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11 the ffbatbam TRecorb. tlbe Cbatbam Record. H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 31 .50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one insertion. $!. One Square, two Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month.. ...... Ml 1. !! U! Ay For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. Ir t..: i: i Mi VOL. XXX . PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1908. NO. 24. ecommendations to Extra Session of The Legislature RATE CASE COMPRSMISE Governor Glenn Also Recommends the Enactment of a State Prohibi tion Law at this Special Session. To t lie Honorable, the General As sembly of North Carolina. f.i ntlemen : Under no eircumstan-1-0 is it a pleasant duty to convene 1 he General Assembly in extra ses s: n: stijl the Constitution, Article Hi. section 0, provides that "The U.ivenwr shall have power on extra oiiiii.aiy occasions, by and -with the : i vi e of the Council of State, to c ivene the General Assembly in ex session by his proclamation, stat ins therein the purpose or purposes iW which they are thus convened." To me it seems plain that such an extraordinary occasion has arisen,and ly and with the consent of the p.iiuil of State, I have felt it my to call you together to consider the (iuestion of an adjustment of the iiss . Liiior and freight rates" charged i. the various railroads doing busi ness as common carriers in the State. :; order that you may have a proper understanding of the pi-cut conditions of affairs it vi:' be necessary to revert to ::v past and give a brief his i ry of all matters appertaining to ihe rate controversy from the-time . Viinr last session up to the terms ( :: veil by me as Governor and ac- 'i inl by the railroads, subject, of i er e. to your approval and ratifi c.Ttion, in my message to your honorable b',iv at your regular session I used lie language: "I would urge upon 'he General Assembly to carefully ex emine the whole matter of railroads, ; ;!, while doing everything the law e.ih. ws in protecting the people yuninst unjust discriminations, heavy rates and unnecessary hardships, at the same time to treat the railroads v.ii't perfect fairness and give, them 'very legal right which belongs to iliem. Railroads are the great arter ies of commerce, and have been the ;: eans of building up our resurees as h 'iiier factor, and, therefore, should h- iu.iked upon, not as hostile, but :. - 1 -ne of the State's most helpful ; jvneies. ,? I then recommended a i5;,! rate of 2 1-2 cents per mile for !a enaer fare and a mileage book of - e '-iis; also, that railroads be re quired to remedy delays of their tran s have a limit set to hours of -er. ice of their employees, keep their :ee-he!s in good condition and pay the ir lair proportion of all taxs, and t'i"!t should be protected against in-;-!i e. such as is often practiced on them by trespassers and unjust liti La'ion. V.'ith what suggestions I ceuid oiftv. and with the sworn re port of the railroads before you, after a full and able discussion of t'i:f' bill in both houses, no joint con clusion could be reached, and a con ference committee had to be ordered. Thi committee reported a flat 'rate of 2 1-4 cents per mile, which report vas ratified and became the law of the State. After the law was enacted I tried to induce the railroads to acquiesce until a fair test would de monstrate whether the new rate was oiifiscatory, or, on account of in creased travel, was . remunerative. Some of the railroads at once agreed to put the law into operation, but others refused, and, prior to July 1, l-'OT, when the law became opera tive, went before a Circuit Judge of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina and" ob tained a temporary injunction against the Corporation Commission and 'Attorney-General, forbidding them from putting the law into effect. At the preliminary hearing, without rinding tlie raio confiscatory, and not heeding t'lr- plea made to the jurisdiction of '!ie court, the Circuit Judge continu al the injunction to the final hearing, are! ordered the Standing Master to take evidence and make a report as ,f whether the rate fixed was confis catory of the property of the rail loads. On July 1, 1907, certain railroads rcl using to recognize the rate fixed, ;i Superior., Court Judge instructed the grand jury to indict their agents '"f selling tickets at a higher rate W that fixed by the statute. Feel-j1'-' it my sworn duty to uphold , the hi passed by your honorable body, i-aidless of the amount fixed, I ad-"f-d a letter to all State Judges, :;v'-;'iig them "to properly charge the .-;t i:1 juries and to direct the Solici ts to send bills against the agents Proverbs and Phrases. ou never really know your friends uan ! tney become your enemies. aid the man who had skipped his d bill: "The inn-keeper is out." rme boys in college would do well am what kind of socks to wear. ' e laws are read so as to apply to cases which most frequently oc- and not to exceptional cases. boa; to ! M ! tho- S and employees of the railroads, or their higher officials, thus openly acting in defiance of law.V In thai letter I recommended that only enough indictments be 'made to test the validity of the law in ail phases, and not needlessly to harass the -railroads. Several railroad agents were indict "ed, convicted and sentenced, when the United States Court, not waiting for the defendants to appeal in the orderly way to the higher courts, again interfered, and by writ of ha beas, corpus discharged the defend ants from the custody of the State's officers. For a while a conflict be tween the Federal and State authori ties seemed imminent, but coolness on both sides was exercised, and it was agreed that the railroads should recognize and obey the law, pending the test of its constitutionality, and that the equity suit, indictment and habeas eorpus proceedings should be prosecuted to a speedy conclusion. In taking steps to uphold the law enact ed by the General Assembly only one motive actuated me, and that was, while not wishing to mulct the rail roads with costs or needlessly impris on their agents, simply to compel them, the creatures, to recognize that the State, the creator, was s'overeign and supreme and its laws had to be obeyed until some competent court .declared that said law was unconsti tutional and therefore void. The equity suit and criminal pro ceeding's moved very slowly, and, fin ally a crisis having come upon the country, several efforts were made to settle all disputes and produce har mony between the State and the rail roads. Terms Offered. Finally I suggested the following terms as an equitable adjustment of the entire matter, subject, of course, to your approval: The changing of the flat intrastate rate of 2 1-4 cents per mile to a flat intrastate rate of 2 1-2 cents per mile; fifteen cents to be charged extra for persons boarding trains without tickets when tickets could be obtain ed in a reasonable time before de parture of train, and the repealing of the penalty and misdemeanor clauses in the act of 1907; this, however, only to be done when the railroads operat ing in the State except those ex empt by law agreed on their part to a reduction of the present interstate rate of 3 and 3 1-4 cents per mile to a 2 1-2-eent rate, thus making inter state and intrastate rates uniform; also, the railroads to issue a mileage book of. 2,000 miles for heads of firms and employees, not exceeding five persons, names to be entered at time of purchase, said books to be inter changeable on all solvent roads and interstate and intrastate at 2 cents per mile; also, an individual mileage book of 1,000 miles, interchangeable, interstate and tnfrastate, for 2 cents per mile ; also,, a family mileage book for heads of families and dependent members of .family, names to be en tered at time of purchese, intrastate, and not interchangeable, for 2 cents per mile" alsoJ the railroads to pay an amount not exceeding $17,500 with which to pay the State's costs 'in the various suits. The railroads agreed to these de mands, except the payment of the money and the 500-mileage book for 2 cents. They claimed it was impos sible for them to operate with such a mileage book, as it would practically put the State on a 2-cent flat rate, and that they should not be required to furnish a book of 500 miles at as low a rate as books of larger mileage. Not being able, . therefore, to get this reduction, and seeing some force in their contention, it was agreed that the family mileage book should be fixed at 2 1-4 .cents per mile and that the railroads would pay the State $17,500, to be applied as the State thought proper. The usual require ments as to time of redeeming books were to be'observed and enforced. It was also agreed thatif, -r after a reasonable time,: to-wit, twolvo months, it should be ascertained that the rate thus agreed upon was exces sive on the one hand or .confiscatory on the other, upon application, the Corporation Commission should have the power, after a full and fair hear ing, to raise or lower the rate fixed, subject to an appeal to the courts. Some seem to object to the require ment that the railroad pay the som of $17,500, but I believe this objec tion comes from the fact that the pro position is not understood, and they believe this amount is to help defray the costs of convening the Legisla ture. I demanded this money for - - Pert Paragraphs. A bank account is something you would have if you didn't need it. To-.morrow is the stone over which many a business man has stumbled. Trusting people is a good way to get used to being disappointed. Put on your thinking caps when any one offers you something for no thing. ... . - 1J1 these reasons: I did not believe the rate passed by your body was confis catory. I felt a wrong was . commit ted by the railroads in bringing their suits before giving the rate a fail test. When the railroads got their injunction they not only had the Cor poration Commission, the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney-General enjoined, but also the attorneys employed by the Corporation Com mission; hence, when the railroads re fused to obey the law, not being able to get the services of these attorneys I had to employ others, thus entailing more costs, and, therefore, the rail roads, by their suits and acts, having put this extra cost on the State, I felt in the settlement, they should pay it. If, however, your honorable body does not agree with me, and think the State and not the railroads should pay this cost, it is for you and not for me to decide. In order that in the future both the State and the railroads should know their respective legal rights in dealing with each other, and believ ing "that the Minnesota case and the habeas corpus case from Asheville now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States would definitely settle and define the respective rights of all parties, it was agreed that, even if your honorable body accepted and approved the agreement, the case in the Supreme Court should not be af fected thereby, but should proceed to final judgment. Other States Agree. The States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, and probably Virginia, have agreed to the same terms offered by North Carolina, thus giving a uniform rate and mile age books over the entire South. I have given this matter a most careful investigation, tried to protect in every way the rights of the State, and, in eoming to the conclusion that the settlement reached is both jusl and equitable to the State and the railroads, I, have had the advice and assitance of some of the State's truest, ablest and best men. However. I discharge my duty by obeying the Constitution and laying the matter before you, as you alone can enact laws. I think it wiseto settle the matter. I believe the terms are fair to all, and, therefore, ask you, the lawmakers of the State, if consistent with your sense of right and duty, to approve what has been done. Rate Fixed Not Confiscatory. The rate fixed by your body at its last session, in may judgment, though less than the amount recommended in my message, was not confiscatory, but was Just and based on the report of the railroads themselves, and, there fore, was in no sense a wrongs and, if the railroads had given the rate a fair test, without having made the people hostile to them, I firmly be lieve, as shown by the evidence taken in the pending equity suit that said rate would not only have proved both equitable and remunerative, but in excess of the previous earnings. But times have changed since you last met, and all business has suffer ed by the stricture in the money market. Disclosures made in the fin ancial world fraud and corruption, gambling on the stock market, the withdrawal of money from circula tion, thus bringing about unrest and district, together with many other causes, which have seriously affected all securities, making stock values de crease and credit hard to obtain, until not on account of the little reduction of fares to 2 1-4 cents, but for the reasons above stated and many oth ers, railroads, like individuals and other corporations, have been crip pled in their operations, have had in many ways to curtail their expenses, cannot borrow money to carry on their business, and, therefore, need all legitimate help that can be given them, not inconsistent with the rights of the people and the State. They claim that, if all matters of differ ence between them and the various States can be adjusted, confidence will be restored, their securities more easily placed, and they be enabled to continue their contemplated improve ments. . No 'one but a demagogue would de sire to injure railroads simply becase it can be done, but should only wish to . require them to deal justly with the people ; ' and now that the Tail roads have , recognized the soverignty of the State and come forward, agree ing to terms alike fair to the State and themselves, it behooves the State, through its lawmakers, to meet them in the same spirit of equity and do. all it can to aid them, provided it in no way destroys the rights of the people. Again, I trust you will solve this complex question by approving the terms agreed upon, thus restoring peace and harmony andjpujtirys. all at work once more for the upbuilding of our beloved State. - Freight Bates. In regard to freight rates, I suggest one amendment to section 1, chapter 217, Laws of 1907, by adding at the end of the said section : these words: "Provided further, that this act shall Common Sense Condensed. Thermometers are going lower while they advance, v Men who mat good use of their time have none to spae. Time will tell but gossipers . man age to tell it . first. The weigh "of the transgressor de pends on whether he is buying or selling. - .. not apply to independently owned and operated railroad companies in North Carolina whose mileage of road in said State is one hundred miles or less." The reason for this, recom mendation is, that the amount of freight shipped on one of these little roads from one station on its own line to another station on its line is nol over five or ten per cent of its ship ments, while from a point on its line to some point on the line of another road its freights, would amount to from ninety to ninety-five per cent of its shipments; while the shipments of the large roads to points on their own lines is from seventy to eight v per cent of their shipments, while their shipments to points in the State on other roads would not exceed twenty or twenty-five per cent, being a discrimination ' so largely against the small roads as to most seriously affect and injure, them, and, there fore, demands relief. . Discriminations. One of the most serious complaints now existing against railroads is the discriminations made by them against the cities and towns of North Caro lina in favor of like cities and towns in other States, notably Virginia, by reason of which jobbers and whole sale merchants in Virginia can under sell the same -class of merchants in North Carolina. The cause of this is the rate given by the Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads to Roanoke, Lynchburg and Richmond, being the same rate given to Norfolk, Va., on account of its water-rate competition. To meet the rate of the railroads above named, the Southern, the Coast Line and Sea board railroads had to give the same rate, and so haul freight through North Carolina to Virginia cities for a less amount than they haul to the cities of North Carolina; and ofteii our shippers can better pay the through freight to the Virginia point, plus the local rate back to the North Carolina point, than pay the through rate in the first instance to the North Carolina point. This can and should be corrected. The' Corporation Com mission has now instituted proceed ings before the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Norfolk and Western Railroad for discriminating in favor of Lynchburg and Roanoke, Va., on its line, over Durham and Winston, N. C, also on its line:- There can be no defense made for this un just difference, and we feel assured that the Interstate Commerce Com mission will corrct the discrimination as to these points in North Carolina. When the Norfolk and Western is thus forced to adjust the rates for these two cities in North Carolina, competition will compel the other railroad systems to give the same rate to these points, and then they will be compelled to give them to other North Carolina cities, else there will be dis crimination between points in North Carolina, which is forbidden by law. Hence, we confidently believe that this suit and similar ones will entire ly correct any unjust discrimination against North Carolina shippers, job bers and merchants. This being an interstate question, it can only be reached through the Interstate Com merce Commission; "and, in order that these suits may be successfully push ed to an early hearing and termina tion. I respectfully ask that a sum not exceeding $5,000 be appropriated for carrying on an investigation fraught with" so much benefit to our people. At the last sesion a bill mak ing this appropriation . passed one house and two readings in the other, but in some way failed to become a law. Other Important Matters. When I called the extra session, with the advice of the Council of State, only one object was considered, and that was the rate question. Oth er purposes, however, than those which I convened you to consider will doubtless be brought before you; and if," in your wisdom and after the most mature and wise delibration, you de cide to enact other legislation than that embraced in my call, there are two matters, imperative in their na ture, to wheh would most respect fully call youisattention. Better Court Facilities. . There is a defect in the present ju dicial system of the State. If a Judge is sick or detained from his courts by unavoidable accident, there is no pro vision to remedy this omission, un less some other Judge can find time from his own courts to' ride the cir cuit of the sick or absent Judge. This could easily be remidied by establish ing two small additional districts, consisting of a county each, so that the Judges riding these small districts could, when not engaged with their courts, hold special terms and take the place of the sick Judges. The Ninth Judicial District lost its entire circuit this fall, by the serious illness of the Judge, thereby causing a loss of thousands of dollars anl leaving persons in jail who were entitled to a speedy trial. Such instances have happened before and will happen again, and, therefore, -should be rem edied. Some Business Maxims. It seldom pays not to pay your debts. - It's better to be laughed at than cried over.. . Tf kissiner is a crime it must -be a capital one. . A man who acts small makes a big mistake. ' Prohibition. Theer is another matter that will doubtless engageyour most careful consideration. I allude to the ques tion of State prohibition. The people of North Carolina are determined to make a trial of prohibition,' and the only thing to decide is when and how this can best be brought jbout. The curse and degradation of the liquor traffic" is fast becoming a stench in the nostrils of decency, and there is an imperative demand coming to you from every section:, of the State to drive out these places of vice and wickedness, and io convert the money thus wasted in riot and drunkenness into channels of business, thrift and industry. Every one in the State knows my views on the liquor ques tion, for, publicly and privately, I have contended that, both from an economic as well as "a moral stand point, the greatest blessing that could possibly be given the State would bo the prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage anywhere in its borders. So .firmly am I convinced of. the sound ness of my views on the subject of liquor being a curse to the people of the State, that, if the power to act were vested in me, I would not trouble your body to consider the matter, but would at once free ouv land from this monster evil that, in my opinion,; is the source of a thou sand woes and scarcely a single bless ing. When I issued the eall for this special session I did not know wheth er the voice of the peoplecould now be heard, or whether.it would have to wait until the regular session; but so quickly has the demand for relief crystallized throughout the entire State that it would be utterly wrong to deny the people a hearing upon a matter so vital to their public and private life. I would not put my judgment against that of the one hundred and seventy members who composo your honorable body, all of whom are just as patriotic and many far wiser than .1; still, after visiting the people in every section and hearing and know ing their views, as I do, I am thor oughly satisfied that no act ever pass ed by any legislative body in Nortfc Carolina would give the joy or be more generally endorsed than woult? be the act of this General Assembly in giving prohibition to the entire State. Under the Watts, Ward and othei similar bills, by legislative enactment prohibition was given to all rural dis tricts, until at least four-fifths of the State's territory thus had prohibi' tory laws. These acts have produced good, and not evil, and have been en dorsed by the votes of the people ir three general elections. Also,' under the same laws, villages, twns and cit ies throughout the State have declar ed for temperance, until ninety per cent of the entire territory of the State now has prohibition. Thus we know the will-of the people, for they have spoken by their votes in no un certain sound, until all agree that it is inevitable that liquor must go. So, why, then, entail needless expense and engender bitterness by local fights, when by your act, carrying out the will of the majority of the people, you can settle this matter at this session ? Pass the law, let it go into effect July 1, 190S, and before the general election in November all agitation will cease; for, as well said by one of North Carolina's wisest statesment, "A liquor dealer without his liquor is about as weak as Samson shorn of his locks." Refuse at this session to dis pose of it, it will enter into the next campaign, be the issue in many coun ties, and cause confusion and strife; whereas by action now you may de stroy .the factor that would make this agitation. There is only one question for us to ask, and that is, What is right And when-we know what is right, let us have the courage to dox the right ; and what is right will prove what is both expedient and best, and will re ceive the approval of all good citi zens. If this Legislature, having seen its its laws enforced and obeyed, will at this session ratify an act that will bring peace and harmony amon all contending in terests, and at the same time pass and act lifting the curse of strong drink and bringing order, and soberness into our borders, it will have - performed two acts that will make its name immortal and be for ever remembered as a blessing to the State. - Wishing each of you a happy so journ at our Capital City, and ex tending to all a - most cordial and hearty welcome, I close my message by expressing the belief that, actuat ed by high and patriotic motives, you will do your full dutyc to the State and pass such laws as to you seem just and right. I bid you Godspeed in your work and ask Heaven's bless ing on all you do. Respectfully, J R. B. GLENN, Governor. Legal Maxims for Business Men. (Raleigh, N. C, Merchant's Journal) "He who seeks equity must do 'equi ty. ; v ..". Usage is the best interpreter of things. No man can be a judge in his own ; Sunday is not a day for legal pro- : , - A PLOT JiSCOVERED Anarchists Pian to Blow Up Americon Fleet RIO POLICE WATCH MOVEMENTS Anarchistic Conspiracy, Having For Ita Object the Destruction of at Least a Part "of the United States Warships Comprising the Pacific Fleet, Unearthed at Rio de Janerio. Rio Janerio, By Cable The Brazil ian police have discovered an anarch istic plot here, having as its object the destruction of part of the Ameri can fleet r.ow lying in the harbor. The conspiracy, Avhile centering in Rio Janerio and Petropolis, has ram ifications in San Paulo and Minas Garaes. An individual named Jean Fedher, who resided in Petropolis, was the chief conspirator " here, though it is understood that 'foreign anarchists are dejeply involved in the plot. Fedher is' believed to have fired to Sao Paulo, . and the police who know him, have been sent to that place for the purpose of apprehend ing him. One of the detectives, who was well acquainted with Fadher, having served on the police force at Petroplis for some time, returned from that place, after having made investigations there and had a long conference with the chief of police at Rio Janerio. The latter gave it to be understood later that the Sao Paulo police are on the track of the arch-conspirator and expect to - ar rest him soon. In an official note which the chief of police sen'1 to the correspondent of the Associated Press, he says : "Some time before the arrival of the American fleet at Rio Janiro, the Brazilian government received from Washington and Paris advices that anarchists of different nationalties intended to damage one or several of the ships of the American fleet. The names and addresses of the conspira tors were indicated by information which the police here had received previously from France and Ger many. The police of this district are working with the police of Sab Paulo and Minas Geraes and I am sure every precaution will be exercised and, the most vigorous vigiliance ob served both on land- and at sea to prevent any injury being done." - The chief of police, after having made this official statement, said that he did not feel he should go into any further details with regard to the conspiracy, but he authorized the statement that the plot was organized by Fedher and he added that the peo ple of the United States could rest easy as all of the conspirators had taken refuge in the interior. As yet the people of Brazil are ignorant of the details of the plot to do injury to the visitors, although there has been some slight inkling of the matter. The impression which the exposure of this, plot will create here will be a profound one, because it is the first anarchistic conspiracy that has ever been known in Brazil. The police at Sao Paulo have sent word that they are on the track of the malefactor, who they declare will not be able to come to Rio Janeiror Want White Postmaster. Washington, ; Special. Senator Tillman, conferred with Postmaster General Meyer regarding the case of Joshua E. Wilson, a negro who has ben postmaster of Florence, S. C, for twenty years. Florence has now 20,000 inhanbitants and citizens of that , city, through Tillman, are seek ing to have a white postmaster ap pointed. No action has yet been taken. Entombed Forty-Six Days. -Ely Nevada, Special. After hav ing been entombed forty-six days, one thousand feet below the surface in the Alpha shaft of the Giroux mine, A. D. Bailey, P. J. Strow and Fred McDonald were "rescued Sunday night. Whistles all over the camp blew loudly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely to the ringing of bells. Four Children Drowned. Indinan, Pa., Special. Four child ren were drowned at noon. . Sunday while skating on the reservoir at the Wharton Coal and Coke Company's ovens at Coral, near here. The dead are: " Sadie Kinley, 12 years. Renie Kinley, 11 years. .. Charlotte Kinley, S years. Roy Stokes, 13 years. The children were with five com panions in the dam when they cut their way through the snow to a' part of . the reservoir near one of the feet'ers. News of the Day. Senacor Culberson attacked Secre tary Cortelyou for favoritism in awarfiing the recent bond issue. Republicans in the House voted down all amendments to the Penal Code bill, which excited continuous debate. Chief Engineer Goethals estimates the total cost of the Panama canal at $300,000,000. mm or warn Colonel Henry Wattersoh On Race Relations COLORED MAN IS HERE JO STAY The Famous Kentuckian Addresses Great Audience in Carnegie Hall on the Needs, Aims and Hopes of the Colored Race. ? - New York, Special.--A Northern Governor, a Southern editor and on intellectual leader whose activitie are confined to no section gave sym pathetic expression to the needs, aims and hopes of the colored race before " a noteworthy audience at Carnegie Hall. To these personally delivered addresses were added similar senti ments in the form of messages from Cardinal Gibbons and British Ambas sador James Bryce. With unanimity al-Lihese men advocated further oppor- .iunity for this less fortunate people, through popular, support of Tuskegee Institute, in the interest of which the meeting was held. - "This country," said Governor Hughes, of New York, "is not a mere wealth-producing machine. None of its problems can be. solved if its peo ple are treated merely as parts of an industrial mechanism. It is a country of men, with the aspirations and the dignity of manhood. The fundamen tal requirement is self-respect, upon which character and the highest ef ficiency necessarily depend. And with respect to white and black, conditions which promote th& wholesome feeling of personal honor and. individual worth are alone the conditions which will secure lasting benefits for our so ciety and the solution of the grave problems which confront it." The other formal addresses were by Editor Henry Watterson, who spoke on the "Negro's Future" and Booker T. Washington, who told of the work of the educational institution of which he. is the head. Seth Lowe, who presided, said that Tuskegee was seriously in need of funds in order to continue its work and-that it was imperative that $70, 000 be given, to the institution before May 31st next. Mr. Lowe, who is a trustee of the institute, said that ow ing to the financial stringency the re ceipts of Tuskegef had fallen off $35,-'. 000 during the past seven months. Editor Henry Watterson said that though the white man seemed to have gotten along faster than his colored neighbor, all were creatures of evo lution and education. He spoke in part as follows: The most serious problem for. the former slave-holding States to solve " by reflection one of the most ser ious problems for the Sta4.es of the North to consider and help to solve is known as the negro question. As it stands, it is the embodiment of a cen tury of misleading and error. Each side in the controversy has had its share in both the. misleading and the error. Not until , heaven 'raised up in the prescribed race of man a leader of men though a negro who is with us here did a single ray of truth penetrate the surrounding darkness. Almost despairing. I , had ceased to theorize, throwing myself back on a simple, childlike faith in God, when Booker T. Washington appeared on the scene to lighten the gloom and point the way. It- rejoices me to stand by his ' side, to hold up hi3 hands. , Nobody can go -to Tuskeegco and see what I saw there and como away without being impressed. Ever since I went there, now many years ago, I have been filled with hope; for though the institution of African sla- very be dead, and thank the Lord of Hosts for that, the negro is here; he is here in ever increasing numbers, and he is here to stay. All schemes 1 for getting rid of him, are fantastic, and, if attempted, would prove abor tive. He must be developed on new lines, educated to an analous situa tion, and resolve into the body of so ciety, not as an irritant, but as a natural, indispensable component part. That's the problem., ... "I want nothing for myself, or for my childreh7 which I am not ready to give to my colored neighbor and his children. I live in a region peo pled by many blacks, good, orderly, hard-working folk. They know me and they know that when I declaro this I mean it. Four Make Fata! Jumps. Scranton, Pa., Special. Four girls were killed; nine, seriously injured, and a score or more slightly hurt, at a fire in the . Imperial Knitting Company's mill in Dix Court, in the central part of the city." The girls were ' surrounded by the flames and jumped to their death from the third floor. ' " " Employe of Oil Mill Whirled to Death Greenville, S. C, Special. Charles Pollard, aged 20 -years,. was accident ally killed at Fountain Inn while at tempting to adjust a pulley at the oil mill at that place. His clothing be came entangled in the' machinery and he was dashed to death by the shaft ing, his body having been badly rtm tilated. " ' f. i; ' 1 "I; .1 i K i i! fi '!f H T r:fl i in i T , f . 0 f - . ! .ft m 1 .j ; j 1 u in 1! 5H H