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VOLUME 27.
Twelve Pages Today.
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURD AY, MARGE 3, 1906.
Twelve Pages Today.
PRICE Sc.
EVENING
SPINNERS THEMSELVES
WANT HIGH PRICES NOW
Harvie Jordan's Enthusiastic
Reception by Wake Cot
ton Growers
METROPOLITAN" HALL
WIS PACKED AT NOON
President A. V. Green of (lie Wake
Division Presided mid Mayor John-,
son Introduced .the Speaker of the
j):iy Mr. Jordan Spoke for Ware
iiolise System as Solution of Prob
leni of .Marketing; Spinners Will
I,ost Money if Prices io Down
Sow rarniers Vrgcd Not to
Weaken.
The cotton spinners themselves,
Harvie Jordan told the Wake county
growers at noon today, actually want
high pricos now. It 'seemed a si range
statement, he admitted, hi:t it was
true none the less, for many of. I hem
had told him so.
The reason of it he explained.. They
had sold the hulk of -'their coming
product in the expectation .'of high
prices, and all their contracts ' were
based on the recent goods market. If
prices should tumble any time soon,
those contracts would he cancelled,
and they would lose money.
He made a powerful exhortation
to his hearers not to weaken from
the position they had taken.
When a man .made all soils of ex
planations to him, he said, why he
had lo sell below the limit .agreed
on, he just would ask him to let him
make a little examination. Me would
run his hand up and down his back
and at the end of the examination
say: ':. -
'.My friend, f see what is your trou
ble. I find there is no backbone
there. There is just a i)io?e of ten
derloin steak where the backbone
ought to be." '
With all the rain, mini, wind and
weather of this morning, the Metro
politan Hall was packed to hear
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association at J I
o'clock today. He was the guest, of
the Wake county division of the
..(in ssoeintion of COltOll CroWlTS.
ior only lariucin, um uu") ......
ness and "professional men were pres
ent, as well as a .large delegation
from the A. and M. College.
A box was occupied, hy Mrs. P.. P.
Tucker of Ihis city and parly. Mrs.
Tucker is an extensive cotton planter
just west of the city.
On the platform were, besides Mr.
Jordan und President C. C. Moore
of the state association. Chairman
H. C. Dockery of the state executive
committee, Commissioner of Agricul
ture S. L. Patterson, President Ceo.
T. Winston of the A. and M. College,
Mr. Ashley Home of Clayton, ex
president of the North Carolina Agri
cultural Society, Editor Clarence II.
Poe of the Progressive Farmer, Col.
II. H. Jones, County Organizer F. A.
Whitnker. Dr. N. M. Blalock, T. J.
Johns of Auburn, Dr R. H. Speight
of Edgecombe.
President A. C. Green of the Wake
county division presided.
Rev. Dr. W. C. Tyree of the First
Baptist church offered prayer, and
Mayor James I. Johnson of the city
of Raleigh briefly and appropriately
Introduced Mr. Jordan.
The speaker of the day began by !
faying that when he got ready to stait
his campaign he made up his mind to
begin in the state of North Carolina,
because It was, the extreme eastern
state of the cotton belt, and because
of the enthusiasm and success with
which this state had carried on the
work of bringing up the price of cotton.
The south ,he said, had solved the
problem of production of cotton, but
of the marketing of it, they had not
yet learned the first principles. We
were ignorant of the details of the con
sumption of the staple and of its value
upon the. markets. . is
Take the cottop handkerchief; With
cotton at ten edits a bale it takes twenty-five
bales of raw cotton to pay for
one bale of the manufactured goods.
The bale you sell at $50 becomes worth
' $1,250 when converted into pocket hand
kerchiefs. A similar illustration was drawn from
the manufacture of spool thread.
When the faimer takes his cotton
to market it is expert knowledge
against ignorance. The dealer samples,
weighs, grades and does the whole
thing. -The producer says nothing ex
cept, perhaps ,to beg for one-fourth or
one-sixteenth of a cent more.
The cotton producer had lvachcd a.
stage where he had hardly the. confi
dence or respect of the world. And
yet our cotton crop was wnat made us
a. creditor nation In the world 'instead
of a debtor nation.
He took the whole responsibility of
the promulgation of the fifteen cent
limit. The spinners by a combination
at that time bad taken advantage of
lite necessities of the cotton goods and
forced the price down lo 9Vc, when
by the laws of supply and demand it
could easily have been -lie. lie then
made up his millennial since the spin
ners had taken advantage of ihe far
mers at the beginning of the season it
was but right that the producers should
at the tail end of the. season, when they
could, get back every dollar that they
had been done out. of.
There could be nn possibility of an
American panic so long as the price
of cotton is protected. -'
The cotton crop ought to be moved
t In ov.sh twelve months instead of four
months. The way to accomplish ihat
was io bui'd the facilities for -it,. -the
warehouse, and let t lie - warehouse" re
ceipts be negotiable as money. 'Then
the-price of cotton might l.e regulated
by the laws of supply-und demand.
If all the eggs of Wake' county were
lo.be rushed . on '-the m.irket within a
few weeks or months of the year, the
mice Would go tumbling down and the
very hens of Wake county would get
disgusted and go out of business .
There are too many middle' men get
ting rich between the farni"r and con
sul nr. r.'. '
in this i onnectioii Mr. Jordan spoke
of the fact that the reward of the
work of a man's brain was success and
money, and that our dul y was to edu
cate .our boys to the farm and not
away from it.
Mr. Jordan was heartily "applauded
all (he way through his speech.
Following lii in Dr. Ceo. T. Winston
made a talk -emphasizing some of W
points Mtv .Jordan "had biought out.
notably the one on'llie cduentlo.i of the
boys to the farms. '.
Then President . C. C Moore made
some practical remarks on organiza
tion. s
Following the general mass meeting
there was held in the same hall a
meeting of the legislative body of the
county division. This is composed" of
lichgates, two each from the township
clubs, County organizer F. A. Whit
nker presided and President .Moore- ad
drcssed the body.. , . ; '";' .
Keports from the various townships
showed that the dues and the ten cent
levy were being paid and Ihat meetinj's
were 4)eina held.
' The points h' ing pressed home now
are i eduction in acreage and Fy,e ra ta
ins' of home supplies. .
This afternoon the stale executive
eonimillee is ineetlnjr.
TOLD OF THE MASSACRE
Horrible Slorv of
Butchery by Russians
Was I.nst of a Family of Twelve,
Father, Mother anil Others Being
Put to" Death by Soldiers Heard
Cries for .Mercy as the Helpless
Were Slaughtered.
... (fly 'the Associated Press.)
New York, lia rdi 3. Stories of es
capes from the . Russian ' frontier on
rafts and of massacres alleged to have
occurred in the cellars of . Moscow
homes during the recent outbreak there
were told here today by Russian refu
gees. " These stories came from some
of the 2,000 Russians and Russian .lews
who arrived here on the steamer Penn
sylvania from Hamburg and who pass
ed the immigration inspection today.
Rebecca Isaacs, fifteen years old. one
of the refugees from Moscow, said that
she was the last of a family of twelve
and that her father, mother, brothers
and sisters were killed by soldiers. She
said for two days she was hidden in a
dark corner of the cellar in her home
which soldiers entered at intervals in
search of the occupants. The other
members of the family, she said, was
found and killed, some of them so near
her that she heard their unavailing
cries for mercy. She is now on her
way to West Virginia.
Michael Slaloviteh, who lived near
the Austrian frontier in Russia, es
caped with, his entire family by cross
ing the river Vistula to Austrian ter
ritory on a raft under cover of dark
ness. A patrol of soldiers, which was
on the lookout for parties attempting
to escape in this, manner, heard the
noise made by his raft and tired in the
direction of the sounds, without, how
even, hitting any one. Many other
Jews,-he said, took the shine - method
of eetting out of Russia.
NUMBER DEAD
NOT YET KNOWN
New Orleans Gets Wild Re
port from Meridian
TORNADO IAS SERIOUS
(overnor Yimlainuii leaves on Spe
cial Itelief Train, but is I'nahle to
ict Definite Details of the Disas
ter Victims Variously Estimated
from Thirteen to One Hundred.
' (15y the Associated Press.)
Xctv Orleans, La., March :!. A
special from Meridian, .Miss.-, esti
mates (lie loss of life at one hundred
with about two hundred injured. The
dispatch which was received iii New
Orleans at J I a. in. (noon eastern
time), says much confusion prevlals
in Meridian, anil detailed lists of (he
casualties are -.till unavailable.
Memphis, Temi., Man h ,i. A dis-
patch received from Meridian at ;
noon states that'll conservative esti-i
male places the number of . people
kilted in last night's tornado at from '
twenty-live' lit litty, while (hose in
jured probably, will exceed one hun
dred. Vnrdaiiiiiu On the Scene.
Birmingham, Ala.. March A
special to the News from Jackson,
Miss., says:
A special train left Jackson shortly
alter Tl o'clock' with' Governor Var
danlan, one hundred members of the
legislature and many physicians, who
go lo do relief work at Meridian. The
disaster grows larger with additional
reports. Word received in Jackson
this 'morning Was ihat thirty are
known to he dead, and twice that
number injured? An appeal has been
issued for assistance and cities of the
state are asked to raise relief funds.
Hundreds "of families, are homeless,
as the houses of nuvny were complete
ly, demolished.
Secretary Beaksleo of Ihe Jackson I
board of trade, left, today" for t lie
stricken city and wired Mayor Wliar-j
Ion to issue an immediate. -appeal fori
relief,' The .streets of. Meridian are)
reported idled high with debris and
it. . may. he several days before the;
fail number of ihe dead can be so- j
cured. .Many pedestrians, were cii
route-to i heir home when the torna
do look place. ; .Many persons are 'also;
reported missing and are beliCved He
In; dead under the wreckage in the
business district. '
A staff corresnondeiil of the News!
wired his paper this afternoon Iron!
.Meridian that the total list of dead;
i-oiii hist night's tornado numbers;
nineteen with one missing and per-,
liana several bodies under I he debris, i
The. number '."'of injured is about
fifty.--.
The militia is keeping 'the crowds
haeki while the search of the ruins
progresses. The citizens held a meet
ing today and organised for relief
work. Governor Vardatnan was in
formed of the need of help anil he
replied that the stale would aid. lie
is on his way lo Meridian. '
The entire south side of Front
tree! and the cast and west sides of
Twenty-Second avenue from Front
to Railroad streets suffered severely,
many buildings being .'- demolished.
Many persons are also reported, miss
ing and are believed to be dead under
the wreckage in the business district.
Jackson, Miss., March-. Judge
T, W. ltrame of Macon', Miss., who
was in Meridian last nignt. ami
reached .lai kson today, 'says' that up
lo ,l o clock tins morning 12 dead
had been recovered from the wreck
age of the storm and that the prop
erty loss is estimated at several mil
lion dollars. The' wholesale district
suffered worse. Rescue parlies were
unable. to make much headway dur
ing the. night, owing to the total dark
ness, - the city gas plant having, been
destroyed. Many' of the principal
buildings and manufacturing plants
were destroyed.
Birmingham. Ala., -.March :! Com
munication with Meridian, Miss., was
partly restored by both telegraph'
companies from this point about 11
o'clock this morning,, but as' yet it
has, been impossible 1 6 secure an ac
curate estimate on the loss of life
last night. It is said the greatest
loss of life was in the factory districts
where search parties are still at
work. . ....
Meridian,.' Miss., March ".. Thir
teen bodies have been recovered
from the wreckage of buildings
(Continued on Page Two.)
GHASTLY EVIDENCE
IN MATHEWS TRIAL
Witness Tells How Prisoner
Tried to Kill Himself
Years Ago
DEFENSE IS MAKING
A DESPERATE BATTLE
Dr. Pctree Says That Atteifding Phy
sicians Could Give No Cause for
Woman s Ileal II Jsooiu .Male, oi
Alleged Murderer Describes Mis
Suicide Plans in Iliclimoml When
His Sweet Iieart "Died.
(Spcei.'! to The Eveidng Times.)
..Greensboro. N. tl, March li. In the
Mathews trial this morning Uie defense
introduced Dr. Petree, who testified
that according to statements of attend
ing physicians it would be
to say what , caused Mi'.-',
.death.' . whether strychnin'
impossible
.Mathews
, euremic
poison or apoplexy.
.1. A. Gorman, a ilenlist of Ashevill
tesiiiiecl that lie roomed and slept with
j.Alalhews .while a medical student ill
, Klcimiond thirteen 'years ago. ami one
i morning found him apparently dead.
I lie had a -spell, of despondency ' from
i the death, of a ' -sweetheart and had
I taken .poison. He was '.saved and Uie.
," tirsi thlii'.: he said eras fur ilie witness
to look in Ids' pocket,, get a note and
1 never let any one read it. lie had cure-
fully prepared his burial clothes. The
i note gave direction for his funeral, dis-
I nosed of his iironerty -aiiil named ihe
; pall bearers. .
j There was a long .argument over the
I competency of evidence sotie.hl to lu
- introduced from- defendant's 'father. J',.
i F. Mathews of Durham, as o his in
sanity in ids and Ids wile's family.
! The prosecution -'contended that hered
j I'tary insanity could only be shown in
j the absence of motive, ami. in Ihe pres
I cut ease .motive had been clearly shown
Mind all. testimony,
j piisoner W'as perfect 1
when affected in ' ihe
e.viji ihajt the
: sane, except
usual wnv by
Pending; nrgu-
j whiskey or morphine.
ment on the imporlaai i
a recess for dinner.
loiat. court, tools
SOME DAMAGE
TO TRUCK CROP.
tS ccial lo '
Wilmington. :
front the entile
! 'motion are u
estimate of the
cold wave ale
in- if.vt ning Times.) .
s. ' '.. Mai cii :i. Keports
truck section of .eastern
i.v in and an aeem'ate
lo.is.'S from this week's
available. The radish
crop was hit hai .lt st.
fifty '.per cent. ; Reels
l-y .hut I. The'-.daiuage
ers was small a nil a
winds stripping. I in-'.
beds. -:
The
damatre i,
, ere only sli.hl
to lettuce grow
i due to tile hi;.'.i
'overs from tin
KING EDWARD DOE
IN PARIS TONIGHT
" (R; the. ' Associated' Press.) :
Paris, March ::.---Tlu; arrival of
King Edward in Paris this evening
for a thivxlays' visit attracts cont
inent in connection' with the Algeci
ltis conferetu as being a timely re
affirmation of the Anglo-French
agreement. Premier ltouvibr will
meet the King at the depot. While
here his Majesty will lie the guest of
the British Embassy, maintaining his
incognito as Duke of l.ancaser. Presi
dent Falliores and King Edward will
exchange visits . Iouhm iow and .there
iwill be a gala dinner, at the embassy
on Sunday at which the king, the
j president and the premier will be
! guests,, also Buron' DeC'ourcel, re
iCently head of the French mission
;at the funeral of King Christian, who
'was approached by Kmperor William
! for the pnrpos;- of Ameliorating
I Fronco German relations.
NEGRO FISHERMAN
DROWNED AT SEA.
(Special to.'' The -Evening Times.) '
Wilmington. N. -'.." March 3. William
Brown, a negro shad fisherman, aged
sixty reirs. . tvas 'I'ov.ned in the Cape
Fear river last V. is lit as u result of his
boat being struck by the steamer Wil
Jilinston. Brown, with one companion,
was fishing opposite Fort Fisher. As
the Wilmington iieared. the small boat
her .engines were reversed, but too late
to prevent her -stern from striking and
smashing one side of the fishermen's"
craft. Brown jumped and iwas drown
ed. His companion remained in the
boat and was rescued.
' i
TO SAVE THE FORESTS
Successful Meeting Held in
Charlotte Today
Many Delegates Attend and Discuss
Plans for the Protection of Valua
ble Properties- Governor Glenn
and (iovernor Terrell, of Georgia,
Were Present.
: (Special to The Evening Times.)
'harlntte, March 3. The interstate
foiesiry convention was-held this after
noon ui. i'.:in o'clock. ' A large delega
tion of distinguished KiiesfV was pres
ent lium several northern and southern
states. This morning an informal re
ception was held at the Manufacture! s'
club from' '11 to 1 o'clock. Mayor Mc--N'incii
introduced the visitors and ex
tended .lie hospitality of the city. .
Following is a list of those in at
tendance: ' i.loveriior ' Glenn of.' Ninth Carolina,
Governor J. M. Tel iii! of Georgia.
.James I.. I'uiier. American Forestry
association: Giffonl i'iuchot, chief for
ester of Hie foiled Slates; Alfred Gas
kill, laiiteii states foesMy department;
'. A. - Seiicnck.' foivslei" l-ii'linoie es
tate: Prof.' J. A. Iloliin s. Ilaleigh; Al
freil Akernjan. state forester, Alassa
chuselis; .). Hyde. I'lait and i'o lier
t'o'bb... t'lllversliy Nnrtli Carolina, and
other prominent men.
The mee;ieg at the Academy was
a'leiKied by a good . ciowc-I liom ilie
city and many farmers who were in
vited by Mayor MeNiucii.
The conference is held fnr the put-pose-of
arousing public'-sentiment in
favor of ill" passage of such legislation
as 'will result 'in the. establishment of
national forest .preserves and slate
forestry associations. , It is believed
thai the meeting today" will do much
toward getting Hie desired .results, it"
niH. li enthusiasm'' was shewn by siK'ak
rs end a!! jiivsent.
WILL ANDOn" "
GRAND CENTRAL
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. .March 3. -The World
says: y
A iii'imiineiit oliicial of the Penn
s'v.lvnnia railroad announced yester
day ihat the' New-York, New Haen
& Pari ford railroad would abandon
Ihe G&ind t'cnlral station as soon as
tifaeticiiliie and unload its passenger
:i till mail trains I hereafter at the new
lei'iiiinal of the I'ennsylvaniu.! rail
road. -
. For some time the New Haven .road
has heen dis.saiisiied Willi its aecoiii
moil.it loe.s "at tin- Grand Central .sta
tion, where - it shines (he cramped
(planers wiili the New York Central.
.Inst as soon us the .'terminal-ran be
completed and the funnel dug In.
Pennsylvania will Jake Ilie ; New
Haven road under its wing.
RALEIGH PEOPLE
IN MERIDIAN STORM
Raleigh--people were 'deeply concern
ed at the news of a tornado disaster
last evening at .Meridian. Miss., since
a number of former citizens of this
place a ix' '-'there. 11 was impossible to
get telegraphic communication w ith Me
ridian and tills increased the local anx
iety. The first -direct news came from
Mr. Charles Fcrrall to bis brothers,
Messrs.... John R. and Joseph, F. Fer
uill here. Mr.. Fen-all's telegram was
'phoned to Montgomery. Ala., ami
wired from .there. He slated that he
and his parly, which included Mr. Jos.
Cheshire -"tnn'i Mr. Henry Mordeeai ot
Raleigh, are all right. Later today Mr.
T. C. liensoii and Mr. C. B. Densou
were gVeatly relieved by a message
from their brolhe7s. Mr. ReiKit Benson
and Dr. Eugene Henson, stating that
they and their families escaped the
storm, which did not molest the por
tion oftie city in which they reside.
Inquiiies were heard on all sides today
as lo the s.itety ot Messrs. Ferrall.
Cheshire,. Mordeeai and Denson, atel
the news of their safety is a joy to
their many friends.- '
Ex GOV. HOGG
DIED TODAY.
' (By , tlie Associated Press.) :
Houston, Tex., March ;;. Foiiner
Governor Jus. 11. Hogg died here to
day. "
WILKES COUNTY
BOND STATEMENT.
Salisbury. N. ('.. March 3. Burton
Craige today went to Greensboro and
as receiver in the Wilkes count v bond
suit, bled his final siatemcnt with the
COMMISSION WANTS NO
MORE SECOND GLASS FARE
judge of the t'niied Plates circuit court,
disli'ict No. 4.. .Mr. (,'raige 'succeeded
his fallier. Hon. Kerr Criiige ns w
ecivr on lie den ih of the elder in
V.HM.. The iiiiio-nil of Interest accruing
from P'Ml lo lln- spring of mh on an
issue of .bonds a nioiuil ing lo JlOil.llOO
was p',2,GlA4. These coupons are field
by W. N. Coler & Sonslater by Bird
S. Coler, comptroller pf . the currency
for New York Slate, and R. H. Hale.
The principal has mil yet been paid.
'If tills large interest. Cap!', t'ha lies
Price, attorney for the bondholders,
drew a fee of $lS,0fii). Jn the Stanley
case bis fee was almost as large, mak
ing ihis the largest coiniiensatioo ever
paid a North Carolina lawyer, and
bis greatest legal victory.
BACK FROM THE
TRUCKING SECTION.
Mr. T. K. Brunei', secretary of
the slate board of itgricnlture, re
turned to the .city today from his
trip through the northeastern section
of the slate on his mission of gath
ering photographs am data relative,
to the trucking and other agricultural
interest sof the state. Curator H. H.
Rrimley of the stale museum is still
in .the' southeastern .section on a sim
ilar mission.
The dam, and photographs are lo
he used in advertising the state for
the attraction of immigrants, and in
the event the exhibits are sent lo the
circuit of New England fairs next
fall' In- accordance: with. the plans of
Governor Glenn and the state board,
they will come in admirably for that
purpose.
INTIMIDATED WITNESS
Told He Had Better Not Testi
fy Against Blind Tiger
Lexington Court. Week Suit, Involv
ing Ownership of a Iiitrge Pari of
the l.anil on Which Lexington
Stands Heeded lo Living Person's
Heirs..
(Special to The Evening Times,)
'Lexington.'- N. C. .March -.3. The su
perior court here this week under Judge
V. 11. .Cou in il lias proved uneventful.
In Ihe ease of David Garner, 'charged
Willi imimiiiali.ig witnesses, ilie de
fendant was' found guilty' and sen
tenced to Ilie loads for one year. Tills
action -grew out of cireuiuslaiiees at
tending a lri.il in the last ciiniinal
court, wherein Garner and others were
indicted for selling whiskey. A. wilnes.i
in this ease was informed that he.' had
better not testify against Hie defend
ants. . ' '.''..;
I'eiiiaps the most important case of
ilie court is one involving the ownership
of a 'large' -part' of the land -int . which
Lexington stands. In this case' U. r.
Campbell . and lit iters are suing Molly
EvcKiart and others for possession of
real estate w hereon niiiie a -number of
residences have, been built,' and. where
the owners of these have lived for some
time. .The tumble begins Willi nil old
deed by 'which this pioperly was deed
ed to the heirs of a living person. This
pe on sold it to various parties, and
now the heirs come ill and claim Jia
it was never willed to their ancestor
but to 'them, anil there is a -prospect of
a score or more of people losing their
propel i.v. -
HOT AFTER THE
JUG TRADERS.
(Special to tiie 'Evening Times.)
Wilmington.' March 3. Several Wil
mington saloon .men are on the anx
ious bench. The -action of the Colum
bus county grand jury is the cause of
their uncomfortable., positihn. For
years certain liquor dealers here have
reaped rich revenue from the jug traf
fic. The passage of the Watts law did
not materially interfere with their
business and shipments into prohibi
tion lerritor continued. The grand
jmy of Columbus county has thus far
returned ime Hue bill and is. consid
ering several presentments. The
names of the dealers involved are not
known, 'hence t lie confusion in their
i auks. At tlie April term of court
those against whom true bills are
found at this term will then be indicted
il is said.
Fought a Draw.
Hot Springs. Ark.. March 3. After
twenty' rounds of fast fighting, the
bout last night between Fred Landers,
of San Francisco and Clarence Eng
lish, of Omaha, was decided a draw.
Landers was the cleverer of the pair
and appeared a eeiiufn winner in the
first thirteen rounds. English had the
staying qualities and ability to land
punishment and made the last seven
rounds hard for the Pacific coast iad."
Change Urged io Railroad
Law by North Carolina
Legislature
PASSENGER SERVICE
Annual Report' Filed Today Deals
With Many Important Subjects,
Better Law to Handle , Telephone
Companies Being Recommended
Railroad Statistics Show Earnings
and Wages Paid How the Banks
Prospered Last Year Other Facts.
The annual report of the North Caro
lina corporation commission was com
pleted and sent lo the execiillve office
of Governor Glenn today. If Is for
l!Wr and is the seveirlli the commission
has made. II treats in detail of their
supervision of railroads and quasi-public
corporations, banks and their work
as a state tax commission.
In their report on railroads the com
mission declares that North Carolina
is one of the exceptions in the require
ment of railroads to furnish first and
second class rates, and that this.
coupled with the requirement that the
roads shall provide separate accommo
dations for white and colored passen
gers, necessitates too many cars, mak
ing an unwieldy and much more ex
pensive train. They urge that. if the
roads were required to furnish one.
fare they could give better service at
less cost, and that the passenger fare
liould be reduced. : ;'. . i-
The report shows that during the
past year r., 5S!. 500 passenger were car
ried by the various roads in the state.
i if these 'the Atlantic Coast Line ear-
l led 1,315.724, the Seaboard Air! Line
fi.lO.nsn, the Sbullitnt 2.938,700. miscel
laneous roads 6S4,!)77. The passenger
earnings Were: Atlantic Coast Line,
Jl.432.7H4; Seaboard Air Line, $879,1067;
Soul hern. $3,072,442.
Mileage and Valuation.
Tlie report shows that there are in
ilie stale 3,Sr)!).09 miles of road, an in
crease of fifty-nine miles over last year.
The total valuation Is WB.573,334. At
lantic Coast Line. 347.83 miles, $24,454,
014 : Seaboard Air Line.- 612.12 miles,
$t2,5O0,OOQ; Southern, 279.,r,6 miles, t26,
310.581!; .miscellaneous' roads, 1,005.58
miles, $6,308,731. The gross earnings of
all roads were $22,441,705 and the net
earnings, not Including itaxes and in
terest. $S.470.4S3. a gain of $931,472 over
the year previous. The total capital
stock is S64.3GS.4CT. and the total in
debtedness $68,111,253. The miscellan
eous roads other than Atlantic Const
Line. Southern and Seaboard Air Line,
show $tl,407.C!0 capital and $S,823,CIC
indebtedness. The railroads pay lo li e
stale $641,766 taxes.
Kmployes and Wages,
The railroads have 15.877 employes,
their wages aggregating $6,758,167. The
average daily wages paid are: Atlatviic
Coast Line, enginemen, $4.37; conduc
tors; $2.00; mechanics, $2.80; Seaboard
Air Line, engiiiemen, $4; conductors,
;.'; mechanics, $2.09; Southern, engine
men, $4.92; conductors. $4.01; mechanics,
S'3.13. .
During the year there were 111 per
sons killed and 787 injured In accidents.
Atlantic ('oast Line, 20 killed, 95 In
jured; Seaboard Air Line, 18 killed, 165
injured; Southern, 61 killed, 476 injured;
miscellaneous roads, 15 killed. 51 in
jured. These figures includt passen
gers, employes and trespassers. There
were reuily 35 employes killed and 492
Injured: 5 passengers killed and 143
injured, and 74 other persons killed and
152 injured.
The Killed and Injured.
During tlie year 3S7 complaints were
tiled with the commission against rail
roads, covering a great variety of
grievances,, most ' of which have been
disposed of. Some were for failure to
keep passenger schedules, bulletin ar
rival of trains, furnish cars for ship
ment of freight and delivery after ar
rival at destination.
Complaints Investigated.
The commission makes special men
tion in thtir letter of transmission to
the governor of their course in the mat
ter of the complaints from furniture
manufacturers of High Point In the
matter of inadequate furniture ears for
shipments; the complaints from tiuck-
ers in the Mt. Olive and Faison sec
tions, that by the board of, trade of
Winston-Salem as to failure of the rail
road company to deliver freight '
promptly. And adds that, feeling that
several places in our state were dis
criminated against in interstate
freights from western and northwest
ern points, we took the matter Up with
the Southern Railway and Norfo'.k Ss
Western railway, with the result 'that
the Southern Railway agreed to reduce
and did reduce materially certain, rtes
to Ashevi'le. " The question of reduc-
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