The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 30, 1913, Image 3
AN HEIRESS STOLtN
YODNC LADY IS BOLDLY TAKEN
FROM HER HOME
JOUBNED IN A TAXICAB
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Hokt Kidnapers Almost Succeed in
Daring Plan, But is Foiled by the
Mrer, Who Heads the Automobile
for the Police Station, and ,
Kidnapers Are Arrested.
Facing a sentence of life imprisonment
at Allentown, Pa., for the
attempted kidnaping of an heiress to
millions, Samuel Sinclair Jr., and R.
Walter Star Jr., have put forward a
novel plea for their defense. Sinclair,
the principal in the hold plot,
instate that the alleged kidnaping of
Miss Anna A. Steckel, the daughter
of a retired millionaire business man
of that city, was not a kidnaping at
all, but an elopement plot which was
to result in him marrying the pretty
society girl. The indignant denial
entered by Miss Steckel against this
story is blandly explained by Sinclair
who says that the girl got
"cold feet" and is now trying to
place him in prison to' save herself.
"Elopement, nothing!" declares
the aged father of the girl. "I saw
my daughter being dragged out of
her own homo by these two men,
and when I protested the only answer
I received was vo 'shut up'. I
am too old to have offered any violent
objection to the kidnaping, but
I will spend half my money to have
them properly punished '
The attempted kidnaping of Miss
Steckel was one of the boldest crimes
of its sort the east has record of for
a number of years. She was returning
to the palatial home of her father
from a shopping trip, and when
ah? turned in at the gate noticed a
taxicab standing by the curb, but
thought nothing of it. She opened
the front door and stepped into the
vestibule when she was grabbed by
Sinclair and Star.
Thinking the whole affair a joke
at first, for she knew the two young
men, she began laughing, but the
mirth turned to shrieks when she
found herself being dragged down
the walk toward the waiting cab.
When she screamed for help, one of
the men placed his nand over her
mouth, and thus gagged she was
thr.ust into the waiting automobile.
The chauffeur, who told the police
that his cab had been engaged "for
a wedding,1' became suspicious at
the actions of the men, and when
the men followed the girl into the
ear and told him to drive on, he determined
to turn the entire party
over to tho police. He drove at
break-neck speed, ahd, in turning a
corner, crashed into a monument,
disabling the car and badly shaking
up t.he occupants. Heforo any one
could recover, a policeman had taken
charge of the two men and the
girl, who was found en the floor of
the wrecked taxi, her arms pinioned
and a blanket thrown over her.
The two young men in the case
are members of promment Philadelphia
families. Sinclair, the leader in
the alleged kidnaping, had been a
suitor of Miss Steckel's for months,
but his lovo making had been discouraged
by the young lady and his
presence in the house barred by her
father. Star declares he knew nothing
of any kidnaping, but believed
he was to help in an elopement.
The pretty victim in the case was
handled so roughly by the men in attempting
to keep hor quiet, that she
is still in bed. She constantly asks
for a guard to protect her, now that
the two men in the case have been
st-.t at liberty on bail, declaring that
she fears Sinclair will make another
attempt to get her or do her bodily
injury.
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WILL MAKE IT A PARK. 1
Kentucky Will Beaut I ry the Birth- 1
place of Jeff Davis.
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Tho work of beautifying the Jeffer- (
son Davis Memorial park at Fair- t
view, near Ilopkinsville, Ky., will be j
taken up in earnest with tho advent ?
of spring, according to an announcement
from, the board of commissioners
appointed by Governor McCreary.
Nineteen acres of the Davis farm, on
which Jefferson Davis was born, have
b'een purchased and a stone fence is
being built around it with funds ap
propriated by tho state. The statue
of the former president of the Confederacy
will bo erected In the
spring. Other permanent improve- n
ments of the properly are expected j,
to get under way as soon as weather q
conditions permit. ct
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Chits Out tlie Ball. v
When President-elect Wilson ar- *
rived at the state house Monday at ^
Trenton, N". J., he found the following
telegram, sent last Friday by
William Coco ran Rustic, chairman
of the inauguration committee: cj
"Your letter in reference to the o
omission of the inaugural ,ball has t<
not reached me, but I hasten to as- tc
sure you of our desire to comply with f<
your wishes in every way." Yl
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ISSUES ATTRACTIVE FOLDER
The Southern Railway Mails One to
Every Railroad Agent.
The Southern Railway has recently
issued and mailed to every railroad
ticket agent in the United StateB a
very attractive folder printed in two
colors, which booms the South as a
new field for settlers. The follow
iiig le coppied from it: <
Man la a migrator/ being. This la
particularly true of the American.
Aa far bac* a? that point in time
when hiatory fades into tradition,
man haa sought the possible or the
impossible through migration.
When, in the days of the later
Caesars, civilization took its westward
trend the spirit or migration
began to develop. Its inspiration
then was battle, conquest, territory.
Emulation among men pressed forward
the outposts of civilization until
they belted the world. They were
advanced to the south and to the
north, and there came a day when
the remotest regions t>r the earth?
the north pole and the south polo?
yielded to the militant Bpirit of migration
instilled through oenturies
of conquest into man.
The spirit of migration is as active
in man to-day as it was in the
days of the Roman legions. Its inspiration,
however, is not battle and
blood; but commerce and industry,
rest and recreation. It renders possible
a further extension of the arts
of peace and the realms of pleasure.
Through its promptings fancy is
translated into fact; and man is the
better for it.
Civilization, too, has developed.
In this twentieth century migratory
man is supplied with the means of
gratifying the spirit of moving innate
in him. He is no longer chained
to a post. The railroad, the telegraph,
the telephone, have removed
the bars of business and man now
may indulge the spirit of migration
without suffering loss. He may migrate
for pleasure, for health or for
commerce, assured that he will enjoy
all the conveniences, comforts
and luxuries of his own habitat?and
then some.
Man thus has become enthusiastic
in his migration. The forms of his
movements are varied. He may
change his residence; he may take
a business trip; he may migrate for
pleasure or for health. Hut the spirit
of his being is one tnat promotes
industry, prosperity and happiness.
Migration has become vacation. Man
yields to its fascination and thereby
becomes the better acquainted with
his country, with nature, with
his family, with himself. His is an
amplified life. Ho does not exist,
merely; he lives. And he lets others
live. He does not waste time; he
finances it.
Through migration man has been
emancipated; his wits have been
sharpened; and his intelligence has
been enlightened. No longer is the
man with a gun case, a fishing rod
or a bag of golf clubs regarded as
an idler or a drone. He is a man of
ideas. Ho capitalizes brains. More
than likely ht is a captain of industry,
a promoter of patriotism of a
supporter of good citizenship. Ho is
manifesting in a morally and physically
healthful way that spirit of migration
that was born in him. His
periods of migration are the results
of evolution and of the superior de
velopment oi ma own i>eing.
Migrations for pleasure, for health,
for Recuperation, for business, are
no longer restricted by the seasons.
In these days, the great empire of
the south, which is gridironed by
the lines of the Southern Railway,
affords delightful relief from the
chill blasts of winter In the north;
and in the summer, the beauties of
its mountains and the extent of its
natural resources are objects of
wonder and of admiration.
Tho south is, indeed, an empire.
It is imperial in its extent; imperial
in the products of its soils and
mines; imperial in its natural beauties
and resources; imperial in its .
nomenal development in commerce
and industry; imperial in its opportunities.
As a playground, for the winter
traveler or for the summer tourist,
the south is without a peer in the ;
world. Its fruits and flowers are irresistible;
its climate is superb; the
lelights of its .river and mountain 1
scenery are unsurpassed; and the *
lospitality of its people is tradition- ^
il.
Tho varied industries of the great <
empire of the south beckon alike the
noney of the rich and the muscle of '
he poor. Room is there for both?
jpport.unity for all. Application in (
hat empire spells success. 1
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Mexican Rebel Outrages. j
Rebels have raided the ranch and
n111a of J. M. Gleason, an American, s
ear Chiantempam, in tho state of ^
Maxicala, 'Mexico, killing four of the t
niployeos. Several women were ah- r
ucted. Tho manager of the ranch, 8
fho is Mr. Gleason's son, and his
nfo and child, escaped with diflicul- g
jr. The buildings were looted and R
iit>n Arl
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Ship Dead io China.
After boing buried in various Chi- v
ago cemeteries for years, the bodies s
f seventy-four Chinese were disin- tl
jrred and placed in metallic caskets t<
> be shipped back to the nfitive land e
>r final burial. They were shipped n
la New York for Hong Kong. 1
FROM SPIRIT LAND
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HYSLOP RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS
FRON THE DEAD
AT LEAST HE CLAIMS TO
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Gives Messages Said to Have Been
lleceived from Bate Prof. Wilson
Jones.?Boy of Fifteen Years Medium.?Razor
Blades Hurled by
Unseen Hands in Dark I loom.
William James, who was professor
of philosophy at Harvard when he
died on August 2d, 1910, and who
before his death promised his
friend, Dr. James H. Hyslop of the
American Society for Psychical Research,
that he would strive to send
such messages from the spirit world
as would demonstrate life after
death, has been trying once more,
according to Dr. Hyslop, to communicate
with Hyslop and others.
Prof. James has been communicating
lately through the medium of a
boy, 15 years old, who, as Dr. Hyslop>
says, is the son of a clergyman who
is known on both sides of the Atlantic.
Through this boy Prof. James
In the last year has sent many messages
Dr. Hyslop writes in the Journal
of the Psychical Research society,
but the messages often are obscure,
cryptic, and puzzling.
Dr. Hyslop on November 2 0, 1911,
called at the residence of the boy's
father, whom he calls "The Rev. Dr.
X," and learned that Prof. James
had been endeavoring to speak
through Dr. X's son. The next day
the experiments wero resumed.
There was violent table tipping and
deviation in which the table rose
straight up two feet from the floor.
Then an attempt was made to see
whether the spirits would move objects
from on? room to another.
"Doors wero closed again and the
lights turned out," says Dr. Hyslop.
"In a few moments something fell,
sounding like two objects. Up went
the lights, and within a few feet of
each other were two pairs of scissors
which belonged in another room. The
next was a nail cleaner and the boy's
knife, both from the rooms upstairs.
Then a drinking cup struck the boy
on the head and seemed to have hurt
him.
"Next came a skate key from upstairs,
then a dozen marbles from
the rooms two flights up. A pipe
stem was thrown across the room
from a table in the corner, then a
fountain pen from the library table
where wo were. A piece of cocoa
cake was found under the chair In
which I sat. It carne from the box
on the library table on which I had
rested nty paper in making notes of
the occurrence, then two more skate
keys came following each other.
"Then came a paper cutter which
could not be found in the afternoon
and which Dr. X wished to remove,
fearing it mighttbe used to the injury
of some one. In the next experiment
the boy suddenly exclaimed he
was cut. The light was turned up
and his right thumb was bleeding at
the root of the nail and the chair on
which he was sitting was found to
have a neat slit in the leather covering."
Presently razor blades were
thrown into the room, the electric
light bulbs were smashed with a
violently thrown stone, and a book
was hurled on the boy's head. At a
similar seance later on a man with
Dr. Hyslop complained that his pocket
had been picked. A spirit had
abstracted a 25 cent piece. Such demonstrations
convinced Dr. Kyslop
that the hoy was mediumistic, and
the psychologist was prepared to receive
through him messages from
Prof. James. On November 2 9, 1911,
James' spirit manifested itself by a
rap.
"Dr. "X,'' says Prof. ITyslop, ""asked
Prof. James to speVl out the name of
the man who had influenced both of
them. First Balzac was spelled out,
and then Goethe, both wrong, and
then Fechner, which was correct. I
then questioned the communicator,
acking first if he had ever communicated
with me. Answer affirmative,
hi Boston? Affirmative. Elsewhere?
Affirmative. Near?? Negative. The
Yorth? Negative. West? Negative.
South? Affirmative. All these redies
were correct.
A few nights later Dr. Tfyslop pinbed
the hoy's ankle and the boy was
unaware of the pinch, but a spirit,
ising the hoy's right hand, wrote:
'You are too familiar." By automatc
in writing tho spirit was asked
vhat further demonstration ho or
he may give that night. The reply
vas "Good night." At about that
imo, during a crystal gazing science,
pirits made a little fun of Dr. Hy
lop.
"The automatic writing, Dr. Hylop
records, "showed the following
entenco in reference to myself: 'He
ins two pairs of pajamas and one
lack tie. and no heat clothes.' In I
the record the crystal gazing in l
rhich tho hoy saw visions of all i
orts, I was again mentioned, and i
he message took the form of an in- (
prlocution, referring to me, appar- j
ntly. Some puna were also com- \
ilttod and then the message of: <
rhey laugh. It is dark.' And then }
WANT TO BAR NEGROES
IX)N*T WANT HIM TO VOTE MIX
IN OUR POLITICS.
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The Members of the House of Representatives
Ask Kepo&l of the Fifteenth
Amendment.
In the House of Representatives in
Columbia on Thursday a concurrent
resolution asking congress to repeal
the fifteenth amendment to the United
States constitution was introduced
by Mr. Williams of Pickens for the
committee on federal relations. The
house on an aye and nay vote of 7 0
to 4 6 passed the resolution which follows:
"Whereas, The present civilization
of the white race has been achieved
without the assistance of the negro
race.
j "The negro raco has made no advancement
ouly as ho comes in contact
with the other human races. His
presence in the United States is because
of his not having a government
| of his own in Africa, sufficiently
strong to protect its subjects, the reason
for which is weakness. The people
of these United States have advanced
the negro further than any
other nation, having taught him the
most extonsive language of the globe,
the use of tools, the wearing of clothing,
and above all the christian religion.
In return for all these advantages
he has given the people of these
United States only anxiety, strife,
bloodshed and tho hookworm. So
long as he has the ballot he will be a
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H't'ilUl'u L'J Lilt* vnu/duuu ui nuifi ica.
The ballot was given to him
without hie fitness or his asking for
it, and given at a time when these
United States were riven asunder by
strife, prejudice, malice, hatred, anger
and revenge.
"Therefore, Ho it resolved by the
house of representatives of the State
of South Carolina, the senate concurring.
' First, That the congress of the
ITn'ted States bo and are hereby asked
to immediately take action for the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United States.
"Second, That copies of these res!
iutioiis be printed and forwarded to
each of our senators and representatives
in congress.'
the second spirit said: 'No, wrong.
Give him two pairs of pink pajamas.'
The first spirit then remarked: 'The
pink of perfection. What shall I
give him for Christmas?' The second
replied: 'Morning (mourning)
black tie,' when the first one replied:
'You are not serious enough.'
'^Some years ago," Dr. Hyslop continues,
in attempting to explain this
levity on the part of tho spirits, "a
reference was made through Mrs.
Chenoweth to Prof. James while he
was in England with his lecture and
about the same timo Dr. Hyodgson
purported to communicate through
Miss Gaule (Mrs. Rathbun), and
said: 'Tell me, James, he looks
cute in pink pajamas.' In communication
with that he was wearing pink
pajamas. I have a black tie of his
which I have used as an article in my
experiments with (Mrs. Chonoweth.
It was not possible for the boy to
know about the necktie or the pink
pajama incident."
Then came the most curious part
of the whole performance. Professor
James, having promised the boy's
family to protect them against the
poltergeist, informed the medium of
where dangerous objects were hidden
in the house. A search was made and
a broken ink bottle, numerous razors,
about 100 matches placed on top or a
closet door, so that there was no danger
of their lighting, and other objects
were found.
Throughout the various seances
the spirit of Prof. James caused the
boy to write or express a secret sign,
tl^e Creek letter Omega, that had
been arranged between James and
Hyslop, and the spint made other
allusions, which, says Dr. Hyslop,
could not possibly havo been known
to the boy medium.
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OOOOA Nl'TS 11KIjT> WHISKEY.
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Texas Farmer Tells How He Evaded
Oklahoma L?w,
A man has appeared in Texas as
a capitalist and with the expectation
of becoming a decent citizen. He i
says he made his fortune bootleg
ging whiskey into Oklahoma by
means of cocoa nuts. In Kansas
City, St. Louis, Fort Smith and other
convenient points he bought cocoa
nuts by the carload. Tie removed
tho "eye" from earn with a knife
and emptied tho nut of its milk and
substituted liquor. The "eye" was
then replaced and sealed with a wax
which left no sign of an opening
then shipped to OKlahoma and sold
having been made. Tho nuts were
for $1 a piece. IIo made onough
money within a short time to buy a
fine Texas farm.
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KansNM Comes Hack Again.
George H. Hodges, of Olathe, was
inaugurated Tuesday as the nine- '
Leenth governor of Kansas, being the ?
first Democratic execuiive to take 1
he oath since the Inauguration of
Governor Georgo W. Flick thirty
rears ago. '
vas communistic in habit, or that t
*ach man was blessed with 100 i
sives. 11
HITS TRUSTS HARD"
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TRYING TO END THEM IN NEW
JERSEY BY THE LAW
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AFTER WATERED STOCK
Seven Bills Providing for Most Ex
I
tensive Revision of Corporation j
Raws in State's History Introduced |
in legislature and Their Passage t
c
is Confidently Expected, Both j
Houses Being Democratic.
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President-elect Woodrow Wilson >
Monday reached what he considers r
the climax in his program of reform
as Governor of New Jersey. Seven I
bills making for the most extensive i
revision of the corporation laws in J
the history of the State were intro- v
duced 'Monday night in the State c
Legislature. e
"These Acts are designed to put I
an end to trusts and monopolies un- 6
der the laws of New Jersey," declar- c
ed Governor Wilson m a prepared t
statement describing the measures, a
"and I confidently predict that they t
will accomplish that much-desired i
result."
Though the principle of the bills, c
which seek to prevent monopoly, un- c
derselling in local markets, mergers, '
the existence of holding companies, v
and tho issuance of watered stock, (
is one which the Governor emphasiz- 1
ed repeatedly during the national '
campaign, he declared Monday night (
that the proposed legislation had J
been drawn with the conditions in e
the State of New Jersey alone in
mind. *
"These bills embody my ideas of '
the way New Jersey should deal {
with the question," ue said. "Na- *
tional legislation might have to be '
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UlllUl Ctll.
Ever since the end of the cam- c
paign the Governor has been working
on the problem of corporation re- (
form. Chancellor Edward I. Walker 1
and Judge Rennet Van Rycknel as- 1
sisted him, and Monday night the 1
bills were launched in the Senate. 1
As the Acts are administration measures
and the Democrats have a com- (
fortable majority in both houses, 1
Democratic leaders were practically
unanimous in predicting that they (
would be enacted with little opposi- 1
tion. (
The feature of the bills that at- '
tracted most attention was the provision
making violations of the proposed
law a misdemeanor, punish- i
able by imprisonment as well as
fines. The bills go into extensive details
in defying trusts, monopolies
and mergers. It was pointed out in
the statement issued rrom the Governor's
ofttce, however, that while
mergers and consolidations are pro- <
hibited in general, the proposed laws '
do not intend to prevent legitimate 1
expansion of a business concern by '
the purchase of property "cognate :
in character".
Provision for this is made in the
second of the series of bills, which
says:
"When stock is issued on the basis
of the stock of any other corporation,
no stock shall bo issued, therefor
in an amount greater than the
sum actually paid for such stock in
cash or its equivalent, provided that
the property purchased or owned by
the corporation whose stock is purchased
must be cognate in character
and use to the property used or con- 1
templated to he used, by the purchas
ing corporation in the direct conduct
of its own proper business."
This still permits, it is stated, a
corporation to extend its business by
the purchase of the property, including
the stock, of another corporation
if its business be the same, but
prevents the issuing of watered
s?oc\lc in the transaction. It Ir.s (
nothing to do with holding companies,
which are otherwise treated, it
iv> contended. 1
While the bills, it is claimed, take 1
away none of the rights of existing 1
c ?rpora:u.ns, they do re3tri d tluie
(Otrpaiies from extending their 1
holdings and mako them sublett to 5
toe previsions forbidding uttlerscll- 1
ing, discriminations and other mo- 1
nopolistic practices. Present com- A
panies will he affected so far as f
stock issuances and mergers are con- 1
corned. *
Among the larger combinations 1
chartered under New Jersey laws are '
the United States Steel Corporation,
the Standard Oil Company, tho
American Tobacco Company, the Vi
A mnfi/inn
n iiiui ivuii k?tifScii ivniiiiu^ v.'Uiii|Mii> , |
(ho International* Harvester Com- N
pany, the Amalgamated Copper Com- ti
pany, the United States Leather Com- w
pany, and the Rock Island Railroad ei
Company. ti
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Hundreds of Pilgrims l>rowned. tr
Three hundred and fifty Mohammedan
pilgrims, from India Mocca
were drowned Wednesday by a flood
which overwhelmed the entire caravan
at its encampment between the m
-increri city of medina, Arabia, and ed
Port Yomo, on the Red Sea. ui
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The Greenvillo riedmont says ap
'the trouble with a mild winter is in
hat it gets the womenfolks to think- fei
ng about their spring hats too Pc
K>on." kll
RAILROAD CAR THIEVE^ | ]
DNE WAS A MURDERER PAROL#- 4 j
ED ISY GOV. RLEASE. \
Was Caught in a Band of Railroad
Thieves at Allendale Where They
Were Robbing Cars. 1
A dispatch from Barnwell says W. 'J
r. Scott, a white man, said to he J
rom Atlanta, and five negroes, were 1
irrested ifci Barnwell, where they I
vore lodged in jail charged with at- 1
empted car-breaking. One of the JJ
'egroes, Hammie Williams, was re- Y. ?|
ently paroled by the Governor dur- ]
ng good behavior. He was serving 1
?nt. a Rentencn for murder, having
>eeu convicted at Barnwell several
ears ago. The arrests followed nu- ?'
lerous robberies at Allendale. Mz.
A dispatch from Allendale sa'yo A
Iammie Williams, Jno. Talbert, Danly
Moore, Bill Gardner, Charlie
'ohr.son, negroes, ana W. T. Scott,
vhite, were arrested Sunday on x
barges of car-breaking and robbery, -mp**
nd were sent to the county jail at
Jarnwell. Haramie Williams, with
everal others, was caught in the act
if robbing n car of a through freight
rain while it was stopping for coal
liui water in the suburbs of fho
own, about 2 o'clock Sunday rnornng.
V
Upon the approach of the trail
row all the robbers made their esape,
except Williams, who, becomng
entangled in a wire fence, he
vas captured, placed in charge of
he flagman, who was instructed to
urn him over to the police. On
heir way a party of negroes, suppossd
to bo members or the gang, apiroached
and demanded the prisoner.
Tho flagman presented his pistol
ind frightened them away. On seeng
the pistol drawn Williams caught
ind wrung it from his grasp and attempted
to use it with murderous
ntent, but after a scram^gjfthe tlagnan
overpowered him aiuitied and
lelivered him to the police.
Three more negroes were arrest- ^
Hi Sunday charged with complicity
n the car-breaking and robbery for
n'lil/ili f/Mi />( li i.vo nml \i' h i
n ii IV'11 i v/111 \nuvto uuvi \/>iv w ua?w
nan were arrested Saturday and arc*
low awaiting preliminary hearing.
The white man and ene negro have*
confessed and profess willingness to
testify against the others.
Later Hammie Williams confess- i
3d and implicated the above named
prisoners. For some time evidences
if car robbery has been in progresH
it, that point, and the authorities believe
they have captured the members
of an organized band.
SHOULD HELP EACH OTHE1L
Farmers Should Organize for -Mutual
Protection.
I
All classes of business men can
combine and plan and work and
scheme for their mutual benefit except
the farmers. Their attempts at
co-operative work in buying and selling
have been failures except in a
locul way, where only a few men entered
into a business arrangement
which was practical and beneficial.
Occasionally when cotton goes below
the cost of production, the farmers
hold meetings and politicians Willi
blow off hot air and then, after a ^
time, some resolutions will be pass- , 1
ed to hold cotton until it rises to a
certain price.
Then another set of resolutions
will ho passed to cut down the ncrept;
e of the next crop. Three-fouilks
of the farmers take no part in tL*se
UHetincs. vi:d they do not feel ho.Uvl
by a ly u s( lutions. These farimrs
and agricultural doctors wait until
the patient is in a moribund condition
to apply tho remedy. These
spasmodic efforts to bring around a
better condition generally fall.
There is want of wise co-operation,
that is. working together for tho ben- y
ofit of all.
If tho farmers couhl get rid of
three-fourths of the middlemen who
stand between them and the manufacturers
on one side and the ultimate
consumers on the other, they
svould then be in a fair way to <bcA
benefited by co-operative buying and.
jelling. Large farmers who buy sup
ilies by the car load and 100 to 5 00
ons of fertilizer may deal directly
vitli tho manufacturers and get rid
>f the middlemen, except a per cent,
esorved for special agents of the
erritory where tho purchase is
uadc.
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Champion (jlohc Trotter.
On Wednesday at Washington
hen President Taft stepped from his
rivate car on his recent return from
ew Haven, the total mileage or his
avels during his four years in tho
hito house reached 113,659 miles,
lough to take him four and a half
mes around the world. This total
exclusive of the hundreds of miles
avelod bv automobiles in every part
' the country.
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Turned Up Safe and Sound.
A Ki,!.? ? ? ?
uvuifs iiiuimiuu iv8 iioad ior
oro than throo months and beliovl
to bo tho victim of assassins bent
>on robbery, Nelson McManus, a
ominent lumberman of Jena, La.,
ipenred at the home of his mother
Alexandria. Tho police had a confusion
made by Leland Walker, of
dlock, La., that he had robbed and
tied JdoManufl. *
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