A.""whlcLSANTELLS STORY
t OF V. & C. 8. RAILROAD
Built to Servo Community ana
a Operated for That Parpo--A. .C.
iJjtaamed Debt But Wffl Not
.Operate It-Pavs No Mvidends.But
TKirw thousand words of datauea
testimony descriptive of the life and
works of the Virginia A - Carolirii
i Southern Railroad, arraigned wit3
four other short lines on the charge
that they are owned and operated by
the Atlantic Coast line, but allowed
t charge higher local rates, brought
the hearing of the cases to an end
before the Corporation Commission
last Saturday An Raleigh. The News
and Observer! gives the IfollowingU
i lint for variation in aeiau, uie
kiMiif! iLii
tasr lira
Trr Criidmoer'lOidTvorlti
2
AlaTelt verrohe know., that r Saga
Taa and lphnr. ptoparlr comound
4, brlnfa tack the natural color ana
lustre to til hair when faded, streaked
r gray. Tears ago the only way to
get thle mixture .was to make It at
bom, which la muaay . and - troubla-
!!wk Nowadayitnrtasking .iai any"
4riL liar Tor Wrath' Sac and Bul-
.1" lib l"f Compouna.--o wiu .n .mw
stories of the East Carolina and the, pnr9 by h addition of other la
Washington & Vandennere ., offered Mdteutaai 4njjorttn tX
on Friday. The plaintiff association aViuy grayl JTtty IU No on
a?ltged ownership by the CoasJJnel-gWl th. ,?.Srg
and the imposition 4ocrates 6n 'SNt&ISTSS
communities entitled to trunk une wf brush with it and draw thle
rates. The defendant .admitted fown? thnwth iuriatr.ftaltlngonifmatI
ership. pleaded :i separate " charters," strand It a timet by morntflar gray
by local conditions. 1 fciatirully,dark, gtoeey and attractive.
rntPrpKt centered In yesterday . ..,wnth n- aad rSulohur f Corn
hearing to a much greater degree jpouad'la V dalfa-htfur toilet reauWU
aanww- . . ttfMi.. I C a .. . 4i 4V k salts sanst
cause of the fact mat Angus wnwu
M.TAn. nreaident of the read, 4s
prominent among the candidates menr
tiened for Governor ina924Vantf4hi
concern was not lessened oy xne open
rhnrmi made by Chairman W. T. Lee,
of the Corporation Commission, that
the Traffic Association ..pressed the
action in April in an jiff ort .lo lan
barrass his own renonunation at last
week s primary. - u'o-n'
. Mr. McLean was on ; the witness
stand for nearlv two hours
and related in great detaU the whole
history of the road ojvhicaj' is
the nominal head, and the circum
stances that lay back b its bidlding
"and its nominal transfer tox the "Coast
Line two years after J it was built
Judge J. Crawford Biggs and Sena
tor L. R. Varser represented the
road and Colonel Albert? Cox -and. J,
S.5 Griffin appeared tot thtf taintif I
for tho-e who dwOro'dark hair and a
iWuul Paran. it 4 net"ln-
tenaea ror in cur, diukuvh f
:ywttm jut laaeaae.,' . - - a-',
Rates Are RuBioi.,
s. it. xv- m
in presenting its case, we ifmnij
Association declared that thCinuitd,
which runs from Hope Mills to XAun
berton, 28 miles and "from 05t3l5KBl
toiElizabethtown, 27 miles, is actually
owned by the A. C. 1 but operate,!
under a short lino charter, that un
der the ruling of the Commission, al
lows a local freight rate to be levied,
arid local rates are much higher than
. 1- 1 uijui.- MktA a nnltf
irviis. luio rates witivoi wviuu n.
testimony for the plaintiff rwas
presented by M. R. Beaman,$ Secre
tary of the Traffic Association. Be
declared that the rates in effect were
ruinous to business in towns along
tke line. Many natural shippers along
the route were compelled to ship by
track because it was cheaper to ship
in i that way than by train. He sub
mitted comparisons of rates. The in
stance .used was the tariff -on bale
of cotton from Tayetteville to 'St.
Pauls, given at $2.16. Evidence. wa$
offered that trucks handle the dusv
neas-for-75 eents per bale.
': a- How St. Paula Grew.
JJudge Biggs took ithe witness and
pat -nun,. through an hour of , search
ing, examination, .working around the
declaration that freight rates were
ruining business. It was brought out
that St Pauls, now a town of 2,600
people, iwas .not seven on the map
when the road was t trout lo years ago,
while, towns on me main line -of the
Coast Line and with through r rata,
had - shrunk steadily in , population,
though not six .miles from St Paula. 4
J. M. .Butler, cotton manufacturer
at St - Pauls, took, the stand ,at the
instance, of the plaintiff, and related
at ,o me length the ' necessity .of
shipping cotton from Fayetteville to
Sf Paals- by truck In preference :to
the raiiroad. ;He saved 55 cents .per
ble, e said, over the rates proposed
in the hearing.
fMr. Beaman says that these rates
are iruinious to business in that sec
tion : could you tell the Commission
what - dividends your '; three cotton
mills have declared over a. period of
five years, going back from 1921?"
asked Senator Varser.
Some Ruinous Profit
. We averaged about. WL per , cent
Pf - . . 1 mi i.ji.ji milium
during that time, though it has been
nip and tuck with us for the past
year,"-declared the witness.
s "Do you think, then, that the rail-
read. which Enabled you fcto build p
Otown at St. Pauls ought to be.allow-ed-Wtnake'as
ihueh-a five per cent?"
The witness admitted that he would
like Uo-elp 4he railread,-4rat c6uld
hot afford fo do it to his own loss. ..
iillr, M?Lan tookhe etand as the
first witness for; the, defendant. He
reconnted theiearly. struggles of the
town of Lumberton, a village of 600
people ;30 ears ago, practically with
out train service, '6i the establish
ment of industries there that strug
gled; .against j the, inadequate service t
ton "McLean, national committeeman
and candidate for governor, and of
Thomas . Cooper, Raleigh, and Wil
mington banker, had a great deal
more of interest than the mere cir
cumstance that brousrht McLean to
Raleigh for the short line hearing be-
zore jtne corporation commusiun w
raorrew, and Mr. Cooper to look after
his local banking Interests. -
s How soon Mr. McLean means to
resign the national committeeman-
shio nobody seems to know, but the
day the crown topples from his ca
pacious head, Tom Cooper will have
one of his own to fit the hat worn by
McLean, Josephus Daniels, and
notables not now living. Mr. Cooper
has not been , seen here today, but
ho; is in town 'and one who wishes to
gamble in political futures hazards
nothing iiof 1 his political propheteer
ing by announcing that Mr. Cooper
will' be a xandidate, to succeed Mr. Mc
Lean. -.The
Jlaleleh and Wilmington fi
nancier Should "have no trouble get'
ting the backing of the organization.
Mr. tMcLean must be governor, no
matter what the archives in J. W.
Bailey's office have embalmed in the
Ehape of ' a "record against McLean.
Mr.'. Cooper 4s most friendly to Mc
LeanrThe national committeemanship
must not go attack into hostile hands.
It'once-was owned ' by Josephus Dan
iels. Mr. Daniels tnay support Bailey,
Mr. -Bailey might - help Mr. Daniels.
Both are uncertain. A national com
mitteeman matt' be of the household
of faith.
Cooner meets the specifications ad
mirably tf romi the organization point
of view. There has been no sugges
tion of -any mother candidate. And the
organization, could name him now. It
has the votes, trnen and women, for
it filled 'the state .executive commit
tee and the advisory board of the
party which women are going to give
the party no concern. T . '
, The Result' in Iowa.
Thresiltlofthe Republican Sena
torial primaries in Iowa as a political
sign and portent cannot be discredit-
SOT'iir-AVrTT by the friends of the
efforts .made rby JOniseU and other Administration A?they attempted to
businessmen Cto Wduce the roadvtof doin regar to-Indiana and Pennsyl-
ii ftAit, . -ivania. xnere-was bojub frrouuu m
III III II I R a LUUU1 UUUBa ..... - . 1
ilVlWlCI a3 w mm av wv - -
L. . would; help. and he, with his -bro-;
-ivania. There- was
noth thse states far minimizinsr the
KLEIE IIOT.TEA
; t
Hi-
vQeta maH package f eHamburg
Breaat Tea at any pharmacy. Take a
tablespoonfnl of the tea,, put a . euprbf
boiling water upon It, pour through
aUv ud drink a. teoMip fuU.At.aay,
tisao during the day or hefore. retiring.
It tethe aostffeettv way to break
ooid and cur grip, as It opens the
pores of the Ida, rellevlBff. congestion.
AIM loosens the bowels au driving
cold from h system.., . , . .
3rr It the next tim yon aafler from
oold or 4ho grip. It la tnexpenslvo
ndejrtireljr vegetable, therefore naf
and nartnlaaa.
LUMBAGO niBinr OUT
SabrXala and ttiSieu nwgj witi
cua WtSt ol cU toastt -et
Jaoobi Oil ;
tnm your bade la tor end laase or
Imnhago,, sciatica orvtfceumatum haa
yen ofaneiwl .jap,- dont aafltrt Got sv
UasoXbottl of aU, honest "SaJaeoba
OUT at any drag otora, pour sv ,nOl
i your hand a;nb.u tight daso
4h pain or ache, and by the tsneoa
cwat fifty, the aoreness uutl JnMBat
. r. .-; .. ,.
-Dwvntay nnUd.! . Tnie aootUng;
u as to a naed .aly
It take tha adi aad aaia
ont of your backr aad eada the te&mrfi
Si le wtgiV yet abaolately ,linnne
' aad doasnt bum the kim.
sjMotbiag U atop lusabago, Hsttg
ad laaM back soiaWy eo pronatfyl
merlw-'J.'L.1Armfield, tfkt
etteville. induced John Blue.. of Aber
deen k"goS4niwith-the "construction
of a line .from Lumberton to some
nointrenrthe.'A.'Gitli ! below Fayette
ville. They put hp $150,000 of their
own money and borrowed the -rest,
totaling. about ,$524,000. The panic of
1907 scared-Blue out of the deal, and
it was neoessaryj to float loans.
The Seaboard declined outright to
buy the road. The A. C. L. declined
to buy. Creditors were pressing the
owners of the road, and finally Mr.
McLean said he induced the A. C. L.
to take over its obligations, agreeing
to the condition that they would
operate the road and pay the A. C.
I:five :pe cent on the investment
That road now owns the stock and
bonds of the road, but -the title- re.
Jiains . in the hands of Mr. McLean
nd nis associates.
The i read has been operated for
the accommodation of the community
Which it serves, and Mr. McLean said
that-he, had, never heard any com
plaint' in rates-before. Most of the
Ir&ffic handled by the road origi
iates,'inlindu6tries owned by the of
ficers - and directors. They i have had
the railread and all they nave' had out
tf it has-been more adequate service
Jo their other interests. In 15 years
t has paid its interest and profits
ggregatmg $105,000 most of which
as been , put back into maintenance
nd improvement of the road.
That was the story -told by Mr.
cLean. Rate experts submitted
s ,of exhibits showing that since
aauary 1 , two rate .' reductions have
been -put into effect that made rates
hiuch .lower, than those complained of,
tnd in some instances , lower- , than
those asked to be put into-effect by
the complaint'in the action. '
The cases go under the advisement
if the i commission. .The defendants
Ire sanguine' as to the outsome, cit
ing:, the .'ruling of , the . commission in
the - Black " - Mountain : railroad which
tet up : the precedent that - where : a
railroad ' was : built and operated un
der unusual conditions it was entitled
to .consideration in., the fixing of
Eight rates to compensate It
The' Black Mountain road was built
o Yancey .county, through a sparse
ly settled eountry, at tremendous ex
pense. EBusiness is scant,1 and the
tommission allows ! it a high freight
rati in 'order to compensate for , the
hniual conditions tinder which it was
buiH and .operated.
t - '
T. E. Cooper Waiting t Take Crown
r-W hen McLean - Lays It Down.
I V. T.'Bost wrote as follows from
Raltigh-in the Greensboro News un-dor-date
of June 8: v
i Presence here today of Angus Wil-
elajm that the Beveridge victory and
the Pmch6t-triumph were body blows
directly aimed rat the Administration.
Mr. .-'Harding iwasvareful to pro
claim in advance that he was neutral
in Indiana and to have it known that
he was taking no part in the family
row in Pennsylvania. And neither Mr,
Beveridge nor Mr. Pinchot proclaim
ed himself as an . enemy of the na
tional regime at ' Washington. The
significance of what happened in both
these cases was to be found in the
fact that both involved a fight against
the regular Republican State or
ganization, which was close to the na
tional organization, andU that both
Beveridge and Pinchot represent a
progressive element ,. -which is not
in sympathy .with the reactionary or
standpat tendencies which Mr. Hard
ing r is supposed to favor.'" -
Whatever may be said of Indiana or
Pennsylvania, however, there, is no ex
plaining away what has occurred in
Iowa. There, it is indisputable, C the
Administration has received a hard
smash full in the mouth. Brookhart
challenged it to a championship fight
and' he has won the nomination over
every effort -of the national and lo
al machine . to beat him. : ' His plat
form was definantly in conflict with
tlmost every important policy of the
f Siili'l ws
ViTXlD ITCHES
m SULPHUR
i ,nst j the moment you - apply
..Manthor Sulphur to an itching, burn
ing r. broken out skin. the . itching
' stops and J healing . begins, i says a
noted Skin ipecialisL Thi$ sulphur
'prtr-aratlon, made Into a : pleasant
'Xoti-cream,r gives such -a quick re
'If,' even to- nery eciema,1 that noth
'crg 'nas-trer been found to take its
(Because of Its germ destroying pro
C patties. It quickly subdues the itch
, lag, i cools the irritation and heals
the ecsema right up, leaving a clear, '
.smooth, skin in place of -ugly erup
tions, rash, pimples or roughness.
You do not have to wait for Im
prorement ' It J quickly 'shows. -. You
a& gt a little jar of Mentho-Sul-pbnr
at any drug store.
Administration,' and his success ' Is
hailed with delight by La Follette and
every free lance, in the Senate. Here;
ac last, apparently, is . Bomeimng to
give ' the ' President and s his friends
pause, or to cause them political in
digestion;"They have 'got toawallow
Brookhart, as they have got to swaU;
low ''Beveridge and Pinchot, but the:
question remains what the effect will!
be , on the "Republican political'
stomach. ' - "' . j
..It , is clearer than - ever . now. . of :
course, , that dissatisfaction and : rest
lessness are widespread in the Re-
nublican ranks. It is a far crv in miles '
from Pennsylvania to Iowa but. the J
cry in both States , sounds . virtually I
the same note. There U a riot, if pot
a - revolution, among the Republican
masses . against the spirit and - the
unsatisfactory showing of Hardine!
leadership or of Harding non-leadership.
.The Republican verdict in all
three States is' a verdict of failure
take another route shall move more, college . at llaxton to succeed Rer
aggressively along , other
highwaysv Baltimore Sun.
New President af Carolina CAllere
Mr. Ernest Green of Durham - has
been elected president ' of
political : B. John, who resigned.' Mr. Green
for a number of. years connected 4
the public schools of Durham but
signed a few. years ago to enter bf
ness. It is expected that he will ai
Carolina j the presidency ftf the college.
? - ,
Hcusewiyca, ''.
Save the nmns "Golden Cnut"
y They are Valuable.
For 100 names, "Golden Cruit" cut from
wrappers of DuBoii Bakery? Golden i Crust
Bread presented at Bakery or your Grocer,
you will be given a real ICnife Sharpener. Call
71 , for information. 1 3 name on each -wrap
per. .
rfo)
i"en
mi
(Incorporated)
Phone 71.
a demand that the President shall! Jn ?BobewmlMl .Brings .' EE3ULT& Mky.W
KUILT BETIEU
Wm Gars that Mom-
BREAK CHEST
! " BED PEPPER
I
Ease your: tight achimr chest Stoo
the pain. Break up the congestion... Feel ...
a. bad cold loosen up in jost -a .short
time.;. v -...,., . ,:;!. , -k 3viv
J fRed "Pepper Rub" is-the cold rem
edy that.brmgs quickest relief. ;It can
hot hurt you and it certainly rseems to
lend the tightness and drive the conges
lion, and soreness right out .
-Nothing has such concentfated,pen
jetrating neat as red peppers, and. when -heat
ienetrates right down jnW colds,'
congestion, aching muscles . and .sore. -tiff
joints relief comes at once. '-, .
V The moment iyou apply Red Pepper
Pub yw feel the tingling heat In three
minute? the congested spot is warmed !
through and through. When you are :
sufferine .from . a cold, rheumatism.
backache, v stiff neck - or sore muscles
lust, get a jar of Rowles Red Pepper
Rub, -made- from red peppers, tat -any
drug store. You wfll have the quickest
relief known. 'Always lay Rowles".
A CAREFUL analysis of the construction
and complete equipment of the Light
Six will convince you ;that it has no dupli
cate in value in the light car class. -
For instance, the machining of the crankshaft and
connecting rods on all surfaces is a manufacturing
practice that is found only .on costlier cars.
This particular operation is mainly responsible for
the fine balance of the Ught-Six motor and its re
markable freedom from vibration at all speeds. It
Jso has an important bearing on the wearing quality
of the, car and on its long-lived dependable service. .
The exceptional values in the Ught-Six are possible
because practically every part that goes into the car
is manufactured complete in the most modern plant in
the world. Parts-makers profits are practically elim
inated. Important savings through better methods -
. and bigger volume permit greater value to the buyer.
From the standpoint of shrewd investment you-should
s find out why the light-Six offers you so much more
'for your money in performance, service and economy.
. mis is a Stujitbaker Year
? L0WE. N. 0. LUMBERTON, K. 0.
Phone No. 2603 v ; ; Phone No. 209
; STANDARD EQUIPMENT
I nchcies cowl ventilator oper
. a tedl from tb .instrument
board loawl par kng lightaat
-.. bass pi UMniahild: inaida -
and KMitaide - door bandies;
jlarfej rectangnlai plate glass
vwiadawr jn , rear curUin: a
; thief -proof trananiion lock,
reducsjg fche ratevof theft tn
aurancei4o: LtghlSix owners
15 to( 20 pereent and cord
tires.
UPHTIX.PRICES
Chaaais . , .
Touripg.Car .
Roadster (irPass.) ,
CoupeReadater
(2-Paas.)
Sedan ... .. r- .
.$875
. .1045
. f 1375V
-I750 Y
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fot-iarther information nhon or eall on '
W.W.DAVIS
: GXNIRAL PASSENGEB AQSNT,
KSUPER
1 .
Hudson and Essex Cars are hard
et, place yonr order, now. and
avoid delay.' "We kare Bebesom
County on these can aad the prices
' ' V. i -: .A 2 :, "
tk1M V . - f 1 '- .-'--'
i LaariabursT, or nayotntimilUho
son County. ' For' f nrth:n?rjsa
tlon spplr to tbo nderl0gt.
, . WITH Tourlnjf Car...,, ........ .... 81231
-rftTtn u.dmtk...,. M.81ttt
WBO XabrJokt . 81440
TIRES' "Sedan ....;.,.. $2375
SOUTHERLAND ;MOTOR : GOMlUburff, N. C.
, onr iAteak'JBresaniaUT.W
5 Passenger Speedster .,..,.."81890
7 Passenger Pheaton ..... ...31340
7: Paasenger Sedaa ,32880
2 rassenger Cabriolet ....... 42515
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