The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29
CONFERENCE ON
 TELEPHONE RATES
General Manager Hume Pays
 Visit To Jackson
COTTON RATES TOO HIGH
Jackson Freight Bureau Is Trying to Secure Better Rates on Cotton In Order to Restore City's
 OId-Time Business.

l Jackson. Miss, August 2S.=-(Special)- l General Manager Hume of the Cumber- l land Telephone company came down from l his headquarters at Nashville today to l talk over several matters with the rail
 road commission. A number of com i plaints as to rates, poor service, etc. are on file with the commission against l the Cumberland Most of them are of i local importance but the commission mas l one good case against the company, and
 which has been taken 10 the federal i court. The commission declined to per ] init the Cumberland to double it's night
 rates for service. whereupon the Cum ] berland enioined the commission from l interfering with it's business. The mat i ter will be heard. no doubt. at the Sep i tember term of Judge Niles court in this l city.
 l The railroad commission was in ses- 1 sion most of the day. the meeting being 1 the first held in a month, but only rou- l tine matters were disposed of It IS 1 interesting to note that tue mex commits l sion will be composed of new mem not l single one of the present members hav- 1 ing been renominated Mr. kincannon
 of the northern district declined to stand l for reelection. President McNair was
 beaten two thousand votes In the first 1 primary by Sheriff Lee of Pike county, l and declined to run a second time. MT. R. L. Bradley was knocked out on the l first round, failing to get In the second
 primary, and Capt J. A. Webb of Jack son, lifelong railroad man and former
 secretary of the commission. was elect
 t.1, fIto
 president of the new commission. Cheaper Rates Wanted. 1 The freight bureau department of the , Jackson board of trade held meeting
 today with the general freight agents of
 the several railroads entering here in an 1 effort to secure cheaper transportation
 on cotton shipped in and out of here, es- pecalIy compressed cotton to eastern
 markets. This matter has been before the freight agents for some time, and
 now that the cotton shipping season Is
 near at hand, Is anxious to have 1t set l tied Jackson has been paying heavier
 frelghts than any shipping point in this section for years, and Is determined to
 get out of 1t if possible. Because of the
 excessive freight rates and insurance Jackson has lost her time prestige as
 a cotton buying and shipping point, re-
 oeipts having fallen off more than one
 half during the past ten years.
 kincannon's Good Work,
 Chancellor incannon of the University
 of Mississippi spent the day In Jackson
 on pleasure and business bent this be- ing his first call at the capital since his l
 and greatest educational institution. MT.
 Kincannon made a great success of the
 l. I. and C. during the ten years he was
 president of that school, though 1t was | badly run down at the heels when he took 1 charge The State university may he 1 said to have been in the same condition l the past few years, and MT. kincannon l is expected to bring 1t to the front as he l did the girls school. He is expecting an l increased attendance this fall, and be-
 fieves that the future of the university l Is promising.
 Returns Not All In.
 Though it has been nearly one week l since the second primary for state and 1 county officers, Secretary of State Power 1 has not received all of the county re- 1 turns Some twelve or fifteen counties are yet missing, and It Is doubttui whether they get In by Inursuay, 1He l day of the meeting of the state commi- l tee. to count their vote and declare the | result.
 Private Allen Is Better. It has been reported here that "Pri-
 vate" John Allen was desperately III at l his home in Tupelo, but that proves to l have been exaggerated. MT. Allen has | been a little under the weather, but IS 1 now out and seems good for many more
 years and lots of good jokes This in- 1 formation was brought to Jackson py l Railroad Commissioner Kineannon, ana
 was very gratifying to the many trlends | of the former congressman from the First l district.
 Brame Still Missing.
 There has not been word Of news or | Lex Frame. Jr., the young lawyer Of thus city. who disappeared from his hotei Ill | yicksburg three weeks ago. Ills reia- 1 lives here have not given up the search ny l any means. being convinced he is alive l and wandering around under an attack or temnorarv insanity. They are no doupl l encouraged by the experience of young l hank cashier named Wright, whose ram 1 i1,, live here. and who disapepared III the | same manner and returned after hohth l or more, having come to his senses Ill l parama It Is believed that young | Frame has done the same DetectNes