The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-25

every stOrekeeper in the western part OF
the State. Moses Cone gained the repu-
JaJIon Of being the best checker player
alive, and as there was always = checker
game in every country store. his skill
served him we'll
They made money and saved IL. The
cotton manufacturing business was tax
ing on new life in the South. and they
invested their earnings in cotton mill
stock. Returns Were meageT. Finally
they became tired of Oft-repeated excuses
for the failure of dividends and inves-
tigated the situation. The mills in which
they We're interested were engaged I'm
making cheap cotton plaids- The compe-
titiOn was such that prices were cut 10
point where pTOnts were impossible
The Cones went around among the mills
and managed 10 effect an agreement 20
stop the cutting of prices. After that
their cotton mill stock began 10 pay, and
they soon entered the business them
selves. Now they sell millions of dollars
worth of cotton fabrics every year. han
ding the products Of scores OF factories
other than their own.
a prominent attorney tells a good story
on the late Benjamin Harrison. concern
ing a fee he once charged Just after his
retirement from the Presidency the FL
kins-WIdeuer syndicate had acquired CON
troll OF the traction lines at Indianapolis.
There was some troublesome litigation in
connection with the deal, and the syudi-
cate retained PhIlander G. Knox. now
Senator from Pennsylvania, 70 protect
their interests He went TO indianapolis
and looked the ground over and recon-
a.l r=
prestige Of AIr. Harrison and his splendid
legal ability he should be retained to as
slst him, as the fight involving millions Of
dollars, was going 20 be a very hard one.
His clients gave him carte blanche in
handling their interests, and Harrison was
employed The case was carried to a
successful conclusion, with Harrison han
ding the matter almost exclusively
When the question Of a fee came up Mr.
Harrison informed Mr.. Knox that he
would ike 10 have his permission 70 for
ward his own bin, saying that ne had a
family 20 provide for and that he was
going % put in a good sized bill He said
further that II would be such a big one
that he was afraid it might embarrass
Mr.. Knox 10 put his o. X on il on the
one hand, OF 10 refuse 10 do 50 on the
other.
Mr.. Knox readily assented. and thought
no more OF the matter until he met Mr..
Harrison at Saratoga the next year.
Those clients of yours are the best
people I ever had anything TO do with. i'm
the way OF prompt payment and appre-
ciativeness for service rendered said
Mr.. Harrison. Although / sent them the
biggest bin J ever made out. and went 70
the limit of my conscience in doing so. I
received their check for the full amount
1rrr h..
JcT OF thanks for my work. why. Mr..
HARRISON exclaimed Knox, y am sur
pTised. I put in a bin for Sl00.0l0. and ex-
pected that yours would be at least that
much
Tombigbee Zeke ChanIer, Congressman
from Mississippi, tells q story Of how he
addressed a meeting in his first canvass
for the nomination, IN which he made
the greatest hit of his life I had an
appointment 10 address q meeting at a
country schoolhouse, some seven miles
iE0m the railroad" he said, IN relating
the experience. II got to the railroad
town and hired a double team to carry
me TO the place. Il had rained hard all
day, and the red clay roads were in
dreadful condition. Finally however. W.
stood the schoolhOuse and the crowd I
soon saw that the river was nearly past
tord'n5, If not already too deep for me
10 get across There was no bridge or
root bridge within miles, and the only
chance Tor me was 70 cross Il there So
! told the driver that if he would risk
his team I would risk my life. and we
would try to get across. He agreed. and
through We went. / had on a crash suir.
and carried a carpet bag. That CARPET
bag may yet be floating down the river
for aught l have seen Of il since. And
as for my suit. when I landed on the
other side / hadn't a dry stitch on me.
and you know what water will do for
crash l went into the scROOlhOuse and
told the people that while il was the ems
tom OF every speaker 10 say how glad
he was 70 get before his audience.
whether he was or not. yet they had seen
Tor themselves that ] was. for before
their own ewes I had risked my life to
10 with them. And I got the solid sup
port II tie delegates from that pre-
cinct."
During his recent visit to the National
Capital. Booker r. Washington was the
guest Of Roscoe ConkIing Bruce. son Of
the late Blanche K Bruce. United States
Senator from Mississippi. who first dis
tiEguisEed himself at Harvard He was
d member Of the Harvard debating team
which defeated Yale in 1889 and 1901
and in the latter year he was chosen
class orator, winning over r. E. Fitz-
patrick, of Boston. by a vote of 25g 10
leo. He was not the first colored man
10 win this distinction Of class orator. He
had been preceded in the honor by c. G.
Morgap. Of the class Of 90 and Robert II.
Terrell. Of the class Of 81, now a Justice
of the peace in the District Of Columbia
Directly after leaving Harvard Mr..
Bruce went to Tuskegee TO take charge OF
the academic department, and remained
in that position until he was appointed
In 1906 70 the position OF school inspector
at Washington, D. c. Mr. Bruce gets
his name from an incident connected with
the election of his father to the United
States Senate. When the colored man
was to be formally installed, the officers
who were to escort him TO the position
where he was 10 be sworn in held back
and did not seem disposed to do the
colored Senator the ordinary courtesies
Of the occasion. Seeing this, Roscoe
COnkiing, Senator from New York. step
T,ad forward and asroFfad Mr. Err.a