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: CAB TRACKS WILL BE
: LAID AT TUSCALOOSA
—
Tidewater to Complete Pav
ing Between Tracks
NEW LINE PROGRESSES
G., F. & A.* I.ets Contract for Fifty
Miles of Track in South Alabama.
Plan Celebration When the
*
First Barge Arrives
Tuscaloosa. October 9.—(8pcial.)—George
I. Brown, general manager of the Btr
mlngham-Tuscaloosa Railway and Utili
ties company, arrived in Tuscaloosa yes
terday and appeared before the city
#ommifsioners making a statement con
cerning the future plans of the company
lie: e. Mr. Brown announced that the lay
ing of the tracks for the line would be
completed here without further delay and
that the company would complete the
paving of the streets where the tracks
Were left unpaved by the city. Mr. Brown
dated that he was not prepared at the
present time to announce definitely when
the line would be electrified, but assured
the commission that the trouble which,
had been caused by leaving the tracks
in an unfinished condition and the failure
of the company to pave its part of the
Streets would be remedied at once.
Megarge.1 & Co., bankers of New York.
Who are financing the construction of the
Gulf, Florida and Alabama railroad which
is being built from Pensacola to Tusca
loosa announce that they have let the
contract for another section of 50 miles
Of this line. The road is being built In
•ections. and GO miles have already been
completed and in operation for the past
eight months. The line is now running
trains as far north as Pensacola to Bocal,
Ale . and it is stated that 20 additional
miles, extending to Broughton, Ala., will
be put in operation within the next two
weeks. The cost of the construction of
the 50 miles for which the contract has
Just been let and the steel and concrete
bridge which will span the Alabama river
on that division is $1,000,000.
According to tne terms or tne conu.n i.
tlie line will be completed as far north
ms Pine Hill, Ala.,.by September next year
end a connection will be secured with the
Southern railway at that point. It is an
nounced that the line will be completed
into Tuscaloosa during 191a. The line is
supposed to be financed and built by in
dependent people.
A meeting of the'Board of Trade com
mittee which will have In charge the cele
bration to be held here on October 28 or
29 when the first barge is operated from
the gulf ports to Tuscaloosa, held a meet
ing this afternoon and outlined plans
for the occasion. The details have not
yet been perfected, but it is stated that
the occasion will he one of moment and
the greatest celebration ever held here
will be arranged. It is planned to have
special trains run into Tuscaloosa to bring
the crowds and as an added feature, the
West Alabama fair, which will be In prog
ress at that time 1ms secured a number
of added attractions for the week in
anticipation of jthe big increase in attend
ance due to the barge line celebration
and the attendant festivities of the week.
DOLLY DALRYMPLE
(Continued From Vnge Six
is put on. while the privilege of dancing
is accorded the spectators as well.”
"The country has gone dance mad, it
would seem,” J remarked “and it seems
as if no village or town Is immune from
It.”
‘‘Occasionally you find a place that
hasn't become innoculated with the
gei*m.” said Mrs. Stevens, laughingly.
"You know my idea <>f a perfect yip >s
not in the beaten path where everybody
else goes but to ihc places where artists
and musicians and the lovers of beautiful
pictures, ceramics and antiques go and f
found one or two of the most adorable
little out of the way places like this dur
ing my wanderings. For instance, in
England we went to Rye, the home of
Henry James—-which Is a very quaint ‘old
place. It used to be quite a shipping
port, but the water ha receded ami left
It a lone little spot with the most won
derful people and the most wonderful
places of interest I ever saw. The hotel
or club, called ‘The Mermaid Inn.' is
managed by Mary Ardington. who is a
very famous writer besides being a great
lover of antiques. This inn or club con
tains a mantel piece and fireplace in
which the smugglers used to hide, when
they wore bringing their wares in, and
were trying to* escape the law. The plas
tering has been torn from the walls, and
in doftig this the most remarkable oak
panels* have been revealed—which be
longed to the smugglers. While there 1
CEREMONIAL SESSION OF
THE SHRINE OCTOBER 16
.1...
ZAMORA TEMPLE WILL HAVE
CEREMONIAL OF POTENTATES,
FIRST EVER PRESENTED IN
THE SOCTH
A ceremonial of potentates, the first
ever held in the south, will be staged
here October lti by the nobles of Za
mora . temple in honor of Imperial Po
tentate William W. Irwin. Announce
ment to this effect was made yester
day to the nobles by Potentate W. P.
McAdory in the following note:
“Nobles of Zamora.
"Our beloved noble, William W. Irwin,
imperial potentate of North America,
has heard much of Zamora, and it is
nil to our credit. It has also come to
my notice that several of the ordinary,
every-day potentates and nobles, have
Hi ad their ears to the ground until rum
blings from our oasis have reached
them. On account of this. I nm expect
ing a large and jolly bunch of these
same nobles on this occasion. Among
the other honor?? shown our visitors,
this meeting shall he called and known
ns ‘The Ceremonial of Potentates.’ It
Is for us to make each and every one
glad he came and sorry to depart from
the Magic City. In addition to the po
tentates who have promised to be with
us there will he other prominent nobles,
many of whom are dearly beloved by
those who know them, and 1 bespeak
for them all the joys ami pleasures that
we can impart. Arrange your affairs
so you can take a day off and assist
in tliis happy occasion.
“That's what I want,
"W. 1\ M'ADORY, Potentate.
“He ought to have it,
“('. J. GEOH EGAN, Recorder."
The ceremonial will be held at the
.Majestic theatre and the display work
will be in charge of Matt Stradford
and his team. In addition to the im
| perial potentate of all Shriners it fs
announced that the following poten
tates will surely be here: Charles S.
Shawhan of Abra temple; Preston Bel
vin, honorary member imperial coun
cil from Richmond; 1). C. O’Flaherty,
potentate of Acca temple, Richmond;
D. W. Crosland, Alcazar temple, Mont
gomery; Albert E. Cameron. A! Chimia,
Memphis; Ernest A. Cults, Alee temple,
Havan*nah; % Charles Barham, A1 Menah
temple, Nashville.; G. Glen Toole, Ai
Sinah temple, Macon; Walter C. Hodge,
Hamasa temple, Meridian; Walter L.
Houle, Jerusalem temple, New Orleans;
Thomas G. Hutchinson, Morocco tem
pl<* Jacksonville, Fla.; John S. Hord,
Wahabi temple, Jackson, Miss.
met a charming American woman—Lucy
Alcott Perkins, wno is the buyer for the
Metropolitan museum in New York, and
who was also buying for the new Cleve
land museum. She has bought a great
many things for Pierpont Morgan’s fam
ous art collection, and is a woman of un
usual taSte and discrimination.”
“There’s an old fashioned water clock,”
continued Mrs. Stevens, “which complete
ly fascinated me at this inn. It dates
back to 1613. It is like an' hour glass
or banjo. Wonderful brass etchings or
nament It, and the valve or tube which
depends from it Jh filled with water, the
drops marking the seconds and minutes,
telling correctly the hours of the day and
night.”
“Another place T visited and was per
fectly charmed with was the old home of
Kipling at Rottingdean,” Mrs. Stevens
told me. “It was here that he wrote
'The Absent Minded Beggar.’ and many
others of his famous poems. He has
since moved his residence near Hastings
but somehow he is always associated
with the quaint little old village of Rot
tingdean. Theresa a wonderful church
just opposite his house, in which Burne
Jones and William Black among other
celebrities are, buried. The church clqupk
was made in the year 1600 and the pen
dulum hangs through the ceiling swing
ing over the heads of the congregation —
beating time. It is really worth going
to Rottingdean, just to see that old
church and that wonderful old eiock.”
“So there are places really that you
can go to and get away from the noise
of modern civilization—and not hear rag
time or see the turkey-trot?” T suggested
“Oh, yes,” was the answer, “hut the
average tourist wants the glamour and
the excitement of the big cities. T went
to Belgium and attended the exposition
at Ghent—‘The City of Flowers,’ as it is
called—and I’ve never seen anything as
marvelous as the vegetation there. The
city is well named. Imagine an avenue
miles long, with trolley posts so thick
you can count them along the street ear
line, each one holding a massive basket
of flowers, trailing vines, with gorgeous
geraniums and Shasta daisies as big as
saucers, and that wonderful pink ivy
that is so lovely. Talk about 'The City
Beautiful’—Ghent should be taken as the
model city from which copies should be
made It is really a magnificent sight to
see the flowers there. T enjoyed thor
oughly the little excursions we took into
these out of the way places—and it was
:• rest from the hubbub and glamour of
the others!”
GIANTS FALL EASY
VICTIMS TO BUSH
( ('out I n uc<l from Pago Seven)
scored. Wilson struck out as Murray tried
to steal. Schang whipped the ball down
to second with lightning speed and got
Murray, completing a double play. Collins
took the thi’ov. Merkle was given a base
on halls and Wiltse went In to run for
him. Wiltse. however, was left on the
path. Crandall going out, Collins to Me
Innis.
Schang Hits Circuit Clout
Wiltse went to first base in Merkle's
place when the eighth opened. Neither
Strunk nor Barry Could do anything with
Crandall’s pitching. Both hit weakly to
the reserve pitcher, who threw them out
at first. Schang then stepped to the plate
and gave the ball a mighty wallop which
sent it into the right field stand for a
home run. It was as long as any of
Baker’s home runs on the Polo grounds,
and as the young catcher went to the
Athletic bench Baker ran out and warmly
shook his hand. Bush ended the inning
by striking out.
New York went out In order in the
eighth. Herzog sent a fly to Baker.
Doyle's grounder was scooped up by Mc
Tnnis at first and Fletcher fouled out to
Schang.
Giants Harmless in Ninth
Tlie crowd started to leave the grounds
as Murphy came to bat In the ninth with
the Athletics in the lead 8 to 2. Murphy
tiled to Murray. Oldring went out on a
foul fly to Herzog and Collins ended the
Athletics’ half of the inning by raising a
fly to Shafer.
For the Giants in the ninth inning Burns
flied out to Murphy. Shafer waited for
four had balls and wras forced at second
when Murray grounded to Barry, who
tossed the hall to Collins for the out. Wil
son ended the game by sending a high
foul to Baker. Official score:
The Official Score
Philadelphia— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
E. Murphy, rf. ... 5 1 2 2 0 0
Oldring, If. 5 3 2 0 0 0
Collins, 2b... n 2 3 5 4 0
Baker, 3b. 4 1 2 3 1 0
Mclnnis, lb. 4 0 0 9 0 0
Strunk, < f. ..:. 400100
Barry, >s. 4 0 1 2 3 0
Schang, c. 4 1 1 5 2 1
Bush, p. 4 0 1 0 1 0
4 , |_ _____
Totals .39 8 12 27 11 1
New York— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Herzog, 3b. 4 0 0 1 0 0
Doyle. 2b. 4 0 1 6 1 0
Fletcher, ss. 2 0 1 2 2 1
Burns, If. 4 0 0 3 0 0
Shafer, cf. 3 1 1 2 0 0
Murray, rf. 3 1 1 4 0 0
McLean, c. 2 0 1 3 1 0
♦Cooper . 0 0 0 0 V) 0
Wilson, c. 2 0 0 2 0 0
Merkle, lb. 2 0 0 3 0 0
•♦Wlltse, lb. 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tesreau. p. 2 0 0 0 0 0
Crandall, p. . 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals .29 2 5 27 G 1
♦Ran for McLean in fifth.
‘♦Ran for Merkle in eighth inning.
Score by innings:
Philadelphia . 320 000 210-8
New York . 000 010 100—2
Summary: Two base hit, Shafer. Three
base hit. Collins. Jloipe run, Schang.
Hits: off Tesreah, 11 in G 1-3 innings; off
Crandall. 1 in 2 2-3 innings. Stolen bases,
Collins. Baker, Oldring. Fletcher. Murray,
Cooper. Double plays, Collins to Barry;
Bush. Barry to Mclnnis; Doyle (unas
sisted >: Schang to Collins. Bases on
halls, Busfy 4. Hit by pitcher, Bush
(Fletcher). Struck out, Bush 3, Tesreau
3, Crandall 1. Time. 2:11. Umpires. Rlg
ler at Plate, Connolly on ases, Klem in
left field. Egan in right field.
The Lynx-Eyed Sleuth
From Judge
"What's them fellers joshing constable
Sam Slackputter about?"
"Aw. you knowr he prides himself on
being just as good a detective as any of
them city cops. Well, he went to the cir
cus yesterday and couldn’t pick out the
clown!”
Too Ostentatious
From Judge
The Tall Blonde—Absence makes the
heart grow fonder.
The Short Brunette—But the Lima, O.,
man w’ho shot off fireworks when his wife
went away on a vacation made a vulgar
display of bis affection.
The Cook's
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because Calu
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Power—Never-Failing Results—Absolute
Purity—Moderate in Cost and Use—These
^ things are all backed up by an absolute
guarantee of satisfaction
or money refunded. Try /s
a can to-day.
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
World’s Pure Food Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.
Paris Exposition, France, March, 1912.
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[15,605 ARRESTS ARE
MADE BY THE POLICE
DURING TEN MONTHS
<Continued from Page Fivn
Vagrancy . ‘. 444 261
Weighth and measures. 46 24
Wife whipping . 72 50
Total arrests for record
ers' courts ...14.280 11,477
Total arrests for recorders' courts 14,280
Fugitives from justice . 110
Delivered to sheriff of Jefferson
county . 1,190
Delivered to United States author
ities . 16
Total arrests . 15,605
White males arrested . 6,601
White females arrested . 60S
Negro males arrested . 6,410
Negro females arrested . 1,991
Total arrests .15,605
Fines collected from recorder’s
court No. 1 .$46,387.46!
Fines collected from recorder’s
court No. 2 . 11,327.25,
Total tines collected from record
ers’ courts .$57.714.71'
Stolen propert recovered and restored,
to owners, $54,333.20.
Estimated amount of work done by city
prisoners at the rate of 60 cents per day,
$33,760. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE if. BODEKER, Chief, j
SEPTEMER REPORT
OF CHIEF BODEKER
Total of 2156 Arrests Made-^—Bodeker
Has No Comment to Make
on Reports
Th.e report of the police department *for
the past month Is about an average re
port. It shows an increase in the total
number of arrests. Of the total of 2156
arrests in September, 119 were delivered
to the sheriff and 1985 were disposed off
in the recorder’s court, accruing to the
city coffers $6264.60 in fines. The report
shows that only 5 per cent of the arrests
made were for serious offenses.
When asked yesterday afternoon if he 1
had any comments to make on his re- i
ports, Chief Bode^er stated that he had
nothing to say, other than that the re
ports showed what the police department
was doing.
1 he report for the month of September
follows:
Hon. A. O. Lane, Commissioner of Public
Justice, City.
Dear Sir:—I submit herewith report of
work done by the police department dur
ing the month ending September 30, 1913:
| § I|
s f |
| %
Adultery . 22 18
Assaults and affrays . 186 137 3
Assumed name . 1 i
Automobiles, running with
out lights . 11..
Automobiles, running with
muffler open . 9 9
Automobile speeding 70 59
Begging on streets . 5 2
Building laws, violating_ 9 9
Carrying concealed weapons 42 30 l
Contempt of court . 7 7
Cruelty to animals . 5 5
Dairy regulations, violating 3 3
Danger signal, disregarding 2 2
Defaulting witness . 3 2
Disorderly conduct . 421 330 3
I Disorderly house, running.. 12 8
Disorderly house, visiting.. 11 s
Draymen failing to report
move . 2 2
Drunk . 279 2^4 .>
Embezzlement . 5 2
1 Escapes from city prisons.. 9 8..
False pretense . 5 21
Firearms, discharging . 9 6
Gaming . 211 179 1
Hackmen, drumming on side
walks . 2 l
Hackmen. faling to display
rates . 13 12
Hackmen, refusing to pay .. 5
Health and quarantine . 7 7
Horses, leaving unattended.. 2 2
Larceny (petit) . 104 56
License, doing business with
out . 11 6 1
Licensed house, refusing to
pay •. 2 2
Liquor, unlawful sale of_ 55 22
Liquor, selling to minor _ 1 1
Loitering . 27 21
Lottery, conducting . 1 1
Malicious mischief . 3 .2
Motorcycles, running with
muffler open . 7 7
Nuisance, committing . 1 l
Officer, Interfering with_ 4 3
Officer, resisting . 9 7
Peddling in fire limits . 1 1
Pfumbing laws, violating .. 3 3 ' ..
Pool room, minor visiting ..2 1
Property, receiving stolen.. 3
Property, using without con
sent of owner . 4 *1
Prostitutes, on streets with.. 1 1
Prostitution, inning house of 3 p
Prostitution, visiting house
of . 17 14
Railroads. kicking cars over
crossing. 1 1
Reckless driving . 1U
Saloons, minor visiting . 1 1
Saloons, women visiting,_ 17 17
Sanitary laws, violating ... 15 12 1
Streets and sidewalks, ob
structing . H 3
Streets, feeding stock on_ 11
Sidewalks, riding or driving
nn . 3 1
Sunday laws, violating . 10 9
Taxicabs, excessive charges 1 1
Traffic laws, violating . 241 219
Trespassing ...*. 25 23 v ..
Vagrancy . 32 10
Weights and measures . 3 3
Wife whipping .. 11 9
Total .1985 1549 1«
Tottfl arrests for recorders' courts.19X5
Delivered to sheriff of .Jefferson Co... 119
Fugitives from justice . j;)
Delivered to juvenile court'. 32
Delivered to welfare department. 3
Sent to almshouse . ]
Died at Hillman hospital . 1
Total ..t..2156
White males .§9:5
W h i te femu 1 es .;... t;.j
Colored males . 9*59
Colored females . 225
* Total .215(5
Fines and costs collected:
Recorders’ court No. 1 .$4,924.00
Recorders' court No. 2 (Ensleyj... 1.340.60
Total .$6.264.*>
Value of stolen property recovered
arid returned to owners .$4,580.78 1
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE H. BODEKER.
Chief of Police.
For Dead Thief, One Dollar
• John Textor, a farmer living near In
dian Springs on the Kefily road, three
miles west of Kansas City, Kus., laid
awake several nights without discover
ing Who was responsible for llie dis
appearance of his chickens. Thursday
morning under an apple tree ho found
unmistakable signs, Friday night lie
made ills had under the tree, says the
Kansas City Star.
Early yesterday morning there was a
commotion In the chicken yard. Textoi !
picked up his shotgun and crawled to- j
ward the place. There he saw the face
of Reddy Fox. with a nice spring chick- ^
en in Ids .laws. The gun was raised
and fired. Textor took the fox' hide to
tile hffiee of Frank Holcomb yesterday
and received Si. the bounty paid In
M y.uidutte county fur the killing of a
fox. ... _
V'
EIGHTGOVERNC
1874
No. 69—State Regul
Thomas Sea,
The Birmingham "boom" year was
the state general election year. 1886.
In the last number we found enumer
ator the different communities that
were built up, under tiie contagion of
that outbreak of energy, near the. city.
The influence of so remarkable enter
prise was indeed state wide. It was
acutely felt in Gadsden, Huntsville.
Selma and Mobile partook of the spirit
of it.
As we have made record already, the
campaign for governor was conducted
with great energy by one of the most
distinguished of the soldiers of Ala
bama, Gen. H. I>. Clayton, then a cir
cuit judge; by Col. N. IT. R. Dawson of
Selma, then speaker of the house\ of
representatives, and a young lawyer of
Greensboro, then president of the
senate.
It is of historic importance, indica
tive of tlie tone of our public men of
the generation of Clayton and Dawson,
that both resigned, the elective office
in possession when they respectively
began solicitation for another by elec
tion. The sacrifice to Judge Clayton
was peculiarly pronounced. ' Colone1
Dawson’s term of the office of speaker
of the house, after the adjournment of
the legislature, was of problematical
activity. Only in event of a called ses
sion of the legislature could that of
fice carry influence into the campaign.
On Monday, November 9. the two
houses met in the capitol. No speaker
being present, the representatives were
called to order by Mr. Hogue of Perry,
who nominated Col. Sam Will John of
Dallas for temporary speaker. Dr. Mc
Iver of Marlon was made temporary
clerk. The counties were called and
enrollment made of members. Only one
contest, that from Lowndes, appeared.
Gibson presented the certificate of the
secretary of state, but Rogers offered
the certificate of the county board of
supervisors of elections. The tempo
rary speaker awarded the seat Lo Rog
ers. Gibson brought his case before
the house and lost.
On the second day A. T. Goodwyn of
Elmore nominated Col. Thomas G. Jones
of Montgomery for speaker. No 'other
name was proposed. This nominee,
having received all the votes cast, was
escorted to the chair. Elmore Garrett
of Elmore was unanimously elected
clerk. A. H.• Carmichael of Dale, en
grossing clerk, and W. C. King of But
ler, enrolling clerk.
On the floor sat the brilliant young
Clement C. Shorter from Barbour. R. E.
Steiner from Butler. J. M. Caldwell from
Calhoun, two young colleagues from Dal
las. Francis W. Pettus and Sam Will John
from Elmore, A. T. Goodwyn, just enter
ing upon a career, Governor Hewitt and
I. W. McAdory from Jefferson. B. W.
Walker from Macon, Oscar R. Hundley
from Madison, Thomas G. Jones from
Montgomery, Newton D. Whitfield and
Newton L. dements from Tuscaloosa. E,
D. Willett, Jr., from Pickens, J. C. Long
from Walker.
It is here parenthetically corrected, so
IRS OF ALABAMA
-1901
#
ation of Railroads.
?, Governor
that "J. *\Y. Hush from Perry," shall read
•J. G. Bush from Mobile, In number 68,
the next preceding number of this series,
to make the latter member of this house
offer the bill to carry out the retiring
Governor O'Neal’s recommendation, to the
effect that the state itself should provide
the security on official bonds—an exceed
ingly valuable reform, where history
should place credit.
The senate organized the same day by
tlie unanimous election of William J. Sam
ford from Lee president. W. L. Clay of
Madison secretary, and Thomas H. Clark
of Montgomery assistant.
As senators, Dr. R. T. Simpsen of Lau
derdale, Col. J. F. Sheffield from Mar
shall. Sterrett from Jefferson, Tayloe from
Marengo, E. A. Graham from Montgom
ery. Willis Brewer from Lowndes, Daniel
Smith from Mobile.
The public had become generally in-1
terested in the new function of state j
government, the railroad commission, in j
active effect since L880. with VV. L. Bragg i
president and Col Charles Pollard Ball
i of Montgomery and .lames Crook of Jack-I
sonville associates, for four years.
This board had been selected by the1
senate from t lie nine names presented by1
Governor Cobb, in ids last term. R served
four years, through the tirst term of Gov- j
; ernor O'Neal, his successor. In O’Neal's
1 second term, beginning December, 1884,
new members were selected for it, to-wit,1
Henry It. Shorter of Eufaula, L. \V. Law-;
ler of Mobile and C. W. Tunstall of
Greensboro. President Bragg did not!
i favor a second term for Governor O’Neal.
| He was an outspoken partisan. A few
! years prior to the present time he had
vigorously opposed the renomination of
Chief Justice Bricktll but in vain. Now
lie was perhaps the leading supporter of
McKleroy in his candidacy against the
governor for a second term.
In the report of tlie railroad commis
sion for 1884, submitted to the legislature
of 1884-5, there were seven "recommen
dations" of amendments of the act cre
ating the board.
Be it remembered that at this time here!
indicated there was no interstate com
merce commission. Twenty-six states had
railroad commissions but these bad
reached no concurrent line of action. No
general convention of state railroad com
missions had been held. No rates for
the regulation of interstate railroad traf
tlce therefore were recognized or in ex
istence.
The seven recommendations of the Ala
bama railroad commission, known as the
“Bragg'* recommendations, were supple
mentary to its report of 1884, .which doc
ument set forth in detail many good re
sults of state supervision of railroads.
Roadbed, bridges and trestles had been
so kept in order that since tlie commission
work began no passenger had been in
jured by accident to a serious extent. The
better physical condition of the roads
had iri^e^sed their value as taxable as
sets and the books of the state auditor
offered evidence of this gratifying fact.
The report of tlie commission asked
for enlargement of law to define and
punish the offense of extortion ort the
part of the railroad carriers. It asked
for better law’ to define and punish il
legal combination to fix unreasonable
rates by railroads. Overcharges on bills
of lading should be stopped by law.
"Number 7," the conclusion of the se
ries of “recommendations,’’ took into
view the complaint coming from Opelika
of unjust discrimination against that
market by the railroad carriers of flour*
meat, etc., from western centers of trade.
President Bragg and Associate Com
missioner Janies Crook united in appeal
by these recommendations to the legis
lature.
Associate Commissioner Ball declined to
join in the recommendations and entered
his reasons in each case.
Commissioner Ball contended that the
railroad commission of Alabama could
not be invested by the legislature of
the state with authority to interfere
with interstate comme rce. Contain sec
tions of the bill offered as “reconimeii- *
dations” by the majority of the com
mission seemed to contemplate such in
terference. If not with that pur
pose. those sect! ins could carry; no
meaning.
The associate commissioner oisser.t
ing. evidently adjudged that the orig
inal act of 188U-1 creating the
mission and the amendments of 1882-.;
tvere sufficient in 1884-5. Ho thought
the Int ent of the la tv had been success
fully executed in the regulation of rail
roads in this state by a commission.
He was very emphatic in the expression
of his dissent from the view of the ma
jority, that Alabama might legislate to
interfere with Interstate commerce.
Governor O’Neal submitted this re
port, accompanied by Ball's objections,
to tin* legislature, Jlv said: "Tne e *•
penencoi of tne commission entities its
views to great weight.” but he bud not
had time to examine sufficiently the re
port it had made.
The house of representatives took up
the matter. On Thursday. January 29,
1885, the bill "to define and punish unjust
discrimination by railroads," etc., came
to a final vote and met decisive defeat.
Mr. Speaker Jones and* 34 others voted
yea on the passage. Dr. R. S. Green
and Prof. I. \Y. McAdoo, the two mem
bers from Jefferson, were among the Go
nay 8.
The report of President H. R. Shorter
for 188<i said: "The other lines being
operated in Alabama are in the main
in regular ami steady improvement.” The
exceptions were two, the Florence branch
of the Memphis and Charleston road and
the Pineapple division of the Louisville
and Nashville.
The Shorter report showed that the peo
ple had saved $041,435 in the 12 months
from June, 1883, to June, 1SS<». on local
travel only, by reason of the order of
tlie commission reducing passenger rates.
Add this to saving on freight charges
from the same sources ami the total ‘ ex
ceeds the total amount of revenue an
nually collected by the state from all
’sources for its purposes.”
The situation was the statu was re
solved to protect the public from rail
road extortion and to govern tlie roads.
The state would govern the loads by the
commission, but would not accept Presi
dent Bragg's extreme recommendations.
JOHN WITHERSPOON Dl'BOSK.
Temporarily ttandicaped
From Judge.
Mr. Doughleigii*: I met that French
nobleman, Count de Brie, today."
Dotty Doughleigii: "Really! Is he a
brilliant conversationalist?”
Mr. Doughleigii: "Well, no. not at pres
ent. lie has rheumatism in his should
ers."
Baseball Talk in 1950
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Do you know that back in 1913 a
pitcher would sometimes pitch a whole
game?" s
".So tradition says." asserted the other
manager. "Well, they worked their pitch
ers too hard in those days. Now I never
let a pitcher go over three innings."
Still another world
famous scientist
says light is harmful to beer.
Read what he says, then order
a case of Schlitz in Brown
Bottles.
“It is a known fact that sun
light and daylight influence
unfavorably the taste and
flavor of the beer and care
must be exercised in the
selection of the bottles.”
J. Brand (Zeitschrift fur das geaamle Brauweaen, 1908, p, 333),
Dr. Robert Wahl, President
of the Wahl-Henius Institute
of F ermentology, quotes
J. Brand in corroboration of
his own opinion recommend
ing the Brown Bottles.
,V,v that crown or cork is branded ''''Schlitz.
I JLelephone, Bell Mam 1862
1 Fies Liquor Co. j
L i7*h and Second Ave. I
1 Ala.
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