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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
OccurreAces sf Iniere«i deacAed From Ail Secticut gf the B^sjf
T%.r Heel State
Building and I:oan Associations.
Raleigh, Spcoial.—The report of
Commissioner Young on building and
loan associations was made public
last week. It is for the y«ar up to
the first of last April. He says that
Uiese associations have increased very
rapidly and that the rapid increase
in number, as well as in the volume
of business, speaks well for the in
dustrial progress of North Carolina.
Under the act of 1905 the idea seemis
to have been to put as few burdens
Mrs. Taft at Spray.
Spray, Special.—There was a meet
ing here of the woman section of
the welfare department of the Nat
ional Civic Federation. The meet
ing was presided over by Mrs. Wil
liam T| Harris, of Danville, Va.
Mrs. William H. Taft is honorary
president of this department of the
federation and she was the guest of
honor of the occasion. In the couree
of her remarks Mrs. Taft said:
^^The opportunity of women to in-
and restrictions on these associations fluence the economic well-being of
as possible, only doing what is neces
sary for protection of shareholders,
lie says that for associations to suc
ceed. they must be run in a public^
spirited way and not solely for the
rnriehment of a few individuals. Ho
pays a very high compliment to Mr.
S. Wittkowsky, who has built up an
association at Charlotte which has al
most a million dollars of business.
('ommissioner Young says there is no
reason why the principle upon v/hich
these associations are conducted
should not be applied to help country
people in buying and owning their
farms, and he believes this would
the world’s workers is greater per
haps than they realize. They arc
stockholders, and too often the silent
partnei’s in many large industrial en
terprises. In one of the great rail
ways alone, it is stated that of 28,000
stockholderS^practically one half are
women, their holdings amounting to
143 million dollars. Besides those
who hold stock in their own names
there are many others who through
family relationship are financially in
terested in, or dependent upon, indus
trial agcncies, mills, railroads, stores
and mines. Some of them are active
ly concerned for the w’ell-being of the
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION
p:reatly benefit the farmers of the jAvorkers iu the enterprises from which
Slate, who Avould do well to organize j their incomes are drawn. Some are
themselves for this purpose; and he ^members of our department and we
would be glad to give any aid in his j feel sure that many, others will join
poAver for such a movement. In Eu- j in our efforts when they realize the
rope, land associations or banks of, opportunities which- they have at
this character are found in great
numbers. Here in North Carolina
they could be organized and operat-
<'(1 on the same principle as building
and loan aRsociahoas, and bo known
as land and loan associations. The re
port shows 85 associations \?ith
loans amounting to $1,663,875.
Sliemwell Fails to Answer.
Greensboro, Special. — The case
against Mr. Baxter Shemvrell, of Lex
ington, charged Avith caiTying con
cealed Avcapons and Avith an assault
on Conductor Smithers, of Southei’n
Kail way train No. 37, at Lexington a
fov\- months ago, Avill not be tried dur
ing tlio present term of court, on ac-
hand,
‘‘The country has grown so rapidly
in population and developd so
enormously in a short time that its
public institutions often have help
lessly fallen behind the best ideals.
In the State and municipal institu
tions, such as asylums and hospitals,
and in the police and fire departments
of ouf cities, much remains to
be done before the employes of the
public can be said to be respectably,
not to say comfortably, cared for, and
when Ave think Avhat interests arc con
fided to thorn, it seems srperfluous to
insist and argue that they should be
Avell-housed, furnished Avith proper
food and giA’en opportunities daily
fouMt Of the absence ot the dofen- recreation and
dant. Avho is said to be in Hot
Sj)iin2s, Ark., receiA’ing treatment for
e?r.ercise.
‘‘That Avomen have a real and le-
rhemnQtifm. Mi'. Shemwell 1
apparent when Ave stop to think hoAV
much of the AAorld’s Avork is done !Por
AA’omen and the home. Women’s in-
called ont” in court and his appear
ance bond of $1,000 declared forfeit
ed. The bond Avas signed by the de
fendant and his son, Mr, Dermott
>l;ejnv,-ell.
Seconary Schools to be the Sslvatioa
of Denominational Education.
The Baptist State Convention which
met at Wilson has eloscd a very busy
and vigorous session. One of the most
interesting features was the consider
ation of Christian • education. The
plan recommended by committee and
advocated by Mr. J. W. Bailey was
adopted by the convention. It is to
co-operate with the State in- its
system of education but t9 select in
tAvelve of fifteen counties suitable
locations for secondary schools in
which the management will be largely
of the Baptist denomination.
The secretary of missions, the sec
retary of Sunday Schools, the secre
tary of mountain schools and the edi
tor of The Recorder Avere appointed
as an executiA^e committee of this
neAv board, and cach school is to
name its representative on the board
of secondary schools. '
President Carlyle announced the
following committees to report next
•year:
■ Laymen Av^ork—J. L. White, F. D.
Hale, J. H. Highsmith, T. S. Frank
lin, R. B. Horne.
Systematic Giving—L. Johnson, G.
T. Lumpkin, J. A. Campbell, B. W.
Spillman, Walter Durham.
Baptist Young People’s Union As-
r,embly—J, T. Watts, C. E. Maddiy,
M. A. Woods, M. A. Adams, W. C
Ban’ett.
Pastor’s Conference—J. T. Taylor,
J. W. Wildman, S. L. Morgan, j. R,
Doan, W. H, Reddick.
The president appointed the follow-
iiig to Avrite reports next year:
Foreign missions, A. J. Moncrief;
home missions, H. W. Battle; orphan
age, J. W. Lynch; Sunday schools, J.
W. Bailey; o’^ituaries, T. T. Speight;
State missions, C. L. Greave; corres
pondence course, W. C. Tyree, L.
Johnson, H. C. Moore, B. W. Spill
man
home for aged ministers, W. C. Bar
rett, W. C. Tyree, M. L. Kcsler, J. J.
Hall, C. E. Brewer; aged ministers'
relief board, J. F. McDuffie, W. C.
Barrett, H. A. Foushee, J. W.
Downey, C. W. Triplett, R. H. Riggs-
bee, A. L. Phipps, W. J. Brogden.
J. M. Arnett.
PHILIPraEJffAIRS
The Conditions On the Islands
Enlirely Satisfactory
REPORT OF BRIG. GEN. EDWARDS
Progress of Peace and Order An
nounced in the Beport of the Bu
reau of Insular Affairs—General
Edwards C^pnmiends the Work of
the Phillipine i^nts.
Washington, Special.—The work
';f the Phillipine scouts is highly
lommende^, the bill to amend the
Phillipine tariff act now pending in
the Senate is endorsed, encouraging
progress in the Philippines and the
maintenance of peace and, order in
Cuba throughout the year are an
nounced in the annual report of Brig.
General Clarence R. Edwards, chief
of the bureau ot insular affairs, which
was made public last Sunday night.
General Edwards says the Phillip-
pine scouts are an important factor
in the education of the Filipino peo
ple and in the creation of a higher
standard of living in the islands as
well as in the extension of American
influence. The report recounts the
settlement of Catholic Church
claims, and refers to the bill which
passed the House at the last session,
but was still pending in the Senate
before committee when Congress ad
journed, to provide free entry into
the United States of Phillippine pro
ducts, Avith certain exceptions, and
free entry of United States products
into the Philippine islands and free
trsc/o betAveen the United States and
the Philippines without exceptions
after April, 1909. The report says
the friends of the measure are en
tirely agreeable to the inclusion of
a clause limiting Philippine sugar to
be admitted under its provisions to
400,000 tons annually. This tlie su
gar people admit w'ould be sufficient
to restore some of the former pros
perity to the sugar interests in the
COL. TAYLOR ON STAND
Companion of the Victim of the
Night-Bider Band Eelates the De
tails of the Lynching of Captain
Bankin.
Union City, Tenn., Special.—^Fol
lowing his caution to the press not
to print the testimony in the night-
rider eases, Jufdge Jones Saturday-
cautioned the ministei’s of local
churches not to refer to the cases in
their sermons Sunday, since the ju
rors might be present.
He took no further action regard
ing the press, although he conferred
personally with the correspondents
of several of the State papers, im
pressing upon tfiem the necessity of
following out the court’s orders.
The first witness was Col. H. Z.
Taylor,, who was companion of Cap
tain Ranken.
^r. Taylor is a veteran of the Con
federate army and a wealthy man.
Colonel Taylor and Captain Ranken
went to Reel Foot lake to lease some
land to a carpenter. They drove over
the proposed property on the night
of October 19th and left orders for
horses for another trip the day fol
lowing, then they retired.
Colonel Taylor related the story of
his experience the night Ranken was
murdered. He said he and Ranken
Avere taken from the hotel. Ranken
Avas led under a tree when a rope
was adjusted and^ thrown over the
fork of the/^i‘ee.
“Give him, time to pray,^^ said- a
night rider.^
“I have attended to that,^^ Avas
Ranken’s quiet reply. Ranken then
Avas raised from the ground until his
toes sQarcely touched the ground.
“You are choking me, gentlemen.
I pray you let me down,” said Ran
ken. Some one fired a shot, the wit
ness said, which was instantly fol
lowed by a fusillade, most of the
night-riders firing into the air, hoAv-
eyer. Taylor told Jiis captors he Avas
tired and Avanted to sit doAvn. He
crouched to his knees ready to spring
and Avhen the firing stopped he jump
ed into the waters of the slough. The
firina: Avas immediately renewed.
KNOX SK. Of STATE
Pennsylvania Senator Accepts
Highest Place in Cabinet
MR. iTAFT IS MUCH GRATIFIED
After B^iTing 'a Tdegram ' From
Philander G. Knox, Signifying His
Willingness to Accept, Mr. Taft
AnnoTxnces His Appomtment aa
Secretary of State.
al i?itcrcst.”
terests are almost commensurate Avith
the Avhole field of industry. The
employes of railways and of mine, the
Sixty Acditions to Durham Chain- stationai-y firemen'and engineers who
Avork in ill-A’cntilated basements and
‘ . sub-basements, the coal passers ’vho
Dnrliam, Special.—The recruits to , ^oil in all sorts of narrow and croAvd-
I’l;; county chninfrang by reason of i quarters, hotel emnloves, bakers
T]';0 recent court Avere 60, 53 men and I and the thron.u's of mill hands in
2 \voraon. The sentences range inj(]^^ textile industi’y, the teamsters of
I'.ath ii om 40 days for j-etailing to j rvygjif cities—all these and many
» yonis for I'.orse tliefi, and-from. 12|otheis are engaged in AA'ork in AA’hose
riionti'iS for selling Avhiskey to C ‘ results AA’oman has a person-
inontl'.s • for double shooting and at-
terii-)i at n'liivdor. Avith a Avoman as
r ne of tho-c shot; from a sentence
of (;!) day.=; on the road for retailing,
•;> a nf .'*:300 on the man Avbo
o|)C]atpd the colossal blind tiger
nnouiiii ignortant negroes and Avor.<0
men. Judge Jones gaA’e gen
eral sausfaction in his court here.
Thr-se sentences are far nearer justice
ilian Ave generally get. •
North State Brevities.
Elkin Tim.ts says ncAv quarters are
I'eini; built for the convict force at
Avofk on the Elkin and Alleghany
Innocent Man Suffers,
In 1S9S Jesse Talor Avas instantly
killed near Red Springs, Robeson
county, Avhiie peacai)l'’’ entering the
home of Thomas White, Avhose sick
wife, Mrs. Talar, AA’as nursing, An
other tenant Avas at the lime present,
named A. B. Norton. The circum
stances Avere such that White and
Norton each charged that the other
man Avas guilty. With no chance to
proA’e himself innocent, Norton,
through his laAvyers, submitted to a
A^erdict of second decree murder and
INTERESTING REPORT.
islands. A reduction of the present
iT"w R^Vnllom''-''7sWbiishmenrof heard the bullets
’ ■ ' ’ ' Avould afford the moral encourage- „ i—
ment of Avhich producers in the is
lands now stand so seriously in need.
The other principal products in the
Philippine inlands, liemD, copra and
rice, have the advantages over sugar
of not requiring such enormous cap
ital for development and of not en
tering into competition AA'ith inter
ests of this country.
The expenditures of the Republic
of Cuba on account of American in
tervention from October 1st, 1906, to
June 30th, last, AA^ere $757,343, these
expenditures being made from funds
allotted by the proA’isional govern
ment fronj time to time for army
expenditures due directly to the army
s^irA'ice in Cuba. The statement of
extraordinary expenditures on ac
count of the army of pacification in
Cuba Avhich under congressional leg
islation arc to be reimbursed from
the Cuban treasury, shon’s a total of
$5,311,822, of Avhich $3,370,735 AA’as |
from October 1st, 1906, to June 30th, I
1907, and the balance from then un
til June 30th last.
The settlement of* the Dominican
debt, the steadily Avideneing actiA^i-
tics in the Philippines and the admin
istrative control of Cuba continuing
to bring up important questions of
laAv, making the demand upon the
law' officer of the bureau, constant
alid serious, legislation for retirement
of certain civil employes of the Phil
ippine government on part pay, after
Kailroa.l The new cnmp is near the peniten-
^c.nins road in)d abont 3Q years. Y\^hite died recent-
milor. from Hkni From tins poinc!Northomutcn State farm,
,■0 roadbed wul be eompleted to the ,
(yo, of iho Blur- Ridae icavins only | ^clar and
' iinlcs on the Elkin [wished Norton to be sent home to his
road to be ^rade(.. At the; ^v.-o affidavits, including
vriie Cl proprross lhat has been made i xm,;,' i„„,. n.. ti -r
progress ,,,ar. nas neen maae I physician, Dr. H. B.
;;p 10 .lus^f.me the enare line to the | Nor-
ton’s innoccRie. He has serA’^ed ten
Tears.
be
fcoi of the mountains sh.onld
on-picted by the spring of 1910.
^^nny fanners in the Piedmont sec-
;i (^0 not ihirik peanuts can be suc-
(ssft;]ly gvovv-n anyAvhere except in
('ast(>rn part of the State, but Mr.
• iliK'V Wf avcr, of Arcadia toAvnship
I'n'idsoji coiintv, has demonstrated
‘ IS noiuhbors that raising peanuts
fotiGi!. This' year he had in
" and ono-'iialf acres of peanuts
1 made 105 bushels for AA'hich he
ivrsl $105. He had iato acres in
■ 11 and it brought him $40.
'■<>. A. L. Pmoot of Salisbury, did
^ i oic deed, on the 14th, of
' ' i!iir licr nmbrdla from a negro
llii(f and. after-failing to affect
- inrest. fired at him tAvice AVith a
■' v,ith Avhirdi she armed herself
• ^lio discovered tlie culprit.
F;".'nors in the northern part of
I'vd.-.ii fcv.nty are A'ery much
- lartn-'d ovrr a pe«'^nl:ar disease Avliich
■as lilird S‘-.ci'al horses. An ani-
■ivial \vl:i(h eats well and appears to
‘' ho^liliy v’ill f.uddenly die, there
’ !,!4’ not tlio slightest symptom of
up to the A’cry short lime be-
ilie death of the horse.
“To Hell For a Purpose.'
of
Henry Harvey, the murderer
■ Hugh Price, another negro, AA^as hang
ed at Rockingham on the 17th. He
was immensely cool and indifferent.
When spiritual advisors applied to
him he declined the service and said
he Avanted to go to hell for a purpose.
He did* not state the purpose.
Th3 Killing Accidental.
In the Superior Court the jury re
turned a verdict of not gnilty in the
case ‘charging William D. McAdoo
Avith thp’ murder of Ed Aired, a
companion on a hunting trip in the
eastern part of the county last Jan
uary. The jury rendered the A^^er-
dict after delibrating 30 minutes.
The public generally accepts the ver
dict as a righteous one. It estab
lishes the contention of the defendant,
AA^ho went on the Avitness stand in his
own behalf, that the killing was an
accident. The State asked for a ver
dict of murder in the second degree.
Facts and Figures About the State
Hospitals—Death Rate Larger Than
Usual.
Raleigh, Special.—Mr. B. C. Beck
with, of the State board of internal
improvements, has completed the in
spection of all the State-aided insti
tutions and Aviil noAv prepare his re
port to the GoA'ernor, He says that
in general they are in fine shape and
that at some there are notable im-
proA^ements, particularly the Central
Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh,
lie greatly admires the neAv buijding
for nurses at the hospital at Morgan-
ton, and says it is one of the most at
tractive in the State, Avell lighted and
convenient in every A^^ay, and Avhen it
is occupied there will be room in the
other building for about a hundred
patients. The institutions generally
are in fine shape as to improvements,
conveniences, and comforts, and there
haA^e been no hitches during the year
'nd no trouble anyAvhere.
The report of Superintendent James
McKee, of the State Hospital for the
Insane here,, for the past two years,
shows that the per capita cost Avith
the daily average of 569 patients, Avas
$167.25 on the money appropriated by
tlie State. There are eleven pay pa
tients kept at private expense. Dur-
ten yeai's of satisfactory service are i
among other matters discussed.
Adjourned For the Holidays.
Washington, Special.—Both hous
es of Congress on Saturday took a
recess until after the holidays. Up
to this time no real work has been
done. It is presumed that upon re
assembling the body aa^II get doAvn
closes by limitation on March 4th.
Former Congressman Loud Dead.
San Francisco, Cal., Special.—
Former Congressman Eugene F. Loud
died Sunday night in this city. Fc»r
seA^eral months past he has been in
poor health. His condition Avas ag-
graA*atcd by the death of his daugh
ter five months ago and the loss of
his Avife, Avho died on December 6th.
Mr. Loud served 12 years in Con
gress from the fifth district.
mg the period there has been no con- work iu earnest, as the session
tagious or infectious diseases, but the 1,-TnUntmn m-i
death rate was higher than ever be
fore.
There haA^e been feAV escapes and
most of these haA^e been returned.
There haA’e been no homicides or sui
cides. The annual expenditures for
maintenance Avere $95,800; the capac
ity of the hospital Avhen the appro
priation AA'as asked for was 537. The
Hospital Commission ordered the
erection of an annex to the male de
partment Avhich has been com.pleted
st a cost of $64,000, is admirably
built, well heated and Avell A^entilated.
Contracts have been aAvarded for col-
only buildings, etc., and ground has
been broken at two of these, one to
accommodate eighty female patients,
where the best patients Avill bo quar
tered, so they can recover more rap
idly. There is asked for an appro
priation of $118,150 for each of the j
years of 1909-10, on a basis of 695 pa- ‘
tients, and other appropriations
aTROunting to $3,000 for Avater, a^Hke
sum for lights annnall}’^ and $5,500
for necessary improvements.
It is greallv desired that the main
building -or old building, should be
electrically wired, the old Aviring hav-
strike the water. He svvam to a log
and clung to it Avhile the bullets
struck it like a hail storm. When
all sounds ceased he sAvam to the op
posite side of the lake and took to
the woods.
After telling of the hardships he
endured during his wanderings. Col
onel Taylor said he hid in a cane-
brake until thirst drove him out and
into the arms of friends.
Colonel Taylor suffered from delu
sions during his wanderings, seeing
bands of masked men.
Just before the night-riders killed
Ranken, ColoneJ Taylor said, ^^Gen
tlemen, I am an old man. I cannot
exDect to live many years more. By
killing me you Avill not be cheating
me of much. But Captain Ranken
is a younger men with many years
before hir_i. Do not kill him.The
leader curtly replied: ^‘Shut up.^’
The President’s Hunt.
President Roosevelt has entered in
to an agreement fhis own proposi
tion) with the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington, by which all the rare
and valuable specimens of g'ame he
may slay in his African hunt Avill be
taken charge of by an expert taxi
dermist and sent back for mounting
in the Ij^itute.
The program the President has in
mind is to start about April 1st, ar
riving- on the hunting ground of
British and Dutch East Africa about
May 1st. His course Avill be toAvard
L^ganda, striking the Nile about Jan-
uaiy 1st, 1910, and Avorking his Avay
to tide water about March 1st.
The President says he is no game
butcher and Avill hunt chiefly for
game of special scientific interest. His
son will accompany him and is ex
pected to share with him in the dis
tinction of adding specimens to the
national exhibit.
’Augusta, Qa., Special.—William H-
Taft, President-elect of the United
States Friday night announced the
appointment of United States Sena
tor Philander C. Knox, of
vania, as Secretary of State m his
Cabinet.
The annouhcement followed the re-
3'eipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram,
which came late in the afternoon,
2onveying the information from Mr.
Knox that he would accept the pre
miership of the Taft Cabinet. Mr.
Taft withput delay made the an
nouncement that the matter was set
tled. 'In giving the details of the ne
gotiations he said that the offer was
made to Mr. Knox last Sunday morn
ing in 'New York. That since the
offer he had not heard from Mr.
Knox until the telegram he received
Fpday. After a consultation with
Secretary Root i^ Washington last
Sunday afternoon, Mr. Taft said he
made an effort to see the Pennsylvan
ia Senator there but was informed
be was in New York to attend the
dinner of the Pennsylvania society.
He wired Mr. Knox ta see him at the
Henr;/ W. Taft residence Sunday
oiorning. The appointment was kept
Mr. Knox concluding his visit in time
for Judge Taft to attend morning
church services, but remaining at the
Taft residence until after Judge Taft
had gone to church.
fe*ii tteit T am to be congratulat
ed in securing the* services of Sen
ator Knox in my Cabinet, Judge
Tatf said in making the statement
with the understanding that he was to
be quoted. ^^In selecting a Secretary
of State I wanted first a great law
yer, and, second, a man who would
fill the public eye, not only here but
abroad, as man who stands out pre
eminently as a great American.
^^Mr. Knox was a great Attorney
Gei c’”al; he was a prominent candi
date for the presidency, and he is
recrguized in the Senate and else
where as one of the great lawyers of
that body.’’
Judg Taft also feels that from. a
political viewpoint the selection
Tvlr. Knox is most happy. He ex
plained that there Avas often a feel
ing that the State of Pennsyh^ania,
with its assurred Republican major
ities, often was slightly in the mat
ter of recognition in the high coun
sels of the party. That this will not
be the case in the next administration
was indicated by the announcement
by Mr. Taft that "he should inArite
Senator Knox to come to Augusta,t
Ga., that he might consult him freely
with reference to filling other places
in his Cabinent. In fact, he said
that he felt the need of such advice
a she should be able to obtain from
Mr. Knox regarding not only the Cab
inet, but many matters preliminary
to the beginning of his administra
tion. That Mr. Knox’s influence will
b^ potent was freelv admitted by Mr.
Taft.
The hesitation of Senator Knox to
make a more speedy decision is inter
preted here to his desire to arrange
with due regard for the interests of
the party and his State for relin
quishing his seat in the Senate. Mr.
Taft eAnnced many evidences of grat
ification at the d<>cision which has
been reached.
ing been condemned as unsafe.
Tar Heel Shoots Broker.
New York, Special.—Following an
altercation over an alleged debt of
$650 incurred in connection with the
financing of an electi’ie vibration
company, of Avhich he Avas treasurer,
Henry B. Suydam, a mining stock
broker, member of the curb market,
was shot in his office at 39 Broad
street Saturday by John C. Lumsden,
an iiiA’entor. Suydam Avas probably
fatally AAOunded. Lumsden claimed
that the money in question Avas duo
him and that an attempt was being
made to defraud him of it.
Georgian Hanged For Wife Murder.
SAvinesboro, Ga., Special.—For the
murder of his Avife, six months a20,
George Joyner w’as hanged here Fri
da;/. Although Joyner confessed sca’-
eral months ago that he killed his
wife during the last Aveeks of his life
he protested innocense and on the
galloAA's reiterated his denial of the
commission of the crime.
Laymen’s Movement.
Salisbury, Special.—The laymen’s
movement in the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, was given quite a help
forward by the late meetings held
in connection li-’ith the meetings of
the stewards of the Salisbury district.
Nearly all the charges Avere repre
sented by one or more laA’men. PioP;.
Walter Thompson, of Concord, avis
elected district leader of the move-r
ment for the coming year and a leader
Avas chosen for each church in the
district. There was general dis’cus-
sicn of the aims and scope of Hie
nioA’ement. A feature of the meet
ing w’as a banquet
Root Will Not Resign.
Washington, Special—Reports that
Secretary Root contemplates resign
ing his seat in the Cabinet in the im
mediate future because of the trouble
Avhich he is experiencing from his
knee which Avas injured vxdiile he Avaa
in the West making a speech in be
half of Mr. Taft, are denied in re
sponsible quarters.
Harriman Case Decided.
Washington, Special.—In deciding
the cases of Edward H. Harriman
and Otto H. Kahn vs. the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the Supreme
Court o:^ the United States held that
the commission is not entitled under
the interestate commerce lav/ to press
questions relatiA^e to priv'ate transac-
tic*ns, CA’en though they inA'oU'e deal
ings in the securities of interstate
railroa(?s, Avhen the iiiA^estigation of
which such questions are a part hag
been begun on the commission s in-
itialiv'e.
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