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THE BUSIEST HOUSE IN THE CITY".r SI e * Fuariture * Establiisrrmet 3 --0 SEdgar F. Riviere,, .... MAIN STREET.... FURNITURE FOR THE _ RICH MAN FlU RNITURE FOR THE POOR MAN ALSO UNDERTAKER. The Place to Buy Hardware, Paints, Oils, Harness, and H e Agrraultural ImpleIrents -S AT H. Riviere & Co. 'Phone 108. Cor. Main and Green Sts. THE PLANT OF THE, ' THIBODAUX B/ICK WORKHS oWITH THE FINEST EQUIP MENTS IN THE SOUTH Is now prepared to furnish the best and cheap. est brick in the market ...................... One million bricks on had redy for delivery. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS. ADDRESS. L aaBNT X. FOLSE, MANAGER. PHONE 13n. OR E. . BRAUD, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. PHONE 14. A. GOSSI N, .... KANUVACTVro L A nD ALBS .... Choice Rough Dressed Cypress Lumber. All Dimenmons 8awed to Order and Delivered. Lafourche Crossing, La. In th Advertisdlg Columns of a Popular Newspaper are heral of a suocuseftl business career. The Is a Popular Newsaper, and is recognisled as a good Ad vertisin Medium . ... ... ... ... ZN COUUmtUCIaL 1lUNTR Tbe Sentinel Establishment turns out up-to-date work. Estimates solicited an any Clam of Priating. TSEND A TRIAL ORDEn AT OrNCE. The Bank of Lockport. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF LAFOURCHE. BY THESE PRESENTS BE IT known, that on this Eighth day of June in the year of our lord nineteen hundred, personally appeared Before me, Albert J. Lasseigne, a Notary Public, duly commissioned, qualified and sworn in and for the Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and in the presence of Gustave Abribat Jr. and C. J. Richard, legal witnesses, Messrs. Charles S. Mathews through E. F. Dickinson, and E. F. Dickinson for himself: E. C. Delaune, E. P. D laune Francois Derame, Elle Dueos, V. M. Toups and Lucien Chauvin; Ju lien Lefort per G. D. Barrios: Jos. T. Badeaux; Eugene Constantin for him. self and as Agent of Joseph Constantin, Jules Bragard and Louis Bragard; Eu gene Vigroux; A. J. Price; G. D. Bar rios; O. A. Bourg for himself, and as Agent of Sylvere Bourg; J. F. Larose, Agent; Dominic Harang; Felix Legen dre; Jos. O. Toups Sr. C. K. of A. Branch No. 778 through Thos. J. Foret and J. F. Larose, Trustees; Thos. J. Foret; Mrs. Ellis Foret per Thomas Foret; Chas. A, Claudet; Barrios and Meyet per Edgar Barrios and J. N. Bourgeois per E. A. Delanne, all Resi dents of the Pariah of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, who Declare and say that, availing themselves of all existing Iaws, and particularly those Laws of the State of Louisiana affecting and relating to the modes and manner of organizing Banking Corporations, they hereby form themselves into a Corpora tion for the purposes and under the stipulations and articles following, which they accept and adopt as their Charter, to-wit: AP.TICLE I. The Title of this Corporation shall be "The Bank of Lockport" domiciled at the Town of Lockport, Parish of La fourche, Louisiana,by which name and title it shall enjoy all benefits and sue session for itself, its heirs and assigns. ARTICLE II. The Capital Stock is hereby fixed at Fifteen Thousand Dollars, divided into Three Hundred Shares of Fifty Dollars each, which said shares, held by each Shareholder are to be paid for within Nine Months, subject to the call of Directors of said Bank. Should any Stockholder fail to pay within the above prescribed time and after ten days notice to said Stockhol der his share or shares shall, ipso facto, be declared forfeited. That this Corporation shall commence its existence from this day, and shall continue for a period of Ninety nine years, and by its Corporate name may sue and be sued, plead, advance, appear and prosecute, or be prosecuted in all Courts. The President, or in his ab sence arising from all causes the Vice President, or in his inability through any cause the Cashier of said Bank is hereby designated as the Officer upon whom all Citations and processes of Law against this Corporation shall be served: He having the power to de fend all suits or prosecutions the same as if all the members hereof were De fendants or Plaintiffs. The same rule is to apply when the Corporation is sued. The purposes for which this Banking Corporation is established and the anthority it shall exercise are hereby declared to be:-To receive money or securities, such as bonds and notes on deposits, and to pay or meet same in current funds on check of depositors; buy and sell all metallic coins and bills of exchange, to lend oney on real or personal security, and to exercise all powers necessary and legitimate to car ry on its business. It shall also have the power to hold, receive, purchase and convey, by and under its corporate name, such property real or personal as may be indispensible and necessary to the objects of this corporation. ARTICLE III. This Banking Corporation shall be gin whenever Ten Thousand Dollars of its Stock is taken up and paid for. ARTICLE IV. The business of said Corporation shall be conducted and regulated by a Board of Directors, to consist of Eleven Mem bers, all of whom shall be Stockholders, and Six Members shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE V. The above Board of Directors shall be elected by Ballot on the Eighth day of June in each year beginning with the Third Monday of June Nineteen hun dred, and the said Directors shall hold Office for one year, or until their sue cessors are duly elected or qualified. All Elections shall be conducted under the supervision of three members of the Corporation to be appointed by the Board of Directors for that purpose, sad in ease of any one of said Commis sioners of Election dealining to act the President shall appoint another to fill his place, of which eleoeion by publica tion in one of our local or Parish papers shall be made in three issues precdlng the date of said election. Eebh Stock holder shall be entitled directly or by proxy in writing to one vote for each share of stock lnhis name. Female.s i married, may be represented eitherby proxy or in person. The eleven Directors or persons re ceiving the highest number of votes for same shall serve for the ensuing year. In case of a tie between any two or more among the number exceeding eleven receivinga the highels aumber of votes then the ties shall be determined by casting lots. In ease there should be no election of Directors on the day appointed, an election for the same shall be had as soon thereafter as is pctieable by giving notice to Stock odrs, ad by bletion n a parish e Board of Directors as omposd shall appoint one of their number for President and another for Vice-presi dent, to hold Omce as long as the exist ing Board is in office. In caseof a va cancy in eithfrr of said positions the same shall be filled by the Board. It willalso be the duty of the Board of Directors to appoint a Cashier and such Officers, Agents, Clerks, Ac. as may be requisie and necessary for the business of said Bank. The said Boardshall also fin the salary and compensation of all Officers, Cashier, Agents, Clerks Ae. of the Bank. All such Officers shall hold their office at the pleasure of the Bank, or its Board of Dretors, and through it. SARTICLE VI. The said Board shall have the right to prescribe By Laws for the government of all business pertaining to said Banuk on all subjects not provided for by this Charter, and not inconsistent with law. ARTICLE VII. The said Board of Directors shall also appoint from their own number or among themselves a Diseount Commit tee of three, sad any Director a* elected shall serve until the ensuing regular sessmion. They shall moreover fill all vacancies that may occur in said Dis count Committee. The said Bonad of Directors are em powered to adopt a Seal for the use of the Corporation sad shall select as their design aCirele, with the words "The Bank of Lockport" Lockport, La along its margin, and the figure of a Plow with stocks of Cane and Corn on each skide in the centre thereof. IRTICLE VIII. The Cashier, Assistant Cashier and Book-keeper shall furnish Bond with solvent security in a sum to be fixed by the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of their duty. ARTICLE IX. Should this Corporation be dissolved before its lmited timer, its affairs shall be liquidated under the supervision of three Commissioners to be appointed from among the Stockholders at a general meeting convened for that pur pose, after thirty days notice in any weekly Paroehial paper, and with the consent of three-fourths of the entire capital stock at the time subscribed and I a for. The same shall apply when Its limitation is ended. ARTI('L X. • This set of ineorporation may he chIanged, modified or altered, or it may be dissolved at a speeial meeting of the Stockholders ounvuend for that purpose after thirty days prior notice by publl cation in an parochial paper. Any wuch change shall require two-thirds of the amount of the entire capital stock taken and Maid for. Besides a forty days notice shall be served on all Stock holders at their address. ARTICLE XI. No Stodkholder shall ever become liable or responsible for theContractsor faults of said corporation in any sum above the unpaid halane due by him or her, on shares of stock due by him or her nor shall any mere infornallty in organization have the effect of renaer ing this charter null, or of exposing 5 Stockholder to any further liabiIty than the unpaid balance due on said stock. ARTICLE XII. The following named members shall constitute the first Coard of Direetors to serve under this Charter, vis: Charles 8. Mathews, President, Jos. T. Badeaux, Vice-President, E. F. Dickinson, E. A Delaune, Eugene Constantin, Jules Bragard, G. D. Barrios, A. J. Price, O0 A. Iourg, Thos. J. Foret and Dominic Harang. ARTICLE XIII. All Certificates of stoek shall be sign. ed by the President and Cashier, and shall bear the impress of the Omclaic Heal of the Bank. This done read and signed at the Town of Lockport, Louisiana, on the day, month and ear first above written In faith whereof the parties, witnes aes, and I Notary Public have signc these presents safer due reading of the whole. C. S. Mathews per E. F. )iekinson 20 Shares $I000 0 E. F. Dickinson 0 Shares $1000 01 E. A. Delauns 20 Shares $100a a M. Delaune per E. A. Delaune 2 Shares $1000 N E. C. Delaune per E. A. Delaane 10 Shares $500 0 E. P. Delaune per E. A. Delanne 10 Shares $500 Francois Derame per E. A. Delaune 10 Shares $500 0( Elie Ducos per E. A. Delaune 10 Shares $500 a V. M. Toups per E. A. Delaune 2 Shares $100 1 Lucien Chauvin per E. A. Ielauue 2 Shares $100 01 Julien Lefort per G. D. Barrios 8 Shares $100 a Joe. T. lladeaux 20 Shares $1000 01 Eugene Constanlin 15 Shares $750 ( Joseph Constantin per E. Constantin 10 Shares $500 1 Jules Bragard per E. Constantin 10 Shares $300 0( Louis Bragard per E. Constantin 10 Shares $500 01 Eugene A. Vigroux 6 Shares $300 0 A. J. Price 15hares $75001 G. D. Barrios 10 Shares $500 1 O. A. Bourg 10 Shares u0 ta 8. Bourg per 0. A. Bourg 10 Shares $500 0( J. F. Larose Agt. 6 Shares $300 ( D. Harang 10 Shares $500 0 Felix egendre 2 Shares $100 Joe. O. Toupe Sr. 2 Shares $100 0( C. K. of A. Branch No. 778 per Thos. J. Foret and J. F. Larose Trustees I Share $50 ( Thos. J. Foret 10 Shares $00 (0 Mrs. E. Foret per Thos. J. Forst 10 Shares $500 01 Chas. A. Claudet 1 Share $50 0( Edgar Barrios for Mayer & Barrios 4 Shares $M0 - J. N. Bourgeois per E. A. Dela8ae 0 Shares $300 0( Witnesses G. AsaliAT Ja., C. J. RIaCHARD. A. J. LAssalown, Notary Public STATE OF IAOUISIANA, PARISH OF LAFOURCHE. I, the undersigned, Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder duly commissioned sworn and qualified in and for the sad parish and State, do hereby certify the above and foregoing 'o be a true and correct copy of the Charter of "The Bank of Lockport", and I hereby furth er certify, that said Charter was this day duly recorded in Miscellapeous Bok No. 7, follos 6, et seq; of record in my office. In Faith Whereof, ( I have hereunto set my hand L.S and seal of office at Thibodaux S La. this 18th day of June A. D. 1900. C. J. BaRESR, Clerk of Court Exz- oio Recorder. L~atorche June 21st, 1900. dit..r SentlAel. In your last issue you publish a diespath from oar 8enator at Baton Rouge anoouncing tbhat the bill for putting locks in Bsyou Lafourche has paed both Houses aml may therefore be consedered ad a publie measure to be carried out as soon as practicable. The announcement of thit fact will, no doubt, be a surprseto a great many of your reUndeas. Although it has been mentioned at different times that the Board of State Cngtneer strongly advocated the plan of closing the Bayou that the two Levee Boards coneided with their views, aad that it had been re commended in a contfeence held at Donaldsoorivllle in May 1899, still, s the partis drectly oncerned,--thu people living ina Lafourche and in adjuacent Pariahes-had never been clled upon to express their approval of the measure, it was thought by great many that the closing of Bayou Lafourche was a matter of too great importance for it ever to be accom. plbhed without referring the question to the will of the people. It may be said here, also, that s great anumber of persons who are positively oppobed to the plan belong to the reticent class, who know whe, a thing is wrong but who lack the boldnes to eome forward and give their opinion against It. Others who would gladly see a oppostion to the deed, are too spa. tbetic to enter a proest themselves, and thus, a measure which Is ob noxious to many, important to all, and very seriou i its voe quences, will probably be carried into effect gainstt the wi of the msrjority, but with the appeayrance of public appro batloe. In diusasosi g the theory of lock at least, in so far uas we are aware, i seems as if one fact aloe reeived the attention of those who suppomrtd the measurey,amely, the protectio of the lght bank of the Lafourch_ from the numerous overflows to which it has been subjected. Reaer ing our comments on that point feo some other time, we, as a citisen of the left bank, would like to propound the followinug questions : Will not the closing of such a large outlet abect the beight of watet is the Missiussipp', and in that case, rwill not the left bank be exposed to iuundation ? How will the lock affect the cultivation of rice which dlependls upon a certain height for irrigation ? Will the cu reut be strong enough to prevent an accomu. lation of sand at the mouth of the Bayou t How is steamboat naviga. i tion to be affected ? As an interested party, we would be much obliged to uoe Sentinel for obtaining from proper sources the a nswer to these questions, or at least for enduenraging the citizseo in gen eaal to express their opinion on the I matter. Respectfully Larr BAN. TYou aun Io Risk. Did you know that you could bay a pair of "Regent" shoes, with a guarantee, that they will wear well ? The Regent factory are so well sati fled that their shoe is the very best obtainable for the money that they instruct us to replace every pair that fails to give good wear. So you see, you should not hesitate to try a pair. All styles, all leathers, one price $3.50. Charles A. Badeaux prop. of The Racket Store, sole agent. CASTORIA 7w "Kkate and cnGl s. TM Ki YTs lia Ahap lihMht Bests tihe Bishop Bleak Gives The Lie. A dispatch from Santiago, dated June 27th, and published in the Timeºs Democrat, says: "At a teachers' convention held heLe yesterday Dr. Saldmi. a member of the Insular Board of. Jtucation, remarked that the Catholic religion bhOuld again be introduced into the public schools of Puerto Rico. Dr. Cumpos Valladares, a Por tuguese Presbyterian superintendent of public iontructin in Brazil, took exception to Dr. Sahlin's remark and turning to Bishop Blenk(the bi-hop of Puerto Rico) he said in substance that the Roman Catholic Church had been negative in results in all the South American countries, asserting that the illiteracy prevailug there was due entirely to the church's influenoe. This remark caused great excitement. No sooner were the words uttered than Bishop Bleak jumped to his feet, and, striking the the table with his closed fist, shouted: "It is lie," rdding,,I will not sit quietly and hear the church of which 1 am the representative in Puerto Rico traduced in surch language." After a painful silence by a common impulse the adherects of the bishop shouted as with one voice: '"Long live Catholicism," sod the the incident was closed though it has aroused mu*h feeling." The Bishop lost patience and un. der the provocation he was justified, and we are not sorry that he did The miserable twaddle about the in. fuence of the Catholic Church being against educetion indulged in, mo season and out of season, by preach ers and others of the type of Dr(?) Valladares, is calculated to exhaust the patience of the adherents of that church. Bishop Bleak used forcible language to denounce the false a persion but it characterized the state., ment denounced to its true aspect. !rtmn to Bryn. In the middlle western States the opposition to Bryan which was quite formidabie a year ago, has disap peared A prominent Democratof Grand Rapids, Mich, has written a letter to Chairman Jones, of the Democratic National Committee, which there is much reason to believe gives a correct statement of the position of the Gold Domocratr, not only in Michigno, but throughout the North and West It is important becauese four years ago McKinley had the skid,either directly or indirectly, of not less than a million of Democrats who either voted for him, or for Palmer, or remaied away from the polls. In the letter to Senator Jones regarding the political rsituation in Michigea the writer says: '"With very few exceptions, the rank and file of the Gold Democrats here-abouts will vote for Bryan this year, as aganst McKinley or even a gold Democrat third candidate. Most of the few Gold Demerats who will not vote for Bryan are either tanged with Phil ippine lmprialism or oppose him on other grouuds than fear of free silver chiefly has position in regard to the supreme court. They are as much opposed as ever to 16. to I silver, hint feel certain that the Senate is safely gold standard for at least four years -and reasonably safe for six. And, even if compelled to c·hoose between imperillem and free silver-which thank God, they are not--they would vote for Bryan rather thsan for Me KIlnley, or a third candidate, votes for whom will be practically for the Canton member of the now defunct firm of Duty & Destiny. I write as a Palmer and Buckner Gold Dem ocraSttamiliar with the feeling among Gold Democrats hereaboutsl" With the foregoing information comes the news that John M. Palmer, of Illinois, who lemt the goki De ocrate against Bryan ftr years ago. has announced that be will support the nominee of the Kansas City convention. EED grow payln ermops tmeease tbyr' esh and awayr te est. For el, everywhere. Reune sabsttantes. tlck to PeeTrs eeds and prosper. 100 seed Anneal be. Write sor t. I. i. FERRY C0.. t . Mi. The admanistration will be wie to muzzle Gen. Otis ifit s to persist in the assertion that the Filipinos are "incapable of self government," and must he kept indebnitely under American military control. "I hate spent a year and a half among the Filipinos," said the general to a Was hington interviewer this week, "and I want to say they are without doubt the best of any raee of the Asiatic living on the Pacific coast and islands. Their acquisitive abilities are remarkable. "The demand for schools insatiabla It has not been possible to secure a sufficient supply of Spoilsh American text books; the market has been denuded of them. When the rook hungry Filipinos were told this they begged for American school booke, and declared their children could learn from them, even w:thoe the Spanish text and translations. To my astonishment I found this to be true, and, in the course of a few mouths, the Filipino childres picked up a fair knowledgeof at glish. Even the old natives con text books in the effort to fix English phrases in their minds." This is not exactly the picture of an ,,inferior race," incapable of goverr log themselves. It well describes a people who will fight to the death for liberty: or if approchedl to the spirit of peace with honor, become invalua ble allies to this repub it in the East. -The National Demicrat NEW AL'VEITI8IEENTM, HAIR VIRGINIA COLLEGE. Per Tsm Ladies, easnke. Vs. Opens Sept. t.h 159. One of the loading Schools for Yooeg Ladies in tho south. Mag nilSent ouildjngs. all modern Improve. meats. Campus tea acre.. Grand monss lain scenery in Valley of Va.. tamed for health. Europeasand Amerlea leSehbeeso Poll coarse. Superior advantýges t Ar Music, and Elocution. Studenot from bthrty States. For esatalogue address MATTIT P. HADlEi. Pres., Roasokes Va. -----e**-~ A SERENADE OF WOLVES. e-w One Wae Slatted In The Rio t*aal See at Washitegon. In The Century Ernest leto-Tbhomp. son. who used to be known as "Wolf" Thompson from his familiarity with this particular form of wild aalmal, tells how e started a wolf serenade at the National soo In Washington. While making these notes among the animals of the Washington moo I used to go at all borne to see them. Late one evening I sat down with some friends by the wolf eages Is the light of a fu moon. I said, Lt as whether they have forgotte the imtle of the west." I put up my hands to my mouth and howled the hLating song of the pak. Te lMst to e.rpo. was a coryote from the plains. He re membered the wild mrsle that ed to mea pickings for him. He put p hls m.aule and "yap yapped" and bawled. Next an old wolf from Colorado eare running out. looked and listened sea sestly, and. rasling her snout to the poper angle, abe took up the wid strain. Then all the othsers eame rm ling out and jolined In. each eceordtng to his voice, but all sdnnlg that wai wolt hunting son, bowlingla rd yelf tg, rollng and swelHling. high and low, i- the cadence of the bills. They m meo theirh ou e the et. j e eMs Ynh q se my Jeeian aeler stae rrMe ug my heart wih their srls a, at ther mg dt the lss ge. Agan and again they rasdd the cry end ang tIn chora till theo whol moa it wood aroud was rtingl with the grim retrain-ustil the tbhaitaus i the near eity mst bare athouht the beas broke lease Dut atlsgt their elamor died awayr, and the trned, slaunk beck to their des, El lently, sadly, I thought, as theayh they wellsed that they coauld Indeed JoIn i the bunting soung as of d, bhut their huntlng days were heter done. Us Was Amtted. Portunately when red tape e nes is contaet with eomme sense It 18 red tape which goes to the wall. A good story is told of a military obeWl who derised a system whbeb eompelled e ry one who went on business to Ge eral Banks to proeomr a ticket trom a member of the sta, the preetattion ot wbleb at the door arned his admis sloa. One day a burly elonel esme to theo door of the privatel ole at head quarters and requested that his name be given to the generaL "Have you a ticket?' he was asked. "A ticket!" eheboed the colosI wiSh scorn. "No. sir, I baven't." "You can't enter here witheet su." was the reply. "Sir," sad the coloneld. "whLs Geu esI Banks becomes a puppet show, and I have 25 fea to spare, I' buy a ticket to see him. nt teere," Ue was admltted. The meepless Seven. "Ther were sve of the 1." aid one of the disbargbed jorertoI speakh nag of the matter naet morlns. "who didn't want to sleep themselves sa wouldn't let the rest of s seup. When ever we dropped Into a doe. they eamr arnd and shook us tlB we were wide awake agaln." "And you had to submt, I ppese hr they constituted the majorityf "es, the wee th emlIk majri ty." said tbe hollw eyed jere, with a pestve attempt to be dbcetlos.-C--L cao Trfbun. Do not hr Thibodau She lime of the highe mackentoshea JOliN H. waers WMSnr. 1 -7-. Robt. Copper, sirT IR.. Shop on 81. L4m1g sad Thblodsaax. p lees. Rases Woag H. N. NOTARY MARExA THOS. LE£iO I have bought the erly owned by J wald and am the beet servioa a call LOiAL BU81 B'-oe s. T. Pith, Vol, sad mammon d BaaR &s..s, S.e r B'"av nou." " Vs. hTred hes.er Sheed. Ca. Or es s.d FOS?, I. W., Csr,.... i ePi.. .ah.' a epsaelty. CLtr DIRS C J. _ Abe Fw ..J Mas m... .. Yo Del v. Ia. --..-. Nie has.., aeaaU,.7. PMiDlp sWoeta D -le tr ,, s. . , Pi Jewdry. wtaltae ed Shmee, hweae rS As l OWELL & MA - Oltaaes ltru7,slie ... Dass: h i~ea N aIdi eag. Agees.~ 1 1...4 an shM11S