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VOLUME IX.
LENOIR, 1ST. C, JULY HO, 1907.
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HE UK IS iBH II 11.
The Southern and Atlantic Coast
- Line Attorneys Accept the
y Governor's Ultimatum
and Those Roads
Will Put 21-4
Rate Into
Effect.
Raleigh News aud Observe.
The agreement made yesterday
aftemoon in the office of the Gov
ernor of North Carolina by Gov
ernor Glenn for the State, and by
the general counsel of the Southern
and Atlautic Coast Line Railways
on behalf of their roads, by which
the 2 1-4-cent State rate goes into
effect by August 8th, and which a
procedure of an orderly legal con
test is agreed to by the railroads,
all present indictments to end, is a
complete vindication of the position
and demands of Governor Glenn,
and is a complete surrender of the
raildroads to the laws of North
Carolina, which they have violated
since the first day of July. The
full text of the important do
cument by which the soverenty
of the State is acknowledged is as
follows:
1. The railroad puts the S 14
cent rate into effect not later than
Augusts, 1907.
2. The State to appeal from the
order of Judge Pritchard dis
charging parties in Asheville on
writ of haleas corpus.
3. The Southern Railway appeal
to the Supreme Court of North
Carolina in the Wake County case,
and if the case is there decided
against it to take the case by writ
of error to Supreme Court of the
United States.
4. That both sides co-operate to
have both of said cases advanced
and argued together and speedily
determined.
5. The State at its option to in-
diet the Atlantic Coast Line in one
case.
6. All indictments aud prosecu
tions now pending to be dismissed
and no other indictments or
prosecutions to be instituted for
any alleged violation of the law, up
to the time the new 2 1-4-cent rate
is put into effect under this ar
rangement, as far as the Governor
can control the same.
7. The Governor advise all peo
ple against bringing any penalty
suits pending final determination
of the questions involved and ask
the people as a whole to acquiesce
in this arrangement.
8. The suit pending before Judge
Pritchard to be diligently pros
ecuted without the State, however
waiving any question of jur
isdiction. Signed.
Alfred P. Thom,
A IJiX ANDER P. HUMTHRKY.
Counsel for So. Ry. Co.
R. B. Glenn, Governor.
Messrs. Thom and Humphrey
also as counsel for the Southern
Railway Company undertake that
the Southern Railway will not in
augurate contempt proceedings be
cause of anything heretofore done
by any of the State officers in con
nection with the rate litigation, and
will do what it can to prevent the
inauguration of any such contempt
'proceedings.
This arrangement between the
Bo uthernt Railway and R. B. Glenn,
Governor, is also assented to by
George Rountree, attorney for A.
Nelson. Buckley and others, com
plainants, and Alexander Hamilton
General Counsel for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company, ex
cept that they do not consent that
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company shall be in dieted in one
case, but as to that leaving the
Btate at liberty to do as its sense of
3 duty may dictate. : , -
THREATENING LETTER
TO ANSON'S SHERIFF.
Mob That Killed J. V.. Johnson
Wrote That Sheriff Would
Die if He Told
Names.
Charlotte, July 25. The state
sprung a surprise on the defense
In the trail of Zeke Lewis in Union
county court, when, in offering
rebuttal testimony, counsel pro
duced a letter received by Sheriff
Bogan of Anson county threaten
ing him summary vengeance if he
testified against any member of the
mob at the trial. The letter was
signed "The Crowd That Killed
J. V. Johnson," and threatened
the sheriff with death if he re
vealed the names of any man he
recognized at the jail. The letter
stated that there was 342 men in
the mob, aud, thought there might
be some fools among them, at least
275 were settled men who knew
wnat they were talking about and
would do as they said.
The defense hotly objected to the
admission of this letter, but the
court admitted it for the jury- to
consider as bearing onhe conduct
and evidence of Sheriff Bogan, and
it was read to the jury and put in
evidence.
Sheriff Bogan was recalled and
swore positively to the identifica
tion of Lewis as the ringleader of
the mob, declaring that he talked
to him twice the night of the lynch
ing in the jail and had known him
for years.
The state here rested and argu
ment )egan. It, is expected that
the case will go to the jury tomor
row. A verdict of not guilty was re
turned. Thousands of people are daily suf
fering with kitjney and bladder
troubles dangerous ailments that
should be checked promptly. De
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kidneys, inflauiation of the bladder.
Their action ifi prompt and sure. A
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Origin of the End-seat Hog.
Cleveland Leader.
"Noah," said Mr. Darwin,
"why didn't you take a pair of
mastodons into the ark with youl
It would have been interesting to
preserve them for modern zoos."
"Yes," answered the patriarch,
"and I intended to do it. But it
was this way: I got all the animals
in but a pair of hogs and a pair of
mastodons'. And instead of going
together, the hogs took an end seat
apiece and the mastodons eould't
get in."
Which was the origin of the
species.
Take the Postmaster's Word for It.
Mr. F. 'M. Hamlin, postmaster at
Cherryvale, Imi., keeps also a stock
of general merchandise and patent
medicines. He says: "Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme
dy is standard here in its line. It
never fails to give satisfaction and
we could hardly afford to be without
it." For sale by J. E. Shell, Dr. Kent
and Granite Falls Drag Co.
The Milwaukee Sentinel wit dis
covered by the flavor that "Mabel's
complexion wasn't real," which
prompted the Indianapolis News to
inquire, "What is the flavor of a
real complexion nowadays!" Yon
see you now where Burbank got
the idea of an odorless onion.
Wise Counsel From the South.
"I want to give some valuable ad
vice to those who suffer with lame
back and kidney trouble," says J. R.
Blankenshlp, of Beck. Tenn. "I
have proved to an absolute certainty
that Electric Bitters will positively
cure this distressing condition, The
first bottle gave me great relief and
after taking a few more bottles, I
was completely cured; so completaly
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A Message From the Hill Country.
Dear Mr. Editor. May I from
this faraway field have a little chat
with you and your good people!
As you cannot give the answer
pro or can in time for we know
whether to proceed or not, I will
presume on your good nature
Editors have to be patient and
long-suffering aud go ahead.
We have here in this country
one condition which strongly re
minds me of Caldwell, and this
condition is most forcibly im
pressed upon my mind when the
weather is raigy I refer to the
public roads. I think one would
have to be a brave man who would
venture far on the roads without
first having made his will and se
cured a first-class incontestable life
insurance policy. The dangers
that would face the daughty trav
elor would be many; but specially
he would have reasons to fear be
ing burried alive, or slipping off
the mountain side into the other
world. The other day two men
had to pay the price of being too
brave. The were driving a hearse
with four horses over a country
road, when, lo! the first thing they
knew, hearse, horses and men
were gliding down the mountain
side at an uncomfortable rate.
When they had reached the bot
tom of the ravine and had taken
an invetory, they found one man
missing, and the other so bruised,
cut and broken up that he hardly
recognized himself. Two horses
had taken up their abode in the
hearse, and the other two were se
riously considering what would
next befall them. The moral of
this fable is that the county will
probably have to pay several hun
dred dollars, and may be the road
overseer spend some months, as all
trust, in jail. I know Caldwell
cannot beat this road story.
Next let me reason with you,
Mr. Editor, in regard to keeping
warm. I believe we can hold our
own with almost any section. Old
Sol is sincerely mindful of us in
this country, though we are high
above the sea with mountains to
the right of us and mountains to
the left of us. Hence we have no
need to be burdened with apparel;
to be simply clad in purple and
fine linen is all that is necessary.
But note, to cook our meals, to
iron our clothes, to light and heat
our houses (when they need heat
in), we have no use for wood and
coal natural gas, nature's bounty
does all these things for us. Strike
a match, turn a screw, and you
are ready for business no ashes,
no smoke. And too, the tariff
rate is not alarming; for light,
cooking, ironing, heating a house
of 8 rooms my gas bill for the last
three months was $1.76. Is not
this remarkable! I am well pleased
with this gas arrangement; for my
part have always been, when we
did not have a cook, to make up
the fire and bring water. Now I
have only to strike a match and I
have a fire, and the water Ls al
ready up. Mr. Editor, when you
get water works in Lenoir, as you
will soon, get natural gas, too!
softly, may be you have a good
deal of that now !
In this country we have fruit in
abundance; apples, peaches, pears,
cherries that is when the trees
bear. More attention is given to
fruit here than in any place I have
been. The crop is short this year,
however, on account of the late
frosts in the spring. Some of the
apple trees are of tremendous size;
they look as though they might be
a century old, but are in splendid
condition. Now, one thing to be
remembered in regard to the peo
ple who live on their fruit farms is
that they are splendid specimens
f humanity good looking girls
fine looking boys. There may be
something then in living "under
one's own vine and figtree."
Mr. Editor, I did want to say
something about what the French
called our "Labelle Revier," our
grand, gloomy and peculiar river
the Ohio, which occasionally
rises up in its wrath and sweeps
over this broad valley from one end
to the other, but I fear I shall not
be able to do so this time. But
this river is indeed a thing of beau
ty, and hence "a joy forever."
With kind regard and good
wishes. Faithfully yours,
A Dweller in the Hillk.
Details of Crime.
Exchange.
It is urged in some quarters that
the publicity given to the details of
a case like the Thaw case should be
a warning. On the contrary, its
tendency is to debauch the country.
Detailed stories of crime and filth,
even if true, do not make for right
eousness, but distinctly lower the
moral character of hundreds of
thousands of readers, and tend to
make the crimes described more
common. Where one persons is
warned a dozen are weakened. But
a great deal that was pudlished
about the crimes precediugthe mur
der was not true. With a basis of
fact the sensational reporter turns
his imagination loose, sometimes a
filthy imagination, and conjures up
the most sensational pictures he can
draw. It makes little difference
whether they are true or not since
they will be read just the same.
That the reports of the trial were
not worse was mainly due to Presi
dent Roosevelt, who, in the be
ginning, inquired of the Postofflce
Department whether newspapers
could be excluded from the mails.
The hint to publishers was sufficient
Even the yellowest paper enrbed
the imagination of its reporters.
There is, of course, a clean and tj
filthy way of stating the same fact,
and the newspaper had in mind the
danger of exclusion from the mails.
Even as it was, the Canadian pos
tal authorities seized some thous
ands of American newspapers as
too bad for Canada. The need of
reform in our entire system of
criminal jurispi udenoe has long
been felt. Something is wrong
when such a trial draws crowds on
the street with the hope of getting
into the court-room, and turns the
attention of a nation to its details
for months. Perhaps many crim
inal trials will in the future he held
private, with only a sufficient num
ber of interested persons present
to secure justice to all, and there
will be more restriction on the press .
Such a trial does not ruin a nation;
the forces which make for righte
ousness are too strong for that.
But it works a distinct and lasting
injury. It is greatly to 1 reg
retted that this trial must le gone
over again, although ihe interest
in it has probably spent its force,
aud the next trial will le tame in
comparison-
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The couple that yielded to the
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