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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

| The case opens and the first witness
Is called. He is A. W. Hopes, for
years credit manager for the drug
nrm OF Powers & Weightman. which
was owned by William Weightman
alone. The testimony of Hoopes is
OF no consequence except to himself
because he tells of the gift of s10O OOo
made to him by Mrs. Walker after the
death OF her father. This causes q
mild sensation, but that dies down al
the plans Of the contestants begins to
unfold. 1t is obvious that they ex.
pect to show that to the will of 1895
made by Weightman a codicil was
ADDED which distributed to the six
daughters of Mrs. Jones Wister, once
Mrs. William Weightman, Jr., a pro.
portfonate share of the estate. II de.
Velops soon after that they know a
paper was drawn up and it is now in
the possession of Mrs. Walker.
Old Mans Grim Prophecy.
What induced the belief that II was
a eodicil is letter treasured by Mrs.
Wister in the aged mans fine conner
plate writing received few years be.
fore his death. It is written on the
Fourth of July.
1 nave been much annoyed by the
fireworks all day around the house
out | have just signed and attested a
paper which will some day make more
noise than three such holidays"
Couched as it was in the friendliest
terms, addressed to the woman now
contestlng, in reality, there was every
reason for her and her lawyers to
think it is codicil or a direction at
least in aid of his grandchildren. That
1t might be revenge or a grim joke
never entered their heads.
The will is produced and read, and
after the aged Hopes has left the
stand a stout, red mustached man of |
about 90, answering to the name of
T. Davis, is sworn in and be-
gins his testimony. He was William
"elghtman's private secretary and
real estate agent for about 20 years.
he was witness to his will.
The examination had now reached
point that threw hush over every
body but the two. 1t appears that
upon Davis the contestants relied to
prove there had been a codicil. Mr..
simpson took up that phase.
do you remember a paper after.
ward written by Mr. Weightman and
ocked in his desk?" began the lawyer
'uavely.
The witness hesitates as If reluctant
o answer, but he finally answers,
Iuietly: yes, I remember it."
Mr.. Robinson draws himself I'D i'm.
ortanuy. "Mr. Carson" he exclaims,
mpressively, 81 am afraid we shall
ave to call upon you to produce that .
aper." |,
Just at that moment Mr.. Carson is ,
cry busily engaged IN trying to make
isFthumbs go around in opposite d. /
eel Hons. '
Mr.. Robinson grows rather impa. 6
eft. Come, Mr.. Carson, we are ask S
~ for that paper!" The attorney s
eneral looks up as in surprise.
elbow Slip Produced.
ooh. YES. to be Snran he exclaimed .
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

We are not letting a week pass that
We do not mention the good work
that is being done by those engaged
in poultry raising. 1t is the cleanest
and easiest money that has ever been
made on the farm. 1t is not well to
become a crank AMI overlook other
things for the hen, but it is equally
important that the hen have he.
share Of attention, and you know that
she is not getting it on many farms.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

The fact that there is no such a
thing as getting competent and re.
liable farm labor, even with the plant
err on the place looking after his OWE
interests, will likely prove the undo.
ing of the Venturesome English spin
ners who are undertaking to buy land
and break the Cotton Trust"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

There Is no use preaching Union II
you are not helping somebody to a
happier life. Happiness through Co
operation is the aim of the Union, and
when it comes to using it for other
purposes it is subversion that win
soon bring an end to unionism.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Every now and then some one hobs
up and makes a perfect peace talk
about the Union. Such talk is all
balderdash. There is no peace. As
soon as one thing is stopped, some.
body else starts something, and It is
we'll that it is so. Pace means stas.
nation, and stagnation means death.
When the body gets to that stage that
it no longer has growing pains, it is
close to the meridian of its power,
and soon the declining shadows will
begin to mark its decadence. Let
the rows go on, only keep a clear
head, a clean conscience and abide
the admonition, TRY all things and
hold fast to that which is good"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

With ignorant negro men MAKING
eight to ten dollars a day picking cot
ton, times look mighty good to the
workers, but will the crop stand q
dollar a hundred for picking? II
looks mighty doubtful.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

"Forsake not the assembling Of
yourselves together, and while you
are about it, try to make the Assem-.
blage worth the while. You need not
be an entertainer, You may start
something" by simple question. A
any rate, start something and keep it
going.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09
CO.OPERATOR CUlLINGS.

Every one who does not lean on
those who labor is interested in ju It
and equitable prices. It helps ali
classes except the gambler.
A man without ambition is not a
man. He is a thing. He is not the
kind Of stuff out Of which first-class
Union men can be manufactured. Am.
bition to do right and to build.
Let only those who do not have
any cause at heart, tear down. 1t is
but natural that they should. II
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09
Two Lake Charles BuiIdinns

Lake Charles, La: Fire early YES.
teraay morning destroyed two build
ihgs on railroad avenue owned by !
1, Martin and Mrs Helen Mccoy anI
Coupled by w. F. Rachael, restaurant
aEo grocery The aggregate losses are
S>,o0O; insurance, $1,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

some of the most powerful nations
known to history Monopoly OF land
has led to monopoly in other lines.
Any member of the Farmers I'm.
ion can secure free the bulletins Is.
sued by the Agricultural Department
at Washington simply by making the
request. These bulletins contain
much valuable information on sub
jects in which our farmers are inter.
ested.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

The time will never come on this
old sphere when it is not duty ito
watch as well as pray" 1t is we'll
however, to allow as much honor to
others as you ask for yourself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Texas IS truly the center OF the
Farmers Union, and it is to the cool
account that Texas is able to give of
herself that other States look for In.
spiration.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Don't let the little wabbles of the
cotton market bother you That will
Keep up just as long as the gamblers
have any influence at all.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Are you going out into the high.
ways and hedges compelling those
found there to come in" and enjoy
the feasts Of the Union meetings AMI
Union protection? If you are not, you
are falling little short OF what Cd
portunity throws upon your slate of
responsibility.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Our lives will be a failure II we do
not do a full days work before TAX.
ing out time comes. Let us ask our
selves the question, what are we do.
ing for the betterment OF the race?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Get up nice supper IN your 10.
cal and celebrate with joy and speech
making the return of eleven-cent cot
ion. If we all act as We should, It
would never be less.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Tor TOT ohe purpose of carrying the cleo
Ilon on the 100000 bond issue. The
great majority of the property own.
ers' particularly as regards the yalua-
.tion OF their property, are anxious for
'ollls election to be carried
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Put the taxes on the lands at some.
thing like the figures at which it IS
held, and the day will be nearer for
every man to own a home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Don't kick out the kickers. Cult.
vate them and put them at so much
of the work that they will have no
time for kicking.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09
Farmers Cooperative Union
OF America

Always be a builder There are
enough destructive forces at nature IT
that sort of thing without your as.
sstance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Don't get excited about English
spinners breaking the Southern cot.
ton trust" Unless we can get few.
er bumpers" the trust will die a
borning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

ne attorneys for the contestant. They
are three and each OF them well
noWn at the bar-Alexander Simp.
lon, JFp an advocate quick in speech,
isfule IN resource; Samuel Dickson,
aoVOcate and counsel, hero of years
o. legal warfare; V. Gilpin Robinson.
Oesp in the law, skilled in every trick
uo technicality. Just across the aisle
u ne table reserved FOR the defense.
Attorney General Hapton Carson sits
n me front His reputation is more
!, "a. state wide; behind him is Henry
g Brown and to the rear are the
broad shoulders, strong face and keen
eyes Of John G. Johnson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09
Weiehtman Family History.

William Weightman had two sons
and daughter. John Farr Weight.
man, the eldest son, was educated as
physician at home and abroad, but
his fathers business called him and
he went into it, remaining until his
death, in 1886.
William Weightman, Jr., married
Sabbatine dInvilliers, a daughter Of
a French family that left France in
time to escape the guillotine of the
Reign of Terror. The family settled
in Philadelphia and speedily took a
commanding position in society.
Then came Ann, the daughter. More
like the shrewd father than the sons.
she was a business woman from the
day she knew anything about the
world. She became the wife of r. J.
G. Walker, of Williamsport, and lived
in that little Pennsylvania city for
years, but she always took an inter.
est in the business Of her father, and
she was regarded as having a mans
shrewdness.
Mrs. William Weightman, Jr, cared
nothing for business or the acquisi-
ton Of money. Her tastes ran to en-
tertainments and society. In the alb.
sehce Of the daughter she soon be-
came the favorite in the big marble
mansion fronting in Rittenhouse
Square and Raven Hill, magnificent
country estate. AS her six daughters
were born they became the pets of
the aged man and when William
Weightman died in 1889, Mrs. Weight.
man, his widow, and her daughters
went to live in the old mansion en-.
.ire1y.
Mrs. Walker did not like this ar.
and the real trouble
started then. After her husband had
served term at Washington, they /
moved to Philadelphia and he went
INTO the Office of Powers & Weight
nan. Mrs. Walker was made part
Ter, and they attended to the business
md. Mrs. Weightman remained at e
he home of her father-in-law until i
bout 1895, and one day Philadelphia
vas surprised to hear that she had i.
ecome the wife of Jones Wister.
The marriage of Mrs. William ;,
Veightman was the seVering Of the 1
Citations between the daughter-in.law
nd her children and the aged man. T;
Irs. Walker and her husband at once e
anne into the ascendant
William Weightman, Sr.. died in b
ugust, 1904, and the following week c
Is will, written by himself, showed
Q had left every penny Of his fortune a
, his daughter without condition. He N
ad made her executrix without bonds d,
nd spared her the necessity Of filing
4 appraisal of the estate. Not a u,
randchild was mentioned In the will
Id not penny left to charity.
The suit was brought when Mrs.
lister and her attorneys thought te
ey had collected sufficient evidence in
prove q codicil or testamentary in. T.
ntion to aid other members of the q
mily. The almost forgotten Fourth al
July letter was one OF the founds- y
,ns Of the case, and men who knew
lillian Weightman now say only an ~ *:
streak Of grim numor and w
amatic feeling could have made him o.
rite that which arranged for the ~,
enc in court, with Its strange OUT m
ma.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

Already the stock is wishing for
some sort of winter shelter. They
have come through the same hot sum-
mer that you have and they are
pierced by the winters wind just the
same as you are. The improved con-
ditiOn Of the stock in the spring viii
pay you many times over for all the
protection you may throw arouui
them In the winter. Besides, this, Is
looks little too much of the british
to imprison the dumb brutes and
then torture them by exposure to the
fury of the elements.
oUooN-~N~oOooUN-~.~o~N
you are a real co-operator, you are o
builder.
The producers are learning their
power. A few more successes and
they will have learned fully that all
power IS in their hands.
Oh, the home! Let US build homes.
beautiful homes. Let's make condi
tions so that we can build them. We
are going through this country only
one time. Taking out time Is COM
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09
The Women in the Case.

10 the rear Of the counsel table,
mar chairs resting against the bar
. m Is the line of women, five of
uSm' Seated so closely that the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-09

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lawyers eyes fall upon the .writins
Whlle his associates look at him. Sud
uehly Mr.. Robinson sits down. His
eyes open wide and the color fees
from MS face. AS in trance he
READS and rereads the fateful words
MT Robinson received it without q
word. He hands it over to Mr.. simp
son without word and he turns pale
Coo' Mr.. Dickson reads 1t, but that
grim Old warrior of the bar makes no
sign. Only he does not smile any
more.
That was all. There were q few
naii-nearted questions further, and
tnen the attorneys for the contestant
arise and ask a continuance. They
40 not say an indefinite continuance.
bU they do not ask for further date.
they would not say If they will ever
open the case again.
Neither Side Will Talk.
what did that yellow slip contain?
For all questions there has been but
one official MISUNDERSTANDING to
say" Mrs. Walkers lawyers have
only said grimly:-"Let them tell"
We will say nothing" declare Mrs.
Wister's attorneys.
My lawyers tell me to say moth.
Ing" is the sole reply of the woman
in the case.
Jones Wister, gentleman of the old
school, proud of his family, million.
are himself, hesitates, for he is sorely
trled, but he answers:-'T am re-
quested not to say word"
This Is the supposed contents of the
yellow Slip: 1t refers to the personal
relations existing at one time between
MIS- Wister and Mr.. Weightman. She
has said before that he wanted her
10 marry him at the time she was en-.
gagged to be married to Jones Wister.
mere Is the testimony Of Edward T. |
Davis that Mr.. Weightman once said
mat she wanted him to marry her.
Those who recall the history Of the
Weightman millions smiled when they
heard Of the contest. Although the
amount involved was large they as.
serted that it was not altogether
money that inspired the action. Two
women Numerically opposite in dis.
position, character and ambitions were
only continuing a fight that meant
more to them than mere money.
William Weightman, whose strange,
numor or hope for revenge inspired
the contest at the same time he killed
the hope Of success, an Englishman by
birth, was chemist. He was one Of
he founders of the great firm of Pow.
ers d Weightman. That firm had a
monopoly on the preparation of qui.
line for the market and during the
Evil war made a great fortune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Fear of Southern Negroes.

A southern woman writing in The
American Magazine for December OF
the increasing antagonism between the
white people of the south and the ne
groes, relates certain personal expert
ences that are interesting, and, in a
measure, startling OF course what
she writes is not signed.
To illustrate the extent to which fear
of the negro has gone, the author tells
of preparations made for house par
ty in one of the Gulf states a few
months ago. She says:
4 who roamed woods and secured
country as girl, who drove
from town to a country place thirteen
miles up the river, in the care of a
negro servant week after week, at
tended a house party In neighbor-
hood on the Gulf coast a few months
ago The home was somewhat isO-
lated. On the property some seventy
five negro men were regularly en-
ployed. On my arrival, my host.
man of intelligence, college-bred not
an alarmist at. ALL said to me quietly:
Never walk out alone, nor drive less
than three. nor go out in the boat
alone. You can use a pistol, of
course? 2
There was no explanation further
Every woman in the house party found
q pistol at hand where she could uSa it
in her room. Nobody spoke Of it, no
one discussed it, only the sense of the
horror of it was there. It had hap
pened near by there, and not long be-
fore. and with a person of our own
class the victim
But one thing must be remembered
and accepted, a thing which proves the
thing not to be racial at all.
1.-The menace and fear is not con-
fined to the whites. The white woman
is not the only one afraid in these COM
munities. And this the white, with
antagonism between, allows himself to
forget. In these black belt neighbor-
hoods you never see little colOred girls
travelling the roads but in groups. No
young colOred woman servant Will go
home from the whites home to her
own home unattended. In all fairness
all the women in the south, whatever
the race"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25


Quite late last fall. when the price
had been reduced to the low figure of
ten cents a dozen, 1 invested twenty
cents in narcissus (Paper White)
bulbs They were not planted until
the first of December. when some
stones were put in the dishes, the bulbs
set in. and water poured on them.
Even the usual precautions of starting
them in the dark was not taken. In
lust three weeks the first blossom
burst from the stalk of buds, and one
single stalk had eleven pure white
blossoms. almost overpowering with
their fragrance. Some grew more
slowly than the others and on January
Sth. one 6-inch dish having ten bulbs
had six stalks of expanded blossoms
and two others yet to open.
The Chinese lily bulbs which I got
at the same time had scarcely bios
somed. This winter 1 shall start ear
lier and make several paintings, so as
to lengthen the enjoyment. I think it
is the greatest return for the money
I ever Decentralization Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
SOLDIERS WE'RE DRUNK.
Beat Up Conductor and MOtorman
and Ran Car Into I.eayenwOrth.

Leavenworth. Kan, Dec. 25.-Several
members of the squadron of the Ninth
cavalry. stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
while intoxicated. created a disturbance
on Fort LeavenwOrth- bound electric car
here last night. They kicked all the win
dOws out, beat the conductor and motor
man, locked them in and raced with the
car to Fort LeavenWOrth, where the riot
ers were placed in the guard house Sew
eral white women were on the car during
tn trouble, and some of them leaped Of,
but none were injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
THEY CEIiEBRATED EARLY.
In a Drunken Row Near Oak Mills
-Four Men Are Shot.

Ieavenworth. KAN, Dec 25-At a
Christmas celebration at Oak Mills last
night four men are reported Woundede one
of them, simon watson. fatally A mes
sage was sent to Atchison for physicians
and officers who went to the scene.
Sheriff Smith who ccOmpanied the
party. sent out from Oak Mills descrip-
lions of John. Wjllsand Charles GLADDEN.
who are said to have been the ones who
ala the shooting. The cause for the trou-
bic is not Known, but the men are said
to have been intoxicated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Christmas and New Year Rates via
Rock Island

To all points on Rock Island and
Frisco lines one and one-third fare
for the round trip Also to points in
western, Central and Southern Pas
senger association territory at CORE
spondingiy low rates. Tickets on sale
December 20, 21. %, %. "a. %. %. 80,
81 and January 1. with final return
limit January z, 1907 For tickets and
f1lu information, see Rock Island
agen.z. A. NJ. FULLER, c. p A
Rock Island Depot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
no WHOM rr NAV cONCERN

~ won IF MAJ C0ScEFScBe Il
known that my application is now on
file in the office of the probate court OF
Shawnee county. Kan, asking for a per
nit to sell Intoxicating liquors according
to law at Nos. s122 and 124 East 4th ST., in
the Second ward of the city Of Topeka,
Shawnee county, state of Kansas. Hear
ing is set for January 18th, 1907, at a m.
N. A. lunches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25

Birmingham. Ala. Dec 25.-The As
hours preceding Christmas have been
unusually fruitful of tragedies in Biz
mingham and vicinity. The list includes
seven murders, two suicides, one assault
which may result fatally. one death by
train and one accidental shooting which
will be settled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
FREIGHT WRECK NEAR DODGE
All Traffic Delayed for Several Hours
on the Santa Fe.

Dodge City, Kan, Dec. 25-An acct
dent occurred here yesterday between
Dodge City and Kinsley near Wright
station. Fourteen freight cars were
ditched and the track badly torn up. All
traffic was blocked for several hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
KEIKICHI AOKI SELECTED BY JAPAN TO PROCEED AGAINST
SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ONE of the
o in
agreeable the United States district attorney viii
until the highest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Toneka Hide Market.

TPrices paid in Topeka this week. based
on Boston quotations1
Topeka, Kan, Dec. D
GREEN SALT CURED ..........-.. .111sc
NO / HOSE. .-.-.......--...-..--.--- 81 5O4S0 %
NO. L TALLOW- DC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25

rE-,rnished by Cope & Co. 1874 Kan. Ave. I
-Ps0(1iTTTITRY-Hens, Sc ID; spring chick
enss Sc ID; live turkeys hens and young
eobblers. 13914c; old toms. 12c.
EGGS Fresh country 3Oc, storage 25c.
UTTER-~Fresh country. 1SQ22c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Hay
I'll.

FURNISHED by the City Hay Market, al
A1p4 32HY5neBB 1tFfs sf1 oO@1a 60. loose
100000. so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25

WANTED-AII my patrons to know I
have good smelters and mining shares to
sell at is cents until January 5. when 1t
will advance every month. soon going to
IS per share. Last year I sold SO, 600 shares
for these same parties at 10 cents; that
price has now advanced to over 81 per
Share They have lately declared a
dividend of so per cent; expectsanother in
April one in July, etc. The net profits to
the holder will be over 100 per. cent every
year for a lifetime; no mistake about it.
This stock will pay larger profits than
that January 5 is the last day you can
buy it, I am in with those rich fellows.
"A tree is known by its fruit" Get you
some. Drop card for call.
NJ. A. POND, 1921 Clay ST.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25

Madrid, Dec. 25.-Marie Jose Fameto
lied here today at the great age of 125
FEARS
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Topeka Markets.

FURNISHED by Charles Wolff Packing Co
Yards close at noon on Saturdays.1
Topeka Kan. Dec. ..