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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-05
General Manager. Secretary and Treas
urer, the last three named shall be the
same marty

General Manager. Secretary and Treas
urer, the last three named shall be tn.
same party.
: The first president shall be R. J.
Bienvenu. resident of Colfax, Louis
lana, the vice-president shall be P. W.
Corbett, resident of Ferriday, LOUIS.
lana, the first general manager, sec.
retary and treasurer shall be William
). Bridges, resident of the city end
parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The Roard of Directors shall be COM
posed of three stockholders elected
from the stockholders.
For the present year they shall be
Il. }. Bienvenu. P. w. Corbett, Will
lam S. Bridges, three of whom shall
constitute quorum: and thev shall
hold their Office for the period of one
year or until their successors shall be
elected.
The affairs of the corporation shall
be under the control and direction of
the board of directors of the company.
ARTICLE vi
There shall he an annual election of
oflcers OF the company, provided that
failure to hold said election shall not
dissolve or III any manner effect the
corporation, but the officers shall re-
man IN office and exercise control of
affairs until an election is duly held.
Inc hrst annual meeting Of the
stockholders shall be held on the third
Monday IN July \. D.. 1921 and yearly
thereafter at which time the officers
shall be elected for the ensuing year.
ARTIcr rsVII
The capital stock of this corpora ton
may be increased or decreased in any
amount, not to exceed Ten Thousand
Dollars. the increase or decrease to lbe
made IN accordance with existing laws.
ARTICLE VIII
This corporation shall be in exist
ence for the full period of fifty years
unless sooner dissolved by consent of
The stockholders or by operation of the
aW.
ARTICLE TX
No tockholders of this corporation
shall ever be held liable for any de-
ault, fault, debts or obligations of the
corporation for any amount beyond
he unpaid balance due on stock SUBJ
crlbed for by him.
ACTICLE X
This corporation may be dissolved at
ny time by two-thirds vote of the
apital stock of the corporation. Upon
of the corporation tn e
quidators shall be appointed by the "
rectors to adjust the affairs of the s,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-05

New Orleans car men resumed
work Monday after a strike tina,
lasted several weeks, at a cost of
1925, 600 to themselves in wages.
$50, 0QA to the company, $780,
GOO to business in general and
many thousands of dollars to the
city streets. =
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-05
corporation.
ARTICLE XII

~
No lnformalities in the organization
OF the corporation or the adoption O
the charter shall render the corpora
tod nulllty or make liable any of tn,
stockholders for any debts or obliga
tons OF the said corporation.
ARTICLE XII
The subscribers to these articles o.
incorporation have subscribed for the
number OF shares of stock of this cor
poratlon set opposite their respective
names. as follows:
= Shares
II. j: Blenvenu, ?. 0. Colfax,
+. W. Corbett, P O. Ferrday
La. ,......-......... .....,.. 81
William S. Bridges, P. 0. Nat
| chltoches, La. ................ SO
10 which charter the subscribers
| hereto attach their signatures in nv
presence and in the presence of the
| subscribing witnesses on this the 18th
day of July A. d. 1920.
X. j. BIENVENU, Ph. G
By William S. Bridges
p. w. CoRBETT,
BY William S. Bridges
WILLIAM S. BRIDGES,
Ph. G.
Attest:
s. X. Heard
+. l.. McFerrin
J 0. GUNTER,
Notary Pubic, Natchito-
ches Parish, La.
State Of Louisiana
Parish of Natchitoches
| hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is true aud correct copy of |
the original charter now on file and of |
record IN this office, recorded in Book |
folio 100 of charters record of the
Parish of Natchitoches. State of Louis
ana.
Witness my hand and seal of office,
his 18th day of July 1920.
F. G. KELLY,
Deputy Clerk, llth District
Court of La.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-05

Be thrifty, Take advantage of the
reductions we offer and do your shop
ping at
-LIEBER'S.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-05

An average spruce tree makes
five hundred pounds weight Of
pear ppulp.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
LOUIS SKANNLEFT
S2,OOO,0OOESTATE
Merchants win Gives $4,000
To Charities Ample Provision
For Widow and Children.

Approximately 100000 Is the
value of the estate of the late Louis
Kann. Washington merchant. 1t was
revealed yesterday In the Orphans
Court of Baltimore. where Mr.. Kann's
will was probated.
Tho will bequeaths $4,000 to his
executors to be turned over by them
Ito such charities as they may deter
mine" All of the testator's jewelry,
household goods and furniture, bis
library, personal effects and automo-
bile. are left to his widow, Mrs.
Blanche S. Kann.
The bulk of the estate is to be held
in trust in three equal parts. The net
income from one pars Will be
paid to Mrs. Kann during her life.
When Mrs. Kann's daughters, Grace
and Helen, are 25 years old the1 are
to receive one-half of the principal
of the mothers share, the other half
being held in trust for life.
Mr.. Kann's daughter. Isabelle. Will
receive Immediately 100000 of anoth-
er share and the net income from the
balance of the share until she Is 30
years old. when she will receive
another 100000 of the share.
The net income of the third share
is to be divided among Mr.. Kann's
daughter Edna and her husband and
children.
Sigmund and Simon Kann. brothers
of the testator, and Charles c. Homer,
jr., were named as trustees and exc
cutors without bond.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
BOY YEGGS CRACK
SAFESL|KE 4VETS''

Mature and experienced yeggmen
might take a postgraduate course in
their profession from three youths
who are being held in connection
with the blowing OF a safe in the
office of the Brewood Engraving
Company, 519 Thirteenth street north
west, several months ago.
The youths worked their trade mot
wisely but too WELL" according to
Detectives Schrivener, Mullen and
O'Brien, who conducted the investi-
cation which led to their arrest. 1t
was their very efficiency, embodied
in perfectly good and up-to-date
kit of burglars tools, which placed
suspicion on the boys.
They worked their game perfectly
and even used advanced methods on
the old style-safe blowing" said one
of the detectives who made the in
vestigation. Instead of lighting
their fuse with a match, as the old
yeggs do, they used flash light
battery, in blowing the door"
The youths, Charles Lewis Cum
mings, sixteen, 1923 A street north.
west; Dennis Lealy Smith, nineteen,
1900 East Capitol, and Arthur Saliva.
tore Bassi. twenty-one, 535 Seventh
street southwS't. were all on proba-
ton, having bsen found guilty of loot
ing a Sanitary grocery store in Tuxe-
do, Nd, last November
In kit of burglar tools, located
by detectives week ago, and which
the three boys acknowledged as theirs,
was found some Of the same kind of
| wire used in blowing the Brewood
safe.
Cummings, who is said to be the
master mind" of the trio confessed
to Inspector Grant after a grilIing OF
several hours, and implicated Smith
and Bassi.
The three youths will be placed on
trial at early date to answer a charge
| of housebreaking and safe blowing.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
D. c. BUSINESS HOUSES
AID TAG DAY FOR BLIND
Managers of Hotels and Office
Buildings Cooperate in
Drive For Funds.

Managers Of more than a score OF
business houses, hotels and office
buildings have promised space to Mrs.
Josephine Jacobs, president OF the
Aid Association for the Blind, who is
in charge of the tag day Saturday
for the benefit of the non-sectarian
Home for the Blind. 3050 r street
northwest. Already thirty-flve won
en- have promised to assist with the
sale.
The tag day for the benefit OF the
home is an annual event under the
auspices OF the Aid Association for
the Blind. Last year more than $1,000
was contributed on tag day. Officer.
of the association are Mrs. John Rus
sell Young, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Main and Mrs. Laura V. Sylvester.
honorary presidents; Mrs. Josephine
Jacobs, president: Mrs. James T.. Gill
bert. Mrs. Emile Berliner. Miss Sarah
c. Hannay, and Mrs. Redwood Van
degrift, vice presidents: Mrs. Robert
Z. Briggs, recording secretary; Mrs.
]. NJ. Baker corresponding secretary:
Mrs. +. p. Mullett, financial secretary:
Major Richard Sylvester, treasurer;
Andrew Wilson, attorney; DIR. Louis
Mackall and DR.. George IL. Heit-
muller, physicians; Mrs. f. c. Git
tings, matron. and Mr.. Julian Wall.
association sustaining members rep
resentative.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
S|LvERSPR|NC,MD.
ASKS EARLY MAIL
Delivery at 10 A. N. Incon-
veniences Residents Of Three
Rural Routes.

Slow city schedules OF mail delivery
do not suit the residents of Silver
Spring. Nd, and they are on tho
trail OF Postmaster General Burieson.
Mail now gets to silver Spring At
o o'clock on the morning and Is not
ready for the three rural carriers be-
fore 10. Il Is asserted.
and papers so they can get their
produce quotations and orders right
after chore time.
The present sort of Q delivery they
maintain may suit New York brpk-
er who rolls up to his Wall street
Offices in a high-powered car at ap-
proximately 1880 o'clock, but II will
never suit an early rising. hustling
community such as inhabits the
Maryland suburb.
Leaders OF the town have therefore
within the past few days decided up
on a strenuous campaign to impress
upon Postmaster General Burleson
and other officials of the Postoffice
Department that something must be
done to remedy the situation and II
is expected shortly that real pressure
will be brought to bear"
Three rural routes lead from Silver
Spring, 1t is pointed out, and the
towns of Sligo. Woodside. Glenmont
Norwood, Colesville, Burnt Mills. as
well as others are affected by the
mail service.
what we need at Silver Spring is
mail service REFORM" said a prom
inent resident OF the town today
and the Postoffice Department should
see that the mail is brought to our
town much earlier than o'clock
Just imagine we early rising folks
not getting our mail until 10 o'clock
He also took occasion to point out
that the final mail from Silver Spring
20 the city "closes at 4:3O o'clock
each afternoon, when this closing
hour should in all sense OF fairness
be made later
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
SISTER SUES OVER WILL
TO DEFINE IT'S TERMS
Margaret E. Presbrey Asks Court to
Interpret Meaning of
Henry X. Simpson.

II commit my body to the dust
from whence 1t came: my soul unto
God who gave 1t: my property unto
my wife-and with forgiveness to all
who have Intentionally injured me
as / hope to receive forgiveness in
the last great day." -
This sentence appears in the win of
Henry X. Simpson who died April Z,
1917, leaving an estate valued at ap-
proximately $4,000. The will is dat
ed March 3. 1886 and Mrs. Margaret
+. Presbrey, of New York, sister
of the testator today filed suit against
Mrs. Mary f. Simpson, the widow and
administrators of her husbands es-
tate and ten other heirs at law, for
construction and Interpretation of the
will.
Mrs. Presbrey, represented by At
torneys Offutt and INLAY. claims
that the worlds II commit my prop
erty to my wife" do not indicate an
unconditional devise of the property
of the testator, but only bequeath
the same to the wife to be held in
trust for the benefit of those legally
entitled thereto. Mrs. Presbrey con-
tends that the words "are open to
question"
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
WOMAN TO GO
.ONRENT BOARD
President Chooses Mrs. Clara
Sears Taylor to Succeed
Guy Mason.

Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, we'll
known literary woman ard welfars
worker, has been selected by Prea-
resigned. as n member OF the Rent
Commission OF the District OF Co,
lumbis.
1t Is expected that the nomination
OF Mrs. Taylor will be sent to the
senate tomorrow or Thursday.
Mrs. Taylor was formeiy director
OF the women's division OF the Com
mittee on Public Information. She
served In this capacity during the
war. and subsequently occupied i'm
portant posts In the women's bureaus
OF the Department Of Labor. among
them being acting publicity director
She was also connected with the d.
vision OF information and education
of the department
During the frst Industrial confer
ence last autumn. Mrs. Taylor did
publicity and statistical work. and
also was Identified In q similar capac-
ity with the international labor con-
ference. She wrote several interest
ing reports OF these sessions.
At present Mrs. Taylor is engaged
In the preparation of an article on
the activities of women during the
world war. Already she has contrib
uted a number OF historical sketches
touching the various phases OF the &C
tivities of women war workers.
Mrs. Taylor is held in high regard
by Government officials, particularly
those who are Intimately familiar
with her war service. While she is
known principally as a literary wom-
an. she also holds a high place as q
practical welfare worker, having al
ways taken a deep interest in eco
nomic and industrial matters touch
ing the well-being OF women.
The appointment of Mrs. Taylor Is
understood to have been unsolicited
by herself. Women friends sought the
influence of administration officials
In bringing about her selection by the
President.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
SAVE $4,000 HOURS
|BY WORKING FARMS
Washingtonians Have Chance to
Cut Living Costs Again
This Year.

washingtonians contemplating OBJ
servance of the nationwide appeal to
work and save to bring down the high
cost OF living. should consult some
of the 400 Federal employees and
others who last year took up farming
on the Department of Ariculture's
"farmiots." in EaN Potomac Park.
Here is what the 900 did:
They saved 10000 hours. which
probably would have been waisted
otherwise.
They raised vegetables, bringing
about a saving to their tables of ap-
proximately $4,000.
And the best part OF II all" said
w. c. Hall, District land director of
the Department of Agriculture, "is
that they enjoyed working on the
The Washington times., 1920-05-04

farmlots. and got exercise and health
they otherwise would not have been
able to get"
The "farmlots' come under the
supervision Of the East Potomas Park
Garden Club. of which George M Cur
tbs is president and n H. Fearnow
Is secretary. Through Col Clarence
8. Ridley. Superintendent Of Public
Buildings and Grounds. some land has
been added to that used lest year. As
result. this year there will be TOO
"farmlots" instead of the 500 used By
Washingtonians last year. While most
of the 700 lots have been leased
through the East Potomas Park Gar
den Club. there still lare about SO yet
unleased-
The garden club arranges, through
Mr.. Hall. for allocating farm lots.
which are big enough to grow vege-
tables to supply the average family
for a year.
Should Washingtonians not succeed
in getting one of the farmlots,' they
should grow q goodly supply OF
vegetables in their yards at home"
said Mr.. Hall. Let everybody work
this summer, and tho cost of living
will come down."
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
BOARD TURNS
DOWNSUBWAY
Time Not Ripe for Tube in Capt.
tai, Belief OF D. c. Com
+ mission.
subway for washington'

Charles II. MeriIiat says Yes"
Commissioners Kutz and Browniow'
composing the Public Utilities Com
mission. say mo. It is not the proper
time"
MeriIIat, local lawyer. recently
wrote TO the commission suggesting
that the surplus revenue OF the Capitai
Traction Company be invested In
subway TO De located in "the part
of washington within a circle OF
Fourteenth and II streets northwest
The commission. after carefully GO
sng over Merillat's suggestion, today
made this reply:
\ s'This matter has been under con-
Alteration by the commission for sew
erai years, but 1t is OF the opinion
that conditions have not reached the
point where IL is advisable 20 require
the expenditure OF the large amount
of money necessary to constructssuch
a system.
"The commission is of tho opinion
that there should first be a consolida-
lion Of the two principal street rail-
way companies before such extensive
changes in the track system are in
augurated"
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
YOUNG women Join
|NTERCHURCHDR|VE

A team of young women TO aid the
Interchurch World Movement cam
paign has been put in the field by
the Business Women's Council, which
meets at the Church OF the Covenant
The council has membership of
1000. The team consists of Mrs.
John Hervey Young, captain: Miss
Ethel Bagley, president OF the coun-
Gil, and the Misses Elizabeth Groves.
Heloise Brainard, Helen Childs. Anna
bell Crandell, Mary Wright Matte
Morrow, Lucille Smith, Jane Ash.
Edna Fitzhugh, Louise Lawson, Pearl
Huber, and Ethel Holmes. The team
will make report on its campaign
at the Friday meeting Of the council
Reports from various churches con-
tinue to be received. at the local
headquarters. The Disciples ~
Christ announce they have obtained
subscriptions amounting to ss4.221
which is more than their quota, The
Reformed Church announced 1914 ooo
the Friends, S1,273; the Lutheran
Church, $4,000.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04

There were still six barrels OF the
sugar at the bureau this morning
and 1t will go for the same price,
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Each
employe may buy not more than five
pounds.
Through a Washington broker. the
managers OF the cooperative lunch
room succeeded in having shipped to
the bureau last Friday . half car
load of sugar-approximatsiy $4,000
pounds. Today. II was promised that
another half car load would be sent
to the bureau before and Of the week.
nGrs.ss. .Sip.sst viii Il as.s ssr. sr:
per pound.
No bank ever had a run" OF depos-
itors to equal that experienced by the
managers OF the lunchroom when u
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
MEALS
SHOW PROFIT
lunchroom Run for 1000 Bu-
reau Employees Clears
$4,000 in Year.

Feeding 1000 people a day Is the
job OF four employees OF the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing.
And in feeding these 1000 people,
the Cooperative Lunch Association,
run by the four employees. is trying
to take a whack at the high cost OF
living.
Here's what each OF the 1000 got
today for 80 cents: English mutton
broth; roast lamb, with brown gravy;
string beans or risotto; three slices
OF bread and butter. and either milk,
coffee or tea"
Duplicate II anywhere in WASH
ington," challenged Arthur @. Dorey,
a plate printer at the bureau. and
one OF the four employees detailed by
James L. wilmeth. director OF the
bureau. to run the lunch room.
II was agreed such a meal at such
price would be hard to duplicate
today In the Capital.
Here's last Fridays menu-a day
Catholics and many others do not eat
meat; Clam chowder: baked halibut
steak. or liver with onions or bacon
lima beans, mashed potatoes. bread
and butter, milk. coffee or tea Then.
as extras. the following charges were
made: Picked pigs feet 10 cents;
"
matoeA cents: apricots, 10 cents
plums. 10 cents: pineappies. 10 cents.
The menu 10 changed every day.
Assisting the four regular EN-
ployes OF the bureau In running the
lunchroom are three bakers. . chef
and two assistant cooks and forty
five other employees
Up to April q year ago. the lunch
room at the bureau was run BY ont
side managers. when Director vii
meth found the lunchroom wa in
5000 debt. he decided to put bureau
employees in charge. The place had
been fitted out by the Government
except for utensils. dishes and the
like.
Charles G. Hainsworth was elected
president of what was incorporates
as the Cooperative Lunch Associs-
tion of the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving. Arthur G. Dorey was
made vice president. Edward N
Weeks. secretary. and James n. Kel
ley, treasurer. Active management oi
the lunchroom Is vested In Mr.. Dorey
plate printer. and Mr.. Kelley, q
registry clerk. detailed from thei1
regular work to handle the lunch
room They buy in the open market
and are keen competitors to othei
Washington merchants and lunch
room proprietors.
For the past year, after paying Of
all indebtedness, the bank account o.
the association shows q balance o.
nearly $4,000 despite the small cos
of food to the patrons. An employs
can buy not only his dinner. but hi
breakfast and . lunch.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04

was learned that the 10000 pounds
of sugar had reached the bureau.
With the fear OF losing an oppor-
tunity to buy some Of the sugar. many
employees could not do their work
until they were given tbeir quota
Distribution OF the sugar was made
by Arthur q. Dorey, plate printer,
and James II. Kelley, registry clerk.
assigned a. co-managers OF the
iunchroom. Mr.. Dorey stated this
morning that the sugar was being
sold at practically cost price.
Some of the employees this morning
openly criticised Washington gro
ceries because OF the high prices be-
ing asked for sugar they have IN
stock, and their negligence to obtain
adequate suppiiss- II was said that
~ the managers Of the bureau lunch
room can get sugar II should not be
difficult for grocers to supply the de-
mands of their regular customers.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
Diamonds, Champagne,
Watches and Rings in
Loot Of D. c. Burglar

Diamonds. champagne. watches
and rings were the loot OF a thief
who entered the home OF Mrs
Frank Taylor. 270o Sherman ave-
nue. northwest. yesterday evening.
A report OF the robbery was
made to the police early this
morning.
Chip diamonds. two gold bra
oelets, one gold watch, one dia-
mond ring. two emerald pins and
a bottle OF champagne are miss
ing.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04

Washington City Directory
for 1920 Just Of
the Press.
u 9 u
GROWS TO 2,O73 PAGES
e u ~
Our Bob" Suggests Size
Is Due to Increase in
Population.
w ~ "
Hy HOH.

Out OF a stan of twenty-four
men why do they pick on me?
I've been on this newspaper for
nearly three years and every time
Boyd's Directory OF the District
OF Columbia comes out it's just
my luck to have the c. Il. assign
me to the story, and there's really
nothing to write about.
Just imagine anyone getting a
story out of a bunch OF names.
You can't say President Wilson's
name is there, because that's an
established fact: and you cant say
there is a regular zoo within its
pages, because people already
know there are q bunch OF Bears,
Foxes. Wolves and Lions In the
District.
Then somebody comes along
and suggests that nations idea,
and that's Just been ridden to
death. or course there are peo-
pie by the name of England, Eng
lish, French. France. Ireland (or
Is that a nation). Germany and
German In the directory.
But when one gets down to
brass tacks, the only thing that
can be said about the new 1920
directory is that IL is larger that
the 1919 book. 1t has 2,O73 pages.
which denotes an increase in the
population of the District: came
out just yesterday. and is pub
lished by X. L. Polk & Compan
911 G street northwest.
So there you are. in a nutshell. {
course I might get fired for writ
ing such a story, but its about as
hard as visiting a graveyard and
digging up a yarn.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
Bureau Employees Buy
10000 Pound Lot of
Sugar at 1872 Cents

The sugar shortage throughout the country not caus
ing the 1000 employees of the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing lost of sleep Not for the present at least
While hundreds of Washingtonians last Friday were
pleading with their grocers to sell them even pound Oh
at any cost employees buying 10000
pounds of the sweetenng at 1872 cents pound from the
Cooperative Lunch Association conducted at the Govern
ment's big engraving and printing plant.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
STRATFORD CLUB HOLDS
/ ANNUAL SHAD BAKE

The Stafford Club. made up of ofi-
Eers and employees of the Daniel
1.oughran Company. Inc. 134I Penn
sylvania avenue, held it's annual shad
bake at Dreamland Farm Sunday.
The party motored down the river,
tnjoyed game of baseball and din
Sor. and discussed business and social
plans for the next month.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
THIEF WITH APPETITE
GETS WAGON OF TRUCK

Loss Of his horse and delivery
wagon. with case of eggs. a barrel
of kale, beets, two crates OF lettuce,
rhubarb and radishes, was reported
to the police by George Clagett, oil
6I7 C street northwest, this morning.
The thief drove the cart from the
Center Market line while the owner
was shopping.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04

To the salvation Army there Is
little difference between the mud Of
Flanders and the slime of the city
cutters.