The Weekly Caucasian from Shreveport, Louisiana • 1

THE WEEKLY CA CAUCASIAN VOL. XX SHREVEPORT. THURSDAY. 30, 1900. NUMBER 107 DECEMBER want to sell Real Estate? you Do you want to buy Real Estate? will be to your advantage to see us at once.

If so it ABSTRACT OF TITLE WITH EVERY SALE AN FURNISHED ABSOLUTELY FREE TO PURCHASERS. EUBANK-MASON REALTY CO. Caddo Abstract Building. Shreveport, La. GEO.

R. OVERMAN Funeral Director and Embalmer PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE New 158 -01d 154 221 Texas Streat Phones: Ask Your Grocer For Rose's Sugar Sticks Finest Made Henry Rose Mere. Mfg. (LIMITED) 517-521 Spring St. Shreveport, La.

The Florsheim Bros. Dry Goods Co. Ltd. Exclusively Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats. 510-512-514 Levee St.

New York Office 77 Franklin St. We are Now Booking Orders for Seed Corn and Peanuts relivery in February or March. Send Orders to H. M. Weil's Seed Store Cer.

Commerce and Milam Sts. New Phone 52 SHREVEPORT, LA. Cumberland 44 S. G. DREYFUS Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats CORNER SPRING AND CROCKETT STEETS.

PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COUNTRY ORDERS. SHERIFF'S SALE. No. the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana: Candis Brice vs. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to me issued in the above numbered and entitled suit, I have seized and will offer for sale at public auction, for cash, according to law, at the principal front; door of the court house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the legal hours for sales, on SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1909, One flat top desk and box (locked) and contents. The above property seized and will be offered for sale to satisfy the debt specified in said writ, say i in the sum of $34.76 and all costs of suit. J. P.

FLOURNOY, Cancasian, Dec. 19. Sheriff. If you need some stationery of the better kind, telephone 1000. We Desire to Call Particular Attention to OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT In which we allow THREE PER CENT INTEREST on open accounts, or we will issue Certificates of Deposit payable in twelve months bearing FOUR NICER CENT INTEREST.

Chimercial National Bank of SHREVEPORT, LA. done in the perfection of the powdered lead arsenate. As to whether Paris green is a success for the boll weevil or not, is a question we do not care to re-open. Those who wish to use it may do so and welcome. It is no concern of the writer.

It is sufficient in this connection to say that Captain Marston in his persistent of green, and Paris advocacy only, has Parting been the turning farmer over 1 to the mercy of a few manufacturers who get together each spring and set an arbitrary price on Paris green. We have even been informed that the manufacturers defer setting the price each spring until they find out "What Marston is going to do." The present high price of Paris green is known to every cotton planter who has used it the past year. Powdered arsenate of lead sells at present for only a little over half what Paris green costs pound for pound, the present quotations being 22C per lb. There are manufacturers of lead arsenate in plenty. Competition between them is far too severe to suggest any likelihood of a combination to boost the price, and when the farmers take enough interest in national tariff legislation to get the tariff removed from lead arsenate the price will be lower still.

Thank goodness, we are through with trust prices when it comes to using arsenical poisons on the farm, for the powdered arsenate of lead can be used for every purpose that Paris green can be adapted to. We will contribute no more to the "trusts" in ling outrageous prices for Paris green and trust prices will now go, whether the Senator from Red River likes it or not. Yours truly, WILMON NEWELL. CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES Fatal Quarrels of Men Drunk-The Handy Pistol. Shreveport on Christmas Eve and Day escaped the discredit of years past when the saloons and dives were opened and in which men were robbed of their senses and of their money.

In all the history of Shreveport there never was a day when the drunks were as limited as they were on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day in Shreveport. There were some "full up" but these were limited and kept off the street Unfortunately this condition did not prevail throughout the State. At Independence, Abner Purvis was stabbed to death by Elesy Kaiser, his neighbor. At Palmetto, John McGee was shot and seriously wounded by Charles Carroll. His brother-in-law, Ernest Solican, then shot and killed Carroll.

At Arnaudville, Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other in a fight in a saloon. And there were scores of fights and quarrels at many places which were not fatal. MADDEN RUSH His Petition for a Pardon Was Passed by the Board. If Madden Bush and his friends had anticipated his pardon and his release from the pen on or before Christmas he and they are disappointed. His application for a pardon was of the number of "cases passed." In this action the Board of Pardons was perhaps deliberate.

It was a delay suggested by policy, but Madden Bush will not have to tarry long in the pen. He and his relatives and friends have a political pull and with these he will soon be a free man. Madden Bush was convicted of manslaughter. He shot and killed a young man named Guice, who was then in the Serwich restaurant, located on Market street near Texas. He fired the fatal shot at the instigation of his who was liberated from the pen on a pardon.

At the time i it was stated that his life had become so impaired that he would die unless released. He had been sentenced for life. A life sentence should mean for life, and not a release when sickness is alleged. There is no State of the Union where pardons are obtained on the flimsiest of pretexts as in Louisiana, but the don is for the man having the political pull. Poor men or men without the pull political do not enjoy the privilege exercised by the Board of Pardon.

As a contrast, it may be stated that there is an effort being directed to release a life sentence man who has been in the State penitentiary of Connecticut since 1853. He killed his wife when in high temper. He is in the last stages of decrepitude and yet the law is SO construed that his release is problematical. If he were in the State penitentiary at Baton Rouge and had some political pull he would have been a free man at least forty years ago. of to I WILMON NEWELL DESIRES TO CORRECT A FEW ERRORS.

CRITICISES MARSTON An Attempt to Take from Him Much of the Credit for the Work He Has Accomplished--This He Craves "In Justice to All Concerned." Baton Rouge, Dec. 23, 1909. Editor Caucasian, Shreveport, La. Dear Sir: In your issue of December 21, under the caption "The Boll Weevil and Poison," are a few -errors which, in justice to all concerned, should be corrected. The statement is frankly made in your editorial that the recently announced work of the Cros Pest Commission, in successfully destroying boll weevils with powdered arsenate of lead, is "an indirect endorsement of Capt.

B. W. Marston who has experimented successfully i in killing the boll weevil with Paris green." We do not wish to detract from any credit which may be due Captain Marston for his persistent attempts to solve the problem of dealing with this dreaded pest; nor do we desire to secure any particular credit for the work which has been so successfully accomplished by the Cros Pest Commission. It is, however, important that the true facts in the case be given proper consideration. In the first place Capt.

B. W. Marston did not originate the method of using Paris green for the cotton leaf worm. The use of this poison for destruction of the cotton worm was advocated and advised by the United States Patent Office, in its reorts, before the same "discovery" was made by the senator from Red River. Neither did Captain Marston originate the idea of using arsenical poisons, or even Paris green, for the boll weevil.

before the boll weevil reached Louisiana and long before the captain made his famous trips to Texas after the "$50,000 reward," the entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture were experimenting with Paris green in southern Texas. If the editor will refer to "Insect Life," Vol. IV, No. 4, published by the United States Department of Agriculture in March 1895, he will find the following statement: "Paris green or London purple, applied in solution of one pound of the poison to 150 gallons of water when the bolls first begin to form, may kill a certain per cent of the weevils, i if good judgment is used in its From 1895 to 1900 the publications of the United States Department of Agriculture literally teem with descriptions of experiments made with Paris green and other arsenical poisons for the boll weevil. Unquestionably, credit for originating the "arsenating of the weevil" mut lie with the United States Department of Agriculture, and nowhere else.

Later, extensive publications were issued by the State of Texas, covering the same ground. Many pages devoted to poisoning the boll weevil with arsenical poisons will be found in a "Report upon the Boll Weevil," issued at Austin, Texas, in August 1902. Captain Marston did not originate the idea of poisoning the boll weevil with arsenical poisons. He merely loaded the idea into his band wagon and waxed eloquent over it, just as he had previously done with: steamboating" and "free silver." Of course the senator is entitled to much admiration for his pluck and his persistence in trying to overcome the pest, but, had he been a little less hardheaded he would long ago have seen what we saw four years ago, that the presence of soluble arsenic in Paris green, by reason of it injuring the cotton plants, was a serious obstacle to the use of Paris green for this pest. Had he been impartial and fair-minded in his consideration of the problem he would have done exactly what we did, set about to find an arsenical poison that would kill just as many boll weevils as would Paris green, but which would not, at the same time, injure the cotton plant.

Doubtless he would himself have developed powdered arsenate of lead long before we did. We could not find any poison meeting the requirements, so we had to make one. It has taken years to do it, and to prove its four worth, but the farmer is now to be congratulated on the fact that it has been done. Neither the writer, nor any other entomologist, has ever denied that green would kill boll weevils. Captain Marston's claims in this direction have always been cheerfully acceded to.

Wel preferred, however, to keep the good of of Paris green and discard its bad features and disadvantages. This we have Comparison Luzianne Coffee Bulk or Loose Coffee Always FRESH IN ITS air-tight Often stale from often exposure; can: always PURE: always contains dust; seldom wrong? always PROPERLY never uniform; hap-hazardly blendBLENDED; always of UNIFORM ed; never satisfactory to one who QUALITY; always satisfactory; KNOWS what's best; pound-cost cost a higher, but cup lower, but cup-cost very much pound little cost very much lower. higher. Make a Wise Man's Choice Between the Two THE REILY-TAYLOR New Orleans, Lag DEATH OF MRS. CRESWELL.

The death of Mrs. Julia Butler Creswell, beloved wife of Mr. James Creswell, which occurred at Pineville Tuesday, has filled many hearts in our midst with sorrow and sorely bereaving those nearest and dearest to her, husband, daughter and mother. Mrs. Creswell was the eldest daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Pixley Butler of Bossier, and at their country home near Benton she grew to sweet 1 womanhood, entering joyously into all the merry happy life of young people, but devotedly doing her duty as her mother's helper in the home. Her marriage further developed these domestic virtues and in her own home she found the greatest happiness. Kindness and hospitality characterized her intercourse with her friends, and it may truly be said she did good to all. But ill health fell upon this devoted wife and mother, and her days for months were filled with sadness and suffering.

But all is over now and she has passed to the life eternal. Funeral services were heli at Holy Trinity church Thursday, conducted by Father Bertels. Around the casket were the sorrowing husband and young daughter, the bereaved mother and the other devoted relatives and friends. In the Catholic cemetery she was laid to rest. Deepest sympathy is extended the bereaved family.

BEREAVEMENT. The joy of Christmas gladness was subdued by the sad sound of the tolling bell for the passing of a good man from earth, Mr. L. O. Frost whose death occurred Monday at his home on White street.

Mr. Frost's illness, so prolonged and painful, occasioned the deepest anxiety to his family and friends, but with skilful nursing and the best medical attendance hopes were entertained of his recovery until the last sad when despair filled the hearts of the devoted wife and loving children. Mr. Frost was a good citiezn, a man that stood high in the esteem of his fellow men, a devoted husband and father. His death is greatly lamented.

His remains were taken to Nashville, his old! home for interment. On the sad ney went his sorrow stricken family, to whom the deepest sympathy is extended. Mrs. Frost with her little children will remain in Nashville, much to the regret of her friends and neighbors whose sympathy and love she has. Subscribe for The Caucasian.

REAL ESTATE MARKET. Southern Nut Nursery Co. to Slijah B. Jones, 5 acres land being south half lot 36 of Chase Co. subdivision in sections 4 and 5, 14, 16; $375.

Caddo Realty Co. to Walter 5 Hill lot 201 Pinehurst; $450. A. H. Leonard to G.

S. Casey, part of lots 1, 4, 13 and 16 of Daniels land lying north of Sand Beach bayou; $1925. H. R. Ratcliff to Caddo Land part of lots 15 and 16 of the Allen lands in section 10, 17, 14; $12,500.

Queensborough Land Co. to Stephen Kline, lot 4 block 24 second filing of Queensborough addition; $200. Alman: and Adrian Bloxom by sheriff to D. S. Sims, west half of southwest quarter, west half of northeast quarter of southwest quarter, and southeast quarter of southwest quarter section IT, 16, 14; $600.

Sigmund Liebman to H. L. Heilperin, acre lots 4 and 5 of northeast quarter of southwest quarter sec. 32, 21, 15; $200. Shreveport Drug Co.

Ltd. The Original Cut Rate Drug Store EXPERT SERVICE COURTEOUS TREATMENT CUT RATE PRICES QUALTY FIRST CLASS LOOK WHAT THE BIG KNIFE DOES! Scott's Emulsion, $1.00 Angeres Emulsion, Ozomulsion, $1.00 Botanic Blood Balm, $1.00...... Succus Alterans, $2.00 $1.65 Pape's Diapepsin, 50c Marmola Tablets, 75c Parisian Sage Hair Tonic, Cooper's Discovery, $1.00 50c Grove's Chill Tonic, Boro Pepsin, 25c I9c COTTON MARKET Office of The Caucasian, Shreveport, Dec. 28, 1909. SHREVEPORT MARKET.

The market closed steady 3-16 up. Receipts 1644 bales. Sales to factors none. Low middling 14 5-16 Middling 15 1-16 Good middling 15 5-16 SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS. Stock on hand 1 September 1...

....1,758 Received this day 1,644 Received previously 74.110 75,754 Total stock to date 77,512 Shipments to date Net stock on hand 23,500 Same day last year 14,793 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. This yr. Last yr. Since yesterday 1,644 564 Same day last year 990 Thus far this week 1,644 Thus far last year 990 2,004 Since September 1 75.754 65,681 Stock on hand 23,500 14,793 LOCAL RECEIPTS. Week This 1909.

1908. 1907 866 574 1,144 990 564 346 534 556 250 313 439 Total 1,144 2,205 4,227 TAKE NOTICE. I am applying for a commutation of PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Opens 6:30 a.m. Close 11 p.m. Usual Saturday Cigar Sale Four TEN CENT Cigars 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 own 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. Saturday Monday Tuesday Wed'day Thursday Friday Pay State and Parish Taxes On January Ist, 1910, State and Parish become Taxes delinquent. I therefore call attention those who have not paid, that 2 per cent interest a month will be added and collected as the law requires, after December 31st. also call attention to those who have lists to get them in at once.

Come early and avoid the rush. J. P. Flournoy Sheriff and Tax Collector.