from this nefarious business. Pro hibition means the changing of our at titude on the temperance question; it means a national repentance on the question of temperance; it means the putting out of busines the mills of vice which are manufacturing drunkards and by putting these mills of vice out of business, so purifying the moral atmos phere that temperance will become the habit of our people. "What should be the attitude of the churches to this movement? If we know anything about the movements of the times this is one of the livest issues before the American people. The satva tion of the churches largely depend upon the attitude which they take to wards the new movements that are sweeping the nations of today. The churches can live only as they take their places in the life of the present and ful fill their functions in the solution of the d many problems confronting this age. "The prohibition movement appeals to the best there is in our churches. It , is the impulse of civilization; the over flow of the religious, educational and ecnossic 1Vsolgtaos of society. It is hi iI ilW·r the rev It ,of the \Amcrican cnscience againi t wilat it believes to be wrong. It is the m1-t iml-portant movement of the ai'ge. "it- ,ncial peaco and progress ,,f ti. ract is in ,i '.d. "We re,,gnie tihe. licin-e traffic as arc a-o co niizai t ,,f t'i fact that from the hler criminal -tati-tirc- which can ,v .:h.ra-, that t ei enp,, ,aloon is di ractly ,-p,, i ,nr P5 per cent of the crime in the l.: nitv'l Statli . WVe also Iblitcw that the wi"i tl d atil with the pr,,him i, to remove ci ause of the c Te. h; n ' i.e cii not l( ant. lijtg btt ,ppedi ti, ,a r.tric which manufactures hruiikard-. ilcter, criminals, corrupts lhg iýtUi re Bring, potv rty to hlmlc andl creates crime. I Thcreiri, wce stand for the al e aolu . :h.oliti,,n of the saloon "\\e al, believe that the Anti-Salo.,n i.,.agnu i. the l.-t tray to fight the sa L in an ienlce .,e coimtl'uend it to our peoplic. \M.\RR IED. Yesterdaty afternoon M\r. S. O. \.il , Hiaml aod \is W iina Croom were mar ried at the 9ome of the bridle ~ Moor ingport, i whose fathlo r is lion. WV. H. i. troomn. The grooml is the popular deputvy of the lcerk of the District Court. meIlt, extended notice will be given in the St nd:t ('aucasian. The happy imoplc arc tendered the fulle,t congratulations. * REMINDEfR. 1!s a friend of education and one in terested in the welfare of the cfitleit, you are earneistly requested to go to the polls next Tuesday. November 29, and vote for the levying of a special tax of one mill for ten years for the purpose of providing sufficient school buildings for the school children of District One. This is not an increase of taxes, 4tut a continuation ol f the present one mill tax now in force. Very truly, ISAAC BARRON, Chairman. W. E. GLASSELL, Chairman Finance Committee. As indicated, the election will be held next Tuesday, November 29. There is no bheter index of a community's pro -tre\ssieness than its schools and its churches. Thie taxpayers can invest money to no better purpose than in the increase of the numbers of schools and teachers. There should be polled a full vote of the taxpyers in favor ct the proposition submtiitted. 8 POLL TAX PAYMENT. Mansfield Enterprise: The Good Gov - crmnent League has aroused the people of New Orl ans, and it is estimated that -,o,ooo poll taxes will be collected in that city for this year. The people of the country parishes should do likewise, in ordter to le able to follow suit every time a trump is led. Loose coffee gathers dust and store sweepings. Pape. bags leak s freshness and LUZ C in its is dit MONROE DAIRIES In!snected by Dr. Oscar Dowling of the State Board of Health. Monroe, La., Nov. 23.-Dr. Oscar Dowling of the State Board of Health, wifh a corps of lecturers and the health car" arrived here yesterday afternoon artl have interested the citizens in hcalth matters. Hundreds have visited the car and listened atetntively to the sceeral instructive addresses. Dr. Dowling visited the dairies dur ing the day, and it is understood he fotnnd much that is detrimental to lclthh. This report will be made later, aný may he the cause of closing one or 1wp. establishments. Subscribe for The Caucasian. House We do all kinds of House Paint ing, Wall Tinting, Floor Finish ing, Glazing and Paper Hanging and Decorative Work. We will try to please. Estimates cheerfully given. Nelson clIKemp 72o Louisiana Street Phones 1383 and i448. GIVE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE FACILITIES FOR HANDLING IT The House that appreciates every order no matter how small; the House that manufacturers its o, a goods and carries the largest stock ih the Southwest. We will be pleased to have you go through our plant. You might be surprised. The W. K. Henderson Iron Works & Supply Co. Spring, Caddo and Commerce Sts. Shreveport, La. IN LIQUIDATION We are selling goo,,ds at holiesale joblbei s' prices. We have 10oo,000 of merchandise on hand which will be sacrificed. \Ierchants or consumers needing such goods, as we handle can save good money- by paying a visit and comparing our prices. 36"x2x2xi9 galv. tPoultry Netting, roll 150 ft $2.25 $1.74 I5,000 j'jints 6-inch stot e pipe ............ 9.00 5.95 7x14 Cook Stoves ...................... 6.00 3.95 8xi6 Cook Stoves ...................... 9.00 5.95 No. 29 High Arm Drophead Ball Bearing, Golden Oak Sewing Machine. These ma chines were sold by us and also by our com petitors on the installment plan, and is the best machine the factory makes......... 6o.oo 17.50o I,ooo pair 6 1-2 8-2 Traces, chain ......... 35 29 1-2 68,ooo lbs. Steel Plow Shares, base........ 5.oo 3.25 Vordenbaumen-Eastham Co. LIMITED. W. T. CRAWFORD, E. H. VORDENBAUMEN, Receivers W.T.CRAWFORD