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MEXICO ABLE TO
HANDLEHEROWN
MEN
President Resents Talk of In
tervention—lnvasion Gossip
Increases Here.
Continued From Page One.
Intervention may be the sign.i for an
anti - Aim-. man uprising anti massacre
throughout the southern ropubli>
Genera! Salazar at Border.
General Salazar, leading the rebels in
northi in Mexico. I« repot ted to be en
camping ! alf a mile south of th" bor
der near <'ulber.-on, Texas. He com
niancs 600 men. well armed, ammuni
tioned and mounted and it appears to
ho his intention to harass the United
States t-oops who are powerless to
cross the border in pursuit of the in
si:, rectos.
Bilgadler General today re
ported that the rebels attempted to
cross the border at Lange-, Toxas yes
terday. nut were intimidated by Lieu
tenant Boone, of tie Fourth .a'a 1
and a detachment of American sol
dier?. Later in the day, General Sala
zar conferred with Lieutenants Bnoone.
1 Johnson and Wagner, a. toss the bor
‘ d-r. The rebel leader said lit- desired
the friendship of I’nited States
(ton tnment and he regretted th" raid
at f'ulberson's ranch on Friday when
the Am clean troops were fired upon.
Little denee is placed in this state
ment. ii cause of Salaza a repeal d
a vov al that he intends to "for. • Wash
ing-’on to Inlervem at any cost."
Talcs of Horror
Told to Senators
EL PASO. TEXAS. Sept. 9 With
the Intenl’on of forcing the I nited
Slates to intervene in Mexico, the rob
es in Sonora are now confining their
operations to besieging towns popu
lated largely by hmericans or bp
working on the I'nlted States tw ihr
raiding into Arizona and New Mexi.o
iiiil generally conducting themselves so
as to insult Americans in eve y possi
ble way They declare they will con
tinue this po.icy
The coming of United Slates Sena
tors William A Smith and A. B. Fail
to im'-tigati the Mexican situation
v ill have its effect upon the policy of
th.- American govenment. II is hu-
Iteved. in serving to give Washington
authorities information on true condl.
lions in Mexico.
Senator Smith spent Sunday taking
testimony, and today expessed himself
as shocked at the stories of the Hie
ing s told by Americans Two Mi..-
mon gills told of the brutal murdei of
their father by Mexicans while the fa
ther was trying to defend the duugh
t ftl'S.
Julius Rumner. president of the Mo -
iron colonies, detailed tlie disarming of
the colon'-ts and the looting of their
homes. Mining men. plantation owner. ,
ranchmen and Others are giving tile
committee i large list of abuses o!
A ii" jeans
The American border is excited to
day because a my officers look so. i
general mobilization in a few days.
They lint e con-ddcrod for months tl.nt
intervention in Mexico was certain and
de Hie that it -iiould bi hurried.
Cowboys Gather
To Attack Rebels
Ihi it; 1. as. \iliz. Sept, ic Cowboys
f;o:n th neighborhood aiound Douglas
.-re gathering bote today, prepared to
cro s tl.e inti rnational Im into Mexi
co . nd attack the rebel fu. es that an
arm ling on \gua File. i. The leaders
of u - < •...boy volunteers ay they cer
tainly will cross the lino and drive away
th- Mexicans If bullets fail in Douglas
as t?. •' ltd at the last attack on Agua
Prieia An attack on the Mexican
town. whirl virtually is a Mexican ex
tension of Douglas, is expected tomor
row
General Inez Salazar is expected to
join .orcs with General <’ampa file
mile.-. south tonight. The town has a
garrison of 160 men
The cowboys say they will not de
pend on the United States troops to
defend the place* but. lot-getting rules
of neutrality, wll -e. ... it that no
harm conn s to the American town from
the attacking rebels 1
NEGRO GRIP THIEF SHOT
WHEN HE RESISTS ARREST
I. M. Try or. a negro, is in Grady
hc';it:’.i offering from two pistol
wimd* is the result of an a'tempt last
night I- ot Flam Clothes Officer J.
W Bryan.
Offii r Bryan was attempting to ar
mt tin- negro on tn.* charge of steal
ing '.-rip from a visiting negro Odd
I o; when Taylor pulled a pistol unil
hr d point blank nt lie ofticei The Pul
i't went wild and tlt> officer rcturnid
the fin shooting his assailant in the
hip and eg S t. rid grips l.ad ben
inissi lii.i :k: tl al'tr aeon Hom a hall
a 42 M .iiison avenue, where the visit
ing Odd Fellow - wen n-gistei ng Toy
he is not a member of the order but
had gained entrance to the hall.
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STEALSGEMSTO
BEDECK WOMAN
Son of Charlotte Merchant Is
Arrested Here for $4,000
Theft —Jewels Recovered.
His fondness fu a young woman am.
his desire to bedeck hr with diamonds
aused the undoing of \y. Frank Win.
ake son of a prominent merchant of
Charlotte. N. <' who va* arrested her.
and will be taken back to Norfolk to-
J night to answer to ttie c harge of steal
ing money and jewels to the amount of
| 000 ftoin the home of a wealthy Nor-
folk woman on the morning of July 4
1 S'leia! hundr.d dollars worth of the
I -mien diamonds, sent to the young
I woman in Norfolk by young Whitake:
I after his arrival ill Atlanta a few day s
igo. furnished the e.< w that led to his
arrest here. The recipient of the gems
is known in Norfolk as Patsy Gaynor
Her honu L said to be in Ohio. 81b
is being detained in jail in Norfolk as a
material witness against Whitaker.
Tim woman freely turned the Jewels
over io the Norfolk police. She is said
to have been ill at the time of the rob
bery and protests that she knew noth
ing whatever concerning the job.
Local detectices have recovered die
i mends to the amount of about SI.OOO.
Which had been pawfled here by Whita
ker
Polic. Sergeant M. M. Freeman, of
Norfolk arrived today and will take the
prisoner back to that city. Whitakei
I'xi. i ssed eagerness io get back to Nor
folk and readib consented to go witli
oii a requisition.
iBOUGHT 12 BARRELS
OE LIQUOR FOR OWN
USE,SAYS MACONITE
MACON GA., Sept It -Chief of Po
lice Chapman today delivered to P .1
McNeils a saloon keeper, twelve bar
rels of li gii-g .de whisky, valued at
w nii h w ere seized by a policeman
on Filday night. McNeils claimed the !
liquor. declared Up had ordered it foi
his persona, consumption and threat
ened to contest th. . hies s right to Seize j
atid hold It. The city attorney ruled-,
that unless the chief had evidence of a i
sa e or of tin* whisky having been kept
in a place of business, the goods.
, though possibly intended for an Illegal
purpose, should lie surrendered Io the
claimant.
A policeman was going through an
alley late n i night when he stumbled
on a dray loaded with the liquor. When
th ■ negro d I ivi : fled the po! ic-eman took
i tin liquor to the police barracks and
I unloaded it.
GIRL’S FATHER HELD
FOR CRIME CHARGED
TO LYNCHED NEGRO
BLI'KFTEI.D. W. VA. Sept. 9.—A
race war is threatened in Mercer coun
ty as a result of the allegation that
Waller Johnson, the negro lynched fol
lowing in attack upon 16-yeai*-old Nita
White last week, was an innocent man.
flu grand jury begun an investigation
today
Gordon W bite father of the girl, who
wus tr rested Saturday on a charge of
murder, and spirited away to Charles
ton for fear of negro vengeance, wae
brought back and arraigned before Jus
tice of the Peace Dillard today White
was held in SIO,OOO bail. On his way to
th. justices office White was surround
ed by 500 while men, his friends and
I -ymputhizers. Negroes are making
thvrats against whites,
MOB THREATENS TO
LYNCH MAN JAILED
FOR KILLING FAMILY
DECATUR. \LA..'s?pt,-9.-Because
a mob that gathered around the jail a''
Huntsville, Ala . last night threatened
to lynch Will Lacy, accused of the
murdei of Samuel Smith. Mrs. Smith
and their four-y ear-old child, the pris
oner was removeel io another county
today. A special guard was kept at
ilie iili until the prisoner was taken
away The mob remained at the jail
until daylight,
DIVORCE SEEKER SAYS
HIS WJFE CHOKED HIM
Alleging Mrs. Daisy Irene Bostick
.■nuked him last year and threatened
jto kill him. and adding that he is "in
norta feai of death at her hands." R.
E Bost k. a salesman sued her for
civi r. i io ..iy In tlii superior court.
W.i’ter R Elliott sued for a divorce
i oin Mr- W i .e Elliott because she
| posed.as a single woman and had her
photograph made in company with an
other man
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MACON -BOOSTER TRAIN”
IS OFF ON ITS FIRST TRIP
MACoN. GA. Sept. 9 -Macons first
' booster specia l left this morning for
•”ip tnr.iug : middle and south Geor
g: ■ foi- tr ..' train carried tepresen
;t;itivi s and exhibits from 70 local me:-
1. .nt and professional firms or corpo
. rations. The tour will last live days
I land 40 towns will be visited. The drum
• 'Oil ugle .orps and a quartet equipped 1
witii special songs wen also taken
.I'.ong Tie train comprised seven ears.
■a', attractivelv decorated.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1912.
Short Marriage Ends Reincarnated Romance
LOVE 5.000 YRS. OLD DIES
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Ralph Ott. artist, and his wife, formerly Miss .Jane Sehauf- '
[ terl. who now seek freedom from the matriinonial bonds.
Mrs. Ott Charges Cruelty in
Suit for Divorce Against
Her Artist Husband.
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S r. LOUIS, Sept. 9. —The st'ange.-t
romance of modern times has gone the
way of too many modern romances,
and Mrs. Ralph t’hesley Ott is suing
for divorce from the artist whom she
married a little more than two years ■
ago and whom she said she had met '
and loved some 5,000 yeaVs before that
in Egypt.
in that far age she was the Princess
Amneris and he was an artist in the
employ of the haughty Pharaoh her
father, it was a ease of love at first
sight, according to Miss Jane Schauf
fert, the 'einearnated Amneris and an
artist model. They met, but .alas! They
could not marry owing to difference of
rank.
But in the year of grace 1910 out in
Missouri things differed from the Egyp
tian order. Let Ott describe the meet
ing between the Princess Amneris, now
Miss SchaufTert. and himself.
He had returned from a commission
to study the ancient architecture of
Egypt by E. G. Lewis, who desired its
reproduction in University City. Mo.,
where he saw his bride-to-be.
At the time of their marriage in St.
Louis they described their unique sit
uation. After speaking of the strange
day dreams of Egypt that had been
his. Mr Ott continued
Met in Pyramid.
Always there was the Princess Am
nc' is. who is now my bride. We met in
the queen's chamber of the great pyra.
mid. That was the beginning of our
love, in the evenings 1 met her in the
pa'.ace gardens, and together we would
wend our way to the river, where she
would throw sweetmeats to the sacred
crocodiles.
'I recall a night tiiat brought great
’ tragedy to my life. Pha’aoh discovered
' ns: there were torches, and guards who
i seized me. After that my impressions
are hazy I can recall wandering about
through a sandy waste with strange
people--and that is all. And now,
when 1 saw Jane SchaufTert enter the
queen's chamber something inside me
seemed to snrap and 1 was back tn an
cient Egypt and in the presence of the
Princess Amneris.
' It was the same face, the same fig
, uro as that of my drcam princess—the
princess that 1 had loved tn those days
bo long, 'ong past, and when she told
me of her strange impressions of a
previous existence. 1 knew and know
now that we did live together 5,000
I years ago."
Thus Speke the Bride.
I Mrs. ott was quite as firmly con-
I v meed of i.
"1 know ns surely as I am alive
now tiiat I lived before, thousands of
years ago in Egypt,' site said. "1 was
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: Facts in the World's •
: Strangest Romance •
• Characters. • i ,
• Ralph Chesly Ott . Artist e
• Jane SchaufFert . Model e
• They first met, she as Princess • |
• Amneris, he as an artisan, in the • ;
e great Pyramid. 3088 B. C. •
• They loved, but were unable to e
• wed. owing to difference in rank. •
• Reincarnated, they met again at •
• University City, Missouri, in 1910 e
• A. D. e
• They were married on Feb. 5, »
• 1910, sure of eternal happiness, •
• after a 5,000-year wait, «
• But 5,000 years of idealization •
• were as nothing to TWO YEARS •
• and SIX MONTHS of actual mar- •
• riage— SO SHE SUES FOR DI- •
• VORCE. a
• ee»ee«a*« v(<si , aeil4lacaaoc(i
the Princess Amneris. I have dreamed
of my artist sweetheart thousands of
times, l can remember distinctly how ,
we used to go down to the river to
gether to feed the crocodiles. 1 re
member as though it worn yesterday
our first meeting in the great pyramid.
"I had accompanied mv father on it
tour of inspection, and as 1 looked into
the queen's chamber I saw the most
handsome man in the world. 1 loved ,
him at once and saw that he loved me.
That evening he came to the palace j
garden, and our love that has lasted
through the centuries began. 1
"I. too. have recollections of beauti- i
ful nights upon the royal barge, and 1
recall quite vividly mv father's anger ,
when we were discovered together. All
I know is that here my recollections <
break off sharply, and 1 always feel a
heaviness of hear'
"Xow I understand it all. Isis, the
ancient Egyptian's great goddess,
watched over us through the centuries,
and brought us together at lust."
Mrs. Ott charges cruelty in her di
vorce application.
TAFT REMOVES TWO
POSTMASTERS WHO
SUPPORTED TEDDY
MONTGOMERY. ALA. fe'ept. 9 a|l
special to The Journal from Washing
ton says:
* Becaus they supported Roosevelt in
the national Republican convention at ,
Uh cage. Byron Trammell, postmaster
at Dothan. Ala., and .1 B Daughtry.
1 postmaster at Hartford, A’.t., have been
I removed from office by President Taft.
It is assured that Trammell will be suc
ceeded by J. W. Renfro, and that J N.
Chancey will replace Daughtry. Tram-
' mell and Daughtry were the only two '
Alaba na deh gates to the tT.ka.go con
vention who stood by the IT: 1
GIRLS SME:
EMPLOYEIIHELD
Birmingham Man’s Story That
He Met Typist Accidentally
Being Investigated.
Roy D. Whitehead, an insurance man
from Birmingham, is heid today in the
police-station for examination follow
ing the suicide of Miss Claire Cameron,
of Columbus while with Whitehead in
the Terminal station last night The
girl drank a bottle of carbolic acid in
Hie corridor, of the sta(:on las: night
just af'e: sttying good-bye to White
head. who tuned, caught her in his
arm-', and. aided in hurrying her to
Grady hospital, where she died a few
moments later.
Whitehead told the police today that
Miss Cameron was a stenographer in
his Birmingham office, that she had
:• ft eight days ago on a vacation trip;
that in came to Atlanta on business
and met the girl by accident yesterday
in the Terminal station and talked
• f shot .iffal.w the'e. Whitehead say s
h had no intimation of anything
w rong.
Whitehead is the agent- for the'
Standard Home Company at Birming
ham. He is married and has one child.
He appears to be about 25 years old.
Giri Came Hare Three Days Ago.
The girl came to At'anta three daySj
ago and registered at the Terminal ho
tel. Employ ees there say she was quiet
and retting, spending most of tier time
in her room and having no callers. She
registered as from Birmingham, but she
had in her bug a card bearing the nano
of E. 11. Cameron, Columbus. Ga.. uno
tiie-police think Columbus is her lioni .
It httohead says he'believes she came
from Columbus.
ft is believed, the girl was without
funds. She paid her bid of $6 at the
hotel yesterday afternoon, and when
her bag was opened after her deatn
only 80 cents was found.
The night matron at the Terminal
station says she noticed Whitehead
and the girl talking In the waiting room
and they seemed to be intimately ac
quainted.
E. H. Cameron, brother of the dead
girl, arrived today from Columbus, and
had the body of his sister removed to
tire undertaking parlors of P. ,1. Bloom
field. It is probable that an inquest
will be held in the chape! there late in
the afternoon. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
Girl Came Boston.
t'OLUMBI'S, GA„ Sept. 9.—Miss
1 laire Cameron, who killed herself in
Atlanta last night, lived in Columbus
until two months ago. going to Bir
mingham with her father and mother.
Her father, John A. Cameron, was for
merly superintendent of transportation
of the Columbus Railroad Company.
She has t'wo brothers in Columbus. Earl
H. Cameron, paymaster of the Eagle
and Phenix mills, and Roy Cameron, of
the Majestic theater.
Miss Camcron was twenty years old
and came .to Columbus with her par
ents ten years ago from Boston. She
was held in high esteem by a large cir
cle of friends.
GEORGIA GIDEONS IN
SESSION AT AUGUSTA;
ATLANTANS PREACH
AUGUSTA, GA.. Sept. 9.—The Gideons
of Georgia held their annual meeting in
Augusta yesterday. Leading Gideons con
ducted the services In all of the promi
nent churches here. At 5 o’clock yester
day afternoon the Gideons had a busi
ness meeting.
At the St. John Methodist yesterday
mornig C. K. Burge, of Atlanta, con
ducted the service.
At the St. James Methodist A. F. Todd,
also of Atlanta, made the address of the
occasion.
\V W. Williams, another Atlantan, was
it the Second Baptist.
The welcome address at the meeting
vesterday afternoon was delivered by Dr.
H. M. Dußose. of this city, and was re
sponded to by Edgar Oliver, national vice
president, of Atlanta.
Last night at St. John Methodist, the
religious services were conducted bv the
visiting Gideons.
CAVALRY GETS PERMIT
TO ATTEND STATE FAIR
MACON. GA., Sept. 9.—The war de
partni'ip has granted permission for
Troop A of the Eleventh United States
cavalry to appear at the Georgia State
fair in Macon next month. The troop
will "hike" from Fort Oglethorpe, at
Chickamauga park, to Macon, leaving
on October 1 and camping en route
They will spend two days in Atlanta.
During the fair the cavalrymen will
give daily maneuvers and exhibitions of
horsemanship. They will be under the
command of Captain E. M. Leary. Troop
A is possibly the government's most
famous cavalry command.
CORN 82.1 PER CENT ON
SEPT. 1. SAYS U.S. REPORT
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.—-A repot*
issued today by the crop reporting
board, department of agriculture, esti
mates the condition of crops on Sep
tember 1 as follows:
Corn. 82.1: spring wheat. 90.8. fa’’
wheat, 84.3; oats. 92.3; barley, 88.89.
~DEATOS~ WfUTOALS"
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
W. R Pylant.
The fanei.il of W. R. Py'ant. 27 y ears
old. who died at a sanitarium yester
day. was held at tl'.e Howell Station
residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Int rment was at Sylvester. He is sur.
vived by his widow and one child.
Mrs. Francis Parker.
Tlie body of Mrs. Francis Parker. 66
vt arsold. w iio died Saturday night, was
buried at Oakland cemetery this aft
ernoon at tie conclusion of funeral
s rvi. » a: G• nil. rg * Rond's chapel.
M'-s. Parker t sided at 349 North
.1 a< kson st rec t.
• Six Miners Failed to •
• Wear Union Buttons; •
• LOGO Go on Strike*
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» POTTSVILLE. PA.. Sept. 9. •
• One thousand miners went on •
» strike at the Lehigh Coal and Nav- *
• Igation Company's No. 10 colliery •
• at Coal Dale today because hail' a •
• dozen mine workers failed to wear •
• a union button when the miners •
• appeared for wwrk. •
f This was button day at the col- •
• liery. and the wearing of a button •
® indicated that their dues had been »
® paid for the quarter. •
NEGRDLODGEMLN
IN CONVENTION
Governor Brown Welcomes the
Colored Odd Fellows of Na
tion Gathered at Armory.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fel
lows of America, a negro organization,
began its sixteenth annual convention
today with welcome addresses by pub
lic officials of Georgia and Atlanta and
responses from their own delegates.
The six days session opened at the
. Auditorium at 11 o'clock, with the wel
come address by Governor Joseph M.
. Brown.
Governor Brown talked of the impor
tance of the national meeting and spoke
. of the work the lodge has done for tlie
tace. He extended a welcome to the
delegates and wished them a successful
meeting. E. H. Morris, of Chicago, re
sponded to the address.
Following the talks, Mayor Court
land S. Winn, representing the city,
made an address of welcome. Others
wno spoke were W. R. Morris, of the
supreme court of the lodge; welcome
address in behalf of the Odd Fellow s of
Georgia. Dr. C. T. Walker: in behalf of
the households of the city. Lucile Den
nis. Dr. Williatn F. Penn spoke for the
Odd Fellows of Atlanta.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, registrar of
deeds of the District of Columbia, pre
sided at today s session, filling the place
> of the grand master. E. H. Morris, of
Chicago. Henry Lincoln Johnson is
known to Atlanta people as one of the
Republican leaders of Georgia.
Several thousand delegates arc at
tending the convention. Many of thorn
; arrived in Atlanta last night from the
North. East and West, and today spe
cial trains from various points in
Georgia brought others. At the close
i of the convention an excursion train
. will carry the delegates to Tuskegee,
I Ala., where the large negro school is
i located. ,
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MRS. J. R. M’LEAN DIES
DESPITE PHYSICIAN’S
RACE TO HER BEDSIDE
BAR HARBOR, MAINE, Sept. 9.—Mrs.
John R. McLean, wife of the millionaire
Washington ami Cincinnati publisher, died
at 6;15 o clock today. She had been ill
I for some time with pneumonia, and suf
fered a sinking spell yesterday, from
’ which she failed to rally.
The great race made to save Mrs. Ale-
Lean's life by Dr. Llewellyn Barker, of
Johns Hopkins university, who reached
her bedside at 8:30 p. m., after traveling
1.131 miles from the North Carolina woods
. in less than forty-one hours, was in vain.
At her side when she passed away were
her husband, their son. Edward B. Mc-
Lean. and Mrs. McLean's sister, Mme.
; Bakhmetoff. wife of the Russian ambas
sador.
Dr. Barker's journey from the South
was undoubtedly one of the fastest, long
r cst and most spectacular races against
’ death ever known.
The rail portion of the journey was
, made at an average of 72 miles an hour
and shattered -all records for train speed
; along the Atlantic coast. It was such a
’ journey as no physician ever had before
undertaken. On the way Dr. Barker rode
on three special trains, a mountain wag
on. an automobile, a taxicab, a motorboat
i and a livery carriage.
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ffINEHS' UNION
iHiiso.im.m
U[RS
Georgia Man. Re-elected Presi
dent. Declares Organization
Is Rapidly Gaining Power.
President Charles S. Barrett return.,-:
today from Chattanooga, where he
sided last week over the eleventh an
nual national convention of toe Fan
ers union.
Mr. Barrett was elected to head the
organization for the seventh ■
ttve time, and before leaving f,,
home in Atlanta entered activeh
his new year's work.
President Barrett speaks nmdes'lv •
, the directing part h" piayed in the .
convention just concluded, but he ; ,
most interestingly of the great org.,,’.
ization he heads, its past and it» f
ture.
Under a wise and watchful adm!ns«.
tration, the Farmers union has
oped into by far the most militant
aggressive organization the farm. rL
. America ever have had. Its Chan. .
i nooga convention was attended b .1,
egates from every state in th< Union '
Hard Class to Organizs.
Discussing the organization ami w.,r k
■ of the Farmers union. President I; ■
rett said:
"It must he understood that th m,,..
difficult elass in America to orgin
. and keep organized is that elas* T "
. comprises the farming population. I:
I all the stages of history jhe fartnei h. s
, in the very nature of his calling ;• . n
I more or less an isolated and indep. n -
ent part of the people of all nations
When ttfe Farmers union was fii>r
organized in Texas, in 1902. it had to
, reckon with these circumstances.
; "in addition, the founders had io
. '.ombat the distrust ot all orgai.l ia
. tions of .such character, because of ii;.-
■ many failures in the past. Such fall
■ ures could be traced to several cans, *
Foremost among them, perhaps, war
, selfishness on the part of leaders, wh,
were bent upon using the farmer io
■ advance their own persona] fortun
whether running for governor, si'erit
, congressman or even in tlie channels .J
• commerce. Once such men had won
, what they were seeking, the organiza
. tion, which they had harmed ratio
than helped by their influence, speed'
became a secondary factor in th-Ir
i lives. Efforts to organize the farmer
. had previously failed, too. because t >*
. members, encouraged by their short
, sighted leaders, went to pieces on i ’
, rocks of partisan politics.
, Now Has 3,000.000 Members.
“We have in our present organiza
; tion. in the face of temptation and po
litical bribes, steered clear of engaging
directly in politics. Here and there we
have found it necessary to formulaic
legislative programs, both state ami
national. \\ here this has been dore
has been without reference to partie.-
‘ or party alignment, but simply -mil
solely for the advancement of t
farmer, irrespective of the politi.a’
, creed he might embrace.
I "We have approximately S.iion.iioo
! memb rs. and they include all i lassi
of farmers in this nation, from tlie p-ih
i cropper to the wealthiest owner of bl
own acres, not to count the physi< : in«
the teachers, the editors and ot ; *
, who are eligible to member-hip ami
I who are giving us their financial ar
; moral support.
i “I know. too. and this is an impo: -
tant gauge, that 'from tlie standpi'ini
1 of dues actually paid In the Farm /■
union is larger and more powerful thar
since its founding.
"I am convinced, from my persona
i observations taken in traveling eve
American state for several year- >r.
the'service of these people, that : .•
Farmers union is the greatest ami nu -
' practical organization of farmers in
I history."
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