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RAYMOND sGaTY.

Mrs, NJ, A., :Piefsons and Mrs, Rho
da Desper were Visiting friends In
Mrs. ROME West. Of. Plymouth, ;.
was a visitor IN ,@iir town this week. :
:, Abe Gilman is reported better at.
this whiting >. -. :: Z, r
. Jacks Walker left here this week;
tor a. 'faW I weeks visit ih Stanton, )
Va. 4; " & -. ~. -, -, = XII. liz:
e. Miss. Hazei Price 5was. the pleasant
guest Of her parents last week. ;.
T65m, Nv oodson sfhade a business
itip to Charleston last week.
-, Thdmas .Crumpton is able to be-
out ,agath after several .weeks Illness.
Le1lzy Taylor, Of Black -Betsey,
was a business visitor in our town.
this week. =. -. .'.. -. =
John FiutbaFd made flying trip
to Charleston last ,weeK- -. -. ,.'
Mrs. Maggie Wilson is able to re-
sumo her duties 'agaih.[ - -.
Frank Gpode has moved to. Char;
lest Where he Will make his futurei
home. ,,..:. =, :. =
y Mrs. Agnes Sinclair. of Bandcrdft,
and Mrs 'Moten, Of. 'Plymoth were
pleasant 7 visitors in our, town last
week.. = -" - 80. = y
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grahtee was entitled In remainder to
satd property and mad the exclusive
right to the possession ant enJoyhfent
thereof, and referring the cause to q
commissioner to report upon the
necessary facts to carry such decree
into execution is an yappealable decree;
and this court has no jurisdiction af.
ter two years, upon an appeal from a,
subsequent decree adjudginE the
plaintiff not entitled to the relief pray
ed for and dismfss.ng the bill, to re-
view such former decree "
Q. Upon the death Of such life,tehant
her PERSONAL representative is charge
able with the principal sum received
from alt Of such personal estate sold
by the life-tenant, with interest there
on from the death Of the lifatenant,
and must turn over to the remainder.
man all personal property Of every
kind in his hands as such personal
representative, and decree Will be
given against him therefor.
The supreme court of appeals in am
opinion by Judge Brannon, affirmed
the Judgment of the circuit court OF
Cabell county In the case of r. TOwles
& Company vs.. Carpenter. Wright %
Company, coming 10 the supreme court
from the circuit court Of CabelT colln.
ty, where the plaintiff sought to re.
cover for some work Of construction
on a railroad and recovered Judgment
on verdict. FL y"
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'@RAsNAWffA.

,Aauilla tage 4hd' little daughterof
CHARLESTON, Visited his parents on Sun,
day I; =. ~ t,.;:g.2i[
{ Misses Annestffe 3,Johhson and
Ivory 4. Wo3ds atfahded rii6fning ser
vices IT. 1.-The, First Baptist church In
pharieSton, last Sunday. THEY were
ae' go p BY; IN, Nm Washington,
,SabGy iatSb6me Tfsiflng' ihfs, 9fafdfly;
tsrao s wi}a cfia5h Sp 8BaR 1sRhda ~ az
1;JIaaatei 8nd Rabie Johnson spent
tkS53da iaay With 10th and fGEf Woods. :
s Ruben lsh Mis- ''vfBiting ". W
". Il. 8aek5Jjnt 4 %a ID i; atlnitea IN. holy
ana Jnonyg*o Mrs. Bessie Robinson. of
{}iChaff estoh; last Friday eyaiilhg. Mr
and MEg; J sssF will make their fu
9t1 sgt q Here tkora b whale. =, ..
y business tfffb TO 6kaFi5ston Monday
4 ! Mrgs Mary, Hackley,. of Charleston
ss;ssjS Shs ss9ssst Of Mr.. and MRS, wv
Miss llta1n, p. Page .s#as tie guest
;Sf her Saturday and Sunday.
mi tssea Ivory. = Woods; Mary F. and
Corneita BIS Page. were shopping In
Charleston last Friday. ~. -
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:sS,uni,AR aGItoyE. .

Bernard .Waynesboro was calling
on friends at Boomer Sunday. -
/, ;aasfs 81; Maadows,,of Institute, is!
Visiting Mrs. Joe Mines of Shows
berry T. s.. EHFl. ,...>, 49,. i
& Myss Amauda Powells. sof Hans,
togaiAs visiting her sister Mrs. Al
,BeanISE. 9: rs - Z n =, :#.E Z.
: ~ ): Mrs. Tenn Buster was visiting her
mother. Mrs. d. Brook, in Charles
ton last eek. -. z ~ = = -.@-y I! z -.
u Miss Julia Lawson. OF Kanawna
.GttY,.as Waiting her sister. Mrs. j :.
VISA Anderson. = ;E's- - =. ,s,.r.. =.
Mrs. Ardelia Coleman died at her
hopne' last Monday after six months
Miss Maria &Rayner.. Of: Wheeling,
!. visiting her brother George Ray
3 MratiHyidia Hunt was calling on,
friends; here Monday. = .%>%,:...
!, !. s,ANtl liam !! Bean1er,. OF y Mammoth,
was visittng fEiends here Sunday. :;
:. Mrs: Robert: Shelton, of: Ward, was
-74sfff4H g. friends here Monday .------------
Born to MIR. and Mrs. M. Beaner
a. Ane boy. g. ;?E.&,.>ft >..,.-.. AZ. E.. j
B. Rev b. D. Davis preached two
able sermons Sunday:
: M rs. Minnie; Thompson, of West
Charleston. was visiting her father
Jordan Austin last week; :.:,=i
|; 7zAnthonys11EVin. Of Sh elter1ng Arms
4; HsospitabT was visiting friends here
sWeekt, g. 81 ~: =, +.,s,..~ ..
D, q Maria 4 aA naond :, and Mrs.
owes Il were Calling on Mrs. O. H.
Beam err Sunday ,'.gz, r.. j" -, r..
/ J Miss Jmetta4 Po8ells, ;of Hans
ford, tis visiting Miss Esther Phillips.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Contested VIII Case From Jackson
County.

The supreme court Of appeals, yes
terday, in an opinion written by Judge
Miller reversed the decision Of the
circuit court Of Jackson county in the
case of Roush vs.. Hyre ct al. The case
Hyre, July T. 1879, in which he willed
With the he ' provision that he p and his
wife, should have the land while they
continued to live, unless his wife sur.
viying him should remarry. The fol-
lowing Is the syllabus:
!. A decree constituting deed, and
adjudging that the widow of the grant.
or took and held thereunder.the eXelu.
sivb. use and enjoyment Of pc Tsonat es
tate for her natural life, and that upon
her death the. .plaintiff as Surviving
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RdAHbN

{ last Saturday sNtiissttt the; Sunday
sch9ol save, Al slipper The proceeds;
!; sunday 'fhornihg at: II o'clock we
had With us. Rev. scott. from Blaedeld.l
ddtay hight ut e: SO, Rev, c. IL ;:
Carter &aNe' = lecture ibr the beneflt:
pt Ing tRh inlay scti oil. His 80 3ect be-
jtrg @isfaa1' s g rbat gu bffee,,", Gdil9c-;
s Mrs Cora Agnew,is very sick satthis.
writing. - -, .,.,., q 81 * q
t' pase&waas dit ohfthe fiyer'vinr::
business last week. 20 -. :. so T'%r
. a. sFrealahd went, to- iDecota On
busfhess Saturday night. y s'#'sss7t
! WI .1AtstOns aid Garil6ld STaylors
made = Tying "trip down the Creek
Sunday evening ~ ! Il s,s.Il >.Jr;st
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MRS. AMANDA MILLER CtJrExtA "
Huntington, w. .sVa,. >. =.
April IT, 1907.

ut,,,. AZ, ~, -, Apfll IL, 1907
: t5aalfor of the Charlestpn Advocate:
/ Uear SIR: Please allow us space in
your most valuable paper RIO say q
character Of Sister Amanda Miller
Coleman, wife of Rev. J ID. Cole
man. one tiof our+m6 eminent a.
vines and educators, who ,depa+fed
this life. Saturday night, March t29d
at 9 O'clock. ~. - IN =. 49,.
Sister Coleman was born at 'Mur-
EIteeSbouro, Tenn, in. the Year. 1866.
F1er mother, Mrs. Jennie Kenney,
was SOLD during the dark days of
slavery from her home in Albermarle
county Virginia, near 'Chariottes-
Vile, @ ...E7 ~ -.
After freedom. she returned to her
nome with two little children Am
anda and Mary. She worked her
way from Tennessee, and had quite
9 struggle, getting home, with her
two children. -T. , --.. - -
Amanda was an unusually bright
child and ;, !craved @f1rst@to become a
Christian and sseoudlyEta become
educated; SO that che might Il teach
her people. She stated during hsr
life time that she prayed earnestly
for these two objects Here prayers
were truly answered. for she was a
NOBLE christian woman and good
teacher. She graduated first. from
the Normal, Department of the
Hartshorn Memorial College, Of
Richmond, Va, and was the :valedic-
torianfof her class. After gradua-
ton she taught in Live Oak Insti-
tute, Live Oak, Fla, then returned
to her old alma mater and was one
of the few WOMEN who took the de-
gree of B. S. from the H. M. G. She
also graduated with the highset
honors Of the college. department Of
that institution. She then taught for
a number Of years at Hartshorn: She
was employed blythe Home Mission
Society to deliver lectures during the
summer months, throughout the
| New England States. ....:.a 49,.
During the fall of, 1903, Sister
| Coleman came. to this city as a CO.
| laborer with her husband In the
| moral, spiritual aud material we'll
fare Of our people. :. She was In
| strutnental in moving many people
to secure homes for themselves. It
| was through her influence that the
Huntington Land Company was In
dueed to lay off Washington Place,
Which Is now chiefly owned by the
coloted people of this city, who 'hith-
erto. had, no homes Of their own. 1t
can truthfully be said that she lived
not for. herself, but for the good that
| she could do Others. The city has
lost an hohored citizen, the. state a
! noble character. one OF the, noblest
embodiments of womanhood 100
Her place will not soon be filled,
! The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
has lost a faithful loving and ener-
| getic. Oh ristfans worker. $3.50, .',....
| = She did what Che could she sacri-
feed her whole life for the good of
humanity. We cannot think Of her
as being dead; we feel that her spirit
still broods over Huntington, and we
! imagine we can hear her loving af-
fectionate voice speaking to us. We
can simply say in the language Of
the poet:
Sleep on beloved, sleep and take they
| rest, D..
And lay thy head upon thy Saviours'
~ breast,
We love the well, But Jesus loves
| thee best.
I ALICE BROWN.
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SENATOR -TIhHaTAN
Abused Hearers Who WOnIln,t
Comply With REQUEST. ~

Northampton, Mass. April az -
Just before the conclusion OF his
lecture in the Academy Of Music to4
night, Senator BENZ. r. Tiifrnan 3oY
South Carolina, asked for q show of
hands from those who believed that
the negro was not tho equal OF tho
white man. There was no response.
He then asked for a similar vot6
from those who believed In the SD
premacy Of the whites and few hands
were raised. TilIman concluded III
attacking those present for theft
failure to respond to his request 81:
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FiRyr cfRGUs CAR
To Reach Charleston Over The eJs,z.l
q 1InLA (Iax..1S L.

TO Reach Charleston Over The fes,yr
J.. q Coke Came. In Yesterday.
The advertising car ofthej John ii.
Sparks railroad shows, which tarTfV-
ed In the city yesterday evening" was
the first show car, to reach this, city
oyer the Coal & Coke railway. hay.
ing come here from Eiktns. under
charge Of Mr.. H. A. Mann. n6n Eta
way here from Elkins, the show VIII
exhibit at Gassaway, and win an1oY
the distinction Of being the DIST
show to exhibit lin that itfiriyfffg
young town. 1t Will reach Charles.
ton on May 3, and will. ,inaugur8fe
the tent show season IN this city. 81
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,s g viii preach Sunday, APE;
. Samuel 'ssllars was SBasiness v,lsl-.
tor to East Bank Tnesa 1"4
Mrs Hendstson and lfily returns
CD Satnrd q, from salt xSSied visitsto
relatives at Raymond Sand Black
+ Wiz emma L, has bean tso
elected as "a dslegate stSttie SuntiaS$
sch0ol ;oenyention MI ieh ,isets in Hun
tington May 2, 8, and rs s..
John Nichols, of SrBon, is here here;
and WI remain foE s. Vyklka. az
J, a numher 3f new kaH isssand young
men men = have moved to sauIs atnmunity. s.
&; y Mrs Mabel smit he guest of
her notharI sata dap Jun day
" 8 AIlYerta MlllspsmsEs business
q s'tsa ,hsftI
:, 8 sas 5 s WI posed al, Il 1!
= =. j.. . ~. tsSs %S29},
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EXtpps Rapt ist ehHch last Monday ,tsht
was a. very sdttable. one indeed. The
ga tshs olllfe hats; dlspiayed showed skill
4f6 -6dnififig I'm Mat art of q rare IA.
6tNrs and spoke in no aiiti Geftain atoff9x;
ERsoSS hsB ABILITY ofs,Miss Gambbell:. the
AcflarS ARdJ of the aptness of her pu.
g. IiterAy program was also. rem.
teSeiss ST I'D. ttrefte hifiehits wefe SERVED.
sI4lss followtns ffs' the program Ms 1t WAS
Sarried out III, -, -. =. "
|, Selection McClung Orchestra. !, ri
invocation, Rev. Jones, Of w. M.
Clutch, /. r. = .g.4. E..,- :,
3 Selection, Orchestra. =. ,&T,,.,@
g. Address Miss Blanche Campbell. In
E.f .rFlos PROF. J. ". iRobinsan, Miss Bees.
ale, Gooden and Mrs. C. Devers.
Music. ]. N, Robinson .anS choir,
Address .Prln.l j.. Rupert Jefferson.
n ADDRESS, Rev. e. e, 20 'Brieh, A. NJ.
az SelsStlon, Orchestra, ;, .. .,.... .
Isl. Planet, Mrs. J.. w. Shellcroft.
Ia Is;.: tlaTge, audience, was present and
slssai sttfpI ised 'and ldeilgtted by
sR4lal aeeh and heard. $aat}4 !. 81
\, 81 s p \ b. %, Venture who has been
stationed at Grafton,sTW. va, FOR !, the
gasI 'I"o years Us EaSthr Ut The M ~.
Church, but who at tile recent con,
terence t of that connectionwasap ,oitt,
ea to Huntington, passed through tho
ettty iast Monday evening. While here
ht q che guest of Miss Esther COT.
Rev;; 81 w: ". Jenkins ,and. family
moved last week to Clarksburg where
the heV. was appointed pastor Of Wat.
Eer Street M. E. Church. . :. -
p iIhR funeral Of GWm. Brown, the little
s sGIiIm oi Mf. ohRd N MIS-; VIM Brown, of
waR conducted. sfr6m Logan Nm =
Church last Sabbath afternotn. 4 -
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NOTIgBss.s

We have sold the Nutter farm, to
Mr.. Shaw, OF Preston. county. but
here rs another good one. The
Shade Valley Stock farm, In Athens
county, Ohio. In high state of dtitir
vationy, Ddn' t. miss Hehts '6hs + f6r'1t is
big barg4n.. WritS,for spee1ai cir
Guitar No. .1497. ~. !, q g -. ~ .
'GHALFANT. LAND COMPANY, = r.
- Btickhannon,,EW w. va,
The people who taRe sa4ffhsSo6t the
earth. IL, :. ~, y -Ys492b<1Dt.
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sSiid thro lah ;,tra tH II Il tiSs. "a ny SSs
ing ~ : R,iiiip kA u, =
Cars Md f}9ix Sh 81, s, shro Nh ~ r.
l14ht MldeASVer stlIs III KG ne r. ii
bks tnakgurtt4d sfhk
oBehin Sa Sisi rs
Chic CSAkf ,'ss \ a q llls ts
NV Ns s'ssss
via Co1iitnb Hi1s Gt'RlijSf TEL
Vii and ;RtG nionS, III ne Ca$E
tal ROUTE. Is IS u 4, ssSsA
SRatE n jss 4 q " Lines
(. 5, ,bosbt HI All tIp tia Sh M
abeake NBSyN End SS s sti6 23msc fSiveE
~ !! !! Vsahin ,ia y I @ h raaS,
vlhsboat |hkd a 8 & ysiih $50 i II,
ctided, In ticket without addationap
cost. &tE Ss KS q \ * IS Z; q 3 n, b. &:
With the Ehortest route, ,quickes4;
time, through trains. finest scenery
s ssG W1aa Rfss h s stS vi cea n9
hRs the best 40 sSner tMxpAsition .ExJ
ctrsionis W. "A ae so Il
when on Your Il western trips youI
sKblld ttystfe through<Gesping car
VII te 3h1ss n vs sFS e s nsy
sSHper leaves, Char 1h sssn9 il oyts6 81
att1l :20VaK b., Z arfivlfiE EhicaES,
7S6D q. M: nsxt day. Charge for doils'
s ssis oS xs 5Rssa s,g sis,|
M 9'e my 81 sss SaR ssssias
agents for particU]ars.. AMI. ~ 81
- rIJAG n TTKTEEE TN.StA
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IirS lSs Ss$Fea sse IS SIS, rs
ssIa ssa s9 iI|ss,
Is ify M, iSl. snsnt ~ ~ q,
aaysan; Rrid 3Apot 1, 81
3 SRBP.i y. : ASs,slDrSpi6 fnEs
elQSc 6f w HssltnE 81 81 diStrial. !, 3sst sthss
gasst s. NJ sRaEleF. &
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T0MsBUKG.

Miss Anpabsil King. of Hugheston,
was the guest Of her father last week.
= Miss Cornelia White accompanied
Miss A. King to Hugheston, Friday.
Miss Ellen Burke, of Montgomery,
was here several days last week ad.
vertising her millinery work. She
was the guest Of Miss Meadows while
mere. -. ,s.,...-L... -, :. n
Beg. Woods, ;of White spiphur
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. - ES'Se
THAYER.

DR.. r. l.. Gordon, }of Thiiamond, was;
9 BUSINESS visitor hsre "Wednesday of
last week. 3. T., - sss ..sssssss "a
1iadeofge sMiehols, of thaSSVhston Hos.
pitair was the .weekenH1 asHest of his
mpshsr-i n:law, Mrs. ;E,ll {MAFStn =. :;
= [2ev,$B sA'Wright. sofsa Iaaa Star, was
with JUS Sund and prsss0hed for lls
at u as&n, and IL 70 M Both SER
mons were! annoyed tbgiialU, ~~, &
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81 r. N oSyS Ill q, n yrTS. "a
Ag11' oRpaS1fs s5F PgBnIoA rIoN.

State of West Virginia. Is" %.a.r,;
:, AT RH les&in &ifS Clerks office Of
AtRe Circuit $Sbuft sof3 KanaWha :cbui1-J
tya o fat aSys . aaapril,I
WiliiamaVsF sg8bba, i I'D & !. N
ISvs; fn chancery. No 14os.,!
And It sapbti fieti Ii in dayis He'd
in}this CAUSE that Clara E.. Gibbs. is'
a nonresident of thiesStAte; tits orr
dered that She do abpearzW tthii1 zone
month aft4f' <the date Tf tliatf irst
publication hereof and do,.what Is.
necessary tdt protest. her interests;
The object OF this is to obtain di-j
VERGE ON the bonds Of matrimony:
sp. n. BfKIRKHY|, =
MIDDLETON 8, AIlBhR9ss set J,
60, q Solicitors ST T r g !. !.
Notice to Take Dispositions.
To%Clara q. Gibbs. ~ .,r:3s$ - p :
Take Notice: Thatton the ,I8fh day
Of May. 1907, between, the hours Of
nine O'Clock "A. M .tand fonr11o'Gtbcks
P. NJ, at the law otf1ce Hof Mia dlaton
&c -Albertson1in the Lawrence Block;
in the city of Charleston, .eoa1nGy OF
Kanawha and state of West Firgifflay
win take the deposition Of myself
and othersa and on the 23d day'ol
May, 1907 ss$$betWeeny; the hours OF s.
Bto clock A. N: and %fodr clock p. NJ
atI846 Shelley avenue, In the city OF
Akron, county Of S3Ifht1it ahd state
F.. Of Ohio, l. will take the dep o8ition OF
Sarah A. Gf8bs and others. said dep
o6itions to BE read In esvt asnee la my
behalf In a certain suit fiji t'tifancery
now pending in the, CArcptt Court for
the county OF naRhe and state of
West Virginiai,$ In which Il nm 'piain-
tin and YOU are the defendant NJ !
If*?? from any cause the. taking, of
saad depositiofis shsll not be- c6m-
menced or completed on the, days
aforesaid. the same shalt be continue
ed from day to day, oretime to time,
at. the same places, and between. the
same hours, respectively, until the
same sh#H Reec 6tnp lsts9I .s-,s,i = : )
WILLIAM I, GIBBS, ::
MIDDLETON &$X1jRnRksoNSp, S''
4-11-4t.t: -. >'-,,I.yttr'& solicitors.
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FaRKE, kgBufsets.

The Card Club Vas & entertained
last Thnfgday tSyeraaB al5F VIM, NC.
CLING. caaisa Pc time ssa.
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Miss Frances Littlepage is visiting
friends in indianapolis. ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-31
THOUSANDS OF MEN
10 LOSE EMPLOYMENT
CHICAGO PAPER SAYS RAILROADS
ARE PREPARING FOR STRING
EMIT ECONOMY.

CHICAGO, May 27.-Between $4,000
and 100, 900 men will be thrown out of
employment by the railroads of the
country before the end of the first
week in June, according to the Record
Herald. 1t has been the custom in the
past for the railroads to reduce their
pay-rolls at the beginning of summer,
but this year the roads have issued
especially stringent economy orders,
and the working forces will be re-
duced to the lowest possible point.
In addition to the employees in the
regular service, many thousands of
Iaborers will be discharged by the
railroads which have abandoned new
work and new extensions, owing to
the difficulty of raising money.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-31
SHOOTING
AT ASHWOOD
KIN FIELDS, coLoRED, TRIED TO
MURDER A WOMAN.

Kin Fields, colored. in a jealous
rage at his oman" shot her twice
Saturday night at Ashwood. and came
near killing her. The negro became
enraged at the attention paid the
woman by another negro, and beat
her up pretty badly. She started to
run, whereupon he grabbed a shot
gun and shot her in the neck and
shoulders with bird shot. The wo-
man fell at the shot, but got up and
started to run again. Fields fired a
second time and the woman fell again
from the shot. She was brought TO
town and her wounds were dressed.
1t is probable that she will recover,
through no fault of Fields.
Deputy Whitley went to Ashwood
Monday in search of Fields. He
saw the negro in a large wheat field,
making tracks the other way. Mr..
Whitley fired one shot at the negro,
which caused him to retrace his steps.
He was lodged in Jail without further
difficulty, and the matter will be
placed in the hands of the Grand Jury.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-31
is STUPENDOUS
IN PROPORTION
GREATEST MERGER OF RAILROAD
INTEREST WORLD HAS
KNOWN.

CHICAGO, May pa dispatch TO
the mter-ocean from Washington, d.
c. says:
while the eyes of the whole coun-
try have been centered on E. H. Har-
riman as the master manipulation OF
the railroad world, a greater and more
extensive combination of railroad in
terests has been in process of per-
lection, until now the plans are ma
tured for the public declaration of this
gigantic merger.
More than a thousand millions of
capital are involved, and the mileage
of the new system will extend practi-
cally from the most northern part of
the Atlantic coast to the Gulf ports,
with the network of the tracks grid
ironing New England, the East and
Middle West. and tapping the greatest
freight producing territory in the
world.
fected. will be known as the Greater
Pennsylvania system. It will embrace
practically all the railroads mileage in
New England, together with the pres
ent Pennsylvania lines east and west
of Pittsburg, with through connections
to New Orleans and Mobile on the
Gulf.
Instead of projecting transcontl-
mental lines from ocean to ocean, the
keystone of the new system will be the
Panama Canal.
"Traversing, as it does, the most
congested sections of the United
States. and reaching every industrial
and manufacturing center east of the
Mississippi, it will afford an outlet to
the products of this vast section to all
the ports of the Atlantic north OF the
Potomac, and also give them direct
route to the Orient via the Gulf and
the new Isthmian Canal, when COM
pleted.
CHARLES S. Mellen is credited with
being the master mind that conceived
this vast project. although it is under
stood that this consolidation was I'M
der consideration before the death OF
the late A. ]. Cassatt, President OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-31
NEGRO SCHOOL
BURNED

FRANKLIN, Tenn, May 28.-Last
night the negro public school was dis
covered to be on fire, and the usual
alarm given by blowing the wildcat
whistle at the electric light plant. The
fire department responded promptly,
but owing to the distance they had to
go the building was practically con-
sumed when they arrived. The loss
is about $4,000, and it is believed to be
partially insured. The origin of the
fire is unknown, but it is thought to
be the work of an incendiary as the
school had closed a week or So ago
and there was no fire about the build
ing. 1t may be two or three years
before a new building is provided, as
the School Board is now busy with a
new institute building for the white
children, and there are practically no
funds for that purpose.