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ctrICTLY IN -ADVANCE ,
items Gathered From AH Sections of fh q.
Board of Charities Meets.
"Winston-Salem. Special The quar-
ablie Cii--i ies convened m the di
lators' room of the People's Nation-
Bank at S:3Q o'clock Wednesday
trht. Tho meeting was 'presided
ihajrman who has been a member of . dollars. -The stock has all been sub-
aboard for . the past niteen years. scxibed and " the charter applied for.
he other members of the Doard are A fine new" building- will ba mote
,liss Daisy Denson, secretary; Mr.
arev J- Hnnter,pf Raleigh; Col. J.
jfcAlister. of Asheboro; Mr. E. L.
jladiton. of Jonesboro, all of whom
ere present at the meeting. The
oUtA was m session again in the
r'ternoon the mernoers visited tne
Ljnty pa:!, convict camp and county
ome ami will visit similar mstitu-
: .ki ; . rpu
ions in ufiyuuunug iuhus, j.uu
onrd has charge of all the charitable
nd penal institutions in tne fotale.
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It mght reports were reeeivea irom
p State insane asyiums at juorgan
In Raleigh and Goldsboro, and of 1 tne last Legislature. The directors of
e deaf a:ul biind of Morganton and Ine 103(1 desire the btate to permit
aleidi. Ileyorts were also reecived j tnem substitute a bond for the
".1 1 . j : I cash dpnnsif PrL Vint tliic tha fnnnni I
'OKI 111!.' nine uijinuuagfs uuu oalll- I l 1 " - "v. vuuv.l
onvict camps ana jans, tne State mura uuut, ieav-
enitentiarv. State farm and all hos-! in iwenty-nve yet to be constructed.
itais. Tne ooara went over tne use " auuu win us
f the board of county visitors for ! completed by July or .August. The
Ruthci'IO-.'dtOll.
SnpfTnl- A srp"inl lerence.
reetin? et tne
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commissioners of '
tordton. 1 he entire Doard wa.
esent. T'pon motion it was'unani-
ously ordered by the board that the
:so ordered that the matter of em- " ' ...
rber thincs 111 connection with the non 01 tne oig power nouse wm
pea until the next regular meeting ing for the power house is completed
f the board. The architects, present , " ... ' . , .
i t ie reeetme- wer Air. Frflnk P. 0 1 " 1
Kiibarn. of Washington, D. C; Mr. "the Whitney people from turning on
. S. Smith, of Asheviile, and Mr. O. power July 1st, the date set tor
. Hitchcock, representing the Fail pressing the button.
ity Construction Company. No de- . .
lite plans were decided on as to the Fayettevme Now Connected With
cation of the new court house, but - , ,
ose who are interested in the io- Backhorn Power.
vovemeiit of the old county seat ! Fayetteville, Special. The power
vatea lot on Main street.
John Hill Reported Taken,
'Amston-nii-a, Special.
receiu,, here to he effect that cost $500 000 now
j; f ftae n0 0Ul S-mlt 4,000 horse-power, 3,000 of
;.n .enent, alleged to be impli-- 'f ihn flret ! nower.
el m tie Iriliihg of Revenue Offi-i
r J. W. Hendricks at Smithtown a
y days a 50. for whose arrest the
lted States government offered a
UIJJ- nf Vi oftATYint. at snifide.
fUed by His Sister-in-Law la West
Virginia.
Mount Airy. Special. James . Mc-edand,-
colored, was shot and killed
Goodwill W Vfl . RntnrJav Tve his
Mer-in-law. Thp nmiin nf M-
elland reached this place Thursday
uiu-ume uarKies.
ioId Attempt Made by Negro Boy to
Rob a Store.
DuAam, Special. Late Thursday
temoon a negro boy made a bold
teipt to rob the store of W. R.
rown, in ih v
Mr. Brown was out and his
;te was looking after the store
1 1 ' ""j cmcicu auu unci
rKin? fr .r,r,,tk: a. ' j . . j
,. imiijj iu eat uaricj
nl Uo ,.,i,ter and tried to get
9 casn. Ur- vvas nPflrlv irrnnn Thrt
rf,arr..
Irs. Brown and others
0 .
used hi
-8p0.
1A a Killed it GastonU ly No.
26.
f - ial. Lewis Franklin
; t:.an, who ctxne to Qaj
' ai witb bis fsxaily
vi .-i!.ty to work in a
r. j 13j jattsntly
n th yard br.
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AH HEEL TOPICS
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State News in Brief.
There is much feeling against the
Atlantic Coast Line railway people
for their refusal to consider the com
promise of the rate matter offered by
the State. " -
Charlotte .will soon have a new,
VkA.l. " ' . 1 n ....
rr uttu. wun - a capital ol one mil inn
as a permanent home for the bank.
The increase in the assess
ed value of the property in the Stato
under the assessment of 1907 did not
pan out nearly so much as many peo
ple thought, being about ninety-two
million dollars. Some had figured
that it. would approximate two hun
dred million dollars.
The Council of State has decided
to go ahead with the work on the1
railway -in Hyde county, which is be
ing constructed under a special act of
riiras. tie county homes, county!0.1 btate declines to do. Of the road
e different counties of the State. penitentiary will carry the road's
J certificates. This matter was very
Tn 17eh::i!i in "R.'itlierfordton. i fully discussed at Thursday's con-
atherford county was held in RuthT Operations Again Resumed at Whit-
ney.
Salisbury, Special. Word
comes
ut house which Avas destroyed by , from the Whitney plant that opera-.
e December 24th, 1907. be located tions, which, have been suspended
id rebuilt at Rutberfordton, as soon ' during the. holidavs, have been re
s possible and practicable. It was C11 , , fW"Vll v t
ovin- an architect and providing proseeuted on a big scale. lJie erec-
liidirir of the court house be left begin in a short while, the excavat-
nt the court house moved about f)f the Cane Fear Flectrio Conmanv
;0 feet north of the present site, on at Buckhorn Falls coming into Fay
at is known as the old Iso-Thermal k n anA
o.el iot. This is a vacant lot and TTr,0toi nnnMinn nf.
-oout .-J..OX400 feet and is the most made from the sub.station with the
electric light plant, mills, etc. The
work will be in full blast in a fev
days The distance of transmission
iSeWS i l?ntllo Jo QO rilne Tlia i-iloMt
generates
which is
Bigh Point Doctor Tries Suicide at
Greenville, S. C.
ard of f.300, was captured about : Greenville, S. C, Special A man
0 clock i;i the morning at his home, giving his name as Dr. B. Ramsey, of
e arrest being: made bv Messrs. 1 TTisrh Point. N. C. attempted suicide
arkrader and Walker" citizens of nf. the Rliie Ridsre Hotel, of this city.
jbson, Surry county. It is also re- i by drinking the contents of a bottH
"ea mat Hill Avas carried to of laudanum ' The attemm Will prob-
eensboro and turned over to the 1 ablv nrove unsuccessful, for after
ederal authorit ies. Ospfir RisV. ftn,i ! lnnrVintr fnr Rp.vprnl hours the attend-
the trio alletred tn hp rpcnnnsihlp incr T.li-p'ci'iana tiiifrp.pdpd in reviving
r the killing of the revenue officer, ! the old man, and it was announced
taken a few days ago. There is j that he will probably recover. Me
iy one more for whose arrest the 1 nrmenrs to be about 65 vears of asre.
vernment has offered a reward. Jim ! Tt is thouarht that despondency over
pith, for whom there is a reward of his finacial condition was the cause
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Heavy Loss By Fire.
Burlington, Special. The Ossipee
Cotton Mills Company, eight mile3
north of Burlington, suffered a heavy
loss by fire, seven houses having been
destroyed. The fire originated in an
unoccupied house, and completely de-
enmg and were buried at colored ' ta oininins hrmspa. Three
Tip.- 1 , ; 5 dmujw njo
iery nere. The deceased was a others were partly burned and torn
I0? r.oseph McClelland, one of;jown to check the spread of the
flames.
Two Murders at His Door.
Wilmington, Special. A jury of
inquest empaneled by the coroner to
inquire into a double murder which
occurred at the house of one Jose
phine Pigford, colored, in which she
and her paramour, Slocum Williams,
also colored, lost their lives at the
point of a pistol in the hands of
a jealous rival, Will Richardson, col
ored, returned a verdict placing the
responsibility for the double murder
upon Richardson, wno proDaDiy mauc
run and he made bis : his escape on the early morning Sea-
I board train.
FrefeU Train Wrecked on Atlantic
ft Yadkin Railroad.
Fayetterille, Special. A freight
train on the Atlanrie & Yadkin Rail
road ws wrecked four miloa above
tbi city, several ears beinj turned
over and the track badly torn up.
Panrera on the weM bound were
m a 1 . 1. wivma r llUIIUUII
I .lt and di r train from Cjrnioro to tlmm
Um tj Prtarh-j Ion up to tht n" w m"'v
to tiear tie wretii.
Q 6
IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Governor Hanly Issues, Proclamation
Declaring Martial Law For Riotous
Town Brigadier General McKee "Is
- Placed in Command of the Twleve
1 Companies of State Troops.
Indianapolis, Ind. Special. Gover
nor Hanly issued a proclamation de
claring martial law at Muucie and
placing Brigadier General McKee in
.command of the ' State troops assem
bled there, namely, 12 companies of
infantry and one battery. The mar
tial law order, covers a radius of four
miles from the Delaware county court
house, and takes in the factory dis
tricts of Muncie. Assistant Attor
ney General Dowling was sent to
Muncie by the Governor io act as
legal advisor for Brigadier General
McKee.
Governor Hanly 's action in send
ing troops, supplemented by the' en
ergy displayed by the authorities and
citizens of Muncie, resulted in check
ing the mob spirit. 4 Five hundred
citizens, including some members of
the Commercial Club, of Muncie, hare
been sworn in as special officers to
preserve the peace. These men will
endeavor to "control the situation but
will bo backed by the soldiers. May
or Guthrie has closed all saloons and
ordered all women and children to
keep off the streets except on errands
of necessity.
The determination of the Governor
to call out the Stato militia followed
a riot at Muncie last Friday after
noon, when the police and the dep
uty sheriffs fought with a crowd of
3.G00 men, women and children.
The police were worn out and many
of the deputy sheriffs resigned,
leaving the city at the mercy of the
unruly element. The Governor, there
fore, on the request of the Muncie
aWhorities 0:1 the advice of Adju
tant General Perry, who was caught
in the mob, ordered out the militia!
There has been no serious trouble
at Anderson, Marion, Alexandria and
Elwood. Twenty-seven employes of
the Marion lines voted to strike,' bu
the car service was only partly in
terrupted. At Anderson a committee of citi
zens is endeavoring to induce the
traction company officials to arbi-'
trate. The strike breakers brought
from Chicago to Anderson and Ma-r
Hon havo been sent away.
Jury Acquits Pettibone.
Boise, Idaho, Special. An end of
the prosecution of the men charged
with the murder of Former Governor
Frank Stunenberg, except the cases
of Harry Orchard and Jack Simp
kins, came with the acquittal of
George A. Pettibone and discharge
of Charles H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, both
eharged with conspiring with William
D. Haywood to murder Stunenberg.
Moyer will return with Pettibone in
a few days to Denver. Haywood wa3
acquitted last summer and Moyer will
not be tried. Only two men on the
Pettibone jury voted persistently for
conviction and they finally ceded tha
verdict to the other 10 jurors.
The case of Orchard, confessed as
sassin of - Stunenburg and Chief wit
ness against Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone, is in the hands of Prose
cuting Attorney Vanduyn, of Conyon
county, Idaho. No tatement as to
the future procedure in that case has
been made, but it will be called dur
ing the next term of court at Cald
well, when it will probably be finally
disposed of. Simpkins is still a fugi
tive. Residence of Maj. Micah Jenkins De
stroyed by Fire.
Columbia, S. C, Special The resi
dence of Maj. Micah Jenkins, col
lector of internal revenue, was de
stroyed by fire at Ridgewood suburbs,
practically none of the furniture be
ing saved. The building which was
the property of Mrs. Watkins, was
worth $7,000 and was partially in
sured. Major Jenkins' furniture was
also partially insured, The fire re
suited from carelessness of the ser
vant in leaving hot ashes in the kitch.
en. The sword presented to Maj.
Micah Jenkins, by the people of
South Carolina, through President
Roosevelt at the Charleston Exposi
tion in 1902, for gallantry as a mem
ber of the Rough Riders in the Span
ish-American war, was destroyed in
the fire.
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Earthquake in Jamacia.
Kingston, Jamaica, Special. An
earthquake of moderate intensity oc
curred in Jamaica the morning of
Jannarv 2nd. It was one of many
slight shocks that have been expert
enced during the past lew montns,
ami was felt here and generally
throughout the island. The govern-
mpnt seismologist declared that no
had been done at Browns
town, Stewarttown or elsewhere and
that there bad been no loss of lite.
British Minister Will Visit Honduras
Mexico City, Mex., Special. Reg
inald Tower, British minister to Mcx
ipo, will sail from Vera Crux on Jan
uary 10th on board the wanbip Bril
liant for Belize to pay a vuit to Col
onel Swayne, the Governor of British
Honduraft. The Brilliant will visit
iievpral Mexican prta en route. Mr.
Tower WU b absent about four
weeks.
COUNTY. H. a, WEDNESDAY, JANUAR Y
SOUTH S PROGRESS
Remarkable Showing Made of
Industrial Activity
VALUE OF ITS LEADING CROPS
The Bice Crop Five Times Greater
the Past Year, and the Corn Crop
Has Increased Nearly Fifty Per
Cent. The Wonderful Growth of
the Cotton Crop the Subject of Ex
tended Comment.
..Chattanooga, Tenn.,. Special. The
Tradesman Annual -contains among
its important features an elaborate
review of Southern progress during
1907, in which the following interest
ing facts are given :
The principal, crops were as fol
lows : ' -
Hay of all kinds, tons 7,590,000.
Wheat, bushels 91,433,000.
Corn, bushels 959,743,000.
Oats, bushels, 67,338,000.
Tobacco, pounds 437,139,000.
Rice, bushels 21,412,000.
Two notable increases over the pre
vious year are shown by these figures,
the Southern hay crop being 25 per
cent, greater than in 1906, and the
rice crop increased nearly the same
percentage.
Progress of Agriculture.
During the last five years, however,
agriculture has made such progress
in the Southern States, that the corn
crop has increased nearly 50 per cent.
The rice crop is five times greater,
while as. already stated, the fodder
crop has enlarged 25 per cent, iu a
single year. Iu 1900 the value of pro
ducts of vegetable gardens of the
South was $13,000,000 ; at present the
annual yield of orchards and vine
yards in this section is over $30,000,
000, making the sum total of the an
nual fruit and truck product of the
South fully $150,0C0;000.
During the last cotton year we sent
out of the country about 8,500,000
bales of raw cotton, fully two-thirds
of the crop; but such is the growth of
the cotton industry in the . United
States that the South now contains
700 mills, operating nearly 10,000,000
spindles and 190S will add fully 20
more plants. The States of North
and South Carolina have no less than
400 plants with 6,300,000 spindles.
The Metal Industry.
The metal industry, including the
mining of ore, shows a notable in
crease compared with previous jears.
The total tonnage of iron produced
by the Alabama furnaces during 1907
will aggregate about 1,750,000 tons,
with a value of $32,000,000. This is
100,000 tons more than the record foi
1906 and about 150,000 tons more
than the record for 1905, while the
value has increased within the last
two years nearly 50per cent.
In Kentucky the total tonnage of
pig iron produced aggregate ovei
125,000 tons, a gam of fully 100 pei
cent, in two years, while the value
of the output of the smelters has ac
tually more than doubled in two
years.
Tennessee also shows remarkabK
progress, for the tonnage of pig iron
made in this State in 1905 was bul
372,692, while for the present year it
will be about 450,000 tons, represent
ing a value of about $7,500,000.
The total investment of capital iD
miscellaneous industries in the South
ern States increased no less than 5(
per cent, in the brief period of five
years, while the value 01 tne manu
factures has increased 25 per cent
and in 1905 exceeded the total in
vestment in Southern industrial
plants by the sum of nearly $200,000,
000. North Carolina "Makes Good."
Rockland, Me., Special. The ar
mored cruiser North Carolina, buill
by the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company, arriveo
here Monday. While. running for i
short time under forced draught th(
cruiser averaged nearly the reqnirec
speed of 22 knots. The standardi
zation trial will be held later on th
Rockland course.
Kansas Bank ' Dynamited.
Kansas City, Special. A bomb wa
exploded in the basement of the mag
nificent three-story marble building
of the First National" Bank at tht
corner of Tenth street and Baltimort
avenue, in the business centre a feM
minutes after the noon hour. Tht
forces of the explosion was terrific
and caused much damage; eigbt per
sons were injured, none fatally. Then
is no clue to the person who placec
the bomb and st it off.
Postoffice Receipts Very Large.
Charlotte, N. C., SpecialThe post
office receipts for the month of De
cembcr amounted to $10,4S4.44 a
against $9,613.17 for Xhe correspond
ing month in 1906. The total sales
of the local office during the yea;
1907. were $109,833.24, as again
$00,087.59 for the year 1900. Th
increase of $10,745.65 i a very grati
fyiog one.
wm m for
Creditors of the Seaboard Air
Line Take Action
TAKEN BEFORE FEDERAL JUDGE
Counsel for Seaboard Railway Com
pany and Creditors of Company Ap
ply to Judge Waddill For Appoint
ment of Receivers and Subsequently
Agree to Make Application to Judg6
Fritchard.
Richmpnd, Va., Special.- Counsel
for the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company and- creditors of the com
pany applied Wednesday afternoon to
United States District Judge Waddill
for the appointment of receivers -and
subsequently agreed to make applica
tion to Judge Fritchard, of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court, and thereby
obviate the necessity of securing an
cilliary decrees in each of the court
districts through which the lines of
the company operate. With this end
in view Judge Leigh R. Watts, gen
eral counsel of the Seaboard, with
other-attorneys, left for Danville at
6:10 o'clock on a special train to
meet Judge Pritchard at that point,
it having been learned that he was on
his way to Richmond to consider the
matter. Judge Waddill announced
that he would appoint the receivers
on certain conditions, but it was
thought best to go to a court with lar
ger jurisdiction.
The Times-Dispatch has just learn
ed over the long distance telephone
that Judge Pritchard and the counsel
for the Seaboard are in conference at
the Southern Railway station in Dan
ville. They decline to give out any
thing for publication until the entire
matter is settled.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. A repre
sentative of The News talked over
long distance 'phone with a reporter
f The Danville Register, and learned
that Samuel Untermeyer, attorney
for the Seaboard Air Line, had made
the following statement:
"Learning that Judge Pritchard
was in Danville we came down here
on the bare chance that he might be
able to give us a hearing on a mat
ter of business we have before him
that is all there is to it."
Pritchard Joins Party at Danville.
Danville, Va., Special. The private
car containing the Seaboard Air Line
counsel, headed by Samuel Unter
meyer, of New York, Judge Leigh R.
Watts, of Portsmouth, general coun
sel for the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road, and Epha Hunton, Jr., of Rich
mond, reached here at 11:30 o'clock.
There were aboard the car about 15
or 20 men, mostly lawyers, but among
the number Clerk of the United States
Court Brady and Court Stenographer
Raymond Brown.
The names of the other gentlemen
could not be learned, as they refused
to give them and would not talk.
Mr. Untermeyer was questioned by
an Associated Press correspondent,
and stated that no application had
been made for a receivership. He
would not say whether an application
would be made. He would say noth
ing further, but said that a full state
ment would probably be given out on
the arrival of the party in Richmond.
Judge Pritchard reached the city
about 12:15 o'clock and was at once
taken to the Seaboard private car.
He would say nothing regarding the
object of his trip to Richmond.
He left at 2 o'clock with the Sea
board counsel and with Clerk Brady
and Stenographer Brown and will
probably hold a hearing en route to
Richmond.
Receiver For Furnace Company.
Gadsden, Ala., Special. Capt. W.
P. Lay was appointed receiver tor
the Ouinn Furnace Company, the ap
pointment being made at the instiga
tion of local creditors, wnose ciaim
amounts to between $6,000 and $,
000. It is stated that New York
bondholders will be consulted before ,
it is decided to file a petition in bank
ruptcy. '
Reception at White' House. .
Washington, Special. President
Roosevelt received at the White
House for the seventh time a New
Year's throng of well-wishers which
was three hours in passing his hand.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the members and
ladies of the Cabinet were his assist
ants. Though curtailed in number,
5,645, by more than a thousand, over
the preceding New Year's Day, the re
ception was resplendent in all the in
cidents of tradition which have ac
cumulated to its interest for mor
than a hundred years.
Accidentally Shoots Wife.
Augusta, Ga., Special. -A Chrontl
de special from Hpnea patn, o u.,
says: Sheppard L. Graham, one ol
the most prominent meicban.ts - ol
this place, shot bis wife' to death in
their bedroom Wednesday morning.
In preparing to leave for his planta.
Hon, he reached up over the bed to
gtt his rifle, when it was discharged
accidentally, the bullet striking hii
wife ia Ut temple.
8. (808. NO. 22.
TWO RECEIVERS NAMED
Judge Pritchard Grants Prayer Foi
Receivership For the Seaboard Ail
Line System and Appoints S. Da
vies Warfield and RLancaster Wil
liams to Take Immediate Posses
sion of the Railroad. -
Richmond, Va., SpeciaL Judge
Pritchard, judge of the United States
Circuit Court, entered a decree nam
ing S. Davies Warfield, or Baltimore,
and R. Lancaster Williams, of Rich
mond, as receivers to take immediate
possession of the property of the Sea
board Air' Line Railroad. The "bond
of each-was fixed at $50,000.
By the decree the receivers are
empowered to borrow money if need
ful to pay such rental as may become
due, purchase cars, etc., and pay for
labor and supplies but not for any
other purpose ' without an order of
the court having primary jurisdiction.
They are. ordered to pay forthwith
all installments and interest -that was
due and payable January 1, 1908,
notes or trust equipment certificates
and all coupons and interest matur
ing January 1, 1908, on the first mort
gage bonds of the Seaboard Air Line
and embraced roads such as the Ral
eign and Gaston, Raleigh and Augus
ta Air Line, the Georgia Carolina and
the consolidated mortgage bonds of
the Carolina Central.
Burglar Got a Surpise.
Richmond, Special. Effecting en
trance through a front window in the
residence of Mr. R.- I. Barnes, at
Sherwood Park and Brook avenue, at
an early hour Thursday morning,
someone, evidently a burglar of the
professional speeies, walked through
the parlor, crossed the hall and walk
ed into the room in which was lying
the body of Mrs. F. F. Herdy, Mrs.
Barnes' mother. He was so badly
frightened that for a second he was
afraid to run. Then, without a word,
he turned and fled the way he had
come, diving through a window, tak
ing with him the major portion of the
lace curtains and landing on the
porch, from which he jumped to the
ground. It all happended so sudden
ly that the persons sitting up with
the body were unable to tell whether
the intruder was white or black. They
saw a -tall, slender man, wearing a
gray overcoat and a slouch hat, and
that was all.
Examination of the premises show
ed that the burglar had pried open
the blinds, carefully raised the win
dow and as carefully lifted the screen
on the inner side. He left everything
open behind him, and his escape was
accomplished with such celerity that
he was gone almost as soon as seen.
Mr. Barnes' daughter was asleep in
the room above the parlor and was
awakened by the noise of the en
trance. Knowing that persons were
up and moving about, . however, she
thought nothing of the disturbance
and went back- to sleep. But the
whole household was aroused when
the intruder made his sensational
dive through the window. Rev. Mr.
Templeman and the others sitting up
withtbe corpse were too dazed to
move when they saw the door slowly
open and then a man's form slouch
upon the threshold. But the vision
was as much astonished as they, and
he did not stand upon the order of
his going but went. ,
Texas Editor Killed by His Wife.
Halletsville, Tex., Special. Thurs-,
day afternoon as he was entering his
office, W. R. Beaumier, editor of. the
Halletsville Herald was shot and kill
ed by his wife. She was arrested and
placed under $2,000 bail. Domestic
troubles are said to be the cause of
the killing. .'
Official Report of Alabama Mine Dis
aster Filed.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. State
Mine Inspectors J. M. Gray, James
Hillhouse and Edward Flynn has
filed with Governor Comer a full re
port of the explosion which took
place - in the Yolande mines last
month, in which 56 men were killed.
Chief Inspector Gray's opinion is
that a miner allowed some dynamite
to eo off and that this ignited' dust.
The assistant inspectors express the
opinion that there was a gas explosion
followed by a dust explosion.
New Orleans Enterprises Show No
Decrease in Dividends
New Orleans, La., Specials-Dividend
payments of about $15,000,000
will be made in New OrJe,ajjs this
mpnth. These payments show no de
crease under the dividends paid a
year ago, for although rates have
been reduced in many cases, a large
increase in capital invested makes up
the defiicit which otherwise there
would be.
;For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
will be made.
A SENSIBLE ACTION
Southern Will Reduce Fares in
South Carolina Voluntarily '
WILL AVOID ALL HOSTILE LAWS
An Important Conference Held Fri
day, at Columbia in Governor
Ansel's Onlce at Which Time Pres
ident Finley, of the - Southern,
Makes a Proposition of. Reduced
Passenger Rates to the State in
View; of the' Fairness Which It. Has
Shown to the Road.
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Columbians.' C, SpeciaLSouth
Carolina win get the benefit so far as
the Southern Railway is concerned,
of the reduction in . rates , made. rby
legislative enactment, in other States
of the South, but without theturmpil
of legislative agitation and without
the expense of prolonged litigation
President W. W. Finley, of the
Southern .Railway, at a conference in
the governor's office Friday . stated
thai; on April 1st, 1908, the Southern
Railway would put into effect in
South Carolina the following rates:
For straight." tickets, 21-2 cents a
mile; for 1,000-mile and 2,000-milo
mileage books, 2 cents a mile.
The conference was attended by
Grovernor Ansel, Attorney , General
Lyon, Chairman Caughman, of- the
railroad " commission, and Commis
sioners Sullivan and Earle, on the
part of the State, and by President
Finley, Vice President Culp, Genera
Counsel Thorn and Division Counsel
Abney, on the part of 'the Southern
Railway. The conference was-1 held
in the office of the Governor and
was open, being attended by the news
paper men.
Mr. Finley, in a conversational
way, put the proposition of the South
srn before the Governor, explaining
as he went along the reasons for tho
different rates and the reasons gov
erning the railroad in ! making this
proposition. He explained that - the
Southern, on'account of the fairness
with which South Carolina had treat
sd the railroads, had a disposition to
?ive the State the benefit of the re
duced rates, consequently the South
ern intends, without compulsion, to
put into effect the rates which it has
proposed as a compromise in North
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He
felt assured that the agreement en
tered into would be made effective
in these States and perhaps in Vir
ginia also. The same treatment ai
is promised South Carolina would be
iven Tennessee, which has also been
liberal in the matter of legislation.
The 2 1-2 -cents rate will apply to
all intra-State passenger business on
straight fares. The 21-2 cent
rate for family mileage books, whica
contain the name of the head of tho
family, will cover books for 500
miles, entailing a minimum expendi
ture of $11.25.
The 2-cent rate for mileage books
ftf 1 i00 and 2,000 miles relates to
individual mileage books and also tq
what are - termed mercantile books,
good for members of a firm or. busi
ness concern, up to five individuals,
the names of each of whom shall ap
pear in the book.
Mr. Finley 's Statement.
The official statement addressed to
Governor Ansel, in part, is as fol
lows: -
First A flat rate of 21-2 cents a
mile for intranstate passenger travel,
with an extra charge of 15 cents
against jeisons boarding a passengur
train without a ticket except at sta
tions where there are no agents; pro
vided that no charge shall be less
than 10 cents, and, in the evdnt that a
charge at the said rate of 21-2 cents
a mile shall aggregate a sum between
two multiples of five, such chargo
may be made that multiple-of five to '
which it is nearest.
Second Two thousand mile books,
intia-State and interchangeable, with
such of the solvent roads of the State,
as will consent, at 2 cents a mile,
$ood for heads of firms and employes
not exceeding a total number of '5,
the names to be furnished at the time
of the purchase of mileage books and
entered theren.;
Third One thousand, mile boot',
intra-State and interchangeable, with
such of the solvent roads of the Stato
as will consent, limited to one indi
vidual at 2 cents a mile and good
011I3 in the hands of the purchaser,
the name of the purchaser to be fur
nished at the time of the purchase
of the book and entered thereon.
Fourth Five hundred mile books
at 2 1-4 cents a mile good for heada
of families and dependent members
thereof, intra-State and non-interchangeable,
the names of the families
to be furnished at the" time of pur
chase and entered thereon. ,
Attorney General Bonaparte Mum.
Washington, Special. Attorney
General Bonaparte, when questioned
as to the truth of the statement thai,
suit would soon, be begun to dissolve
the relationship between the Union
and Southern Pacific Railroads,
known as the Harriman system,
would only say that the matter wa
under consideration but he was ro
prepared to either affirm or deny tho.
report.
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