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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

large as New England, larger than
France, Germany or Austria. and
equal to six New Yorks or seven
Ohios, or because you travel on her
soil S25 miles westward or 74O miles
southwark, Texas is yet IN her child
hood, developed in nothing except
area. Give her the population per
area of some Of our New England
states and we will furnish happy.
prosperous homes for all the people
OF this nation, And We can then
feed and clothe the world. But be
you not deceived, Texas Is by no
means a pensioner on the bounty OF
others. with population no larger
than that Of the thirteen colonies
when our DECLARATION of American
independence was declared, we pro.
duce one-fifth the cotton of the
world, more cattle than any state,
100000 bushels Of corn, wheat
and oats, 100000 bushels each
with our oil wells that are just be-
ginning to flow, and our millions OF
acres of idle, fertile prairie lands
that are proving TO he so wonderfully
adapted to the growth of sugar beets
that surpasses Michigan and Colo
RADIO in Yield purity and sugar con-
tent will soon enable her to oil and
sweeten the nation.
Invited Amarillo in 1910.
In 1910 when the Texas 5000, ooO
club rests peacefully In the memory
Of the past because she has done
her work successfully, and the Farm
ers' National Congress accept our
urgent invitation to hold her thir-
tieth annual meeting in state where
20 per cent Of the people live on
farms and ranches, IN city sur
passed by none in progress and rapid
development Except this wonder
| tui Oklahoma Clty), A city surround
ed by $4,000 square miles of level,
fertile prairie lands, where the peo.
pie are healthy happy and prosper
Gus, and whose only need is for more
people to put into that happy condi-
ton, then the Panhandle OF Texas
and the city OF Amarillo will extend
to you a welcome hospitality and a
glad hand We will let You press
gently to your bosom that little Chi
cago girl Of she has not grown too
large) and the few who desire Ia
return TO their native homes will
join us in the reverberating echo
"She Is a dandy"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
A DANDY
SAYS NELLY
Amarillo Delegate Gives Farm.
eTS Congress Invitation
10 the Panhandle
Special 10 Daily Panhandle.

Special 10 Daily Panhandle,
Oklahoma. Okla Oct, 23,-The
twenty-seventh annual meeting OF the
National Farmers congress IS now
in session in Oklahoma City and is
the largest delegate body Of farmers
and stockmen yet assembled. The
1900 delegates represent almost ev-
cry state in the union, and as their
mission is the discussion and manip-
ulation Of national agricultural in
terests, and the influencing of laws
pertaining thereto, their field of la
Dor ia a large one, Yesterday as a
rest from the regular routine Of
work, one delegate from each state
was called on for three minutes
windy" The short addresses we're
various and humorous and given
mostly to the boosting of states.
j. NJ. Nicely, delegate from tho
Panhandle OF Texas said: p.
The Best to BE Had. 'I
Recently in the city of Chicago,
after the days toll was over, there
sat happy expectant family. they
were thinking and talking about the
new farm home they would soon oc-
cupy in the southwest. ,. tSf
The husband and father was asien-
thusiastic as the mother and chill
dren He had been shut up so long
in his office with pens and books as
companions. He felt he would take
new lease on life. When he could
lay them aside and breathe the pure
fresh air Of the farm. One thing they
had agreed upon and that was the
things they we're able to have on the
farm should be the best. They had
concluded they must have some poul-
try and the few they would be able
to buy must he of the best The
little four-year-od girl with expect
tant eyes looked up and said;
Mother, II we have only one old
hen she'll be dandy" ! want to
tell you, the state OF Texas is a
dandy" au,F;t
Texas An Infant Jumbo.
Texas Is not only the jumbo of the
union, because she is four times as
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

Paris has built more sidewalks
this year than all other North Texas
towns put together, but Paris is
short on good street crossings How
ever, the mayor will get around to
that after awhile. He is the bust
est men in town. Paris Advocate.
Hold on there, Sherman has built a
few miles herself and you may be
mistaken as TO the first sentence OF
your boom item.-shermsn Demo
crat. Arr Honey Grove would like
to have measurements. she is con.
fideut that she can give either OF
you all the walks Bonham and
elark5ville have built and then beat
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

fold, have grown up slowly and in
the dark, There is ample power in
our institutions, In our constitution
and our laws 10 check and to remedy
them all There is now reason to be-
lieye that tho sherman antitrust law
commits tho nation to policy which
Is TOO extreme. to policy that, in
putting an end 10 certain admitted
evils, also puts an end to certain
demonstrablo benefits. Many of us
believe that tho act unduly eEalts
tho principle Of competition and fails
TO lay due emphasis upon the public
benefits which may follow from
properly regulated and supervised CO.
operation. The distinction between
combinations which are reasonable
and may we'll be permitted and those
which are unreasonable and must at
all hazards be forbidden, is one
which ought not 10 be surrendered or
overlooked " Is a most Important
question, therefore, whether the time
has moi come when this act should he
amended in order TO relieve, not cor
porations, hut tho people, from lin
itations upon their business activity
which this act imposes, although in
reality they are not necessary In the
public interest, It is not combina-
ton itself so much as II is unfair dis
elimination which should arouse our
criticism and our opposition.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

room and at the Harlem branch. De-
positors crowded the rooms, clamor-
Ing for their money, and insisted
that they be allowed to withdraw
even few dollars. When refused
many declined to leave the room and
police assistance was necessary to
preserve order. Officers of the Knick-
erbocker said that the company had
paid out between $700O,000 and
$4,000, 900 to dopositors today.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

A nature iaEer warns President
Roosevelt to beware OF the
ferocious man-eating rabbit Of ahe
Louisiana swamps. The swamp is not
the habitat OF this species OF the
hare. They are to be found only on
the Texas plains where the chap
paral is thickest.--San Antonio us
press, sgs~Rs saSi
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Hold Crops for Prices.

AT the present meeting minimum
selling prices will be established on
all farm products and the members
will then plsdge themselves to hold
their stores until the market price
reaches the coveted figures Already
the society has established commits
sion houses In st, Louis and Kansas
City, and the wheat growers Of the
Southwest are patronizing them liber-
ally. Through the society's agency,
members Of the organization who
are not in position financially to
hold their crops until The price ad-
vances to the official figure are en-
abled to store their grain in the So
clety's warehouses and have money
advanced to them within 20 per cent
OF the current market price. It is
the intention OF the sociaty to open
such commission houses in all OF the
large markets OF the country
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

you a mile, We build sidewalks by
the street, not by the foot, down,this
way.-Honey Grove Signal. Quit
your footing, gentlemen, and Foale
up to Amarillo and learn something
about sidewalks, We can make you
all ashamed that you brought UP the
subject.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Save Money for FARMER.

The present convention will be
the most important and noteworthy
gathering of the agricultural inter
ests Of the nation ever held" declsr-
ed President Everitt I'VE are now
in a position to bring to the farmers
OF the country material benefits that
will open the eyes Of all OF them, BY
securing better prices for the grow
ers OF farm products 1t does not mean
that the consumer will have to pay
advanced prices for his supplies. on
the contrary, II is our intention to
eliminate some OF the toll-gates that
now stand between the producer and
the consumer. The middlemen are
now getting more than they are en-
titled to- Our society intends TO d.
vide some Of the middlemen's profit
in an equitable manner between the
producer and the consumer"
The plan of the society is to con-
troll the supply OF agricultural prod
ucts in the hands of the first owners
and hold ii until the price demand
ed is paid, Up TO this time the most
aggressive work has been done In
sections Of the country producing
largely a certain crop, as in the to-
bacco growing districts OF Kentucky,
Tennessee and virginia There the So
cety Ia In almost absolute control,
and the tobacco trust" is forced to
pay the price asked The plan has
also been worked successfully by the
Farmers union of the South in con-
tro1linp the cotton crop
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Isle de France Is Going.
ssociated Press.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 23.--The
French balloon, Isle de France,
passed over Mount Holly twenty
miles northeast Of here at noon to-
day It had been reported near
Hightown, y. j. moving in the d.
rection OF Long Beach not far from
Asubry Park, where the German
Pommern landed. III
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Texas An Infant Lumhn.

Texas Is not only the jumbo of the
union, because she is four times as
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
SENSATIONAL SCENES
Depositers CIamored Mt Doors Of
Knickerbocker Broker Company.

New York, Oct %. The Knicker-
booker Trust company officials de-
clared that the suspension. of pay
ment was only a temporary closing
of doors was attended with sensa-
tlonal scenes at It's main banking
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
No Politician Speeches.

The time Of the convention, which
will last four DAYS, will be devoted
largely to trans9cting the business OF
tho organization. Aside from the
annual report OF President j, A,
Evcritt, the convention will not
listen 10 any set speeches No prac-
tical politicians, singing the praises
of the "horny-handed sons Of toll,
and with an eye cut for votes, will
appear before the convention, The
meeting will he strictly a business
one The members Of the American
Society Of Equity arc "on the make"
They want plans that will put money
in their pockets--not platitude.
In his annual address, J. 4. Ever
it, president and founder Of the So
ciety will recommend the establish
ment Of a marketing system for the
society, whereby its members may
dispose OF their products direct 10
the consumers in the large cities,
thus eliminating middlemen, Up 10
this time the efforts Of the society
have heeu largely directed toward
education and organization, and it is
now said to be In a position to in
stall 4 machine for marketing that
will bring home to members the ma
terial benefits that such plan prom.
ise1,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
FARMERS ARE
"ON THE MAKE"
American Society Of Equity
Means 10 Get Dollars Tor
Crop RaIS0rS
Special to Daily Panhandle.

Indianapolis, Ind, oct g2,--With
tho Object Of creating a trust which
viii absolutely control tho prices OF
all the agricultural products of the
country delegates from thirty-eighl
states, representing a present mem
hership Of 100000 farmers, assem-
bled in indianapolis today for the
fflh annual convention Of tho Amer
lean society OF Equity Already the
society has succeeded Ia greatly rails
ing The price Of tobacco and other
minor products, and plans will be
completed at The present meeting to
extend rs influence over all commo-
diIics raised on The farm and In the
orchard and garden Great gains have
been made in tho last year and the
officers Of the organization are now
predicting that within year one mil
lion farmers in the central West will
be banded together in an offensive
and defensive warfare for higher
prices
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
MISS GWENDoLIN CAREY TO MARRY.
Francis Potter Will Wed Girl Once Kid
mapped by Grandfather.

tnlo0toTn. Penn, June 1G CSpeciaD-Mrs Will
ll'n H.. FIdYfo-L of this place. has announced the
coming marriage OF her grandchild, Miss Gwen
uoii. carey, TO Francis Potter Of New York
N"phe| OF Bishop Potter. The wedding VIII take
IIIce IN London the second week in July
mo marriage Of Miss Carey, who is twentv-ona
years old, VIII add another interesting CHAPTER to
lie tuIl Of Incidents. Seventeen years ago she
was kidnapped by her grandfather. w H. Play
i'ip', state Senator, who hid with her in the
mountains OF Western Pennsylvania for five weeks
I"hS the father Of the child return to ENGLAND
without her. The father. J. s Carey OF England
= sad 10 oe wealthy. and there is an iutimatiop
mere iHat II IS at hts request that the daughter
uPit 70 much of the Ployfor1 fortune will be mar
Ted on English soil Miss Carey met Mr. Potter
III 'Ue last som" years ago while attending school
~ was Twenty-Five years ago that Pauline daugh-
ter Of senator Piayford. of Uniontowu entered tho
boarding school of Ms. Carey, at Baltimore
Mts. 'afHy'S son fell in love with the girl and
'heii marriage followed at Tnontawn. CiwendoIiu
was porn year later and her mother soon died
ne fIaylordS begged that the child he given to
lNem Tor tho time least, and tho father con-
Sented When Gwendoliu was four years old word
came from Baltimore ore day that the father was
coming 10 Iniontown 10 take his daughter back
with him 10 England Caroy's mother had died
ana the death of another relative in England had
ieit him wealthy in his right. On recent of
the letter Senator Payford took the child to the
mountains
Later Payfo~d s"nt word 20 Carey that he would
give half his fortune If necessary i'm order IN keaD
tn" grandchild and that he would not give her up
under any conditions. What arrangements were
made between Carey and Playford has never been
made public, but II is understood that Carey was
satisfied.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
PICKING UP OLD FlooLEs.

Great numbers of tine old violinS and violonceos
that come into the high class markets of London
procured through the medium of advertise
ments inserted in obscure country papers. and
especially those Of ancient cathedral cities.
OF course, few of the dddles thus obtained are
veritable masterpieces, but great many OF them
are fine examples OF early English and foreign
makers. and they are often bought for ridIculousy
small prices by group OF experts who have
brought the business 10 a lucrative system Many
Il struggling family OF long descent. in some out
of the way part Of the country happens 70 see IN
the county newspaper OF the week that good
prices are given Tor old hdi!es. and some long for
gotten instrument In lumber room, or put away
ON q shelf suddenly comes to mind.
Correspondence follows: the dealer sends de-
posit in order that some fiddle spoken Of may be
sent to him and examined. and he usually replies
that. the instrument sent is dila pdated ana but
$3.50 generally. but he is willing 70 give sos. or
= for il. In great many cases the oner Is aC-
cepted offhand. and in this way most OF the finest
fddes extant of the second class come into the
hands of dealers. Only lately cello that came
from a Shropshire farm at the price of f. sold the
t!ay "A West End dealer for nearly EOO-
one OF the shrewd and respected of all
these dealers was. until year or two ago, a
humble member of the orchestra of a London
SUBURBAN theatre. He began to advertise
mote papers TO the greatest limits of his Scanty
wages aud Is OF the most extensive and
prosperous dealers in the trade--Tit-Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
CHINAMEN BAPTISED.
DR.. liked Imn1erses SeUen at Fifth
AUenue Church.

Unusual interest lent to the regular services
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church last night by
the baptism of seven Cinnamon, all of whom for
the last year or SO had been attendants at the
church. The church was crowded TO the DOORS
many being permitted to stand while the ceremony
of immersion being performed by the pastor OF
the church. the Rev. Dr. c. F. Aked.
John D. Rockefeller interested spectator.
and at the end of the services he waited in the
vestibule of the building until the Chinese con-
verts had donned their street clothes. and then
heartily and with much APPARENT feeling greeted
each with warm handshake. Mr. Rockefeller
came TO the church and went away alone and
foot from his Fifty-fOurth street home. Friends
who shook hands with him while he was waiting
for the Chinese to appear told him he looking
remarkably we'll He answered that he never felt
better
Had it not been for the announcement that seven
of the candidates for membership in the church
were Chinese the latter would probably have been
indistingushable from the natives. nearly were
all robed alike. The seven bore the trying ordeal
with becoming gravity and characteristics solen-
nifty Not gasped made the slightest
motion as his head thrust under the water by
Dr. Ahed, who was quick to place each on his feet
the instant he had been completely immersed 1t
was noticed that all of the candidates had cut off
their cues and wore American clothes the
street.
Or. AIKEN varied the formula of baptism some
what in immersing the Chinese. He said: Upon
the confession of faith you have made 1 baptize
you in the name of the Father. the Son and the
Holy Spirit" Those baptized last night Will be
received as members Of the church in Sunday
morning June so.
The seven. DR. Aked explained. were graduates
of the Morning Star Mission in No II Doyer street.
conducted by the Rev. Fung Y. Now. Baptist
minister The mission IS supported largely by con-
tributions from the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
some twenty-five converted Chinese. There
more than fifty Cinnamon and Chinese children IN
Cinnamon We're accompanied by their American
wives. The baptismaI ceremony followed the
mon. and DR.. Aked in his discourse referred to
the coming duty of the most remarkable
experiences of his varied life
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
LEAD THAT SELLS FOR GOLD.

The collector the lookout for Windfalls Is
with us everywhere now. and even the vast guam
titles of scrap iron that are melted down and con-
verted to various uses by the dealers are carefully
sorted and rnnSacked. mainly for two classes Of
artices-old Sussex frebacks and other ironware
and ancient lead cisterns the latter being mostly
regarded as works OF art as well as curiosites
Time was-and not very long agO-when all
those vast. bare but bea utful tracts of Sussex
now know as the downs" were covered by rich
forests. but most of the wood growing in these
cut down in order to feed the iron furnaces
which then existed in various parts of the county
and which supplied the whole nation with its most
artistic ironware, especially of the domestic kind
Then Sheffield, with it's resources of coal in
stead of wood for the manipulation of the iron
Thus the SUSSEX ware became rare ami rare
and certain OF the irOnwork of this kind now
brought from ancient mansions fetChes fancy
prices. Many fine piece has been discovered in
old scrap iron.
The lead cisterns in old mansions We're not only
melted into mould all In piece but they
We're. to their front portion at least. cast In
the most artistic and quaint designs, of the
greatest craftsmen and designers in the country
being engaged in the making of the patterns
These old cisterns sometimes discovered in
splendid specimen OF the time of Charles 7
that had come 10 Whtechapel dealer from an
old WarwiclshiTe mansion sold for 200 guineas
the design being particularly beautiful and unim-
paired by tine.-Tit-Bits
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
WHAT ne LoNpoN PoLIcE cosr.

It costs just under E. 10000 TO maintain for 4
year the forty-six thousand police who guard
the interests Of the citizens of England and
Wales. fil95.0oI being absorbed in salaries and
pay. The most expensive OF all the forces in
proportion to it's size is that of the City of
London. in which the cost Of the Individual con-
stable works out fl12 year This leaves a
considerable margin the 1913 which is the
average of the provincial forces and is ap-
pVeciabIy higher than the upkeep of constable
in the metropolitan force. which is f105.
There in the city 1905 policemen Of all
ranks. and. the population is only 26,s2S every
twe enty-seVcn inhabitants can claim 10 have con-
stable to themselves The calculation IS OF course
somewhat UIuSory. for the census is taken at night
and when Suburbia poIrs its thousands into the
city streets I'm the early working hours of the
morning the police quickly lost in the thrCnE.
The same destructive factor does not apply 70 a
similar calculation regard To other areas, and.
according to a blIe book issued recently. from
which these figures taken. there was con-
stable for every 40 people residing in the metro
poitan district. and one Tor every az persons on
the average Of the rest Of England and Wales.
Since 1905 there has been total addition Of some
eight hundred men 10 the police forces Of the
country, while I'm twenty-five years the strength
has risen from 10000 $4,000, increase of over
80 PER Ccnt.-Tit- Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
CROWD VISITS THE STATE CAMP.
Fully Two Thousand Persons Take Advan-
tage Of the Warm Weather.

State Camp. Peekskill. y. Y. June i6.-The first
large crowd OF spectators visited the camp
grounds today. IJ was the hrst warm Sunday. and
many took advantage Of IT, Fully two thousand
persons witnessed evening parade.
This was the only military affair Of the day, ex-
cept guard mount az o'clock this morning and
religious service at half-past 70 The latter was
held in the hall and conducted by Chap
lain Golden of the 22d Among the military
visitors to-day Lieutenant Colonel NJ. s.
Jarvis and Major K. L. Austin OF General Smith :
staff. and Captain Barber and Lieutenant Merritt.
both formerly OF the 22l.
The I'D will he divided IN the morning into three
sections for instruction purposes. The first will be
under the tuition OF Captain Eutz. the second
under Captain Woodruff and tho third under Cap
tain MCDonouEh. All three members Of the
United States engineer corps and detailed here
for this week The men will receive instruction In
the various lines of engineering work which they
might be called upon to perform IN active service
Besdes this work. which viii be mostly performed
in the morning, the men will be instructed in map
making and similar details i'll the afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
OPPOSES BAYREUTH PL1N
Nine. Schumoun-Heinch Calls Nor
dica's Project Ridiculous.

MontcIair. June Is (Spccian.-Madame Schumann-
Heinck. the opera singer. at her country home near
here. yesterday discussed the project recently out
lined by Madame Nordica for establishing an Amer
lean Bayrouth in New York
There IS but one Jerusalem. one Rome, one Nee
ca-there Is but Bayreuth. You may raz" the
Bayreuth opera house 10 the ground and ship II.
piece ny piece to New York. send over the scenery,
the artists, the musicians. dig up the very earth
Itself. bat you cannot bring to New York the at
mospherc, the environment and the traditions that
surround Bayrcuth. These and Will remain for
ever sacred is all ridiculous. and besides. there
IS 10 need of it, for have in this country every
facility tho development of music that the world
affords. is impossible TO establish an American
Bayreuth'' declared Madame Schumann- llelnck
with earnestness A national COnseTyatOry-yeS.
That would be a feasible undertaking. Not one
great conservatory for the whole country but sew
eraI branches for different sections of the country
under one management and supported in whole or
I'm part by the national state government. It
will all in time. AS soon as the idea assumes
tangible shape the American people. who arc the
most liberal and generous in the world, Will cheer
fully consent 10 pay greater musical tax than at
present