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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

From comment upon the reunion OF Nortn
Carolina veterans in Norfolk we Gull two OBJ
servations all too sadly applicable to every such
occasion:
1.-The Vets marched bravely, God bless EN-
SAYS the Virginian- Pilot, but the time is here
when they should be provided with conyeyances
in the procession.
IAN beholders' hearts were touched by the
sight of the parade says the Land
mark. Some of the marchers looked well and
strong and remarkably young but ii was pathetic
to note how many were totterlng from age ana
were evidently nearing their last roll-call. seV-
cral ambulances following the parade by way OF
Lrecauton called attention to the grim slgnlh-
canoe Of the years.
lie pitiless years make 1t ever more miracle
that there should be among those who fought
with Lee any who still look strong and well.
Even the boy who in 1865 entered the army at
fifteen is now man of sixty Most of those who
marched and counter-marched, who fought and
suffered and starved are now at or past the three
score years and ten" of men, The grey line
that the crash of numbers could not cause to
wends palsied way. The men who
leapt 10 the charge now creep along the streets,
tearing the heart strings OF those VINO look upon
them III the memory ot thelr deeds. he IN
comparable infantry Is suLl uneonquefed IN
splrIt; in is no longer potent III body.
Exactly because the veterans themselves
true to thelnselves-will all but drop rather than
admit they can no longer march; exactly be-
cause to the faithful members OF genera
ton there is not anywhere else so poignantly
sweet a spectacle as the procession OF these old
men, exactly for these Is it important that
the march should be given up. Inc veterans
should ride No more should they form into the
ranks that so heartlessly call to the minds OF
those who love them the contrast and the pre-
monition which their line Of battle inevitably
suggests The Confederate veteran is too game
either to need to prove it again, to be per
United to punish himself in doing SO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
MEN AND MANNERS.

Il
then embarrassing his hosts by refusing to SIT
III The table with one of their number, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt simply made the dlstressIngly
ordinary mistake that popular honors, personal
d prominence the possession OF power are matters
relieving their possessor Of the obligation OF gen
tlemany conduct Because he has been so great
lii honored, because in the eyes Of the world he
\ rightly or wrongly stands for the typical Amer
lean citizen breach Of manners of this character
serves 10 bring reproach upon the people OF the
whole country.
Of course every man has the right to decide
for himself the question OF dining companions,
SO long as he dimes privately. Colonel Roose-
welt has himself IN conspicuous instance assert
u ed this privilege But there is code govern
my the relationship of guest and host which
prompts a gentleman who has accepted an III
IMITATION to avoid ofense to the hospitality which
has been extended him. If Colonel Roosevelt
knew when the invitation of the Hamilton Club
III Chicago was rendered him that it carried the
I Hospitality of Senator Lorrmer, one of its mem
bers. it was then the time for him either to de-
cline the invitation or TO give a qualified ac-
ceptafce If he could not stand Lorrimer, he
should have indicated the fact in advance But
To make boorish and brutal demand of his hosts
al the eleventh hour for his exclusion sim
ply and solely personal departure from the
4 simplest social ethics. Had he been III reality a
private citizen, such monstrous demand would
have met with the instant Reputation that II
ought 10 have met with notwithstanding his
position, by the club which had been gratultously
insnlted That upon the voicing of demand for
4 Iorrimers exclusion the club committee did
not convey its regrets to It's distinguished guest
merely shows the Hunkey-ke spirit of the com
5nittee il does not remotely Justify or condone
the barbarsm of the guest.
Passing by the lack Of breeding which the in
3 cident discloses, there is another serious phase
of the matter in the implied advance trial aud
conviction Of guilt Of Senator Lorrimer. Admit
that the charges of bribery laid TO his door have
bad look admit that the average man is en-
titled TO his opinion concerning his guilt or
u Innocence he is nevertheless not Yet convicted BY
any competent authority, and it comes with pooi
grace from the man who protests himself the
I disciplen-chief of the Square DEAF to assume
the authority to do SO upon no stronger evidence
that that of popular rumor and confessions which
are worthless except they convict the wit
nesses themselves of acts of felony. Colonel
I Rooseyets every word and act disclaim his priv
4 ate character: to violate public character
that basic assumption Of innocence upon which
the law rears the foundations Of liberty is onl,
less hurtful than il Is anarchistic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY.

Justice Crlthchfeld, in asserting the jurisdic-
tion Of the police to arrest aud the civil authority
70 punish soldiers guilty OF fragrant breach of
The peace, was in the already expressed opinion
of The Ttrgjniaol well within his legal rights.
He could by no other course have asserted the
rights of the city authorities to maintain order.
10 have done otherwise would, under the cir
cumstances, have been to lower the dignity Of his
own court. The essence OF the military constitu-
zion denies the construction Of its privileges into
license Any other construction would render
the military nuisance which public sentiment
would not be slow to abate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

the penalty of non-conformity with the wishes
of the United States would be the annexation of
the Republic which the United States brought
into existence OF course this was putting it too
BADLY even for diplomat of the caliber OF
Philander Chase Knox In its chargin at his
having said it. Washington Immediately wired
Marsh to deny that he did say it. Marsh Will
doubtless obey these instructions to the letter,
but the history of Panama, the well-known super
vision of its affairs by this country the recent dis
patch of warships from Nicaragua to, the canal
zone are all facts making it apparent that,
whether he was or was not quoted with entire
accuracy the charge fafajres is reported TO have
stated the intention of the Government exactly
as those intentions have been suspected by the
world at large.
Disoraceful as the erection of the Republic OF
Panama was III the first instance, the means fol
lowed in the rape of Columbian territory were
those of certain school of rough diplomacy very
effective where strong power deals with small
one. BY suddenly striking the treacherous blow
Roosevelt did the murder and got away with the
spoils before the powers of the world had time
to object. The proceeding was not ethical, per
haps. but il was effective. 1t had the virtue at
least that there was no he,itancy displayed an
this country's getting what 1t wanted when 1t
wanted it The deed having been done, there
was nothing left for anybody else to do except
to simmer down with talk. Now, however, II
the intention is to ancx Panama-as there Is
small room to doubt the ultimate III
tention has been all along Knox and his under
study have taken the best possible means, by de
claring the purpose in advance, to render Its
accomplishment delicate and dangerous. The
way to do brutal thing is TO plan 1t silently
and do it with the most determination coupled
with the least measure of brutality. In ITS
actions both in Nicaragua and Panama, the
State Department could have remembered the ad-
vice of former rough and ready diplomat, to
Speak softly and carry big stick,
| We are not of those who believe that morality
! has no place in national relations. SO holding,
we must regret the original crime against JUS
tice by which Panama was made into puppet
nation. The thing having been done, however,
the importance of the Isthmus in world politics
makes it regrettabe in the extreme that any III
tent which this country now holds toward Pan
anna should have been disclosed in advance, OF
that suspicion of an intent which does not exist
should have been justified by characeristicallE
bungling methods The power of this country tt
survive the errors Of the Office boys to whom II
delegates the performance of Its national func
tions is 10 a degree a saving clause; for all tina
the practice is one scarcely more defensibIc thar
the giving Iof dynamite to children for play
thing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
KINDERGARTEN DIPLOMACY.

Panama dispatches narrating the alleged in
discreet interview of charge dafares Robert O..
Marsh as to the intentions of the United States
sin the event that the Congress of the "Repub-
lie does not meet It's wishes in the election of a
president are simply cumulative evidence of the
shame of the diplomatic amateurs to whom this
country commits the important interests of
world power. What the foreign office at Wash
xngton seems never able To understand is that
diplomacy defeats itself when It's measures gain
publicity in advance OF their contamination 1t
seems to know nothing of silence, nothing of the
hoiseless tread, nothing Of the trackless path.
washington fnesse leaves trail like bear
khrough cane break. 1t is as heavy handed as
u ccsl HEAVIER about as lightfooted as Timbuetoo
& infantry
III Obsesed with his importance as the representa-
4 1iyeof this Government Marsh is alleged to have
\ fxen on. m interview In which he declared that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
MAKE THE VETERANS RIDE.

The time has come as times will come in spite
Of all, when the Confederate Veteran should no
longer be either required, expected or permitted
to march, The thin grey line" of stirring mes
sages is not only fast thinning, but rapidly weak
ening. To watch any gathering of veterans is
not only to feel the stir at the heart which the
pathos of their history calls up but to witness the
spectacle of old men battling on their nerve
against physical ineapacity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
Contempt Of Court In ENGLAND.

The Crippen case which has absorbed Of
International attention recently has developed rather
interesting phase In London, which looks from
the American viewpoint While the noted
his way back England stand trial for the murder
OF his wife his counsel In London has secured
tachment against the London Daily Chronicle for
tempt Of court the claim that the paper prejudced
Dr. Crippens because it published announce
that he had confessed to the murder Of which
is accused. when a matter of fact, such
fession evidence had been made. The Chron-
Gle had also declared that Crippens wife poisoned.
The held that the publication the Chronicle
declaring Crippen guilty In advance
Trying by the newspapers frowned
by the English courts and they do hesitate to
proceed against paper which attempts to prejudics
the guilty Of any accused person. While American
courts hardly go far although there lacking
some precedents there would be justice in the
English contention. AS newspapers universally read
nowadays It 10 easy to how the minds Of all avan-
able talesmen may be preiudiced In advance,
consciously either for against accused BY
taking granted that all they have read In the papers
is true
While high class American papers do draw the line
fragrant prejudgiHg OF before the courts, II
must be admitted that the American press whole
resens restrictions piaced upoH their perfect free
dom Of and publication by the court11r any
othar infinelace.-New Orleans PicayunA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
Let the Virginian Follow You.

II YOU intend leaving Richmond for a vacation
have The vireinian sent daily TO your cottage
or hotel. You may then enjoy the mountain
or seashore air and at the same time keep in
close touch with all that IS happening in the
city and State, and country-political, social
business and sporting circles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

"Honey Fih'', Mayor of Boston, has taken a
trip in an aeroplane. Quite a departure for
practical politicians, who hold as cardinal tenet
the necessity of keeping at least two feet ON the
ground.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

Men sent to jail for insulting remarks made to
chromos of Lincoln and Mckinley hung in an
office of justice of the peace no doubt felt that
they had provocation. The general run of such
likeneses speaks with bark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

The Pope starts his fight against modernism
by forbidding the reading Of newspapers. If
he can enforce his order he will soon have
clergy all but ante-deluvian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

An army officer has been disciplined for
threatening a Honolulu policeman. The army
and navy threaten Panama. Like master, like
man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

A gain of three and half millions in bank
deposits in Virginia within the past year indi-
Gates that the people of this State are even able
to support the "high cost
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

The record by seismograph Of an earthquake
1000 miles from Washington perhaps indicates
the arrival of the NEW nationalism" in the
Pacific islands.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

We wonder if Senator Lorriner has had oc-
casion recently to recall Booker T. Washington.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

Repeated explosions suggest that possibly the
term Dreadnaught is naisnomer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09

FaFhIVie, Where she expects to matriculate at the
Normal Institute.
Mr. Henry 7. Christian has returned from Harri-
sonburg, where Mrs Christian is spending time.
Mrs Q. Preston Smith is the guest of Miss Bessie
Carter, of Danville.
Mr., Tom Neal has returned. after visit to friends
in Culpeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-08

| as the board of directors may fix or
| determine, but no certificate of stock
| shall be issued until the same has
been paid for either in cash or prop
erty received, services redered or
| labor performed. No transfer Of
stock shall be binding upon this cor
poration unless recorded upon it's
books, and until the certificate of
stock shall have been delivered to
the corporation and duly cancelled.
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers of this
corporation, and the management
and conrol of it's Affairs shall be vest
ed and exercised by board of
directors, composed of nine stock
holders, of whom five shall consti-
'tute quorum for the transaction of
business; the number Of said board
OF directors may be increased at the
option of the said board of directors,
but in cases a majority of the num-
Der of the said board of directors
snail constitute quorum thereof.
Said board of directors shall be elect
ed on the third Monday of the month
october OF each year, and shall i'm
mediately after the election elect
from among their number presi-
dent, vice president and treasurer.
each of whom shall be stockhalder,
They shall also elect a secretary, who
may or may not be a stockhoIder
Each stakeholder shall be entitled in
person or By proxy to one vote for
every share of stock owned by him
or her. All elections shall be by
BALLOT and held at the office of the
said corporation, under the superin-
tendence of two commissioners to be
appointed for that purpose by the
board of directors. A majority of
the votes cast shall elect said board
of directors who with the officers
thereof shall continue in Office for
one year, and until their successors
have been elected and qualified.
Notice of the election of a board of
directors shall be given by publica-
tion in some newspaper published at
the domicile Of the corporation for a
period of at least ten days previous
to said election, and by written notice
mailed to the last known address Of
each stakeholder at least ten days
previous to said election. The first
of the board of directors
under this charter shall take place
on the third Monday of October,
1911, until which time, or until their
successors have been duly elected and |
qualified, the following persons shall |
constitute the first board of directors, |
DR.. A. H. Grimmer, DR.. D. |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-08

Harvey Dillon, DR.. B. B. Warren, P.
J. Lacroix, A c.. Mccormack, Ed
| mund Stern, Edward Kentzel, A. R.
Smith and Lawrence Cole, of which
A. H. Grimmer is president, Law
renee Cole, vice president; A. r.
Smith, treasurer, and Louis J. Hen
nessey, secretary. The failure from
any cause to elece directors on the
Gay stipulated shall not dissolve this
corporation, but the officers and di-
directors then in Office shall hold
over until their successors have been
elected and qualified. In the event
Of failure to hold the election on the
day stipulated shall not dissolve this
call a new election Immediately
thereafter, within ten days notice as
hereinaboVe provided. ANY director
shall have the right to vote on all
questions before the board, either in
person or by proxy, and when by
proxy, the person holding same to be
counted. in place Of the absent men,
Der. The board Of directors shall
have power TO fill any and all vacan-
cies occurring inS it's membership
from among the stockholders of the
corporation. They shall have full
control OF the property of this cor
poration and shall conduct and man
age its business. They shall ap-
point such officers, agents, managers,
employees, servants and clerks as
may be necessary for conducting the
business and affairs of the corpora
ton, shall fix their compensation and
shall haya tho RIGHT IN dicnaicc +hcp,
at pleasure, and may make and es-
tablish, as well as alter and amend,
any and all bylaws, rules and regu-
lations for the conduct, support and
management of the business and af-
fairs of the corporation Said board
OF directors Shall have full power to
contract debts, borrow money, issue
notes, bills of exchange, bonds and
other obligations, execute and grant
and receive same and
generally to do all things necessary
for the conduct Of the business. And
snail have full power to issue and
deliver full paid shares of stock for
cash or property received, services
performed or labor done. All certi-
flcates OF stock Of this corporation
after being duly ordered issued by
the board of directors, shall bear the
seal of this corporation and be sign
ed by the president and the secretary. |
In the absence of the president, then |
signed by the vice president.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter or act of incopora-
ton may be changed, modified OF |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-08
Charter of The
CONVICTION OIL AND MINERAL
COMPANY.

Be it known, that on this 18th day
of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and ten,
and of the independence of the
United Stats of America, the one
hundred and thirty-fourth, before me
E. H. Richard, notary public, duly
commissioned and sworn, in and for
the parish of st. Tammany, State OF
Louisiana, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and ap-
peared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed. who
declare that ayailing themselves of
the laws of the State, and provisions
thereof relative to the organization
of corporations, they have covenanted
and agreed, and by these present cove
and agreed and these by present cove
stitute themselves, as well as such
other persons who may hereinafter
join or become associated with them,
into a corporation and body polite
In law, and for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the agreement and
stipulations following to-wit:
ARTICLE j.
me name ana style or this cor
poration shall be the Covington Oil
and Mineral Company, and under
that name it shall have and enjoy
all rights and privileges granted by
law to corporations; it shall have
power to contract, sue and be sued
in its corporate name, to make and
use a corporate seal, to hold, re-
ceiye, purchase, convey, mortgage,
hypothecate and pledge property both
real and personal, issue bonds, notes
and other obligations, to have and
employ such managers, directors, Off
GERS, agents and other employees as
the interest and convenience of the
said corporation may require, and to
make all regulations for the proper
management and control of the af-
fairs of the said corporation, through
its board of directors as may be
necessary and expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the town of Covington,
Parish of st. Tamany, State Of Lou
isiana All citations and other legal
process shall be served upon the presi
dent of the said corporation, in his
abscone upon the vice president, and
in the absence of both the president /.
and vice president, then the service, !
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-08
shall be made upon the secretary.
ARTICLE Ill,

The objects and purposes OF this
| corporation and the nature of the
business; to be carried on by it are
| hereby agreed to be: To purchase,
| receive, hold, lease, otherwise &C
! quire mines, mineral lands, mining
| rights, Gains and privileges, or real
estate in the State of Louisiana or
elsewhere in the United States of
America, and to prospect, explore,
examine, test, develop, open, work,
| or in any manner use or turn same
to advantage, to prospect and search
for natural gas, oil, petroleum, coal,
salt, sulphur, or other mineral or
clements of use or value, to investi-
gate examine and test lands in locali-
ties where same are supposed to exist
such wells, pits or shafts as may be
deemed expedient for that purpose,
and to drill, bore, dig or put down
to mine, dig, blast, excavate, pump or
otherwise obtain or procure, natural
gas, oil, petroleum, coal, salt, sui
phur Or other minerals or subtances
of use or value, and to prepare, puri-
fy, refine, manufacture, transport,
convey, store, warehouse, sell or
otherwise use or dispose of same; to
drill, bore or put down, excavate or
make, and maintain, repair, operate
and work any wells, shafts, mines or
works that may be necessary or con-
yenient to accomplish and carry on
the objects and purposes herein set
forth; to build, erect, repair, main
tain and operate any buildings,
houses, pumps, machinery, appara
tus, works, railroads, tramways,
boats, barges, canals, levees, reser-
Volrs, pipe lines, tanks or other
things that may be necessary or ex-
pedIent to accomlish and carry on
the objects and purposes herein set
forth, and in general to do and act
anything necessary, convenient or
incidental to the accomplishment of
said subjects AMI purposes.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this orpora-
uon is hereby fixed at the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, to be
divided into and represented by
twenty-five thousand shares of the
par value of one dollar, which CAPT.
tai stock shall be increased or de-
creased in the manner provided bv
the laws of the State of Louisiana.
SAID stock shall be paid for in cash |
or its equivalent in personal or real
property received for services rend- |
cred, or labor performed in such
manner and under the terms such