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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.