Show IS I HUMAN AFTER ALL Attends Negro Church and Barbecue Bar Bar- With ith Rest of Common Cornmon Corn Con mon People STANDS STANDS- FOR PR PROHIBITION HI Believes It Uplifts Strengthens and Teaches the People I Economy c 4 Augusta Ga Ca March ir i I am an anoil anold anold old oil man but I am nm gl glad l to say th that t I novel never touched wh said tid John JohnD D D. Rockefeller to a Republican correspondent corro- corro today while the latter was the tho guest U st of tho oil kI In his auto auto- mobile Mr 1 n exp expressed himself freely creely upon the tile subject of prohibition prohibition pro pro- Indicating plainly that ho he ta fa favors a- a vors ors the antl anti liquor or side of the tho ques ques- tI tion 0 n It Is a n. splendid tIming thing to keep intoxicating bating drinks away from tho the negroes of oC th tho South So and amI from th tho lower lowel classes of tho the whites In general said wId the oil king adding that whiskey had hod proved a l. l terrible curso curse to m many n per per- sons eons I know that thero there aro are man many problems hems lems to be considered in connection with ith a question of oC such uch reaching far ng I Importance said he ho but In the tho endI end I think It will vili be best for fot the tho state referring specifically to the present of or affairs in Georgia It uplifts the people strengthens them teaches them to ave save it Is Ig best For Prohibition Mr r. r Rockefeller b believes that the prohibition sentiment Is growing not only In this country countr but butin in England as well Tho The liquor anti sentiment ho thinks Is steadily advancing In nearly every ery state of the union During his sojourn hero Mr Rockefeller has astonished the natives na run- the tives more by his mcinner manner toward them than In anything else that the famous oil king could havo dono ono In Inthe Inthe inthe the Southern cH city The democratic exploits of or tho the oil on king number many Reputed to be bethe bethe the thus best guarded man In the United States ho he haa hd apparently thrown aside all precautions and has dismissed all attendants save rove his present ever-present physician physician physician phy phy- Dr Biggar among the new newspaper pt per fraternity as being harder to reach than tho the President himself or Indeed a l. l newly elected member of or ortho tho the senate Mr 11 Rockefeller has not only allowed a couple pf If f newspaper newspapermen men mon to to follow Collow him about the links with cameras but has on several se occasions Invited them Into his electric machine for a spin on the tho country roads Recently Mr Rockefeller astonished the tho occupants occupants' of a soda oda water resort b by engaging g. g in In n conversation with a n pretty prett girl bac back of or the counter and when whon the old ladles ladies of tho the community saw sa the girl with the oil king that afternoon excitement in inthe inthe the tho sewing circles reached tho the limit Attends Negro Church Tho The first church which the tho Standard magnate entered in Augusta ista is one which Is exclusively for Cor negroes and ho whoso e pastor is a n. famous and well wen ed educated educated educated ed- ed negro His mere mero entrance caused a n. mild sensation and tho the congregation congregation con con- half rose in their seats When rhen the offertory began curiosity to know what the oil king was W going to contribute U threatened pd a serious In Interruption Interruption In- In of tho the services When hett the Cleveland Grays on their annual tour passed through tho the city they were entertained with an old- old time barbecue in one of the city's pleasure parks An Invitation was sent to Mr Ir Rockefeller which he accepted accepted ac ac- ae- ae with ith expressions of or pleasure And Arid the oil king Icing was on hand when the dinner bell rang and despite tho the protests of his physician ate hungrily of ot barbecued chicken hog and hash while seated on one en end l of a rough bench along with half hair a hundred hungry hun bun gr gry gr members of tho the Ohio militia |