THE ORALEIGH EVENING TIMES, MONlUvniL 9,' 190G.
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THE EVENING TIMES.
BWMT After toon Except Sunday.
fhe' Visitor Press Publishing Co.
JfOWX 0. DREWBY, President.
IL W. SIMPSON. Jr. ...... .Editor.
GEOttGE B. CRATER, PublUher,
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Act of Congress, March I, 1879.
MONDAY; APRIL 9,190.
Desperate .Men Sometimes Lie.
The Evening Times has no desire
to edd to the muddy waters which
have surrounded the Atlantic and
Xorth Carolina Railroad for these
many years, but one cowardly rumor
which has circulated from those who
endeavored by fpir means and foul to
annul the lease made by the state
demands attention. The plaintiffs and
the defendant agreed to submit the
facts in the case to Judge Long for
a judicial ruling. He heard the argu
ments, he .examined the contract and
the law and he held that the instru
ment was binding. The plaintiffs, who
brought suit on the funds of the tax
payers, have appealed to the supreme
court, which can hardly reverse the
opinion handed down by Judge Long
without reversing itself. Indeed, if it
should do that there is the assurance
riiat the federal courts will step in and
protect the rights of the company
which now controls the property and
the commonwealth which placed the
road under the management .of a syn
dicate which, has operated- it as a bus
iness proposition and not, as a politi
cal property.
'Tint that is not --the, point. ..Certain
gentlemen - who sorely grieve because
thev are'-' forced to pay freight bills
and passenger fares, have quoted Judge
Long as saying that while he did de
cide that the lease was binding, be
cause the law Was there., he hoped
that it woul go to the supreme court
and that the higher tribunal would
set aside his verdict. If Judge Long
made any statement to that effect he
is no credit to the bench and is not
lit to sit in judgment. We do not be
lieve,, however,- that he said it. We
shall not believe it, and while no
credence is to be placed in such re
ports it is just as well to publish and
brand them, inasmuch as they show
the animus of the politico-grafters and
the extremes to which they sometimes
go in an effort to prejudice the public
mind. It is hardly necessary for Judge
Long to enter -a denial. The people
liae the utmost confidence in him.
Thev believe in his honesty and in
legrity and they will not be misled by
.-the silly utterances of men who would
sacrifice everything for their personal
profit and gain. Hut they are' ties?
pernio desperate -because' -'they 'can
not enjoy special privileges. They
would turn over heaven and earth to
break that lease. Thny would make
the slate repudiate its act and stultify
tlsolf. and drive capital away -simply
to save freight bills and travel about
on free passes...'. They have been whip
ped by the law, and now they come
forth and insinuate that the presiding
judge did one thing when his judg
ment prompted another. They have
spread this rumor from town to town.
They even charge that the newspapers
have been subsidized when practically
every newspaper in Xorth Carolina
has commended the wisdom of a judge
who knows how to interpret the law,
Cheap grafters of that kind are with
out conscience or brains.
f v Good Words for Raleigh.
The Wilmington Messenger and the
Wilmington Dispatch, which are pub
lished in a town on the Seaboard Ait
Line system, advocate Jtaleigh as the
proper location for the headquarters of
the company if a change is to be made
from Portsmouth. Concerning the mat
ter the Messenger savs:
"If the railway authorities in select
ing a. location for the general offices
were to consider convenience of situa
tion toward all parts of the system.
Kaleigh would win hands down. She
is centrally located and is the only city
on the main stem of the system. All
trains from whatever point on the di
verging lines to tne southward to any
destination northward have to pass
tnrougtl that city. Through trains from
ftew York and Portsmouth to Florida
points, to Charlotte and Rutherford-
'to, to Atlanta or to Wilmington have
to go by Raleigh. This fact ; should
have much weight In determining the
question of location in favor of that
city. In addition the company owns
much real estate in Raleigh .whereon
the offices and other buildings could be
conveniently located.
"We hope the advocates of Raleigh
as the place will so presistently urge
that city upon the officials of the roati
and make such a showing in her favor
that they will succeed in their under
taking. An important question is, what
inducements : will Raleigh offer the
company to make that selection. Her
citizens and her officials should bestir
themselves in this matter.
Raleigh, of course, has many induce
ments to offer, and we miht add that
the citizens are at work. They will
present our claims as sunn as Mr. Wal
ter takes charge of the property.
It is understood that President Roose
velt is not going to get mixed up in the
enal muddle." anthracite or bituminous.
si i all parties may as well quit sending
their telegrams to him at the same lime
that they send them to one another. It
is generally conceded that the president
knows when he lias I'limish. He arbi
trated one coal strike.
The KiiKlish courts are; endeavoring
to determine the distinction between
an ue'tress and a chorus girl, but ad
mit that the question cannot be set
tled by speaking parts. It would sem
thiit.it depends more upon" what she
wears than what she sniys.
Young (Hailstone Douie euntinues to
remark that he has never been kissed.
Thus far, however. Greensboro re
frains from saying thai he never lived
in Durham.
Mr. Horstinan, of Cincinnati, who is
after Mr. Longworth's seat in congress.
wants to know what the latter has ever
done. What has he done? What has he
not done?
While the ways and means commit
tee of the house is advocating free
alcohol young Mr. Patterson if Chi
cago tells the socialists that they must
work for free beer.
In wrestling with the negro, problem
the New York World believes that the
logical resuli .of Mr, Carnegie's effort
is reform for the nation's ragtime.
If it cannot be explained in any
other way it may be that Vesuvius
is nauseated by reason of lhe 11a rues
appointment.
The Kansas women who have formed
a "never-grod-old club" seemingly for
get that a woman's as old as' she. looks.
In the old days everybody worked
the Atlantic & North Carolina, includ
ing father. -
Governor Glenn still retuitls the
record as the champion spellbinder; of
the Tar Heel state.
The peek-a-boo season will soon be
with us yet, lest w,e forget.
EDITORIAL. JOTTI YGS.
A colored woman of Baltimore, 10H
years old, has a distinct recollection of
General Lafayette's tour of this coun
try. This event seems to have been
stored up in the memory of all old peo
ple. It is observable of late, however,
that the. coachmen of George Washing
ton are getting very scarce. Roches
ter Union. -
Mr, Bryan's Contribution to the dis
cussion of the subject of socialism has
occasioned a more general approbation
than anything he has said or done for
a long lime. He is getting to be reck
oned in the safe and sane class. .com
paratively speaking. Boston . Herald.
There are some, who will think it
strange that Dowie should have thought
the possesion of seven wives a condi
tion precedent to the foundation of an
earthly - paradise. New York Lveuing
Sun.
The exhibition of laying on of hands
Dr. Dowie promises his overseers when
he gets back to Zion ought to be worth
quite a bit. of gate money. New A 01k
K veiling Telegram.
We Would suggest to one Andrew
Hamilton that a timely attraction at
Madison Square Garden would be a
Yellow Dog Show. Doubtless there are
open dates. Puck.
But Mr. Carnegie In his Tuskegee. In
stitute speech, failed to suggest spelling
reform in negro dialect, and we are dis
appointed, New' York Evening Mail.
Discrimination Against the South.
The south composes about. -one-third
the republic. It pays more taxes in
proportion to amount returned to it
in appropriations than all northeast
of the Mississippi river. It was first
to respond to the call for troops in the
Spanish-American war. It is thor
oughly American, progressive and full
of men of ability and character. And
yet there Is not a single man from the
south in the cabinet: not a. single
southern man represents this country
in an important diplomatic miss'on;
not a southern man holds a position
of even second rate importance in
Washington: and the south is treated
aS a red-lieacled step child in every
respect by this administration. Ral
eigh Observer.
Yes sir, and when the Observer trie?
to array a prejudice against the South
ern fast mail, it betrays a spirit dually
as prejudicial to the south as Is ex -
hibited in its neglect in the cabinet, I
or the diplomatic service. Winston
Journal. J
BIGGEST ON RECORD
Still, Saw Mill and Farm of
James Blue Seized
Detailed Keport of Seizure Xear Hoff
man Filed Today in Collector's
Office Was in Operation Heady
for Initial Hun of Whiskey A
"Blanket Seizure."
Deputy internal Revenue Colleclor
D. C Downing filed in the collector's
office here today it detailed . report of
l he seizuie he and Deputies .ncDoiiald
and Suiies made near iiotrman nisi wuiKh 165 rounds and am in hot 1 or
week-by odds the biggest on record. l(,Mh (h,m , eV(, W.R j W(jl,( m)(
The report shows that the seizure 111. ..-,.
, ' , . ... .Mi lake any amount ot nionov tor what
eluded one lour-chamber copper still.: .. .. , . ,
co, denser, beer pump, pipes, six fer-l" " "? or m.V I can safely say
nunlers of s..'M0 gallon capacity ,nn-;hore is no man, no matt r .how long
tabling fi.ii.io gallons of beer, nr. bush-j 1 lie drink habit litis had him down,
i ls of meal and rye malt, three yeast :j but what the trciilmeiit w ill indeed
U'bs, one steel in. ill tub, eoppei worm, , make u new man of him, ami Hie
r,0-h,.r.sep.iwer bojl.r. one :!r,-hor.-epowci-1 ).,. ij(s are i:rmam-ni if he so
etigine, hydraulic pump, sa,w mill com. Kj,.(.s j .p HT'NTFIi
P'ete. imi feel of wire rope. ao.tiWl feel. ' ' ' (, ' j '
of lumber. :i.'ti, feet of logs, four-horse 1 1 '"lh' y l r ' "
log wagon, two two-horse wagons, two " you ve friends who mlRht be
nudes, set of harness and fitti acres of benefited by this treatment send their
i!u- best .land, the whole ii i fit being names to the Keeley Institute,
tin property of James nine, -one of j Greensboro, N. C.
the lust known men in ilie llolTman -'! -
s li"n- . .. ; Thayer of Boston, an associate of T.
Uiue operaieo 1 lie mMim-.j 111 now -
n an as a government distillery until
llu last legislature made the plnco pio
hiliition, ; then he carried ll to some
point in Georgia for a while.- .
However, the revenue department
diseoveieil some weeks ago that the
distillery outfit had again been ship
ped to this state and that Mlue-had
placed an order for a car lo:id of meal
iind other supolies..
When they made t lie raid at the saw
mill last Friday they found the dis
tillery in operation under the saw mill.
They were just gelling .ready for their
first run of whiskey.
it is ,f. noti'ble fact that Ti'ue has
already been up in the federal -court
here In two cases for blockading. The
first time lie compromised on the pay
ment of Sl.tlirt nod the second time on
the payment of $ 1 . f n 1. He wits-. repre
sented by Claudius Dockcry now
t'nited States marshal for this district
J. S. WILLIAMS
AND J. M. BARK.
Mr. John Skelion Williams, says
the Richmond News Leader, returned i
to the city today alter a week's aii-
senee in Baltimore and .New Yon.,
and gave out for publication the fol
lowing statement regarding the "i"s
ignation of .1. M. Barr as president
of the Seaboard Air Line railway;
' I see Mr. Ban'.- friends are try
ing to pose him as a valued officer
whose resignation v. as accepted ;e
iitenntly. I can not permit such fin
assertion to pass unchallenged, lie
cause it may be construed as piming
ne m the position of having failed to
sustain, the charges against Mr.
Burr's management and conduct
which which I published more -;han
a year ago. The truth is that his :e
moval vindicates exactly and com.'
plciely all I have said of him. which;
perhaps, some part of the public m iy
hr.ve attributed at the time to tempi.r
1 1 prejudice. Mr. Barr's ;- renin vu!
from the management of the rail
way was inevitable. Evidences' ,:md
proof of his incompetency and unre
liability have;- multiplied, and stork-,
holders and those directors of lac
company who had the interests of the
stockholders at heart were "relieved
and gratified, when the published an
nouncement of the change was mi'do.
One of lhe northern directors of the!
Seaboard Air Line railway acknowl
edged to me about a year ago 'hat
one of the principal reasons why Bf.rr
was being retained in office 'for ..-the
time being was that the then domi
nant taction in the hoard did not
want to let him go "under fire." The
natural inference was that they did '
not wish to admit that the serious1
charges w hich I have brought against j
him were true for fear (hat their ac-i
tinn in doing so might be taken to j
i.m- ...lip,- serious elm rues which 1
had made at the same time conjoint-i l5e11
,.. ....... 1. ,-j m..i.. ..r, i,n,.rlBelhaven,
1 Ufil 1 1 1 " I O 11 tiuti uiuii uiiu "a"
and certain other of their immediate
associates, cumulative proof of which
1 have. This admission coming from
an influential director was instruc
tive." ; r ; "
The general .counsel of the Sea
board is nuited iii the Times-Dispatch
of April o as saying that Mr. Barr
notified the chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Seaboard in
December last that he (Barr) had
determined to retire from the man
agement of the company. Notwith-
standing this, in referring to the per-1
sisient rumors 111111 tJarr woum Mm
retire from the presidency of the ,
Seaboard, the Baltimore .New ot Jan-;,
nary 2fi, 190G, published the follow-
jng: !
"President James M. Barr, of the!
Seaboard Air Line, in answer to a
, ,h v, 'tf.ttv tn 1 he
lll.J .It. ..v.... ....... ...
report that ho would soon retire from
the nresidencv of the system, tele
graphs: "There is absolutely, no basis
for the renort.'" '
"Under ; the circumstances, Mr. j
Barr's telegram seems to have bcenj
another deliberately misleading antt
untrue statement.
"The general counsel of lhe Sea
board also says in the same interview
that Chairman Blair, of the executive
committee, told him as late as March
16, 190G, that the board of directors
had refused to take action on Barr's
proposed resignation, hoping that he
would reconsider the 'proposal to re-
s,n'
I understand from another di-
ctor of the company that this state-
ment of Mr. Blair s is also false.
"I am Informed that Mr. Nathaniel
M THAT '
HE GOT CURED
Health Had, He Found Only One
Way to Get Kid of Liquor Habit.
1 have been thinking for Rome time
I would write to you and thank you
for your kind treatment, and express
my felings in regard to the benefits
received from the Keeley Treatment.
When I commenced taking the Cure
1 only weighed 135 pounds, my
health was very bud indeed. Now I
,, (Vol duo ' .1 r. who i-iimo Into the
I hoard with Mr. Coolidgo, has just re
! signed io make a place for Mr. Wal
ler. : ..
'1 have before me a clipping from
a newspaper, dated March 22, IHflC, 1
reporting twelve wrecks on t lie Sea
board Air Line the previous week. I
am not personally acquainted with
Mr. Walter, the new president, but 1
believe that the miserable operating
conditions which have characterized
Mr. Uarr's term of office.' will show a
decided improvement in the near fu
ture, and that Mr. Rarr's resignation !
will he speedily followed by those of
certain other prominent officials now
connected with the system, who were
brought into the company from the
outside by Mr. Uarr."
XORTH CAROLINA DEAL
liig Consolidation of Railroads, Saw
Mills and TimlM'r Lands.
Official Information -received by the
Manufacturers' Record confirms the
press reports of the consolidation of the 1
Virginia & Carolina Coast Railway, thej
Norfolk & Southern Railroad and the !
various lumber companies connected j
therewith. This combination will also
include the Atlantic & Xorth. Carolina
Railroad, and will have a total of H"
miles of railway and tJftft.ft.1ft.tHKi acres
of timber land containing 4?(0.i"0.ojO
feet, of timber. The Jumber companies
Included in the proposition nee the John
L, Roper Lumber Company, the Blades
Lumber Company, and the Rclliaven
Lumber Company. The Norfolk, &
Southern Railroad will retain its name
and will handle the.feiU-oud end ot the
proposition,' enrrylngoJC U is expect
ed, all the const met ion proposed by the
Virginia & Carolina Coast Railroad
Company excepting the' line from Co
lumbia to Pamlico Sound, but it will
take in the new railroad from Raleigh
to .Washington, X. C known as the Ra
leigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad, and
which, is now being built.
The capital' of the new company
which is to control 1 the consolidation
n ill be $2ri,Oi0.rtoii in common stock,
anil there will also be an issue of
IMiO.ftOO of bonds.---' The underwriting is
all taken. It is-reported that George
W. Roper will be president of the Con
solidated Lumber Company, and ihal
F. Si 'Gannon will be president of the
railroad company. He is now' vice
'President of the Norfolk &
Southern
and of the Atlanile & Xorth Carolina.
The lumber end of the enterprise will
have fourteen saw mills and four plan
ing mills nt various points. They have
a combined -annual output of fmm 123,
OOft.OW) to l,".u.(ifM).ii(iM feet which is to be
increased to L'liO.mifl.oOO. It is reported
that the Sehuolte Lumber Company
will also be included.
This combination of railroads and
lumber companies covers the eastern
part of North Carolina from Norfolk
and Suffolk. Va., to Beaufort
N. C,
and touches Elizabeth
City. Edentou,
Bern, Bay 1 1010. Mnekey's Ferry.
Plyinouih, Washington,
Goldsboro, Moiehead City, Columbia
and Raleigh. N. ('. The existing rail
roads included in the combination are
the Norfolk & Southern, 223 miles: the
Atlantic & North Carolina, 95 miles;
the Sudk &' Carolina, T3.5 miles; the
Pamlico, viricidal & Western Railroad.
17.r miles, while the lines to be built
will increase the total to 600 miles.
Marsden J. Perry of Providence, R. I.,
is president of both the X'orfolk &
Southern and lhe Atlantic & North
Carolina railroads. J. T. Odell of New
York- is president of the Virginia &
Cuiidina Coast Railroad, which controls
llle (ltU.r two Iille8 named,.
lt , . , . ., Norfolk & South-
el n will . Ijtilltl un eight-mile tresth
work-across the Albemarle Sound from
Kdenton to : Mac key s Ferry to avoid tin
continued use of the ferry now existing
there. Engineers are now making v
survey for the bridge, which will bt
ucross water not more than seventeen
feet deep. Grading has been finished
for a new line from Mackey's Ferry
to Columbia, and surveys are under
way for other extensions, jManufactur
ers' Record. (
A Socialist Party.
The activity of socialistic leaders i:
Salisbury and Spencer during the pas"
few -months has resulted in the organ
ization of the socialists party in Sal
isbury-Speneer and henceforth' lh
socialistic doctrine will be heard ofler
in this part of the moral vineyard
Many hones"t men have embraced thi
Utopian economic creed and dem 1
ngogues have fattened upon the faith
of the believers. That any considera
ble headway will be made among lb
conservative people of Rowan count
by this party is not believable. Sa 'is
bury Post. ...
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