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lawience Brett Talks en
thecbihty oj North Caro-
lina Drzinsge Law Discus
sion And Repoits From
dmrg Districts.
isscciadon Took Auto Ride
Yesterday AJternBon to In
spect Drainage Work in This
County Smoker Last Night
And Old Virginia Reel
The second day's session of the
siitb aunual convention, of the North
rar0!ina L'l'amae Association, which
pes callC'J u order this morning at
VKp) oV-ock was marked by unflagg-'n-1
interest on ibe part of the mem
;ierhi;j and ail present in the various
-i-ob-em ibat comc up in connection
vj;h drainage work in the state.
The session litis morning was open
ed with a prayer by Kev. Harris Mallin
kredt pastor of St. Peter's Episcopal
.'hurc'h. The first matter of business
-m ite program this morning was the
addnss of Mi'- Lawrence Brett, of
;Le engineering firm of Brett & Com
.anv, ot Wilson, on "The Applicability
if the North Carolina Drainage Law."
r Brett reviewed briefly the steps
That had bean taken which brought
ihe stale drainage law to the shape
n which it is found on the statute
'cots today. The law, he said, while
'a: from perfect, was applicable to
iira of the conditions that are met
.vitii m drainage work in the state.
Gut advised that there were many
amendments that ought to be added
'o the law before it was the instrument
ho statp npeded in earning out the
jrcKT protect of drainage in North
"arniina He advocated the sending
v spvprqi rr sponsible and well-in
'ormed men, acquainted with the needs
if the state m this respect ana accrea
. ited representative s of the North Caro
lina Drainage Association to attend
he nest session of the legislature and
.Teach to the representatives the vital
,rpH 0f cenaln amendments to the
e-, -This association represents the
?eopie ot Nortn Carolina ana we can
iematid cf our representatives that
hey enact the needed legislation for
'he benefit of the people of the state,'
'-e said. Mr. Brett stated that there
-pre something like 600,000,000 acres
if land in the eastern part of the state
hat are immensely rich but which
"eed to be drained before their -rfertili-y
is available. About 100,000 acres of
and are already drained or are in pro
ess of being drained, he said, and
snout a million dollars has already
wen expended, perhaps. Referring to
N'orth Carolina's natural advantages
'nd what the value to the state would
oe if drainage were carried out as it
should be. he stated that already the
movement, for drainage in the state
'.ad brought to the state something
Ker 1,000 good citizens, many of whom
iad come here as contractors and en
gineers to assist in the actual drainage
nork and who had decided to stay
itid become citizens. They are an un
cmmoDly good class of citizens, too,
he. contended and would prove but the
forerunner?, of many others like them
"hen the advantages of residence in
North Carolina had become better
known. Unlike the states of the North
and West, he pointed out, -work could
t' carried on out of doors in this state
a'most ail the year round and frozen
sround gpldom interfered with it, as it
does in the more frigid portions of the
country.
Mr. Brett, stated that while the state
as now supporting a population of
ibout three million iwth from 15 to
-u ppr cent of its available land in
cultivation, it could be made to sup
port a population of 20,000,000.
Mr. Brett gave many suggestions as
1" details of the North Carolina Drain
i?e Law and showed wherein it could
10 improved by amendment. He also
i':eused the question of issuing bonds
in the .drainage districts for the pur
Pose (,i carrying on drainage work and
referred to the need of good securities
f"r the bonds to make them attractive
to buyer?.
discussion of various topics
i'rought out in Mr. Brett's address fol
lowed. Dr. J. R. Alexander, president
nf the Mecklenburg Drainage CommiS
;'n, in the course of some remarks,
that the new Grove Park Inn, at
Asheviiie. the finest hostelery in the
'tale, k a monument to Grove's Taste-i
;'s Cbin Tonic, and that North Caro
''"i had paid heavy tribute toward its
toustrvctioii. This, he said, the state
nad done by buying the chill tonic men
honed for chills and fevers which haaj
long been the bane of many sections of
11 rt tate. Happily the people of the
siate, v said, had decided that it
uhs be'ter to remove the cause of thej
ki'is and fever by drainage than to;
tribute to a patent medicine man
alacturer. It is almost impossible, he,
ont:tiUrJ(j) tD raise strong, healthy and
'li-orou-; citizens in surroundings that
'F l malaria' and the only way out of
dai state of affairs waa to carry for
h'ai'd u e drainage idea all over the
Anotn-r feature and one of the most
T'teresting to the delegates was the
-f'ritiR-.ation of the 'reports from the
'"J;, drainage districts of the state,
, i: "- cases made orally and in
'"'msiiy by the delegate from the dis-
aiohna Draw
ssGcialwn Ti
S
esswn
A report typical of many others
made was that of Mr. C. E. Long, of
Catawba county, who reported that be
fore the drainage of Clark's Creek, in
that county, there was nothing pro
duced along the creek but frogs, bul
rushes, mosquitoes and chills and ma
laria. The cost of draining the creek
was about $21 per acre. What was
once the home of hundreds of bellow
ing frogs and buzzing mosquitoes had
become the greatest corn-producing
belt in the county and land that could
be had for almost any price before the
creek was drained could not be had at
all now, for the reason that it was
too valuable as corn rand to be sold.
There had not been a case of chills
and fever on the creek in two years,
whereas for years before that every
body dwelling in the vicinity of the
creek was subject to both. Mr. Long
who weighs about 210 pounds, and is
the picture of ruddy health offered
himself as proof of whether the neigh
borhood was now habitable or not.
Mr. B. E. Price, industrial agent of
the Norfolk Southern Railway, de
livered what proved to be one of the
most interesting addresses yet deliv
ered before the convention on "The
Value of Drainage to the State from
the Standpoint of the Railway." Mr.
Rice remarked by way of beginning
his address that he had often been
asked what the industrial department
of a railway was and had no other
answer than that it was making some
thing out of nothing. The making of
strong, healthy people for the citizen
ship of a given community was a mat
ter of paramount importance to the
railway that chanced to run through
that territory, he said, for the rea
son that strong healthy people produc
ed wealth, which had to be transport
ed somewhere and in being transport
ed bore the designation of freight,
which the railways subsisted on main
ly. Mr. Rice stated that after having
been intimately acquainted with the
natural conditions and possibilities of
twenty-eight states of the union, he
was prepared to say that North Caro
lina will get more results for the ex
penditure of a small amount of money
spent for drainage than any place on
the map. ,
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of
the North Carolina Farmers' Union,
who was to have spoken yesterday
but was unable to get here was pres
ent today and made a short but in
spiring address which was listened to
with deep interest by all present.
Visit to Drainage District.
The delegates yesterday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock assembled in front of
the Selwyn Hotel, where they were
loaded into twenty-five or thirty au
tomobiles and, under the chaperon
age of the members of the Mecklen
burg Drainage Commission, were
driven out to Briar Creek to the
east of the city where they viewed
the operation of dredge boat No.2
of the county, which is just now en
gaged in penetrating a channel
through a ledge of rock. Afterward
the visitors were driven down the
Sharon road to the Graham place,
where they were shown the work that
has already been done on Little Su
gar creek, here also taking note of
how the dredge is driven through a
ledge of rock. This feature of dredge
work was especially interesting to
visitors from the eastern part of the
state where rock ledges are seldom
encountered in the dredging work.
Danced Old Virginia Reel.
One of the most enjoyable and
unique features of the convention was
the smoker given last night in the
assembly room of the Selwyn in hon
or nf the visitor. The visitors laid
aside for the time being their roles
as sedate business and professional
men, engaged in doing a great work
for the state, and tripped with light
fppt throueh the measures of the old
Virginia reel, while Dr. L. H. Hill, the
renowned fiddler of the old scnooi,
played the youth-renewing strains, or
the tune. ' Dr. J. R. Alexander, presi
dent of the Mecklenburg Drainage
Commission; Mr. .W. S. Pharr, sec
retary of the same body; Dr. Joeepn
H. Pratt, president of the North Car
olina Drainage Association; Mr. B.
F. Rice, land and industrial agent or
the Norfolk Southern Railway; Mr.
J. S. Sauires. a member of the Meck
lenburg Drainage .qommission; Dr.
J. H. Squires, agronomist in me em
ploy of the United states government-
Mr. Wetmore. a prominent
civil engineer from the eastern part
of the state; Mr. Allen, ,a leaamg en
gineer from Eastern Carolina, were
among those who participated in the
dance. Dr. Joseph H. Pratt, president
of the North Carolina Drainage As
sociation, "called" the figures and led
the dancers through the measures,
proving himself as graceful and nim
ble on the dancing floor as he is
scientific and learned as a geologist
and an authority on drainage. '
The following committees were ap
pointed yesterday afternoon by Presi
dent Pratt, of the association:
On nominations and selections of
next place: M. F. H. Gouverneur, of
New Hanover; Baker, of Wake; W.
C oBren. of Guilford; T. W. Chambliss,
of Wilson; W. P. Moore, of Iredell; M.
M Wetmore, of Lumberton
On membership: J. P- Lucas, of
Mecklenburg, chairman; R. D. Or
mond, of Cleveland; C. J. Goodman, of
Cabarrus; E L. Mooney, of Gaston;
A. E. White, of Lumberton.
On legislation: Lawrence Brett, of
Wilson; Small, of Beaufort; Gduvcr
( Continued on Page Nine.) ,
fEST HEWS
IF 1EXIG:
LOOKS OMINOUS
ft By Associated Press. ft
ft Mexico City, Nov. 19. A tel- ;;?
ft egram from Secretary Bryan is
ft reported to have reached the
ft American embassay here . tni.? ft
ft morning. It is said to contain ft
ft information that "a matter of a ;;
serious nature" is under consid- ft
ft eration in Washington in refer
ft ence to Mexico.
Washington, Nov. 19. White house
officials made no comment todav on
dispatches from Nogales saying the
constitutionalists had asked William
Bayard Hale for formal credentials
before pursuing negotiations.
Indications were that the parleys
would proceed slowly and that the
point of presenting formal credentials,
which might be construed as an act of
recognition, would be delayed until
vvasnmgton naa more exact assur
ances of the purposes of the constitu
tionalists.
Chairman Bacon of the senate for
eign relations committee discussed the
situation with President .Wilson but
he declined to comment.
uniciais aescrioea tne situation, so
far as it concerned foreign, govern
ments, as highly encouraging and
there was some tendency to place
more stress upon favorable results of
diplomatic pressure than narleys with
the constitutionalists.
Senator Southerland of Utah, a re
publican member of the committee,
conferred with the president and said
he fully supported the policy of not
recognizing Huerta.
Mexico City,' Nov. 19. General Huer
ta planned today to submit to his cab
inet the message which he proposes
to deliver to congress tomorrow. The
cabinet meeting was called for this
afternoon at which time it was ex
pected General Huerta would ask its
members to go over the message with
him. .'.'
The document is short and it is
said to - review tersely the most im
portant acts of the Huerta administra
tion, dealing frankly with the dissolu
tion of congress and calling attention
to the strained relations with the
United States.
It is expected congress will re
ceive the message without protest,
thereby giving Huerta a virtual rati
fication of bis acts. It is said the
message will open, a way to an imme
diate discussion by congress of the
late presidential election. It is a fore
gone conclusion that the congress will
declare the election null.
It is regarded as possible that the
congress may name some one else for
provisional president- for a period en
suing until the ejection and inaugura
tion of a permanent chief executive
but it would undoubtedly be a big
surprise to most Mexicans as well as
foreigners if General Huerta should
not be instructed to continue at the
head of affairs.
Officials of the Huerta administra
tion have been moved by two emo
tions since they learned that the con
stitutionalists had insisted that Wil
liam Bayard Hale, the representative
of President Wilson, should show his
credentials before continuing confer
ences with General Carranza and his
advisers.
The Huerta officials are pleased
that Carranza as a Mexican is still
showing a tendency to reject inter
ference and are gratified at what they
interpret as indications of a failure of
the rebels and the United States au
thorities to reach a. working agree
ment. So far as had been ascertained
all the foreign diplomats here, with
the exception of Nelson O'Shaugh
nessy,' the American charge d'affaires,
will attend the opening session or con-1
cress. O'Shaughnessy will not be!
present and it is assumed his absence
is authorized by instructions om
Washington.
Madrid, Nov. 19.--Spain must re
frain from taking any step in connec
tion with Mexico, declares today's Im-
parcial. "The solution of the Mexican
nrnhlpm." savs the newspaper, '"must
be left to the United States alone."
Carranza Off for South.
Nogales. Sonora, Mexico, Nov. 19.
General Carranza with his staff will
leave for the south at 2 p. m. it was an
nounced today. Foreign Minister Ecu-
dero said he would announce betore
the train departed what effect this
would have on the negotiations witn
President Wilson's envoy, William Bay
ard Hale. It was not made known
whether Ecudero and other members
of the constitutionalists would accom
pany Carranza.
Confers With Page.
London, Nov. ,19. Lord Cowdray,
who possesses many interests in Mexi
co, has a lengthy conference today at
his own request with Walter H. Page,
the United States ambassador.
It is supposed Lord Cowdray wished
to obtain information ' as to how far
his Mexican interests were endagnered
and desired. to emphasize to the Amer
ican' ambassador his denial that he
had given financial assistance to
Huerta.
Americans Flee.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nov. 19. The ex
odus of American citizens from Mexico
City continues. Forty persons, most
of them women and children, arrived
here today by train. The fugitives re
port that only- a few American women
and children remain in the federal cap
ita.." ' ' '
PITllnllflil warmer tonight. Moderate winds ft:
S I I! Q J V lift becoming south. ft
Woo,., p Tn. cnrim
? jrAf '- J : -'
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for North Carolina:
ft Fair tonight
ft warmer tonight.
ft becoming south.
and Thursday.; i'?
Moderate winds ft
The Norfolk Southern is makin
readv to besin work on its new
freight depot near Sixth street and
also on a large engine house which
will ..be located on Twenty-first
treet, the building operations to be
started at an early date.
The city has issued permits for
these buildings through the city
ouilding inspector, Mr. Ralph P. Con
nelly, indicating the purpose of the
Norfolk Southern to begin work
shortly. The permits were issued this
week! . . ; ..
The new freight depot will be start
ed with an initial investment of about
S15.000 and will be .built convenient !
tc the tracks which come into the
city along A street, and
end at
Sixth street between " College and t
A streets, where' nearly the entire
block between Sixth and Seventh,
and College and the railroad has
been cleared of buildings and grad-
ed, excepting several residences
on
the north coiner of this block.
The freight depot will be construct-
cd, it is understood, on a liberal plan,
affording ,atnple room for the large
volume of freight which the new rail
road anticipates from this city, and
coming into Charlotte. .
The passenger depot of the Norfolk
Southern cannot be determined upon
t:ntil the union Station issue is dis
posed of by the corporation commis
sion, but the freight depot work will
not be interfered with on this ac
count and thi$ building be .-about
t he first to re sei ve the"" attention ot
the railroad contractors here.
Also Engine House.
The Norfolk Southern will also
erect an up-to-date engine house on
Twenty-first street along its tracks,
this being for the purpose of housing
engines and placing them between
runs, and while being cleaned, etc.
The cost of this building, according
to the report of the city building in
spector, will be about $13,000.
With the definite move towards es:
tablishing itself in Charlotte the Nor
folk Southern may be said to be
getting inLo the game with determina
tion. The " announcement elsewhere
of the leasing, of quarters for an up
town ticket office affords additional
evidence of the intentions of the road
to make of Charlotte a 'very import
ant point in addition to the fact
that the city is the southern terminal
of the entire road.
Passenger Plans.
As was stated in The News Sat
urday the Norfolk Southern will
maintain temporary passenger depot
facilities in the. large building re
cently vacated by the Western News
paper Union. This building is locat
ed quite close to the Norfolk South
ern terminal on Sixth street, within
150 feet or less of the newly laid
tracks, and the ground floor of the
building will afford very convenient
K d IU d! UiU
neon! rw
j ULrui LiU.
and suitable space for the temporary j the republican state central commit
passenger depot.. fPP
This building is now vacated and!
work is being started this week on
the task of putting the ground floor
in shape for the passenger service.
The Norfolk Southern has for some
time maintained local headquarters
for its engineering, department and
other work on the second floor of
this building.
The details of the two new build
ings for which permits 1 have been is
sued by the city were not available
today as the chief engineer in charge
of the work at this end of the line is
out of the city.
The company is also .engaged in
working out its schedules of trains
and these will be made public at an
early date. It has been the desire or
the officials of the road ' to institute
through passenger service to Raleign
by December 1 if the necessary pre
liminary work can be completed by
that date.,
TROOPS TO
REMAIN , j
AT TEXAS CITY. ;
By Associated Press.
Texas City, Nov. 19. Preparations
indicating that the second division of
the United States army will remain
here all winter . were begun today.
Tents were walled and reinforced and
stoves installed. Hundreds of soldiers
began digging a sewerage system.
The big army city here is entirely
under canvass. One of the purposes of
the mobilization, it is said, was to
reproduce army life under field condi
tions as nearly as possible.
BLEASE GOES TO JACKSONVILLE. '
tsy Associaiea tress. .
Columbia, S. C, Nov. 19. Governor ,
Blease departed for Jacksonville today !
to attend the annual meeting of . the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-1
tion. Assistant Attorney General Dom-:
inick," special representative from
South Carolina, accompanied him
iTTAGKSSULZER'S
PAST
Associated Press
Buffalo, N. T
Nov. 19.
Former -Got-'
ernor Sulzer s administration of -the
charitable institutions of New York!
; state was severely 'arraigned here to-y
day by Proi. George A. Lewis, a' for-;
't mer member of the board of parole for'
state prisons, who was ehu f speaker!
a,t. the annna! state conference on char-j
ities and corrections. Stil.ers efforts':
at "reform by dynamite" declared'
rroiessor wis, luiu uprooted, ami
: negatived the carefully thought out
. plans of years. .
tne stream ot progress toward or
derly, systematic development of meth
ods," said Proft ssor Lewis, "in the
administration oE public charities, our
reformatory and penal institutions is
tilliPPicV, Q n I mtormittanr of Knot TIvq'p.. . -r.
i r;0"." "". , "Y"' x":
jection of factional fury into the man-! 19 -The f'rstt
a-pment of nublir institution hvlltness to testlfy today in the inter-
Iiad a. vivid presentation in the me-
teoric passing of the recent governor.
Jteform by dynamite has been the or
der of the day and one sensation ha&
followed another in bewildering sue
! cession.'' ,
Seattle, Washn., Nov. 19. Commit-
I tee reports were in order when the
American Federation of Labor met to-
c&Te first on thg roll caR of commit.
j tees and there was a prospect that
jit would submit a report on the fight
between the factions of the Brother-
, hood of Electrical Workers.
The resolution of President
Berry
of the Pressmen urging formation of
j a labor party may be reached at any
time and is certain to precipitate a
long debate.
The endurance and energy of Presi
dent Gompers have caAised such com
ment. Yesterday he presided over the
convention for eight hours, leaving
the chair a dozen times to make arg
uments for the administration side of
various questions.
. The report of the committee on ad
justment dealing with jurisdictional
disputests a st 6clatrdeTlKirthTs af
ternoon. COL. GOETHALS MAY BE
OFFERED GOOD JOB.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 19. Reports that
Col. Geo. W. Goethals would be asked
by Mayor-Elect John Purroy Mitchell,
who is now on his way to Panama to
become pclice commissioner of New
York bas brought special advices from
Panama quoting Governor Goethals.
When asked if he would accept such
a post Colonel Goethals replied that
no overture had 3ret been received by
him and smilingly added:
' "Should the offer be made I have
my answer ready."
REPUBLICANS MEET
' IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Nov.
cans from all sections
19. Republi
of the state
met here today to discuss, plans for
solidifying the party preparatory to
the 1914 elections.
It was not planned to take any ac
tion toward the selection of a stana
ard bearer for the party but one or
the subjects to be discussed was a
state wide public campaign througn
the press and means of county com
mittees The meetine was caller! Dv
.
SCHMIDT TRIAL POSTPONED
LABOR LEADERS
i ' HEAR REPORTS
j dorsement of af majority of the corn-
New York, Nov. 19. After having mittee. Both factions of the commit
been called for trial today the easel tee are anxious to obtain whatever
of Hans Schmidt, slayer of Anna Au-advantage there is to be had before
muller was put over by consent of; the senate and it will probably be
both sides until November 25th.
GELEBRftT
By Associated Press. 1
Paris, Nov. 19. The French govern
ment today accepted President Wil
son's invitation to send representative
warships to Hampton Roads to join in
the celebration of the opening of the
Panama canal. Only formal consid:
eration has been given by the ministry
of marine to the number and type of
vessels which are to compose the
squadron. It has been decided, howevr
er, to send the best warships in the
French navy, representing the latest
types now under construction.
The number of ships will . depend
largely upon what the other powers
decide to send, especially Great Britain
POPE RECEIVES
MEXICAN
PILGRIMS.
Bv Associaeed Press.
I Rome.Nov. 19. Pope Pius today re-j
cetivea a .pany 01 Mexican pugrims
just returned from Palestine. They
were introduced by the Rev. Jose
Ibarra, archbishop of Puebla!
After imparting the Apostolic bene-
diction . his holiness expressed the!
hope .that the blessing of peace would
be given soon to their, country.
FRANCE! It O N
ll
arlotte
rreiam
i
-issociater .press
l oiaic tummfica inquiry into tne coal
treignt rates and practices of. the an
thracite carrying railroads was A. J.
Stone, general manager of the Erie
Railroad, who described the method
of loading and shipping- hard coal
from the Wilkesbarre-Scranton district
to tidewater at New York harbor and
to Buffalo for the lake trade. He pre
sented documents requested by the
commission. These related to opera
ting statistics, train schedules, carry
ing capacity of freight and coal cars
and hauling power of locomotives.
Mr. Stone also described the meth
od of unloading coal at its terminals
at Edgewater, N. J., and Buffalo. He
was asked to give this information
so as to permit the commission td
determine the cost of handling and
hauling coal.
In order to obtain comparison of
costs Mr. Stone described at the re-
quest of the commission the method
of hauling freight other than coal.
l ne trend ot this class ot freight. Mr.
Stone said, was westward rather than
eastward. Mr. Stone also gave similar
information with relation to the New
York, Susquehanna & Western and
the Wilkesbarre & Easton railroads
which are controlled by the Erie. '
The Philadelphia &" Reading Rail
way's handling of anthracite was then
taken up, J. E. Turk, superintendent
of the Shamokin division being the
first official called. He said -that 15
to 20 per cent, of the coal concentra
ted in the Shamokin division from
forty collieries goes west and is' t'urn-
edOver "to ' tbe'NeW "YorfcXJentrar : Rail
road at Newberry Junction in central
Pennsylvania. The other 80 or -85
per cent goes east to Philadelphia
points or to tidewater af Philadel
phia. There are many adverse grades
in his division, he said, the incline in
one instance being 250 feet to the
mile.
0 DISTINCT
CURRENCY
BILLS PREPARE!
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 19. What to do
with the two currency reform bills
now being completed -by the two fac
tions of the senate banking commit
tee has begun to give serious concern
to senate loaders. Both bills, one rep
resenting the administration views and
the other work of the republican com
mittee members and Senator Hitch
cock, probably will be ready for the
senate before the end of this week.
As the committee is evenly divided
there can be no formal report upon
the Glas bisll which passed the house;
and neither of the new bills can be
offered as a substitute, with the en-
agreed to return the house bill with-
iout a report and submit the two new
y bills simultaneously as amendments.
: Efforts will then be made by some
of the republican members to have
the senate consider the currency bill
item by item so that each side will
have a chance to advance its amend
ments and have them voted upon as
the reading of the bill progresses in
the senate.
Fifty Thousand
Cases of Trachoma
In The South
By Associated Press.
lavitKrtnn Tv'v XTnv . 1 Q Thoro a re
50,000 cases' of 'trachoma' among the
mountaineers of Southern States ac -
cohrding to estimates presented to
the Southern Medical Association here
today by Dr. G. C. Savage of Nash
ville, Tenn. Dr. Savage declared the
disease is more prevalent in the moun
taingous -districts of Kentucky and
Tennessee than in other parts of the
country, and that it is destroying the
sight of persons of all ages.
John D. Rockefeller recently has es
tablished a fund to fight the disease,
The section of medicine of the as30-'
ciation devoted two hours this morning
to a syir posium on malaria. The sec -
tion of surgery heard a number of
pers
At noon almost the entire member- j
ship of the association visited James -.
B. Haggin's Elmesdorf "stock farm.
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City of Charlotte and Char
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facturers Association Ap
peal io interstate Commerce
Commission For Rehcj.
Complaint is Based On Rata
Charged Chailotte cn Ship
ments of Cast Iron Fipt
From Virginia City!
Special to The News.
Washington, Nov. 19.' Alleging thai
the rate of $4 per ton charged by liu
Southern Railway, Norfolk & West
ern Railway, and Seaboard Air Lint
on 30,000 pound minimum carload ship
ments of cast iron pipe from Eas.
Radford, Va., to Charlotte, used foi
building its water and sewer systems
is unreasonable and discriminatory
the city of Charlotte and the Chai
lotte Shippers and Manufacturers' As
sociation, today filed a complaint witt
the' interstate commerce committee
The complaint which is signed by
Charier? A. RlAnrt msvnr n hoVioif rw
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the CUJ' dn(i - S- ghton, f0r the
association, states that for several
years the city hasbeen paying $4 a
ton for shipping the pipe from East
Raeford, whereas the railroads main
tain a rare of $3.25 for transporting
the same commodity for East Raeforc"
to Atlanta and Augusta, which cities
use the same pipe.
It is alleged that the distance tc
Atlanta and Aueusta are much errant
or frrtm P.Qcf T n A f f ilia f r, -
lotte and that shipments to the formei
cities must pass through Charlotte. :
to be a -iolation.-. of - the commerce
laws and -he Commission is asked to
establish a- rate . of $3: per ton anc'
order the railroads to pay reparation
on all shipments of pipe received bj
the city of Charlotte for. the past two
years.
TWENTY FOUR
BODIES TAKEN
By Associated Press.
Acton, Ala., Nov. 19. When search
ers ended their work this morning
twenty-four bodies had been removed
from Acton mine No. 2 of the Ala
bama Fuel & Iron Company here, the
scene yesterday of an explosion. Sn
men. were injured and thirteen escapee
unhurt.
All parts of the mine have been ex
plored. C. H. Nesbitt, chief mine in
spector for Alabama, here to inves
tigate the explosion, had not decided
this morning whether it was caused bj
dust or gas.
BRITISH WARSHIPS
ORDERED TO
IIEBA GRUZ
By Associated Press.
Bridgetown, Barbados, Nov. 19. The
British cruiser squadron in West In
dian wateralast night received peremp
tory orders to proceed to Vera Cm;
and the vessels sailed at midnight.
WANTS -"-0 SWIM
THROUGH CANAL.
Panama, Nov. 19. Alfred Brown, a
member of a New York life saving
corps, has arrived hen with the hone
of being the .first man to swim from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean
through the canal. He arrived here
' yesieruav auu uiuijuses to sian tut
! swim as soon as he obtains the neces
' sary permission to go through tin
locks at either end of the canal.
PLAN
INAUGURATION
OF YAGER AS GOVERNOR
Washington. Nov.: 19. Arrange -ments
have been completed for th
inauguration tomorrow . of Arthu:
Yager as governor of Porto Rico ai
San Juan. Mr. Yager will be pre
sented .by M. Drew Carrel, secretary of
Porto Rico, and acting governor, ai I
FROM II
the oath will be administered by Jose
i C. Hernandez, chief justice of the
pa-'supreme court. After Governor Yager
nas aenverea nis aaaress ne win re-
view the inaugural parade. The fes-
tivities will
close with a ball in the
evening.
J.