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.CHARLOTTE DAILY 01 .APRIL P. Jii W V X-X La n?tr. is c a; A. lu. H.L ruMiiJjers. very L in "Jis Yesr srBScraPTiox nacE: '.' ".. .'" Dally :?. ....... On jrr ............. $8.00 six mouths ... .. ............ 4.9 1 urea months . ' Bcml-Weekly On - Three mouth . PUBLISHERS' ) AXSOCSCEMEJH . No. M South Try on street. Telephone r: Humbert: - Business vUlue, Bell "!; , Sis; city editor ofticey Well 'phone tt;. ews editor office. Bell 'phone O. - A subscriber 1b ordering th address ; ef his paper chanted, will please Jndi- ; cat the address to which It 1 n, at the time he UK a for the hang'. - i bs maoa.. - -v . - 1 V-This paper rtvea correspondents a - - arid latitude a It thinks pub lie pol- - ley permits, but It I to no as re-f (possible lor their view. It tm much . nralerred. that i CorresDondeais sign-- their names to their articles, eapectwl- ' " ,r n cases where they attack persctia er institution, though thi I hot de ' , Banded, lb editor reserve the right to tire tb names of correspondent : when the are demanded tor the pur- ' fvM nf nmniiM u I l&fartlOfL. TO f eelv consideration it communloatioa . j . muat be aceompBie4 by U " -"T aam of the correspondent. " -1 Advertlaing rate ar iurnlehed on : - - application. Advertisers may fee sure that-through- th- column- thi-: r paper they may reach all Chariot; "T anda Twrtlon ef th heit people io ,.-W Stai nod upper 8outhUUu-Hn, . ;THUBS1AV, APRIL , 1908. ' ItARl) .TIMES FOB NEWSPAPEKS. I - ' ,Thn Greenville, fl. C, Evening Sun J nsa discontinued publication after a brief but bright career. We regret Its ; 4em)s, but ' do not wonder. - The j ' causes operative In a number of such j V cases occurring of late are well stated " by The Oreenvllle News. "With the ! cost of everything needed for the ! - plant at top notch." runs this expla nation, "even the oldest and strong. - est papers have found living to be a matter of no easy solution In the past j jrear.Th new enterprises struggling Into bemg -this period haveiound: It doubly hard and it 1 not to their discredit that somo of them should " Jiart been unable to keep up the "i eght. Vs Quote further: ' - There Ta evident abroad a sort of feel " Ing that modern appliances have mad It " a very simple matter to publish $ news paper. Mechanically speaking, ther is ' a vast difference between the amount of , labor and trouble required now and what : ' ' waa required som years ago. but ma ; ehlnery is costly, It calls for skilled labor . and when summed up it may be found ' that Urn has been the only item of sav ." log Insured by Its use. Machinery also . calls for many specialties that are ' patented and expensive. The white paper a modern press must have comes in rm mens roll that weighing- from eight ' hundred to one thousand pounds each, ,r are. difficult to handle and easily damg . ed.' It must be' treated wlh care. De . sides, the cost of th white paper Kelf ' haa Increased until It ha reached the s-- notice of Congress and la now a subject ..'.'.for grave, debat... . ; filmilar expressions have ' been ' : drawn, from many of our oontempo paries by The Wilmington Messen- ger's death after an honorable career of nineteen years. . There can be no question that of all those, business .. enterprises affected by soaring ex Vr pense 4Brthg" the past" few years " newspapers, because least able or ... willing to increase their oharges cor. respondlngly, have suffered moat with the probable exception of the , railroads. ,ln the opinion of some '..'I Highly competent observers . the Jn , eressinf tfhdency of newspaper pub. 7 fishing "toward " unprofiublenens con- - Mltutes a grave problem not merely for the newspapers themselves but . for the whole body politic and soclaj. " ;"That"" this " contention has solid ; . greunds to rest upon should be resd , Hy apparent, y ever the majority of : . fiewspapers reach a point where they run at a loss, two courses, and two only will lie open before them.' Dome , trould face the alternative of becom lng axe-jrlnder for special Interests or, golnf under," while others would ' go under without a choice. With . pinch a premium placed upon the . survival : of '.. the least scrupulous newspapers' tlw eocn try's best" and tilebest Interests - would - neceeserlty saiffer Immense Injury. A press which cannot stand on its own feet and pay . !' bills from Its own pocket is not . the kind of press which will :, "The people's right maintain, TJnaWd by Influence and unbrlh'd by ' i tela.- - . ; ; . . In such a atate-of-ffatTs"news-c papers would tend more and mors to lose-their. Independence and become J .the organs of large corporations hav Iivg political Interests or of selfish If r ijot actually-reoatory polltlcalraa , chine. . The only Independence left for (Teat newspapers would not be veal Independence at all but only an other torn - of subserviency -they woold become luxuries, as soma are now, .for multi-millionaire nourish ing political ambitions or else covet fog power for Its own sake. The al ready developing tendency toward L combination of 'newspapers Into croups or chains under single owner - ehlp ha no discernible, bearing upon this particular question, unlesa, by - ffoctlng economies in production end hence strengthening the business s a business, -Jt Operates benefl-c:alty.- ' ,; '. ' :.' . ' :, t ' ' The problem Is grave, bat a satis f cctory solution appears to at certaia if the only poeeibl remedy can. be eucceeefuriy applied. Let the news X aper, wherever It Is not super f j!ty and the public really want It. ! a v th ciiuraM .JJ -charge-iivlng 1 j r 'ces and to insist that the acorn s' unity deal fairly with It before It :i undertake to deal liberally with ' community... Newspapers so con t'd mill never fa the deadly al itlve above mentioned. We ara 1 t'obeerva that this obviously , r'Mcy Axnm- an. Increasing num - rf h'.'-rr't. Many dally pa- i' r era, great and small, have brought their rate up to meet the rising level i f expense, jtnd . many: weeklies and ttml-wMkliei have done likewise. In neerly every ease patrons should ap prove, not , grumbJe. :If the- people want a press which will give them an adequate service, and at the same time guard the. country against cor ruption Instead of corrupting- it they must not Jnaks ertremely- difficult conditions for their newspapers-pre vail In the' abundant present when at 'least tolerable conditions prevail. ed In the scanty past ,-r 7 . BHTAX AVD WATSOX. : ' , TThere: is very little dlfferenca be- tween what", Mr. v Bryan "believes 'In and what Mr. Watson believes In," remarks The Catawba County INewa, in commenting upon the populist na tlonal convention s - proceedings, "so thoee who wanted" to - wait ' and en dorse Bryan after the pemocrata have nominated him were not so wide pf. the mark as some people might su ppose." we don t be lie ve a ny body ever, aupposedi.for a microscope . of ma ny d lam eters magn if yi n g - power would be needed to. detect the slight est material difference ' between.. " the Bryan and Watson creeds, and very few people have such instrumenU at commandrMrrryaa and MrzrWat son stand for the same; things, "they are bothTonorablemen;ahdnf one excels in physical and r e motional, en ergy, the other Is greatly his Intel lectual superior. Mr.; Watson might be termed the brains . of Populism and Mr. Bryan Its tongue. Mr. Bry ahPIf'nbmfnated'at enver, will re ceive official Democratic: sanction; otherwise, choice between this West erner, and this Southerner, . whether regarded as a Choice of evils or the reverse, would be the nearest possi ble approach to no choice at alt. . A FUGITIVE EDITOR. , V Not content with having previous- ly taken forcible possession of his newspaper and changed Its politics from Democratic to Republican, a vigilance . committee has now diased Editor Smith, of, The Mitchell County HecorcU76utrbfMlicheir countyTalto gether. :"That Is, If the accounts com ing by way of Aahevilla are In all respects accurate. - It appears that In addition to holding obnoxloua po litical tenets he had been accused of what Is vaguely termed "Immoral ity." Unless he baa made his way to some railroad station connecting with the outside world, Editor: Smith. H perhaps hiding out In the mountains somewhere at this very moment. In such an event we can only hop that ' he will-not be mistaken for a prowl ing revenue officer or otherwise fall or" a safe ' deliverance. Newspaper publishing In Mitchell Is necessarily rather . unremunerative, but who would ever have supposed It quits such a tough proposition as thlsT The Ashevllle Oaxette-News makes a contribution to tha "reverend" Whiskey discussion.' "Several weeka ago," says our Ashevllle contempo rary, "a man aald: 'Fellow gave m a drink of blockade liquor yesterday. I s'poee It waa blockade; he said It waa fresh from the still, and that It was ths reverend stuff.' Unless our acquaintance misused the word. It will be seen that the peculiar 'rever ence' which may attach to strong wa ters Is not necessarily accompanied by age The chap In question evi dently used "the term to mean straight, but the very next one using It might have meant aged. Waa there ever propounded a tougher etymolog ical problem than this? It has been a recognised fact for some time that on of Charlotte's Presbyterian churchea ranks T among the Southern Presbyterian Church's two or three largest In membership. A f'w days ago, when the elders and deacons of In First Associate Re formed Presbyterian church raised the pastor' aalary by f 100, Charlotte gained another distinguished place In the ranka of Calvinism. This city now contalna that congregation which pays Its pastor better than any other In the entire A. R. P. Church (the Southern branch of th Seceder persuasion Elder Hemphill and the Kouth Carolina Beceders In general might- aa-wcir glveup - alt - hop of producing a rival for Charlotte. The ltjr eHo6Teommissfbflerl have recommended changes from a fire safety standpoint In th school building and the city board of health has declared the old rock quarry a nuisance and a menace-two excel lent conclusions which ' the city wishes made effective -at the earliest feaalble date. r T .. If th young Elklns-Abruaxl cou ple are depending upon Grandpa Qaasaway Davis to loosen up they should take, the experience of the 1104 Democratic campaign commit tee with thla venerable tight-wad Into serious consideration. Among the thing. to be aald for the Populist party -is that it alone has not regarded the South aa a (hopeless outcast but has this second time nom Inated a Southern man for th presi dency. ' . : . . Dont A I'm. Columbia State. , . - . - Colonel Graves." save Th Diin lotto Observer, n on of th ac knowledged irenlusew of th toth." But would the Hoei train. If aha swap-wsd-av TSousarid pUUu common- sense ouiioer for an equal number Of gvnlww like Colonel Graves? , t Only Tber Hsve Lewi at Stak. CreenvUla. 8. C, New . . ' '' i Thomas E. ."Watson U back at his old post as nominee of tb populist. The Populists ar like Soma Demo, crat. They believe In changing tha date and not tha form of the pre- gramm. ... ... AGKEW.BILL' IS, DEFEATED i HUGHES - ISSVIS CTATEMEXT New York Senate by a Vote or 23 to Z3 Defeats the Agnew-Hart Bills AbcdbJUug the Vml Protectlon of Gambling at Race Track IJeutcn V ant Governor's Voto iaves the Bills ' For Another Vote Durhig the I'rcs ' ent Scetdofi -Governor iluglcs Is - Dlnappolnted Over the Result of the , Struggle la 111 Statement He Says i the Contest lias Only Bcfrnn and WU1 Contlnne t'nfll the Will of ane People Has Been Obeyed, v ' Albany. N. T. Aprtl I. Th vote of Senator Owen Caseldy, of Schuyler, Republican, late to-day caused a tie vote of JJ'to 26, and 'defeated, tor the time at least, th two Agnew-Hart bills embodying- the recommendation of Governor Hughe", -that ! th - legal protection be .abolished " which ; since 18 5 has ' protecte4 public , gambling at race tracks, whereas It is a felony eisewnere in the SUte, v , Lieutenant Governor Chanter. . In the chair, by casting his vota to break tne tie upon a parliamentary motion, wmcn nut Tor him. would have result ed in killing the bills for the rest of tne session,, saved them for another vote at the discretion of their Intro ducer, Senator Agnew, at any time wnen the order of business permits htm to call up the matter. : If by any means the menda of tha bills can gain a vote from the opposition and at th same tlm - hold - th I they had to-day, they mliht yet paea the bills and, send them. to tb Governor.,! Governor Hughea made no secret of his dlnaDDolntment over the result of the day struggle. He. would not in " timate what measures h would adopt In the premises, but he Issued the fol lowing statement to-nlgbt: - CONTEST. ONLY. BEGUN-! "It la Impossible to bellev that the people will permit tha plain mandate of the constitution to be Ignored. The contest has not ended. It has only begun. -It will continue until the "Win of the people has been obeyed." The vote came at the end or a dramatic day. Until the vote of Sen ator Wilcox, last on the list, waa cast gainst th bills, th result was ap parently In doubt. , .- v The most remarkable feature . ex theday. Involved the mysterious ab sence pf Senator Fancher, of Cattar augus. He was known to Intend to support th bills and his vota was in dispensable to their passage. Messen gers searched for htm all tne morning without result and th charge was freely made that his absence waa In voluntary and would prove to be th result of a conspiracy. When a recess waa taken it 1 o'clock he was still missing. ... He appeared when th recess - was about half gone with nothing to say for publication, but a story about his absence, told privately, waa accepted by the supporters of tha bill aa con firming their suspicions, and Its de tail convulsed everybody who heard It. He had completely outwitted those who would have detained him. CASSIDT CHANGED VOTE, Senator Cassidy, who the sunoorters of the bills hold responsible for their defeat, - voted -on- two previous occa. slons In their favor, although - the friends of the measures admit, that has never promised to suDDort hem- on final passage. : -- - - All or the SO members of the Sen at were present, the only vacant seat being that of Senator. Franchot, of Niagara Falls, who died recently. Twenty-three Republicans and two Democrats voted for the bills; U Democrats and I Republicans voted against them. After the, defeat of the bills. Sen ator Agnew mad the usual motion to reconsider. Then apparently real. Islng the defeat of this motion by th same, vote which had . defeated his bills, would kill the measure beyond rescue, Senator Agnew withdrew 1L Instantly Senator Grady seised th ap parent advantage and renewed the motion. 8enator Ralnea came quickly to the secure with a motion to table that of Senator Grady. Senator Grady urg ently appealed to the Lieutenant Gov ernor and to bis colleagues for sup port for his motion, but the Lieuten ant Governor said he would. In sup port of the precedent 'of "senatorial courtesy" five Senator Agnew his vote. MAT 'CALL EXTRA SESSION. Under the rules of the Senate, tha presiding officer has the deciding vote in case of A tie upon all purely par liamentary questions. Hs haa no vote upon the direct question of th pas sage of the bills. Ther la a question wfcether, In the case of on of th bills, the procedure had not left Senator A gnaw with only three day In which to move recon sideration. The parliamentarians were earnestly discussing - this to night. . Whether Governor Hughes will call an extra session of th Legislature to begin, perhaps, immediately upon the adjournment of th regular session to continue consideration of this and other matters, la the subject of specu lation to-night. The Governor la considering th matter of calling a Special session to fill the vacancy caused by th death of Senator Franchot. . Senator Fran chot i-waa-cloctedunder the old ap portlonment which the Court of Ap peals bas sines declared unconstitu tional. The new apportionment - act rearranged th Senat ' districts. but left that particular district aa It was be for. Whether Senator Fraacnot's place can b filled by special election under a different apportionment la a question.' The question Involves th possibility of a new Senator furnish ing another vot ror or against th race track bills by th tlm they ar considered again. - . - -a .- ' Ton Mean This? Charleston News and courier. " " The etnencar correspondent of Th Charlotte Observer report that Capt. D. N. Bennett, "a well-known ottlsen of Norwood,' caught a nah In the Tadkln rlvr near that pate Nor wood . last. Thursday night . whlcti welfdhed 14 pound. It waa of "th German carp - variety." Doubtlea there are larger carp la the river of South Carolina. Dues anybody hap pen to know now muck th targMd carp In the pond at Versailles, which were planted by Louis XIV weighs? They compare favorably in respect of slae with the sturgeon at Georgetown, which the-people -ef Charlotte pos sibly eat for salmon. 'A Good Word For J. Allca Holu Te th Editor of Th Observer: Way down In my heart ",hava Teeiing"7or Aubrey Brooks, but - I would Ilk to say that. In my oplalon, the ttata Of North Carolina would make no mistake tn offering any of fice or other honor within it gift to i. Allen Holt. . His record as an educator and con structive man should place, him above petty. Imbecile criticism and these who ar Indulging In It would b much better essered. EDWARD OnXIAM. ' Boston, Maea, April Ith, D0V . . TO ERECT TCBEKCCLAR WARD. DIrwtora of Morgan ton eilate Jloe pltal Approve Plana For Annex to Alain Building I'or Accommodation ; of Female Patients Keport of the ttnperiiitcfldent Is Em'ouragln? President, Executive Conunltt and Otrtr Official Re-EJerted ' Escaped Patients Glad to Be Back, Special Is Tli Observer. - , . Morranton, April g. The board of directors of ths State Hospital met here to-day Z Present: J. P. Cald well, president; and Directors J. A. McMInn, A. A. Shuford. I,' I. Davie, A. E. Tate,' Jamea K. Norfleet and C H Armfield. ; -Th plan for a tubercular ward for., female patients were . examined and approved. This ward la to eon- sin. or a wooaen building of one story, 22x47 feet, to be erected at the end of the south wing of the . main building. It is to accommodate twen tvnve roal patients and la not to exceea 3,600 in cost, work wiu be gin on It at a very early date. . Information was given . the board by the superintendent In regard tojoughly well known by general repu the nursea' bulldlnsr, authorized last I tation In that city. week by the- State - Hospital Commia- slon, This buildinr Is U be erected en th front grounds,-to be of brick, two stories, and to , accommodate seventy.flvo nurses thus relieving female department i of the Hospital by so much and -giving room4o u many paUenta a "ther will be nureca who will-vacate-Tha-r.coat of the uuaiuiwsi siu u v,s is. , i- The: report - of -the superintendent, Dr. John McCampbell, showed thatla typical tenderloin liquor point, and at th beginning of' th present quar - ter ther were present 1,121 patients; that the demand tor room. for both men. and women patients . persists; that the health of the Inmates of the bouse. Is good., y , -J Tho Deaf and Dumb School, the property of which adjoins that of tha I Btat Hospital, is very much in need of a road from Its institution to the depot The hospital directors to-day conceded It a right of way over hos- pltal property to the hospital road near the station, with right of use of this road to th railroad. 7 Thla la the quarterly session at which the aalary question Is always considered. There were a number f .ppllcat.on.to-day.,.ome of , which- were granted. - , . ' ' - Elections for the term of on year were had as t oljoww: President 5 of the board. J. P. Caldwell;, executive committee. I. L Davla C H. Arm field. A. A. Shuford; Steward, F. M. Scrora:- matron.- Mrs. C. A. Marsh: AH these beliur selections. . Th wards were examined ana found In perfect condition. Condi tions of all kinds throughout th In stitution were never better. ' It was a matter of Interest to learn mat or tn rour patients wno recently ... - . . -a fiihWU - ana .. an vi wiivm promptly returned, two have ac knowledged that they were glad to get back and It is believed that the other two were also. Th leader of the escaping patient gave the direc tors to-day, laughing, an Interesting story of the escap. - illustrating, by the window through which It was made exactly how the escape was ac complished.'. - f ""'' WHITNEY CO. FliAN DELAYED. O. Brown' A Co.,. Ready. But Oth. er rkockholders Avoid Rcorganla- New. York Commercial, Tth, - - Action toward "reorganisation of the Whitney Company, Tor mutated by A. O, Browri as Co... waa postponed Indefi nitely. Saturday ; . when 1 th bond holders meeting scheduled to consid er this plan waa adjourned again 1 JsL i rS'' ?Jh V.0: ?'own Co., fWhlch controls about E0 per cent, of the company stock. Involves the formation or ' a new corporation whtch Is to Issue t, 000,000 of f per cent., first mortgage 20-year construction bonds; , $5,000, 000 of 1 per cent, non-cumulative pre ferred stock, and $5,000,000 of com mon stock. The plan provides that I the present holders of the company's bonds surrender them at to per cent. of par Income' bonds.--. Th company now la In th hands of a reoetver and It la estimated that 12.200,000. will b required to enlarge tta - old power .ho.Vt iYfta 000 ta camnleta plant and about $$00,000 to complete '.nw-.y lant.----:--:7-:--T xritT. . . . ' - 'ui An Endormrn of Sectary or wai TO tha Editor of The Observer? f ' Wi in behalf of bl' jroodlv filimberi of the soldiers and citutens of Iredell I county beg leave to exprees -through. th column or Tn ODserver, our a preclatlon and Interest In the' cane dacy of our present "Secretary or State. J. Bryan Crimea. We believe him worthy tie suffrage of every cit izen of North Oarollrsa. aa h baa cer tanlly filled the position he now oc cupies crrtttebry to himself and the mate. Wouie .we. oelleve - all our &tate offlcara are good and true men. we are especially Interested la Colonel Grimea. tie being a son or coione. later General Grimee. whom we and many of our comrade fougrht tinder during th late civil war. - J. A. STIKELEATHER,. - M. C .DAVIDSON. , v Statesvtlle-'April - 7th,-. ItOI. " BIK W. P, Calbonn'e Kndoincmeiit of - - Hearst Without Authority. - TVTli Editor of Th Observer:". " I notice that In your paper of thla date, under the headline, "Tim Kipe For New Party.", you give what Mr. John T em Die Grave said about th Independence1 League. - In - th last paragraph-th- fallowing - ln part- (e round: - - "On th national executive commit tee, Mr. Grave has eecured the fol- lolnjr well-known Souhh Carolinians: Messrs. J. C. Garllnarton. of Green ville, 8. C; W. P. Calhoun and W. W. Sheppard, of Edgefleld. 3. C",. Th use of my nam In that con nection la entirely without authority. ana a complete sumrlseito me. - Mr. Hearst and the Independence Lieague; nor Mr. Grave have ever had any communication with ma It la an error that I take thla means of cor recting. . WIUJAM P. CALHOUN. Edgefield, 8. CH AprU tth. I0$.-r C D. Abemathy For Commissioner. T th Editor of -The Observer: : : j. .-. Tb peopl of Mecklkenburg coun ty will not mak any mistake In vot ing for.C., D. Abernathy tot county commissioner from Crab Orchard township. Mr. Abernathy i a man of fine sens and rood Judgment, honest and capable. ...He will b a credit to the county If elected. - Be la a suc cessful farmer and a genial, pleasant gentleman socially. . "MTj tITOTTEiV lUtreminta Characterised. ' Danvlll Bee, ' . , i ' ., A writer in th Richmond News Leader has Invented a very good w6rd when he applies to tha fanatical ele ment of the saloon and anU-ealoon factions the term aa-lunacy and antl-sa-tunacy. . The terms fairly charac terises tha extremist of both fac ttoaa. . . - BAiLEys TR.vr.rcnt ATTACH nD, Attorney General rxnld'on, of Tex as, Tator'. 1-oliUi-ul Foe1, bald to Own li-rc!niiLle and Other Out , lawed liouiM'a. , Austin Statesman, 4th. On Tuesday, the Slot day of March I J08, . the letter set out below was jevnt by hand to the person end offlcia addressed by the person whose name ) earned thereto, to-wtt: Austin, Tex.. March Slat. IIOS ' Hon. R. ,V. DavWaon. Attorney Gen eral, Oepicol. . L : Sir: I desire to- advise you that hav In mv poeseaeion evidence of th following facts which seriously afreet you as a candidate for Attor ney Generei of Texas, and which. I therefore, in fairness, I desire to sub mit to you before publication, in or der that If yon can anew the emm to be tmtrue you may not be subjected j to the Injustice and humiliation of aa unwarranted attack The facta to which I allude are: First That you own and control Ma J, , and 7 in block Hi In the City of Galveston. s Second That the BltiatBj, of aald property la conspicuous and th in famous character-of occupations cav- riea on therein is tvatorious and thor I Ttotad That tor of tha houses are "ow and have been for . years tised aa f - T-, pur -hra 5m.r?0 ?iy EZZZrZt-'Zvr'?. them wWte tennts and th Uh Mt T ; Fourth That you or your agent for you iiave for years collected rents tow aia propertieai. J - Firth That one of aald houses Is 1 that yon or your a-etrtehaa.coL- lected rents also on U. Sixth That these facts constitute a violation of good morals, the law of the land and th law of God. ; Seventh -That th law makes it the duty of he Attorney General to pre vent such violations, but nowhere au- I Eighth That I Jvav a oomnleta 1 abstract of lots 2 and 3 In aald block J 44 ( on which are located two house of public prostitution that the law denominates as "disorderly nouses" n "bawdy housea" , ; v ' I think it properjlo glv I f y w a manner uiat anecia tn I ,T v. , T ""fl tf Zt' H e tl,? ong'r.Vlal.f6' I i do not want to do von a Dear- 1.00-1 or noiitleai inluetlce. and I be- I to any if you know any fact that can explain awav vour. connection with this matter I shall bo eiad to have It in person or by writing, but it you -oioot-to ee me -in-person -It mum be m the presence of at least a friend of yours and a friend of mli. The propriety of this sug-e-tlon you will iteadily appreciate. The facta I hav you ar welcome to know for the asking, -p.- -r -r u - . a waiting your pleasure' na' Hi 1 premisea, J am Very truly. W. M. IMBODEN. r ' Editor The Statesman. This letter waa delivered to the Attorney General last Tuesday after noon DT-Mr. Harrv M. Johnston. Aus- 1 tin correspondent , of The Houston Poet and Fort Worth Record.. Tha Attorney General read H. To this ' arood - hour no renlv has been received. The Attorney Gener. al left the city that night and pre. I sumably does not mean to reply t EMPLOYES' LIABILITY? V If V" ' - I .. r Railroad Workers Not lield ' Re sponsible -- lor AfTcldcnts They Cause. '( J - .-, X O, Fagan. In The1 Atlantic Monthly. A new partner, tn the person ot the railroad - employe. ' has literally pushed his way Into the manager's office.. So Important a factor haa he h14 corporation that hardly a mov l CM b mad1 ln th, operaOng de- partment . without, first t consulting jus r ignis ana wisnes. Not only -is the power and in fluenca. of the railroad employe at tha present day an Important factor in' railroad management, but ln the opinion ', or competent Judges, the time la not far distant when manager and employ " will meet on . equal terms and together legislate for the I Interests of., all ' concerned. Now, (granting th ever-Increasing power of the employ-In framing, the rules and influencing - the management. what ther ta be .aald about th dvtaJon of responsibility? t - r At th present day, when an accl- ont happens on a railroad and Uvea ot p.ng,,, r sacrificed by rea- emnlovea ' nracUcallr ! the whole moral and financial reston1hllitv ia Immediately- assumed by the manage- inent Heartfelt regret la at once ex pressed by. the . highest authorities. the Injured are visited by svmD thetlo officials, and every conceivable kind of bill or expense ' la at once acknowledged - and paid. t On the other - hand, we, . the em ployes, singly and collectively. Ignore the whole business, we simply stand back and let the press and the au thorities -figure out- ' reasons-' and remedies for themselves. We neither adopt resolutions or sympathy nor pay out a single dollar to benefit the families of . the dead or to alleviate the "Buffering of the Injured. Considering the division. of power. does this Adjustment of. responsibility appear te any fair-minded 'person? it nas occurred to eome or us that if we or. our organisations were as sessed in hard cash in- proportion- to our responsibility ror some, of these preventable accidents, the casualty lists on our railroads, would -.very quickly ; assume microscopic pro portions. An "employes'.-, liability act would,-of course, be looked up on as an absurdity,, yet II un prejudiced Judges were to analyse a few of our - accidents they would quickly conclude that the - Idea la sanely and soberly loglcaL CoL W. P. Wood For Uentenanl Gov- V .--. ernor. ' . ... , t u . To tha Editor at The Observer: ..- '. I w4ah? (o place" before the people of Norrtt Carolina the name ' of col. W. P. Wood, of Aabeboro, for the of fice of Lieutenant Governor. Colonel Wood la a Democrat of the old echool never ahlrklnr a duty, ' always ln the middle of the Afrit. He . he served threw term m the State Legis lature and one term 1n the State Senat vnd In well known from on end ef the State to tha other. He haa an abundance of friende in North CaroUna who would be g-lad to see tilm thus honored. Havlna; known film for. thirty years, ln private aa well as In public . Hf. I can sav truthfully that Ms record la. every way Is epotlew. It would make an f3eal presiding officer. . 'RANDOLPH. Aaheboro, April 7th. 10I. -L jtf fj. i1'taonilTai!a . JoJfviLlljL Durham Herald. - It Is now up to Mr. Watson to prove that 1m b a better Populist than Is Mr. Bryan. . A TWErTT.TEAR SENTENCE. "I hav Juat completed a twenty-year health sentence. Imposed by Hueklen'a Arnica Balva, which cured ma of bleeding Ilea lust twenty years so." wrf'ea . K Woolever. of LeRsyrrlUe. N. T, HiirltWn'a A rm 1 fctlv. I a '. . tha wnrt ores, bolls, burn, wounds and ema (n 1 ths shortest time. 2So. at all drug stores. I . 5 : f 1 i-a:i vfUHIH:i:i;i!i:HUOHHHHlrmHIUS liilisliliiiii 'AJh&W go . quick; for they are great. If you want. .. suitable; Picture for a dining room,' Jbedl room -.oH library, you can get just ) what " you wantf in this ? 47c. sale, ; There's fruit of all kinds game, of all j : kinds and a variety of : j library or bed room. w?-Dro piiuw. wmuow,: xryon sireei store. -, A GEEAT; BASKET SAI4G ' It continues all week and thenar they are seUjg Is .proof of their being cheap and - desirable fe-Frn SPECML , A big lot of elegant 10c. t-'rr: fresh, clean goods, i-f-,--' and . patterns.' - - COPENHAdrEHsiXK We; have Copenhagen Pongee Silk, 27 inches wide, all V pure Silk. - Price the yard.,.. 788c. and $1.00" Beductions on. all31acX,Taff $1.50 Guaranteed Taffeta The, $1.25 quality fori.' . . . And the $1.00 quality for. . . Fancy Waist and ,19 (SiJks,. endless variety to se- ; : ;' O - lect rfrom.; Price,.'. ... 1 . ..Oci to $1.00 , .7AS1T New Cotton Foulards, light TIGURED Beautifulliije'36-inch"FiredrIKnnty . . , quality, Jfnce the yard. 1IEECERIZED New:. Mercerized . 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 9, 1908, edition 1
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