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1 V - T- - : , - ' fl v- - One year by MalL-...5.00' 8!x Months by Mall.'... 20 Three Months by. Mall. 1.25 VOL. LSSSG. 136. WELIVIINGTOJ, SATURDAY, AUGUST M, 1907. WHOLE NUMBER 12,405. I llllll III. III. " ' i - - -- - - . , . f '7 . - - ' v Jtj .'TT:Tr.T7-'R V :'(7 V-. ; , ., ,, , .,r':;-v 1 ii. - - - . i i , . v . 1 1 itri ' . r e si i i i I - V i ii- I ----- v 'ii. i. - . . v - ' in r-. f T --.' -,v y . . r - . ( . Wilmington Paper, .y HV- , OUTLINES. Lack of funds is checking rwork oa the Panama Canal and already several thousand men have been .laid off.- -One passenger killed and 12 badly In jured Is the result of the wreck of a train near Birmingham, Ala., yester day. On the New York Stock Ex change yesterday, the announcement of a deficit in Southern Railway net earnings and the Bcallngol the 'pre ferred dividend from 5 to 3. per cent, carried that stock down, and dragged with it Atlantic Coast Line, , Louis ville & Nashville and other stocks. Secretary Root, to the surprise of his friends, has for three week, taken, the. farm cure for nervous r prostration brought on by. over-work; a .he . has spent three weeks at the" Farm Sani tarium of ex-champion wrestler Wil liam C. Muldoon, in ' New; Ybrk who puts his patients' through 'a course of athletic treatment;" President Roose velt slipped over on a visit to .Mr. Root R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade reports Fall pur chases going on lively by Southern and Western merchants, and the cot ton industry is in such a satisfactory condition that the mills have orders ahead. -At. ' the ' "beginning of the Summer Secretary of State Root was broken down, but for three weeks he has been taking the farm cure under William " C Muldbori, ' ex-champion wrestler, at the Muldoon farm in New York; he is now a new man. Pres ident Finley, of the Southern Railway, in explaining that the directors cut the dividend on preferred stock from 5 per cent to a basis of 3 per centr a ye?S4vs the step was taken as a preccw,' n in view of the reduced In come of the company by reason, of hostile legislation and the increased cost of labor and material, etc. New York markets: Money-on' call firm 2 1-2 to 3 per cent, ruling rate 2 3-4, closing bid 2 3-4, offered at -3; spot cotton steady 12.35; flour quiet but firm; wheat strong, No; 2 red 96 5-8 elevator; corn strong, No, 2, 65 elevator; oats strong, mixed 63; tur pentine steady; rosin firm. A scientist declares that kissing will remove freckles. This is one more thing that men are good for. Jealousy, envy and malice! How hard it Is to keep one or the other from rankling in the human heart Taft may have the advantage of the other fellows in the fact . that white ne Is in the Philippines be caa't -put his foot in it.' ' Secretary of State Root isn't saying enough these times to enable one to judge whether he is a reactionary or just simply a straddler. The Wall Streeters ought not to be dodging around so. They are lia ble to create a wrong impression, -for President Roosevelt declared that it is only the criminals that he is after. Senator Foraker reminds us Of the boy who avoids the deep water of the "swimming hole" but stays outon the edge and pretends like he is in it with the other boys. President Roosevelt announces once more that there will be " no change in the Administration's policy. This means that we must go right on paying the same premium on it. Once for all, President Roosevelt declares that he will continue to make it hot for the criminal rich if they keep up their criminality. This might mean that some of them will have to quit getting rich. The Indian used to scalp the white man who tried to settle too close to his haunts, but the Indian ' has quit the scalping business and is putting in overtime to keep the white man from skinning the Indian. Rural communities in the South are so independent now that they give the genuine horse laugh to financiers who write that they will have to withdraw their financial aid if things go on like they are. ' A man's financial standing is at once established if he owns a piece of unencumbered real estate in-Wilmington. The only other prerequi site for him to be classed as a pluto crat is for him to carry an account in our savings banks. Mr. J. W. McNeill, a North Carolina Republican who is succeeding in law and politics at Washington, has been on a visit to his old home in WUkes boro. He and Former Senator Marion J3utler are strong friends and he says S&r. Butler Is making at least $50,000 year, mostly representing big con cerns -before the Departments In Washington. Mr. Butler Is now. in Eu- - rope looking after some legal business for a big ship manufacturing concern. Qacf Lumlna Tonight. V -Week-end dance at Gay.Jjamina .to- nignt Express tcalns at 8 and 8:30. - LUMBERMEN COMING North Carolina Pine Association - to;Meet Here Early in Next Month. FOUR STATES INTERESTED Curtailment of Production the' Sub ject Under Consideration Proba bly Little Time For Enter . talnment Those Expected. f (By Associated Press.) - Norfolk, -Va., Aug. 23. The North Carolina pine Association, controlling all the lading mills in North and South Carolina, Virginia and Eastern Mary land, which discussed here without action early in August the Question of a curtailment of the lumber out put by the dosing down of the mills of the . Association, has . been called to meet at .Wilmington, N. C. on Sep tember 4th for final action in the mat ter. . . , . The Qjbove telegram received last night by Associated Press will be read with Interest by the general public of Wilmington. The meeting will bring "to this city between, eighty and a hundred of the most influential busi ness men of the four States mention ed. The sessions of the Association, it is understood, will probably be held in the Masonic Ttemple and will last but one day. The local lumbermen are preparing to - entertain the visi tors in as an elaborate a manner as their limited stay in the city will per mit. It is probable, howtaver, that most of the visitors will arrive on .the morning train from the north, and re turn the same evening. The meetings are usually given over strictly to busi ness and little time is allotted to en tertainment. The meeting here, coming lust after the vacation period and at the begin ning of th.e Fall season will give the hjmtrermen an opportunity of discuss ing among themselves generally trade conditions and the gathering will be an important one from the mill own er's standpoint. - Many of" tho" mills further South " and. indeed, some in thU territory haye already shut down fte1 t9 purposeof cuctallment-xt the hae'ot yet jn&nifested a sufficient co-operation -to make the-curtaibnent entinaly effective and the meeting here will finaUji determine upon a complete curtailment in all yellow pine terri tory. BASEBALL GAMES TODAY. Three Games are Scheduled in City League Southside Teams. Three games-between teams in the City Bareball League are scheduled to be played , at Hilton Park this af ternoon instead - of , the usual double header, giving almost an all-day of sport to the fanatics hereabouts. On account of the postponed games, on two Saturdays on account of rain, the Giants and the Monarchs have deci ded to try conclusions twice and the regular game scheduled between the Y. M. C. A. and Rattlers will take place. The first game between the Giants and Monarchs will be called at 2:30 o'clock, and the second game between the two teams will immedi ately follow. It has been arranged by the managers to play seven in nings to each game and the regularly scheduled game between the Y. M. C A. and Rattlers will be called at o'clock as. usual. The season in the City League Is now rapidly drawing to a close and "each team in the associa tion Is putting forth a supreme effort to win. The result of this afternoon's games may make several very radical changes in the. complexion of the per centage column for all hands. The usual games will be played In the Southside League on the Castle street grounds. The first at 3 o'clock will. be between the Wilmington Cot ton Mills and the Wilmington team, and the second game at 5 o'clock will be between the Gray Eagles and Un ion Leaders. The public is invited and the best of order is guaranteed. PRIZES ARE OFFERED $10 In Cash In Bowling and Trap ' Shooting at Carolina Beach. ; Mr. Hans' A. Kure, proporietor of the amusement pavilion at Carolina Beach, offers cash prizes, of .$10. each in a Ibowllng tournament and in a trap shoot on the traps at the beach, run- nine for ten days and beginning to day." - Parties may go dowm anyi day of the ten and take, a trial for eltther or both of the prizes which, are bona fide In ' every respect. The (bowling and gun contests promise to be quite interesting and to attract a large ammber of people to the beach. Offi cial advertisement of the prizes Is made elsewhere in . today's paper. ' N E W . A DV E RTI SEM E NTS. J. M. Solky. & ; Co. Today. J. M. Hall-Teething Syrup. . H..A. Kure Prizes Offered. . Young man with: fair': English edu cation la wanted at the Star office for rraJTig clerk, and office work . 3t - We do ant allow ill fitting garments to ' leave ther store, satisfaction) the motto - of this "great clothing house. Cv L MARTIN BETDRNED Young Man charged with Kidnapping Revenue Officers on Raid Near Miss Estelle Sykes Will;'. Be AT- n, " -raigned Before Justice Fur- ! Chapel Hill Take Each Other long Today at Noon. ; C. L. Martin, the young man' for merly employed as operator of the moving-picture machine at the Acad emy of Music In this city and arrest- , .... ed a few days ago at Norfolk charg ed with kidnapping Miss Estelle Sykes, 17 years old, employed .as cash- ! ier at the theatre, was brought to this city last night by Constable Savage, and committed' to jail in default "of $250 bond required for his appearance in Justice Furlong's court today atiphone message to Collector of Inter- noon for preliminary trial. - 'Young Martin seemed in good spirits and appears to be confident of his acquittal of the charge of kidnapping, saying so far as Inducing the young lodw - loova hnma in hie rixr was concerned that he had used no undue influence toward her and that she had paid the railroad fare of both to Norfolk. Upon the arrival of the train from the North yesterday evening shortly after 6 o'clock, Constable Savage ac companied the prisoner to Justice Fur long's effflce on Princess street, where a' commitment was made out and the defendant had a brief conference with his attorney, F. W. Bonitz, Esq., who awaited his coming there. Young Martin came without requisition and had several friends to call upon him at the jail last night, among the num ber being a brother who resides here and who assisted him in engaging counsel. Therer will probably be a surprise for the young defendant, however, today when' the warrant is changed from kidnapping to seduc tion under promise of marriage. This is said to be the purpose of the prose cution, as it !is admitted that the charge of kidnapping can probably not be. sustained. Miss Sykes; accompa nied by her brother, reached home Thursday evening, and it is said that the family will prosecute the case to the last. It is charged that Martin has another living wife, but it is not known whether evidence to this ef fect will be introduced or not. The trial will be a mere .preliminary one today at noon, and if the prisoner is bounxL over, the - whole matter , will, be th'reshe outrinlhe" Superior' Court at the September term. ORPHANS' FINE OUTING Daughters of Rebekah Delightfully Entertained Children' Last Night. The complimentary boat trip given 'last might on the steiamer Wilmington by the Daughters of Rebekah to the children who are here from the I. O. O. F. Home at Goldsboro, was enjoyed to the fullest extent. Thera were be tween three and forir hundred people aJ.1 told on the handsome steamer and a delightful sail up the Northeast was first taken, after which the Wilming toni took the party on (board for a de lightful trip down the Cape Fear. The children swarmed on the decks of the pretty steamer and their rollicking laughter and sweet eingintg as the boat passed down the river front attracted the attention of all. Elegant refresh maents were served frea of charge to all and the Daughters scored a mag nificent success in the outing for the little folks. The (Star returns thanks for a waiter of the delightful refresh ments sent around to the office upon the return of the party. The children who have been guests of Wilmington Odd Fellows since last Tuesday morning will return home to day. While their entertainment this (year has not been so public as in former years, the visitors have had a good time and are grateful to the Wil mington folks for many courtesies shown. " ' WOULD LAUNCH NEWSPAPER Merchants' Association Discuss Sev- eral Public Questions. Louis Goodman, Esq., attorney for the Wilmington Merchants Associa tion, following a meeting of the Board of Directors of the organization in the office of Russell & Goodman Thursday afternoon, announces that the question . of establishing another newspaper in Wilmington, using, as a nucleus one or both of the existing newspaper plants In the city, was dis cussed at some, length, and the follow ing committee was appointed to con fer with a similar committee from the Chamber of fCommerce, viz: Messrs. L, B. Rogers,. W. A. French, Jr., Geo. O. Gaylord and William E. Worth. It is also stated that the. question of better terminal facilities for the Con solidated Company in this city was given some consideration. The latter matter was finally referred - to Presl- dent L. B. Rogers to be takn up with the Corporation Commission on ap peal. ' Water, Report .Received. , v Chairman T. W. Wood, of the Wa ter Committee: of the Board of -Alder-. men, has received the .official .report of Colonel J." L. Ludlow, the. -engineer who made an inspection and estimate of the; value of the plaint or the Clar endon Water Works Ccflnpany with a view of its sale to the city. - The reyi port nor any part or it .will be made pTabllc . until ; thef regular ;.meetinigr of the Board of Aldermen the firstMon day night -in September.- . It will. then. be decided vrhat price .will' vq offered; Hf any, for the ; existing plant -.. r-J FIRED ON COMR ADES For Blockaders. SEVERAL SHOTS EXCHANGED Members of Both Parties Wounded. Two New Wilmington Corpora v tions Chartered Other Notes and!' Capital City Doings. (SpeciaT Star Correspondence.) Raleigh,' N.' C, Aug. 23 A tele- inal Revenue E. C. Duncan this morn ing from Chapel Hill brought the news that two separate parties of revenue officers came upon each other close ! to a blockade distillery early this !mornmS near Chapel Hill, and each taking the other to be blockaders, commanded the others to hold up their hands with the result that repeated rounds of shots were exchanged and several were seriously wounded, prob ably the most dangerous being United i States Marshal J. B. Jordan. A bullet penetrated Jordan just above 'the left nipple, glanced around a rib and came out close to the backbone, the physi cians pronouncing the wound not nec essarily fatal. Deputy- Collector J. R. Banks was shot in the hip with a possible necessity" for amputation. Deputy Revenue Agent Henry was shot in the leg, not seriously, how ever, and I Deputy Collector Riggs bee received a bullet in his arm, in flicting a flesh wound. The facts are that Deputy Collector Hendrix, Deputy Collector J. R. Banks and Deputy Marshal Jordan left Ral eigh last evening for this raid and were to be joined' in Durham by- Dep uty Revenue Agents Henry, Riggsbee and others from .Greensboro for a joint raid. Through some misunder standing the parties r missed each oth er, each thinking the other had been detained for some cause, and each de cided to proceed, with the, raid lest de lay should give- opportunity for the blockaders they were after to get wind of the movement The result was Jtbat -they- met - close by the, dis- :&lii sV- Fuller particulars ofthe affair are expected by Collector Dun can later. A telephone message from Dr. Abernathy at Chapel Hill toward noon was to the effect that he had attended the wounded men and did not think that the injuries of either of them would be, fatal, and that every possible attention was being provided for them. A , charter is issued to-the Benson (Johnston county) Lumber Company. The capital is $30,000, subscribed by E. W. Harriss, 6. W.,Beall and J. W. Jacobs. Captain John Druickett, superinten dent of the colored jState Normal schools, went to Fayetteville todaiy to see about the renting of quarters for the school there for the next term. The contract for the new buildings there are to -be let soon. A auumber of new features tare to be introduced at all three of the schools during the coming terms. Secretary Joseph H. Pogua, of the North Carolina State Fair, amnounces that, fihft rrrvm,iiim list, -for t.h fair in i October at the Raleish fair srotunds is now ready and will be sent to any address oni receipt of application. Hon. William J. Bryan is to be the guest of honor, delivering the principal ad dress for Fair week. Secretary Pogrue has already booked a number of very I strong attractions for the Fair includ ing Demarest's Equestriene combina tion and Wild West Show, Francis Ferari's trained animal show and oth ers. He says the outlook is fa by all vodds the finest fair ever held. Ere long now Chief Marshall. Albert L. Cox will announce his aides. Governor Gflenn issued today com missions to Z. P. Smith, Raleigh; D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte; Hugh Max Rae, Wilmington; F. R, Hewett, Ashe ville, and H. E. Fries, WinstonSalem, as delegates from Nortfi Carolina to the Civic Federation Conference on Corporations and Trusts to meat in Chicago igepteaniber 23rd to 26th. - Mr. " W. F. Jackson, . telegraph edi tor of the Raleigh Evenimg Times, has been confined at his home at Fwquay Springs several days with pneumonia and tidings last evening, were that his condition, was desperate, it being fear ed that he coujd not live through the night. Editor S3. L. Rotter went at onioe to his ibedside. Nothing has been heard fromi therai today. ' Charters were issued today for the King Distillery Company, of Wilming ton, $20,000 capital authorized and $10,000 . subscribed by vW.v M. King, R. L.-Finger and M. "H. Croom for oper ating a distilling and whiskey rectify ing plant, The corporation suceeds W. M. Troutman & Co., now operat- Irg ta distillery at Nintht r and Cagpe Fear streets. The Newberiin Lumber Company, of Wihningtoa-capital $50, 000 authorized aind $30,000 subscribed is also chartered by S. Mitchell, SL M, Lloyd and others; The; Lowell "Mer cantile company, of LowelL capital $25,000 -hiyi T. P. Rankin and others. . ' Chairman J. W. Bailey, of theExec- tuttve Coanmittee of the North Caroli na Anti-$aloon League; has issued a call fop the committee td meet-; here Angust - 2.7th; for; the purpose of , elect ing a chairmani ,m his-rstead anid -til decide p-Vato: the place tor r the . next ON THE SDN CLUB TRIPS Very Good Showing By Members of Wilmington Gun Club Yesterday Afternoon Holmes High Av erage With Two Close. Thirteen men faced the traps of the Wilmington Gun Club yesterday after noon, and some very fine sport was enjoyed The traps were in excel lent condition and the weather con ditions were favorable to good shoot ing. Mr. Blakeley, of the Atlanta Club, was among the visitors present, and was given the - courtesies of the club. 'Holmes was .high average of the afternoon, with 112 out of 125, while Boushee was second with 109 125, and Dr. J. H. Dreher was third with 105-125. The scores in detail were as follows: Shot at Broke. Ltttig 100 77 Dreher 125 105 Boushee . . 100 89 Harriss 100 82 Bennett 150 86 Boylanr 125 109 Holmes . . . . 125 112 Penny ... .. .. .. .. 125 102 Taylor . . 25 21 Perdew .. 50 31 Jarman 50 23 Wessell .......... 75 59 Merriman 75 45 The tie between Messrs. Boushee and Stokley for the handsomta base of fered by the Hunter Arms Company will probably be shot off next Friday afternoon, as Mr. Stokley could not be present yesterday afternoon. DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY., Interesting Exercises Yesterday After noon at W. L. I. Armory. Interesting and very, pretty exer cises were observed yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock at the Wilmington Lightr Infantry armory by Cape Fear Chapter, United Daughters of the Con federacy, the occasion having been the- 114th anniversary of the found ing of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry. There was a good at tendance and the entertainment com mittee of which Mrs. F. L. Huggins was chairman had arranged every thing to perfection. The two large double parlors of the armory Jiad been attractively decorated, with Confed erate colors and. flags, the whole, giv ing a pictnresgue..scene-.to the roams. The 'most Important" ".feature.: of ...tbe ceremonies . was the bestowal . of the Crosses . of Honor upon veterans entitled to them. Of those who had been requested to be present, "the fol lowing were in attendance and re ceived the tokens at the loving hands of the Daughters, viz: J. P. Wallace, color corporal, Co. C, ' Second Regi ment and Co. E. Fifty-First Regiment; D. L. Gore, private, Co. D, 72nd Regi ment, North Carolina Junior Re serves; Comrade W. A. -Baggett, and James W. Price, Esq., a descendant of Capt. Joseph W. Price, Confederate States Navy. Dainty refreshments of Nabiscos and punch were . served in honor of the veterans and during the afternoon a delightful programme of music was rendered, including the solo, "The Red, Red Rose," by Mrs. E. K. Bryan; "The Bonnie Blue Flag," and other pa triotic songs. Miss Ida Brown de lightfully played the accompaniments for the musical selections. Commission of Lunacy Held A commission of lunacy yesterday at the office of Colonel Johns D. Taiyjlor, clerk of the Superior Court, inqjuired into the case of Mamie Carver, alias Potter, the colored womant taken in custody toy deputy sheriffs Thursday and suiffering under the hallucination that she is being ipursued by persons intent upon taking her Ufa or doing her great bodily harm. She said that she had a husband Ibut that he had deserted her. 1 The woman is very much emaciated and is in no wise violent. It is probable that arrange ments ,'will be made im a few days for entrance into the hospital for the colored insane at Goldsboro as that is the recommendation of the commis sion. . meeting of the IState league. Fire broke out in the lapper room of the Neuse Cotton Mills yesterday taind did considerable damage to ma- I chinery and ten bales of cotton in the room before it was extinguished. " Announcement is made that General Julian S. Carr will deliver tha address for the annual reunion of O. R. Rand Gamp Confederate Veterans at Holly Springs August -30th. There will be excursions frotmi Raleigh and Durham. " (By Associated Press.) ' WashmgtonL Aug. 23. Commission er of Internal Revenue Capers today received a teltejgram from Internal Ag ent iSlurber, at Greensiboro, N. C, dat ed today, saying: '-Deputy Collector Hemdrics, with poses from Raleigh, N. C, and Deputy Collector Henry with posses from Dur ham, met; at a moonshina stOl last night. Each took the other for. moon shiners and fired oh each other. -Deputy Marshal Jordan - was mortally: wounded and -Deputy Collector Henry and vtwo possemen were seriously wounded." - - Comlmissloniepp Capers telegraphed instructions, that no expense he spared incarling for the wounded. v ;- . ' '"t'L" - - ' Gay. Lumina Tonight, -i : i ,Week-end Jdance at: Gy.-Limama to nignt. :Ji2stpres9 trains at 8 and . 8 30--" :i Bargains In remnants at-Rehder's OVERTURES REFUSED Southern Railway Doesn't Care to Suspend: Railway Rate Hearings For Governor - c -, IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY Vice President H. B. Spencer on .the Stand Tells of Company's Busi- ness in North Carolina Sharp Tilts With Counsel. ' , (By Associated Press.) ;'i Washington, August 23. Overtures,. - tentatively made b" GovembrlGJenn,- V of North Carolina, for the suspension! : ' of the present hearing in the North ,; ' Carolina rate case until after the que- tion of the jurisdiction of . United ' ' States Circuit Court Judge , Jj "C v Pritchard has Ibeen deteiraiined. by the ' 'Supreme Court of the United States " were rejected today thy counsel for the Southern Railway. The plan of the , " Governor, as outlined by special coun sel for the. State, was to suspend the " present inqniry because of the, expense , attached to it, but the Sbutherni Rail-" 1 way argued that in order to expedite the adjustment- of the ' controversy, necessary facts in irelation to the cost of doing business in North , Carolina " should be gathered pending the set- . tlement of the jurisdiction of th3 courts. Had the (Southern Railway consent ed to the plam the present hearing be- ' fore Judge Walter A. Monteomerty,. who ...was appointed master: to tatoa evidence, and report to Judge Pritch- 1 ard, would have been postponed today indefinitely. As it is, the hearing wag ordered to proceed and the indications are that it will continme (for a week or. more Having transferred the hear ing from New York, Judge Montgom ery started; taking testimony today In r the-office of the first vice president of the Southern Railway. - ' " . H. B. Spencer, yice . president of the , Southern, was the onily witness heard, and he had - no concliuded! ' when ' ad- ' iouenment , was taken. During " the - UosanoQn he answered mahy . concerning the cost . of operating .an.' ISTofth Ct)iinaand-ihvalte ? At .the'aftersoonr seBsfon Speaker -Justice, of the North Carolina Legis lature, took charge of the cross ex amination and inquired, closely into the actual cost of earning a dollar on' all lasses of tbusiness in the State. . Mr Spencer could not estimate ac curately the cost of earning a dollar . on intra-State -business and said that it cost about 65 cents on aJl business' in North Carolina to earn! a dollar for cne year ended June 30, 1906. These figures apply to net earnings' as figur ed toy? the Inter-State Commerce Com-; mission and do not include taxes, in-, t terest on bonds or indebtedness of any kind, or expenditurss froni net earn ings for betterments, Mr. Spencer" said that the average earnings per train! mile on the Southern system on passenger business arei about $1.03 or $1.04 and the passenger earnings' in North Carolina including mail and '; express business are about $1.25. "The average earnings on all ' (business in North Carolina are larger than the avarage for the entire system," said Mr. Spencer, "for the reason that . North Carolina is a 'choke' through, : ' which the business of the entire sys team is funnelled.'" ' - ,; , The witness gave the"gross earnings on North Carolina business as . $12,- 043,727; the gross operating expensed , for the same period as $7,778,793, but . could not give the amouint of taxes paid during the period, nor the assess- ed valuation for the property. . t . Mr. Spenocr admitted that there Is -a considerable volume of Inter-State business1 handled on North Carolina . local trains, and in fact practically- . aid of such Inter-State freight except ' that originating at division) pointer or; destined for such points. It was coav ceded that this to some extent tended to increase the. cost of carrying local freight. The reason given by , Mr. V Spencer for the high cost of handling local freight was that there Is less tonnage on local trains, mora wear on the equipment, and more labor re ' quired fan the handling. V ; ; Opposing counsel engaged in some sharp exchanges over an effort on the -part of Mr. Woodward, special; coun-, sel for th State, to have, the witnes3 v admit he had heard, that the Virginia State Commission; concluded' from a thorough investigation, that" local bus- . J m .v- j . i: mess oi a rouroaa costs no more. man -through tomsinessv The witness would not admit that he had heard anything of. the kind inor that the decision would - have ibocOi of value,, if one had -been reached, for the reason .'that the. f investigation had been "one sided. v . : mV. Justice cited a numiber of cases m and quoted -many irates - to an effort,' v to show that the Slouthern Railway. ' and other - railways -transacting busi-' ; ness in jNorth Carolina have discrlnv Inated against' cities in that state in .- favor of Virginia cities, making Tower rates from .Lynchburg, Va.,: to sNortB Carolina; points than are made ; be-' tween": two 'or ' more . Nbrttt Carolina " , points" of less distance. The hearing, will be resumed tomorrow. . v ;J : 5 Saturday r is r the "Gala Day, - of the- big 5 sale. Cttme early 2and get the" pick. J. M. Solkcp, & Co. Fruit jars and rubbers at.- Jlehder's.l - - ,j Jf I a s ft' 1 t
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