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THE MORNING POST, THURSDAY, JULY 9 1903
Prospects Bright for
Raleigh and Pamlico 'R. R.
Northern Capitalists Delight
id After Their Tcur of In
spection. local Support
Expected President
Turner. Talks of
the Prospects
The Indications are now most pro
r!Uous for the construction of the Ral
rfgh and Tamllco Sound Railroad from
this city to the coast. Northern capi
talists after going: carefully over the
-territory have arranged to take
the first mortgage bonds provided the
localities to be traversed show their
Interest.
Capt. J. M. Turner, the recently
elected president of .the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound RailpUAd. form-rly
known as the RaJc&h and
3i?tern North Carolina kailrbnd Com
pany, was sen yesterday by a Post
reporter and asked for a statement
with reference to the rumored plans
nnd prospects.
apt. Turner replied In substance:
Th prospects are quite Mattering for
the construction of thft much needed
railroad. Several northern, capitalists
recently vent carefully over the entire
country to be traversed by the propos
ed railroad. The gentlemen were
nccompanled by Messrs. Bar bee nnd
Turner. Among the points visited
were "Wakefield, Wilson, Stantonburg,
Faratoga, Farmville, Greenville,
irimeand nnd Washington. The
northern Investors were so thoroughly
rleased with the country, the towns
nnd the productiveness of the territory
that they at once arranged to undrr
write the first mortgage bonds of the
railroad, provided the counties, town
ships and towns showed their earnest
ness In desiring th rond to be. built.
The various sections through which
the road will pass, ut.der the act of the
last General Assembly, have the right
to subscribe to the second mortgage C
per cent bonds of the railroad, and In
lieu give the railroad an equal amount
of their 5 per cent bonds. This is a
fair proposition when you consider that
the bonds turned over to the various
counties, townships and towns, are a
pecond mortgage on all the railroad
property and the interest on the seme
must be paid before one cent Is paid
to the stockholders. Besides, upon the
completion of the railroad the taxes
It will pay will be equal to the'lnter-
rst on the bonds Issued by the various
rom muni ties through which the road
passes, to say nothing of the natural
Increase of valuation of all lands and
property traversed by this line.
President Turner said further that
vhlle some preliminary lines have been
run C3 or miles east of Raleigh, no
definite location has been made, par
ticularly through that portion of the
territory east of Wilson, especially
rlnce thr Is a strong effort be
ing made to pet the road to run
through Greene county thence to Pam
i;o Found, New Pern or Klnston.
The proposed road would place Ral
eiTh and Wilson 73 to 1C miles nearer
tide water than the present railroad
lines, which ought to mean distinct ad
vantages to these cities and interme
diate sections. The road will open up
i;ew territory, not row adjacent to rail
transportation, and this rich territory
rill never be developed until this line
Is constructed. The Raleigh and Pam
lico Found line will n!ro necessarily
furnish the rresent trunk lines with a
Itrge tonnage that they are not now
receiving. In the event, later, this
road should b extended Into Hyde
county. It will opn up a section of he
ftat unsurpassed fr fertility, for
Hyde onjy re-Ms rail transportation to
make it one of the most productive
counties In the state. To some extent
the same can be said of flreene county,
v. hlch now has no railroad within Its
l-ordfrs.
When the -Inland Water- Way."
which Congressman Small Is hard
at work upon, becomes n reality and
the ocean steamers nnd sail crafts pas
through the eastern portion of North
Carolina this road would become a
very Important factor In developing
foreign trade within the borders of the
rtate and North Carolinians would
cease paying the present heavy trib
ute to the Virginia and North Atlantic
rast ports. North Carolina, with its
W miles- of ocean frontnge, has not,
r lth the' exception of Wilmington, a
Ingle port for sea-going vessels. In
view of the many advantages and the
r.ecesslty for the railroad the hope Is
repressed that all progressive citizens,
business men, the chambers of com
merce, municipal authorities, wage
earners. anP all who have the wel.'are
of Raleigh ar.d the ea'ern portion of
the state at heart, wl at the proper
time do what Is nectlsary to assist
In the furthering of this very Import
ant enterprise.
vard, Jefferson;. R. Ij. Doughton, Lau
rel Hill; F. II. Neal, Jefferson; J. J.
Thomas, Vernon; Elihu Graybeal,
Graybeal; W. C. Fields, Sparta; E. A.
McNeill, J. C. Testerman, Jefferson;
Wm. Calhoun. Roten; Ambrose Wea
ver, Sturgtll; Thos. C. Bowie, Jefferson;
W. P. Hamilton, Beaver Creek; W. J.
Perkins, Hilton.
Prof. Brooks' Family Here
Prof. E. C. Brooks, secretary In
charge cf the summer campaign work.
In the office of the state superintend
ent of public Instruction, has moved
hl3 family to Raleigh, hey are living
on North Bloodworth . street. Mrs.
Brooks and the children have been liv
ing with relatives In Kernersvilie since
they broke up house keeping in Mon
roe some weeks ago.
FUNERAL OF MR.
CHARLES G. LATTA
Sad and Beautiful Service
From the Church of the
Good Shepherd
The funeral service In honor of the
remains of the late Mr. Charles G.
Latta was conducted at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning from the Church of the
Good Shepherd of which he was a
most valued member.
There was a very large-attendance
people of all denominations assembled
to do honor to the cmalns of this
splendid man and manifest their sym
pathy for the bereaved family. The
musical features of the service were
under the direction of Prof. Wade R.
Brown and was by a full vested choir.
The processional was "Ten Thousand
Times Ten Thousand." There were the
usual ritual readings and then Dr. Pit
tcnger read the Hymn "Forever with
the Lord," and it was sung by the
choir and congregation. The song "For
All Thv Saints Who from Their Labors
Rest," was sung for a recessional. The
cross which preceded the choir had
palms waving from It and was carried
by Mr. C. It. Hart.
The floral tribute? wxre exceptionally
elaborate and beautiful, and after the
Interment at the grave they were heap
ed high on the mound and covered the
ground for yards around.
The funeral ceremonies were beauti
ful throughout, befitting the burial of
o sterling Christian gentleman such as
Mr. Latta was. It was a bright ser
vice with a note of triumph running
tl-.rough it.
The pall-bearers were Col. Benehan
Cameron, Mr. A. R. Andrews, Jr., Mr.
H. B. Greason, Mr. B. M. Moore, Mr.
W. A. Myatt," Mr. A. A. Thompson, Mr.
Geo. W. Thompson, Mr. C. H. Johnson,
Dr. V. E. Turner, Mr. F. H. Busbee,
Mr. Hugh Morson, Mr. F. T. Ward,
Mr. C. B. Barbee, Dr. Jas. McKee,
Mr. F. O. Moring. Mr. R. H. Battle,
Mr. J. G. Brown., Mr. W. E. Foster,
Mr. V. B. Moore, Mr. S. F. Mordecal.
.Mr. J. R. Chamberlain and Mr. B. S.
Skinner.
mlse with the saloon. The hour has
struck in which we can no longer af
ford to compromise in this matter.
Righteousness is the paramount issue.
Our obligation is this: the enforce
ment of the Watts act. States make
laws, but only the people can preserve
them. This law Is in our keeping. " The
moral welfare of our state Is involved
in the success or failure with which we
enforce. this law, sweeping once and
forever. the saloon and distilleries from
our rural districts.
We shall carry the war into our
cities. We shall save them, too. Be
fore winter shall come I expect to see
elections carried against the saloon
throughout the state.
Our duty is to organize. We want
action, not speeches. We must organ
ize in counties and townships to en
force the law, and we must organize
in our towns and cities to carry elec
tions. The words for this 'convention
are organization aod action. Qur
state is organized thoroughly by the
liquor men. They have thirty-two or
ganizations. I expect to see not thirty
two, but hundreds of anti-saloon
leagues In our state, mustering in
mighty array the moral forces of our
commonwealth. Wc are a moral peo
ple, and with organization our cause
will Inevitably triumph.
But this is no summer's campaign.
We are here to effect a permanent or
ganization, for wo have a permanent
work. The fight will be long, an(J it
will be hard, and it will require much?
but we are God's, and Him we serve.
We are not the men to be discouraged.
We follow gladly and with good heart
In the track of many a failure. We
are sure that In His good time victory
shall perch upon our banners and we
shall stand before Him acquitted of
the curse of the drink evil and the
saloon.
Let this hour be a consecration to
every one here. Great is our task, and
greatly to It must ourselves be given.
SANK OF ASHE
FOR JEFFERSON
Charter Issued Yesterday by
the Secretary of State
for This Institution
The Bank of Ashe was chartered yes
terday by the secretary of state to
induct a commercial and savings bank
business at Jefferson in Ashe county.
The capital Is J20.000 and the IncoFjo
rators are J. E, Finley of North
Wilkesboro. George P. Fell, jr. D.
Thomas, Creston; Theo. K. Miller, Ore
Knob: J. C. Foster. W. M. Transeur,
Jota Dent. J. B. Ccuncll, J. W. Col-
TWO ESPECIALLY
NOTABLE SPEECHES
Manager Bailey's Opening
Address at the Jemper
' ance Convention Dr.
McKelway's Defense
of Declaration of
Principles
In connection with the temperance
convention Tuesday there were several
especially notable speeches, extended
reference to which in the regular re
port of the de'Iberatlons was rendered
impossible by the great tax on space
in that issue of The Tost.
Especially Important were the ad
dress of Editor J. W. Bailey of The
Biblical Recorder, manager of the
State Anti-Saloon League, in opening
the convention and the pseoch of
Rev. A. J. McKelway, as chairman of
the committee on declaration of prin
ciples, the speech being made when
he presented the declaration of princi
ples at the night session for adoption.
Dr. McKelway is editor of The Pres
byterian Standard and of the Char
lotte News.
The two speeches are given in full
below.
TXr. Ba!lr' Ojntc Adre
I thank God for the day that has
brought forth this assembly in North
Carolina. In numbers and In Its rep
resentative character It 18 a body not
to be ashamed of. It is the signal of
a. new day. One of our educators has
said that there Is an intellectual fer
ment In North Carolina. There Is an
industrial ferment. And, thank God.
there Is a moral ferment, out of which
shall come a new dispensation of
righteousness In North Carolina, and
this meeting is the promise and surety
of It.
We are met In response to the Im
pelling opportunity and a supreme obli
gation. The opportunity is that of grappling
at last in open field with our ancient
enemy, the saloon and the drink evil.
We are free politically. We have not
come here to break party ties, but we
have come here to say that we will
i ... mrdftt or nhandon them.
We will bring, to the front the moral I "
forces, and in the seats of -power we u a
will place men who will not compro
Cures Ctfdti PrcvcBti Pneumonia
Drt RXeKtlwa y Speech
"This paper, which it fall3 to my lot
to expound, and if necessary to defend,
Is significant on account of Its omls
slons as well as for its statement of
principles. I call upon this convention
to remember that it Is a representa
tive, but not a legislative bodv. What
we say here and what we do here is of
small consequence unless It be ratified
by those whom we affect to represent.
the people of North Carolina. We who
are here have come up to our capital
city at our own charges to give our
time and our thought to this great
cause, but by that very fact we are
discriminated from those who did not
come. We are some 230 strong, but
the voters of North Carolina to whom
we must make our final appeal, are
250,000 strong, and while it is recorded
In the Scripture that one shall chase n
thousand, it should not be our desire
to scare the voters from the polls. If
we were to set ourselves to the task
of getting a majority of every locality
In North Carolina, it means that every
one of us must influence 500 votes be
sides our own to make a majority of
one thousand votes cast. This should
be a sobering thought to us all. We
could probably pass through this con
vention what would satisfy the most
extreme man among us on the liquor
problem. But while we have the ini
tiative the people at home have the
referenda!;. And this thought should
lead to the conservatism of speech and
of action here tonight, with the eyes
of the state on us.
"And If I may speak a word in be
half of those who today turned over
their temporary organization into your
hands for permanency It is our desire
that this great movement may continue
to attract the conservative men of this
steadfast old commonwealth. J
"So this platform "differs from some
that have been adopted-by temperance
conventions. We have not had a word
to say about the anyalysls of the al
coholic stomach. We have neglected
to mention the familiar figure of the
lady at the purtch bowl. The platform
Is lacking in that It does not contain
a tirade against the spilling of good
V.iye on the prow of a battleship.- It
has no declaration against tobacco or
coffee or tea or vinegar. Wc have put
away childish Issues because we are
men. This Is a man's movement, try
ing to enlist voters who must be men.
"I think it Is significant that we have
been able to read In our newspapers
this day the following events: A dis
tl lery tried to get into Rocky Mount
and succeeded. A wholesale liquor
house tried to get into Charlotte last
night and by the unanimous vote of
our board of aldermen It failed. The
aldermen of the city of Durham last
night ordered the saloons to close
their doors at 8 oV.lock in the evening
and to take away the side doors and
screens, and clouded windows whereby
the saloon keeper proclaims that he
loves darkness rather than light be
cause his deeds are evil. The county
commissioners refused to grant license
to the saloon keepers of Roxboro, and
one of the Interesting matters in con
nection with this action Is the threat
to close the graded school of that town
for lack of the saloon revenue.
"The Watts law provides that the
county commissioners may refuse li
cense even when the town commission
ers have granted it, and that It gives
us a double chance at the saloon, i We
can appeal to Caesar when Festus de
nies us our will. We can appeal to the
moral sentiment of the great country
side, the brawn and brain and con
science of our people, when the hood
ums of the town vote us down.
"Durham has also taken a forward
stcp7 Let us restrict the saloon where
we can not vote it out, let us check its
power to do evil when we are presently
to kill it as we believe Durham is go
ing to do. Many a boy will be saved
by that early closing ordinance, Many
a business man will make up his mind
that he does not care for the whole
profane or pious town to see him drink
when the screonlass front-door 'sa oon
only kind left. Scotch where
can not. kill. Scotch in order that
you. may kill. . I
"And then we have Charlotte streng- j
th'enlng Its determination to fight the.
saloon and Rocky Mount, determining
through this defeat of its better ele
ment that the! time has come- for the
whole thing to go, distillery, saloons
and al. We are often obliged to the
devil for raising issues for us.
"The first resolution of this platform
calls for the independence of this or
ganization. We are going to drive out
the saloons and distilleries from North
Carolina, without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation or state.
We are going to avoid entangling alli
ances. We may send missionaries to
Ohio with its three dry counties, or
teach them how much better the Watts
law is than the Mann law. But we
have our own prob ems and we under
stand our own conditions. Independ
ence 13 a good North Carolina word
any way.
"And we are non-partisan. We wel
come to our ranks who believe with us
that the saloon and the distilleries are
no solution of the liquor problem at all,
and that we want to cure the evil of
drunkenness.
"At the same time this league will
accomplish very ittle if it does not se
cure for itself the wholesome respect
of every man that wants public office.
We must teach them that the most
dangerous thing for a politician to tam
per with is the bar room vote, and that
it will damn any man in North Caro-
If he formerly had the fear of the
saloon vote before his eyes, it was our
fault, not his. We stood supine and
saw him murdered if he dared to sand
against the saloon. Let It ring from
this convention and re-echo in every
county and township in the Old North
State that the man who is controled by
the saloon vote is the man to leave at
home. And this can be done without
weakening for a moment the loyalty
of any man to his party.
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