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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
SEEKS NO SPECIAL FAVOR

PIT'rsFTIELD, MASS. July f.
/. John d. Itockcfcllcr left Ptttslield
Tonight for Chicago. where on
Saturday he will he interrogatcd
in the Federal court regarding
the affairs OF the Standard OIL
Company. Mr.. Rockefeller as
sisted several children staying mt
the home Of his son-in-lnw. E.
ParmnIce Prentice, td light fire.
works during the day.
GREENEURGH. WIS. Jug 4.-Judge
Iacnesaw NJ Landis. OF tho United
States District Court OF Chicago who
is visiting here said to-day that he
had received numerous requests Tor
relative to the report that
] ohm D. Rockefeller had requested per-
mission to make deposition In Mas
sachusetts instead of coming to CHI
cago to give personal evidence in the
Standard Oil inquiry, now under way
before Judge Lands, OF which the
judge said that he had received no
such request from Mr.. Rockefeller. On
the contrary he had sent the follow
ing message to the United Statos mar
silals IN the district Of New Jersey,
n. Y, and Ohio:
II have received word that a sub
poena was served on John d. Rocke-
feller at I'ittsfield, Mass. on tho after
noon OF July Sd. I have also received
the following message from Pittsfeld.
dated July Sd:
"I understand that u subpoena has
been issued for my appearance OF Chi
cago on Saturday. No subloepa Is
necessary. I will be there. John d.
Rockefeller.' You Will therefore make
no further effort to serve processes
Judge Lands further said that he
gave out a copy of his instructions to
tho United States marshals to put an
end to what appeared to him to be nm
epidemic of hysteria about very small
matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
LAD LOSES LIFE
BY AN EXPLOSION
Henry Worsham Brought Here
from Burkville and Dies in
Hospital.

I Henry Worsham, the eleven -year-old
son Of MIR. David Worsham. of Burk-
VILE, Va. who was terribly injured
ir. boiler explosion IN that town on
"Wednesday and brought here to the
Memorial Hospital, died at o'clook
last night, HIS brother was at tho
bedside. The body will be returned
to Burkvlllc,
iured In the explosion that his death
was regarded as but matter of
hours, He suffered fractured skull
in addition To tho many burns scat
tered over his body.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
Out by Burns
With Terrible Blow
on Point of Jaw.
FIGHT LASTED
TWO MINUTES
Champion Of Australia Outclass-
cd, but Took Punishment Dog
gedly Until Paralyzed BY
Whirlwind of Jabs-Fcll
Dazcd, Not Being
Able to Move.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.Eill
3Siuires. the much-hcralded champion
OF Australia. succumbed to the blow
1 or a Canadian fist at Colma to-day
after he had hc6n In the ring two min
utcs with Tommy Burns. The men
who witnessed the brief meeting be-
tween the two pugilists were chart
table enough not to call him a dub
They designated him false ALARM
who should have been pitted against
fourth-ratc fighter rather than any
pugi!ist with the slightest posse ession
! OF ring skin. To say That the nine
thousand persons who journeyed out
to Colma to witness tho fight were
disappointed would be phrasing it too
mildly.
1t was n hot day, and. the journey
to colna was disagreeable one.
Hundreds of persons came from otlEer
states to see the leading fighter of
tho Antipodes battle with the light
She.:vyweight champion of the United
States, and anticipation was keyed up
to the highest point.
From the standpoint of the average
spectator, the outcome would have
beer rLI.using IL less effort had been
requi5-ed TO reach the arena
The fight was as good as ended the
moment the gong sounded for the men
10 dance to the centre of the ring.
That the defensive skill of the Austral-
ian was exceedingly poor was speedily
attested, FOR in ten seconds he was
prone on the mat a, we'll directed
right from lsurns's fist struck him
flush on the jaw. 1t did not have force
behind 1t to give Sqnires his quietns,
and after taking a count OF four
he rose 4 in wobblY fashion and
rushed at Burns The two came into
clinch Immediately. but We're quick
,y separated In the centro OF the ring
by JiIa cffries,f referee. TX
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
A TRAPEZE ACTOR
FALLS FORTY FEET
Fcsperman Tries to Stand on
Head on Pole and Plunges
to Ground.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

---- Nt3PVNFWE 70 ITO u
SALISBURY. N. c.. July 4,-Will
Fesperman. trape2o performer, was
seriously Injured here this evening by
falling from pole forty feet TO tho
ground. At public exhibition he at
tempted to stand on his head on the
pole lost his balance and fell like a
dart. landing on his head The acci-
dent was witnessed by thousand or
more people, Fesperman Is a Rowan
county man, and was carried to a hos
pital here In q desperate condition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
shin Atlas nan,nre,i

RIO lANEIRo, duly 4.,-The American
ship Atlas. from Baltimore, March IS, for
tho result OF a collision with the Noyweg CLAN
bark Viking, from Auckland for New York
The Viking was abandoned ana all on
were saved
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
nurns Always Aggressivc.

Burns lost no time in following up
the advantage he had gained so early.
Out shot the dangerous right again.
and a second time the champion of
Australia was ON the canvas with JEFF
fries standing over him slowly calling
pff the seconds. But the end was not
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New-York tribune., 1907-10-06
SAYINGS OF ABE" MARTIN.

Among the quaint sayings of abe Martin. the
Hoosier philosopher, which the BobbsMeTrill Com
pany has collected In a book, to be found the
following:
Newt Plums son-in-law lives in o. them
Indynoplus fats an he says thet his settn' room
is so blamed little thet every time he crosses his
legs he kicks his wife. Elcine Budd's husband hez
gone back L his parents.
Alex Tansey thinks somethin' o. goin' with
troupe His uncle wuz quite actor. an tore paper
fer III snow scene in tn Two Orphans when II
wuz played in tn old metropolitan lvrey stable ct
Urbana, Ohio, back in 81.
"A feller in ordinary circumstances died 'pen-
dicitus ct Shoals t'other day TIL ole sayin', 'Th'
selection o wall paper makes strange bedfeilows,
is purity nigh right.
''Tipton Budd lost three fingers Yesterday. fell
Ter asked him t hev a drink but his wife
with him. It's purity hard L keep up { tn
standard these days.
''I'l be blamed ef 1t dun't seem like tn fellers
thct er crazy bout wearin' UNIFORMS never
hev any shoulders. asked Uncle Ez Pash how
he accounted for his longevity, an he says, L
never shaved an jist let em grow. Youths
Companion.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06
He CHANGED HIS MIND.

a. buyer for large Southern cotton house in
varlaby paid only half for his goods and gave
his note Tor the other half This note ne rarely
met. AS the buyer sterling fellow in every
other respect. his friends all agreed simply 10
charge him double, and then of course. destroy
the worthless note
which. usual, he was charged 5000. he gave.
after the customary grumbling over the high prices
asked 81 500 in cash and his for another 81 500
Now" said he. where's my little present COM
ing in?
The merchant thought for moment. then took
down box from a shelf and unwrapped beau
tiful shawl. Perhaps your wife might fancy this,
said he
THAT shawl, sir! And 5000 order sir!
Your generosity is ircomprehensble, sir!'
over the face Of the merchant there haamed a
radianty ben-hcent smile.
You right. sir. I'll give you some thin more
like" Taking out his wallet, he smoothed out the
81 800 he had Just received. Here l can't do
better than this. sir" rendering the note.
Surprise, embarrassment, sheepshness on the
shawl!"-Harper's Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06
NEAR TO NATURE.
And Too Near for Comfort, Thinks
Man Who Sought 1t Out.

I was reading one Of those broad PACED peri
odcals. the part OF 1t that is headed The
Thought Of the Nation" ianked on each side by
d three-inch strip OF miscellaneous advertising,
when my eye reached this dazzling caption,
Can the Small Farmer Live?" Now, can't
help il that the name of university professor
was gravely appended to the dissertation in
spired by this senseess inquiry; any person OF
average sense can see that it isn't above the
general standard of sanity OF a hve-year-old
child's rapid fire questioning. Ask the return
ing horde OF summer sojourners who are daily
streaming back TO the city, those sunburned.
mosquito bitten shadows who accumulated
whole libraries Of summer resort literature last
spring and later lost their cheerful smiles and
hard earned shekels in answering that absurd
question about the small farmer. They will tell
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

thought as my pen itself and here I was ree-
sated 10 rear piazza for a study! And so
there were other hOarGers-and / had fatuousIy
Imagined myself in solitary possession of my
Elysium!
/ went to the window to lower the curtain
the window looked upon the road il had ceased
raining and there might be passersby-and dis
covered there was no curtain! So l had to un-
dress there in the lighted room and. at the
and finish the operation In the dark
My laudlady, in showing me the room had
gracefully waved her hand in the direction of
the bed with the remark, "A nice husk bed-one
OF our treasures" Now. l had heard of the
husk bed before-or had read of it-and in nv
fond imagining3 ii occupied place apart as n
crisp, airy thing-healthful, restful and a de-
light TO ones jaded body. II is I'm reality an
ngeniously cOntrived instrument Of torture
which has the rack of the Middle Ages beaten
to a standsttll It's an inoffensive thing 10 the
unntiated; investigated ii proves to be a com
pation of dried corn husks. corn cobs stove
wood and nettles. It's the way they're nut to-
gether, the proportion of the various Ingredients
that does the trick. 1t takes an artist to ma ke
one up properly.
By gradual process of continued occupancv
the husks are forced between the interstices Of
the other bric-a-bTac until the result bears close
resemblance to the raised map of very noun
tainous country. You can't ''renovate" IT, Yop
can't compromise with 1t. The only ALTERNATIVES
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

into its depths and rolled over into a comfort
able position, my back against the slope of the
Rockies. my feet extended. Then 1t asserted IT.
self 1t was like the bed of prehistoric torrent
run dry. Bowlders rose beneath me and ground
into my tortured hide. Lodges projected from the
mountain side and gored my back. while minia-
ture fallen trees thrust the jagged ends of broken
limbs into me at a dozen places. AT last. mad
beyond endurance at the dciGDniacaI Contri-
vance, rose and lit the lamp, seized the nearest
weapon 0t happened to be empty dress SUIT
case). and vented nv anger I'm mad and fruit
less assault. AS well try to alter the contour OF
the everlasting hills!
Defeated and unnerved. l made makeshift
couch upon the floor and took my sleep in fitfuI
that bed again
That morning was the first one at the break
fast table. | hungered and | wanted
eggs-fresh egGs-dropped, fried. scrambled. in
the smell or out of II. | cared not which so long
as | had eggs But il was not to he | raced
through a cereal atrocity which shall pass un-
named and was served, not eggs, but-cannea
salmoh! rms time 1t was mixed with granu-
lated potato and further disguised I'm a lather of
white sauce, but the pink shone through I'm spots
as If blushing at the himsness of the deception
lhat evening when the salmon appeared again
IN us oIlglhaI role OF salad l struck-struck
hard and imperiously for eggs and got them
two diminuuve unmarketabe pullets' eggs TO
sons!
Saturday mornings breakfast ushered in two
none undersized eggs and there they disap-
peared from the menu They were driven our
of the reckoning at Saturdays supper bv the
beans-the brown baked beans of New England
a q
evening meal, reappeared as If to an encore on
the Sabbath morning and again. cold for a cur
tain call at night All, 1t was terrible the
steady recurrence of those beans!
Sunday morning l felt l must make a begin-
ming at my literary work. 1t was a beautiful
day, and the fields, passing fair in ali their
green loveliness and the fascinating play OF
light and shade beckoned alluringly. I chose a
spot out in the pasture beyond the barn. be-
meath spreading oak, an idyllic pastoral scene
before me and the blue cone of a distant moun-
tain rising into the sky beyond. Here. 1 felt
would be my recompense Here I could forget
the tragedy OF tine bill of fare and nesting up
against the warm breast OF Nature drink at the
very source Of outdoor Inspiration.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06
EASILY TURNED.

a small boy asked to take dinner at tho boms
of disting uisned professor in Princeton The lad =
mother, in fear lest Le should commit some breach
of etiquette. save him repeated directions as to
what he should and should not do.
Upon his return from the great occasion thu
mothers nrst question was, Harold, did YOU get
along at the table all right?''
oh yes mamma, well enough"
You are sure you didn't do anything that was
not perfectly polite and gentlemanly? ~
why, no--nothing to speak Or
Then something did happen. What was it9"
But fixed Il all right, mamma
Tell me at once"
why, | got along pretty we'll until the maat
came but while was trying to cut mine N slnned
of on 10 the floor; But made it all right
What did you do?'
"Oh. Just said. sort of carelessly That's ALWAYS
mo way with,teugh' 'meat''-Youths Companion
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06
is the floor, which precedent and general custom

is the floor, which precedent and general custom
forbid.
When turned back the bedclothes and
crawled upon the corrugated surface of the mat
tress 1 feit-I could not see-that was In for
ii" in ways than one | don't know
whether my immediate predecessor in that bed
was man woman, large or small, fat or thin.
one person two but whoever IL was or who
ever they were my sympathy. or what is left of
U've used considerable portion on myself
goes out 10 them
The topography OF II IS fixed in my memory
for all time. On the side at which had entered
there rose what I termed the Coast Range"
This a long series OF minor eminences run
ming from the stingy little pillows at the head al
most or quite 70 the foOtboard Beyond the Coast
Range lay a little valley, not quite wide enough
TO receive my anatomy but possibly created for
the accommodation of a young child. The further
side of this little valley. which l chrlstened
The Vale OF Innocence rose abruptly 10 meet
an elevated plateau occupying the centre OF the
bed This l named THE Land of Little Sticks,
partly because OF the little hilloCks which COW
cred its entire surface and partly because II i'm
pressed me perhaps the most barren and des-
oIate section of the whole OUTFIT. Another val
ley. The Valley OF the Shadow" lay beyond the
Land of Little Sticks, and the further side
rose THE Rockies" almost majestic in their
grandeur. The Rockies were OF real service 10
me, lnasmuch they prevented my rolling on
to the floor in my restless tossing TO and fro
upon that vertable couch OF horrors.
But the Valley OF the Shadow was the ultt-
mate agony! When I first discovered II I felt
relieved. II was evidently the work of CEN
turies; deep. capacOus and inviting. sank
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

you all about it, and they'll tell you, with truth
breathing in every sad infection of their voices
that the small farmer can live-and the smaller
The farmer the better he live-after his vic
tins are gone
Take my own experience. Before my family
left for the old homestead up among the New
Hampshire hills some pang OF rernorse stirred in
my wife's kind heart, born of the contrast be-
tween my lot and hers and she said to me:
Why can't you find some quaint old farm
mouse not too far from the city, kept by nice,
quiet people Of the better sort, and trolley out
after the days work is done, sleep !n the fresh
country air, and in the morning trolley in again,
Iefreshed, to begin the next hard day? There
ought to be just such place and Just such peo-
pie If you would look about a bit-and should
e aeeI so much easier in my mind If knew you
also were getting some Of the same life that the
rest Of us will be enjoying"
Well, the thing did look reasonable and invit-
ing, and spent several afternoons looking over
the various possibilities in the nearby towns
AZ length found something that had the right
Lcok 10 lt-a cosey little farm upon the outskirts
% straggling country village some eight miles
i,fon the city, and served by a newly estab-
Hshed . trolley line. Half way to the crest OF
ss1sep hlll upon a natural terrace, lay the house
sought. snuggled away among elms and
naples, bit back from the road, with holly
nocks in prim beauty beneath the windows and
the golden gleam Of sunfowers beyond White
ps!hted II was. with a spick-and-span yard
s@nout @ II, and thrift and careful management in
every visible manifestation. / fell I'm love with
sne place at the first glance and when I had
pesn SHOWN about the house lost little time in
lacy, a quiet voiced white haired matron o-
some sixty years. The price agreed upon struck
nIe as a trihe steep for country board but
pafsl5nony seemed out of place in such sur-
demur W N"''ipaSt "'ehoue
reached my new abiding place on a Tburs-
Gay IN time for SUPERIOR usual light snnnar,
y hy sweet faced landady Informed me as sha
eiPSo iP me 10 a modest portion of canred salmon
t,' ad1ins apologeticaly: we have to fail
1n 1a.n upon canned goods considerably out here
AsAo ash Is so hard to get Ia the country. yo,
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

know" hadn't thought OF this. but 1t seemed
reasonable enough and at any rate, FISH day
came only once week. so what did it matter?
One mustn't be in hurry TO find fault right
at the outset, just because one can't enthuse
over canned salmon, a small dish of berries and
a slice OF pale cake as ones supper. So l smil-
ingly remarked that 1 wasn't particularly hun
cry, excused myself and started for twilight
stroll. The pleasure of this, however. was speed
lily denied me by spiteful little thunderstorm
which came up out of the West with surprising
celebrity and sent scurrying to the house for
shelter.
In the secluson OF my room lit the lamp and
sat down to enjoy a pipe of tobacco and a book.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-06

I had blown scarce a dozen slowly ascending
whiffs into the heavy air when a vigorous
knock sounded at the door AS l opened it my
landlady's face. wearing a composite expression
of apology. disgust and irritation. looked in upon
me. Il forgot to tell you, Mr.. r." she said
looking my shoulder at the blue haze be-
yond, that we allow smoking only the back
piazza. 1 affected by It myself and find
our boarders generally dislike it." Leaving me
in bewidered disappointment she vanished.
Here indeed blow at comfort Ny morn
ing and evening pipes are my chefest solace.
/ cannot write without my faithful briar be-
tween my teeth; II is as necessary TO the flow OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
MEETING TO BE HELD
SOON AT BUTLER
Friendship Association to
Convene There.

The annual convention of the
Friendship Baptist Association as
sembles at Butler two weeks hence
and will be largely attended by rep
resentatives from the two Americas
Baptist churches as well as by others
belonging to this large body.
The meeting begins on October 22
and continues three days.
There are fifty-eight Baptist
churches in the Friendship Associa-
ton, and these annual meetings are
always attended with the greatest in
terest and productive of much good.
The Baptist churches of Sumter,
Schley, Marion, Taylor, Macon, Web
ster, Lee and Terrell are in the
Friendship Association.
Rev. Robert l.. Bivins, pastor of
Furlow Lawn Baptist church, and for
several years moderator of the Asso-
citation, will preside at the forth
coming session, while Rev. o. p.
Gilbert, pastor of the First Baptist
church, will preach the opening SER
mon.
Quite a large delegation will go
from Americas to attend the conven-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
COTTON CONTRACTS
MADE NET GAIN
Local Spot Market Quiet
at Unchanged Prices.

In the contract markets cotton yes
terday made net gains, though the
situation just before the final hour
was weak. One feature of the day
was the breaking through into the
II cent class of March both at New
York and New Orleans, though it
was as much as a bargain and only
igor a brief period. The opening was
generally a little higher on encour-
agement by the English market.
Prices were pushed up several points
and around the noon hour were at
the highest for the day. The bears
were not satisfied with prices and
pounded the market to such an eX-
tent that the earlier gains were dis
sipated and net losses substituted.
Late in the session the market firmed
up and prices rallied on fears that a
killing frost might be in prospect.
The close was steady, to 10 points
net higher at New York for the active
positions and to IA points in the
New Orleans market, October lead
ing the other months there.
In the local spot market prices
were unchanged from the day before,
the tone being denominated quiet
Transactions were in moderate vol
ume, though buyers were keeping
themselves we'll informed as to the
local stocks. The receipts for the
day were 633 bales, making the total
to date around $4,000
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
WANTED

AGENTS WANTED.-.We will be
pleaser to give the agency for Vic
tor Talking Machines to any reliable
merchant, Jeweler or Druggist in any
town in Southern Georgia. Establish
ed agents write for contract to sign
for fall trade. Metropolitan Talking
Machine Co., Jacksonville, Fla, Whole
sale and retail Oldest house in the
South.
9-28-10-5-12-19-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
One Cent Column

Classified advertisements will be
inserted in this column at the rate of
one cent word for the first inser-
ton, and one cent word for each
subsequent two insertions. No ad-
Vertisement received for less than
fifteen cents. Cash must accompany
ad except where parties have regular
accounts with Times Recorder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
RUMMACE BARGAINS
GALORE TO-DAY

That "rammase sale conducted by
the Kindergarten Association last
Saturday viii be repeated today at
the same place, the vacant store
next to Daniels j3walry store, and
bushels Of new bargains viii be Offer
cd, Many contributions wero sent in
yesterday, and the ladies' VIII have
come tempting offerings today for all
who call
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-12
CLARK & CO.'S COTTON LETTER,
CLARK & CO.'S COTTON LETTER.

NEW YORK, October 11.-Liver-
pool showed the way for an advance
this morning, but the American mar
kets opened practically unchanged
but were compelled to follow the
strength of the foreign market. March
sold as high as II cents but imme-
diately after Liverpool closed the
hammer brigade" lit into the market
and forced same to the low level of
yesterday. The financial situation
seems to be the key to the situation
and until money is easier there seems
to be little hope for permanent adj
vance. However, there is a better
feeling reported among the spot peo-
pie, who report very fattering Of
fers being received from Europe this
morning. The holding of the inter-
national cotton congress at Atlanta,
accomplished but little in the way of
having farmers and spinners agree
upon price at which cotton in the
south is to be sold, because Of their
respective positions being identically
different making such a plan impos-
sible, the spinners desiring cheap
raw material, which is the policy in
England while the farmers as is but
natural, demands a satisfactory price
for his cotton and if able to hold out
will undoubtedly reap his reward.
CLARK & co.