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For District Attorney. M
To the Democratic Voters of the Nine
teenth Judicial District:
I beg to hereby aunounce my candida
cy for the office of District Attorney at PC
the approaching primary election.
My candidacy for this important office v
Is based upon the belief which is enter- SI
taiued as to my tituess for the position to
and abililty to give efficient public ser hi
vice.
nl event of my election it will be my
policy to strictly enforce the law, im
partially and vigorously. m
If elected I will serve the Police Ju- o0
rise of the Parishes comprising this dis- m
trict, as legal adviser, without compen
sation, as 1 construe this to be the to
tention of the law which fixes the duties b
and compensation of this office.
If the above brief outline of the con- ol
duct of the office of District Attorney
meets with your approval. I shall ap
preciateyour vote and support.
Respeectfullv.
GORDAN A. SANDOZ.
Wanted to Exchange Texas _
Land for Louisiana Land. b
1280 ACRES. a
Situated in Yoakum County, three 1
wiles from County seat of Plains. Texas.
8suta Fe R. I. now building very short
distance from this land. Every acre
tillable, uine, high, farm land. Addi
tional information on request.
LaizLire Blenvenou.
J. R. OLIVIER
DENTAL SURCEON,
I AM USING A NEW PREPARATION
WITH WHICH TEETH ARE PULLED
WITHOUT PAIN. ::
OffICE:
UPITAIIM LABBE DRUG BTOHE.
ST. MARTINVILLE. LA.
FOR SALE -One lot 200 front by 8
arpeant deep, store, residence, good fence
lu town, on Main street
Lalsaire Bienvenu,
1 Hk IN N
Us ondelet • td Perdido street
NEW ORLEANS.
JUSTIN f. DKNLCHAUD. Proprietor.
VCITOR ROBIN, Manager
EUROPEAN PLAI, Rates $1,00 ud up.
Latest Improvements.
OENTB'ALLY LOCATED
Site formerly occupied by Deneohead Rote!
OVER Si YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TRADE MAD
Anyee seding a kfetcb and desariptin ma,
taqic itaetly alour opinIon Pwreth asI
Inve r nt onIhn prabbly b mae alers
stent fre. Oldest aseny for eseurig ptsant_.
Patents takte teh Me C e l
N I.W ertian
A handsoel llutrated wstly. arLest ei
cieation of any eiant1So rLJ eresa. N a
SEWINO
MAOHINE
OF
QUALITY.
SOLD
UNDER
ANY
OTHER
NAME.
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIML
If you purhase the NEW HOME yee witl
bave a IIlb ae uset at thei prie you pay, aad will
not ihve an edese chaIn o tepallm.
* Clid ed
If you wantasewtgnmelaewrite Age
otr latest eatalogue beore yeou purebasu.
If in need of OATS and CORN
get it from aissaire Bienuon, he
is supplying tbhe public in feed.
Mr. R. P. Halphen Appointed
Postmaster.
Mr. R. P. Halpben has been ap
pointed Postmaster of St. Martin- m
villa by President Taft and his Hu
appointment sent to the Senate e
for confirmation. Mr. Halphen ia
has been assistant Pautmaster bere of
for several years, is an efficient B,
officer and his appointment will t
meet the approval of the patrons do
of the office. He will have for u
asesistants Messrs. Sidney Bien- i
venu and Calley Guirard. The 1"
business of the office has increa
sed this year to make the salary
of the Postmaster about $1400 per
year.
Each age of our lives has its joys. Old Ix
people should be happy. and they will be
if Chamberlain's Tablets are taken to
strengthen the digestion and keep the
bowels regular. These tablets are mild c
and gentle in their action and espeeial- "
e Iv suitable for people of middle age and
older. For sale by all druggists.
- Wednesday night Miss Nita Guar
dia, teacher of English, at the
High School, entertained the gra
duating class and faculty at the
New Era Hotel. This was a hap.
py reunion and all who were pre
sent, will long remember this hap
py occasion that brought the
teachers and pupils together after
having completed their school
work.
Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs
After a frightful coughing spell a man
in Neenab,. Wis.. felt terrible pains in I
- his side and his doctor found two ribs
3 had been broken. What agony Dr.
* King's New Discovery would have saved
him. A few teaspooasful ends a late
U, cough, while persistent use routs obsti
nate coughs. expels stubborn colds or
heals weak, sore lung. "I feel sure its a
Godsend to humanity," writes Mrs. Elfle
Morton, Columbia. Mo., "for 1 believe 1
would have consumption to-day, if 1 had
not used this great remedy." Its guar
anteed to satisfy, and you can get a free
trial bottle or 50-cent or $1.00 size at all
er druggiste.
FLY CATECISM.
Medical Adviser.
1. Where is the ly born? In
manure and filth.
2. Where does the fly live? In
every kind of filth.
3. Is anything too filthy for
the By to eat? No.
4. (a) Where does he go when
he leaves the vault and the me
nore pile and the spittoon? Into
th, kitchen and dining room. (h)
What does he do there? He walks
on the bread, fruit and vegetables;
he wipes his feet on the butter
and bathes in the buttermilk.
- 5. Does the fly visit the patient
sick with consumption, tyboid and
cholera infsntum? He does and
may call on you next.
6. Is the fly dangerous? He is
man's worst pest, and more dan
gerous than wild beasts and rat
tlesnakes.
7. What diseases does the fly
carry? He carries typhoid fever,
Utuberculosis and summer com
plaint How? On his wings and
hairy feet. What is his correct
noame. Typhoid ip.
8. Did be ever kill anyone?
He killed more American soldiers
in the Spanish - American war
than the bullets of the Spaniards
9. Where are the greatest nom
ber of cases of typhoid fever con
samption and summer complaint?,
Where there are the most flies.
10. Where are the most flies ?
SWhere there is the most filth.
LN 11. Why should we kill tbhe
he fly? Because he may kill us.
ad. 12. Kill the fly in any way.
CHARTER OF THE ing
Breaux Bridge Building and sac
Loan Association *ha
hol
As Amended May the bth. 1912. ac
BE IT KNOWN that on this the 11th day of the
month of May in the year of our Lord Nineteen et
Hundred and Twelve before me P. L. Begnaud ea
a Notary Public duly commissioned and and quali
lied in and for the Parish of Lt. Martin, Btate of
Louisiana, therein residing and in the presence
of witnesses hereinafter named and undereagn- shi
ed. personally came and appeared Messrs. J. W. Jai
Begnaud, President and C'. C. Bees, Lkecretary of all
the Breaux Bridge Building and Loan Aseocia
tion who declared unto me Notary and the un- at
dersigned witnesses that at a meeting of the
shareholders of the Breaux hridge Building and 1
Loan Association held on May the eth, 191:2, at T
its domicile at Breaux Bridge, La., and after all
legal prerequisites had been observed, there ap
peared either in person or by proxy lull shares
and by a unanimous vote of the stockholders
present and represented the Charter or Act of be
incorporation of sauid Breaux Bridge Building eh
and Loan Association was amended in the be
words and figures following : T
ARTICLE 1. re
'1 he name and title of said corporation shall is
be the Breaux Bridge Building and Loan Asso- 01
ciation and under its said corporate name it
shall have power to contract sue and be sued. t
to make and use a corporate seal and the same m
to alter and break at pleasure, to hold receive,
lease. purchase, convey and pledge under its d
I corporate name property both real and person- I
al; to lend money on security; to name and ap- m
point such othficers and agents as the interest
d and convenience ot said association may re
quire; to make and eatatishih such by-laws, rules
and regulations for the proper management and ci
regulation of the affair of said corporation as d
may be necessary and proper and tile sant to ,
change and alter at pleasure, and to do all such a
acts and ttings aa are and may be necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and purposes of a
said corporation; and said corporation unlessa
aoaner dissolved under the provisions ot this
charter, shall exist for a period ut (W) Ninety a
nine years.
ARTIlt' It.
The domicile ot said corporation shall be in t
the town of Breaux bUrdge. La., and all citation
and other legal process shall be served upon th@e
i'residentof salt corporation, or in his absence
ur upon the Vice President, or in the absence of
1 both of these oflicere upon the Secretary.
AliILt'LE 111.
The object of ltis association shall be the ac
cumulation ot mands tram weeal) installments, t
on account of subscriptions to the capital stock,
S rentals, premiumsn and interest on loans, the
iunds so accumulated to be uneed for the pur
U chase and sale ot real estate, the building ren
Stal and sale ot homesteads, and when necessary
and advisable the loaning of money on mort
gage secur.ty, in the Parish of St. Martin.
r ARTI'It'E IV.
id The Capital of this corporation shall be One
N Hundred Thousand Dollars, and shall be repre
aented by AM shares ot two hundred dollars
each which have been subscribed to this date;
or day the bth, 1912, which shall be recognized in
a the order in which it has been issued; and all
ie stock issued from this day shall be represented
by shares of One Hundred Dollars each, and
shall under one ot the three plans, k'ULLL
d PAID STOtCK, IN TALLMENT ITJc'K, or
r- DAY ION STO('K, and shall be issued only in
ee such amounts as the Board of Directors shall
lil determine.
FULL PAID SfTOCK shall be paid in full at
the time of its tasue. I1'AALLMENT SfTO'CK
shall be paid in weekly payments of twenty-five
cents per share, for free shares, pledged shares
shall pay 3u cents per share per week, from
which the interest shall be first deducted and
the balance credited to installments, or in such
amounts as the Hoard of Directors shall deter
i0 mine. DAYTON STOCK shadl be paid in such
amounts and at such time as the stockholder
may determine.
I Instalment and Dayton stocks may be conver
ted into Full Paid Stock by the holder paying
the difference between the present face value of
such stock, or when such stock reaches its lace
or value, provided that certificates of full paid
stock shall be issuced only on such terms and
conditions as may be ptiacribed in the by-laws.
eD Minors may hold stock through their parents
or tutors and married women in their own right.
0 Payments on current shares, instalments and
to interest, shall be due and payable weekly on
each Saturday at the olffice of the Association,
and all payments shall be imputed (1) to the
km settlement of interest due (?) to the instalments
on share- t3) the reimbursement of moneys paid
for the account of the shareholder; provided
er that the order of imputation may be changed at
the discretion of the oardl of Directors.
On share.s pledgl asM slditionarl _,curity on
real estate loans, the weekly interest on such
inas shall be tirst tledlctel fro,i each Ipayment:
od and the difference credited as payment on the
d stock: provided that atlditional payment may be
mad. at any time or in any amount at the ol,
tion of the shareholder.
S~harehollers shall have t hle right to withlhraw
i from the Association the amount lpaid in, to
gether with tihe accumulated profits due thereon
1U- at the preceding dividend time, less any charges
t and proportion of losses, if any. upn tiling
written notices of withdrawal, which shall be
registered by the Secretary in ordler of their re
ceipt, andl withdlrawing shari'holders sihall ho
y paid in order as registered, out of the first un
e, appropriated money in the treasury; Irovided
that not more titan one half the monthly re
ceilts shall ever be used for the purlese liquii
td dating miatured, withdrawn or paid up )stock
unless there be an over accumulation of fnuds
ICt which can not be loanedl in the usual manner
npon real estate.
lbhould there be an over-accumulat ion of fund
e? beyond the tse of the Aasociation. the bward
shall have the right to call in unpleael shares
for redemption, providied lthat full paid shares
ar shall first be called in in the reverse ordler of
their issue, and shall be redeemed for face va
lne. plus interest for the time intervening since
last meeting, at the same rate as last dividend
declares and should all paid up shares be re
in. deemed, then current shares may h. called in.
theoldest shares to be redeemed first at their
withdrawal value plus interest for the time since
last dividend and at the same rate as last divi.
dend.
m ? lhares shall be transferrable and duplicate
certificates issued for lost certificates,. in such
manner as may be provildel in the by-laws.
SOn January I and July 1, of each year the
hirdl of directors shall acertain the narnings
of the association for the preceeding six months
and out of the such earnings shall deduct all ex.
penses for sach time, and the balance remain
ing after setting aside, if the directors see fit hi
such an amount as they shazll deem best to a A
fund for co,ntingent losses or a surplus account, gis
shall be declared as a dividend to the share- car
holders in proportion to the value of stock of tiv
each member at the time the preceeding '
dividend was declared, and all payments made at
between such dividend periods shall begin to ces
earn dividends from the beginning of the next the
semi annual term.
The dividends on current stock shall be cre- A
dited on the pass book of the members semi an- ad'
nually; and the dividends on full paid stock liq
shall be paid in cash on the fourth Saturday of rit
January and July of each year. Interest will be wh
allowed in monthly payments made in advance vic
at a rate to be ixed from time to time by the cn
Board of Directors, not to exceed six per cent Ar
per annum for the time said payments run; pro- cr
vided no interest shall be allowed on payments 0i
in advance for a shorter period than three fri
months. pa
ARTICLE V. de
The corporate powers of the association shall eh
f be exercised by nine directors, each of whom
shall own not less than live shares, who shall
e be elected b3 the shareholders on the sec,,nd
Tuesday in January annually, each stockholder
represented at such election and not in default
Sis entithllto vote, one vote for each share he wi
owns.
Nt Notice of said election shall be given for a
space of ten days by the secretary through the
mail. Said election shall be by ballot, and shall o
Le held at the dolmicile of the association, un
derthe supervision of three .shareholders ap
pointed by the hoard of directors at the last
meeting therot.
* The shareholders receiving the greatest nom
ber of votes cast shall be elected.
The failure to hold an election on the day spe
ciftied shall not dissolve the coporation, but the
directors in office shall hold over until an elec
tion be held, after ten days notice of the time ci
ii and place thereof.
The directors shall elect from their members
of a President and Vice-President; live directors ti
Sshall be quorum for the transaction of business. I
The directors shall elect or appoint a )ecretary
and such employees as may be necessaruy, and d
may lix their compensation, but no salary shall t
be paid to any member of the Board of Direc- t
in tors or officers except Ute Secretary, and they t
shall have power to enact by-laws not repug
ie neat to this charter, to select place of meeting,
c to suspend any otlicer or director for neglect of
of dtyl or misconduct and to name and appoint I
their succeessors as provided for in the by-laws
anupall have general authority to carry out
the objects and businebs .tf the association IU. ut I
tthey shall not have power to purchase real estate
- except in case ut necessity to protect the Asso
ciation, nor contract any indebtedness whatever
r- in excess of tle amount of two months install
netes.
ry Any director about to absent himself from the a
r, parish must nominate in writing a substitute in
irisi stead, provided said substitute shall be a
shareholder of the Association, owning not less
sne than live shares; and such substitute shall be
re- entitled to a seat on the Board ot Directors on
tiling his P'roxy with the Secretary.
e ARTICLE V1.
in Shareholders, out of the funds of the Associa
all tion, shall be entitled to a loan or advance on
tet his shares. providedt the ansociation is secured
therefor by a written pledge of the stuck or
shares on which said loan or advance is made,
or together with the payments and accumulations
in present and future thereon and further, that
all when the loan or advance is made for the pur
pose of purchasing real estate for, or improv
at ing real estate belonging to, or building a
Uk homestead for the borrower, all said property
so oflered ad security shall be purchased by the
res association and the title thereon shall remain
m ested therein until the full amount of the loan
and or advance shall have been repaid in accor
acts dance with the terms and conditions of the
tar charter and by-laws, and that every such act of
uch ale shall reserve the legal right of redemption
der ani be so specified in the deed of conveyance;
and in case it should become necessary or ad
rer-vi sableto loan or advance funds to b secured
ing by mortgage upon real estate, then the borrower
of -hall in writing pledge his shares an above pro
vided, and further execute his note therefor at
aid the rate of $1U.AUU for each share upon which
the advance is made, said note to bear interest
at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, payable in
weekly in-talments, and said note shall not ma
ture or be demanded so long as the weekly in
hi-tallments on the pledged shares and the week
ly Iportion of interest are paid regularly, until
on the value of the pledged shares is $1'J0.00 per
the share; then said note shall mature and the va
ots lue of said shares shall be applied to its liqui
il atiton.
led Shareholders obtaining advances on shares,.
d at failing to tender satisfactory security, within
:a dlays from date of adjudication, shall forfeit
same ( provided that the doardl of Directors may,
un for goial and satisfa(-tory reason. extend time.)
ent; andl all cost andi charges or expenses attending
the the examination of titles anid searches, together
with the interest for not less than four weeks.
tr such further tim", as may hatve elatssedl, stall
Ibe chargedl th, tha Itrrwer, and be a lien ,gainst
J. J. BURDIN & t RO.,
....Manufacturers .f....
RED CYPRESS LUMBER,
SHINGLES, CISTERNS, SYRUP BARRELS & BRICKS,
And carry a large stock of
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber Flooring, Siding and Dementlon
OUR PRICES VERY LOW.
W CALL AND SEE US AND SAVE SOrE HONEY.
his or her shares until paid.
All fres of attorneys, notaries, recorders, re
gisters and all expenses incurred in making or
cancelling loans, shall be paid by the respec
tive borrowers.
The Board of Directors may make such roles
and regulations or by-laws to govern or advan
ces on stock as they may see proper, provided
they do not contlict.with this article.
ARTICLE VII.
Any shareholder who has received a loan or
advance upon his share desiring to settle and
liquidate such indebtedness prior to the matu.
rity of the loan may do so either in part or in
whole under the condition and proportion pro
vided for withdrawing shares, and their value
credited in part payment of said indebtedness.
Any part, payment under this article shall be
credited upon the borrowers note in the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each share redeemed
from pledge, and thereafter iuterest shall be
paid only on the reaminder of said note; and if
desired the mortgage bearing upon the property
shall be reduced proportionately.
ARTICLE VIII.
Shareholders not having pledged their shares
to the Association; who owe nothing upon their
ihares may withdraw from the association by
giving u days notice in writing to the Ieoretary,
when said shareholder, on surrender of his cer
titicate, shall be refunded all th ! payments on
account of weekly instalments on shares made
by him. less any unpaid tines or charges and a
prorata of the current year s losses it any up to
the date of said notice. Each written notice of
withdrawal shall be numbered and registered
by the Secretary in the order of their receipts
and withdrawing shareholders shall be paid in
rotation, as registered out of the unappropriated
moneys in the treasury.
On the death of any shareholder, whose share
is not pledged to the association, his or her les.
gal representative shall be entitled to receive in
cash the withdrawal value of the share at the
time of the last pay meat made by suchdeceased
sharehelder, or said representative shall be en
titled to either transfer said shares to others, or
to continue the same by payment of the weekly
y instalments; provided that said shares be re
d deemed or transferred or, notice given of con
1 tinueing it, within six months next following
such death, and in de fault of action within that
time said share antd all accumulations thereof
shall cease to participate in the profits withont
turther notice and shall be payable to the legal
of representative of the deceased JO days after ap
at plication.
ARTICLE IX.
it No shares shall be transferred except on the
it books ut the Association, in the presence of the
to bretary upon the surrender of the certificate
therefor; provided no shari a in arrears can be
r traunt·l.aid, and the person to whom the shares
L- are transferred shall accept the by-laws in like
manner as any original member. kor each share
le so surrendered there shall be paid 25 eta to the
in Secretary to be credited to the Association.
a ARTICI. X.
Sipecial meetings of the shareholders shall be
ye convened at the request in writing of ten share
in holders, stating time and object of such meet
ing
ARTICLE XL
a- No shareholder shall ever be held liable or re
sn sponsible for the contracts or taulte of the As
ad suciation in any further sum than the amount
or of his indebtedness to the association; nor shall
he, any mere informality in the organization have
nous the effect of rendering this act null, or exposing
at a shareholder to any liability beyond theamount
ir- of his or her shares.
Iv- ARTICLE XII.
a This act of incorporation can be altered,
rty amended and modified by a vote of three fourth
he of the capital subscribed, present or represented
in at a general meeting convened for that purpose.
an or the Association dissolved by a vote of two
ir- thirds of the capital subscribed, at a general
he meeting convened for that purpose alter ten
of days notice by the lecretary, by mailing same.
on Provided that the capital shall not increased
ce, unless a majority of the shares represented at a
id- special shareholders meeting convened for such
ed purpose shall vote in favor of such be increase,
rer nor until such notice be given and such publi
ro- cation be made and such formalities complied
at with as are or may be required by law.
Ich In faith whereof msaid appearer have signed
eat their names together with Messrs D. Brousesard
in and Locke Pellerin competent witnesses and
na- me Notary, on the date first above written, in
in- the town of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, after due
Bk- reading hereof.
til I JOB. W. BEGNAUD, President.
per C. C. B&E8, Becretrry.
va- Witnesses: D. BROU88ARD
oi LOCKE PELLERIN.
P. L. BEGNAUD, Notary Public.
tin There is no real need of anyone being
. troubled with constipation. Chamber
ae.,) laiu's Tablete will cause an agrebable
er movement of the bowels without any un
k.. pleasant effect. Give them a trial. For
all
unt |sale by all drugghits.
