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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Rich Louisiana Woman

Jackson, Miss, Feb. I6.-The Viii
and test...nent Of Mrs. Annie Mur.
dock Of Madison parish, one Of The (
vealthiest women Of Louisiana, wal
filed for probate here today. The Old
Ladies' Home Of Mississippi Is made
q beneficiary in the sum II four
thousand dollars. a case now pend
ing y the Supreme Court, Mardoch.
Holmes, involves q portian of the
estate valued at sevepty-fge thous
and dollars.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
The answer Of Mr.. Halphen. was

The answer of Mr.. HaIphen, was
then read as follows:
10 the Chairman ant Members of the
Democratic Committee of the City
Of Ope1ousas
Now before this Honorable Tribunal
comes and and appears Mr.. Micheal
Halphen, and by the way of answer to
the protest of MIR. b. a. LittelI, ayers
and says:
That the protest is without merit,
without foundation in law or III fact.
Your Respondent denies all and sim
guIar the allegations therein contained
save such as are admitted herein.
Further answering respondent AYERS,
that BIG and the said Littell were eandf-
dates for the Office OF Mayor Of this City,
1.-THE election held on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 18th, 1910, at which election your
Respondent defeated the said Lfttell
by four 90 votes as the returns OF the
show.
further answering your Respondent
AYERS, that the ballots which were cast
at the First Ward of the City were pro-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Carenero Municipal Offleers.

carencro, La, Feb. l9.-Haying
no contestants for the domination.
the following have been declared the,..
Democratic nominees for the nunici
pal election 70 be held ii April. For
mayor, George Melehior; aldermen, +.
2. + Breaux, A. G. Guilbeau, and nr.
y. Preiean; marshal, A. B. Trahan:
Democratic Executive Committe
Numa Breaux, q. Z. Estifette,
Miller.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Lost or Mislaid.

notes, each for s35, dated July 18th. s1sg9
payable and2years after date. Drawn to
the order Of 70. g. HaWkfn signed nv DrER
e Hawkfns me Vartetur,' By @. p dunbar.
1 note OF hand signed by Felix A. Faheyfo3
the order OF e. O. Hawkins, date jan. 1903.
made payable to 4. G. HaWRins.for $50.
The public is warned not toEnegotfate.
522-4t Il. {. HAWKINS, Port Barre, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Frisco Week EN-

Tickets are sold eve
the Frisco for New
being $685. for tf
returning on an
Also regular !
Sunday to
being SIP
retnrnin
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that there via
be a meeting of the stockholders of the
clarion Cos Ltd, at the office of the said
Company, on March 10th, 1910. at which
elected. - n9
RAYMOND BREAUX, President.
AARON JACOBS, Secretary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Notice.

A reward Of $40. 90 win be paid to the one
to the recovery of nv hnrss vvh,ns LIE
stolen on Feb. 3, 1910. He IS a pay. two
Wnlte mind feet, 14% hands tail. brsndad
N G on left shoulder. 'ohNou
MIKE COBARATA,
Bayou, Current, Ia.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26

4 Clarion man had the pleasure 81
visiting the firm Of Dardeau Il gas
tile during the week and such an d.
ray Of pretty dress goods be has no
had the pleasure Of seeing ii our
city before. The entire force were
busy unpaeking these pretty goods
and # he had been ! lady he surely
could not have resisted the temptation
OF buying one or two new spring
costumes. The firm expects business
70 be better than ever and have laid
in q stock to supply the demand.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Notice for Bids.

The Undersigned committee. appoint
"a IN the Police Jury Of St. landry
parish, ON Feb. 8th, 1910, VIII sell @ IDS
lowest responsible hlaaeF, tus Conlsase.s
hridpe over Bayou P~laquemine, on
Saturday, Feb. 20, IS4O,
- n a'clock q. m, atthe bridge site.
4. N. DEJEAN,
". Ii. DEJEAN,
LAWRENCE BURLEIGH,
COMMITTEES.
onelousas. La. Feb. Z, 1910.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Day. ut New Orleans

A new era has come before che
the public, il the form of the storko
with its carload Of infants at j time.
The occasion Of this visit Of The
'stork" with its large cargo, is the
distribution of q carload Of babies
from the new York Founding and
Orphan Asylum. The babes arctic BE-
delivered to Louisiana homes Oh
March 8 On this date a special car
will arrive over the Illinois Central
with the cargo This Is really j
striking thing, that babies should be
delivered after the order has been sent
IN. The demand il Louisiana Is II for
more girl babes than for the males.
It seems that the asylum p~rocures
more male than female babies. This
cargo to Louisiana i d precious one,
and will be handled With the utmost
care.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26

3 Mules and 2 horses for sale by
B. Sandoz, Opelousas, La. feb126t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26

2 majority Of six votes for Hal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

the stakeholder to any liability beyond
the amount OF stock.
In testimony whereof the said parties
have hereunto signed their names IN the
presence of F. G. Thatcher and J. u
Griggs, competent and material wit
nesses, before me, notary public, on this
the 23rd day of August 1910.
w. R. CAVETT, 70 shares.
S. B. HICKS, 10 shares.
per w. R. Cavett.
A. N. CAVETT, 10 shares.
R. NJ. PATTERSON, 40 share9
Attest:
F. G. THATCHER.
J.. G. GRIGGS.
JOHN F. SLATTERY,
Notary Rublic.
Having examined the foregoing char
ter and finding nothing therein contrary
to law, I have approved same on this
23rd day of August 1910.
Q. C. SCARBOROUGH y2,
Acting District Attorney.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded All
gust e, 1910 OH. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk.
State of Louisiana, Sarish of Caddo:
1 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 I'M
der nv hand and seal of office this 23rd
day of August 1910. J. H. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and exofficio Deputy Re-
corder. S-25.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
AN ORDINANCE
Defining who are Migrants and how
they sail be punished.

Defining who are Migrants and how
they sail be punished.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Caddo, in regular session
convened, that all persons who have no
visible means to maintain themselves
and live without employment, or who
wander abroad with not occupation; ali
persons who lead an idle and openly
profligate fife, who have no property to
support them, and who are able TO work,
and do not work; common prostitutes
who walk the streets or public highways
soliciting men; all persons of either sex
belonging to the white race who habit
ual1y loiter around or frequent Or re-
side in private or public places owned
or operated by negroes or frequented
by negroes; all persons who live by beg
ging, stealing, gambling or trading in
stolen goods; all who can work but do
not work, are hereby declared to be
Migrants.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by thee
Police Jury of the Parish of Caddo,
that ali persons found guilty of being
Migrants, as defined in section one of
this ordinance, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $1,000 nor more
than $1,000, together with all costs of
the prosecution, or by imprisonment in
he parish Jail of not less than ten days
nor more than thirty days, or both at
the discretion of the court.
Adopted September 8, 1910.
w. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
Sept. II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
rms INyITED.

Bids are hereby invited for building a
pile bridge about 40 feet long according
to parish specifications at Jolly place on
Black bayou on road from Hosston to
Vivian. Caddo Parish, La. Bids to be
opened September 70, 1910, at Police
Jury room by good roads committee.
Bids to be accompanied with certified
check for 5000 to insure the commence
ment of work ten days after contract is
awarded and completion of same in sc
days from time work is begun.
Bids will also be received on Septem-
her Goth for a bent bridge 80 or IS feet
long, according to parish specifications
over slough north of Doggy bayou or
KeacIie ana Keithville road, Ward Sew.
en-. Right reserved to reject any and al
bids. W.T.. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk
September 8, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

E. W1itr1ire and II. c. Alexander, COM
petent witnesses, the said incorporators
subscribing for the number of shares of
capital stock in this corporation set op-
posite their names.
J. c. MAYFIELD.
H. B. SCOFIELD.
H. w. SCOFIELD,
by H. B. Scofeld.
LEVEL c. BUTLER,
by H. B. Scofeld.
w. B. COSTLEY,
by H. B. Sco6eld.
WI M. MELROSE,
by H. B. Scofeld.
w. D. JUDKINS,
Attest: by H. B. Scofeld
L. E. WHITMIRE. .
H. c. ALEXANDER.
E. BARNETT,
Notary Public Caddo Parish La.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
l hereby certify that I have examined
the above and foregoing charter of the
Koke Company Limited, and finding
nothing therein contrary to law, I here
by approve the same. Witness my sigma
ture on this Ist day of September 1910.
J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Sep
TENDER I, 1910. w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Offcio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is 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
Ist day of September 1910.
w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder. o-I.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
Attest:
J. A. SELBY.
B. F. PEYTON.
7. F. BELL IR..


Notary Public.
Having examined the foregoing char
ter and act of incorporation and finding
nothing therein contrary to law, I here
by approve the same. Done and signed
officially this 23rd day of August 1910.
D. C. SCARBOROUGH JR.,
Acting District Attorney First Judicial
District of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Au-
gust 20, 1910. F. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is 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
23rd day of August 1910.
S-25. F. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

the remaining directors. The board of
directors shall have the power to con-
tract debts, borrow money and do all
things necessary to carry out the objects
and purposes of this corporation.
ARTICLE VII.
No sale of stock shall be valid or
binding on the corporation until the
same has been transferred on the books
of the company; no transfer or sale of
stock shall be made by any stakeholder
of this corporation without his giving
this company ten days notice of his in
tention to sell and giving the said cor
poration the preference of purchasing
Che same. No stockhOlder shall be liable
on any obligation Of this corporation in
any further sum than the amount of I'M
paid balance of his stock. On failure
& stakeholder to pay for stock sub
scribed it shall be optional with the
boatG of directors either to declare the
delinquent shares forfeited to the cor
poration or to sue the subscriber for the
price due on. all stock to be sold for not
less thanPar.
ARTICLE VIII.
This corporation is authorized to in
crease Cts capital stock by two-thirds
vote of all the stockholders at a meeting
held according to law, said original
stockholders have a right to participate
in said increased issue of stock in pro-
portion to holdings of original stock
holders, and in default thereof the other
stockholders shall first have a right to
purchase said stock I.-fore it is offered
to third persons.
ARTICLE TX.
This charter may be modified, changed
or dissolved or amended in any Wy
Except to increase or diminish its cap
ital stock which shall be done by vote
of two-thirds of all stock presently with
the assent of hree-fourths of the stock
represented at a general meeting of the
otOShiiOieSAo SolhSASo III Ills PuAPoSC
after thirty days previous notice pub
lished in Shreveport paper. Whenever
the corporation is dissolved by limitation
or otherwise its affairs shall be liquidat-
ed by three commissioners elected at
stockholders meeting who shall have full
power to wind up its affairs, settle its
Indebtedness and distribute among the
stockholders.
Done and passed before me, notary,
and in the presence of J. A. Selby and
B. F. Peyton, competent witnesses, this
August 22, 1910.
re
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

APPLICATION FOR PARDON.
am applying for q pardon.
LOUIS BERGMAN.
Shreveport, La, Aug. II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE VIII.

No stockholder shall be held liable for
the contracts or faults of this company
in any further sum than the unpaid bal
ance due the company on the shares
owned by him, nor shall any informal
ity in organization have the effect of
rendering this charter null or exposing
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE VI.

Failure to hold an election for direc-
tors on the day named shall not dissolve
the corporation, but the incumbent direc-
tors shall hold over until their success
ors are duly qualified and elected. Any
vacancy in the board shall be filed by
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

]. M. WATSON.
w. T. TOOLEY.
A. E. GORDON.
r E. L. ROACH.
per Fl. Hollar.
w. P. PARKS.
per H. Hollar
J.. w. PEYTON JR.
. per H. Hollar.
J. CPHALL
per H. Hollar.
T. NJ. HALL.
per Fl. Hollar.
J. L. JEFFRIES.
per H. Hollar.
Attest: H. HOLLAR.
J. A. SELBY.
B. F. PEYTON.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE I.
ARTICLE II.

The donicile of this corporation shall
be the City of Shreveport, Louisiana,
and all citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president, or in
his absence at the office of the company
according to law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

R. V. COOK.
A. R. COOMBER.
G. T. TALBOT.
J. B. EMBREY.
o. C. CARTHEY.
]. w. LANGSTON.
J. NJ. WATSON.
L. E STOKES.
A. A. CAMPBELL,
per I. E. Stokes
]. w. PEYTON.
per l. E. Stokes
]. Q. killer,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

elections OF meetings of stockholders
shall be advertised ten days in daily
Shreveport paper; directors to be chosen
at Office of company. .
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22


This charter may be modified or
amended, except as to the increase or
decrease of its capital stock, and this
corporation may be dissolved with the
assent of the majority of the stock at a
general meeting of the stockholders for
sguch purpose after thirty days notice
published in any of the newspapers in
the City of Shreveport, Louisiana.
ARTICLE VII.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved, either by limitation of its char
ter or any other cause, its affairs shall
be liquidated by two commissioners
elected by the stockholders at meet
ing convened for such purposes after
thirty days published notice in any one
of the newspapers published in the City
of Shreveport; in case of death Of
either such commissioners, the other
commissioner shall continue to liquidats
the affairs until the same have beer
finally closed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE /.

The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana,
and all citations and other legal process
shall be served on the president or in
his absence at the Office of the company
according to law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE III.

The object for which this corporation
is organized and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it is as follows
To develop minerals, oil, gas or eoaf'or
any property owned, leased or controlled
by it or others, in the State of Louis
lana or elsewhere in the United State:
and Mexico, and generally to do al
things in furtherance thereof.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE VII.

In the event of the dissolution Of this
CORPORATION, or the expiration Of its
charter, two liquidators shall be elected
:, fbe stockholders at general meeting
held after ten days notice as above pro-
v;ded these liquidators shall continue
in Office until the final liquidation o. al
the company's affairs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22

the remaining directors. The board of
directors shall have the power to con-
tract debts, borrow money and do all
things necessary to carry out the objects
and purposes of this corporation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-22
ARTICLE VI.

This charter may be amended by vote
of three-fourths (3-4) of the capital
stack of the said corporation, or may be
dissolved by a vote of three-fourths
40 Of the amount of said stock at
General e meeting of the stockholders
: for that purpose after ten days
nr;or notice of such meeting has been
published in one of the daily newspapers
in the City of Shreveport.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-11-10
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1910.
THE CAUSES

The causes which led to the results in
Tuesdays election are legitimate sub
jects for comment, but some of the COM
mentators are rather hasty in their con-
clusions. There are probably more
causes than they see at first glance and
which will appear to them later. There
is a disposition in some quarters to
blame THE Republican disaster upon
Theodore Roosevelt. He may be re-
sponsible in part, but hardly for all of
it. Perhaps if the leaders who are so
ready to put the blame upon him would
examine themselves carefully, they
would find that some of the blame be-
longs elsewhere.
He may have been too active and
strenuous in the fight for the best in
terests of the Republican cause, but
there is no way of knowing what the
result might have been if he had kept
quiet and let other people make the
noise. 1t must be conceded that he
meant we'll He may have made mis-
take in his judgment Of the best method
to pursue in furthering his purpose, but
that is common error among the most
astute politicians-even among those
who can detect the mistakes in cam
paign after it is over. But suppose he
is responsible for his party's present
woes? What good can it do to rant
about it and censure him for an effort
which was honest, but as his critics
think, misguided? 1t is done and the
wisest thing to do is make the best Of
the present situation The colonel is
Republican asset and must be reckoned
with in future campaigns. The party
should aim to conserve his energy and
to guide it into the most useful channels
in the campaigns to come The main
cause of the Republican disasters Tues
day was the lack of harmony among
members Of the party. Wherever they
put aside personal quarrels, recognizing
that their party is greater than any in
dividual in it and entitled to their sup
port, there will be no trouble about
the result, and Garrett county will re-
turn her usual majority.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-11-10
Deforestation and What 1t Means to
the Whole Country.
To the Editor of The Republican:

To the Editor of The Republican:
1t is claimed that a good thing is
never appreciated until it is removed,
or you are removed from it. This IS
especially true of our American forests.
When | see the whole trainloads of
fire wood shipped into this part Of Tex
as from the timber belt or from Arkan-
sas, and notice how knurly and crook
ed it is and note the vast amount Of
labor Et takes to split and prepare 1t
for use, it makes me feel keenly the
enormous wasteand Observation-Disclosures
bic and merchantable timber in my own
any many other Of the Eastern States.
In this part Of Texas, merchantable
timber il entirely wanting. The mea-
ger timber here can be used only for
posts and frewood. OF the posts used
there is not one in fifty that a Garrett
countian would think it possible to use.
Most Of them are made Of the mesquite
which seldom gets large enough to
make more than single post, and it
would be easier to get straight posts Of
mountain laurel in Garrett county than
of these mesquite bushes. This may
seem like eXaggeration, but it is not.
And the average firewood that the Tex
as boy has to split in the morning be-
fore he starts to school would put the
most daring chill billy" that infests
Backbone mountain to flight at first
sight.
do not remember having seen a native
tree in Navarro county that would be
called merchantable by an eastern lum-
herman. If my fathers old place was
here today as it was twenty years ago
when the lumberman left it for well
culled, it would be all the fortune that
| would need to keep me in Texas in
luxury for lifetime.
The American people are not awake
to the fact that their forests are vastly
valuable and they are being wasted by
careles or avaricious lumbermen, or are
Del1lR IuTHeu over W Tic tIltIlltS VI
forests and forest reservation.
The greatest enemy of our forests is
fire. And the greatest agent for dis
tributing this fire is the railroads. These
which few years ago were hailed as
the greatest agents of industry and
prosperity, are now recognized as the
enemy which comes with flaming sword
to destroy one of the most valuable nat
ural products of our section of the coun-
try. But this in an unnatural and I'M
necessary result of the railroad system.
The reasons for it are these: The gov
eminent gave the railroads too much
land and authority in the beginning,
and all these years they have scarcely
at all been subject to the laws that gov
ern other citizens. This made them
careless and wholly unconcerned as to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-11-10
THE DEMOCRATIC ROOSTER
RED!VlVUS.

Out of the ''pi-boX, out of the dusty
galley racks, the battered cuts of the
Democratic rooster are fiuttering down
to greet the rising sun of victory. Most
of them have not seen sunlight since the
fall of 1892; many of them have been in
retirement since their crow was silenced
in mid career in 1876. Cheek by iowl
with quaint woodcuts Of Seymour and
Greeley and Tilden, fresher from their
fellowship with Bryan and Parker, they
are coming forth with some of the gloss
rubbed from their FURNISHED wings,
but none of the lusty vigor lost from
their victorious attitude.
1t requires an effort of memory to
recall the Democratic rooster as he was
in the heyday of his youth. The methods
of journalism have changed since he
went to roost during the long Demo-
cratic eclipse. Occasionally he has
come forth to celebrate State or local
victory, but he was not the chantecler
of old Then he had the pride of all his
race as he "strutted, standing still, "
with comb erect and head thrown back.
Not infrequentlY a scroll futtered from
his expanded beak, breathing hot, crisp
words of defiance. His was the place
of honor in the enthusiastic Democratic
organ of the day. Perhaps as ban
tam, he led the scarehead in the first
page-perhaps as magniied, clead-cut
Leghorn. he extended entirely across
eight columns. Perhaps, multiplied in
numbers, he ran, as frieze across the
top or swept as a graceful border
around the page. In duplicate, he
adorned the editorial column, where
"Fire-Alarm' Foraker or Bloody
Shirt" Morton was denounced in I'M
measured terms and the people was
proclaimed as having come into their
own again. The ballahoo man at the
side show, the herald of the knightly
tournamt hts, were modest and retiring
compared with him.
But since the news of general Demo-
cratic victory, he stirs again, something
of the old pride, when he felt that the
sun rose to hear him crow, has set his
clarion notes ringing across the CONT
nent from the front page and the mast
head of countless contemporaries some
times known as rural-where he gener-
ally belongs. 1t is like note from the
misty past, and it gathers volume as it
goes.