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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY 22, 1D03. 8 UGISIATUBE'S FIRST-DAY tContlr.ued from Page One). tlons. As oon as this was disposed t the House at 12:15 aujoumed to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. SENATE. At 11 o'clock President Francis D. Winston Bld In his most impressive enle, "L the Senate be iir order." The Senate was led In prayer by R Dr Ivev, of Kaleigh. and the body to'od at attention and with bowed fceada while Pr. Ivey offered the open Ing prayer of the extra session. Then u. oiork called the roll, which show ed that 6 Senators were present, the only ones absent being Etheridge. rookie. O'Dell and Polk. PreslJent Winston announced that the Legisla ture had been convened by proclama tion In extraordinary session. The clerk read the proclamation by Gov ernor Glenn. Mitchell, of Bertie, of fered resolution tojnlgrm the House that the Senate was ready to take up business. The resolution was adopt ed and a message of this tenor sent to the other branch. The House sent over Its message telling the Senate that It had organized and was ready to go ahead. Senator Hoke offered a Joint reso lution, providing for the appointment of a Joint committee to inf0"" the Governor of TheTvrranlzatloii of thei legislature and this was adopted. Senators Holt and Lovill being named as the committee on the part of the Senate. The committee at once re ported Qiat they had callsd on the Governor and that he would lmme lately sand In his message, which J'rlvate Secretary Avrington brought In. It was nad by Clerk. Ballon and the Serate gave It very closo atten tion. RATE BILL, FIRST THING. Graham, of Orange, offered a re.-w-lutlon regarding the mesrag?, express ing approval of It and referring It toi the committee on public service cor- -poratlons. wHh instructions 10 jn-;, litter to report a bill regarding pas senger and freight rates along the Jlncs recommended by the Governor. Graham t.poke in support of his roso Jutlon, saying ha had nothing to say regarding what had been done In tho past, but thought the people of the State wjuld be glad to see the rate question settled. He said that he had acted M he ! bought right. Instead of tiaving bills Introduced, be' thought the committee should take the message of the Governor under consideration' and then report a bill. He referred to the very different condition of affairs which row exist, since tha financial troubles have tomt, for now the stock of one railroad has gone down from 166 t CO and even below the latter figure, while the stock of another rallrond has been made to look like 30 cents. Senator Graham declared that person ally he did not approve the recom mendation in the mes.sage with regard to railway rates, but had nothing to . say as to the other fsatures of the message. He would give up his own preference -regarding rates, as he was willing to yield these preferences and rettle the matter definitely, yet he be lieved the people really preferred the old rates. He suggested to the Semite that this was the very bent disposition to be made of the message. , RE1D AMENDS GRAHAM. Senator Rild rfald be desired the message referred to a committee, but offered an amendment to Graham's resolution, striking out the words "In accordance wKh the Governor's rec ommendation." Senator Held said lift committee should draw bill In It own discretion. Senator Buxton said that as he understood tho matter the State and the railways had agreed on a compromise and that the Oovernor bad submitted thn terms of this to the Legislature. To him the proposition seemed to be whether a comjroml should be approved or nor, and so he could see no necessity for Senator Tteld's amendment, for If the terms should not be a xreed upon In full, then the compromise would not be binding upon ths railway, as, It requires two parties to make a compromise. Sen ator Webl disagreed with Senator Buxton, saying a delegation whs In Raleigh which treslre.J to he heard by the committee. Senator Graham.1 chairman if the committee. renli"d h n t- - ... . . . . ' I - titai ui'j nimmmM intended t. hfar persons who rte.iir to he heard and lie announred that the etYrftmlttee would meet this afternoon it 4 o'clock. Senator McLean disagreed with Mr. Buxton that tho Henale wus Jield down to r,,t proposition of ac cepting r reVrtlng the terms of the compromise. nB said tho Legislature Wa called together to amend, modify or repeal th act at the last regular te.Klon. H Jid not know how he would vote on this proposition, but would hate to think the. Senate would ' npIJ down, as representing the peo ple of the State o an agreement ma la y anybo.lv on the outside. He said the Senate wotil.l excise Its own nght. as n representative of the peo ple of the State. AMENDMENT ACCEPTKD. Senator Jlolt undtrstood th:it the frovlsion!) of thp message were not to be considered at the sewion to-day, and declared that this resolution h id prerlpUaUd n hole discussion. Sen ator Oraham slated that he would ac cept Senator Iteid's amendment. The.- the resolution as ihu amended was mpipc. jne fvernlr sent over an. vnvr inriwanc, wiin a letter rrom the!1"0" exempted hy law agreed on corporation commission, as to Inrre.i- their part to a reduction of the pres 5ng its power f regulate the dlsrontlii- j ent Inter-State rate of 3 and S 1-4 tianre of th. Important local trains, cents a mile to a 2 1-2 cent rate, thus the letter from the commission stut-1 making Inter-State and lntra-State Ing that the commission Hiould be rate uniform; also, the railroads to riven full auth'.rlty in this matter as' a mileage book of 2.000 miles for tinder the present law the traveling j heads of Hrms and employes, not ex Jiubllc: should ,e greatly inconveni- j cf edlng five persons, names to be en- nced. The message una rr.-. j . t..re1 nt llmf nf nurrlin.t the committee on public service cor- po rations. Th third message came over from railway conductors, engineers, and other employe, a.klng that the form- r rates d restored and also for a Jioarirrg before the committee. This j message slo went to tha nni.iin t ' " ""i""""'"" committee and the It o'clock to-morrow morning. XBEn.On'S MESSAGE. Xo the Honorable, the (ii-neral Assem bly of North Carolina: Gentlemen: t'nder no circumstanc e's is it phaeant duty to convene the urnenti Ain-ina.y in extra session: -still i to. consumption Article 111. section fc. b!, for ,hem to operate with such a provide tKat -ihe Governor shall mlW boon. )t woui practlci" fcave rwcr on extraordinary oc.ra- ,llIt h Bule on 2.c.nt J nttm Jiona by and with the advi-e of . thi that ,he. phouM not r Council of State, to convene the Gen-j furnli,h booV f too m)1, .?", ral Armbly In extra ses.ion fcy hl.ja a, bookjl of Urgt.r m!!" rrocls,mat.pn. rtat,ng therein ,he pur. m therefore, to get thTs re- r Ttem. ih., ....k contention. It wss .greed that the fam- Tome It seem, that such an e- l!y m,M booU ,houM b fixed s, traordinary ocruMion Hwiina and , .w n1; a . thV rall fo. by and with the consent of tbetw.a,i. ,iu .v.- .... ..- E .' tour.cd of State, I have felt It my duty ! to call you together to consider XtxU t c-...- i i . m. to c;!I you together to consider the tjaen-.jon of an -adjustment of the pse-a-ng'rr and freight ratej charged by the various railroads doing business a cimmnn carriert la the State. ' la order that you may bave a prop- er understanding of the present con ditlon of affairs, It wiu be necessary to revert to the past and give a brief history of all matters appertaining to the rato controversy from the .time f your last section up to the terms-offered by me as Governor and accept ed by tba railroads, subject, of course. to your approval and ratification. In my message to your honorable tody ac your regular session I useditlon is not understood, ana tney ds thls language: "I would urge upon the lieve this amount is to help defray the General Assembly to carefully exam - lne the whole matter of railroads, mth whii iininr i.prviiinr th law a c a last tminst .liHr-riminations. heavy 'rates nri ni,nt.im hiriiahini. at the same time to treat the railroads with giving the rate a fair test When the perfect fairness and give them every i railroads got their injunction they not legal rlht which belongs to them, j only had the corporation commission. Railroads are the great arteries - of, the attorney general and assistant at commcrce, and have been the, means) torney general enjoined, but also the of building up our resources as noattorneys employed by the corporation other factor, and, therefore, should be! commission; hence, when the railroads looked upon' not as hostile, but aa one I refused to obey the law, not being able of the state's most helpful agencies." I to get the services of these attorneys. 1 then recommended a flat rate of 2 1-2 cents per mile for passenger fare and a mileage book of 2 cents; also, that railroads be required to rem edy delays of their trains, have a limit set to' hours of service of their em ployes, keen their road-beds in good condition and pay their fair propor tion of all taxes, and then should be protected against injustice, such as is cften practiced on them by trespassers and unjust litigation. With what sug gestions I could offer, and with tha sworn report of the raliroais before you, after a full and able discussion of the bill in both houses, no Joint conclusion could be reached, and a conference committee bad to b$ or dered. This comrrlttee reported a flat rate of 2 1-4 cents a mile, which report was ratified and became the law of tho Stale. After the law was enacted I tried to induce the railroads to .icquiesca until a fair test would demonstrate whether the - new rate was confiscatory, or, on account of In creased travel, was remunerative. Ilroads at once agreed - , nut 'he law Into operation, but other refused, and, prior to July 1st, 1907, when tha law became operative, went before a. circuit judge of the United States for tho pastern district of North Carolina and obtained a tem porary Injunction against the corpora tion ci-mmlssiin and attorney general, fc-rolddlr.g them from putting the la'V into effect. At the preliminary hear ing, without finding. the rate confisca tory, and r.ot heeding the plea made to tho Jurisdiction of the court, the tli cult Judge continued the Injunction to the final hearing, and ordered the (.landing master to take evidence and make a report an to whether the rate fixed was confiscatory of the property of the railroads. On July 1st,. 1907, certain railroads re fusing to recognize the rate fixed, a Superior Court Judge rnstructc the grand Jury to Indict their agents for selling tickets at a higher rate than that fixed by the statute. Feeling It my sworn duty to uphold the law passed by your honorable body, re gardless of the Amount fixed, I ad dressed a letter tiall the State Judges, asking them "to properly charge th grand Juries and to direct the solicit ors to send bills against the agents and employes of the railroads, or their higher officials, thus openly acting In defiance of law," In that letter I rec ommended that only enough Indict ments be made to test the validity of the law In all Its phases, and not to needlessly harass the'rallroads. Several railroad agents were Indict ed, convicted and sentenced, when the I'nlted States Court, not waiting for the defendants to appeal In the orderly way to the higher courts, ngaln Inter fered, and by writ' of habeas corpus discharged the defendants from the custody of state's officers. For a while a conflict between the Federal and State authorities seemed Imminent,' but coolness on both sides was exercised. and It was agreed that the railroads should recognize and obey the law, pending tho test of Its constitutionali ty, and that tho equity suit, Indict ment and habeas corpus proceedings should bo prosecuted to a speedy con clusion. In taking steps to uphold the law enacted by the General Assembly only one motive actunted me, and that was, while not wishing to mulct the railroads with costs or needlessly Im prison their agents, simply to compel them, the creatures, ito recognize that the fUale, the creator, was sovereign and supreme and Its laws had to be obeyed until some competent court de clared that said luw was unconstitu tional and therefore void. Tho equity suit and criminal pro ceedings moved very slowly, and. a fi nancial crisis having come upon the country, several efforts were made to settle all disputes and produce "nar mony between the State and the rail roads. TERMS OFFERED. Finally I suggested the following terms as an equitable adjustment of the entire matter, subject, of course, to your approval: The changing of the flat lntra-State rale at 2 1-4 cents a mile to a flat lntra-State rate of 2 1-4 cents a mile; fifteen cents to be charged ex tra for persons boarding trains with out tickets when tickets could be ob tained in a reasonable time 'before departure of train, and the repealing of the penalty and misdemeanor clauses In the act nM907; this, how ever, only to be done when the rail roads operating In the State except to be interchangeable on all solvent roads and Inter-State and lntra-State at 2 cents i mile; also, an Individual mileage book of l.OftO miles. Inter changeable, Inter-State and intra-Stat ' r 2 cents a mile: also, a family mileage book for heads of families and dependent members of famttv. nnm to b entered at time of purchase, ln- ra-State. and not Interchangeable, for 2 cents a mile; also, the raUroads to pity an amount not exceeding $ 17.600 j with which to pay the'State's coat in the various suits. The railroads agreed to these de- rnanos, except the payment of tho money and the 500-mlltaga book for t f-m. t. . , ... ni.j, o he smiled the Kt. 'th.Uhi . ZL? , Z?JZ?KPTr?i The usual requirements as to time of redeeming book were to te observed snd enforced. It was also agreed that. If. after a reasonable time, to-wlt. II months. It should be ascertained that the rata thus agreed upon was exoes- f Y '' - jsive oa the one band or confiscatory on the other, upon application, -tne cor poratlon commission should. have the power, alter a iuu ana iair nw. to raise or lower the rate fixed, sub ject to an appeal to the courts. Some seem to object to Jhe require nient that the railroads pay the sum of $17,600, but I believe this objection t comes from the fact that the proposi- 1 costs of convening tne jegisiaiuro. I demanded this money for these re uni: I did not believe the rate passed I h vour body was confiscatory. I feU a wrong was committed by the rail ' roflda in bringing their suits before j 1 had to employ others, thus entailing more costs, anJ, therefore," the rail roads, by their suits and acta, having put this extra 6ost on the State, 1 felt In the settlement they should pay it. If, however, your honorable body doe not agree with me, and think the State and not the railroads should pay this cost. It is for you and not for me t decide.' In order that In the future both the State and the railroads should know their respective rights in dealing with each other, and believing that the Minnesota case and thenabeas -eor pus case from Ashevllle now pending In the Supreme Court of the United States would definitely settle and de fine the respective rights of all parties. It wa-j agreed that, even If your hon orable body accepted and approved the agreement, the case In the Su preme. Court should" not be affected thereby, but should proceed . to 'final Judgment. OTHER STATiES AGREE. The States pf South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama and Tennessee, and probably Virginia, have agreed to the same terms offered by North Carolina, thus giving a uniform rata and mileage books over the entire South. I have given this matter a most careful Investigation, triad to protect In every way the rlghta of the State, and, l.i coming; to the conclusion that the settlement reached. Is both Juit and equitable to the State and the rail roads, I have had the advice and as sistance of some of the State's truest, ablest, and best men. However, I dis charge my duty by obeying the conr stltutlon and laying the matter before you, as you alone can enact laws. I think It wise to settle the matter. I believe the terms are fair to all, and therefore, ask you, the lawmakers of the State, If consistent with your sense of right and duty, to approve what bus been done. RATE FIXED NONCONFISCATORY The rate fixed ,by your body at Its last session, in my Judgment, though less than the amount recommended in my message, was not confiscatory, but was Just and based on the re ports of the railroads themselves, and. therefore, was fti no sense . a wronz: and, If the railroads' had given the rate a fair test, without having made the people hostile to them. I firmly be lieve, Us shown by the evidence taken In the pending equity suit, that said rate would not only have proved bot.i equitable and remunerative, but in ex cess of the previous earning. But times have changed since you last met, and all business has suffered by the stricture in the money ' market. Disclosure made In the financial world showed fraud .anT corruption, gambling on the ,stock market, the withdrawal of money from circulation. thus bringing about unrest and dis trust, together with many other caus es, which havo seriously affected all securities, making stock values de crease, and credit hard to obtain, until not on account of-the little reduction of fares to 2 1-4 cents, but for the rea sons above stated and many others. railroads, like individuals and other corporations, have been crippled in their operations, have had In many ways to curtail their expenses, cannot borrow money to carry on their busi ness, and, therefore, need, all legiti mate help that can be given them, not Inconsistent with the rlgths of the people and the State. They claim that, If all matters . of . difference between them and the various States can be adjusted, confidence will be restored, their securities more easily placed, and they be enabled to continue their con templated Improvements. No one but a demagogue would de sire to Injure the railroads, simply be cause It can be done, but should only wish to require them to deal Just'y with the people; and now that the rail roads have recognized the sovereignty of the State and come forward, agree ing to terms alike f" the State and themselves. It behooves the State through Its lawmakers, to meet them In the same spirit of equity and do all It can to aid them, provided It In no way destroys the rights of Jlhe people. Again. I trust you will 'solve this complex question by approving the terms' agreed upon, thus restoring peace and harmony and putting all at work once more forthe upbuilding -of our beloved State. In regard to freight rates, I sug gest one amendment to Section 1, Chapter 217. Laws of 1907. by adding at the end of aild section these words: "Provided further, that this act shall not apply to Independently owned and operated railroad companies In North Carolina whose mileage of road In said State Is one hundred miles or less." The reason for I his recom mendation is, that the amount of freight shipped on one of these little rortds from one station on its own line to another station on Its line Is not over five or ten per cerit. of Its shipments, while from a point on its lino to some point on the line of another road Its freights ' would amount to from ninety to ninety-five per cent, of Its shipments; while the shipments of the large roads to points on their own lines Is from seventy to eighty per cent, of their shipments, while their shipment to roints In the Stite on other roads would, not exceed twenty or twenty-five per cent., being a discrimination so largely agvlnst the small roa.ls at to most seriously nffect and Injure them, and, these fore, demands re'Ief DlflCiy MINATIONS. One of the most serious compliints! now existing against the railroads is I the discriminations made by them: against the cities and towns of North Carolina In favor of Ilka 'cities and towns In other States, notably Virgin la. by reason of which Jo-bbers ant wholesale merchants In Virginia cart undersell the same class of merchants in North Carolina. The ciuw of this i the rate given by the Norfolk A Western .and Chesapeake V Ohio, rail road to Koanoke. Lynchburg, nd Richmond, being the samo rate glvei Sort. -V on account of its wa Klrhmond, being the samo rate given ter-rat competition. Ti meet the rate of the railroads above named, the Southern, the Coast Lint and Pea board rsilronJs had to give the same rate, and so ri till freight through North Carolina to Virginia cities for M ..: . h h important nearly so Purity in our c of Schlitz It means an . cannot cause it Without ' Ask fovthe Brewery Bottling.. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz, To avoid being imposed on, see that the cork or crown is at Made IV3 ilwaikceFaiiioos. a less amount than they haul to the cities of North Carolina; and often our shippers can better pay the through rate to the Vlrglnlri point, plus the local rate bick 10 the North Carolina point, than pay the through rate in the llrst instance .o the North Carolina point. This can and should be . corrected. The corporation com mission has now Instituted proceed ings before tho Inter-State commerce commission against the Norfolk & Western Itallroal for discriminating In favor of Lynchburg and Koanoke, Va.. on It line, over Durham and Winston, N. C, also on its line. There can be no defense made for this un just difference, and we feel assured that the inter-State commerce com mission will correct the discrimina tion as to these points In North Caro lina When the Norfolk: & West ern Is thus forced to adjust the rates for these two cities -In North Caro linaompetition wllLcempel the other railroad systems to give the same rate to these points, and then they will be compelled to give them to oth er North Carolina cities, else there will be discrimination between poInU in North Carolina, which Is forbid den by Vw. Hence, we confidently believe that this suit and similar ones will entirely correct my unjust dis crimination against North Carolina shlnners. lobbers and merchants. Thist being an inter-state question, u can onlv be reached through tne inter State commerce commission: and. in order that these suits may be suc cessfully pushed to an early bearing (and termination, I respectfully ask that a sum not exceeding: $5,000 be appropriated for carrying on an in vestigation fraught with so much honeflt to our Deople. At the last sesslon a bill making this approprla-J tinn risaaed one house and two road Ings In the other, but In some way failed to become 11 OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS. When I called the extra session, with the advice of the Council of State, only one object was considered, and that was the rate question. Oth er purposes, however, than' those which I convened you to consider will doubtless be brought before you; and. If In your wisdom and after the most mature and wise dellberstlon, you decide to enact other leglsl.t1on than that embraced In my vad, there are twe matters, imperative in their na ture, to which I would most respect fully call your attention. BETTER COURT FACILITIES. There Is a defect In the present Judicial system of the Stite. If a Judge Is sick or detained from his courts by unavoidable accident, there Is no pro vision to remedy this omission, unless some other Judge can fln-1 time from his own courts tt ride the circuit of the sick or absent Judge. This could easily be remedied by establishing two small additional districts, con sisting of a county each, fro that the Judges , riding (these small districts could, when not engaged with their courts, hold special terms and take theP'ac of the sick Judges. The ninth Judicial district lost Its entire circuit this fall by the serious illness Of the Judge therenjr causing a loss of person speed In a nnpfl agln. and. therefore, shocld edied. PROHIBITION. There Is another matter that doubt less will ennge your most careful consideration. 1 l'ude to the question of State prohibition. Tho people of North Carolina ar determined to mwks a trial of prohibition,, jjij. the ttieuraiwi pi r "'',"." '" liquor dMlir without hi liquor Is s in jaii wn.. -" - about as weak as Samson short of y nai. Butn "". """lihla locks.- Refuse at this session to i berore ana win .miipm . i. - there is in beer. expensive. mecuis absolute It means freedom i from germs. Even rooms is filtered, is sterilized after beer aged beer aged biliousness. those precautions, no beer can be X - I t only thing to decide Is when anl and what la right will prove what Is how this can best be brought about, i both expedient and be.t, and will re The curse and degradation of the 11-' reive the approval of all gooJ citizens, quor traffic is fast becoming a stench t All know the whiskey traffic Is an in the nostrils of decency, and there evil. We talk of the wrongs of a pro is an Imperative demand coming to tectlve tariff, the ills and crimes, en you from every section of the Btate; to drive out these places of vice and wickedness, and to convert the money thus wasted In riot vnd. drunkenness into channels of 'business, thrift and industry. Evcrv one in tha State knows riTy views on the liquor ques tlon, for, publicly and privately, I have contended that, both from an economic as well as a moral stand point, the greatest blessing that could possibly be given the State would be ithe prohibiting of the manufacture and ale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage anywhere in its borders. So ifirmly am 1 convinced of the sound ness of , my views on the subject of liquor being a curse to the people of the State, that, if the power to act' were vested in me, I would not trou ble your body to consider he mat ter, but would at once free our land from this monster evil that, in my opinion. Is the source .of a thousand woes and scarcely a single blessing. When 1 Issued the call for this special- session I did not know whether the voice of the people could now be heard, or whether it would have to wait until the regular session; but so quiCKiy nas me oemana - tor renei crystailzed throughout the entire State that it would be utterly wrong to deny the people a hearing upon a nrstter so vital to their public. and private life. ' I would not put my Judgment against that of the one hundred and seventy members who compose your honorable body, all of whom are Just M patriotic and many far wiser than I; still, after visiting the people in every section and hearing and know ing their views, as I do, I am thor oughly satisfied that no act ever pass ed by any legislative body in North Carolina would give the Joy or be more generally endorsed than would be the act of this General Assembly In giving prohibition to' the entire State. Under thei Watts, Ward and other similar bills, by legislative enactment prohibition was given to all rural dis tricts, until at least four-fifths of the State's territory thus had prohibitory laws. These acts have produced good, and not evil, and have been endors ed by the votes of the people In three general sections. Also, under the sime laws, villages, towns and cities throughout the State have declarej Lfor temperance, until ninety per cent of the entire territory of tne State now has prohibition. Thus we know the will of the people, for they have spoken by their rotes in nouncer- tarn sound, until all agree that It Is Inevitable that ljuor must go. - So, wny urn, email u.eaiesa expense ana engender bitternes toy- lecal fights, when t.y your act, carrying out the will of a majority of the 'people, you can settle this matter at this session? Ftass tho law, let ft ?o Into effect July 1st, 1J0 and before the general election la X"vember ar- agitation will cease; for, as wellsnld by one of North Carolina's wisest tte.men. "A next campaign, be the la'ue In m"y! counties, an J cause . coi '-ion and; strire; whereas by action l.ow you' de stroy the factor that woull make this agitation. There Is only cne onestlon for o to ask. and that Is, Whit Is right? And when we know what is right, let us have the couraxe to do the right;' -i u.( 1 1, 1 1 win rii l- r into Ti it-' : - - - -- ' - - - nothing else half And nothing ; cleanliness. And every bottle it is scaled. for months, until . " And branded Bee r -gendered by monopolies and trusts. but all the evils and iniquities of the tariff, or the robberies and oppressions of greed and monopoly - together do not begin to compare with the or- row. the ruin, the misery, the crime, the poverty, tne maJneas, tne vice, the degradation, the death and the damnation produced by strong drink; and, therefore, in the interest of busi ness, for the protection of helpless women and children, for the suppres sion of crime, the amelioration of want and poverty, the prevention ' of disease, the preservation of life and the salvation of human souls, in the name of more than a million true, brave, pure and noble North Carolina men. women and children, I ask you at this session to abolish this demon of destruction! If you do this, your act will be the wisest anl best ever passed by any legislative body, and will be ratified and endorsed by the feood teonle of the. State. But. wheth- ,'er you follow my suggestion or not. I will always feel that no act tnat i ever did was more for 4he uplifting and upbuilding of the entire State than my message for State prohlbl- tlon. Again I commend to you the prop osition to settle the nate controver sy upon the terms offered by the State and agreed to by the railroads, subject to your approval. Tour action at the last sesslonwas based on the Trallroads reports of earnings, and was, therefore, Just and not wrong. When the railroads refuse.! to recog nixe your law, by a strong hand the roads refusing were compelled to obey and to admit the sovereignty of the State; but now, when the rail roads have agreed to the State's terms, which give h fair and reason able rate, not only to our own State, but to all the South, we can afford to lift the band that enforced the law and give it in relief to needy subject, especially when in giving relief to the subject we receive equal benefit to the sovereign, thus showing how a State can be strong and at the same time Just and protecting. If this Legislature, navlng seen Us laws enforced and obeyed,1 win at this session ratify an act! that will bring peace and harmony among all contending interests, and at the so is else the air healthful. who would knowingly drink beer thgt was not? All orders sent to Whitlow and Perrow, Old Phone, 366, Middlcsboro, Kentucky, I will receive prompt attention. 1 t same time pass on net lifting' the Curse of strong drink and bringing' order and soberness into our borders, it will have performed two acts that will make its name immortal jpnd be forever remembered a a bfesslnj .to the Statft. Washing each of ym a happy so journ at our capital city, and extend ing to a'J a most crrdlsJ and hearty welcome. I close my mes:ige by ex- Lpresalng the belief that, actuated by high and patriotic motives, you will do your full duty to the State an! pass such laws as to you sem lust and right. I bid you Godspeed in your work and ask heaven's blessing on all you do. , Respectfully, . dl..B. GLENN, Governor. ' Counterfeit Clearing House Certificatea AftrMxft In Vilunt Imtt. . Columbus, Ga., Jan. 1. During the last three, days, while the banks were closed for holidays and "Sunday, counterfeiters put in some effective work passing counterfeit clearing house certificates. So- far fifteen bills of 120 denomination have been discovered among tne receipts oi mer chant who have offered to deposit money to-day. , . The Columbus clearing bouse asso- i . i . , m AartiAaA tlx .all In nil certificates and the extent of the ' counterfeiters operations will doubt less not be known until the outstand ing certificates have al' leen cashed In. "- $2.50 BUYS $2.50 4 BGr QUARTS Virginia Dare Wine Sent by express, prepaid. Special- Holiday Offer. Garictt & Co Norfolk, Va.
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