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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-09
PREDICT RoUcH
SCRAP TONIGHT
BIT @SHEROID SLIM,

Everything IL all set for one OF
tho hardest scraps and what looka
like one of the best games ever
played in these parts tonight when
Rock Island highs squad meets
Canton in the first real game Of the
season. The game will be played
in the Y. M. C. A. and the initial
whistle will blow at s O'Clock. A
huge crowd IL expected to fill the
ampitheatre as the game this even
ing is expected to be the best ex-
ample of basket shooting that will
be seen in Rock Island this year.
The Canton team arrived in town
this morning and q huskier bunch
of twirlers never was seen. They
are confident of winning the con-
test, basing their claim on the re-
suits Of the two games played al
ready this year. Canton has al
ready defeated Elmwood and Peoria
Manual and both Of these schools
are considered the very elite in the
basketball world. A game be-
tween Rock Island and such . team
will be some battle and has already
attracted much attention among the
sporting set Of the city.
Locals Fit.
The Rock Islanders, after going
through q week of rough scrim-
mage with the scrubs each night
are, in the opinion of Coach Kim
mel, fit to tackle anything from a
tank to rattle snake and incident
ally also the basketball squad that
Canton has sent to compete with
this city's school team. One watch
ing the high team practice would
not know that it was the same
squad that played the alumni and
East Moline, SO great has been the
Canton will start the game with
a lineup that will be hard to beat.
1t is rumored that two three-year
men and two two-year men are
playing on the downstate team, and
if this is true some perfect basket
ball is looked forward to. In spite
of Canton's record and strong
squad the locals are expecting to
cop the bacon. Coach Kimmel will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-09

All the news alt the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-09
PRESS DECISION FOR WILDE.

st. Louis, No, Jan. 9.@Jfmmy
Wilde easily outboxed Babe" Asher
in eight rounds, according to news
paper men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-09
DR.. ". 0. COFFEE

SUCCESSFULLY TREATING
MANY CASES OF EYE DIS.
EASES. FAILING SIGHT.
CROSS.EYES. DEAFNESS. LOSS
OF HEARING, HEAD NOISES,
ADENOIDS AND CATARRH.
TREATS NEW PATIENTS ONE
TIME FREE.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
NOTICE


In accordance with the terms of an
ordinance of the Police Jury of the par
ish of Natchitocqes, dated FEBRUARY 10,
1870, notice is hereby given that the
Police Jury will receive sealed bids for
the purchase, at price not less than
par and accrued interest, of Sixty Thou
sand l$60, ,G00.00) Dollars of Road Bonds
Of Road District Fumber Twenty Nine
t29) of the parish of Natchitoches, dat
ed February l, 1920, and authorized at
an election held in said Road District
on November IA, 1919.
Bids must be sealed and accompanied
by certified check on some National
Bank doing business in this state or
some solvent bank chartered under the
laws of this state. for not less than two
and one half [214] per cent of the face
value Of said bonds, payable to this pres
ident OF the Police Jury Of the parish of
Natchitoches.
The check of the successful bidder
will be credited on the purchase price
OF his bid, or forfeited to the said Road
District if he fails to fulfill the condi-
tions Of his bid. The checks of the un-
successful bidders will be returned to
them upon the rejection of their bids,
The successful bidder will be, furnish
ed proper legal opinion of MIR. John C
Tho 8 pson of New York City as to ..the
validity Of the bonds.
All bids must be unconditional and ad
dressed to the Police Jury Of the parish
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
NOTICE

In accordance with the terms of al
ordinance of the police jury of the par
lsh of Natchitoches, dated February 1C
1920. notice is hereby given that the DO
lice jury will receive bids for the con-
struction Of roads in road district No.
Twenty nine [29] Of the parish of Nat
chitoches.
Bids must be accompanied by certi-
NED check, In an amount equal to five
l5l per cent of the amount a the bids,
which check will be forfeited to the
road district if the successful bidder
fails to carry out the terfas of his bid.
and the checks of the uu.lccessful bio
ders will be returned to them upon the
rejection of their bids
All bids must be addressed to the DO
lice jury Of the parish of Natchitoches,
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The bids will be opened at Eleven iii
O'Clock A. Nj. IN open session Of the pol
ice jury, on the 9Th day OF April 1920.
at the Court House at Natchitocres, La
The police jury reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
For further information and specifi-
cations apply to the secretary of the
police jury of the parish OF Natchitoches
at Natchitoches, Louisiana
Thus done and signed at Natchitoches
La. this the 10th day cf February 1920.
JAS. F. SALTER
President Police Jury. |
|, the undersigned secretary of the |
police jury of the parish Of Natchitoches
state of Louisiana, do hereby certify
that the above is a true and correct copy
at- the notice es..:inss fsg,t: 2 Cd. .s+ss.t;ec
j roads m road district nuliber 29 Of T
he parish Of Natchitocies, as issued by
The president of the police jury on the
10Th day of February 1920.
Given under my official signature and
zeal at Natchitoches. Louisiana, this the
9th day of February 1920.
ADDIE TAUZIN,
Secretary.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11

; The Natchitoches Parish School Boart
met in regular session at Natchitoches
Louisiana. on Tuesday the 2nd day o1
March 1920, with the following mem.
bers present viz:
Messrs. Levy, Copellar, Hathaway,
Sellers, Hawthorn, Barron.
There were absent: Messrs. Fried
man. Martin, Jackson, Pullin.
The following ordinance was offered
by Mr.. Sellers and seconded by Mr..
Hawthorn.
An ordinance authorizing the issu-
ance OF fifty thousand 1850. OO0.O OO1 Dol
lars Of school bond Of school district
number Two ri of the parish of Nat
chltoch7s s Louisiana, prescribing the
form thereof, and providing for the
levy OF taxes for the payment of the
and interest of said bonds and
repealiug and resembling an ordinance
adopted on November 4, 1919.
Be it ordained by the Natchitoches
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
SUCCESSION OF MRS. NJ. A,
RACHAL.
I1th D. c. No.

Pursuant to an order cf the Honora
BILE Judge of the 18th District Court o1
date February %. 1920 and to that eff
feet and to me directed and ,il accord
ance with the last will and testament
of deceased, will sell at public auc.
tion at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Natchitoches, La,
at II o'clock a. m.,
SATURDAY APRIL 8, 1920
the following described property be-
longing to deceased.
The certain lot of ground with all
buildings and improvements thereon
situated in the village of Cloutierville,
Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana
fronting on Main Street, bounded North
by property now belonging to f. A..
Charleville, South by property now be-
longing to Mrc. Gustave Rachal, East
by Cane River and West by Main
Street.
Terms Of sale-Cash for not less than
the inventoried appraisement.
HENRY RACIAL,
Feb-26- 20 Tt stamentory Executor
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES.

Be it known, that On this the 4th
day of the month Of February, A. D.
1920, before me, j. O. Gunter notary
public duly commissioned and qualified
in and for the parish of Natchitoches,
State Of Louisiana, personally came
and appeared H. A. Cook, L. E. Hud-
son and P. A. Miller, who declared
that, desiring to avail themselves Of
the laws of the State Of Louisiana and
particularly Of the provisions of Act
267 of 1914 relative to the formation of
corporations, they do hereby join and
unite to form corporation, and adopt
as their articles Of incorporation the
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation shall be
GULF STATE OIL & GAS CORPORA
TION, INC. In such name it shall
have and enjoy succession for a period
of ninety.nine (99) years from the date
of Incorporation and shall have all the
corporate powers conferred generally
by the laws of the State of Louisiana
upon corporations organized there
under.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
Continued on Supplement-
CHARTER
STATE OF LOUISIANA

| AAAA - VI LIZ ~ alNA
PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES
l, Be it known, that on this the 4th da
OF February, 1920, before me, the ur
derslgned Notary Public, PERSONAL
came and appeared Wood Breazeal
Fair Hyams and Verne Breazeale, VIII
declared that they do, under the pro
visions of the law. hereby form cor
poratlon and adopt as their charter tn
following articles:
ARTICLE
The name of this corporation shall
be THE SERVICE GARAGE, INC.
and shall exist for period of ninety
nine years, and shall have all corporatt
powers conferred by the laws Of the
State.
ARTICLE II
Its objects aud purposes shall be tc
buy, sell, mortgage, hypothecate.
lease, own and ALLEVIATE automobiles.
tractors, trucks, and other automo.
tive vehicles, to own real estate and
ALLEVIATE or hypothecate the same; to
operate garage and repair machines
to buy and sell parts and accessories:
and to 90 and perform all things nec-
essary for the successful operation of
an automobile garage business.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be the sum of Fifteen Thousand
($l5, OOO.O0) Dollars. represented by
I5O shares of the par value of $1OO. 90
each.
ARTICLE Nv.
The domicile of the corporation shall
be the City of Natchitoches, Parish of
Louisiana. Meetings of
stockholders shall be held as provided
BY law.
>; ARTICLE V.
The control of the corporation shall
Devestedmx BO2rz3O& Directors cor
sisting og three members, who shall be
elected annually by the stockholders at
! general meeting for chat purpose and
shall serve for one year until their sue
:essors are elected and qualified. The
Board of Directors for the first year
shall be composed of Wood Breazeale.
President, Fair Hyams, Vice President |
md Verne Breazeale, Secretary Treas
lrer. Annual meetings of the stock |
FOLDERS shall be held on the second
Monday in February. The Board of
Directors shall have power to EMPLOY.
lppoint and discharge all employees
necessary In the management and sue
essful operation of the business.
vi.
This Board shall commence OPERA
ions as soon as the stock is subscribed
nd paid for, either in cash or in pro-
erty. The subscribers to the stock
ereof have this day, by proper act;
transferred to said corporation their
tock of automobiles, machinery, etc.,
tc., in full payment of the stock SUBJ
cribed by each incorporation.
VII.
This shall operate as a subscription
D the stock. and the stock subscrip-
on are as follows:
Wood BreaZeale, the sum of 5000
Fair Hyams, the sum of $1,000
Verne Breazeale, the sum of $1,000
ally paid by the transfer of property
videnced by the act annexed hereto
nd made part hereof. The residence
all three of the above named incor.
oratOrs is the city Of Natchltoches,
atchitoches Post Office, Natchitoches
arish, Louisiana. II
Thus done and signed in the presence {
the undersigned witnesses and me
'tary this the 9TH day of Feb. 1920. I
WOOD BREAzEALE,
FAIR HYAMS,
VERNE BBEAZEALE.
ttest:
HANOR BREAZEALE
ATHERINE BREAZEAE
D. w. BREAzEALE
Notary Rnblic
A True Copy.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
NOTICE OF ELECTION

j Pursuant to an ordinince of the Nat.
chitoches Parish School Board adopted
at meeting of the said School Board
he Id at Natchitoches, Louisiana, or
the End day of March 1920, l, Edgar
Levy, president of the said School
Board, hereby give notice, that in con.
fcrmity with said ordinance a special
election will be held in school district
number three (3) of the parish of Nat
chitoches, Louisiana, on the 18th dav of
April 1920, for the purpose Of submit
ting to tn property tax payers uuali-
fed under the Constitution and laws of
Louisiana to vote at said election. the
following proposition, towit:-
Proposition No. Ito incur debt
and issue bonds to tho amount of Thir-
ty Five Thousand ($35, 200. 90 Dollars to
run Fifteen (l5) years from their date
and to bear interest at the rate of five
| Is per cent? per centum per annum.
payable semi-annually, the proceeds
from the sale of said bonds at not less
than par to be used for the purpose of
constructing and equipping a public
school building within school district
number three 3D. of the parish of Nat.
chitoches, Louisiana
For the purpose of holding said elec-
tion the polling place will be as fol-
lows:-
At at Ajax, Louis
lana, in school district number three
(3) of the parish Of Natchitoches.
At said special election the poll will
open at Seven (7:OO) o'clock a. M, and
close at five $500 p. m. according to
law.
Notice is also hereby given that at
Twelve (12:O0) o'clock q. M, on Tues
day, the 18th day of April 1920, the Nat
chltoches Parish School Board will meet
ct Natchitoches Louisiana, at the
Court house in said City. and in open
session, proceed to open the ballot box,
examine and count the ballots in num-
Der and amount, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result Of
said speciol election,
Thus done and signed at Natchito-
ches, Louisiana. this the 2nd day of |
March 1920.
EDGAR LEVY ]
l. the undersigned Secretary of the |
Natchit0ches Parish School Board do |
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the |.
Notice Of Election issued by the presi- i
dent of the Natchito ,hes Parish School
Board calling special election to be
held in school district number three
) of the parish Of Natchitoches, State
Of Louisiana on the 18th day CT April
1929.
In faith whereof / have hereunto ret
my official signature, authenticated
with the impress Of my official seal at
Louisiana, on this the
Ind day Of March 1920.
L. =. HUDSON,
Secretary
of the Natchitoches Par
ish School Board taken at the regu-
lar meeting Of the said board held at
Natchitoches Louisiana, on the End
- ekNH
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
J. 3. HUDSON
Secretary

of the Natchitoches Par
ish School Board taken at the regu-
lar meeting Of the said board held at
Natchitoches Louisiana, on the End
day Of March 1870.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11

this corporation is formed, and thu
nature of the business to be carried or
by 1t, are declared to be: To buy, sell,
lease, own and deal in real estate
situated in the State of Louisiana O,
elsewhere; to lease or suitcase real
estate for oil, gas or other minerals or
| mineral products; TO own, buy, sell and
deal in oil and mineral leases of proper-
ty in the state of Louisiana or else
where; to develop and explore such
property for OIL, ga. Or other valuable
minerals; to d:'i wells or the discovery
OF oil, Cas Or other minerals: to buv
sell al deal in Oil, gas and other
minerals, including all by-products of
petroleum; to build, own and operate
oil refneri ies or plants for the manu-
facture OF gasoline or other by-pro.
ducts of petroleum; to build, own and
operate pipe lines for the transporta-
ton of oil or gas; to own franchises
for the marketing of gas or oil for
fuel and domestic purposes, and to
operate under such franchises in the |
distribution and marketing of gas or
oil for such purposes; and generally to
10 any and all things necessary or
to the object snd purpose as
above expressed.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-03-11
ARTICLE III.
ARTICLE ".

The domicile of the corporation shall
be the city of Natchitoches, parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana. All stock
holders and directors meetings shall be
held at the domicile of the corporation;
provided that valid directors meetings
may be held elsewhere than at the
domicile upon the written consent of
all the directors.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
Die By Thousands
In Siberian Camps

Copenhagen, Nov. 8.-Lieutenant
Fischer Of the Austrian army and eight
comrades who escaped from a Siberian.
prisoners camp, arrived here today and
declared that the prisoners in Siberia
were dying by wholesale from starva-
ton, tuberculosis, typhoid and other dis
eases.
AS an example of the death rate the
Austrian cited the camp of 5000 prison
ers, of whom, they said 1000 died in
six months. Forty thousand died up
to the end of 1918, and the number
who had persisted since then was I'M
known. Conditions were getting worse
daily, they said, and certain camps
were called s'dead man s camp be-
cause there We're so many deaths.
Owing to the frozen ground, it was
impossible to bury the dead during the
winter, according to the Austrians, and
the naked bodies of the dead prisoners
were stacked like logs outside Of the
huts they had occupied, remaining there
until spring During the past summer
large graves were dug in advance for
the doomed to death by starvation or
illness during the winter.
The Russians formerly gave the pri-
soners well-nigh UNBEATABLE bread. The
prisoners now are getting houses, the
Austrian declared, but must get food for
themselves in district where almost no
food Is to be found.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
N.A.A.C.P. Urges
Enforcement Of 18th
Amendment

At the meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors on Nov. 8, it was voted that the
following telegram urging the enforce
ment of the Fourteenth amendment and
consequent reduction of representation
in southern states in which colored vot-o
ers are DISTINGUISHED, to be sent to the
Hon. Isaac Siegal, chairman of the
House Committee on the Census:
.sThe Board of Directors of the Ma
tional Association for Advancement of
Colored People in behalf of $4,000, GOO
colored people Of the United States,
urges upon the congress of the United
States feapportionment of represen-,
tation in accordance with the terms of
the Fourteenth amendment to the con-
stitution.
.eOpen and fragrant Acknowledgement
Of colored voters in number of states
has occurred in the presidentiol elec-
ton of 1920. of which this association
is prepared to furnish evidence. The
Board Of Directors of the Association
therefore urges that the qualifications
for voting be defined by the Congress
and the election laws enforced by the
federal government.
Enforcement of this proposal nat
urally falls within the province of the
United States government as much as
enforcement of woman suffrage and pro-
hibition.'
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
PROVED TRUE TO ~nER WORD
Fair Autoist Had Said She Would Be
Back Promptly, and 1t Was
Even More So.

On one of my first excursions in our
new car, writes correspondent,
stopped at the grocery with my car
parkeds with the back toward the store
door. 1 gave my order and told the
clerk that / would be back to get my
things in very few minutes.
AS I stepped into the car, my best
beau came down the street, and
anxious to show him how well could
drive, hurriedly threw into gear. l
raced the engine and let the clutch
out to get quick pickup.
It proved to be a wonderful one, as
I had thrown into reverse and found
myself in the doorway Of the grocery
store I had gone over the curbing
and all, breaking the window as
bumped into the store.
The grocer hurried ont, and when
he saw who it was, "Well," he said,
"you have proved yourself woman OF
your word. but it will cost you the
price of a new show window"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

d the stocks Of the colored corporations
e merit. 24O1 9TH Ave, New York, &
IL 1a1.....a A,,ds,1,oaa 113Q. N RrauChoS IL
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
THANKSGIVING.

While Thanksgiving in its present
form is distinctly American holiday,
the idea did not originate in the brain
of Governor Bradford in 1921 as some
imagine. On the contraryfwe may trace
it's origin back through the ages and
the nations to the land of the Canaan'tes
from whom the children of Israel copied
many of-their customs. The first record
Thanksgiving was the Hebrew feast of
the tabernacles The first English
Thanksgiving was on September s, 1888,
for the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
There have been but two English
Thanksgiving in this century. One
was on February 81, 1872, for the re-
coyery Of the Prince of Wales from i'll
ness; the other June 81, 1887, for the
Queen Is Jubilee The New England
Thanksgiving dates from 1888 when the
Massachusetts, Bay colony set apart a.
day for Thanksgiving. The first national
Thanksgiving proclamation were by
congress during the revolutionary war.
The first great American Thanksgiving
was in 1884 for the declaration of peace.
There was one more national Thanksgiv-
ing in 1889, and no other until 1868,
when President Lincoln issued a ma
tional proclamation for day of Thanks
giving. Since that time the president
has issued an annual proclamation.
The most joyous Thanksgiving record
ed in American annals occurred in May,
1878, when the news arrived that
France had concluded treaty OF
friendship and alliance with the thir-
teen states of the American union. 1t
followed the winter of want and har-
rowing anxiety, which General Wash
ington and his army passed at Valley
Forge.
The most notable day of Thanksgiv-
ing in the history of the world was
Monday, Nov. IL, 1918, when the peo-
pie of the allied nations offered prayer
and gave expressions of joy over the
termination of the awful conflict that
threatened the destruction of civiliza-
ton.
The Bystander would suggest and
urge that by statute and custom Nov. IL
be made an international Thanksgiving
day, one that shall be observed in every
city and village in the civilized coun-
tries Of the world Homilies are preach
ed and forgotten, monuments are erect
ed and ignored, but such a ceremony
impresses by its simple yet solemn
force and brings to every mind for a
few moments the significant Of the day.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
PROGRESS.

The progress of the colored American
in the last five years has been the most
marvellous of any period since enamel
patton. Visits and Investigations north,
east, south and west show an activity, a
persistence and an accomplishment
which is astounding. New ownership
of land, new beautiful homes, new bust
ness enterprises, larger amounts OF cap
ital seeking investment, new aPprecia-
ton of and joining with labor unions,
new kinds of better paid work and a
larger number of children pressing into
the schools is the almost universal story.
But above all comes the New Spirit:
from bewildered, almost listless, creep
ing sense of impotence and despair have
come new vigor, hopefulness and feel
ing Of power. We are no longer depend
ing upon ourselves. If mobs attack us
we are prepared to defend ourselves as
Washington and Chicago know. But
far from seeking to arouse the mob
spirit we are organizing for social up
lift in everyapossible way and seeking
alliance with the great national agen-
cies.
The secret Of our new progress and
success lies largely in our new self-d!s-
covery. There are still few OF us who
are running away to avoid each other
with the vague Ieeilhg tnaU we sHait
thus lose ourselves in the world and be
free. But the mass of black folks have
made the Great Discovery: they have
discovered each other They have come
to know what fine, lovable companion
ship and. inspiration can be had in their
own race. They are happily. glad, al
most at times mad, with the joy Of the
new discovery. It frees and heartens
them, makes them self confident and
human. The tide Of the new day rises
with. majestic force, but does it yet full
~ feel and recognize the Industrial
Revolution that is sweeping the earths
November Crisis.