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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28

1907. on the following divisions. or
branches, OF the Southern Railway Com
pat1y, which are now excepted from tho
operation OF the maximum rate of two
cents per mile herelnabove fixed:
Norfolk division. extending from Pin
ner's Point to Danvlle. 2o4 miles. ex-
elusive OF go much OF the said division
Franklin branch, extending from Frank
lin Junction to Rocky Mount. 81 miles:
Claremont Branch, extending from James
River Junction to Claremont, so miles.
From and after the said date 1t shall
DO unlawful for tho Southern Railway
Company to charge or collect greater
sum than two and one-half cents per mile
for tho intrastate transportation Of pas
sensers over these divisions or branches,
unless otherwise directed or allowed by
the commission.
8. It Is ordered. that on and after the
first day Of July. 1907. tho following steam
railroad companies, VIZ: Chesapeake
Western railway. Cumberland Valley and
Martinsburg Railroad Company. Danvile
and Western Railway Company. Indian
Creek and Pound River Railroad Com
pany, Marion and Rye Valley Railway
Company. Nelson and Albermarle Rail-
way Company, Valley Railroad Company
of Virginia. Virginia-Carolina Railway
Company. Virginia Southern Railroad
Company w lnCNeSter anu lOtOITuC Nall-
Company Winchester and Strasburg
Railroad Company. Norfolk and South
ern Railway Company. shall put into
effect and observe maximum rate of
three cents per mile in the intrastate
transportation Of passengers in Virginia.
and on and after the said date it shall he
unlawful for the said railroad companies.
or any of them, to charge or collect a
greater sum than three cents per mile
for the transportation OF passengers over
the lines controlled and operated by
them. respectively, except as otherwise
allowed from time to time by the State
Corporation Commission.
1. 1t ls ordered. that on and after the
first day Of July. 1907, the following steam
railroad companies. VIZ: Big Sandy and
Cumberland Railroad Company, Black
Mountain Railway Company. Interstate
Railroad Company, Lick Creek and Lake
Erie Railroad Company, Mt. Airy and
Eastern Railway Company, New River
Holston and Western Railroad Company,
Potomac. Fredericksburg and Piedmont
Railroad Company, surry. Sussex and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28
COFFEE DEL1RIUN.
Child Lies Awake Nights and Talks
to Himself.


To be active during the day and keep
IN good health requires sound sleep at
night.
This is especially true of children,
when mental and physical development
Is more rapid than later on.
An intelligent mother discovered that
coffee was harmful, not only to herself
and husband, but that It was doubly
so to her boy, She writos:
For more than twenty-five years l
have been great coffee drinker. have
often tried to give 1t up because 1t made
me nervous, constipated, and could not
go to sleep for several hours after re-
firing.
"About six months ago I finally quit
coffee and began to use Postum. Now
we use it three times a day; / am en-
tirely cured OF constipation, can sleep all
night, and do not get those nervous
spells. While under the coffee habit l
was pale and sallow; now eyerv ono
tells mo have such healthy complex
ion. Postum has certainly won the vio-
tory in our house.
There are two persons especially who
have been greatly benefited by drinking
Postum instead OF ordinary coffee. One,
n gentleman who has been cured OF dys-
pepsia. the other my own little boy,
was cured of q most annoying atfitction,
without our even consulting a physician.
Whenever he took tea Or coffee he
would lie awake at night probably three
Or four hours with his eyes wide open.
talking to himself and grasping at I'M
aglnary objects In the air.
I'VE commenced giving, him Postum
in place OF tea or coffee, He Is now a
robust hoy, and Is entirely FREQ from those
spells of wakefulness." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich. Read
"The Road to Wellvllle.' In pkgs.
There's Reason,''
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DECISION AS TO
PASSENGER RATE
Comnlission Considers Conditions
at Length and Announces
Its Opinion.

The opinion of the commission covers
forty pages of typewriter matter in the
passenger rate case. and some ten pages
IN the freight rate case AS provided b.
the constitution, the matter was adjusted
under due process of law. The jurisdic-
toral questions are all discussed and dis
posed of in the passenger rate case, as
arc also all matters of purely statistical
nature--it being understood Mt the hear
ing of these two cases that any evidence
taken in either could be heard in both
The decision in the freight rate case
adopts and makes a part thereof SO much
of the passenger rate case fne-iding juris-
dictional questions and atistics. as are
applicable thereto.
Question Of Jurisdiction.
The first decision goes eXbaustvely into
the question of jurisdiction OF the COM
mission and answers the constitutional
objections raised by counsel for the trans
portation companies. The first of these
objections goes 10 the very constitutional
existence of the commission itself claim
ing that since the commission is endowed
by the constitution with all three of the
coordinate powers of government-to-
wit. Legislative, judicial and administra-
tivc--it must. in the exercise of all three
of these rights destroy that balance be-
tween these three powers ana ttlat IN
dependence of each other which the law
intends to provide, and which is neces-
sary under a republican form of govern
mcnt
This objection, however. nas already
been overruled by the supreme court of
Virginia in the case of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad against the town of Stras-
burg
In this case the court holds that the
commission can validly exercise the lcgis-
lative. judicial and executive powers Of
the State of Virginia
The. second objection was based upon
line of old statutes beginning as early
rs 1897 and coming on down to 190i-5, in
which the legislature had undertaken to
exempt the several railroads Of Virginia
from any rate Legislation by the State
until the profits arising from their bust
ness had reached a certain per cent The
railroads claimed that by virtue of these
statutes they held a contractural rela-
ton with the State such as could not
be legally impaired. and that to violate
the terms of these statutes would be In
effect that impairment of the obligations
OF the States contract The commission
discusses this objection at length and
dismsses 1t as being wholly untenable.
holding that a contract of this character
Of 1t be contract at alb between the
State and railroad company. has no
validity for the reason that one legis-
lature cannot make. such contract as
Will prevent SUBSEQUENT legislatures or
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Are you clean inside?

Are you clean inside?
And If not, how can you face the world
With clean thoughts. clear intelligence,
q fair. Just, bright mind and get your full
share of capacity for work and enjoyment
Neglect Of exercise, rich overlooking
and carelessness about stools. often leave
the delicate Internal mechanism in a
nasty mess.
The small intestine is compelled to alb
sorb the poison OF deoaying matter instead
Of wholesome nourishment.
Il The liver gets inactive the bile doesn't
swork Off; the eyes get yellow; the skin
gets dead like putty and pale like dough,
tistigured with boils, plmples, blackheads
md liyer-spots,
There's only one solution to the prob
km: Keep clean inside all the time. That's
he answer.
lfyou can not diet, or keep your mech
tn.sm going by proper exercise. take Cas-
eafets' me sweet. fragrant harmless little
segstable tablets, that "act like exercise"
: IN your bowels, and gently but powerfully
clean out and disInfect the whole digestive
canal.
a casoaret every night before going to
bed will work while you sleep and
make you .ieel fine in the morning.
IL II you have been negIectng yourself for
ssome time, take Cascaret light and morn
ing and break up the "constIpated habit"
without acquiring q "ca,hartlc habit"
-
Casoare,s are sold by all druggists, loo,
35c and SOC, The loc size trial box is a
seat fit for the vest pocket or ladys purse.
n Be sure to GET the genuine with the
si''long-tailed C" on the box and the letter:
..ccc" on each tablet. They arc never
'spld IN bulk, Il;
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commission FOR
2.-CEh1 PASSENGER
!, RATE ON BIG ROADS.
us to such on all lines.
Fight Long Drawn Out.
IN tgontinued from First Pago)


Both the cases Just decided have
been pending before the cot mission
for a long time, that relating to freight
rates having been commenced nearly
year ago stihe Of the strongest
lawyers in Virginia hive appeared on
either sdo. and the fight has been
waged with great determination by
the railroads III, sthe one hand and by
the State on lieIother. Attorney Gen
erali Anderson and Hon a. G. Braxton
appeared for the state in the freight
rate ease. while that relating to pas
scnEer rates was prosecuted by the
Attorney General for the State and Mr..
Braxton FOR the Travellers Protective
Association
The date fixed for the new reg,ila-
tions to go into effect Is july i, and
the railroads will have to act prior
tortliat time In order to get into the
courts.
The commission which formulated
and prescribed the new classitications
and rates is composed of Judge Bev-
erlyrT crump, presidents Henry c.
Stuart and Joseph r. Willard.
The General Assembly passed two
cent rate bill. and it was held to be
unconstitutional. The commission. by
its own Initiative. took UP the case
and rendered its own findings after due
process of law.
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FREIGHT RATES
ORDERED BY COMMISSION
Virginia Only State in Which Two Classfications
on Interstate Business are Used Extensively
and Sometimes INTERCHANGEABLE.

, taking testimony in each OF these cases.
While tho cases were heard separately
an dthe testimony taken separately In
cHch proceeding, 1t has been agreed that
ceeding may be considered by the COM
mission in passing upon the Issues in each
oe these cases respectively.
Tho commission has prepared and filed
an opinion OF some length In the passcn-
ger rate case. and a copy thereof is to re
filed in this proceeding az part of the
record herein. Supplemcntlng that opinion
| and dealing now altogether with the Is
sues raised In the freight rate case, the
commission files the following additional
opinion In this case containing It's con-
illusions upon the issues presented herein:
In viewing the question of the rates un-
der which the freight traffic of Virginia
isfnow being moved, tho commission has
not lost sight OF the equally important
question OF facilities necessary to this
movement. Virginia. in her present stage
OF development, Is originating traffic far
beyond the present seeming capacity of
the railroads to transport. Her various
industries and her people generally are
calling for materials OF all kinds to be
delivered from place to place within her
borders, which comes. but tardiy. there
by greatly hinderlng and hamperng en-
terprises Of every kind.
Almost every commodity which is either
produced, consumed or In any way ham
died by the people of Virginia, whether
it be Viewed as intrastatc or Interstate
traffic, Is now in brisk demand at fairly
remllncrative prices. Business of all
kinds seems at a stage OF almost uneX-
ampled activity and is being conducted
generally on a. basis of profit which is
reasonably satisfactory. The possibilities
of all kinds Of industrial enterprises with
respect to volume and expansion Of tratlo
are now largely measured by the capacity
of the carriers to furnish transportation.
so that 1t Is no exaggeration to say, In I.
general way, that the question of fact-
tiles for transporting traffic promptly.
has, for the time being. overshadowed
the question freight rates.
While rates arc required to be, In and
of themselves. reasonable, having respect
to the net returns which they yield the
carriers and the value OF the service
rendered to the shippers. still, II the faci'-
tiles for the transportation of traffic be
inadequate or insufficient the public must
suffer
n Interests in Harmony.
Adequate facilities can only be provid-
ed and maintained BY rates which nre
reasonably remuneratlve to the carrierA
who are necessarily dependent upon their
revenue for the provision of facilities
necessary to keep pace with the develop
nlent of the country To certain impor-
tant extent and within proper llmitn-
tions the interest of the railroads and
the interest of the people served by them
are IN harmony,
a tair and reasonable participation by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28

Southampton Railway Company, Tide
water aud Western Railroad Company,
Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway
Company. Virginia and Kentucky Rail-
way Company, Wise Terminal Company
shall put into effect and observe maxi
mum rate OF three and one-half cents per
mile IN the intrastate transportation OF
passengers In Virginia. and on and after
the said date 1t shall be unlawful for the
said railroad companies. or any OF them,
to charge or collect greater sum than
three and one-half cents per mile for the
Transportation OF passengers over the
lines controlled and operated by them. re-
spectlvely. except as otherwise allowed
from time to time by the State Corpora
ton Commission.
Minimum Rate.
8. 1t Is further ordered. that In apply
Ing tho foregoing maximum passenger
rates prescribed for tho several railroads
in Virginia the railroad companies may
charge and collect n minimum rate OF
ten cents per passenger for any single
haul.
8. The payment OF fares subject to the
maximum rate herein prescribed shall
entitle tho passenger to the same trans
portatlon of baggage as now allowed by
the carriers under and in connection with
the present rates. and no steam railroad
company operating In Virginia shalt
change or alter tho rules governing the
rights of passengers with respect to the
transportation of baggage in Virginia,
without the consent OF the commission
first obtained.
z. Steam railroad companies operating
In Virginia may charge and collect In
addition to regular ticket rates tho fxed
sum Of ten cents from oil cash fare pas
sengers who had been afforded reason
able opportunity for purchasing ticket
before boarding train; provided that the
conductor shall in all such cases deliver
t. passengers a receipt for the amount
collected redeemable ut any ticket office
of the company within thirty days from
date OF issue.
It is ordered. that the clerk OF the
commission do forthwith publish this
order in full in one OF the newspapers
OF general circulation published in the
city OF Richmond, once week for
four successive weeks. as required by
law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28
WARMERS SAFE CURE.

in
n
diseaso the liver z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28
Do it Nowl DOME Wait
Until It's Too Late!

TT @EEP your body clean
IM\ Most people are very neat
Ill m and clean in their outward
~ y appearance, but how about the
. ;peiIao
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constitutional conventions from tho ex-
crcise of police power, that the State of
Virginia through the corporation conf
mission has the right to exercise unfet-
tered the police power inherently resid-
ing in the State government. and that all
railroads received their franchises subject
tharctD p
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Commonwealth of Virginia. at the rela-
ton of the State Corporation Commission
against Steam Railroad Companies.
In the matter OF prescribing a maximum
passenger rate
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Continued on fifth Page.)
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And If not, how can you face the world
With clean thoughts. clear intelligence,
affair. Just, bright mind and get your full
share of capacity for work and enjoyment?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-24

made his eyes shine with diamond
like luster. lie was g.laWiIg on a big
red apple.
Say. Mr.. Rogers" said he. "dere Is
a Sandy Claws, amt dere? Flaherty
says he's only man."
"Of course there Is, Jimmy" said
Rogers. "He was in here awhile ago
and he left this overcoat for you"
The coat was lined with red flannel,
and it wrapped Jimmy's form like a
blanket. He was intoxicated with de-
light. He walked up and down the
room like a hussar on dress parade.
AS he ran his hand down into a capa-
cious pocket his fingers touched some
thing cold, and he drew out handful
Of ten cent pieces.
"Hully geew said he. II amt never
seen so many dimes in me life. Did
Sandy put dem in de pocket?"
Eyes, Jimmy, think he did," said
Rogers.
SANDY is a dago. amt he?" said
Jimmy.
"No: I believe he is a German" re-
piled Rogers.
"Oh, he's Dutch, is he?" said jim
my. Didn't he bring you nuttin'?"
mo-" laughed Rogers; "he forgot me
this year. | suppose he was too busy
taking care of the children"
Jimmy looked up wistfully into the
face of the big man smiling down upon
him; then he said:
Wouldn't you like to have Sandy
bring you milne or Il new pair o
| stockin's"
mo, Jimmy" replied Rogers. patting
the boy upon the head. but II you
happen to run across Santa Cla IL tell
him to bring me something that would
please a lonely old joker" And jim
my vanished into the twilight
3 Rogers and his partner were silent
as they rode uptown In Powers auto.
mobile. Rogers was thinking Of 1.-THE
names he loved to hear" which had
been carved for many year on the
tomb" There was no loving smile to
greet him when he arrived at his lux
urious bachelor apartments. No clam
oring children chung to his coat as he
: sat down in solitary state to his din
ner. Oppressed by thronging memories
he ate only few mouthfuls and drove
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-24
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ING CRATE.

TO his club 10 chase away the blues in
light heart, c"3 punIonship,
1t was :,.!L u'-ht at the Atlanta
club anil r.. - v.:S the cc,l ."r If the
merrrapnt \ huge Christmas tree
stood In the p"r'or. uId all k,.''l@ Of odd
and satiricul prr-euts were lin led Ia
the mrmlp.~ "ocrrs had hcru pre-.
scented with l'j,r Of bIJc otera,|*.
which he t. ou over his dr. tr"a,
sers. The &C., v:'S lillcl wiz bau.rr
and jollity q" Nnr the attpntin1 Of tue
memhers WIS attracted 10 The hall 10y
the noise a. s.ul.lc ari y pjrrr:}4
howl. ROgc..s ran 10 the bal. where
he found t"n iU<ty walters tgyiuS Ia
eject small red BEADED hoy. lie was
fighting like q wildcat. When Roger
appeared he tore himself Iun<e frMI
his captors and ran TO his hencfactor
"Dey wouldn't let ME come in." he
sobbed. zen | only wanted to tell you
dat couldn't find Sandy. but got dc
Krlsmas present fur lonely ole joker
meself."
Rogers took Jimmy into the brilliant.
y lighted parlor and quleted him with
soothing words. while the members Of
the club to the number Of fifty gather.
ed around the strangely assorted pair.
"Well. Jimmy" said Rogers. what
did you get for my ChristmasT'
Jimmy took from his pocket a small
pasteboard box and. lifting the It'd. dis.
played a cleaning red glass stone set
In a framework Of brass. II was
tawdry horror. frightful burlcsque on
art. but not a man smiled as II wigs
passed around for inspection among
the club members.
GLOW much I'D you pay for this
beautiful jcvc%" asked Rogers.
"Aiu't 1t a corker?" said Jimmy. with
shining eye Il knowrl you'd titc It.
Il cuSt -'nu ~. 81 / rc 10 dieQ
down ~ Ec., su"wpt 1t To r. Mig
49,. t@ al {. NE, test
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"Oxcuse me-" said he. hesitating at
the door.
"Come inn said Rogers heartily
drawing lounging chair up to the
open CRATE fire. Kreig sank into its
luxurious depths and spread his thin
hands out toward the glowing crate.
How long have you been in this
country. Mr.. Kreig" said Rogers.
Il vos by dis, country tree mont al.
retty," replied the musician.
How long have you been playing
the violoncelloT
"Since baby vos. So soon l can
hold de bow. Six, seven. eight hour
every day practice, yes. Und ven
hungry am | blay de 'Heimweh.'"
~ suppose they gave you $50 for
your work at the Atlanta club the
other night?" said Rogers in matter
of fact tone.
"Feefty tollar. Two hundred mark
exclaimed Kreig In amazement. "Dey
gif me some ice cream and Won glass
VI IhaihpdSue. anu hSS tSh nS "cope
I git an engagement"
VERY enterprising and economical
that entertainment committee Of ours. y
said Rogers dryly to his partner. Then
turning to Kreig. he said:
There were several gentlemen al
the club the other night who were very
much pleased with your playing, Mr.
Kreig, and they have requested me t.
hand you a little car fare" and he
placed in the astonished musicians
hand twenty-five dollar notes, which
cracked like thorns under a pot ant
made music in the Germans ears
sweeter than symphony. He arose
and tried to speak, stammered ant