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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
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PROSPERITY
THIS COUNTRY IS ALL RIGHT,
SAYS ROGERS
Presidential Campaign Will Not
Hamper Advancement-The Earth
is Yielding Wealth as Never Be-
fore-Epitome of Opinions

Mr. Henry H. Rogers, of New
Manufacturers Record, gives very
optimistic survey of the business
conditions for the country, and says;
"The country is all right. Cond--
tons will adjust themselves, and
there will be no stagnatlon or halt IN
prosperity on account of the Presi-
Dental campaign next year.
This is an epitome of the opinions
expressed by Mr.. Henry II. Rogers
in the course of an extended CONVEX
sation l have just had with him.
"While we have had serious dis
turbance in the security market,
sa id Mr.. Rogers, 81 believe that pre-
sent conditions will right themselves.
| believe that the country is all right
and that the confidence of the peo-
pie generally will be speedily restored
The country has grown SO tremen-
duously, the population has increas-
ed so vastly and the production OF
wealth has gone ahead so enormous
ly over what it was few years ago
that | cannot believe there will be
any serious interference with the toe
of prosperity the whole nation has
experienced for a number OF years
past. The earth is yielding wealth
as never before. Not only have vast
quantities of gold and other metals
been taken from the ground IN recent
years, copper, iron, coal, etc, but Dir
versifcation in agricultural products
has had an important part in bringing
a new and more permanent prosper
ity to the people. Take the case OF
the Red River country of the North.
When wheat was so nearly the sole
crop raised up there that it formed
the major part of the freight handled
by the St. Paul road, bad crop year
meant ruin for the farmers and grear
loss to the railroad. Today the re-
lation that wheat bears TO the total
freight traffic of this road is so per
cent. less than it was 20 years ago;
ruinous crop failures do not occur
along the line, and the road is uni
formly prosperous. l understand the
South has similarly learned the les
son of Investigation, with the re-
suit that you never were SO prosper
Gus in that important section, and
that the same conditions exist in the
West
Everybody is living on a scale
different from that of a few years
ago. AS a rule, everybody has more
money than he had in former years,
and we all require more comforts, lux
uries and conveniences: We live in
better homes than our fathers did;
we wear better clothes than the gen.
Grafton before us; Our schools are |
better; we travel more, we have |
things to eat every day that we had
only at certain seasons of the year a
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20


terprise requires noney - earry 4
though. Wall Street, II i but n
elemental fact to state, affords the
greatest market in the country for
the securities of these enterprises.
When there Is no SIZE for securities
At normal values enterprises are halt
ed We have already seen how va
rious improvements contemplated by
the railroads have been temporarily
suspended. I would like to make this
point: There is more wealth in the
country today than eyer before
known Conditions, requirements and
methods of carrying on all kinds of
business, including farming, have SO
changed in recent years that general
stagnation is almost impossible to
day. The people throughout the
country will seek to invest their sur
plus funds in bonds and other secur-
fties, and they will demand that con-
ditions exist whereby these invest
ments will not be subject to disturb
ing influences, and that important de-
yelopment enterprises are not ham,
pered by unnecessary and continued
agitation"
ALBERT PHENIS.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20

~ IA Ea U0&DGkyf
snd promised 10 have tie unini,ter
80 Norway discharged Or put II the
peniteutiary- 0thers. includine lfr.
Tillman, will believe that Foster
rudely told Mrs. Won Claussen Is
as6ddoo," and informed her that a
was her number; md that she lay
down on the aeor and shrieked, and
that she was drug out BY burIy
negroes, with her heels dragging, and
turned over to the police.
Whatever the truth may be, it is
safe to say that Mrs. Won claussen
will never be presented at the court
of Norway.
Mr.. Roosevelt's fascination. for a
certain species of perfect lady is
something remarkable. There was
Mrs. Morris, with her poem on in
somnia; there was Mrs. Holmes. with
a razzoo in her stocking; there was
the mysterious unknown who logged
his footsteps for a whole summer at
Oyster Bay; there was Dear Maria, .
who "made him." It is strange in
deed that this torrent of crank fenin
Unity should be SO persistently at
tracted by man whose teeth look
like ga flock of goats on Mount Gil
cad"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
LYON PACKET COMPANY
River Schedule
Effective March Q, 100

Effective March 9, 1907.
Str. Speed" leaves Greenville daily
at . m. for Luna.
Leaves Luna daily at 4 p. m for
Greenville.
Str. "Luella Brown" leaves Green
vile daily, except Sunday for Sunny
side at p m. Saturday at 8 p. m.
Monday morning at 7. a. m.
Leaves Sunnyside daily at 8 a. m,
and Saturday at a p. m. for Green
vile.
Connecting with the M. R. H. &
w. Railway at Luna.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
Free Trip to Jamestown Exposition

We take pleasure in informing you
that we have made arrangements to
give 500 free trips to the Jamestown
Exposition, and if you are interested
in this Exposition, also a thorough
business education, kindly write us
today for the descriptive circular
containing full information pertain
ing to this great fair, and the South's
greatest schools of business
Write today, as the number of free
trips will be limited.
Address only,
Macon & Andrews Colleges,
Monroe and Second SITS,
Memphis, Tenn.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
Mr.. Joseph Cannon,
Suckerville, Miss.

My Dear Sir
The potatoes arrived o. K, but
am sorry to state that owing to re-
cent decision of the government, a
newspaper can not exchange its sub
scrdption for anything but the aCash. /"
! find the potatoes excellent, for
which please accept my thanks and
I send you for same a sample copy
of the Blade, and as soon as you re-
NIT the $500 for the subscription, will
take great pleasure in sending you
the paper regularly.
We would have returned the pota-
toes. but you did not send us return
charges and as our town ordinance
forbids our throwing rotten vege-
tables in the street, we proceeded to
eat them before this would be neces-
sary.
This action on the part of the gov
eminent is proving a great boon to
the honest newspaper man, for, since
its passage, we have received enough
cord wood to run us next winter.
This beats railroad passes-a luxury
the average newspaper man never has
money enough to enjoy.
Yours expectingly,
John Jones,
Ed Blade.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20

money ~ oux p0eketS e11u - 80
did 4 generation past. This means
that greater production Of every.
thing is required: that people have
more to do, and it takes more work
ers to accomplish what must be done.
81 am a great believer in Provi-
dence. Take, for instance, the his
tory of the petroleum development OF
the world It is full of providential
happenings. New fields have been
discovered as fast as needed, and
from 1000 barrels in 1850. the produc-
ton has become so greet l can't car
ry the figures in my head. Petroleum.
providing illumination that now
changes darkness to daylight in
homes all over the world, has been
the greatest civilizer outside OF the
Christian religion that humanity has
known, and its discovery and devel-
opment in Pennsylvania, and West
Virginia, in Texas, in California, in
Russia, everywhere it has been
found, seems to have been made just
at the time when needed and when
the people were prepared for its use.
at believe in providentia1 happen
ings in all the affairs of men, and
believe that Providence is on the side
of this country and that everything
will work out all right l don't be-
1ieve the people are going to overlook
the things that make for their we'll
being. The whole country has had
taste of the blessings of prosperity,
and in a providential sort of way
believe the people are going to elm
mate the factors that would stand in
the way of continued prosperity.
Continued agitation, the people
will see, unsettles conditions. You
cannot move loads with a team that
won't haul - with horses or mules
that won't pull together. The people
must see that settled conditions are
necessary for progress and develop
ment. and I believe that the senti-
ment of the country will be so crys-
tdliZCd "ltlIii d IL" iiiOiAlio eAioS
there will be a united demand for
the strongest conservatism in the con
duct of the Government. We must
have settled conditions, and I believe
we will have them.
"While the recent panic is describ-
ed as furry among the Wall Street
gamblers, its effect and signifi-
canoe are not to be contemporary
dismissed. When investors from the
outside can come up to Wall Street
and buy stocks or bonds that pay
good dividends or yield profit by
an advance in price, Wall Street is
considered by them as very good
place. but the money that is paid out
in dividends or the profits secured
from advances in the price of securi-
ties must come from somewhere.
When the tide turns and securities
are sacrificed in a falling market it
does not dispose of the matter to
call Wall Street a den of thieves. Wall
Street is really the clearing house OF
the country. Here the great railroad
and industrial enterprises of America
are financed, and depression in WaN
Street necessarily to greater or less
extent affects the business of the
whole country. But the important |
point is this: Confidence that leads TO |
investment in securities is essential
to the continuation of development.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20
FOR SALE

Fine Tomato, Cabbage and Cauli-
flower plants for sale at 700 North
Broadway. Phone 587.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-20

Joseph Cannon,
Farmer and Merchant. 8
Suclervlle. Mss. April 1, 1907.
The LohgtoWn Blade,
Longtown, Miss.
Dear Sir
I send you today, freight prepaid.
two bushels of potatoes TO pay for
subscript1oa TO your paper.
Yours very truly,
Joseph Cannon
Mr.. Joseph Cannon,
Suckerville, Miss.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
KILLED AND MANNED BY BLAST.
NitrogIycerin Explosion in Ohio
Takes Lives-Wide Area Shaken.

Columbus, o., Nov. 1.-two men
were killed and three or four injured
Wednesday in an explosion Of the
Hercules nitroglycerin factory at Brad.
ner in Wood county. The factory
was demolished and a number of
houses shattered in the town. The
concussion was felt for 60 miles
around. First reports were that most
Of the town of Bradner was wiped out.
The dead: w. Cisco, John Wash
burn, both employees Of the factory.
Harry Boston. the superintendent
Of the factory, was probably fatally
injured.
Cisco was blown to pieces. not even
shred Of his body being found. Wash
burn died horrible death, lying
screaming on the ground among the
debris and burning to death.
Upper Sandusky, o., Nov. 14.-A
terrific concussion was felt here
Wednesday caused by the explosion
of nitroglycerin at Bradner, O., 40
miles from here. The concussion was
I distinct. As the wires are down de-
tails are meager. Reports throughout
this section are to the effect that the
explosion was felt in nearly every vii.
lage within 60 miles Of Bradner.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
HURRY WORK ON; BArrLEsHlPs
Day and Night shissssto Fit Them for
. {. Pacific crntse.

New {, York. Noyy$$s12.-Beginning
Monday the force at Che New York
navy yard are working night and day
in order to have the .battleships now
being fitted out for the Pacific voyage
ready by December. 1, to proceed to
Hampton roads, from which they will
sail on December 1e. =, The vessels are
the Connecticut, flagship of the fleet,
and the Louisiana, Ohio, Rhode Island
and Alabama. Rear Admiral G. 8.
Sperry, who was designated a few
days ago to command the fourth divi-
sion Of the fleet, hoisted his flag on
the Alabama This assignment COM
pleted the division and squadron COM
mands, the others being Rear Ad-
mirals Thomas and. Emory. Admiral
Evans, commander-in-chief of the fleet,
is in personal command of the first
division.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
'Ths Dreammaker.

Under the leaves Of the sunshine tree,
On silvery anvils that ring with xlee,
The Dreammaker hammers a golden
smile
And a crystal song with its sweet
I beguile;
All day long at his forge he goes
Ringing the tune Of his hammer blows,
Till shaped ana fashioned and glitter
ing bright
The dreams are ready and winged for
flight.
Dreammaker, Dreammaker, oh. can you
- spare
A golden dream from your storehouse
there,
A dream Of the valleys Of sun and
dew,
Where violets velvet the earth with
blue,
And hills and streams and the or
chards sweet
In a golden vision Of childhood meet.
And butterflies flash on a noiseless
wing
In glory of marvellous fa.hioning!
Under the leaves OF the sunshine tree
The Dreammaker handeth a dream to
me,
To hang tonight Ger a darling head
When she cuddles down in her trundle
bed
"A dream Of laughter and light and
song,
That unto the childheart world be-
long;
And Love shall come on her wings
a-creep
To kiss wide open its blooms Of sleep!
Baltimore Sun.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
HARTMAN IS UNDER FIRE.
ARGUMENTS TO COMPEL HIM TO
.. ANSWER QUESTIONS,
Federal Court Begins Searching In
qutry Into Case Begun by Com
merce Commission.

New, York, Nov. 14.-Arguments on
the interstate commerce commissions
motion to compel f. H. Hartman to
answer certain questions put to him
during the commissions investigation
of railroad affairs last spring were be-
gun before Judge Hough in the United
States court Wednesday. The gov.
ernment was represented by Frank B.
Kellogg, who has conducted the com.
missions investigation into railroad
affairs, while Attorney R. s. Lovett
appeared for Mr.. Hartman. The
questions Mr.. Hartman refused to an
swer related to the purchase of the
stock of other railroads in the inter-
est Of the Union Pacific and to the
Union Pacific dividend. ..
In regard to the $2S,000,0O0 of I'LL.
nois Central stock purchased at .$175
a share the questions which Mr.. Har-
riman declined to answer are as fol-
lows:
Were the 10000 shares sold by
yourself, Mr.. Rogers and Mr. Stillman
pooled"
"Was it acquired for the purpose Of
selling it to the Union Pacific?"
WAS the stock purchased by you
at a much lower price than $175 with
the intention of turning it over to the
Union Pacific?"
did you have any interest in the
100000 shares sold at the same time
by Kuhn. Loeb & Co. to the Union
Pacifc?" t,..
WAS that 100000 shares acquired
by the same pool for the purpose Of
selling them to the Union Pacific?"
On the subject of the Union Pacific
dividend which was advanced from a
rate of six per cent. to ten per cent.
per annum on August Is, 1906, with a
subsequent rise in the price Of the
stock, Mr.. Hartman declined to an.
swer the following:
Were you directly or indirectly in
terested in any stocks that were
bought between July 10 and August
II that. appreciated?
did you or. any director buy any
Union and Southern Pacific stock in
anticipation of that dividend?
In a brief which was filed with the
court Mr.. Hartman set forth at
length his contention as to why he
should not be compelled to answer tho
commissions questions. He takes the
ground that the commission in asking
the questions sought to go beyond
the powers conferred upon 1t by con-
gress and that to force him to reply
to the questions under the circum-
stances: would be to deprive him of
liberty without due process Of law.
Judge .Hough said he would allow
each side three and one.half hours tn
present their case.
United States District Attorney
Stimson opened for the interstate
commerce commission. He said the
commission before starting the inves-
tigation, during which Mr.. Hartman
was asked the questions which he
declined to answer, had stated the OBJ
ject of the Investigation. This object,
Mr.. Stimson said, was to inquire into
various combinations and consolida-
tions of and alleged violations of the
law by certain railroads engaged in
interstate commerce.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
TOO COLD; COULDN'T TOUCH HIN
Alleged swindIer's Written commen
on J. p. Morgan.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov 13-B.. G. Smith
of Fort Smith, Ark, is in jail here on
suspicion of having practiced forgery
in various cities.
Local detectives claim that Smith
is wanted in Kansas City, the Bankers
association of that city offering re.
ward of $4,000 for HIS. arrest, ..yon
charges of forgery.
A visiting card and bogus letter
from Charles M. Schwab, it is alleged,
introduced Smith to Levi p. Morton,
and opposite Morton's name is WRIT
ten: "stung him for $4,500." Thomas
E. Edison's name was used to gain
audience with J. P. Morgan and the
comment on the great financier 10:
''Too cold; couldn't touch him"
A check on the Union bank of Chi.
cago for 500, payable to Paul Halo.
way and signed Temple H. Hamilton,
was among Smiths effects, as was also
an autograph photograph Of Mr.. Ham.
ilton. @ :. .> .
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
SAD TRAGEDY IN THE T0MBS
FORMER ITALIAN ARMY OFFICER
HuRLs HIMSELF TO DEATH.
Deserted to Marry. Failed to Earn
Living In West and Was Refused
Aid by Brother.

New York, Nov. Il. Giovanni De
Chichicia, who, until he was com.
PEELED to choose between love and
duty, was lieutenant in the Italian
army, committed suicide in the Tombs
Sunday. His imprisonment had been
brought about by his brother Luigi, a
banker of this city. The latter be-
lieved Giovanni insane. 81.
According to the police records, he
fell in love in Italy, and, unable as an
army officer to support his wife as he
wished, deserted and sought his for
tune as a cowboy IN, the American
west. The xeuture was not success
and finally, leaving his wife in their
new home, he came ITO New York to
get a. fresh start. Again, unsuccessful
and penniless, he asked; financial aid
of his brother, 1.-THE; injecting :6f4the
brothers xas:nnot amfcable and at a
second interview Giovanni was alleged
to have peremptorily demanded first
$1,000 and then $4,000 from tho
banker. He exhibitedaa revolver and,
it was charged i, ,thneataned his broth
er's: life: The baaker wished to have
Giovanni detained as insane; but the
court would not entertain this. charge
and. the former soldier. was held for
trial on q charge offar44ing concealed
weapons. In the. Tombs Giovanni be-
came despondent :so4hlained bitterly
of former friends and constantly
grieved for his girl wife, left alone in
the west. "a
When the doors were opened to per-
init the prisoners to ga: to. the yard for
their daily exercise Sunday. Giovanni,
who occupied cell on the third tier,
stepped quickly out upon the balcony,
sprang upon the guard rail and dove
headforemost from the staging. Sew
eral hundred prison companions wit
messed his death. s,!sfsllFs.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
RaiIroad Bills to ne Rushed.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 12.-The
railroad bills, presented at the sug-
gestion of Gov. Conner, were all re-
ported favorably In the two houses Of
the legislature. They are In series,
each house having the same, SO that
they may be rushed through: They
reclassify the railroads, abandon the
principle Of commodity classification
and are so arranged as to make it
practically impossible for the railroads
to have the state endoIned. They pro.
vide for a five per cent. increase over
the old commodity rate bill.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
Thaw WItnes. Back from .JunsIes.

Thaw Witness Back from JunsIes.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 13.-Miss Ida
Veronica Simonton Of this city, whose
name was frequently mentioned during
the first trial of Harry X. Thaw at
New York, returned home Tuesday at
ter spending year and a half in the
jungles of Africa. Concerning the sec.
ond Thaw. trial., Miss simonton said:
II will go to New York and will
testify in the Thaw case. have not
been subpoenaed but will answer a
summons from either side. My testi-
rnony will change: the whole com.
plexion Of the case. The story told
by Mrs. Charles. j. Holman of her
being deserted In London is true. I
will not say which side my testimony
will favor"
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
Pitched Battle with Yeuunen,

Danville, III, Nov. 14.-Citizens Of
Nthian, ILL.,. near here, and four yegg-
men fought a pitched battle with re.
volvers and shotguns Wednesday.
William Ray discovered that four men
were In the act Of robbing the post
Office. He was awakened by the ex.
plosion which wrecked the safe. Shots
fred by him brought other citizens
from their beds and the. robbers were
routed before they obtained anything
of value from the safe. An armed
posse is on the trail of the men.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
b. N. Ferry, Seed Man, Is Dead.

. Detroit, Mich, Nov. 12.-Dexter M.
Ferry, head of one Of the greatest
seed firms in the United States, which
bore his name, and prominent in local
business enterprises was found dead
in bed at his home here Monday. He
retired. last. night lin apparently good
health. and died from heart disease
during the night. He was: born near
Rochester, N. Y, in 1888. He came to
Detroit when a young man and
amassed a large fortune, being one of
the wealthiest men in Detroit. He was
10 prominent Republican -:
The Irish standard., 1907-11-16
Sues state for $4,000 Intere.t.

Pittsburgr Pa, Nov. 14:-Thomas
Rinaker. receiver for. the, Enterprise
National bank OF Allegheny, Wednes-
day filed a suit in assumpsit against
Frank G. Harris, ex-state treasurer
of Pennsylvania, claiming $4,000
with interest from October az, 1903.