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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-09-21

OF JAMES sCALLEN REALTY COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS.

Be ii known, that on this thirty-first day
of the month of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven,
before me, John Wagner, notary public,
in and for this parish therein residing, and
In the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hereuntO subscribed, who de-
clared that, availing themselves OF the laws
of Louisiana, relative to the organization of
corpora tiOns. they have formed and do here
by form themselves, their associates, sue
cessOrs and assigns into corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the
stipulatiOns hereinafter set forth, which
they hereby adopt as their charter, to-wit :
ARTICLE ONE"
The name and title Of this corporation is
hereby declared TO be JAMES SCALLEN
REALTY COMPANY" and 1t shall have
and enjoy corporate succession for period
of ninety-nine years, and shall have and
exercise for the purpose Of the business to
he carried on by it, all powers conferred by
law upon corporations, including the power
to receive, purchase, lease, convey, sell,
mortgage. pledge, improve and exchange.
and otherwise acquire and ALLEVIATE proper
ty, both real and personal, in the prOsecu-
tiOn of its business TO contract, sue and be
sued; TO make and use seal, IL il so de-
Sires, the same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to make rules and bylaws for its
government, the same TO alter, amend or
change at pleasure to make and employ
such managers and employees as its busi-
ness may require and generally to exercise
all the powers necessary to carry on its
business
ARTICLE Two"
The dOmicile of this corporation shall be
in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and
all citation and other legal process shall be
served on the president, and in case of his
absence Of disability, on the yiceJpresident,
and in case of absence or disability of both,
on the Secretary-treasurer.
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ARTICLE FIVE

The affairs Of the corporation, including
the powers to buy, sell, mortgage or in any
wise acquire or ALLEVIATE the property, both
real and personal, shall be managed by a
board Of directors, composed of three stock
holders. The directors shall be elected an.
nually by ballot by the stockholders on the
second Tuesday of January of each year,
commencing on the second Tuesday of Jan.
uary 1913. Each stakeholder shall be en-
titled in person or by proxy TO a vote of
each share of stock owned by him, and such
election shall be held under the rules as
may be adopted by the board of directors.
The directors thus elected shall continue In
ofhce until their successors shall have been
elected, and no failure to elect shall be re-
garded as forfeiture of this charter ANY
vacancy occurring on the board shall be
hlled by the remaining directors. The
board OF directors shall at their first meet
ing after their election, nominate and
elect out of their number a president, vice
president and secretary-treasurer Until
the nrst election as above specified, Mr.
James :. Gautreaux shall be president; Or.
Henry Il. Gautreaux shall be vice-president.
and Mrs. Mary Scallen Gautreaux shall be
secretary-treasurer, which three shall con-
stitute the board of directors until the said
election above specified All meetings OF
Stockholders, whether general or special.
shall be held after notice of said meeting
shall be given in writing TO each stockholder,
Dy the secretary-treasurer either in person
OF by mail, ten days prior TO said meeting.
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ARTICLE EIGHT

| , no stockholder shall ever be held respons-
iDle or liable for the contracts or faults OF
me corporation In any further sum than
.ne unpaid portion of the stock subscribed
organization have the effect of rendering
,nis cnarter null or of exposing the stock
holders to any liability beyond the unnaid
them. 'iioeu ny
Thus done and passed in nv Office. 317
Carondelet street, this city, on the dav
month and year herein first above written
IN tne presence OF Messieurs William Chris
Hanson and John J. McCloskey, Competent
VIII miitIhesses' VINO hereunto sign their names
ter reading of the whole. the said annearers
MrIilng the number of shares Of stock sub
sSrl1ed by them opposite their Names which
Snail serve as a stock subscription list.
o-o original signed James s. Gautraux.
go shares; Mary s. Gautreaux. 749 shares
10 authorize my wife, Henry ri Gaufreau9
henry r. Gautreaux, NJ. D., one share.
Christensen JoHN W.cxv " imam
Not Pub.
L. the undersigned, recorder of mortgages
IN ana Tor the parish of Orleans state 81
LOUISIANA, do hereby certify that the above
ana foregoing act of incorporation az the
James Scallen Realty Company was this
u ,Gl dsuy recorded in my office in book
New Orleans, La, Septembe. 10Th. 1911
tSigned) EMILE LEONARD, d. n.
hereby certify the above to be A true
Spy Sopy, OF the original charter of the James
ocallen Realty Company, together with the
certificate of the recorder OF mortpa COS nn
file In my Office e"ee'' Vn
(SeaD JNo w,ovrn
sep IA p % oct IL 10 1911
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No stakeholder shall ever be hal. n,
or responsible for the contract ss.,a ~
debts of said corporation, nor sssS
mere infOrmality in its orpanizatiar
the effect of rendering this Char.
or Of exposing a stOckholder TO an, h.
lily beyond the unpaid balance due a, a
SHARES OF stock owned by him.
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ARTICLE SEVEN

This charter may be changed or altered
or amended. or the corporation shall he
dissolved or ordered liquidated by a vote of
aWo-tnlrds OF the capital stock represented
at meeting of the stockholders Convened
for that purpose, after the ten days' notice
shall have been given as above specified.
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ARTICLE II.

The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the city of New Orleans, State of Louisi-
ana, but ii may establish offices and agen-
cies throughout the United States, its vari-
citations and other legal process shall be
served on the president, and in his absence
on the vice president Of said corporation.
In case of the absence or inability of both
Of said Officers then said process shall be
served on the secretary treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized and the nature of
the business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be: To deal in, buy and
sell, for its own account or Tor account or
others, sugar, rice and molasses; to act as
broker or agent in the purchase and sale
OF this sugar, rice, molasses and their by
products for the account of individuals,
firms or corporations, and generally to do
ana engage IN any suen business ss under d
ing out of, germane or incidental TO gen.
eral sugar, rice and molasses brokerage
business.
The capital stock Of this corporation is
hereby fixed as the sum Of Three Thousand
Dollars, divided into 30 shares of the par
value Of One Hundred Dollars each, which
shall be paid for in cash, or may be issued
at not less than par for property purchased
by, or services actually rendered to said
-COTpOTdtlOu. All SudTeS OI SlOCk sudll DC
full paid and worcestershire. No transfer
of stock shall be binding upon the corpora
tion unless made upon its books.
ARTICLE "
All the corporate powers Of this company
shall be vested In, and the management and
control of Its business and affairs shall be
exercised by a board of directors composed
OF three stockholders, a majority OF whom
shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
ton Of all business. Said directors shall
be elected annually by ballot of the stock
holders on the second Tuesday In July OF
each year. Each stakeholder shall be en-
titled In person, or by written proxy, to
one vote OF each share of stock owned by
him and standing in his name on the books
of the company. All elections shall be held
under such rules and regulations as may
be determined by the board Of directors, but
after at least ten days notice of such cleo
ton shall have been given to each stock
holder at his last known address, or by
publication for at least ten days In one
of the daily newspapers published in the
city of New Orleans. The directors thus
elected shall continue In office for one year,
or until their successors shall have been
duly elected and qualified. No failure to
hold an election shall be regarded as
forfeiture of this charter. Any vacancy &C.
curing on said board Of directors shall be
filed by the remaining directors for the I'M
expired term. Said board Of directors shall,
at Its first meeting, elect from among its
number a president, vice president, a sec
rotary and a treasurer. 1t may combine
the two last mentioned offices and may
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ARTICLE "SIX.-

At the termination of this charter aitbo-
by limitation or otherwise, the business or
analrs shall be liquidated by two commits.
slOners to be appointed from among the
stockholders at meeting convened for that
PHpnpose, AFTER the ten days notice required
above, said commissioners to be elected INV
a majority Of the votes cast at such cleo
ton. Said commissioners shall remain in
once until the affairs Of the corporation
snaIi nave been liquidated and In case of a
vacancy the same shall be filled nv The
stockholders In like manner, until such time
the survivor shall continue TO act
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ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
srs. JOHN CHAPTER NO. IS.
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ARTICLE I.

The name and style OF this corporation
shall be L. L. LIE HARDY BRoKERAGs Com
PANY, and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all the rights advantages and
privileges granted by law to corporations :;
it shall exist for a period of ninety nine
years from the date hereof; it shall have
power to contract, sue and be sued in its
corporate name; to make and use a corpor-
ate seal, and the same to break or alter at
pleasure; to hold, receive, purchase, sell
and mortgage property, real, personal or
mixed; to issue bonds, notes and other OBJ
legations; to have and employ such man
ayers, directors and other employees as the
interest and convenience of said corpora
ton may require or demand; to make and
establish such bylaws, rules and regula-
tionS for the corporate management and
may be deemed necessary or expedient.
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even appoint a secretary who need IA,
stockhOlder. eeu aal
ARTICLE VI
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CHARTER
OF THE L. p. LIE HARDY BROKERAGE
COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF Or
LEANS, PARISH OF
nRTEANS


BE 1T KNOWN, that on this fifteenth day
of the month OF August, in the year one
thousand, nine hundred and eleven. before
me, Robert Legier, a notary public. duly
commissioned and qualified in and for the
parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, afore-
said, therein residing, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned, personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereuntO subscrib-
ed, who declared that ayailing themselves
Of the provisions of the laws of this State
relative to the organization of corporations,
they have cOvenanted and agreed. to do BY
these presents, covenant and agree, bind,
form and constitute themselves, as well as
such other persons, as may hereafter join
or become associated with them into a cor
poration and body polite In law and for
the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following, to
wit:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
AMERICANS In PARIS

Americans, the custom house receipts
should be something like a record"
Jewelry and antique dealers and
others are unanimous in declaring
that, while of late years, American
visitors came to Europe merely as
tourists, they have now discovered
that things in Europe can be had at
much better prices than in their own
country. and have begun to come here
to buy.
These statements of Paris business
men are further confirmed by the as
pect Of the city itself Now that the
usual Partisan crowd has left for the
summer holidays, the bouleVards
would be empty and desolate were it
not for American tourists, who, un-
daunted by the scorching sun and
melting asphalt, can be seen all day
and every day going in and out of
shops, giving the central district the
appearance of an American city to
such an extent that nothing has
looked more like the busy section Of
lower Broadway than the Boulevard
Haussmann during the last few days.
OF course, temperatures at be-
tween So and 100 do not encourage en-
tertainments, but the gardens and
roof gardens of the chief hotels are
as gay now as they weresome weeks
ago. Hundreds of fresh arrivals are
every day filling up Immediately the
void left by those who, having con-
Guided their European holiday, are re-
turning to America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
aracteristics That Made Montgom
cry Blair so Successful illustrated
by Little Story Told by
James n. Mari.

OF the members of President Lin
coins cabinet three gained fame, and
will always be prominently associated
in history with the Lincoln admins
tration and the conduct of the Civil
war-William H. Seward, secretary Of
state; Salmon P. Chase, secretary Of
the treasury, who left the cabinet to
become chief justice of the United
States, and Edwin NJ. Stanton, secre-
taTy of war. And yet perhaps the serY-
ice Of Montgomery Blair as postmas-
ter general from 1861 to September.
1864, was in its way quite as impor-
tant as was the service of Seward. or
Chase, or Stanton, since it devolVed
upon Blair to maintain and improve
the postal service in the critical years
Of Lincolns administratoin-in the
years when the postal service was
the only means of communication be-
tween the armies of the north and the
loved ones back home"
One of the men who knew Mr. Blair
well was James Henry Mari. who at
the time of his death in the middle
eighties was the oldest man in point
Of continuous service in the govern
ment departments, he having entered
the posroffice department in Jacksons
administration and continued therein
through all succeeding administra-
'tiOns into CIeveland's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31


Would you like your sweethearts
portrait placed on your fngernails?"
is a unusual query at most Of the
swell Berlin manicurists just now. The
new fad grew out of within of a
pretty cousin of the kaiser who had
an enameled portrait Of her fiance
worked on the nail of her little finger
The portrait was a gem of art in it's
way and cost $50. The manicurists
took up the idea, and now, for a small
fee of 20 marks-about $5-you can
have anyone's photograph placed on
your fingernail The main skill Of the
manicurist consists in rendering the
photograph watertight; which is done
by coating it over with a shelIac-like
substance, which is burned upon the
nail. This is the only painful element
of the strange process.
Quite a number Of society danes
have taken to the idea and every
where you go you see fngernail pho
Biography. Mothers have pictures of
their favorite and prettiest children
placed on their fingernails; young men
and maidens display their sweethearts
in the same fashion, and the fad has
spread marvelously since 1t was first
introduced A portrait on a fingernail
will last with careful handling, about
four months without renewal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
italian Battles for Hours Before Big
Fish Is Landed-Odd Collection
in Its Stomach.

Boston.-Leonardo Romano brought
in this morning a 200-pound man-eat-
ing shark with which he fought from
10 o'clock in the morning until after
dark the other evening. Romano was
hauling his trawi off Middlebank, when
the head Of the blue-back shark came
over the gunWale AS the shark made
a quick turn and swung his tail square
into Romano's face, the fisherman
sWatted it with one of the oars. The
shark wriggled back into the water
before the oar struck the spot for
which it was intended, and Romano
splintered his oar.
The Italian took some rope and
forming slip-noose, tried to drop it
over the sharks head. The nearest he
came to it after repeated trials was
to drop half the coil into the sharks
mouth.
The Italian was alone in the boat.
He would have cut the trawl lose, but
as the monster was attached to one
Of the first hooks, to do so would have
meant to lose all his gear and fish.
Romano hitched the trawl line to
cleat and started his gasoline engine,
hoping that the shark would either get
tired out or possibly ground up by
the propeller. The sharp swished his
tail into the propeller and the engine
stopped running The Italian had then
been struggling with the fish for over
an hour. and the big monster was
about "aH in" by this time After
much maneuvering, the fisherman got
the moose over its head. Once the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
STONE THAT BURNS SELF
East OF the Jordan Lime Is Made
From Rock That Contains It's
Own Fuel.

While making a trip through the
HauFan district recently the writer's
attention was attracted to a curious
stone which might be described as a
"self-burning limestone" Our party
came upon some natives burning it
and was enabled to see the operation.
This district is south of Damascus,
east Of the upper Jordan. At this place
the rock lay in a stratum between or
binary limestone; it was of grayish
black color, and when freshly broken
had an odor of petroleum. Near by
were outcrops of what looked like the
same material many rods long and 20
to 80 feet thick.
Quarrying is easily done with primi-
tive picks and other tools, as the rock
is quite soft and full of seams. The
stone is broken into small pieces with
hammers and piled up against the
bank Of rock.
A wall of the same material about
two feet high is roughly laid up around
the pile on three sides, making a pile
OF small stone eight to ten feet long
and nearly as wide, and two feet at
the front, rising to nearly three times
that height at the back, where it lies
against the bank.
In building the wall around the pile
small holes are left for draft and in
which to start the fire When the kiln
Is ready to burn a few small punches
of straw are placed in the holes men
| toned, lit with a flint and steel and
in short time the whole pile has ig
| ntted. The men then begin working
on a new kiln while the other burns
and cools.
After about two hours of burning the
stone has all become converted into
lime, except the stones in the wall and
the very top layer, which are only
about half burned. When cool the lime
is air-slacked and sifted to remove any
pieces not thoroughly burned, which
are thrown into new pile to be fired
again.
| The workmen told US that 1t made
very black smoke with bad odor like
| kerosene burning. The lime is white
/ and said to make a very strong plas-
ter, superior to the ordinary lime
| burned with brush. This stone is so
located that, should it prove to be of
commercial value, it could be easily
| transportation Reports.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
PREFERS BLUBBER AND OIL
Eskimo Woman Quits Children TO Re-
turn to Old Life-Couidn't
Prove Her Marriage.

Seattle, Wash.-American food and
the ways Of civilization pleased an
Eskimo woman but a short time.
When she first struck these shores
with her white husband and children
the contrast to her own ice-bound
home was attractive, but soon she
tired of our ways and sighed for the
snow-cOvered plains of her native
land, for the luscious seal oil and the
succulent blubber.
She arrived here for the recent ex-
position, and her mate decided to
make his home once more among his
own race, purchasing a ranch on
Vashon island. His wife learned a
little English from neighbors, but
American ways did not appeal to her
and her temper suffered Hubby
traded his ranch and wished to es-
tablish near Springfield, Mo. WHEY,
however, would have none of it, and
learning that it was the white custom
TO settle matrimonial troubles in a
law court applied for assistance to at
torneys. Her native land, however,
was far away, and she had no evil
dence of being married, so she con-
tented herself by just embarking
upon the first steamer bound for the
Arctic regions, and our great civiliza-
ton knows her 40 more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
$100,000,000 Spent by Yankees
in Europe This Year.
french Capital Getting It's Share of
Cash, Declare Tradesmen-Begi
to Understand Ways of
Shopping.

Paris.-According to recent statis-
tics something over SSO,00OO 900 per
annum has been spent in Europe by
American tourists during the last few
years. This year the figure will be
well over 100000 600, a good share
OF which goes to Paris, where the
American invasion since May has
beaten all records.
Although the hotel men are salts
fed with the unusual number of
American visitors, only too willing to
pay good prices for good accomoda-
tions, it would appear from an inVes-
tigation that the money spent in no.
tells this year will represent only a
comparatively small fraction of the
total.
I'VE have done more business with
American customers this season" said
a high official of one of the largest
dry goods stores in Paris, than with
all the rest of our foreign customers
put together
1T seems, in fact, that Americans
are beginning to understand that
-0AiOPplhS III dIlS Is not ConuuSu 10
the Place Vendome and Rue de la
Pa1x, where prices are so high that
only few can meet them. Although
this is supposed to be the middle Of
the dead season, our staff is as num-
erous and as busy now as it was at
the end of June. At present we are
working almost exclusively for Amer
leans.
Il believe We have taken big bust
ness from our competitors in America,
and, judging from the quantity Of
clothes, and so forth, sold in Paris to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
forgotten Bank Account.

Quite forgetting that she had a sub
stantial little fortune in the bank an
old woman, Ruth Evans, residing at
Carrog, Llangolla, Wales, had lived
and suffered in direst poverty for 20
years. She died recently at the age
Of 80; neighbors paid for the coffin
to save her from having a parish fu-
neral. Afterwards a singular discoy-
cry was made by an officer. Upon TAX
ing possession Of the effects In the
little cottage, which were only worth
few shilings, barely sufficient to
pay the rent that was owing, he found
in a rickety drawer a pass-book of
an Aberbele hank. which showed q
balance of nearly $500 to the aged
pauper's credit The last deposit
was made 30 years ago. The book
was forwarded to the bank. and on
the account being made up, it was
found to total $500 the original
amount at compound interest having
doubled itself