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CLAYTON
STINGING BLOW
IS GIVEN TRUST
THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PBOPLB.
COUNTY. GA . Al'RI I. lfi. 1903.
NO. 14.
T=
BRUTAL WORK OF FEND.
In Coart Decision Aflent North
western Merger.
UNCLE SAM IS THE VICTOR
♦ 'Government Scores on Almost Every
Point at Issue-Decision is of Far-
Reaching Importance.
The position of the United States
.government in the suit brought
Against the Northern Securities Com-
f 1 pony, the Northern Pacific, the Great
> Northern railways, and individual offl-
- dais and directors of those companies,
was sustained In the decision handed
down In the United States circuit court
Of appeals In St. Paul, Minn., Thurs
day.
The case was originally brought in
the United States district iourt In the
same city, but under a special act of
•congress was taken at once to the
court of appeals, which court was to
expedite the hearing and decision of
the case In every manner possible.
The taking of testimony in St. Paul
- and In New York lasted for several
weeks and the arguments In St. Louis
r 1 before Circuit Judges Caldwell, San
born, Thayer and Van Deventer took
: * ' several days. The decision of the
court was written by Judge Thayer,
gnd W*s filed In St. Paul, where the
'nal aptlon was Instituted. -An ap-
to the United States supreme
immediately. All
In the concitt-
ch were stated
•er. .JL*-
•‘theecheaett
which was devised and consummated,
led Inevitably to the following results:
”1. It placed the control of the two
roads In the hands of a single person,
to-wit, the Securities company, by vir
tue of Its ownership of a large major
ity of. ths stock of both companies.
>. It destroyed every motive for com
petition between two roads engaged
In interstste traffic, which were natur
al oompetitora for buaineas, by pooling
the earnlnga of the two roads for ths
common benefit of the stockholders of
ttttb companies; and, according to the
familiar rule, that every one la pre
sumed to Intend what la the necessary
equence of his own acts, when
wilfully and deliberately, we
it conclude that those who concelv-
,*■ <»d executed the plan aforesaid; Ip
^'■^lAended, among other things, to accom
‘*8? ptish these objects.’’
Displeases Magnate Morgan,
riling to a New York apodal,
it Morgan is credited with
expressions In regard' to
I'iee the full text of the de
cision I should not care to express an
opinion on It. This much Is certain,
however, It will not rest where it Is.
"The question of the right of two or
... more railroads’ to be operated by
‘ holding Company will be taken to the
United States supreme court at Wash'
lngton. Instead of looking upon the
Kilslon of the court today as a blow
railroad enterprise, I should say
at .the reverse Is the vase. Capital
ill over the country Is anxious to know
rights In the matter of railroad con
i traction and operation. Rallroal
nen want to know where they stand.
19 decision today Is Just one step
to g decision from the United
gttpfeme court, which will be
even it the,Northern Securl
won today, the government’s
icy would probably have ap
Woman ans Little Daughter Horribly
Mangled With an Ax in Hands
of Assaulter.
At Shreveport, La., early Saturday
morning, Mtb. Aline Matthews, aged
45 years, wlfo of Frank Matthews, a
well-known civil engineer, was bru
tally murdered In ner bed by a negro,
who It Is believed outraged his victim
before slaying her. The woman’s lit
tle daughter, Aline, aged 10, was Ca-
tally wtftmded. Aff ax was the Instru
ment employed in both cases.
Ed Porter, a negro Btrongly suspect
ed of the crime, was shot to death by
two. police sergeants whllo attempting
to escape. He had been run down at a
point about five miles from Shreve
port.
The discovery of the crime was
made at 6:30 o’clock Saturday morn
ing by a servant, who entered the bed
room Of Mrs. Matthews. The unfor
tunate woman, who was almost hacked
to pieces, had been dead for some
time. Her daughter was' still alive
when the servant entered. Entrance
was effected through a side window,
and although there were fifteen per
sons In the house, which Is situated In
the very heart of the residence district
of Shreveport, no one heard a slngls
suspicious sound during the night.
The skull of Mrs. Matthews was
crushed and she bore evidence of hav
ing been criminally assaulted. Thd
child’s skull was fractured, her chest
crushed and shoulder lacerated.
Mrs. Matthews wore a diamond ring
and diamond earrings, which were not
touched by the murilerer and three
pocketbooks containing money were in
the rooffii: showing jthat . criminal as
sault furnishedthC? motive for t£o
crime.. Afi ax CWrered with 'blood anl
hair Was found in the kitchen. r "
CREDIT GIVEN
f) MR. KNOX
For That$pst Sij
Jf the .
Discomfiture
sts.
deck:
I& GREAT TOPIC
.. ’
Politicians In Washington
timatt Effect--PreSidaiti
Exjngsaes Hopeful Vi
:uss Ul-
The dec Won of
circuit court of ap
era Securities
John Skeltbrf ”
the Seaboard
says he regards
blessings niid the
for railroad ihtto 4
ness "that
an Interview Sun
tativo of the Asbi
asked hla ebinion _
Williams Bind: *?*■■
"'.-"h am eJVIafled „
cbme to study the?
railroad*/men and
classes, not./only
the country, generi
whose ambjtloiia <3
hindered, WH) be u
that the^diclslon 1
sense v and V or the
legitimate Interests.afftlffor'the coun
try V welfare. From a£egal standpoint
It accords with too. opinions of many
at the ablest, lawyers. of the country,
and It e^ms to be fortified with au
thorities and reasoning-too'strong to
be shaken, . •» * '
‘I have nj> feir that- thq- supreme
...wto.
president
i railway systeu^
toe ot toe greatest
tighten promises
, and general busi-
K could hate. In
with b repSpsen-
ted Press, when
be decision, Mr.
Jthat when they
[matter carefully
king men of all
bo south, but: in
■" pxcept those
are directly
in the feeling
}nd taw, good
jitage of all
Institution Robbed fay Hallman Sims la
Merged Into Atlanta Notional Bank.
The Capital City National bank, of
Atlanta, has amalgamated with tho
Atlanta National bank. The transac
tion was consummated Saturday night
at 11:80 o’clock and when the
Institutions of the city opened at 0
o’clock Monday morning those who
had deposits In the Capital City found
themselves doing business with the
Atlanta National,
Arrangements for the trade had
been In progress for several dayB, but
the matter was kept so thoroughly se
cret that the announcement occasion
ed the greatest surprise!.
After the defalcation of Hallman
Sims, the collection clerk of the Capi
tal City bank, who secured nearly
1100,000, the stocknolders of the bank
were approached In regard to an amal
gamation.
At first this was not considered, out
the matter was fully discussed. The
concensus , of opinion was that while
the shock of the shortage would have
no Immediate effect—would not injure
the bank In the slightest—yet It might
impede Its growth, keeping it back for
some time from the rapidly increasing
progress Its officers have developed.
The stockholders of the Capital City
Dank Will receive 120 for tnelr stock.
AWAITING INSPECTORS.
Southern Militia Companies are Pre-
? pared for Review by Special
Anny Officers.
The Atlanta CoMtliuiion’s Washing
ton correspondent wires the following
to his paper:'
The condition of the militia in ths
different southern states Is shown by
the preliminary reports made to the
w«.r department In response to the
questions sent out for the purpose or
securing Information to form as a ha
sis for the inspection or muster of the
militia soon to be made.
Colonel Parker, of the adjutant gen
eral’s office, who has charge of the
new militia division, has given me tho
opportunity of looking over trie record
of replies from the southern states.
These show that the militia In all of
the southern states Is ready for Imme
diate inspection, or what Is the same
thing, inspection upon ten days' notice-
The appointment of Inspectors is made
by the different department command
ers. Most of the southern states aro
In the department of the east, and tho
assignments will, therefore, be made
by General Chaffee.
The records show that In Georgia
there are 108 companies of the state
troops distributed at 48 stations.
. Id Alabama the total number of sep
arate organisations is not given, but
the adjutant’’ general states that, ac
cording, to bis Idea, tne inspection
should begin with the Montgomery
compaarigh to be followed by the com
panlee {at Mobile, tod adds that out
Blto V Mtolft and Montgomery thor-i
a re _ thirty other towns in Alabama o.l
which mlytia companies are located.
Tim adjutant general of Florida
slates that there .efimpanlea at
thirteen towns and cities in that stxte.
The militia is soon, vo.be reorganized
under toe new law w*d be prefers th#
GORY EASTER DAY IN BUFFALO.
was of such impor-
an appeal was assured, no
. These facte ere plain.
► Ntorihera
and ate
Murder end a Brace of Suicldea Recorded
Sunday in too “City of Tragedies."
A shooting affray, In whlcn a 9-year-
old boy waa killed and a woman mor
tally wounded, a- murder, a aulclde,
and two attempts at suicide that may
result fatally, occurred In Buffalo, N.
Y., Sunday night. ,
Joseph Kwaltoskskl, fit years old, u
respected Polish citizen, Is locked up
at potice- headquarters, accused with
shooting fais landlady and killing bis
own Aydar-old .bpy.
George Denning, another cftlsofe/ha-l
beep separated from his wife, Sun
day he tried.to induce her to resnme
marital relations. She refused and
he toot at her. She fell ln a faint,
d believing he tod killed her, Den-
court- Yfoqt, »,coffimefcthT tm- _
ca‘1 railroad, standpoint the soundness
of the ndurtts position Is indisputable.
It voices tie jpclfpnent -of probably
nlne-tedtfis -of* the-most' conservative
business' men ofthp country. Last No
vember, fn Orleans, In,an address
before thd trust company section of
the AmSrlcaii Bankers’ Association, I
took the ground to at there must be a
check to the processes of merger an-1
combination. I found my posttionjjwai
heartily, approved by most 6f my Bear
ers and to tlm public generally,/fif I
may Judgo from press comments, hhd 1
am satisfied the country at large will
welcome the court’s action.’’
Discussed In -Washington.
A Washington special says: Tho
possible effects, politically, of. the
merger decision which has created
such a stir In the Industrial world are
being discussed very prominently by
politicians of both parties In Wash
ington. While nobody will be satisfied
until the principles Involved In this
case are passed upon by tho supreme
court of the United States, there is a
general disposition to believe that tee
action of the circuit court of appeals
may be taken as fairly Indicative of
the final decision of the highest court
The first credit for the success of
the case brought by the government Is
given, by those who understand the
history o- the proceedings, to Attor
ney General Knox—and that Is where'
It belongs. While President Roose
velt was preaching the necessity of an
amendment to the constitution in ol
der to pave the Way for legislation
which would recognize the ’ new rela
tionship between capital and the gov
ernment," waica ho was proclaiming
In hia speeches, Attorney General
Knox took the position that the laws
upon the statute books were sufficient
to cure some of tho most flagrant
evils Which had grown up as a part of
the trust system 1 - 11114 that the twit m
the pest had been largely due to lkck
of aggressiveness on the part of the
officials of the department of Justice,
in his,speech at Pittsburg, .Attorney
Knox took chit position sad/
•cation of the esse against toe
tiles Coffipany was to
declaration to .tiMft
Tennessee has 2« 'organization?
12 places. The new adjutant general
of that state his written- that he pre
ters that the Inspection of Tennessee
troops be deferred until May or Juno
because he has just assumed office.
Virginia, 35 organizations at 22 eta
tlons.
Mississippi, 31 companies at 28 sta
tlons.
Louisiana, 25 companies at 10 sta
tions.
Texas. C2 companies at 47 stations.
The only southern state from which
there has been no report is Arkansas.
FILIPINOS SLAUGHTERED.
TWO SIGNALS.
There are two Ml
serious signals Si {
of kidney Ills ™1
Tbs first signal
'comes from the
back with nu
merous aches
and pains. The
second signal
comes In the '
kidney secre
tions, tho urlue
Is thin and
pale or too
highly colored
and showing „ __
"brlc-k-dnst-llke" deposit Urination Is
Infrequent, too frequent or excessive.
You should heed tlieee danger signals
before chronic complications Set to-*
Diabetes, Dropsy. Bright’s Disease,
Take Doan’s" Kidney Ptljs li> time and
the cure Is simple. ■ «'
J. F. Wglnwrigbt. (ft th«, firm of
Bones & Waluwrigbt, painters and con
tractors. Pulaski, Va., -tays: ‘‘if-our or
live times a year fpr the tost fetf years
1 have suffered with severe Attacks
of pain In tiny back, caused from kidney
trouble. During these, spells I was In
such misery fropn. tbC; constant »pato
and aching tbflt, ft .’ whs almost Im
possible stoop sr.'-Mnlgbren.
and It rpalfy If t* 10 whole
small pf iup'"Jrafek bad given away.
At times 1 also bad dlfijculty' with
the kidney secretions. VblbJiWero dis
colored. ln-egnlnr ftiid scalding, and I
was also greatly distressed with head
aches and dizziness. I used a number
Of recommended remedies, but 1 never
found nuythlng so mlecesssful ns
Doan's Kidney Pills. Whfb 1 beard of
them I bad un attack and procured a
box of .them. . In d lew dhp* * be 0® ,n .
and Ihineuess disnppentiril. the trouble 1 '''
with the kidney eecretlops was cor
rected nnd my system was Improved!
geuerally. I have every confidence In
Daim's Kidney PIT
A Fheb 'Pats *'
medicine wi
"-S.
tofikMtil
Mllburu Co.. Buffalo, N, Y. ' For sale
by all druggists, price 5Q cents per box.
Traveler- (to beggar)-—You ought to
take off your hat. - . •'
Beggar—What, and get'a cold that
will cost a dollar to cure?—L’Araldo
Itallano.
Town of Bacolod Taken by Americans
Troops and a Hundred Rebels
are Killed.
A special from Manila says: Cap
tain Pershing’s force captured Baco
lod, Ialand of Mindanao, Wednesday,
killed a hundred Moros and wounded
many others. Three Americans were
wounded.
Pershing’s forces consisted of Show's
battalion of the 27th Infantry, Kilpat
rick of the 15th Cavalry and Chacaucis
battery. J
Pershing was surveying ihe West
Sohe lands when the Bacolodlans os-
posed his advance and .provoked the
fight. Pershing surrounded and at
tacked their stronghold, first shelling
them and:, rushing his troops forward
charging gallantly. Aftpr crossing the
deep moat and entering the fort, the
Americans engaged the Moros' bayo
net* against Krisses.
A hundred of the defenders wer-3
killed, Including the datto of Panan-
dungan and many were wounded.
After the capture of the fort it was
destroyed.
The Bacolod leaders and a majority
of the people of that district had been
hostile tq the Americans and encour
aged attanks on American camps.
They rejected the tenders of friend
ship. * .. V >
It Je expected that the defeat of th-3
Bacolodlans will result to-all the Mo
res acknowledging American sever-
Ths pamphlet “Stanfurt Industry,” just
published, contains an interesting descrip
tion of the famous potash mines in 'Ger
many, from whi^hto the potash imported
into this country and used for manuring is
derived. The chapter about the use of
potash in agriculture as one of the most
important ingredients of a complete fer
tilizer adds largely to the value dl the
book, and among the many line illustra
tions those showing the experiments at .
Southern Pines, N. C., are of particular
interest to practical farmers. Copies of
this pamphlet can he had free by writing
to the German Kali Works,- 03 Nassau
street, New York, N. Y,
Fortune smiles on some men, but to
more she gives the laugh.
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bend for list of testimonials. Address
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Eoid by Druggist 3 '- " ic -
Hall’s Family Pills are the faest.
Lost year is claimed to have been the
most prosperous ever enjoyed by Canada.
FITS permanently oured.hosltsor nervous-
usee after lint day e use of Dr. Elina’s Great
Merveitestorar.Cil trial bottleund treatise Irs*
Dr. B.H. Kuna, Ltd:, MSI Arcb»t.,Phlla.,Pa.
London has over thirty King street* and
the same number of Queen streets or roods.
Mrs. Viaslow's Soothlngdyrup for ohUdrea
teething gotten the gums, reduces indamma -
tlon,aiiayspain,eute» wind eoilo. ffic. a bottle
It bos. often happened that cables have
been deetreyed by submarine eajrt—
Juxx Tuit Burma Colob
of the market batter.