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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
RATE ORDER MADE
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION Is-
 SUED THE FORMAL ORDER.
Statutory Rates Are To Go Into Ef- /. fect--Fetition For Discontinu-
 .s anee or station Ia De-

] The formal order putting into ef- feet the two and one-half cent pas sepger fare and the statutory freight rates enacted by the last Legislature was issued lest night by the Alabama Railroad Commission.
 The order affects the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern Railway and it's allied lines.
 The order for these rates to go into effect April is perfunctory, follow ing an acaufesence few months ago by the railroads named in the new WIS. which are being resisted in the Federal Court by certain other roaos, The acauiesence came from specia. agreement between the Governor anu executive officers aof the railroads.
 Another decision. of the commission was not to interfere in the case or the Postal Telegraph Company vs. BIT mingham Terminal Company. in which the former wanted equal rights witn the Western Union Telegraph Compe- ny, The Postal people petittoned Tor the right to run wires into the new station at Birmingham. The commits sion. Associate Harris dissenting. de- cided it had no jurisdiction in the case
 .It was announced that the petitions for closing agencies at Patton ana Hardwick had been withdrawn by the railroads, and the request to close the agency at Gamer was denied. Other petitions on the docket were contin- ued.
 The commission adjourned. last night. - . j tss, s-5l ,-4 -ssl.,. r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03

v I- taxed under another provision of the code We cannot see how the law can be interpreted to apply to loans to policy h holders on their com tracts with the company. because that is money going to the policy holder and is capital employed by him if by any body. In nine times ont of ten ne uses 1t to pay his premium then due as the loans are usually made on the anniversaries of the policies. I have laid the matter before our Home Office and they have referred 1t to an attor- ney here. Our counsel at once advised me not to pay the tax. not even under prctest.''
 This is the law which is to be as- tackled by the railroads in friendly suits. to be brought in the next thirty days. The railroeds to do deny that the terms of the act apply to thenf The application to them Is -uneauivocaL but the fight on the law is to test the constitutionality of the act. The Louisville and Nashville. the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern Railway have paid the, taxes under protest with the understanding that the Probate Judges in Montgomery and Jefferson counties will hold up the money until the final adjudication of the matter in the courts.
 In payment of this tax the Louis vile and Nashville turned over S2S.- 900 to Judge Gaston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
TELEPHONE LINES
EXPERT TALKS OF THEIR USE AND
 EXTENSION.
L. c. Parker Tells of Advance of His Com pany Into Alabama. Came to
 Appear Before Com a... .f naleaiQn.

An interesting figure which appeared be- fore the Aiabama Railroad Commission yesterday vas that of l.. c. Parker, of Lou isvilles Ky, one of the telephone leaders of the Independent line of the United States.
 MT. Parker came to file the annual tariff of the Long Distance Telephone and Teie- grah Company. embodying the rates for AL abama during the current year. The Com mission is inclined to approve the rates without much hesitation after listening to . lengthy statement from Mir. Parker about the new enterprise in this State. Mir. Par ker left last night for his headquarters in Louisville.
 In presenting his tariff for the approval of the Railroad Commission. Parker. who is general manager of the Independent lines had occasion to give some of the history graph Company in Alabama. This was requested In order to prove the reasona- bieness of the rates. which. as in any other enterprise. is based on the net income from the operations In the territory in question.
 Mir. Parker's management extends over the independent telephone lines that form a network in the States of Tennessee. Ken lucky, Indiana and are to develop Alabama lust as infensively. The independent long distance people have been operating in Ala barnas, only since July 1. 1907. The con struction of the lines which run out of Bir- fninsham northward. began about two and q half years ago. There are In Alabama about ITO miles at present.
 t''The cost Of construction of our lines in Alabama' said Mir. Parker yesterday, -'was s202o0o. We have been operating in Aia- bama for some six months. That is as far as our accounting shows. we have been op- erating for six months In arriving at an equitable basis for fixing our talking rates on the Alaabma lines. have figured that the telephone property which makes up the majority of this cost depreciates annually at thesra of about 10 per cent. To be lib- eral, have computed at the rate of per cent. or to renew the circuits entirely once every twelve months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
ACCIDENT TO MRS. mm0wN.
EufauIn Woman FaIls and nreaha Hel Arm. -

kSut1ulM N0MnNM EHtA3 anu AkEAAA4 EHEH Arm.
 Eufauia: March x-(special J--kErs. E.. L. Brown. of this city, is suffering from broken arm. the result of an ac~ ctieut that befeii her yesterday after- noon.
 Mrs Brown was walking about her room when she had occasion to reach for something and lost her balance. falling heavily on her left aide Her left arm was broken just above the wrist.
 U. W. Crew. swho died at the home of his sister in Clio. was not buried in EIamvile as the information was is quite sick and 1t has been learned that one of his children is in a critical learned here but in Clayton. Ills wifs condition with slight hopes of reeov- cry.
 A meeting of women has been called Tuesday evening for the purpose of ar- ranging for an exhibit of flowers to be grown by the school children and ladies and to be placed on exhibition during the ChautauQua here next June.
 It is proposed to make this an espe- cial feature and handsome prizas will be awarded the best exhibits. The mil itary band of the city has also been SC cured to furnish music for the occs sion.
 The Joi de Vie Club of girls was en- tertained this afternoon by Miss Ethel Wood at her parents home on HighIend Avenue. Cards and other games were indulged :n and refreshments added ta the enjoyment of the occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
ss,Wlong Tickee-- Wong Washee, 7
 But Police Took Jong Ching

out q string of consonants. as though he was trying to sprinkle the bosom of dress shirt in readiness for the iron. What Jong Ching was trying to say was that Gerrity had the wrong number-that the ticket had come from some other laundry. He was try ing to tell him that his laundry Issued no such series of laundry tickets.
 But Gerfity was skepticai. Bret Harte says:''
 For ways that are dark and tricks that
 are vain.
 The Heathen Chinee is peculiar"
 That's the way that Gerrity felt about 1t. He told his troubles to policeman and the celestial with the chiming name was pull ed" Now Judge Baber faces delcate ju- dicial question Was the laundry ticket is- sued by the laundry in which Jong Ching works? Nobody at Police Headquarters can read q laundry ticket and with all due re- spect H is' doubtful if the Recorder will be able to decipher the firecracker sign His decision is being awaited with great inter- est The case will be settled Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03

The poitce. had an unusual case yesterday. They had chinaman arrested charged with theft chinamen are not often ar rested on that charge. <s
 Thsre may be a mistake about 1t and the Chinaiuan may be innocent He swears by sconfucious and the sacred shades of his ancestors that he is not guilty. His guilt or innocence depends upon the genuinencss of q laundry ticket held by ". N. Gerrity Jong Ching. the Chinaman in question. helps to run . laundry at 10 North Perry Street.
 Gerrity says he went in there several days ago and left . bundle of clothes. re ceiving In exchange something that looked like a tea sign or firecracker advertise mens He folded the ticket away until he thought his wash ought to be ready. When he went back he said the chinaman repu- dated the ticket The Chinaman continues to repudiate the ticket until this good hour
 "wlongr tickee--wiongs washes." said the chinamah.
 Ths chInaman; became excited and spat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
TO ARRANGE FOR VETS.
Committee Meets in Birmingham TOday
 to Plan for Reunion.

Committee Meets in Birmingham Today
 to Plan for Reunion.
 Birmingham, March 2.-(Special.)- The executive committee of the Con- federate Veterans reunion will meet Tuesday at. 3 o'clock in the Commer- cial Club rooms for the purpose of transacting q great deal of important business in connection with the forth coming reunion.
 Fred Innes, manager of the famous Innes band. will be at the meeting and present a proposition to hold Q musi- cal festival sometime in May. a part of the proceeds to go to the Commit tee to be used in defraying the ex- penses of the reunion. In the event that MT. Innes's proposition is accept ed. some arrangement will be made with, him for a festival of three or four days some time before the reunion. Mir. Innes proposes to devote an entire week to the festival.
 At the meeting Tuesday Joseph B. Babb, Secretary of the Commercial Club, will submit his report on his vis- 1t to Nashville where he went last week for the purpose of gathering informa- tion on how that city so successfully entertained the veterans in their re- union four years ago.
 A number of committees who will have charge of special lines of work in connection. with the reunion, will be appointed. and their work outlined at the meeting.
 Camp Clayton. United Sons of Vet erans will meet with the committee for the purpose of receiving further in- structions as to their work for the re- union.
 The finance committee which has been meeting the same day on which the executive committee met will not meet until Friday afternoon of this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
tts-sf HAVE FAILED
 TO PAY TAX Reinsurance Companies Hold Up Payment. PROTEST OF TIE RAILROADS They Pay the Tax, But Will Bring
 Suit.
 state offlsiai. Agree with Position of Insurance Compaaies-Raii-
 so-d suit. wnI Be Fned <
PROTEST OF TIE RAILROADS

Enc license stubs of Probate Judge !. B. Gaston. of Montgomery County, bore no evidence yesterday that any insurance company had remitted the thus scores of the companies doing business in Montgomery have rendered themselves liable to prosecution un- less County Tax Commissioner w M BInkeys should recede. from his posi- ton of few days ago.
 According to the law giving sixty days of grace to corporations In when to pay their franchise taxes. the time limit for the current year has expired on. those companies, which began do-
 ing business January 1. Yesterday was the last opportunity for. the pay ment Of the foreign franchise tax.
 As to whether this failure of the insurance companies to pay the fran chise tax will bring on controversy win depend on the attitude in the future of the State Tax Commission. It 1t is understood that as soon as, the Tax Commission meets again the mat ter will be brought especially to It's attention by County Tax Commission CT Blakey.
 Several days ago, 1t will be recalled, Commissioner Blakey cited the Mont gomery agents of all insurance com panies to show cause why their respec- tfNe CUFpOF4ttouB sn8u~t81Otcu- ttfe -tn" of, the Legislature which imposed fFanchise tax due January l, on all foreign corporations doing business in Alabama. This tax is on the amount of~ capital employed in the State of AIabama and is graded on the basis of twenty five per cent on the first one hundred dollars. five per cent on the remainder of any aniorint less one thousand and more than one hundred dollars, and for all amounts ovef &1,000 the tax is one tenth of one per cent.
 State Officers AIeof.
 Z If action on the part of the State is taken against the insurance agents for ignoring this law. 1t must come from the State Tax Commission as Attorney General Alex M. Garber and Insurance Commissioner Frank N. Julian are both of the opinion that the franchise tax law is not ap- piicable to the insurance companies. They do not believe that the moneys collected. by the insurance companies in premiums and for the carrying on. of insurance in the usual manner con stitute capital employed" in the sense intended by the legislators. The Att torney General gave an opinion to the State Insurance Commissioner to this effect and on this opinion Commission CT Julian will stand.
 T do not know how 1t can be said that our company is employing capital ia the State" said the general agent of q IRrga life insurance company yes terday. saThe money invested in real estate mortgages certainly does not fall under this franchise tax as 1t is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
EVANGELIST TOOK SUBJECT
 FROM SERMON ON THE MOUNT

srba cloudy weather, and the slight .anrinItIe of last night doubtless pre- Vented many from heating the two .evanKelists of the Christian Church. at the .Auditorium who are endeayoring n h,,ild up church of their faith Tn tSa -cttv Those who did venture out yvara more than repaid by the address which was delivered. Mir. 'Dubber IS an orator, of, no mean ability, ana ms address of last night was closeiy TOT lowed. 2sth verse Of the sixth chapter or sL Mark, the sermon on the mount, ana from this he exhorted his hearers ny. . fos ihe careful for worldly things, drew . cnyonarison between the human life and the lily of Nthe field, laying great atrass upon what could be done Wlth trts fife through the mind and energy vvhIchl God had given to- the body.
 He explained' carefully what God meant when he said take no thought of the morrow. ..,as,. , .eF4e did not mean for man, to be idle' as,d, fine evangelist, but He did mean n,f -to worry or to, be troubled over the little things of life. The lily sdid not noind inc storms and heavy rains, put bowed before theun and afterwaro liLt- cd Ifs head to tbe sun.
 The person who was continually harping upon his personal troupies others the evangelist compared wltn i the street cleaner who but cohecteo nith to heap it somewhere etse. ,,..
 To close his address the evangelist racited fine. poem of the poet to the iilv .in which the lily answered tns poets question as to where 1t obtained
 Mr. Duber and Mir. seigle while in Montgomery will be found al. the sum mers Hotel and will be glad to. nave anyone Interested in their work' .os T,I,o can assist them in their searcn sor u,an1bers of the Christian church. to t caiI upon them or let them know where they may call. .;,it / Tine services at the auditorium VII he held every night at T;4S o'clock un- Fil further notice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
IS STILL A MYSTERY.
No.s,nr Learned of Man Who Died of Wounds.


 Decatur. March 2-(speciallZf or f,cals here have made an investiga- ton ton with a view to throwing some iiSht3 on the mystery surrounding tne death of the strange man. WiiRins, ov.ae' Mao Sied a few days ago on the Tennessee river near Town Creek. but up to tnls time nothing can be learned sof the man. ,. . 1ho og. s.at,o ,oS fonr knife wounds and two pis- toI @ wounds and that he carried the secret of how he got these wounds to his grave hoo.. |. rsohaw ofyMr.. Elom, the city taller of Decatur but MT. Elom and none Of the county officials know of spch man ss Wilkins. If the man boarded the train here for Town Creek on the morninR he arrived at Town Creek, as has been reported. none of the railroad men or people employed around the union station here remember seeing such a man at the station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
CAR AND WAGON COLLIDE.

A collision between an Oak Park car and a transfer wagon belonging to HayEoods Transfer Company, occurred yesterday afternoon about s:S0. The accident happened at the corner of Commerce and Blob Streets. ''
 The wagon was driven by a',negro and was loaded with trunks bound for the station. The negro drove directly across the track in front Of an ap- preaching car, the rear portion of the wagon, being struck by the fender of the car. The damage to the wagon was slight, and the car was 5uninjured. G. B. Welch. the motorman, and John Bell, the driver, were both arrested. charged with collision.
 oficers Thompson and Cloud made the arrests. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
Teachers of Morgan.

Decatur. March 2.-(speclal)-The Morgan County Teachers Institute will be held at Falkville on March 27 and 2s. The address will be delivered by Miss Ava Ponder and the response to the address of welcome will be by Prof. S. A. Swindall. A number of addresses twill be delivered by some of the best known educators in North Alabama. and numerous papers on va rfous educational topics will be read during the two days session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
WIll RaIar9e . PIant .

Admission, March -(6pecial) )--Plans for the extension of the building of the plant of the Planter's Manufacturing Company are now being prepared by Architect C. w. Carlton. As soon as they are perfected the contract will be awarded and the work of construction will be commenced as early as possi- ble and pushed to rapid completion. The new building will be 160 feet in length, the same width as the present building and three stories in height.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
DEATHS IN ALABAMA
w. w. FaulIk, enc.

Eufaula. March Especial )--News of the death of William Wright Faulk which occurred yesterday at his home in Clio was received here this. morn ing.
 Mir. Faulk died under peculiar condi- tions which greatly surprised his friends. He had just finished his noon day meal and reclining in his chair was apparently sleeping when discov- cred by his daughter.
 Mir. Faulk had been in feeble health for the past twelve months and was occupying a home with his son-in-law, William Ethridge. About noon yester- day his meal was taken to his bed room and placed beside his chair. While the family was in the dining room they thought he called and MT. Eth ridge attended but upon opening the door to his room saw him apparently sleeping and did not disturb him. When Mrs. EthridRe entered the room half an hour later he was still occupying tha same position but had been dead for perhaps an hour.
 MT. FauIk suffered from some heart affection which it is thought brought about his death. He was about sixty years old and was widely known hay ing for some years served as night watchman of the convicts during R 2 D. Fields management of them. He was A consecrated member of the church and was loved by a wide circle of warm friends.
 The funeral occurred this morning :, He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Ethridge and Mrs. A. l.. Mo- Lean. of Clio, and some grand chil- dren.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
MAY ABOLISH OFFICE.
Marked Reductien in the Collections
 for Revenue.

Birmingham. March 2.-v(special)-- Such heavy reduction Is noted in the collections by the internal revenue col Iector for Alabama, that some appre- hension is expressed that the office in this State Is likely to9 be< abolished. y
 The report of collections for the month of February show a falling off ot nearly TO per cent as compared to the collections last February.
 The prohibition wave throughout the State with prohibition in effect in some of the larger. counties. is given as the cause of the great reduction in collec- tions. The total collections for, last month amount to si0. 1s6.22 sas against $32.07f.30 for the same month a year ago.
 Both the beer and the spirit stamps issued amount to less than $3.00o where double that amount was collected Feb ruarys of last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
ELEcTIoN N NoTAsULGA.
J. P. slaton Is Chosen Masor of tl

J. P. siaton Is Chosen Mayor of the t. .fa Town. eEs
 Notasulga. March 2. 1special)-An election was held here today for may or and town councilmen. Everything passed off quietly.
 J. P Slaton was elected mayor and w. J.. Bridges, w, A. Stevenson, s. A. Wood: A. NJ Cameron and H. M. Jones were elected councilmen.
 cry of the Nofasulga oil Mfll will cause a suspension of work for sew efal days.
 Miss Olive Addison. after an absence of several months. returned home to- day.
 Every body is taking advantage of the beautiful weather and are planting their gardens.
 Over one hundred tons of fertili- gers were hauled out today by farm CTS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
FORMBY BROUGHT BACK. co,aea From Texas tO Answer Charge of Seduction.

Anniston. March 2.-(Special)-- sberiff W. c. LeGrande has returned from sherman. Tex. having in custody I. N Formby, wanted here to answer the charge of seduction.
 Upon arrival Formby found friends awaiting him with bond signed and, after affxing signatures he was re- leased. He left for his home In Fled mont last night.
 His bond was for his, appearance be- fore Judge Crook next Friday. but as the grand jury Is now in session that body may at once begin an investiga- ton of the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
W. E. Lay,, Enterpriae.

Enterprise. March. 2.-(Special.)- W. D. Law died this morning at g o'clock He had been sick with pneu- monia for about ten days and the dis ease took a stronger hold on him day after day until death claimed him. l Mir. Law was one of the most popular and influential citizens in the State. At the time. of his death he was presi- dent of the. First National Bank of En- terpfise, president of the w. E. Law Mercantile Company. president of the Law-Warren Company. livery stables, besides having a large land interest In the county sss
 He was a noble. generous christian
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
For nfaxor of Annlrten

Anniston, March 2.--(Special. .)-Dr. J .s. L. wikie is a candidate for mayor Of the1 city of Apniston. This state. ment was authorized by pr. wilxIe when questioned as to whether he had reached a decision in the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
.gaeIxson Csunty Deatha.

Stevenson. March B. Especial AEias Ruby Hazel Hall. daughter of Mfr. and Mrs. Clarence Hall. died Sunday morn ing. of whooping cough. Her remains will be taken to McMahan's Cove ou Monday for interment.
 Miss Jennie Holder. the 1g-year~oId daughter of Mir. and Mrs. James Hold er died yesterday after a long illness. Her remains were taken to Doran'A Cove for burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
prr.. w. H. MlIlu, BIrmIngham.

Birmingham, March ?. (SpeciaD--Af. fer an illness extending over many months. Mrs. W. H. Mills. aged ga years. died this morning at 2;s0 o'clock at the home of her parents. Mir. and Mrs. W. H. Naff. on Huntsville avenue
 For some time rqelatives and friends realized that the coming of death was Inevitable, but this knowledge did ht- tie to soften the blow.
 For many years prior to her marri' age. Mrs. Mills was a resident of Birm' inRham, but of late has lived in Hale" burg. returning here to be with her pae rents. brothers and sisters when 1t be- came evident that there was no hope of her recovery.
 The funeral exercises will be held at the home of Mir. and Mrs Naff Tues dsy afternoon at s:S0 o'clock. and the body will he placed in the family vault in Oak Hill cemetery.
 Besides her husband and little son. Burney Mills, and her parents. Mrs. Mills is survived by the following brothers and. sisters: Dr. J. M. Naff Montevallo, Ala; Mrs. Hardy Jones, Cromwell. Ala: Mrs. W. p. Hansber- ger, Birmingham; W. T. Nan. Jackson,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
Chariea Ramsny, Greensboro.

:. .Grensborosr March f2.--(Spectal.)--- Charles Ramsay died at one o'clock yesterday ofheart failure. ! Although he.had been' in poor health for several years. the end came suu- denly.
 The deceased was nearly sixty years old. and was a gallant Confederate soldier
 He married some years ago, Miss Lily Dorunan. who with two daughters, Misses HurteIine Ramsay and Odalis Ramsay and "a son. Charles Ramsay survive him. @
 Mir. Ramsay was a member of the Methodist church and the funeral services will be conducted at his late residence by the Rev. Henry Trawick.
 Among out of town relatives to at- tend the funeral are Miss RosadeI Barco .Fof Mobile, Amasa StolIenwerclx of New Orleans and Robert Ramsay of Mississippi.