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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
To Celebrate Shiloh.

The John Ingram Bivouac, Con-
federate soldiers, of Jackson, has
decided to celebrate the anniversary
of the battle of Shiloh April and
Z. The proceeds will go to help
defray the expenses Of Confederate
soldiers who are unable to pay their
way to the Confederate reunion at
Now Orleans
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
Increasing It's Earnings.

The Nashville, Chattanooga &
ST. Louis railway continues to in
crease its earnings. The second
week of March showed $136,771.46
over the corresponding week Of
last year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
FORTY-SIxTH DAY.

The senate, after spirited debate,
rejected the bill making an annual ap-
preparation for a State fair. Messrs.
Norleet, Baxter, Ledgerwood, Kim
brough and Bright spoke for the bill,
and Messrs. Cox, Rice, Garrett and
Cate of Cooke against it. The vote
was 10 to II and undoubtedly ends the
agitation for this session.
Among the new bills were these:
BY Mr.. Graham-To regulate gifts or
legacies for the use of religious or
charitable Institutions.
BY Mr.. Parsons-To repeal the act
providing for the redemption of notes
of the Bank of Tennessee; also to
amend the law in regard to uniform
rules of evidence in certain cases.
By Mr.. BaXter-To make adultery
misdemeanor and to prevent di-
vorced persons from remarrying under
five years.
By Mr.. Garrett-To provide for the
ids, committee bill.
To enable charitable institutions to
acquire rights to obtain water sup
plies. Passed.
To prohibit illegal sales of liquors.
1t provides. a fine of $50 to 500 and six
to eleven months Imprisonment and
forfeiture of license for two years.
The bill was rejected by a vote of 13
to II. Mr.. Tharp entered a motion to
reconsider.
Mr. Garrett submitted the report of
the special committee appointed to in
vestigate the question of Illuminating
oils.
Doings in the House.
The house adopted a resolution con-
firming the right of T. l.. Lewis Of
White county to his seat
/ The more important new bills were
these:
By Mr.. Johnson-To provide that no
two trustees of the Western Insane
Hospital shall come from the same
county.
By Mr.. Tyson of Madison-To au-
thorize circuit judges to grant appeals
from judgments overruling demurrers.
By Mr.. Carter-To make it a misde
meanor to employ any one under con-
tract to another.
House bills on third reading:
To appropriate $4,000 TO the Kings
Daughters for home for blind girls at
Nashville; passed.
To amend the act to maintain uni
form system of public schools so as to
make the permanent school fund, $5,-
900 900; failed-yeas At, nays 2S.
To regulate the laying out and work
ing of public roads in counties of iJ,-
600 and under so as to require that
road taxes collected in one district
shall be applied to improving the roads
of that district; rejected.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
Educational Rally.

State Superintendent Mynders
announces that April Z and s have
been decided upon as the dates for
an educational rally at Nashville.
Superintendent Mynders looks for
an attendance of 500 people from
all over the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
Jersey Exhibit at st. Louis.

The Tennessee Jersey Cattle
Club held its annual meeting at
Nashville last week. Plans were
devised for a Tennessee exhibit of
jersey cattle at the Worlds Fair.
The following officers were elected:
D. S. Williams, Nashville, presi-
dent; James L. Cooper, Nashville,
Eice-president; S. n. Warren,
Spring Hill, secretarY-treasurer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
Want No More Land.

1t is said the visiting legislative
committee on agriculture will re-
port adversely to the purchase Of
additional land for the experiment
station at the University of Ten
nessee. The University wanted
$4,000 appropriated for this pur-
pose.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
No Road Bonds In Warren.

Warren county last week. de-
clined to issue 100000 in road
bonds by a majority of over 400.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
Killed His Fourth Man.

Esau Eldridge shot and instantly
killed John Roark in a saloon ct
Dayton last week. This is the
fourth man that Eldndge has killed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
EORTY-FIFTH DAY,

declaring in favor or the State con-
tributing annually $4,000 to the Pea
body Teachers College, providing the
college is located at Nashville.
Bills were introduced by Mr.. Baxter
making school districts co-extensive
with civil districts and authorizing
counties to impose additional taxes
where the levy does not provide
enough to run the schools for six
months.
The senate rejected the bill to
amend the pistol carrying law so as to
take the matter of Imprisonment out
of the discretion of judges and leave it
to juries.
Memphis Bill Passed.
The house passed the bill taking the
appointment of police and fire depart
ment officials in Memphis out of the
hands of the mayor.
The special committee in the
Knowles-Lewis contest from White
county reported to the house recon-
mending that Lewis retain his seat
and that a law be passed compelling
witnesses to respond to subpoenas
from committees of the general as
sembly.
Among the new bills were the fol-
lowing:
By Mr.. Cooper-To make it good de-
fense to prove the truth of published
statements alleged as libel; also to
make it sufficient to prove the truth of
alleged SANDER.
By Mr.. Harlin-To require teachers
to file all reports required by the
State and county superintendents; al
so to hold up salaries of county super
intendents until their reports are filed.
By Mr.. Nolen-To compel mining
G.
every fifteen days.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to
purchase a governors manson was re-
jected-ayes 40, nays 50-and a mo-
ton to reconsider was entered.
The bill making the operation of a
pool room felony was called up on
motion to reconsider. 1t was anne lded
so as to make it a misdemeanor pun
ishable by fine of $50 to $500 and
sixty days to six months Imprisonment,
and passed, rs to 2.
Bills on third reading:
To regulate the buying and selling
of seed cotton passed.
To make more stringent penalty for
selling liquors on Sunday; failed for
want of a constitutional majority-44
ayes to 80 nays-and motion to recon
slider entered.
To amend the oath required of sa-
loon keepers by making it more strin-
gent; passed-51 to 2S-ald motion to
reconsider entered.
To amend the law providing for alb
olition of charters of municipal corpor-
ations so as to permit towns chartered
under special act to abolish their char
ters by majority vote, the Winchester
bill; rejected.
To maintain a uniform system of
schools in Montgomery county;
passed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
PRIVATE LEVEE BREAKS
Flooding the Section Around Bruins
Wick-TroubIe Expected on
the Louisiana Side.

Vicksburg, Miss, March 22.-The
o1ly levee news of any serious mo-
ment to hand here today was that
concerning the giving way of the pri-
vate levee below Duval's, near Cho-
tard and Brunswick, last night, this
levee being maintained by H. H. Da-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27

Men bern great do rot always die co.
Puck
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
MANCHESTER VERMONT THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER

John tbs Ger, du. I'u ihiakins u voI
ris5 him : The thoughts Of ye sbsd snd .,
lsps. snd The i,b doiu' i,seii srd hin psy
ias fof u
John vetl ifeqaently 10 the ssnnsry, bn'
be dii 20, meet The proprietor un,il hi,
last visit Well. Mr.. Taltle. be ssid, The
ssles is ell drawn ca. Hsve ! esroed my
three doilsuf
NJ. yon hsvsnt tsrned II. bal lscppose
I'll psy Il. answered the tsnner l dIdn'i
,Ipec, you 70 do tbe job tbst wy.
Why. yoa ssid that Jon wanted Us TO
be pfscticsl. said John. think |, YES
more prsc,iosl 10 dr.v oii that al q BY
q siphon than II would have been TO dip
u oI. by the y iliul.
Mr. Tu,,le did not visit the school sssin
cDnnnios bis duties % commi teemsn
hercsiter 10 seeing that the sppropIis
iops we're DO. exceeded. Add whenever
be seemed disposed TO raise bis voice in
10 "Dew-iansled idess." the
nov Of eIoquenee could esslIy be check
ed By some quiet reference to "Mr. Tut
Ties sun" Youths Compsnion.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
Devoted Parents.

There are heroiGes in the most une1pec'
ed places. 10 the sloms OF the tenement
house district ere seli-sscrjf ,iDg women,
brineiog up f.uiliss the best they know
how, without money. cotvaniences or com
forte, but doing their poor best to give
their children the benea, Of 90 educstion.
The New York Sac tails The story OF one
unknown heroine
l couldn't go 90 sny tXcursion, no.
ms'sm. she replied. wesrily. TO the efsr
Of . day on ths water. To dress and take
dvs OF them end keep wstch Of them oil
dsy on the boat. snd fssI tbss oil my work
vas undone st home. Why, I'D be more tir
ed than il | hsd worked Ill day. The bsby
|. outdoors sll day with his sisters, and
cell have to get on with that
Y,u look ss II you Deede the trip more
.hsn the baby, said the visitor. Couldn't
you get svsy for day or week without
then2 I. peedL'i cost you snythine.
And Iesve them all 10 the streetp And
ny bnsbsni'- mesl- TO get. and the fur
oi.bei rooos 10 lock s.tsi7 o., DO. the
ssid
Bat wby do 700 need to hsve this Iods
log house 90 yous hsnds' Csnf your
husband support the fsuiiyi
Not end keep the children 10 school.
shs ssid, simply. We vspt 10 give them
oil % edacs.ioo, sud be csnt do I, uuless
] ron the house.
There is 9 heroioe 10, you. said the Wei
tor 10 her 60 ppsnion, as they descen1 1ed
the stairs.
Little Taridru. which Is short isf 8 u
,tose, lived 10 tso rooms behind bis faith
or's bstbsr shop. WITH bis brother sod
sister end pretty. blsck.syed mother 1ur
idrus father came 10 from the barber
shop to Interpret. All the questions or
dsssd by the bond of hesltn stre snsver
ed satisfactorily natl 1, came to that OF
ui,doss open st tight
No, ussn, ssid Tu'idrn1 f.ther, frn
~; 90. nfvr do we sleep si'h our sin
doss open 81 night We ttitk too macb
OF COR children.
Bat yoo no,,i persisted The board o!
health visitor. II yoo doS't yoa'il keep
hrs.tsias b.d cir over srd over sssiS ,snd
the bsby sill be .isk. sud youil oil hsye
con.nmption
Tue barber looked tslpIess. Hov !
vish you SPEAK Itslisp, be ssid, ttsn l
explain to yoo.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03

sisrisi ny tsfn With .ii hlor tc,n
ssli Me Notioe, hriasias ,h.w irem
Als'hs to sesiiIe hy boat and t,eu ,h,rs
bf eipfees Nos hs,e ahy on mara
y eo'' the iaa sizes 70 10 set N, .i, f..
10 TIE farm, Bet 'ssy have paid 10, ,asm
'e''s' express charges sai 81, several
,insi over,
fies d ihs farm become less .hy a
slf'essts sitter the cool ve.ther se,. 10.
WIN 'asir osuer and rvery member N
DIS l'aiy ,h,y hsvs learned 10 b, pa,
hoas y iheif essc Appestius iron
oer'oF o. omios dovn hon their mn
'al'a foom, thar Seaa The sssoomer es,i
ons'f Ga closr seqasin,snca With ,b,m
u is cs.y to discern ihst lara icre. .l.o
hSt me bard. crafty expression usu.lly
seen 10 We regular Wild type. They seem
eseri aaf more attractive aad possessed
OF aplsrapier disposition.
A eavs OF The hind isom ither ,heir
oSntf ot hi, yonus toa will suiie Tho
c's''y e'etsare throus b any opening, ,bs
ssm' - shepherd leada his sheep.
Toe care oi The Ton IL DO. dir4euli Aay
sai16 shsi . CT or dos will est ~ pal.
table q ,ts toI. 80 the die, i. .impin
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03

90 rqsired, snd logsius np, sss moit
or snilits u ne |. ste sent oni Of ihs
room.
Well, 10 due iire dipsw yes snooar
oed. entered IRON The library. ws,
scfrr,ssd 10 zee 90 ons 10 thsfoam. Pa
senty The docr irom The ball opened. and
10 stripped . sirL Grsst ttsvelsl Wee
tbould ste be bot
Abiisi
No. Mrs. Bsdlona
WHAT does this mesri
Iinesbs, John. that shsn you ssked
ne 10 be ycur wife II suddenly occurred
10 me ,hsi / bad bsn er confsaine you ,uot
toosios snyihirg Of your ismiiy. snd
vas sbout 10 tske . step thst might BE-
cory for. Itis. confsss. dtmorslis "a
me Liter came here, made your moth
er's sc3uuntsnce. fell 10 love With her and
coriessed all You knov the rest
10 sno,bsr moment We sere 20 prised
BY my mother in each o'hsrs arms.
Womsn bsteti she eIclsimed.
Mother. said, ! dsspiss sll women ey
eept yon.
Add Ani,a, she sids5
NJ AIRS Badlons.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
story OF a Fox Farm.

Stating fox farm ws kind OF wild
goose scsfms, 80 Ell b Norton the origi
nslor the prof sct, frankly acknowledged,
as be spent . grea. deal OF mooey on ttt
undertaking. H's sueosss, host YER, net
only proves the er,ellency OF bis jneg
nspi. b tnl hi. 4 2efiment Is s,trscliog vide
stsentioo.
The fox farm experiment bsgsn about
Ave years seo Mr. Norton owns . trsct
Of several hnpdred scres shout forty miles
from Bangor. M. tso OF wtich sre de
voted TO the foI f,rm snd are irciosed
With . wire fspcs tra feet high. As The
foxes will climb 10 tbst height, be ssw to
II the. the fence i toe top turned 10 snd
projected over tie ireiosufe sbout tso
feet. tbos presentiog ~ fsososl barrier.
10 their escspe.
To prevent the lorss b1rowine ont,
Mr. Norton dug trench snd Oiled II With
stones 40 that oodernsSh every inch Of
tbs wire fence sbau' the iociosnre there
II stobe xsl'. Tbeu be ca. The foI isru
up iuto tvelvs lots OF different sizes. put
iirg up . we'll built hoa.s Oh every lot,
uith > yrj rusbios sll the way srouod;
tbe hcuses 10 every ins..pcs beiog provid
ei With comm o5ions chsmbsr. 10 sun
mes the iunsses OF the isrm prefer their
bunoss. Bal st toe fret suggestion Of
cooi vesiter they tsks 10 their hsndmsde
Dwellings. shosios . marked preiersres
ios The secood n,os spsrtmen,a
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
Absent Minded c enIus SOS.

The absent minded gepiss. slways Z
fruitfal souics OF entertainment. figures tt
81 unnsusl extent 10 recent msstzlne lilel
stu,e'
The H,oklover recalls sn snec lots oil
eiyeless omission snd characteristic
smends on the part OF Mark Tssin. Mr..
Clemens a1d Mrs. Harriet Becker Stove
we're neishbors for msuy yesrs end be
VAS in III, habit Of mshins frequent inior
nal calls q. her boose. Ga reiurniog one
mornins bis vile exclaimed. reproschiol
ly;
Thsre, Sam. 20. have bsen over TO the
Stoves sesiu without = Iecktie 1t is real
ly too bad
He accepted the rebuke in tileuce, and
retired 10 bis room. Shortly afterwards
9 m sssenger c,rried TO Mrs. Stove . neat
parcel and q note. Toe package contain
ed . blsck silk neck lie, and the note wss
ss follows
"Here is Q neckiis Take II ont and look
1t it. / think Ist,yed 81 hour this morn
Jog. AT the end OF that Tina will you
kindly return IL, ss it is the only ono !
bsve. Mark Twain."
10 the Osotu.y M,gsxIus the Countess
Augele Potocks gives two amusing instsn
ces OF the abseot.ni odedness OF Lasche
tizsy. the famous pianist Es was at one
time giving lessaas TO the dsuah hter OF The
Baroness S.iegliz 10 b., Petersburg, and
quite won the heart OF his young pupil.
Who often % sniisslei her sfi ,ction by tri
butos OF fruit IN ] sseetneats.
Ga leaving her OBS dag he discovered
that she bad tucked large oasnge into
bis coat pocket. and wishing to relieve him
sell ss coon ss possible OF tho baIging oh
jsos. be st ouoe began to peel II. Sudden
ly. ss he vas crossing bridge over The
News. be perceived the brroness and her
dsush on their balcony opposite. He
ssluted them With sweeping bow. then
plsoed hsndiul Of orange peel
on bis head. and tossed his bet into the
river.
Another time be called on Bnlow, who
wss not st home, and the maid naturally
inquired bis name. For long time be
,ould not remember his own meme. Fin
lily, overcome BY confusion, be turned
md bolted down the stairs without reply |
log. At the foot II came to him, s0d be
'houted up to her, 'Lesche.zky"
When Bulow returned the girl describ
ID 10 him with much drsmstio eject the
wiId.eyed. desperate and distracted cir OF
,is visitor preisciog her story with The
remark.
"Au Idiot named LschetiEky called to
lay"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03

All right speak islias, >ia The yisi
Tor, 10 the tongue oi The l.na Of olives
Toe b.rher smiied rsiisplly .ni btoss
inte liquid yllsbIes. sesompsnied hy
n'ny gestures Never soala BE- sleep
uith siniovs orsp:poi II be suffered With
hest. mol wcold be open vindovs at
nish, upon b. inisbsi lie hoped be
uss 100 sooi father for THAI Ba, wbyf
Why. naturally. sisnorios, becsaso the
malaria vould enter 90 The nishi su and
stiic, The helpless little oass.
Bat oil Auerlcins sleep siih their vin
doss open Il night. snd don't yon ,hipk
they are stronger ,hsn IisIispsf
Americas sleep ulih their windows
open st nishii
Mos, certsinly. invariably very atmly.
Whist . strange, vhst 60 incomptehen
sible race the Ameiiesnsi sci be- "a se
cents OF despair.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
Tho Judge Also Ran.

judge Holman OF Indisns. famous f1F
yesrs ss the "~stehdoa Of The tressary =
was one Of the pionioksrs from Wssbiaa
ton who went 10 see the first b,ttle o.
Bull Run fought. He drove jown with
many other members Of congress, firm 10
the idea that the Uoion soldiers woui3
mske short work OF tbs Conisderstes, and +,
wi.n the rest, was panic stricken when the
Conieasfsles chased the Ulion soldiers
bsek 10 confusion.
Yosrs Liter be ssl telling Of bis erper
iencss' ! vas there, hs nii. and pretty
soon the soldiers and ci,'zIay wbo bad
gone TO see the battle bsssn TO cone by,
running d, 10 kill ] ~,.ched them for
spell. and then l thousht I'd bsttsf bs get
ting slons home.
Did you fani sskei Jadse Calber-
500,
| hsssensd bit, confessed Holmsp,
Which wsy1
To tell The Hu b, ssit Holm "a, I vsered
trf 10 the north.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
About Panama.

Toe oln nsrcs Of PAnsm,, sseoriins 60
'he iste'' available ds,s, smouhts TO sboai
three miil'ol doliars per sbnum. its pop
olssioh TO about 800 thousand. sna its
area to 81 67l squ,re milcs, or nearly
eqasi 20 th@, u the State oi Indiana The
estimate OF the population IL b ised upoD
the latest fiIai,l calculation. wbieh elbows
The population 10 1881. and vas based
npon ibe ceus1a Of 1871; while the asufss
OF srea arc from accepted eoosrsphie,l
authorities sna are those OF the area q
tho Depsftmsnt Of Panams OF the Colons
bian Rspnblic. The principal ports a.
Pspsms. cn the Pacific coast, aud Oolou,
on the Atlantis side, end these ports aro
visited annually by more than one tbon
esnd vessele, gbich land over one million
tons OF merchandise and nearly 100 thop
sand passel e rs. chiefly for transfer over
tho Pansms Railway. forty seven miles in
length, connecting The Pacific port OF Pena
ma with the Atlantic por. OF Colon.
Colon, OF A'pinwalI. as 1t Ia sometimes
called. has population OF about three
tboas0pd persons. The ciiy OF Panama
hes q population OF about twenty -nvo
Thousand, II was founded 10 1919, burned
10 1911, and rebuilt 10 1878, while Colon
10 OF much more recent date. having been
founded In 1856
The population, which, as already iadi
csted, smonnls 10 number 10 about 800
thoossnd.is composed OF various elements
Spanish. ladlsn, Negro. aud 3 limited
number OF persons from the E1ropesn
countries and the Uoited States especially
'hose eigsgej 10 commerce and transpr
tstion and The operation OF tho Pansms
Railway. oonsidsrsbi1 nuuiDer OF tue
population Is composed OF persons who
we're brought 10 the isthmns az lsborers
for the contraction Of the canal snd their
descendants, Since the abolition OF slavery
in Jamaica a considerable number Of lbe
blocks and mulattoes have settled on the
istbmus 10 small dealers and farmers, and
10 some villsgss on the Atlsntic side they
are ssid to be in the msj,rity. and as sro
suit the Englsh language 10 m much 10 use.
especially Oh the Atlantic side. Some OF
the native population have retained their
customs. spsecb, and physical type. those
especially In the western psrt OF the prov
ince, spd claim 10 be decendsuts Of tho
natives found 10 that section by the Span
isrds when they discovered and copquofed
the ccuutty.
OF the commerce OF Psnsms, the United
States supplies larger share than spy
other coon.ry. The importstioDs Ut the
port oi Colon doriog the lsch yesr end
ed Juoe 30 1903 ss shovn bv the report
Of the U0itsd States consnI. amounted to
1862 Gsi. OF vhicb 1914 l79 vas from tho
Uoi,ed States, Sll9 0s6 IRON Francs. BIS.
s22 firm England. $40 1856 from Gsrmsuy.
Tbs exports to the Uaited States from
Colon. 1903 amounted 10 si73. $40, From
Ibe port OF Pinsms the exports TO tho
Uoited States 10 tbs dsc,l year 1903 we're
sl93 .3i2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
Asu.u, MoxKsra

Some Of the nost spIioos hours Of .
mothers life are those when The little ones
of the household have the group. There
is 20 other msdiciDe 20 effective 10 this
terrible maIsdy IS folsy's honey and Tar.
It's a bonsehoId f.vor,e for throat and
iups troubles. aud % !. oontsins no opistss
or ether poisoas II csn bs ssfeiy given.
Sold by II Whipple, Manchester Centrs;
A II Psttibope. Manchester DspoL
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03

MrI He1peek Il sooder wby they 81
w.ys pat . womsas head on coiasf
Mr. Hsapsck -O,. we'll. m,oey talks,
100 knos.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-26
TR0TfING CLUB SETTLEMENT.
DIFFERENCES IN EMPIRE CRY
ORGANIZATION ADJUSTED.

Minority stocs<heiders, on Question OF In.
cerperattnG . Racing Association,
Sell Holdings-Messrs. Grant, Htillngs,
MorU0thsu aad Oorkea New Out.
A hnI settlement Of the differences be-
tween the stockholders Of the Empire City
Trottins Club was made yesterday. The
four owners. who constituted the minority
In ths vote on the question Of incorporating
q racinS assooation instead Of an associa-
ton for holding real estate. sold THAR stock
TO six Of the original eleven stockholders
and are now out Of tho corporation. The
four gentlemen who sold their HOLDINGS are
Hugh J. Grant, C. X. q. Billings, Henry
Moreenthau and Frederick Gerken. The
ak purchasing members arc James Butler.
Charles G. Lloyd. Peter Mcdonald, g. p.
Paul. Edgar Bronx and Thomas j. Brady.
B1yton Ives, the eleventh stockholder,
has been neutral throughout. and he retains
his original interest only.
The price paid covered the original in
vestnnent Of each seller, 30 that the only
loss, II any. Is for deficiency that may have
occurred In the running expenses since the
track was opened by the original syndicate.
= A. told ct the time In THR SUN, the orig
inal disagreement aroee over the manner
OF incorporation. When Mr. Lloyd intro
duced the resolution to increase the capital
stock from 5000 TO $3.50 900, one Of the
minority stockholders offered an amend
ment that e545 900 Of the stock be Issued
- q land-holding corporation and IS 600
a. the stock Of the trotting association.
This brodght out Q lively debate, the ma
jorty stockholders holding that the club
ives formed a. . racing association and
should be continued a. such.
A. matter Of fact, the property In worth
to-day fully half q million dollars, from
Q real estate point Of view, a. building
lots on every side are selling ct from 0SC6
TO $500 EACH The majority stockholders,
however. were unwilling to 60 before the
horsemen - q trottinG association with
only 5000 actual capital upon which 70
offer the magnificent list of stakes and
purree that have since been opened.
II building lots was TO be the ultimate
use Of the beautiful park they believed the
time WAS not yet ripe to arrange for IL.
From that time until the present each
side has realized that harmony was i'm
possible between interests 30 widely diver
gent, and when the stock was finally Issued
and the racing association. with its increased
capital stock became Q fxed fact, the
minority accepted tho situation and with
II the oder made by the other owners
10 acquire their interests. Seven stock
holders now own all the Empire City Trotting
Club stock