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CHE AUCASIAN. VOL. XX StiREVF.PORT. LA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1900. NUMBER OIL FIELD MAPS FOR SALE AT OFFICE of Caddo Abstract Co. Ltd. 4as2edl3ches, large white print. Finest maps of field ever produced. $S.oo eash. Caddo Abstract Building. Shreveport, La. ORDER YOUR CCHALLENGE BRAND SEED Direct from Tusie Seed 41 Produce Co. Ltd. HERMAN LOEB, Dealer in Hides, Wool, Tallow, Beeswax, Furs CONNERCE STREET, NEXT TO V. 3. A P. RAILWAY. HREVEPORT, LA. I garantee to the selers the bestprices obtained in t. Leoas, N.w Orlseas, Vieheburg, Galveston and Houston markets. Prompt retao S. B.HICKS, President. YALE HICKS, Vice President W. F. CHASE, Secretary-Treasurer. DIRECTORS: YIALE HICKS, S. B. HICKS, F. H. GOSMAN, W. F. CHASE, T. H. SCOVELL, R. E. COMEGYS. Ike HicCksCo. Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors 46-41o Cieemre St.. Warehouse: Corner Spring, Travis ad.C emmerce Sts. SHREVEPORT, LA. SHERIFFS SALE . as, s p-In the First Judicial Dis trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis ina: Sam Willer vs. Henry Mur rap.. y virtue of a writ of fieri facial to e issued in the above numbered and il sait, from the Honorable First District Court of Caddo Par i lauisima, I have seized and will `' e for sale at public auction, for cash, ccdin to law, at the principal front dauor fthe court house of Caddo Par islh, taiislina, during the legal hours bor sales ,an 'SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1909, The 0outh half of southeast quarter sec t 35,.tOiewUhiP 15 north, range 12 west, Caddo Parish, Loisiana, together W the following movable property, at (Ached by destination to said real estate: Two gray mules, one bay horse mule, _4:g borse, eighteen head of cattle. The abone property seized as belonging to the above defendant to be sol dto sat the amount specifed in the said we, in the sum of $x7.57, with 8 per S annum interest thereon from JsuUry yo, %9go, and to per cent on esM smu and interest as attorney's fees, all costs of suit. J. P. FLOURNOY, Feb. 7. Sheriff. ýI im u TO CALL PARXICULAR ACTETIONI TO OUR SaYIss'OPARTUUENT _I, which we allow THREE URR Y.: INTEREST M apis as er we wW issue cs" - - b rr P w WW. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. A meeting of the stockholders of the Hirsch & Leman Company will be hell February 26; agop, for the purpose of electing directors and officers for the ensuing year and to consider such other business as may be submitted EL M. L.EMAN, ®Secretary-Treasurer. Shreveport, La., Jan. 26, Igop. " COTTON MARKET. Office of The Caucasian, Shreveort, La., Feb. 13, 1909. SHREVEPORT MARKET. The market closed quiet. Receipts 159 bales. Sales to factor none. Low middling ... ... ... ....... 8 1-8 Middling............... ....9 Good middling ... ...........91-2 SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS. Stock on hand September I........1,734 Received this day .... 159 Received previously .. 78,214 78,373 Total stock to date ... ... ... 80,o09 Shipments to date ... ... ..... 69,438 Net stock on hand ... ... ... to,669 Same day last year ... ... ..... 14,629 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. This yr. Last yr. Since yesterday ... ... 159 622 Same day last year ... 211 ... Thus far this week ... 159 Thus far last year ... 221 622 Since Septeqber I ... 78,378 70,900 Stock on hand ... ... zo,669 14,629 LOCAL RECEIPTS. -This Week 190o. 190. 19g7. Saturday . . . 159 221 622 Monday ....... 147 616 Tuesday . . . ... 134 725 Wed'day . . . ... 204 463 Thsrday .. . 114 6or t ..... . 123 337 WEATHER BULLETIN FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS THE CONTINENT. THE NEXT DISTURBANCE Is Expected to Include the Coldest Weather of the Month to Be Preceded and Followed by Cold Waves With Snows north and South. (Copyrighted iroy by W. T. Foster.) Washington. D. C.. Feb. 13.-Last bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to cross the continent 12 to 16, warm wave Ii to I. cool wave 14 to I8. This dis turbance is expected to include the cold est weather of the month: to be pre ceded and followed bl- cold waves with snows north and rains south. This will be the turning point of winter weather, aIfter which great rises in temperatures may be expected, indicating an early spring in southern latitudes. Next disturbance will reach Pacific coast about 17. cross Pacific slope by close of iS. great central valleys 19 to 21. eastern states 22. Warm wave will cross. Pacific slope about 17, great cen tral valleys 19, eastern states 21. Cool wave will crohs Pacific slope about 20. great central valleys 22. eastern states 24. This disturbance will bring a great change in the weather. Preceded by a severe cold wave it will he followed by a great rise in temperatures and for a week the temperatures will fluctuate moderately, the general average being about normal. Not much rain will ac company this storm wave and snow will disappear. All weather features will be radical. The battle between Young Spring and Old Boreas will he fierce with the latter retreating northward to ward parallel 40. ROBT. E. LEE AND THE SOUTH The Award of the One Hundred Dol lars Offered as a Prize by the Daguh ters of the Confederacy. An essay on "Robert E. Lee and the South" by Miss Christian Boyston of Minnesota, to whom has been awarded the prize of one h red doll of fered by the Daughte f t acy, has provoke th li test and well merite a . The committee to whom the essays were referred for award comprised Dr. E. A. Alderman, president of the Uni versity of Virginia, formerly of Tulane; Dr. C. Alphonso Smith of the Univer sity of South Carolina, formerly of the Louisiana State University, and Dr. John H. Finley of the'ollege of the Cit yof New York. As the essay by Miss Boyston is not only inaccurate but bristles with slurs of the South, it is not surprising that the Daughters of the Confederacy are pro testing, determinedly and patriotically, against this award. The only plea of extenuation suggest ed in support of their award is the lit erary merit of the essay. If such a consideration were to be ac cepted as a rule, then, in the guise of literary merit, it would be permissible for any maligner or scoffer at the North to indulge in the most woeful and wil ful libelling of the South. As the truths of History is the basis of impartial criticism, as well as the guage of the measurement of merit, it follows that the decision of the comittee is unfair. It would be senseless, mischievous and censurable to try and re-awaken the bitterness arising over the war between the North and the South, but it is the duty of Southerners to repel the misrep iesentations which discredit the South and its people. ' In doing this, no explanation or apol ogy is necessary. Whenever the truth is told, the cheek of no Southern man, loyal to himself, need ever tinge with shame, but he will feel glorified in the truth being told of the South, its achievements and its ten c'.erest of memories. In their protest against the misstate ments of the essayist and especially their disapproval of the award by this committee, the Daughters of the Con federacy are simply evincing, and with out ostentation, what they are, the splendid heroines of the Southland to day, as were their mothers, whose very souls were tried by sacrifices, during the historic struggle, which elicited the ad mirat'cn of the world. When it is considered that th: essay ist is of Northern birth and that her in formation is derived from authors who were not only prejudiced but unfriendly to the South, it is not surprising that she has been misled into the pitfalls of inaccuracies which should have relieved Imri f ... a ecutestit is which these should have been no compromise on lit -erary merit and structural quality to the perversion of historical facts. However, these historical misrew c sentations are glaringly conspicuous through what is alleged to be the rec,.rd of truth. For instance, Roosevelt's cavalry charge at San Juan. where the sensationalists have pictured him riding at breakneck speed over the Spaniards. As a fact, there was no such charge. and as there were no horses a, hand, except the one reserved for General Shafter, Roosevelt and his cavalry walked. Yet this misstatement is generally accepted by the uninformed as being true, and the essavist perhaps has accepted this sef-tion 1, ;. fact. but which has no connection with this criticism of the South. It is regrettable that the essayist has been placed in an awkward attitude by the award of the committee and in ac cepting this effort, as it is given public ity, this query may he pertinent: Where did she obtain the information upon which she expatiates so knowingly. for instance: "To understand what the social order was, one need but glance at the condi tions of the South as contrasted with those of the North at the opening of the war. In almost nothing were they alike. The South was of necessity agricultural. Life was centralized chiefly on the great plantations or in scattered communities. In the North a vast commercial system had grown up under the leadership of the great captains of industry and con centrated in flourishing cities. Slavery had to a great extent gone out even be fore 1i88 because industrially it was un profitable, while in the South the in cr ased production of cotton with its de pendence upon cheap labor had vastly increased the slave population. The loss of slavery as an institution would, there fore, involve the loss of an enormous capital; industries dependent upon it would inevitably shrink; above all, it would mean the destruction of the whole social fabric. for in the South slavery was bound up with society. In tellectually the South was practically dead. Most of the people were densely ignorant; hence the great religious and educational movements which in the North had built a church and a school house at every cross-roads had swept theabsy unheeded." That "most of the peole were dense ly ignorant" were the slaves, is true, but was there greater enlightenment or a greater diffusion of knowledge among the white people of the North of the same class? ....ýI...is true that "intellectually the South was practically dead"? There were marked distinctions and lifferences between the North and the South as evidenced by the Colonists who were not only from different stocks of population, but from different fields in religion and politics, which were marked in the ante-Revolutionary period. There could be little congeniality between the cold, calculating, fanatical Puritan and the bold, chivalrous, light hearted, gen erous Cavalier. It was the New Eng land influence which dominated the North, and it was the spirit and the dash of the Cavaliers which prevailed throughout the South. As to slavery, it would be senseless to discuss it here, but it may be said that it was the ever ready pretext for the defamation of the South by the classes possessing a disordered mind on the question, through which was intensified the sectional animosity which led to the historical conflict, growing from the be lief that slavery was the leading cause for the higher sentimentalism, the su perior refinement of the scholarships and the manners of the South. Had the committee not accepted these misrepresentations the essayist could have been directed to a correct under standing of the conditions of these so cial relations of the South. In brief, the agricultural pursuits of the South fixed its features and as explained by the historian Pollard: "However it might decline in the scale of prosperity its people were trained in the highest civ ilization, were models of manners for the whole country, rivaled the senti mentalism of the oldest centuries of Europe, and established the only schools of Honor in America." As to the criticism that "the Western leaders were always incompetent" and to other strictures uncomplimentary to the South, suffice it to say it were a waste of time to attempt their contra diction. In her reference to Lee the essayist is clever but entertains a misconception of his relation and connection with the Union. He was a sovereign of a sov ereign State. As to Lee, his record, already in scribed in living letters of gold, is be yond the reach of a human hand or a detractor's tongue. When Virginia with drew from the compact of States, after Lincoln had threatened the coercion of what were styled the "States in Rebel lion," Lee volunteered his services to his State. Becatse Lee held a commis sion from the Federal government was no warrant for his betrayal of his State. As a Virginian he responded to the call of d(ity from Virginia. Had he drawn his sword against Virginia, he would have been a parricide. A fuller review of the criticism of Lee would involve a discussion of the actual causes which led to the war, which at this time is un necessary. Not only does Lee rank with the greatest. the ablest and the best of military commanders of any age, but he possessed all their virtues with out any of their vices. He was the knightliest of characters of all time, and he will stand alone as one of the great champions of the Lost Cause which though it settled in the glow of defeat, has challenged the admiration and the plaudits of the world. It is unfortunate that two of the com mittee, two of whom should be well versed in the authentic records of the South "have placed literary merit and structural quality above the truth of history." WRESTLING MATCH At the Shreveport Athletic Association Next Wednesday. .\ wrestling match will take place next Wednesday night in the Shreveport Ath letic Association club house between George Baptiste and Tom Coburn. It is to be a "catch-as-catch-can" affair. Great sport is promised. Referring to a similar contest the Nashville Banner says: "Those who journeyed out to the Hip podrome last night were well repaid for their trouble. Wild Tom Coburn won the match from Farraro, the Big Italian, in two straight falls, but he had a hard time pinning his man, and the bout was one of the roughest ever witnessed on a mat in Nashville. "Coburn got the first fall in thirteen minutes with a half Nelson hold, and the second time it took hint twenty-two minutes to pin the Italian. Considering that these men are heavy-weights, the bout was very fast and was exciting throughout. Both Coburn and Farraro mixed things up, and each broke out of several holds. After the first fall Far raro got several flying falls on his op ponent, but was not able to hold Coburn long enough to get a decision. Farraro claimed, however, that he should have been- awarded` a fall, and after the bout he challenged Coburn for another match to take place within the next two weeks. Both men showed some clever wrestling, and the mat fans were kept at a high pitch of excitement throughout the bout. There was a fair crowd on hand, and they seemed to be quite enthusiastic. REAL ESTATE MARKET Record of Realty Transactions in the City and Parish. Real estate transfers furnished by the Caddo Abstract Co. Ltd., 517 Marshall street, opposite court house. J. D. Eu bank, president; F. A. Leonard, vice president; Sam W. Mason, secretary; D. P. Eubank, treasurer. John Gayles to W. L. Gilmer, south half of south half of southwest quarter and south half of north half of south half of southwest quarter section 17-16 14; $700. Mrs. Ida Balling et al by sheriff to W. E. Noel, Jr. et al, 1o7 acres in north. east quarter section 18-21-14; $2550. W. F. Thoman to H. E. Holzner, con trac tto erect a two-story brick building on part of lot 6 block 53; $3500. Allen-Wadley Lumber Co. to R. E. Brooks, lots 8, 9, 1o Ward Lands. $4000. Richard Coleman to Michael Riely, 100 acres in sections 16 and 17-17-15; $600. S. H. and H. R. Hood to J. F. Strayhan, lot 41 Belcser; $150o. R. D. Meade to Busch-Everett Co., north half of northeast quarter section 20-22-15; $16oo. M. O. Stokes to Busch-Everett Co., north half of northwest quarter section 21-22-15; $1120 and assumption of mort gages. J. G. Hester to H. C. Brewster et al, southwest quarter of southeast quarter section 5-18-14; $700. J. G. Hester to Busch-Everett Co., southeast quarter of northeast quarter section 16-21-15; $775. Otto J. Gutting to W. E. Taylor, lot 28 block B, Oil City; $300. ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rev. Jos. H. Spearing, rector-Serv ices today as follows: Holy communion at 7:3o a.m. Morning prayer at II a.m. Evening prayer at 5 p.m. Sunday school at 9:3o a.m. Special meeting of Parish Aid Society Monday in guild room at 4 p.m. Regular meeting of St. Mark's Guild Monday in guild room at 4 p.m. Bishop Bratton of Mississippi is ex pected to administer the rite of con firmation on Ash Wednesday and the rector would be pleased to hear of those who contemplate being confirmed. Everybody cordially invited to all serv ices. All seats free. THE C. G. MORRIS CASE The Prohibition Law Sustained by Judge Bell-A Wholesaler Can Not Sell Intoxicants in Prohibition Ter ritory. In a lengthy opini n rendered rester day covering an exhaustive review of the law and the authorities, Judge T. F. Bell has declared that a whole saler of intoxicants can not sell in a territory in which the law proscribes the sale of whiskey. beer. liquors or intoxi cants. The contention of Morri was that as a wholesaler he could sell. But to whom? If he sells, he must sell to one who buy, for the purpose of retail, but as the law is construed by Judge Bell, lie can not sell at all. This may be regarded as an extreme view by the class who do not favor pro hibition, but such was the intent and the purpose of the ordinances adopted and promulgated by the Police Jury of Cad do Parish and ratified by a majority of the voters participating in the election. To maintain that a wholesaler could sell, in sealed packages, in quantities limited to the minimum fixed by the revenue law, woul .1 be equal to a de feat of the intent of the law, as it would encourage such traffic in contempt of the law which is designed to prohibit such sales. The counsel for Morris gave notice of bills of exception and of such legal pro ceedings as are in order in such matters. The roceedings in Judge Bell's court was on a motion to quash the affidavit against Morris. convicted in Judge Futl lilove's court for breaking the prohibi tion law hy wholesaling liquor, etc. The motion was overruled. THE DEAL-HODGE CASE It Is Reinstated for Trial by the Court. Notice of M~idamus Given. At the session of the District Court held yesterday, Judge Murff in a written opinion admitted that lie was in error in holding in the Deal-Hodge case that the issue had to be tried under a certain election statute as provided in the Re vised Statutes, which the Supreme Court construed to have been repealed. Judge Murff reinstated the case but held that since the plaintiff. Deal, had not seas onably filed his notice for trial by jury, the case would have to be tried without a jury. In excepting to this opinion the plain tiff's attorneys gave notice that they would appeal to the Supreme Court to review this court's decision and would ask the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the court to order a jury for the trial of the case. This is the substance of a lengthy opinion and leaves the case practically as it was before the ruling of Judge Murff. A JAIL SENTENCE J. D. Robertson Convicted of Keeping . a Disorderly House. J. D. Robertson, an aged man, well known in Shreveport, has been convicted of keeping a disorderly house. He must pay the fine of $ioo imposed by Judge Fullilove or go to jail for ten days. There has been heard much express ions of sympathy for the oid man, but the kind of sympathy he will appreciate more than kind words is the price of the fine, $ioo. He was caught "dead to rights," and the testimony necessary to convict was produced by the police. But there are others. DEATH OF MRS. O. C. HEARNE Died at Longwood, La.. January 29, 19o9, at he rson's home, P. C. Hearne, Mrs. O. C. Hearne, aged 8o years, 9 months and it days. She was truly a mother in Israel, having spent the great er part of her long and useful life near the town of Mooringsport, where her body now rests. She leaves three chil dren, Mr. E. C. Hearne and Mrs. Clara Rhodes of Texarkana, and P. C. Hearne of Longwood, La., where she made her home. At the age of twenty years she was married to Mr. E. T. Hearne, who preceded her to the grave ,me forty years. At an early age she united with the Methodist church, and lived a con sistent Christian life, and died in the triumph of a living faith. In her death the church loses one of its best mem bers, the community a true and beloved character, and to her children a -potle~s example. B. H. BICKIlAMl. RIVER AND W VAATIHElR. The weather yesterday was cloudy and sultry. River: Arthur City, Texas, 6.4; White Cliffs, Ark., 4.0, a fall of 0.3; Fulton, Ark., 9.4, a fall of o. t; Spring Bank, Ark., 6.i, a fall of o.3; Shreveport, La., a rise of 0.2. Weather forecast for Shreveport and vicinity: Colder Sunday. River forecast: The change will be unimportant at Shreveport and points above during the next 48 hours.