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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10

The practice of autoists speed
ing past street cars that have stop
ped to let off passengers should be
stopped. 1t is exceedingly danger
Gus and city ordinance prohibit
ing it on hit to be passed if auto
drivers do not observe this pre-
caI1tion
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10

bagga & e. t T u C K
near the iron
fence In the Ninth
a n d Broadway
streets station,
Louisville. T b g
train nearest me
eight electric
lighted palaces,
besides mail and
bagg a 6 e. a r S
dra wn by a 100
ton racer--W q 8
the one by which
| should depart.
| became aware
Of a small, gray
man sauntering
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10

j. T. Walsh, editor of the Clyman de-
partment, is authorized to accept sub
scriptions and advertising for the Lea
der. Any business entrustedin his care
will receive prompt and courteous at
tention
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-10

Whoever is made y. S. senator
in this state should receive the Of
fee fairly and squarely whether
democrat or republican. Let US
have fair play.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

n the largest and most vital question be-
fore the people.
suddenly he began writing, talking and
| asitating Tor more law and the ENFORCE
ment OF the law already passed. He con-
tinued to travel. mostly to places where
ne oenVered addresses on the railroad
question. To the students al Yale lint
versity he said:
The railroad rate determines who sha,,
| do business and where ii shall be done.
where coal shall be mined; where -four
built"
Men In Washington say that no short
er, clearer or better statement of the
power that railroads have over business
! and communities was ever made in print
or out Of II. When Roosevelt became
President he was supplied with facts AMI
Information by Mr.. Prouty and thus the
work of creating public sentiment went
on until new laws were enacted and old
laws were obeyed.
And now after more than seventeen
years spent in daily contact with rail-
W men and unremitting thought and
labor over their problems and their re-
lation to the public, he has been chosen
for the tremendous task of ascertaining
the value OF their property. He is tho
one man In the United States, every one
says, to carry out that gigantic piece OF
business
The work. appalling in its magnitude.
will be done without noise or loss Of
motion. Mr.. Prouty never reaches twice
for the same object. There Is no dupli-
cation In his processes. His machinery
starts evenly early in the morning and
runs all day without slipping its belt
or shutting down for temporary mending.
After he was graduated from Dart
mouth he thought Of being an astrono-
mer. Indoor work at Pittsburgh. whera
he was Prof. s. p. Langley's assistans
at the Allegheny Observatory, broke down
his health. Going back to Vermont. ha
read law book out Of curiosity. Then
he read another out of interest. And then
he read others to a purpose. Thus he
came to the bar.
Twice a year he returns to Newport
in the spring to plant his one-acre garden
and in the fall to gather his crops. Tha
garden is his dissipation. In his youth
he emigrated to North Dakota A law
yer friend out there was getting, rich.
Mr.. Prouty forgets the name Of the man
with whom he made a partnership ar
rangement. but he Is inclined to think
1t was Hamilton.
ship the furniture and come on your
self" he teIegraphed Mrs. Prouty. That
night it rained in North Dakota. Tho
next morning Mr.. Prouty looked out OF
smeared over the landscape and splashed
on the fences.
II can't have a neat garden" he said
to himself. ''in this latitude"
Moreover. the fiat prairies. reaching OF
to the horizon. made him homesick for
the mountains of New England.
Don't come" he wired Mrs. Prouty,
when he reached the telegraph Office.
which was before breakfast. "A half
Lot Ia 0lJ
message"
II live in Newport yet" Mr.. Prouty
said with a smile, "and shall stay there
after / am dead. Daniel Willard, presI-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
also lived in Newport, when he was a
boy He was a fireman on a locomotive.
knew him well. He is a thinker and a
worker and a very able man."
CCopyriSht. 1914. by James B. Morro~D
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

terprise. going across uninhabited regions
In the belief that population would fol-
low, and the hazards they accepted, so IL
Is argued. were deserving Of generous re-
turns ultimately"
Once obtained, asked. what good
win the valuation be to the pubiic?"
That is broad question" Mr.. Prouty
answered "The United States Supreme
Court has said that the owners OF our
public utilities are entitled to a fair re-
turn on a fair value Of their property.
Some men say that our transportation
charges are too high, some say they are
too low. and some say they are about
right.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

But no one as yet can do more than
guess at fair value of any large rail-
road property. When such a valuation Is
obtained, however, it will be a matter
OF arithmetic to learn whether trans
portation costs too much or is cheap at
the prices charged by our common car
riers. A freight rate that is too low is
confiscation: a rate too high is extortion.
There Is no means OF measuring the rea-
sonableness OF a rate IL the cost OF the
service to the road that performs 1t is
unknown to. the public"
''Win the appraisement of railroad
property be at its present value in money
or on the basis of what it cost origi-
nalIy?"
II cannot answer that question" Mr..
Prouty replied. THE cost OF a railroad
will be learned. The law directs us 10
ascertain all the facts bearing on that
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

branch of the subject. Then we are re-
quired to find its present alue.' Our
figures and information will go to the
that body will transmit the same to Con-
gress'
VIII Franchises BE lnciudeds
"win you also place valuation On
franchises and good will?'
Neither can I answer that question.
Railroad men insist that the value OF
their franchises justly belongs to any in
ventory made of their assets. A railroad.
too, they say. is n going concern with
earning potentialities and our appraise-
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

ment should include that important eIe-
ment of value The cost of duplicating
a factory. physically, you understand
might be only $4,000. and yet the factory
is a going concern and with the patron
age it has established might be earning
six per cent on a million dollars.
How much is the factory worth? Such.
In its essence, is the argument of rail-
road men. But the factory, say those
who debate the other side Of the subject.
is a privately owned enterprise with no
more rights and privileges under the law
than has any other business undertaking.
II cannot condemn land and take II
against the will OF its owners. Franchises.
this school of economists maintains, be-
long to the public. The Interstate Com
merce Commission must decide the ques-
ton OF franchises when the work OF ap-
praissment is completed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-29
CHURCH NOTICES.

Advent christian church. Key. Henry
>. Weeks VIII preach has farewell ser
mon Sunday morning at 1918. Sunday
school at noon. Loyal Workers meet
ing i't " =. IN. sermon at T. I'M. Mid
week prayer meeting ut 80 Thursday
Z, III.
FIRST Church OF Christ Scientist. En-
erson block Elliot street. Sunday 1t
l".t'- Subject, thnst Jesus. "cdnes-
day evening testimonial meeting at
o clock. kcadlnG room open ialiy, eX-
cePtmg Sundays and legal holidays,
from > to .. All are welcome.
Methodist Episcopal church. Rev
Thomas w. Owens pastor. Preaching
service at 1880 a. IN. SUNDAY school
and Bible class at noon. Epworth
League at 6.3O p. M. No evening
preaching service. Prayer meeting Fri
f'> evening at ''f'''
st. Michael $ Episcopal church. Holy
communion a. M Morning prayer 10.
Evening prayer 80. Holy communion
in Christ church, Gultord, ut q clock.
Weekdays: Holy communion Monday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at
$50 a. N. Evening prayer Fnday al
80.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church.
There will be services at 1910 aud at
80, but there will be no sunday
school. On Sunday. Sept. 6, there viii
not be any services. nor will there be
Sunday school. The Ladies' Aid socie-
~ "lli meet frlday, Sept !, On sept.
-, services and SUNDAY school Will he
held as usual.
CnivcrsaIist church. Rev. d. +. Trout
minister. Divine worship 1870 Il. M,
with special dedication exercises OF
new pipe organ. Sermon by Rev. Il. w
| Whitney, Il former pastor. Sunday
school Il 10 a. m. No evening service
Preaching service Vernon > p. III. The
Cniversalist convention of Vermont and
Province Of Quebec will meet in the
church Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday
! Eyr.+ p,,,+;.+ .b,.r.I, .f,ao,.,,o I, Fam
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-29
AN ANNUIFANT WRITES:

"Since investing in your annuity, l
have had no anxious, harrassng, tor
menting thoughts about my financial
affairs. l have been relieved of the
fear of becoming Il tax on younger lives
or a charitably received inmate of an
other 5 home Ny life has been length
ened by the freedom from worry and
anxiety which often makes old age a
burden to ITSELF National Life ms.
Co, of VT. (Mutual.) EARLE S.
KINsLEY, General Agent, Rutland, Vt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-29

On second and third floors of Ullery
Building. Several large, light, steam
heated offices with private Offices. Al
so three floors in Ullery Building An
mex, suitable for manufacturing, shop,
et3 ]. G.. ULLERY. Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-29
WEEKS REUNION
OF FISHER FAMILY
John Henry Fisher and Descendants
Form Happy Group in Williamsville
Round of Pleasure.
Especial to The Reformer.)

WILLIAMsVILLE, Aug. %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-29

To Rent
TO RENT - Small tenement. Apply |
203 Main st. 56tf |
TO RENT-Sept. l, nice Groom ten
ement Chas s. Chase. 153-tf
TO RENT-Tenement J. l.. Bar
ney, West Brattleboro. 90tf
TO RENT = First-class tenement in
Esteyville. Apply c. c. Fits. Soft
TO RENT - Tenement, Sept. l. II
Horton Place. W. II. Fletcher. 149-tf
TO RENT-Tenement at 50 CHEST
nut St, s. per week. Q, T. Ware. 149-tf|
TO RENT-Cottage with garden
and fruit. Washington street. Edgett
& Co. 143-tf
TO RENT or FOR SALE - Singer
sewing machines; also supplies. l.. II.
Barber. 149-tf
TO RENT-House either furnished
or unfinished at 3 Whipple st. Mrs.
G. T.. Warner. 145-tf
TO RENT-Large furnished front
room with electric lights and use of
bath; 153 Main St. l53-tf
TO RENT-A modern seven-room cot
tage house. Apply to Mrs. G. II. Smith,
l29 Main Street. 153-1j4
TO RENT-Sept. Is. 5-room flat, cleo
trio lights, gas, set tubs, city and spring
water; Clark st. 153-154
TO RENT-New 4-room tenement, fur
mace, cellar, electric lights, bath, all fur
nished Charles Miner 14Stf
TO RENT Cottage OF ) rooms. Room
furnished in block. Six-room tenement on
ground floor; all modern. Charles Miner.
144tf
TO RENT-Six-room downstairs tene
ment, bath, hot and cold water, steam
heat, electric lights and gas; + Birgt
ST 1J3-tt
TO RENT-Large and small room
suitable for light housekeeping or of
fee. Running water, electric lights ane
gas; 50 Main St. 154tt
TO RENT - Six-room tenement OF
South Main St, bath, electric lights
hot and cold water and spring water
for drinking; in Al condition and 10
cation. j. E. Mellen, Agent, Brattle
boro, VT. SGT.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29
SAFER THAN LOM
D0dsOn's Liver Tone at Night viii
S~traighten You Out by Morning.
Calomel May Knock You Out
of a DAVIS Work.

If you are a calomel user, next time
you are tempted to buy it ask your
druggist if he can absolutely guaran-
tee the drug not to harm you. He
won't do it because he CAN'T dotU
But here is a perfect substitute for
calomeI which the druggist does guar.
antee-the famous Dodson's Liver
Tone. Justus Pharmacy will refund
your money without question if yon
are not thoroughly satisfied.
Go to Justus' Pharmacy whom You
are acquainted with-and find out
about the great number of people
who are taking this remarkable RENEE
dy and feeling better, keener, health
Ter and bette rable to enjoy life than
they ever were when taking calomel.
Why? Because calomel is a poison
--one that may stay in the system,
and while seeming to benefit you tenn
porarily, may do harm in the end. If
you haven't felt these ill-effects so far,
i. is because you are fortunte enough
to have a strong constitution.
Don't take the risk n longer. Get
a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone (50e.4
and note how easily and naturally it
~corrects all bilious conditions, how it
clears away that sick headache and
| coated tongue, how it sets you right
without ache or grippe. The most
wonderful thing in the world for con
stipatfon.
All this without the slightest inter-
ference with your regular habits.-Ad,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29
III 11emoriom Milltom Nilson finley

frank, straightforward and manly utterances and pa
tiently iterated doctrine has been long recognized, but
was remarkably demonstrated by the expressions which
have been received since his death from public bodies
throughout the South He did much in this way to
correct q sentiment from which all railway property
has suffered in recent years-a sentiment which has
found its expression in an erroneous belief that a rail-
way takes from the public more than it gives, and his
effort in word and deed was TO restore a just balance
of understanding Of the economic necessity, to every
citizen in his daily life, of q well maintained, honestly
administered and prosperous transportation system.
In other ways also he gave expression to a broad
view of the indemnity Of interest between the welfare of
the railways and that of the public. He lent active
desperation to the chief educational, industrial and
commercial interests of the South, and q moral support
to every movement which is making for the welfare of
the South, but perhaps his greatest service Of this ma
ture was his successful campaign for the promotion of
better agriculture.
Gently born and gently bred, it was MI. Finleys
fortune to be thrown upon his own resources at an
early age and without the advantages Of q university
training and experiences usually enjoyed by his asso-
ciates: it was. therefore, 3 peculiar satisfaction to him
and to his friends that in 1910 he received with the
assurance that it was no mere decoration, a degree of
Doctor of Laws from Tulane University at New Or
leans, the principal seat of learning in the community
where he had spent his youth.
On the personal side, MI. Finley was essentially a
gentleman: he demonstrated on many occasions the
combination in his character of those qualities which
may be expressed by the words modesty and courage.
He was fair and just in all his dealings, courteous to
all men, slow to anger, but fierce in his resentment of
injustice in others. Partisan in his love for and belief
in the South and its future and in the Southern Rail
way as an important factor in that community, he con-
WINGED his associates that he never allowed partisan
feeling to colour his judgment to such an extent that
he could not always see the other side: but q policy once
determined he set about its accomplishment with a
Characteristic belief in the potency of persistence and
an unhesitating use of all the power at his command.
He had at all times the confidence, the respect and
the good viii of this Board and of every member of
it, and in his death the Board and every member of it
feels the loss of a friend of charming personal qualities
as wen as an official associate of commanding ability.
The Secretary Is directed to express TO the surviving
members of Mr.. Finleys family the respectful sympathy
OF this Board and to transmit to them a suitably en-
crossed and attested transcript Of this minute.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29

The Hoard Of directors Of southern Hallway Company
h snatr a ,ssg 5ss g bsis sess sa1is sess s. &c sa dsa rs a Ell home I
in Washington on November 2s, 1918 q Miili.n Wilson
Hallway company. adopts Gle following minute e bs
Il tie nswspapers d tire south.
WILSON FINLEY was born at Pass
Christian, Mississippi, on September 2, 1853. and en-
tered railway service in New Orleans in 1873 During
the succeeding twenty-five years he had = varied expe--
riencc, earning steady promotion and g growing repu-
tation. in the tramc departments of several railroads
and in charge of traffic associations, in the west and
southwest In 1895, soon after the organization Of
Southern Railway Company, he began as Third Vice
President in charge Of traffic, his service for this Com
pany in which, with an interval of q few months in
1896, he continued until his death eighteen years later.
He became President of this Company in December,
1906, at a moment when the work of gathering in and
welding together its lines into 3 consolidated system
had been done. The map had been made. There are
no more miles of railroad included in the system today
than there were when he became President His task
was, therefore, Complementary to the work already done
and the history of the development of the property
during the past seven years is the history of how he
conceived and accomplished that task Of conservation
and progressive development. During his administra-
ton the revenues of the Company increased 20s5 per
cent. Comparing 1913 with 1907, but what is even
more his achievement, the balance of income available
for dividend (but largely put back into the property
increased 2O9O7 rer cent
This record Of material success is in no small meas
ure the result of Mr.. FinleySs policy and practice of
building and strengthening a working organization of
the Company so far as concerns personnel. He inaug-
urated and s~teadfastly enforced a rule of promotion
to fill vacancies within the organization, by recognition
of demonstrated merit, with the result that he secured
and conserved that loyal Identification with the inter,
est of the South and of the Company, and that sense
of personal responsibility in all ranks of the service,
which is one of the most valuable assets the Company
has today.
On the public side of his responsibility Mr.. Finley
developed largely during the past seven years. Con-
WINGED of the duty of accepting the changed conditions
in respect of the administration of industry incident
to the governmental policy of regulation of the rail-
ways by public authority, he was nevertheless keenly inn
pressed with the apparent lack of understanding on
the part of the public of the problems of railway man
agement. He. therefore, devoted much of his time to
the discussion of such questions before representative
audiences in all parts of the country, but chiefly in
the South, and the effect upon public opinion of his
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29
FROM FARM To MARKET
AMERICA CAN APPLY METHOD
SUCCESSFUL OVER SEAS
Observations and Conclusions Of Com
mission Sent Abroad BY Govern
ment Set Out In Series Of Ar
tIcIes TO Appear In This
Paper.

The demand Of the times Is for q
marketing system that viii dispense
with the numerous middle men Of the
city through whose hands must.go the
farm products before they reach the
consumer, and whose unnecessary
charges not only reduce the price re-
ceaved by the producer but increase
price paid by the consumer.
This community ID vitality interest
I'D in this subject, and the series Of
articles we are to publish on Co
Operative Farm Products Marketing"
Is worthy Of more than passing notice.
When we say that it is one of the
greatest features ever offered by an
American newspaper we mean every
word Of it.
In an effort to solve this important
problem the United States govern.
ment sent a commission to Europe
during the past summer for the pur~
pose of studying cooperative market
ing methods in those countries where
1T had been in operation for a consid-
erable period and where it had proved
successful. This commission consist
ISU VI LII IL. IN OdINOIa WI1ICI, IuIo3
expert and director of the bureau of
rural organization in the agricultural
department at Washington; Bradford
Knapp, who is I'm charge Of the rural
demonstration work of the department
IN the south, and DR., Charles Nc
Carthy, whom Sir Horace Plunkett
has termed the agricultural states
man of America" At the request OF
members of the commission Mr..
Mathew S. Dudgeon accompanied it
and assisted in the important investi-
cations which it made in Ireland, Dem
mark, Germany and other European
countries.
What they found in Europe Mr..
Dudgeon has put into a series of arti-
cles for this paper. He not only has
told what he and the members of the
commission saw in the countries they
visited, but, in the form of interviews
with members of the commission, he
has shown how the methods in vogue
in Europe may be applied to this
country.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29
MUCH VOCAL TRAINING.

MusicalIy Inclined of Henderson Coun-
ty Getting in Tip Top Shape.
J. r. Stepp, president of the Hender-
son County Singing association, is of
the opinion that the musica1ly inclin-
ed of the county are earnestly endeav-
o-1ng to improve themselves, judging
from the large number of singing
schools being conducted in various
parts of the county by singing mas
tiers.
Schools have been conducted, are
now in session or will soon begin at
the following places, according to Mr..
Stepp: Liberty, Bat Cave, Mt. Morriah.
Mt. Home. Edneyville, Horse Shoe.
The schools consist of all day ses-
Sions and last from ten to twenty days.
according to the wishes Of the pupils.
Mr. stepp says that the county as
s~ociation is determined to o to the
Asheyille fair again if prizes are offer
ed rural choirs this year. The sing
ers will be in good shape for the Hen
derson county fair provided their SER
vices are requested.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29

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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-29
STOMACH
SUFFERERS
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Is Recommended and Praised By
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