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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

The Coal Commissions Report.

The report of the anthracite coal strike
commission has been made public. AS
was generally expected it is in the nature
Of a compromise. The men who work
IN the mines have been conceded about
one half of what they demanded in way
nj compensation. Contract miners get
10.per cent increase and day workmen
get pine hours pay for eight hours work,
on the basis of wages paid in April, 1902.
This increase is effective, November l.,
1902. and thus miners have a large
amount of money due them, estimated to
be about $4,000
Miners are to be allowed to employ
check and weighmen at their own ex-
pense, and If coal cars vary in size prices
must vary accordingly.
The commission recognizes trades
unions as business organizations and the
failure of employees to recognize this
feature is a mistake. Experience shows,
the report states, that the more full the
recognition given to trades unions the
more business like and responsible 1t
becomes. To be entitled to recognition
labor organizations must give the same
recognition to the rights of the employer
and Of others which 1t demands for Itself.
The commission criticises the inter-
ference of unions with the management
OF employers; upholds the right of any
man to remain at work where Others
have ceased to work, or to engage anew
in work which others have abandoned,
and sharply condemns the employment
of the boycott and black list.
A permanent board of Cancellation is
established to settle disputes arising
under this award. AS to the future the
commission recommends come machinery
for making compulsory Investigations of
difficulties similar 10 the Investigations
made by this commission, and suggests a
modification of Federal law of 1888 to
settle railroad controversies. The CON-
mission, however, is against compulsory
arbitration. The demand for the recog-
milton of the union the commission did
not pass upon, but it recommended a
separate anthracite union.
The report was the unanimous action
of all the members of the board. which
is fortunate, and, while some dissatis-
faction is expressed, 1t meets the APP
prevail on the part of the public gener-
ally, and long peace In the anthracite
coal region is hoped and expected.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

cruel and abusive treatment The Gus
tody of the child was given to the
mother.
Hannah {. Williams from Fairfield
Williams, for utter desertion
GeneVieye Lei lair from Louis LeClair,
for cruel and abusive treatment.
Lovina Potter from William 5. Potter.
for cruel aud abusive treatment. Gus.
tody of child given 10 the libellant
Margie l. Kelley from Adelbert Kel-
ley, for cruel and abusive treatment.
Alton j. Hodsdon from Bessie Holds
don, for cruel and abusive treatment
Lizzie E. Hill from George HILL for
adultery.
Loranna sedgwick from John +.
sedgwiek, for adultery. Name changed
10 Loranna Magoon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

The high temperature of Friday last
was record breaker for March over a
wide scope of territory, including New
England. The thermometer indicated
10 to % above in Portland. 1t is un-
usual to have such heat even in the
month Of April in this latitude.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26
A Card.

We wish to express our thanks to the
citizens of Skowhegan for their sympa-
thy and help in this time of sickness and
death Of our son. Also to the one that
suggested 1t, and to Mr.. Record the one
that collected the benefit,
Mr.. and Mrs. SAMUEL II. DIXON
and FAMILY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

Andrew Carnegie is the largest tax
payer In New York city or ever recorded
in that city. His assessment Is upon
So 100000 personality and 100000
realty. He will have to be more indus
trious in giving away his fortune, other
wise he will incur the disgrace of dying
rich man.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

The summer service of the Eastern
steamship Co. on the Kepnebee Div. will
commence Tuesday next, the 3lst inst,
when the steamer "Della Collins" will
leave Augusta connecting at Gardiner
with main line steamers for Boston.
See ad. seWhere,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

The coronel's jury in the William
Deering murder of the 18th inst. ct
Brewer, gave as their verdict that death
was the result OF a wound received from
a bullet fired from revolver held in the
hands of Mary H. Deering, his wife.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

Two freight wrecks have occurred Ia
Maine, this week, one at West Falmouth
where car of gasolene was deraled and
ignited, Tuesday, and at Biddeford,
Wednesday, where broken wheel caus-
ed five cars to leave the track one Of
them bringing up against a tenement
house and doing some damage.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

Lizzie, wife of Frank Moore, of Cher
ryfield, ended her life, Friday, by taking
Paris green.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

. - s,,yru K. Z. MoNEELIR.
7. O. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
30 w.rvp STREET. sKOWHEGAN ME.
neutrality-suspicious. and legal adver
4.aments inserted ct reasonable rates, adjusted
- the space used, and the position given.
Prices quoted on application.
cards of Thanks and Resolutions OF hespec'
In serted at 8 cents per line.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
When paid in advance.
,,,a vear 81 80 Six months, Toe.
Three months,
Al rs will be charged If not paid until end OF year
.-.-nunEn "A sEnnNn GLASS MAIL Ma rTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26

Those Quincy boilers, steam pipes and
radiators are housed and in fine condi-
ton for somebody at speculative prices.
DIR CONANT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-26
Somerset Town Meetings.

P. :. Rawles & co. sell it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
ONLY A SUGGESTION,
But IL Has Proven of Interest and
Value to Thousands.

Common sense would suggest that If
one wishes to become feshy and
plump it can only result from the
food we eat and digest and that food
should be albuminous or flesh forming
food. like eggs, beeksteak and GER
eals; in other words, the kinds Of food
that make flesh are the foods which
form the greater part Of our daily bills
Of fare.
But the trouble is that while we eat
enough and generally too much, the
stomach, from abuse and overwOrk,
does not properly digest and assimi-
late it. which is the reason so many
people remain thin and under weight;
the digestive organs do not complete
ly digest the flesh forming beefsteak
and eggs and similar wholesome food.
There are thousands of such who
are really confirmed dyspeptics. al
though they may have no particular
pain or inconvenience from their
stomaChs.
If such persons would lay their
phe JUDGES aside and make a regular
practice of taking, after each meal,
one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's the food would be quickly and
thoroughly digested, because these tab
let's contain the natural peptones and
diastase which every weak stomach
lacks. and by supplying this want the
stomach is soon enabled to regain its
natural tone and vigor.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest
every form of fiesh-forming food, meat,
eggs, bread and potatoes, and this is
the reason they so quickly build up,
strengthen and invigorate thin, dys-
peptic men, women and children.
Invalids and children, even the most
delicate. use them with marked benefit
as they contain no strong, irritating
drugs, no cathartic nor any harmful
ingredient
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
most successful and most widely
known of any remedy for stomach
troubles because it is the most reas-
enable and scientific of modern medi-
cines.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
by every druggist in the United States
and Canada as well as in Great Brit
ain, at so cents for complete treat
ment.
Nothing further is required to cure
any stomach trouble or to make thin,
nervous. dyspeptic people, strong,
plump and well.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
HABERSHAM NOT THE FIRST.
He Was the Third Postmaster Cen
eraI

Brunswick, Ga, Jan. S.-Editor
Morning News: In the Sunday columns
of your valuable paper, on page 3, the
Hon. Joseph Habersham of Georgia,
is spoken of as the first Postmaster
General of the United States. This err
ror has been made several times in
newspaper columns. Samuel Osgood
of Massachusetts was the first Post
master General under Washington. in
1889. and he was succeeded by Timothy
Pickering. also of Massachusetts, in
1871, who resigned TO become Secretary
of War in 1875. and the same year re-
signed that office 20 become Secretary
of State under Washington. Joseph
Habersham was the third Postmaster
General. appointed by Washington in
his second term in 1895. He made such
an efficient officer that he was reap
pointed by Adams and by Jefferson,
and resigned that Office in 1901 to ac-
Cept the presidency Of the United
States Branch Bank at Savannah, Ga.
His manuscript reports to the Phila-
delphia bank. are models of neatness,
accuracy, and show great financial
ability. l have several Of these reports
in my private collection. The great
creator and establisher of the postOf-
fee system upon the American conti-
nent, was the founder of the Philadel-
phia library (the parent of a thousand
libraries), also the man who robbed
thunder of its terrors and lightning OF
some Of its powers to destroy Benja-
min Franklin. all honor to his name
When Gen. George Washington was
elected President of the United States
in the city Of New York. April 6, 1889,
the great Empire State of the
North WAS not represented In
either branch of Congress. and was
debarred with the Old North state and
little Rhode Island from casting their
votes for our first President oh. how
jealous all the states were of their
state sovereignty and state rights was
expressed in all the debates and
speeches of those days. The Union of
to-day is not what our fathers made
it. Returning to the first Postmaster
General, his first act was to appoint
Sebastian Baumand, a grocery mer-
chant, to be postmaster of New York
city, who kept the postoffice in his
store at So Broadway New York. The
main route then ran from Portsmouth,
n. H, to Savannah. Ga, and there
were only seventy-five postoffices in
AHN Culleu states. To-Day Georgia mas
over 2,750 The first postmaster at Sa-
Vannah, Ca. was Robert Bolton, who
received the commission from Benja-
min Baron. In 1854.
In the same paper. on page 16, from
the pen of Col Sidney Herbert. is an
interesting account of the naval officers
OF high grade, either born or appoint
ed from Georgia. To this list can be
added the name of Commodore John
Montgomery Berrien, a nephew. of Mai.
John Berrien, in whose house he was
born, in Savannah. Ga. Dec. %, 1904,
appointed midshipman from New Jer-
sey, March l, 1928, commander. Sent.
IL, 1855, of the frigate Savannah, Bra
III squadron. "a. '55 and So. captain
1862, commodore Sept rs. 1866, and
placed upon the retired list, Dec. %
1866, at the age of 60 years. He died in
Philadelphia, Nov. 81. 1888.
VIM. Berrien Burroughs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO TAN PAYERS.

n
City Treasurer's Office, Savannah,
Ga, Jan. /, 19O3.-The following taxes
are now due:
REAL ESTATE. FOURTH QUAR-
TER, 1902.
STOCK IN TRADE, FOURTH
QUARTER, 1902.
FURNITURE, ETC, FOURTH
QUARTER, 1902.
MONEY, MORTGAGES, ETC,
FOURTH QUARTER, 1902.
Also WATER RENTS for six months
in advance from Jan. l, 1903, to July
l, 1908.
Upon all of the above A DISCOUNT
OF TEN PER CENT. will be allowed
If payment is made WITHIN FIJI
TEEN DAYS after Jan. 1.
BUSINESS LICENSES of all kinds
are also now due.
Also LICENSES COR BADGES for
the privilege of using or EMPLOYING
VEHICLES FOR HIRE or IN CON-
NECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS.
and for the privilege of keeping a.
DOG or DOGS.
A discount of 10 per cent will be al
lowed upon licenses and badges if paw
ment is made within THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST OF JANUARY.
Owners of vehicles used as above
are notified that a DOUBLE TAX will
be levied upon every vehicle found
without a badge after the thirty-first
day of January.
Owners of dogs are also liable to A
fine of three dollars after the above
named date.
C. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
DID NOT HURT FRUIT.
Last Cold Snap Did No Damage I'm
the Gambler Section.

Gambler, Fla, Jan. SIT is now
clearly seen that the late cold spell did
no damage Of consequence to the
orange trees here. A few Of the leaves
have dropped, but the wood is not in
jured. Lemon trees were killed back
some. but the orange and grape fruit
trees are all right so far. The fruit
is still being shipped and is not in
jured. 1t was feared during the prev
alence of the cold spell that the fruit
was badly frozen.
L. A. Speer and wife of Pittsburg,
Pa, head of the great mercantile house
of r. A. Speer & Sons of that city, has
arrived TO spend the winter. They are
regular winter visitors.
John Halter of Beaver Falls, Pa, ar
rived to-day. He is one of the part
ners in the Beaver Falls Company who
are covering in ten acres of orange
grove here under a mammoth sheet
The cost of this work is 10000 The
company operates a saw mill to cut
its timber.
Farmers are busy now gathering
the velvet bean crop. While there was
largely increased acreage planted,
the yield will only be about the same
as last year. The beans meet with
ready sale at good prices
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
$. c. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

VIII Convene Next Tuesday - some
Columbia, S. c., Jan. S.-The Legis-
lature will meet next Tuesday, Jan. 10,
and the annual reports of the state Of
ficials are being rushed. The inaugu-
ration of Gov. Hayward will be about
the goth or 21st, the exact date has
not been fixed.
While there is nothing of Importance
now scheduled to come before the body,
it is likely that the full forty days al
lowed by law will be consumed. The
new legislators will have their pet bills
and something must be done in the
way of retrenchment The last Legis-
lature was somewhat free In appropri-
ations. A fight will be made for sub
stantial appropriation for South
Carolina building and exhibit at the
st. Louis fair. This will probably be
the largest new appropriation asked
for.
The directors of the dispensary will
ask the Legislature to repeal the act
passed at the last session, requiring
the board to reduce the assets of the
dispensary to $500, 900. The Legislature
took this position because all of the
assets represent met profits" and all
the net profits belong to the public
school fund. The superintendent of ed
ucation protested against so much OF
the fund being withheld by the dis
pensary. The board of directors will
say to the Legislature that to conduct
the business properly they require a
100000 stock, while each of the 100
minor dispensaries needs an average
stock worth s3,500 In order to buy
the liquor for cash and get the best
results. they claim ii is necessary to
have $1,000,000 for working cash capt.
tai
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
Matters nj Mercer.

Mercer University, Macon, Ga, jan
S.-A meeting of the Athletic Associa-
ton was held this morning to fill the
vacancy of football mana ger, made by
the resignation of Mr. Young, and to
elect baseball manager for the en-
suing year. The on-fraternity men
in caucus last night put out Mr.. r. O.
Waters for manager. The fraternity
men put out a man against Mr.. Wa
tiers for baseball manager, but after
wards withdrew his name. Mr.. Wa
tiers was elected unanimously.
The election for football manager
was hot and MIR. N. Lewis was elect
ed by close shave. Politics at Mercer
this year is becoming interesting;
more so than any year previous. The
association elected six marshals to
preserve order around the polls. The
boys formed in line and marched pass
the ballot box. dropping in their votes.
The election consumed one hour and
twenty minutes. No one was allowed
to vote unless he had been qualified by
registration. which closed Saturday
night at II o'clock.
Mercer is looking forward this year
with unusual interest to the baseball
season. She has one of the best teams
perhaps stronger and more able men
than the teams heretofore, and she is
expecting the old orange and black to
win many laurels this year
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
WILL TAKE A CENSUS.
Number of school Children in Geor.
gia TO he Ascertained.

Number of school Children in Geor-
gia TO he Ascertained.
Atlanta, Jan. S.-A meeting of the
State Board of Education will be held
in the office of Gov. Terrell tomorrow
to arrange plans for taking the school
census this year.
The school census, by law, is taken
once every five years, the last one
having been taken under COMMITS
sioner G. r. Glenn in 1898. The last
census showed 660,S70 children of
school age in the state, an increase of
eo,SS9. or per cent, In five years. The
increase for the last FIVE years has
been about $4,000 a year. and 1t is ex-
pected this years figures will show
something like 5000, The expense of
taking the school census comes out of
the state school fund, each county
paying its own expenses out of its pro
rata from the state treasury.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
CADETS WENT OUT.
Left south Florida Military Insti-
tute with superintendent.


tute with Superintendent.
Barlow, Fla, Jan. S.-Nearly all the
class of cadets that would have grad
uated from the South Florida Military
Institute of this city in May of this
year left the school at the same time
that Gen. e. M. Law retired as super
intendent.
There were thirteen in the class and
eleven of them quit. Notwithstanding
the fact that both the retiring super
intendent and his successor. as well as
the friends of the young men. advised
them to continue to the completion of
their term and get their diplomas. The
most surprising feature of the affair is
the fact that all the. cadets who quit
the institution, except one, were schol-
arship students, and were receiving
their education free.
Prof. Ryan notified the senators and
representatives in whose territory the
state scholarships are located and has
requested them to order the COMPETE
tive examinations not later than Jan
IL, in order that the successful appli-
cants may begin with the new term in
February.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
ARE ALLOWED NO REST.
Already There is Talk of TerreII.s
Successor.

Atlanta. Ca, Jan. S.-The Journal
to-day says: 1t is currently reported
at the Capitol to-day that Hon. Boy
kin Wright of Augusta will be a can
didate for Governor at the expiration
OF Gov. Terrells term. Capitol officials
were discussing the report this morn
ing, and majority of them expressed
the opinion that Mr.. Wright would
make an excellent race.
1t is well-known fact that Hon.
Clark Howell of Atlanta will be a cam
didate for Governor. and it is also a
certainty that either Hon. Dupont
Query of Macon or John w. Akin of
Gainesville, will be in the race. AL
though the time is some four years off,
the politicians are talking of the va
rious candidates and are forming their
schemes and plans. Hon. r. f.
Wright, Assistant Commissioner of
Agriculture, who is brother of Hon.
Boykin Wright, said this morning he
had heard the report, but could not
say that 1t was true.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

BELSINGER.-The relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bel
singer and family, are invited to at
tend the funeral of the former, from
1873 Habersham street, at $3.50 o'clock
this Friday afternoon.
COFFEY.-The relatives and friends
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Coffey are invited to
attend the funeral of the latter from
her late residence. 532 William street,
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09

Americas, Ga, Jan. S.-John r. Hud-
son, well known druggist. failed to
open his doors this morning, and it is
understood that involuntary bank
Iuptcy proceedings will be instituted
The amount of his liabilities is not
announced, but his friends hope to see
him again established in business at
an early date as he is highly esteem
ed in commercial circles here.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
JUDGMENT FOR S6,375
FOR BRAKEMAN'S WIDOW

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. SIN the United
states Court to-day Mrs. Blanche NJ.
Chambers was awarded a verdict of
Se.sT5 against the Southern Railway
Company for the death of her hus-
band, who was a brakeman in the en-
ploy of the read. She sued for So. 900
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

We beg to announce that we have
moved our office and place of BUSH
ness to the Central of Georgia Rail-
road yards, near West Broad street.
opposite Perry street (near Central
of Georgia Railroad depot. We shall
be pleased to see our friends and pa
irons. Respectfully.
S. GUCKENHEIMER'S SON
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
Dividend of ~ per Cent.

Moultrie. Ga, Jan. S-The stockhold-
ers of the Moultrie Banking Company
held their annual meeting here yes
terday and elected as directors for
asOS w. w. Ashburn, ]. B. Norman,
~, Ai. ID. Norman, r. L. Norman,
Robert L. Shipp. w. c. Vereen, w.
~. Smith. J. c. May and z. H. Clark.
w. W. Ashburn was elected president.
W. c. Vereen, vice president. z. H.
Clark, cashier, and Pearsall e. Ship.
attorneys. The bank declared a II per
cent. dividend.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
WV. TAYLOR & SONS.

Painters and Decorators, Paperhanging
and Sign Writing a speciality. Plain
and ornamental. Suitable terms to re-
sponsible parties. Call and get our
varnishes, kalsomines, glass, picture
moulding and wall papers, new designs
at very low prices. 1888 and 140 Barn
ard street. Ga. Phone s77.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
NEWS FROM DOUGLAS.
Good Prices at Land saIe-New Rail-
road Service.

Douglas, Ga, Jan. Sat the public
sales of lands yesterday, those lying
adjacent to corporate limits of Douglas
brought from 500 to $45 per acre.
Messrs. Daniel Gaskin. Sr., and l.. o.
Steen purchased the Lott Hotel, pay
ing a fancy figure. Col. w. w. Nc
Donald purchased the P. & w. ".
Sellers city property.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad Company has organized a reg
ular passenger schedule. from Ambrose
and Douglas on the Atlanta and Bir-
mlngham Railroad to Brunswick.
Work on the Valdosta end of the
Wadley and Mt. Vernon Railroad will
be begun this week.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
BONDS ARE RECORDED.

Those of Macon street Railway and
the =. q :. II. II.
Atlanta, Jan. S.-Secretary of State
Phil Cook to-day recorded two large
bond issues, one of them was by the
Macon Railway and Lighting Com
pany for Sl,00O000 to secure a mort
gage payable fifty years from Jan. 1,
1903. These are 3 per cent. gold bonds
and the North American Trust Co. OF
New York is the trustee.
The other issue was by the Savan-
nah and Statesboro Railroad Company
for 100000 per cent. bonds, payable
also in fifty years. The Savannah
Trust Company is trustee In this case.