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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1607.
PIERCE TELLS THE
HISTORY OF HIS
* OIL COMPANY
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Letter to Governor Seeks to Ev<
plain Away Widespread Sus*
picion of Texas People.
TOUCHES UPON CfURfiES
PENDING AGAINST HIM
Hfnry Clay Pierce of St. I«out*. head
of the Waters-Pierco Oil Company, ha*
sort fo The KxpresM »». copy of * letter
transmitted by the name inn 11 to Gov-
ernor Campbell, explaining .n detail the
organization, operation and control of ths
Watc rji-i'itrce Oil Company. The letter
follows:
St. I»uis Mo., Oct. 15. To Hin Kx-
cellency, Thomas M. Campbell, tfrjvf.rrim,
ami the Public of T xas: Dear Sir lie
cently I have observed in th«" newnpap is
statement* purporting to have h • 1 mad*
by you in public 1. peaches. • incoming
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and my-
self. The ettect oi these Hat em en 13 Is
certainly injuriouH to both, and, as i
think, unjustly to. 1 am confident, how
ever, that the views w hich you apj • ar i«> I
entertain are founded on erroneous j
knowledge of fac ts, and I therefore desir*.-
to correct the wrong impression* which
yo-JL entertain, and thus en&Oto you to
form a more Just opinion. Heretofore,
although for several years, and especial-
ly during tlie past year, many violent
and unjust things have been sold and
■written about the Waters-Pierce Oil Com•
pany, 1 believed that they emanated
from malicious, irresponsible or Ignorant
persons, and that the most dignified
course for me to pursue was to ignore
the in. Regarding your statements, huw-
ev.;r, coming as they do lrom su< h an
exalted souiee, they are. dr. Uned to do
li reparable damage to ti.e company and
'Ad vast interests.
fh« business which tho Waters-Plerco
Oil Company now carries on was started
end well developed j>tior to the formatlo 1
01 the Standard Oil Company or ui» of
its interests. It was originated by John
Kot'Tt Klniuy, who had been a jnunut.,"-
tdrer «»f shalo 01 so called "coal oil" in
Glasgow, bcotiand. and during tin- early
fij.ies came to this country and locate 1
In St. Louis, where for yeari ho mauu-
faciured oil undci .1 Scottish proton
from a certain kind of « oal then found in
Kentucky. Originally thu ilrm was J. R.
3'inlay A: Cj., later it was changed to the
fit. Jjouls Coal Oil Company.
How Finlay Worked.
When petroleum was first discovered
!n this countti Air. r inlay became t pro-
ducer ot il in what is n >w the State oC
West Virginia, it- tran*poit»d his own
production arid also oil tuichas^d from
Ctliers in wooden 1 irgos down the LUth
Kanawha Hlver to f'arkerstmrg, then-o
down the Ohio to Cairo, and up tin* AU
slssippi to St. Louis, where to- oil was
drawn by hand pumps trom liic barg ••
into woooen barrels, which w< 1 • then
hauled In wagons to his r« finery Joca; I
west of the city limits on the ground
now occupied by the WatfcM^i'ierce oil
Company.
Years before any company had ob-
tained a predominating inrinenee in 11• *
petroleum trade I became associated with
Mr. Kinlav in business 111 St. Loui . and
3 recite thes^ facts to correct a popular
jmpresion that i was initiated mli th«
oil business by the Standard ('It Com-
pany and have sii ce been its representa-
tive in the Southwest.
Competition was kt ell in those d ■ . but
3 set energetically to work building no
a trade in the territory tributary 10 yt.
Louie. 1 was first in the field and had
an advantage over later competitors, and
3 'nave held that advantage despite the
attempts ot the most powerful interests
to supplant me. It was n"t then con-
sidered criminal to push out into new
fields for trade, neither were there any
Jaws inhibiting merchant trom mak-
ing advantageous business anang »nents
with individuals or companies. The South-
west was not then the prosperous and
v,^ii settled section that it now j»; the
methods fit" transportation were limited.
3 was constantly menu col by coirtp» tltors
■better fortified with capital, but. I worked
on ail unconscious of the fact that my
efforts v/ere rearing what designing pon-
tbyfens and graft seekers are now on-
cUFivortng to class as a criminal trust.
Takes Over Finlay'a Interests.
Tn 1W9 I took over Mr. iFnley's interest
and operated the business under the firm
name of JI C. Pierce <& Co Our trade
increased ho rapidly that 1 found it im-
possible to handle it with the capital in
hand, and I therefore took William H.
Waters into partnership and chnng-'d the
firm name to Waters, Pierce a < "o, Mr.
Waters did not rnke an active intert »t in
the management of Its affairs, the burden
[of which I assumed, itnd in the long
y< irs which followed I gave it my entire
tine. 1 traveled and extended the busi-
nes; ; designed new systems of trans-
jiortution and handling; was the first to
introduce tank wagons and iron barrels,
and invented many of the devices now in
general use, I employed the method*
then deemed fair •<> hold and extend our
trade an i atrlved my be*t to build up
a permahent enterprise which I could
hand down to my children.
By the year ls'ih I had built up an ex-
tenflvo trad* In Illinois, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Inlian Territory. Oklahoma, Iaiul»i-
an 1, 'I'exag and the Hepublic of Mexico,
and have won a prestige which made it
an easy matter to enlist the required ad-
ditional capital to care for the business.
I therefore organized a new company
wltn a capital stock of $100,000, of which
Mr. Waters and 1 took 40 per cent, H. A
llutchins and W. P. Thompson of Clevr-
lard 1') per cent, and Chess, Carley &
Co. of Louisville 20 per cent. It was
understood by all parties that 1 should
retain absolute management and th.it mv
rights to direct the company's affairs
should not be questioned. Some vars
after th: org an'.Ration of the company,
Hutchins, Thompson, and Chess, ( arlev
•V Co., without my knowledge, trans-
ferred tin ir interest s to the Standard oil
Company. 1 purchased Mr. Waters'
stock, and although strongly urged 'o
place my interest in the original Standard
Oil Trust. I refused to do so, and in all
the years which have followed 1 have
controlled the affairs of the Waters-
»jv , e OU Company, exc»
Cures Woman's Weafcnessefc
Wn refor to that boon to wra k, nervoi*
infTerinf? women known as I Jr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
Dr. John Fyfe ono.of tho Editorial StaS
ot The Eci.Kcno Mkdical Review says
of Unicorn root (Hebmlas DUrica) which
Is one of tho chi'-.f inifredients of the "Ff
Torltfl Prescription":
"A remedy which Invariably acts as a uter-
ln« Invlgorator * * * makes for normal ac-
tivity of tbo entire reproductive system."
He continues "In Ilelonlas \\( haven me.ilct-
went. which more fully answers the abovu
Jiurposes than n ny other drug U'Uh uhich I am
acmiiiinfeil. In ihe treatm»nt of diseases pe-
culiar to women It Is seldom that a case Is
»een which does not present some Indication
for this remedial acent." Dr. Fyfe further
says: "The-rollowinit are amonc the leading
Indications for Helonlas (Unicom root). P»ln
or ^achlnfir In the back, with»leucorrh(P» ;
•tonic(weak)condltloffvof the repr.-)duct|v9
organs of ^lomen. mental depression and Ir-
rltablltty. srsoclated witl)chronic diseases of
the reprodiletlve qfgans of vromtn; constant
■ensallon at heat In the reRlon of the kid-
neys: meryBrrhagii (flooding), due to a weak-
ened con/ltlon of/the reproductive system;
«menor/ho'y\S)^»r«wd or absent monthly
perio^.yaKirfg^riim or accompanying an
Bbnoxasl condition of the digestive organs
and A/teMc (thin blood) hnblt: dragging
aenswlons In the extreme lower part of lha
abdomen." 1
If more or less of the tbove svnit)tom3
"pakn-jian pq
Icrce a Favortti;
%.■m •xamofluiHunjtJT'm in*
er ~tnan take iTr. rIcrce ■f
Scyi nmj~anr flinnt ifmnhg l" gred I-'
Is Unicorn root, orllelonlas,
and tho medical pro^rtles of which It
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient of "Favorite Prescription,"
Prof. Flnley Eliingwood, M. I).. of Ben-
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
"It Is an important remedy in disorders al
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * •
and general enfeeblement. It Is useful."
Prof. John M. Scudder. >1. D., late o.
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
•In relation to its general effects on «Se
system, then it rt« intiirinc in vtr, atnut uihieh
there U> such funeral unanimity of opinion. It
Is unlversalli/ regarded as the. tonic useful Is
M. D„ of JeffereoE
Medical Collefe, says of Golden Seal:
•Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor-
Hiscla (flooding) and congestive dyunenor-
rtSf.M.ra«s'crlptlon faith-
folly represents all the above named In-
gredients and cures the diseases for which
ihey
r are reoomaonded.
pt for a brief
interval «vlien illness forced m\" retire-
ment from arrive charge of its nffnlrs.
Standard Represented.
There wis then no law and no public,
sentiment iiK-nnst Itnvlns; husltf.-s rela-
tions with the Standard Oil t'onipany,
hut I in- ivrred to perpetuate the name
an. I Ihe business mdependemc of the
concern I had aided to crow trom humble
le HtnntuKS. iittd I have never t tkon ;i
St. 'i aside from that policy. I am not
now and nevi r have be<»ii a stockholder
III the Standard oil Company or had any
of Intel. St other than the Waters-Plerco
Oil Comimny.
Tho Interests of tii« Standard (MI Oom-
i any wens represented on our board or
•litrctors by tutimbera who rarely at-
tend.-d its me. tinss, an;! who took no
active part in th<* affairs of lire company.
'I l,., prosecuting officials and the poll-
ticlatiK have made much out of the ad-
mitted fart that Standard Oil Company
r> t»r. sentatives audited the accounts cf
the first Waters-Pierce Oil Company, ari l
that i yniar reports of Its business were
s.nt to the Standard Oil Company's New
v.irk office, it would have been a ra-
mnrkabl • state of affairs If such a wcil-
maniiKid corporation as the Standard Oil
Company, owning a majority of the
slo, k. hut v.iIvIiik control, should have
failed to apply these reasonable business
precautions, i dictated the affairs of rtie
company and conducted it strictly as an
Independent concern. The company is
not a producer or refiner of oil In the
1'nitcd State*, and as the Standard Oil
Compnny Increased its control over the
oil trade wo were compelled to buy more
and more oil from It J Even had the
Standard not owned one share of our
stock, our inability to obtain sufficient
sunplles elsewhere would have compcllel
us to purchase the bulk of our oils
from it.
Concerning Two Grave Charges.
I wish to colsider more in detail two
chances which liavo had much tu do with
prejudicing the people of Texas against
tile Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Ti.e
first Is that fraud was used In 1900 in se-
curing the permit for the new Waters-
Pierce Oil Company to transact business
in Texas; and the second is that I com-
mitted false swearing In signing the afJ
fid.ivit stipulated in the Texas anti-trust
law and that by reason of such false
swearing the new company waa granted
a license.
In liloo one of our Texas agents disre-
garded his plain instructions and made
an exclusive contract which was prohib-
ited bv tt'e laws of Texas. This transac-
tion served as a basis of a prosecution
whieh do .rived our company of its permit
to do business In that State. There was
political animus buck of this radical ,ic*
ti«.n, but I tfhnll not dlseuPH that fenfure.
pnvid R. Francis pave me a letter to
Fenrttor Bailee, to whom 1 explained our
troubles in his State, lie paid that Tex-
as would would not tolerate Standard Oil
< ompany methods, and 1 replied by as-
Purlnff him that the Waters-i'leixe Oil
company was an independent company
and wrtuM ro continue, whereupon lv
agreed to take the matter un with the
btate officials, observing that, a legiti-
mate enterprise should not be deprived
ot its right to do business in Texas. He
made an honest presentation ot the facts
lo secretary or {State Jiardy and Attor-
ney General Smith, and In doing so Vas
actuated by a desire to grant a favoi'
asked of him by Mr. Francis, and to see
tiiat injustice was not done to a com-
pany which l ad grown up with Texas,
lie flatly refused to accept a retainer
or anv pay tor hts services, and hn*
never received a dollar from me or from
the waters-fierce on Company tor any
or other services rendered to the
company <n connection with its Texas
ittigatmn or otherwise. He has sin •»?
r>ccn my attorney in other important
mattem, and for hts high legal ability :
t.ave ptiid Mm just compensation.
Evidence of His Control.
That I was in absolute control of th3
old Waters-fierce Oil Company is evi-
cieneed ny The recorded tact timt I voted
every share ot stock on its dissolution,
appraised its assets, bought them in and
distributed the proceeds to the actual
( wners of its stock, including, of course,
paymemt to the standard OH Company
tor the proportion held by it. I sub-
scribed tor all ot the stock of the new
company, paid tor it with my personal
rheck tor wo.UJO, which whs honored at
the banK and placed to the credit ot ihe
new eompiny. t transferred one share
of stock lo each or the lour gentlemen
j elected as directors or the new com-
pany. VNt. the time Texas liec nsed the
new company, and when I signed th**
attidavit, and tor months afterward, I
was tho actual owner oi the -mkm) shares
o! the new waters-fierce Oil Company.
These wera the conditions on May 29,
i:hm», on the morning of which day th'1
Missouri certificate of incorporation f»r
the new company came into my posses-
sion. l had received word tna: th».
Texas authorities were moving lor the
appointment cf a. receiver. l hastened
to Austin on a spermi train, arrive!
there May HI, with .1. I>. Johnson, niy
attorney, and went to the state House.
Company's Readmission.
When the Attorney Uenersi, Thomas S.
Smith, round that I had incorporated
the new company under trie same name
in Missouri, lie bluntly declared that il
there was any law under which he could
prevent the admission oi the company
?nto Texas, he would avail himself of
it. J urged him to examine the law. an I
for hours he and his assistants did so.
After a thorough examination, Attorney
General tttnitn reluctantly informed See-
retary or Stato Hardy that there was no
alternative cave to grant the permit, and
that orttetal did ho.
Tnis strict adherence to the forms pre-
scribed by the law has been eharaet<?r-
ized by those who have attempted to
take political advantage of the prosecu-
tion of the Waters-fierce Oil company
as a ••cunningly concoiv<?d fraud," •at-
rocious deception and criminal sharp
rractice" and other epithets in direct
variance with the plain facts.
it should t»e kept in mind that Texas
licensed the new Waters-Pierce Oil Com-
pany on May HI, 19W, two days after it.
had been chartered in Missouri, and that
during those two days it had not trans-
acted any business in Texas, neither had
it purchased any supplies nor entered
into any arrangements of any kind.
The antl-trt:8t law in Texas tn opera-
tion at that time required that an officer
ot a company should mane, at stated in-
tervals, an affidavit certifying that it
was "not a member of or a party to any
pool, trust, agreement, combination, con-
lederatton or understanding with any
other corporation, partnership, individ-
ual. or any ether person or association or
perrons, to regulate or fix the price of
any article or manufacture, mechanism,
commodity, convenience, repair, any
AS TO VEHICLE PRICES
Because we have lots to say about quality, some who never have bought a "Woodward" Vehicle—or closely inspected our lines—are said to
think our prices are high. They are not high. What you get for your money, not the sum you pay, determines that point. Our prices express
value real quality—as exactly as we can make them. As a matter of fact, quality is the only thing that commands^rice. And quality
is related to value—it determines the difference between inferiority and true character, it is because "Woodward" Vehicles are "qusadity"
Vehicles, that they are real bargains in the sense that you get full, honest value for your investment. Our prices are right—you will appreciate
that when you have put our Vehicles to a test of personal service.
P
Rubber Tires
"Roe thego tires?" snld a custom-
or. "Hud them put on last N'overa
ber, and they aro Kood yet, and
I've usotl this tmstsy almost every
day." They v/pre "Woodward Spe-
cial tirfM"—and thev will render
you tho same: Satisfactory service
as tliey dn other3. Will you try
them next time?
Second Hand
Vehicles
There':; rcverol mighty good bar-
gains bore in second-hand vehicles,
thai. ar« in splendid condition and
will la:it a long time. We want lo
sell them. That's why we have
them priced so low.
WOODWARD CARRIAGE CO.!
product of mining, or of any article or
thing- whatsover."
Congratulated By Officials.
Governor Sayers of Texas, and other
State of finals who were present, con-
gratulated me on the granting of a, p® '-
?nit to the liew company, and a: [ turned
to leave the office, one of Secretary Har-
dy's aKs'ftanrs spoko about the affidavit,
and suggested that I sign it. A printed
blank form, such as was in general u-c.
was produced. I submitted this regular
printed form to my attorneys, George
Clark of Waco and T. D. Johnson of St.
Louis, Mo., who Informed me 'hat i
could truthfully sign it, and, lollowin^
their advice, I did so. The people of
Texas have maliciously been led to be-
lieve that this affidavit was specially
prepared for the occasion.
jvjow, mora than six years afterwards.
T have been indicted for talsc swearing
in making the affidavit, and much of tii^
adverse sentiment In Texas against my-
self and the Waters-Pierce Oil Company
has arisen from tne fact that 1 resisted
extradition «'.nd imprisonment on this ut-
terly false end senseless charge. It has
been stated over and over again on tho
stump and in tne press tJmt the com-
pany was reinstated only b^ause 1 swon
that it was not a part of the Standard
Oil Company, and a large number ot the
people <»f Texas have been deluded into
an act optanco of this falsehood. Signing
this affidavit was not an imposed condi-
tion of the granting of a permit for the
new company. The officially recorded
fact is that the company was admitted
to do business in Texas before I made
l lie affidavit, which, although, required
by law, need not have been signed prior
to the first day of July following, and
v.■.is ndt in any wise a condition or a
requisite to obtaining the permit to do
business.
I do not cnibble over the fact that the
Waters-Plerco Oil Company mentioned
in tne attrdavlt was an infant two days
old—I waive that, and declare that I
could truthtu'ly have signed it at any
time thereafter, and if it were now re-
quired by law, would unhesitatingly sign
it today.
Position Is Hazardous.
At the present time tlie affairs of the
company in Texas are in a most hazard-
ous position. A very heavy fine has
been imposed upon it, its right to con-
tinue its business is challenged, and the
i State authorities are endeavoring througn
I receivership to take possession"1 of all >f
I the property and business In the Stat?.
These matters are now pending before
tn© Htate courts, in the meantime a Jaw
j has gone into ettect in Texas which, un-
der the circumstances above mentioned,
would nave rendered it dangerous not
only for the company, but tor any of
its employes, to carry on the business H
Texas. It was necessarj' for the protec-
t'.on, not only of the business and prop-
erty, but also of tne many hundred em-
ployes, all residents and citizens of tho
State or Texas, who are surely guiltless
„ot any wrongful conduct, to invoke the
old of the federal Court. Accordingly
that court I"as appointed a receiver and
j:- preserving the rights and interests of
; 11 eon^crned. however they may event-
ually be decided. Kor my part, i am
very deeply ch&gnned that such calami-
ties. wntsn i regard as wholly unde-
served. should nave fallen upon the com-
pany and business which 1 hav given so
many years and such hard tabor to de-
velop. and that tho people of Texas
f hould appear to be so prejudiced against
me. My long experience in the KMt'v
however, convinces me oeyond any doubt
whatever thati the people ot Texas are
Just and tair hnd I therefore look for-
ward with confidence to the time when
I shall h* able to resume the peaceful
control ot my business in Texas in a.
lair and op?n manner. I am guilty of
ro wrong thinking or doing against the
pfopie ot 'I r*xas. On the contrary, th. v
f.re my iriends, and Jhave taithtully
served their interests for a great num-
ber of years. The operations and organi-
zation ot my company are mo large that
Kiev extend throughout the Ntaie, and
supplv the oaiiy ne<*as of a large propor-
tion of your people. We have never had
any differences with our customers, nor
they with us, and all we now df.sire is i>
be allowed to continue to supply them as
hereto tore vv.tb one or the necessities of
life. I wl«h i either favor nor advantage*
neither do I desire to do other than re-
spect your laws.
HE MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS.
San Angelo Newspaper May Will
Likely Be Republican Candidate.
Sp^fial Tflpgrnm to The ExprMH.
TKMPI.K. T,x„ Oft. 19.—Maurice K.
Uorni.^li, recently rflitnr of tho Ban An-
gplo News, fpent several hours tn thl*
city yesterday between trains, en route
to his old home at Pekin, III., for a
visit to relatives, expecting to return to
Sun Angflo in about thirty days, which
ho designates the "best place on earth,"
and his permanent residence..
He will again engage in newspaoer
work at San Anu'lo. but will not be con-
nected with any of the local papers
theie. It is probable that next year be
mav decide to b.yome a candidate for
('Oliitress en the Republican ticket in the
Jiimbu district in opposition to the Demo-
cratic incumbent, w. R. Smith.
Drs. Klngaley and Da via.
Dr. B. F. Klnirsley, surgical, abdominal
and women's disease*. — - —
CONFLICT OF
AUTHORITIES >
IS IMMINENT
Conusissioii's Separation Order
Obviously Rons Counter lo That
of (be Federal Body.
RAILROADS TO FlfiBr
TEXAS SUIT TO END
Davis—general practice.
<^-
" Dr. Joe Dyer
Hicks Building.
Rob K. Chapman, Architect.
Boom 520 Hicks Building, San Antonio.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—It looks as
tT»ou,vh a clash between the Texas Rail-
road Commie-ion and the Interstate
Commerce Commission Is inevitable. The
former has ordered suit to be brougnt
against fourteen roads In Texas for fail-
ure to comply with its two orders, pre-
scribing how the books of railroad com-
panies should be kept. This the roads
have persistently refuged tc obey. It
seems to be in (3Gr*ct conflict both with
the. interstate commerce act passed by
tho last Congress and the orders of the
Interstate Commerce Commission Itself.
The Texas body has refused to recede
from Its position, and the State and Fed-
eral authority will be against each other
in tho trial of the cases.
The interstate commerce act provides
that the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion shall prescribe a system of account-
ing which must be followed bv the
ro'uls. and goes further by declaring that
It shall be unlawful * • • to keep any
other accounts, records or memorandum
than those prescribed or approved by tho
commission."
After prescribing on Juno 3 list an
elaborate system of accounting and class-
ification of operating # xpenses, effective
July 1, lu?t, the Interstate Commission
rules that "It shall be unlawful * * *
to k^ep any account or record or memo-
randum of any operating expense item"
except in the manner prescribed bv thi
commission, and that no other system
shall be used
Heavy penalties jtre prescribed bv the
Interstate Commission for the violation
of its- order in this mat<?r. The railroads
decline to flisobey the orders of the Fed-
eral body, the orders of the Texas com-
mission to tho contrary notwithstanding.
That the FVrtieral body will not rive in to
the Texas cohimission is regarded as a
foregone conclusion, and tho fris^ of the
cases se*ms bound to result in a con-
flict between Stat** and National authori-
ties
If th* suits are filed, pnd they prob-
ably will br«, the railroads will fight them
even harder than any action which the
Railroad Commission has yet. caused to
b*> instituted. This is because they do
not care to mix up with the United
States officials. They alsa regard the,
CNp"n«e nf furnishing t^e State commis-
sion th* statistics it desires as exceeding-
lv burdensome.
Th-* Interstate Commission took cogni-
zance of (he action of the Texar, com-
mission fn the matter when it s*nt one
nf its experts to Texas to confer with the
t' xas commissioners. Tie vourM to per-
suade them to postpone action until after
t-p meeting it the National Association
ef Railway Commissioners held in Wash-
ington last! week. The State body do-
clfnod to heed his argument and told
him to co hence. They seeni fr; want a
fight and to h"• in a fair vsav to have it.
MORE APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Commander, U. 8. C. V., Announces
Personel of Staff, Including
Sponsor, for 1908.
Special Telegram to Th« Express.
DALLAS*. Tex., Oct. 19.-Walter B. Mr-
Adams, commander of the Texas Divi-
sion. United Sons of Confederate Veter-
ans. has announced the appointment of
Miss IVIary Kdlth Marrs of Stephenvitle,
daughter of a Confederate Veteran
whose services covered the oMlre four
years of the Civil War, and whose rec-
ord for devotion to the cause before that
period, gallantry as a soldier during
same and defense of the principles for
the almost half century since is well
known, as division sponsor for the 1!)0S
general .reunion to be heldl at Birming-
ham. A Is.
'Ihe following additional appointments
have br»<n made on the staff of the com-
mander of the Texas Division, said ap-
pointments to rank from Aug. 1, 1907,
and whose orders are to be respected and
obeyed:
Assistant Division Adjutant General—E.
A. Wingo, V/IHs Point.
Division Quartermaster General—Wal-
ton Peteet. Pallas
Assistant Quartermaster General—J. D.
Patterson, Tyler.
Division Inspector General — W. P.
Lane. Fort Worth*
Assistant Division Inspector General—
J. M. Marks. Dallas.
Division Commissary General- Charles
S. Soindells. Dallas.
Assistant Division Commissary General
—Z. A. Hall. Kagle Pass
Division Judge Advocate General—W.
Lindciy Bibb, Dallas.
Assistants Division Judge Adtvoca|e
General—W. c. Carpenter, Bay City; J.
W Chancellor. Bowie.
Division Surgeon General—B. F. Bt-rka-
ley, Alpine.
Assistant Division Surgeon General—
Dr. Hugh F. Terry, Dallas.
Division Chaplain General-Rev. J. W.
Gillon, Dallas.
Assistant Division Chaplain General—
W. M. McKee. Bowie.
Division Historian General—Sidney
Samuels, Fort Worth.
Assistant Historian General—N. R. Tis-
dal. Rusk*
Brigade Commanders:
First Brigade—-G. W. Gibson. Rusk.
Second Brigade—Carlos 13ce, San An-
tonio.
Third Brigade—Monta J. Moore, Cam-
eron
Fourth Brigade—Jennings M. Moore,
Dallas.
Piftii Brigade—William Gilvln, Fort
Worth.
Standing committee?:
Historical Committer—Sidney I». Sam-
uels, f Fort Worth, historian general,
chairman; John M Adams of Fort
Worth. Homer D. Waie of Stamfords.
Relief Committee- William Llghtfoot,
Thurber. chairman; W. H. De Jornett,
Commerce; W. II. Robertson Tyler.
Monumental Committee—John FT. Cul-
lom, Dallas, chairman: Ta R. Callaway,
Corslcana; Henry M. Burns. Noconn.
Finance Committer—Thomas P. 5*tone,
Waco, chairman: .T M. Tlsdal, Green-
ville; N. R. Tlsdal. Rusk.
A SEA CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS.
Steamer Was Sinking, But the Pas-
sengers Were Served Braakfast.
The passing away of Capt. Alfred Mc-
Lean Wait, who died at the age of 61
at his home. 1S Erwin Pork, in thin town,
of apoplexy last week, serves to recall a
historic event in the history ol' the Brit-
ish merchant marine.
Captain Walt, who nt the time of his
df-Ktn was th" New York agent of ihe
Unlon-Costle S'teamship Company, was in
command of the mall steamship, the
American, which sank in midocean while
en route to Cape Town, Africa, from
Southampton, on April 23. 1S80, off the
coast of Africa. It was due to the re-
markable coolness and«-courage of Cap-
tain Walt and his officers that, all hands
were saved.
After a gale In the Bay of Biscay, ihe
American encountered gooci weather, and
was making good headway on April 2?,,
when a terrific noise in the hold alarmed
the officers. It was, found that the pro-
nt'ller shaft had broken, and smashed a
hole through ihe hull. Water was pour-
ing Into the hold, and Captain Wait real-
ized that the vessel was doomed to sink
quickly, fie ordered that the passen-
gers be summoned to breakfast. All **at
down to this meal, ignorant of the, danger
to the shin, but Captain Walt felt t"bat a
hearty repast on solid footing would do
much' toward sustaining his people for
the ordeal which awaited them.
When "the meal was over everybody
was summoned to the deck. There was
great surprise when eight boats, equipped
with sails and fully provisioned, were
seen to be in readiness to qivpart frem
the ship. The passengers were acquaint-
ed with the determination of Captain
Walt to a harden the steamer, which at
that time contained eighteen feet, of
water.
The passengers were all safely em-
barked in the boats, and then Cantain
Waif called upon the crew to make a
last effort to "save the American. The
pumps were again started, but when the
water continued tr» gain the '-row left
thf ship Captain Walt, was the last to
depart. Standing alone on the dock he
called for th»-~e cheers for the American,
and a resounding salutation to the link-
ing steamer went up from the bravo par-
t\ that was leaving it.
The boats scattered', but all of them
headed for Care Palmus, at Ihe junction
of the lvorv and Gold Coasts of Africa.
tfO miles et\ay. The bonis wrre picked
up scon bv the steamer Congo, which
landed these persons at. Madeira on
May S.
Of the remaining five bo-its, three- on®
of which contained Can tain Wa.it—wnre
picked up by the bark fCmma Hnrrlmart,
mid landed iit Grandi Bassa, on the Afri-
can coast. ,
A German schooner, the Moltke. picked
nn one of the remaining boats. The
other, a dingy, was given un as lost, but
three months later tills llttl* cockleshell
of a boat, with a11 aboard safe, was
picked up by a Portuguese brig, the
Tr.uio. and landed In St Piul de T,onndo.
Thus every one of the 111 soulr- aboard
the American was ultimately saved, and
Pnptnln Wah-'s part in the affair earned
fo" him the "highest commendation. Mer-
chants of Cape Town gave him an il-
luminated testimonial, and the directors
nf the str.a.mshln eomnanv uresented to
him an engrossed testimonial and a gold
watch.
Cantain Wait was In command' of a
trropMiip at the occupation of Kgypt by
1 he in P*"-. \ 1 decorated by
the newlv installed Khedive wiOi the Star
o'" the Klud ve ^nc uie medal of the
Ordter of tile Mrdi.lhi. fc,r h's gallantry.••
M'-uitelalr (N. J.) Letter to the New York
Times.
Speaking of Missiles.
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak—I see they are now
making rollingplns out of aluminum.
Mr. Crimsonbenk- WeU. I suppose the
women can throw them farther, but I
shouldn't think they'd be 30 effective.—
Yonkers Statesman.
RUES OF LIVING
BY A STATESMAN
FOLLOWING SAME
Ex-Senator Cockrell at Age of 73
Gives Some Advice lo Young Men.
Never Drank at a Reception.
BE USES WINE AND
THE WEED SPARINGLY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—"Drink spar-
ingly, eat regularly, get plenty of sleep
and work hard if you want to live to a
grien old age," naid Francis Marion
Cockrell of Missouri, who was 73 years
young last week.
Mr. Cockrell was a United States Sen-
ator irom Missouri for thirty years. He
entered the upper house of Congress as
the successor of Carl Schurz, March 4,
187*.
Back to Work at 73,
Nearly everybody in official life re-
membered yesterday that it was the
seventy-third birthday anniversary of
Mr. Cockrell. Some months ago his
hoaith became impaired as a result of
his work as a member of the Interstate
Commerce commission. He returned to
the offices of that body yesterday appar-
ently as good aa new and looking better
than he has for a great many years.
"I want to know," said a man who
called cu Senator Cockrell today, "how it
Is that at t'he age of 73 you appear and
are as active as a man of 50. How did
you do it? Give rn^> the recipe."
"I have worked alt my life," was the
reply. * I went into the Confederate
Armv as a Captain cf a company when
I was a mere stripling. Many of the
bovs in gray had a hard time of it. My
company '1 d not enjoy the luxury of a
commissary department. We had to dc-
pen ! upon the broad prairies for food and
everything «1rc we need si. Sometimes
we went into camp 'hungry. I went into
the army in May. 1861. All through the
summer and up until the cold snap set
In I went without a coat and vo did the
rest of tho boys of the company. My
army experience benefited me in health.
When the war was over I returned homs
stronger and healthier in mind and
body.
Never Drank at a Reception.
Cockrell was a Itftle more than 41 when
he entered the United States Senate,
"when I came lo Washington," he said.
' I was possessed of a lot or old fashioned
ideas. The capital was a great big place
to my notion and I made up my mind
to steer clear of temptation. One' of my
tirjt ic-solutlons was that I should never
take a drink at any public function where
1 was a guest. In my thirty years' serv-
ice in the Senate I never tasted cham-
pagne, wine or any Intoxicating liquor at
any dinner or reception of a public na-
ture.
"I remember an experience I had at
the \\ liite House in the Grant Adminis-
tration," said Senator Cockrell with a
smile. "1 had the pleasure of occupying
a seat n<xt to Mrs. Grant. Following
my custom, l turned down inv wine
glasses. The f'rst lady of the land no-
ticed -t. " Senator,' she said, turning to
t.'.e, 'drink your champagne. It's a gxiod
d gc8lant.'
Mrs. Grant Persisted.
"I replied: 'Madam, I rarely ever
('.rink.' Aii, [ see the trouble sue said,
with an amused smile, 'you want whiskey
or brandy. I sha'l order it for you.
Which shall it be?'
"Again 1 assured her that T did not
care f.or a drink and repeated that. I
rarely ever took intoxicants.
" 'What'' with an astonishment that
was not feigned, 'you a Democrat and
front Missouri and do not chink?'
"1 hive never used whiskey except as
a medicine," continued Senator Cocxrell.
"Whenever I have foit out of sorts I
have taken a dram, but that is all. I
nrver liktd the taste or smell of ths
stuff."
No More Apple Luncheons.
Senator Cockrell has just rbandoned a
practice about wlifch columns have been
written by newspaper men. It was his
habit to eat lor luncheon each day throe
big red apples. Sometimes he munched
them in the Senate chamber, bending his
♦ all form under his desk, nursing a delu-
sle-n that he could not be seen From the
tall form under his desk, nurs'nj
elu-
galleries. Often he ate h's apple luncheon
in the cloak room, occupying a seat on
a couch where he could near every word
of the Senate proceedings. Once In x
while he stood In th" door of tho cloak
room, but his physician advised him lu-
cent ly that he had to take a heartier
luncheon. Oysters or clams have sup-
planted red apples in the, Cockrell noon-
day menu.
Mr. Cockrell lives about a mile from
the offices of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Me walks to and from his
work every day.
"I can walk a mile in twenty minutes,"
he said, "and cover three to seven miles
every day. f?even miles is my limit. I
can do no more. I am 73. I see no
reason why I should not reach the ago
of 33, or even more. Young men, if you
want to live long, drink moderately, ir at
all be careful 'u* the use of the weel Ir
you are fond of tobacco, eat plain foods
and sleep at least eight, hours every day.
Tl " "" "
comfort
1 il'l - I '"l.JJ L it ilf l 'Tit, III. ikiiiio \T i j
Phat is my prescription for a healthy,
comfortable, long lire. That's all."
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the most calculating.
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