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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-13
WORLDS FAIR RULES
Charge of Admission to Grounds Will
Be SO Cents.
Gates Will Open TO Visitors at s m.
And Will Close at II p. m.

| Travel, a magazine published in ST.
Louis contains the following informa-
ton which may be of interest to
persons intending to visit the ST.
Louis Exposition
The charge of admittance to the
Fair grounds for adults is SO cents.
Children between the age of 5 to 10
years are admitted for 25 cents. chill
dren under ) free. Season tickets for
children sold tor $15 those for adults
for $52.
The Exposition gates Will open
Tor employees at q a. M, visitors at s
a. m. The exhibit palaces open at 8
a. m. and close at sunset. No person
will be admitted to The grounds after
IL p. M. and those already within the
grounds will be required TO make their
exit as soon as possible.
Director of Concessions Gregg an
nounces that the bringing of Camp
81 ools into the grounds will be forbid
den, for the reason that If this were
sanctioned it would be extremely
difficult to frame rules to protect the
seating concesslonaile in the grand
stands.
An order went into effect on
MARCH 10 PROMPTING the carrying
from the Worlds Fair grounds of
any package of any description what
ever without a permit issued through
the Division of Works or the Division
Of Exhibits. Previous to the present
time the Division of Works has issued
permits allowing the removal of mater
al from the Fair grounds. The order
extends now to all packages. There
will be no prohibition against bringing
packages into the grounds. =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-13
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MaurY County Rural Carriers.

The AIaurv County Rural Carriers
Association held a meeting in the Cir
cult Court room Saturday night. Off
cers were elected for the year. as fol-
lows: w. d. Brooks, of Nit. Pleasant,
President; d. w. G. Dodson. of
Carter's Creek. Vice President; N. A.
Wisener, Secretary; J. ". Tanner,
Treasurer Delegates were selected to
the State Convention of Rural Car
riers of Tennessee, which meets in
Nashville July 1. Committees were
appointed to draft resolutions on the
deaths of NJ. o. Garrett, of Carter's
Creek, and H. e. Williams, of Spring
Hill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-13
Dr.. 0. ]. Porter, Superintendent Citizens Tele-
phone Co., Writes a Searching Letter.
Says Cumberland Telephone Official Made
Mis-statements In An Interview In
Memphis Paper
STRONG RESUME OF THE MAURY COUNTY
TELEPHONE FIGHT

DR.. Otey j. Porter, General Super
intendent and Manager of the Citizens
Telephone Co., has handed hot one
to Mr.. Leland Hume, Assistant Gener-
al Manager OF the Cumberland Tele-
phone.S Telegraph Company, 10 regard
to the recent decision of Chancellor
Allison at Nashville, in ousting the
Cumberland Company from dong bust
ness in Tennessee.
Mr.. Hume was in Memphis one day
this week, and in an interview in the
Commercial Appeal of that city,
he made some statements which
DR.. Porter declares are untrue. The
following is the main points of the inter-
view, as taken from the Commercial
Appeal:
Mr.. Hume's Statement.
According to Mr.. Hume, the me 1t of
the whole matter lies in the fact that the
independent company in Maury county
was unable TO live up to their agreement
in the matter of telephone rates. The
company was formed, said he on CO
operative basis, wherebyevery subscriber
was stockholder and the rate of charge
was fixed definitely at 81 per year. The
company has operated for several Years
and has been going from bad to worse.
TIE rates of the Cumberland for that
class Of towns is 81. IS for residences and
S.. rs for business phones
Several times, said Mr.. Hume PROPOSE
tions of an official character have been
made to him in his capacity of general
manager of the Cumberland to buy out
the Maury county concern and invariably
these have teen turned down The
Cumberland was dong pretty we'll aud
did not think it necessary TO buy out 6ne
opposition. The last of these PROPOSE
tions Was made only few weeks ago
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} Maury County concern, beg 10 stat,
thar this statement is totally withou
foundation whatever.
Some two or three years after the
bill had been filed at Nashville to oust
the Cumberland Company from the
exercising of franchises in the State. a
written proposition was submitted by
the Cumberland Company to the Citi-
zens Company to buy out our plant in
Maury County, and give us more fav-
orable rates. provided the suit pending
at Nashville and recently decided
should be dismissed. When il was
know that this proposition had been
made. several hundred of the stock
holders of the Citizens Telephone
Company assembled in the Opera House
at Columbia, while Mr.. Hume was
at the Bethel House nearby, awaiting
the result of his proposition.
when it was stated to this meeting
of the stockholders of our Company
THAI a written proposition had been
submitted by the Cumberland Company
TO buy out our Company and its prop
critics, the stockholders unanimously
declared that they would not permit
the proposition even to be read before
not entertain any proposition to sell |
out to the Cumberland Company at |
any price or upon any terms whatever.
Says Hume Perverted Facts.
"With respect to Mr.. Hume's state
ment that the last of the propositions
was made only few weeks ago and was
bona fide, beg to state that Mr.. Hume
came to Columbia and sent me word
that he desired an interview with me
L sent word to him that if he desired to
see me, he would have to come to my
office. WheL he reached my office he
wanted to know if our Company would
make him proposition to sell out our
Maury County plant to the Cumberland
Telephone Il Telegraph Co. | told him
that we would not do SC, and he thereup
On requested me to say nothing about
this interview with me. | respected his
and did not say anything until ,
he has perverted the facts
with respect to the decision of
chancellor Allison | enclose you herein
complete report of the decision as pub.
1shad ia the Nashville American of |
May Bird last. | beg Furthermore to
tate that number of our ablest law
,ers confidently express the opinion
hat the decree of Chancellor Allison I
viii be sustained by the Supreme Court +
# the State. If this be true then be r
ore any other Company can operate the r
properties of any of the Cumberland Il
Company in the State of Tennessee,
ther franchises must be obtained and s.
will he necessary for the Company OBJ l
aiming such franchises to procure the o
OF ali of the various towns and u
tiles IN the State of Tennessee to oper- c
to the telephone business. THIS will q
nable the municipal authorities of the
owns and cities in the State TO require
hat reasonable rates be conceded be- n
ore the franchises will be granted to -
perate in the cities and towns; and as f
as been doue in some States, to require q
slephoEe companies to make adequate p
for said franchises. Mr.. q
Iume states that our Company makes m
equent assessments on Its sharehold- f
8. This is untrue. n
'fours very truly, a
"OTEY J. PORTER, f.
General Superintendent and Secre- h;
ry of the Citizens Telephone Com q
my of Maury County, Tennessee. th
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ana was bona f1de. This was previous Il
the institution of the suit.
The Legal Aspects.
''In regard to the legal phases of Chan
cellor Allison $ decision, Mr.. Hume sale
that the point at issue was simply the
right of one company to lease TO other
parties their charter rights. His com
pany regarded their charter simply as a
, tax payer does his personal property
Certain legal phases of the competition
10 Maury county induced the lease and
this will be fought out in the highest
courts.
The lease. insisted Mr. Hume, was a
bona fide one and was made on account of
State law that provides equal rates from
telephone companies operating in more
than one town in the State IN places of
the same class For instance, the Cum
berland il compelled to afford Memphis
and Nashville the same rates. and like
wise Chattanooga and Knoxville.
The same rule applies to smaller
towns
1t is claimed that the Maury County
Telephone Company in order to make
rates of 81 per year has had to make
several assessments on the stockholders
or subscribers which virtually means a
higher rate, as the stockholders and
subscribers are the same. 10 order to
meet this composition and at the same
time to be within the State law relative
TO the same rates for towns of the same
class. lease was made to ertain parties
of the Cumberland Telephone Ex-
change.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-13

a statement from him on the matters
in dispute. DR.. Porter, accordingly,
mailed the following letter Friday
TO the editor of the Times:
Columbia. Tenn, Nav 5th. 1904.
TO the Editor of the Memphis Times.
Memphis, Tenn.
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Citizens File Their Bill.

'At this juncture of affairs, a large
as REALTORS, united in filing bill in
the Chancery Court at Nashville to
GUST the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany from the exercise of its corporate
| franchises in the State. because of it s
willful abuse and misuse of its cor
porate duties and for exercising and
usurping powers not conferred upon it
by law. The Cumberland Telephone
Company had, prior to that time,
crushed out competing Company at
GAINESVILLE. Tenn, and bought up its
plant had crushed out competing
Company at Murf1eesboro, bought out
its plant and took from Mr.. Thomson,
the President and promoter of the
Company at Murfreesboro, a written
obligation that he would not again
engage in the Telephone business in
the State.
"After the bill was filed ut Nash
Vile to GUST the Cumberland Telephone
Co. from the exercise of corporate
powers and franchises in the State.
bill was filed in the Circuit Court of
Maury County, Tenn, to cancel the
lease which the Cumberland Company
had executed to Leland Hume. upon
the ground that 1t had no right to thus
shake off it's corporate duties and upon
the ground that the lease was made for
the fraudulent purpose OF avoiding the
legal obligation of the Cumberland
Company to give to other of the
smaller towns IN the State the same
rates which had been given to the
peooe of Columbia. The Circuit Court |
of Maurv County adjudged and decreed
that the lease to Leland Hume was
void, and that it was made for the
purpose of enabling the
Company to disregard its |
legal obligations to the other smaller
towns in the State, and to sive them
the same rates which had been given
to the people of Columbia. From this
lecree of the Circuit Court OF Maury
County, there was an appeal to the
Supreme Court at Nashville, and that
Court affirmed the judgment Of the
Circuit Court.
Mr.. Hume Flatly Contradicted.
with respect to the statement made
" Mr.. Hume in his interview that
,ur Company had been going on from
,ad to worse, / beg to state that our
condition has been improving steadily
n every particular, our service is
rst rate, and is better than that of the
Company. Our Company
$ out of debt and is giving universal
to its patrons. 1t has more
than ever before and is I
teadily increasing ITS list. Il
with respect to Mr.. Hume's state
lent that propositions of an official d
haIacter had been made to him in his 4
apacitv of General Manager of the
Company to buy out the I
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STATE NEWS.

The democrats of Moore county en-
dorsed Senator E. w. Carmack for Vice
President.
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MIR, JOHN W. MENG.

Indianapolis
Of Indianapolis Business College, writes:
Constant
andf of
John W.
summer catarrh.
and salts
results the use OF
of u
DC beple his valuable adj
cruna Medic &c, mbus
Rreconm ding IL TO thosew
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DR.. Porter's Reply.

The editor of the Memphis Times cut
the above interview out ana mailed 1T
to DR.. o J. Porter, with request for
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-05-26
a STARTLING TEST.

To save a life. Dir r. G.. Merritt. Of
Mo, Meho"pany. Ia made Il st,atilmg
i.St irsEl ihS IN a wonderful cure.
lie writes, Il patient was attacked
with violent hemorrhagrS. calsed by
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found Electric Bittrrs oXcellnt for
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~: D. Harms, Batesbnrg Drug Co
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4 SURE THING.

III Is said that nothing is sure eept
uca,h u ana taxes. buiihat is not alte, h
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WINTHROP COLLEGE SCUOLAR.
SHIPS AND ENTRANCE CEN
ANNA ATInN

The examination foI the award of va
cant scholarships in Winthrop Col
iege and for the admission of new stu
dents will be held at the county CONT
house OF Friday, July Sth. at ga. mn
Applicants must not be- less than fir.
teen years of age. When Scholarshins
are vacaeed afcer July 8, they will ba
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination,
Scholarships are worth sion and fro.
'u'tion. The next session will Omen
sop temb.r p. 1904. For further i'm.
formation and catalogue address Pres
ID. Is. johnson Rock Hill ).
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SHYLOCh

Shylock was the man who
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and they can get it--take
SCOTS Emulsion.
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For nearly thirty years
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We will send you a couple of
ounces free.
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SOC and SI.oo all druggists
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rloht,N1 MIR as a throat aud liEsl,z -,
r. medy, ard on account of the great
merit ANA popularity cr FoleyS Honey
and tar many limitations are offered
i"r The genuine. Ask for Foley :
Honey and tar and refuse anv substi-
tut offered "a no other preparat on
VIII give the same satisfaction. Il is
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the late Mr. Cundall.' had been am.

nounced, the magnitudes OF them.
especially Of the latter. had caused
much excitement in the public mind.
and had tended TO keep the general In
terest In the tragedy alive. TIE Gov
pounds and Tree pardon 10 some per
son, or persona. not the actual mui.
derers. had been supplemented by an.
other of one thousand pounds from
the friends and executors" and the
walls OF every police station were pla.
cardcd with the notices There was
moreover. attached to them a state.
ment describing. as nearly as was nos
sihle from the mcagre details known.
the Ial who. in the glrb of a labor.
or or mechanic. was last seen near the
victim; AMI for his identification a
reward was also offered.
But ii was known in London. or. at
least, very generally believed. that ont
of these rewards nothing whatever in
the way of information had come: and.
although the murder had not yet
ceased to be a topic of conversation
in all classes of society. il was gen
orally spoken OF as Il case in which
the murderer would never he brought
to justice. Whoever had commit
ted the crime had now had more
than week with which. either
to escape from the neighborhood
or the country, or to entirely con-
ceal his identity. 1t was not likely
now, people said. that he would ever
be found And the world was also
asking who We're the friends, and.
presumably, the heirs of the dead man.
who were Offering the large reward? :?
of this question 40 one as ~ct had dis
covered the answer; all that was
known. or told heing that two law
yers of .tinGirg. Mr.. Bell. Of Lincoln's
Inu. and Nr. Tordycc. OF Paper Build
in@s. wer" acting for these friends.
and fpr Nr Cuudalrs city representa-
tiveg
HobSoa who. in spite OF the stolidity
Cf manner, and heaviuess Of appear.
an"e nat had excited the contempt
Of both Senor GnGanta and of the
landlord. Ia atcS. was not by any
means lacking in shrowdnessl plainly
told Stuart, in one OF their many in
'crviows. shat he did not think much
would hr lanc hy finding the man call.
el C"r,t. even ii he were successful
in doing 50. which he very much
,'arncl
Yea see, sir he said. its this way.
lie cy.denily had some claim or other
upon Mr. Cundall or else it isn't likely
.iat every time he wrote for money
l.. 1,a, 4;
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gays he must find him. But do no,
think now he will ever find him
Nor co L." the Senor said. Tbon
he looked up at the clock and snoin,
h was past twelve, went to his room
saying tha' 1t was time he prepared
himself for the day.
but when he reached that apart.
"eht' which was Il small room on the
second moor, that looked out on to the
oack windows of the street that ram
parailel with the one in which tho
no ei Lepanto was situated. il did
not seem aS if those preparations stood
II any great need of hurry. The in
eNitable cigarette papers were again
produced
'oroi. he said to himself. "rorot
no" Is IL that that man has ever
h"drd tn" namc-what does he know
a""ut IT. why should he want 70 find
fin: thought that. outside To.
Rorr"> and Puerto Cortes th,,. .r.,,o
h2d n"T"r been heard. Waller know
ah" Jranna knew it. and knew
"u' "' others there was no one
al'Ne who knew it, Yet here is tbis
p.%' stupid man. i'm This big. stupld
'i's 'wh"rc-p por Dios. one NAV be
stabbed To death and none find the
Si'ycr', with the name upon his Iins
low has he ever heard it, how has
T." ever known Of it?"
80. after all" he continued chi.
h3Ee wd5 not Cundall but OccI.va
""" ne IT was who was this lord. this
icAlyh, though that other hears the !
Lame. Md he. who inherited all that
wealth from the old man. had n,
right To it. no. not SO much risb, ,s
'"ihha- i poor Juanna,-and had
= nj now he is gone. and it is with the
ifing that ! have To do. We'll :,
sh@Il he done, and by my fathers
MOOD the reckoning shall be u heavy
o." lf this lord docs not clear him.
sell. '
lie roc from his seat. and, going 10
Il cupboard, took from il = suit .,
rio res "r good dark material and
'"'C' nShing them carefully. Laid
~ IN out upon the bed From a shelf
al fc TOOK out very good ,iii hat
hc A'so brushed. and c,j,. of
new gloves Then he rang the
badc the servant VIII, ,ns.
bring him sufficient hot VA.
havin" aud washing.
went through his toilette
ch he dld very cart-fYlly sna ,,,,4 !
-" on now linen of dazzling white
Il" :. with which the most scrupulous
ro"son could have found no fault his
thoughts still ran upon the subiec
that bad occupied his mind cntircl.
l"r many days.
There is danger in it. of course"
he muttered 10 himself: but am useI
TO danger; there was danger when
'onZdleZ provoked me, though il wa,
not as great as that stand in now
The English are stupid. hut they
are crafty also. and ii may he thar a
nap will he set for me. perhaps is sct
already. Well. will escape from II
IL have from Others. And, after all
have one damning proof in my favor.
rhc card that. # | ann forced to plav
must save me, What | have 10 do
snail he done today. | am resOlved"'
Ills toilette was finished now. he
vas clean haved and well dressed !
rom head to foot. and the Senor MI. ,
;uei GuIIanta stood in his room n {
cry diherentlooking man from the one
Nho had sat an hour ago. smoking t
'Sarettes in the hotel passa"r. ne
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MADE YOUEG AGAIN

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sc"Iumn up-to date farm paper. / is
clearly printed and unlike the geerai
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sample copies on request.
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MURRAY'S
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cures made by DR..
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the great kidney, liver
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Il is the great medi-
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