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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-18
FIGHT ON HOG CHOLERA.
LEVERS BILL CALLS FOR AP
PRECIPITATION TO STAMP
OUT DISEASE.
Hog Cholera Causes Annual Loss
to south Carolina of st3s.9ii.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Represcnta-
tive Lever. of South Carolina chair
man Of the house committee on agri-
culture. has reported favorably from
the committee the bill (s. J.l59) zap
propriating funds for the purpose of
the Investigation. treatment and
eradictlOn OF hos cholera and dour-
inc"
This Is an emergency appropriu-
tion. Withdrawn from the general AZ
riculture appropriation bill. t. en-
able the department to perfect it's or
xanization tO meet the ravagcS Of
these diseases. which begin in the
early summer.
The report shows in substance that
the country H. losing annually through
the ravagcs uf these diseases. at "A
conservative estimate. something like
t7o.0O0,OOO. aud this loss Is dis
tributcd throughout the whole cuun-
try. that of south Carolina from hOr
cholera being st3S.9lI annually.
u also shows that hast year an ap-
preparation of $15.0OO was madc by
congress to meet this situation. ana
although absolutely inadequate. re-
unarkHble results were secured by che
department IN the four States IN
which the experimental work waa
made. and IL is hclicvc that with an
adequate appropriation. and with
strong cooperative organization hc-
tween federal. state and local author
tiles. the disease may bc rcducc !. con
trollcd and suhstuntially graduated.
The report fotcclully sets forth the
fact that pork-hog meat and hos
products compose tho basis of thc
everyday meal of the average citizen.
aud that as hogs ard hos products arc
to n lsrsc extent the subject ur in
t~tstste traffic. ~ Is incumbent upon
ga. federal government 10 take urgent
steps toward tho control 30 this ais
eaer "ntii tho department can build
ur q pcrmIucut cooperative organ
ilsttVr with the several states look
iue toward thc Hurl cr.,di alton of thc
discat'.
The report ALSO shovs tnc rrcya-
lencc - douriu" Uiuuus hor.cs iu The
Northwestern States. DuJ thot about
tn ucr cent uf the range hnrsr4 .,r,.
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BITTER POLITICAL ENEMIES
ARE NOW LOVING FRIENDS.
Governor Islcase and Mayor Grace
Announce That They Have Buried
the Iiatckct and arc Once More
F'rienls--Both Declare That They
arc Working for the Same Things
Charleston Post, Feb. -.

Charleston Post, Feb. 13.
The climax of the entertainment cX-
tended Ia the governor and the lcgis-
latorS yesterday occurred at the din
ner served in the Commercial Club
banquet hall to 500 people, for it was
after the disposition of the viands
that MAYOR Grace, of Charleston, and
Gov. Blcase. of South Carolina, re-
Gently bitter political enemies, stood
before the asscmblape To proclaim Z,
renewed friendship, aud Gov Bleasc
concluded his address. after the may
or, hy seeking then clasping the hand
ct his "oncc again friend" both
ciliation. Representative Massey, of
Lancaster, made the final address of
the evening, bringing tidings of good
cheer from the Piedmont The. diners
left the hall at $50, returning to Co
lumbia last night on their special
train.
There was grca. interest in the
presence at the same table aud side
by side of Gov. iBlcaSc ana Mayor
Grace, The two officials were seen
frequently tu converse in "a friendly
way, and therefore when Mayor Grace
arose To open the door of friendship in
oilicial greeting. pointing out that two
heads of constituted authority should
cNchangc courtesics, lie touched upon
Just the question foremost among his
hearers saying that there were those
present who would speculate rs to
whether his official greeting TO the
Governor would extend into personal
greeting. That he would icave to-
answer itself. The mayor extended
welcome To the governor and to the
general assembly. lie pointed out that
iu general his ideas and the govern
ur'H led IN the same direction. although
they NIGH, differ ON some fundamcn-
tails. The mayor made il very plain
that Charleston desired the friendship
of the rest OF the state, but desired
laws chat could bc obeycd ia this cos
mopulitan community lie said the
legislature would find Il solution to
Charicston's troubles in a little book
ON their desks in the morning, show
ing am honest way out or her dinicul-
ties
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tK\tkI,D EtT SAFE.
>Cggncn Make Rich Haul in Nil
icdgciiilc, ca.

MillcdgcNill". Ca. Fob. lG egg
men hlcw open y larSc stlc IN the of
iic" ~ G. ~ Bunucr carly to-day Tho
pr'N1t" wttChmau was found huuud
and gaRgcd Bonner. who * yer,
wealthy. kept hls money iu his office
snic instead or iu bank. lIc re-
lus"s ." stat" 3is loss, hut good au-
th"rity sNs IL was over Sl,ooo. and
may 10" $'"."oo. The rohhorS cScap-
td
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out. The report rccomcnds an ap-
preparation OF 100000 for this pur-
pose.
Wants SOuti, Carolina Members in
Congress to Enact Legislation.

Columbia, Feb. 1I.-Scnator Stuck
~ introduced into the senate last
night concurrent resolution To urge
tho South Carolina representatives in
congress to pass legislation TO re
QUirc all contracts for the future de-
livery OF cotton To specify the grade
on grades contracted for, and to pro-
vide that these grades conform 10
government standards.
The resolution follows:
Whereas the New York cotton on
changed by the adoption of an arhi-
trarily fixed difference i'm establish
ing the relative value al the grades
of cotton To- he rendered on it's CON
tracts has caused both confusion and
loss to the producers oC cotton aS
welt rs tho manufacture thereof
"l'c it resolved, That We urge upon
our representatives, in congress the
wisdom of cnacfiug such Legislation as
would require that all contracts for
future delivery OF cotton To specify
the grade Or grades contracted for,
and that these grades should conform
To- government standards
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replied he was very busy trying to
get the boats away. Every person he
saw on the decks or in the wafer.
Capt. Johnson said. had on a life pre-
server, with the exception of him.
self.
The Nantucket stood a quarter OF
q mile astern of the Monroe, the wit.
ness said, and did remarkably welr'
IN heiping to save passengers and
crew
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-18

introduce the governor with self-re-
srect and dignity and could express
the hope that when Blease was given
chance freed from State politics in
the halls where great men have sat
that his great talents would enable
him to be Il shining mark for the re-
spect of all South Carolina.
Gov Blease then arose to speak. He
accepted the mayors expressions of
cancellation with delight and lost no
time in clinching the opportunity. He
had rather be mayor of Charleston
than any other city, he said com
rtCntlnS on the mental ability requir-
cd of her chief executives. He prais-
ed Charleston and her people, as a
whole, and then proceeded to con-
denim in unrestraincd terms the Law
am" Order League report, saying il
would make hell blush, and advertis-
ed places OF sin. He had been to
the races, and had never seen fairer
sport The Charleston Hotel had a
splendid bar, he said. There were
no blind tigers here, they were all
wide open. charleston was no worse
IN regard to liquor violation than
other South Carolina towns. Chicco
was the King of Market street, be-
yond reach of grand juries. He tod
where anybody could get liquor about
the state, naming the Hotel jefferson
and tho Imperial Hotel, OF Columbia
specially. Let all sections get togeth-
or. He said he was not (, lg to run
Tor governor again, four Years were
enough. fIc praised the Citadel and
the Medical College warmly. He
said he never had stood for laws in
II community that the majority did
not want.
Referring to the mayor, he said
John Grace had been misled for a
while. SO far as he was concerned,
ne said, the fact that the mayor had
married the daughter of one of his
best friends, prevented him from
striking at the mayor either politi-
cally or personally again. He said
the mayor and he did not differ in
political principles, and that his po-
litical future and the mayors stood
side by side. He closed his address
by grasping Mayor Grace by the hand
in friendship.
Mayor Grace. before Introducing
I'll" next speaker, after making it
plain that there had been no terms
cNactcd, declared in the trucst spir-
1t of magnamity. he said, that if the
governor of South Carolina could get
along with the city of Charleston,
there would be peace indeed.
Lieut.. GOV. Smith, who sat next TO
the governor, was not in good voice,
and asked to be excused from speak
ing. So Representative Massey was
called upon, and right we'll did the
Young laWmakcr aCquit himself.
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Successful EyarxWhcre.

"Feople everywhere are talking Of
the quick and fine results Foley's Kid
ney FILLS give in backache. rheuma-
usm, Kidney and bladder troubles.
lou can not take them into your sys-
TENN without good results. That is
because Foley Kidney Pills give to
the kidneys and bladder just what ma
turc calls for to heal these weakened
and inactive organs. Sibert's Drug
Store.--AdVt
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Buying to Save Monev.

buying Foley's Honey and Tar
compound saves money because just q
Iew doses stops the cough and cold
ana one bottle lasts a long time. II
quickly heals raw and inflamed sur
faces. stops tickling throat, harsh.
raspinG coughs. Group, hoarseness.
bronchial and la grippe coughs.
Siberts Drug Store.-Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-18

ON the Pocatello forest, Idaho, 23,-
600 trees were planted during the past
year, and almost half a million in the
past three years, fully three-fourths
OF which are alive and doing well.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-18

tCUldS. constipation and headache
are three comm on aiflictions and re-
lievius the constipation helps the cold
and stops the headache. Csr Foley
Csthartic Tablets because they arc
very prompt and thoroughly cleansing,
with absolutely NO unpleasant effects.
a whole bottle fuil for - cents.
Sib'ttS Drug Store. -NdVt
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Bachaehs--tsAsumatisra VaMzAes
AWay

Men and women having baekache
rheumatism, sim and swollen Joints
are honestly glad to know that Foley
kidney Pills are successful every
where in driving out these ills. That
is because Foley Kidney Pills are u
trus medicine and quickly effective ia
all disesses that result from weak in
active kidneys and urinary irresuisri-
Ties. SInsrt = bru. Stvrs.-~Aeyt.
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n Good Cough Medicine for Chiydre,

Convincing proof of the rare cura-
tive properties of Chamberlain's Cough
remedy came from Mrs. Mary Fav-
cett of Grinnell. Iowa, who says:
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy help
eo my little boy a great deal when
he had whooping cough. II is a GOOD
medicine For sale by all DEALERS
Advt
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Year Book for Farmers.

Representative Lever wishes TO an
OF agriculture Year Books for 1912.
which are regarded as being of in
tereSt aud value TO all farmers. ANY
one wishing copy OF the same can
obtain j, ht writing him al Washing
ton. y &.
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IaGrippe Leaves its Victim. PROSTATE

NOIIF NI'IiUS NJ n gTIDUo neVcI
tully recover thu health ur the lungs,
aud persistent coughing o. weaken
ing. The quick action ~ Foley s. Hon
ey and Tar makes IL valuable i'm Sc
Vere la grippe coughs. T. q Prcvo,
Bedford. Iud.. writes: "Lagripp- left
me With - severe cough that Foley
Honey aud Tar cured, and am sacl,
tp va, normal weight Sihert'S Dru.
StUIC.-- AdNt.
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Cotton COnSumpticn in January

Cotton Consumption in January.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE govern
ment report today shows that 540,874
paies OF cotton were consumed during
January, against 533,74S last year.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
edge Of the Gospel as he learned
it. There are hundreds of other
villages where the people are
just as anxious to know the truth.
Is This The Truth ?

Last Sunday at Opelousas the
game broke up in the seventh
inning. With the score stand
ing 3 to 2 in favor of Eunice, an
Opelousas player was called out
at third base by the umpire.
Opelousas refused to abide by
the decision of the umpire and
the manager called the team off
the.feld.
Tom Casey, the Opelousas
pitcher, was knocked out of the
box in the fifth inning, and jim
mie Dygert was subtituted. The
Eunice boys were batting him to
all corners Of the lot. Special to
the Beaumont Enterprise from
Eunice.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
DON'T LET CONSTIPATION
ruin YOUR HEALTH
1t Deadens the Brain and Weak
ems the Body. Nature Needs
Real and Harmless Aid
to Overcome it.

Nature does her best to fight
constipation and it's evil effects.
She fights to the last atom of her
strength, but usually she has to
have assistance.
To avoid the sluggish brain and
weakened body, the sick head
ache, coated tongue and bilious
ness, it is unWise to use unpleas-
ant calomel, a medicine so strong
that it leaves most people all
knocked out" Don't take
chances with your health.
A great number of people have
learned that Dodson's Liver Tone
l50c.) makes one brighter,
healthier and happier in a per-
fectly easy and natural way, with
no pain nor grippe and no bad
after-effects.
Shute's Drug Store guarantee
it without condition and will re-
fund purchase price if you are
not entirely satisfied. Dod-
sons Liver Tone is an alb
solutely safe, pleasant tasting
vegetable liquid and a wonder
full liver stimulant which takes
the place of calomel, but be sure
you get Dodson's. adv
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST.
LANDRY.

BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th
day of the month of February, in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Fourteen, before me, w.
R. Lacombe, a Notary Public, in and
for the parish of st. Landry, duly COM
missioned and qualified, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
who severally declared that, availing
themselves of the provisions OF the
constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, in such cases made and pro-
vided, and particularly the statutes re-
lating to the formation of corporations
of limited liability, they have covenant
ed and agreed and do hereby covenant
and agree and bind and obligate them
selves as well as all other persons who
may hereafter become associated with
them in the corporation or body polite
which they do hereby form and consti-
tute, upon the terms and conditions and
for the purposes and objects expressed
in the following articles of incorpora-
ton which they adopt as their charter,
viz:
ARTICLEI.
The name of this corporation is and
shall be the "ST. LANDRY SUGAR
COMPANY, LIMITED" and under this
name it shall have and enjoy corporate
existence and succession for the period
of ninety-nine 1897 years from this date:
it shall have authority and power to sue
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20

and be sued; to make and use a corpor-
ate seal, and to break and alter the
same at pleasure; to purchase, rent,
lease, hold, sell, mortgage, and other
wise receive or dispose of property,
real or personal and of every nature
and description; to borrow and loan
money, to grant and receive pledges
and securities of any and every char
acter; to issue mortgage bonds, and
notes secured and unsecured by mort
gage, pledge or otherwise; to make and
enter into any and every manner of
contract and obligation, with the same
force and validity as an individual
might; to name and appoint and elect
such directors, officers, agents and en-
ployees and representatives as the in
terests or convenience of this corpora
ton may require to make and establish
rules and bylaws for the proper gov
eminent of this corporation, andto alter
or amend the same at pleasure; and
generally to do and perform all such
acts and things as r permitted by the
law and as may be deemed necessary
or proper to carry out the principal OBJ
iects and purposes of this corporation.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
Missionary Notes
BY THE SOCIETY.

At the general conference held
in Oklahoma City in May the
changes proposed by the women
for the council constitution were
passed which makes us a united
missionary society.
In Africa millions are hungry
for the word. DR.. w. M. Nor
rison tell of a community which
he visited some time ago, where
he found a chapel erected by the
natives with a boy of II years as
their teacher and minister. The
boy had attended a christian mis-
sion school for a brief time and,
on being taken home by his pa
rents, began to teach his little
companions how to read by writ
~I&&
ing in the sand. The men Of the
village gathered around and
stated that they could not allow
the boys to learn something that
they did not know. Finally, they
said to him: you be our teacher
and leader and we will erect a
chapel for you so that you can
do the work as it is done by the
christian missionaries" There
fore, this Young boy was teach
ing his whole village the knowl-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
ARTICLE III.

The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized III the
nature of the business to be conducted
and carried on by it are the following,
viz:
To purchase or construct a complete
sugar-manufacturing establishment, to
be erected upon a tract OF land TO be
purchased or otherwise acquired by
this corporation, in st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana, and to manufacture OF and
from sugar cane, sugar or syrup, and
all other products and b~y-products
thereof, to purchase sugar cane, to adj
vance money thereon, and to take
pledges thereof; to acquire sugar lands,
to develop and cultivate lands, to con-
struct and operate tramWays, railroads,
and other means Of transportation, with
out, however, the right Of eminent do
main; to buy and sell and generally deal
in sugar cane, sugar and all other pro-
ducts and by-products; and, if deemed
advisable by the directors, to establish
alcohol distils, paper factories, and any
other factories establishments for utiliz-
ing or disposing of the products or BY
products Of sugar-cane; to manufacture
! and place upon the open market for
sale syrups or molasses reduced or OBJ
tanned from sugar cane, or its products
or by-products, and to patent, register,
own and use trademarks, trade pictures,
wrappers, covers, cans, jars o. other
recepticles, and to obtain from the gov
eminent protection from imitation or
infringement thereof, and generally to
do and perform any and all acts and
transactions as may be directly or in
directly, Immediately or remotely con-
nected with the manufacturing OF sugar
and other products or by-products o.
sugar cane and the dealing in said arti.
cles; provided, that the foregoing
enumeration of specific purposes and
objects and powers shall not be con.
strued or held to limit or restrict the
general and legal powers of this cor
poration.
ARTICLE ~.
The capital stock of this corporation
is fixed at Thirty Thousand $50, 000.0 90,
Dollars, to be divided into and repre-
scented by Three Hundred 900 shares
ofthe par value of One HundredLol
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20

the vacancy.
AT every election and meeting each
stakeholder shalt be entitled to one vote
for each share of his stock registered
in his name and may vote by proxy.
The election of directors shall be by
ballot, and the majority in amount of
votes cast, each share stock voted
upon to be counted for one vote, shall
elect the person or persons for whom
they have been cast.
Any failure from any cause whatever,
to elect directors on the day named for
that purpose shall not dissolve the cor
poration, but the directors then in Of
flee, as well as the officers of said COM
pany, shall hold over until their sue
~cessors are chosen, and any vacancy
occurring on the Board of Directors
from any cause shall be filled by the
remaining directors.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts or obligations or faults
thereof, in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due the company on
the shares of stock subscribed by him,
nor shall any mere informality In or
~ganization have the effect of rendering
this charter null, or of exposing the
stockholders to any liability beyond the
unpaid balance, ii any, on his stock.
ARTICLE VIII.
This act Of incorporation may be mod
flied, changed, abridged or amended or
said corporation may be dissolved by q
vote Of two-thirds Of the stock at a cen
eral or special meeting held for that
purpose after at least ten days written
notice in the postoffice, prepaid, adj
dressed to each stakeholder at his usu-
al place of residence, and in case of dis
solution, three commissioners shall be
elected at said meeting by said stock
holders, and said commissioners shall
wind up and settle the affairs OF this
corporation.
AT the termination of this act Of in
corporation either by limitation of its
charter or from any cause, the BUSH
ness affairs of this corporation shall
likewise be wound up and settled by
three commissioners elected by the
stockholders at a meeting called for
that purpose, after ten days notice. as
above stipulated.
Said commissioners shall remain in
office until the affairs of said copper
/ dl1On SAtdlI -OCSiA AAtA1 AI1hl0dtG0s
in case of death or disability of any one
of said commissioners, the survivor or
survivors shall appoint a successor to
him.
Thus, done, passed and signed, in
my notarial office in Opelousas, Louis
lana, on the day, month and year afore-
said in the presence of Jno. w. Lewis
and Allen Dezauche, two competent
witnesses, residing in said city, who
hereunto sign their names with said
appearers and me, Notary, after due
reading of these presents.
B. Bennett Sixty 800 Shares,
j. A. Haas Twenty l20)
Jos. T. st. Cyr Twenty (201
r. LeBourgeois Twenty (20)
r. Mornhinveg Twenty 100
j.. E. Littell Ten l10)
j. G. LaWler Ten (10)
Louis Hebert Twenty t20)
Witnesses:
Jno. w. Lewis,
Allen Dezauche.
W. r. LACOMBE,
Seal Notary Public.
III CL-I-&-G 4#5@
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20

Wake up your Liver. A lazy Liver
brings on the worst of diseases. Take
LII. YER. LAX now at Shute's Drugstore.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-20
ARTICLE Ii.

The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the parish of ST. Landry, State of
Louisiana, and its principal office and
business establishment shall be In or
within five (5) miles of the corporate
limits of the City of Opelousas; and all
the citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the President, or
in his absence upon the Vice-President,
or in the absence of both of these Of
ficers upon the Secretary; and. in the
absence of all these officers, then in
the manner provided by statute.