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presented in less than twenty printed pages.
 "They do not seem to realize that they are placing statehood in jeopardy by loading the constitution down with a lot of things that should not be there The sooner they learn of the situation at this end of the line the better The up- shos. o4 their work may delay the ad- mission of the new state indefinitely"
 William J. Bryan and Senator Bever- idge of Indiana have signed contracts for number of magazine articles on politl cal matters. They will agree to disagree on these subjects and give their views, which will be printed in the first issue side by side. The following month they will answer each other.
 The fact that the presidential nomina- tion is practically conceded to Bryan causes q good many democrats to doubt the wisdom of his entering into such m arrangement, especially with Senator Beveridge, who will not be his party's candidate, and therefore can not be hurt to any great extent no matter how bad ly he might be. worsted by the Nebras kan.
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President Diaz Returns.

Mexico City, January 27.-President Diaz and the party of invited guests which left this city on January 2t to witness the inaugural ceremonies of the Tehauntepec National railroad arrived here today. The President disembarked from his train at o'clock and passed along the gaily decorated streets through files of troops extending from the sta- ton to the national palace, a distance of one mile. The large crowds that gathered along the line Of march warm- Iy greeted the chief executive.
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PAPERS DISTURBED
 7HAW'S SUNDAY REST
DECLINES TO SEE REPORTERS BUT IS STILL CONFIDENT OF HIS FINAL AcoulTTAL-TRlAL RE- SUMES TODAY.

New York, January 27.-Harry K. Thaw, whose trial for murder of Stanford White will be continued tomorrow. was in good spirits today until he had read the Sunday newspapers the contents of which, so far as they indicated that ther6 was dissension among members of his family or counsel, displeased him greatly
 A note of inquiry was torn to bits un- read and the messenger instructed to say that the prisoner desired neither to see nor hear from newspaper men.
 When he arose this morning Thaw was cheerful and reiterated his confidence in acquittal. To his keepers with whom he chatted he expressed his satisfaction with the jurors already chosen. Later when the morning papers had been brought him, his mood changed, and when the hour for divine worship arrived he for the first time in several months, declined the usual invitation to attend
 The seven Jurors who, under the guard of five officers of the court, occupied a suite on the third floor of the Broadway Central hotel passed an uneventful day. Unable to agree on a church which all might attend. and not being permitted to separate, they compromised by spending the morning hours at the hotel In the afternoon they were taken for drive in Central park.
 They had their meals together in a pri- vate dining room. No mail was received by any of the seven. Two jurors during the day wished to telephone to business associates. These were escorted to telephone booth, where officers communi- eated for them. Neither was allowed to talk or listen on the wire. Sunday pa- pers from which all reference to the Thaw trial had been clipped were pro- vided for the jurors. All were in good health and spirits. They treated the re- straint placed upon them philosophieally and expressed themselves as well pleased with the arrangements made for their comfort.
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Entire CreW Escanes.

New orleans. January 27.-The prob- able loss of the Norwegian bark D. IT. Morris, HAS tons net register, which was en route from Norway to Gulfport for a load of lumber. was reported today by Captain o. Hansen and his crew of fifteen men who arrived here on a gas oline launch. Captain Hanson stated that his ship was driven ashore and beached off Chandelier island at day break Thursday. The captain and crew took to boats and rafts and were later picked up and brought to New Or leans None of the crew was injured.
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Levees Reported Safe.

Natchez, Miss, January 27.-Reports re- ceived from levees in this vicinity con- tinue favorable At MInorca. La. where the levee in under construction and for which some apprehension was felt, a loop is being built around the uncompleted work. and it Is believed to be ample to restrain the water The local gauge stood at H9 at 1 D. m. today
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city. who will be encouraged to start the work of rebuilding as early as possible
 The Most Rev. Nuttall. archbishop of West Indies, in an interview that the municipal council was unable to deal with the present extraordinary emergency, and should be abolished, and one with full power should be appointed to govern the city during the period of reconstruction. He also declared that even with the gen. erous contribution from the United States and Canada and elsewhere, f abso- lutely necessary to obtain x. oerial grant and large imperial lcANn& ..ebuild Kingston, more particularSoS view of the attitude of Englsh&Y insurance companies, which have q n led all lia- bility for loss sustaineSY ; the earth quake and fire. DO
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Contract Awarded.

Richmond, Va. January N.-The con- tract for construction of New York state building at the Jamestown exposition, which is to cost s3l, 500, has been awarded. The building will be modelled after the congressional library at Washington and will be located immediately on the water front. overlooking Hampton Roads.
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Official Statement.

The official statement given out tonight follows: "As result of a conference at the White House, it was today an- nounced by the 1sthmian Canal commits sion that in view of assurances that had been received from MT. Oliver and capitalists associated with him that Mr. Oliver has proposed to make good his bid to complete the construction of isthmian canal at percentage of six and seventy five hundredths with an organization of contract and with financial resources ill full compliance with the requirements of the invitation for bids, he will be given an opportunity to do so. Mir. Oliver has been notified that within ten days he will be required to associate with himself at least two independent con tractors whose skill and experience com bined with his own shall cover the entire field of work to be performed under the contract. and to organize corpora ton for the express purpose of carry ing out the proposed contract. with capital of s5.000000 of which not less than s1 100000 shall be in cash and s .J00 000 in the form of solvent securi- ties shall be available for the purpose of carrying out the contract, and of which the remaining two million dollars may be devoted to the purpose of pro- curing a bond as required by the con- tract or of substituting in lieu thereof. in whole or In part, and subject to the conditions of the bond, cash or current securities satisfactory to the commis- sion
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Suggests Reforms in SscODd-
 Glass Postage Rules
WOULD REVISE WHOLE SYSTEM
Points Out Some of the Existing Evils in the Existing Postal Laws. Advocates Appeals Com
 mission.

Washington. January 27-The report of the joint postal commission authorized at the last session of Congress to investigate and report to that body it's conclusions on the operation and effect of the existing law relative to second class mail mat ter, and what changes if any should be made, was made public today.
 The committee makes a number of sweeping recommendations looking to 8 reformed postal service and has drafted a measure embodying such changes as it thinks ought to be made.
 Among the most important additions to legislative law as regards second class mail matter embodied in this measure are the following: A newspaper or other periodical may be in part composed of advertisements, which are permanently inserted in attached to the same, but such advertisements shall not constitute more than 50 per centum of the super ficial area of any issue of the publica- tion; nor shall any advertisement be printed on card. cloth or any substance other than paper, nor upon paper of any other weight than the text of such pub lication.
 An issue of a newspaper or any other periodical may be composed of parts or sections, but all such parts or sections shall be made of the same size, form and weight 5f paper. and shall, when taken together. form one complete and identi- liable whole.
 All laws applicable to newspapers or periodicals shall apply equally to each and every section thereof. With regular Issue of d newspaper or other periodical the supplement may be enclosed or fold ed.
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ed of the individual pieces of third, fourth and second-class matter, accord- ing to it's natural subdivision in such manner as to show not merely the aver age weight of piece of such matter. | but the average weight of the individual
 pieces, owing to the classification in re- speet of character and method of hand ling; the ascertainment of the average haul of all classes of matter under each subdivision of these classes, and the as l certainment of the average load of every | postoffice car, as well as average load of storage cars.
 Continuing, the report says: This commission is in accord with the views l of the postmaster general that the whole business system of the postal service l should be examined and oYerhauled by ] | set of expert accountants and statisticians I to be secured from the ranks of those
 persons outside the department
 1 Tt is believed this examination can
 best be made through the agency of con 1 gress. The commission realizes that this | is a task of great magnitude but it must l not be forgotten that great interests are l at stake 1t involves, first of all the | expenditure each year of sl75,0O0,000 of the peoples money.
 Tt will shortly involve even more than | that, for at the rate at which the postal 1 service is growing it will not be many 1 years before the annual expenditure IS
 s250 0o0.0o0 or even sS0 .OO0000. The ob- l ieet of this inquiry is not a temporary or provisional one Ii Is an attempt to
 get that gigantic enterprise known IS l the postal service organized once for all | on a sound administrative basis. It in- wolves even more than that. It involves the way in which the burden of that tremendous service is to be adjusted be- tween the various classes and clements
 of the immediate public which makes use of it."
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Progressive Reduction.

The commission recommends the scheme of progressive reduction of com pensation for mail carried in excess of five thousand pounds a day. which s embodied in the accompanying bill The reduction begins with weight in excess of 5.0G0 pounds.
 "It leaves untouched the present rate of s17i for the daily average weight of 5000 pounds ye think that the economies above mer t Jed are now possible and can be inc ! .singly utilized. It is esti- mated b, he officials of the railway mail serH that the total decrease thus in compehsation will be for the fiscal year 1908 approximately s3.000.0o0.'
 The commission points out that there are four cardinal defects in the present system of charges for second-class mat ter as follows: sThe difference in both second-elass rate and the next higher rate. the thrd-class rate, is too great. In other words. the second-class rate is relatively too low.
 Wholly dissinailar services are per-
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Are Given Due Notice.

Publishers and proprietors are to be given due notice of application to the commission, together with the grounds ,n which such suspension, annulment or revocation should be made. Persons to whom such notice Is given are required 70 answer such rule, petition or applea- ion anl the commission is empowered to near the case and render a decision.
 The findings determination, decision or Judgment of the commission on any ap- peal from a refusal to admit second-class publications or for the renewal of sec class or the suspension. annulment ,r revocation of Its second-class privilege ,hall be final and conclusive.
 The construction or application of any aw or statute relating to classification of nail matter made by the commission ,hall be controlling on the postoff1ce and III it's employees. unless overruled by some competent court of the United States proprietors and publishers of newspapers ,r periodicals may apply to have the iame placed on a register of the postof- ice department as being entitled to sec ,nd-class rates such application to be terrified by the oath of applicant and ac- .ompanied by copy of the newspaper r periodical as well as a fee of s5 Pend ng final action on the application. the postmaster general Is authorized to issue | temporary permit for the transmission If such publication at second-class rates
 Clubbing Requirements.
 The requirement. Is made that where an trticle is offered for sale in combination with the subscription for a newspaper IT periodical admitted to the second class he price of such article shall be clearly rated in such publication. together with he price of publication. and in all cases he regular advertised price of the publi- ntion.
 The proposed bill provides for the ap- ointment of joint commission of con- ress to investigate the entire postal sys- em. The committee urgently recom- nends a now weighing similar to that ow in progress, but extended to embrace or the period of six months, beginning iuiy l. 1907, weighing Of all mail mat CT transported throughout the entire Jnited States. class by class; a counting 4 all pieces of mail matter. class by aass; weighing and counting combin-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
Caroline Chapel.

Sp'oiai 10 the Mt70S,
| know not whether this is the truth
but l will tell it as it was told to me.
A large crowd attended Sunday
school Sunday.
J. S. Billingsley visited home folks
last week.
Arthur Webb looked sad Sunday.
Walter Francis, of Inman, attended
Sunday school.
Oscar Spangler looked cute Sunday
evening.
Henry Harris sings lover the river
face l see, that is Miss Minnie look
ing for me. -
Sherman Hamilton, of Victoria, at
tended Sunday school Sunday evening.
Arthur Carson was peeping over his
collar Sunday.
Miss Ida Webb looked like a June
peach Sunday.
Galloway Lewis looked pleased Sun
day.
Miss Oracle Pitman looked cute Sun
day.
Miss Lizzie Gates looked lonesome
Sunday. Come on, Wiley.
Miss Julia Motley looked like she
was enjoying herself Sunday.
John Miller is a good singer.
Walter Billingsley was with his best
girl Sunday evening.
Miss Virgie Rogers, of Victoria, at
tended Sunday school here Sunday.
Miss Nettie Moore looked sweet Sun
day
Melvin Moore says he wants to see
his best girl Wonder who it is.
Wonder what has become of Lewis
Harris We haven't seen him since
Sunday night. - x
Alvin Billingsfey was with his bes
girl Sunday.
T. H. Motley gave the young folks 6
singing Sunday night, which was at
tended by large crowd
Melvin Moore was out wheel riding
Sunday evening.
Miss Gertrude Webb looked sad Sun
day.
Miss Sallie Moore was the guest Of
the prettiest girl here Sunday.
Come on, "Blackbird. " | like t
read your letters. Blue-eyed Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
Empire, Ala.
SbeciaI TO MS Wf7OS.

Special TO thS Nf70S.
Playing ball and jumping the rope
seems to be the order of the day.
Chris Douglas, Ben McNabb, Roy
Knot and Walter Jett, are all playing
ball to keep from being so lonesome.
Mr. and Mrs. Boatright left for
Stanley Thursday where they will
make their future home.
Come on, "Anna," of Roope l
would like to hear from you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass visited the
mines Sunday morning.
Mrs. Liza Simpson, Sarah Jane
McNabb and family visited Mrs. Loach
Sunday.
Mrs. Will Degnan has bad case of
measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Window had theii
beauty struck Saturday evening.
Maud Simpson is the sweetest little
girl in Empire, Ala.
Oscar Simpson is playing bail.
Dave Simpson is walking for pleas
ure.
Dave McNabb, well known a.
Fox" got hurt in the mines Thurs
day but not badly.
Lish Hicks and Thomas Knot made
flying trip to the mines Sunday af
! ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas say Empire il
fine place.
Mrs. Dora little and Mrs Nabor'
visited Mrs. Douglas one night last
week.
Brice Howell and Eugene Loach Wis
tied Mr.. Boatright one night las
week.
Come to Empire, Tennessee people
1t is a fine place.
Mrs. Cunningham visited Mrs. Jet
Sunday evening
Miss Leila Jett likes to jump the
rope
Bessie Douglass says she likes to liv'
on POlecat ridge.
Ask Mrs. Liza Simpson how she lik
es to live on Polecat Ridge.
The McNabb brothers say they ar
going with every girl in Empire.
Tennessee
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
Reported
AB0LI ED

After May II, 1907, the Sequachee
postoffice will no longer exist. This
is the way Postmaster Chas. Curtis
sizes up a post card from the Postoffice
Department, saying that the Office
will be closed on that date and asking
for settlement from JAM No further
information is vouched, but it is sup
posed that Sequachee, with nearly 700
people will be supplied from Whit
we'll as John r. RaulstOn, of that
place and post Office inspector is said
to have located a rural route last Jan
uary. This will work great inconven-
fence ON what little business now eX-
lists in the place, but it is only putting
further back into the farming class in
to which the owners have 50 long and
diligently striven to place it. Over
ten years ago, when wheat raising was
the fad Hon. W. L. Melcher suggested
that it be called ''Sequachee Farms, /"
and this is about all it is now.
If rural rodte was mentioned at all
it should have been from this place and
not to it, We do not know who we
have to thank for this recent kindness,
but it is very manifest to us that when
its citizens can't hold Sequachee down
sufficiently tight, there are outsiders
who are willing to try.
1t will greatly injure the News, both
as regards the paper and its job print
ing business. In the latter department
success has been largely dependant on
the avoidance of delay in getting out
work and removal from this place &c
better mail facilities will be necessary.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
CHATTANOOGA. zIH WARD.

SbeCtdL to hi Ne70S.
Today is cold rainy day. Every
thing looks dull.
l drove out by East Lake Sunday.
There appeared to be lots of visitors at
the Lake.
John King, of Durham, Ga, was
down to the city last week.
| saw Fred Hooper the other day. He
said he was going to work ON a beer
wagon for the Lexington Brewery.
Olympia Park opens next Saturday
There are lots of new attractions at the
park this season.
Ike Ellis has returned from Hot
Springs, Ark, where he has been the
last three weeks.
The G. c. James skyscraper is pro.
crossing all right. The steel framing
is up to the 18th story. 1t will look
city-like as seven more go on top of
that.
The county has started the tunnel
under Missionary Ridge at the East
end of McCallie Avenue for the street
to extend right through under the
ridge.
The first of June there will be 81 sal
Oons go out of business in Chattanooga
and that will leave only 70 in business
All of the lowclass dives will have t
stop. The saloon business will be al
together different hereafter with 50, 25l
taxes per annum. Mixer q Server.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
THEIR FIRST BOX SUPPER.

Col Austin Coppinger "chappyron-
ed box supper at Coppinger Chapel
Saturday night which was success in
every way. There was large and or
derly crowd, and besides the Coppin-
ger Cove people a large delegation
from Sequachee in mulemobiles furn-
ished by the Coppingers.
Under the lead of Chas. Curtis two
hymns were sung as a commencement,
followed by prayer by W, A. Chad
wick. w. r. Thomas, the auctioneer,
then explained the objects of the sup
per, as we'll as the rules of the game,
and calling for the first bid it was
quickly evident that there was one
young fellow present who was deter
mined to have certain young lady s
box, no matter what the price. How
ever he secured it easy, 50. 80. After
that the prices on boxes rocked along
at an average of $3.50. The box
brought by Miss Grace Thomas, of Sc
uuacnee, however, secured the highest
bid, $3. 30, her nearest rival reaching
$3. 90. The bidding was spirited and
friendly throughout. Some got the ex-
act boxes they wanted and didn't pay
much for them, and some paid more
they wanted and didn't get the boxe;
they wanted-and some didn get any
boxes at all.
Capt. Thomas was a lively auction
eer, and kept interest up with his wit
ty remarks and sallies. He is a gooC
one in auctioneering boxes, and il
there is any money to be obtained fol
a public cause can squeeze the eagle
until you can hear it scream. Speak
ing of the difficulty of securing money
for church purposes, he said that will
an active experience as church stew
ard of years, he had decided that hi
had rather assist at a box supper t.
raise funds than walk up to man ant
try to cajole a few dollars out of hin
for the purpose.
We understand that a few of tn,
good people of the settlement were
little disgruntled at the box suppe
project, claiming a ball will be in or
der next. We don't think they neet
fear anything of the kind, and may b.
sure that the News will not assist sucl
an enterprise. We do not think tn
church is in the least injured in repu
tation or morals, and judicious use o
soap and water will make the prett.
chapel as attractive as ever.
The receipts were $3.50 The box
es, seventeen in number, brough
$29. 30, and the ice cream $40. 30. MI
and Mrs. Lum Houts superintende
the making of the cream, which wa
pretty tolerably good.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-25
DEFENDS SOCIALISM.

Editor News: | want to say few
words in answer to Joe Hackworth s
spiel against Socialism. | am a
member of the Socialist party and a
student of Sociology. ] have read
Marx and Engall's 5, Mills and many
others. & In fact | have a library of
nearly everything bearing on the
science of Socialism, and | have not
found single Socialist who wanted to
"divide up" In fact, that is why we
are Socialists. We want to quit divid-
ing up. Bro. Hackworth, if you don t
want to divide up you will have to
quit voting for Capitalism Statistics
show that we divide up more than S3
per cent. of what we create. The So
cialist platform says: 'All those things
upon which the people in common de-
pend shall by the people in common be
owned and administered. =" Does that
look like dividing up2 We propose that
the workers shall have the full product
of their toll The workers would by
owning the things with which they
work, own the things they create with
no interest, rent or profit to pay to
anyone. This would put all the Drawn
and brain to work for all the people S
interest No one could work to his or
her own interest without working to
the interest of all. This is cooperation,
the full fruit of which unionism is the
flower. This will usher in the Father
hood of God and the brotherhood of
man. It will give each worker the full
value of the product of his labor. 1t
will reduce the hours of labor in pro-
portion to the increased power of pro-
duction. It will do away with the
landlord and the capitalist. 1t will
give employment to all who desire at
remunerative pay. 1t will pension the
old and disabled 1t will do away
with charity and give the people JUS
tice. 1t will abolish poverty, want
and the poor house. 1t will permit all
members to develop the highest and
best there is in them. 1t will do away
with all classes except the working
class. 1t will do all these things and
many more
! l want to say to the workers who
read this paper, join the union of youl
craft, and the political party of your
class. l had just as soon scab at thu
mines as to scab at the ballot box
There are just two classes of people il
the civilized world, those that mak'
the wealth and those that take it.
M. S. GRAHAM,
Loueders, Tex, April u, 1907.