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LITTLE JOHN DE-
FENOS JOSEPH.
Rockefeller Likes the Story oT the
Com Crop Comer.
A Biblical Story that Appeals to the
8on of the Oil Magnate—He Tells
His Sunday- School Class That
Cornering the Food Supply in Egypt
Was a Great Thing.
New York, March 1—By defending
Joseph’s action In cornering the food
during the seven years of plenty In
Egypt and selling It to the people
in the seven years of famine, John D
Rockefeller, Jr., in his Bible class
yesterday morning made the first
really public defense, by intimation,
of similar methods adopted by his
father In building up the Standard
Oil monopoly.
Middle aged and old men crowded
the pews of the Fifth Avenue Bap
tist church when Mr. Rockefeller be
gan to speak, there being in all two
hundred and one members present,
the largest attendance for many
weeks.
Mr. Rockefeller made the point
that Joseph’s foresight and ability
saved the people of Egypt from star
vation, something unprecedented in
all the geat famines of history. Fur
thermore, according to the best com
mentators on the subject, Joseph, in
storing the food, exacted only one-
fifth of the regular crop from each,
this one-fifth being really only
the tax each man had to sup
port the government. Joseph not on
ly knew the famine was coming, but
all Egypt knew it Any one could
hnte stoted n» the food In antlclpa-i
tlon of It, but, said Mr. Rockefeller, |
Jospeh knew, as we all do,. that It ’
Is difficult to get the people to look
ahead and provide for emergencies of
this kind. It required a man of Jos
eph’s foresight to do this, and Joseph
did the people a great service there
by.
“When Joseph brought the food
they came to Joseph and bought fro m
him. In buying from him, Mr. Rock*
efeller argued they practically paid
their taxes only, and when they had
no more money to pay Joseph took
their land in exchange. The govern
ment had to hr 'e money for Its sup
port.
“Now. did Joseph do something
which seems to us wrong and unjust?
Of course, we must judge from the
standard of the day in which he lived
and worked. We want to get a fair
estimate of his character.’’
One member made the point that
Joseph was wise in doing what be
did; that In the great famine of In
dia a few years ago, 3,000,000 people
starved to Jeath, and had the Eng
lish government followed Jospeb’s
example al these lives could have
been saved.
“If Joseph wbb true to God," com
mented Mr. Rockefeller, “he was
certainly true to the people.
“When Josevh brought the food
from the people he was giving them
a market for their produce. It is al
so true that they muBt have known
that there years of famine were com
ing, but, of course, the masses of the
people are not apt to think seven
years ahead and lay by, and perhaps
they could not afford to lay by. But
the difficulty would be to get them
to lay by even If they could There
cannot be any criticism of that. But
how about the method of distribu
tion? Did Joseph do the right thing
there? Was there any other alter
native except to give away the corn
to the people? Joseph gave the peo
ple the corn on their own terms.
They did not then become slr.ves
as we think of slaves. The
situation then was that they were
tenants of the land. The only dif
ference was that the people not only
paid the tax as they had paid it be
fore the famine, but paid a rental of
exactly the same amount the lands
being held by Pharaoh. They
had sold their land to Pharaoh for
the food. It is difficult then, it see m a
to me to see where any great Injus
tice was done.
“I do not see how we can come to
•.ny other conclusion in regard to Jos'
eph’s action. I cannot see how there
can be any blot on his life because
of It"
In conclusion, Mr. Rockefeller
said:
"Let us so live that we can walk
along the street and look every one
In the eye unflinchingly."
BUY8 A MWmm
W. Gould,Brokaw Astounds a Hurdy-
Gurdy Man.
Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 28—W.
Gould Brokaw has bought a plebian
monkey from an organ grinder for
$250
The hurdy-gurdy man was grind
ing out symphonies when Brokaw, in
passing, was struck by Jocko’s hu
manlike faO. Tonmsao said he would
sell his pet^for $250 and was almost
paralyzed when Brokaw peeled that
sum off a roll of bills, grasped the
slman, and In 30 seconds more was
riding away with him. Tomaaso left
town hurriedly lest Brokaw repent
his bargain.
VALDOSTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1906.
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Mrs. Verges Mizner Takes Her
New Hubby to Her Heart Again.
New York, Feb. 28—Wilson Mlz-
aer, the young Lochlnvar who came
out of the west and wooed and won
the beautiful Mrs. Yerkes, widow of
Ithe great American street railway
magnate, Charles T. Yerkes, has
ueen taken back by the wife who sent
him from her palatial home here af
ter ten days of married bliss.
“It was conspiracy to separate us,
but it failed,” said Mrs. Yerkes-MIz-
ner In the Hotel Netherland, Fifty-
ninth street and Fifth avenue as she
sat looking lovingly into the big blue
eyes of her athletic young husband
at a little dinner she gave In that
hotel wherein shs had dwelt in the
most magnificent suite for several
years with her first husband.
“They told me all sorts of dread
ful things about Wilson,” she added,
“and foolishly I credited them until
I slnrted an investigation and found
they were all false.
“Please do not say we are reunited
because we never wero separated.
We had a little quarrel, it Is true, but
I love him and I have found out that
painted. v k
“Don’t let any more of those un
kind things be said about him," she
pleaded. “He was always good to
me. The stories that he abused me
and that w# quarreled over money
matters Art Absolutely untrue,
never asked me for a cent either be
fore or aftsr>our marriage, and gave
me only whatl have found to be the
best advice in regard to financial af
fairs. All $ have is his if he wishes
for 1 now know that but for him
might havej been put In a position
where the wry root could have been
sold over nsy # head."
With tha? Mrs. Yerkes-MIzner left
the hotel with her husband and was
driven back in her own automobile to
her Fifth avonu. home her face beam
ing and looking In every way as
charming aa tlu- most youthful bride.
From a friend who was present
at the dinner It was learned later
that Mrs. lift •‘g-Mizner had dlscove r
eJ in the ach* •me to separate her
from her husband a plot Involving
ore millions than any ever related
he is not so black ns he has been [ in the weirdest romance.
Mr. McCurdy Makes His Flight
While Coachman Fells a Reporter.
New York, March 1.—Richard McCurdy and family last
night boarded the steamship America, wljJch sailed for Europe
this morning. A reporter endeavoring to get an interview with
McCurdy was knocked down by the' coachman, who was ar
rested. The McCurdy home at Morristownwas left In charge
of a caretaker, and It Is reported that the owner will be absent
several months. McCurdy's health Is much Improved.
Speer Calls Lawyer Down,
innah, March 1—Tha principal. cal Ted his attention to this omi
Savannah,
Incident of interest to
tho Qfeny and tta
United 8tatee courT
noon was the colloquy between
Emory Speer and Col. P. W. Meldrim,
of attorneys for the defense, upon the
lack of courtesy to the court on the
part of Col. Meldrim.
The attorney had addressed the
court once or twice without prefacing
his remarks with the customary “May
it please your honor." Judge Speer
AN INGENIOUS MACHINE.
Transmits Signatures and Reproduc-
j es Messages of Handwriting.
Savannah, Feb. 28—One of
most Ingenious contrivances
! brought to Savannah Is the telauto-
; graph, now in operation at the Clt-
: izens bank.
j This muchlne, which is an electrl-
! cal instrument, records Identically at
a distance any mark or writing made
at other end of the line. A question
written downstairs by the teller Is
at once reproduced In the same hanJ-
writing upstairs before the book
keeper. The answer Is returned In
stantaneously In the handwriting of
the man who replies.
This machine is now used to ver
ify signatures anJ Is a noiseless way
of communicating from floor to gal
lery or throughout the different sto
ries of a building. The telautograph
can transmit replies twenty-two
n:!!es.
The time will come, of course,
when the machine will be perfected,
and when the handwriting of the
writer will be reproduced nny dis
tance. Many people hnve flocked to
the Citizens bank to see tho telau
tograph work. It Is a curiosity and.
more than that. Is a very useful
piece of mechanism.
GOT OUT JUST IN TIME.
Shirt Factory Building Took F.re as
Girls Went Out.
Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 28—FIvo
minutes after some 500 factory girls
marched out of tho big factory
of the Star Shirt Company yesterday
the building was a roaring furnace
and within an hour It was In ruins.
* When ^ome of the girls from on*
cf the upper floors reached the sec
ond story the sight of the smoke
frightened them and about twenty of
them became panic-stricken. These
were taken from the windows to the
ground by the firemen.
Mrs. Jennie Heappy, 42 years ( Id
FRENCHMANS
THE CASE.
Cash Payment la
Mile Elsie Tannier.
Rather Breezy Change Given to
the Greene-Gaynor Case by the In-
troduction of Perfumed Financial
Transaction*—Many Stubs 8how
How Sho Was Remembered by the
Captain.
Savannah, Ga., March 1.—For a few
brief moments yesterday, the proceed
ings in the Greene-Gaynor trial smack*
ed cf the delectable.
Scum ol Capt. Carter’s pe.iumed fl
nancial iransuciions were exposed in the
judicial calcium, and ifiongh the cur
tain was raised for only a skoi t time,
the expose was sufllcienr to & use those
present to sit up and pay attention.
The pi os-ecut ion has, from the very
beginning, re!rained (torn making use
of an; thing that involved or reflected
nponniiy of Capt. Carter’s fair asso
ciates, bat in order to account for a mm
of money which is supposed to consti
tute a part of Curter’s share of tho
“loot’’ it beenmo uecossary tor one
Mile. Elise M. Tannier of Paris, to bo
introduced by a New York bank official.
Mademoiselle is not here in person,
but a letter was read showing that tho
former engineer in charge of the Sa
vannah district improvements forward
ed 2,500 francs to her in care of her
Boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris, address.
Mile. Tannier was in BaVan&ah in
1002-3, and is remembered aa the petite
would only suggest a formuIsr
{•facing his remarks he would
be glim to conform to it
The* judge told him that the usual
salutation was all that was required
The incident closed with this expla
nation.
Pugilist Dies From Knockout.
San Francisco, March I,—Harry Tenny, who was knocked
out last night by Frank Neal bantam weight champion pugilist,
died here this morning.
Suicide, Wore
New York, March 1—Dressed
her bridal gown, with white weddlos
slippers on her feet, Mrs. Laura
Ward was found dead tojlay In her
room at 517 Lenox avenue. Between
her lips she held a rubber tube from
an open gas Jet.
The colored wash goods novelties
w« are displaying this season are tin*
surpassed In quality, style, etc. C. ,
C. VarneJoe & Co.
1-Jlt-wlt.
that ihe vast __
remittances evidenced by teaoiVWMfS
«‘E. M. T.”
When Capt. Carter was tried before
the aimy officers they did not go into
any of these sweet scented matters.
Upon the request of the officer nnder
indictment, all such documents wero
returns to him niicxuniined. bntthenit
was i oi so essential to supply each link
slu wing the disposition of tho funds, as
iuthe present proceeding.
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