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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
CHARTER AMENDMENT.
Excelsior Steam Laundry Company
Limited.

Shreveport La, Oct. n, tooo--At q
meeting Of the stockholders OF the Elk
celsior Steam Laundry Company Linn
tied, called in accordance with the pro-
visions of Act No. r4g of the General
Assembly, OF the State of Louisiana APP
proved July Il, 1893, due notice of said
meeting having been published for
more than thirty days, and a printed
copy of said notice having been mailed
to each stockholders of said company at
least forty days prior to, this date, all as
prescribed by Section Of said Act, and
the meeting having been called to order,
there were present in person the follow
ing stockholders representing the fol-
lowing named amounts OF the capital
stock of said company. to-wit:
+. r. Hodges, TO shares at $25.oo per
share, $ISooooo.
J. +. Reynolds, s72 shares at $4,000
per share, $I43oo. 90.
Miss Lizzie Reynolds, 1873 shares at
$500 per share, $4,000.
]. d. Pennington, 30 shares at $75.oo
per share, $4,000.
M. T. Shumate, 30 shares at $500
per share, 100000.
Making total Of 1860 shares, consti-
tutng 3o-4o of the original capital stock
OF the company, T. L. Pennington, the
holder of the remaining 40 shares, being
absent When, in accordance with said
Act, the following proceedings were
had, to-wit:
F. r. Hodges, one of the stockholders
was elected chairman, and ]. ID. Pen.
nington, STOCKHOLDERS, was elected sec
rotary of the meeting. The object OF
the meeting having been duly explained
the following resolution was offered By
]. +. Reynolds, a stakeholder:
"Be it resolved by the stockholders o
the Excelsior Steam Laundry Company
Limited, duly assembled for this pur
pose, that the capital stock Of said cor
poration be, and the same is hereby in
creased to 100000, divided into 48o
shares Of $4,000 each.
Which resolution was duly seconde
by NJ +. Shumate, a stakeholder, anC
a vote being taken on the proposed res
olution for the increase Of the capita
stock of the corporation, it was unani
mously adopted and passed, all of tn
aforesaid stockholders voting for sal
resolution Whereupon the Article c
the original Charter, adopted Octobc
20, 1905, fixing the amount Of the capita
stock Of said corporation at 100000
was duly amended by the following re9
olution:
Resolved that Article " of II
Charter Of the Excelsior Steam Laur
dry Company Limited be- and it is her,
! by amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE ~.
THE capital stock of said corporatio
is hereby fixed at $r2o,ooooo divide
into 400 shares of the par value {
$4,000 each"
Which resolution was unanimous
adopted and passed. The purpose f
which this meeting was called hayir
been accomplished, the meeting a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

J. y. PENNINGTON. Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribe before me this
2zth day OF October 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
+. X HODGES, Chairman.

iourned.
Il, X. HODGES, Chairman.
J.. y. PENNINGTON. Secretary
Sworn to and subscribe before me this
zzth day of October 1000.
p. M. WELSH,
Notary Public,
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
| hereby certify that | have examined
the foregoing amendment to the Char
ter Of the Excelsior Steam Laundry
Company Limited, and, finding not |
therein contrary to law, hereby alt
prove the same. Done and signed of
fcially in the City of Shreveport, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, on this 2oth day
of October 1900.
]. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorney First Judicial District
OF louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Octo.
Der 20, 1909. w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Offcio Deputy Re-
eorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true. and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office. Given.
under my hand and seal Of Office this
GOTH day Of October 1909.
W. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy Re-
cordcr. 1921.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03
SCOTTSDALE.


Scottsd9Ie, April 2.-Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Smith are in California where Mir. Smith is having an opera ton performed on his shoulder He was hurt some weeks ago and the bones could not be properly set here
 Hayden and Brown shipped out three cars more of steers the first of the week and brought in another bunch from the range to feed.
 It was decided to build a new $5000 school house in Scottsdale this sum.- mer, and the trustees are taking steps to begin operations as soon as possible.
 w. T. Cummings finished his road work here Thursday and returned to Tempe. He hardly expected to get his wagons back across the river but would drive his stock across.
 MT. Serviss is planning to clear off another 80 acres north of the one he has in.
 Our choir meets at MT. ColdwelTs
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03
SALT RIVER VALLEY NEWS


MT. Kile and John Doyle drove in Tuesday after his trunk.
 MT. and Mrs. Harris. who have been stopping at Will Williams for some time. are building a tent house and brush shed on the corner of Charles Roots ranch opposite MT Williams place. MT. Harris expects to help MT. Williams with the hay work this sum- mer.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Mann visited NIT. and Mrs. Alvin Mann Sunday.
 Manford Cartwright has returned home from the COW ranch in the hills for a short stay with his family
 MT. and Mrs. Archie Fitzhugh drove out to osborn Tuesday to spend the day with Mir. Fitzhugh's parents. While there Mir Fitzhugh's horse got into the wire and got his foot cut. He had bought the horse a few days before of Oliver Bacon. This is the second ac- cident of a like nature to happen to MT Fitzhugh with n the last few months.
 The pie social given in Good Tenn plars' hall Tuesday was very success full. The amount made from the sale of pies was $14.50. A cake was given to the most popular young lady pres ent with a penny vote. Miss Blanche List received the cake. The amount paid in votes was S20.30.
 MT. and Mrs. GlOssbrenner and daughter spent Sunday as the guests of NIT. and Mrs. Mcclure and children.
 Otto and Abram GIossbrenner visited tho lSehecIx children on Grand aVenue Sunday.
 S. N. Mcclure sold his hogs to J. c. Brooks Wednesday.
 C. C. Green spent several days this week in Tucson.
 George Wilky and Mir. CobOrn were Cartwright visitors Tuesday. NIT. Will ky and John Meyers started Thursday for the hills to gather a bunch of range cattle to bring down to the val ley.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03

Wednesday and Saturday evenings. We are preparing for some Easter music to go with Chaplains Scott's sermon on that day.
 MT. Caldwell is getting the frame work of MT. Servis's new house up and it already shows off to good ad- vantage.
 The carpenters are making fairly good headway on the club house at Ingleside and expect to soon have the roof in place again.
 Mir. Miller has had a force of men at work grubbing off his place along the slough and he has it about com pleted. He has his place in pretty good shape.
 The reclamation service expects to put a crossing in the slough right away. They planned to have men and teams on the ground the first of this month.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03
THE PALACE
Saloon. Pool and Billiards.

Budweiser on draught old Crow, Mayfield and Guckenheimer Rye Whistles are sold over the bar.
 JOHN p. BODET, Prop.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03
Danger From Rats
No One Can Afford to Allow These
 Pests to Live.

A single rat VIII sometimes do more than ten dollars damage in your home or store in night And the rat is but raises large faml- lies to destroy property and endanger healtn'
 At the first sign of rats. drive them out of the house to die. with Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste. Guaranteed to absolutely ex- terminate them or your money back. Also sure death to cockroaches and other vermin.
 Stearns' Electric Paste is sold everywhere. or sent erDre's preDdid on receipt of price. or box zSc. l6 OF box sl.Oo
 Stearns' Electric Paste O., Chicago. III.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-03

This is to notify everyone that my ranch in section 19. township north. range 1 east. is hereby withdrawn from market. MRS. NJ. F.. SERGEANT
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

jokes; very little of it was sad or pathetic When the chief widows turn came there was pathos Tn her voice, though she gave no other sign Of grief Turning her mothery face to the grave, she sat there and talked to Wobehs spirit naturally as if she were looking into his face. Nobody needed to cross question her
 There was nothing extraordinary for the next two days. On the first day the mourning women were taken to the creek and washed, in order that they might begin to dress up for the final feast On the second day the men of the town were as sembled under the big palaver tree and individu ally sworn to be loyal to the town. The oath was administered by making the man drink from bowl of milkish fluid which was supposed to kill the man if he insincere. On this day. also the brought in large quantities of nrewood and the women busy threshing and cleaning rice and pots
 Then came the third and greatest day-the slaughter of the bullock and the great feast So far as I could learn there is sacrifcial idea involved in the ceremony; the slaughter is solely for the purpose of providing for joyful banquet The big bullock was led to vacant place near the grave. just at sunrise, and securely tied down on its side. Its throat then cut the wind pipe being severed, and the animal slowly bled to death It was 20 minutes before the animal ceased to struggle. but it's tail had been severed long before, this being the especial perquisite of the men selected as butchers
 The carcass was then skinned and King Sow sat in his leopard chair while the bullock cut up He kept a careful watch to that not even an ounce of meat taken by anybody. Two large brass kettles and large basket were placed in front of him and in these placed the in- ternal organs and the choicest cuts-the kings meat Now and then of the butchers would overlook small portion, but the king over looked nothing; he had the error promptly recri- fled. Altogether he received about onethrd of the bullock The remainder cut up and dis tributed among the families, to be cooked; posi- lively no part of the animal except the hide and horns was discarded There not quite enough to go around, so the king ordered dog killed to make up the deficiency.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
MOSQUITOES KILL CATTLE
Continual Warfare Wased by tnhab- Itants of Cheniere au
 Tigre.

B. M. Foster and T. A. Dees re- turned home from Cheniere au Tigre, an island south of Abbeville. a Hous- ton Posts Lake Charles Ua) corre- spondent says. Great myriads of large mosquitoes caused the party to return home at once. MT. Foster Is authority for the statement that many head of cattle are being killed by the pests and that the people Of the island would suffer like fate If they ventured out. Day and night the inhabitants arc compelled to fight constantly against the little pests and what small farm work Is done on the island has been sadly neglected.
 MT Foster says that the cattle on the island can usually be found in herds of about 100 each. but the mos- quitoes have caused the animals to flock together for protection. and he saw one big herd with fully 10000 ani. mals punched and believing with pain. The cattle. he says, keep mov- Ing to the windward to keep the pests off as much as possible. Occasionally DIt VIII DGCOlut anu lall Dt- bind, or a COW will stop to help Its calf. only to meet hasty death. Some animals MT Foster saw have actually been smothered to death by the great swarms of mosquitoes.
 No one who has not witnessed conditions on the island Is able to form any idea of what the people and stock have suffered" concluded MT. Foster.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

tme causing the evil shapes to take to flight. Most Of the night was given to the beating or drums, the women and younger men dancing in procession all over town.
 When night closed in on the scene and the moon began to shed its soft light through hay clouds the nights dancing began There was no undercurrent of sadness in 1t; everybody was lit eraly out for good time. Tte dancers were drummed up in groups. the drummers shudiing all through the town to organize a procession. A second crowd was gathered under the leadership of a man with string instrument made from calabash, and eventually third group shuffed along to the tune of calabash strung with iron rings the sound being that of gourd half filled with dried peas
 The succeeding day of the most eventful of all. Before sunrise the men of the town brought large stones to the grave and walled it in making an inclosure about six feet wide and 10 feet long Dozens of empty gin bottles were brought and placed all around the grave-a very common custom on this coast. The mound then leveled down and the entire inclosure covered with stones and wet sand At the head they placed a couple of small ivory tusks, rice bowl containing Wobeh's silver ring and some koa nuts, two pitchers and small brass kettle. Across these was laid an unsheath- ed sword. The fixing of the grave was not com pleted until they had brought a small jug of and poured little of it into each vessel The thirst of Wobehs spirit apparently more easily quenched than had been that of the man in life-and this enabled the men about the grave to put the greater part of the rum to bet ter
 After the grave had been properly arranged the town assembled to witness the significant ceremony of killing the white chicken. The principal nephew of the late king knet on the grave and held the chickens head above Wobehs head. King Sow made long speech and then different members of Wobeh's family gave the chicken messages to take to his spirit. This part of the ceremony very solemn and inn pressive It was clear that they implicitly be- lieved that their messages would reach their des- tination.
 Then the nephew pulled off the chickens head and threw the body down on the grave Curl ously enough the headiess chicken futtered around until it reached the head of the grave and then seemed to be trying to bore its way down to the king. It then futtered away the
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
GsNERAL /z4RLX,l INTERVENING
 /GclE2XDkY. NDoR 0So

wholly unfamiliar. The veterans of the Cuban campaign. who have been sent to Melilla because the govern ment Is desirous of keeping its most effective forces at home to deal with popular discontent, have not fought against mountain tribes. The season, too, Is against them; the Riff country Is passing through the hottest time of the year. and though the Spaniard Is well inured to heat, he can hardly be expected to carry on an active cam paign under the intolerable glare of the African sun in August. To make matters worse there are rumors that the equipment of the soldiers Is not as good as 1t should be, and that the preparations for a foreign campaign are inadequate. The suspension of constitutional guarantees throughout the country and the suppression of news from the seat of war are clear signs of Senor Maura's intention to rely upon bayonets at home and abroad. It Is in vain that those who wish him we'll remind him publicly and privately that he is "jugando con el fuego" (playing with fire). He Is playing gamblers game. If the Spanish forces succeed in Morocco he will be able to crush the republican and labor parties in such fashion that they will not be able to lift their heads while he remains in office. He knows now. If he did not know before. who and where are the most deter mined enemies of ais absolutism. If. on the other hand, the Spanish arms meet with further severe reverses and there is an instruction in Spain, hs will have lost nothing by holding out to the last. The whole tragedy of the business Hes in the fact tlat the Riff fans did not wish to fight and the
 Spaniards did not want to fight; but the central government in Madrid has
 ignored the wishes of everybody, and
 has plunged the country into the ad- venture that may result in a disas- ter of the first magnitude.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
Outinu for Convlcts.

A new use for conyicts has been inund in Missouri. where a number were taken out of the penitentiary q: Jefferson City and put to work on the Galloway bottoms helping the tanners save their wheat from tho a3gAncing waters of the Missouri riv. CT. The prisoners worked well, en- owed thelr outing and would welcome another chance to get outside the walls.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
WEIRD FUNERALS OF
 AFPICAS KING6s&'
BY GERALD A. EODEEJCH

throng crowding each other Tn their efforts to watch every movement When it finally ceased it's struggles there was a chorus of An followed by some excited talking. It was ex- plained to me that when chlcNeh dies with it's feet in the air II IS sign that the nephew has been true to the king and has not meddled With his women. In this case the chicken had died on it's side.
 Then another chicken was brought for another nephew to kill. IL hke- wise died on it's side and there was another chorus of excited grunts. A third chicken was killed by a niece with the same result; but the fourth killed by another niece, stopped Wlth it's feet in the air. The crowd went wild. caught up the girl and marcheo around the town with her on thelr shoulders. Wobeh had ono relative that had been true.
 This ceremony was followed an hour or two later by that of eating the chickens, together with rice cooked in yellow palm oil. The food was placed at the head of the grave and Wobehs head wife presided over the pot. All the children squatted ahout on the grave and the other rel atiyes were assembled around It. King Sow had a good many remarks to make before he called up the cid est son and motioned for him to take the painful of rice which the widow
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
1nlo 1He/c(AY 3e/hcE z

large enough to be heard. Meanwhile for two days and nights the men of the town made it lively for the spirits of evil that were supposed to be lowering in the bush that surrounds the viii lage. Guns heavily charged with powder were fired at intervals throughout the entire
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
Bessie Was Willing.

"Oh. dear" said the tired mother. "l wish were a little girl again like you" Well" re- joined five-yearold Bessie, let's play you are my little girl then you act naughty and I'll spank yov and send you to bed without your supper"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

had held out. Before eating IL ne naue cel'a'i. promises relative to peace in the family Each or the relatives was called out in turn and required to go through the same performance oid hhg Sow kept his ears open and whenever he was not satisfied with given promise he arose ana cross questioned the relative ike country Ia"
 yer until he made him promise what he wanted
 par+s of this ceremony were exciting; at times there were outbursts of laughter at one Of Sows
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

WObeh'S Wom e n and children reassem- bled in their kitchen and resumed their mournful chant. This is a performance in which the women of West Africa are very accomplished and Wo- beh's ia m fly was
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

 town called Goomah, woman being allowed to know his whereabouts Courtesy to the mul Ian ana the sand cutter" demanded that Wobeh should promptly pass into the unknown but the old man held to life with his characteristic tenacty It several weeks before the news was quietly brought to Totoquelli that it's found CT was dead The information was passed on to Boporo and King Sow came over to take charge Of the town until all its palavers were settled.
 The funeral of an African chief follows the Jaw Of the bush implicitly, but the details vary in different parts of the west coast The pro- ceedings in this extended over a period of about three weeks.
 First Wobeh's body was removed from the hut where he had died and placed in an open kitchen in Goomah. These kitchens are merely large huts without walls. or, rather, with walls about three feet high. The roof is of thatch and the floor of clay In the center of of these kitchens shallow grave was dug. Then the feet were bound together. the arms were extend ed down the body and the hands bound together by means of a strong stick placed between hands and feet the body was placed in the grave and lightly covered. After 1t had lain there for two days it was taken up by night and carried to TotoQuelli, where 1t was again placed in shal- low grave, but in hut where no woman could bring i'll luck by looking upon 1t. The law of the bush shuts out all women from any approach to the dead. Then the family and the town began to make ready for the obsequies. formal notices were sent out to all the big kings within two days walk, in order that they might come (with gifts) and assist Wobeh's spirit into rest.
 The funeral continued for eight days. First the body was again lifted from the grave and 'Iaid out in open kitchen carefully screened, The kings women were then segregated in other kitchen and intrusted with the duty of making great lamentation. Then the head of the devil bush"-he is great functionary in West Africa-came into the village to announce the kings death-a performance par with the formal notification given to presidential nomi- nee by a committee from a national convention. The devil bush" is sort Of combination of se- cret society and boys boarding school. It is collection of huts hidden away in the bush which women must avoid or pay the penalty of death. Here are collected most of the boys Of the com munity and they remain in secluson for period varying from three to six years, being taught some sense and much nonsense The grip of SUI perstition is so strong that the head of the bush becomes a great man in the tribe and death is the penaIty for any woman who looks upon his face Totoquells "deviP preceded his entrance into the town by an unearthly yell, which was the signal for all the women and girls (and every man not member of the devil bush') to se crete themselves. Then with a series of ventr oouistic wells he came into the center of the town announced the death of Wobeh. ordered the funeral to proceed and vanished into the bush Then the real noise began
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27


 SN)&S region where the gov ernment levies no taxes.
 where the native African ohiefs reign supreme where the only statutes are the laws of the bush. A couple of English prospectors, an English rubber trader and an Ameri can missionary compose the foreign population all the way back to the French frontier. There is no part of the west coast of Africa so lightly touched by the white man, for even the occasional government officials who visit the region are black In all the towns the babies yelled at my approach and the children fled in ter TOT If l walked toward them.
 While King Wobeh's star was in the ascendency death came ont of the foggy bush and laid it's hand upon him. A famous mullah man was called to make incantations and the sand cutter" brought out all his paraphernalia of divination and peeped impressively into the future That which Wobeh really needed a good physician. does not exist in that region. The mullah and the sand cutter gave an unfavorable proguo- sis, so the suffering king was pre- pared for his departure in the manner prescribed by the law of the bush.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27
~,Flv1eAL le/zzS ~ @ &l

|~ HE old king of Totoquelli x 5: " :: 5: < : j: ;: 5: : gI IN was dead. It was in the V S1k Liberian hinterland, four ,%N days back from Monrovia. SN)NS region where the gov
 ernment leves no taxes,