The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-04

charged bg home folks with havinr what in common parlance Is called tn Jlg head. His reply was the folks iome know better than any one else presume the gentleman above referres 70 knew those whom he was talhn. about. They were his folks.
 Roads froinise Rates.
 The rail.oad officials will tell yor that wherever the farmer has anyt},inl to ship they will put in rate. MT President. did you ever read the 116t psaimY An old Scotchman is said nave read this Psalm one morning prayers. and when he read the secon' verse, which reads as follows, I said i. my haste all men are liars the God fearing and God-serving man took of on his knees and said: An. David, ha, you been talking about railroad mel you would have been saying it till now.
 II was promised rate on rye straw by a railroad official, and was assured by former President of the Railroad Commission of Alabama that the rail road officials of the State had agreed tc put in rates whenever the farmers had anything to ship. On the strength of thi- statement planted 100 acres in rye con tracted for the delivery of the straw ir Chattanooga at a fair price. with { reasonable rate. I baled a lot of the straw, put it on the platform of the de- pot and ordered a car. The railway com pany was running four freight trains past that station daily. and yet that straw was left there for lack of a car in which to ship until half ot it was ruined ano the car I did wet of the railroads took $50 and generously gave me slS and | spark from the locomotive set f1re to the balance.
 - MT President. ancient history tells us that the Spartan consigned to eternal perdition all who had been guilty Of in- Justice, perjury or oppression. When you, sir, go to the devil if you will search the annals of crime you will ma no deeds of him who purely for the sake of gre spirg greed heaps burdens grfevous to be borne on class already taxed 70 the starvation point. Why Is It that Southdown of Shropshire sheep. our meadows with Hereford and shorthorn cattle are grown up In broom-sedge and briars? The land turned over to the thriftless. shiftless negro, or the home less white man and don't want any. who has no interest in roads. churches or schools, the only sure index to nign civilization, and to happy prosperous people? It Is because We are shut ou' of our own markets by greedy. graspine railroad corporations. Far down the line there Is a murmur of discontent which it would be we'll for the railroads to heed. If they do not. like the burst or ocean in the earthquake. it will overwneim them in swift and mountainous ruin They but build their own funeral pyre' and the smoke of millions of their rev. enue will go up in its flame.
 An Agreement Reached.
 At. the conclusion of MT. McElderry,s argument the representatives, or the raii- roads suggested that If the case wss continued, an agreement could propaply be reached. This action was taken ano after d conference everything asked for hv MT. McElderry was granted and ne withdrew his complaint. ..
 The complaint was lodged against the l.. and N, the Central of Georgia ana the Southern. The railroads were repre- sented by c. B. Compton, Traffic Man. ager. P C. Shepard, General Freight Agent. and J. M Falkner. Division At torney for the L. and N, and J. ". Hunter. Commercial Agent at Selma TOT '''O Other Cases.
 The cases of the Anniston ManutacIur inc Company and the Dwight cotton Mills. charging excessive rates agains' the l.. and N, Southern ana A. U; 2. was set for hearing at Birmingham feo-
 Several petitions asking for the mooi- acation of the general order requlr,hs depots at certain stations 70 post pume ,,e. fins. etc, This petition is for the renel onarators are not employed. The com ,.is.ion has taken the matter under ad-
 For the first time in more than r,onth. every member of the Commiss.oi r,as present yesterday. A. E. Canee has just recovered from d severe '''' ness.