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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
w. 6. TYSON.
PUBLIC ACCOUNT ANT,
Board Of Trade Building. Savannah, Ga

stock with privileges to receive a bo-
nus on earnings and the reduction of
the price to $55 a share instead of
$3.50 as in the preceding offer, was
received with varied comments.
The ease of money in face of the call
upon the Lake Shore debenture bond
syndicate for a 6713 per cent. install
ment of $40,000,000 maturing Lake
Shore notes gave assurance that no
pressure upon the money market could
account for the listless attitude of buy
ers towards stocks.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales.
par value, $2,S00,O 900. United States 2's
declined u and the S's advanced "A on
call
Total sales of stocks were 42.100
shares, including Atchison, 1850; Bal
timore and Ohio, 1000; Chicago and
Alton, $500; do preferred, $4,000; Chi
cago Terminal, $500; Erie, $500; Penn
sylvania, $1,000; Missouri Pacific 1900;
Reading, 1900; Rock Island
1900; st. Paul, 11,6OO; South
ern Pacific, 1900; Southern Rail-
way, 2,100; Union Pacific, 22,5OO; Wa
bash preferred, 1920; Amalgamated
Copper 44,1OO; Brooklyn Transit, A.
300; United States Steel, $500; pre-
ferred, $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Sailed.
Steamship Frederick, Baltimore.
shipping Memoranda.

Charleston, S. c., Jan. 12.-Arrived.
steam yacht Chicota, -, Beaufort,
N. c., bound for Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan 12.-Arrived,
steamer Comanche, Plat, New York.
and cleared for return; schooner Mi
Meta M. Parcella, Hinkley, Cardenas:
schooner Annie M. Barker (Br), Cax-
ter Matanzas.
Key West, Fla, Jan. 12.-Arrived,
Mascotte, Turner, Havana, and sailed
for Port Tampa; steamer Cairncrae
(Br), -, Manchester, and sailed for
Mobile; tug Massasoit, -, Tortugas
Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 12.-Arrived
steamer Hercules SPAN, Hermoza'
Cardiff; E. o. Saltmarsh (Br), Rogers
Tampico; Olaf DAM, Petersen, Car
diff.
Cleared, steamer Gamen (Swed), An
derson, Montevideo.
Baltimore, Jan. 12.-Arrived, steamer
New Orleans, Savannah.
Sailed, Chatham, Savannah.
Philadelphia, Jan. 12.-Arrived
Lexington, Savannah.
Rotterdam, Jan. 11.-Arrived, Liv
Fernandina.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Stove mats, oil stoves. wicks of all
kinds, mats and stove elbows and pipes
at cut prices. Savannah Crockery and
Hardware Company, 30S and 305
BrouRhton, west.
Ed L. Byck, corner Bull and Bryan,
has just received the finest selection
of imported and Tampa cigars ever
brought to this city. They are espe-
cially adapted for holiday purposes.
Call and be convinced
w. M. Davidson & Co., the real estate
company, are me people to see for your
realty business, stocks and bonds;
thoroughly reliable. ITO East Bryan.
A. l.. Desbouillons, the jeweler, will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard of. A visit to his
store will convince you.
J. H. Helmken's cafe is a delightful
place to take your meals or regular
board. Tables furnished with choicest
table delicacies. Southeast Liberty and
Whitaker.
Don't fail to attend my special sale
to- day in dolls and pictures, and all
Xmas novelties. Great reduction IN
price. Daniel Hogan.
Mccormick Mowers Rakes and re-
pairs for same. With seventy-two
years of success, they have proved to
be the best machine made. Heidi Plow
Company, sole agent. Al West Broad
street.
$500! $500! Haslam & Co. For
balance of season good business suits.
Come in and look them over. Bull and
Oglethorpe. $500. $500.
Photography in all its beauty of style
and finish at Launey's gallery.
Get the best meats ct John 2. Mays,
Oglethorpe and Jefferson street. He
keeps the best beef, veal, mutton, pork,
poultry, vegetables and fruits and
fancy groceries.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
TO THE NORTH AND WEST.

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
NO. 70, daily, from New York, WASH
-ngton and Cincinnati. $40 a. IN.
No. 81, daily except Monday, from
New York and Washington, 1O:40 a. m:
NO. SO, daily, from New York and
washington, 1925 p. m.
No. 80, daily, from all points West.
via Jesup, 1859 p. m.
No. 80, daily. except Sunday, from
the West, via Jesup. 4:2O p. m.
NO. 81. daily. from all points West,
via Jesup, 100 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains 81 and 80. the SOUTH RN'S
PALM LIMITED, Superb solid Pull
man train between st. Augustine and
New York, composed of Compartment,
Observation, Library and Drawing
room Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars serve
all meals en- route.
Trains SO and "a. THE NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vesti-
buled limited trains, Carrying Pullman
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars between
Savannah and New York. Dining Cars
serve all meals en- route.
TRAINS 20 and 80, THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing room Sleeping Cars
OCtWSSh savannah anu new OTk.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Dr:awing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
natl, through Asheville and THE Land
of the Sky"
For information as to rates, sched-
ules, ETC., apply to
c. H. ACKERT, G. M, Washington,
D. c.
S. H. HARDwICK, G. p. A.. Wash
ington, d. C.
w. H. TAYLoE. A. G. p. A. Allan
ia, Ga.
R. G.. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent, Union Depot. Savannah, Ga.
E. G. THOMSON, c. P. & T. A, Sa-
vannah, Ga, 141 Bull street. Phones
$50.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
STOCKS STAGNANT
-,vAL. OF ANXIETY OVER FAR
hsrERN SITUATION THE CAUSE.
COPPER ALONE IN DEMAND.
,orRLEs THAT JAPAN IS HAVING
ARE FELT HERE.

,,ovement in U. S. Steel Preferred
wos LanGuid, but Volume of Trad
inc Was Fairly Maintained.
erains Consistently Advanced,
pouds Were Irregular and U. S. rs
necIine 1-4-TOtaI Sales of Stocks
tor the Day Amounted to 2,1OO
shares.
New York, Jan. 12.-The revival of
.,vietv over the Far Eastern outlook
,osde itself manifest in the yielding
+ondency of prices to-day in the stock
market. as we'll as of cotton, while
rains consistently advanced. The eff
s.ct was more noticeable, however, IN
,bs almost total killing of speculative
interest.
Dnripg the afternoon the stock mar
,., became practically stagnant. The
aribble Of stock was sufficient to cause
slow downward tendency of prices,
h,t there was as much lack
q aggressiveness on the part
If the bears as of the bulls. In
fact there was some evidence of de-
sre on the part of bears to cover
shorts in a few stocks.
The borrowing demand for PennsyI-
vsnia in the loan crowd pointed to an
uncovered short interest. The in
crease in favor of this stock in face of
tbe depression elsewhere caused some
credence to be given to the persistent
Tumors of plan of adjustment of
noints of antagonism being worked out
n consultations between Pennsylvania
and Wabash interests.
There was a demand for Amalga-
mated Copper also to cover shorts.
Tbe movement in United States Steel
nrefprred was languid, but the volume
6f trading was fairly maintained. The
Corporation's announcement of the re-
nswed offer to employees of preferred
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
North Atlantic Weather Forecast
for January.

The Pilots Chart of the North At
lantic Ocean issued for the month of
January gives the following weather
forecast for the month: Along the
transatlantic routes foul weather with
westerly gales, high seas and frequent
snow squalls will prevail. From Sandy
Hook to the 45th meridian the wind
will blow 40 per cent. of the time from
the western semicircle CAS- per cent. of
the time from the NV quadrant); be-
tween As degrees W-25 degrees w, SO
per cent. (51 per cent. from the NV
quadrant; east of rs degrees w, 70 per
cent. (52 per cent. from the SW quad
rant) Gales north of SO degrees most
frequent between 1880 degreesW;
south of SO degrees, between 80 de-
grees-45 degrees w, sometimes attain
ing hurricane force and shifting in
sudden and violent squalls from SW to
NV. Along the American coast from
Sandy Hook to Fernandina the most
frequent direction will be NV (38 per
cent?, with gales, generally from NV.
Over the eastern half the ocean the
normal winds are apt to be disturbed
by cyclonic conditions, the center of
the system lowering several days in
succession in the vicinity of the
Azores. During such periods the
wind relations on the sailing routes
DelWeeH the CndnneI ana the equator
and north of 25 degrees are reversed.
Throughout the Caribbean sea and the
West Indies fresh trades will prevail.
Northers may be expected in the Gulf
OF Mexico and along the American
coast as far south as Colon. These
storms are, in general, preceded by
slight fall of the barometer Zone or
two-tenths of an inch), the gale itself
being accompanied by a rapid rise.
Fog infrequent. The Grand Banks
are free from bergs. Field ice, may.
however, be looked for about Feb. 1.
A meeting of the directors of the
Georgia-Carolina Navigation Company
was held yesterday at the Office of the
secretary, Mr.. G. w. Beckett, div
idend of 81 was declared on the $50
shares, which is equal to a dividend
of IA per cent
The board adopted a resolution
thanking the manager. H. A. Strob-
har for his efficient management.
which made the large dividends posi-
BILE.
1t is announced that the South At
lantic Tow Boat Company of Bruins
wick has ordered a. new tug boat to
be built on the same specifications as
the famous Dauntless. The new boat
will be used for the towage business
in Brunswick and vicinity.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Notice 10 Mariners.

Pilot charts and photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic office, in Custom
House. Captains are requested to cali
al the office. Reports of wrecks and
derelcts received.
This Office operates a time ball on
the roof of the Cotton Exchange, drop
ped daily at 12h. DOM. COS. (Sundays
and holidays excepted. 18th meridian
time. In case of failure the ball is
lowered slowly minutes after IL.
Clarence Hatch,
In Charge,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13

100 pounds. Csc; to New York, per 100
pounds, zoe to dock; zSc lightered; to
Philadelphia, per bale, $1.00; Baltimore,
$1.00.
COTTON-Foreign direct, to Liver
pool soc; Manchester, soc; Bremen, 25c;
Hamburg, SOC; Rotterdam, 24c; BARGE
Iona, 42c; Genoa, 3Sc; Trieste, 4Oc; Ven
ice, 42c; Havre, SOc; Antwerp, 3Oc.
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight active:
to Baltimore. $500; to Philadelphia,
A75; TO New York, S5e2h; to Port
land, $500.
LUMBER-By Steam-Savannah to
Baltimore. $500: to P. r. r. or B. and
o. docks, $3.50; to Philadelphia, Is 2-S
per cwt. a pounds to FOOT; to New
York, 1928 per M to dock; lightered,
$500; to Boston. to dock, $500.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
MONEY MARKET.

New York, Jan. 12-Money on CALL
steady, 1h@2As per cent, closing 11z@
2 per cent. Time loans, easy; sc and so
days, 4@4A per cent; six months. Az
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 5@5k per
cent. Sterling exchange strong, with
actual business in bankers bills at
$4.S5. 250485.45 for demand and at
$4.S2. 10d48225 for so day bills. Posted
rates, $4.S2h@4s3 and $4S6. CONNER
cfal bills, $4.S1% @4S4%. Bar silver,
$3.50; Mexican dollars. 4hc.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Constvvise Exports.

Baltimore-Per steamship Frederick
9s5 barrels rosin, 56,O5S feet lumber, 21
packages fruit, lob boxes oranges,
372 tons iron, 80 packages vege.
bles, 100 barrels rosin oil. 267 packages
clay, 2,06S cases canned goods, 1874
packages merchandise, 1926 packages
lard.--W w Tull.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Arrived.

Steamship Danentry CBD, Dunbar.
Philadelphia, light.-Strachan & Co.
Steamship Itasca, Pratt, assorted
w. w. Tull
Steamship Allegheny, Chase, Phila-
delphia, assorted.-W. w. Tull.
Steamship Kansas City, Smith. New
York assorted.-Ocean Steamship
Company.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13

We have the genuine article import
ed from Mexico. Call and see some
thing exquisite in table cloths with
dcllies to match. dainty, grand, ma
Jestic, really fit to adorn kings table.
at, Lippmans, corner Congress and
Barnard .-Ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Notice TO Captains of Vessels.

Vessels arriving at night will be re-
ported by the Morning News in its dis
patches without charge If captains will
confirm reports of their arrival to No.
241. either telephone.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Large Assortment of Pretty Mexi-
can Drawn Work,

So many styles and such elegant
selections of imported Mexican drawn
work, each one of which would make
a grand prize at any party. Such
beautiful table adornments as we have
of Mexican drawn work, are worthy of
your attention. Lippman's, corner
Congress and Barnard.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Savannah Almanac, 10Th Merf-
dian Savannah City Time.
Wednesday, Jan, l3.

Sun rises at 7:24 a. m. and sets
at 5:42 D. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at
4:23 a. m. and 4;52 p. m. High
water at Savannah one hour later.
Low water at 1858 a. m. and HOO
d. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Savannah Bank
and Trust Go.

AS$SA9 RSSOfOVOS
JOSEPH ID. WEED, President.
JOHN c. ROWLAND, Vice President.
VIM. F. MccAULEY, Cashier.
sAML. L. CLAY, Assistant Cashier.
A general banking and exchange
business transacted.
savings Department, interest
computed quarterly.
Accounts OF merchants, banks
ana corporations solicited.
american xpreSs Company's let
'erS OF credit issued available in all
parts of the world.
Collections carefully made and
promptly accounted for.
Safety Deposit Boxes ana Storage
Vaults for rent.
Correspondence invited.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
MARINE
INTELLIGENCE

Yesterday was a quiet one along the
river front and the only vessel that
sailed from this port was the steam
ship Frederick for Baltimore. 1t is
the opinion that many of the schoon-
ers bound for this port are tied up in
the Baltimore and Philadelphia har-
bors on account of the heavy ice. Sew
eral schooners loaded yesterday and
will sail to-day.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
wharves are filled with cotton and the
wharves of the different lumber deal
ers' are about filled to their capacity
1t is expected that a number of steam
ers and schooners will arrive this week
to load with cotton and lumber.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
!. 3. BAXTER & CO.. INC.

y VT TtNOEg
Successors to Murphy 4 Co.,
Board OF Trade Building, Savannah.
private leased wires direct to New
York. Chicago and New Orleans
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New York office. No. 81 Broadway.
Offices in principal cities throughout
the South. Write for our market man.
ual and book containing instruction
for traders.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
IN Southern
ON Railway.

Trains arrive and depart Savannah
oy goth meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
Schedule Effective, Jan. 10, 1904.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
Capt. Savage Presented with Chair.

The crew of the steamship City of
Memphis have presented Capt. George
c. Savage with handsome office
chair as a token of their esteem and
respect. Capt. Savage has been in
command of the City of Memphis since
she was launched, until his recent pro-
motion to the position of port cap
tain,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
PeninSular and Occidental Steamship Company.
UNITED STATES FAST MAIL ROUTE
For Key West, Cuba and the West Indies,
Wa Port Tamna and Miami Ella

in
postponement without
nAMI-HAVANA (DTRECT)
Leave Havana Fridays Mondays
Thursdays,
Wednesdays Fridays
Wednesdays
WESTIKAVANA
Key
MAMI-NAssAU
Arrive Nassau Tuesdays Fridays 800 Pm
L.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13

Dally. TEXcept Sunday.
sleeping cars between Savannah and
Augusta, Savannah and Macon, Sa-
vannah and Atlanta, Savannah and
birmingham on trains leaving Savan-
nan SEQ p. m, and arriving Savan-
nah 700 a. m.
Parlor cars between Savannah, Ma
con and Atlanta on trains leaving
savannah S:45 a. m, arriving Savan-
nah 6:1O p. m.
For further information apply or
write to
w. C. BREWER. C. T. & P. A., 1o7
Bull street Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13

CAT.
Baltimore. Jan. dashboard COM
mon. 9@1OA; preferred, 1874 bid; AS,
67@67%.
Atlantic Coast Line common, 1851
0107,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-13
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

Schedule Effective Jan. 8, 1904.
- Arrival and departure of trains.
Central Station, West Broad, foot of
Liberty street, except for Tybee.
goth meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
Regrets.

Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, of Wash
ington city, was among the callers
at the Journal office last week,
and we very much regret that, be-
cause of our absence from the city,
we did not have the pleasure OF
meeting him. Mr.. Richards is the
general Land and Industrial
agent of the Southern railway
company and was out on a tour OF
observation and inspection. He is
deeply interested in the progress
and advancement of all portions
of the south, touched by that great
system and spares no pains to post
himself as to the best means OF
helping i'll his important work.
Mr.. Richards had as a travelling
companion, Mr.. Hayes, IA writer
of acknowledged ability, who con-
tributes many articles Of value &c
the leading periodicals of the coun.
try. We regret that we did moi
meet these gentlemen.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
The irish Potato.

The Irish potato crop. is almost
a failure in Lee county. The Colo
RADIO beetle which works havoc with
the potato in the west has invad.
ed this country and seems to have
taken up its permanent abode.
Paris green will kill them, but
many people are afraid to use it
because of its being asdeadly pois-
on. Some persons whip the vines
with switches and brush the bugs
to the earth and crush them with
their feet. This must be done
every day, in order TO be effectual.
The Irish potato is one of the best
of W getables and "a be prepared
for eating in more ways than any
other. II is easily grown, pro-
duces abundantly aud is liable, in
this soil and climate, TO but few
diseases. The Colorado beetle is
it's chief enemy. How to get rid
of this pest is yet an unsolved
problem in the west where 1t
originated. Some inventive ento-
moIogyst may find a means OF de-
stroylng it, in which case his Tor
tune would be made.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
Things Changed.

The Worlds Fair Commission
ers of this state met at jackson
last week, to consult together as
to the best thing to be done i'll view
of the muddle in which Commits,
sioner r. II. Henry had placed
himself at st Louis. 1t was decid-
ed that Mr.. Henry should give
bond in the sum of twenty five
hundred dollars for the faithful
performance of his duties and that
he should, III future expend no
money, except after consultation
and agreement with the whole
board of Commissioners. Neither
Mr.. Henry's family nor Mrs. Wal
ton, the hostess, will hereafter
occupy any part of Beauvoir. 1t is
to be hoped that this settlement
of the trouble that existed will
prove satisfactory.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
Notice To Taxpayers OF NettletoD,
MISS. of PropOSed Bond Issue.

| am directed by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the town OF NettletoD,
Miss, to publish notice to the taxpayers
CT said town as follows
At meetings held by said Board on
May. 9TH. and June, 18th, 1904 resolu-
lions were adopted declaring it the pHr-
pose of said Mayor and Board OF Alder
men TO issue the bonds of said town to
the amount of Five Thousand Dollars
$4,000 O0) or so much thereof as might
be found necessary. for the purpose OF
erecting a municipal school building for
said town; such bonds to be issued by
authority of. and in accordance with
Sections 3014, 3015, 3O16 and 3011 OF
the Annotated Code of 1892, and amend
ments thereto; and this notice Is pub
lisbed i'm accordance with said Section
3016 of the Code, for the purpose OF no
tifying the taxpayers 9th to wn OF Net
Teton of such proposed action by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, so that
if there be any objection to the issuance
of said bonds. it nav be presented to the
Mayor and Board OF Aldermen as pro-
vided by the law. on or before the first
Tuesday the 9TH, day OF July. l9O4-the
next regular meeting OF the Board; ana
said resolutions require the publication
of this notice in the Tupelo Journal, II
weekly newspaper published in the town
of TupeIo, Miss, which has a general
circulation in said town OF Nettleton-
there being no newspaper published IN
said town of Nettleton-for three weeks
next preceding said 9TH, day ofJuly 1904
+. X. GREEN.
Clerk, Mayor and Board of Alderm en- OF
the town OF Nettleton, Miss.
6 10
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana

An ideal country for cheap
homes. Land at So, $40, $15 pei
acre grows corn, cotton wheat.
oats, grasses, fruits aud vegetables
Stock ranges 10 months in The
year.
Southeast Missouri, Arkansas
Louisiana and Texas are full OF
opportunities-the climate is mild
the soil is rich, the lands are cheap
Low lone seekers rates-abou
half fare-via the Cotton Bel
twice a month-frst and thirC
Tuesdays.
For descriptive literature, maps
end excursion rates, write to
w. G.. PEELER, D. P. A.,
Cotton Belt, Memphis, Tenn.
OR
e. w. LABEAnME, G.. r. & Z. A.
Cotton Belt, st. Louis, Mo,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
john Allen.

Hon. John Allen came home
last Friday night and stayed with
homefolks until Monday when he
returned to St Louis. He SAID he
had some pressing business that
called him home, but he did not
ii whether it was on account OF
the fish hatchery or his farm or
one Of his many other interests.
Mr.. Allen has a good deal of bu-
siness on baud just at this time.
Between his various occupations
he has his hands full. AS farmer
Allen his crops engage his atten,
ton. AS fisherman Allen, the
hatchery occupies a good part OF
his time and as Worlds Fair Com
missioner he has to keep in the
swim and spend bis salary. 1t is
unfortunate that Mr.. Allen does
not possess the power Of making
himself ubiquitous. He is SO much
in demand that he is wanted at the
hub of the universe, the national
capital aud at the Worlds Fair all
at The same time. He holds up I'M
der it remarkably well, for he is
hale and hearty and as jolly and
jovial as when he first entered pub
lie life.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
Sunday School Association.

Attention is called to the notice:
published elsewhere, of the meet
ing of the State Sunday School
Association, at Jackson, on 81, %.
%, insts. Rev. Isaac d.. Bordus.
of Mayhem, is the Secretary OF
this association and Mr.. j. G.
Cavett, of Jackson, is the Presi-
dent. They are interchangeable work.
ers in the cause and labor strenu'
ously to advance it. The next
meeting bids fair to be the largest
and most interesting that has ever
been held in the state. We trust
that a goodly number Of our
Jealous Sunday School workers
may attend it.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17

detrimentally to the interests Of
Tupelo TO such an extent that her
wholesale houses are shut out of
the trade Of parts of the country.
He cites as an instance in which
these roads are joined in this prac-
tice the rates which m charged on
-four from Tupelo to Houston, the
terminal of the new road running
from Okolona towards the interior
| of the state. The rate on a barrel
of flour to Okolona, Is miles, by
the M. q O. is % cents From Ok
| olona to Houston, a distance OF 10
miles, it is 80 cents which makes
50 cents from Tupelo to Houston.
Under the tariff established by the
railroad commission the rate for
the distance between Tupelo and
Houston, Sc miles, is 26 cents. 1t
will be seen that under the tariff
of the M. & O. and the Southern,
united, there is an Overcharge OF
26 cents. This effectually shuts out
Tupelo from this part of her legit-
innate trade.
In making this rate it is claimed
that the barrel of flour is carried
by the M. & o. only to Okolona
and from there to Houston by the
Southern. Under the merger OF
the two roads the railroad commits
sion practically recognizes the two
roads as one and how it can be
claimed that the road from Okolo-
ma to Houston is not a part of the
M. & O. is beyond comprehension.
We fully understand the Difficult
ties that beset the railroad commits
sion in settling freight tariffs but
1T does seem to us that, in this in
stance, it has the authority to cor
rect the injustice hat is practiced
and it should, at once, take steps
to do So.