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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-27

If the gentleman who stole o9.f
subscription book out-fSa,ff the
4iss will seiisg it basf no ques-
lions viii be asked and no shoot
ing done.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-27
ARTICLE VII.

The president, or in his absence or inabiz
TO act. the wee president shall give each stoE
holder ten DAYS notice in writing throughh
mails before the annual meeting oil the stoel
holders or any call meeting, provided thsti
all stockholders, and said call meetings So
be held within said delay
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-27
ARTICLE VII.

No stakeholder suall in any event be Lad
for the contracts or faults CT this corporate
o. its officers. beyond the unpais. balance d
- shares o. stock owned by HIM shares
stock may be conveyed, sold or transferred I
the books OF HE company in person or
attorney; and no person shall have the right
vote on shares vi stock transferred to him IN
the transfer shall first have been made on
books o. the company.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-27
timber an -imbered :. : and 20 d" =
o.ner thintrs ne Ssary or pertinent Z
operation heir plants OF business

timber an, -imbered :. = and 20 d al
o.oer thinrs ne ssary or pertinent t, ae
operation heir plants of business
ARTIL-E ".
The nita stock OF this ~poration shall b
Ton Thousand CsIO.OOoG0l L.llars consisting Of
and represented By ten thousand shares ola
mar value of ore dollar each And said corpora
tom shall be is hereby authorized to begin
,siness wen Three Thouss1d shares shan
havr been Inscribed for a. ps in Al
s,e issued by said rporation shall be paid
in cash or property at n fair valuation, on
in notes to be ar wed by the board of drec-
tors The Original stockholders shall hass
preference in buying r unsubscribed portioal
OF the stock.
ARTICLE Y.
The corporate powers o. his corporatiou
shall be vested in a board of directors TO b
| con ed of seven stockholders of said cos-l
poration and majority If said board q
directors shall constitute a quorum They
shall fill all vacancies in their board and all.
vacancies in the officers of the corporation
The stockholders shall meet annually on the
! fourth Monday in JAM wand - said meetings
: shall elect a board OF ,.Irecto.s and transact
any lawful business that ma come before
| them at said meetings, and s. board Of
directors shall meet within SCI : DAYS there
ter and elect president, vice president. u
secretary and treasurer and a general manager
to serve for the ensuing year from among their
own number.
/ The frs roard of director l. 1 he and are
hereby d. AIRED to be l. +. Siess, II. t. Pye
I IN I u Ut
| Earl E. Kidd and G.. p. Long, and the first
office OF he corporation shall be rs follows.
lie. siess, President; q. P. Long, zee Presi-'
dent; Ii. I. Pye, Secretary and Treasurer and
jaime Shavaiier, General Manager. Said first
officers shall hold office until the fourth Mon
/ day in January 4. d. 1901, and all officers 10
hold Office un their successors are elected o.
appointed and qualified. In all elections f0l
directors each stakeholder shall b. entitled %
| one vote for each share OF stock he'd by him
| and these votes must be cast by the stock.
holder in person or by proxy authorized in
| such n manner as may be required by the board
| OF directors in their general rules and bylaws.
and a majority of the votes cast shall elect
The board of directors shall ma fe such bylaws
rules and regulations as may "e necessary for
| tht proper management of the business OF tina
corporation nay change OF amend same a
| II " deem best, and shall have power OF pro-
vl.ing for contracting debts, borrowing money
Issuing bills or exchange. notes, accep;ances
for the exet on .; mortgages and hypotheca.
tons and for doing all things incident 20 ths
objects and purposes of the corporation, and
shall have authority to vest the generx
mar !, er with such OF these powers as the
/ uI.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-27

Thus done, passed and signed in the p-esez
of j. r Witt and J.. $. White. legal and eaus
tent witnesses, on this the date first a.
written, in my office in the togFn of winna1
in the Parish of VIM, State OF Louisiana,
in the presence OF me said Notary Public
Us. PETERS.
Notary PuhlR1
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
THE KINGS STORY TELLER.

this. too. They hired a page, who was
TO watch and stop the machine or set
Il going, while they either slept in COM
fort or went TO their homes. OF course.
they paid the cIockmaker well.
One night the page fell fast asleep and
the King. wishing to sleep also. ordered
the story teller to cease. The page. be-
Ing asleep. did not hear him for some
time. Then he awoke to find the King
sitting UP in bed and staring with wond-
er at the Iron Man. In a few moments
the frightened page. who. however. was
not such fool as the story telIers had
thought him, had told the King all
about 1t. The King sprang out of bed
and examined the Iron Man with great
delight.
do you know how to make 1t go and
TO stop it?" asked the King.
Yes, SIR" said the page.
well, then" cried his majesty,
what is the use of further keeping
those lazy story telleTs, who have so
cheated me? I will give them a les
SON.
So when the story teller whose duty il
was TO be there that morning came.
the King was very queer toward him,
and arose so quickly that the poor story
teller had no time TO wheel the Iron
Man out. In a mighty short time he
discovered that the King had found
II all out.
He was so frightened that. without
waiting to know how the King felt
about It, he ran away and told the other
story teller. They hurried to the clock
maker and his sons. aud they all es-
capped into the next kingdom as fast as
they could. When the King heard OF
this he laughed and thought how well
he had got rid of them.
ITO Be Continued.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

the stairs and snatched my-my-
money" said the man falteringly.
1T is not truei" said DUMMY, atoutly.
1T Is, too" said the man, doggedly.
And that moment a portly, well-dress-
ed man pushed his way through the
crowd DUMMY saw him and cried out:
oh, Mr.. De Witt! Here's your bank
book! And the deposit is all right, sir.
Mr.. Cole sent me to the bank with IL and
this man tried to steal itV'
What's this? What's this, my boy?
My bank book? Why. so it is. bless my
souli This boy is In my employ. Mr..
Policeman, and this is certainly my bank
Is state OF affairs. What does il ali
mean?"
i guess you'd better take care Of that
gentleman, Mr.. Policeman" said Mr.. De
Witt, pointing to the scowling and de-
hant thief And you come with me, my
boy We'd better take the money back
10 the office and see II it is all right"
There were a good many eager and
not altogether unenYious faces at the
plate glass windows of De Witt & Co. &
establishment when Mr. De Witt drove
up with DUMMY sitting by his side They
went into Mr.. De Wits private Office.
followed by Mr.. Cole, and when DUMMY
came out IT was with the blushi1g face
that any modest l-Sy would have had
after listening TO all the complimentary
things Mr.. De Witt had said about Dur
by's pluck. Mr.. Cole had put aside his
coldness OF manner long enough TO say
that he guessed that a boy Ike DUMMY
could be made useful in some better po-
sitton than that OF general Office boy.
II there's anything / do like In a boy
IL is pluck" said SIR. Cole. and when
= is coupled with absolute fdelity TO
duty II is combination that just suits
me"
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
DUMBY'S PLUCK.

while his courage did not desert him
TOT a moment. He was on his feet
IN time 10 see the man turn from the
nall toward the stairs DUMMY realized
that 1t would be impossible for him TO
oVertake the thief before he had reached
the street by following him down the
stairs. The push DUMMY had received
nad sent him Keeling violently toward
the open window
twas about eighteen feet from the
window TO the street below. but Duub,,
gave no thought to this.
That money 1t was intrusted 70 nv,
care! l am responsible for it'll Thsv
may mink l stole it If the thief es
Capes!" Cd
Ihese thoughts were in the boys mind
as ne climbed out upon the window sill.
It1 huhg ior few seconds to the stons
| SIN, ana then dropped Just in time ~
IAN heavily on the shoulders of thu
thlet as he rushed out of the door below.
me result was much worse for the
thlef than for the boy. The man Ind
broken the force of Dumby's fall. and
while the boy fell heavily TO the ground
no bones were broken. nor was ba
stunned into Inconsistencies. The thief
lay stunned on the pavement. with the
bank book in his hand.
It's mine!' said DUMMY to the fast
gathering crowd, as he snatched the
Dank book from the PROSTATE mans
hand. AT least. it is in my care. IT
belongs TO Dewitt & Co., over on X
Street.
The crowd looked incredulous. A DO
liceman made his appearance.
WHAT'S the trouble here?' he asked.
What's the matter with the mann"
he tried to rob me- said DUMMY.
He snatched this bank book from ne
Just as 1 was going into the door OF the
bank. but jumped out of a window and
landed fat on him, and got the money
again"
There was note OF triumph in Dunn
oys voice The policeman lifted the
man to sitting position He opened his
eyes and groaned and set his teeth to-
gether as II in pain. There was an evil
look In his eye as he looked toward
DUMMY.
What have you got TO say about
this" asked the policeman.
The boy-he-pushed me-6own the
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

q ONE one in the office had nick
named him DUMMY because he
was such a quiet boy, and not be-
cause he was stupid. He seldom had
anything TO say, but he was never sui
len and never impertinent. His duties
were well and faithfully performed. He
had way of whistling softly while
about mis- work. but he was never noisy.
He never had to be told anything twice.
and there was not more truthful boy
in the office
DUMMY was the shabbiest boy in the
whole office, but If silence was a matter
OF choice. his shabbiness was not He
had gentlemanly instincts and would
nave liked TO be well dressed. He could
not do this on a salary of IS a week
II took half of all he earned to pay
the rent of the three tiny rooms in
which he and his widowed mother and
his two little sisters lived. His mother
earned g a week IN shirt factory. The
money The boy and his mother earned
was the sole income OF the family.
Dumby's mother called him by his right
name of Edgar. and he never told her
that the boys in the Office called him
DUMMY
There were eight or ten boys and ff-
teen men in the ONCE in which DUMMY
worked. DUMMY was at the beck and
call of several of the clerks, and when
a certain bell rang he had to present
himself in the private Office OF Mr. De
Witt, the manager Of the entire bust
ness
Sr. De Witt usually addressed DUMMY
as Boy" Sometimes he said my boy -
for he was of kindly disposition, al
though he did not manifest any interest
IN DUMMY. The cashier. Mr.. Cole. was
abrupt and businesslike, and when he
spoke to DUMMY he usually said, Come.
boy, look alive, now!"
MI Cole was next in authority TO Mr.
De Witt. and when Mr.. De Witt was
away. which was much of the time. Mr..
Cole was manager as we'll as cashier
One day Mr. Cole called DUMMY TO his
desk and said:
Il want you TO take the deposit to the
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
PART I.

l.
@ s:s , s :', s OF stories, s:.i but N, :s::
because his eyes were bad or
because he was too lazy he did not care
TO read them. His great desire was to
hear them told. Whenever or wherever
he heard Of any good story tellers he
had them brought to the palace, and IN
a short time tired them out. After a
while he appointed two men to be near
him always, day and night, to relate a
story should he happen to wake up and
want to hear one. These men got dread
fully tired OF II and wanted to give up
their positions, but the King would not
let them. Still, he was very kind to
them, and they were fast growing rich.
At last one of these men happened 20
meet with an ingenious clockmaker, TO
whom he told his troubles. While he
was telling them an idea came into the
head of the clockmaker, and he said: 81
am poor and you are rich. If you will
pay me we'll. I will make you an iron
man with clockwork inside that will tell
others" The story teller was delighted
Only" said he. 'if the King has this
iron man, the other story teller and
myself will lose our places and the rich
presents the King gives US. The worst
is at night, when one of us has TO sit
up ready with story at any moment &"
Then" said the clockmaker, that
would be all the better. The King could
wake up or drop asleep. just as he
liked; there would be the man going
right on with the stories"
But. said the story teller, 1.-THE King
is very angry II we don't stop instantly,
and If the man goes right on he will
ind out 1t is a cheat"
Here the story teller ran away as fast
as ne could to the palace. for his time
was up.
The cIockmaker set to work, and in a
short time made the iron man. It looked
Just like one Of the story teIlers. and
what was more wonderful, IL could have
voice like one or the other of them
by turning screw. Then there was an
arrangement whereby a paper full of
little holes or Sits was put into the
machine. By this they made the iron
man tell any story that was put on the
paper.
The story teller had told his compan-
ion all about 1t, and they agreed to ~
IL on the King Only one was to stay
and watch IL so as 20 stop 1t when III,
King did not want to listen any more
They smuggled the iron man into the
/ palace and into the room next 70 the
| Kings bedroom. After the King had
retired they wheeled IL in softeIy. 70.
! IL made no more noise than the small
est bird, and then when the King asked
] for a story they set il going. II worked
| beautifully, but they had to he careful
not 10 make the least noise themselves
! lest the King hear them or see them
| The Kings bed had great curtains that
shaded II and kept out the light. The
/ iron man was a complete success at
! first, but unfortunately the story teller
/ had to be moved back into the
anteroom before morning, and one o.
| them had to stand there ready when
the King woke end was dressed. So they
we're not much better of than before
/ But after few days they managed
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
A TOY BOOMERANG.

Most boys know that the boomerang
Is weapon used by the natives of Aus
tralia It consists OF an irregularly shap-
ed piece of hardwood. so fashioned that
IL can be thrown at an angle, widely
different from the direction in which it
is started
The savages are quite skillful in its
use. and one of their favorite ways OF
throwing IL is to make IL skim along the
ground for about a hundred feet, and
then. rising in the air, double back on
its course and hit mark only a few
feet IN front OF the thrower
Our boys need not hope TO become
skillfuI in the use Of the weapon, even IL
they had one properly made. but they
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
ALTHOUGH I'm horse have never been ridden ~ THE TAN
AS I've boots shalt never be driven oS@A@A
THE TAME
BABY MOOSE
TT HIS is a letter which a boy reader

IT HIS is a letter which a boy reader
received a few weeks ago from
his uncle, who was on a hunting
expedition in Canada. 1t shows how
tame wild animal can be before 1t is
frightened by a human being:
My dear AIden-I am sending you a
picture OF a baby moose, which took
last week in the woods was padding
along in my canoe. when. on passing a
small island. heard this little moose
crying for his mother. / went there,
saw him among the trees, and thought
would take picture OF him
While I was trying to get 1t on the
plate in the camera. he happened 10 see
me, and as I was the first person he
had ever seen, OF course. thought I was
some other kind OF an animal. who was
probably away from his mother, which 7
was. great many more miles away
than the moose. he came up to me
and started TO make friends.
I patted him and soon found that he
was quite contented to stay with me.
However, when I had taken his photo
graph, I wanted TO return to my camp.
do lld0 AOL-DcCu there EOf Two GAYS.
having slept out IN a small tent in the
woods each night.
The baby moose would not leave me.
and followed me like a dog right down
TO the canoe. In fact, when he got to
the edge OF the lake he fell in aud had
to pick him out and put him on dry land
again. / then saw that he would try to
follow me wherever I went, so. having
some condensed milk in the canoe,
found a piece OF birch bark and put
some Of the milk on it and walked back
to where I had first discovered him.
When we got there I took the piece
OF bark with the milk on and poked it
under his nose. and he Immediately be-
gan to lick ii of, SO ! put the bark on
the ground and he lay down and com
menced TO eat il, and he seemed very
happy when I left him.
I guess his mother came back pretty
soon afterward, and wondered where he
got the condensed milk. The picture.
you will see, makes him look very
shaly, on his long legs, but he was only
few days old, and by nett fail he viii
be able to run much faster than your
white horse, old SNOWFALL. I saw sew
eral other moose while was away, and
killed two bears, one very big one.
When he stood on his hind legs his
head was higher than the mast OF your
big boat. the Seabright, that stands on
the mantlepiece at home. Your affec-
Tomato
UNCLE CHARLIE.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

bank today. Heffern. the boy who usu-
ally takes 1t, is at home sick. You can
do st can't you?"
Yes. sir
You will need to be very careful with
it."
yes. sir: 7 know"
There's over $4,000 In cash and
checks that are the same as cash. Have
you an inside pocket to your jacket?''
Yes, sir
Wen, put the bank book and money
in there and button your jacket up tight
before you go oat."
The bank was but a few blocks dis
tant. Il was on the second floor in
a large business block A flight OF
marble steps led from the street en-
trance up to the floor on which the
banking rooms were. DUMMY unbuttoned
his Jacket and took out the bank book
as he climbed the marble stairs He
stopped for half minute at the head
OF the stairs TO arrange the bills neatly
then he walked down wide hall % a
door leading into the bank. with the
bank book in his hands. He paid no
heed 20 a man standing by an open
window at the end OF the hall, appar-
emily doing nothing but gazing down
into the street below
The man turned around when he heard
the boys footsteps on the marble floor
OF the hall His small. glittering black
eyes fell on the bank book He looked
quickly up and down the hall! There
We're no one in II but himself and Dunn
by. lie Waited until the boy was within
six feet OF him. then he sprang for
ward. snatched the book and its con
tents from the boy and give him a VIC
lent push that sent DUMMY Keeling to
ward the window.
DUMMY. surprised as he was by this
onslaught. kept his wits about him.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
When the Browns go to the seashore
They have adventures by the score.

can get lots OF fun cut of a toy one,
made OF so simple material as card
board
Here are three forms in which one may
be made. To throw it. place 1t on a
book. one end extending beyond the
edge of the book, and then with a small
stick strike il hard on the outer edge,
and it will fly through the air in a very
amusing and unlooked-for manner.
Or it may be thrown by swapping IL
with the forefnger of the right hand
while you hold the book in your left
You had better make the experiment out
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

! was tSe King OF IsllnSton,
Who called Ger has horse when day be
gun,
He rode away.
To war they say,
And did not get back till set of sun.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
DOCTnRED SuGAR.s

81 see now a doctor is claiming that
we ought to eat a certain amount OF
sand"
I'll bet he's IN with my grocer
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
THE CORRECT ANSWER.

Ethel Johnson. of 10 Whitney Avenue.
writes that she found the answer to last
Sundays cartoon to be crabs
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

@ was the King q GaUl.
His throne was 4 ping pong ball:
Put one day. they say.
/ rolled away,
And then il was nothing az all.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
as TIE King OF Kent.

X Was TIE King OF Kent.
Who weat 20 the Tom Of Trent.
Where he bought a crown
And a striped gown
From the Tailor who lived ia a tent.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
Hf0sENG

of doors. for you cannot tell where tho
little thing will fly when you set II on
its course.
The Washington times., 1903-08-09

y was the King of Nice
Who dined upon curry and rice.
On candy hearts
And apple tarts,
And asked them TO help him twice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-30
WESLEY BI-CENTENNIAL
SERMONS ON LIFE OF GREAT
 METHODIST.
Montgomery Churches Celebrated the Two Hundredth Birthday of the
 Great Preacher-a Formal Cele- bration in September.

Sunday being the 2oOth birthday of John Wesley, the founder of Mst:aodisn1, ser mons on his life and character were preached in Methodist pulpits of Mont gomery.
 At the Court Street Methodist Church the pastor. Rev. J. A. Rice. spoke of John Wesley, his early life and character as did Rev A. L.. Andrews. D. D.. pastor of the Dexter Avenue Church.
 The Wesley bi-centennial was celebrat- ed at the Perry Street Church. The Sum- day School had charge of the services at night. Hymns written by Charles Wesley were interspersed with Sunday School songs and four papers were read by mem bers of the school on incidents in the life of Wesley and on the beginnings and greatness of Methodism. to which perti- nent remarks were added by the pastor. Rev. J. H. James.
 The Sunday School made an offering of s200. being q for each year since Wesley's birth. The record of the school this year Is very pleasing to those interested. Its cash offerings amount to over s425.
 At all of the Methodist Churches hymns written by Charles Wesley, a younger brother of John Wesley, were sung.
 The formal celebration of the Wesley bi-centenary will not be given by Mont gomery Methodists until Wednesday. Sep tenber 15 when services will be held In all Montgomery Methodist Churches. These services will continue throughout the week and will culminate Sunday with a great union meeting at the Auditorium.
 Some of the distinguished Methodist speakers of the country will be here at that time.
 - The formal celebration Was postponed until September as the Legislature will then be in session and many prominent Alabema Methodists will be here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-30
.&@<9S S--'ss'SE&evA UN PERSoNAL. KN &A ITEMS C1M

Of the marriage of Miss Edith Hurter and Rev. E. E. Cobbs. The Mobile Herald has the following:
 "A notable social event in Montgomery yesterday morning was the marriage In St. Johns (EpiscopaD Church, of Rev. E. E. Cobbs, rector of the church, and Miss Edith Hurter. daughter of the late Mir. John Hurter and Mrs. Alice Ham mond Hurter. The people of Mobile are interested in this marriage, as both MT. and Mrs. Hurter. parents of the bride, belonged here. The Rev. MT. Cobbs Is grandson of Bishop Cobbs. the first Epis- copal prelate of this State, and the bride is the granddaughter of MT. W. F. Ham mond. one of the founders of St. Johns Church, Mobile, and a descendant of the well known Stickney family. which has always been prominent In the social and religious circles of Alabama. She is hand some, highly cultured and universal fa- vorite in Montgomery. Mir. Cobbs is a young man of brilliant promise and worthy descendant of his illustrious grandfather the late Bishop Cobbs. Rev. Thomas J. Beard of Birmingham. form erly rector of St. Johns Church, of this city, performed the ceremony. which oc- cured at the unusual hour of o'clock ip the morning The sisters of the bride, Misses Carrie Lee Hurter and Janet Hur- ter. were bridesmaids. and among the many guests present were Mss Margaret Hammond of Anniston, Miss Gertrude Bromberg of Mobile Mfr. Lawrence Ham, mond of Cincinnati. and Mir William Hurter of Birmingham. The couple left immediately for New York. from which place they will sail for England. Mir. Cobbs goes for the purpose of attending lectures at Oxford. England"
 Mrs. J. C. Cheney will go to Pensacola tomorrow to join Mir. Cheney They will make their home there for the future. It is with regret that their friends in