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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
ELEVEN CENTS l!

And they ought to be 17c. All linen (I7oo count,) de- liciously soft finish ladies handkerchiefs. Popular IS and "A inch hems, dainty hemstitching. Not SO mauy.
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4: i: :::':::: ::::: $: zE (zE 'zjIP 5 HIRED YOUR cor FACE?
 Here's contrivances Il help along heat-tine. Cottage furnishings of all kind care. fully looked out for here. PORCH sWINGs-double, for either lawn or porch-big and little folk-folding, 6ss POCH ROCKERS. Green and
 Natural Woods-splint seat, 5.4S
 FLY SCREENS. s3 CENTS.
 20 in. high. 24 to 2S in. extension.
 2o C 2S to S2 q
 20 ' " 32 to 30 :" 30 in. high, 2s to 32 in. extension, 4oc 30 in, 3a to 3o o" 4oc 30 in. 36 to 40 " |" sss soc
 NOVELTY SILKS. 4oc.
 Some were 75c., some were 8oc., some were even more money still. There's loads and loads of lovely patterns particularly good for the fancy waists. You'llfnd 'em on the same bargain table with the half-priced dress goods. HALF PRICE SALE of Dress Goods is shifted to the bargain table opposite Time Desk. You can pick bona hde
 $2.oo Dress Goods fo1 $I.oo I.5o '' : 75e Too !" . soc The savings splendid in such high-class stuffs.
 5 TIES, LADIES! On Thursday, for soc, or seventeen cents apiece. They're those awfully pretty "Mozart Bows" Come in rich Persians and Bird s-eye blue. Silks, in same bargain l lot--the new Stock with string bow attached, plain col ored Satins and Surahs. Three l 1of 'em for half a dollar, or l 7c each.
 EVERY WHEELER, man or woman, wants the proper handkerchief, (not white). Here they are. Good looking, long after a white one d be a rag.
 WOMEN'S WHEEL HDK FS. r2Kc.
 Navy blue and black. dainty embrol dered corners, henlstitched.
 MEMS WHEEL HANDKERCHlEFs
 Three for twenty-five cents. Twenty inch sateen, navy and light blue, hem med.
 TEN OF FEM in this Chamber Suite. Ter handsome, thoroughly we'll made pieces of furniture. The whole business only costs you $1o.75. Are you looking fol such a bargain2 Full-size Bed : Dresser with Beveled Mirror. Wash Stand (enclosed) with Splasher Back. Double Weave Wire Spring. Soft Top Mattress. Three Lb. Feather Pillows. Cane Seat Chairs. :, ICane Seat Rocker. .EELNap(Go~ . ; Overalls Free /! air of strong blue overalls, tye
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COMPULSORY CASH was the knife that cut down all the importers profits in this fine China and Glassware. The sale of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
CHEAP SUITS

Goods are all-wool. Jack cts are all-silk lined. Five different styles in 'ern-rzght aye e0ery 0ne, They're ten dollar grade. They're S6. AS a a pick.
 Do you pick /?
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,~se~as''''"'' "coNNncucur's Bic STORE"
"CoNNEcrIcur's BIG STORE,
Women's
 Bicycle Brigade.

The Bicycle Hat Exposition in the Millinery Salon is in the women wheel CTS interest. The hats are direct models of the famous four and five dollar Knox and Dunlap styles. These begin at $1.a5, Crash Alpines, straw net and quill trimmed; Silk Alpines, stitched blue, black, brown, hunters green; lightweight Brilliantines and lots more.
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net dllu dulll IilllilAiSH 'A~ stitched black, brown, " green ; lightweight Brilliant lots more.
 TURKEY REDS.
 Best table cover for the money we're in touch with yet. Two yds. and quarter long, literally fringed. Apiece, 33c.
 BUREAU SETS, 45c.
 Yard and half long Scarves and three pieces -four in all) All in the lovely Irish Guipure Work.
 A WAIST WASTE.
 Likely to waste your wash goods waist money, if you don't look these over:
 700 D16eyent Styles of Sasnsmer Wash Waast, iaH at
 08 Cents,
 Percales, Lawns, Dimities, Organdies and so on, with de. tached white collars and cuffs. Rows upon rows, Come and pick over.
 TWELVE CHEAP SUITS
 Goods are all-wool. Jack cts are all-silk lined. Five different styles in 'em-rzght are every one. They're ten dollar grade. They're S6.48 a a pick.
 Do you pick ?
 A LIKED LACE.
 "Point Venise," the "just right" for the neck and sleeve. Dainty net tops of course. All in butter and ivory shades. Ought to be Ioc to 33c. Aye, 15c to $, zaO0 Aots ony.
 ELEVEN CENTS! And they ought to be 17c. All linen (l7oo count,) de- liciously soft finish ladies handkerchiefs. Popular IS and IA inch hems, dainty henstitching. Not SO many. COOL! DELICIOUS!
 Call at the big soda foun. tain and sample
 Crushed Cherry (new) with ice cream, Raspberry Phosphate. s Grape 5 | Claret ' $ Orange 5 Cherry 5 Egg Phosphate, fo '" Lemonade, Io |" Milk Shake, 1o :" Chocolate, Io i COMPULSORY CASH was the knife that cut dowr all the importers profits in thi: fine China and Glassware The sale of
 7Ae Estate of
 Oscar Goerke, Mzbortea, is in full swing. A bae weather Monday, left some o the better picklngs: Wedgewood's Dec. Dinner Sets,
 I12 pieces, $40 Grindleys Best Cups and Saucers, SC ? | Fancy Crystal Tooth Pick Vases. 5 Crystal Nappies. 2 Fancy Match Stands, 5 Shaker Salts and Peppers. 5 Glass Spoon Trays, 5 Decorated China Cracker Jars. so 1 Decorated China Fruit Dishes, 25 Decorated China Berry Dishes, 25 Crystal Vases, 5 Water Bottles, 10 Crystal Jelly Dishes, ( l MhLLE#* 1 mSY' Boy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27

COOL! DELICIOUS!
 Call at the big soda foun. tain and sample Crushed Cherry, (new) with ice cream,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
TURKEY REDS.

Best table cover for the money we're in touch with yet, Two yds. and a quarter long, literally fringed. Apiece, 33c.
 BUREAU SETS, 45c.
 Yard and a half long Scarves and three pieces -four in all) All in the lovely Irish Guipure Work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
NOVELTY SILKS,

NOVELTY SILKS. 4oc.
 Some were 75c, some were Soc, some were even more money still. There's loads and loads of lovely patterns particularly good for the fancy waists. You'll find 'em on the same bargain table with the half-priced dress goods.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27

Percales, Lawns, Dimities, Organdies and so on, with de. tached white collars and cuffs. Rows upon rows, Come and pick over.
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7Ae Estate of Oscar Goe1ke, Imbortea,

is in full swing. A bad weather Monday, left some of the better pickings:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Kinley prosperity struck the country.
He loves to play the violin, and every
night when he picks up his fiddle he is
worth just $50 600 more than when he
laid it down on the night before.
When he stays two hours at church,
he leaves worth 81, 166 more than when
he went.
"Just hoE Mr.. r 7ckfeller's fortune
jumped $50. 600, 600 in three months is
easily explained" says an exchange.
HE owns 500, 900 shares OF the Stand
ard Oil Company, or a trihe more
than One-half of the total capitalize
ton. These par value of these is $FOs
600. 900. In February last the certid
Gates were sold at $3.50. At this fig
ure his holdings were worth $3.50, 00O,
900. To pay, at $500, they are worth
$3.50, 600. 90. LAST August Standard
Oil certificates we're sold at 1870. At
this figure his holdings were worth
$95, coo, 900. or $50, 900, 900 less than
they are to day.
Jay Gould achieved world wide fame
as a money maker. When he died he
Left $72, 600, 900, and the world stood
aghast at the wonderful achievements
of the man-S72, 600, 600 made in yearsI
But here is q man whose wealth has
grown at the rate of S. 600, 900 q
month, and the outside world scarcely
dreamed of it; a man who earned his
first quarter of a dollar hoeing pota
toes on a Tioga County farm, in the
upper part of New York; a man who
thirty five years ago did not have 81, 600
TO his name.
Rockteller's wealth ia not all locked
up in the Standard Oil Company, He
has nearly a solid 800, 900, 600 in many
enterprises of vast magnitude. In real
estate he has tied up SIS, 00O, 600; in
steamship lines, 50. 200, 900; in iron
mines, $l5. 900, 90; in bank stock, So,
600, 600; in natural gas stock, "a. 600,
900; in manufactured gas stock, So, 900,
600; in mines in Western States,
SIS, 900, 600; in Governmf Mt bonds and
miscellaneous securities, about $12,
900, 600, and in cash, about 50, 600, 900. "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
SONG luklsouMo BANKING.

Bankers r pretty much like the
proof after proof of this. They clamOr
for sound money, for sound banking
methods, and yet a pretty large per
cent. Of them go On proving daily that
they are as unreliable as the average
politician. The recent disclosure of the
fairs of the First National Bank, of
AsheVille, is a case in point. I5 ap
pears that three or four Of the bank
off Gals have borrowed from them
selves nearly a quarter of a million of
dollars Of money belonging to deposit
or5. phe notes(O were endorsed by all
sorts Of insolvent people, including a
carpenter, q plssteTer, a book keeper,
a street caP mOtOrman, and the ianitor
OF the bank. The president Of the bank,
&c is thought, borrowed" something
like STA, 900 with this kind Of endorse
ment. Tne cashier had gotten soma
thing like $50, 900 IL the same manner.
Another person had gotten. it is
thought, about $50, 600
IL is a plain case Of footing" the
bank, if the reports are true Aud yet
iG is this class of bankers, or bank rob
bers, rather, who pirate about sound"
money, sound banking methods. IE is
this class of bankers who inveigh
against the free coinage of silver and
other sound and reasonable theories Of
political economy. When will the peo-
pie see the danger of allowing such
scamps to absolutely control the affairs
of the countryR
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
FOR B

IL is said that Mr.. Woodford, our
Minister to Spain, has given that
country what is practically the ultima
tum of the United States, in regard to
the Cuban war. Mr.. Woodford's state.
ment, We learn amounts to this: If
the war does not end within one or two
months the United States government
will interfere.
This statement hes been denied, but
it seems from all appearances, that
while Mr.. Woodford did not use Ian
guage fully as strong as this, yet this is
the substance of his interview with the
Duke Of Tituan.
Still Gen. Weyler sticks to his state
ment that within four months he will
have the island pacifed. Weyler, the
butcher, makes death the pacificator,
and we truly hope our government
will not submit to this.
The cubans have fought brRvely,
patiently and with Spartan courage.
Their struggles, in many respects, re
minds us of our own Revolutionary
struggles, with the exception that they
have had a far more brutal and bar
barous foe.
The Cuban war has been in progress
now for quite a while. The butchery
has been continued long enough and
the Cubans are well worthy of our aid
If Spain car conquer Cuba, why does
she not do sol Why continue the
butcheryG II she cannot conquer
Cuba, let US bring the war to a crisis
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
JNO. D ROCKEFELLER WON'T &C
TO KLONDIKE.

Jno. D. Rockefeller says prosperity is
restored, if we remember correctly.
We guess he shinks SO. For instance,
John is worth $244, 900, 600. His wealth
has increased $50. OOO, 900 in the past
three months. He makes q cool six
million and a half per month, 81, O83
per hour and $s4 so per minute. Every
morning when John wakes up, he is
just $17, 705 richer than when he went
to bed. This is based upon the state
ment that he sleeps 81 hours. Don't
you suppose he sleeps WELT Rockfel
ler's wealth increases every second
day and night, Sundays and holidays
at the rate of 81 cents per second.
When this gentleman stays one half
hour at the table, he finds that he is
just 81. 041 so richer than when he sat
down at the table, besides paying all
expenses. Tnen, too, Johnny Rock
telier is a j0lly old clap since Nc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
HAS CONF

The sixty second Waveo of prosperity,
in goldbug papers only, has come and
and gone. There has been a notable
increase in building and other aft
many factories have started up etter
being closed down, or having run on
short time during the continued period
of depression, all of which is q lite
natural. Crop failures I'VE the ocean
have had some effect and have put up
the price Of grain. But the adoption
of the gold standard and the passage of
the DiDgley bill heve, as we expected,
resulted in disappointment. Even the
trusts, so far, have not reaped any
great harvest. The slogan of dollar
wheat" and eight ent cotton" seem
TO be going down hill. Cotton has
dropped from eight in August to 81
and less for the fall months and no
better prices in sight. They say" hard
times over the ocean has depressed the
price Of cotton. Now that is curious
How can hard times exiet in EBglano
aud Germany when they have the gOlo
standard in all it blooming glOry9 The
old, Old story must be told again.
Times will not be good again until the
United States, England and Germany
adopt the double standard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
LEASING ~PENITENTIARIzs.

During the past week there has been
talk of leasing the ~penitentiary, be
convicts, the State farms, etc., to MI
John II. Winder, of this city. It'll
understood that Mr.. Winder would
take the outfit On certain conditions
We hope no such arrangement will
be made. Humane considerations alone
are sufficient to prevent the leasing
out of human beings, placing them at
the disposal Of people whose only OBJ
jec5 is to do a profitable business With
them, to make a profit after payingG
penses. This should never be dOnear
cept in cases where some person OF
company can use the LABOR to adVaa
Jage, paying go much per day, and tnsl
the superintendent and guards should
De in full charge, and the State should
furnish food and clothing. In sOD'
instances the convicts might DO vel
cared for and used to good advantage
but there is always great risk. Il"
farming out of convicts has not DO"
attended with good results in otDa
States, and the sickening tales Of Oa
tality emenating from some COW"
camps are actually disgusting.
If the State cannot care for it's crln
inals (and it CAM it would be more d.
name, were it lawful, to give away !
c0nvicts, that is treat them as cOs'"
property. OF course we are not ss
costing any such a remedy, Ou'
would be better, for ownership Wo~.
secure good treatment to them '"
have no reason to believe thai -
Winder would be guilty of inhumap"s.
but we have no guarantee ths'
would not. The same can be sau
every other man or syndicate Oh
who might desire to lease the peDD'
tiary.
The penitentiary has never been
supporting, but since most OF the"S
victs have. been put out on the tarm'
Roanoke river, it has been near'
than ever before. With good m'pa
ment we believe the outfit can Oepr
to pay expenses. Much OF the l8DJ n
the river farms has been expenu0S
getting ready to farm, and, OF c'T Itts
that required much outlay, WIZ Ike
return. Clearing land, bulldlns S1am
and digging canals is an e1Pensed
business. II the affairs are m nu nj
rightly we think the ~penltentisrJo I@
be made nearly or ute self suPR r. y
in the near future. At any iastR
leasing of it should be che very
sort.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

AS we go to press the lates dispatches
from New Orleans indicate that the
fever is making more progress than il
had been hoped that it would. More
new cases were reported at New
Orleans Saturday than at any pre-
vious day, though only two deaths
we're reported. Five new cases were
reported at Mobile, and nine in the
small town of Edwards, Miss.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

In clipping from THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, we hope our exchanges will
give proper credit. We appreciate the
compliments which some have paid us
in wishing to father some of our edi
t~orials, but we believe in giving every
one his due. You are welcome to COPY
any and everything that appears in
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, provided
you give proper credit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
RAILROAD COMMISSION ON
FREIGHT RATES ON
COTTON,

The r ailroad Commission has issued
a uniform freight rate on cotton. Man
ager Stannard of the North Carolina
Freight Association appeared before
the Commission and asked a reduction
of rates After examining into the mat
ter, the Commission issued the follow.
ing order:
Having fully examined the rates.
we find them lower than in any other
State Georgia as low, but that the
rates are not uniform on different sys
TENS, and hence it is ordered that the
rates be on 100 pounds 9 cents for 10
miles; Is cents for % miles; 10 cents
for 80 miles; % cents for rs miles: 25
cents for 100 miles; 80 cents $50 miles :;
35 cents for 300 miles.
These rates apply to the main lines
and branches alike, and go into effect
October 10Th"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

to an end, and let peace once more
reign over this now war-stricken Gem
of the Antilles" Cuba must eventually
triumph. Let it not be said that the
United States, the boasted country OF
freedom, allowed her to fight her bat
ties alone, and when the laws OF civil
lied war we're t~ranegressed uttered no
protest. Yet this is what has happened.
This has been our position, but it has
been a wrong one Let US atone for
past inactivity and negligence by now
giving a helping hand to the Cuban
insurgents, who have fought as bravely
for their own freedom az did the "ooys
of rs" for the freedom of which we
boast.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
n. e. 2. a.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Whiskey is worth $36 per gallon in
the Klondyke. Folks that 'see snakes"
there have TO pay. That's the only
charcs to SEQ q theatre, however.
! Neither OF the Wilsone, nor yet
Messrs. Pearson and Caldwell will re
ceive any-pay until the courts decide
who shall be the Commissioners. So
says Treasurer Worth.
TIE Chatham Citize truly says that
4it the cylindrical Billing Trust is not
crushed, it will soon be the one cotton
buyer, as toe American Tobacco Com
pany is the one tobacco buyer Of the
country.
It was noticed in this column q few
weeks ago that Snow fell at Round
Koob ia this e5ate, says s 3otlaud Neck
Commonwealth. The opinion of most
papers is that several things have been
heard to "drsp" around Round Knob
lately.
The editor of an Iowa paper being
asked. do hogs peyi' replied through
his columns as follows: "A good many
of them DO not; they take the paper
fer several years without payment,
and when a bill is rendered they get
the postmaster to se-d the paper back
refused"
ii Col. Kingsbsry wants a thousand
more men on the State Guard. He
has been computing the number of
men that can be killed with q Maxim
gun in ten minutes. It makes our
blood run cold to think Of the terrible
loss of human life. but then the Colonel
delights Ia war scenes.
The price of cotton doss not meet the
expectation Of farmers. Little of last
years crop remains and this years
yield has been greatly diminished by
drought. Some of our exchanges ad-
wise farmers to hold their cotton. Fur
our part, we do not care to put Jul
selves into the responsible position Of
adviser in such uncertain matters.
In the most southerly cities, the vel
low fever continues to spread, but the
situation is not nearly SO alarming as
it was two weeks ago. The panics once
caused have been rendered very i'm
probable by the great progress that has
been made in medical science and prac
tice within the past two decades. Jack
Frost and Yellow Jack cannot dwell
together in unity and frost will be a
welcome visitor to the stricken land.
With it's arrival, the number of cases
will gradually decrease.
1.-THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER does not
believe in the trashy novels, word con
tests, bogus premiums, and other hum
bugs that are used to boost the sub
scriPtion list Of some papers. I5 ia
worth a sound dollar per year-1OO
cents IN gold, silver. or paper every
365 days, and not a cent less. This is
It's platform all the year round. ANY
n who thinks it worthless than this
can let it alone. It asks Rndgets patron
age solely upon it's own merits. When
you fork over your dollar for it YOU
gov aiu received in a good all round
and not q vague hope of winning
DS IN some humbug scheme.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

John D. Rockefeller is not satisfied
With controlling Oil, sugar and a few
more things. He has now tackled
whiskey, and proposes to corner that
TOO. He can now endow two or three
more colleges and build G. few more
churches-''to the glory Of Gdr-
AgitatOr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
GRANTING FRER PASSES IN
DICTABLE.

Now we have two new Railroad Com
missioners il may be well to call the
attention OF judges and grand juries to
the fact that the Act of 1891 creating
the Commission especially makes it in
dictable for any railroad company to
grant any free pass except to railroad
officers and employees. Section 4 of
the Act forbids any discrimination be,
tween parties except as allowed by
Sec. Is. and what greater discrimina-
ton than to charge one man 81 cents
per mile and another nothing per mile9
Sec Is permits Communication, mileage,
excursion and charity tickets and free
passes ITO railroad employees and eff
GERS, and by exchange with a connect
ing railroad to its officers and en-
ployees." Sections 4 and % Of our Act
are copied from sections 2 and % of
the Inter state Commerce Act and the
Inter state Commerce Commission,
composed of most eminent lawyers,
has uniformly and repeatedly decided
las we learn on good authority that
these same words make it illegal to
issue free passes to anyone other than
railroad officers and employees. The
only difference is that the Inter state
Act did not make this violation punish
able and that Commission had to limit
itself to merely declaring it Illegal to
issue free passes. But the North Caro-
lima Act adds the important words
that such violation is IAN cffanse pun
ishable on conviction by a fine OF not
less than 81, 600 nor more than IS 900
for each and every offence" If our
judges, solicitors and grand juries will
do their duty. the iniquitous system of
making the general public pay for the
free riding of corporation ~favorites and
tools will not only cease, but the school
fund can be swelled by many thou
sands of dollars.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Upon receiving the letter of tho
ernor, Mr.. 8. Ohio Wilson SEM tbo Wv
lowing laconic reply: "'
"North Carolina Railroad Comm;...
Raleigh, Sept "a. 1897
$50 Daniel L RusSeU,' Governor.
"SIR:-Yours of the % d reoo;-
and noted. rs. OHIO WILSON
Railroad Commissions, y
Maj j. W. Wilson's message to y.
Governor reads as follows:
''North Carolina Railroad Commis.i.-
Raleigh Sept "a 1897
"TO Daniel L Russell, Governor.
"SIR:-Your favor of the pad H..
hereby acknowledged. In reply nS
say that I shall disregard your o,s wv
to suspend, but will continue to ~
business at the old stand until revoou.s
by a tribunal other than a self con..;
tuted Star Chamber
JAS w, WILSON,
"Chm'n Railroad Commission y
On last Friday. Mr.. John Il. Pesr...
made a formal demand On Mr. & ~
Wilson for the Cmce. Mr., Wis.,,
quietly informed Mr.. Pearson that ~.
did not consider himself legally oostsd
aud therefore refused to surrender
Mr.. Pearson accordingly bade bi.
good morning, and in the Octob.,
term of Superior Court in Wake copntu
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Pearson will bana
themselves in the balances of Justice
and he who is found wanting mps,
surrender.
It will be a big legal battle, and tho
outcome will be awaited with interoo,
Mr.. Caldwell failed to serve noticeon
Maj. Wilson Friday, and it is said that
unless Gov. Russell calls a special ss
sion Of Burke court, the case Of Caa.
we'll VS.. Wilson cannot be tried until
next May. Messrs. J. Q. L. Harris. R
o. Burton and Judge 8pier Whitaker
are attorneys for Nj. s. O Wilson.
Mr.. r O Burton, Maj Jno. D. Shaw.
Judge Thos. 81. Hill, Bynum & 8ynun
and Judge Whitaker represent Mai
Wilson as attorneys.
Railroad Commissioners D. Il. Abbott
notifies the Governor that he will
recognize Messrs. S. o. and J. ". vii
son as Commissioners until the courts
decide the case.