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VOL. XXI. PLYMOUTH, N; 0.. FRIDAY, JANUARY C, 1911. NO. 29.
ANNUAL REPORT QF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
I, F. R. Johnston, Register of
hereby certify that the following
expenditures made by the County
ning with the first Monday ia December, 1903, and ending with the first
Monday in December, 1910, to the
Z. Harriss, Bridge Keeper,
etc., 3 .months $
H. W. Tarkenton, Furnishing '
county at Roper
H. Gurkin, Keeper Co. Home
J. E. Norman, Furnishing Co.
Infirm .. ..
WTH. Hampton, Furnishing
Co.
T, J. Basnight, Timber . .
vjlll .ianoke. JBeacon, Pub. Pro- ,
ceedings, etc -
. J. T. McAllister, Shff. fees . . .
D. E. Wcodley, Furnishing
Co. Infirm
L. E. Hassell, Services
C. V. W. Ausbon, Clerk, etc.
"M. A. Ambrose, Furnishing..
Dr. Ward, Medical services.
, JANUARY
.7. O. Everett, D. S. . . .
W. H. Tarkenton, Constable
fees
26.95
94.30
12.50
13.03
34.25
2.72
8.00
10.80
19.20
5.23
24.25
75.71
97.50
6.80
2.20
2.16
6.50
40.93
5.80
19.50
4:25
13.25
1.80
3.00
29.96
r18.00
7.24
1.80
j. j. woocuey, uoaa
Roanoke Beacon, Pub. Pro
ceedings, etc. ....... i.:;. r-
"W. H. Hampton, Furnishing .
Co
J. T. McAllister. Shff. fees.'.
A. S. Allen, Bridge Work...
J. E. Singleton, services as
Commissioner ............
H. Gurkin, County Home....
H. Woolard,' Overseer ''"f. '..I . .
Roper Lumber Co., Lumber..
W. T. Phelps, Lumber.
A. L. .Holmes, Furnishing
County- . '. '
J. E. Norman, Furnishing Co. .
11. Shesson, Road
FEBRUARY
J. T. McAllister. Shff. hold
ing Court, etc
Jas. Jackson, Road
J, O. Everett, D. S., and feed
ing prisoners ........
Joe. Norman, Witness
W. R. Chesson, Witness
H. Gurkin, Co. Home ..
H. Chesson, Witness
R R. Johnston, Services Reg. -Deeds,
etc. ..........
C. V. W. Ausbon
Roanoke Beacon, Stationery. "
. A. D. Snell, Bridge, etc,
E. W. Tetter ton, Road
I. H. Wynne, Road .
Nurney Son, Coffin . . . .-. ..
JRoahoke Beacon, Pub. Pro
ceedings Mrs. Midgett, Board for jury
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing .
Co :
R. Elliott, Furnishing Co. . . . .
J. E. Norman, Furnishing Co.
C. W. Clifton, Road ... .
MARCH
W. A. Barnes, Services . , .'.
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing
co. :. .r...
A. O. Gaylord, . for Col.
Kenan
W. M. Davenport, Road ....
F. Askew, Road ...
J. W. Swain, Road
L. F. Davenport, Road
Hr v: Tarkenton, Furnishing
Co.'s
J. O. Everett, D. S. ......
Edentcn Coal & Ice' Co..;: .
C. V. W. Ausbon, Clerk's
261.80
2.40
66.10
2.00
1.50
9.00
; 2.eo
31.00
25.78
3.50
12.10
i.92
1.80
"6.00
4.00
25.00
144.60
17.28
7.41
1.00
31.24
8.15
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.1S
81.60
26.40
28.00
16.30
.9.20
' 7.24
S12;10
m.QO
50.25
'2.40
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
2S.03
29.15'
8.30
.3.00
18.75
' 1.50
20.00
14.83
32.59
12.10
6.00
4.00
10.85
6.90
1.5S
14.45
9.00.
57.10
2.70
47.71
i.iZ
fees, etc
H. Gurkin, County Home
J. E. Norman, Furnishing
Co
-A. D. Shell, Bridge . .
C. V. W. Ausbon, Stationery
F. R. Johnston, Books, etc...
A. H. Spear, Road
APRIL
W. sO.,rwiddy, Inquest Juror
D. I. MorrQw, Inquest Juror. .
J. W. Chesson, Inquest Juror.
N. T, Everett, Inquest Juror
J. D. Rawls, Inquest Juror .
S. J. Twiddy. -Inquest Juror..
Walker & Myers, Lumber......
J. O. Everett, Jail, prisoners,
etc. ....
W. F. Ausbon, Services, In-
- quest ;
C. F. McNair, Hauling lumber
Will Jackson, Guard .... .
T, L. . Satterthwaite, " hauling,
etc. :
Jno. W. Garrett, Guard
C. V. W. Ausbpa, Clerk, etc.
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing
County
A D. Snell, Bridge
W. T. Nurney, Coffin ...... .
Roanoke Beacon, Pub. Pro-v
ceedings
J. E. Norman, Furnishing . .
F. R. Johnston
J. J; Ambrose, Road ........
P. E. Davenport, Drugs..
H. Gurkin, County Home'....'
MAY
J. O. Everett, D. S
R. R. R. & L. Co . .
W. II. Hampton, Furnishing
Co
Mrs. Midgett,', Board for jury.
Deeds of Washington County, N. C, do
i3 a true and accurate statement of the
Commissioners in the year 1910, begin
persons and for the purposes following:
H. Gurkin, County Home. .. .
W. T. Nurney, Coffin, etc
Roanoke Beacon, Pub. Pro
ceedings,, etc,
C. V. W. Ausbon, Clerk, etc.
A. D .Snell, Bridge
E. W. Ayers, Lumber . .
J. T. McAllister, Sheriff '. . . .
Hugh Patrick .'
F, R. Johnston. Reg. Services
C. V. Wr. Ausbon Court fees'
F. Chesson, J. P. Fees
W. F. Ausbon, J. P. fees . .
A. W. Swain, Witness ......
T. S. Swain, J. P. fees
W. S. Davenport, J. P. fees..
S. B. Spruill, Mayor ........
W. T. Hatfield, Witness
C. V. W. Ausbon. Col.
Keenan
H. W. Bateman, D. S. ......
J.' O. Everett, D. S. ........
E. R. Jackson, Constable's
fee3
McBride, Witness
H. Craddock, Road
L. Lamb, Read
J. D. Rawls, Road
W. R. Chesson
J. F. Tarkenton, Witness...
D. -H. Holmes, Witness. .
G. W. Phelps, Witness......
Jas. Brickhouse, Witness...
Herbert Phelps. Witness ....
W. Barnes, Witness
G: W. Barnes, Witness . .
We. Norman, Witness .....
W. J. Jackson, Witness..,.. '
W. A. Oliver, Witness
J. W. Skiles, Witness .'.
F. R. Johnston, Witness . . . .
J. Eure, Witness
J. Norman, Witness
O. R. Leggett, Witness ......
A. Bratten, Witness . ....
H. Chesson, Witness .
Cevil Norman, Witness ....
Sam Robertson, Witness ....
E. M, Brinklejr, Witness f
Uxrvp Little, Witness .......
J. T. McAllister. Sheriff .v.".
JUNE
C. "V. W. Ausbon, Fees, etc.
H. Gurkin, County Home....
Nurney & Son. Coffin
C. M. Kelly .
J. E. Norman, Furnishing Co.
A.. L. Holmes, Furnishing Co.
C. W. Clifton
W.' H. Hampton r Furnishing
Co. . . .
F. R. Johnston, Deed Book,
etc
A. D. Snell, Bridge .".
JULY
J. T. Sitterton, Tax List....
Roanoke Beacon, Pub. Pro
ceedings W. W. Scarborough, County
Home
Nurney & Son, 2 Coffins
J. T. McAllister, ShiT
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing
Co. m
T. F. Davenport, Road . .
F. R. Johnston, Reg. Deed3
Book, etc .....
S. Davenport, Road
W. H. Phelps, Road
J. O. Everett, D. S
N. A. Craddock, Furnishing
Co
T. J. Basnight, Lumber ....
J. L. Norman, Furnishing Co.
H., W. Tarkenton, Furnishing
12.10
10.00
6.50
7.45
,15.10
3.75
51.80
2.40
. 7.00
80.75
.95
7.00
' .73
.68
.48
t 3.94
.65
4.08
5.35
6.63
'11.28
2.30
1.20
1.15
2.10
2.40
2.30
2.70
.85
.85
1.75
1.80
1.80
1.30
3.20
2.10
4.05
.60
1.60
110
i.io
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.20
1.10
.60
5.90
6.00
9.65
6.00
1.S0
21.21
22.50
i:80
34.57
36.70
18.30
40.50
4.00
12.83
12.00
7.00
27.40
2.40
14.68
2.40
2.40
8.60
47.25
16.10
26.50
109.50
46.00
26.70
2.95
" 23.00
2.25
16.07
16.00
2.73
" 53.51
6.60
3.81
3.42
1.72
2.40
12.10
32.27
2.40
4.05
2.40
35.42
1.17
5.40
2.40
Co
D. ' Garrett, Tax . List .......
AUGUST '
A. W. Snell
L. G. Roper, Lumber .
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing
Co. o..
A. L. Holmes, Furnishing Co.
W. W. Scarborough, County
Home
SEPTEMBER '
J. O. Everett, D. S
Walker & Myers. Lumber...
W. E. Baseman, Lumber and
Shingles
H. W. Bateman, D. S. . ..-...
Eli" Spruill ....
C. T Spruill, Road
W. H. Stillmair, Road
J. L. Clifton, Road'.
A. D. Snell, Bridge i . .
Joe Norman, Furnishing Co.
J. E. Nooney, Road
L. M., Davenport, Read 2 yrs. v
E. W. Phelps, Road....'
W. H. Hampton . . .
S. J. Wcodley
L. S. Sprufil, Lumber .
C. E. Marriner, Road
W. T. Phelps, Lumber 17,
B. D. Latham, Work 7 ,
A. S. Allen, Work 7.
J. E. Knovies, Road' 1,
Rcacc-k? Beacon, Pub. Pro
ceedings, etc 10.00
F.'P.. Johnston, Tax List, etc. 215.00
T. L. Satterthwaite, Lumber 3.64
W. W. Scarborough, County
Home 16.67
J. R. Knowles. For Road....- 25.00
Mrs. Midgett. (Duplicate).., 4.80
OCTOBER
S. J. Barco, Coffin 4.00
Roanoke, Beacon, Pub., etc... , 8.00
J. E. Norman, Furnishing Co. 9.14
W. , H. Hampton, Furnishing
Co. 33.09
Roper Co , 5.00
J. O. Everett, D. S... 49.05
A. D. Snell, Bridge 1 12.10
W. W. Scarborough, County
Home 16.66
R. Elliott . 23 . 00
C. V. W. Ausbon, Stationery,
etc. ,. 7.25
J. O. Everett, D. S 48.14
W. H. Tarkenton, Constable. 1.50
NOVEMBER .
A. O. Gaylord, Atty 75. 0C
Chas. Sutton, Hauling .' 2.00
WV Robertson, Grand Jury
services ,. 10.00
H. W. Batemani D. S . 1.23
W. H. Hampton, Furnishing
Co. ...- 38.14
J.TV McAllister, Shff 33.90
W. FC 3ray, Witness , ... 3 . 45
J. S. Qhesson,. Furnishing Co. 107.59
T. L. Smith, Drugs. 3.70
L. -,F. Allen,1 Witness.: ;. . .-.- 3.30
W. J. Adams, Witness 3.40
J. T. McAllister, Shff 8.05
H. ,G. Chesson, Witfies3. . . ; 5.25
W. T. Phelps, Furnishing vCo. " 1.25
C. H. Oliver, Witness...... 2.90
M. H. Eure, Witness...!.... 2.85
J. E. Eure, Witness. . 2.85
C. V. ,W. Ausbon' Court fees , 45.18
J. O. Everett, D. S... 1.55
E. R. Jackson, Constable.... 3,60
S. B. Spruill, Mayor........ .85
W. F. Ausbon, J,LP.. .55
A. W. Swain, J.jP,.... "1.80
J. E. Singleton, ij. ,P.i:. . 2.65
W. A. "Swain, Witness ; . 2.20
Louis Da venportfi Witness. . . 1.95
L. F. Allen, Witness,...:,.. 1.96
A. W. Ambrose,. Witness 3.10
D. W. Phelps, Witness .. 3.C5
Milton Chesson, , Witness 1.70
Ben Oglesby, Witness . . 1. 70
C. H. Parisher, Witness...... 170
W. J. Mercer, Witness...... 2.40
Dr. Ward, Witness '. . 2.62
A. L. Alexander, Witness 1.60
J. B.; Bateman, Witness..,.. ' 3:00
H. P, Lucas, Witness 3.75
G. W. Phelps, Witness 2.65
J. S. Allen, Witness 2.90
A. D. Snell, Bridge. 12.10
Total, r. $3,759.44
AbW&Ws PAID TO COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS. W. T..Phelps; Chairman: '
To 17 days: as commossioner
at $2.00 ,.......$34.00
To 12 days as warden at $2.00 24.00
To 368 miles at 10c 36.80
Total $94. SO
C. G. Spencerf
To 13 days as commissioner
at $2.00 . $26.00
To 117 miles at 10c ..11.70
Total ...$37.70
J. E. Singleton.
To 6 days as commissioner
at $2.00 $12.00
To 60 miles at 10c 6.00
Total ...$18.00
D. G. Darden.
To 4 days as commissioner.
at $2.00 $ 8.00
To 22 miles at 10c' 2.20
Total
$10.20
Total to commissioners.'. .$ 160.00
Total for all other purposes 3,759.44
Grand total $3,919.44
I, F. R. Johnston, Register of Deeds,
do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true statement of amounts allow
ed for county expenditures during the
year 1310; also per diem and mileage
allowed county commissioners for
said" time.
F. R. JOHNSTON,
Register of Deeds.
December 5th, 1910.
Noted Lawyer Attempts Suicide.
Greensboro, N. C. Judge Spencer
B. Adams, attempted to commit sui
cide by cutting his throat with a
razor.
No direct motive for the act has
been assigned and his friends and
lelatives have succeeded in maintain
ing close secrecy.
Judge Adams was P well known
throughout the country was for sev
eral years State Renjblican chair
man. He was once a member of the
Indian claims commission in Okla
homa. Prepare For the Worst.
Mobile, Ala. Almost continuous
trembling of the seismograph at the
Spring Hill College, near here, has
caused Professor C. Ruhlmann to is
sue solemn warning to the world of a
great seismic upheaval, which, he
says, is cure to come in the immediate
future. ' Constantly increasing trem
ors have been recorded at Spring Hill
College since December 23, the ten
dency taein- south to nerth, and these,
says the scientist, forecast a distur
bance of great 'intensity and wide
range at no distant date.
WILL WEAR STRIPES
Indicted Trust Individuals Fear
Jail Sentences. .
NO HOPE GIVEN FOR LENIENCY.
Attorney General Wickersham Will
Demand Prison Terms For Guilty
Members of Bath Tub Trust No
More Fines.
Washington. Attorneys for some
of the individuals indicted as mem
bers of the so-called "bath-tub trust"
for alleged violations of the anti-trust
act came to the Department of Justice
in the interest of their clients, who,
in the event of their conviction and
of the court's acceptance of the de
clared policy of Attorney General
Wickersham to "stand for no more
fines" are threatened with jail sen
tences. "
They were given to understand, it
was said, that jail sentences . will be
insisted upon and were informed that
their clients will be expected in the
United States circuit court at Detroit
on January 4 to give bail in the sum
of $4,000 each. The attorneys for
the indicted men indicated they would
not make it necessary for the govern
ment to start fifty removal suits to
get the fifty defendants together on
that day.
The vffer of . compromise said to
have been tendered by the visiting
lawyers was in effec-t that the Stan
dard Sanitary Man!tTatyrigCom
pany and other defen' to tnn the civil
action should appear ) I the Unit
ed States circuit cou! coul Baltimore
and consent to the peU saVnt injunc
tion the government a.pursV the gov
ernment would be satis Vith fines
and no jail sentences ii" 1 criminal
action. It was pointed;" What an
effectual dissolution of' tTcIaiwensive
combination the govermmAhliib.arges
would be effected iVeta ""Stoction
V I ventured)
The Department w Vlistice, how
ever, thinks the combination is as
good as dissolved. This week it learn
ed that four concerns in the combine
sent out letters to the trade fhat they
were no longer parties to tbye alleged
price-fixing agreement.
The recent declaration of Attorney
General Wickersham, following the
window-gIas3 trust case in Pittsburg,
that he would insist on prison sen
tences in all future convictions in
anti-trust cases was the answer to the
second -proposition. .
"A
BABIES 1 DISAPPEARING.
In 2020 TheresVTll be No Children
1 in United States.
St. Louis. There will be no chil
dren in the United States under 5
years of age in the year 2020. Babies,
accordingly, r.-ill have disappeared
from this country as early as 2015.
This is the mathematical conclusion
of Prof.' Walter F. Wiftepx of Cornell
University, announced to thJAmeri
can Statistical Association at itS" con
cluding session. -
"There is 'proportionately more
race suicide in the United States than
in France," said Professor Willcox.
An endowment for the stork was
recommended to the American Socia
logical Association by George Elliot
Howard, professor of sociology in the
University of Nebraska. In an ad
dress on "The Social Control of Do
mestic Relations" he declared the
State should honor motherhood by
endowing members.
"Parents who raise families," he
said, "are entitled to payment and
security from the State the same as
the soldier or the judge or any other
public servant."
Shame on Ohioans. -West
Union, Ohio. A dozen men,
when Judge Blair opened court,
tramped into the court and without
the least evidence of shame confessed
that they had sold their votes for
trifling sums. Seventy-three true
bills, the smallest day's work for a
long "while, were reported by the
grand jury bringing the total indict
ments up to 1,071. Of this number
677 have already pleaded guilty.
Forty men, uninvited, and a3 yet un
indicted, have come to the court
house to enter pleas of guilty.
Two- Airmen Killed.
Los Angeles. John B. Moisant and
Arch Hoxsey, aviators extraordinary;
have been killed. Both fell out of the
treacherous air currents with . i.heir
machines neither from a vast height
and Moisant's remaining minutes of
life were so few as to count a3 naught.
Hoxgey was killed instantly. Mcisant
met his death attempting to alight in
a field a few miles from New Orleans.
Iloxsey, at Los Angeles, lay a crush
ed, lifeless mass, in view of the thou
sands who were watching the avia
tion tournament. He fell 500 feet.
DECEIVED THE INSPECTOR
National Bank at Quanah, Texas,
Hoodwinks Examiners For Two
Years Syteni For All Banks.
Washington. Disclosures following
the forced liquidation of the Quanah
National bank of Quanah, Tex., sever
al days ago, caused the comptroller of
the currency to issue an order direct
ing every one of the seven thousand
and two ' hundred national banks in
the United States to Install what prac
tically amounts to a uniform systed
of book-keeping. , :
Investigation of the Quanah bank
discloses that it had been doing busi
ness for the last two years, although
undoubtedly insolvent, and although
inspected at regular intervals ' by na
tional bank examiners that during
that time the examiners were Unable
to learn the bank's true condition
largely because the management re
fused to keep a proper record of its
business transactions, and that the
entire capital of $50,000 and probably
some of the $38,000 surplus was paid
out to stockholders as" dividends.
In a statement issued, Comptroller
Murray concedes that his examiners
were hoodwinked for two years by the
way the bank handled its notes.
Reports to headquarters show that
an examiner finally did become sus
picious shortly before the bank's clos-
Ufag and insisted that a new set of
books be installed. This the officials
did under protest, the report says; but
they abandoned the new system to re
turn to the old one two days later
after the examiner had left town. Re
turning to Quanah unexpectedly, the
examiner found the change and re
ported it by telegraph to Washington.
To insure a system of book-keeping
by which the trfce conditions of a na
tional bank can be determined at any
moment, the order issued directs ex
aminers on finding a bank . whose
exact condition they canaot determine
to report the fact by telegraph to
Washington and give the management
of the bank thirty days to install the
necessary books. ,
"At the end of that period," says
the comptroller's order, '.'the Qfiftmer
will return to the bank at it3 Expense
to determine if instructions have been
complied with and if the necessary
books have not been installed, he will
remain in the bank at its expense
until such books are installed under
the direction and supervision of the
examiner."
Important Cases Before Highest Court
Washington. Prosecutions by the
government designed to accomplish
the dissolution of "Standard Oil" and
of the American tobacco organization
embodying the greatest "anti-trusty
fight of. the generation, will be takelfcJ
up for the," second time by the Su"
preme Court. Continuing its consid
eration of affairs of government, the
court will immediately afterwards
give its attention to the constitution
ality of the corporation tax provisions
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act.
Virginia Treasurer Removed.
Roanoke, "Va. J. L. C. Anderson,
treasurer of Smith county, Va., found
guilty by a jury of gross negligence
in conducting his official duties, has
been removed from office by Judge
Hutton, who named George A. Collins,
a prominent merchant of Marion, to
succeed him.
The charge against Treasurer An
derson was that he had put on the
registration lists the names of a num
ber of men who legally were not en
titled to vote.
Appeal in Southern Merger Suit.
Columbia, S. C. Attorney General
Lyon has filed notice of appeal with
the Supreme Court of South Carolina
in the Southern merger suit recently
decided against the State by a Rich
land county jury. This announcement
was made by Attorney General Lyon.
When asked as to his further action,
Mr. Lyon said further course in the
case probably depends largely upon
the attitude of the General Assembly
as the case was brought under specific
instructions from the Legislature.
Held License 19 Years.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. After holding a
marriage license for more than 19
years, Peter Cinoa, 56 years old, and
Miss Theresa Laviero, 51 years old, of
Lattimer, near here, were recently
married according to the return of the
marriage license which reached the
clerk here. .
The license was issued to them on
May 7, 1S91, and for some reason,
which thoolTicial paper did not speci
fy, they' put off their Tiiar4-iape from
that time until a .month ag", being
finally married on November 23.
ADVICEOFBRANpEIS
Railroads are Given Talk on
Rate Question.
HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM-
Higher Standard of Efficiency, and
Not Increased Freight Charges
Amount That Could be Saved by
Scientific Management.
Washington. Higher standards of
efficiency, not increased freight
charges, are the paramount needs to
day of American railways.
This proposition is the essence ol
the brief filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission by Louis D.
Brandeis of Boston, counsel for the
Traffic Committee of Commercial Or
ganizations of the Atlantic Seaboard,
in the Investigation by the commis
sion . of the proposed advances in
freight rates by carriers in official
wk;ssification territory that part of
the country east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
Railroad managers, Mr. Brandeis
contends, in an effort to meet existing
needs should look not without but
within. "If their net income is in
sufficient," he says, "the proper re
medy is not higher rates resulting
in higher costs and lessened busi
ness, .but scientific management, re
sulting in lower costs, in higher wages
and increased business. If their credit
is impaired," the proper remedy is not
to apply- the delusive stimulant of
higher rates, but to strengthen their
organizations by introducing advanc
ed methods and eliminating question
able practices. Thus they will main
tain credit by deserving it." s ..
(Mr. Brandeis indicates that he con
siders the great question involved in
the investigation to be the statement t
of President Willard of the Baltimore
& Ohio, that "the tendencyof-fates
will be to continue upw; t that is,
that there will be avjj-... Jisive in
crease in rates.
"As an alternative to the riilroada
practice of combining to increase
rates," suggests Mr. BrandeisV "we
offer co-operation to reduce costs; ; in-
stead of a dangerous makeshift, wa
offer a constructive policy scientific
management, 'under which, as costs
fall, wages rise."
fofvjh
The law places the burden of proof
e reasonableness of the propos
ed advances upon the railroads. Mr.
Brandeis "maintains that the roads
"have failed utterly to sustain their
burden of proof; have failed so com
pletely that the application of the
railroads for approval of the new tar
iff should be denied."
In a discussion of "scientific man
agement," it is maintained that the
contention of the railways that the
possibilities of economy in railroading
have been practically exhausted is
"contrary to all human experience in
other lines of activity."
It is maintained by Mr. Brandeis
fhat "at least $1,000,000 a day would
"be saved by the pursuit of methods
"of scientific management" of Ameri
can railroads.
As to the argument of the railroads "
that they need additional revenues
on. account of required increases in
wages, Mr. Brandeis submits three
propositions: .
"First Some railroads, at least, do
not need additional income.
L "Second In some railroads any ex
isting need of additional income is
due to causes other than wage in
creases or acts of Congress.
"Third Every railroad which is
properly undertaken and financed
can meet any existing needs without
rate increases, through the introduc
tion of scientific management."
Won't Marry Eloping Couples.
Bristol, Tenn. The Bristol Minis
terial Association has adopted resolu
tions pledging its members, more
than twenty in number, not to marry
eloping couples on Tennessee soil
contrary to the laws of the State
from which either,, or both of the
elopers come. The resolutions con- .
demn the hundreds of hasty and "in
decent" marriages of elopers here, an
nually and memorialize the Tennessee
Legislature to pass laws to prohibit if.
One pastor has married 4,000.
War Expected to Begin.
Puerto Cortez. Honduras, via New
Orleans. The long-expected revolt of
the adherents of Manuel Bonila
against the Davilla government in
Honduras has broken out and a - de
cisive battle is expected to be waged
in the streets of this city within the
next few days.
Accurate information says there are
somewhere in the neighborhood of
300 Ronilla soldiers, veil armed, on
the Moiita.cie bar, in the disputed ter
ritory between KenAuras and Guatemala.