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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
SHERIFF,s SALE

NO. l2,oo7-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo irish Louis
lana: Louis Lehman VS.. Queens
borough Land Company Limited
BY virtue OF writ of fieri facias to
ME ISSUED III the above numbered and
entitled suit from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish
Louisiana, have seized and will Offer
tor sale at public auction for cash &C.
cording to law, during the legal hours
tor sales at the principal front door of
the court house of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, on
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1000,
Lots to 40 inclusive; lots 46 to e. in
elusive, and lots 67 to 50 inclusive of
the Murray Park subdivision of the
City OF Shreveort, Caddo Parish, La.
as per map of said subdivision page "a,
book Al, records of Caddo Parish, La,
except lots FL 22 70 SO 80 40 48 4o 50 g
50 20 81 62 g 70 80 and lots S. s. and
81 which said lots were released from
operation of the mortgage. The above
property seized as belonging to the said
def.n 1ants and to be sold to satisfy the
debt specified in the said writ, say in the
sum Of 100000 with 8 per cent per an
mum interest thereon from May 20, 1906,
and 10 per cent on said sum and interest
as attorneys fees Less credits in 1908
as follows: 500 May 2; $575 May 9;
$Ioo May II; $50 June E; SIS June 9;
$50 June II; $40 June 16; $12o July
/; $50 July 8; $40 July 20; $50 August
"a; Sos August 20; $1oo October I, and
all costs of suit.
J.P. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian, March ID. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
CHARTER
OF THE OR-NEILSON COM
PANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Before me, A. B. Freyer, notary pub
Flic in and for the Parish of Caddo and
State of Louisiana, duly qualified, COM
missioned and sworn, and in presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, came and appeared the
several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that,
availing themselves of the provisions of
the law of this State relative to the Or
ganization of corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these
presents covenant and agree and bind
themselves and those who may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
and constitute body polite in law for
the objects and purposes and under the
articles and stipulat;ons following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be the TAYLOR-NEILSON
COMPANY, and under its said name it
shall have power and authority to con-
tract, to sue and be sued; to make and
use corporate seal and the same to al
ter or break at pleasure; to hold, receive,
purchase, ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate or lease property,
real, personal or mixed; to name and
appoint such officers, directors, agents
and employees as the interest and con-
venience of the said corporation may re-
quire; to make and establish bylaws.
rules and regulations for the proper
management of its affairs as may be
deemed necessary and proper, and the
same to alter or change at pleasure; and
generally to do all other acts and things
necessary and proper to carry out the
objects and purposes of said corporation
This corporation, unless sooner dis
solved as hereinafter provided for. shall
exist and continue for period of
ninety -nine 800 years from and after
the date hereof
All citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the president, or in
his absence upon the secretary treasurer
at the do1nicile of the company, which
shall be and is hereby declared to be in
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
SUCCESSION SALE.

No I278o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession Of E. G. Morehead.
Ey virtue of commission to sell to
me issued from the First Judicial Dis
trict Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
IN the above entitled and numbered suc-
ccssion,f will offer for sale, at public
auction. for cash according to law, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, at the prin-
ci0al front door of the court house Of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, NAY 1, 1900
The south half Of section 10; south half
Of north half Of same section; the south
half Of the northwest quarter and the
southwest quarter OF section II, town
slip Is north, range IS west, $50 acres,
appraised at $-o4ooo Also the south
west quarter and the east half of south
ea + quarter section II, and the north
half OF said section IL, and the nortk-
sast quarter of section II (less 30 acres
,fl the north side Of said north half Of
secticn - and off the north side of
northeast quarter OF section II, being
i strip 7 I-2 miles long and 2-3 chains
ride). All in township IS. range IS.
64o acres, sppraise at $4,000. The
above property to be sold for cash &C.
-,rding to law
T.P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Officio Auctioneer Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian, March Is, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
PETITION FOR DIS.
CHARGE

'-h-N NM > I'll lN'N fOS DkS.
CHARGE.
I'm Bankruptcy-In the Matter Of w. C..
Glover. Bankrupt
+ o the Honorable Aleck Boarma,L
Judge Of the United States District
Cont OF the United States for the
Western District Of Louisiana: W. c.
Glover, Of Shreveport. in the Parish of
laddo, in said District, respectfully rep
.resents that on the 18th day of January
last past he was duly adjudged bank
rupt under Acts Of Congress relating 10
bankruptcy; that he has duly sur1en-
lcfed ali his property and rights Of
property, and has fully complied with
ali requirements Of said acts and Of the
orders OF the court touching his bank
ruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be
dccreed to have full discharge from
III debts provabc against his estate nm
!ef said bankrupt acts, except such a.
are excepted from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of February A.
d. 1900. W. c. GLOVER,
Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
Western District of Louisiana: On
This 18th day Of February A. D. 1900,
Oh reading the foregoing petition, it is
ordered by the court that a hearing be
had upon the same on ths 18TH day of
April A. d. 1900, before Hon. A. D.
Land Jr., Referee and Special Master,
at Shreveport, in said District, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice
hereof be published in Shreveport Cau-
casian, newspaper printed in said dis
riot, and that all known creditors and
other persons i'll interest may appear It
he same time and place and show cause,
f any they have, why the prayer of the
aid petitioner should not be granted
And it is further ordered by the court
lat the clerk shall send by mail to al
ulown creditors copies of said petition
md this order, addressed to them 1t
leir places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Aleck Boar
ran, Judge Of the said court, and tie
zeal thereof, at Shreveport, in said dis-
rict, on the 10Th day of March A.
}. 1000 LEROY B. GULOTTA.
Caucasian, March IS. Clerk.
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directors shall be filled by the remain
ing directors The directors shall b,
elected by the stockholders, each share
of stock to be entitled to one vote, to BIZ
cast by its owner in person or by proxy
and the majority of votes shall elect
The board of directors shall make al
such rules and regulations for the man
agement of the business as they shall
deem necessary and expedient
ARTICLE vi.
Notice of all stockholders meetings
shall either be published ten days prior
thereto in one of the newspapers of the
City of Shreveport, or such notice
mailed by the secretary ten days before
such meeting to each member of the
company to the address as shown by
the corporations books. The charter of
this corporation may be modified or
amended, or said corporation dissolved,
with the consent of the majority of the
amount of capital stock represented at
a meeting of the stockholders convened
for that purpose. Whenever this cor
poration is dissolved, by limitation or
Otherwise, it shall be liquidated by two
commissioners elected by the stockholm
ers. who shall have full power and au-
thcr'ty to wind up its affairs, settle its
liabilities and distribute the remaining
proceeds among the creditors and stock-
holders.
ARTICLE VII
No stakeholder shall ever be liable
for the contracts or faults of this cor
poration in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due to the company on
shares of stock subscribed for, nor shall
any mere informally in organization
have the effect of rendering this charter
null. or exposing stakeholder to any
liability beyond the amount of his stock
due by him as aforesaid. All sales or
transfers of stock to be binding on the
company must first be made on its
books.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder shall have the right
to sell his stock to any person except
another stakeholder without first offer
ing it to the other stockholders at its
book value by placing it in the hands
of the company for thirty days, with an
option to the company for thirty days
or any stakeholder to purchase it at that
price.
Done and passed iii my Office in Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, in the presence of
W. w. Vaughan and H. A. Davis,
witnesses, on this the 23rd'
day Of March 1909.
CHARLES R. BALL.
MRS. NJ. B. HURST.
w. r. LOGAN.
GEO. A. SAUER.
J. S. WELSH.
Attest:
H. A. DAVIS.
". w. VAUGHAN.
J. A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public.
Endorsed: Filed March "a, 1909.
A. S. HARDIN,
Deputy Clerk
4 true copy.
A. S. HARDIN,
March IS. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
CHARTER
OF THE CHARLES X. BALL LUM-
Der COMPANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo ::
Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared Charles
R. Ball, Mrs. M B. Hurst, widow.
]. S. Welsh, George A. Sauer and w.
R. Logan, who declared to me that
they do hereby organize and form a
corporation, under the laws of the State
of Louisiana, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations as
herein set out, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
CHARLES R. BALL LUMBER CON-
PANY, under which said corporation
shall have succession for period of
fifty years, unless sooner dissolved as
hereinafter provided Said corporation
shall have and enjoy all of the rights
and powers granted to corporations of
its kind under the law.
ARTICLE II.
The donicile of said corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and citation and
other legal process shall be served on
its president, or in his absence on any
officer of the company at its Office.
ARTICLE Ill.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is formed and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be the purchase and
sale of lumber and all kinds of building
and construction material, and also,
should the board of directors see proper,
the manufacture of lumber and all kinds
of building material, and in order to
carry out such purposes, the purchase
and operation of saw mills, planning
mills and the building and operation of
tram roads, railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines, with the power to do
such other things as may be necessary
to carry on such business, including the
conducting Of a general merchandise
and supply business in connection with
the operation of the saw mill business.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of fifty
thousand ($5o,ooo) dollars, divided into
Eve hundred shares of the par value Of
one hundred ($1oo) dollars each, the
corporation to begin business when
thirty thousand dollars of the capital
stock is subscribed and paid in, said
stock to be paid for in cash or in prop
erty or service of its equivalent in such
manner as the board of directors may
determine.
ARTICLE v.
The corporate powers of this cor
poration shall be vested in board of
directors to be composed of three
stockholders, which board shall be elect
ed annually on the first Monday in
April. The directors shall elect the Of
ficers, which shall consist of president,
vice president, secretary-treasurer, and
the first board shall consist of Charles
r. Ball. who shall be president; VIM.
K. Logan, who shall be vice president,
and J. S. Welsh, who shall be secre-
|tary-treasurer, all of whom shall serve
until the first Monday in April 1910,
Tor until their successors are elected.
vaslnsies securing IN the beard Of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15

under my hand and seal of Office this
the 18th day OF March 1900
A. F. HAYNES.
Deputy Clerk and exOff1cio Deputy Re
corder. 3-18-19oo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15

When you are looking for the good
kind of stationery, remember that we
are still at 517 Edwards street and will
print that kind for you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
0i tie STATE Fam IF fu1u- lana

ts
lthc srocIha'ders of ta. State Fair o..
f.o,.;-i.na. h.td at Fl. office 5I. 1IiIarr
street. Shreveport. Louisiana for tn,
purpose of rsn-i.erine the question Oh
increasing the capital stock of srfd cor
Iporatiu1 from &-o.oao.oo 10 Sio90e. 90
and changing ia, stock from $500 10
$500 per Share. the following stock.
holder, hine present. I +. johnson
IT.. l.. {. BullIcv. +. G.. lEirsrh. 7.
j. Sciu.pert, Samuel Drcvfns,. Italian
Sacnccr, Y. Gro,;ean. 4. carson. L.
| \. BrueeaerfoH rearcsenfira in n,r,oa
and by proxy over tbree-fourths of Tho
capital stock subscribed, the following
proceedings were had:
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s,,c1, other ,..1,,1la c,,.o terat;o,s or
ss4,.;,a. -. t,e. Loar,f - directors of
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tie consideration thereof has been 70
c.ivqs, be the said .,2-nor,t;o.,
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same, after which thirty davs' notice
he said stock may be sold in open
market.
The stock OF said corporation may be
transferred under the above conditions,
crowded such transfer thereof be made
II the books of said~comDanv, at its Of
ice. and on surrender Of the certificate
therefor. No transfer of any fractional
9art of share shall be made.
The corporatio1ssllall commence do
ing business as soon as SI5,ooooo of
the capital stock shall have been sub
cribed for.
The board of directors shall have the
light to determine how much stock
hail be issued
Which motion was duly seconded ali |
I vote being taken thereon was unani-
not1slv adopted.
There being no further business be-
fore the meeting. it was on motion ad-
iourned.
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It. g.. I..,-;. a.
49, o+o-I,,1rI~. 800 -,
- So + ,,
.;s. 49,. .l.l.15.
rcct copy of the minutes Of said meet
ing held, and recorded iii the minutes
book of said corporation.
LOUIS n. BRUEGGERHOFF,
Secretary
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
Personally came and appeared before
M the undersigned authority, /. c.
Bulkley and l.. n Brueggcrhoff, who
after being duly sworn, deDoses and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15

HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
The patterns which have been de
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the New York Newspaper Feature Com
pany, 1907 w. Twenty-6fth street, New
York City. Forward orders to them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-15

We can make a mighty nice JOB OF
letter heads or bill heads for you.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-17
NOTICE.

Residents Of Hawaii visit Seattle
Exposition advantage
call at the the Hawaii
order that assistance be rendered them desirable hotel
commodaion
Complete information to Hotel Rates Steamship Railway
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CUBAN ANNEXATION POSSIBILITY.

Sborv before the withdrawal of the American protector
ate from Cuba the prediction made to The star that ~
event woud soon followed by revolution, ana Is pS
nexaon TO the United States. 1t would seem that te
mart of the prophecy coming true In connection WIN
second part the prophet uttered caution to the aW
nlantes TO set their in order against free CUBAN
This NAV not have untimey but what can our planters
do about it? Probably however the depressing ehecs o
Cuban annexation would Outast more than two OF he
Sugar is staple that has maintained almost lne SAM
yearly average of value for half century Anything
cheapens great consuming countries VIII correspondents
y increase consumption and the demand VIII loce prices
hack to the normal Wheat is at higher price today "e
he limited States raises scarcely enough for its own bread
than some years ago when it exported enormous quah
of the article the meantime the worlds wheat PfouuT
ton has increased prodgiOusy There are millions OF acres
of wheat in Canada today where few years ago notS
wilderness existed Other countries than those Oh NorIh
America have greatly increased their Wheat production
Vet as staple wheat higher and more secure
in value than most likely it will be with sugar
that once luxury universally regarded as Il neces
sitv-once in class of condiments, is now scehcd
proclaimed as possessing superative food value
Moreover coming the possibility of cuban annex
alton if NAV be accepted automatic that such an even
would immediately followed by industrial development"
with not only but foreign capital when would III
evitabIv make price of labor in Cuba 90 up ana proper
tionaelv the cost of production there so %
the product become par in actual value WIFI
that the sugars the mainland and of these islands "
price to the mainland refneres would have to 90 mp he
seems no good for Hawaiian planters to work then
selves into a panic events in Cuba
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THE SENATE.
TWENTY THIRD DAY.
REPORTS

Chillingworth presented a report of
the military committee on the militia
amendment bill, recommending its
passage. Laid on the table to be con-
sidered with the bill.
Chillingworth presented a report OF
the judiciary committee on a bill to
amend the law relating to marriage
licenses. With various amendments
ii is recommended that the bill pass.
Laid on the table to be considered
with the bill.
MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR.
A message from the Govtrnor an
nounced his appointment of Philip F..
l'rear as a member of the board OF
dental examiners.
Fairchild asked that the nominal
ton be taken up ahead of others pend
ing as it was a matter of urgency
TO fill up the board.
On motion of Mccarthy the appoint
ment of DR.. Frear was confirmed.
FISHERY RESOLUTION.
On order of the day the first busi-
ness was consideration of Coelhos re-
solution to request Congress- to con-
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THE SENATE
Continued from Page One.)

its provisions. The Senate let some
business go for the day in order to
pay respect to the memory of Saint
Patrick by adjournlng.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-17

Noes noVnf ChuHnfWoth. Cooi.
hO. Harvey. Makrlnu. Mccarthy.
Moore Quinn. Robinson. Woods lO
Chilinnvowh moved nn amendment
Doc The euction. the effect of which was
to knock out trial of appeals by jury
a.. the sentiment of the senate appear
cl to be in favor of the bill. &c ought
10 be- made as unobiuctionable as pos
sIblc lie agreed with the objections
m President Smith and therefore
moved this amendment
The amendment carried, the rest OF
thr bin passed and the vote was about
t. be called on the third reading OF
the bill
Quinn wished to go on record as
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TRANSFERRING LIBELs TO WASHINGTON.

The libel suits started by the Roosevelt administration
against York World and Indianapolis News on ac
count Canal scandal stories in those papers, re-
calls famous against Editor Dana of the Sun In that
case an effort ndct Dana in Washington for
the publication he made in New York and it failed Dana
counsel was Elihu Root retiring member Of Roosevelt
Cabinet recently Senator and in arguing the he
said:
"Great constitutional provisions like that have to be
applied in accordance with the continually changing
conditions society, of political discretion and of
political freedom; have be applied in accordance
with these changing conditions; and it would be
great limitation upon the freedom of the IN this
country that every editor every city and State
is liable to be taken part of the earth where his
paper may happen 90, and tried and again,
hundreds of times perhaps for a single article
"And this consideration is be received with no less
weight because the same<'arbitrary and OdOus law
against which Eskne fought in the days of George III
is enforced in the District of Columbia because the
law in that District adopted by the act of 1901
the law it existed in 1916, and that before FOX's
act passed by the British Parliament and before
COnnells act passed in 1903 that the most inn
pOrtan provisions which surround persons charg-
ed with libel are wanting in that District.
%p"The freedom of the press How there be free
dom of the press if there exists the arbitrary power
punish all the length and breadth of this land,
which is contended for by the application of this
England and by my friends the other side?"
The decision of the in this case, a famous one in
newspaper annals, does give encourage
ment to the Roosevelt plan to punish Pulitzer The court
threw the proceedings with the following remarks:
"The Indictment charges that the alleged libel was
published both in New York and i'm Washington. But
the fact stated in the Indictment and the slight evil
dence taken before the commissioner sufficient to
show that whatever Mr. Dana had to do with the pub
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Vinr IN favor ul the BIN. lo agreed
win The I've amendments proposed
to The present law That giving the
iiaht of appeal was made necessary
%, The ini'stlco done in Honolulu By
fomo of the license commissioner
a. a Republican he said the Terri
torlal convention Of the party had only
pronounced against n general revision.
lie was not bound by the county con-
ventlon which had no right 70 NEEDLE
with the question. lie was not there
to be dictated to or persuaded by any
party or faction
The bin passed third reading by the
following vote:
CONTINUED on Page Flvel
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. RELIEF OLE LYMAN.

The Senate Bill 50, to appropriate
$503 10 for relief of Levi c. Lyman,
reimbursement of purchase price ana
interest, paid to the government for
homestead lots, agreeing thereafter
being cancelled, passed third reading,
"a to t.
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PRIMO
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FOR GALE.

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Water pipe in sizes up to 2 in. and
fittings to inch.
A large variety of galvanized tanks.
Solar Heaters 80 10 100 gallons capa-
city.
Two Latrines, seat, suitable for
school or plantation use.
EMMELUTH & CO., LTD.
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