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DAILY EDITION. 00 per Annum, in Advance. 00 for 6 Months, in Advance 00 for 3 Months, in Advance, WEEKLY EDITION. $1.00 "per Annum, In Advance. OLD SERIES VOL LXXINO 3,986. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1907. NEW SERIES-VOL. XXIIINO. 3,263. EAY1TTEY 11 rfJ " " ' " m JW -a A uooa 10 cat That's why everyone likes '8D THE DAINTY DESSERT (Approved by Pun Food OommlHlonori.) Easily' Prepared. Simply add boiling water and let 000L Flavori: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate, Cherry, Peach. lOo. ter nsckaao. enough for larae family, at all grocers. Illustrated Recipe Book free. Highest award at all Expositions. Ike Coetee rare Not Ce U tr. . V. 'VUltoorboothatJmetownKipoltkD, . PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q. K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Counaellor-at-Law. Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. FAYirraTiLLi, m. 0. 'Phone 229 H. McD. Robinson. John U. ehaw. (Notary Public) prmmsnN rhaw w w w av waaa w w j Attorncys-at-Law, . Offices on second floor National Bank of Fsyetteville. H.S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, (.Votary Public). Office 125 Donaldson Btreet, Fsyetteville, N. C. V. C. BULLARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ' Notary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, . FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. DR. WM. S. JORDAN, " Physician and Surgeon. Office in Palace Pharmacy. 1 Honrs: 9 to 12 and 8 to 5. W. S. Cook C8, Co., In! Estate ill limiti, Room 6. K. of P. Building, Fsyetteville N. 0 JOHN C. DYE, M. D., PHYMC1AN AND SURGEON, OFFICE: Armfield & Greenwood Drug Store. 'PHONESJK-11. Dr. E. L. HUNTER, Dentist,- North-east Corner Market Square, Fsyetteville, N. 0. Dr. J. R. HIGHSMITH, DENTIST. Office: Highsmith Hospital MacKETHAN Ld" TRUST CO. Market Sqaarc. 1YITT1VILU,K.C. Real Estate bought tad told. Loaaa negotiated and (uuanteed. . Beats and laterwt oolleeted. Titles examined. eonveTancea made. same pramlomi taken and loaned herel I. S. MacKlTHAH, Att'v. For Sale: property now being prepared, moet of former tracU hir ing been iold. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announoe my withdrawal (to Uke effect September lat, 1907,) from general practice, oevoting my whole time and attention to 8urgery and Gynecology, and to office and consulta tion work. J. F. HIGHSMITH, M. D. J. & E. Mahoney, ! Portsmouth, Alexandria, and Norfolk, Va. Distillers, Rectifiers and : Wholesale LIQUOR DEALERS. : of our Products: - . . n dkJ.m AxllIlgKJII, ' -viuiiiwvutJl"1",-! . Hampton Roads, Belle of Virginia, . lake Drnmmond, 1 Bed River, Mahoney's Best ... PROCURED NO OCFCNDID." TOa7S-5W, eowrtsb. N Lt COUNTRIM. momy tndolltn itifumi. .... htent ins iRfrbifMnaeit Pncflos Uchilwly. w nvm or oosnsj to aw SDNNYS1DE FLORAL NURSERY,' (James M. Lamb Sons), Look Box 65. Telephone 4.9. - Fayetteville, .0. . . , .'. We are now ready to do fancy bedding. We have,: COLKU8 1T . tk. ...... v.... ..JIImn. ALTER- NANTHERIA to border the beds with. SALVIA 8PLENDENS , the best border plant , known. OAU, muaia nne,strong duioi. iu"""" the sweetest of alL and easy to grow.- nitiTTia . We have a fine lot at Just half price, or 750. per dos. Palms, ferns and general siock or ureenhouse pianu. OUT FLOWERS always. t -tmnnnrT" ItifiM HA8TENINQ THE DAY OF RECK ONING. The Obaerver remarked at the time of the acutejtage of the Prltchard af fair In this State that the administra tion was undoubtedly backing him In his course, when the clever tactics of Judge Long and the courageous stand of the Governor made Intervention by the federal executive Impolitic. That Is to say, If the federal government sent troops to enforce an "Inferior" federal Judge's decrees against a State executive who was enforcing a State law against a State corporation, the spectacle would be presented to the country of "government by Injunc tion" in such an un-American light that the President and his Republi can party would be swept from power. The Inspired correspondents made haste to deny that the president and his attorney-general had the slightest Idea of interfering in favor of Judge Prltchard, and some of them declared that the president was very much pro voked by Prltchard's action. We append a Washington telegram from which It would appear that the president and Mr. Bonaparte have found a better case for federal inter ference In the Alabama affair, and they therefore make haste to throw off the mask assumed when the chances, as In the North Carolina case, were against them. Do not be deceived. The President Is an Imperialist, with all the term Im plies, and ready to show his teeth whenever the proper quarry Is in sight. But these glimpses which- the people get of the real purpose of the Republican party but hasten the day of reckoning. Says the telegram: Attorney-General Bonaparte has picked up the gaunlet thrown down by Governor Comer, of Alabama, In re gard to the orders issued by Judge Thomas C. Jones, of the Federal Court for the Northern and Middle districts of Alabama, at Montgomery, restrain ing solicitors and Sheriffs of the State from Interfering with the operation of the Louisville and Nashville Railway. Governor Comer and his advisers have insisted that the new State law establishing a ulnform rate of fare' for railroads in Alabama must be obeyed by the railroads In spite of the appeal that has been made to the Federal courts. Following the Issuance , of Judge Jones' restraining order, United States District Attorney Parsons tele graphed to Attorney-General Bona parte regarding the situation, which Involved the possibility of an attempt on the part of the State to disregard the order of the Federal court. Telegram et Attorney.General. , - In response Mr. Bonaparte last night sent the following telegram to District Attorney Parsons: "You are authorized to make public the following statement from this de partment It is the duty of the De partment of Justice to see that the process from all Federal courts is duly served. This duty exists without any re gard to the nature of the litigation In which such process may issue, or the parties to the cause. This depart ment has already announced publicly, on more than one occasion, that It would see the process of a Federal court requiring executive enforcement duly enforced without a regard to cost or consequences. "Every Federal court will be sus tained in the execution of Its process, so far as executive enforcement may be needed, and respect will be exacted to all orders requiring such executive enforcement, passed by a Federal court in the exercise of the Jurisdic tion which it has regularly assumed. "BONAPARTE, Attorney-General." Makes Its Attitude Plain. This telegram makes it clear that it Is the Intention of the Federal Depart mnr of Justice to Insist uoon the ob servance of all orders Issued by the Judges qf Federal courts, in some nnartfim the dlsuatch of Mr. Bona parte to District Attorney Parsons is regarded as an official ntnt 10 an a eo eral judges that the strong arm of the pariarni nnvornmflnt will be behind them In any order which they may Is sue. It Is stated here that tne aepaix ment Is not Interested so much in the .kcrotor nt the litigation or In the personality of the parties to the liti gation as it is assured uy uw rwi that thA mandates handed down by them will be obeyed and that If necessary all orders rrom r euenu courts requiring "executive" enforce ment will be enforced without regard to cost or consequences. This was the atutuae 01 me ahui-ney-General and of the Administration ... il. im. nt tha plooh hetween the State Governments and the Federal courts in North Carolina, as a resun TriM Prirnhanl's order protecting the Southern Railway and Governor Glenn's attitude toward Judge mien ard. Would Have Backed Prltchard. .. irfminiatintinn was then pre- n onfnnw Jiidc-e Prltchard s or ders "without regard to coBt or conse quences," but the conrerences obiwtou Governor uienn anu mw Duuium-.-" way officials during we vibh m tant District Attorney-General San ford to North Carolina, resulted In the a,iv.ra. .in innrar Insisting: upon the observance of Judge Prltchard s restraining order In tne lace 01 uover nor Glenn's vigorous attitude. t. 1. hinot hra that the Admlnls- tratlon wat chagrined over the S3U U11VUU wa, .a. M to Governor Glenn, and that this feel. . l.. haan Aunwiailv keen since j u.. a" nr tnA railway uluuibib Following tne ieaa 01 uw ito w Una compromise, Virginia, ...I ntiier Htates nave uuwu exactly the same action. Issued Lots of Injunctions. . . . .Mentha 1PafArAI Wltmn me msi - - Judges in nearly a doien states have " tinntl Ann I la been caiieo. upon v cations lor rojuncuuus m way corporations sought to restrain 7. ' '.zl it,. nw Two-Cent Fare laws. The Judges have in near- -" the ca-ertsrders. lna state roierrereuma ." --- lug . AinAlmt Inn of the ?h8e dignity of the Federal courts h Utratlon , offlclals. hold T that tta , "V nimni flan. of Federal Judges, regardless of the character of the controversies or the parties to the suits, must be vlitor- ously enforced. Whatever the ultimate effect of the publication of Attorney-General Bona parte's official telegram to District At. torney Parsons, It is bound to have the Immediate effect of strengthening the position of all Federal Judges con fronted with possible resistance to their orders by State authorities. CAUSE OF FREIGHT DISCRIMINA TION AGAINST NORTH CAROLI NA CITIES WHICH THE IM PROVEMENT OF THE UPPER CAPE FEAR WILL REMOVE. No doubt readers of the testimony taken before Special Master Montgom ery In New York in the Railroad Rate case have been struck with the Itera tion and reiteration by the witnesses for the railroads of the statement that the discrimination in frelnht rates against North Carolina towns - and cities Is due to these two causes, viz: (1) North Carolina cities are too small to supply enough freight to ren der the service as cheap as In the case of the larger cities of other States; and (2) the through rates (from the West, particularly) are dis criminatory against North Carolina cities because they are controlled by the competitive rates at the Virginia water basing points. The reports of the hearing before Judge Montgomery say that Mr. Jus tice, who is conducting the cross-ex amination for North Carolina, asked a railroad witness if it was not true that the growth of a city depends upon the through rates which it has in comparison with those of other cities, and the witness (Daley) ad mitted that this might be so. Now take this admission of the rail way expert It Is In fact but the ad-, mission of a commercial truism and add to It the railway experts' conten tion that the necessity for meeting the competitive rates enjoyed by Virginia .water points Is the cause of the discrimination against North Caro lina cities, and we have the complete confirmation of the propositions laid down, nearly six years ago, by the chairman of our Citizens' Committee on Improvement of the Upper Cape Fear, In his presentation of Fayette- vllle's case before the Rivers and Harbors committee of the House of Representatives. . In the course of his presentation. our chairman said: 'Nnrth r.ftmllna was once called 'a strip nf land between two States. As the State was the third in population at the 1st Census, and as it has a re cord of which any one may be proud, being inferior to that of none of the original thirteen which achieved our Independence, I assume that the gibe had reference to our commercial at tainments which have been Inferior to those of our neighbors, rnis mier lority was palpably the result of our want of large seaports: but the reason for this deficiency, which has been the theme of unnumbered discussions, was obscured by the overworking of th railroad idea, under which rail roads were held to be 'annlhllators of space.' Recently, the conception 01 the unit of transportation value as 'per ton per mile," has revealed the real reason to students of our geog raphy "if von will be eood enough to look at the map which I submit (and which I have marked KxMDlt iso. z.j, you hhii nhoervn that the coast line of North Carolina Juts out far beyond the general coast line namely, the line running from New York, where the first great recession takes place at the North, to Savannah, where the last recession culminates at the soutn. The effect of this peculiarity Is to place our seaports at such a great distance from the back country that the ports of our neighbors, Richmond nn th North and Charleston on the South, are nearer to much of It than they. The normal seaport Is on a line th ita rivala. The ideal seaport is on a line (between its rivals) that presents a salient angle to landward and the re entrant angle to seaward, wun us, our Jutting seacoast causes those angles to be reversed In the case of lines drawn from any of our seaports to Richmond on the one side and Charles nn on th other. Now. the traffic In fluence of any port, under the rule of equal charges per ton per mue, reaches half way to the next port If ,hAnfora wa ahsuld delimit the terri tory trafflcally tributary to the port" under consideration, Dy urawing um . rirht nnriAa across the half-way points of air lines between them, we would nnd tnat tnese ngni-angio uu converge until they meet within the ,.t, 01-v of Aiir own State. Instead of HJl I I Vvl wa. - remaining parallel, as they would do In the normal port, or aiverging m the case of the Ideal port The result of these physical conditions Is such that if, Instead of the commerce repel ling Hatteras, the Eastern oeaa or. M.k ramiina enclosed the best har- ..... .u .-.-- bor in the world and a four traoK rail way connected It wltn tne interior, 11 would remain as Insignificant as More j fit. ia tnjinv. which has a fine habor and is conected with the in terior by a State railway. "Pofom thn railroad era. and when conditions were much nearer to na ture than now, the force of the wagon borne traffic in a wide area proceeded along theJlne of least resistance and found water at Fayetteville, which Is the head of navigation on the Cape Fear and the Inland end of the improve ment now asked for. By reference to the map, It will be seen that Fayetteville lies 60 miles West OI a line irum iiur- ib. tn rhariAaton. the nearest exist lum w ' " ... . . ing 'basing points for freight rates;' a litle to tne west or a une irom men mond to Charleston: and on the line from Mow York to Savannah, the nor mal coast line. Wagon-borne traffic, a century ago, irom uemnii ana Western North Carolina, 8outh-Wes-tern Virginia and North-Eastern South Carolina, naturally, therefore, fixed up. on this town as Its port, for it was nearer to them than any other. By a striking but entirely logical co-lncl-dence, the territory whence this an dent traffic came is almost precisely .u. .hat which this improve ment would delimit under the rule of equal railway charges per ton per mile, -v i-t --,. nm.l wa ara Baking, then. IS not the establishment of novel conditions disturbing natural ones, but the res toratlpn of conditions' as-old -as-our civilization and as natural as the flow of water, "These conditions have been chang ed by circumstances which it would consume too much of your time to re count in detail antagonisms resulting from the different origin of the immed iate settlers of the Cape Fear and the Albemarle sections; errors of 8tate policy, as In -the attempt to build up a great port near the Eastern coast line; the novelty of through railway trains which the necessities of the Confederacy caused to be established on North-and-South going railways; the partial destruction of the town by war in 1865; and deforestation at the headwaters of the Cape Fear, which curtailed the boating period in sum mer and rendered the river an easy prey to those competing railways. "While these circumstances have re tarded the restoration of normal con ditions In Fayetteville, the same fierce competition which has hammered out the unit of railway transportation, has caused the establishment there of many thriving industries cotton mills, silk mills and the like and the chean freight rates which they enjoy have Turned the eyes of the State again to this ancient capital. The re sult Is: the recognition of the geo graphical peculiarities which I have have referred to and which are more fully described In the note appended to the map which I have submitted; the realization that, except approach be had through the port of Fayette ville, freight rates on equal terras with those enjoyed by the people of other seaboard States are Impossible for North Carolina; and the embodiment of these facta in the unanimous reso lution of the General Assembly, ask ing for this appropriation, which I presented to you at the outset." Relation of Our Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce to This Subject As we have said before, this great improvement of the Upper Cape Fear, so vitally affecting the equalization of the opportunity of North Carolina cities with that of the cities of our neighboring seacoast State, would now, In all probability, he1 In full course of construction if our Chamber of Commerce had attempted to carry out the obligation which it assumed, at Its meeting In January last, to raise Fayettevllle's quota (the Insignificant sum of $300 for the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. The point was that our Citizens' Committee was thrown off Its guard, until too late, by the action of the Chamber. There would have been no difficulty in collecting this small amount from our. patriotic citizens, who are continually showing that they are ready with their purses when the Interests of Fayetteville are at stake. In this case the Chamber was free with Its money In behalf of the Inland Waterway an undertaking far remov ed from Fayetteville, and of but In cidental consequence to us but ab stained from all effort, at this culmina ting crisis, to comply with Its promise to get money for our very own, this great and vital Fayetteville waterway. We again refer to the Chamber of Commerce's recent attitude towards our FayetevlUe project, because the occasion offers an opportsnlty to make a plea for the resuscitation of this most useful body a body that has achieved great things In the past, and that is capa ble of greater things In the future If Its energies be properly directed. The moral of Its recent action (or rather Inaction) Is that It can only live when Its energies are directed towards the promotion of home pro jects In preference to all others, and that Its delinquency in respect to the obligations which It assumed In Janu ary In behalf of Fayettevllle's and North Carolina's greatest work, has caused It to die, motu propria. We say that It has died, because the published re cords show that there has not been a meeting of the Chamber since January, and no legitimate meeting of the Directors, so far as the public has been Informed. SIGNIFICANT RESULT OF RAIL WAY FARE REDUCTION IN NEB RASKA. The Raleigh News and Observer contains the appended article on this subject It will be observed, In the letter from the Nebraska correspond ent of Governor Comer, that Impor tance Is attached to the elimination of free rides on the railways. This Is an Important factor In the problem, along with the treat Increase of paying traf fic Induced by the cheaper fares. Again: Nebraska Is a good State for comparison with the Southern Ttates, for it Is even more sparsely set tled than they. Compared with North Carolina, for example, its density of population is but one-halt as great Another noteworthy circumstance, in connection with the whole subject of this railway disturbance, is the fact that the federal judges in the numer ous Northern States which have pass ed laws reducing railway fareB do not (or have not been called upon to) Interfere-with enforcement of the State laws; whereasTIn the case of the South, no sooner did the ex-Confederate States of North Carolina, Vir ginia. Georgia and Alabama, attempt to regulate railway fares than the machinery of the Federal courts was at once set in motion to nullify the State law. That Is another and a very convin. elns circumstance that points to the President's control of the actions ot the Federal "Inferior" court judges, so many of whom, ex-railroad attor neys, are his own appointees. He has played this part of his; game with treat - skill. " Ha vine announced (through the press correspondents) that he had nothing to do with Pritoh- ard's acta In North Carolina, he no sooner observed the effect of the re sistance of the Southern States upon the radical New -York newspapers and rabid General Foraker of Ohio, than hi hastened to announce through his attor ney-general, that nothing saved North Carolina from invasion by the Federal army exoept the unpatriotic back down of the Southern Railway. The President's course In this mat ter Is another evidence that he is not the Impulsive patriot the country at one time considered htm, but a calcu lating politician dealing recklessly, so far as the people's Interests are con cerned, with explosives of the most awful kind. Here Is the article from our Raleigh contemporary referred to at the outset of this editorial: Reduced Fare in Nebraska. When the Legislature of Nebraska made the rate of passenger fare two cents, the railroads made application to a Federal Judge for an injunction to stay the law like they got In North Carolina. Virginia and Alabama but the judge declined to suspend the State law. What has been the re sult of the reduction In Nebraska? The Birmingham Age-Herald prints the following letter addressed to Gov ernor Comer: "Hastings, Neb., Aug. 9, 1907. Governor Comer, Montgomery, Ala.: "Dear Sir: Everyone is watching with great Interest the struggle be tween you and the railroads, and hope to see the right win. I expect they are putting up the same plea In your State that they have in every other State, but It Is a useless plea now, in the face of facts which have develop ed since the law has had a practical test The emergency clause attached to the Nebraska law caused it to go into effect soon after Its passage, and It has, therefore, had a fair test. It has been In operation here over six months, and 1 enclose you a clipping from the Hastings Evening Tribune of last night, showing how It is working here. The roads claimed that it would never be practical in a State so sparoe- ly settled, but results have shown that they were mistaken. I do a gooi deal of were mistaken. I do a goad deal of travelling myself, and I can eislly see that the trains are nearly t'nublo the size they were last year. With best wishes, and hoping you may ! out, I am, yours truly, "DR. WILLIAM H. STEELE. . In the letter to Governor Comer, Dr. Steele enclosed the following clipping: ' 'There is something remarkable in regard to the unusual amount of pas senger traffic in every direction this year,' said a passenger conductor this morning. 'We add extra coaches ev ery day and then It seems that the trains are crowded.' If all reports are true the same condition exists all over the country since the two-cent rate bas become effective In so many States. Not only are the main line trains crowded, but the "feeders" from all the branches have a big Increase In business. 'The recepts of the various .ticket offices of the city show an Increase of several thousand dollars the past month over the corresponding month last year. With the fare cut one-third and the receipts on the increase it can easily be seen that the amount of passenger traffic has nearly doubled. The cutting down ot tne free list has added to the receipts of the rail roads beyond expectations. The rail road officials require conductors to enforce the payment of half fares for all children who have the appearance of being over five years of age, regard less of the protests of those in charge of them. This, too, has added con siderable to the revenue of the com panies." The two-cent rate is more attractive and does more to Increase travel than a two and a quarter ortwo and a half cent rate. Within less that teu years, the two-cent rate will be in op eration on every road In the United States, and under its working the rail roads will prosper as never before. Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and other States are proving this to be true. But in the Southern States we must fight for small reductions that are granted elsewhere. GOVERNOR GLENN IN NEW YORK. New York Times.) Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of North Car olina, had a conference in the Hoff man House yesterday afternoon with A. P. Thorn, the general counsel ot the Southern Railway, in the course of which he made some suggestions that if adopted by the railroad officials, will bring to an end the taking of testi mony In the suit brought by the South ern to have the North Carolina two-and- a-quarter-cent-a-mlle rate law declared confiscatory and unconstitutional. Mr. Thorn told Gov. Glenn that be would bring his suggestions to the at tention of the Southern Railway offi cials and would let him know the re sult as soon as possible. The confer ence between the North Carolina Exe cutive and Mr. Thorn was most har monious, and just before leaving for North Carolina last night Gov. Glenn said that he believed the differences between the railroad and the State were In a fair way to be settled to the satisfaction of the people of North Carolina. "My interview with Mr. Thorn," Gov. Glenn said, "was in the nature of a very pleasant chat and was In the in terest of good-will and harmony, and to save the cost, now accumulating, In the hearing of the suit before Spec ial Master W. A. Montgomery, In this city. I made two suggestions to Mr. Thorn, the first of which was that we stop the taking of testimony until In the two suits, one from the United States Circuit Court and the otner from the State court, the Supreme Court of the United States could pass on the Jurisdiction of the two courts, and that after this was done, each partycould -decide, what course to take. Flnley to Consider Offer. "My second suggestion was that the railroads stop their suits and try to live under the two and a quarter cent rate, and It after giving the law a trial they find that they cannot con tinue under It and live, then they should appeal to the Justice and fair- mindedness ot the people of the State ot North Carolina to right tne wrong, and it would be done. Mr. Thorn said he would see President Flnley, of the Southern, and would Inform him ot my suggestions. What I said, how ever, It must be remembered, was only In tha nature ot suggestion." Gov. Glenn also said that, In his opinion, It was only a question ot time until reduced rate- laws would be arinntAd bv all of the Southern States, and he hoped that when these laws did become universal the rates would be uniform In the various States. At the nreaent time the rates In the South ara different in a majority of .the Btatea, For Instance, In South Caro lina tba rat is S cents, In Virginia t cents, In Alabama 1 cents, and in North Carolina 2 cents. As mat ters now stand, the rate, when the destination of the passenger is In an other State, Is governed by the rate of the State In which the ticket is sold. Gov. Glenn read with much Interest several Interviews with him that were printed In New York newspapers yes terday morning. Some of the things he was made to stand for made him laugh, while others had the opposite effect. For Instance, one interview said that he had said that New York should have a two-cent rate law, and that he had criticised Gov. Hughes for vetoing the rate measure passed by the New York Legislature at Its, last session. No Criticism of Gov. Hughes. "Moit assuredly," said Gov. Glenn, "I did not criticise the action of Gov. Hughes, as I am reported to have done. I specifically stated that the conditions in New York and the con ditions In North Carolina were entire ly different and that as I understood the New York situation, Gov. Hughes had vetoed the New York measure be cause your State had already enacWd legislation calling for an Investigation of rates and Gov. Hughes deemed it wise to await the results of that in vestigation before taking drastic ac tion. Thelast thing in the world I Intended was a criticism of Gov. Hughes. I have .Invited Gov. Hughes to come to North Carolina as my guest In October, and I hope he can find time to accept the invitation, for I consider him a splendid man, and I know that he well have a good time if he can get away and partake of good old North Carolina hospitality." One of the interviews also stated that Gov. Glenn had expressed himself as In favor of a still further reduc tion of the rate In North Carolina. "I did not express my views on that proposition s.t all," said Gov. Glenn. 'The fact Is that In my message to the Legislature recommending rate legislation I suggested a 2'i cent rate, but the Legislature cut it down a quar ter of a cent more. Neither did I say that the laws of North Carolina fixed a railroad's maximum earnings as 10 per cent. I said that our reports show ed that they were earning that per cent." Glenn Carries No Big Stick. "Also let me say," added Gov. Glenn, "that there's no personal feel ing in North Carolina against the Southern Railway. We Intend to see that the corporations obey the law and will control them to that extent, but on the other hand we will be just as painstaking in our efforts to see that corporations are absolutely pro tected in every single- one of their legal rights. I made no use of the 'Big Stick,' nor did I have occasion to. in the matter of the Southern, and the fact that the railroad yielded In court, it seems to me, should prove to any fair-minded person that we were in the right.' "Are you a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for President?" a reporter asked Gov. Glenn. Gov. Glenn laughed so long and loud at this question that tears dimmed his merry eyes. "Not a bit of It," he answered, "fur as I have said on several occasions I do not think the time Is ripe for the nomination of a Southern man for President. I am for the nominee of the Democratic party, whoever he may be, and North Carolina, as is her cus tom, will go for the nominee by a plu rality of between 50.000 and 70.000 votes." Gov. Glenn said he would be back in New York In about two weeks. He spent his last afternoon in the city at the Polo Grounds watching the base ball game between New York and Chi cago. DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION. Greensboro Record The Democratic party favors the gradual substitution of taxes on in comes and inheritances for the taxes on ronsnmntlon which have no ex cuse for their existence except the false pretenses that the loreignei nays th:m. and that they benefit the workingiuen of this country. These taxes on consumption, called tariff taxes and excises, now extort ffaatlv mora mnnpv from the nPODle than the government can find ways Ot spending, mere is a surplus iui the past year of nearly $37,000,000 In the United States treasury, represent ing Just so much taken from the bock ets of the people in excess of the needs of the government, and In vio lation of the Democratic principle, that every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of society, and this is all which thp law should enforce on him. Taxation for revenue only, is, indeed, the the ory of every just government. Taxa tion for any other purpose Is oppres sive, and tends to build up privileged classes, monopolies, corrupt legisla tion, and plutocracy. It has done so in this country, Just as it has in every other. It has built up among us au aristocracy of bankers, manufactur ers, and forestallers and regraters of our markets, all of which have com bined themselves In trusts and money ed corporations which control our roiiroaa oh Inn mines, forests, fish eries, grazing lands, and other ele ments of production, transponauun. and commerce. Thus has unjust tax ation hrAd lniustice and oppression everywhere in our society. It Is the giant wrong tne same- wrong wuicu brought on the American revolution anil tha PrAnrh revolution. Wa mnat an a nation, rid ourselves of unjust taxation. -The way to do it niihont iinnACAxaarv disturbance ot established lines of business would be to change the forms of taxes, ana 10 equalize the burdens by providing for . imiiiiatari income tax apportioned among the States to an amount suf- fliant in nroitupA at leasi one-iuunu of needful revenue. This would work a hardship upon the smaller btates, hut fr romariv aiicn narasnips. an 1U- wull iy .vuvu.r - heritance tax, suffleientio produce au should be levied direct ly by Congress. This would work a hardship on the larger anu weaiimer States. The two hardships would thus cancel each other, and would produce rh ravanua to enable the govern- . --- ment to dispense wun nan at ieai m tha fair ah on consumption: and this would benefit every consumer In eve ry State proportionately; Btin iunuer lessening the hardship on the less wealthy States caused by an income ... V Congress undoubtedly has tne power to tax Inheritances by direct legisla tion That nnoatlnn has been raised va. .... and settled. As to taxing incomes its power is amply sufficient, tnougnquai- IA.U " Judge Brannon in his recent work on the fourteentn amenumeui iu this perfectly clear. At page 379 ot that work ne says: .... "It is popularly, but mistakenly, thnnnht that tha United StatCS SU' preme Court has decided against the valirll' . all. Federal lnuome -tax. and ii J! received bitter condemna tion 1':. S ie of that erroneous under, staud On the contrary that court has recognized the validity ot such a tax when apportioned among the States as required by the constitu tion, article I, providing that 'no capi tation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census,' and that 'Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States, which may be includ ed within thia Union, according to their respective numbers.' Chief Jus tice Fullor said that this power in the Federal government to levy an In come tax by apportionment among the several States was 'plenary and ab solute' (158 U. S. 601). The question before the Supreme Court in the in come tax cases was whether the act of Congress levying an income tax di rectly on the taxpayer was a direct or an Indirect tax. For, If direct, such levy Immediately on the taxpayer, and not mediately by apportionment among the States would violate the constitution. The court held that tax es on real estate being indisputably di rect taxes, so were taxes on Its In comes from rents, and so on personal property or Its Income; and not being apportioned among the States, the act was unconstitutional. Notes of a Trip to the Exposition, Etc. Dear Editor: After five days stay at the Exposi tion during which time we, took In everything In that vicinity including North Carolina day and governor Glenn's speech, which cerl;iinly did credit to him, the State and I lie "down homers," as men from all parts of the country spoke of his nerve, grit, abil ity and moral influence. Messrs. D. B. Culbreth, A. li. Mur- chison, F. N. Dennett, J. H. Harris, R. J. Lamb and the writer left Norfolk at six o'clock Friday p. m. on board the steamer Augusta for Baltimore. The accommodations were splendid, and we were up early in the morning to see the sun rise from out the sea as one member of our company sup posed us to be in mid Atlantic. We reached Baltimore at eight o'clock and walked up to Howard's Lunch Room. We were not annoyed by inquiries as to where we were from, for everyone knew we were from "down home." Druid Hill Park was one of the places of interest to us in Baltimore especially to our friend Harris, who met for the first time his cousins from the cocoanut groves of South Africa. This park covers 750 acres of land and is rich in natural and artis tic scenery. At five oclock p. m., we left for Washington, which we reached In fifty minutes. After arranging for rooms, we met at the New Comers' Cafe for lunch. It was nine o'clock before we got up next morning. After lunch we took an auto car for a .tour around the city. This was one of the most enjoyable incidents of our tour. We were ta ken to the places of Interest and his toric value. The old home of Edgar Allen Poe, with its location and sur roundings, brings over one a shadow almost as vivid as that produced by the following lines from Poe's poem: "Once upon a mid-night, while I pond ered weak and weary. Over many a quaint and curious vol ume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping; sud denly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rap ping at my chamber door. '"Tis some visitor," I muttered, tap ping at my chamber door Only this and nothing more. We then passed Pitchfork lien 3 house and came to the home of John D. Rockefeller. "Praise John," the guide said, "from whom oil blessings flow." Thence to the monument and past the Pres. Tennis Court where it is said the Pres. may be seen reach ing for a "high ball." After spending two hours in the Library, only to learn that there was somethng yet to know. A little later we were plowing down the old historic Potomac. While we were passing the historic spots of Ar lington Heights and Mt. Vernon, there was historybeingmadeon board. While Robt. Burns Is pretty well-known to most college men some few "Preps." are yet to learn that the Robt. Burns cigar is not spelled with a "C," but with an "S, and that any reference to this curious mistake raises the price of cigars 5c. each. Mr. Bennett expresses nimseir as not being very fond of that brand of segars. Our boat arrived in Norfolk wltn some forty minutes margin to make connection with the Seaboard for Ral eigh. Lieutenant McKethan joined us in Raleigh, and at 8:30 we were "down home" again. Yours, C. B. CULBRETH. NORTH CAROLINA WILL WIN IN RATE CASE. New York World. Governor Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina, said yesterday that he was cnticflori thp pnmm on wealth which he rules would win its crusade to compel the Southern Kallroaa to mainiain lower fares. He had a parley on nou tral ground with the representatives of the corporation in the morning and told them they were wasting time and mnnev in taking testlmonv before a master at No. 80 Broadway. He sug gested they defer all tne questions 01 law to the courts. He leu last nigni for home. "F.vervthlne is satisfactory. he said, at the Hoffman House. "The rnllrngHo will fill ft it chpflllPr In the long run to obey the law and charge the two and one-quarter ceni rate. They are doing that pending these nrnceedines. Thev wanted to charge the higher rates and give the travel ing public coupons for tne airrerence. It is a strange thing tnat tne ran marla have not changed their fares In fifty years In North Carolina. , 'Only one point Is to De aeternunea, Ara tha ratpa BO low that ttlOV are confiscatory? They certainly arenot; The railroads would find It to tneir au vantage to try this law before com niatninv ahont it and T am sure that the increased patronage from the re duced fares wouia greany iucreB their revenues. They could not fall to moiro from oiv to nipht ner cent, net The Southern Railroad last year made $4,000,000 profit on its invesr.rn.eni. The question is, What is the aggregate profit on the business ot the year?" Ten Years In Bed. .'lrvir ton vnnra T wan confined to my ed with disease ot my kidneys," writes R. A Gray, J. P., ot Oakvllle, Ind, "It was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I consulted the very bt medical skill available, but could get no relief until Foley's viHn.v Pur watt recommended to me. It has been a Godsend to me." Mo- Duffle Drug Store (U. O. Bouaers, Prop.) . , FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Strictly First-class Work. Call at my yard or write for prices, Respectfully, E. I . REMSBUSG, Proprietor, tayettevuie.N. U. Fresh Turnip Seeds. " PURPLE TOP YELLOW RUTA BAGA, RED TOP WHITE GLOBE, MAMMOTH. 2tc, just received. H.R. HORNE&SONS. BUIST'S NEW CROP TURNIP SEED CAIL EARLY WHILE WE HAVF ALL THE VARIETIES. YOU GET FRESH SEED FBOM BE SedliBrry's Sons. We Use the Utmost Care And carry a supply of pure standardized DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, together with a complete mod ern equipment. We do perfect compounding of prescriptions. A. J. COOK & CO. DRUGGISTS AND PHARMACISTS, Next P. O. 'Phone 141. Drugs Medicines. Our Goods are Pure, Our Goods are Fresh, Our Stock is Complete, We solicit your trade because Our Delivery is Fast If you want what you want when you want it, come here. KING DRUG CO. po (McDuffie Diur Store.) Mosquitoes Our RHEUMAID will Drive them away. 25c a Bottle. MacKethan&Co.'s DRUG 8T0RE. Agency: Cut Flowers, and Quality Chocolates. KEEP COOL : : AT OUR : : Sanitary Soda Fountain. Two Whirling Fans And ALL The POPULAR DRINKS. Armfield -& Greenwood, Prescription Pharmacists. 'Phone Noi H. v - f. !uoc,;i.ool"irlt
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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