St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-05-15

ID CROSS DIRECTS DISASTER r
were working heroically to allevta&.
the suffering in the wake Of the storm
the women nursing, supplying cloth
Ing and feeding the survivors; th,
men attending to the heartrendinl
task of identifying the dead and carry
ing the injured to shelter. Doctor,
and nurses were working at higl
pressure in overcrowded hospitals
dazed families were found wandering
around, making no move to Obtain
shelter, despite the DRILLING rain tha1
was adding to the general misery, eli
through the day panic-stricken strag
glers from outlying districts brought
fresh reports Of Injured people with
no one to minister to their needs.
All organizations combined In gen
eral relief work, and emergency hos
pitfalls were fitted out at many OF the
smaller towns. The Negro Canteen
Unit Of Meridian, Mississippi, which
did fine work during the war, mobil
lied for instant service; opened w
Lincoln School, a colored social cen
| ter, and with the aid Of Red Cross
equipment cared for scores OF their
own race.
| AS relief squads went into the dc.
vastated districts they found condi
tons most pitiful. At Bay Springs,
Mississippi, amid the ruins OF the Ag-
rdcultural College, they found the
bodies Of five little children who, with
two teachers, were caught in the kin.
dergarten annex. The bodies were
crushed and mangled almost beyond
recognition. Another party of rescu,
ers found girl Of fourteen, cruelty
injured, caught under a bridge. The
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been subscribed for. The stock sub
scribed for shall be paid upon call
of the Board of Directors in such
amounts and at such times as the
said Board shall prescribe, with at
least ten days notice in writing to
the subscribers.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers Of this cor
poration shall be vested in its Board
of Directors, to be composed Of not
less than three nor more than ten,
but may be fixed within those limits
all of whom shall be stockholders of
this corporation. The officers of this
corporation shall consist of the pres
ident, Vice-president and the treas
urer (Who shall also be the secre
tary of said corporation).
A majority of the members Of the
Board shall constitute quorum for
the transaction of business and their
decisions shall be valid corporate
acts.
The following stockholders shall
constitute the first Board Of Direct
ors: John P. Rausch, President;
Fernando Estopinal, Vice-President
and R. S. Daniel, Secretary and
Treasurer.
No person shall be eligible as Di-
rector or an officer who is not a
of this company.
During the absence of the Presi-
dent, the Vice-President shall act
and presld e.
Said Board shall continue in Of
flee until the first Of April, 1921,
on which date, and thereafter an
nually, Board of Directors shall
be elected on the first Monday of
April of each year, unless the same
should be a holiday, when the cleo
tion shall be held on the next legal
day thereafter.
Ten days prior notice Of such cleo
ton shall be given in writing to each
stakeholder; and the Board of D.
rectors shall appoint one or mere
stockholders to preside at such cleo
ton as commissioners. In the event
of the failure of any commissioners
or commissioners to attend, the pres
ident shall, by appointment, fill the
vacancy. Any failure from any cause
whatever to elect directors the day
named for that purpose shall not
dissolve the corporation, but the di-
rectors then in office, as well as the
directors of said company, shall hold
over until their successors are
chosen.
In such event the president shall
cause another election to be held
within thirty days, and shall give
notice thereof as hereinbefore pro
yided.
At every election and meeting each
stakeholder shall be entitled to vote
for each share Of stock registered in
his name, and may vote by proxy.
The election Of directors shall be
by ballot, and the majority i'll
amount of votes cast, each share OF
stock voted upon to be counted for
one vote, shall elect the person or
persons for whom they have been
cast.
After such election the Board OF
Directors shall elect from their own
number the officers of said company.
ARTICLE V.
The Board of Directors shall have
full power to fill vacancies in their
number, caused by death, resigna-
ton or otherwise, from among the
stockholders of the corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be changed, mod
flied or amended, the capital stock
increased or decreased, or this cor
poration may be dissolved at a gen