The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
ApDroVeu: Bryan Sugden,
 Passenger Traffic Manager.

Down at the West Indian Exposition in Charleston, 1t looks as if the passenger
 people have entered on war of exter- General Passenger Agent Sam HardWick of the Southern. who with his little daughter has been spending the holidays with relatives in Montgomery, was one of the originators of the crusade. He and his compatriots of the passenger world have kept up the fight ever since, and the Charleston incidents are. some of the results of the work. Speaking of the matter The News and Courier of Charleston says:
 Henry Caspary, a ticket broker, was arrested at the Atlantic Coast Line De- disorderly conduct. The charges were preferred by representatives of the joint validating offices. The agency had pre- pared for another big killing of scalp CTS tickets and it was while the work was being planned that Caspary was arrested.
 During the day it became known to the agency that number of long dist ance tickets would be used on the Coast Line train, and, as there was an abund- ance of evidence and Identification, the representatives of the office were per pared to see that none but original sur
 chasers went through. In order to in spect all transportation before the train started North all avenues leading out from the station were locked and pas sengers were required to pass through the regular gate. Many cut-rate dealers were in the station. One dealer went to the gate and he was told that he could not go in without showing his ticket; He had none and he. quietly stepped aside. Caspary appeared at the gate just as the other dealer moved away and the agency people allege that he became He was talking loudly when a police man was called and he was placed un- der arrest. He was released on the de posit of $1O bond:
 kt.nA ftnV, had been secured by the validating office pre- vented the scalpers from sending their customers to the gate and they resorted to other means of hoodwinking the rail- road. They made an utter failure. how ever, for telegrams from Florence last night stated that several passengers had been elected from the train for attempt ing to use scalpers ticket.
 Tn order to get by the agents in Charleston, tho purchasers of the out law goods bought tickets to Florence, at the station, and after passing Flor ence handed in the cut-rate transporta- ton. 1t happened that the conductor who left Charleston went on to Rocky Mount and he was given instructions about the tickets. The scheme was too thin and the elected passengers had to walk back to Florence through the cold night air.
 "Ordinarily the scalpers might be able to get their goods thrcegh by following this plan, but the situation is being ham dled so well here by the validating agency that most tickets that drift into the office of the brokers are rlt on the black list.
 A man who bought a cut-rate ticket ouG of Charleston had an unpleasant ex- perience the other day that he is not apt to forget. He was travelling with his wife and was in the dining car on the Atlantic Coast Line train when the con ductor went in for his transportation. The train had stopped for moment and the conversation was heard by every person in the car. The con6uc- tor was looking at the signature,
 Why I don't understand this said the conductor, for you are riding on a ticket The passenger pricked mp his ears. then colored quickly and his eyes dropped. By that time the other people were listening. This ticket, ne continued. was originally purchased by negro known personally to me. It is not yours, neIthe- is this your name, so I think I'll take it. The IN5senger looked sheepisl and then raid lAs fare. The Incideat was not pleae1nt for his wife. but 1t was slIIsing to others in the dining car.'