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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
Notice TO T~espassers

| hereby forbid any one to tresspass on
my lands III Verlnilion parish. Leuisiailat
in any way, shape, form or manner what
soever. Any person or persons catignt
~trespassing OH said premises will be pres
ecuted to the full extent OF the law.
DAvIDEJ MEAUL,
Abbeville, La. Dccember22. 1860.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05

i've hundred dollars. Aa',o sha
W.. P. Edwards, Abbevi1a
shares, one thousand dni,s' Ia Ii
Alfred Bodoin per ". 1'ats-
AND en1e,, :. La, 10 shares, one shas'
Elias Broussard, Abbeville. !.
shares, two thousand dolis,. IA .
W. B. White, Abbeville, = a.,
n thousand dollars, -a'iVs shares
j.. n. Sreene, Abbsville, La. 10 81.
one thousand dollars. - s1afes
Joseph Brig per D. L. Non.
Baldwin. La, IS shares. twa nsfsoa
and, five hundred dollars WV shoas'
Mrs Laura Moore, per 5. 1. Man,
SON. M deH, $. c., s shares, Eve h asl'
20 + Gammill per d L Mcpbo..
hoy, La, Is shares, ona th ~, e.
five hundred dollars. thousand
o. Cbauvin, Abbeville, La. & .h...s
five hundred dollars. snafes
M Bell and sonper Frank A Coda.
Franklin, La, 20 shares, two shaan
and dollars. IVY tnoas-
'eeoE Summers per Frank AGodeh...
aoeeyll,e, La,2 Shares, two has
ID W Wall per Frank A
Abbeville, La, 2 shares. two l has
dred dollars. e"o gym
5 4 Nilsson per Frank A Godeh,.-
AoheTllle, La, 3 shares, three bsa
dred dollars. nun
TS johnson per D L Mcpherson IS.
Orleans, La, 2 shares, two bnpd IT,
dollars. Injured
d J. Mcpherson. Abbeyille r. 4
shares, one thousand, five buna ~
dollars hauufea
Wv Minor per D L Mcpherson Iapo.
La, : shares, two hundred dollss.
slinins q Wathen per D L Mcphersas
Ah6evllle, La, 10 shares, one thoas'
and dollars '10ass
K a Broussard per d L Mcphe,aon
Erath, La, 5 shares, five bundrsS
dollars ee
Robert L Davidson, Abbeyille, IA. /
shares, five hundred dollars
A W Young, G%ueydan, La, 5 shares
three hundred dollars.
RE Young, Gueydan, La. 3 sharas
three hundred dollars.
Seymour Weiss, Abheville, La, / share
one hundred dollars.
W S Young, Gueydan, La, 2 shares.
two hundred dollars
20 Lege, Abbeville, La, 5 shares.
five hendred dollars
E Erath, Abbeville, La. 5 shares, i've
hundred dollars.
Mrs f l. Wall per ID T. MePherson. All.
beville, La, l share, one hundred
dollars
J Fl Rattle per d L Mcpherson, Abba.
vile, Lid , : shares, two hundred dol.
lars
DR. Il A MAJ rr, per d l. McPhersu1
Delcambre, La, | share, one him.
dred dollars.
IL l. Gueydan per D L Mcpherson,
Gueydan La, | share, one hundred
dollars.
Il Mcpherson per D L liz.
aiIorsa7i, Aoheville, La, 2 shares,
TWO hundred dollars.
Theo. Iaporre, Ahbeville, La. 10 shares
one thousand dollars.
. 5 Torian, Lafayette, La, 20 shares,
two Thousand dollars
Louis Faliee, Abbeville, Lib, 2 shares,
two hundred dollars
] + Huber, Perry, La, 5 shares, i've
hundred dollars
Nj Seoon, Milton, La, l share. ono
hundred dollars
A. j, GOLDEN,
Notary Public.
| have carefully examined tue fore
Charter of the Planters Rice
Mill Company, Limited, and finding
lothlng therein contrary to the laws Of
he United States or the State of L0uisi-
hereby approve same.
j. NELSON GREENE,
list. Atty. 18th Judicial Dist. Of
Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE n.

The domicile of This company
shall be at Abbeyille, Vermilion Parish,
State OF Louisiana. Ali cittions and
other legal process shall be served up
on the President of the company and
in his absence on the Vice President
or on the Secretary and Treasurer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
Tresszsnss Notice.

Abbeville, La, January 6, 1902.
save my employees or those having bnsi
ness with me. are hereby forbidden TO
enteror trespass on my premises or these
OF my renters IN this parish under penalty
of the law. A. u. MEAUx-
ian11 OILY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ESTRAY AKE UP.

One gray creole mare about 6 years
old, brand on right shoulder very in
distinct, resembles NJ. Said animal has
been taken up by the undersigned.
Owner will please come forward and
claim same and pay charges.
GEORGE HAYES.
Indian Bayou, March Z, 1902 ms I'm
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE I.

The name of this corporation shall
be 1.-THE PLANTERS RICE MILL
COMPANY, LIMITED" under which
name it shall exist for a period o%f.nine-
ty-nine years from the date Of this act,
and shall have and enjoy all the pow
ers and authority conferred by the
laws of the State of Louisiana upon
corporations for the purpose of engag-
ing in the business hereinafter stated;
as well as the power to mortgage and
pledge their property moVable-and i'm.
movable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05

also purchase for cash or on credit,
property Of any kind required for u
of the purposes of this company with
out authority of shareholders. The
Eoard of Directors have the power to
issue or confer general power or special
power on the President to issue promis-
sorry notes or other negotiall lie paper.
All contracts. ~checksand notes of the
company shall be signed by the Presi-
dent and countersigned by the Sec
retary and Treasurer; and in case Of
the absence or inability of the Presi-
dent to act, then by the Vice-President
and countersigned by the Secretary and
Treasurer, and ia case of the inability
of lhe Secretary and Treasurer to act,
then by some one designated by the
Board Of Directors. Until the next
general meeting to be held under this
Charter, viz on the second Monday in
June, 1908. the Board of Directors
of this company shall be composed Of
VIII. Hunter Jr., SEVERN Leblanc, j.
Nelson Greene, F. A. Godchaux, a. j.
GODDARD, P. 3. Roy, D, L.. Mcpherson,
j. I. Labit, W. B. White, Elias Brous-
sard and NJ. r. Cushman, with W. Fl.
Hunter Jr., President; p. B. Roy, Vice
President and D. L. Mcpherson, Seere-
tary ard Treasurer. In case of any
vacancy in the above named Board of
or any other, the remaining members
of the Beard shah have the power to
fill said vacancy from among the
shareholders, and all Directors ard
Officers shall remain in office until their
successors shall have been elected and
qualified. The Board or Directors
shall have power to employ all neces-
sary assistance in the way of mana
gers, qook keepers and to make and
use a set Of Bylaws to govern theoper-
alton Of the corporation. Failure to
hold TIE annual meeting shall not dis
solve the corporation, but the meeting
shall be held as soon as possible ;after
the regular day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE ".

The purpose this company and the
nature of the business intended To he
CARED on by it are declared to be:
To cultivate and raise rice and mill
rice, to warehouse and store rice, buy,
sell and deal in rough and clean rice
AND to manufacture paper and other
products and articles from straw. In
order to carry out, said objects, or any
Of them, to purchase, hold and own, or
to lease such lands, buildings, ware
houses, machinery and other property,
movable and immo Fable, as may be
required or convenient in the cultiyat-
ing, manufacturing or warehousing
rice or in any other way to purchase or
dispose OF rice; to buy, sell and feed
live stock; and to make advances to
persons engaged in c%ultiFating or
dealing in rice and to construct and
operate in connection with any of
their land, tramways, railways, barge
lines and elevators; to pay for all
property of any kind acquired for the
purpose Of the corporation either in
money or in stock or bonds of the cor
poration, as the Directors may decide,
to build, acquire, own and operate
irrigating and navigation canals and
generally to make ali contracts that
may be incidental to or connected with
the business OF the corporation in any
OF its branches as above set forth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE VI.

This act of incorporation may be
changed, modified or altered, or the
corporation may be dissolved 10y the
assent of three-fourths of the share
holders present or represented at a
meeting convened for that purpose,
after three weeks advertisement in any
weekly paper published in the town of
Abbeville, Louisiana, and written no.
tees mailed to each stakeholder at his
last known p~ostofiee address. The
corporation shall have the power to
make and use a corporate seal and the
same to break and alter at pleasure.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The two men who carried my point
er dog "Spot" away in d buggy from
the corner opposite Colomb's baker
shop will please return him at once and
thereby avoid further trouble and ex-
pense, as their names are known to
me. RoBT. HILLEBRaNT.
Abbeville, La, March l., 1902. If.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE V.

All powers Of this corporation shall
be vested in and exercised by a board
Of not less than nine DOR more than
eleven as directors, each of whom shall
own at least five shares of the capital
stock of this company and a majority
OF whom shall constitute a quorum.
The directors shall be elected by bal
lot at an annual meeting of the share
holders, under the supervision of two
commissioners appointed by the Board
OF Directors, which meeting shall be
neld on the second Monday in June of
each year beginning the second Mon
day in June 1909, after due notice and
advertisement in any weekly paper
published at Abbeville, Louisiana, two
weeks prior ty the holding of the cleo
ton. At meetings Of the stockholders
each stakeholder shall be entitled to
castsone vote for each share of stock
owned by him either In person or proxy,
but no person shall have any stock
transferred within ten days prior to the
holding Of such meeting. The Board
OF Directors shall have the power by
a two-thirds vote Of all the Directors,
to sell, lease mortgage, or pledge any
and all property, movable and immo-|
Vable belonging to the corporation
without referring to the shareholders
ior the power to do so, and they may
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-05
ARTICLE VII.

No stakeholder shall ever be liable
or responsible for the contracts or
faults Of the said corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid balance
dae on the shares Of stock ou ned by
him, nor shall any mere ilfo maiity
III organization have the effect of re.1-
dering this Charter null or exposing a
stakeholder to any liability tie, ond the
amount of his unpaid stock Hor shall
any infnrmalitE or i!Fegnlarity in or
ganization have the effect Of rendering
any stakeholder liable us Il partner.
The Washington times., 1902-07-27

grasshoppers has led to a knowledge as
TO how to stop their depredations, at
least to very large extent. Present
Director of the Census Merriam, when
governor of Minnesota, several years
ago. was SO impressed with the danger
at that time of threatened grasshop-
per invasion in otter Tail county. the
present scene of disturbance. that he
gave $4,000 out of his own pocket, rely
ing, of course, upon subsequent legis-
lative action reimbursing him for this
outlay. A certain sum was offered to
each person for every bushel of grass
hoppers he could produce The result
was that. with the aid Of clever mechan-
ical contrivances. the farmers realized
nbundantly on the grasshopper crop,
and some were rather sorry than other
wise at the Disappearance Of the in
sects.
The history 0f the movements OF
grasshoppcr armies Is interesting. The
young. before they are developed. live
On the grass Or grain which immediate
ly surrounds them in their hiding
places. AS soon. however. as the sup
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their ravenous propensities. They die
rapidly from disease and from the at
tacks of natural enemies. while a large
number fall prey. while in the help
less condition OF molting, to the can
nibalistic proclivities OF their own kind.
Those that acquire wings rise in the
air during the warmer parts of the day
and wend their wey as far as the wind
will permit toward their native home
in the Northwest. They mostly carry
with them the germs OF disease or are
parasitized. and wherever they settle do
comparatively little damage.
The grasGhopper armies travel TO no
particular or constant point OF the COM
pass, but purely in search of food-the
same body one day often pursuing diff
fercnt course from that taken the prev
ious day. A person travelling along a
road may often see one army marching
In one direction to the left and an
other in the opposite direction to the
right. II. from any reason. the van
guard of 4 column changes its course.
the changed direction is in some way
communicated in wave-like form 10
those in the rear. Usually. the front OF
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q column is not easily diverted. however.
but will pass through such obstacles as
open fences rather than change course.
Sometimes two schools going in different
directions will cross each other. the in
dividuals OF either keeping to their par
ticular course and presenting singu-
lar spectacle or they hop past each
other.
II is recorded In Europe that few
things. not even water, stop the armies
Of the young Erasshoppers when on the
march. and Dongmyk relates having
seen them swim over the Dniester fo-
stretch Of one and one-fourth German
miles, and in layers and inches thick
In place near Lane. Kan. some years
ago, they crossed the Pottawatomie
Creek. which IS about four rods wide.
by millions: while the Big and Little
Blues, tributaries Of the Missouri, near
Independence. the one about 100 feet
wide at its mouth and the other not
SO wide, were crossed at numerous
places by the moving armies. which
would march down TO the waters edge
and commence jumping in. one upon an
other. till they would pcntccn the
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stream, SO as to effect 4 crossing. Two
of these mighty armies also met. one
moving east and the other west. on the
river bluff in the same locality. and
each turning their course north and
down the bluff and coming to per-
pendicular ledge OF rock % or 80 feet
high. passed over in sheet apparently
6 or inches thick. and causing a roar
ing noise similar to cataract of water.
When indications are observed OF q
growing brood of grG-1aoppers in hid
ing, the best method for their destruc-
zion is by piowing the land, the Stato
usually compensating the farmers for
any damage which may result to their
crops by so doing. Besides this, Tiers
are machines for burning crushing and
collecting the insects in great numbers.
The so-called "grasshoppers" are.
properly speaking. locusts. being nearly
akin to the far-famed locusts OF the
Orient. The grasshopper found in the
vicinity OF this city is also of the same
species as the Rock Mountain variety,
but Is sedentary In habit, and does not
exist in numbers sufficient to cause any
considerable amount Of damage.
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grain and cut it off clean to the ground
as they go, appearing to constantly
feed.
They increase their depredations un-
I'll the destruction wrought is well-nlgh
incredible. After devastating coun-
try they are forced to feed upon one an
other, and perish liz immense numbers
from debility and starvation.
Whenever timber is accessible they
collect in 1t. and after cleaning out the
underbr Ish. feed upon the dead leaves
and BARK. A few succeed in climbing
up into the rougher- barked trees. where
they feed upon the foliage, and 1t is
amusing to see with what avidity the
famished individuals below scramble for
any fallen leaf that the more fortunate
mounted ones may chance to sever.
This increase In destructiveness con-
tinues until the bulk OF the grasshop-
pers have undergone their larval molts
and attained the pupa state. The pupa.
being brighter colorcd. with more
orange than the larva. the insects look.
as they congregate. like swarms of bees.
Fromf this time on they begin to de-
crease In numbers. though retaining
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ply Of food in these situations is ex-
hausted they commence to migrate. fire.
quently n body mile wide. devour
ing as they advance all the grass, grain.
and garden truck in their path. The
migrating propensity is not developed
until after the first molt. and often not
until after the second or third. Up to
that time they are content to huddle
In warm places and live for the most
part on weeds. and especially on the
common dog fenncl or May-wced. when
1t is present.
The young grasshoppers congregate in
immense numbers in warm and sunny
places. often biackening the sides OF
houses and hills. They remain thus
huddled together during cold, damp
" Neather. In windy weather they are
fond OF gathering and socreting under
any shelter. or IN crevlccs and inequali-
tics CT the soil. At such times farmers
too often conclude that the pests have
vanished. hut few hours OF pleasant,
sunny weather Will bring the insects to
s'eht again and dispel the dclusion.
When very vigorous and numerous. they
gradually move across a field of small
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Queen Olga of Greece.

| Roumanian officers a monument, in
which the heroic Queen was represented
giving water to a wounded soldier. Be-
sides rendering personal aid to the all
ing. Queen Elizabeth has founded many
hospitals and institutions for the alleyi-
alton of suffering in Roumania.
The kingdom of Greece has had cause
indeed to bless the name Of Queen Olga.
the beloved consort of King George Of
Greece who, since her marriage day,
when she was a girl Of sixteen only. has
deemed wasted no trial Of personal for
titude. no devotion of vast sums OF
money. no thought, patience and exer-
else OF skill, that has brought freedom
from pain to her husbands subjects
Queen 0lga's Charity.
Every charitable institution in the
Hellenic kingdom Queen Olga has orig
mated and founded. and the great
Evangelismos Hospital at Athens is her
own special charge. managed by herself
in person, with the aid Of council CT
administration composed OF seven ladies'.
visited daily By her. cared for. thought
about, in every way thoroughly SUPER
vised by her.
There she takes specially under her
kindly interest an ailing stranger IN the
land for such patients she feels may be
lonely and sad. She keeps ready always
supply CT earth from Russia. her ma
tive land. to sprinkle on the collins Of
81 ha To in
from their own home.
During the Turco-Greek war Queen
Olga was instrumental in inauguratins
and experimenting every possible aid to
the wounded, and photograph extant
shows her and the Grand Duchess Mary
of Greece the center OF closely packed
throng CT citizens at the inauguration Of
the Station of First Help" in Athens.
This Queen an M D.
Queen Amelie OF Portugal is actually
qualified NJ. D., a distinction she
alone. among royal personages. holds.
She studied medicine at the University
OF Lisbon and walked" the hositals
OF the capital in order that she might
herself be her husbands chief physician.
or, rather, that to the commands Of the
court doctors she might add her In
fiuence. weighted by actual Knowledge
OF the subject under dtscus 5ion-
One of her little boys was once ac-
tually drowning in the Tagus when she
swan to the rescue brought him safe
to shore. and revived him. for which
brave deed she was presented with the
saving medal.
Upon another occasion she swan out
to the assistance of a poor fisherman
who, capsized from his boat. was strug-
Cling helplessly in the waves. Hin. too.
she rescued; and not content with that.
actually saw him taken to the Citadel,
where she herself made up a bed for
him to rest in
Still another act of great bravery
goes to her honorable account. She
was walking through a lonely wood
when she met poor wood-chopper. who
had hurt himself frightfully and could
not stanch his wound. This the Queen
bound up in proper surgical fashion.
afterward causing the poor fellow to
be carried to his cottage. No wonder
Queen Amelie is beloved.
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messed many terrible sight upon the
battleflelds and in the soldiers hospi-
tails.
There her skill in nursing earned for
her the title Mother of the Wounded"
and when peace was signed there was
erected in her honor by the wives OF
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accession to the throne of Prussia to the
close of his brief reign, and all that time
his wife was his nurse OF nurses, always
with him, his minister!ng angel, his com
forter. his Joy.
IN many Of the courts of Europe
there are queens who are practical and
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1 4 is the gentle and skillful nursing
he has received from his beauti-
ful Queen.
Alexandra of England is not the only
royal embodiment of steel-like nerve,
infinite patience, tender and sympathetic
i'm a word, all those qualities that 20
to make up the ideal nurse, that min
istering angel at the bed of sickness
and pain.
All the King of Denmark's daughters
are good nurses, said the late Car
once; and he was right, and had proved
his assertion. Experience, allied to
their natural propensity for nursing,
has made these royal sisters accom-
plished beyond the ordinary trained
nurse in all the requirements of a sick
room.
The Duchess of Cumberland, whose
own son was lost to her after an abb
dominal operation; the Dowager Czarina
of Russia, whose husbands tedious and
painful illness was soothed by her skill,
are, with Queen Alexandra, accomplish
ed nurses who are personally interested
in every branch of the calling.
Alexandra's Apprenticeship.
Queen Alexandra has served a long
and arduous apprenticeship to the pro-
fession Of nursing. She may be said TO
have been probationer in 1871. when
the King (then Prince of Wales) was |
stricken with typhoid fever. But even |
at that trying period she was skillful. |
full of resources and OF never-fagging |
devotion, and she it was who led her
recovering husband along the weary road |
OF convalescence when the severe fight |
was over.
When her elder son fell victim to |
influenza, she night and day, setting
aside her agony of despair, soothed his |
sufferings and whispered to him loving
words Of hope and encouragement ere
he set out on the long journey from
which he was never to return. There
is not a professional nurse in England
who does not reverence and love the
Queen as her example, and those whom
she has called together to Marlborough
House from time to time for decorations
and to enjoy her hospitality own proof
positive OF her Jealous affection for the
profession they adorn.
King Edwards Sister.
King Edwards sister, the Princess
Alice, was the nurse par excellence of
the royal family. She 1t was who, quite
as a girl, when the Prince Consort. her
father. was taken i'll, was his constant
attendant. The Queen utterly broke
down during the critical hours OF suffer-
ing; but Princess Alice steadfastly main
tained the position of nurse she took
upon herself. and to the end was every
body's treasure, drying the tears of
those who wept, soothing the agony of
the father she adored, even singing 20
Kim before he died the hymns he best
loved. {
The late Empress Frederick, King Ed
wards eldest and dearly beloved sister '
was another most experienced nurse.
Scarcely an hour can the Emperor Fred
erick have been free from pain from his
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nursing. and she was by nature very
sympathetic child. full of compassion
for the trials of others.
Her mother. who was only eighteen
years old at the time of the little Elz-
abeths birth. was the wife OF Prince
Hermann zu Wied. Her brother, Otto.
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accomplished nurses. Queen Elizabeth.
whose nom de plume, Carmen sylvia"
is familiar to the literary world is one
OF them. While a very little girl the
sad circumstances Of her mothers and
tiny brothers ill-health inclined her
toward the exercise OF her talents for
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was the invalid OF the family, sufferer
from his birth. until at the age of
twelve he passed away. During her
married life the Queen OF Roumania
saw much sickness. She lost her only
child when 1t was but four years old.
and during the wars OF 1S77-1s.S wit