The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-11-15

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oneofdoing thy duty at all Tunes, |
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places
yocrrrFIlFR as GODS STEWARD.
me- seers, is out at last. John D.
p,ceereller ha, admitted it, lie uu-
i',.cmed il to Rev Robert 5 Ns'a'-
thur. pastor of Rockefeller '''' w..
,ct,nr as Johns spcaeingt1oe' Inc
Reverend Macarthur -ey-
"a few wears ago some one a-oe. .. WI.
Rockefeller privately why ll WIS, ' tis
t. Tod a tremendous fortune Ai'e "i.
ishit. were 40 simple that hec'9iu 10y
,,.o ,ne-tenth of Che income He .i'D
~ refired. Mr. Rockefeller ihH"c q
-, ,rhirb he did not micho sio",'
i..'',.,t,iio and which gives am at1.l.'1
~ bis mind never before app Iec'i",,e"
a.. ne Duhlic. SIR. Rockefeller s"lu'
uI Ann a trustee of the properly O
..,i,e-. Through the providence ol 'o'
o..,onitfod to my care. ann sle"
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al of vast interests, belonging iu Lio"'
ri tn widows aud orphans "' o.'i'i
I'i,o are actually or relatively '.
L,r mis- holding ann rc.po. -i'i. ~
f,d Were give zap my iN-el' ..'
,,e standard oil Company Woui" Ilu
,.crI me interests Of those pell Re-, "N
c,rdino to the popular ,upposlllon 'ila'
,.,,. Withdrawal would hurt lhe com
rapv's business. Therefore .DI'
INV duty 20 God and To- inc le'lie " .''' ~
money is invested In my com ,"''' ~
continue active i'm its welfare
And to think that the Reverend mac
has kept this thing a secret all ''''7,
months and not let the world Hno" vi
IL We feel personally aggrie'ed' io'
we had no idea Of it, and have been
sitting steadily i'm the seats OF the
seornful and railing at John along
with the other newspaper sinners ID
Johns pastor had only given US a UP.
what a scoop We should have had' anu
how we could have laughed at lhe"
that have sat i'm darkness all these
years uh
John d. now takes his place WIN
George f. Baer, who controls the price
Of coal and who classed himself az one
ofthose $50 whom God ina his infinite
wisdom has entrusted the property oil
this country" Holy John ana SAM
George. The Heavenly Twins
dr. Maearthurise,idently the friend
Of the downtrodden, for Inc al o comes
TO the defense Of Andy Carnegie lie
saws that Andy has done more soou
with his money than By spending l'
on Libraries, for "as his business grew
he gave opportunity to thol SANDS To
work and earn a livelihood . Now
we didn't know this. We have oeen
making faces at Andy occasionally, ID
half-humorous sort of way knowing
that he had made his millions by a
protective tariff and railroad rebates
but not thinking that he was life
saving station for thousands OF work
ingmen. We had the notion that in-
stead Of giving the opportunity TO
thousands to work, he had taken adj
vantage Of the opportunity TO "wofk
thousands.
We are sorry we have not been in
possession Of all the facts. Like many
Others, we spoke before we knew. w e
were deceived by appearances. But
we think Rev. Macarthur has used us
badly. He should have unbosomed
this matter and enlightened World
sitting in heather darkness. We feel
so small that if we had the type we
would hereafter appear IN nonpareil.
But it's consolation, even II IT'S not
scriptural, to know that we have fol-
lowed multitude to do evil. Such
unredeemed scofers as the Lynchburg
News and the Richmond Evening
Journal ought to feel small enough to
appear in diamond type for weeks 10
come.
OF course it must not be supposed
that John ID. is a trustee Tor all the
widows and orphans, or that Andy
Carnegie gives opportunity to all the
workingmen "to work and earn liv-
ing" They may arrive at thisin time
If they keep on benevolently assim-
Hating money and property. But at
present Andy is throwing out the life
line TO only thousands, instead Of mill
lions, Of working men, while John ID.
is trustee Of the widows and orphan,
of the men he has ruined OF driven tc
suicide.