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a ' 1 i ,l:;u:.y en j ; . ! . .. . ; i' V ; h i tr ; s . r iethoj will t a ! : : J ty which recess! ty an.i t::icjcy of a rrep.j.- i t;atute shall be determined before lt.-s passage, cannot be safely predicted, liut .that it would be wise to have it first passed upon after argument j tHhnnal th antral f fha best an- pellate courts li this country, seems to me very clear. Then would our tatntA law w riAvrloned with, -wisdom and caution, Instead of being; rround out from a legislative nopper ai mo rate of 500 laws a monin, as na bmu done in more than one State, this year.., ";...,,'" ;.:.''?'- rnA7.R f) AMBITION. r You cannot move" legislators erased with amomon. tsui wie peuyio vm, thv'fullv" undeT- . tuv win aw a, .v. - - ' ' i. itiiatinn And ' we need never tear they will not understand - It after a time." ui me peopm nuum " be informed ow." Do not forget, (.nnt.Mr thi if vmt attemrtt tt. you will be denounced by the demagogue and cartooned byrthe yellow press, fate which ha com to me tew wno hare appealed to reason and to Jus tice. These, tactics have enforced si lence upon -rny whose hearts have ' - .n.iiA hnn ta nolnt out the dan ger of government by passion. But ' they cannot. Keep - siiem mo Tnm . A lawyers of this country for a. minute after they have determined that duty calls them 4o speak out. Ood grant that -Ihe h6ur, of. tiat determination is at hand.f'-f-v'-V''' A paper on the "Fundamental! De. '.. . feet in the. Act to Regulate Com. i mercet was prepared , by Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont a member ' of - v the United States inter-State com- .mmmma . nnmmlaalnn. ; As Mr. PrOUty , was- unable to attend the convention, . 1 it "was read by Judge William H. Staake, of Philadelphia." f,Mn. prouty's address. , " The most important question before thia country to-day la the regulation of Its railway!. .Far- the last two : year this has been the foremost po , luteal issue, and It will probably occu py that place until settled. - When the Stourbridge Uon, the first locomotive ever operated m the United v ' States, was brought over from Eng land, and set upon the rails prepared ' for tt by the Delaware & Hudson Ca nal. Company, the significance of the railroad was. little comprehended. It -has come to be the principal means of physical communication." Whoever to thau nvtmiM of trans portation n. with the right to impose whatever tolls he may elect, hold the nommereial dominion of this land: for he can determine where business shall be done, by whom it shall be done, and he can appropriate to htmself an un due share of the profits." The railway Is now our main highway, Since It i must be used by all, and since (prefer ence In It use gives to the favored one an advantage over hlg competitor, even to the mint of finar extinction, It follows that this highway must be - public, otherwise we have in .process of time a nation of commercial mast ers and slaves. THE GRANGER MOVEMENT. Aa eoon as exDerlence began to make thisobvluaiHltemptnitoeecurej to the public its rights an these nign ways also began. The first serious ef : fort towards railway regulation in this country originated in the so-called Granger movement in the 70's. The method adopted was usually the es- - tabltshment of a commission with au thority td"flx' the rate, either absolute t or maximum, which the railway might charge, and the. constitutional- " ity of this method as applied to State business, was sustained by the Su- preme Court of the United States in a long lire of decisions; The same court held that with res pect to Inter-State traffic the State could exercise no control even over that part of the haul entirely within the State, since the authority had been "reserved by the commerce clause r iof the Federal constitution 'to Con gress. That body acting upon this in- Umation of the court, in 1887 enacted, rorrthe regulation- of inter-State rall- ,'wa.y operatlons, the act to regulate commerce, which has been much al- . tered and strengthened by the amend ments of June, 1906. f The commission plan of regulation has been generally adhered to by the States, and the same plan was selected by Congress. It has worked fairly well In the States, and the commissions ' Idea must probably he applied to the regulation of rates by the national government; but Jt often happens that what gives satisfaction in a small way - proves unsuitable when applied to larger operations. I have felt that the present iplan of the act to regulate commeree should be substantially modified, and desire to call your atten tion to what seems to me a funda busntal defect In that act, MUST B13 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. , Every discussion of this subject should begin with' a clear apperhen-sion- of the problem. The railway has . PAm in tfl1rj th nianA nf n. rimhlfn . highway, and some method must be found to make it such. This means 4- that the government must see to It that our railways are open to all mem bers of the public alike, and that the - charges made for . their use ; are reasonable, v We must, I think, go still further, and see that the facilities nra. Tided are adequate. . . But those lilffhways, wille public In ' their use, are private In ownership, and. the capital invested has been put there upon the representation that it shall be allowed to earn a return. While, therefore, the government must also protect, the individual ipthe user- of these avenues of transporta , tlon; It must also protect the lndlvid- ual in the enjoyment of his property. An examiination of the presetit act to regulate commeree shows that the ' authors of this statute had in mind . (both, these ldea, i The affirmative pro : visions ' of that act are, that charges , t for services rendered shall be reason able, and that no undue discrimination .shalr pe made. between different per ' f son Otherwise stated, these, hlgh ". ways shall be open to the whole public 1 . otike, and trpon fair terms. r.To secure . these beneliti ' there re certain re- quirements wltij respect to the publl , nation and observance of tariffs, the : ' keeping of accounts, etc., and severe 1 penalties are "provided for Infractions ff statute. - A commission is created end that commUlon Is required' by the terms of the act to enforce Its provision!;. ,. ' ..; - J Hffe then l a clear recognition of ' theflrst Idea. It is the affirmative 3uty of the interstate commerce commission . to ' see that railways do t not impose, upon- the publlo unreason ' able, or discriminative charges. v i . f THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES. It f. 'A" further examination of tti statue . shows that the second idea Is also present. This commission is not mere ly charged with the duty of enforcing tht set, but i- also - constituted a quwtl-Judlclfti tribunal' with authority to alt as arbitrator between the rail road .and the people. 4 The act pro vides that ahy party may complain to the commission that a railway subject 1 'r"Ttttnub'.--. trtstment of Liver Pills and Tonic I'ellets -strengthens the liver end digestive or. gsn so ttist they do their own work and - fortliw your conMitution agnlnst future . troubHn entire lnstmett I5e. - W. I Hnd 4t Coir-and oh hi fcotj ft Co, - - ! ' ; ,i i'- tt: ic-: 1 t . . r t ..i is CH!- I - -U f . ! . -. I i'-".. i 1 j lnvt ::,.,..; nr. I J "It-riaiiif t -1 11.. ler. The pro te; .""--.--) u:i.!-r t..N provision assume riui.ft the r-.iture of a trial dn court, 'ihe com;-,l,iint is served upon the rail ivay, which Is required to answer. After Issue Is Joined evidence Is taken, arguments heard, and the case decid ed. The amended act expressly pro vides that no order shall be made unm arter a lull hearing upon com plaint. The manifest intent of all this is to provide an Impartial body which may hear and determine charges against railways. Their rates are not to be reduced, nor their practices con demned, until after a full opportunity ' Let it he filrthcwi MiArvjifi that Knrh these Ideas mint fnA .vni'jB.Inn . 4n whatever system adequately and Justly legitimes our rait ways, -a lawyer may incimea 19 say mat wnen tne gov ernment 'nan nrnvldml 'i trthimal fore which a complaint can e heard, mna ay, wnicn a remedy can pe given its full rtart'haa hin Ann Tuk a tr. grieved -person mutt then make and prosecute ma complaint, .' v ' But fMa snMfalv AMrtnnVa iha 9n that it is the duty of the government to make this highway public, not merely to provide a means by which i ... . . . . L-iuzen may secure inese menents himself; r certainly not when those means ; are In the very, nature of thlnrs linAvallhla tn tha mamiig The railway 4s a public highway absolutely essential to the commercial and industrial life o this nation. If a railway, imposes upon you in com mon wiith others an unjust rate, that tM not H. nrlvntA Tmi a nuhtln vrnnir which should be corrected by publlo autnoruy, ana wrnicn you as an indi vidual cannot be expected td redress fnr thA ihanAtlf nt rniii. farmu - an scheme of regulation which does not emorace mis leature win end in (ail ure. FAIR RETURN , FOR CAPITAL. ' . Bauallv imnortant la It that lh nrl vate capital Invested In these public enterprises snouia receive rair consid eration. This Is demanded at once by the dictates of Justice, and of self interest; This 'capital has been In vested upon the . understanding that tt should bo allowed to return. It would be thev s-rosoest of had faith. were it possible, to deprive that prop erty 01 ne Tigni to-a lair return. iThla is obvious to ell. . What ia nn always so clearly apprehended is the danger of deterring capital from seek ing ina -torm 01 investment in the future. N If the demands upon our railways are to be met enormous sums must be exeended in ertanslona and Improvements, flThese expenditures cannot e maae out or earnings, they must come largely rrom new money drawn from the investlnar nnhllc. Tha ability to obtain this now and here after will depend upon the confidence ineir investment. it 1s not enough that earnings are ample to-day, if thev are likely to be nndulv rpduppn! to-morrow. Every system of regula tion should therefore assure capital of just treatment. v Let us consider what the in Had lot Inn of the commission covers. The com mission la not . B. ludlrlnl hnilv snrl cannot therefore render Judgments wnicn are enrorcea oy its own iprocess, but it Is empowered to make orders which carriers are required to obey unaer neavy penalty, and which are therefore eauivalent to ludrments. ITInct Tt maw nut ..-nn pulit.a . " " 4 ' . u 1 . i nan a.o subject W -the act, by the issuance of orders, certain requirements as to the filing of tariffs, and the' keeping of accounts, Tnese rerer mrictly to the aaminisirative worit or tha rnmm a. aionand need not be c.onsirierad her beconu: it may award damages for violation of the act. ThiTd: The imnortant luriRdlofrion r.f the commission is found in its au thority to 'prescribe a rate, regulation, or practice for the future. NO ADEQUATE REMEDY. The mere awarding of ilamni fnr tne imposition 01 an unlawful rata clearly affords the public no adequate remeoy. ; it. was tnis authority of the commission to fix the rate for the fu ture for which President Roosevelt so earnestly contended, and to which the railways were so bitterly opposed; and While the recent amendments tn the act to regulate commerce embrace many oiner salutary provisions, this is the vital thing. It is the exercise of this mower which will henerlt tha public and which .If Improperly exer cised, will correspondingly lniure the Tailway. It Is against the abuse of this authority that the railway needs protection. It Is therefore a most 'important inquiry how far the order of the commission is final, or to what extent It will be reviewed by the courts. The naming" of a railway rate par takes of ihe legislative rather than the Judicial. M is fixed toy no statute, it Is controlled by no precedent, it Is established in accordance with no fix ed rule. It cannot be determined by the cost of the service, ner toy com parison with other rates. Neither the financial condition of the railway, nor the necessities of the shipper, are controlling. - All these : elements and many others,: particularly competition and commercial conditions, must be taken into account, but when every, thing, is known it Is still a question of Judgment what the rate shall be. This discretion must bey exercised in the first instance by the commission which revises that rate.1 - , The railway is a ' public necessity. For this reason in its construction private property may be taken against the will of the owner. In exactly the same way when that highway has been constructed the public may in Its own Interest, or as a measure of self protection, direct as to Its operation. It may say what trains shall be run, what rates shall be charged. But Jut as the railway company could not, In the construction of its railway, appro priate private property without Juat compensation, so the public cannot, after that railway la constructed, ap propriate the private property which has entered into it, to the public we without Just compensation. In -other words It cannot compel the railway to render Its service to the public, upon such terms as will not. yield to its owners a fair return upon the valua of property which ia devoted fo the public' use. x To do this would be to deprive the railway company of Its BTOnertV wlth.yut due mronaaa tit law in violation of the fourteenth amend ment. ix wouia do a taxing, or private property without, Just compensation, and in vtolatlori of the fiftn amend ment, if the rate ta established toy Federal authority. This la the grounl upon which, the. Federal rourt Inter feres, ? , , ' A COMPLEX QUESTION. , Many. State commissions establish entire schedules of rates. , In these States no charge can be made except In accordance. with those schedules, which therefore absolutely limit the earning capacity of the railroad. . In such cases , the question , of adequate earnings becomes, not a simple, but a complex one. M'jiy,:;,,; -tA-a'i'Ji The inter-State commerce commli si on does not deal with sehedules of rates. It establishes no single rate in the first Instance. Railways Initiate their own fates;, the commission only prescribes the rates In particular In stances. To what extent can tha court inquire whether an order of the com mission dealing with a single rate de prive "the carrier' of ""Its ".: 'property ..'lit j .. t I'i'iii .?: iv -, or without " !! 5 Of 1.1 W ? A 1 ','.!. :iy is coii-structed and oper ated for tne purpose of charsir.g tolls for its 6rvicv:. The amuunt curnei, and therefore the value of the 'proper ty, depends upon the amount which can be charged. It the rate is re." duced the property of the railway company Is taken. In this sense' when ever a railway is required by public authority to observe an unreasonable rate its property is unjustly taken, and hence the court may Inquire -with respect to each rate, whether it 13 reasonable. . - The courts have said that the gov ernment may regulate our railways, but they have further said that the power to regulate is not the power to destroy. When the action of Legisla ture or commission ceases to be fair regulation, and becomes ' wanton or destructive, the court will interfere to prevent this, as it interferes to pre vent other abuses of legislative power. It seems to me that this will toe the rule of the Federal courts in examin ing rates fixed by both State and Fed eral commissions; and I say this, not withstanding that a different rule ipre vaila In nearly. every State having a commission, and prevails In conse quence of a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. t What Is known as the Minnesota Milk Case, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, vs. Minnesota, 114 U. a. 418. was decided In 1889. The Minnesota commission : had established , . certain rates -'for the transportation of i mllk over the railway of defendant, which that company . declined to observe, thereupon the commission mado appli cation to the State court for a writ of mandamus to compel an observance. Upon the return of thla writ the rail way offered to show that the Tate de scribed by the commission was un reasonable, nd did not yield a ffair return.' :..; :;.,;.,; .: :-:,,;. ' The . court held that no evidence whatever waa admissible, that the ac tion 0 the commission in flxim the rate was conclusive, and that tha only duty of the court in the premises was to Issue its mandatory iprocess to coin pel an observance of that rate. From this decision the railway companv ap pealed to the Supreme Court of the United States,, claiming that by the establishment of this rate without op portunity to question Its reasonable ness in Judicial proceedings, it. was deprived of its property without due process of law. The court so held, thus In effect declaring the rate of the Minnesota commission unlawful. ' Mr. Justice Blatchford delivered the opinion of the court, in which five Judges concurred. This opinion un- doubtedly lays down the rule that reasonableness of rate or schedule of rates established toy a commission Is a Judicial question, and it whs clearly in the mind of the majority that Xie court might consider the inestlon from the same standpoint as the com mission. The exact point decided was that a railway rate established by a commilsHipn was In violation of, the Federal constitution,' unless opportu nity was afforded the railway for test-i Ing In court at some point, the lawful ness of that rate. NOT A JUDICIAL QUESTION. While the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in this ca.e was undoubtedly correct, while that court has since held that the railway has and must have the iMght to question in a judicial proceeding the lawfulness of the rate imposed. Just as it must have the right to object to tho constitutionality ; of,- any law which Is sought to be enforced asralnst t, I do not think that' this court would to-day hold tnat what is a reasonable rate for the future Is a Judicial aues tlon, except in the sense that I have stated. That court has several times said that the nanTrhg of such a rate ia a legislative, and not a iudlclal. duty and that the court, while it ma7 enjoin a rate established by Legisla ture or commission, cannot itself es tablish such rate. My Impression is confirmed bv two very recent decisions or the Supreme Court, to which I call special atten tion. The first In order of time la To van & Pacific Railway Company v. The Abilene Cotton Oil Pnirunanv AtxiAAaA February 2 5 fh of the present year. The oil company had brought suit in the proper court of the State of Texas for tne recovery or an alleged excessive charge exacted against the protest of the Oil com nan v hv t hn rlfnrint railway company, for the transporta tion 01 cotton seed from certain points In Louisiana to Abilene, Texas. Ha claim was that the common lair lia bility upon a carrier to accord to ship pers reason oie rates nad not been af fected by the act to regulate com merce. The Texas court fmmd tho rate excessive, and gave Judgment for tne piainiire. The transnortannn waa inta.Kata and the rate charged was the regular puousnea lnternstate tarin of thff rail way company. That company Insisted that Under the act tn veo-nlata merce this rate was presumptively le gal, and certainly could not be attack ed in the State court. The decision in thla cum vntowaA only to the excessive charge, tout the same reasoning would apply with equal .force to the unduly discrimi nating charge. The case manifestly holds that in every instance where the commission mav. under ha fif teenth section, substitute in It Judg ment a rate, regulation or practice for that force, proceedings must be begun1 originally before the comnvls ston. The second Case to whlrH T aansi clalfy direct your attention arose up on n oraer 01 tne railway commission of North Carolina, and is entitled At lantic Coast fcJne Oomnsnv v Nnriti Carolina corporation commission, navmg oeen decided April 29th of the preaeni, year, me case was this. . For inanv vears there had hann a mnnina connertlon at Knlmn In k. m. North Carolina, between a , certain train upon tne Houtnern Railway and a certain other train upon the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. The1 Southern had found 1t necessary to' advance the time of its train. a.mt had hr..hi broken this connection., "'The North Carolina commission reqn!r.d the At-1 larrtie Coast Line to ad vane; Its time correotidii fly for t" a pnrposo of restorinR the connection. Finally, tip. on further consideration, it appearing' that possibly the Atlantic Coast Line could not fairly be required to shorten lta present time, that -company was ?;lven the alternative of putting on a ocal train from Rocky Mount, In North Carolina, to Selma. From this order of the commission the. railway appealed, and its appeal was tried toy court and Jury. The jury found tht the Atlantic; Coast Line could not Jn. , crease the speed of Jta present train, that .the public interest did require the putting on of an' additional train, that the cost of operating this train would be 140 per day; and the prob able receipts would not exceed $25 per day.' The railroad company in sisted that tha order of the rommta. . Why la Sugar Sweet? ; If sugar did not dissolve in the mouth you could not testa the sweet, GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TON. IC Is as atrong as the strongest tolu ter tonic, 'but you da ' not taste the bitter because the ingredients do not dissolve In tn mouth, tout do dissolve readily In the acids of the stomach. Is just as rood for Orown People aa for Chldren. 'The First and Original Chill Tonic! The Standard fof thlr ty yean" 1 0 T jf.:on was v- :. In that It req.uir.-J that cunipury t.i ; tforni a servicu for less than the u.-i.ial cost. XORTII CAlIdU.N'A TOMMIESIOXS FINDINGS. The North Carolina commission had found that elihoiigh the operation of this particular train would be at a loss, trie entire business of the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad in the State of North Carolina was conducted at a profit. The Supreme Court referred to this finding of the commission, but did not place its decision upon that ground. The broad holding of the court was that the State of North Carolina might regulate its railways either by direct legislative enactment, or through the medium of an admin istrative body, nd that the regulating requirement, whether statute or com mission order, would be obligatory up on the railway unless ao far arbitrary and unreasonable as to exceed the lim its of Just regulation. In substance the court said that if an entire schedule 01 rates did not, yleia to a carrier an adequate return upon the property Invested, that might amount to con clusive evidence that these rates were In violation of the fourteenth amend ment but that where the question arose upon a single rate or a single practice, it could not toe conclusively inferred from the mere fact that the cost of the service was more than the amount allowed or received, that the order requiring the rate or practice was void under ;the due process or equal protection clauses of the constr tution. .In such case it must appear that the order was so unreasonable and arbitrary as not to toe an act f fair regulation. V r ' What I have said as to the-practical finality of the decisions of the commis sion in those cases where that decis ion represents the exeroise of Its Judgment would result also from the nature ftf thA mutter lnvnlvad Thnaa question are pot law questions. They cannot be readily understood without a certain amount of antecedent knowl edge of the subjects embraced. The records tn Important cases are long and Involved., and well-nigh mean ingless to a Judge,' Courts wculd al most of necessity accept tho findings of the commission -upon questions of fact unless thev were clearly and un mistakably wrong. It Is worthy of note that under the old law, where the entire matter was reviewable, the Su preme Court never1. reversd the finding of the commission, upon a question ft fact, and always r insisted that the courts should have the benefit of the opinion of this expert tribunal in the first instance v-.. In the recent argument of a very lm-porianti casev 4he attorney for the railways, a gentleman who hRS been identified with th4s subje-rt of Feder al regulation from Its Inception) and who inss probably gen the matter more attention , than Hny other man. said In aubetance at the close of ".1 is argumenti;" v.V'.1;- v A CHANGED SITUATION. "I desire to direct the attention of the commission to the changed situa tion. In the T)HBt I have h..cn .-vht tn ask the courts to review th in dinss or tnis rody. in the future as a prac tical matter, I -can no (mssr d.. so. lour declslnn unnn nnoatlnna Int-rtH-- Ing the reasonableness of a rate Is practically nnai.'- I think he was right. In the case In which he was speaking, within a range of many hundreds of thousands of dollars, the fiuding of tha commis sion Is undoubtedly conclusive. It appears 'from the above cases that mr clalmilooking either to the future, tt to-rtfe-pEMr; with respect to the reasonahlehasa nr Instw t , inter-State ratlway rate, can be origin ally mad in any tribunal except the inter-state commerce commission. That this Jurisdiction must be exten sive follows from the amount anil na ture of the inter-State railway trans, portatlon of this country. Just what it may mean cannot be stated with certainty yet. We have before us at the present time, for example, a complaint by the city of Spokane. Spokane lies four hundred miles nearer the Missouri river than Seattle or Tacoma, but the rates to that cltv Com eastern Hph. tlnatlons are higher than to the coa-st towns. , The amount involved to the city of Spokane alone would be large each yeaT,' but this is not the serious thing. Whatever treatment Is accorded Spo kane must be extended to other inter mediate localities. The Union Pacific ystem has filed a statement showing that to (have applied the rates which It must apply If the contention of Spokane is upheld, would -have cost that system upon the business actual ly handled during the last year, J8, 000,000. To sustain the prayer of Spo kane would reduce the net revenues pf that system 8, 000.000 annually, which upon a basis of four per cent, amounts to $200,000,000 In the mar ket value of theae properties. And the Union Pacific syBtem Is but one of the trans-continental systems which would be affected by this reduction; We have before ! us now a case brought by the Cattle Raisers' Asso ciation of Texas, putting In Issue cer tain advances in Tates upon live stock. The only question Involved Is the reasonableness of these rates. While we have no exact Information, it is probable that tho amount of these advances Is from two to three mil lions of dollars annually. - DECISIONS INVOLVE MUCH. ,And these decisions not only Involve enormous sums of money, but often determine whether locality shall- do bustness, or an Industry exist. I say1 to you with confidence that save only the Federal court of last resort, no r-'.;, nllllllll'lll II V-!liUiUL,UlW MP t'i ''.. --.1 court in t'.ls l.w. .1 entertains qu-.:!otis of fTCii'tr importance tiian tloxe vvhkii will le t a--'d upon by this commission. The conclusion of the whole matter Is this, if the inter-State commerce commission Is vested with the JuriH dlction so tremendous in extent, anJ of such finality every effort should be made to provide a -jody adequate :o the trust. That commission under the present law Is charged with two sets of duties requiring diverse quali fications for their , discharge. It stands, first, as representative of the government to see that these highways are in fact public. It ia commanded to enforce the provisions of the act to regulate commerce. It must see that rates are reasonable and Just; that the practices and regulations of rail ways are not oppressive; that the pen alties provided toy the act are en forced, in the near future its powers must be extended to the operation of the railway as well. These duties are largely executive. They can best be discharged by a single head, respon sible to the executive, and answerable to the epur of popular criticism. Second, this commission is in es sence a judicial tribunal which hears and decides complaints. The quali fications of such a bodv are the exaot opposite of the other. Its member ship should be numerous so that its decisions may be the resultant of In dependent minds. It should be entire ly withdrawn fromalt political and personal Influences, and It should have time for the deliberate consider ation of the matters coming before It . I very much doubt whether the same body can properly discharge both these functions. In the end it will either become Temlss In Its exe cutive duties or will, in the xeal of those, become unfit for the dispassion ate performance of Its Judicial func tions, 'Whatever may have been true I in the past the time has come when the commission should be relieved of 1 all its duties except the hearing and deciding of complaints. RUDSVILLE NEWS ITEMS. Graded School Opens Next Monday Coal Vein Reins: Worked at Anoth er Place--Tblrty-Hve rooplo At . lend family Reunion. Special to Tho Observer. Reldsville, ' Aug. 26. (The city schools will '. open; next Monday. Needed repairs, have. been, made in the buildings and they are being thor oughly renovated. The authorities are busy now getting everything In readiness and during this week every detail of preparation for tho opening will be perfected The teachers are a body of Well equipped men and wo men. The people. Of Reldsville have provided a splendid equipment for the training of their children and ev ery teacher in the schools will strive to do the kind of work Which this position Justifies. One of the ideals of the committee and faculty is to have everv child in Rdldsvilln tn school and It will push forward with unuea enon to tne accomplishment of this Ideal. It Is believed the school will open this year with about 1,500 pupils. The machinery and force of hands which have been at work a I the coal mine at Walnut Cove have been mov ed to a point near the Southern Rail way and Mill creek. It is learned that the object of the move Is to make further Investigation upon the same vein of coal upop which the miners have been at work. A diamond drill has been ordered and work will com mence at once. The report that work was to be suspended is wholly ground less. Mr. J. H. Laster has nuivhoiiad from Mr. William Llndsey the brick ouuaing now occupied by F. W, Way nick's carriage and blacksmith shop, and will occupy the same within a few days and conduct a big machine and general repair shops. Mr. C. A. Penn has gone to Danville to consult Dr. J. S. Irwin about hl condition. His health has not hn very good the past few weeks and he will take a much-needed rest. An enjoyable family reunion and picnic was held at Mr. William J. Clark's place, on Perry's creek, north of town, Friday. Thirty-five people were present and enjoyed a samptu ous feast consisting of barbecued meat, Brunswick stew, etc. The fol lowing people were present; J. II. Bennett, 8r Misses Mamie and Kallle Bennett. Junius Bennett, William Lind say and three children, Mr, and Mrs. F.. T. Watt. Sarah, Edna, John D. and Marlon Watt; R. P, Richardson, III; Mr. and Mr. R. L.. James L. and Robinson Saunders; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Llndsey, Miss Annie Llndscy, Mn and Mrs, William J., Lilly May, Ruth, Joseph, Bennett, Earle, Horace, Wallace and Lulu Clark; Kerns Thompson, Miss Annie Barnes and Alvls D. Barnes. Endorsed by the County. "The most popular remedy in Otsego county, and trie best friend of my fam. ly," writes Wm. M. Dclts, editor snd i.iililliiher of The Ots-eo Journal. U- hartsvllle. N. Y., "is Dr. King's NewH Dlncovery. it ns provea to re aa infal lible cure f. r coughc and enlds, making hoit work of the worst of thm. We a I. wavs keep a bottle In the house. I be lieve It to be the most valuable pre. rrlptlon known for Lung and Ttiont diseases." Gunrsnteed to never dlHrt nfllnt the tnhr. by all drug stores. Price m. and tl. Trial bottle fre. All drug, gists. -. ill "of Thepleasu re 3 I s . f Tna ' standard of QUALITY which thia littla lahnl anrl omwn renresent has made GEH ALE sell at tha loads In twelve months, This Is the en dorsement accorded it by hundreds of sanitariums; by thousands of physicianB, and in myriads of homes throughout the country ' AS THE GREATEST OP ALL TEMPERANCE BEVERAGES." v RED ROC II tSIRCT HAS BIEM3 WITHDRAWN mm aft (rwt mrJt fwfti. - tuuius 11 is now manufactured and bottled exclusively by THE RED ROQC COMPANY, and sold only W.aafu C . f t ...i t at bottles, or 5c R4 Rrvk 1, DULUCIa UT afC JM BUU TrfWTI nrTfflrlll Allraaiaa . M a II ta Red Reck and Identify the bottle crows or Libel b f ore you drink The Red Rock Co., Atlanta, Ga. ill 'I v. ' 1 .......h.-,. .--.-1..... .ir iimn,,iw...11wf. MOTSL GLEG I GREENSBORO, N. cl 4 Newly furnished throughout Amer 3 lean plan $250 and upward per day g European plan $1 and upward per day IV. F. CLEGG, Prop't. 4 TI4C nnnr muith Hidden ite, North Carolina ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM CHARLOTTE TO TAYLOR8VILLB lng each floor with office, telegraph connections with surrounding country, to rest and recuperate. Two throug nectlng at SUtcsvllle with trains fro prices for SEPTHMBER $9 to 6 pe For further information, write for DAVIS BROTHERS HIDDEN Headquarters for Southerners in Now York City Broadway Central Hotel Our Table la the Foundation of Our Enormous Business Featuring Tho Only New York Hotel American Ilan Moderate Prices Excellent Food Good Service Rates: American Plan, $3.50 Per Day. European Plan, f 1.00 per Day. Special attention given to ladles unescorted. BROADWAY Cor. Third Street NEW YORK DANIEL C. WEBB, Mgr. (Formerly of Charleston. S. C) Hai)PiE , 3ii ill derived from chewi n g ob.acco cannot be comparefiwith the cost. AR ock a Rye chewer of comemmeiit which has been contaaious from thefactithat hundreds of converts :.: are aaded each day. . ; vWo better tobaccos meds than those, , MM.I LtY UHQTMFR.S HOT IN A TRUST .1 hi'' f! Rrr Rvh- r::v- mtn of 41 ft rtr t. la pint and quart " 1- nn nunn rnmitnr A well-known spring of fine cura tive properties, for indigestion, dys pepsia, kidney trouble, etc New Hotel, complete water nd sewerage system, hot and cold batha, croquet, lawn tennis, bowling alley, shooting gallery, telephones connect- and telephone. Bell and Independent Healthy location. An Ideal place h train dally from Charlotte, con. m Salisbury and Ashe villa. Special r week. Resident Physician In hotel. booklet to " 1TE, X. C. AN OLD MELLOW NORTH CAROLINA" COPPER DISTILLED WHISKEY. Satisfaction Guaranteed or you Money Refunded. 4 QUARTS SHIPPED IN PLAIN. NEAT PACKAQES EXPRESS f.65 PRE PAID 471 The COUSINS SUPPLY CO, RICHMOND, VA. has the habit IKir I .Ji 1 17
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 27, 1907, edition 1
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