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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
ARTICLE I.

The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be "THE CELESTE FIG
PRESERVING AND INDUSTRIAL
COMPANY, LIMITED and under
this name and style it shall have and
enjoy corporate existence for period
of ninety-nine years from date hereof
ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is established are hereby declared
to be to plant and cultivate fig and other
fruit bearing trees and all farm and
garden products; to construct and equip
a canning factory at or near the town
of Forbing, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
and therein to preserve all orchard,
farm and garden products, preparing
them for market in such manner as
may be determined, and to buy and sell
such products both in the raw and man
ufactured state, and in general to do all
things necessary and proper in carrying
on a general planting and preserving
business. The domicile of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be the City
of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
and all legal process shall be there
served on the president, or, in his abb
sence, the vice president or secretary,
according to law
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
INFINITE JEST
He Explains Why He Is
Greater Than Washington
and Tells the Amazing
Contents of the Practical
Joker's Head.

Mark Twain's only scholastic edu-
cation was acquired at the village
school in Hannibal, Mo-, the place
where he grew up. Nevertheless he
received in later life three Goetoral
degrees-one from Yale, one from
the University of Missouri and one
from Oxford, in England.
''Who would have supposed" he
said, that 1 needed so much doctor
ingT
Hannibal seems to have been, like
many other towns, a matter Of fact
place when the youth who had left
there as Sam Clemens returned q
few years later as Mark Twain and
delivered a lecture In Birmingham
hall, on the east side of the public
square. 1t was in 1859, not long after
his story of ''The Jumping Frog of CAL
averas'' had started him on the path
OF fame. In Hannibal lived John Stave-
ly, to whom primrose by the rivers
brim was yellow primrose, and moth
ing more. Stavely attended the lee
ture Holidays hill was about the
biggest thing around Hannibal In the
boyhood of the humorist Old John
Lennox. who drove dray drawn by
an ancient mule, had the loudest voice
known to the townsfolk. When Mark
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
MARK TVAIN'S
Some of the Many World
Laughs Evoked by Tongue
and Pen of Americas Pre-
mier Humorist In Fifty
Years of Fun.
By RoBERTUs LOVE.

w YHEN Mark Twain returned
AN from a winters health seek
ing sojourn in Bermuda, SC
i'll that he had to be carried
or the ship to his carriage and rolled
In a wheel chair from carriage to train,
the news of his serious condition car
ried sorrow to millions of hearts
throughout the world-the hearts OF
those who for many years have laugh
ed with but never at this fellow of
infinite jest"
Its tough. isn't III" was all be said
to the newspaper men who awaited
him at the pier He referred TO his
illness, and verify it was tough to see
him so enfeebled. not even able to
smoke his favorite cigar. 1t is remem-
bered that when he left for Bermuda
shortly after the sudden death of his
daughter Jean last Christmas eve he
took a cigar from his pocket and re-
marked to a reporter:
1.-The only friend have left"
There was more pathos in this re-
mark than truth. Probably no man in
the history Of the world has had SO
many friends as Mark Twain. Mill
lions who never saw him, never looked
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26

into bis kindly countenanee, never felt
the warmth of his smile nor drank the
melody Of his voice have been his
friends because his genial. jovial man
ner as evinced In bis writing always
made for friendship.
Weeping at Adams Grave.
AS an all round funny man perhaps
the world never knew his equal. Many
Of his quaint auips and turns have
woven themselves into our common
fund OF imperashabie material for
mirth, such as bis account of his visit
TO the grave of Adam, where be wept
because his illustrious ancestor never
lived to see him. Nobody else ever
knew the location OF Adams grave.
but Mark Twain not only found it--in
bis fertile imagination but paid to the
universal ancestor the filial tribute Of
tears.
Years ago, when a report was pub
Iished to the effect that Mark Twain
was dead. the person chiefly concerned
issued statement in denial. 'The
report Of my DEATH he said. has
been greatly exaggerated. How many
times since then, Oh similar occasions
with relation to other persons, has
somebody quoted Mark Twatn's de-
Malt
The Mark Twain definition OF cauii-
TOWER cabbage with a college educa-
tions-is another old favorite, which
reminds rs Of Mark Twain's indigna-
fion when the late Mrs. Aston, leader
Of ..sassiety. in New York, remarked
that a college education was q thing
no gentleman could be without.
Then Mrs. Astor as much as says
I'm no gentleman, " he said, because
wasn't fortunate en;lugh to have
rich father to send me to college. Well.
wonder If she thinks Andrew Car
negie Isn't or Abraham Lincoln wasn't
a gentleman
On another occasion, when be was
On q lecture tour. somebody asked him
who ID his opinion made the most re-
sponsiye and sympathetic listeners.
college men. ID replied after mo
nenrs rejection college men ard
spnylcts :
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
A MAYORS Rureau For aKioks.n

Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston an
nounced recently that he is going to
establish a bureau for kicks. 1t will
be an Office in city hall. where two off,
Gals viii be stationed to listen to all
complaints made by citizens about mu-
nieipal service. Most of the complaints
made at th city hall relate to tax and
water bills. collection of garbage and
condition of streets. and citizens who
have kicks to register don't know
where to go. The mayor says the val
liable time Of clerks IS consumed Il
listening to recitaIs Of grievances they
ean,t remedy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
/ DISTINCTION WITHouT !
DIFFERENCE.

The decision Of the Supreme Court O.
Louisiana rendered in New Orlean.
Monday in the case of the State VS.. Oy
tave and Josephine Treadway, appealed
from the District Court of Orleans Par
ish, IS amazing, at least to the laynlar
possessing a definite understanding o.
the difference between a person being /;
negro and one being white.
The African and his descendants i.
the opposite of the Caucasian and hi.
ofLspTiifIg; asss sr6afgamated with tn,
african.
From such mixture Is produced tht
nulatto.
From the mulatto and the Caucasian
IS produced the quadroon, and from the
quadroon is the actoroon, which is one
eighth negro and seven-eiehths white, {
negro still regardless Of social attain.
ments, wealth or standing in life.
To the Caucasian of warm blood I
negro is negro, whether black as the
ace Of spades or white as alabaster. The
negro can no more be eliminated from
the octoEoon than the spots of the leop.
ard could be removed with whitewash
Of paint OF varnish.
The decision Of the Supreme Court i:
remarkable, indeed extraordinary, al
least to the Caucasian of warm blood
il that the crime of concubinage is con
fined only to blacks and whites who CO
habit together. Reasoning then from
this Interpretation, no crime is possible
if the cohabitation is between a mulatto
a quadroon. not to say octoroon II may
be noted that Justices Land and Mich
oils dissented TO this decision.
Perhaps. if in the understanding Of
the law there was embraced the muiatto,
the quadroon and the octoroon who may
he classed as being colored, hundreds il
not thousands of men and women in
Louisiana would be amenable to the law
applying to concubinage With the lights
before Us wiz deyolve on the Legis-
saturs II It's next session beginning in
May 70 revise the present act or to adopt
one more specific in which the word
colored shall be specialized that the
knalatto. the quadroon and the octoroon
are no less negroes than the black negro,
L Is the generally accepted rule by
layrnen everywhere in the United States
and 81 rl<yso,s,1e1 ~ ff.a :4tr;es,r,.dat,ce f
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26

Twain warmed up to his lecture he
said, hoping to win applause from his
old neighbors:
In returning to Hannibal / do not
feel that am among strangers, for l
played here as boy. 1t seems to me
as il have known Hannibal from the
remote beginning of things. Why, my
dearly beloved fellow citizens, can
remember distinctly the time when
Holidays hill was no bigger than an
ash pile and when old John Lennox
couldn't speak above a whisper
Two or three persons Uttered, but
for the rest 1t was silence John
Stavely's brow wrinkled In scorn.
After the lecture be collected a crowd
on street corner and said:
'I've knowed this Sam Clemens ever
sence he wuz boy. and he alwuz wuz
liar. but he's bigger liar than ever
new. | was here In this very town
before Sam Clemens ever seen it. and
Holidays hill then wuz as big as it Is
right now, and old John Lennox never
seen the day when he could talk low
enough to whisper"
ArteInus Ward, who died shortly be-
fore Mark Twain began to get repu-
tation. had similar trick of dron ex-
aggeration on the platform, but the
later humorist found the faculty OF
putting such things into writing in a
manner that made them just as effec-
tive as the spoken word.
His Drawl Inherited.
Much has been said and written
about the Mark Twain drawl Cap
tain Horace Bixby, who taught Sam
Clemens the art of plotting d Missis-
sippi river steamboat. once asked his
pupil why he pulled his words So
You'll have to ask my ma. eapn."
he replied :.She pulls EN- the same
way
Friends of the humorist are aware
OF his aversion TO the telephone. One
day at his home In Hartford be an
swered Il telephone cstll After many
.shellos he failed to get q response at
the ofhpr end OF the Inc Finally he
reversed the word. TO bis discom-
ituse IN emsuent clergyman whose
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
ARTICLE III.

The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby authorized to be ten thous-
and ($Io,ooo.oo) dollars, divided into
and represented by one hundred shares
of one hundred ($Ioooo) dollars each,
to be paid for in cash or its equivalent
at the discretion of the board of direc-
tors. This corporation shall commence
business whenever three thousands dol
lars (S3ooooo) of the capital stock shall
be subscribed and paid in full.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
CHARTER
OF THE CELESTE FIG PRESERV.
ING AND INDUSTRIAL COM
PANY, LIMITED.

! State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Before me, Robert A. Grain, notary
public in and for Caddo Parish, State of
Louisiana, personally came and APP
peared P. T. Hedges, C. L. Jones, R. P.
Moore, Lee n Bush Roland William
son, T. c. Aubrey, R. R. Emery, w, B.
Daniels, all residents of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, and T. NJ. Cook, a resident
of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, who de-
clared that availing themselves of the
provisions of the laws of the State of
Louisiana relative to corporations, they
have formed and do by these presents
form and constitute themselves into a
body polite and corporation for the
objects and purposes and under the con-
ditions, stipu1ations and articles as fol-
lows, to-Wit:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
Ihef|Or5hein Bros. Dry Goods 20. Ltd.
Exclusively Wholesale Dealers in
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes
and Hats.
I510512-514 Levee ST. New York Office II Franklin ST.

1911. The Grst boar dof directors, who
shall hold Office until their successors
are elected. are hereby declared 10 be
?. T. Hedges, c. L. Jones. T. M. Cook,
R. P. Moore, R R. Emery, Roland VII
hanson and Lee N. Bush, with the fol-
lowing officers: P. T. Hedges, presi-
dent; c. L Jones, vice president; e. P.
Moore. secretary-treasurer.
ARTICLE v.
This charter may be amended er the
corporation dissolved. by a vote Of
three-fourths (s-4) in amount al The
capital stock at meeting called Cor
that purpose. Whenever said corpora
ton shall be dissolved By Limitations or
otherwise. its affairs shall be liquidatsd
by two liquidators selected for that pax-
pose by the stockholders, and they shah
hold Office and iiquidate the affairs Of
the corporation until fully settled. In
event of death or resignation of liani-
dator, the other Equidator shall esrve
alone.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
ARTICLE w.

The corporate powers are hereby
vested in the board of directors, to con-
sist of seven stockholders, four of
whom shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of the business of the cor
poration. The board of directors shall
be elected annually on the first Monday
of March Of zach year. beginning ii
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-26
ARTICLE v.
ARTICLE vi.

-
No stakeholder Of the eorporaaioa
shall ever be held liable for its contracts
or faults in any further sum than the
unpaid balance of his stock: and no ia
formality in organization shall have the
effect of rendering this charter null or
of exposing any stakeholder to any loss
beyond the unpaid balance due o. his
stock.
In witness whereof the parties have
signed this act of Incorporation, in the
presence of ]. ]. Lyon and w. S. Den
mis-, competent witnesses, on this the
18th day of March A. D. 1910.
P. T. HEDGES.
c. L. JONES.
f. II. COOK.
per c. L Jsnes.
r. P. MOORE.
r. z. Emery.
LEE N. BUSH.
T. C. AUBREY,
per P. T. Hedges.
ROLAND WILLIAMSON.
w. B DANIELS,
per P. T. Hsdass.
Witnesses:
J. J. LYON.
w. S. DENNIS.
R.A. GRAIN,
Notary Public.
State Of Lou;siana. Parish Of Caddc:
hereby certify that I have examined
the above and foregoing charter. and
fnding nothing therein contrary to law.
| hereby approve the same on this the
4th day Of April A. D. 1910.
]. N. FOSTER,
district Attorney First Judicial Dis
trict of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded April
4, 1910. A. S. HARDIN,
Deputy Clerk.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
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
4th day Of April 1910.
A. S. HARDIN,
Deputy Clerk and sx-oAcio Deputy Re
sss -
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to understand what he meant by seek.
ing out her fathers knowledge Of her
present mission. one which was to her
decidedly unpleasant.
Wheeler was plainly impressed. and
unfavorably so. at the girls reply.
oh" he calculated disappointedly. 3
The quickly thinking girl detected /
the significant tone of the newspaper |
writer's reply and FASTENED to ex-
plain.
Il heard my father say at dinner
that he feared there would be another
attack tomorrow" she said. land /
hoped through you to prevent its pub
LEGATION and to make the Advance
apologize for what it said this morn
ing. | don't see how your paper dares
to publish such things"
"Rut Judith" he answered. I'VE
couldn't dodge a story as big as that.
We had to print it. That's what We're
here for
But she was still insistent
"Oh. of course. print the story. but
I mean the insinuation all through
Why. by using such unfair means
newspapers can bring discredit on any
| one. Mr.. McHenry refused to apollo
| gize. He wouldn't even tell me who
wrote it. DO you know
Brand gave q violent start. AT first.
| in her present mood. he hardly dared
| answer the girl With determined
effort be pulled himself together and
answered her question.
"Yes. know who wrote it.
"Who?" Judith leaned toward him,
gazing intently into his eyes.
81 wrote it." he announced.
Judith started back aghast.
You. Wheeler? Why?" she cried
Historically.
II had no choice" He struggled to
maintain his grip on himself.
"You had no choice"
Judith. when this Lansing Iron case
FIRST broke loose" Brand responded
firmly. Il saw straight OF that it was
one of the slickest-well. that there
was q big story In it. | didn't know
your father was involved In this al
first. | just followed the path. Pnr
when ] saw where it was leading me
wanted to turn back because OF you
but couldn't" He stopped for mo
ment. then went on: mo. no. | could
not ot-even-for-you."
"But it isn't loyal of you" was he
response. 1T wasn't like you-to at
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McHenry turned to the telephone.

McHenry turned to the telephone
the sheets Bill. I'd like to run that
one. Senator Deering dead YETI"
mo. not yet"
The managing editor was disgucted.
"Pshaw!" be exclaimed. "Tll bet the
old codger dies for the afternoon pa
pers. We're having rotten luck lately"
The telephone rang.
Hello. Who's this?" cried McHenry
savagely. But his voice changed alb
ruptly to its most sugary tones
'Oh. Mr.. Nolan. this is Mr.. McHen-
~. Yes; why. the boy said I'd gone to
the theater. He's new to newspaper
Offices. Yes. indeed. He doesn't know
we newspaper men have little time for
theaters-no. indeed-ha, ha. | was
downstairs in the press room all the
time-yes. indeed; trouble with the
roller on cylinder 5 of the color
press, and happen to have a bit of a
mechanical turn of mind-yes. indeed.
Anything can do for you. sir: Hope
we may have the pleasure of showing
you over the office-your office-pretty
soon. Yes. sir. Tonight? Yes. any
time. We're always here. Yes, sir.
Thank you"
He hung up the receiver and re-
verified to his natural voice Its the
new boss. Moore S coming down to-
night"
Il wonder if that means more
changes?" observed the night editor
as he filed his pipe.
McHenry sighed.
"Ain't man who gets into this
business a Sucker?"
The night editor smiled grimly.
Wonder what kind of joke is this
Nolan anyway" he asked.
The night editors brow wrinkled.
"All l know is that he's a Colorado
miner with a hill of ore all his own"
He glanced over the night editors
schedule. What is this T-T-golf or
politics?''
'Taft-both: golf down-conference
with Aldrich.''
McHenry snorted.
Gosh. the White House is dead since
Teddy left" He pointed to the sched-
ule. whats this? Baltimore. one col
umn.'''
Double divorce They exchanged
partners
Good people?'
Not much"
Fifty words II be enough. Dead
heavy-stupid paper" grunted the man.
aging editor.
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\ YlHEELER BRAND gazed ut
VI the girl, and above his own
. misery rose his sympathy and
Exli thought for her whom he
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-03
CHAPTER II.

1VAYlH HELLER BRAND gazed ut
~" the girl. and above his own
EW-1 misery rose his sympathy and
yEE<Gxaj thought for her whom he,
lOnged to comfort. for the girl of his
choice. whom duty said he must cause
to suffer- He yearned to take her in
his arms and wipe away the tears but
he knew that she would repuse him.
He throbbed with the desire to prove
TO her his love by assuring her that
the attack OH her father was ended
but his duty whispered. No
And to himself he repeated the No"
For he must go on. and she must ell
dure. and the judge must pay the price
The voice of an outraged people had
spoken through the pen of Wheeler
Brand. and he was one Of those men
strong enough to refuse to take the
price of silence.
He led the girl he loved to a chair.
even as she sobbed and whispered,
wheeler. Wheeler. Wheeler" endear-
1ngly from her hearts depths. Brand
looked down on her with a world of
sadness in his eyes. He we'll knew.
and the woTld would soon know, that
those who sit in the high places must
pay the penalty for sin. even as the
lowliest among us who more blindly
goes astray.
judith Bartelmy had been long
enough in society to learn the art of
the control and the concealment of
emotions under many trying circum-
stances. Probably in any other situa-
ton than in one where her father
and the man she loved were so deeply
concerned. as in the present she
would have been able to retain larger
degree Of self composure. Several
minutes passed before she was able
TO speak in evenly balanced tones.
Wheeler" she finally said. If any
one mad told me that you would or
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Hello, Miss Stowe: Get me Mr.
Nolan-Mr. Michael Nolan-on the wire
right away"
AS the managing editor hung up the
receiver Moore. the night editor. en-
tered carrying a bundle of galley
proofs in his left hand. a schedule in
his right.
"Well, Moore. what have you got for
part ~ asked McHenry.
The night editor repeated rapidly in
a dead fat monotonous voice:
''Thirty-tive columns of ads. Tele-
graph editors hollering for twenty col
umns He just got a couple of nice
flashes-one from Pittsburg about
man clipping with his daughter-in-law:
very fine people. Another first class
murder from st. Louis. Local has
twenty-six scheduled. sports are very
heavy. bowling. fights. checkers. and
Kentucky's shut down on racing: they
want two pages. We've got tip that
Morgan has the asthma. Steel will
probably open soft on Monday
McHenry took down the telephone
receiver and held it expectantly at his
ear. He took the proofs from Moore's
hand and began looking them over.
They contained important articles
which had been set up. but which he
had not previously seen.
"Hello. there's a live one,' be sud
denly exclaimed. glancing over one of
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which he had Po' '"e'"'
taken from Moore. "All the same. the
judicial ermine is getting rather soiled
these days. 1t makes me sore to think
of what they're pulling off OH the
federal bench. He's bad all through.
that Bartelmy. Whose story is it
Brands?"
! yep" responded the city editor.
by heaven, he is newspaper man."
That's why he won't last in this Of
fee" put in Moore sarcastically.
"Yep," supplemented the city editor.
! McHenry's face took on resigned
expression IS he said: We'll. we'll
have to pass it up" he paused. Its
likely to be libelous.''
| He laid aside the proof sheet and re-
sumed his perusal of the schedule of
articles intended to be used in the
next mornings paper.
How about divorces? McHenry
asked suddenly. raising his head to
the city editor.
1.-The Sarrup divorce is up again.
Two new correspondents named" He
pointed them out among the photos.
McHenry drew few lines on one
Of the photos and rang for the boy
Bring me an artist. Durkin." he or
dered. The artist soon appeared
Here" spoke up the managing ed
itor. take these correspondents and
run 'em with the two you had yester-
day. but fix those up different Put a
hat on one and the other in low neck.
and put Sarrup himself in the middle
with dado of hearts around" Nc
Henry changed bis mind. mo: make
it big question mark Of cupids and
the caption Which Of These Women
Does This Man Love? Yes. and frame
in his wife too. Three columns"
. 'Yes. sir" responded the artist
starting away with the photos.
But McHenry called him back.
Hey he cried. Make that Which
7 of These Beautiful Women Does This
Man Lover"
The artist bowed in acquiescence
: and escaped.
McHenry took up another photo
graph.
"Ha. what a beauty he said en-
Enthusiastically. whats she been do
ing?"
:, she is Judith Bartelmy. the judges
;, daughter. She gave a reception to
day" answered Downs, the city ed
i itor.
o High society all there as usual.
> suppose?" unused McHenry. THE
' Bartelmys are an old family. an(
y they've held on to some of theil
money. Here. Downs" he went on
play her up for two-no. three eel
: umns. Maybe it will square it Will
o the judge for what We did to him il
j. the paper this morning. You explain
to an artist
q Cali right
r The new boss Nolan. is comm,
down to look us over tonight" addet
McHenry.
8 wonder where We'll all be workin,
next week." was the city editors re
ply over his shoulder as he uuickl,
8 made his exit
The boy came in and laid a card O,
the managing editors desk.
o Miss Judith Bartelmyw exclaime,
" McHenry as he glanced at it, We'll
s what do you think Of that. Moore?"
IF Its kick sure. and
by the way" interjected McHenr
e deliberately. this girl. Judith Barte
ny. isn't she engaged to Wheele
I,rand?"
e Seems to me I've heard somethin
/ nf the sort" assented Moore vaguely.
J. We'll. same here. and Brand wrot
Tat story this morning showing u
d ler father. the judge. as trickster q
'-c worst. most dangerous sort No,
'e girl comes to this office-probahl
to defend her dad. Say. Moore"-t ),
d managing editor was becoming excite
D. things are getting warm aroun
here. Brand certainly had his nery