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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
wArsors WEEKLY JgFFERsoNrAN.

witnesses, prove that it was false.
Yet COL Scott is allowed to have his own
way, without the slightest molestation from
our Railroad Commission-which is now cost
ing the people, in salaries alone, $4,000 year.
Is there no relief?
Have the Yankee corporations got us COM
pletely in their power? Must our wives and
daughters continue to stand around in the rain,
or cold, at the passenger stations of country
towns?
Are the editors and politicians never going
to help us get the same accommodations for
our wives and daughters that their wives and
daughters enjoy in Augusta, Atlanta, Macon
and Savannah?
Are we Country people never to have
square deal? Are we always to continue to
suffer from wrecks and collisions which could
be avoided, If these heart1ess corporation
managers were made to do their duty?
How many wrecks should occur at the same
place, and from the same cause, after the
Manager of the road has had personal notice,
and after the lawyers of the road have had
personal notice, before the Governor and the
Railroad Commission will take hand in the
matter?
GOVERNOR SMITH! FOR GODS
SAKE DO SOMETHING!
% q %
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Punctilious.

French schooner went ashore nj
one of the fashionable resorts. When
day dawned she was plainly in sight
from the beach, the waves breaking
over her decks, and the crew cling.
ing TO the shrouds. The summer res
idents flocked 10 the waters edge
where life-saving crew was work
ing
Mercy, man, why don't YOU all do
something-try to save those poor
men? ! wonder what they are" an
excited woman gasped. catching a
bronzed coastguard by the arm.
eve are doing all we can. madam
was the hurried reply "They arc
French. We have Just sent them a
line to come ashore
The lady turned to friend with n
look of admiration in her ewes.
Gust think of that, Mary" she
said. "And isn't it Just like those
awfnly polite Frenchmen? That man
said they had just sent them line
to come ashore. You see. they
wouldn't come. though they were
About TO he drowned. without a formal
invitation, Success Magazine
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RaossYe|t's Railroad Incorporation
Proposition Discussed.
STEP TOWARD Capitalization
No Such Radical idea Has Been Ad-
vanccd since the Days Of Hamilton,
Says the commoner to the Asso-
ciatcd Press. :.

CINCINNATI o.. Oct. 10.-Opposi
ton to President Rooscvclts suggos.
tion oi national Incorporation OF all
roads was declared in an interview
here today by William j. Bryan, o;
Lincoln. Mob.
Mr.. Bryan said: ED
The national incorporation OF
railroads as proposed by President
Roosevelt, is the most FAR reaching
step for Capitalization proposed in
this country since Hamilton submitted
his plan of government. Hamilton
provided for president and senators
to l'r elected TO- life and for the ap
pointmont of state governors by the
national government to serve for life
The Presidents plan contemplatcs
the national incorporation of railroa ,ls
and other corporations doing an In
terstate business. The result would
be To extend greater powers Of the
general government and proportions
ally reduce the authority of The states
Tho President is no doubt actuated
Nv the same sincere motives that
Hamilton was. but like Hamilton. h,.
seems to believe that the further We
get government away from the people
the better it is. am satisfied that
his plan will not be accepted.
In TACT two official hOdics have re-
Gently taken the other side The ut.
torney general at ST. louis prepared
Il memorial asking for restriction OF
the jurisdiction of the lower Federal
courts and this mornings papers re.
port that the state railroad commits
sioners have expressed opposition to
national incorporation.
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MAY APPOINT ATTORNEY
TO SUPPLANT JEROME
Report Says Governor Hughes vii
Take This Step to Have 7 action
Matters Acted Upon.
(ny Assoolnted pressN

NEW YORK. Oct. iO.-Thu Evening
Post says today: "'rhcrc was a re-
port in financial circles today that
Governor Hughes had decided to an
point n special dstrlc, attorney Ia
act on traction matters over Jerome 5
head
AN nttomut TO verify the rumor re-
suited in obtaining confirmation fyon.
a man high in tho business world.
GENERALLY well informed ana uniformly
reliable"
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Money.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1O.--Moncy on
call strong, G@h. ruling rate 5H: clos
ing bid 2la; offered at 3 'lime loans
firm; 60 days 6 to dla and 90 6h to
Ia; six months G. Close: Prime mer-
camille paper per cent. Sterling eX-
change easier. closing firm with actual
business in bankers bills ut SS6Gp
4S6.05 for demand and at iS2.256D
1920 for 60 day bills Commercial
bills 4S26Dis Bar silver Coss Mcxi-
can dollars 1919. Government bonds
Nsteady. Railroad bonds heavy.
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CONFERENCE AT NORFOLK.

Governor Swanson to Meet Officials
of Railways.
NORFOLK, VA. Oct l0.-Governol
Swanson. Of Virginia Governor Glenn
oil North Carolina. and the heads o.
an railroads entering the port o.
Norfolk have been invited to meet n
Norfolk October %. to discuss the
question OF Bringing desirable lmmi
grants from Northern Europe into Vir
sinla. North Carolina and the South
generally by means of new l1urop,
steamship line entering Norfolk
which it is hoped have established
through the aid of the railroads.
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Baltimore Produce.

BALTIMORE. MD, Oct. 1O.-Flour
firm. unchanged.
Wheat-stronger. spot contract 109;
Southern by sample 7941oG; do on
grade 100.
strong. spot mixed 72k No
2 white 72M.
Oats-nrmcr, No mixed 5i@54h
Ryc-firmer.
Butter-hrm. unchanged. Fancy
imitation 24M25; do creamery 300
30; do ladle 81; store packed 1Sm20
Eggs-steady, unchanged, 26@27.
Cheesc-New. firm, unchanged. Large
1871 flats 16; small 1874.
Sugar-mchanged, coarse granu-
lated $40; fine $40.
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Gets George washinoton,s Rino

Vice Chancellor Il. 3. Leaning of
Camden. has been bequeathcd Wash
ington's ring by the will of his father.
Jonathan Leaning, recently admitted
TO probate at Cape May Court House.
The ring was given by Georg7
Washington TO Lieut.. Somcrs. of the
United States navy. who placed T. in
4. BIZ sistcr Sarni
Keen. when he lett i'nII;l,ItIlIIis -,
Algiers, where he lost his life. From
Sarah Keen the ring descended ID
Mrs. Sarah s. Corson. grandmother
of Vice Chancellor leaning. and from;
Der to elder son, Jonathan Leaning.
The ring is of gold, with square
setting OF blue and white enamel. In
the center of which. surrounded by
thirteen pearls. is lock of Washing
tons hair covered ty glass-Occan
Dispatch to the New York Amcri-
can.
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Strikers Back at Work.
Nly Assoolatcd prosn.)

AUGUSTA. GA, oct l0.-Thc
strike situation In Augusta was practi.
caliy cleared up this morning when
several striking telegraph operators
reported for work. The local Offices
are handling all the business and are
furnishing operators for other points.
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MICHAEL cRoNiN CRAZY.
Presidents Adirondack Guide Taken
to New York Asylum.
(By Assoclntcd press,

~ INHHIICIiIttU T'TtNN-1
OGDENSBuRG. N. Y, Oct. 10
Michael Cronin. one of the Presidents
Adirondack guides. has been adiudged
insane and brought TO the state hos
pital here
1t was Cronin who drove with Vice
President Roosevelt sixteen miles
through the woods of the lower Adj
rondacks to the nearest railroad sta.
ton in 1901 when a courier brought
him the news of McKinley's assassina.
ton.
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MIR. Davis in Phoebus.

Mr. r. Wiley Davis Of Richmond
Grand secretary re The Virginia Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows. Is snendine
several DAYS in Phocbus with Past
Grand Masters w f. I.arrahce. D.. a.
Bucker and " " Tnrnev. Mrs Davis
md her two daughters accompany NJ.
Davis
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To Visit IN Wet Virginia.

Pow. Amer G. Honkins. Tr.. nastor
of the IIamnton preshvtc inn church
irft last evening for Eavcitesville. w.
Va. who're he will 'isit fnr thr COW
inr woo'- Rov. O. ~. Bishop of VIII
''iow and Mary roli"~e. will fill Mr.
unnkins' pulpit in Hampton OH Sun
f1av,
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Governor Not TALKING.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. VA.
Oct 10 Governor Hughes was told
tonight of the rumor that lie would
appoint special attorney to supplant
District Attorney Jerome IN the prose.
cn'lon OF the New York City Traction
matter.
lie declined To comment on the mat
ter in any way.
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Manufacturers Association this after.
noon. one of the important quotations.
was that of dealing with organized
lnhor II was decided to unite in
lighting the unjust demands of these
employees.
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Relieved of Dues.

WASHINGTON. u. G.. oct TO-
The attorney general today decided
that foreign ships carrying coal for
naval use from one American port TO
another are not subject to any port
charges or light house dues.
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in 4 innings: OFF l<nian ~ -
Sacrifice hit-Kling. Double plays
Tinker Gnassisted): Steinfe'dt to Ev'
ers tn Chance. Left on baseS-Chi,
cago Is: Detroit Z. Eases on bailS-oil
Rculbach .: Killian l. Time 2.3A. I'm
on crror-Chicago |. Struck out-ny
Reulbach .; Kilinn |. time Z;"i. uih'
nires-O'DaY and Sheridan.
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ANOTHER FOR CHICAGO
Continued from Page -

the Michigan city tomorrow and Sat
urday, the Sunday contest being
scheduled for Chicago.
The receipts today were $1G,-12.50
divided as follows: To the National
baseball commission S1,G21.25; to the
players $9,727.50; to each club $2.431.-
Sr
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THE BLUE SKY BENDING THERE

Oh tile blue sky bending there,
And the cool ana the clutch of the
air!
A moment ago the dark wonder
OF storm-vcil and storm-wind and
thunder.
And then the white, flcecy. fine
feather
OF clouds in blue islands of weather.
Huge ships sailing stately and solemn
Fours front. two abreast. single
column
To the faraway rim OF cloud.sca,
Leaving only the r!ue sky to me,
oh. the blue sky bending there,
And the sweet cool wind on tho hair
And the quick. sharp lead of the
blood
IN the glory OF life and its flood.
Away with tho downhcari the gloom,
God lives. and The blue skys in
bloom.
Baltimore Sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

who had sinned. and has yet the con- sequences of her sin to face.
 Laura he cried hoarseiy. as he moved towards her What are you doing here? Am I dreaming? Surely what does 1t mean-wby have you come here?'' %E~ She still heId-out her hand in silence. and. as he grasped 1t in his own strong fingers, the coldness of 1t struck a chill to his heart.
 Laurie" he said gently what is it dear? What are .'ou doing here? Where is your husbund?' q have left by husband" she replied coldly.
 And the child?" he asked Have you left the child?'
 She looked at him in horror and amaz ement. She could not realize thai he was ignorant of an event which had altered the whole course of her life: she gave q little moan of pain. ana then, wrenching her hand from his grasp. she turned away from him, ana staggered back against the wall.
 Laurie. Laurie" he cried in distress, What Is it? What have said?'
 'sThe child is dead" she replied in a low voice
 '.Dead. he echoed, ''the child dead?" He understood now why she had come to him. The barrier that had kept them apart was broken.
 Yes" she continued. Did you not know? Did you not see it in the papers? Leonore knew, for she wrote mo lettcr--such a sweet letter ot sympathy
 "Leonore knew?'' he stammered. And did not tell me?"
 "of course she did not tell you" Laura replied. She knew well enough what 1t would mean to you and me It xyoa 9h m rsar dnd ma fO William Tankcrlane."
 Laurie. Laurie" he cried, are you mad? What do you mean? l don't understand you. Why. you did not even know Leonore when you married Tsnkerlane."
 .'oh. I had forgotten she answered wearily ''Of course you do not know. But have come here to tell you every thing--only not here. There is no time. My husband will come down to Black Hill to find me You must take me somewhere, to some place where he will not find me. some place where I can see you and tell you everything. If he finds me with you he will kill you"
 "He will find it touch job" said Shil drily..
 ..oh, you do not know You are in his power. I will tell you everything. But get me away from here. I came down to Gorehaven by late train last night and have walked over here. I have been walking all night"
 walked, Laurie? It is twenty miles from. Gorehaven."
 ..Yes. yes, but had to do 1t. I had to put him off the scent--oh. please take me somewhere. - have not seen a soul as yet. No oneSl<nows am here. If you can only get me to a safe place, I will tell you everything. But l am tired out. hungry, cold"
 Poor child" he said tenderly. and then he looked across the marshland. as though expecting to find some solution of the difficulty that confront ed him. As his eyes fell on the punt they frightened. and an idea struck him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

Get into my boat he sadd abrupt ly, T will take you to a place where you will be comfortable and where the people, though they are rough fisher folk, will look after you well. No one will ever think of looking for you there, and I will call and Asee you at any time you please. No one will speak word If I tell them to be silent They are tenants of mine, and the man is devoted to me. Have you anything with you--a box-no, of course you haven't."i
 T have nothing" she replied. as they moved down to the little quay. My only thought was to get away, to hide myself from my husband. to sec you and tell you everything Let us be quick. Shall we be seen2 Is there anyone about yctT' She spoke rapidly and nervously, and looked round at the fringe of trees behind them.
 There Is no one about" he sad quietly. .' and we shall not meet any ore on the way. We are going to leave civilization behind us. I am go- ing to take you, Laurie, into the doso- lation Of a ryiiderness.r
 He helped her into the punt and ar- ranged the rug so that she could lie down on 1t and wrap it around her body. Then hc called to the dog, who was regarding the proceedings with large wistful eyes. and unfastened the rope which held the boat to the quay. Pat leapt on board and ensconced him self on the rug by Laura's side, and the boat drifted ciowly down on the ebb tide.
 There's fair wind down the creek. said Shil: I'll put up the sail, and keen my strength for the last bit of the journey. which will be against wind and tide.'
 fContiued Tomorrosy.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

monotenous life as though eseyy me- .ment of t were a task that she had 10 perform against her will. Dreary day succeeded dreary day and the on- " hours of peace were the hours of sleep. Remorse. regret, bitterness of spirit, rebellion against the world and Him who made it--these were the devils that had taken up their abode in her heart. And there their voices shrieked and babbled through all the long grey night.
 Then one evening she found newspa- per laid upon her dinner table. A small paragraph was carefully marked in blue pencil for her and as she read it the hot blood rushed to her cheeks and the paper trembled in her hands. The paragraph, which was part of col- Lmn of society news, announced the engagement of Mir. John Shil to well known actress. Mss Leonore Jackson.
 For few minutes Laura stood mo- tionless. Her powers of thought and novement were pa-alyzed The lines of print danced sbefore her eyes against a crimson background, like devils dancing in the flames of hell.
 Then she walked unsteadily to the bell and rang 1t.
 Who sent this paper up here?" she asked the maid who answered the bell.
 ST William sent 1t, my lady"
 Thank you" Laura said curtiy. You can go."
 And when the girl had left the room Laura Tankerlane laughed and going to a sideboard. poured herself out a tum- blerful of wine and drank half of II at single gulp. The news. instead of reconcil4ng her to her marriage with Sir William. had fired her mind into hot flame of fury. So long as John Shil was free she could wait out the weary hours in the hope that time would set all things right at last But If John Shil once married this other woman he would be lost to her for ever.
 T will take him from her." she said. I wips have no pity. What fool was to listen to her pleadings! Yet whc could imagine that any woman would be so vile. 1 win take him. will tive my own life. All else can so to the wall Here's an end to the long grey night. an end to sorrow. and end to dull responsibility and ho- nor and prudence and all the words that men have coined to make slaves of their womankind. Here's an end to the night; and here's to the health of the dawn--the dawn of love"
 She raised the glass to her lips, and then. as though seized with sudden madness, she flung 1t on the table and the red wine spurted from the cloth like blood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
CHAPTER xxIn. The Long Grey Night.

For two days Laura Tankerlane re- fused to see her husband. and had all her meals sent up to her room; and during these two days her mind sank back, into the darkness from which one brief moment of brave resolve had lifted it. And the darkness was more terrible and overwhelming than 1t had ever been.
 .sThere is no God" was again the bitter cry of her heart. 'or.- if there is S God, He has forsaken me. I am alone, and there is no one to help me"
 Her mind, already clouded by her long sufferings, by her useless sacri- flee. and by the death of her child, was now plunged in still deeper shadow. She had made an effort at reconcilia- tion, and had been repufsed. For the first time in her life she had used term of endeRrment to her husband. and he had answered it with brutal oath. 4 woman in more reasonable frame of mind would have remember ed that Sir William Tankerlane, who was also distraught with grief, and who still smarted under his wife's previous coldness. was in no fit state to control either his language or his actions. He had drunk heavily to drown his sorrow, and was ashamed of his words as soon as they had left his lips
 But Laura remembered none of this; xhe only recalled the brutality of his language, and the disgusting spectacle which had greeted her eyes as she had entered the room. She had made up her mind to have no more to do with him: to live with him at Tankerlane Court, so as to avoid a public scandal but to live her own life apart.
 If this state oS mind had continued it would merely have concerned her self and her husband. It would have Implied a certain resignation to the blows of fate: it would have shown
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

certain dogged courage which had marked out dreary path for itself, and had resolved to follow 1t to the end-a path beset with difficulty, but which could be trodden alone through all the long. grey night.
 But more selfish and more evil thought had already come into the mind of the distracted woman. Why" she argued to herself, should I let myself be broken on the wheel? Have l no strength to resist? Am too weak to control my own destiny? Why should I be crushed without an effort to get some happiness out of life? Why should I not rebel, take my fate in my own hands. and defy all the powers that wish to destroy me?,'
 These wild and reckless thoughts leapt through her brain like fire, and cast lurid pictures on the dark back ground of her future life. She saw the face of John Shil. and the fierce pas sion in his eyes. She saw home in some distant land. where none could interfere with their happiness. She saw peace. and all the quiet content of love And, as she saw these pic- tures--mere Dhantoms of tho brain--- she realized that all the realities were within her reach. if she dared to stretch out her hand and grasp them. She saw that a single word would bring John Shil to her side, and that he would care nothing for public scandal; that he would count the world well lost for love. She had but to lift her finger and light would stream through the darkness over her head, the past would shrink away from her into the gloom behind, and the future would lie clear and sweet in the sunshine.
 And the price? What would it cost to turn this dream of happiness into an actual fact? A broken oath? Not even that. for she had only sworn to marry Tankerlane. and she had already married him. A stain of her honor? Tankerlane himself had dishonored her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
kRELL FRENCH PIANOS
E. E. FORBES PIANO COMPANY.
 SOLE AGENTS.
COTTON SEED CRUsHERs.
Campaign Is to Re Made Among th,

Campaign Is to Re Made Among the
 Farmers.
 Selma. Oct. 16--(Special )--Presiden Ernest Lamar of the Alabama Cotton Seed Crushers Assoc ation, has receiy- ed letter from President L. A. Ram som of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association, in which he staes that great good is expected to result from the conference just held among the committee from the state and Southern Cotton Association. the state and Interstate Cotton Seed Crush- CTS Association. in regard to cotton seed and its hy-prpducts.o
 After a general discussion the con ference decided that owing to the great difference in freight rats. the vary ing qualities of cotton seed. the fiuc- tuation caused by supply and demand throughout the South, that no uniform value or price for cotton seed could be fixed and that local conditions must govern both.
 A general discussion was entered in- to upon the subject of cotton seed and its products; the many usages to which 1t was put and how this usage would be sure to increase in the near fu- ture were outlined. The planters sum med up the needs to which cotton seed was put for planting, feeding. fertil king and the like, When this was to-