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The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

Grantland Rice says: Twenty-seven
thousand dollars for Miss Gould's trous-
seau-fgu-ed from Charley Ebbet's view
point. that amount of change would COM
plete the purchase of Jos select ball play
ers-or from Mr.. Raymond's late angle,
would comprise in even figures $4,000
beers It almost seems a waste Of fairly
good coin.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

Besides Bryan Morse. George Washing
tons good-looking quarterback. some 200
Washingtonians will attend the Fifth
Regiment meet in Baltimore next Satur-
day night.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Basis OF Delegates for Repubaic&n
National Convention - National
Committee wm Meet I'm Washing
ton, December f2th.
New York. Oct 2s.-The call for
the Republican National Convention
TO be issued By the National Com
mittee when IL meets In Washington
December 12th will provide for l.
os4 delegates. TO be increased 10 l.
072 IL Arizona and New Mexico be-
come States before the Convention is
held.
The increase from $50 delegates
which comprised the Chicago conven-
ton of 1908 Is the result OF the re-
apportionment by Congress, which
increases the size OF the House OF
Representatives from 3SI to 433
members or ABS with the two new
States. A table showing the appor-
tionment of the delegates to the 1912
convention has been prepared by
combined publicity headquarters OF
the Republican National Committee
and the Republican Congressional
Committee. These arrangements are
expected to be adopted without
change by the committee.
The basis Of delegates for the Re-
publican Convention is four at large
in each State and two for each Con-
gressional District.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
Constable Kills Brother of Former
Chief-of-Police of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville, N. c.. Oct. 25.-R. j.
Chason, of Parkton, brother of Chief
of-Police Chason of this city, who
was killed here three years ago by
Tim Walker, negro blind tiger, was
shot and instantly killed this after
noon by Township Constable AL. J.
Pate, after Chason had inflicted what
may prove fatal wound on the Of
flcer, as result of row between
Chason and youthful lemonade ven
der outside the grounds of the Fay
etteville Fair The lemonade man, in
the rush of the Homecoming crowds
split some lemonade on a woman's
dress, when Chason, who was said to
be intoxicated, took the matter UP
and attacking the vender, stabbed
him in the back. Constable Pate in
tervened to save the life of ths
younger man and received the knife
| in his own throat. He fired and kill
ed his attacker almost instantly.
Pate was removed to the High
smith Hospital, where he is now ly
ing in a precarious State.
The coroner's jury acting In thi.
case rendered a verdict that Chaser
came to his death at the hands Of
A. J. Pate. recommending that the
| affair be thoroughly Investigated.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

With this yield per acre there
would be produced on a ten-acre field
40 tons OF green peavines which, il
cut to pieces with sharp disk har-
row, plowed under, and thoroughly
incorporated with the whole soil stra-
tum, would add to this field about
$50 pounds OF nitrogen and render
available $40 pounds of phosphate
and about $50 pounds of potash.
By thus using the pea crop as
green manure the farmers gets from
the air as much nitrogen in the first
ten inches OF the soil of his 10-acre
field as he would get from Sc tons
OF manure or from 16 tons of an
S-2-2 fertilizer. He gets as much
phosphate rendered available to the
succeeding crop as he would get from
150 tons OF manure or from 1 L.
tons OF an 8-1-2 fertilizer. The
potash thus rendered available liz
equal to that obtained from over 100
tons OF manure. or from nearly 10
tons or an 8-2-2 fertilizer. And
the humus obtained from this amount
OF vegetable matter turned into the
SOIL will be sufficient to feed bacte-
r1ai lie for years to come and will
add immensely to mechanical condi-
lions and water-holding capacity OF
the land.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
PLACED VICTIM ON RAILROAD
TRACK.
Ed. Hodgin i'm Jail at High Point
Charged With the Murder of John
LOvett.

Ed. Hodgin i'm Jail at High Point
Charged With the Murder of John
Lovett.
A special from High Point to Sun
days Charlotte Observer says:
This morning between 5 and 6
o'clock, as he was bringing his two
young daughters to town to go to
their daily workf Ed. Hodgin was
arrested by Chief B. c. Hodgin and
Deputy Sheriff j. L. Parrish of this
city on a charge OF the murder of
John Lovett, whose body was found
in terribly mangled condition by a
section master on the morning of the
18th near Mendenhall's crossing, on
the main line of the Southern Rail-
way, several miles northeast Of High
Point.
your correspondent knew for
over a week that Hodgin was under
strong suspicion and that circum-
stantial evidence, 1t was said, seemed
to point strongly to his guilt. For
some reason or other the authorities
were a little slow to take the in
itiative in the matter. This may have
been for want Of evidence which they
thought was lacking when the man
gled body was found. Evidently Low
EFT was run over during the night.
But it was also apparent that the
man must have been dead for several
! hours before being placed on the
railroad tracks, as there was scarcely
any loss of blood. This, and several
other very suspicious circumstances
led Chief Ridge and his assistants
to the conclusion that there was fou
play. And, when all the evidence
circumstantial and otherwise-is in
it will no doubt prove that they wer,
correct in their surmises.
"The motive for the murder o
Lovett, if murder it was, was thu
robbery of $13S, which was know
to have been on the person of tn,
dead man, and which was MISSING
when his body was found.
"Hodgin was brought direct to tn
police station early this morning b
the officers, while his daughters drov
on to their work. He is a widowel
with five or six children, his wifi
having died three or four years ago.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
President Taft Will Review Large
Fleet i'm Hudson River To-Day.

New York, Oct. 28.-'President
Taft is coming to review the feet, -
the news flashed late to-day along the
five mile line of the great army of
war vessels in the Hudson River,
gave officers and men pleasureable
thrill and induced re-doubling of eff
forts to get everything spiek and
span for the review, now set for
Thursday, November 2.
Announcement of the Presidents
coming was good news, too, on land.
1t promised, aside from the pleasure
of a Presidents visit, lengthening
of the fleets stay and more spectacu-
lar display of naval evolutions than
had been expected
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

TIE rvs3Ess - kaxs.s -.
sAs fsxs sA&s sAs Aa-s. ssk
80 sssassas q sas 49, a -
o. sn s"svs~sf.a 'sr~@s.x -
assslssaE so< e@Ir = Ns-.s =
sss evsr tAa sksss a. -
asora SO rs<sssw he 49,. =
laass sssli fwrtAss a. - y -
owes~xaip % tAs=s a. 80
asassea ssas series * assasa.. :.
siais assseas 81 sssl las-.e,.. -
expect 20 take - a. eaa. =
sitics Tat Il ssss Has So ~.
Ike . Pail ever 10 Tara, = 49,
Carolina. II g.. 7-ssss.
culture. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

SsNS@ Ss " 1sse IA@sy a. g..
sss-fh"~- cs~~r"~ sA-s
amha.h.
BaFiiaxton. ost- ia \ -.
and sensational affair oxxv.~..,
yesterday moTnInx aso=, -. -.
when Dan Austin. . Hexrs a.
years old. shos JIn ws.f=,.
Is years OF age. Tasy So.
drinking AID had Eoae II =.
house. where theY ws-s -
themselves and passing sslm
negro took onense 81 he xAs,. -
jokes and drew ou, a piss a.
three shots. one pAssiag tArOxss =
boys left eye. one throzxA 90,
and the third through ii. sis
Squire r. J. Hall and D<sst, -
if c. d. Storey oclnx sasss.. :
phone. went at once 10 ,as -.
house. where they foand ala -.
ing ready for speedy aixAi ~
arrested him and carried AIN &C.
ham. where he Ii safely lmsrss,.,
Workman has a widowed me.A.. ).
Ing here. and great sympathy !. IS
for her In her deep dlstrcAA -.
is no hope for the boys recover
Thos. NJ. Crompton Shot Frum A..
bush.
The following story o. aszA..
crime committed In AiAmancs oeu..,
was printed in Tuesdays Gseeas.e-.
News:
Thomas NJ. Cromp,on. 8 al,
man. OF Ossipee Mills. In Alazss.
county, was brought TO ST. Leos ia
pital Sunday and e1amlnssz
showed that he was paraiyEea s.us
the hip down as the result Of r.,
shot wound received In the bach sx-
urday night. Crompton Is repors
TO be in very critical eondiilos -
his recovery is very doubtful
.Crompton declares that be vi
several friends. went o'possum kEs..
Ing Saturday night and that = sAS7
time after starting he quarrelea xiGA
Abe Conklin. a member OF the part.
and that Conklin left Later. xkHs
returning home. Crompton Ess ars.
upon, the bullet grazing the splnal
cord and producing paralysis Conf.
lin was Immediately suspected.
though up to last night efforts 10 %
cate him were without avail"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
DEATH OF MIR. JOHN C. Angler.
in New York Where He Had Gone
for Treatment.

New York, Oct. 28.-Mr. John c..
Angler, of Durham, n. c., who died
at the Hotel Manhattan in this city,
yesterday afternoon, succumbed
from sciatica.
Mr.. Angler came to New York a
week ago, believing that surgical
operation would relieve the ailment
from which he had been a sufferer
for more than a month.
Physicians were preparing Mr..
Angler for the operation, which was
to have taken pace when his condi-
ton permitted. His heart action be-
gan failing yesterday at noon.
Mr.. B. N. Duke, his brother-in-law,
was called and was with him when
he died.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
Negro Who Assassinated Georges
Merchant is Lynched.

Augusta, Ca. Oct. %. - Dave
Walker, the negro farm hand charg-
ed with the assassination OF C. 8.
Hollenshead at Washington, Ca, to-
night was taken from Sheriff Bobo
on the public square and lynched.
The mob has gone after another ne
gro said to be implicated in the
crime.
Washington. Ga. Oct 2S.-While
seated in the light inside his store,
two miles from here tonight, C. s.
Hollenshead, a wealthy PLANTER and
merchant, was shot and killed by an
unknown person. who fired from the
darkness outside the store.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
Railroad Conductor Kills Faihee nd
Mother-in-Law. Shoots Wife. Th<a
Suicides.


Mother-in-LAw, Shoots Wife. nra
Suicides.
Petersburg. w. Va. oet. "a
Carroll L. James, q railroad eohdse
tor OF this city, shot and killed "a
father in law. William Priteh.fs'
probably fatally wounded bis nots'
er-in-law. slightly injured his vile
and committed suicide today u
Pennsboro. w. Va, Richie Coan.'
James broke into the Pritchard hoss
and caught his victims while tss
slept. He made no effort TO harm -
four-year-oId daughter who occupies
the bed with her mother and sraaa'
mother.
The tragedy follows a series OF 50
sational occurrence here about -
weeks ago when James shot seym0S'
Kuhn, of Fairmont. w. Va. felies
railroader, whom he alleged ae -
found at the James home.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

run ovsr The road. Secretary OF the
Navy Never. Governor kitchsn and
other DISTINGUISHED men are expected
to be present
uIss CaIIie penneII, Who lived
near poIIocksvtIIe, committed suicide
las. Sunday. October 31st. By drown
ing herself in the river near that
mace. The young lady had seemed
Respondent for some time. bot there
has been no other cause discovered
for the rash deed.
The public viii recall that ie~
years ago DR.. J. v. Gay. OF Bun
eombe County. killed his three little
children with q hammer and that his
wife saved her life by flight Jay
was sentenced TO the penitentiary
for 30 years. His wife few days
ago filed suit for divorce in Bun
combe Superior Court
The ]. T.. Latham Company. OF
Greensboro, received charter octo-
Der 3lst, with 100000 capital sub
seribed and 100000 authorized for
handling cotton and cotton products
I'm the markets OF the world. both az
broker agents and as principal. j. f.
Latham, w. G. Bradshaw, and w. H.
Brown are the incorporators.
The fifth annual reunion OF the an
cient Scottish Rite OF Freemasonry
will be held in the Masonic Temple
In Asheville, beginning November
| and continuing for three days. Lo-
cal Masons have prepared a program
that will be OF interest to those who
attend and have made ample proVis-
| ion for the entertainment OF visiting
members.
Mr.. II. E. and J. B. Clay, OF Hick-
DRY, have recently invented new
machine and placed on the market
known as the cotton-seed separator.
The machine is designed to separate
the diseased, immature and other
wise faulty seeds from the sound
ones, and will be built in various
sizes from the small handmachine
| for use on the farm to the large
! power machines to be used at gins
! and oil mills.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
Inventor of Aerial Glider is Killed.

San Jose. CAL, Oct. 231.-Prof.
John Montgomery, OF Santa Clara
College, noted as an inventor Of an
aeroplane glider as we'll az for the
invention of an electrical rectifier.
which has been the subject OF liti-
CATION in New York and San Fran
cisco. was killed near Edanval this
afternoon while experimenting with
an eroplane glider.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Tamea. PA Thss - sai6 10 ss tss
arss actual ssxs~.nes q lie s@nsss-
lary conpasy fron he great suFs.oF-
atsou. whsxA nax es~n or1srwd oss-
soIzed b. rae saprwrs~ Coags-
Judge ward. IN the Cnissd States
Circuit Coart. Sew T0rk. rwsased TIE
application Of The Anerseaa Rssssw
o. Reviews Company 20 ressrain Post
master Cenerai Hitchcock and Pest
master Morgan from sendlng TIE he-
view Of Reviews ever certain So
ton Of The country by fast freight
The courts have no authority over
executive discretion. be holds. and
the only recourse Of the magazine
company In 20 obtain relief from The
President OF the United State. III nee
essary. by Impeachment
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
More Dynamite Found on Railroad
Track.

MOr0 DynAmIC6 FUuHu Oh 1ssaIFOau
Track.
San Francisco, CAL, Oct. a.
Southern Pacific Railroad officials
here we're not informed to-day of the
finding of thirty-six sticks of dyna-
mite IN a cache on the track at ELL
wood, Cal, a few moments after
train No. Is, a south-bound passen-
ger, had passed the switch. Parts of
the dynamite was found pulverized
entirely, having been ground by the
car wheels The dynamite was found
within a few miles of the bridge
where a similar cache was planted
when President Taft's train passed
October II.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

AGENTS WANTED.
We want agents IN every eoass -.
the State. We have some -
MUM offers In connection s''a
uaper. Write M Tor terms
address. THE CAUCASLAN
raleigh. \. =
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

DIR. Simon Fiexner. direets- OF the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search. has announced that q discov-
cry has been made whereby epidemic
spinal meningitis can be entirely con-
trolied.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

The Philadelphia Record says tha'
the reports are that pellagra In In.
ereasing rapidly In exten; and viru.
lance In Kentucky. Tennessee. North
and South Carolina and Georgia
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Col. wm. W. Glass. Confederate
veteran and descendant Of Gen
James Wood. the founder Of Win
chester, died at bis home near Win
chester, Va. October 2sth. OF parai-
ysis.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Levi Stubs, OF New Bern. con
vtcted and sentenced TO is months
for Illicit distiiIing. vas pardoned %
President Taft October 2sth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Mr.. o. r. Cox. a prominent citizen
of Randolph County. member OF the
last Legislature, died last Friday 81
hIs home In Asheboro. aged s..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02
General News.

The shock OF the nsws Of TIRE sal
eide Of John n Rose, sell kno~n
stock dealer. Of Columbus. Ca. octo-
Der 3fss. caused the death Of his wife
a fex hours later.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

run over the road. Secretary OF tae
Navy Meyer. Governor Kitchen ana
other distsnguIshed men are expected
TO be present
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

The contract was awarded October
9th for a fine new dormitory; class
room and once building for Salem
Academy and College.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Joe Reese, q fireman In the employ
of the Illinois Central Railroad. and
Frank Seitz fought duel Sunday
morning at the Illinois Central Rail
way Station, Aberdeen. Miss. result
ing In the death of both.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

The State Convention or the
Daughters OF the confederacy. which
was In session at Winston last week,
decided TO meet In Salisbury next
year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

on the edge of ditch, which threw
the aviator forward on his head.
Reports from Winston-Salem that
revenue officers report the capture OF
four big illicit distilleries in Frank
lin county, Virginia, October 9th
One arrest was made, and 1900 gal
Ions of beer destroyed. Officer Hen.
bricks reports the destruction of 15C
distilleries in this same section since
February.
Two arrests of suspects in the
doc Clayton" murder case were
made October 27th. They were
Robert Justis and Frank Sentell
both white, who we're captured II
the neighborhood Of the crime. The.
have been placed in Hendersonvill,
Jail and will be given a preliminar.
hearing Monday.
The completion of the Wilmington
Brunswick and Southern Railroad
from Navassa to Southport, connect
ing the former place with the Atlant
lie Coast Line for Wilmington, viii
be celebrated by the people of South
port Thanksgiving Day. on which
day the first passenger train will b.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Court, April IL, last.
At Newark, O., last week, the jury
in the cast Of Walter Diehl, charged
with being principal in the lynch
ing of Carl Etheridge, anti-saloon
detective. brought in a verdict find
ing the defendant guilty of life i'm
prisonment. Etheridge, who was a
native of Kentucky, was lynched last
year, in July, after he had been drag
ged from the county jail
An amendment to the constitution
repeating Statewide prohibition and
substitution local option in its place
will be submitted to the voters OF
Oklahoma soon, ii petitions placed II
circulation recently receives the nee
essary $4,000 signatures Oklahom;
came into the Union as a dry
State, and under the enabling act tn,
/ eastern half, formerly the Indian
Territory, must remain dry" To-
twenty years.
1t is announced that the Hern
shiem Company. of the New Orlean.
manufacturers Of cigars, has beer
sold by the American Tobacco Com
pany TO II. w. Cobb, former presi
dent o. the company; B. B. Rodgers
isecret4ry. and ]. Fuller Malone, O
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Mr.. H. l. Coble, Of Chatham,
while asleep on the train returning
from sNorlina last Saturday, had the
misfortune to have his pocket picked
and his pocketbook containing $40 In
money and a check on the Citizens
National Bank of Paducah, KY.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Jack Meyers, a young man of Ores
den, n. c., was shot, probably fatal
ly. by Dick Lutrell, in pawn-shop
in Bristol, Tenn, a few days ago.
Lutrell was examining Meyers pistol
and claims he did not know it was
loaded
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Ensign Robert 8. Young. Jr.. ap-
pointed to the navy from North Car
DINA, has been ordered TO the navai
hospital at Washington for ooserva-
ton and treatment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Suit for $1,000 damages against
the Kesler Manufacturing Company
of Salisbury has been Instituted in
Forsyth County Court In behalf OF
Lille Painter, the little girl who was
hurt while working in the cotton mill
OF this company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-02

Lila Jordan, the six-year-old
daughter of Mr.. r. H. Jordan, OF
Pender County. was accidentally shot
and killed by her nine-year old
brother, one day last week, who was
playing with a gun. noe knowing ii
was loaded.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07

Just the thing for that outgoing friend. a basket of Mumm's extra dry Seward ComI Co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07

For a nice warm bath in the largest hath rooms in the city try the City Bath House. Everything first class and up to date.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
EUR MAN COMING.

Lsuis Levy, representing Joseph Uh,. man & Company, fur dealers Of New York city, will be in Nome in a few days to remain for the summer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
HUMPHREY WILL
 STAY OFF CHARGE
Nugget Special Service.

NASDlNb JUN. D. -. JulN D. Congressman Humphrey of Washing ton is in hopes of having MacVcigh who has charge of the government hints and assay offices to pOstpon, the extra charge of $2.50 per thousand at the Seattle assay office for one year In the meantime he will secure legis- lation to either establish mint at Se- attle or have congress regulate what charges will be taxed against the de- positors of dust.
 All the members are returning to take up their duties here in the capi- tai and only those who live in the states close to the department of the Columbia were able to spend the 4tr of July at home Other congrcssmer spent the day at the summer resorts close to the capital.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07

Rates for room ana board reasonable at the Crescent.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
FOREST FIRES
 SANTA CRUZ
Nugget Special Service.

NoSSe1 SpcS'd' oeTNiCe'
 SAN JOSE, July 5.-Furcst fires are now raging in the santa Cruz noun tains and have been burning for four days. They are now beyond control and millions of feet of fine standing timber will be destroyed.
 The extreme dry weather without any rain for weeks may prove the total destruction of the forests in the whole mountain range for miles and miles.
 The government forest commission is helping to fight the fires, but the blaze is making such headway it is way be- yond their control and unless a rain springs up which often follows a fire of this kind millions of feet of lumber in the form of standing trees will he consumed
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07

Room and board by the day, week or month at the Crescent.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
EXTRA! ExTRAI ExTRAl

The Modini Cafe fin order to better please their customers during the sum- mer season. will, commencing from next Sunday, June II, serve a mer- chants lunch from 11;sO to p. m. with a glass of claret wine. for the small sum of fifty cents.
 The Ia carte dinner will be served from to g p. m. Short orders at all hours of the day and night
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
"A ROWING WE WILL CO.,"

For rowboats of all descriptions or gasoline launches for parties at any hour of the day or night, go to the Wagner bosthouse, just west of the Snake River bridge.
 When in doubt try a spin up the river or out into Boring sea in . row boat. w. E. WAGNER.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
Nugget Special Service.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July G. Representative Newlands introduced a bill in congress today which provides for the appointment of what will be termed a trade commission to control all corporations having five million and over in annual receipts
 The bill. should it pass. will provide for a commission of five men to be appointed by the president with the approval of the senate. whose duty will be to look after all corporations with receipts of five million or over per year. much the same as the interstate commerce commission. and other spe- cial commissions look after their vari-
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-07
WOULD APPOINT
 TRADE COMMISSION

ous departments
 The introduction of the bill created quite a little stir and il is believed that it will never live to get any farth CT than the committee room to which it was referred Such acts. many be- lieve would kill the very intent of the constitution, which is so broad in scope for granting a full rein to all people in their persuit of business and mak ing living
 It is expected that all large corpDr- ations will fight the bill to a finish for it would materially affect their mode of conducting affairs.