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THE CAUCASIAN. VOL. XXII SHREVEPORT, LA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 19*1. NUMBER 5 S. G. DREYFUS CO., Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats Corner Spring and Crockett Streets PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COUNTRY ORDERS. Garden Seed Onion Setts Planet Jr. Garden Tools All Orders Will Have Our Prompt Attention Write for Catalogue H. M. We'l's Seed Store Cfmmerce St. Corner Milam St. Shreveport, Louisiana he :4Y crskeim aros. rq good o.i'td. WH O LESALE and ffsrnishing *oods k 1,*-:'3 .16 f rwer jtrey t paw rk 0ffie, 43 Ceonard street Ask Your Grocer For i 's & arSticks Finost Made 1w Mac1 & Wf. Co1, 4< (LIMITED) ~ St. - $Sherveport, L.a. INA A)Iearn.. N _ t ti h Juryo* -ýc " regfilar ses-~ dlr. described is~ *d* ` ° at piblic highwayPG [benfot r.. r _ .ce acquired ~~p~4~4 ph~1epossession and 1Q~ e ~ re than *49~,Otter~fchar- the yroa~ - ~ ~ ý rai tsr It thirteen (t iii- Caddo Paris, Louis- 4 inna, together i h all the buildings and ixtiprbvtments thereon: Said property seized as belonging to the above defend- S ant and to be sold for cash and accord \1g to law, to pay and satisfy the debt specified in said writ, say- in the sum of fifty-seven ihd So-xoo dollars, with in terest from February 26, agog, at the rate of right per cent per annum until paid, and all costs of this suit, as well as ten per cent interest on said principal and t interest as attorney's fees. J. R FLOURNOY, Sheriff, e;-Officio Auctioneer. Capcain Jan. 17, 191L SGLOSDORf, UNDERTAKER 4 Texas Street a4 Night ePhones 892 * Yoi can not ond a better,; more satis factor oodFe than L.UZIANNFT even W at twict its price. Order some from our grocerW OTTI ARKEC O cb f The ticasian, Shre'cport, L ., Jan. i, 191I. WRZVI RPORT MARKET. ns td steady. .................14 12 S . .. ......14 3-4 RC PTS. t 90 90320 * Stufft .tedtt .. . .9- 'S*wvati ae . ...6 ,t q ok .x,2 PSlTATET. NT St. If r . _r .. ' lxl' 7 PANAMA EXPOSITION New Orleans Failed to Score Today Against San Francisco. New Orleans may be credited with having waged a gallant and spirited con test against San Francisco, but unsuc cessfully as is disclosed by the vote re corded in the House of Representatives in Washington today. This result, if disappointing to New Orleans, is not surprising to those be yond the limits of that city, especially when it is considered that the Republi cans, with what appears to have been Taft's silent influence, was in favor of San Francisco. The first pangs arising from disap peintment must be keenly felt, but there is another side or view most encourag ing. If New Orleans will not have a Panama Exposition as programmed, there will be a saving of millions of dol lars to the people of the State, and the State will not be handicapped in its steady progress of development. The State is being favorably consiJ ered, as never before, by home seekers who are being attracted by the natural advantages and the opportunities which are within the reach of every seeker of a good home. Instead of applying the State's resources to a grand show, these energies and these resources may be di rected profitably towards the building up of the State's material resources. The defeat of New Orleans in the House settles the question of where the Panama Exposition will be held-San Francisco. PARCELS POST Making a Bugaboo of an Enterprise. Solicitude for the Middleman Is Not l1 Necessary. hi St. Francisvil'le True Democrat: The iin Progressive Union of Donaldsonville ci has become alarmed (for Donaldson ville?) concerning the prospects of even ft a limited parcels post, and has adopted tlI resolutions which in their verbiage are n strikingly like the plate matter'stuff h< flooding the newspapers in the interest of the express companies. The implied C reason for the resolution is the danger of g: utter extermination threatening the small towns in the 'event a parcels post is es tablished. W' \Ve cited last week the fact that small a 'towns flourish in England though the' al parcels post exists, and there is no rea- P son to suppose that American towns have not sufficient enterprise to take ad- C vantage of the parcels post and not be vanquished by it. The best rule in government is the greatest good to the greatest number, s and there can he no doubt that since the a parcels post will bring producer and cus- a tomer closer together, eliminating nost t of the middlemen and their costs, it is obvious that the two great classes above named, composing the entire population, will be benefited. Solicitude for the middleman is not necessary, as experience has shown that these are very adaptable, finding a live hood in some other way if cut off from 3 one avocation. No great reform, indus- t trial or economic, but has been argued e against from the standpoint of throw- a ing men out of employment. When spin- t ning machinery to run by steam was in vented, hand weavers were almost } crazed at the apparent loss of occupa tion, and at first resorted to violence 1 mpon the machines and factories that threittened them with starvation. We now 'see that the use of machinery in i making the production of cloth easier and cheaper created new demands for goods and larger need of workmen to carry on the business. For a short timeeinnovations may fuse hardships until adjustment is made, but in the end anything that im proves general conditions is undeniably for the best and men should not permit their mehetry petty interests to stand in the way of progress. They should say: "There is always a way to earn a living. if a man has health and strength. I do not fear that I can make a living, even if my present occupation be swept away, if so be that the general good is sub served." LOUISIANA HOGS THE BEST. Ruston Leader: A Joad 'of Louisiana sold at $8.25 per 0oo pounds on the PoIrt Worth market last - week. They wete raised near Shreveport. The in teresting and important point in this sale was .that the price paid for these hogs was the highest price paid at any Miar ket in the United States on that day. The highest price paid at Chicago, the wqrlds great hog center, was $8.12 1-2, L-a dt it- sup"posed.that the best hogs in "ountry are sold at Chicago. Louis .an beat the world raising -hogs. gas we have such hogs, why f e of ol r hog raisers get iU thea at th., 2ina1 Fewdr a4 DR. S. A. DICKSON Elected President of the Caddo Levee Board. At the session of the Caddo Levee Board held today Dr. S. A. Dickson was elected president. He is the successor of W. V. Robson, recently resigned, and who for years filled most satisfactorily this position. Dr. Dickson, who is of the firm of Morris & Dickson Co., will give his best attention to the affairs of the board. He is in every respect well qualified to fill this important position. His election as president of the board is a personal compliment to him, which his many friends will appreciate. McCURDY'S EXPLOIT. On Monday morning the aviator, J. A. D. McCurdy, already noted for his dar ing and successful feats in the air, de parted from Key West, Fla., in his aero plane, his destination being Havana, Cuba, across the strait. Unfortunately when within about terrtniles of his goal, a slight accident in a small part of the machinery,' let out the lubricating oil, which at the time could not be repaired nor replaced, and led to his descent into the sea. The aviator was ready for such a trying emergency and was rescued in a little while by one of the ships of the squadron of the United States Navy, posted as scouts or lookouts at a dis tance of ten miles apart. The disappointment of the aviator may be imagined, but such a man as Mc Curdy will not rest satisfied until he shall accomplish successfully the feat he nad mapped out and to execute which he had waited patiently for more than a week for favorable conditions. Although McCurdy did not reach the drill grounds of Camp Colum bia, near Havana, where he had ex pected to land, he has scored an amaz ing record Miich will ever stand to his credit. The flight was for a prize of $0ooo of fered by the Hlavapa Post and $3000 by the city of Havana. The distance of ninety-six miles was covered in two hours. Aviator McCur7vy wilt remain at Camp Columbia several days, where he will give demonstrations in aviation. THE BOOSTERS MEET TONIGHT. The Publicity Clib of North Louis iana gill hold a mass meeting tonight at 7:30 o'dock in the court house for the purpose of pcrmanent organization. The association has for its purpose the deyel cpment of the agricultural and industrial resources of Northwest Louisiana. Among its membership are men-who are and always have been active in good works.* If a better name is desired we suggest North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial Association, or Agricul tural and Industrial Association of North Louisiana. TEN FAVORITE HYMNS. New York Methodists Like Best "Near er, My God, to Thee." New York, Jan. 28.-A New York Methodist Episcopal church- which has taken a poll of its congregation in an effort to determine 'he ten best hymns, announced that the following received the requisite number of votes: "Nearer, My. God, to Thee," "Abide With Me," 'Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "I Love to Tell the Story," "LIad Kind ly Light,' "Rescue the Perishing," "Rock of Ages," "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Four others were tied for tenth place:. "Love Divine All Love Excelling," "Just as I am," "Faith of Our Fathers"' and "In fhe Cross of Christ I glory." A PARCELS POST A Convention of Retail Merchants tol D Held in Nashville. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 28.-A <onl'en tion of retail merchants from'all So b ern States will be held in Nash lle Feb ruary 28, March t, 2, and 3, for the pnr pose primarily of protesting against the passage of the parcels bi .WPl ow be fore Congress. The call fqr the' conven tion has been signed by, over, =500 lie chants throughout the South, and ndi' cations are that it will be very fatg+ attended. Robert L. atsrch of Nashville, editor of the Mercl t and Manufac turei< is at the bead of the movement. SThe programme committee is in, r respondence with a number of p ai nent governors, congressmen; senators and business men, particdavly wellin formed as to the matter in ha wid a view of having thein addia t s vention. The rea? purpose is tjtl hi opposition to the bill in c º sfor for presentation to the c committee having it i charger ' WANTEtD I q ti Youngmn, r UNCLE JOE CANNON Wilt Be Seventy-five Years Old Next May-Is Going to Europe. Washington, Jan. 29.-Relieved from the cares of presiding over the House of Representatives, "Uncle Joe" Cannon is likely to spend next spring and sum mer "doing" Europe, and it is said that he proposes to visit a real czar before he gets back. When thep resent Congress dies on March 4 next, Mr. Cannon will have a great load lifted from his shoulders. The next House will be Democratic, and there is not even the remotest possibil ity that he will be called upon to be the speaker. On May 7 next "Uncle Joe" will be 75 years old. It is a sort of birthday treat that he is thinking of going abroad for the first time in thirty-six years. PRISON SENTENCE Lumbermen Convicted of Peonage En tertain Friends, Then in Auto Drive from Atlanta Hotel to Penitentiary. A special to the Times-Democrat dat ed Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29, says: Five wealthy southern lumbermen left Atlan ta's leading hotel laft night in a large touring car and went to the United States penitentiary, where they began to serve sentences- for peonage. They are: W'. S. Harlan of Lockport, Ala., Robert Gallagher, Dr. W. E. Grace, C. C. Hil ton and E. S. Huggins. Harlan and Gallagher will each serve i8 months and pay fines of $sooo. The three others will serve 13 months and pay $iooo. W. S5 Harlan is a nephew of Justice Harlan of. the Unites States Supreme Court. These cases were the first to originate in the South and the proscution was pushed. The men were convicted in the United States court at Pensacola, Fla. The matter was twice taken before President Taft in the hopes he wou;d grant clemency, but he refused to inter fere. When the lumbermen realized they would have to go to prison, they asked United States Marshal McGowin of Pensacola to permit them to come unat tended to Atlanta to escape the humilia tion of being taken from their homes by officers. They met the officer at the Piedmont hotel yesterday and accom panied him to the penitentiary. The five men last night gave a farewell banquet to some Atlanta friends. PROHIBITION VIOLATORS Dr. C. E. Terry and Others Convicted for Writing Prescriptions. Lake Charles, La., June 28.-Judge Overton has imposed sentence upon all of those persons recently convicted of violating the -'rohibitiori law. Dr. C. E. Terry, who was convicted of having written prescriptions for whiskey con trary to law, was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay a fine of $350. The others-John Maneuso, R. H. Smith and Vita Pecarino-were fined $50o each and sentenced to serve six months in jail, the jail sentence to be one year in default of payment -of the fine. - NSQUUOR In the Executive 1Mansion of Virginia's Governor. "As tmqg as. I am inv I the executive msiona there shsW beh tm intoxicants. 4y snier in4 jense fully as well en joyed =witout beub as when they were seeved during ,ai er regimes. People whQ visit- s will never touch the win cup?'4.l, w poke t re days ago the wife of k Co ibr of Virginia, who s to bald sway it executive ion for at least three 'a rs longer. ThE words of Mrs. William Hodges awi were made in an address to the W uen's Temperance League of Amer tea UitSE&SOKABLE VERY The Weather Isas in the Spring time. January is clasing as warm as in the spring timle, with grass growing percep -tibly and the trees in woods and forests an4- in orchards are budding. Should thepresent timperature continue a few days .hore, Febtuary wiltle garbed in the *sture of spring. This weather is not debirable at this time @f1th year, but it must be accepted j A tol psap or a freeze may be ex ipcte@ wheu least expected. Sudden cl anges are notable in this section. A freeze it this dime wiuld check vegeta tint! -and .tie damage to fruit trees The fruit trees, excepting thei which are the earliest in *'ct atxe; aiaged now as an resent should longer, but MARY DESHA DEAD Founder of D. A. R. Succpmbs Suddenly at Washington. Washington, Jan. 29.-Miss Mary De sha, aged 65 years, one of the three founders of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, died suddenly of apo plexy while walking near her home here tonight. She was educated at Sayre In stitute and Kentucky State College at Lexington, Ky., and taught in the public schools there for several years. During the Spanish-American war she was assistant director of the D. A. R. hospital corps. She held several offices at different times in the D. A. R. She was also president of the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy and a member of various patriotic societies. SERIOUSLY ILL. The Caucasian regrets to chronicle the serious illness of Mr. J. H. Prescott at Ruston, where he was stricken sud denly yesterday with apoplexy. His sons on being advised hastened to his side. There was an indication of improvement today. Mr. Prescott has for years been a prominent figure in the insurance bus iness. He is numbered with the best cit izens of Shreveport and it is to be hoped that he will recover. NEGROES LYNCH NEGRO. Delhi, La., Jan. 29.-An unknown ne gro shot and killed another negro at Dunn Station, this parish, Friday after noon, and was lynched by members of his own race. The murderer attempted to escape by returning through the woods to where he was working but was overtaken by a mob' of his countrymen and strung up to a tree on the public road about four miles west of here. Tis often said to makea sale "Its just as good as LUZIANNI' Let no such argumentpre vad,to wean you from your time.-tried friend, T Boll Weevil For Any Information Appy to B. W. Marston. Box 149 Sioir wte, L. f1. C. Elstner. Attorney at La Office in First National Bank. ,uiI ,q Rooms 323-4-5. Practice in State and Federal Courts` LEVY BROTHERS PRODUCE"l COMMISSIQN MERCHANTS PRODUCE, POULTRY, EGGS, BUTTER, ET ; GAME IN SEASON. Our large city trade and facilities enable us to consignments on arrival to the best adv Write for Market quotations, Tags, etc. LEVY BROS. PRODUCE CO. 723 Texas Street. Reference: Continental R -I Gas, Gasoline and Steam Engines, and, a full line of., a Buick and Ramblers Cars carried in stock for pre THE W. K. HENDERSON IRON WORKS AND40 Spring, Caddo and Commerce Streets SHREVEPORT, LA. And There Question That there is some difference iR prinl ing as in all things. This difference a` emphasized at a glance by compese THE PRINTING WE DO IS AI. WAYS GOOD, BECAU% WE IKNOW HOW TO DO lT The printing we do will stand the test of comparison. We can do any sty1# of printing desired and will do it No charge will be made for ' Ims of printing which is not good. O- dais.y by mail or telephone will r vc ie prompt attention. Telephones-, TheCaucasian(. C Prmtint Company, 517 Edwards St