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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30

the man who can afford it q have a
wife to himself. In such marriages
the children are looked upon as be-
longing to the women and their
fathers can lay no claim to them.
In the Niigiri Hills.
In southern India there are many
strange tribes. In the Nilgiri hills, Il
great plateau. over a mile high. not
far from Madras, there are aborigines
who correspond to the Anus of Japan.
They are a hairy people, noted for
their drunkenness and laxity Of
morals. They dwell in huts about ten
feet high. with doorways so mall that
one has to crawl in and out on all
fours. Their dwellings are made Of
bamboo and covered with thatch. They
are chiefly herdsmen and noted for
their long-horned ~buffaloes, which
they drive about from place to place
to pasture. These people worship the
rising sun and the moon, and they
have other gods of various kinds. They
now and then sacrifice calves, with the
hope that the COWS will give more
milk; and at funerals they sacrifice
buffaloes, believing that their souls
Will go with the dead up to heaven.
The TOdas are allied to the fire
walkers, people who claim hat they
can trct over living Goals without
harm. I see an instance Of one of
their ceremonies in today's paper. It
OOh pace dI w uSIlId Odu, WncTo, II is
related, the people. by q great fire of
wood, mad a bed Of live charcoal
eighteen feet in diameter. While the
Goals were still red, two priests, bear
ing flags. jumped ba%refooted into them
and walked to and fro again and again
over the fire. AS hey did SO the peo-
pie to the number of hundreds walked
over the Goals. and m o them we're
children of all ages The newspaper
account says hat not a single one re-
celved injury, not ever q burn, and
that the only effect of the ordeal was
to make them perspire profusely.
Another strange people Of India are
the kandhs, or mountaineers. They
were great in the past and blood
thirsty and powerful, but since they
have come under the British they
have abolished many strange customs.
They once had human sacrifices and
kidnapped the people of the plains.
Their victims were daintily fed until
the dav of the sacrifice, when they
were killed in honor of the earth god
whom they w~orshiped. The Santals
worship the great mountain, and the
Gonds, who think they are sprung
from a certain peak Of the Himalayas,
bury their dead with their feet turn
ed ~northward that they may be ready
to start home without turning around.
There are also many strange tribes
in CeylOn and on the islands of the
Hindustan coasts.
Beluchistan and Afghanistan.
The whole Of northern and western
India has its backwoods. Beluchlstan
is largely a desert with fertile valleys
Of date palms and with camels ana
It's people are mostly Ardps
or Of Arab ancestry. They are me-
like Persians and Turks than the gen
tie, servile inhabitants of Bengal Ihey
do not recognize caste, and they are
chiefly Ohanmed
Not unlike them are the Afghans'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30

edge concerning equitable tare Dr..
some few people whose business i
was to make this special PROFIT ~
every bale OF cotton bought, Uhg-
criticisms did not deter me from push
ing this Investigation, just a LITTLE, o
see what Was III it,. Il did not tA3
me long to get evidence that ln VIII
mingtOn. =. G, whore the cotton buy
ers were only aIioWinS the farmers
twenty or twenty-five pounds oil ,a'4
were placing on every bale exported
the full thirty pounds. Atlanta vas
guilty of the same otfenSe, So was ALI
gusta, Savannah, as we'll as every o,Ar'
bale exporting center.
The people in the city OF Atlanta PIE
gagged in the cotton Business "-.'
quick enough to throw in our la.f :
bill for cotton delivered lu the Ne"
England States showing that The '"7
was twenty-five pounds, they S-p..s,
ing that the farmer would !e ..|'.,
to know that in this country I"
the cotton buyer, as well as IN '.-"'
mills, were about even bul III
thirds of our cotton IS Y
in Europe, therefore shipped lh'-.
different scene is behind the
when we look beyond the Seas. "...'
t~wo-thirds of our cotton is '"''''-
tured.
/ am in possession of some jn..f"',
ton which resembles tn" '''-...-s
language: under present oo"",-.
of Importing cotton into hA@'s.'
the English buyer, always o'1
s per cent allowed for Jare. VII,
cludes the band and canvas ,-s
cent tare is about 80 pou"t0 -.s.as
bale" NV communication also
s4Io - 49, Ar7 african pin Only
1 peTts ade d Pat upG bas s7f from = eight to TN
t pel'so Now, if we, sell. to be P]e tS...t
liberal, say five million bales ao .qrt
with Twenty-Five pounds Of taT n-as 1:;
adds eight pounds more at ta1 P. - n.
price of cotton, it is no "oHl5' bis.
that they are anxious not ''
turbed in this little game.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30
THE BACkWOODS OF
INDIA
CONTINUED from page fifteen.

into them through sunken paths. the
entrances being protected b. doors.
Each tribe has its chief, and the Dco-
pie have a blood brotherhood, like
some Of the African tribes.
Another of the Maya divisions is
known as the AOs. TheSe people were
once notorious Shareholders, and they
sacrificed the slaves which they
caught in war. Another is the Senas,
who until recently were head hunters
and did not scruple to entertain guests
and STAY them when Off guard.
Bachelors Halls and Maidcns' Apart
mentS.
] am old that the Nagas v great
buildings for the bachelors or young
men of the tribes, corresponding
somewhat to the mems quarters in
New Guinea, and also to the young
peoples halls among the Nasal OF
central Africa, where President Roos:-
welt has been hunting. In New Guinea
all the men of the tribe live in such
quarters, and their wives bring them
their food. In Masai1and the girls
and young warriors have a common
house to themselves. Among the Ma
gas and other tribes Of the hills OF
Bengal. the young mems hall is erected
IN a platform, and the girls house Is
in the girls house there are always
two or three maidens sleeping to-
gether. In ad dition there is sometimes
an old woman as ~chaperOn. l am
told she is often half blind and spends
but little time on her Job.
Women With More Than One Illus
band.
Polygamy is common throughout
most parts of India. There are some
thing like 6O,OOO,O 900 MohammedaHs
scattered over the country. who by
their religion have the right - four
wives. and there are 10000, 900 Hin
docs, each of whom has as many wives
and slave girls as he can support.
High up in the Himalayas the re-
verse is the case. The Bhotiyast some
of whom I saw during my trip through
the mountains, practice pOlyandry,
that is, one woman will have several
husbands. This is SO with the Thibet-
ans and others Of the far north, and
sometimes with the Jats of the Punjab
n the Stantals of Bengal. It is still
common along the whole Himalayas
range fro nassau to Kashmir, and
range from Assam to Kashmir, and
hills.
Such marriages are often a matter
of bargain and sale. If there is a
pretty girl in the family and a man
falls in love with her he pays so much
to her parents, and possibly comes
into the house as her III At
ter a time a second lover may appear,
and without the first husband can of
Ter a large sum to secure exclusive
possession he pays his price and joins
the circle. I am told that it is en-
drely a question of money, and that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30
s.CHEATED OUT OF SEVERAL
POUNDS PER BALE"

j. L. Lee, Retiring President Georgia
Farmers Union, in Farmers Union
News.
some tune ago l fell into great dis
repuIe py assuming a position that
the farmer was being txteted ont Of
several pounds in every bale of cot+on
under the system of tares; men bieh
up IN social and business af-
~ f ~ otate proceeded to show
80 farmers that / was uninformod
ana nat no one possessed any knowII,'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30
The Unanswerabl" I{iuui''

A plain and simple answer
This questions what W. ~ r
Does fishing make a ma"
DO only liars fish ~,..-.s
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30
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BUs1NEss-when you th.'s
to school, write for Cata-o-
special Offers of the lea1.n- T.
and Shorthand school Aad''
KING, President Kings h'@" ~
lege, Charlotte, n. c. or "'.
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Shorthand, PenmanShl ~,
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
SENATOR DOLt|VER
CALLED BY DEATH
While Physician Was EXAMINING His
Heart, Progressive Leader
Expired.

pes Moines, Oct 17-Senator iona.
than Dolliyer died at his residence at
Fort Dodge about o'clock Saturday
might of dilation of the heart. He had
been confined to his bed for week.
Death came while DR.. E. NJ. Van
Patten was examining the statesman's
heart with stethoscope. Death fol.
lowed an acute attack of stomach trou.
Bile which affected his heart. The
physicians announced Saturday night
death was directly due to dilation of
the heart
Dolliver had so far recovered his
strength as to be able to work about
his law office. He had been up all
day and Saturday night entered the
sitting room for the daily consultation
with his physicians. The senator in
formed VanPatten that he was feeling
much improved and believed that he
had about recovered his normal
strength. The doctor cautioned him
about becoming anxious to resume his
work, and then began an examination
of his heart.
Dolliver made several speeches in
Wisconsin in the interest of LaFol-
lette's candidacy. At Milwaukee he
was taken i'll and returned to his home
at Fort Dodge. His illness was not re-
garded as serious, however. About
two weeks ago he went to Jewel juno
tion, Iowa, on business and while there
contracted heavy cold 1t was fear
ed for time that he had contracted
He was unable to shake
off his illness and week ago on the
advice of his physician took to his
bed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
PRINTERS IN ARMS AGAINST
POSTMASTER HITCHCOCK

Washington, D. c., Oct 17.-Accus-
ing Postmaster General Hitchcock of
attempting to hasten the final award
of large contract for printing stamp
ed envelopes, in order to defeat the
purpose of proposed legislation which
would make its letting impossible, a
joint committee representing a num-
Der of printers and publishers
throughout the country have filed a
vigorous protest with the postoffice
department against its action.
The contract does not take effect
until July l, 1911, and the protest calls
attention to the fact that the house
passed bill forbidding such a con-
tract, and declares the senate is ex-
pected to adopt similar measure at
its next session. To give the senate
ample time to act on the bill, the com
mittee requests that the contract be
held in abeyance until March 4, 1911
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
SECRETARY BALLINGEP
INJURED IN COLLISION

Cincinnati, Oct 14.-Richard A. Bal
linger, secretary of the interior, was
one of the eleven passengers, more
or less seriously injured in a wreck
of two passenger trains which met in
a head-on collision in the outskirts of
this city early last night Ballinger's
Injuries consisted of a severe shaking
up and slightly bruised left arm.
The two trains in the collision were
No 2 from St Louis and No. 19 for
Louisville. on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railroad. Both were
proceeding at a moderate rate of
speed, which governs the operation of
trains inside the city limits, and to
this fact is due the escape of the pas
sengers from possibly more serious
consequences.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
KETCHEL'S SLAYER
TAKEN IN CUSTODY
Hunger And Fatigue Drove Him tc
Seek Shelter at Farm House
Says it Was Self Defense.

Dipley has confessed to the murder
Dipley, who called himself Walter A
Hurtz, and admits the shooting Of
Stanley Ketchel, the pugilist, has beer
arrested. Hunger and fatigue from
hiding and fleeing over the rough
Ozark country since the shooting Sat
urday caused Dipley to seek food anG
shelter Saturday night He went tc
the home of Thomas Haggard, one
mile south of Niangua and seventeen
miles from the ranch of r. P. Dicker
son, near Conway, where the murder
took place. Dipley was made a pris
oner by Haggard and other farmers
Dipley has congessed to the murder
of Ketchel and declares that he shot
the fighter in fear of his own life. Dip
ley has been taken to the Webster
county Jail at Marshfeld, where he is
being closely guarded by deputy
sheriffs.
When Dipley was granted shelter
for the night at the Haggard farm
the owner Of the farm did not know of
the murder, but soon afterwards he
learned Of the killing of Ketchel. Hag.
gard maintained guard over his
guest until 4 o'clock Sunday morning.
He went then to the nearby home of
his brother, Joseph Haggard, and a
neighbor Seip Murphy, and told them
Dipley was at his house. A good de-
scription of Dipley was furnished at a
Springfield newspaper Office and upon
learning it Haggard declared that he
had the murderer at his home.
Dipley was taken unaware when the
three armed farmers entered his room
with shotguns in their hands. The
slayer was ordered to roll up his
sleeves and when tattoo marks, which
1t was known Dipley more, were dis
closed he broke down and confessed
to shooting Ketchel at the Dickerson
ranch. Self defense was his plea, but
officers place no credence in his state
ment, since Ketchel undisputedly was
shot in the back. Dipley offered to
accompany his captors anywhere, but
begged for protection.
The prisoner declared that when he
ordered Ketchel to throw up his hands
he meant no harm to the pugilist, but
that overcome by fear when the young
fighter refused to obey, he pressed the
trigger. He added that he knew that
Ketchel was armed with a revolver
and feared that the prize fighter would
kill him. He also alleged that Ketchel
made improper advances to Goldie
Smith, the farm cook, who is under
arrest as an accomplice.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21

lahoma delegation in congress, five
representatives and two senators. fol
measures looking to the closing OF
tribal affairs and granting all reason
able demands of the tribes; the Nc.
Murray contract system is at an end
with it the days of the big fees and
lurid promises of men who have more
interest in the dollars they can ac.
.cumulate from the Indian funds than
in the real welfare of the Indians them.
selves. The contract system is thor.
oughly discredited. and to Senator
Gore democrats and republicans alike.
at heart, give all the credit.
Gore ushered in the days of square
dealing with the Indian. No measure
hereafter will be railroaded through
congress that effects the welfare of
the Indians of Oklahoma, but the man
of honor who represents the district
VIII be given a better hearing and a
more earnest consideration, and wise
legislation will have easier sailing.
These facts are so patent that demo-
Gratis and republicans are agreed that
Carter is the safest and best man to
represent them. 1t is the dawn of
new era in Indian affairs and the In
dian Carter, against whom there are
charges and in whom there is no guile,
stands at the threshold of a great ca
reer where are recorded the deeds of
those who have been most instrument
al in raising a down-trodden race to
a high plane in the civilization of the
twentieth century.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
SAPULPA IS EXPERIENCING
HER MOST SEVERE DROUTF

Sapulpa, Okla, Oct 15.-Sapulpa is
experiencing a real drouth, due almost
entirely to the presence of eight state
officers who came to the city today.
The work of dismantling many boot
Logging joints was completed during
the day in all of which large amounts
of intoxicating liquors were confiscat-
ed. Raiding of joints is continuing to-
might.
Places thought to have been so well
fortified that an enemy could not
gain entrance fell before the officers
and a cleaning up greater than the
one of a few weeks ago has been
started. Nearly every one of the sixty
joints are closed tonight, the mot at
home" signs tackled on the front
doors of many places and in some
instances the proprietors have left the
city for brief visits.
Why prohibition is wrong" was
the subject of an address of c. A.
Windle, editor of the '1conocIast," of
Waco, Tex, last night. Three hun
dred persons stood on the street for
an hour listening to the address. Mr..
Windle, who is touring the state in
the interest of the re-submission
measure, is giftel talker and his
argument was logical and convincing.
Tonight conference was held at the
st. James hotel at which time many
adherents of the bill were present
and an organization affected to carry
on the campaign.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
.AVRID JOHNSON WILL
MAKE HIS PLEA LATER

The district court is still struggling
with the civil docket. Most of the
cases now coming before the court
are suits to quiet title.
This morning the case of Josephine
Mosley VS.. L. B. Campbell was heard
and this afternoon the case of D. H.
Hood vs.. Andy Rider is being heard.
These are both suits to quiet title and
are being tried before the court with
out jury
Avrid Johnson, who was arrested in
connection with the recent swindle
of the farmers of this county, was ar
raigned but will enter his plea later.
The grand jury is still at work.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
Political Pointed
Paragraphs

for change of administration anC
the people do not demand it. Pros
perity has decreased the effectiveness
of the distribution of socialist propa
ganda and the country is filled with {
satisfied people.
insurgents Expect Republicans Defeat
The refusal of Theodore Roosevelt
to visit Oklahoma at the invitation oi
Chairman Harris has contributed tC
the contempt in which insurgents OF
southwest Oklahoma hold Harris as a
political leader. There are many
Rough Riders in the new country and
many progressives in the party aside
from Rough Riders. Removing all
other considerations, if they fight, they
prefer to await the defeat of Harris
in the hope of the dawn of a better
day for the party
I'VE are in duce of fix as a party
in Oklahoma" said a republican.
Roosevelt has endorsed practically
everything in the Oklahoma constitu-
tion and gone on record against the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. The stand
pat machine in Oklahoma has gone
on record as opposed to practically
everything the democrats have accom-
plished and jubilantly endorsed the
tariff law. Could there be a wider
breach between the Taft followers and
the Roosevelt follower in Oklahoma?
Roosevelt wants Harris to lose and
every true disciple of Roosevelt in ok
lahoma wants Harris to lose. Roose-
welt would be in a fix if he should
come to Oklahoma and tell the re-
publicans to elect standpat congress-
men and then go into Indiana and ask
republicans to elect progressive sena-
tors He would look we'll as great
reformer coming to Oklahoma and en-
dorsing the republican platform, some
of the principles of which he has so
stoutly denounced in speeches in the
east and west. Roosevelt may be
charged with Inconsistency but he
could never be as inconsistent as
that"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
MIAMI HIGH DEFEATED
BY VIN|TA SATURDAY

In the first game of the season Sat
urday afternoon the Vinita high school
football team defeated the Miami high
school team by the score of Ii to 0.
The game was the irst for several
members of the Vinita team and under
the circumstances the showing made
is quite satisfactory. Smith at quar-
ter for Vinita was a star. Dameron
Scott and Britt of the new men played
good game.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
STORM DOES MUCH
DAMAGE IN HAVANA
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Havana, Oct. 1.-THE cyclone which
struck the island yesterday, is increas-
ing. 1t is believed it will be more
serious than the 1906 hurricane, which
cost many lives and millions of dam
age. The customs house warehouse
here is unroofed and flooded. The
town of Batabalona is under water. It
is rumored that many lives were lost
there and at Regla, many sailors and
longshoremen were drowned in the
harbor. Wire communication with the
interior is cut off.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
ketchePs Body to Michigan
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Springfield, Mo, Oct. 17-Convey.
ing the body of Stanley Ketchel back
to his home in Grand Rapids, R. H.
Dickerson left on the 1925 train this
afternoon. The inquest will be held
here tomorrow morning. Hurtz and
Goldie Smith are in Jail at Mansfield
Rumors of mob led the sheriff to
carefully guard the Jail
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
Completes Round Trip Flight.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Paris, France, Oct 17.-Henry Win
Imenel, an aviator, flew into Pahis at
noon today having completed the
round trip flight to Brussels, with pas
'senger in twenty-seven hours and
fifty minutes. Brussels is one hun
dred and seventy miles away. M.
Legagneax, who started with Win
menel to win the thirty-fve thousand
dollar prize left Brussels at els this
morning.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
No Report of Airship.
By Associated Press.

Siasconsett, Oct. 17-Marconi wire
less station has spoken to several
steamers this morning, but none had
seen or heard of the airship, America.
One reported a heavy storm and down
pour of rain last night, followed by
clear skies and a smooth sea. So far
as known Wellman is safe on his way.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
Julia Ward Howe Dead.
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCIATED Press.
Middleton, R. l., Oct. 17.-Julia Ward
Howe died at her summer home here
today. Three daughters and son-in-
law were at her bedside. Death was
due to heart failure, resulting from
advanced age. She was ninety-one
years old.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21

w. L. Norton, of Bartlesville, who
came into the public notice through
his connection with the recent failure
of the Columbia Bank e Trust com.
pany at Oklahoma City, was here to-
day on business.