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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
STAYED PANIC,
GARY ASSERTS
Why Steel Corporation Bought
Tennessee Coal and Iron.
FAV0RS FEDERAL CONTROL
Challenges Statements Of John w.
Gates-Government Control of Cor
Porations Must Come, and the
Sherman Law Is Archaic.

Washington.-Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the United States Steel cor
! poration directorate, told the Stanley
! Steel Trust Investigating committee
! that his corporation stood behind j
! Plerpont Mrgan in averting a disas
trous financial upheayal in 1907.
lie insisted, challenging the state
ments of John w. Gates before the
committee, that the purchase by the
Steel corporation of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company at that time
was made at price more than il was
worth for the express purpose of pre-
venting the crash of the New York
banking firm OF Moore e. Schley.
The United States Steel corpora
uon, according to Judge Gary, after
repeated urgings and paid 100 for a
stock which they did not consider at
the time to be worth more than 65.
The difference of 95 points represent
ed what the United States Steel cor
poration felt was it's duty to pay TO
avert the threatening panic In all it
turned about $30000,000 over TO the
firm OF Moore g. Schley and enabled
them to weather the storm.
Gary related a dramatic story OF the
momentous events which preceded
the absorption OF the Tennessee con.
Germ. He described in detail how he
and Henry c. Frick, at the instance
or Morgan, had revealed the plan OF
buying the company at a price great
er than its value, TO President Roose-
velt and Mr.. Root, then Secretary of
State. He told how he had conclud-
cd, after their interview with Mr.
Roosevelt, that any Government
prosecution of their act would have
been an outrage"
Gary made many surprising state
ments during his eight hours exami-
nation, but none more startling than
his declaration that Government con-
troll and publicity of corporations in
this country must come. He said
that, through the American Iron and
Steel institute, the heads of the steel
industry were trying to steer a course
between the Sherman Antitrust law,
which he characterized as archaic"
on, the one hand, and the old-time
methods of destructive competition
on the other, in order to operate for
the public welfare
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
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CALLING THE COWS.

Two Wisconsin boys are credited
with putting the phonograph TO new
use. says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The instrument the boys utilize has
been so manipulated and strengthened
that it will call the COWS home at
night. Attached to the pasture fence,
1t remarks at regular intervals,
Come, Bos!" and the bovine grazers,
even at the uttermost limits of the
field. are said to heed the mechanical
order and methodically obey It, In
the meantime the clever boys are re-
lieved of a long walk and much stub
born driving. Naturally, it will at
once be assumed that this useful in
strument can be utilized in other prac-
tical ways. 1t might even prove a
boon for that unhappy Arkansas farm
er who, having lost his voice. called
his hogs by beating on a tree trunk
with a stick-and was dreadfully an
noyed by the initiative woodpeckers.
OF course, we can't help regarding the
new caller as an arrant enemy TO ro-
nance and sentiment Calling home
the cows, "out of the clover and blue
eyed grass" has seemed one of the
most agreeable and poetical of bu-
collie chores. and the spectacle of the
typical hired man, sitting on the fence
beside phonograhpic announcer and
letting the patient instrument do all
the work, is a sad and even deplorable
pne.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

Out of doors, fresh daytime air is
not for the poor worker of towns or
cities. Only the rich, the leisurely, the
Idle or the agricultural can enjoy this
natural precious boon of freedom. Yes,
the work of town and city is carried
On indoors. Most people, though, what
. ever their occupation. could with little
trouble manage almost to sleep in out
of doors fresh air. Almost any room
with an outside window can be kept
, full of fresh air most seasons of the
year. Food is expensive; afr is free.
If man had to work for fresh air as he
- does for food, he would value it. Clean
fresh air is hardly attainable at any
price TO the lodger, the tenement
dweller and factory worker.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

Walnut trees are becoming scarcer
from year TO year in eastern Pennsyl
vania, owing TO the high prices they
command. Exporters make system
attic tours through the rural regions.
buying up all the walnut trees that
can be had They pay $50 to $100
tree, or even more II tie specimen
Is particularly attractive. A big wal
nut tree on the Hutchinson estate in
Cheltenham, has just been cut down
and the timber will be shipped abroad.
A Wilmington exporter of walnut logs
bought this and other trees in the vi,
Nnity These logs, IL is said, are to
be manufactured into gun stocks in
France. Formerly walnut timber was
in demand in Europe, principally for
use in making veneer for furniture.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
RECORD COTTON CROP.
Government Experts Expect Yield Of
100000 Bales.

Present indications point TO this
years cotton crop as the largest the
country ever has produced, according
to Government experts. Based on the
statistics of condition as given out
by the crop reporting board of the
Agricultural department, and on the
averages for the previous ten years.
the crop will be greater by about q
100000 bales than the average, and
larger by nearly 100000 bales than
the biggest crop the country ever
raised, that of 1904. There should be
harvested this year more than $4,000.
600 bales.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
HARRIET TUBMAN PENNILESS.
Famous Negress Taken 70 Home She
Founded.

Auburn, n. Y.-Harriet Tubman. the
famous old negrcss who ran away out
OF slavery before the civil war and
became the most noted conductor of
the underground railroad" plotting
over 800 slaves TO freedom, has been
taken to the Harriet Tubman home
in this city i'll and penniless. She
gave her all to establish the home for
aged colored men and women of which
she is now an inmate.
She is, as nearly as can be figured
between 50 and 100 years old. The
trustees OF the home are asking for
funds to pay for nurse to care for
her during her few remaining years.
of life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
AFTER BUTTER AND EGG TRUST
Judge Appoints Referee 70 Take svl-
dence as to Control of Prices.

Chicago prosecution Of
the Governments suit to enjoin the
Chicago butter and egg board from
controlling prices of butter and eggs
is expected TO follow the recent de
cisions CT the United States Supreme
Court in the Oil and Tobacco Trust
cases The first step in this direction
was taken when Judge Kohlsaat, in
the United States Circuit Court, on
motion of Federal District Attorney
Sims, referred the case TO Charles b.
Morrison, who will take evidence.
II is charged that the Quotations
committee of the board hold daily ses-
sions. approximate the quantity Of
eggs and butter on hand. and arrange
the market price accordingly. To the
material benefit of themselves.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A California judge has just decided
with some warmth that poker is not
The great American game. but devo.
ices of the sport may take comfort
N the thought that the decision was
merely an obiter dictum.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

In France eleven passengers we're
carried two miles in an aeroplane. If
the conquest of the air is not gained
this half of the century it will not be
for lack of effort, courage and per.
severance. Still, for general use, rail.
roads and steamships need have no
fear of being crowded out of business.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A lawyer in Chicago has been fined
s75 for shifting an umpire. 1t surprises
as to learn that an umpire is entitled
to the protection of the laws of this
fair land.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
coNFEssEs TO LABOR MURDER
Business Agent Of Chicago stesmft.
ters Admits Killing Of Gentleman.

Chicago.-Maurice Enright, busi-
ness agent OF the Steamftters and
Helpers union, and long considered
the head OF the band which has been
terrorizing the city for several months.
signed written statement before
Police Inspector Hunt and Capt. Hal.
pin' eonfessing to the murder of VII.
liam Gentleman in o'Malley's saloon
May 70.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
Strike In Mammoth Cave.

Glasgow, Ky.-The regular daily
quota of sightseers at Mammoth Cave
we're turned away as the twenty-five
men who acted as guides there for
years struck because they did not like
the new manager.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
100 KILLED IN MEXICAN TOWN
Mob Of So.Called Maderlsts Almost
Detroy Cholula.

Mexico City.-License rather than
liberty seems TO be growing out of
the victory of the Maderists On
every hand is evidence of disorgani-
zation and lack of respect for the au-
thorities and the law, while each day
is seeing aggravation OF the rapine
and brigandage which are sweeping
the interior.
1t is believed that at least 100 per.
sons have been killed.
Cholula has practically been razed
by a drunken horde calling them
selves Maderistas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
TAFT DISPUTES GARY.
Sherman Law Not Antiquated, but
Just Being Made Useful.

Washington.-President Taft was
asked by some callers whether he
thought the Sherman antitrust law
was antiquated, as suggested by Judge
Gary in his testimony in the Steel
Trust inquiry.
NO" replied Mr.. Taft, they are
just beginning to make it useful"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
SECOND LoRIMER PROBE.

Senators Decide Committee en- Elec-
tlons Should Conduct Inquiry.
Washington.-A second investiga-
ton into the election of William Lori.
mer OF Illinois TO the United States
Senate was ordered by the Senate.
Every senator in the chamber voted
In favor of opening the case.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A New York shoestring peddler was
arrested the other day for entering
a bank and demanding $1,O00.OOO.
ASK and We shall receive" appears
to have miscarried in this case.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

The age of miracles is not past. A
foreign count in Chicago. who is look.
ing for an American bride, stipulates
she must be a poor girl, as he does
not believe it is right to marry for
money.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A certain rich man has willed $685..
900 worth of cigars to Columbia uni.
versity. Don't be hasty in offering
criticism. He might have left ciga.
rettes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A nine-year-old Philadelphia girl is
said to have compelled nine-year-old
boy to elope with her. And yet they
say that Philadelphia is a slow town.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
OHIO LOSES BRIBERY CASE.
Representative O. 3. Nys Acquitted
on Charge Of Soliciting $500.

Columbus.-Thes state lost the first
OF the legislative bribery cases when
Representative George b. Nye OF Pike
county, was acquitted by jury OF So
licitins a $500 bribe from State Super
visor OF Public Printing y. A. Craw.
ford April Is. The jury was in ses-
sion only one hour and a half DR..
Nys faces three other indictmenta
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
Eewsr Failures In May.

New York.-Failures in May total.
ing 1,0o6 with liabilities OF s13,46e, ,7ss,
according to the statistics compiled
by r. q. Dun & Co.. we're an improve
nsnt over figures Of recent months.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

II has been proved that the income
of the average New York lawyer is no
greater than that of policeman or
a tradesmans clerk. But think of the
glory!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09

A war on rats h9s been declared
by the health department. but the
dear girls need not worry. The in.
animate rats which hold forth in the
damsels' tresses are safe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-09
GALE SWEEPS CLEVELAND.
Seven Lives Lost and a Score OF Per.
sons Injured.

Cleveland.-Seven dead and a score
injured was the toll OF a terrific wind
and rain storm which swept over
Cleveland and vicinity, wrecking
buildings. overturning boats in Lake
Erie. tearing up trees and poles and
smashing windows and signs.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

Mrs. John A. Logan has writer
a scathing arraignment of women,
the gist of which is given below.
While, we are glad to say. this
does not apply as much to the
southern as to the northern won.
Ell. at the same time in society
circles even here much of what
Mrs. Logan says is true:
I "Our women are bscoming care.
less, mentally supine, and morally
slip shod."
mo woman has right to drink
cocktails and play cards for mon
ey."
"Women. TO help the nation,
must not encourage vice, but fight
it."
There is something wrong with
the American woman of this gem
Grafton, and the fault is growing. !"
Family life is failing. and ii is
the women's fault"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
public Opinion S
MIR. Spencer Replies.

Jas. K. Highlander and Other
Good Friends of tDist. 8:
In reply to the call made upon
me to become candidate for State
Senator, l say, without any inten-
ton of being fulsome, / consider
such an expression of confidence
and esteem the highest honor and
greatest compliment | have ever
received from your hands. The
good people of Claiborne have nev-
er tailed to support and endorse
every call | have made upon them,
and it would be recreant and un-
appreciative on my part to refuse
any call made by them upon me.
| will be frank and candid with
you. My personal affairs demand
and require my time and attention,
as, like the most of you, ] am
forced to close and constant atten-
ton to my work to gain support
for those dependent upon me, and
to meet my obligations. If your
call voices the sentiments of other
districts, / am at your services,
but am not able to canvass the
county, My life has been, so far,
spent among you. To you it has
been as an "open book" read of
aHmen, ! never practice evasion
nor duplicity. Such as ! am you
know me. 1t | can serve you in
the State Senate, / am at your
command. | will concisely state
my interpretion of the functions
and duties of such a position. 1t
is representative. That is, to
conserve and protect the interest
and welfare and to work for and
carry out the expressed wishes of
the constituency who sends him.
In other words, one REPRESENTS a
people, not himself, and yet like
sentinel on guard uses all individ-
ual intelligence and watchfulness
to accomplish the greatest good to
the greatest number.
Again thanking you most hearth
ly for your high compliment, am,
as ever,
Your obedient servant,
]. G. SPENCER.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
Destroyed by Fire.

A few nights ago the home of DR..
D. S, Humphreys, a former Port
Gihsonian and son of the late Gov.
Humphreys, but who now resides
at Greenwood. was destroyed by
FIRE, together with all of the house
hold effects. Among the latter
we're large collection of family
relics. Ralph, the eldest son Of
DR.. Humphreys, broke his collar
bone escaping from a second-story
window.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
Gigantic Chicken Farm.

We are informed that District
Attorney Mcneil is interested in
promoting the location of probably
the largest chicken farm In the
United States at this place. The
magnitude of the farm may be In
ferred from the fact that the COM
pany backing the project contem
plates stocking 1t with 10000 bens,
naving in view the supplying OF
numerous hotels with eggs at a
uniform price throughout The year.
A lady living near here, noted for
the pronounced success she has
made of poultry raising for COM
mercial purposes, has been ap-
preached with view to securing
her services as manager of the en-.
terprise.-Crystal Springs Meteor.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
Whitney Buys Hotel.

Capt. P. K. Whitney. for many
years editor of the Gazette. has
purchased the. Crescent Hotel in
Jackson and is now. a full-fedged
hotel man.
The Crescent is located on Capi.
tol street about two blocks east Of
the union station, and under Mr..
Whitney's management will soon
become one of the most popular
hostelries in the capital city.-Ray-
mond Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
Rocky springs. March s. '1I.
!. G. SPENCER.

Rocky Springs. March 6. II.
To the Voters Of District No. 8:
Yielding to solicitations of voters
in different parts of the district, I
enter the race as a candidate for
the office of Supervisor. The Of
fee is the most important one in.
the County, and none but the very
abfest, safest and best in every way
should he elected. Having served
as Supervisor. you know my rec
ord and fitness. / ask your votes
and promise, If honored with your
suffrage, to give you the best SER
vice In my power If I am elected to
serve the district, and to advance
her interests. shall be invulner-
able to the attacks of foes and
worthy the most unsel6sh and
trusted friends who rally to my
support in the discharge of my du-
ties. There are matters of grave
importance which are always pre-
senting themselves for determine.
ton before the Board OF Supervis-
ors, In the handling of which a
thorough knowledge and expert
ence as to the affairs of the district
and county are necessary. ! feel,
because of my experience as .
member of the Board in the past. ]
am in a position to be OF special
and definite value In the welfare OF
the county. It Is my highest am
bition to be OF a definite value and
benefit to my district and my fel-
low citizens. and have sought to
measure up to that ambition by a
faithful and jealous discharge Of
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

the important duties devolving up
on me as a member of the Board of
Supervisors In the past. If elect
ed, shall continue to serve with
the same zeal and fidelity as in the
past, with added qualifications of
experience for the future. My ev-
cry effort will be to protect the in-
terests of the district aud county at
large. I will meet every issue that
may come before the Board In a
plain. frank and fearless manner.
l will always represent the major.
ity of the people in everything that
may present itself before the Board,
and / wiM not support nor vote for
any measure that will be oppres-
sive or detrimental to the district
or county. My motto will be,
Economy all along the line I"
l thank you for your confidence
in the past, and hope in the ap-
preaching election to still further
win your confidence and apprecia-
ton and merit your esteem and re-
gard. I ask you to consider my
record as Supervisor in the past
in determining who to vote for.
promise you an efficiency which
will make for the good of our peo-
pie should l be found worthy of
your choice.
Yours respectfully,
]. E. REGAIN.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
"Women are RESPONSIBLE for haIf

Women are responsible for half
of our business failures"
"The modern woman Is pursuing
Fashion to the very brink of ruin
and beyond" I"
81 sometimes blush with shame
when see how women garb them
selves
'The modish dresses of to-day
are an outrage upon the modesty
of womankind.
"How many women will this year
sell their souls for hobble skirts 9''
"The woman of to-day does very
little in return for what her hus-
band does for her."
Home is a place to 60 to when
one is too sleepy to remain awake
in public places"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

The recent freeze did not kill all
of the fruit, as was at first thought,
There are number of peach trees
which have bloomed since the
freeze. Japan plums also escaped,
but it is doubtful whether there
will be any "feld plums. ;" Fig
trees seem to be killed to the
ground. Early gardens were
killed.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

In the matter of application OF
I. w. Clark in reference to guard
at the convict farm, it is ordered
that I. B. McMurchy, w. L. Tay-
lor and /. M. Nelson be appointed
to investigate the matter of differ
ence and adjust same II possible.>
Ordered that the bond of E. N.
Mathews, made by the American
Surety Company in the sum of
$1,000, be approved and filed.
Ordered by the Board of Super
visors of Claiborne County, that
the proposition made by Chamber
lain-H Hunt Academy and published
in the Port Gibson Reveille, be &C.
cepted for one year; this PROPOSE
ton being the one with reference
to giving the boys Of Claiborne
county the privilege of taking the
agricultural course.
Ordered that the board do now
adjourn until the next regular
meeting.
]. b. McMURCHY, Pres.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
A Bad duesser

It's the same everywhere; cant guess
little enough.
Mr. c o Brown. Columbia, S c, em-
ployed an experienced painter to paint his
house. The painter on seeing the quantity
sent to the house-Devoe--said there WASH t
enough. There were ten gallons left, when
the job was done.
It's the common experience.
ST CLAIBORNE HARDWARE co.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
c.-tt. A. Agricultural Department

The new feature, an agricultural
department, which CHI. Academy
has determined to establish, with
free tuition to county boys. is a
great thing for Claiborne county.
Boys residing in radius of eight
miles of Port Gibson would not
have to board, while those less
fortunate could get board at reas-
enable figures.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
Che farm
Champion Corn Grower.

The Commercial Appeal of Feb.
10TH contained a picture of Kennie
Divine. OF Sharon, Miss, who
made 2I7 bushels of corn on one
acre, at a cost of less than 20 cents
per bushel. He is one of three
hoys of Mississippi who grew more
than goo bushels to the acre.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
A Dry Season.

We are far behind normal rain
fall for the first two months of the
year, and the prospects are good
for a wet spring. On Jan. Ist
there was a fall of 2.27 inches, but
only 40 of an inch during the re-
mainder of the month. During the
entire month of February only I.49
inches fell, and March, thus far,
has been proportionately dry.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

Thus there were in this country
in 1S4o approximately ~ hogs to
I person; in 1850 I b hogs to l per-
son; in 1860 the hogs and the peo-
pie came near together in numbers.
But about then the hog uttered
despairing squeal and there gave up
ther ace. In 1870 and 1880 there
were ~ persons to hog; in 1890,
I Is persons to I hog, and In 1900
and 1910 there were about twice as
many people as hogs.-Arkansas
Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

Chamberlain's S Stomach and Liver Tab
let's are safe, sure and reliable. and have
been praised by thousands of women who
have been restored to health through their
gentle and curative properties. Soldsby all
dealers
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

This table. taken from the Sta
tIstical Abstract of the United
States, shows how the country Is
continually producing more people