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STAND FIRMLY
SAYS BARRETT
President of Farmers' - Union Sends
Forth an Urgent Plea,
SOHWS WAY TO VICTORY
Growers of Cotton Called Upon to Uphold
Demand for Minimum F rice-Loyalty
Will Bring Success.
National President diaries S. Bar
rett of the Farmers’ Union has given
■out an appeal to the members of the
union throughout the cotton belt to
stand firm for the minimum price of
15 cents, showing that if they do,
victory is sure to be theirs. He says:
Just after the annual convention at
Little Rock has named 15 cents a
pound as the minimum price whlcu
the southern farmer should receive
for his cotton during the ensuing yeai,
the specualtors in the cotton ranks
have managed to depress the markets
and to beat down the price.
I address to you this line as a fra
ternal appeal to hold steadfast to the
council of your annual convention,
and with heroic fidelity to abide its
•ultimatum to the markets of the
world.
Hold your cotton fer 15 cents and
hold it until it brings the price.
The National Union, when it fixed
the minimum, knew more about the
situation than any cotton gambler or
combination of cotton gamblers. It
was not fixed upon an impulse or an
uncertainty, but after deliberate
study and investigation.
With all my heart and with all my
mind, I urge you to the last limit ol
your ability to hold steadfast to this
policy adopted by your National
Union.
The present status make a definite
and decisive crisis in the history of
our great organization.
Up to this date the farmer has
worked opposition and against the
possibility of defeat.
We have won victory after victory
by this splendid policy. ’We stand
now face to faCe with a combination
which affords us an opportunity to
show the world that the southern far
mer is resolutely determined to main
tain his rights. The eyes of the
world are upon him as never before
and the history of the organization in
the future will depend in no small
degree upon the courage and fidelity
with which he meets the present sit
uation. For three years you have
won out in every proposition tnat yon
have presented to the business >vcr*3.
Win once more in this important
issue and it will be henceforth easier
sailing for us all.
You "have the key to the situation.
You have the otton, you have the
warehouses, and if to these you only
add the courage, the business stamina
-and the common sense to hold your
■own, you need not fear th-3 futuie
Do not be scared by the
acy which has been begun to make
you part with your, cotton for less
than the minimum price.
I do not a6k you to hold your cot
ton to the injury of your creditors.
Every farmer’s duty i3 to pay his
debts, but this is a period when the
individual farmer and the Farmers’
Union can use their influence with
their merchant friends to induce them
to bear for a little while with any
farming debtor whom the local union
may recommend to their confidence
and regard..
Let every farmer face the situation
without fear, and as God has pros
pered him in other years and as his
union has prepared for him in the
storehouse for his crop, let him put
his shoulder to the shoulder of his
brother and breathing courage, con
fidence and determination, let him re
peat to the world the statement that
the man who buys his cotton must
pay him 15 cents a pound!
PREACHER GIVEN A FLOGGING.
-Citizens of Little Colorado Town Cut Out
This “Affinity” Affair.
Citizens of the little town of Krem
ling, Colo., take little stock in the
belief that ‘•affinities” should have full
sway.
They formed a band of “white caps ’
and dragged the Rev. H. Hasha, a
Methodist minister with a wife and
grown family, from a room with Miss
Ruth Shumacker, and horsewhipped
him until he begged for mercy - The
girl was placed under arrest.
ONE-FIFTH INTEREST
E*ld ia Giant Oil Monopoly by John D.
Rockefeller—More Secret 9
are Exposed.
A re#rd of the present stockhold
ers of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey, part of which was placed
in evidence Friday at the hearing
at Now York in the federal suit
against the oil combine, discloses that
John D. Rockefeller owns 247,092
share® of stock and that his holdings
are almost five times larger than the
share holdings of any other individ
ual interest. The record shows,
though, that since the dissolution ot
the liquidation trust, Mr. Rockefeller
ha3 disposed of nearly 10,000 shares
of his holdings. Based on the present
market value of $440 for Standard Oil
stock, Mr. Rockefeller’s Interest in the
oompany is valued at about $108,000,-
000.
Mr. Kellogg succeeded in getting
upon the record evidence which tend
ed to show that the Standard Oil
company has made an agreement to
furnish independent companies in and
about Pittsburg on condition that their
output of oil refined for exporting pur
poses should be turned over to the ex
port department of the Standard Oil
company.
. When the hearing of the United
States ease against the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, was resumed
Friday, Wesley PI. Tilford, treasurer
of the company, again took the wit
ness stand to be questioned'further
for. information regarding the transi
tion of the Standard Oil trust into the
present oil combine.
“How much stock did Mr. John D.
Rockefeller own?” Mr. Tilford was
asked.
‘ The record shows 247,962 shares,”
was the reply.
“How many shares does William
Rockefeller own?”
“I find by the record 11,7C0 shares,”
answered Mr. Tilford.
“How many shares d;es H. H. Rog
ers own?”
“The record shows that Mr. Rogers
owus 16,020,” answered Mr. Tilford,
who further stated that John D.
Rookefeller, Jr., otyned 120 shares.
present record of stockholders
in the Standard Oil osmpany of New
Jersey shows that John D. Rockefel
ler has since 1i99, when the Stand
ard Oil trust was finally dissolved,
reduced his holdings in the company
by 5‘,162 shares.
ELEVEN MANGLED TO DEATH
And Seven Fatally Hurt in Plunge of Cage
to Bottom of Pit
By the plungin' of a cage 675 feet
down the' shaft of the Joi.es ot
Laughlin Steel company s mine at Ne
gaunee, Mich, iriday, eleven men
re killed and seven tatally injured.
The cage was making its first
lor the day when the brake on the
hoisting arum gave way.
Two other men si rang to the as
sistance of the cne at the brake
wheel, but their combined efforts did
sot avail and the wire cable contin
ued to unreel from the drum like a
weighted thread from a lubricated
bobbin. The cage rhot down 200 feet
before a kink in the ruthing cable
caused it to part. The cage dropped
with a thud to the bottom of tho
shaft, the safety cables failing to
operate. The surging of the cage in
its mad flight tore out part of the
side of the engine house and rippeu
out several sheaves about the shaft
house.
The machinery installed is not en
tirely ire*, but it had been thorough
ly overhauled. Workmen at the bot
tom of the mine immeeiately set about
removing the dead. Ibe fall had
hurled the bodies together and they
lay in one mass, from which sesen
still breathing were taken. They are
fatally hurt.
Thousands of perrons soon congre
gated about the mine shaft. In the
crowd were the wives and children oi
the 200 men employed in the mine.
Each thought that her loved one was
in the cage. It was fully two hour.-
before the cable was adjusted ro the.
the cage could be raised to the sur
face and the dead turned over to rel
atives.
moors reject peace RROPOSAL.
French Troops Get Busy Again and Dis
perse Fanatical Mobs.
Negotiations for the cessation of
hostilities in Moroco having failed,
General Drude resumed the offensive
Sunday,. and burned the Moorish
camps at Jidi Brahim, south of Casa
Blanca and dispersed the tribesmen
who offered but little resistance.-
DONE TO DEATH
BY FANATICS
Aged Woman, Tortured by Religi
ous-Crazed Sect, Succumbs.
SUFFERING HORRIBLE
Murderers Claimed Victim Was Possessed
of Devil and Felt it Their Duty
to Cure Her.
A Chicago special says: Five peo
ple, members of the sect of Parliain
ites, are under arrest In Zion City,
accused of torturing to death Mrs. Le
tltia Greenhaulgh, |64 years old, a
cripple for twenty years, to show their
belief in the religion they pryfess.
The poople under arrest are Walter
and Jennie Greenhaulgh, the son and
daughter of the woman; Harold Mitch
ell, Mrs. Harold Mitchell and a Mrs.
Smith. All of them are accused of
manslaughter.
Mrs. Greenhaulgh had been for
twenty years an invalid, suffering from
paralysis and rheumatism.
The sect of 1 arhamites was found
ed about a year ago by Charles 1 ar
hara and numbers about 200 persons.
The members of the scot originally
belonged to 1 otvie’s church and be
lieves in the gift of tongues, and es
pecially in diabolical possession. It
is their theory that sickness is an evi
dence of the possession of the body
by evil spirits.
The condition of Mrs. Greenhaulgh
convinced her son and daughter and
the three persons arrested with them
that she must be possessed cf the devil
and they determined to exorcise the
evil spirit. The five knelt by the bed
side and, after praying, commenced
their work. The arms of Mrs. Green
haulgh, stiffened by rlnumatism, were
twisted about in order that the devil
might be driven cut. The cries of
the aged woman vveie considered to
be those of an evil spirit and v/ere
greeted with triumphant shouts. After
a course of this violent treatment
Mrs. Greenhaulgh not only became
so weak that the could not use her
limbs, but became incapable of mak
ing any motions. Then her neck wa3
twisted and for some time this treat
ment was kept up.
Walter Greenhaulgh testified at the
coroner’s inquest that Mitchell and
his wife had beheld a vision in which
Mitcbel was ordered to quit work and
devote his time in casting out the
devil from the sick. Young Green
haulgh declared that his mother’s con.
sent was obtained before the treat
ment was commenced.
Mrs. Smith’s part in the treatment,
according to the tectlmony before the
coroner's jury, consisted In raising
Mrs. Greenhaulgh’s head and holding
her while Mitchell and his wife at
tempted to straighten the woman's
limbs, which had been twisted by
years cf rheumatism.
Greenhaulgh broke down and eri and
as he told his story. He declared that
for sometime his mother boro the
treatment jbravely, but at la3t iho
agony grew so grf at that she could
not restrain hcr:;e!f and she cried,
"Oh, Lord, help me!” a number ot
times.
The case will be further investi
gated by the authoritels of Lake
county, In which Zion City is situated.
FORTY MANGLED IN WRECK.
Victims Were All Mexican* Except En
gineer of Passenger Train.
Late ardvices show that forty per
sons were killed and thirty-four Injur
ed In the collision between the south
bound El Paso express aad a north
bound freight on the Mexican Central
railroad at Encarnacfon. All the kill
ed and Injured except Engineer Mc-
Farland of the passenger train are
Mexicans, who were returning home
from national fiestas. The trains
met on a curve.
FLORIDA LANDS CHANGE HANDS.
New York Firm Purchases Property of the
J. P. Williams Company.
Forty thousand acres *of timber
lands in the southern portion of Flor
ida, heretofore the property of the
j. p. Williams Land company of Flor
ida, is now in the possession of Pope
& Cos., of New York.
■ The land company wanted $300,000
for the tiact the field men of Pope
& Cos. had selected; and it is given
out that the price indicated has been
accepted, and that the trade is closed.
ROGERS HEAVY LOSER.
Unlucky Railroad Baal Wipes Out Half
of Bis Fortune— Is 111
in Consequence.
Financial circles in New York are
not surprised that H. H. Rogers, the
Standard Oil magnate, is reported to
be critically ill. Tho loss of $40,-
000,000 would make most people iX,
and that is what Mr. Rogers has lost.
Reports have been current In Wall
street for some time that 11. H. Rogers
of the Standard Oil company had been
heavily interested in the Tidewater
railway project in Virginia and that
he had lost heavily by the investment.
The New York Evening Post says that
It can be stated positively that Mr.
Rogers Incurred a personal obligation
in the Tidewater project much in ex
cess of $40,000,000. The Post also
says tho situation has been entire
ly cleared up, and continues:
“Confirmation was obtained on Wall
street Thursday of reports to the ef
fect that H. H. Rogers was h,eavlly
interested in the Tidewater railway
project.
"According to the stories previously
circulated, upward of 40 per cent of
Mr. Rogers’ fortune has been involved
in the Tidewater investment. It was
reported Thursday that the personal
obligations incurred amounted to $40,-
000,000. It can be stated positively
that the sum is much larger than tho
amount named; also that the situation
has been entirely cleared up.
“ In order to meet the demands made
upon him in connection with the con
struction of tho railroad, Mr. Rogers
was forced to dispose of a large
amount of investment stocks at a
sacrifice. All during tho recent de
cline in prices, the vice president of
the Standurd Oil company sold gilt
edged stocks, such as Standard OR,
Consolidated Gas, Union Pacific and
St. Paul.
“Some five or six years age,
against the advice of his friends, Mr.
Rogers started to build in West Vir
ginia a low-grade road which would
parallel the Norfolk and Western. Ills
object was to carry , coal and lumber
to tidewater. The lino was to be 444
miles long. Only 125 miles have been
completed.
“Only a few months ago, in order
to raise $}<),000,000 for the Tidewater
road, H. H. Rogers issued his personal
note secured by $20,000,000 mortgage
bonds, $10,000,000 stock and $10,000,-
000 dividends or interest paying col
lateral. These 6 per cent notes were
Indorsed by H. 11. Rogers personally.
“Railroad officials who have watch
ed the construction of the railroad
with interest from the beginning say
that the project, even at this stage,
is more or less problematic. It is
confidently believed, however, that,
with the sacrifices already made In
disposing of high-priced securities,
Rogers is in a position to gain his
end and see the mileage complete and
“It was learned some months ago
that the Standurd Oil man and his as
sociates had bought up all the avail
able lumber and coal lands in West
Virginia. These purchases amounted
to thousands of acres, and will In
some future time supply the Tidewater
road with traffic.”
KICK ON INSINUATING CARTOONS.
Atlanta Waterworks Investigating Com
mittee Denounce The Journal.
The special waterworks investigat
ing committee at Atlanta, a report
from which was recently made to the
city council, will probably be called
together again in a few days to take
some action In regard to certain car
toons which have appeared In the
Atlanta Journal, and which members
of the committee think reflect upon
them In a manner unwarranted.
The cartoons in question have
charged that the committee, instead
of making a fair and honest report
of its investlg&ti6rtfr,-has “whitewash*
ed“ the water board.
Members of the special committee
say that the use of the term “white
wash'’ carries with it the imputation
that the committee ascertained that
there were matters conected. with the
waterworks department which were
either dishonest or there was mis
management, and that the committee,
not acting with fairness and honesty
had covered up such dishonesty and
mismanagement by a report not in
keeping with the facts as they came
out.
One member of the committee was
so incensed that he spoke of making
the matter personal, and said there
was a “way to stop such calumny,
and that If Uie committee would back
him up he would take the necessary
step to stop it.
TEDDY PLANS
HUNTING TRIP
Is Going After Bruin and Buck in
Louisiana Canebrakcs.
WILL ESTABLISH CAMP
Seventeen Days of Hie Fouthc.n Trip Will
Be Taken Up in Real Vacation
From Official Cares.
A special from Oyster Bay, N. Y.,
says: Far from the scene of official
routine, and free from the details af>
tendant upon the responsibilities as
sociated with the office of chief exec
utive, President Roosevelt will enjoy
seventeen days in camp. This Is to
be the nearest approach to a genuine
vacation that the president has allow
ed himself. Though nominally on his
vacation at Oyster Bay this summer,
there havo been but few hours ia
which official business of some sort
has not intruded. A physical and
mental recreation as complete as his
cares will permit is now arranged.
President Roosevelt will pitch his
camp In tho northeastern corner of
Louisiana, on or about October 6. The
exact spot is yet to be determined.
Tho plans provide for u "camping
trip,” hut everybody knows that the
canebrakea shelter game worthy of a
huntsman worthy of presidential cal
iber. Those who will have the good
fortune to make pleasant the presi
dent’s camp, expect that tho monotony
of campllfe will he ocoasionally bro
ken by a hunt.
While the details of the trip have
not been thoroughly worked out, the
main features were announced Thurs
day by Secretary Loeb. The president
will leave Oyster Day for Washington
next Wednesday, and on tho following
Sunday will start on ids western and
southern speech-making tour.
At Memphis, Tenn, on October 4,
the speechmaklng program will be in
terrupted and tho president will start
for the camping grounds. He will
break camp ou October 21, going di
rectly to Vicksburg, Miss., to niaka
his promised speech there.
The president will be the guest
while In camp of Civil Service Com
missioner John A. Mcllhenny of Ibe
ria, La, and of John M. Daiker of
Now Orleans.
Following the speech at Vicksburg,
October 21, the president has con
sented to make an address at Hermit
age, Term, on the following day.
The return to Washington will im
mediately after bo begun, and the
white house will be reached on the
afternoon of October 23.
According to a New Orleans dis
patch, the region whore the president
will probably hunt is the Dayou Ma
con and Tensas swamps, semi-tropical
Jungles In Madison parish, near the
Mississippi river in northeast I-ouls
iana. In those swamps bear are nu
merous, deer abundant and smaller
game from wildcats down to squirrel*
Innumerable. A year ago a hunting
party, head and by Governor Dim hard
of Louisiana, killed forty deer in this
section. • *
The Tensas and Macon swamps are
the- center of a hunting ground about
75 miles long and 10 to 20 miles
wide. During most of the year it is
necessary for hunters In these swamps
to wear nets suspended from their
hats In order to protect their faces
from mosqqulto bites. Hunters must
raise these nets from their faces be
fore firing. The mosquito nuisance be
gins to abate in October,
“WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.”
Jewish Rabbi Says Pope Would Have tbs
People Go “Back to the Woods.”
Criticism of the pope's recent ency
clical against modernism and a decla
ration that governments should under
take all education so that no retro
grade step might be taken marked
the Atonement Bay address of Rabbi
Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu El
in New York city. He said of the
pope's interdict:
“it is time, high time, that the great
religious organizations should protest
against such a decree —a dictum that
would tend to shunt the human race
one thousand years backward, and
makes for the upholding of a blind
faith that can never bring happiness
to humanity.’’ He then added:
“it Is high time for the governments
to estabtlik more laboratories, more
schools, to add to the sum total of
human knowledge, and to spread the
knowledge of truth among the people.