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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-09
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OF THE CHARLES Z. BALL LUM-
Der COMPANY.

GlF ID Nt1htk11Eeo -. DALI - - ~
Der COMPANY.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared Charles
r. Ball Mrs. NJ B. Hurst. widow,
J. S. Welsh, George A. Sauer and w.
r. Logan who declared to me that
they do hereby organize and form 4.
corporation, under the laws Of the State
81 Louisiana, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations as
herein set out, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name Of this corporation shall be.
CHARLES r. BALL LUMBER COM
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 donaicile Of said corporation shall
be in the City Of Shreveport. Caddo
Parish, Louisiana. and citation and
(other legal process shall be served on
| It's president, or in his absence on any
officer Of the company at its Office.
ARTICLE III.
/ The purposes for which this corpora
ton Is formed and the nature Of the
business to be carried on By i are
thereby 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,
1.-THE manufacture Of lumber and al kinds
lof building material, and n order to
carry out such purposes, the purchase
land operation Of saw mills. planning
mills and the building and operation Of
tram roads, railroads, Telegraph and
tte1ephone lines, with TIE power 70 a
such other things = may be necessary
To carry 81 such business, including ~
IcondsctinE Of general mefchandise
and sspply business II conneetion xith
Ithe operation 81 the saw min business.
ARTICLE ~.
The capital stock 81 tAis corpofafion
Is hereby fixed & ne sum q htty
Thousand f<se,oco) dollars. divided ind
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-09

Nv sls,jl 81
I'D w Il Se66<<try md 3 VIII
rsorl. Any vaeaney II said board Of
directors shall Sc filed 81 the renaiDiI1g
directors electing stockfolder for the
unexpired term.
ARTICLE v.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved By limitation Or otherwise. its
affairs shall be liquidated BY two per-
sons selected for that purpose at 4
stockholders meeting duly held, and
said liquidators shall perform such ser
vices and give such security as said
stockholders may determine
ARTICLE vi.
This act Of Incorporation may be
amended and the capital stock increased
Or diminished Of this corporation may
lie dissolved BY vote Of three1fourths
|of its stockholders in amount At
stockholders meeting called for that
pufpose III accordance with the laws ct
the State Of Louisiana, and at all stock
holders meetings each share Of stock
shaIlrbc entitled to one vote TO Be cast
Iby lis owner either in person OF by
proxy. When not Otherwise provided
~ law, all stockholders shall be noti-
IfedIat least ten days prior 70 any meet
ling Of stockholders BY : letter adj
dressed to them At their usual postofice
address, but nothing herein contained
IshaH prevent said stockholders from
waving notice Of such meeting and con-
|serting to the holding thereof at an
earlier day
ARTICLE VII.
No stoekholder 81 this corporation
SHAH ever Be held liable 81 responsible
1 for the contracts Or faults thereof il
any further sum than the unpaid balance
dine 10. liis stock nor shall any mere A.
formally hare the effect q rendering
this charter null Of Of exposing ! stock
holder 10 any loss beyond the anouni
of lii sock
Is testimony whereof said parties
l6ave hereunto signed their asnes y
ieeaenee "a ne nofa1y and DE under.
a ned lttesting aitaesses = ~ d.
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-09

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-09

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-02-10
Real Estate Offerings.

G5 acres Of land, with dwelling. "ooh
barn and out-buildings, near Owiugs.
Price $4,000; terms made easy.
100 acres of land, with five room
dwelling, 3-room tenant house, good
out buildings, near Hickory Tavern.
sullivan township. Price $l5.OG per
lcrc.
&l4 acres OF land in town of Ian
ord, with hTc-room dwelling. Price
$1,000.
80 acres OF land in town of Lanford.
With tenant hous, at 5000 per acre
30 acres of land in town of Gray
Court, dwelling ana outbuildings.
Price $50 per acre.
50 acres of land in one mile OF the
town OF Gray Court, with two dwell
ings. Price $40 per acre.
BIS acres Of land near Rabm Creek
church, S-room dwelling, thrcc tenant
houses. Price $3.50 per acre.
l26 acres land . miles from Barks-
dale station with dwelling and out
buildings; 2-horsc farm in cultivation:
fine pasture and well timbcrcd. Price
SO. 600
80 acres of half mile from Dial
church with dwelling and outbuildings
with 40 acres in cultivation, 10 acres Of
fine bottom land. Price 81 500.
173 acres Of land in Dial's Township,
known as the Wham place, bounded by
lands Of w. NJ Deck, VIM. Wham and
r. A. Nash, with good dwelling. tenant
houses and three horse farm in cultiva
ton. See this property for there is q
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-02-10

become q stockholder? You cannot
doubt the wisdom OF the effort, nor the
need OF such an institution. If YOU
cannot take stock, don't talk diSparaE-
ingly OF tho understanding: give it
boost United sentiment and combin-
cd efforts can turn the worII upside
down
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-02-10
FINAL DISCHARGE.

Take notice that ON the 18th day of
February, 1909, we will render final
account of our acts and doings as OK
ecutorS Of the estate OF W. Il. Lucas.
deceased, in the oHice of the Judge of
Probate OF laurCms county, at II
O'Clock, a. m, and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
our trust as executors.
All persons indebted to said estate
ire notified and required 10 make pay
mcnt on that date: and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
duly proven, or be torcv,r barred.
T., r. Lucas,
+. G.. Lucas
Alex Long
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-02-10

Public Spirited Citizen: there's a
movement on foot to get a hospital in
this town Of ours What's your idea
on fho subject Are YOU willing to
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-02-10

Buy at home. Your welfare and
the prosperity Of our merchants dc
pend upon trading at home. Why
send off for any article that can be as
we'll and as cheaply bought right
here? Why incur the Inconvenience
OF delay, and possible disappointment
i'll ordering goods? Our merchants
arc looking after our wants and our
patronage is their safeguard. Buy
at home.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
ESIDENTS.

President Roosevelt retired from his exalted Of
Isss looks forward to longer lease Of life than has
fallen 10 the lot Of majority OF retiring PTesdents
quarter of century after laying down the cares OF
after retirement is only twelve years and ten
months. The list follows:
George Washington lived two years and nine
John Adams lived twenty-five years and three
Thomas Jefferson lived seventeen years and three
James Madison lived nineteen years and three
James Monroe lived six years and four months.
John Quincy Adams lived nineteen years ani
served in-the House of Representatives.
Andrews Jackson lived eight years and thfee
Martin Van Buren, lived twenty-one years and
William Henry Harrison died PRECISELY one month
John Tyler lived seventeen years after his retire
ment.
Zachary Taylor died in office. sixteen months
WiIlard ard Fillmore lived twenty-one years after his
FrsnkIIn Pierce lived twelve years AMI
james Buchanan lived six years and eleven
Abraham Lincoln died in office
Andrew Johnson lived six wears and four months
after retirement and served a portion OF term In
the United States Senate
T. S Grant lived eight years and four months
a. Rntberferd B. Hayes lived eleven years and
James a. Garfield died four months after his in
G5lster A Arthur survived one year and eight
Grover Cleveland lived years and seven
Benjamin Harrison lived eight years.
William Mckinley died in Office
onlv two of Mr. Roosevelt's predecessors returned
TO public life, John Quincy Adams dying while
sT. johnson ~ ae passing away while Unitei states
Senator. Mr.. Roosevelt may also return to Wash.
people Of the country Tegardesss go Of politics or r. r,
three score and allotted to mankind--saIt Lake
Herald
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

Rutherford 3. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes from
Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont where they were
buried at death to a high knoll on the tract con
veyed TO the society. together with the somewhat
pretentious monument that now surmounts their
graves
The tract conveyed contains about forty acres
and is denseIy wooded the trees being for the most
part original forest. Spegel Grove does not depend
wholly upon the fact that II once the home OF
President its historical value. 1t was the site
of old Fort Stephenson. which, on August l and 2
1873 Major George Groghan snd one hundred and
sixty men held against attack by two thousand
British and Indians. and thus made easily possible
the defeat Of the enemy under Proctor ana
Tecumseh by General Harrison at Detroit a little
later In fact, a portion OF the old Harrison mill
tary trail stretches through Spiegel Grove
II also marks the 'furthest west point reached by
the Colonial troops from Connecticut, New York
and New Jersey when in 1861 under General Israel
Putnam they warched with the British under Gen
eral Bradstreet into Ohio against the French ana
Indians under Pontiac. IT originally the site
of a neutral village Of the Erie Indians, and was
used as a city refuge for contending tribes down
TO 1850. when the Huron cOnfederacy was destroyed
by the Iroquois At time Daniel Boone and
a large number OF whites held there by the
Indians as captives. and during the Revolution it
was a British outpost.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
FREEZE WHILE YOU WAIT

When you finally are herded to the inside Of
the church you in despair to find that it, as
well as the outside of the world, IS unheated You
learn long afterward that heating up church
trials is generally objected to as an unnecessary
expense, but at the you are filed with
disappointment You notice that the committee is
wearing its greatcoats. and remember that you
cannot sing freely unless you remove your wraps
But in more ways than this YOU feel chilled
The committee hurried, the organist unin-
terested. and you begin 10 feel generally that
everybody hates you. The whole atmosphere is
hostile and you fear that your temperament may
fail you. You remember your natural ditidence
and how you never like TO sing unless people are
glad to hear you Nobody here seems likely to he
glad However, you find great encouragement in
listening to the others. each in turn sings very
oadly indeed You don't really hate them, but YOU
are glad anyhow. Your turn comes toward the end
and. leaning for support against the brass rail of
the choir loft, open the first OF the songs Sc
lected to reveal yourself The accompaniment after
its initial blast. suddenly gets very weak and YOUR
knees knock together with embarrassment. Being
cold and unnerved, you particularly need support
Ihere Is pause, and you know you must begin.
Somebody must. You sure you are going TO
have tonsilitis. your throat feels queerly You
sulp. Well. says the Organist, looking over his
shoulder expectantly. perhaps sarcastically Some
thing must be done. You straghten up with great
self-respect and begin. But all through that page
and the next you wonder who is making the noise
AT the foot Of the second page. That VIII do
interrupts the organst. But that is only the re-
citative.' you murmuF apoIogetcalIy Wait till
l get into the theme We have not time for any
more he says. Try 10 sight-read this
You stupidity take the open book he thrusts into
your hand and begin TO chant duly realizing an
unseemliness in the chords of the organ You
didn't play what was written you crv Indignantly
1 know | played little or he answers shame
lessly. I wanted to test your pitch. That is ALL
thank you
ION your shaky way down the small steps
committeeman politely takes down your name and
address. writing the wrong street number. but you
are so grateful for this break in your ignominous
retreat that you do not bother to correct him At
the moment IT scarcely seems worth while Nothing
does
Two girls sat huddled night in the dm cold
auditorium of a small church in the seventies. We
will call one Ann. for the sake of brevity, and
the other Clementina, for contrast They met for
the first time and the self-same impulse had
brought them to the church
a" There many here, almost hundred
complained Ann TO Cementina j was told con-
fdentially that there were to be only a few
The word conhdentially held Clementinas atten-
ton Did the F Agency send you? she asked.
Yes admitted Ann. You see l happen to
know Mr.. F. personally, through friend of
mine. He likes my voice He says it's shame
for to take such small position, but the sea-
son Is late and II will do as a starter
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

aid OF church choir agency, paying out your Zee
almost as cheerfuly and confidently as 1t Is re-
ceived for you have learned the number OF
churches IN New York One day the agency man
gives you tip in a lowered voice. Yes, there IS
going to be an exclusive hearing up there he says
I am telling you in absolute confidence, and doh
tell any one else. because they do not want d
crowd No don't write them. OF course not Don
tell who sent you. inst slip in and sing to them
"On the appointed day you start out rev
minutes before the hour. as not TO be too early
and not too late 1t is strange. you think, as you
come in sight Of the handsome church. that they
don't offer to their soloists, when you nave
spent nearly s200o already in voice training You
ascend the massive stone steps and try the brass
door handles, but the door is locked. Hearing
voices YOU walk around the side, and there join
some seventy-fve other persons evidently waiting
to be let in, There often are seventyfve. 1t is a
raw day, and you stamp foot and then another,
uncomfortably realizing the effect of cold feet upon
the tonsiIs. You look about susplciously, wonder
Ing If the committee be trying voices for the
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
THE WOMAN THAT WON.

AIMS turn came in time and she mounted the
platform gracefully. Then she stood there in a
charming pose. throwing back her fur scarf care
lessly during the prelude I think it dwell
upon AIMS looks, for the less said about her song
the better. She doubtless had a pretty voice and
no mean ability. but something went radically
wrong with her that night and she soon gave up
her spirit to the wish only die Suffice it to
say she survived the song, with enough spirit
TO cry few minutes after she had sunk into her
seat the eternal cry of all who fail. Oh I wish
I could get up and do it again
THE next singer a very pretty girl More
than that. she genius. Oh, no. not in music
In truth, she knew very little about that. bur she
did realize it, She knew, however. much about
men, and knew she knew it, She realized master
fully that the organist a young man. and
therefore susceptible; that the committeeman were
not ogres, but just nice, pudgy papas who were
young and therefore douby susceptible Com
prehensively speaking she knew that all were men
She smiled at the organist wistfuliy from un-
derneath the roses in her hat He at felt her
dependence upon him, and decided to give her a
chance Then she faced the committee chiefly as
an attractive and sang them plaintive
little In fresh, childish voice which. 10 do
it justice the key perhaps over half the
time. but always appealing. whether of Her
eyes greatly aided her coaxing voice She was
daring. bewitching. The committee was hers
They listened to this little siren through that
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

vrho1e song. and afterward another AT the end OF
the trial she was engaged 10 iii the position
1T might be mentioned that after four Sundays
of her incompetent leadership Of the quartet in
church she was tenderly asked TO resign. when
many weird reasons were manufactured 10 spare
her feelings but that is another-sOng-
During the singing Of the pretty girl Clemen-
tine began 70 button herself within her coat.
Aren't you going 70 try2 asked Ann
No replied Clenentina with set jaw
AS she trudged toward e elevated. she began
10 feel the dull disgust Of moral failure am
coward. she exclaimed All those chils. all
that waiting all that agony for nothing, ] shall
never, never respect rnysef again But as eternal
hope asserted its strength within her I might
have gotten il if had tried Who knows? Next
time I must surely. surely try
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
e" He told me the same thing said clementina-


'' OH he sent you too?' asked Ann
Yes. you I happen 10 know him also
through a friend of mine, yellow banknOte.'
Ann giggled. He's awful old liar. she ad-
mltted comfortably But I'd especially like to get
this position becaus, il is not far from home. II
l can't get it. though, I'd ike YOU to. she added
civly.
- You have goou reason. Tell il TO the COM
.nittee' suggested CIementina. Tt might help. I
want this job because I've got to get something
My folks won't pay for TO stay here much
longer unless I get work to do. They think if I'm
any good somebody ought to find il soon
- But people say it takes eight years hard work
to make a passably good New York singer sug-
gested Ann cheerfuly. Ann very handsome
furs and. diamond pendant from her collar.
''Clementina watching the diamond pen
dant That is all right If YOU have eight years
worth Of money she said She had muf and
was cuddling her hands for warmth inside her
cuffs
What do you usually sing? Ann tried a
lighter topic Save Ne by Randegger? I think
I'll try ''Entreat Me Not TO Leave Thee" I could
put a lot or feeling into that She giggled again.
though a trihe more nervousy. for the trial
beginning.
II have never sung at trial whispered Glenn
entina. oh. yes. l have gone to several. but it
always looks sort of hopeless before my turn. so
slip away without trying. But I will try to-
night. or I'll never respect myself again. I
must get a position
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

chorus also. II II Is possible that seventy-five
other absolutely confidential tips have been given.
You begin to hate the head of the choir agency.
Your glance is met by some seventy-five other
glances, cold and unloving You hug your roll OF
songs chosen carefully reveal yourself, and
try to look the part Of who calmly knows his
WORTH Then you wonder II that is what makes
the rest of them look so foolish.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

construction. and the that it is the most direct
line from the West Virginia coal fields TO tide
water. promises to be a formidable competitor OF
the other roads in its territory. 1t is already as
sured Of annual haul Of 100000 tons Of coal
from its properties and it is figured that as
soon as IT gets fairly under way the minimum
haul will be 800 600 a year. A considerable
amount Of this coal will to New England, but
New York will in for its share, and II is eX-
pected that the market for it here will develop
rapidly.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

The Hostess-I hope you will like this punch.
My husband worked over it all the afternoon max
ing with his hands
The Guests-It's grand Where is your husband7
We must congratulate him
The HoSEes@Sorry. but he can't hs Just
gut him eed.-Puck-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
THE CROWDED FIELD.

The more thoughtful naturally wonder that tRs
field should be so crowded. when the stage offers
so much more of applause and money There are
many petty exactions in the churches. and the
noorest paid places often demand the most talent.
Hut there is a large number Of people who cling to
a good olI-fashioned horror of the stage and the
ideal of personal modesty in women Church
choir singing is so lady5e; would do 1t any
way Just for fun they say
Viewing New York from the outside as held
for the harvesting Of this particular ambition
said one who ought TO know ut looks wide and
long On examining the ground closely however.
from within the nclosure, 1t is seen to be planted
several rows thick to every furrow Only the tt-
test roots can survive the narrowing,
There does not any cure possible for this
congested condition except decrease in the num-
her OF applicants. Even If II has succeeded Bos-
ton as the greatest musical centre in America. New
York cannot make more places merely TO satisfy
the demand OF outsiders. We already have more
church singers than be properly recompensed
1t sounds nhospitable. but the rest should go home
If the overplus would only flock TO other pastures
instead Of an staying and starving here they would
find the grazing better.
Church places very nice indeed after you
get them but the getting OF them is sometimes
horror An intimate knowledge of the ordinary
church trial anazement that there are
any recruits left make # possible. this name
Is indeed fitting. You some 10 New York 10 sing
You don't know the town. and therefore seek the
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
MAKES GIFT OF sPIEGEL GROVE.
Colonel Hayes Gives Home of President Hayes
TO Ohio Historical Society.

Columbus. Ohio April Colonel Webb c.
Hayes who recently came into possession of Spiesel
Grove. the home of the late President Rutherford
B. Hayes Fremont. Ohio. has presented the
property in trust the Ohio Historical Society.
and the trust has been accepted. He has also
signiied his intention of removing the bodies of
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

singers. casts many singers heart in gloom be
cause the best opportunities are closed and cheers
many another by the thought that the most for
IndabIe rival is out OF the running.
Beginning with January and usually ending by
May J. each year sees general reconstruction
movement among the church choirs of New York
Just as there Is a season in the fell when the
spirit Of home change seems contagious. SO the
church musical world is reused in the spring TO the
almost unlimited opportunities of our extravagant
big town.
Most singers think they sing well but those who
really do usually kr o It and are constantly trying
for higher places. They voluntarily move on. The
less accomplished ones melted TO resign or. IN
stubborn cases are dismissed. for congregations
and their church musical committees have rather
high idea OF the talent their sometimes slender
contributions should buy and an inverse idea OF
the time and money entalled Dy the iioSt Houe't
vocal education.
The career of church singer is not so difficult OF
attainment by men. because comparatively few try
and those who do are generally urged by especial
fitness II is a common criticism of foreigners that
American men are too busy making money to
bother 10 attain any excellence II this art Even
fogey basso is generally received with some degree
Of respect and there is seldom a tenor so untrue
10 the pitch strangling in his top notes thdt
he cannot get place somewhere.
II is to the jostling army of women, however
that the plums seem few. Surely, when one consld-
ers the hundreds OF thousands OF women III thls Dig
METROPOLIS it would seem that enough well trained
voices might be found at home do the work OF
the churches But they futter here in greater
numbers every year from all over the United states
like moths TO the candle fame, untred young girls
f1U of sweetness In their convictions at least II not
IN their voices; unsuccessful married women anu
,vornout prlma donnas determined TO renew their
CORNER triurnphs All come hopefully. fondly I'M
aening that merely being able to sing songs wen
entities them TO good church places here
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

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