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THE BANNER, SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14, 1907,
W. WATSON
Asks SomePoiotedQuestions
of the Atlanta Journal
on Central Railroad
Case.
From the Jeffersonian.
What Does it Mean?
Commenting upon Judge Newman s
decision in the Cent nil Railroad case,
the Atlanta Journal seems to take
the ]»osLtion that this Morganized
conciru has the legal right to earn
dividends upon the forty <>d i millloi
dollars of water which Pal Calhoun*-
gang and J. P. Morgan’s crowd jK>m*ed
into it when they stole it from th
old stockholders, some years ago.
It' *«* understand the Journal cor
rectly. it n<»w aUuidous the puipcs
of freeing the peo ple of (ieorgia from
the annual burden of being taxed to
earn dividends iiimju fictitious capital
ization. If this is now tin* posiiion
of the Journal we should be glad
to knew why it has changed its tun*
Last year we were told in a ?onsi 1
erable number of very mournful mini
hers that this tiling of burdening tin
public with fraudulent issue f stocks
and bonds was robbery.
if our memory serves us right, th
. id of arithmetic was calhd in to
show us hew much the annual robber>
.(mounted to- just as arithmetic was
call* 1 in to prove that. Hoke Could
have iri n * h-cted Us easily wiihoir
]>opulist Jit Ip as with it.
If v*e w* re being robbed !»y the <Vn
tral and Southern and (ieorgia rail
roads last yen* on water* <1 stock,
when did the robbery stop?
Lint McLendon figured it all out it:
a splendid series of newspijMr ar
ticles. and w,. have not heard of any
lK»dy deputing Mac's ligtir s. Ha-
any
r>f the
t r Im
•n
e/.ed
»l»lc
.lake
ideml
his opinions, since he was appointed
a member of the Commission.
This being so, Mr. McLendon must,
now !>e exactly wh ro the Jeffersonian
is -against alb.whig the railroads to
tax the people to earn dividends on
dishonest, capitalization.
P. S. Hon. S. (I\ McLendon:
Dear CSuyt: Take a seat and hand
out the names of those fellows who
are riding on Free Passes. We want,
to know who they are.
SPLENEf PLAYS
AT THE CDLOBIIAL
Some Excellent Attrac ions
are lo be Presented
Soon
h«- annual imhluctiini ol uir Tha!
is to b, itivon at th.' ('..ioaia:
tln*.itiv tonight win'll <!. Manvill**
Frans ctim.'il) t.t' Ktlvlisli life (.'Iititlcii
Til,, lliit lister" will be |.resent'.il
Th. last tt liearsal has in 1.1 an.!
tile iiorfontiatice is Kuina to li. on
llent one ill . very particular.
sal.- of seats has been v< ry larue tin t
nly a few remain unsold at I’alit. -r .-
Drill; store.
Danirl Boone.
The at at. st s.nsati jnal inetoilraiin.
nf western life ever pro.iiM . d at ;k>p
tllar prices is ’ (limit I l!o >n. ilia,
i-otaes to the Colonial Moinlay ai^iit
lav. ry detail in heepitit with iniH'.ert:
an.i Sioux Indians, a den of iiears ami
lo uivc til*' drama tli“ proper wes eri
llavor. Tiie matuiaemeiit li:m- pioli:
is. d 1 east of clever actors and a ion,
plot.- scenic iiptipinent and th" tier
of the stock and is.nds of the
Of the Southern? (If Fuel
Georgia?
If so, wh'i) and wh.-rc was
j As a matter of fact iceh
'roads Is robbing th
•pellins them to |.ay rate.,
fixed with a view to Kcttin
on tIiis fictitious capltilizntion.
Til* .loninal kn:,ws this —or at jetis:
did knew it last year.
Now if it was wrong for the ]toop|.
to lie robbed by watered stock las.
year, why Isn’t it wrong this year?
And if it_is wrong, why should the
reforuieis stop their work before thi
wrong is righted?
This is a fair question, and tin
Jeffersonian will thank the .louriia.
f. r an answer.
Another thing: The Journal an
pe'.rs to commit itstlf to th,. iinqxisi
lion that if the Central cannot car:,
dividends upon its capitalization, tliet
th. rat.- fixed by th" Commission t,
confisc.uory aiid must be rais.d.
Do. s tin* .Utitn.il mean to g. on
to the corporations in that matter o.
contending that Ilnur proper;.' is coil
fiscatcd. when they cannot .••in net
profits?
Hots the Journal mean to contend
that property is confiscated when lie-
owner is s'.iii ill possession, with title
unimpaired?
The Tariff laws, hanking laws. in.I
corporation laws have knocked the
profits out of farming, for the last
forty years—-but no farmer lias rcsis'.
cd these unjust laws upon the ground
that tie y confiscated his f: tin.
Tiie freight charges levied by Ill-
railroads and express companies have
knocked the profits out of orcliar Is.
truck farms, orange groves, and
melon pitches, hut no victimized ship
per has resisted the cor|Hiratioa
statutes u|Min the ground that they
confiscated his land.
Does the Journal want to help the
corporations create holy ground, to ti
occupied by themselves, only? Shall
money Invested In railway securities
he given an advantage not claimed by
money invested elsewhere?
IXes the Journal not realize that
such a concession to the public scr
vice corporations puts all other prop
erty on a lower plane—and at the!"
mercy?
The Journal can lake Its own
course, l.ut the Jeffersonian will hew
to the line. Last year we thought we
were together. It would sietn that
we were not.
Laws and rates which do not give to
every citizen a clnnce to make rea
sonable profits are unjust, and ought
to be changed; but the Jeffersonian
contends that such a law or rate, is
not confiscatory. There can be no
confiscation where neither the pos
session nor the title is disturbed.
The Jeffersonian stands by what all
the Hoke Smith supporters were say
ing last year—that the fixing of rates
so that dividends shall be earned up
on dishonest issues of stocks and
bonds Is robbery.
The amount of it was beautifully
figured out by the Hon. S. O. McL«en-
don, and his figures were accepted as
demonstrating the facts.
The Jeffersonian has no idea that
the Hon. S. G. McLendon has changed
-
urn
p:ic
.ldmi-iU.n. twenty-live and titty c< i
"The Great Divide."
II. my Mill, r fri-oh ft-in tin- i
-■•as ns' triumph in New York
Til.- (It'.- t nivl.ie, Wiiliam Vaughn
Moody’s . xtraordinary successful pin
which has been lieclar*by i::-.a\ . ri
ics to set a new high mark in Au er
.-an -lvama. will appeav at ill.- Coloni:
next Thursday evening.
Simp]*- announcement of this fa.
alii.
rill
■ •ti the box office and an inrush o',
mail orders f r seats, for Mr. Miller,
ill this miii-dy heralded play has f .:•.*
vided one of the attractions which a;l
liscriminuting patrons of the thealr"
Ihroughotit. all America arc awaiting
•Igerly. The career of "The Client
Oivide" lias been cisx-h making in
American theatrical history. Here a.
last is a play which is splendid liter-
ltnre. great drama technically, and at
in* same time fascinating to the spec
tator find of ajntost unprec-denre,l
•onmiercial value. It lias bet u cat list
the "long await! d great American
play." I’ndouliUdly it is as big it:
•oneepti n and liro.id in treatment as
tie picturesque portion of tiie Fs
West in which the first two acts it
aid the Rocky mountain;, the gre
iiiiie '.etweeti our Hast and West.
I’iii toles difficult, portrayed hv the
wo 1. ailing players are the most hit
nan and sincere, and the most offer
tive dramatically they ever played. A
aiperh company lias hcen provided :.n.l
h<- production is the same that won
aic’n unprecedented praise during the
MiO niglils run of the “Great Divide"
at the I’rin-ess and Daly’s Theatres.
New York.
Vaudeville.
Vaudeville is the most popular and
paying form of amus<nietit. to lay in
the theatrical business and new thea
tres are being built ill eveiy city of
any size in America to lie d-voted 'S
cliisively to this brancii of amuse
ment. The attractiveness of th •
vaudeville programs is probably (in
to the diversified lulls that up «> dal.’
managers arc offering as they inelud •
everything from scenes from Shake-
sporran drama to tiie old time negro
act and ill this way every patron in
sure to find sometning pleasing
• very week's Hill.
A tickling cough, Trom any cause
is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoops
Cough Cure. And It is so thoroughly
harmless and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells
mothers everywhere to give it with
out hesitation even to very young
babies. Tiie wholesome green leaves
and .tender stems of a liing-healln
mountainous shrub, furnish the cura
tive properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough
Cure, it calms the cough, and heals
the sore and sensitive bronchial mem
branes. No opium, no chloroform
nothing harsh used to Injure or sup
press. Simply a resinous plant ex
tract that helps to heal aching lungs
The Spaniards call this shrub which
the Doctor uses, “The Sacred Herb."
Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other
H. R. Palmer & Sons.
HAD SEEN IT BEFORE.
“1 never had to do anything of this
kind before,’ said Ardup, in a husky
whisper, “but I’d like to know how
much you can let me have on this
gold-handled umbrella?"
"On that particular umbrella,’’ an
swered the pawnbroker. “I have never
been in the habit of advancing more
tljan 60 cents.”—Chicago Tribune.
The strongest sometimes
eat the least, but they eat
wisely.
Not what you eat, but what
you digest, gives you strength.
Uneeda Biscuit
is the most nourishing and di
gestible food made from flour.
Eat wisely—eat for strength
—Uneeda Biscuit
BBKgk ln moisture and
dust proof packages.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
DENVER SELECTED
BY THEDEMOCRATS
National Convention to be
Held There on
July 27th.
Washington, Dec.. 13.—After de
ciding to hold the next democratic
ational convention at Denver, Colo.,
nnl fixing the date of the meeting for
July 7, 190S. the democratic national
omntitteo late today entered upon a
liirited debate on the propriety of ac
cepting more of the $100,000 offered
Denver for the convention than
actually was nee,led to pay tiie con
ation expenses in that city. The
ipposition to Uv acceptance took tiie
form of a nttolution bv Representa-
Clavton. of Alabama, declaring
money not actually needed for conven
tion purposes, but after a long debate
he resolution was laid on the table
by a vote of 31 to 14.
E OBJECTIONS ISAIU IB CLEAN
Id Great r Pilt-burg by ihe
Churches and
Banks.
Pittsburg, Pa.. December 13.* Sonic
ol’ ti.e advocates of the Greater Pitts
burg project, which is now about to
become an accomplished fact, have
found that there is no rose without its
thorn. One of the results of the mer
ger of the cities of Pittsburg and Al
legheny into one municipality is the
necessity for changing the names of
banks and churches in the two cities,
wherever such names are identical.
The churches wifl he obliged to
change their names in ;i greater ex
tent than ihe banks, and of the
•hurdles th** Presbyterian and United
Presbyterian denominations are most
affected. This is because these two
denominations use numbers in their
names to a greater extent than other
(•‘nominations.
The vexatious matter will be taken
up for consideratk n at the annual
meeting today of the Allegheny Pres
bytery of the United Presbyterian j
•hurcli. Whatever course is decided j
tpoti at the meeting will probably he |
igreed upon by the other Presby-
eries. though there is some talk that
i few of the churches will oppose any ;
•hange of name and that the matter
may finally be taken into the courts
for settlement. Nearly a score of j
churches of the two denominations in ;
Pittsburg and Allegheny possess the .
same names and half of these of j
course, will he obliged to change
names in order to avoid confusion.
IMPURE BLOOD
OF DEPOSITORIES
Prescription to Make Home Senate Asks Cortelyou for
Remedy Said to be j Important Informs*
Very Fine. j tion.
A leading health journal, in answer,
ing the question, * What is the best
prescription to clean and purify the
bJood,” prints in a recent issue the
following: Fluid Extract, of Dande
lion one-half ounce, Compound Kargon
one ounce. Compound Syrup Sarsapa
rilla three ounces. Shake well and use
in teasjKxmful doses after »ach meal
and at bedtime.
It cleans the blood of all impurities
and nourishes the blood. In just a
few days the skin begins to cle.ir <*t
sores, boils and pimples. 11 puts vi
gor ami energy into run-down, debili
tated nun and women. Fur many
years Sarsaparilla alette has been co i-
sidered a good blood medicin •. Hut.
while it built up and made new blood
the impurities remained within and
the guod accomplished was only tem
porary. Sarsaparilla, however, when
used in combination with Coinprun I
Washington. December 13.—Sena
tor Aldrich today reported to the sen
ate the following resolutions from th
committee on finance as the remit of
the committee called to embody the
Culberson und Clay financial resolu
lions into one set:
■•Resolved. That the secretary o»
tiie treasury be. and he is hereby di
reeled, to transmit to the senate tin
fi Wowing information:
Firs, a statement giving names ami
location, classified by states, of aV
rnite I Siati s depositories and th*
aiiauim of public money on depose
daily in o:u*h. from Otcober 1, 1007
io December 3 ,1007, with amount and
character of sureties therefor:
an «‘Xp!anation of important change.-
made in oiilmr amount or location •
si;ill deposits.
"Second, a statement showing in d
Kargon and Extract Dandelion, work, !a >* <>'e condition of the national
wonders. This; combination puts the ! (milks on August 33. 1907. anil Doceni
kidneys lo work to filter ami silt out j '"‘i- 1907, and tiie amount ->f nation
tiie waste matter, uric acid and other jal !,:ink outstanding from tim.
impurities that causo disease. [; o. time during such periods,
makes new blood and r, Iieves riu-n ,
Badly Mixed Up.
Abraham Brown, of Winterton, N.
Y-. had a very remarkable experi-
?nce; he says: "Doctors got badly
mixed up over me; one said heart
disease; two called it kidney trou
ble; the fourth, blood poison, and the
fifth stomach and liver trouble; but
none of them helped me; so my wife
advised trying Electric Bitters,
which are restoring me to perfect
health. One bottle did me more good
than all the five doctors prescribed.”
Guaranteed to cure blood poison,
weakness and all stomach, liver and
kidney complaints, by W. J. Smith
& Bro., H. R. Palmer & Sons, drug
gists. 60c
NEEDED IT.
"Longhedd took out a big accident
insurance policy yesterday.’
“Yes. He is going to distribute the
gifts from a lighted Christmas tree,
dressed as Santa Cains.”—Browning’s
Magazine.
A BRUTE.
“Fate is against me.”
"How so?”
"Twice I have been engaged to be
married and twice the men to whom 1
have been engaged have died before
the wedding day."
"Oh, f wouldn’t call It fat; pertops
they were naturally lucky.”—Houston
Post.
THE THALIANS TONIGHT.
mutism and lame Inck and liladd-
troubles.
This prescription is better than lit,
usual patent medicines, which ar,- it
the most part alcrhoiie concoctions, urv
The ingredients cost but little and il"’
are easily mixed at home. Every mat: i fica
und woman here should make up sotn
and try it if they feel their system r
quirt's a good lilaod medicine at:
tonic.
STUDENTS’ DEBATE
IMPORTANT SUBJECT
Lincoln, Neb., December 13.—The
Central Debating League of America,
the membership of which is made up
of the State universities of Minnesota,
Wisconsin. Illinois, Iowa and Nebras
ka, is to hold its second annual de
bate tonight. The question chosen
for debate is as follows: “Resolved,
That the Federal Government should
have exclusive control of all trans-
ixirtation corporations doing an in
terstate business. Constitutionality
granted." Each university will have
an affirmative team at home and a.
neagtive team away from home.
There Is nothing better offered the
public today for stomach troubles, dys
pepsia, Indtgeslon, etc., than KODOL
This is a scientific preparation of nat
ural digestants combined with vege
table acids and It contains the same
juices found In every healthy stomach
KODOL is guaranteed to give rellet
It Is pleasant to take; It will make
you feel fine by digesting what you
eat. Sold by all druggists.
THE THAUANB TONIGHT.
I hiril. an (flistract of the proitosab
received by tile secretary of the treus
ury for the pur -liase of the Panam.
bonds ami per centum certificates of
indebtedness, authorized by the trea
ury circular of November 18. lb07
tint of such bonds and certi
ssiu il. to whom awarded anil
tile reasons for their issues,
j "Fourth, a detailed statement of any
information he may have as to (he
-amount of clearing house certifiont
‘ issued liy the clearing house associa
tions of the principal cities from No
vein her 37. to December 3, 1907; tiie
character of such certificates anj the
purpose for which they were used.
"Fifth, any information in his ixis
session as to the movement of
rency between different sections
the count ry during the period from
October 1, 1907. and December 3. 190
compared with previous years, anil
especially shipments by the treas
ury and otherwise from New York
and Washington to points south and
west.
"Sixth, a statement showing lit
amount of gold iiu|x>rts and export
from October 1, 1907, to December ;
1907."
Senator Aldrich, in presenting tin
resolution, announced that it received
the unanimous vote of the commit
tee.
Senator Culbereon, the author of
one of the financial resolutions which
were inoortiorated in the commute*
resolution, was before the committee
for the purpose of giving his Ideas
In the senate, after the resolution
reported. Senator Culberson address
ed a query to Senator Aldrich in re
gard to the date in the paragraph re
laling to clearing house certificates
which resulted in an amendment
changing the date from November 25,
1907, to October <16, 1907. The re
solution, thus modified, was adopted
For any of the ordinary diseases
of the skin Chamberlain’s Salve is ex
cellent. It not only allays the itching
nd smarting but effects a cure. For
ale by H. It. Palmer & Sons. Warren
J. Smith & Bro., L. P. Canning, E. C.
McEvoy, Orr Drug Co., Athens, Ga.
THE THALIANS TONIGHT.
MAY GIVE IMMUNITY
TO ABRAHAM RUEF
Noted San Francisco Bood>
ler Wanted in Bribery
Trials.
San Francisco, December 13.—For
mer Supervisor James Gallagher, an
imjiortaiit witness in the bribery of
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United railroads, which, on account
f his absence, has been jfostponed
until January 7, has telegraphed to
Assistant District Attorney Heney.
from Chicago, that he will be here
xt Tuesday night.
From a statement made by Heney it
is believed that the prosecution,Is
contemplating granting Aoraham
Ruef immunity in order to successful
ly prosecute the bribery graft cases
by getting him to take the stand and
furnish the link between Supervisor
James I. Gallagher and public ser-
ice corporations, who, through Ruef.
ire alleged to have done the bribing.
While n. t saying in so many words
that Ruefs demand for immunity
rould l*e granted. District Attorney
ieney >ai<l today :
"Two jut its have declared that
Ruef’s testimony is necessary to re
turn a verdict and that without it the
•videnco is not complete enough to
•onvict. Public opinion stems to de-
nand that Rm-f shall testify even if
K» has to he gmnt»*d immunity. If
he public wants it it may be neces
sary to put. Ruef on the stand on those
terms. But 1 am not saying that this
will be done.”
THIRTY YEARS.
A Slave to Coffee.
Many pers ms do not realize that
ffee drinking may become a jiower*
1. enslaving habit.
They are not all aware that coffee
contains a drug— cuTein*' which
ought, never to be taken into the sys-
i except for certain diseases and
then only when prescribed by the doc
tor.
The coffee habit grows on most
users and is more harmful to some
than others. But a drug that acts
upon the heart and nerves in the way
caffeine does, is not without greater
or less harm to all who drink cof
fee.
For 30 years," whites a Washington
housewife. I have been a steady cof
fee drinker. I wanted it at every
noal.
“But I would have sick headac.io
most of the day,and throw up my food
l really suffered awfully from coffee
vet I thought I never could stop it.
"Then I heard how good Post uni
was for such oases, and began to use
it. At first I did not caTe for Post uni.
I felt sleepy and had headache. I
•ik n found that this was because of
►he hold coffee had on me, for in about
three days after I quit coffee and be
gan to use Postuni the headache left
me, had no more nervousness <and pal
pitation. In about a week I felt like
i new woman.
"I have used Postum three years
ind when it is made according to di
rections (boiled 15 minutes)—it is as
pleasant as coffee and don’t hurt any
one. I ought to know for I was as
bad as anyone is likely to get from
?offee drinking. Now I am well.”
"There’s a reason.’
Name given by the Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek, Mich. Read the little
booklet, "The Road to Wellville,” in
pkgs.
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