THE ASHEWLLE CITIZEN m
THE WEATHER
FAIR
Sworn Dally
Average
For January
VOL. XXV. NO. 108.
A8JIEVILLK, N. (, FRIDAY MOUXTXCJ, VVAiliV AMY 190f).
VUU1-) KITE nKNTS.
BU F0KCJYG JAPANESE TO
ATTEND SEPARATE PUBLIC
Is it Coming to This?
WHITWORTH IS KITGHIN SENDS
EXCUSED FROM j A MESSAGE TO
COOPER JURY LEGISLATURE
SCHOOLS PASSES ASSEMBLY
flrove L. .Johnson's Two
Other Anti-Alien Bills
are Defeated.
DREW WANTED HIS
' BILL RECONSIDERED
Most Offensive Bill of all
Passed, Says President
Roosevelt.
(By Associatec1 Press.)
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4 With Ihc
defeat in the lower house today of two
of the anti-Japanese measures fol
lowed by the unexpected passage of n
third bill segregating Japanese school
children In separate schools, iilon:;
with Chinese, Koreans ntiil other Asi
atics, President Koosevelt again has
token a hand in the anti-Japanese
legislation that for the last week has
drawn International attention to Cali
fornia. Hardly had the bill been
passed by the assembly before gov
ernor Glllett receiwd the following
telegram from the president:
"Washington. Feb. 4. 130!.
"J. N. liillett. C.overnor of Califronia
"Your kind letter Just received
What Is the rumor that the California
legislature has passed a bill exclud
lng the Japanese children from the
public schools This is the most of
fenRlve hill of all. and. in my judg
ment, is ( learly unconstitutional and
we should . one hive to test it in
tha r.-..;,-ts. Can it be stopped in the
legislature or by veto?
(Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt "
The governor at once, sent a replv,
the nature of which he decline at
this time to make public, and he re
quested from the president an Imme
diate answer. '
The bill passed places the Japanese
In the same classification with other
Asiatics and Inserts the word "Japan
ese" In the present state statute pro
viding for the segregation in separate
schools of "Mongolian" children. .
. By, this action tha lower nous nf
the California legislature has tafteti
the step which the board of educa
tion of San Francisco Intended to
take two years ago. which was aban
doned after the board and former
Jlaynr Eugene K. Schmltz were called
to WashinKton ami had several con
ferences with President Roosevelt.
Vote 48 to 28.
drove I,. Johnson's hill cnmpclltns
Japanese to Sttend separate public
schools passed the assembly today by
a vote of 48 to 26.
Mr. Johnson's other bills prohibit
ing aliens from being members d'
boards of directors and n-strictin";
thrni In residence districts at t in- op
tion of boards of supervisors wi re de
feated, the forme r by a vote or :,t to
K. The latter measure faded of
passage because of a tie vote. tbc
friends of the bill being unable to
muster the required 4 1 votes Roll
i all anally stood 37 to 7 . aft' r a all
of the house anil several changes Hot'i
aye t no and vice rsa
The prllli ipal debate was upon in
residential segregation bill, many who
voted against the land and corpora
tion measures agreed that they fa
vored the segregation of undesirable
aliens because that was effective
ant I-Japanese legislation.
Shortly after the disposal of tbc
Johnson bills. -Mr. Drew moved that
the vote by which his land hill was
defeat el yesterday be reconsldere 1.
He offered to amend the measure bv
striking out a section which.' It ha 1
been declared, violated the tn-a'y
lights of several nations. He de
clared that as the school bill had lust
been passed and that was th- one
against which the president obic t" I
most strenuously two yrars aeo. tlv
assembly should go a step further
nnd pass the land bill also.
The motion was lost, the vote being
Sfi ayes and noes. This showed a
gain of ten votes for the opponent
of the bill.
filFFKN RKSf)MTIOX.
TARSOM. Nev , Feb. 4. The CJiftVn
nnti-Japanese resolution, shorn of ts
reference to rresident Hooseveli.
came up in the senate today and was
referred to the Judiciary committee.
It is said this committee, of which
Senator Boyd is chairman, will smoth
er it, in accordance with the wishes
of Cnded States Senators Nixon and
Nevvlands.
COMMITTEE OF EXPERT COTTON
CLASSIFIERS MAKES REPORT
(By Associated Preii.) i
WASHIXr.ToN. Feb. 4. Ri-i-om-mendlng
that the standard of differ
ent grades of cotton as fixed by the-n
he adopted as the official classifica
tion of the government, the commit
tee of expert cotton classiliers desig
nated by the secretary of agriculture
to assist him in establishing such a
standard, have made their report to
the latter. The committee has made
up types representative of the nine
different grades to be tire designated
middling fair, strict good mid.llin;.
good middling, strict middling, mid
dling strict low middling, low mhl-
dtlnt. strict good ordinary and good port nf the committee under advlso
ordlnary to be the official standard. ment. ,,-Ls.J
BELIEVE THAT
SAVINGS BANK
BILL WILL FAIL
Republican Platform Prom
ise Now Bids Fair to Be
Forgotten.
TO BE BURIED
IN COMMITTEE
Argued That Postal Savings
Bank System Would Hurt
Industrial Interests.
IIY TV.
(Special correspondent ofTlieCitl7.cn)
UASHiMiitlX. Feb. 4. "Don't
allow the postal savings bank bill
to come before the boose. it
vicious measure and must die
is a
In
committee."
The money power the. Country
has sounded lit dein I. noli for the
o- till bav, so far as the sixth-it.
c ingress is concerned. No one
knows from exactly what Individual
the quoti-d command came, but it ar
rived just the same, and It Is to be
obeyed. The bill will In- discussed in
the senate, as heretofore explained,
but when it comes to the house it
will go to the committee and die
here. That fate has been arranged
for It should it pas sthe senate this
session.
The fact that the republican plat
form promised a postal bank as a
substitute, for the guarantea of say
Uuja -deposits, attppeavr , to. mak .nt
difference to the big 'bankers and re
publican leaders. The platform was
a mere temporary arrangement be
tween friends-
Strong Opposition.
As excuses for the desertion of the
postal bunk attention is being directed
tc strong opposition Despite the fart
nearly every first-class nation lias a
postal saving system. it Is being argued
a government savings bank system
vvutiM "revolutionize and overthrow
the business and industrial intorcst.
of the country. "
This (s one of the assertions made
b.v A. K. Rice, prestrrent of the Ohio
Cankers' Association, who has sent a
b ng discussion on the
each number of congres
"The senatorial sponsor
ji i t recently assert.-, ." s.n
"that tin re was a greiil
ov erpowi l ing demand for
mental savings liank-tlei
ubj. t to
.f the pro
' Mi I (ice
uuiv ersal,
a govern-
I high of-
lii ials had urged it. that tin- political
parlies hajl declared for it. and thai
I tile people, by their oii in NoVenl-
j b. r. bad commanded it. Now. as a
mere matter of fa. t. this savings bank
quest i. in has never lieen an issue be
fore the people. 1 'onseqliellt I V. tile)'
have ie ver had an opportunity to
pass any sort of judgment thereon
True, the political parte s through
the instrumentality of a f'-w nver-z-aloiis
friends, were persuaded to
give endorsement to th- measure. All
this. then, has been ingeniously dls
tcrted into a positive command of Un
people for tlu- congress to Inaugurate
a gov . mment savings bank.
"To those whose station and ex
perience give exceptional advantages
lor observation and forecast, th.. gov
irnrrierit .savinit-; bank project mean
disaster to the business and Indus
U in; int. r- ts of ibis i nunlrv
' It is easily possible f..r ..no lo be
c. me, so Infatuate. I with a pi t the
ory as to his.. Mij;ht of th.- adverse
conditions that surround him.
"Smb. it would seem, is the plight
"four worthy postmaster general, for
in the intensity of his enthusiasm foi
a government savings bank system
be seeks, without Intention, to revolu
tionize and overthrow the business
and industrial interests of this coun
try. The adoption of hM plans
would Inimr-diat-ly precipitate a con
Iliet between the federal and state
governments, each with its lawful
Icng-establislii d institutions "
Th-- recommendation is made that
in view of the confusion that might
aria; in case the Htandards were
promulgated at once, they should not
go into etTeet until tVptember.l, 1910
It also Is recommended that efforts
should1 he made to secure the co-on-eration
of foreign exchanges in con
nection with the standards The fu -ther
recommendation is made that
congress enact legislation penalizing
any one tampering with the standards,
which are to be kept locked up at
the department of agriculture.
Secretary Wilson still has the re-
to win nti
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News Item It is reported that a b(ll will be introdu
tax bachelors. j
OVERLOOK ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND
"SUNSET PARK" TO OPEN FOR SUMMER
Big Amusement Enterprise And Other Tourist Features of
Incalculable Benefit to This City Are Now Being Organized
Metropolitan form of Entertainment is Assured
The Overlook park trolley line an
the beautiful park itself will be oper
ated this summer.
The railway line from the .Golf club
to the purk, with the car barns and
all the railway equipment, have been
purchased by the real estate firm of
LaBarbe, Moale & Chiles.
There will be an ftxtenstve fleyeloiiraMtn
mi nt of many acres of land adjoining"
the park and lots will be sold for
summer homes, which an excellent
railway schedule will render very ac
cessible to the city.
Th definite announcement of this
plan of so great Importance to Ashe
ville v. lit be heard with universal
pleasure, overlook park ranked net
to Hiltmore estate as the city's
chief attraction. The trolley lin-,
winding along the mountain, side,
througit natural forests, with a. rock
ballasted roadbed, heavy steel rails
and excellent equipment, was In truth
one of the scenic roads of the coun
try, affording views which varied
each few feet of mountain and idaln
and tin- city, and its terminus, live---I
look park, vvith its
lawns and admirable
beauty spot. from it
tower Ihere stretched
distant and nearby
w lib-spreading '
asino. was Hi
and the loftv (
l panorama ot
mountains. a
SENSATION IN
S. C. MURDER TRIAL
Witnesses Swear to Sccini
Bruises on Mrs. Jones, lti-j
flicted hv Husband. j
(By Associated Press.)
I'MOV s. i ' . Feb. 4 Inter -st In
creases in the sensational Jones mur
der case now on trial here. .Iii'lce
Memminger today ru!ei that any evi-
lenee as to threats by Jones on th"
life of bis wife and evidence as to
their relationship since their occu
pancy of their new home began thr
years ajo would be allowed. This is
regarded as an Inning for the pros
cution, ano. much very sensational tes
timony probably will be brouuht out
soon.
Mrs Whitlnck swore to seeing 1111
merous bruises and scars Q31 her sjs
ter. Jones' dcceas.cd wife, during lif-
time, and how during a islt to her
sister shortly before the alleged mur-
der she heard Jones and his w i'e
cursing in the roo:n which Jones an I
his wife occupied, and a sound as if
some one bad been knocked own.
Witness asked Jones to be good to li' i-
ulster, and she referred to an incirl. nt
when he had taken bis wife from 1
school exhibition and on the wav
home had beaten her with bottles !).
said he would rule his own house. .'.
negro testified that Jones Invited hi .1
to dine ulth him, and Mrs. Joins
waited on the table. The rle-rro o'. -
jected. but Jones told him It was -i'rSeaw-11. 1
right. -North cai-o
.Numerous witnesses testified to va- No finl-'
Hons Instances of Jones' aileg-- 1 In the Sea.v
brutal treatment of his wife, and dif
ferent persons had seen many bruls j
and scars on her body, alleged to have
been the result of his Wows. One.
witness testified that he hail
,-8n
Jones drag his wife by the hair from
the house and whip her.
The state may close Its case tomor- I
row afternoon.
Ts. f
libirdseye vlewof Asheville. s.nd, 2.900
feet above th sea level, its ever cool
atmosphere -iiul beautiful walks
through the m oods mude if the Mecca
for every A'b-'Vllle visitor. When
the rails were- taken up some yeara
ftfo the people of Asheville felt that
they bad suffered a severe blew, (end
Transit compsny was hailed with Joy.
The subsequqi'iit failure of the napid
Transit company and the cessation of
operations l-roufht correspondl! g
gloom.
The new u .wifrs an
achieving successes 'n
Hons, and, li iving miuli
plans before acting, tin
in n noted for
their opera
sure of the.r
an- now in
a position t
of the l-ailv ..
it can be st.,
excellent - h
the park v '
tive than i -
Insure (lie leopenttloM
. and the pal k. In fact
!.,l that not only will an
-dub- be nioiiilained. but
I be made mole attri -r.
Entertainments- will
l the casino and li-'go'la
v on for ili-s- The
lant will be opened als i.
iv consists s,.erat
ilolf club stata.n and a
In tile pal I ami .ve
ugh the sal- -! lb'' Han
opertieS In "I'lC
recent K- ' uitil me. I t be
be a ft i
Hons
cash lo
The
r.le.l
i r - i
ll-sl.c
pi
acres at tie
large a- t'-.ic
acquired tin
id Transit i
court, win i
APPOINTMENT
OF SEAWELL IS
BEING HELD UP
IVndiii"; Invest iu.it ii.n
Cliai't,"- 'hich llac 1 1 ' li
File.
OTIIKI.'r-
I Atfainsl Mini. ...a ...
-ARE ALSO p.'"'
KEPT ON 1,'ACK i..i '-.'
o Eviili lice H;is
Vet lil'Cll
Siil
in t ted in C
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Associated Press 1
TON, I'l. 1
A.--m!
I'n.te.l m
pointim nf
the s.iiat--
being h- : 1
kinds and
ing Invest
th s- o.it'
In addui
Handli'..
Alabama,
senate -e
have he. r
against 1;
'distri - t "f
c distrli t j elt-
lllch have t,. .
Preshbnt I!"
.p on (barges
.ree of the . as
s.,,
ted by sub
ornmitte.. io the asc
the norttu
.a h has b.
uree years.
.Ill II.
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.,, I.ef.
I1IV 'Mt I
Ill
-tarted on ha r
al A. OunniiMui.
Masks, and Herb' rt
the east- rn di-tri 1
na.
e has yet be-n t.il.miti
case.
ODD FKI.I-OWS TKMI'bK IKHUII l
CHATHAM, Ont.. Feb. 4. The udd
Fellows t- mple her- was robh- d of
costly Jew. is and ornaments lust night.
What has caused the rti'Mt consterna
tion, however, was the discovery that
copies of the secret work of th ord- r
i.in i.v thievoa.
mas taken by thieves.
ced in the state legislature to
bid made by Mr. How land on behalf
of himself and Interests. lie nt -
quires the line from the flolf club to
New Bridge, where connection will li
made with the now Wea,vervllle trol
ley road, whose cars will come Into
the city vlft,tla Howland purcttose
lis sss4 4)m rriinnvwu 41ns-of
the Asheville Klectrlc company. jh
llaibe, MohIi- K- t'hlles acquired the
remainder of the property stated
It is stated that a large ucnage
,-uljolning the park will be developed
through the agent y of these gentlemen
and will be subdivided Into lots which
will be very attractive.
Maoliallau 0x-r illimilv.
It v. ill also lie intensely giailfyliiu
to the people to learn Unit Messrs
LaBarbe. Monle K ' biles are now In
ncuotiution with the Manhattan Opera
. . -1 ii oi n s to sccni " their engagement
at Hi" I'loutm lor several weeks In
line lie summer The Manhattan com
pan', is Hint whl' ll presented (quiaf
at the 'i" l:i house for 11 Week 1'
. entlv mid so dellKhted the , It v Hull
the house W.IS filled CUcl III K 1. 1 1111 I
would have hen Idled for another sli
nights il' il liuil I.e. n poMMihie lor th
c II 1 1 I 0 I 1 1 t" I elllU ill.
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lloftiam of i ..I inihiis. I.lovd T. K -.lirt
of M- . k a-nburg. Albert H. ;uer
i,rd "I I'.uic ombe, Itofiert M. Mulli
km ..' Cine ombe. James K. Hector of
Hni,. "lull", lit re st Steele of Alison
l.a.vreme a Thomllnson of Durham.
Kirbv Hi'lbiirv of inslow. Samuel T
Staneill or Noi tharnpton. Ja V
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I'IKIIKHIKS WTHOVf3lKT.
WAHIIINOTON. Feb. 4 It wnt
Vild tonight In official quarters that
Ambassador llrv ce and the New
l-'oundbmd autborities have reached
an agreement in the matter of th
fisheries controversy to. Is? submitted
to The Harue court for arbitration
Denies Any Bias But, De-
lares lie would Prefer
to Escajie Service.
TEN JriiOHS CHOSEN;
NEW VENIRE MONDAY
Judge Hart Repudiates In-! Alexander Co. Seeks Partial
sinuation That Jury List ' Exemption From Prohi
I las Heen Tampered. bit ion Laws.
I
(By Associated Prfts.)
NASHVH.I.K, Tenn, Feb. 4.---Whi-n
an adjournmesit was taken to
day In the trlul of t'nl. Duncan li.
Cooper. Itoblii J. trooper and John
D. Hhurp, charged with the murder
of 10. YV. Carmnck, the Jurors pussed
for the trial of the case hud been re
duced from II to 10 by the removal
of Juror Whltwnrth ntid a new- venire
or fiOO talesmen hud been ordered
summoned ff,r appearance at 9
o'clock Monday and from these both
the state and defense express til
hope that the two Jurors necessary to
complete the trial panel will be se
cured. When court opened Judge Hart
said:
"There have been Inthnntlons In
the press that the Jury list hns lieon
tamperisl .with. I wish to say that
the Jury box from which the names
are druwn Is In the enslody of Circuit
Clerk 1 yew is Hltt. The names In It
were placed there two years ago. It
romalus sealed and Is controlled by
Hltt, who was Carmack's cumpalgn
manager. 1 make this statement In
Justice to every one concerned."
Judge Hart seemed to feel very
deeply tlm Insinuation that there was I
an effort niudn to get men on the
panel friendly to the defendants. Very
few If any In the room had heard of
such a charge, which, was sen to
the Judge In the form of a clipping
from an out of town- paper-
---wntmrnntr csltro. "- '
The court then drew the new ven
ire and sent for Juror Whltworth
The latter was asked to explain bis
riniark that be wan ugalnst (iovclnor
111 1 1' l-HOII-
I said I was against him because
of his abuse of tin- pardoning power
and In turning criminals loose "
Judge Anderson, of the defense
etoes exainln. il the Juror.
Whltw-ortli declared be would much
prefer lo escape ierv Ice but denied
any bias
Tin- court lln-n briefly reviewed the
charge lb- hoi
thin th.- claim that
the Juror bad said Unit tin
ants should In- bunged was
defend-'
j
vert-d. on the swoml charge that
b- had said that li.iv.rnur l-atler-soii
bad h band tu flu- killing, the
Judge bebi thai the Juror did not deny
II speelln ally enough
"Therefore, ' the i ourt concluded,
I deem II le st to , yi use Ml, Wlilt
w ol t b f I "in tie- Jul v
The state ohj-c(.-i st . n uoosl v and
i!eeai i.-il Dint tie com t hi t loii would
disi I-...IU mid ihigia.e Whllvvoitb.
Judge Hall hasleued lo sue that then-,
was no ground hit- sin li a sliileiu.-ni
The slat- contlt il to light the decls- :
ion and In hngthv :pe. cb' M sought
to change it w tthout .iv.iTl
I'.inrt lie n adjoiiried until Moll-da-.'
at 'i .i iii. when the efforts to
secure two more Jiu-uh will be re
sume. I
FAVOR INCREASING
CLERK'S SALARIES
(3s Associated Press J
WAHIIINOTON I'el, I TbecimK
lion of lie I- aslliir I'm s;iallin of gov -
iniirieni ileiks v. i s brolly discussed
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BITTER DENUNCIATION HEAPED
UPON THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE
'By Associated Press 1
v A:-ili I m :t i v. Fen. t.- Tho fore.-t
servi-e lo'lii-., tn oonricciiori wnn ine
onsidernlioii of the agricultural im
propriation lull, amc in for ftirtti-r
. rlticisui lr. Momb-ll of Wvouilng
ffirg. d tint tie- forest bureau wujj
adnilnistei-d with v.iinton estrava-
galie...
Mr K. -.It or Kansas. In reply, said
the Kc p comtlsslon had found that
forest service employes were palJ
less than those of other departments.
Hitter b uunciatlon -was heaped
upon the service by Mr Smith of Cal
ifornia, It was. he said, the greufost
outrage that bad been perpetrated
upon any people. "The effort of ths
'Recommends That $(58,000
. Be Returned to Stntfl
Penitentiary.
;.fK. WEAVER WANTS
FEMALE NOTARIES '
(Hihi imi to Tim eiutoti.)
KAI.KU1H. N. e. Veto. 4, Speaker
Graham was back In the chair this
morning after an absence of three '
days nitil again there was "hity made""
and Vcr little talking. . ' ,
Among local measures. Including
the senate bill changing the nam of
th mittens' Trust anil Bavin gs Bank
of Ashc'tlle to the Cltlscna' Bank of
Asheville; also a hill to incorporate
the Asheville and East Tennessee
Kullroad company. i
The reaturo of the day was Gover
nor Kttchlns message tranamlttlnif
Superintendent Mann's letter as to
th finances of ths state prison and "
n commending that some sixty-eight
thottsutid dollars be paid back to the
penltenthiry from tn prison funds In
the hnnd of the state tressury, being
the mom-y turned over for the lliuid
ntlon ot the prison bonds, svnd that
the state provldo other means far
settling the bond Issue' The messngs
was placed In the hands of ths com -mtttess
or senate and house on penal
Institutions. t s
Kepreewntativs' Dotighton In trod ue
ed a bill tirovlitln for the employ
tnent of a typewriter to aid the eu-
. prenie court. Justices In their work,
sud a laborer to carry books to' and
'from their homes- The Alleghany
I minler explained that this work had
been done for some twenty-five years.
tut by soma, oversight had not been
provided for In the act Of HOT, and
consequently the auditing committee -had
reported some expenditures not
warranted by the tetter of the Jaw. ,
: That women -might be appointed
a tiotrttr' pu'Wte: -It th sabict' of
bill by Alt. Wegver, of Huncombe,
who also Introduced a, bill wmendlns:
the charter of Black Mountain. 4
Want Kxcniptlon. '
A "kick" from Alexander county
against the state prohibition law was
registered In the shape of a bill by
Mi l.onney to allow Alexander to
iiuilie and sell brandy distilled from,
fiuit grown on their own lands.
The proem law against working on'
Hiindiiv prohibits one from doing any
wot!, "of bis ordinary calling" on that
day, 1. living It apparently so that one
I'""1'1 w",k 'u ""melhlng not his usual
itepreseniative uowa jn
tioduced u bill to strike out th word
piot ,i and ulsu to make violation
a misdemeanor nstead of merely puiV
ishahi' bv a iii,.- of one dollar.
a bin by Mi lastoii, of Huncombe,
prevents the wile of wine In upper -lloitiinv
township of lluncoiirbe gtoun
I ami another Is to protect sm 1
and iish In Ituncnmbc county.
I'., pn v. nt a Judge from granting
an Injunction to stop u, sale under
-M-iution is th- purpose of a bill by
li. in. .si iiiai- i ' Ornnt. of Davie.
K- pr. H' ui.iilvc Murphy, of Oull-
ford, intr iced the bill for the ap-
.ro. rial Ions wanted for the state
saiutai iiim for tuberculosis patients
M.l. Hit If.TON I'AKHFS A WAV.
i By Associates' Prtss.)
Mollll.i:. Ala, Feb. 4. Maj. Hugh
K 1111111011, who was a member of
a pi eminent North Carolina family, st
ma or .during the Civil war with the
Hoops ,,r its i M'lve state and founder
-.r Ho lo-io ..I Crlcbton, Ala., died
11' le lodll
A - 1 1 1 V IT" N. Feb. 4. Forecast
a N'orih Carolina. Fair Friday;
ituiil.c, i ,i i n moderate to brlsK
-ilhv - st v. mils.
for'-st bureau ' he declared. "Is to
grind cvs-ry dollar It can get out Of
lin people of the west," There was,
he declared, no kind nf an activity
carried on In any part of the national
forest Oi.it the poople were not made
to yield "money, money, money" nil
the time to tho federal government. .
He charged that the forest semle
had lllegully extorted fees from min
ers, stock men. farmers and others.
He spoke particularly of a case lit
which a fee of ten cents each hail
been levied on bee hives, "herei
was." 1 vehemently asserted, "nelth
er sense nor Justltli-atlon for filching
these pennies from the pocket of the,
poor bes man." - -