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XXI HARTFORD OHIO COUNTYtKy FRIDAY JANUARY 22 1909 No27

SATURDAY A fiRfAT DAY fOR

FRIENDS OF EQUITY IN OHIO COUNTY

Large and Enthusiastic Au

dience Hears raytons

Masterly SpeachiD Which He De-

lineates the Benefits of

Organization

Last Saturday Was a great day forthe AmerIcan Sociyof Equity undIts trimds In Oleo county For toretime CO Drayton the Na donai Pressidont had bEen ndvcmtised iospMk inHartford ttJo opened lalnyind cloudy ananinny farmers Werekept auy on aceouirt of ibedicF m-

ont Weathel However the bus1noa men of Hartford dosrit-

hcdr louses and attended trot

meeting almost to a man andtto court lJQUSO wits ooJl1fortablyfilled with an entoiu5usllc audleace

1Moh was thoroughly in accord withthe speaker and the principles w Moll I

ho ti forth IInd VIC wernwer Lonflvorabl mo building to IIutforvlwould have told tJoe crowd

<Mol would have come to Herrford to honor our NationalPresidoo Tile closing of rdiehhouses by uhe bu iness menofHartford was commented upon by themesabere from tho country and tada tendency tocroate awnrm feel4ng

among the country peope for tthsik I

brethren In tto town As the Umo i

drew nor tOT the tpoaking R whiteplacard could be oo n nt the door of

Ievery business house In Hartford bear

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tag tJhQ JnscrlpUonCLOSED UNTILAIFTIER A S of E SPEAKING MrDtayton arrived from sLad1nonv1I1e onFriday evenlngwheae he had attended

Ho is a pruotieallarmerpl1ln and unassumlug buta man of unqueetIoaed h Iity lwp-

e and Blnbek ofpurpose and a sPe tk-

or Who hOB tbo nbdty to drivq 1hoauehIs arguments In an effective tnaIWorIand art the SnIDe time creato n llleasant feeling In Inia audience and leaveno sore spots upon tirosir who maydiffer WIth Man ldr Drtyton was

foooW by Stale Ortnnlzer M FSharp In n splendind twenty mmut3talk In wlidch he exorted members InOhiocounty to reorganize thoirIxu 1s

pay up their dues and make Ohiocounty again the banner Equltyoounty of too world

Mr Droyton spolee In part 1S fol-lows

Mr Pzesidert and gentlemen 14aavolived on II Imll1 ail any life and cIo

not prnIess to have uny tpeclul abl1 I

ty as a public speakers but I lakegmtprcxrsute In talktngtothq ilarmorupon JUh1s subject of prof tablet redoesfor a1 farm produce ihtuughorgnnizat1ont oouC3JUon and oompom ionMy syrnpo ilcies are entirely with tae

Mlselwithfaun mdsed trhore end have Rahvned furlmyself for wlrty yam thorofomI know rom <hl11g about trio businessof which I shuil sgrttiak to you Ubi-

snlternoon I now Wlint J1Jo1 Ittakes fa run n big farm I know

Yhnt risk n anan lakes wton I1c puts i

out n bIg Crop of any kiIIWblal1comeherons und Insects which Prey upon

his crop as to attempts to produe9-1t and slnoo the farmer must tarrythe risk In the production of the cropwe are oontopdtng in this great move-

ment that there ought not ItO

I untnrtrlIn ty 1n regard to his pricesIthat the farmers can andand w1Jl put tlteemsoves Intlon through a strong oooOlOiS1e nationalanion so hnt the farmer wjiIknow vvhcn ho plants Lis crop na M

1U81 St that It he Ureceds inthe prodution bis pricy wl1 not be-

low and unjustfrte manufacturer never thinks Q-

fpultdnj I mncbino together until tIeroowsw1bat his price Is 20 be Your

1 tallness man novel thinks of wrap-ingcup a vac1d1te of Soods or any

ktgd until he t1e sller hISPhQco-duP the a pmfitrible price Thern4llee w8rUidnks ut tending up a-

car ur hg Jean void itropC hiS own oont met And1US

J own tJn some farm crops thatthe tanner nn be educated IfJO 0-1l tike atme sound btw1neSa pnlncipleathrough an origtaIsat4on Betorv theeatifost mayn orjanizvd the mere inthe iliablt of throWing th01rlcw orr

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twelve ml1 inn bulls of cotton onto th-

nvarket ns sown as they could gnat Itballed and get airs to haul it Thoresult was tole Bl ulntors bunt bliwarehouse in Galveston NOW OrleansMbbllo Chnrleston and other greatcotton canters and received theirgreuicrops off their hands M a ow unlust price In auany cones But sinsthese cotton faranors have begUn to-

onran1ze and meet together tint tired

bosn4 towns County State und Na-

tional meetings und to discuss lnteligent and oontrokd tuacke1ng theyaro beginning to find a botter way o

Felling their gnu und Glut e cropI taw a gentienian to soutbrn MLiscud In April 1908 wJn told 1116

that he put a fine crop of ro QTl urtbo market oee yin and mcrdvd on-

ly four and OlleItlar oetotslHlr p fund

for the beat graaid lint mince lJe-

cotfJp mom have organized iLofJ kuowt I

Its 4o plants his cotton and cult

vati it thM his price will notleis UJfm nine cews from tno cuoll

toot moro ttan a m1tl1opoo to

ere In lo south arc standing ralShIMom tor WI price IIn glad to tl

that the Kentucky Im1C16ly a lXlttla orgmJzatu have rarsecthe avers go price of tobacee from286 per hundred to S The Equity

Society though only pray orgaodze-

1n

lthe wheat sates has spratd til

Idea so wudoy umong the fwmerethat every wheat rinser looows la-

I can get one doUnT e hushed for 1h-

whead before done next crop is raised

roIcelvlngduct l han ever before through tbeefforts this society bat4YJed hhern tomake in theIr own behalf Tt10 blltn-

11roducers or 1 llgan fut upon cv y-

tbreaRbhlg mt chine ihis year a urgeplagamd uU1lounclng two dollarrt per bu-

S lld liS tlio farmers price for beams

and every farmer received this l11sumd

ofone doldr por bushel tho fennel

priceNowtalnnot8 If we could accomplisl-

lhtEO great results with only asmall 8JtM what will we not do wht-tlo Amcsican Society of Equity hasono mlUlon live loyal members

Let it bo distlnedy understood by

the public ttut in this movemetttefarmer is rewonab e und conservativeIn Ms demands He In only askingfor a prolihhtble WICO for every 1110-

I duet and every crop I mount n price

that will cover the failures and pandafailures pay datcrht on the billlIlSof dotssu luvulcd jay u11 expensespay the farmer and 1ds family for theirlabor enable us to put back the fortlltyof the soil as fast ss weamoveIt and give us our legolbllUllte ptotit onbusiness TJJo farmer Is sskimg fora profit on his busnesy nbovo cell ox-

Perhse risk loss and labor just OB udllas the bustmess man and I do mot be-

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tJro business world will deny the

itMll1N this rightgnentest dirficu1y wIth which

I huve bad to contend ns n farmerjuts been the fact tdrat every time I

succeeded In produdng u good cropI found in the leading nmrkets of thiscountry im organized farce OfibuCl S

who weld the price down WO tow uponme not bemuse wo bad Overproducednot becnUEO there WIIS not It markit-

I for every bu3bel of grun every fathog every ron of milk every ton or-

thay every pound of tobaccohut trimli1y nuse tlhe buyers were organIzed and stood toguLbPr for low Pricewldte Abe InrmiCr fie sellers were notorgnn zoo The first thing tire TobaccoTrust did of er organIzing was to-

gmdualy reduce your lllfw on talrwcpo until t Cy bad you down to a iaoe-xisUng price Tte hoer trust ewuud-

sboween the talmers tho praducetsand their nrarkoti the consumers androbs both dasses Ttero are aboutfour moo who own the tmcldng pLahrIii Chicago 100e thtey do not ownthey control This is Tot only true InChicago It Is true to St LouIs K tnass GJY St Josalth OIWM SIoux CitySIoux Io11s anaan t0ie rocking oeonitiinl

of thIS country If thsglgutuUocom-binutlen ttljrotigh their UnllJCd forcepresses the prlcu on two flirty millionrpt togs of our country to too ex-

tent of only tvo c1oJors on eeohj hogIt moons h tobbcTy of the dtvrmtorsto

the extent of one hundred mlllon doltars rooh year Under We old dumptug eystmn 4ie gmin men lost tatdaty

cants per budhet or thb enormousamount of two wundred million dohas annually by not brlng R11I edua-ationatoaopcrva dutonwhich would

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fiOV WILLSON

LIKED POSSUM

Says He Enjoyed Taft Din

ner at Atlanta

Returns to His Duty at Capitol

After Several Days

Absence

Jronkfort Ky January 20Gov-Vi1on returned from WMhblogoon ant

Attanta Tu day having vitxted tlinational eapttal on t4s way homofrom tile Taft dinner ut the fatter

In order as ho expressed It1111UO totld1r my good wluhes and rgards-to trra President os it rngst be Ue-

Isi too I tztnv Mm before he rtaitld on lib hunting trip

The Governor WS that he did

tIOIPrIl1edago tnd tnijr H5 too Lincoln comnlttee wdll attend toaH tJe de ydls ot

tro celebration In KentuckyGovernor Wllhon talks wilh the

leoIItf eoi g1t of the Jtnlluo whichWPS ondercd to Judge Taft by theCi ember of Commerce mid 1110 clti-

zeDq of Atlanta lie sat at JudgeTIillifs rIght hand nt tiro banquetingboard and bad nn opportunity for ugreet deal of cone tlon with thedistinguished citizen whch was a-

gr vtt pleaPuro to vIm Governor wm-

Ison says that the gathering was oneof the fineet assemblages of thigh clotsAmericans he ovor WW

No State could have produced orgathered togetbera finer body ofinenthan were seated at that table saidGovernor Willson and I commentedupon the tact that they were prac-

tically nil stndght Americans forthere wero but very few foreign antnin9

that appeared upon the list of guest

ITJle Governor wtho knows whatcooking Is and appsreclatts a

good squaru inert1 wtit4 the trimmingsos keenly lS the veriot epicure says

that the PeoPle or Georga fairly out-

did t4ieanrolves In providing delicaclws

for the Presidentelecs tube TheGovernor says that he partook ot the

possum and tnters with relish butlntimned that ho woulll net pick theformer for a steady lllM

One of the feJfturcs of the banquetwhich appealed particularly to Covernor WU1son was tJle alter dinner songs

which were sung when chairs were pus

ed back and cigar smoke was curl-

Ing upward Besides starring as an

after dinner speaker Governor Willson Is himself a songster of no moonsabWy and liS tie oseapmd w3iJiout a-

spceohorsorg t4trtcr at tJobRnquot-he says that ile was to II petition toenjoy the good things which the othertprovided all tiro more

Load of Tobacco Brings 24636The Hancock Clarion saSAll

hats off to P1gohecoe Tlntheiotafored-espieed country has nt last shown

that when Jt comes to doing athingthere oIs no half way pihe0 with heir

On Monday Joe Ikmastut brought

to record load of tolneco to townHe did not get dt unloaded until yoot-

enlflY morning but when he dId sO

H mode some of the rIver bottomboys who thought they knew how toraise tobacco pIt up and take na5k °

Bite load wno hauled all the away toHnwesvlUo pn a stngle wagon by asingle span of dromos Whoa weighedout and graded it WoOS found to have3076 lJOuJtd9claslrlned and paid for asoilows loaf 1220 pounds nt 9 lugs

1390 pounds IJt 91nnd trash 465pouhd

nt 3 ranking tine total or 24636

fort o singlQ toad of tobacco

Skeeing in the NorthCounty Attorney E M Woodward

recelved the following Interesting lottlJr frt nh Mr I C Wagon who reoont-

Iy returned toMs homo at AunbOu-yalinncsgta alter sojourndiig In Hartford

fOT the pMt two yearsUs pretty cold hero but whiskey

rlaysnQTartiii it whateverI b8vnttad oven uno drdnk since Ivebeen home We are having nn-

oldrnshdoned nb9zzund today Itsnot very cold but the snow isdoop and lsdrditdng badlythe driftsare 8 and 10 feot deep In some ptaoee

111 tb1s Bounds bad but were you there

OU would egfoy St for slo iptlnclpalports a Sky4pg JPNou Skee-

indenowJs 8hQ lq < Y9 tbioakng-

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the worlds record Qf jumps on Sket5125 feet A patforat mind slide 1s builtabout 100 rent idgh antttOO to 800 ferl1dng Tine skees aro runT1em fastenedto tire toot about S foot long yousthrt I the top M tio elide wiiddtIs iced w and away you go at fiebottom Is a bumper when you + 111 ti t-

Sou take to the air Au ordinaryJ inpls 100 feet but t you faH mienytiu Ught It don + t count except that-you migrt hrtve to pny a dcctors bill

Spew shoeing is CltBler and I knowou would enjoy it Tfre sewes ore

built someteing lke a TClIt1tg Racketand jl1 you from breaking throughtoo I ant certainty enjoying l

Ohlow regards to the boys etcYours

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R D MARTIN

Tue ubnve vicuro Is n goitl Iikinews or Saeriff R Il Mti4kn wo flturned 1tednctdny from Fmnkfor-whero lie eetlkd with the Aullorulldreceived His quietus for last years tnr-collgiotlon lie was Q47e twerrtyevnIsheriff to rettitr which SlJta moll for

Mm es nn ojfcer amid for taco peeplo of OtIo county for ticqrninfDOSS wih whloh they pity their taxes

ireriff Martin QCuewcd this bond forthe year yestoitlay and the sane was-

ttPProvi ti y County Judge Taylor andfound to gloat the requirements of thelaw Ho 18 therefore prepared forthe coming years business as SierIff of Ohio count-

yARTHUR JOHNSON

KILLED AT BROADWAY

Shot Fired from Shotgun By Wade

Geary With Deadly

Effect

Arthur Johnson aged tthry wasshot and instantly killed by 11adtGeary aged twenty at Broadway MinettiJB county Tutrtkay evening There

Ire two stories about the killing and

we are unable to tell which one Is corrout at tdistime Goary cidmiis tintJohnson camp to his home In a drunk-

en cordltlon and insulted his avlfe

and nttonw11 to drive him front hishome and flint in l1efJnoo of Hs wife-

and home he fired the shot with H-

doulllo barrel shot gun lit close rrngo-

illcntUy blowing ono side of Jansons hood away Tio otter stOry

Is that the trouble came up over t4eeffort of Johnson to mary Goarys-

sM°erinlaw rind lint they wereuttennpting to leave in It buggy wsienGeary did tho shooting

Geary was arrested 1Vednorduy byDeputy Sjtetftf S A Br tel er andlodger in jail at Hartford and tie-xumining trial is axed by Judge W-

D Taylor far Saturday morningBoth men Were miners Grot being It

late ttnvnl at Uromtwny wdtile John-

son ja It native of the county bong-a son of Charles Jobnson sad nephewof tote late John M Johnson He baila reputation for addiction to drinktud waS sotne years ego in jail forrunrdug a blind tiger His romoons-

WCTC taken to Fordsvitlo Wednesdayfor burin

Madisonville Goes Dry AgainOn list Monday the citizens of-

11adsonvllle voted on the probdbltdon-ques on for the second time withintwelvo nionttts and he vesultr WM n-

decldlllt victory for tbo prohibs themujorUy belllg 129 The former clecLIon which resulted in a victory of31 for the anti saloon elerngut was

aside on somedochniaAty1tLocoMrt was warm

ihroughou bolls sides flghtJDgov ryloch of ground lire resuly jwoJU put-out of mmmisslon thirteen saloons

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STATE UNION

A S OF E

Interesting two Days Ses

sion At Madisonville

Important Steps Taken in SeveralDirectionsList of Of

ficers Elected

Tate annual meeting or the MnerlcnsSociety of Equity for Kentucky wasMId at Madsanvilu lmt Thursday andFriday and vests very iutercthiig anti-

citerielning to too dtlcgtt prerendfront nil over the slate Tue moot-

Ing was called to order at 9 ocock on-

T ursdny morning mitt ater pnayer-e addres of welcome wre deliver

ed by Judge Colon ot Mrsdlronville-ht a masterly nhauuer State Ptmde-nCanId rIondd In one of toebtir-tspLtds of uis itfe

Many epeeohos WII ride while ihiCommittees on CrelcnUns lterohltlt1Con a uton MId flyices salt XORlI111tt

ins woe out A nJg1t suroion was-

told Thursday evening wrloo svgs

dvocd to a ddecuss4on anti adojr tonIlr n report of commttEeoll resolu

ORS Tilo rtJfolllllor endorsed ohoNational Union heltl ft Indlauapoilsand pledged support to the officerselected ftlttthrit tale Tne mro lIB to-

bacco association membtrrs werestrongy urged to beconw unytotl withtrIO A S of E III reality us wdll-

iS mane LWlt anees in nil of itsforms was strongly oondt1D1lwd Pieorgan zutlou of the wool producerslive stock and grain men was urgedand plans perfected for the same Thereport of the rcoluiors committeewens adopted wlt1iout anwnndment

The eOllullltltO on nominations roported tie following whIch were tin-

nnianously electedPresldenttlion J Oampboil CallrHI

Scot county Vice President C 1L-

Datnttt Ohio county SecTrros SD Robinson McLean county StateOrganizer M F Sharpe Warreu coonty

To fallowing were elected membersof tae Dowd ot DirectorsW N Watson lfobster county J II-

Mt OIl cl Caldwell county T T Slu-

rn0t lIendenooll county George DavisOwen county Dr G W Met11u11e-

nKentou county4le conunttce on ConsUtution and

Bylaws made very few changes ofalq imporhmce They IIXAtt trite mlary of the prrsdent fit 1000 InMIldof 300 tier day turd exp cnses as hoetofoe Upon his oeeon nls preslden Mr Cantrell rmloulIIlIl that hewouldt accept nay nchny or ox-

pooses trr his servlcos and statedtha ll < mid never in tho past drownany jtty either for eorvicess or ox-

penses from the Side treasuryTho following wore named us del

egotes to the nutionn union ofthe Amerh anrSodoiy or Equity

Orant1V ItOSOlti Ir Ed Day C

L RenakerOwonG W SmltolJolS Martin Luth-

er E Suter G W 11cEkoy D L

nrJeWltrrenJ E Dlggel ort L J1Villinens W II Smith G W llhioton

N O nlute R D IInto-nDIiclienC D Ashury WHllmn Huff-

man Gee n Kenny A II rooks

tirsinlt I C Nal-lMeadeH H Wlbhcs-01YloDIlld Moreland R1Ve1er C

M Barnett D Fold T F TannerAlney TolchcnoT S L Stevens U Tickonce J D lurch-

WebsterW G Oollins H NesbittLouis Hancock J F Porter Don WatSOn If n Chandler J W Brent Cos-

by Poole I G Nance A T Cobb

HardlnRob011t Ray Henry DittoJ C King

MuhlenbergE L Davenport J HDurncy Gro Itiehron Jesse Meecer

DossI J NCnStser T

I TDarrotHopklnsP

I F BrownQrcVnIlE D McEuen G Sword-

W E Blbb F A Locher-yGailatdnJI B Secrenl-1DavieaasEiilirattn Hill Jack IIae

F D ZlcQuown H H Abernathy H

C HalseyI Tan citizens of Mudironvlild entertallied the mecUng In a WilY

called tOlIth he highest prnlno from-

the delegates and ri resolution was in

trodudexi tldlng jibe thanks of thefmmdI

Hopkins county during tote sessionwhich was uannimouaiy adopted Jy arising vote

All the dolegsos agreed that thiswas one of the most fnterertdng andlnstruo dvo meetings over loid to thoState and feet tJnr muoh good hasboon accomplished for the ouuso orEquity

Only four degaesvvero iresont frontOhio county the IImallestJ ropresentnlion which the couny has ever had In

State mecUng

A Prompt Settlement by Maccabees-Notnltsutndlrg te commontq

made by agents of old line life InsuranCQ cJniptiuies Radford Tent No99 K O T 3L sets an OXUllIlllo ot-

taImelS and Iron mess do the set-tiement of death uFpts that Is un-

excelled by life Inumnco oompanlesor fro tn111 organlzatdoll-

silr D Ems Themes Wll6 the recordkeeper for tkat orptntzaLion from Its-

insatutdon until his tlllltlb and hadohmgo or ell its books and records

Ile dIed ou Deeember 24th JDOS andon January 16th 1909 hOW vvtfe MrsD Ells Thomas received from L Ploremen Ue new record keprer udraft for one troulIId 100000dollars in full lray1aeat of 4jo mountof Ms policy

As the new record klller was with-

out oxperienco and too lodge toad de-

pended upon Mr Thomas oMirely InIts dealings with the Grand Lodgetho fact ot this exceodlnayly promptIud full Zottltmen4 rponks moro highly bran words ell the studious carpwith Wioh Mr Thomas had keptthe records of 4 is lodge and orthe frntwnel spirit of Lids grortt Qr-

ganiz1tIolI whIch prampis it to settie aid claims without discount ordoa and wltJlou oven rlllItJS1t1ngany correction lu proof furnished Tinelocal lodge Is justly Proud of thisrecord

FOR THE BUSY READERS

The Burley TomcO Society Is preparIng to begin I1n active campaign tosecure pledges from fairer that theywill pool their 1909 crop of tobacco

Representatives of the Imperial To-

bacco Company and the Society orEquity negotladng for tobacco at HopklllsvHle failed to come to IIn agreement

John D Roekefe44er has given 1

000000 IIdlHHonal to the endowmentfund of tJho University ot Chicagomaking his total oontnibutlous 21809-

GGMS

Reed Smoot of Provo one of thetwelve apostles of the Mormon churchwhose election to the United StatesSenlllo SIx ytars ago was followed byIl contest before tico Senate Commtttcoon EIeelion wet reelected for a-

secmid term

Pretdont31ect Taft mantle two-

sprcbes this weekone to tho girls ofthe Augusta HIgh Stool and the otherto time negro nominal and industrialschool located JII that city He spoketo the citizens there Wednosdly froma platfomin erected ill tic center orthe oty

Gov Patterson of Tenneaseo fliedhis veto of tJI6 S lIeIIt1 proitlbitlonbill wilt tihc clerk of tJh Senate alterthat body adjourned for the day Thebill to prohibit the nanufa mire of Intoxlcuntlo in Tennestsee pscaed the Sen-

ate by a vote of 20 to 13 on third readlag

United StaltB District Judge tndorson of Ohieago WedlieStlflY sot 1obrl-larr 23 for beginning tthe retrial of therobato care ugnlnat tie Stnndard onCompany of Indiaaaa This is tine caseIn whIch Judge lJalldls fine ot 29210000 was reversed by the M1ollaruoCourt-

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TIle Tonnesoop Senate and Irouse-passtd the Stritewide prohdbttdon MIlover the ovcmors vow Tihe hlU prohibHtillS the manufacture of liquor wm-

Ukly sass It will be vetoed hy Gov-

Patrterron mid tde veto will probablyho turned down If such Is sho casethe mattes vrlll bo taken to too courtsOil time ground tltlIJ it Is conflsoa4orylegislation

Musical TreattPdrlck OSuUlvlJ1 of LousvlI1e-

I will give a plallo recital at the court-house In Hartford on the 4thot Feb-ruary 1909 This will ntfgrt an OlJ

portunlty nrely given Zosmall dtdes-Admission Adult 60c + ohi4reni udder15260

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