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NO EMPLOYER LIABLE
Supreme Court Decides Law
Unconstitutional
OPINION COYERS ALL ISSUES
Supreme Court Decides That
Congressional Act Known as
"Employer's Liability Law" Is
Unconstitutional Because It Goes
Beyond Bounds Permitted in
Regulation of Inter-State Com
merce. "Washington, Special. That the
congressional act of June 11th, 1906,
known as the "employer's" liability
law," is not in accordance with the
institution of the United States be
cause it goee-beyond the bounds per
mitted in the regulation of inter
state commerce, was the conclusion
reached by the Supreme Court of the
Ignited States in deciding two damage
fases coming to the court from the
Federal courts of Kentucky and Ten
nessee, which were brought under
the provision of the law. The de
cision was announced by Justice
White and was reported by the nar
row margin of one. the court standing
five to four against the law. Even
among the five who voted not to sus
tain the statute, there were differ
ences of opinion. Much interest was
manifes'pfi in the result of the court's
deliberations, but attorneys generally
arf rained from comment. The law in
rjm-stion raakes railroads and other
o-.rr.on rcrriers responsible to em
ployes in accidents due to the negli
snfc of feilow servants or to inef-ftiv-
appliances. The decision of
t!:C lower court was affirmed.
Two Cases Before Court.
There were two cases before the
mrl. involving the question of the
validity of the law, one of them be
in;: the case of Damille Howard, ad
ministratrix of her husband, Will
Howard, a locomotive fireman, who
was killed in an accident on the Illi
nois Central Railroad near Memphis,
Tenn.. and the other, that of N. C.
Brooks, administratrix and mother
of Morn's S. Brooks, a fireman who
was hi tied on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, in Nevada. The Howard
case was tried in the United States
Circuit Court for the western district
of Tennessee with Judge McCall pre
siding, and the Brooks case
in the United States Circuit
Court for the western district
of Kentucky, with Judge "Walter
Evans on the bench. In the former
case damages amounting to $25,000
were demanded, while in the latter
the sum was fixed at $20,000. The
railroads fought both cases strenu
ously both in the trial courts and
in the' Supreme Court and in each
(pee obtained a verdict against the
complainant on the ground of uncon
stitutionality of the law. Judg?
Evans and Judge McCall followed
the same line of reasoning in reach
ing their conclusions, both holding
the law to be invalid on the double
ground that a congressional enact
ment could not be made applicable
to intra-State commerce, as they
claimed was undertaken in this law,
and that protection from accidents
in inter-State commerce could not be
constructed as any part of . "com
merce" of any kind. Both the Ken
tucky and Tennessee decisions were
affirmed by Justice White's opinion
on the ground that the law is not
confined to the regulation of the busi
ness of inter-State carriers but un
dertakes to regulate their dealings
with their emplo3'es.
Seven Men Drowned,
Leavenworth, Kas,, Special. As a
result of the overtuning of a skiff
containing nine men near Kickapoo,
Kas., 7 men were drowned in the
Missouri river. The dead: Frank
Hill, leaves wif o and six children.
Ralph Hill, water boy. Charles Ba
ker, leaves wife and 4 children. John
Baker. Elmer Hundley. Grover Hund
ley. Unknown Swede.
' Railroads Will Be Consolidated.
Mobile, Ala., Special. A meeting
of stock and bondholders of the Mo
bile, Jackson & Kansas City and
the Gulf & Chicago railroads will
be held here when it is said both
lines will be formally consolidated
into the New Orleans, Mobile & Chi
cago Railroad, with a capitalization
of $60,600,000. It is stated that 85
per cent, of the bondholders of the
two corporations have agreed to the
consolidation. The consolidation 4 is
reported to be merely the organiza
tion of a new holding company to
take over the properties
New York Lawyer Dies at Jackson
ville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Specials Hon-
William H. .Newschafer," 65 years of
age, of New York City, died at the
Windsor Hotel, this city, at 4 o 'clock
Monday afternoon. Mr. - Newsehafer
was a member of the New - York Bar
Association. The body was sent to
New York accompanied by his wife
apd daughter.
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Ee Is Bound Over to United States
Court For Distilling, Bond Being
Placed at $3,500 Every Seat in
Court Room rilled Deputy Col
lector Stancill and Deputy Marshal
Millikan Testify.
Greensboro, Special. At a prelim
nary hearing before United tSates
Commissioner J. W. Wolfe Monday
ifternon Oscar Sisk was bound over
to the next term of Federal Court
jere in a $3300 bond on the charge of
llicit distilling. Sisk is accused of
Deing implicated in the killing of
Revenue Officer J. W. Hendricks at
Sisk's home at Smithtown, Stoke3
ounty, on the rooming of December
20th. A reward of $1,000 was offered
for him and he was arrested at
Smithtown and brought here last
creek. A like amount has been offered
for Jim Smith. There was a reward
sf $500 for John Hill, also of Smith
town, and he was captured at his
home last week and is in jail here in
Jefault of a $2,500 bond. Smith ha;,
not yet been apprehended.
The Sisk hearing was attended by
an immense throng, filling every seat
in the United States Court room. The
prosecution was conducted by Dis
trict Attorney A. E. Holton, of Winston-Salem,
while Col. John A. Bar
ringer represented Sisk.
The first witness was Deputy Col
lector W. A. Stancill, who testified
that he was a member of the raiding
partv, together with Deputy Marshal
I. T. Millikan, Deputy Collector D. C.
Downing and Special Government
Employe C. F. Blaylock and Deputy
Collector J. W. Hendricks, who was
the captain. They visited Smithtown
about 8 o'clock on the morning of
December 20th and when within 400
vards of Sink's home they saw a man
having a gun under his ram coming
towards them, but when he saw the
officers he turned and disappeared in
a clump of bushes. The officers gave
chase and became a little separated
and the next time witness saw Officer
Hendricks he was lving dead about
30 yards from Sisk's home. About
10 yards away they found the de
stroyed an illicit distillery aud pour
ed outa a quantity of beer, whiskey,
etc. The still appeared to have been
in operation recently and evidences
were very plain that it had ben in
tise a long time. The still was hot
when the officers arrived. Witness
did not again see the man with the
gun.
Mr. Stancill was searehingly cross
examined by Colonel Barringer, but
his direct testimony was not weaken
ed. "Witness had heard that the still
belonged to Jim Smith. The officers
left Sisk's house about noon, taking
with them the body of Mr. Hendricks.
The next witness was Deputy
Marshal J. T. Millikan, who corrob
orated Mr. Stancill's testimony, but
added that the man he saw with the
un in the path was Sisk and he
"ould easily recognize him in a
thousand.
At the conclusion of Mr. Millikan 's
testimony the government rested and
the defense introduced no testimony.
The case was areued bv Mr. Holton
and Colonel Barringer and Commis. )
sioner Wolfe bound Sisk over S3
stated.
Stole From the Dead.
"Washington, N. C, Special News
has reached thi3 city of the work of
ghouls near Boyd's ferry, about ten
miles from this city, last Monday
night, when the private burying
ground of the White family residing
near was entered and the grave of
Susan White opened and several
pieces of old jewelry were stolen
from the coffin, which it is estimated
were worth a considerable sum of
money. It seems that this was a very
old grave and the secret of the jewels
that it contained was known only to
a few. The grave was found the
next morning with the dust of the
planks that formed the coffin and the
bones of the body in a heap m one
end of the grave, with the jewels
missing. The local jewelers have
been notified to be on the lookout for
any old jewelry that may be brought
in for sale and they hope in this way
to Unci some trace of the guilty par
tits. Three-Day-Old Child Left on His
Porch.
Lumberton, Special. Early Sun
day morning Mr. Marvin Bullard, of
this place, discovered a bundle of
some kind on his porch, which had
been left there during the night. In
vestigation revealed the fact that it
was a male child pronounced not over
three days old by a physician, who
was called in. The finding of the lit
tle one there is a mystery, there be
ing no clew as to who left it. Mr.
Bullard will keep the child.
Life Barely Saved.
Lexington, Special. -Monday night
shortly after dark ther was a fight
at Arnold, which is six miles from
Lexington, in which Moseley had a
very close call, and his wife was sav
ed only by his presence of mind,
'laving knocked the shotgun of Bob
Hendrick so that the load whoch was
intended for his (Moseley 's) breast
passed over his head,
IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW!
Governor Hanly Issues Proclamation
Declaring Martial Law For Riotous
Town Brigadier General McKee Is
Placed in Command of the Twleve
Companies of State Troops.
Indianapolis, Ind.," Special. Gover
nor Hanly issued a proclamation de
claring martial law at Muncie and
placing Brigadier General McKee iu
command of the State troops assem
bled there, namely, 12 companies of
infantry and one battery. The mar
tial law order covers a radius of four
miles from the Delaware county court
house, and takes in the factory dis
tricts of Muncie. Assistant Attor
ney General Dowling was sent to
Muncie by the Governor to act as
legal advisor for Brigadier General
McKee.
Governor Hanly 's action in send
ing troops, supplemented by tho en
ergy displayed by the authorities and
citizens of Muncie, resulted in check
ing the mob spirit. Five hundred
citizens, including some members of
the Commercial Club, of Muncie, have
been sworn in as special officers to
preserve the peace. These men will
endeavor to control the situation but
will be backed by the soldiers. May
or Guthrie has closed all saloons and
ordered all women and children to
keep off the streets except on errands
of necessity.
The determination of the Governor
to call out the State militia followed
a riot at Muncie last Friday after
noon, when the police and the dep
uty sheriffs fought with a crowd of
.3.000 men, women and children.
The pjlice were wcrn out and many
of the deputy sheriffs resigned,
leaving the city at the mercy of the
unruly clement. The Governor, there
fore, on the request of the Muncie
authorities on the advice of Adju
tant General Perry f who was caught
in the mob. ordered out the militia.
There has been no serious trouble
at Anderson, Marion, Alexandria and
El wood. Twenty-seven employes of
the Marion lines voted to strike, bu1"
the car service was only partly in
terrv.pted. At Anderson a committee of citi
zens is endeavoring to induce the
traction company officials to arbi
trate. The strike breakers brought
from Chicago to Anderson and Ma
rion have been sent away.
Jury Acquits Pettibone.
Boise, Idaho, Special. An end of
the prosecution-of the men charged
with the murder of Former Governor
Frank Stunenberg, except the cases
of Harry Orchard and Jack Simp
kins, came with the acquittal of
George A. Pettibone and discharge
of Charles H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, both
charged with conspiring with William
D. Haywood to murder Stunenberg.
Moyer will return with Pettibone in
a few days to Denver. Haywood wa3
acquitted last summer and Mover will
not be tried. Only two men on the
Pettibone jury voted persistently for
conviction and they finally ceded the
verdict to the other 10 jurors.
The case of Orchard, confessed as.
sassin of Stunenburg and Chief wit
ness against Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone, is in the hands of Prose
cuting Attorney Vanduyn, of Cony on
county, Idaho. No tatement as to
the future procedure in that case has
been made, but it will be called dur
ing the nest term of court at Cald
well, when it will probably be finally
disposed of. Simpkins is still a fugi
tive.
Residence of Maj. Micah Jenkins De
stroyed by Fire.
Columbia, S. C, Special. The resi
dence of Maj. Micah Jenkins, col
lector of internal revenue, was de
stroyed by fire at Ridgewood suburbs,
practically none of the furniture be
ing saved. The building which was
the property of Mrs. Watkins, was
worth $7,000 and was partially in.
sured. Major Jenkins' furniture was
also partially insured. The firo re
sulted from carelessness of the ser
vant in leaving hot ashes in the kitch
en. The sword presented to Maj.
Micah Jenkins, by the people of
South Carolina, through President
Roosevelt at the Charleston Exposi
tion in 1902, for gallantry as a mem
ber of the Hough Riders in the Spanish-American
war, was destroyed in
the fire.
Earthquako in Jam aria.
Kingston, Jamaica, . Special. An
earthquake of moderate intensity oc
curred in Jamaica the morning of
January 2nd. - It was one of many
slight shocks that have been experi
enced during the past few months,
and was felt here and generally
throughout the island. The govern
ment seismologist declared that no
damage had been done at Browns
town, Stewart town or elsewhere and
that there had been no loss of life.
British Minister Will Visit Honduras
Mexico City, Mex., Special. -Reginald
Tower, British minister to Mex
ico, will sail, from Vera Cruz on Jan
uary 10th on board the warship Bril
liant for Belize to pay a visit 'to Col
onel Swayne, the Governor of British
Honduras. The Brilliant will visit
several Mexican ports en route. -Mr.
Tower will be absent about four
weeks,
SOUTH S PROGRESS
Remarkable Showing Made of
Industrial Activity
VALUE OF ITS LEADING CROPS
The Rice Crop Five Timet Greater
the Past Tear and the Corn Crop
Has Increased Nearly Fifty Per
Cent.The Wonderful Growth of
the Cotton Crop the Subject of Ex
tended Comment.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. The
Tradesman Annual contains among
its important features an elaborate
review of Southern progress during
1907, in which the following interest
ing facts are given:
The principal crops were as fol
lows: Hay of all kinds, tons 7,590,000.
Wheat, busiieis 91,433,000.
Corn, bushels 959,743,000.
Oats, bushels, 67,338,000.
Tobacco, pounds 437,139,000.
Rice, bushels 21,412,000.
Two notable increases over the pre
vious year are shown by these figures,
the Southern hay crop being 25 per
cent, greater than in 1906, and the
rice crop increased nearly the same
percentage.
Progress of Agriculture.
During the last five years, however,
agriculture has made such progress
in the Southern States, that the corn
crop has increased nearly 50 per cent.
The rice crop is five times greater,
while as already stated, the fodder
crop has enlarged 25 per cent, in a
single year. In 1900 the value of pro
ducts of vegetable gaidens of the
South was $13,000,000; at present the
annual yield of orchards and vine
yards in this section is over $30,000,
C00, making the sum total of the an
nual fruit and truck product of the
South fully $150,000,COO.
During the last coton year we sent
out of the country about 8,500,000
bales of raw cotton, fully two-thirds
of the crop; but such is the growth of
the cotton industry in tho. United
States that the South now contains
700 mills, operating nearly 10,000,000
spindles and 1908 will add fully 20
more plants. The States of North
and South Carolina have no less than
400 plants with 6,300,000 spindles.
Tha Metal Industry. .
The metal industry, including the
mining of ore, shows a notable in
crease compared with previous years.
The total tonnage of iron produced
by the Alabama furnaces during 1907
will aggregate about 1,750,000 tons,
with a value of $32,000,000. This is
100,000 tons more than the record for
1906 and about 150.000 tons more
than the record for 1905, while the
value has increased within the last
two years nearly 50 per cent.
In Kentucky the total tonnage of
pig iron produced aggregate over
125,000 tons, a gain of fully 100 per
cent, in two years, while the value
of the output of the smelters has ac
tually more than doubled in . two
years.
Tennessee also shows remarkable
progress, for the tonnage of pig iron
made in this State in 1905 was but
372,692, while for the present year it
will be about 450,000 tons, represent
ing a value of about $7,500,000.
The total investment of capital in
miscellaneous industries in the South
ern States increased no less than 50
per cent, in the brief period of five
years, while the value of the manu
factures has increased 25 per cent,
and in 1905 exceeded the total in
vestment in Southern industrial
plants by the sum of nearly $200,000,
000. North Carolina "Makes Good,"
Rockland, Me., Special. The ar
mored cruiser North Carolina, bmlt
by the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company, arrived
here Monday. While running for a
short time under forced draught the
cruiser averaged nearly the required
speed of 22 knots. The standard
zation trial will be held later on the
Rockland course.
Kansas Bank Dynamited.
Kansas City, Special. A bomb was
exploded in the basement of the mag
nificent three-story marble building
of the First National Bank 'at the
corner of Tenth street and Baltimore
avenue, in the business centre a -few
minutes after the noon hour. The
forces of the explosion was terrific
and caused much damage; eight per
sons were .injured, none fatally. There
is no clue to the person- who pUced
the bomb and st it off. 'I .
Postoffico Receipts Very. Luge.
Charlotte, N. C Specia The post
office receipts for the month of De
cember amounted to $ld,4S4.44 as
against $9,613.17 for the 'correspond
ing month in" 1903. The" total sales
of the' locals office during the year
1907. were $109333.24. as against
$99,037.59 for the yerr 1903. The
increase of $10,745.t5 is a very grati
fying one,
CONGRESS RECONVENES
Congress Reconvenes After Holiday
Eeceei and After Short Se&sioni
Bothr Houses Adjourned Out of 2U
spect to Memory of Late Senator
MaHory.
Congress reconvened Monday after
the .holiday reces but both House
adjourned until Tuesday after brief
sessions out of respect to the memory
of the late Senator Mallory, of Flo
rida. .
The Senate was in session only four
minutes and the House for half an
hour.
In a message to the House Presi
dent Roosevelt urged that in prepar
ing for the work of taking the next
census, the 4,000 or more additional
employes needed be appointed only
after competitive examination under
the rules of civil service commission
and strongly denounced the "patron,
age 3-stem" of making the appoint
ments, saying that the civil service
commission was fully capable of se
curing a most efficient force.
The non-competitive examinations
used in selecting the force at Wash
ington, of the last two censuses, the
President said, served only "as a
cloak to hide the nakedness of the
spoils system." Such examinations'
be declared, were useless as checks
upon patronage appointments.
Second Thaw Trial
New York, Special. The second
trial of Harry K. Thaw was begun
Monday before Justice Victor J.
Dowling in the State Supreme Court.
At the very outset of the proceed
ings a plea of insanity at the time
of the killing of Stanford White wa
entered in behalf, of the defendant
Last year the case was fought out
5n a straight plea of not guilty, but
temporary insanity finally was relied
apon. None of the jurors wnl be
sworn until the box is filled, however,
and ell will be subjected to peremp
tbiy challenge until the joint oath is
administered. This arrangement is
departure from last year's, when
ae!i juror was sworn as cnosen
Neither District Attorney Jerome
nor counsel for the defense would
hazard an estimate as to the time
that will be required to find twelve
satisfactory men.
Mad iron WiP. Also Drive Out Saloons
M.idison, Special. At the regular
monthly meeting of the board of
own commissioners a petition signed
by ''nearlv one-half the registered
otexs of the town asking for a "wet
-tnd diy" election, was acted upon
favorably and an election ordered to
be held Monday, February 10th, 190S.
This means that in a very short time
Madison will be numbered among tho
drv" towns of the State as it is al
most a foregone conclusion that the
twosaloons here will be voted out by
in overwhelming majority. Madison
Is an old iiquor town and it has been
said that the traffic could never be
iijiven flora her borders, but there is
i great change of sentiment and the
saloons must go.
News of the Day.
Japanese in Vancouver seriously
mrt a fireman who fell against a
jtore window.
The Bank of England put its dis
jount rate back to 6 per cent.
The Russian police say they have
liscovered a plot to assassinate the
Smpress Dowager.
Capt. John Elliott Pillsbury was
ippointed chief of the Bureau of Nav
gation, to succeed Admiral Brown
on. -
Republican leaders are ready to
mite to secure currency legislation,
'earing that the money stringency
nay defeat their candidate for Presi
lent. Alabama Closing Law to Be Tested in
the Courts.
Mobile, Ala., Special. The Ala
bama 9 o'clock closing law for citiei
of over 15,000 will be given a test
hearing in the courts and carried to
the State Supreme Court. The law
went into effect Wednesday night at
midnight, but only one-third of the
saloon-keepers observed it. The firs
arrest was made Thursday afternoon
Every other city in the State when
liquor is sold is observing the law.
Schedule of No. 29 May Be Very Ma
terially Changed.
Washington, Special. The South
ern is contemplating changing the
schedule of train No. 29 so that it
will leave here at 4:15 o'clock in the
afternoon instead of 11 in the morn
ing. This is to make connection with
a fast train from New York for Jack
sonville, Fla., to take the place of the
Florida limited of former "years. The
schedue of No-30 would remain the
same as now. 29 would reach Char
lotte at 3:25 p. m.
Accidentally Shoots Wife.
Augusta, G a-, SpeeiaL--A Chroni
cle special from Honea Path, & CL,
says: Sheppard L. Graham, one of
the most prominent merchants of
this place, shot his wif e to death, in
their bedroom Wednesday morning.
In preparing to leave for his planta
tion, he reached up over the bed to
get his rifle, when it was discharged
accidentally, the bullet striking his
wtf is tks-tmjlf.
TWO RECEIVERS NAMED
Jndgt Pritchard Grants Prayer Tor
Receivership For the Seaboard Air
line System and Appoints 8. Da
Ties Wars eld and E.Laacarter Wil
liams to Take XnaedUte Posses
sion ef the Rafircad.
Richmond, Vs., SpecialJudys
Prittbard, judge of the United States
Circuit Court, entered a decree nam
ing S. Danes Warfield, cr Baltimore,
and R. Lancaster Williams, of Illch.
mood, as receivers to take immediate
possession of the propeity of the Sea.
board Air Line Railroad. The bond
of each was fixed at $50,000.
By the decree the receivers are
empowered to borrow money if need,
ful to pay such rental as may beeoi
due, purchase cam. etc, and pay foi
labor and supplies but not for any
other purpose without an order of
the court having primary jurisdiction.
They are ordered to pay forthwith
all installments and interest that wai
due and pay-ble January 1, 190.
notes or trust equipment certificates
and all coupons and interest matur
ing January 1, 1908, on the fiit raorN
gage bonds of the Seaboard Air Line
and embraced roads such as the Ral
eign and Gaston, Raleigh and Align
ta Air Line, the Georgia Carolina-end
the consolidated mortgage bonds of
the Carolina Central.
Burglar Got a Surpisc.
Richmond, Special. Effecting en
trance through a front window in the
residence of Mr. K. I. Barnes, at
Sherwood Park and Brook avenue, at
an early hour Thursday morning,
someone, evidently a burglar of the
professional species, walked through
the parlor, crossed the hall and walk
cd into the room in which was lying
the body of Mrs..F. F. Herdy, Mrs.
Barnes' mother. He was s badly
frightened that for a second he was
afraid to run. Then, without a word,
he turned and fled the way' he had
come, diving through a window, tak
ing with him the major ? jrtion of the
lace curtains and lauding on the
porch, from which he jumped to the
ground. It all happended bo sudden
ly, that the persons sitting up with
the body were unable to tell whether
the intruder was white or black. They
saw a tall, slender man, wearing a
gray overcoat and a slouch hat, and
that wa3 all.
Examination of the premises show
ed that the burglar had pried open
the blinds, carefully raised the win
dow and a3 carefully lifted the screen
on the inner side. He left everything
open behind him and hi escape was
accomplished with such celerity that
he was gone almost as soon as seen.
Mr. Barnes' daughter was asleep in
the room above the parlor and was
awakened by the noise of the en
trance. Knowing that persons were
up and moving about, however, she
thought nothing of the disturbance
and went baek to sleep. But the
whole household was aroused when
the intruder made his sensational
dive through the window. Rev. Mr.
Templeman and the others sitting up
with the corpse were too dazed -to
move when they saw the door slowly
open and then a man's form slouch
upon the threshold. But the vision
was s much astonished as they, and
he., did not stand upon the order of
his going but went.
Official Report of Alabama Mine Dis
aster Filed,
Birmingham, Ala., Special. State
Mine Inspectors J. M. Gray, James
Hill house and Edward Flynn has
filed with Governor Comer a full re
port of the explosion which took
place in the Yolande mines last
month, in which 56 men were killed.
Chief Inspector Gray 's opinion is
that a miner allowed some dynamite
to go off and that this ignited dust.
The assistant inspectors express the
opinion that there was a gas explosion
followed by a dust explosion.
Nsw Orlears Enterprises Show
No
Decrease in Dividends.
New Orleans, La., Special. Divi
dend payments of about $15,000,000
will be made in New Orleans this
month. These payments show no de
crease under the dividends paid t
year ago, for although rates have
been reduced in many cases, a large
increase in capital invested makes up
the defiicit which otherwise there
would be.
Texas Editor Killed by His Wife.
- HaHetsvSIle, TexJ, SpecisL--Thurs-day
afternoosvas he was entering his
office, WB. Beaumier, editor of the
Halletrrille Herald was shot and kill
ed by his wife.- She was arrested end
placed under 2,000 bail. Domestic
troubles are eajd to be the cause of
the jQjliflfr
A X'ULE ACTIOIi
Southern Win Fares It
South CaroSna Vuntarily
WILL AVOID ALL HOSTILE LAWi
Aa Xmycru-it Ccrff reset XMi m
day at Cc'.cnb.a la Covers
Ansel's OEct at Which Ttat Prt
tdett riaiey, ef the Bcatitr
Makes a PrcpcilUca ef Hedseti
Fatsenger Rates to the Stat is
View ef tha Palmers Which It VLu
EtMn I ft f V' A
Columbia, S. Cf Sp-rial Sonth
Carolina will get the bcn5t o far at
the Southern Railway it concerned,
of the reduction in rates mad by
legislative enactment in other State
of the South, but without tl turmoil
of legiklatrre agitation and without
the exjienw of prolonged litigation.
President W. V. Firdey, of the
Southern Railway, at a confercuc iu
the governor ofW Friday stated
that on April 11, 1KW, the 'Southern
Railway Mould put into .-.Tret in
South Carolina the following rate:
For straight ticket, 21-2 ceuta a
mile; for 1.000-niile aiiJ 2,000-ruilc
mileage books, 2 cent a mile.
The conference was attended b?
Governor AnJ, Attorney General
Lyon, Chairman Caughman, of the
railroad cotuni&sion, and Ommi
sioners Sullivan and Knrle, on the
part of the Stat nd by lreidrnl
Finley, Vice Present Culp, General
Counsel Thou and Division Counsel
Abney, on the part of the Southern
Railway. The conference as hell
in the ofc if tie Governor anl
ws open, beii g attfiulnl by the nc
pajer men.
Mr. Finley, in a ronversational
way, put the proposition of the South
ern before the Go eriur, explaining
he went along the reaon for th
differeut rates end the reason gov
erning the tailrosd in making this
proposition. lie explained that tl
Southern, on acenunt of the fairucf
with which South Carolina had treat
ed the laiiroad, hnd n disposition tn
give the State the iM-nt of the re
duced rates, consequently the South
cm intend?, without compulsion, l i
put into effect the rate which it La
proposed m a compromise in Nort'i
Carolina, C?otp.ia and Alabama. IU
felt assured that the agreement en.
terrd into would be made effectivo
in these States and perhaps in Vir
ginia also. The same treatment m
is promised South Carolina would bs
given Tennessee, which haa also been
liberal in the matter of legislation
The 21-2 cents rate will apply to
all intra-Stnfe passenger budnc on
straight fares. The 21-2 cei
rate for family mileage Iook. viicl
contain the nam of the nead of the
family, will cover books for 50 1
miles, entailing a minimum expendi
ture of .$11.25.
The 2-cent rate f r mileage book
f 1 OO and 2,000 miles relates to
individual mileage I oks and also to
what are termed r- -rcantile book,
good for members (7 a firm or bui.
ness concern, up to rive individuals
the names of each r. whom shall ap
pear in tho book.
Mr. Pinley's "tatement.
The official stat vnt addressed to
Governor Ansel, part, is as fol
lows ;
FirO--A fiat rs'e of 21-2 cents' a
mile, for lutra-Stcte passenger travel,
th an tra rfca 'e of
15 cents
acainst j.eMns boardmg a posit'iigf?
train without a ticket except at sta-tior-
where lucre are no ncents; pro
xided that no charge shall be less
thru 10 cents, and. in the event that a
chnrgc el the said rate of2 1-2 cents
a mile f'.all aggregate a sum between
two multiples of five, such charge
rr.Ay be made that multiple of five to
which it is nearest.
Second Two thousand mile books,
Intia-Stata and interchangeable, with
such of the solvent roads of the State
as will consent, at 2 ceats a mile,
cood for heads of firms and employes
j sot exceeding a total number of 5,
the names to be furnished at the time
of the purchase of mileage books anI
entered there n.
Third One thousand mile book?,
intra-State and interchangeable, with
such of the solvent roads of the State
as will consent, limited to one indi
vidual at 2 cents e. mile and good
oul in the hands cf the purchaser,
the name of the purchaser to be fur.
nished at the time of the pnrchasa
of the book and entered thereon.
Fourth Five hundred mile books
at 21-4 cents a mile good for bead
of families and dependent members
thereof, intra-State and non-inter
changeable, the names of the families
to be furnished at the time of pur
chase and entered thereon.
Attorney General Bcnaparte Mum.
, Washington, EpccisL Attorney
General Bonaparte, when questioned
ss to the truth of the statement itzl
suit would soon , bs begun to dissolve
tfce relationship bctveen'the Cnioa
sad , jSouthern Patina Railroad,
known as the Harriman system,
would only say tl'i the matter wa
under contidcratio: hut be wss n'
prepared to fithff ; "arc or deny ttf
ej?s?Jt
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