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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

leaves nothing to be desired. with
the Lauter can express my every
musical whim,' said an artist to us
quite recently.
Structurally and mec h an lly
these instruments are in keeping with
their character. We go to extremes
in the matter of durability. We season
sounding boards for two years as
against from one to three months--the
rule with all other manufacturers.
We make GRANDS, SMALL
GANDS, PLAYERPIANOS and UP
RIGHTS that leave nothing to be de-
sired in the matter of quality and
finish.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
RATE HEARING
COMES TO END
After Two Days of Argument Be-
fore Georgia Commission,
DECISION COMES LATER
Whole Matter Was Threshed Out at Length
by Representatives of Both Sides
and Taken Under Amusement.

After consuming two entire days in
argument before the state railroad
commission OF Georgia, tie petition
Of the Farmers Union, asking for a
reduction of passenger rates, was Ia
ken under Amusement by Tie commits
sion at o'clock Wednesday night,
at which hour the argument for the
petitioners was concluded by Hooper
Alexander.
Possibly the distinctive feature OF
the hearing was the lengthy report
of S. H. Hardwick, general traffic
manager OF the Southern, who de-
clared that it reduced rates were i'm
posed the Southern would be com
PEELED to abandon double tracking be-
tween Atlanta and Birmingham-im
provements which were now impera-
tive. Mr.. Hardwick submitted state
ment showing that the Southern's ay-
erage rate in Georgia, as the result
of reduced rates for special occasions,
was only 2 $40 cents per mile. Mr..
Hardwick's address abounded in fig
ures and was by far the most import
ant showing by The railroads.
Charles |. Stone of the Louisville
and Nashville, also submitted a long
report of the conditions Of his road
in Georgia. His figures showed a de-
felt along the line for the years
it has operated in the state and laid
particular stress on the fact that 1t
was not fair to impose low rate In
state so sparsely settled as Geor-
gia; that it amounted to condscation.
During Mr.. Stones speech some
merriment was caused by the fact that
Hon. Hooper Alexander, attorney for
the petitioners, fell asleep and did
not awake until it's conclusion.
Colonel A. L. Lawton OF Savannah
appeared for the Central Of Georgia;
Robert Aston appeared for the AT
lantic Coast Line, and John D. Lit
tie appeared for the Seaboard Air
Line.
Hon. Hooper AleXander's speech
lacked anything sensational. He did
not attack the railroads and confined
himself to a plain statement Of his
side Of the case He contended that
the public should share in the rail
roads prosperity; that the roads were
not the great promoters Of commerce
they pretended to be and in many
cases retarded industry. he also crit
icized the manner in which Atlanta
was Disseminated against in the mat
ter of freight rates. lie disclaimed
any political intent and said he was
acting purely in business capacity.
r. F. Duckworth, for the Farmers
Union, concluded with a brief denial
that the union was inspired by mo-
tiyes Of politics.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
THROUGH AND THROUGH FOR TEDDY
Are Republicans Of the South According
to Report of Hitchcock.

Are Republicans Of the South According
to Report of Hitchcock
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock returned to Washington
Wednesday from the south, where he
has been for the past week, primarily
on an inspection tour Of the south
ern postoflces. Mr.. Hitchcock said he
had only just learned that his trip
had been given political significance
in newspapers in the north, in which
the statement appeared that he was
on mission for the president TO
ascertain nrst hand regarding any
new direction in the republican senti-
ment in the south.
Mr.. Hitchcock denied with empha-
sis that President Roosevelt directed
his movements. 1T is true" he con
tinued, that while my trip was prac-
ticalIy one Of inspection and one
which l had planned months ago,
discussed politics to some extent. This
was only natural, as was called on
by many southern republicans official
ly connected with the government and
otherwise interested.
q saw no evidence to justify pub
lished reports of disafection in the
ranks of some of the republicans in
the south, such as organization of c.
posing movements and that sort, a
thing we have been hearing aboGt
for some time.
in the states I visited, South Car
DINA, Georgia and Florida, the re-
pubIcans are in hearty accord with
the administration. They are Roose-
welt men through and through"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
PICKPOCKETs WORKED.
Gentry of the Light Fingers Reaped Big
Harvest on Opening Day at the
Jamestown Exposition.
JAMESTOWN Exposition

Returns from the operations of
pickpockets during the opening day OF
the jamestown exposition are being
received by the Norfolk police There
are many cases of course which will
never be brought to the attention OF
the authorities. The Powhatan Guards
picked up many DRINKS, and quite a
bunch Of suspicious characters.
w, N. Mitchell, a Virginian by
birth, president of the Georgia com
mission to the exposition and close
personal friend of President Roose-
welt, was relieved of his wallet con
tanning $66, while on a trolley car
en- route to the exposition grounds.
So deftly was the work done that
the wallet was not missed until the
owner had occasion to go into 1t for
some bills while taking in the sights.
r. G. Parks of North Carolina is
making loud, bitter and vindictive
complaints over having purchased
from stranger, for $4,000, the Cit
liens Bank building, on Main street,
the slIyscraper Of which Norfolk is
so proud. The story of Parks is that
he was standing on the street admir-
ing the building when a well-dressed
and most pleasant spoken man APP
preached him with the remark that
he owned the building, which he de.
sired badly to sell because of his urg-
ent need for ready money. He sSid
that he would take $4,000 for the
property. Parks was much interested,'
and after being shown through the
corridors offered to give $1,000. The
stranger, however, who gave the name
Of FL. L. Holmes, declined to accept
this sum- 1t was arranged that Parks
should pay $500 down and be accord
ed a long length of time in which
to meet the deferred payments.
Parks, having nearly $1,000 with him,
peeled the $500 off his roll, and hand
ed it to the affable stranger, who
made precipitate retreat. 1t was not
until several hours later that the
North Carolinian learned that he had
been swindled.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
COPS GUARD TILLMAN
During Delivery of Characteristic Address
in Pittsburg- Some Excitement But
No Trouble Occurred.

AS a precautionary measure twenty
two detectives and squad of uni
formed policemen were stationed in
the Carnegie Music Hall at Pittsburg,
Pa, Wednesday night, during the adj
dress Of Senator Benjamin R. Till
man of South Carolina, who discuss
ed the race problem before the Park
Avende allegheny Athletic Club.
Several incidents occurred, but no
trouble resulted There were but ten
negroes in the audience, which filed
the music hall to overlooking.
At the close Of the address, in which
he declared the races in the south
were gradually becoming more OPP
posed to one another, Senator Tillman
called for a vote of the audience as
to whether the negro was the equal
of the white man. The entire audi
ence, except the ten negroes, voted
in the negative.
One man took exceptions to Till
mans remarks, and made several in
terruptions Tillman made him admit
he came from Europe, and he bitterly
denounced Europeans who undertake
to judge questions concerning this
country.
In discussing whether the negro can
be educated, Senator Tillman declar-
ed that Booker T. Washington was
the harbor of 'sefuge and safety to
which people fee when other places
fail and that Booker T. Washington
was but one negro in ten million and
was half white at that
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
TWO JURYMEN WE'RE OBSTINATE.
Mistrial in Case Of Lyle, Who Murdered
Wife and Baby.

MlstrlaI III case OF Lyle VINO murdered
Wife and Baby.
Just after noon Friday amistrial
was declared in Ware county court
at Waycross, Ca, in the case Of H.
E. Lyle, charged with the murder Of
his wife and baby, last January.
The foreman of the jury declared
to the judge that ten members Of
the jury stood for one verdict, and
two for another, and that the two
members declined to listen to argu-
ments in the matter
The foreman charged the jurors
with having made up their minds be-
fore entering the jury box, and claim
ed that they were prejudiced in favor
of the defense.
Judge Parker dismissed the jury,
and declared that court would hold
over until next week, and that Lyle
would then be tried again. Ten jury
men were for hanging Lyle and two
were for life Imprisonment
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
"BIG STICK" GETS THE CREDIT

For Consummation of Peace Treaty Be-
tween Central Americans.
President Zelaya Of Nicaragua has
given to President Roosevelt person
ally the credit Of having brought about
peace in Central America in the fol
lowing telegram:
"Managua, Nicaragua NApril PSI
President Roosevelt: Peace signed
day before yesterday (Tuesday) at
Amalapala l thank your excellency
for your great work toward achieving
that happy end.
81. s. ZELAY."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
BLooDH0UNDs CORAL FIREBUGs.

Three Negroes, Caught in Crime, are
Chased Down and Captured.
Caught in the act Of setting fire
to the stables of Mr.. S. M. Garrison,
who lives near Charlotte, N. c., in
Steel Creek township, tlfee negroes,
Joe and Ed Cureton and another by
the name OF Pettus, were chased
down by bloodhounds and arrested by
Sheriff Wallace and citizens Of Steel
Greek.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
LABOR MEN MAKING HOWL.
Raise Cain over reddy's Letter Regarding

Raise Cain Over Teddy's Letter Regarding
Haywood and Meyer
The indignation of labor men
throughout the country at the reiter-
ated expressions Of President Roose-
welt condemning Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone was greater Friday than
even Immediately after the publica-
ton Of the presidents views. A strong
statement was male by the executive
committee Of the New York Meyer
Haywood protest conference.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
POSTMASTER IS GIVEN HEARING.
Ousted Tennessee Official Appears Before
Postofice Department

A Washington dispatch says: A. 3.
Hughes, who was recently deposed as
postmaster at Columbia, Tenn, was
given hearing Wednesday by Post
master General Meyer and First AS
sistant Postmaster General Hitchcock.
No conclusion was reached.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
FAKE REPORT IS EXPLODED.
Barrett and Jordan win Not Sail To-
gether for Europe.

National President G. s. Barrett Of
the Farmers Union Will not sail for
Europe in company with President
Harvie Jordan Of the Southern Cotton
Association, as reported, nor have
there been any steps taken looking
to any sort Of combination OF in
terests between the Farmers Union
and the Southern Cotton Association.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
AUXILIARY movE IN TENNESSEE
Anent Receiyorship for the Chattanooga
Southern Railway

gNIIs4NNNAI
The receiyership for the Chatta-
nooga Southern railway created in
Atlanta Tuesday by order Of Judge
Ion A. Pardee Of the United States
circuit cour foe G orgia and Alaba-
ma, was affirmed in the federal court
in Chattanooga Wednesday as to Ten
nessee, auxiliary proceedings having
been instituted in that city to confirm
the appointment made there.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15

After little we did begin to talk
business, and finally agreed that
Beulah should write her father, word
ing her letter as carefully as possible,
to avoid all direct statements, but
showing him that she had made but
little Roadway on the work she had
come north to accomplish. Bob was a
changed being now; so, too, was Beu-
lah Sands. Both discussed their hopes
and fears with a frankness in strange
contrast to their former manner. But
there. was one point on which Bob
showed he,was holding back. l finally
put it to him bluntly: Bob, are you
working out anything that looks like
real relief for Miss Sands and her
father?"
Il don't know how to answer you,
Jim. can only say / have some ideas,
radical ones perhaps, but-well, am
thinking along certain lines"
saw he was not yet willing to take
us into his confidence. We parted,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15

the library as II she were child. He
then reads to her-and he knows good
books as well as he knows his friends.
After he takes mother back to her
room, he gives an hour to our people,
the blacks of the plantation and his
white tenants throughout the county.
He is father to them all. He settles
all their troubles, big and little. Then
for hours he and go over his business
affairs. Every afternoon from four to
five he devotes to his estates and the
men and women for whom he acts as
trustees. He has often said to me:
We have clear million of money and
property, and that Is all any man
should have in America. It is all he
is entitled to under our form of gov
eminent. Any more than that an
honest man should In one way or an
other return to the people from whom
he has taken 1t. never want my
family to- have more than million
dollars When he went into the Sea-
board affair, he explained to me that
1t was to assist the Wilsons--they
were old friends, and he acted as their
solicitor for years--in building up the
south. He discussed with me the
right and advisability of puttingsin the
trust funds. He said he considered 1t
his duty to employ them as he did his
own in enterprises that would aid the
whole people of the south, instead of
sending them to the north to be used
In Wall street as betting for the 'Sys-
tenn grinder. These fortunes were
made In the south by men who loved
their section OF the country more than
they did wealth. and why should they
not be employed to benefit that part
Of the country which their makers and
owners loved? remember wildly
how perplexed he was when, at the be-
ginning. the Wilson's would show him
that the investments were returning
unusually large pr0its.
"It 10 not right Beulah. be said To
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15
SALT CELLAR OF LONG Ago.
Was Distinctive Mark Of Caste In the
Middle Ages.

y ~ . D.. + 3 D T Z
"1'his is a medieval salt cellar" said
the antiquary. 1T is huge. n Is shaped
like castle, It Ia solid silver and the
price-but what is the use telling the
price to you? Very magnificent. EN-?
In the middle age, you know, the salt
cellar was the principal table orna-
ment. Guests sat above or below the
salt as they. were prominent or the
reverse. Where do you think you'd
have sat. Ell? Queer table manners
they had in those days. The fastidious
had individual knives. forks and
spoons. but the common people ate
with their fingers. Yau helped yonrs
self from the general dish with your
own spoon II you had one. but II you
were very, very fastidious you licked
the spoon clean first The food was
queer-rich. rank food-swans, herons,
porpoises. garlic. verjuice, saffron.
There was mead and wine in floods
and ushers stood about whose duty
1t was to lead to convenient couches
such guests as had dined too we'll
These ushers. being overworked. were
continually striking for more pay. The
hours were queer, too. Breakfast.
dawn; dinner, ten o'clock; supper, four
o'clock In the afternoon"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15

Bob going along in the cab with Miss
Sands.
Two days afterward she sent for US
both as soon as we got to the office.
II have this telegram from father
1t makes me uneasy: Mailed to-day
important letter. Answer as soon as
you receive"
The following afternoon the letter
came. 1t showed Judge Sands in
very nervous, uneasy state. He said
he had been living a life of daily ter
ror as some of his friends, for whose
estates he was trustee, had been re-
ceiving anonymous letters. advising
them to look into the judges trust af-
fairs; that the Remnant crowd had
been using renewed pressure to make
him let go all his Seaboard stock,
which they wanted to secure at the
low prices to which they had de-
pressed it, in order that they might re-
organize and carry out the scheme
they had been so long planning. Judge
Sands went on to say that the day he
was compelled to sell his Seaboard
stock he would have to make public
an announcement of his condition, as
there could be no sale without the
courts consent. His closing was:
My dear daughter, no one knows better
than the almost hopelessness of expect
ing any relief from your operations But
so hopeless have become of late, so
much am 1 reliant upon you, my dear
child, and eternal hope 30 springs in all
of us when confronted with great neces-
stiles. that I have hoped and still hope
that you are to be the savior of your
family; that you. only a frail child, are
through Gods marvellous workings to be
the one to save the honor of that name
we both love more than life; the one to
keep the wolf OF poverty from that door
through which so far has come nothing
but the sunshine OF prosperity and hap
piness: the one. my dear Beulah. who Is
to save your old father from dishonored
grave. Dear child, forgive me for plac-
ing upon your weak shoulders the addi-
tional burden of knowing am now help
less and compelled to rely absolutely
unon YOU. After YOU have read my letter.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15

me one morning after receiving 4 iekl
ter from Baltimore to the effect that
Seaboard stock and bondsy bad 4Ad
vanced until dflis finvestth eht sshb6ed
over SO per cent. profit, 1t Is not right
Tor us to make this money. No man
In America should make cvef legal
rates OF interest and d fair profit on
an investment, that is, an Investment
OF capital pure and simple, particu.
larly in a transportation company,
where every dollar Of profit comes
from the people Who patronize the
lines l have worked 1t out on every
side, and 1t is not right 4 would mot
be legal IL the people, WHO make the
laws for their own betterment, UNI
derstood their affairs as they. should.
He was always writing to the Will
sons to conduct the affairs of the Sea-
board so that there, would be remain
ing each day only profits enough to
keep the road up and the wharves in
good condition and to pay the annual
interest and, fair, dividend. And
when the Wilson's came to our house
to lay before him the offer of Rein.
hardt and his fellow plunderers to
pay enormous profits for the control
Of the Seaboard, he was indignant and
argued with them that the offer was
an Insult to honest men. It was he
who advised the trusteeship control
of the Seaboard stock to prevent
Remnant from securing control. I sat
in the library when he talked to the
elder Wilson and the directors.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15
) Pe-ru-l1a Useful
for cafarrh?

Sh0ulQ 8 uSC OF the 1Q&r0o1eu1 OF 10s
runa be unlimited ito any medical ex.
BERT 6fwhasever sohool Or nationality
he would Be- obliged to admit without
reserve thateaoh one Of them wns ofun.
doubted value In chronic catarrhal dis
eases, and had stood the test Of many
years experience III the treatment Of
snch diseases. THERE CAN BE NO
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT.
EVER Peruna is composed ofthe most
ef1cacions and universally used herbal
remedies for oatarrh. Every ingredient
Of Peruna has q reputation Of Its own
in the cure Of some phase Of catarrh
Poruna brings to the homo the COM.
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat.
ment of catarrhal diseases; brings 10
the home the scientific skill and knowl-
edge ofthe modern pharmacist; and Last
butnotlcast brings to the home thevast
and varied experience Of DR.. Hartman,
tnthe useof catarrh remedies, and In the
treatment Of catarrhal diseases.
The fact Is, chronic catarrh is dis.
ease which Is very prevalent Many
thousand people know they lave
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case Is one Of chronic
catarrh. It may be ofthe nose, throat
lungs, stomach or some other internal
organ. There is no doubt as to the ma
ture Of the disease. The only trouble
Is the remedy. This doctor has triedt to
cure them. That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
BUT THEY ALL FAILED 70
BRING ANY RELIEF.
Or. Hartman's idea Ia that a catarrh
remedy can be made on a largo scale,
as no is making it; that it can be madc
honestly, Of the purest drugs and Of
the strictest uniformity. His idea Ia
that this remedy can besupplied direct
~ to the people, and nomcre be charged
,,fors 1t than is necessary flor the
haudlinGe fits 80
10 other household remedy 10 uni.
Ivenally advertised carries 1pon the
label the principal active constituents,
showingthat Fortuna invites the fill
inspection Of the critics.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15
A campaIan 81 "NapaInu..

BY constant nagging at the drabbi.
ness and dinginess Of masculine cloth
ing some attempt is being made to
impart little color to 1t. Suits of
distinct hues. like green and purple,
will be urged upon man. With little
more persuasion and perseverance, we
may even get him in good time into
something a trife more picturesque
In design than his present garments.
--Lady's- Pictorial.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-15

II there is no hope. command you to tell
me SO at once, for although am now
financially and almost mentally helpless
am HtillFa 9ahlA and there ha4 pever
yet been one OF the ilaiie who shirked his
duty, however stern and painful It might
be.Ss,l F7n fyi
When ! handed the letter back to
Miss Santls, she said:
"Mr. Randolph, let me tell you and
Mr.. BROMLEY q little about my father
and our. home, that you may see our
situation as It Is. Ny father is one of
the noblest men that ever lived. i am
not the only one who says that--if you
were to ask the people OF our state to
name the one man who had done most
for the state as state, most for her
progressive betterment, most for her
people high and low, white and black.
they would answer, Judge Lee Sands
He has been, and is. the idol OF our
people. After he was graduated from
Harvard. he entered the law office Of
my grandfather, Senator Robert Lee
Sands. Before he was 80 he was in
congress and was, even then reputed
the greatest orator of our state, where
orators are SO plentiful. He married
my mother. his second cousin, Julia
Lee, OF Richmond, at Is. and from
then until the attack Of that ruthless
money shark. led life such as a true
man would map out for himself II his
Maker granted him the privilege. You
would have to visit at our home to APP
preciate my fathers character and to
understand how terrible this sorrow is
to him. Every morning Of his life he
spends an hour after breakfast with
my dear mother, who is cripple from
hip disease. He takes her in his arms
and brings her down from her room to