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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09
JASPER COURIER

ia Gus Gramelspacher Sun
daged in Evansville.
20. Mrs. J. p. Huther and Mrs
Alo.s Renncr spent Tuesday ir
Evansville.
See the new spring carpets
ar quares and mating at Son.
deman's.
IarAleck Durlauf came down
from Louisville Sunday TO spend
about two months.
Gay Geo. X Wilson came home
from indianapolis Saturday u
visit his family.
IA Misses Nellie Flick and
clara Miller We're among those
who attended a play at ST.
Menrad Sunday.
New Mohairs. rainproof suit
irgs. waistings, etc. look at Son
deman's.
Best l gallon can apples 25c,
canned tomatoes 3 for p. Corn .
f0r 25c. fresh barrel HeTnz's Sour
kralt Just fine al Sonderman's.
"a Mrs. K. NJ. Milbun and
-on Donald visited friends at
Evansville, Ind. Monday and
Tuesday.
IA Mrs. Geo. K. Wilson and
daughter Roberta returned Sun
dayirom Hawsville. KY. where
they had spent a week visiting
friends.
"a From all appearances Mon
da was busy day at the
CONT house. the Commissioners
met and transacted the regular
monthly business. the board d
Review met at the Assessor of
fce and Circuit court convened
Monday evening and the first
ease was a jury case.
Trumphs OF Modern Surgery.
Wonderful things are done for th'
human hods by -crgery Organs az,
t.r t and scaped and polished an,
rHNare. ~ thry may De- removed en.
frf Nont- ARE sphced pipes taketl.
.Iaoe ~ diseased sections I'D veins anti
-Dlft dressings are applied % wounds
tuscS. burns and like innrie- heiur,
inflammation sells i'm, which ciuse. fh -IH
f0 lea without naiuration and 10 once
fhnl the time required rs the old treat
menf Chamberlain Pain Balm act-
90 fhi- same principle. Il j. an ante
septic and when applied % such injuries
Arises them % heal very quickly IL
also aliay- the pam and soreness heeF
4 bottle ~ Pam Balm n Your home and
it wid save you time and money, not q
mention THE Inconvenience and suffering
hirh -uct injuries entail For sale by
Martin Friedman
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

f1 Pete MoutouX came up from
Evansville Wednesday to attend
the Berger MOutouX wedding
dance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

Ias About s. people from Tell
City came up Sunday to see the
ball game.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

rs9 Miss Thresia Berger went
10 Evansville Tuesday to attenc
the berger Moutoux wedding.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

an Mrs. Sarah l.. Wood /.
visiting relatives IN Selvin, Ind,
this week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

f'as Miss Helen Rust, of Hunt
lngburg Is visiting friends and
relatives here this week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

KS Misses Anna Eyerhart an,
Sophia Stamm went 20 Lolisvill.
Wednesday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-09

aa' Geo. 5. Fry spent Sunday
at home and returned to Loogoo-
tee Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
CONER SAYS RATE MATTER
 IS UP TO THE LEGISLATURE

freight rates was made with the Geor- gia freight rates, because the two States have practically the same mes mes Of railroad, and also because both ricultural and of similar population and tonnage. For instance, the At- lantic Coast Line. Central of GeofSia and Western Railway of Aiabar,a, have only the Chattahoochee river li- viding the Georgia freigat. tax payer from the Alabama freight tax payers. The Southern Railroad has only tnS State line; and the Louisville and Nashville has lines in Georgia and in Alabama. and it is commonly thought that their Alabama lines have more tonnage and are greater earners thah their Georgia lines. Both. are agricul- tural States and alongside of each other, and have nearly the same popu- iation Alabama has thirty-seven in- gia thirty-nine. Alabama produce | last year $50 bales of cotton to the railroad mile. Georgia 335. Alabama has 425 population to the railroad tonnage from the Birmingham district alone than the whole State of Georgia, and will call attention to the Nebraska cases cited in the majority report; rate than Alabama. has 2S0 population to the railroad mile while Alabama has 425. It was also shown that 1n Alabama the freight trains are allowed to run Sundays. or seven days in tho week. and in Georgia not being allowed to run Sundays, they have only SIX days in the week, giving the railroads in Alabama 16 2-3 per cent more time in which to use their men and proper ties, which is supposed to be from il railroad standpoint a great advantage
 Earnings and Values.
 Practically the only defense set up by the railroads as to why they should not reduce the freight rates in the State, was that their earnings were very small and that the state on ae- officer or law interfere with their rates, and used numerous decisions OK both State and Federal courts. show ing why this could not be done. Also they filed tables of figures showmSi values of their respective roads. ana what it would cost to TccoAstroHt [ same. and tables of figures showing earnings on their respective roa9s, l5i', rs
 As these tables were practtcaIlY re, nroducrd in the majority opinion, and as they were nearly correct, l will re- produce same here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
IGNORED IN WISCONSIN
SALUTE FIRED OVER GRAVES OF
 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
GovernorJelks Notined sf Tribute Paid Dead of Alabama et Madason,
 Wis.,. On Decoration Day.

The attention of. Governor Jelks has been drawn to!the honor paid the desd s
 Wisconsin. The Confederate dead were
 honored by the hring. of a salute of | three volleys by the Sons of Veterans Republic stood with bared heads throughout the services.
 Two letters mentioning the tribute the psg sss S1 1a:s ss
 ernor. One was from Henry F; Sig gleko, First Sergeant of Henry Harn. don Post, Sons of Veterans, and the
 atsn, assn wes company IISm 1stS Hoa wisconsn. % Governor that there are buried in the
 ieGs ea'Gn Who Se%essry ded xyhis tie tSey were prs- oners of war. Of them 101 were Ala bama soldiers. They lie in part of the cemetery which Is known as Con.
 In describing the firing of the. salute to the Confederate dead, while the Union veterans stood uncovered MT T am sure I voice the sentiment of the old soldiers when I say, and the Sons of Veterans in saying; that that who fought for the Confederaey. has again be harbored. We realize that conscientiousiy for what you believed to be the right and the soldier of the North fought the same way believing his cause to be right.
 We may clasp hands across the bloody chasm of war; by words and by deeds we make known to one ap- other that we are brothers" The letters inform the Governor that the graves of the Alabama dead are Identifying each grave but that these
 slabs are now old and decaying and that some steps should be taken to
 mark the graves before It IS too 1 late.
 The letters will be turned over to pr. Thomas M. Owen of the Depart-
 ment of Archives and History. | At the next session. of the legisla. ture an effort will be made to have a fund set aside for the marking of
 these graves of the Alabama dead tu Northern cemeteries. N5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04

they are entitled to earn 8 per cent or nearly foar times as much as they are now earning. h table NO. 5 they are earning per cent. on only s9, t4T1 per mile valuation, hIle they arc E'entitled to earn per cent. on $eI,1pt per mile valuation.
 The Louisville and Nashville in table No. l are earning only 1-2 per cent on local business, whereas they are en- 'titled to earn per cent, or could charge sufficient increase to earn three and one-hlN times as much as they are earning: and in table No. 2 on all of their business they are earning only 1 2-f0 per cent, whereas they are en- titled to earn s per cent, or couId charge sufficient to earn twice as mucn on all of their business as they are now earning. In table Nc they are earn ing per cent. on only S23,000 per mile and are entitled to earn per cent. on S53,500 per mile.
 In table No. i, the Coast Line earn ing } 2-10 per cent. on their local basi pess. ere entitled to earn s per cent or could charge two and one-haf times as much as they are now cnargIaBi and on their entire business, as shown in table No. 2, they are only earning S-lO per cent, whereas they are en- titled te earn per cent or nearly are earning & per cent. on only S2l, sos per mile, whereas they the entitled to earn per cent. on $S9.217 per mtle
 The s. A. l.. and N. c. & St. L., as shown in table No. l, are running al a loss whereas they arc entitled to charge a sufficient increase to earn at least nine times much as they are now earning on their local bus ness; and in table No 2 shows deficit on all of their business. whereas they arc entitled to earn nine times as much as they arc now earning, and there would be no law or power to hinder
 made these selections to show the logical sequence of the ma Giority. de- cislon, and I might vest the ease here.
 A Lien on Shippers.
 I will put in plIaliel columns state- ments under oath by the railroads of the value of their roads and properties as made to the State AuGitur-thfS for the purpose Of heinz taxed by the State-and the valuation of the roads under oath as made to the Railroad Conmissiou--this fer the purpose of taXinE inc peoDle-and win state that the giving in or this property Is unlike that given in hY the c-iz0ns or indi- viduals. because the railroads clalm the State laws and decisions Of the courts guarantee them per cent. on their valuation of their property and that they have got practically lien on the shippers on their roads to se- cure same, while the individual has to hustle for the interest on his prop erty. and if h edoes not make it, there is no outsider that he can tax to se- cure it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
AN ENTERPRIsING
The Remarkable Growth Of Lyncneuas'
 ya., Is Attracting the Notice Of the while Country-N0tes of Interest

Tn. Remarkable Growth of Lynchhurg,
 Va, Is Attracting the Notice of the
 while Country-NOtes of Interest
 About the City.
 In the history of urban development in the South there is no parallel to the remarkably rapid and steady growth and advancement of the beautiful lit- tie city of Lynchburg, Va. Just a few years ago Lynchburg was hardly known outside of its immediate vicin- ity; today 1t is recognized as one or the principal manufacturing and distriput- ing points of the South. Beautifully situated on the James River. the geo. graphical center of the State, Lynch burg enjoys the benefits of climate well nigh perfect, natural sanitary ad- yantages, pure air and absolute free dom from malaria. Three great rail- way trunk lines interesect here, the Southern, the Norfolk and Western aud the Chesapeake and Ohio, affording un- eoualed opportunity for the distribu- tion of merchandise at low rates of freight and making Lynchburg most attractive location for manufacturing and wholesale businesses.
 over five million dollars Is invested in manufacturing in the city of Lynch burg and about forty-fve different lines of goods are manufactured. over twenty thousand dollars arc distributed ~O"- thousand employees of manufacturing concerns. As jobbing point Lynch burg is the most important in the South. Every line of goods Is ade- quately represented by up-to-date, en- terprising wholesalers who are well known and literally patronized throughout the southern and south than seventy wholesale houses with a business aggregating many millions and small army of travelling repre- sentatives. A visiting merchant from any distance can secure in Lynchburg every line of goods he handles at prices and on terms that cannot be excelIed in any market and can enjoy the additional advantage Of Lynch burg's competitive freight rates.
 Among the advantages that Lynch burg offers the home seeker may be mentioned: a population of 3O,000 that for average intelligence, morality and industry is unsurpassed anywhere; splendid climate and thoroughly healthful conditions; finely paved streets; excellent electric street car system; modern municipal water serv- ice; cheap competitive telephone ser vice: electric lights and power and gas service. at very reasonable prices; thirty churches; nine public schools; one woman's college; private schools and business college; four hospitals; ninety acres of beautiful parks.
 Manufacturers and business men seeking opportunity for safe and prof itable investment are particularly re- quested to write John A. Faulkner, Secretary of the Industrial Development Department of the Cham Der of Commerce, Lynchburg, Va, for full information touching the advan- tages offered by this city. All letters will have prompt attention and reply.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
EUFAULA's FOURTH.
Day Will be Generally Observed In Cit, and Section.

and Section.
 Eufaula, July 3.-(Special.) )-Tomor- row will be generally observed throughout this section for the first the city and the Business Mems League have arranged a program for the en- tertainment of visitors at Guices Lake, a pretty retreat about one mile south of the city limits. The citizens in the neighborhood of Mineral Springs. twelve miles south of the city, have also arranged for a big dinner and dance to be held on the grounds there and a big picnic Is also booked for and business men will close doors and tako a day of.
 The baseball season opened up here this afternoon with a series of games that will be played between Blake1ey, Ga. and this oity. A regular team will be maintained by the management here that will play throughout the re- mainder of the season.
 The tribe of the I. O. R. M. held their regular semi-annual election in their wigwam Friday evening which result ed as follows: l.. U, Shealley, Sachem; E. s. Sheehan. Senior sagamore: J. D. Holmes, Junior Sagamore; E D. Corkcr. c. of R.; W. c. 6tandifer Master of De- gree Team. J. D. Holmes, Trustee. The order her Is imbuded with much in- terest and enthusiasm and Is growing numerically with every meeting.
 E. S. sheehan of this city received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of his daughter Miss Pearl in New Orleans the day before. The young lady was visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Marley in Jackson, Miss, and was not fin good health when it was decided to send her to, an tnfirmary. in New Or leans. It was found necessary for her to undergo an operation which she never survived. Her remains were laid to rest in New Orleans.
 Good rains have fallen throughout this section and the corn crop Is now regarded as assured. It Is believed that every farmer in this section will raise enough corn to do him another year with perhaps some to spare. The crops, too, are more diversified every year and larger acreages are planted in peanuts, sugar cane and other crops than have been'known in many seasons. Cotton Is clean of the grass and is doing nicely.
 The advance in the price of cotton Is causing much of it to be turned loose b' .he farmers and the shippers are az ain getting busy. Some are still waiting for the 10 cent limit, however. and will not sell until 1t reaches that figure.
 Several handsome glass fronts to the store houses on Broad Street will add much to the looks of that part of town this fall and numerous other improve ments are spoken of. The matter of a street fair is being somewhat agi- tated, but no definite action has been taken in the matter so far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
DEMOPOLIS.
To Enforce City Ordinance-SOl
 Municipal Improvements.


 Demopolis, July 3.-(Special. )-Con- gressman George w. Taylor has gono to Tuscaloosa. where he was among those invited to speak on the occasion of the formal opening of Lock No. 13. on the Warrior river.
 Chief of Police IT. A. Monnier, has notices posted about town warning the citizens that the city ordinances will be strictly enforced. The grossest violation of the city ordinances have been in regard to the stock law and the sewerage ordinance. The law ob- serving element are loud in their praise of Chief Monnier and his aids in bringing about a strict observance of these ordinances, for the violations have been a nuisance. In general way there is no more law-loving. peo- pie to be found than the populace of Demopolis.
 Some time ago Manager Smith, of the Electric Light and Power Com pany, ordered a monster new engine for use in day runs, but the manufac- turers sent out right hand engine when a left hand was ordered. and the delay of building another one in accordance with his order Is a disap- pointment. but he says he is expecting it to arrive in q few days.
 Mrs. Ann G. Lyon Is having a large new warehouse erected on Franklin street. It will be fireproof building and will be used by the DeLoaon- Mo- Millen Hardware Company for their heavy goods.
 The city is still figuring on tho purchase of a modern street sprinkler. In the meantime the citizens are fight ing the dust devil"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04

The citing of the law and the ocuTt decisions were entirely on tnc flI- roads side, and made by them '" @pplEc unchullcnged 10 their stdtemen5 or valuation of their properties and oI thc.r earnings on same.
 Legal Argument.
 The majority opinion Oi tAlS com mission COnceding the correctness and fairness ot the railroads slatemeut "f value of their property and thtlf 'Afh- ingS, and also that the court H'ttsl'4s, both Federal .alld StGJC.#4s appltel .i them were correct. further 4u9t"5 me following court decision giving ihe roads were lcg9lly entitled to nm's' nr : fore hindrrance by the State R@titoad Commission can obtain.
 In the case of the l.. X N Railroad Company ys. Brown, l2& Fel, Rep 9aS, the court said:
 The company Is entitled to oaro some amount, and it ses ms reat'E] 1l Y clear to me that if entitled to eArn something under tn" ahoTe conditions, it is entitled to earn under the .I2H conditio1s 1 p"n5alHeN 9h @|' j. equal at least to the usUal and lrati rates of interest i'm the, locality wiier@ the. railroad is situat&d *..@.@
 The legal rate of Alahama E n@F minority Of tnls CommtSsi0u:s iutf@- probation uf the law, reEu5 Ring Tati- roads in consequence Of thtSe. -c@uFt whatever eytortion and diSeriniAH-on there might be iii tllu rltc o~&r$cIf thoY could assess tla snipal.u;& alpnG thcir lines q SulhcLRt aGoHpt iG %HaEH $ per cent from th@ir d@5 Cs1it .it%s :: ness earnings on sgE oHn-th@d CT tn"4E value of @their property, @or 11hr c@Ma. GIT thCir entire business, IuQ @t+ turlE valuation of their property, ir c1n c1f- fly be seen from their st1i'"}'ui "i their earnings, on some Of tn" rratF 'i least. they could charge an a1ou.t that would coufiscate all the rtotu"t offered for shipment on thnSr r".. .tS.
 Fo instance, IS shown in tahl" Nc. !, it is claiped the southern RailWFy is ncstic business. whereas tIt% Hr, clearly entitled to earn S per cont, "r eight times what they ara now a-f1- ing; that is, they could charge a s' charging on their local busiut-a tN earn eight times q s much nS they a.a now earning. And as shown i" ... No. ?, they arc only c1rnin~ . l-ll p 20 cct. nn all 0f their hUsin =s, N.haf, Is they are entitled t0 earn s per r,. practically four times as mach as they are now earning, and could un.-T tH't courts decision charge without I'H- ddrance from any power 2 ruir~'rn, Ia- crease in rates to earn four tNa,s . g much Us they arr, now earning. .nl as shown in table No. g, th, a~r clr.- ing per cent on only s12nru D p.I mile N1lnHttVU. whereas under N Green, their traffic mana. a.@cr's aV.doro., they are entitled to earn per cont. .rB S6l0O1 per mile valuation.
 Examples Of EarninES.
 Take tue Central E1rd. undrr 'tA .n No. 1 they are only earning l-lu pr cent. on their entire local hu- mss, whereas thrg art entitled lo cam N per cent. They couli charge nearly eight times as mach ou ttrir luyIl freight Hs they ar, now chaFzlnE, and in table No. they show they are only earniug'2 21-l0 per cent. on a.i of their bt1 In fare 9 O faFb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04

All of the roads were cited to ap- pear and show cause why the fertilizer rates should not be reduced. At this meeting the Commission decided to at once enter into an inquiry of all tha freight rates of the State. A compar- ison of the freight rates of Alabama on the following articles of common pro- duct. manufacture and use: Lumber and the products of lumber. brick. lime. cement, marble, fruit trees, shrubbery, peaches, fruit jars. melons meat, lard, soap, potatoes, rice. mo- Iasscs, cotton. cotton seed, cotton seed meal and nulls, fertilizer, cotton ties and baGging, domestlcs, cotton rope. ground-p peas. grain. hay, four, scra? iron nails, barbed wire, wire fence and fencing, iron pipe, farm wagons, horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs, coffee. sugar ice, bran, dry goods freight tax paid by the Georgia manu- facturer. producer and consumer on the same railroads and same class was shown that the Alabama freight tax was % to i20 per cent higher than the Georgia freight tax; in other words, the Alabama citizen paid for the same service to the same railroads and same class railroads from S1.20 ta $220 where the Georgia citizen paid on the same railroads and same class roads $1 on the above articles.
 Also at this meeting was certified the comparison of rates advertised Tn the campaign through the, State last year 
 showed great discrimination against the State.
 For further and fuller information along this line. I have embodied in this opinion, and make a part of if, an ar. ticle written by Mr. s. P. Oliver of Talladega, who was for twenty Tears in the employ of the railroads. This article, was printed in The Montgom- cry Advertiser. June Srd last. In this article MT. Oliver uses 1900 items of freight and compares the freight rate on these as charged on the Louisville vile and Nashville in Georgia; and also the Louisville and Nashville iu Alabama With the rates on all classes of roads in Georgia, including class D roads. which class is short lines and logging roads, such as the Alabama Commission takes little account ot. And the comparison shows conclusive ly that Alabama is very greatly dis criminated against alsol showing con the Traffic Manager of the Louisville and Nashville before the Commission were misleading and incorrect;
 MT. Oliver fiowed on the l,6oO items of freight, distance five 10 rorty-hXe miles, the Louisville and Nashville charged the Alabama shipper 29 S-1O per cent higher rate than the Gror&!I shipper, and from forty-hve to loo miles Al 6-10 per cent higher rate than the Georgia shipper and on the follow ing items: Cotton. four wheat, corn rye, barley bran. hay. brick. lumber, wood, cotton seed meal cotton seed hul1s and fertilizer, the freight on the Louisville and Nashville. five |. forty five miles was 45 per cent higher than the average rate of all the roads in Georgia, and on the same articles for ty-five. to 100 miles SS per cent higher m Georgia.
 The comparison of the Alabama