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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1908.
A GENERAL PRIMARY.

The Gubernatorial campaign OF
1904 in this State is to be very
interesting one, from present lndl-
cations. There are already, for
the exalted Office of Governor,
three candidates in the field, viz:
Hon. w. H. Price, of Lafourche,
General Leon Jastremski, of East
Baton Rouge, and Hon. n. Z.
Blanchard, of Caddo. 1t is highly
probable that a number of others
will announce themselves as the
campaign progresses. The gen.
tiemen named are all men OF
high integrity and loyal and I'M
swerving Democrats, who have
rendered signal services to the
party. Either of them would MI
the Office with credit and ability.
The main issue will undoubtedly
be a general State primary system
of choosing candidates as against
parochial primaries, the election
of delegates and nominating con-
ventiors, this last plan being now
ia vogue. The general State pri-
mary plan now obtains in every
Southern State, except Louisiana,
and it's. advocates are using this
argument to have it put in prac-
tice ia Louisiana. General JAS
tremski favors the primary cleo
ton plan of selecting candidates
for all public officers. Mr.. Price
takes issue with him and thinks
the delegate and convention plan
far less cumbersome and expen-
sive and as fully as equitable if
properly conducted-the delegates
to be chosen by primary elections
in the wards and parishes. Mr..
Blanchard has not as yet, pro-
nounced himself on the subject.
Just at this time, in the State OF
Mississippi, all candidates for Of
fce are ,eing selected by gene
raj primary. In giving every cit
izen an opportunity to test his
popularity with his fellow-citi-
zens, there can be no doubt but
that the general primary election
plan of selecting candidates is a
thoroughly Democratic one.
On the other hand, the election
laws of Louisiana, as they now
exist, have greatly reduced the
vote throughout the State and has
confined it to the best element,
presumably. This being SO, it
would seem to be the part of po-
litical equity and in conformity
with good Democratic doctrine to
allow each voter a direct voice in
the selection of all candidates.
The question of a general pri-
mary for the nomination of all
State officers is being extensively
agitated throughout the State, and
IL a matter which should appeal
strongly to every voter. Prima-
ries, honestly conducted, are the
freest mode of expressing popular
sentiment and the, BANNER has
always favored such in parochial
matters, and now favor q general
primary election for State Of
ficers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18
CHARTER
OF THE
Observation-Disclosures OIL
COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY. J

UNI ~ , "A ES OE a vi ENlCa,
STATE OF LOUISIANA, :
PARISH OF ST. MARY. J
Be it known. That on this Fifth da,
of May, 1903, before me, Francois P
Perret, IL Notary Public. in and 70,
the Parish of ST. Mary. State of LOUISE
ana. duly commissioned and qualified as
such, and in the presence of the wit
! neSses hereafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared the per-
sons whose names are hereinafter signed
who severaily declared that awaiting
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of the State of Louisiana relative to the
organization of corporations and all laws
supplementary or amendatory thereto,
they have severally and mutually agreed
and covenanted among themselves and
with each other to form, constitute and
organize, and do by these presents form,
constitute and organize themselves into
corporation for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations and
agreements hereinafter set forth and eX-
pressed.
ARTICLE /.
This corporation assumes the name and
title of THE HOUSSIERE-LAT-
RIELLE OIL COMPANY; it's domi-
cile shall be in the Town Of Franklin,
Parish Of st. Mary, Louisiana; and it
shall enjoy and have succession in its
corporate name for the period of ninety
nine years from the date hereof. All
citations and legal process shall be
served on the President, and in his alb
sence upon the Nice-Presdent. or in the
oh <,g l.oyh 4
Treasurer.
ARTICLE II.
This corporation shall have the bower
to contract, sue and be sued, and to
make and use il corporate seal, and the
same to alter or break at pleasure; to
purchase, hold. receive, sell, lease, as
well as mortgage, hopothecate or pledge
property, both real or personal, corporeal
or incorporeal, rights and credits and all
such chooses III action, in such manner
as may be allowed by the State of Lou
lSlana, or in any other State of the
United States: to issue bonds, promissory
notes or other evidence of indebtedness;
to name, elect and appoint all such Of
ticers, directors, managers and agents as
the Interest and cOnveniences of said
corporation may require, and to provide
for their payment, removal, substitution
in case of death, resignation, absence or
inability to act, or other sufficient cause,
as well as for their discharge; to make
and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the conduct of it's affairs
as may be necessary, convenient or
proper, and the same to change, alter or
amend at pleasure; and to do all such
other acts or things as may be necessary
to or facilitate the carrying out the OBJ
Jects and purposes of this corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

While st. Helena Parish ranks
among the small ones in regards
to territory, she stands at the
head when it comes to taking &C
ton in political matters. Its Ex-
ecutive Committee me, recently
to settle matters politically as
soon as possible, and has called
primary for the nomination of
parish officers for September 18th.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

Tt is daily noticeable that the
racial feeling throughout the
country is getting worse and
worse. The young negro of to-
day is shiftless and worthless :.
The appointment of negroes to
high positions, and Booker T..
Washington dinners by the Pres
ident are seeds sown that are
bound to bring forth trouble for
all time to come.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

Mrs. Eliza Boardman Bunny,
who died in Pennsylvania recent
ly, was generally known as the
"mother of women stenogra-
phers," and as such, will doubt
less long be held in grateful re-
membrance by the yearly increas-
ing army of wage-earning women.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

The physical collapse of Charles
n. Schwab, owing to the tre-
mendons demands made on his
Vitality, is reminder of the good
axiom warning men against burn
ing tile candle at both ends. The
result is quick oblivion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

In the federal courts at Mont
gomery, Ala, few days ago,
two men pleaded guilty to charges
OF peonage and were sentenced to
terms of one year and one day in
the penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court, Parish
of st. Mary.
Succession Of Louis A. Upscn, Dec Il

Notice is hereby given that Mrs, Nellie T..
billings, Administrators of the Estate OF
Louis A. Epson, decd, on the 30th day of
June, 1903, filed with the Clerk of this Hon :
Orable Court her final account of admins
tration, together with her petition praying
for the hOmOlogatioh thereof and to be dis
charged as inistratrix. All parties in in
terest are accordingly required to file their
opposition thereto within ten days from the
day Of this advertisement.
Given at Franklin, La, this Goth day of
June, A. d. 1903.
WILBUR II. KRAMER
Clerk of Court.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

Rather than keep in the back
ground, Indiana is having a little
set-to with the negro.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

The Chicago Tribune is con-
strained to remark that
If yOu were the monarch of Scrvia
THonld certainly somewhat unncrvia.
T0think every night
~ YOU blow out the light
OF how your dear subjects might SER
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

For a lazy liver try Chamber.aih0
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They in.
vigorate the liver. aid digestion, regu'
late the bowels and prevent bilious At
tacks.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

i1ewspape.s 3ished in the Town Of
Franklin, Louisiana, and elected by
three-fourths OF the entire capital stock
present or represented at such meeting,
Said commissioners shall remain III Of
fee until the affairs of the said corpo-
ration shall have been fully liquidated,
and in case of the death of one or more
of the said commissioners. the other
commissioner or commissioners shall be
authorized to complete said liquidation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-18

are to be held after due notification
thereof. given by the Secretary of this
corporation by written notice addressed
and mailed to the stockholders at their
usual post office or served personally up
on them, as shall be provided for in the
bylaws Of this corporation, it is how
ever, provided that the Board of Dircc-
tors hereinafter named to constitute the
first Board of Directors of this corpora
ton, as well as those subsequently elect
ed, under these articles of the corpora
ton, shall continue in office until their
successors shall have been duly elected
aud indicted into office. For the trans
action of any and all business of this cor
poration the majority of the members of
this Board of Directors shall constitute
quorum, and at the first meeting of said
Board, after the first annual election
hereinabOvc provided for, they shall
elect from their number President and
Vice-President, a Secretary and Treasu-
rer, aud a General Manager, and such
other officers rs may be provided for in
the bylaws of this corporation, end said
Board OF Directors and their successors
shall be authorized to appoint from time
to time, such other officers, agents and
employees as they may deem necessary
to the proper management and carrying
out OF the business vi the corporation,
and shall likewise fix the compensation
OF such agents, officers and employees,
and shall have the right to establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations which
may be deemed requisite for the support,
management and regulation of this cor
pOration.
At all meetings of the stockholders
each stakeholder shall be entitled to one
vote, in person or by proxy, for each
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
CORVALLIS, OREGON, JUNE 4 1908.

men engaged in the work have not
slept since Sunday.
In the east bottoms it 'is reported
that go people were drowned from
the Crescent Hotel district last
night. These people were Belgians
and refused to leave their little
homes, mot believing the waters
would reach them. Last evening
their houses began to float and were
carried down the swift current to
destruction.
Much trouble is occasioned by
thieves who are orga nized into pill
laying bands that ovsrrun the city.
The United States government has
decided to send troops from Fort
Leavenworth to guard against this
horde of scoundrels.
It is feared that fire will break
out in the city, which, should 1t
happen, dire calamity would be
the result, as the city is without
water and in darkness as well. A
rather high wind sprang up at noon
today, but, providentially, subsidized
before o'clock.
There is great danger of food
famine, as there is not sufficient
supply on hand to administer to
the absolute wants of the refugees.
The number of dead cannot be esti.
mated at the present time, but the
figures given out yesterday will not
cover the mortality occasioned by
tho fearful conditions of the last
two days.
The loss Of property will be at
least $4,000, 900, and in all prob
ability will amount much higher.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06

Dixie, WASH, June IA strip
Of country. mile wide and several
miles long, at the base of a range
of hills a few miles south of Dixie,
was visited by violent hail storm
Sunday night that wrought havoc
on the farms of H. D. Eldridge, D.
J. Kelly and Orlando Dsmaris.
Hailstones the size of partridge
eggs covered the ground to depth
of three feet. Yesterday morning
the hailstones were stacked three
feet high along the demolished rail
fences. The fences were battered
down, and will have to be rebuilt.
Strawberry vines were beaten into
the ground and entirely ruined; !;
cherries were knocked off the trees,
and the alfalfa and wheat fields
look as if they had been trampled
by herds Of cattle.
The rain, which accompanied the
hail fell in torrents. Fearing that
a cloudburst had occurred Mr.. Ell
bridge prepared to take his family
and flee to the hills near by.
Mr.. Eldridge's loss will amount
to $500. In addition to crop dam
ages a number of head of hogs were
drowned. The storm was a phe-
nomenon. The noise was heard
four mi1es a way by Andy Tash. a
rancher.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
For Sale.

A we'll bred driving mare, harness and
buggy, Will sell all or any. En--"i
quire at this office.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06

AduSdS Sttv, cuuS AZ q
clock this afternoon the situation
is the gravest that can be imagined.
The day is cold and drizzling rain
is falling to add to the misery of
the situation.
The river is still rising slowly
and in the flooded districts the wa
ters are mad raging torrents. Boats
are unable to reach the hundreds
of imprisoned people who have
since yesterday been signaling dis
tress from house tops and from the
windows of buildings which have
become the temporary places of re-
treat.
Women and children are suffer-
ing terribly in many instances.
Scanty apparel, lack of food and
the hopelessness of realizing that
everything they possessed has been
swept away by the floods, adds to
their suferings. Strong men are
breaking down under the strain,
and it is reported that three sui
cides have occurred today. Anoth.
er special meeting Of the city coun-
Gil will be held this morning and
more funds will be appropriated for
relief funds before night. The re-
Lief committees are working day
and night, and many men and wo-
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
Willamette Valley
Banking Company.
CORVALLIS OREGON.
Responsibility, 500, 900
A General Banking Business.
Exchange issued payable at all finan-
cial centers in United States, Canada
and Europe.
Principal Correspondents.
PORTLAND-London& g. San Francisco Bank
Limited; Canadian Bank of Commerce.
SAN FRANCISCO-London g. San Francis
co Bank Limited.
NEW YORK-Messrs. j. P. Morgan g. Co.
CHICAGO-First National Bank
LONDON, ENG.-London g. San Francisco
Bank Limited.
SEATTLE AND decentralization & San
Francisco Bank Limited.
CORVALLIS & EASTERN
RAILROAD.
| Time Card Number 81.
CORVALLIS OREGON.

2 For Yaquina:
Train leaves Albany. ....... I2:45 p. m
" Corvallis. 800. 200 p. m
sc arrives Yaquina. 6:25 p. m
Returning:
Leaves Yaquina.. 6:45 a. N
Leaves Corvallis. .II:3o aim
Arrives Albany. ...........I .I2:I5 psm
8 For Detroit:
Leaves Albany .............. 700 a. m
Arrives Detroit. ..........I2:O5 p. m
from Detroit:
Leaves Detroit .I245 p. m
Arrives Albany. ............ 5:35 p. m
Train No. arrives in Albany in time
to connect with S P south bound train,
as well as giving two or three hours in
Albany before departure of S P north
bound train.
Train No connects with the S trains
at Corvallis and Albany giving direct SER
vice to Newport and adjacent beaches.
Train for Detroit, Breitenbush and
other mountain resorts leaves Albany at
ZOO a. m, reaching Detroit at noon, Civ
ing ample time to reach the Springs the
same day.
For further information apply to
EDWIN STONE,
Manager.
II. FL. Cronise. Agent Corvallis.
Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06

Galnesvllle, Ga., June Z.-Ihe
5000 inhabitants of this city have
tonight just begun to realize the ex.
tent of the appalling disaster Of
yesterday. 1t now seems that the
death list will not be much short
Of 100, perhaps somewhat over 100;
a considerable number of danger
ously wounded, whose chances for
recovery cannot be calculated.
Figuring from an available
source, and giving credence only to
those reports which are believed to
be trustworthy, the following is a
summary of the effects of the lorna
do in Gainesville and its suburbs:
One hundred killed, $50 injured,
of whom 20 will die; 300 homeless,
their residences having been wiped
out of existence; property loss of
about $500, 600, none of which is
covered by storm insurance.
The death list 80 far compiled in
cludes 80 at the Pacelet cotton mills
at New Holland, all of whom were
killed in the demolition Of the COM
pany's cottages, and 36 at the
Gainesville cotton mills, near the
Southern Railway station, where
the tornado first struck.
Vancouver, June 2.-Vera Hew-
ton, the 3-year-Old daughter of "A.
Newton of this city, was nearly
killed in an encounter with a fero-
rocious Leghorn rooster. The child
was running across a vacant lot
near her home when she was attack
ed by the fowl. He was a monster
of his kind, standing more than two
feet high.
The chiId's mother heard her
scream, and when the woman ran
to the rescue, the child had fallen
and the rooster was inaicting se-
we're wounds on the youngsters
head and shoulders. 1T was half
an hour before the child recovered
consciousness. The holes were cut
entirely through her cheek, making
it necessary to take five stitches to
close the wound. A policeman shot
the rooster.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
STORM AND FLOOD
VAST DESTRUCTION OF PROPER.
ERTY IN SOUTH AND
MIDDLE WEST.
Many Lives Lost-Whole Towns
Depopulated, and Thousands
of Acres of Grain Destroy
ed-Aid for Sufferers
Other News.

st. Louis, June "A special to
the Post-Dispatch, from Keokuk,
Ia., says: Six hundred square
miles of Rich farming land along
the Missouri south of here is un-
der water. The Egyptian levee
broke during the night in two pla-
ces, and there are now more than
twenty breaks in it. This levee
runs from the Mississippi at tAlexan
dria to the Bluffs, and protects the
town and shore as far south as
Hannibal from overflow of the Des
Moines. A strip of country 10 wide
and 80 miles long is now under wa
ter, and the crops, which never
looked better, will be total loss.
Much of the land overfowed has
not been flooded for 33 years. The
loss will reach 81. 000, 600.
The town Of Alexandra, Ia, six
miles south of Keokuk, is entirely
submerged, and the people are liv-
ing In the second stories or making
preparations to move.
A strip 800 feet long and 25 feet
wide along the river front is the
only land In the town that is not
flooded. This is covered with cat
tie, horses, hogs and people, with
their household belongings, and
the problem of transporting them is
is serious one. Grave fears are
entertained for the safety of the
Hunt levee, which protects the bot
toms from Warsaw TO Quincy, on
the Illinois side. Men are at work
on it, and 1t can stand few more
inches of rise. The loss of live
stock will prove very heavy.
st. Louis, June 2-Tbe Missis-
sippi river has risen to 80 feet, the
danger line, at st. Louis and con-
tinues to rise more than two feet q
day. Indications are that the 81
foot stage at st. Louis, predicted by
the civil service bureau, Thursday
or Friday morning, will be exceed
ed. A 34-foot stage at st. Louis
means immense loss. Already
thousands of acres of land. the most
productive in the Middle West, on
the Missouri and Illinois sides, are
under water. Hundreds of thous-
ands have been lost to Illinois and
Missouri farmers through ruined
crops. In half-dozen places be-
tween Alton and st. Louis, the riv-
er, with its lsgoons and bayous, is
from fiye to seven miles wide. At
St. Charles, Mo-, the water has
spread out over three miles of coun-
try, covering farms and driving out
families from their homes.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
Adminissratpr's Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the County Court of
the State of Oregon for the County of Benton,
administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jane
Shipley, deceased. ALI persons having claims
sent the same properly verified as by law re-
Quired at the office of Yates q Yates. Corvallis,
Oregon within six months from the date here Of
Dated at Corvallis, oregon, this 18th day Of
May, 1908.
Al. SHIPLEY,
Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jane
Shtpley, deceased.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06

Hannibal, Mo-, June 2.-The
Mississippi tonight is six feet above
the danger line. Thousands Of
acres of fertile farm lands about
this city are devastated, causing
loss estimated ut not less than
100000. The town of Shepherd,
ILL.,, is depopulated, and it's resi-
dents were driven away by the
flood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-05-14
THE BERRY BUSINESS GOOD.

TIE Goldshoro correspondent to tie
Raleigh Post OF Sunday said:
"Mr. Jno. R. Bell, of Mt. Olive, was
in the city to-day. He says that the
straw berry crop will net the farmers
more none; than last year. The vines
keep bearing ana Tie berries ars sell!
Ing to-day at $3.50 t., So co a crate, and
buyers are anxious tor them at that
price. He remarked in jocular way
that the income tax was the only wor-
ry that the strawberry planter had
now. Some are afraid that their in
comes will be such as will compel them
to pay a tax. With all seriousness he
said that there were plenty of negroes
who owned little patch OF land walk
ing around in the community with
$500 in their pockets and few had
considerably more in the banks.
every body in the strawberry dis.
trict is in prosperous condition, even
down to the day laborer. The mer-
Oh: nts who sold goods on strawberry
time haye had good collections and are
now selling quantities of dry goods and
clothing at good prices for the money.
The land owner who leased land tor the
money, as they do in the trucking dis
trlcts, has got his rent and the renter
Is still selling his products at a good
profit and laying aside money to COM
olete his other crops, all OF which will
% his own. Perhaps nowhere else in
the State does such a prosperous condl-
ton exist among the farmers"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-05-14
ABOUT CARNIVALS.

The carnival which was held il
Raleigh last week seems to have been
on little higher plane than such per-
formances usually are. And yet, &C
cording to the report made by the
News and Observer through an inter-
view had with many business men.
there is reason to believe that Raleigh
was little helped, if not much hurt by
the carnival.
Almost every one said that the
amusements were nice, with the ex-
ception of one indecent show which
was shut up, or made to conform to
oecency; but in matters financial it
did Raleigh little or no good.
A gentleman who was there and
made some observations OF it all said
:: in THE COMMONWEALTH office this
week that it will take Raleigh some
months to overcome the set. back which
the carnival gave the city,.
The opinion of majority OF the
clearest headed men in every town
where such street exhibitions are held
is, that the towns which have them
once are satisfied with the experience.
ana wish it no more.