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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-29

n Que8ttou.
Vera (eight years old)-What does
transatlantic mean, mother?
Mother-Across the Atlantic, Of
course; but you mustn't bother me.
vera--Does trans" always mean
across?
Mother suppose It does, Now. II
you don't stop bothering me with your
questions l shall send You right to
bed.
Vera latter few minutes silence)
Then does transparent mean cross
parent?-Ideas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-29

not sleep. 1t kept
growing larger and
by fall 1t was as
large as q hens egg.
] could not 60 to
bed without Q hot
water bottle applied
to that side. I Lad
one of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
that would have to
be operated on as It
was something Ike
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-29
~zV OF K0E14W OF -SG1SzWO

aOUSANDS of travellers
hopefully seek Venice year.
ly, their imaginations long
fed by the painters and po-
cts who have pictured the
beautiful city in hues and
terms which. though 1t may
be true to their own highly
cultivated senses. tend to
bring no little disappoint-
ment to the ordinary be-
holder. For Venice, but too
often. proves to the latter
not quite the fairy Venice
of his visioning, his chief dis
appointment being. perhaps.
its lack of those glowing
colors which he has been
led by books and picture
=
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

the lexington Herald Of date January
4. 1910, TO report the burning OF 500
worth Of tobacco belonging to Sam
Baker. Of Paint lick. Garrard county.
Mr.. Baker had loaded all OF his to-
baccO on wagons and was 70 have
brought the weed TO the Lexington
loose leaf market Tuesday morning for
sale The wagons had been left in the
barn for shelter, however, and both
wagons and tobacco are reported as
having burned
The indianapolis News Of January s,
1910. published an extended article under
the heading Night Riders Have Marked
MaysvilIe.' And, within the past week
I myself. saw farmers driving their to-
bacco 10 market IN Lexington, Mays
vile. and CovingJon-in sight Of the
home OF the President OF the United
rifles across their knees.
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

In December. 1895. in q circuit court
room- q lawyer announced that IL the
night riders did violate the law they
oUsht no. be punished and would not be
while he was city attorney. The next
night a tobacco factory was burned in
Trenton and others were burned else
where The following Monday riders
held up a train ard searched 90 for to-
bscCO men, At EIbtCu they dyuamited
n snuff factory Although abe circuit
court vas in session ana the grand jury
impsueIsd- no one was punished
Many acts 81 violence have been
committee which have no. been brought
Jp the notice OF Jhe general public A
raid was made on tie city OF Hopkins
Vile December o.. 1875. at a. IN. Sew
eraI hundred men invaded the city. Jan
Usry 2, leaS, a similar raid was made on
the city IT Russellvlile. the town was
seized, property was burned, people were
shot and wounded II BracEen county
there existed for weeks this state OF
terror, oppression ana intimidation
''Kentucky-s tobacco market has been
nearly destroyed and its industries GRIP
pied. 1T IS safer and better 10 buy else
where and large crops remain uusoId-
Growers who were promised large prices
FOR pooling their crops have seen buy
crs driven from the neId. We have lost
an our liberties and are helpless and the
price OF every acre OF good land in Ken
luekv has gone down Thousands have
eui--ated 20 other States where they
hope il is safer TO live. The very flower
of our working population wishes TO
leave the state as thousands have done
before The Judges and prosecuting at
toTueys who fail in critical moments
VIII have 10 answer for their neglect OF
duty sither before the people or in pro-
Ceedings provided by law"
The Executive used these plain and
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

sensational phrases We have lost or
liberties ana are heIpless---in January
two years ago. IN the following Ocso-
Der ne heaped up proof IN a ProcIama-
ton, saying:
The governor OF Kentucky hereby
offers a reward Of $500 for the appre-
hensiou and conviction Of any person
and each person Of a band Of some
fifty men, who banded together and
went az midnight 10 the little cabin
home OF David Walker. set fire 20 the
cabin. and when he threw open the
door. pleading FOR mercy. he was shot
TO death. falling screaming to the
ground Then his wife, trying 70 es-
cape from the burning cabin, fed 20
the door holding her baby TO her breast
and begged the Night Riders for mercy
But the brutal. cowardIy fends muir
dered the little baby IN its mothers
arms and she fell fatally wounded
with the dead baby cIssped in her
arms. Then little girl only Eve years
old was murdered while trying to Is
cape through the door. and three other
children were shot and seriously
wounded.
If two or three men had gone 70
this poor cabin and murdered the fam
liv the crime would have shocked hui
manity with its revelation Of incredible
vickedness, brutality. and dastaudIy
cOwardice Of the three men That
larger number. some fifty men. Joined
in such a crime muItiplies the cowardIi-
ness and wIckedness fftyfoId and
makes every member Of the band guilty
Of murder On the first degree OF the
nasest. WiCkedes1. and most CoWaTdly
and inhuman murder conceivable 20
mortal mind
From this official source. then. We
have record Of crime which begins
.u December. 1919. and continues
through January, 1903. The attempted
assault upon BENJAMIN LonsneCker oc-
,urred October Z7-2S, 1879. NOW comes
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
OUTLAW CLANSMEN.

MANIFESTLY, night riding is not
Af4 matter OF a single attack. is not
even a campaign, but IS a state Of war,
TO be continued long as the horsemen
can hold their forces together For
WHAT II we are TO answer that we
must look little into the tobacco bust
ness and into one Of the most interest
ing cooperative movements IN the his
tory Of republican government
The Oldest among US VIII remember
the Grange II was 10 be a union OF
American farmers for the purchase OF
supplies through CO-opera tive stores,
the sale Of farm produce through con
troll Of the market and the betternent
OF the farmers condition through the
welding Of the affiliated votes Of the
whole community Of American farmers.
II failed-and the reader Will add '-Of
course" or leave IL of. according 10 his
own judgment. IN ITS steps followed
the Farmers Mutual Benefit Alliance"
The objects were quite the same, al
though the political power Of the new
association was stressed rather than
the development OF commercial control
Y faHed-too- And in October. 1872.
one J. 4 Everett editor Of Cp-to-Date
Farming. Of indianapolis. founded
successor IN the form OF The Ameri-
can Society OF Equity The the 5ry IS
that Of Every class for itself - ID the
devil take the hindmost" Ire farmers.
for example would pool their cord IN
der a common control. agree upon a
price, and hold It until the market re-
sponded with purchasers at that price
II their purchases could be pooIed- as
well as their sales they would provide
an operative security for themselves
against every trust and gain dominion
over the commerce and the IawmakIng
OF the nation
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
Tobacco Held
Attention Of Promoters.

Tobacco, as an advantageous begin
ming, seems TO have held the attention
Of the promoters OF the Equity lead
ers from the first
The American Tobacco Company had
been Orgs nizsd January 81. 1880. and in
1895 had extended Itself by organizing
the Continental Tobacco Company. As
either corporation or both il is known
TO all users Of tobacco as the trust %
That il has somewhat more than a
monopoly in its field IS clear from this
that OF nne-Cut- twist and other non
plug chewing IObdCCOs. II manufactures
e.gnty packages out. OF every hundred,
and Of plug tObaCCOs II supplies ninety
eight chewers out OF every hundred
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
hurley SOCIETY
UNDER SUSPICION
Government Has Been Try
ing TO Couple 1t With
Night Riders.

portionate, Is made from Virginia and
foreiEu-grown leafs, mainly Turkish.
All its other wares are made from
dark and "BurIey'' leaf and these
varieties have been grown practically
nowhere else than IN the Ohio valley he
tween Ashland and Evansville
II the pooling principle were al all
feasible. therefore, here lay the ou1or-
tunity; the field was small. the growers
we're close together. the need in the
domination Of the market by a trust
was psIpabIe-s
Organizers were sent into the dark"
tobacco districts. OF black pztcn. OF
Kentucky within a year OF 1Ir. Ever
ett's election as president OF the
Equity Within five years-thst Is e.,
say. IN I905-they asserted that th-ough
the Dark Tobacco Planters Proteotive
Association" they controlled practically
all CT the 5000 hOEsheads grown In
1905. on $500 hOzsheads, they had Oh
tanned a price Of IL cents a pound. I-7
1895 an advance was made 70 81 cents
In 1907 Il went TO II cents. Ana since
that tire II has been held At about g.
cents
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
Budey Crop
Is More Important.

TSe hurley crop is more tmQortar-
The Weld ~ 1901 was I75,77s,010 pound
or about 1900 hogsheads. which wa
three times the aggregate Of the 6e---
tobacco grown in 1908 there was u-4
tiCaIIy no crop This year Just pa
produced $500 hoEsheads. and the c-a-
which VIII be in the ground within TO-.
months, is expected TO exceed $500
hcEsheads. which would multiply lr
five the growth OF the darker IeaE
BUrIey Is light leaf. OF a favor am
texture far superior 10 any other toba.-
&C grown for chewing With the tasf-
% the user what # IS and the trade or
gsuized as II is, BUrley IS PRACTICAL
indispensable 70 the manufacture Of
chewing tobacco.
Pooling the crop OF dzg tobacco had
required the enlistment, voluntarily o.
by draft OF so.0o0 raisers. The uucleu~
OF Equity organizers had grown into
a thousand, then into five thousand with
out great difficulty. When the remain
ing 500 hesitsted. the riders first made
their nocturnal appearances In FIVE
years OF sweeping over the Patch. OF
holding r1eetlrs-s. OF political orEaniz-
ing Of caIiing.lone men TO their doors At
midnight. of burning crops. OF anon -
nous warnings, or numbering men I'D
women as Governor Wilson has de-
scribed. the $500 were persuaded an
the pool completed
The Equity Society builded the
larger pool on tile smaller :. Campbell
Cantrfl, Stete president Of the EQUITY.
Continued on Seventh Pzss)
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
Keep Watch
Until Break of DsY.

Through the long hours that followed
until the blue sky become gray and the
stiffness Of the night was pierced by the
farm sounds Of the dawn they watched
those five II had not seemed strange
20 any OF them that q man as Old as
Benjamin TsonEnecker had been fighting
Youths ard men Of middle age IL had
occasioned no comment amongst them
that two men and three women had
been pitted azainst 3o1 II had come to
Mrs. IsoBEneCkcr as only her part that
she should have run from hired man TO
father-In-IaW, loading rifles as fast as
the men could take aim and FIRE But
the watch until daybreak was hard
They went out upon the lawn with
caution Here was a hat they knew
its owner There was piece Of a
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

LoduCLS I ULU
Faces To the Moon.

The line turned toward the Long
nec}yer home This was bigger lob.
The talking stopped, except among the
leaders one of them looked at his
watch, turning the face toward the
moon ''One uh'cIock," he said to the
others
George Is away, Is heg''
-'Uh huh The answer came from
several
Riding ever 50 cautiously. opening
gates ever so quietly, the cIatter OF the
eavaIcade reached the Longueckers be-
fore the riders turned into The lawn
from the side Georges intellectual
Young wife threw on a gingham work
dress and roIsed his two sisters 4
hand nance Fielder came in from the
hack Of the house Old Mr.. Long
neckeT Ieaped from his bed and caught
Up his clothes. The young wife and
the hand ran down the stairs in the
dark and go- down the guns.
Through Ioopholes in the shutters the
three women and two men could see the
line deploy. across the lawn How many
there were! Two hundred whispered
Georges wife to her sister-in-Iaw. They
saw three of the men come forward.
They saw these mer dismount- Then,
step. step. step: they heard the men
come 10 the front door
Come on out, Ben Longnecker,"
There vas no mlstaking the determina-
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

Continued on Seventh Pase)
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
HAND OF HORROR
OVER KENTUCKY
Acts of Violence by Night
Riders in Tobacco War
Continue.
Continued from First Pags)

school which thinks the law a collection
Of principles and not a calendar or pre-
cedents- The daughter had the fathers
fine mind. Furnished by contact with
ms. sostered in excellent schools. and
reflected in a social grace which Judge
Owe. in what might be regarded as
somewhat too marked an Independence
OF manner. had not thought t needfUI
TO cultivate. Miss Dye was not one OF
the beauties Of the Indiana capital But
there are women in Indianapolis. Gin
cinnats and Louisville who have known
her from her girIhOod ready TO testify
that the beauties Of all three cities
would have been glad to exchange their
comeIfness for her charm and intellect
BridegrOom's Family
Is Ancient and Aristocratic.
The husband was George I.onguecker,
- the son Of Benjamin LOngnecker, presi-
cent Of the First National Bank Of
NaysvilIe. and inheritor OF Kentucky
pIide through many generations. Groom
and family-in-Iaw lacked the superior
mental training Of the bride But they
usIe arfstOCrats. nevertheless gentry Of
q countryside where plenty. ease. ardent
sentiment and feminine ioveliuess were
traditional
Some tventy-odd miles from Mays
vile and the Ohio river stands the
house. Across little bridges. in settings
Of blue grass. are the homes OF a hun
bred neighbors- Two miles away IS the
more modest tenant house Of August
Naler, and on a triangle OF winding
roadway is that Of George Fritz. Tire
little white houses Of these two and the
sturdy pillars Of the Longnecker resi-
dence, the gray roads losing themselves
behind the mounded green and brown,
the swayinE trees lifting their yellow
and1scarlet against the cool sky-in Oc-
1uber last this was landscape 10 re-
vive Washington Irving and inspire a
new sleepy Hollow
Had YOU and I been driving home
from a neighbours in this country on
The night. OF the third Tuesday Of that
month We could have discerned q long
procession OF shadows. now losing itself
f. the black Of the trees, now Passing
Silently through the clear moonlight.
We would soon have made them out to
be men ahorse1ack- riders Of the night,
and we would lave wondered what bust
ness could require them 10 hide their
flCes behind masks Of white. Their
talk was I2U- with an occasional laugh
- oath sounding with strange distinct
ress into ihe crisp night air
The leaders knew the way. Now they
catered over a bridge, now they turned
iH at gate, now they came into the
opening before the tenant house where
T-es August EsIer
Come out. Gus
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

ton in that voice as il echoed through
pitch black rooms OF the house We're
goin' L give YOU tn worst damn Iiczin-
any man ever got In.OIason county.
Crack
It was the answer-from Fielder And
one Of the horsemen out on the lawn
tumbled forward on his horses neck.
Yell 'FiTe!"
Then Break For Side of House.
Fire. yelled one Of the men on the
porch as they turned and broke for the
side OF the house The wait was long
enough 10 allow them TO escape Then
came a crash. lighted by an irregular
line OF red and white, a ripping IN the
wooden sides Of the house that seemed
to continue long after the firing had
ceased
Crack: Crack, There were CORE
spending tets Of fame from the two
windows Then again crack! crack,
Then, faster than any men could load
and shoot, II seemed, crack, crack,
crack.
Another rider fell forward The
horses began 10 rear and plunge Crack
crack Some in the last line backed
against Il wire trocha the old man and
his son had erected. Two Of the riders
came out beside one Of the band who
lay on his mounts neck, mOtionless.
and yanked his horse about TO the rear
Crack, crack More men were down at
the barbed wire barricade-
Crack. crack. crack still flashed the
two holes in the shutters 4 horse ran
away Crack A rider, then two, then
dozen followed Crack. cracllt
In a moment there was rout The
beat OF horses hoofs sent up the dust
In q cloud The firing from the house
ceased Fainter and fainter the clatteT
sounded down the road Then Sleepy
Hollow became itself again.
The Washington times., 1910-01-16

! coat caught on one Of the wire barbs
Against the fence stood n riderIesz
horse IL would be easy 10 learn whose
II was
A pistol. all cold and Net. was picked
UP from the grass Fielder and Mrs.
LonEnecker knew how Il got there the
hand" had aimed at the barrel. his
FIRE had sent its holder down from bis
horse, and now they could see how the
bullet had struck the rim OF the muzzIe.
cut the cartridge chamber. split the
wooden handle, and ricochetted to the
riders breast
one Of the daughters came forward
with piece Of paper found near the
trocha- The writing on i, was pains
>akingly disguised But IL vas easy
C. read.
This VAR WILL never he finished
NecKer \ ~
And the next day there were whispers
Of three mysterious buriaIs in tho
neighborHood Of Mays Les and ar-aar
men lay hidden in darkened bedrooms
from every one save the doctor vim
came 10 dress their wounds.
Governors Message
Answers Several Questions
What does such a raid mean Is
ne" era OF the ku kIux come to razs in
NentuciIy2 what do these nfzrt riders
demand as 10 the pooling" Of tobacro7
was TINS attack upon tha households Of
August kaler, George Fritz. and George
LonEnecker single response by a latter
Gay vigilance committee or one Of a
hundred such Incidents
The governor OF The state answered
several Of these questions N r7essapsz
10 the general assembly Of the state
communicated January s. IetS Said he.
The Washington times., 1910-01-16
Sound Comes
/ rom KaleT'S House.

The tone was that OF the master 10
one expected TO obey. a sound came
from the house The door opened In
the shadow stood a man. tan and erect.
a ride tn his lands
You go 10 Alfred Peed. understand.
and sign the pledge we got to pool
your Jbaccah crop not Iater-n tomorruh.
r you don't. listen tine, vi never
raise another crop
haicr let the butt Of his rife strike
the porch floor na~d- He hesitaJed only
q minute bat 1t was long enough TO
START a muttcriIs among the horse
men Then ne said Simply
AL right, boys"
Tie line OF shadows wound like 4
SNAKE 20 the Eritz home. Kritz. too.
came out
''Lissen, George Kritz, You pool your
tOaccsh OF We give yuh a Ucken'. Do
) understand that2''
The farmer looked about him help
Iessly and said he understood
Evening journal., 1910-10-17
RAILROAD VETERANS
AT ANNUAL DINNER

The Veteran Employees Association
of the Delaware Division Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad held its annual din
ner in the Clayton House on Saturday
afternoon with an attendance of lO5.
The following officers were elected
prior 20 the dinner:
President, e. b. John, superinten-
dent of the Delaware division: John
p. Book, trainmaster; secretary, W.
G.. Simmons; treasurer. II. ;. Smith.
The affair was informal. Among
those present other than the officers
named were A. ]. Whitney. superin-
tendent OF the Maryland division; J.
r. Donovan, division operator; n.
Hickey, yardmaster at Delmar; r. r.
sipple, assistant trainmaster. Clayton;
f. ID. White, assistant trainmaster,
Harrington; r. w. Harrison. motive
power foreman. Delmar; w. 5. Davis
trainmaster's representative, George
town; J. ID. Kaiser, motive power fore
man, Georgetown; =. II. Taylor, agent,
Hartly; j. 4. Taylor agent, Snow
Hin: state Senator A. B. Conner,
agent, FELTON,; J. p. Cough. agent,
Bear; ]. B. Mahoney, agent, Kirk
wood; ex-Lieutenant Governor l. t.
Parker, and John Mahoney. retired
supervisor Of the Delaware division.
Evening journal., 1910-10-17
HIGHLAND A. c. GOES
AFTER "NOISY BILL"

Highland A. c. defeated Silverbrooi
Saturday afternoon by the score Of
8 TO 0. lt was the first time Silver
brook has been scored on in two years
on It's own grounds. Highland would
like 10 hear from Manager Tinsmsn,
of Richardson Park, for a game az the
Tower on next Saturday. II NOISY
Bill" really wants a game this Is his
chance. Address challenges TO David
A. Logan, manager, No. 23os West
Eighteenth street.
Evening journal., 1910-10-17
LOVING CUP FOR
LOCAL YACHTMEN

Boats owned by Wilmingtonians hg-
ured prominently in the regatta at
Chester on Saturday afternoon. Al
the close OF the races the Whining
ton Yacht Club was given loving cup
by the Chester regatta committee. The
Gun was presented by Albert Z.
Granger, chairman Of the commit
lee, and was accepted by Z. r. Pusey
commodore of the local club. The
cup was given in recognition OF the
services OF the Wilmington Yacht
Club making the regatta a success
and Is suitably inscribed.
Two local boats we're outclassed IN
the races. Owing to the wind, the
race between sailing dories had TO
be called off. The entrants for this
race included Z. e. DUPONT, Egbert
Moxham, z. r. Moore, Jr., A. FelH
DUPONT and Paul DUPONT, OF TINS
city.
Evening journal., 1910-10-17
FAST GAME
AHEAD FOR ORANGE

Orange will have another hard game
next Saturday afternoon at the Union
street grounds when they play the
Wayerly Athletic Club OF Philadel-
pbia. This is Wayerly's FIRST year ia
professional football and many of
their players have lined up against
the locals before. The team Is practi-
cally the same as the West Philadel-
phia Y. NJ. G. A. and is a successor to
that eleven. The Philadelphians have
defeated the Chester Y NJ. c. A. and
the Haddondeld teams this season and
Orange will have to play o fast and
heady game TO hold these former col
legians to a close score
Evening journal., 1910-10-17

sHERIFF's sALE--BY VIRTUE OF a
writ OF Ievarl Facias % me directed, will
bs c<rosqa - t,s n = A
House on Market Street between lent,h
ard Eleventh Streets, IN the Vit{, ~ VI
minEton New Castle County, DELAWARE
on SATURDAY.
THE 18TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1910,
az 10 o clock, g.. m.
the following described real estate vif'
All that certain 10, or piece Of isna, and
situate in Bra9dywine hn1oree. D.,.s,s nsS
known as lots Nos. 50. 90, 81. 90, 90, O.
65, &C. 67, 6e, 90, T3. 50, 81, 81. 90. in
Block No g. on plot Of land OF the SAID
recording Of deeds. etc, is and for New
Castle county, aforesaid, Va DEED record
G.. Vol. Is. Page COL. etc, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, 20 wit; -.
intersection Of the northerly side Of West
street. extended, with the easterly side OF
Thirty.fourth street; thence esstery pg
said side Of west street two hundred tet test
of rhirty.hfth street: thence northerly
bv said side Of Thirty-hfth street, thirty
feet thence westerly parallel with West
thence northeriy parallel with Thirty-fourth
street one hundred and hfty feet
thence essterly and parallel with West
street one hundred feet 10 o point IN w
said westerly side Of Thirty NTH street
thence thereby northerly one hundred
feet. thence easterly parallel with West
street extended, two hundred feet 20 .
point in the said easterly side Of Thirty
fourth street: and thence thereby south
erlv two hundred and eighty feet 70 -ths
place Of beginning, be the conteWi
thereof what they may.
Seized and taken In execution as hs
property Of Wawaset Land Company,
corporation Of the State Of Delaware, ano
Edmund P Moody, receiver Of said Wa
waset Land Company, corporation o. efore
/ said and to be sold by
CHARLES II. .LIPPINcoTT. Sheriff.
sberiR's Ohdce, Wilmington. Del, October
/ o. 1910. oll'lo'lf'zO'1@'-'
Evening journal., 1910-10-17
FOURTH STREET
CAR A RUNAWAY

Crowded almost TO it's capacity. a
car on the West Fourth street line Of
the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company ran away late Sat
urday night on the hill from Wash
ington 70 Monroe streets when tie
brakes could not hold, owing to wet
rails following a slight shower.
At Monroe street the car struck an
open switch, bounded across the
tracks and turned half way Into Mon
roe street before it stopped.
Passengers were jostled but none
were seriously injured.