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Bankers posted rates were as follows:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE--Boston-16 2-3c dis
count Chicago-10c discount. St Louis-f5c pre-
rnium bid. San Francsco-Sght, &C. telegraph TIC
premium. New Orleans-Commercal. par: bank
par. Ctncinnati-12lAc premium. Savannah-Buying
60c discount: selling. 75c premium.
BANK CLEARINGS.-New York Exchanges
sI65, ,e03 941; balances, ss.31695s. Phadephia-Ex-
changes. SIC SS0435: balances 81 35e.7S Chicago
Exchanges s4 95i 622 balances. sl9se537. Baltimore
Exchanges, &6Jo.513: balances. $50, IA.
SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver, eSssc. Mexican
silver dollars. SIC Bar silver in London closed at
8 3-lsd.
GOLD PREMIUM.-ln Madrid. a. Lisbon, 3.
MEXICAN EXCHANGE.-Mexican exchange
New York IS quoted at 200z.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS-Customs receipts
reported from Washington, S1.171765; internal rev.
cnue receipts sl,71s,656 miscellaneous receipts.
s1e3,73s Receipts for the day, s2,992.l1S; ex
penditures. sl.5O0.00o Receipts for the month TO
date, $l3.215 4sS expenditures S12.S60. goo:
of receipts Ss55,43S. Receipts for the date,
sl27,SsSlS5; expenditures, s135Sll. 1876, excess
of expenditures. s6,4e2.951
CB-TREASU RY.-The Sub-Trezsury was cred
itor 10 the Clearing House S2S7.54S
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. Sept. .. p. m.-The market for Arferi-
can securities generally lower. Final prices
follow:
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DiUidend Notices.


BrOadWay. New YORK SEPT
A dividend of two the hrst
this Company and dividend O two
per cent t2csb preferred stock Of this
Company this day been declared. payable OctO-
Der l. 1907 out Of surplus earnings OF the Company.
holders OF record Of said stocks at IL O'CLOCK noo
September II. 1907
The transfer and the second
ferred stocks Of this Company viii be closed az y
O'Clock noon September 1907. the Office OF ths
Company. Room 1913. IL Broadway. New
York City and viii be reOpened 10 o'clock A. "
October =. 1907
The above dividends " paid by check mailed
latest addresses furnished she stockholders
before the closing Of the books
Secretarv
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

The following shoSs yesterdays closing quota
tions for government bonds. compared with Satur-
days: g
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I Want 70 SELL BONDS or THE TOWN OF GALL
Ice. Ca. 20 aTspurf % Ssele with Interest -.
ssarsnv. fal..as Lecornser ist I3i. P-
ID K. KENNEDY, GcIilss CA
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STATEMENT OF NON-MEMBER BANKS.

The weekly statement of averages OF the banks or
New York city. Brooklyn. Jersey City, Hoboken
and Staten Island which not members of the
New York Clearing House Association out which
clear through of the members is as follows:
nher- -hn,
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Closing prices of active bonds dealt in, With
net changes. follow:
Tsnar AIS w s. lsfC I&P IS e5s. = :
A TeE = 4s s Int-Mct 4IAs...-. 6S|* - =
do conv Is aa = I Reading gen Is esi9
6e conv IS l0OS - = Tn Pac ist IS. 9sia - =
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BONDS.
BOSTON CURB STOCKS

Furnished by J. Thomas ReinhardA Broad
street, New York. 10 Exchange Bostou)
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REPUBLIC IRON & STEEL COMPANY.
nsvfsf No

A quarterly dividend OF and thTee-quarters Psr
upon the Preferred stock OF this Company has
declared. payable October 1st. 1901. 70 stocks
record the close Of business Septernoe-
1901. For the purpose Of this Dividend and &C
.ae Annual Meeting to be held October 18Th 1907.
the transfer books OF the Company. both Common
and Preferred. will close o'clock p VI September
18TH 1907. and reopen 10 o'clock A NJ October
nth. 1901 ,o-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-10

Meriden. tOnn+ August -stlr.
OF OF this Company held 20
5a1 = Iividand OF one OHs-half per CEN tls'cp
~as declared on Preferred Capital st9cE payaos
Ocfobsr 1901 stockholders Of record ePtenpee
17tb 1901 Transfer books VIII be closed Septonloer
iztb az 2 p NJ and reopensd October md at i" A NJ
Cheques viii be mailed - - ~----,-r,r- =.u-.-.--
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In11svIIIE 8 NAsHYIILE RAIIROAD 90.

No n Broadway New Yorx tiy. August 5lst. lg1!; .
louisville. CINCINNATI & LEXINGTON RAILWAY
COMPANY sECoND MORTGAtiE SEVEN So PER
Noce is herebv given tat the Louisville & Na5hvts
Railroad Company will pay t1e above BONDS Faturn<
T~ober 1st 1907 presentation Of at this ONCE
or AZ irs Office Louisville. Kentucky on and after Cct-
Der 1st 1907. ..--.--r-,,e ,u-;...,. ---o.,--a-
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Eek interest.
NEW YORK AND OTHER GAS SECURITIES.

.And interest.
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

,r-rrsh 81 bv Charles d. Barney & Co No . Broad
street New York ana No Il: South +th street.
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Financial.

This is &c certify that at drawing held 9Th day
- September. 1907 IN presence. Office Of the
Panama Rail Road Company. the following two hun
crsd snd FIVE C205) Sinking Fund Ter cent Subsidy
3cnds The Panama ,tz
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MINING STOCK S
PRODUCE EXCHANGE STOCKS.

525 ooo December opttona 81 Oo4, 81 o1la eo7al
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5000 Total sales
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-01-14

had the natter up anu on the
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CONSIDERATION OF BISHOP.
The Rev. w. A. Gucrry to be Made
Bishop COadjutOr-CeremOni VIII
Take Place I'm Trinity Church, Co.
lumbia, Sunday. September is.

Columbia, Sept 6.-The Rev. Will
liam Alexander Guerry. a former
South Carolinian, now chaplain of the
University Of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn, who was elected bishop coad-
jutor Of the Protestant Episcopal di-
ocese Of South Carolina, will be con-
secrated at Trinity Church, Columbia,
on Sunday, Sept. Is.
The Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester
Tuttle. of the diocese of Missouri, the
presiding bishop Of the American
church. has signified his intention OF
being present at the conservation. II
Is hoped by the church people that
the beloved bishop Of this diocese, the
Right Rev. Ellison Capers. will be
able to be present at this ceremony
The consecrating bishops will be the
Right Rev. Thomas F.. Gailor, of Ten
nessee: the Right Rev. Charles F.
Weed. Of Florida, ana the Right Rev
Theodore DuBose Pratton, Of Missis-
sippi. Other bishops who will prob.
ably be present are the three from
the dioceses in North Carolina, ]. B.
Chesire. OF the diocese Of North Caro-
lima; Robert Strange, Of East Carroll
ma. and julius NJ: Horner, of the do
cese of Asheville. Bishop Gailor will
preach the sermon at the conservation
services.
The Revs. w. B. Gordon, president
Of the standing committee Of the dio-
cese: DR.. John Kershaw, Of Charles
ton: A. r. Mitchell Of Greenville, and
II. j. Mikell will be the presbyters on
this occasion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
THOUSANDS DIE OF THE PLAGUE
VICTIMS Numbered Three Quarters OF
u Million i'm FOur Months

Washington, Sept. 6.-The enormous
TASK taat the public health and ma
rlne hospital service has in keeping
the prague out Of the Philippines and
the United States is shown bv the
great increase of that disease in for
elgn countries during the past three
or four months. That the plague VIC
TINS from April to August possibly ex-
ceed three-quarters of million is re-
garded as highly probably, though.
Tor lack of exact figures in many Ori-
entail lands, such assertion cannot he
absolutely proved by the figures avail
able.
india alone shows 426,S05 cases. Of
Wnlch 10000 escaped death The fig
ures for India represent the true state
OF affairs, and hint at the tremendous
extent of the plague throughout the
Orient, for in India alone, in that sec
ton of the globe, is there an accurate
compilation Of health statistics. The
reports from other countries as pub
llshed by the marine hospital service
are incomplete and consequently do
not tell the whole story. For instance,
in one city in China ten deaths daily.
are estimated. In two other places
mentioned in the report it is an
nounced that the plague exists. The
japanese report 1,O49 cases with 905
deaths in the course Of two months i'm
Formosa, while Toxic reports two
cases and Yokohama 21. Persia.
Egypt and Arabia are infected, while
Cape Colony has six cases and four
towns in Australia had seventeen cases
all told
The remarkable thing is that the
Philippines have escaped, while only
few cases are taken from the ships
at Honolulu. The disease has made
its appearance through sailing vessels
on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
of South America, but the interesting
thing about it is the small percentage
of deaths from the disease on the
South American continent. Rio Jarerio,
in Brazil, for instance, reports nine
teen cases, with four deaths. Three
deaths were reported from Callao,
Peru, and from Trujillo fifty-fouE
cases. resulting in twenty-five deaths,
were reported. For the entire coun-
try of Peru one hundred and six cases
Is larger number of deaths than oc-
CURED in any Of the other South
American countries,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
FRANCE FACES HARD PROBLEM
The. Situation i'm Morocco is Growing
Serious

Paris. Sept. 5.-While there has not
been any more fighting at Casa Blan,
ca since the fierce engagement Of
Tuesday, the seriousness Of the gem
eral situation in Morocco and the nos
sibihty Of it's leading France into Dip
lomatic difficulties with the other
powers of Europe, notably Germany
and Great Britain, to say nothing Of
the apparently growing necessity OF
increasing the size Of the French
force on the Moroccan coast, is oc-
cupying the attention Of the French
people.
The call to convoke parliament to
discuss and decide what course the
nation should pursue is becoming more
insistent. There is a growing feeling
that the important decisions in the
matter of Frances policy in Morocco
should not be left entirely to the
members Of the cabinet.
The seriousness Of the fighting of
Tuesday has brought home to the
french people a realization that France
may be only at the threshold Of a
protracted campaign that may easily
prove costly in lives and money. The
situation is now referred to as war"
and no longer, as heretofore, as an
expedition Of pacification."
Germany is watching the progress
or events in Morocco more closely ev-
cry day. and it is intimated in Berlin
that under the Algeciras convention
France Is approaching the bounds be-
yond which she should not go without
first obtaining the special permission
Of the powers
The exodus Of Europeans from
Tanger continues.
Native advices received at Tangier
declare that 10000 hostile Moors
nave concentrated not far from Casa
Blanca. and that 10000 Kabyle tribes
men have mobilized near Alcabaza.
Spain is preparing to send rein
forcements Of men and shirs to Mo-
rocco. One Spanish battleship, the
Emperador Carlos V. arrived at Tam
gier today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
The Editor.

An editor Is a millionaire without
money congressman out Of a job, a
king without a throne. He constructs
without hammer or saw, builds a
railroad without rails or spikes, and
farms without plow. He runs a
butcher shop in the journalistic world
and deals out brains for cash or cred
IL. He loves those who advertise with
him like brother. The editor is a
teacher. lawyer preacher; he
sends forth truth to save souls and
gets lost himself. He heals the wound
ed. cares for the dying. rescucs the
perishlng. and then starves himself,
when ham sandwich OF Kindness
would jerk him from the jaws of
death.--Exchange.
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RIGHT TO DEFEND ONES HOME.
Supreme Court Anirms Dccision I'm
The Case of Allen Emerson. Who
Has Escaped From Jail.

The supreme court Yesterday af-
firmed the decision of the lower
court IN the case Of the State against
j. Allen Emerson Of Anderson county.
who was sent up for life for the mur-
der OF Thos. Drake in August, 1906.
The case is Of unusual interest be-
cause Of the fact that Emerson is
now at large. having ESCAPED from tba
Anderson Jail about two weeks ago
while the appeal was being reviewed
Large rewards have been offered for
MS capture by the Drake family and
the Anderson authorities and it is
believed that he is hiding in the noun
tains of North Carolina.
The decision Of the supreme court
is clear and outlines with remarkable
clearness the law Of the State as TO
homcides for the invasion of q mans
1amliy circle. Emerson was said to
have been intimat> with Mrs. Belle
Bailey, daughter Of Thos. Drake.
and one night when in her room kill
ed Mr. Drake while the latter was at
tempting to force his way into the
room. 1t was brought out that EN-
erSon had entered the house armed
and shot Drake when the latter open
ed the door.
plea Of self-dcfense was entered
and after the jury brought in q ycr-
dictof guilty, an appeal was made on
the admission of testimony and also
on the charge of Judge Gary. who cit
ed an Alabama case in which n man
Killed the husband of his paramour
and the judge Of that State said that
the plea Of self-defense would not
hold good.
The supreme court holds that
man when violating the homo Of an
otner cannot put up the plea of self
defense when the parent or husband
discovers this violation and is ilil!el
in resenting it. The very act Of the
defendant. the court says, such that
the man affected would lose all con-
troll Of his reason and should he kill
the defendant he could only be tried
for manslaughter
The Emerson case attracted great
attention at the time of the trial and
this decision by the court will doubtless
be widely read.-The State, Sept I.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
No BOIL WEEVILS IN STATE.
government Expert Talks of the
Pest

washington, Sept. At. H. Chit
tenoen assistant entomologist Of the
department Of agriculture, today gave
II as his firm belief that there is not
Doll weevil east Of the Mississippi.
with the exception Of the State Of
LOUISIANA. So far as the pest being
round in Laurents county is concern
ed, Mr.. Chittenden does not think
there is remotest possibility Of such
thing.
Il heard Of pest in South Caroli-
ha ana elsewhere in the South" Mr..
Chittenden said. but / am satisfied if
Is not the Texas boil weevil. So far
the pest has not been discovered any,
where east Of t.e Mississippi, with the
exception Of louisiana"
When asked if it were possible that
the weevil could have been carried to
south Carolina in cotton seed secured
by seed crushers there from Texas
and other States in the Southwest he
Saio: There is only one chance in a
million for such thing TO happen. 1t
corli only occur through some per.
son knowingly and wilfu,ly carryir z
the wcevil from its presert location IN
the southwest to the othe! States in
he south. There is not the least n, =
cesslty for the people in South Caro-
lima to become worried over what thev
think is the genuine boil weevil. for
l am satisfied it will not be found to
be such upon careful examination"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
n GUILTLESS CRIMINAL.
woman Pardoncd After Serving Long
Icrm for Crime Which Her Hus.
band Forced Her to Commit.

Madison. Wis, Sept. AFTER serv-
ing sixteen years in the States pris-
on, Mrs. Wilhelmina Baeher was set
at liberty today by a pardon granted
by the governor
At the age Of sixteen she married a
widower named Baeher because her
parents told her to do 30. Baeher was
thirty years her senior, and the girl
became household drudge. One
night traveller, Michael Sells, stop-
ped at the Baeher home for the night.
Baeher. who was a grasping man. re-
solved to put Sells out Of the way. and
told Wilhelmina to poison his food.
She did so, Sells dying the next day.
Confronted with arrest Baeher blam-
ed his wife and when she was accused
OF the crime she pleaded guilty on
her husbands advice and received a
life sentence. Soon after she entered
the penitentiary her husband killed
himself, driven to do so by remorse
for his act
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
THE PLAGUE IN FRISCO.
The Public Health Service Assumes
Charge OF Situation.

Washington, Sept. 5.-Py direction
of President Roosevelt the public
health and marine hospital service
has assumed charge of the measures
20 stamp out the plague in San Fran
cisco. This step was taken today up
on the, request of the mayor of San
Francisco, who added that the CITY
would do all that is possible toward
providing funds to carry on the work.
Acting promptly on telegraphic' in
structions from Oyster Bay, Sugeons
General Wyman promptly issued the
necessary orders and notified the
mayor Of San Francisco that the corps
or service officers already on DUTY
there would be augmented and addf-
tional measures taken to prevent the
spread of the disease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
THOUSANDS OF ARMED JapA
NESE ASSEMBLED ON MEXI.
CAN BORDER.

Budapest. Hungary, Sept. 1O.--Cut
Sahos OF Japanese veterans are in
Mexico States bordering the United
states equipped with arms and secret
ly organized to be in readiness to
gather and invade this country on
short notice, was the statement made
by L. X. Guernsey, editor of the Mex
lco herald of the City Of Mexico who
Is spending the summer here.
According to Mr.. Guernsey, Mexi-
cos liberal immigration policy has
enabled the Japanese to flock into
that country in large numbers.
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SUMTER. s. Q. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER H. 1907

this time the divide has never beer
sufficient to materially cripple this
paper.
The principal sufferers from oppo.
sition in the past have been adver.
tisers and they have suffered princi-
pally because they have been com.
PEELED to pay double price for results
that had previously been secured at a
single cost.
For instance, the York Enterprise
had possibly 1000 circulation to the
Enquirer's 1900. or the Enterprise's
1000 maybe five or six hundred were
bona fide. or paid for, and all but les:
than 500 were also subscribers to the
Enquirer. The conditions in the cases
of the YOeman and New Era were
very much the same. except that the
New Era had much smaller total
circulation and very much fewer
number of subscribers who We're not
also subscribers to the ENQUIRER. The
advertiser in the New Era would
hardly have reached more than $50
subscribers who were not also reach
ed by the Enquirer.
But with 1t all, it is not for us to
say whether or not there should be
competition, or opposition. The field
is open, and we are not sorry that
such Is the case. Somebody has sug-
gested that if there is not room for
two, 1t is question of the survival OF
the fittest. We see it that way and
We are glad that this is the situation.
isfaction in the effort to publish a SUI
perior paper.
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Better Cotton.

A Mississippi cotton merchant has
said that the demand for better
grades OF cotton Is growing and that
the best pronts In cotton production
are In making the better grades. The
tendency In the mills Is for finer
yarns and better yarns These re-
quire not only better grades but bet
ter staple. lie stated that when or
dinary upiands is to inch was
worth IA "a cents a pound. he had
sold the same grade IA inch
staple at 22 cents. This difference L.
I'm a degree abnormal because staple
cotton is very scarce this year. the
crop being shorter than usual and
the demand greater. Another cause
for increase In demand is that the
mills working better cotton can hold
its operatives better. The better the
yarn the easier and better the work
The farmer has a good opening
for better profit . the direction OF
improving the quality OF his cotton,
The mills no longer buy cotton In
discriminateiy. but they carefully
consider how the cotton under con-
alteration will work In q mill and pay
for Il accordingly iy.---Greenville News.
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Columbia. Sept. 5.-The assess
ments on railroads In South Carolina
were annuonced this afternoon by
Comptroller General Jones, chairman
OF railroad assessors The figures were
determined on at meeting Of the
board several weeks ago. but have not
been made public. and there has been
much concern among railroad men
In regard to the matter. Comptroller
General Jones today refused to call a
meeting Of the board to reconsider
certain assessments unless a majority
of the board petitioned for a meeting
and the figures have been sent to the
auditors OF the several counties.
The assessments are increased over
. the assessment OF last year by more
than eleven million. fve hundred
thousand dollars. OF this increase,
the Southern Railway bears over six
millions. being raised from fourteen
and one-half millions to twenty and
one-half millions. The Atlantic Coast
!. Line systeua. Including the Charleston
and Western Carolina. bears about
Ave millions. being increased from
eleven and one-half millions to over
sixteen millions. The Seaboard Air
Line bears about one-half millior be-
ing increased from four millions to
four and one-half millions. The in
dependent roads. the small lines.
bear an increase of over one hundred
thousand dollars.
The exact figures are as follows for
the two years:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
KILLED HER HUSBAND.
Wealthy Cleveland Woman Cndcr
. Arrest for Murder.

Cleveland, Sept. 5.-With wom-
an detective standing guard just out
side of her bed chamber and two po-
licemen patrolling the front Of the
house. Mrs. Charlotte Phillips today
Is virtually under arrest at her home
where her husband, j. ]. Phillips,
was shot to death early Monday.
Chief of Police Stamberger has sworn
out a warrant charging the woman
with murder in the second degree, but
the wOman's condition has prevented
the serving Of the warrant
The authorities admit that the evi-
dence upon which the warrant was
sworn Is purely circumstantial and
would not warrant an indictment un-
less the arrest brings out further in
formation. The woman's friends de-
nounce the police action as outrage
Gus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
PENNSYLVANIA COJrRT DE
CLARES TWO-CENT RATE
ILLEGAL.

Phlladelphia. Penn. Sept. 1O.-In
the common pleas court Judges Will
son and Aubenricd today handed
down decision i'm favor IF the Penn
sylVania Railroad. declaring the two
cent fare law unconstitutional
Inc decision covers five hundred
pages and deals at length with the
rate question. not only In Pennsyl-
vania, but in general. 1t is believed
the decision rendered today will
have wide effect in the consideration
OF similar cases over the country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11
FRANKLIN TO BE HANGED.
Slayer of Orangeburg Officer Cots.-
Victcd OF Murder

Orangeburg, Sept. 9.-Pink FrarsS-
lin. the negro, who, on July %. shpe
and Killed Constable Henry VaTen t.le,.
who was seeking to arrest him wax
trled IN the Court of General Sessions
today and convicted of murder. He
was sentenced to be hanged the date OF
his execution being fixed for the 2sth-
OF october. Franklin's wife. Say
FRANKLIN, who was placed on triaE
with MIN as an accessory to the kilt
ing, was acquitted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11

The increase In assessments Is not.
Of course. based on any Improvements
that the railroads have made during
the year. for these improvements have
not. by any meanas. been commensu-
rate with the taxations. but Is due to
an effort to bring assessments UP to
the 100 per cent basis. AS a result,
the railroads will pay taxes on a high
er basis than any other corporations
or individuals. since in many counties
real estate and other property Is as
scssed at less than sixty per cent.
However. this Is the year for the rail-
roads to get Il In the neck.