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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20

|ELkCREEh,
TEXAS Co. Mo.
,Auo. 10th. 1908.
Mr.. Garrett. EDITOR CREssKr:
Fowler Missouri.
Dear SIR
Kindly excuse tho use
Of a lead penclI,--l Just broke my
pen, Will you please not print
my article on tho Sabbath,-I have
decided after consideration that
although cannot find any speci
fc declaration that God sat aside
\ ihe seventh day Of the Jews, and
instituted the first day in its place,
still the narrative indicates that
perhaps such was done, and this
taken in connection with second
chapter Of Hosea, that God did
mean for us TO keep the first day
Of tho week. Will you please print
this statement or else forward II
to Mr.. Perkins. II may be that |
am doing wrong 10 making this
change, If SO hope that God will
forgive it and lead mo into tho
truth,
cannot feei towards tho Seventh
Day Advcntis,s as Mr.. Perkins
does, tor those that | have known
were earnest God.iearing, courage.
GUS selfsacriticing christian men
and women, who were ready to
face persecution and death itself
ii need be for tho truth as they see
It, | cannot SEQ that they are re-
sponsibIe for tho godlessness OF
those who keep no sabbath nor
can ! find any command in my
Bible which enjoins upon christians
the duty Of legalizing christianity.
| A christian has enough to do to
direct his own life IN the straight
and narrow path. God has not
placed upon him nor on the church
the duty of running any earthly
government. lin union IT church
and state is wrong for tho church
. as whole, it is Just as wrong for
J the individual christian and tho
United States as a nation will be
! making the greatest mistake Of its
life and the nominal church will
be making the greatest mistake OF
its history when the time comes
when church and state unite to per-
secnte any man either for keeping
! any sabbath or no sabbath.
Q We have no right to Judge any
man in such a matter, he is tan.
. other mans servant" and in no
i way answerablo TO MS in tho mat
/ ter Of serving Sod.
9 Very Truly Yours:
Mrs. Adelaide Cooper
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20

Mr.. J. a. Ragans wants an ex-
perienced girl to wait on bis M
valid wife and do house and kitch'
on work. no milking or out doors
work cali at his home or Mt this
OFFICE 800 per. week will be
paid.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20

The hall 0f the Consistory Is
hung with black. strewed with
tears, Of silver. The jewel is a
dou ble.hcaded white and black
eagle, resting on a leutonic cross
Of golA, worn attached TO the
|collar Or. tibbon. The members
are called. Sublime Princes OF
the Royal Secret. The moral OF
the degree teaches opposition 70
bigotry, superstition, ard all the
passions and vices which dis
grace human nature.
SUPER EXCELLENT MAS
TER. A degree formerly con-
ferred in councils Of Royal and
Select Masters. It's legend is
associated with circumstances
that occurred at the destruction
of the first temple. Its presldr
ing officer is styled Most Excel
lent King, and represents Zede-
lkiah, the last King Of Israel 1T
lis occasionally conferred in a
Royal arch Chapter as an honor
airy degree.
TALMUD. A word derived
from the Hebrew verb lamad, he
has learned. II means doctrine
Among the modern Jews, II sig
uifies an immense collection o.
traditions, illustrative Of theil
laws and usages, forming twelve
, folio volumes. II consists o.
: two parts the Mishua and tho
Gemara. The Mishua is a col
, lection of Rabbinical rules anc
!, precepts, made in the secont
) century Of the Christian era
4 TEACHINGS. SYMBOLIC, OF
: THE DEGREES. Freemasonr.
a teaches by symbols and symbol
\ \ical ceremonies, and hence eacl
b degree, through these agencies
Illustrates and inculcates som
4 particular virtue, or commemc
! rates some important event IN
b following is an analytical sun
a mary Of the ideas, which the se'
l. eral degrees of the Order see
l. to enforce; thus in Ancient Graf
!" Masonry;
III 1. Dependence, the weak an
?. helpless condition Of the hnma
h family on their entrance into II
J. world: the ignorance and darl
Y, ness that surround man until II
al moral and intellectual light {
e. reason and revelation breaks
n. upon his mind; obedience, seer
s. cy and hamility, and the pra
70 tice Of charity.
q Q. The struggle for knowledi
u after the release OF the mir
q from the bondage Of darkne'
. and ignorance, it's attainment
. and the reward due 70 industl
and perseverance.
- 3. Progress in the great 4
- ties OF aiding humanity from \
- thraldom Of vice and error mai
= regeneration; higher sphere
he happiness; integrity, mortal
NJ of the body, and the immortzll
Of the soul.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20
C,ui NUT F,oM last wer4.

L,1A NUT Ft0M last Wetk
SUBLIME PRINCE OF THE
ROYAL SECRET. The 32d de-
gree OF the Ancient and Accept i
cd rite, and for many years, OIL
until the institution Of the 33d
aegreA this was the highest de-
gree, or. ne plus ultra Of Mason
~. The body is sly led n Con-
sistory, and should be held IN q
building Of two stories. The
officers are. a Thrice illnstrious
Commander, First and Second
Lieutenants, q Minister Of State,
Grand Chancellor, a Grand
Treasurer. a Grand Secretary,
and q Grand Captain OF the
Guard. In she East is a throne
elevated on seven steps, which is
the seat OF the Thrice lllustrious
Commander. who wears a robe
Of royal purple, and he and the
Lieutenants, wear swords. The
collar OF this degree is black,
lined with scarlet, and in the cen
4er, st the point, a double,headed
eagle, Of silver or gold. on req
Teutonic cross.
The apron is Of white satin,
with 1 border Of gold lace, one
inch wide, lined with scarlet; on
the tiap il a double headed eagle
en each side of which is the Tag
OF the country in which the BODY
= located, the flag OF Prussia
and the Beauseant ofthe kadosh
degree; on the apron is the camr
Of the Crusaders, which is thus
!, explained; it is composed OF al
ennesgon, within which is in
seribed a heptagon, Within that {
pentagon, and in the center Al
eouilsteral triangle, within which
Is 9 circle.
Between the heptagon ant
pentsgon are placed five stand
ands, in the designs OF whlcl
are ave letters, which form
particular word. The first stan
dard is purple, on which is en-
blssoned the ark Of the covenant
with 4 palm tree on each sloe
.he ark has the motto Laus Dee
The second is blue, on who
Il q lion, Of gold, couchant, hole
II inn in his mouth a golden Key
With . collar Of the same metz
on his neck, and on it is the q
vice, Ad majorem Del glerlan
The third is white, and di'
plsys : heart in flames, with w
wings; ii is surmoanted Dy
crown Of laurels. The fourth
green, and bears G'double,heade
black eagle, crowned, holding
sword in his right claw ana
bleeding heart in bis LETT.
The fifth bears q black OK :
v I field Of gold. On the sides
he erneagon are nine tents, wi
tags, representing the divlslo,
81 The Masonic army; on . :,
angles Gre nine pinions, o. y
same color as the flag OF the te
that precedes II.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20
WELrAToN OKLAHOMA ITEMS
by Dew Drop

J Q. Green is still improving.
We had Il fine rain Sunday: All
the crops look fire.
The Kickapoo Indians had u
corn dance South Of Wellston. a
good time is reported.
J G. Green has 20 acres Of corn
that will MAKE about go blu. to the
acre.
Our Nav Town Falls is improv-
ing rapidly: They are running
trains there now.
There are great many cases Of
fever in this vacinity now.
MIS-. J. G. Green has sold sl2.
worth Of young chickens this
summer.
The cotton Of this place looks
fine; as il is just in bloom.
II great many fine fish are be-
Ing caught III our little river, Deep
Fork.
Several carloads Of nicely cured
hay is being shipped from here
nearly every day,
| One Of our cotton raisers of this
place says TINT one Of his cotton
fields containing Is acres viii
yield one and q half bale TO The
acre.
JomC. Green says that he work
ed on the Springfield and Willow
springs road sixteen years ago
thinning through Texas Co. ant
Carter Go. up to the Vanbnral
land Current river.
A Mo. man says he would lik
!, to see b man by the name D
Brinegar and one by the name D
/ Garrett Of Fowler Mo.
Oh! say don't miss the old SO
I diers reunion TO be held at Wei.
ston Okla. on Sept. 8, 10, II an
! II.
:, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph g. Graf
are enjoying . visit from the
son Guy Grant q the Philllppi.
:. Island. Now girls look out z
Il tie brave little soldier boy or b
I blach mustache, Ho, Ho.
I'll We'll this viii be all for th
week don't want to tire tho 3
: and readers Of this little pape
= as we saw our items IN the ia
y weeks paper we thought wo Won
come again remain forever 7
same
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20

DTOp1l SyShEi oR o'SN iih''iM"'''A
between the worthy and the M !
worthy; the Just reward 70 the
Industrious and faithful.
b. virtue ma talent tic only !
proper distinctions Of position
An associations Of men must, for
the sake Of harmony and order,
De governed by well regulated
laws.
g. The completion and dedi-
cation Of the temple; the spirltn-
a! edifict which man mist er
rect in his SOUL that house not
made With hands, eternal in the
heavens; an acknowledgement
that the labors Of mans earthly
toll are over, and he is received
into the abode of the just and
perfect.
r. The revelation Of the dr..
vino law; an exhibition OF the
tolls and yicissitudns Of man 8
pilgrimage through life: rcali-
cation Of the sublime truths
promised, when the walls which
obscure the mental vision are
drawn aside, and man, raised
and regoneratcd, shall enjoy the
blessings OF peace and JOY in the
heavenly temple,
! 8. The mysteries revealed
! man rewarded according to his
work; the Alpha and Omega
the first and the last,
9. Skill and ingenuity appro'
ciated; insticc and mercy accord
| cd to the faithful and worthy.
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.
Faith, Hope and Charity are thus
named, and are said to constitute
the chief rounds Of the Masonic
Ladder, by the aid OF which The
good Mason expects at last TO as
cend 10 the perfect Lodge above
These virtues are enforced II
various parts Of The rituals. an(
enlarged upon in the first lectnr'
: Of Craft Masonry. The great du
ties OF man TO God, his ne'ghbo'
!. ard himself. are the preccpts mos
strongly enforced; hence the point
to direct tho steps Of tho osplran
10 higher honors are Faith. Hop
and Charity.
n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
:, Lovers OF God and man fror
Theos, God; philos, friend, an
anthropos. man This wns tn
!, title assumed by religious socict
formed at Paris during the Frenc
: Revolution. The odjoct OF i
founders was to revive public rt
. ligious ceremonies, which had altt
ccther ceased during the roig
J. Of terror.
!, Tho tomples'wcre appropriated
q fitted up, and adorned with mor'
and religious inscriptions, an a
!, cient altar, with basket contain
Hing flowers as m Offering to tt
! Supreme Being;a pulpit, and all
!. gorica paintings, and banners vii
inscriptions and emblcmatic d
vices. The assemblies were he
4 weekly, on Sunday, the exorc's
y. consisted CT prayer, moral d
courses, and singing.
\ The liturgy Of the Theophiln
thropists was simple and touchin
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20
GARRETT.
NOTARY PUBLIC:

AND REAL EsTArE: AoENT
ready to do all kind. Of legal
business that comes in the line
Of his work
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-20

Private Detective and Auction
cor with Thirty years experascs-
Terms reasonable, Satisfaction
guaranteed. Address.
T. H. Mccall.
Fowler Mo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
1T SAVED HIS LEG

2. A; Danforth, of LAGRANGE, Ga.,
suffered for six months with a fright
III! running sore on his leg: but
writes tina Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured it in five DAYS. For
Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, it's the hest
salye in the world. Cure guaranteed
Only 25 cents. Sold by all druggists,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

| American Tobacco company markeo
the conclusion of peace in the cigar
cite business, except for the guer-
rilla warfare of a few small independ-
ents, the result was by no means en-
tire tranquility in the tobacco trade.
Mr.. Duke was soon plunged in an
other struggle III another branch OF
the tobacco business.
Along with it's cigarette interests
the American Tobacco Company had
acquired a certain amount of bust
ness in smoking tobacco, especially
from the Duke and Kimball compan-
lies, which had several popular brands
on the market. The American To
bacco Company thus found itself
competing with the manufacturers
of pipe tobacco and Mr.. Duke next
turned his attention to bringing these
firms and also the manufacturers of
plug tobacco into line.
Two of the largest of these con-
Germs were the P. Lorillard Company
and Liggett q Myers, of St. Louis,
the latter said to be then the largest
tobacco manufacturers in the world.
These two firms did not take kindly
to the arguments advanced by Mr..
Duke and he thereupon proceeded to
apply a course Of treatment designed
to change their opinion of the advan-
tages of industrial combination.
X 4 x
The campaign that followed was
one of the most remarkable in recent
business history, and it was waged
on the part of the American Tobacco
Company with Mr.. Dukes favorite
weapon, lavish advertising. The
guns of the opposing forces were
rival brands and these brands were
pushed in every possible way with
the jObbers, the retailers and the on
sumers. A single example will illus
trate the scale on which the engage
ments were fought.
The American Tobacco Company
brought out a brand of plug called
"Battle-Ax." The very mention of
the name will probably recall to read
ers the time when the name stared
at n from every dead wall and
fence, when the tags that accompa-
MED 1t were collected by users of the
weed and their young friends for the
sake of the prizes that they brought,
and when the dealers (to whom prizes
also were offered) were eager to in
troduce it to their customers.
The pace was a hot n and it was
set by Mr.. Duke and his associates.
Money was poured out in rivers. and
even with the enormous sale develop
by advertising there was a heavy
deficit, but this did not trouble Mr.
Duke. He was fighting not only for
.rade but for trade supremacy. and
lie knew that the bill would he set
led later on.
A man prominently connected with
ne tobacco business is my authority
or the statement that Mr.. Duke said
him:
EEVT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
THE STORY OF THE TOBACCO
TRUST.

ton of the American Company and Its
Struggle for the British Market
Growing and Retailing the Only
Branches Not Controlled by the Trust.
in Frank Leslies Popular Monthly for
March,
There are hundreds of so-called
trusts in the United States, but there
is not one-with the exception of the
Standard Oil-that exercises a con-
troll so decisive over almost every
branch of the industry in which it is
engaged as does the Tobacco Trust.
And this situation, it must be borne
in mind, has been brought about in
an old and long-established business.
within the space of the past dozen
years. The achievement of Presi-
dent Duke of the Tobacco Trust,
must be ranked as more difficult than
Mr.. Rockefeller's in that the latter
dealt with a new industry, taking It
from its very inception, while the
former has had to meet and over
power old and firmly established COM
petitors and has had to make war
from the very beginning of his ca
reer as a trust magnate.
x X \
The first connection of the house
of Duke with the tobacco industry
was a very humble one. In this re-
spect it was something like Mr.. Rock
efeller's two barrel refinery which
was the nucleus of the greatest in
dustrial organization in the world.
The building in which the firm of w.
Duke Sons GO, began its career in
1865, and which may be regarded as
the cradle of the tobacco trust, was
a dllapidated cabin. All its opera
tiOns were carried on by the elder
Duke and his sons. "Buck" Duke, as
he was known to his acquaintance,
now the head of the dozen companies
that make up the trust, was the sales
man of the house.
Young "Buck" Duke was able to
carry his firms output in a handbag
at first, but his energetic work soon
gave a great impetus to the business.
1t was a time of wonderful expansion
IN the cigarette industry. Down to
the time of the Centennial EXPOSE
ton at Philadelphia, in 1876, the do
nestle cigarette business had been
comparatively small, but the displays
made by American manufacturers at
that time gave a tremendous impetus
to the trade. In 1877 the production
OF American cigarettes was almost
double what it had been the previous
year. By 1880 it had multiplied
nearly six times in five years and was
thirty times as great as it had been
ten years before. By 1885 the bust
ness had doubled again and it once
more doubled in the following half
decade, making the total output over
two billion in 1890. Rarely indeed
has an industry progressed by such
leaps and bounds.
y
In this great development the firm
of w. Duke Sons e % bod a.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

& Ginter, The Kinney Tobacco Co.
Goodwin & Co., and W. S. Kimbal
& Co. Although the business haC
expanded so remarkably, competition
in it was acute. AS the amount Of
business that a firm could secure de
pended upon the extent to which Its
brands were known and the favor IL
which they we're held, the possession
of a popular brand was the most val
liable asset that a house could have
and it was necessary to keep it:
claims constantly before the public
The Dukes were especially aggres-
sive in this direction. Lavish adver,
Using has always been a favorite
weapon with the head of the trust
Not only the ordinary methods of
billboard and newspaper advertising
we're employed, but the giving of
coupons and pictures was adopted
and the favor of the retailer and his
customers was cultivated in every
possible way. The pace set by one
firm had to be met by it's competitors
if they wished to retain their share
in the business. Thus the rivalry
became steadily more keen and the
advertising accounts of the various
firms ran up into the millions and
cut off a large proportion of the re-
turns that otherwise might have fig
ured as profits. At one time the
competition had reached a point
where a coupon, a colored reproduce
ton of a photograph and a card
bearing a representation of a flag,
done in c%Olors, were all given away
with a fve-cent box of cigarettes.
This was the situation in 1890
when Mr.. Duke, imbued with the idea
that enormous savings could be af-
ected by substituting combined ac-
ton for this c~ut-thrOat competition.
preached the suggestion to the other
leaders. The keystone of the plan
was liberal treatment for everybody
concerned, the logic of which has an
pealed to many another individual
manufacturer in other lines. The
result of this movement was the for
nation of the American Tobacco
Company, which included these five
firms, controlling between them the
bulk of the cigarette business of the
country. This was the first and most
important step in the formation of
the present Tobacco Trust.
Some years later, in the course of
a State inquiry into-the affairs of the
trust, Mr.. Duke revealed some of the
of the formation of this or
g%anlzatiOn. He testified that the
Duke and Allen & Ginter concerns
received each $7,497, 900 of American
tobacco stock in payment for their
business. The Kinney Company re-
oeived $4,998,0OO, and the others
p2,499,OO0 each. The various COM
panies each guaranteed to the COM
Olnatlon a certain amount of Give
assets" which aggregated $4,000, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

In this great development the firm
OF W. Duke Sons & Co. had its share.
From being the smallest of the MANN
facturers of cigarettes it had come
to rank among the five big firms in
The evening world., 1903-11-19
OBR|EN NOT A
GAMBLER, He SAYS
Ex-Sheritf at Trial Of Divorce
Suit Declares He Never Was
in CanfieId's New York Es'
Establishment.

Ex-sherif James o'Brien. in reOuttal
OF the testimony put in by Robert l..
Turk in behalf OF his wife, Abby Ella
Cook O'Bricn, in the trial of their suit
End counter-suit FOR absolute divorce,
testified to-day that he had never oecn
in Canheld's house in New York,
II haven't been in 4 gambling house
In this city in more II thirty years.
| have been IL Canncld's house in Sara
toga, however,"
MIR. O'Brcn omphatically denied that
he was an habitual gambler.
The cN-Shcrir said he had consulted
Rev. Dr.. l,ranu regarding his family
troubles. and the minister had urged
upon HIN that he try and overlook any
early ind!scrction OF mis- wife.
"Would YOU he willing TO leave THIS
whole matter to nr, Brnnn 40 abide
hy Mia dcrisiln"" was the tirSt shot fred
nj Mir O'Rrlcu Oy Mi. Turk in crlsS-
Examination. And tho rcjoindcr OF the
snf,-yolccd old politician was eharac-
'""Don't mix up decent people in tbs
if TO thig Jury If honest m"u
One ianitor OF the fashionable apart
mcnt-hlusc No. @iST broadway having
testified to his objections to the rDn-
duct of Miss May Russell aud cN-Silerin
o'Brien there, William lisporloin, hts
successor on tho janitorial throne. was
called to-day and testified that he never
saw ANYTHING wrong,
May Russll, the Correspondent named
by Mrs, O'Rcien. denied tlit O'Brieu
ever called on hcr except as hog fathers
friend, She said her health al that
The evening world., 1903-11-19
FATALLY HURT IN ODD WAY.
John DonIon Hit by Hammer which
Fell from Tenth Floor.

John j. Donlon, Of No. 800 Franklin
avenue, Brooklyn. was mortaly injured
TINS afternoon by being struck nv the
mead OF a hammer that fell from the
tenth floor OF No. IS Broad street. He
resolved q compound fracture OF the
skull and vas taken to the Hudson
st,eet Hospital where the physicians
on The tenth floor OF the building Is
ne office Of =. Frank Meyer, an archi.
rect, Henry SehweihsoerE, VINO is EN-.
p.oNed by Meyer, was told 10 fix a
aanmnr the handle Of which had be-
sehwcInsnerg took the hammer to tho
window and attempted 70 pound the
IRON head onto tae handle, The head,
weighing, two pounds, slipped ana fell
Mr. .Donlon was Ia line With it. The
pies az iron gaining force with every
additional foot 1t fell, struck his hat.
passed tlrough Lnd frattured hls skull
Mr.. Donlon fell unconscious. Schwcins.
berg was arrested M taken to Cou-
tire street Court where he was parolcd
in the custody of his employer.
The evening world., 1903-11-19
LATONlA RESULTS.

IAToNIA RACE TRACK. Nov. H.
The winners OF the races scheduled to be
run here this afternoon were as fol-
lows;
First Race-Three-fourths of a mile
Won by Ny Queen, u to l and G TO |;
Olonetz, ! to 3 for place, was second,
and Little Emmy third, Time-l lG 81
Second Raee-Three-quarters of a mile.
w on by Dynasty. S To > and 3 20 ):
One More. 1 to / for place, was SECOND:
Eva's Darling was third. Time--l.lb Ia.
TnIrd Rsce-seventh-eishths of mile.
Won by Proof Reader, l to | and I to
s; Jack Ratlin. | to 2 for place. was
second, Ben Adkins was third. Time
rs.
Fourth Race-one mile and fifty yards
Won by The Goldhnder, Z to . and ( &c
10: lin Hale. ] to > for, place. was SEE
ona: Arsohuo was third. Time-l,f Ia
Filth Race-One mlle.-Won by Joe
Ross, 10 to / and 10 to !; Hobson's
Choice. . 10 | tog nlace. was second:
Sesgraves was third. Time-l.li.