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THE RALEIGH DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1911. . Trans-Atlantic Cable Business ft, 4 M 4m LONDON ITI ME It , a.m 5 g 7 6 9 10 II 12 I I 2 1 3 1 4 r5 1 6 I 7 18 9 10 II 12 I 2 3 4 . mikMa NEW YORK TIME oemoi ! 12 V 2 3 1 S 67aal0lll2 I 1213 A 3 6 7e9 10 II UNUTILIZED CAPACITY sUi.hl Traffic Chart of Western Union, Anglo-American and Direct U. S. Cable Business, Showing Capacity of the Cables and the Proportion Now Utilized. Proposed Modification off Existing Arrangements A provisional modification of an be obtained, demand direct cable cir- arrangement which has existed for cuits between principal centres of the many yearshas been reached between two sides of the Atlantic, as well as the Western Union Telegraph Com- special circuits devoted to special pany. The Anglo-American Cable business. Company and the Direct U. S. Cable Company, under which the cable sys- Efficient Service Requites terns of these companies now worked exclusively in business connection with each other, but operated and maintained separately, will be oper ated in direct physical connection with each other and with the Western Union land system. Two objects are to be attained by this arrangement: First, mora efficient and economi cal operation. Second, the introduction of new forme of service to the advantage of the public. ' The TranS-AtlantlC Cable .. i ft Situation and Competition The trans-Atlantic cable situation is as follows: The Mackay group of seven ca- bles, including the German cables, owned by or worked in physical con- nection with the telegraph lines of that company form one system. The French cables comprise an in- dependent system, using both the Western Union and the Mackay land lines for their United States connec tion. , Z, T. Western Union group of cables, eight ..., uwncu y ... pan.es, two of which are ' British companies owning five of the eight cables. Two only of the British owned cable terminate in the United State and all of them are entirely depen dent on the Western Union for their connection with any telegraph system, or for their reaching any centre of basin, and are now worked exclu sively, so far as business is concerned, with the Western Union. Efficiency Increased, Waste Prevented The proposed arrangement between the Western Union, the Anglo-American and the Direct U. S. companies will bring the eight cables of the three companies under one operating con trol. The consequent increase in effectiveness and economy will place the Western Union in a position to offer certain advantages in cable service not now enjoyed by the public. The other way open to enable the Western Union to make such im provements and introduce such new services as it proposes to do, would be to lay new cables, This would seem to be the height of folly. Duplication of the existing trans- Atlantic cable facilities at a cost of many millions, when there are more - than amele facilities for all business, would put an unnecessary financial burden upon an already fully burdened business and would probably postpone the reduction of rates or introduction of new services. Limited Business Hours and Idle Facilities As at present carried on, the trans- Atlantic cable business is practically 11 flash service, , e. instantaneous. Owing to the difference in time, there are only a few business hours of the day common to both sides and during these hours at least 75 f of the cable business is done. This is demon strated by the accompanying chart. In the interests of international business nothing should be done to interfere in any way with the so-called flash or instantaneous service, and the lines should be kept clear to ac- commodate auch messages during the few business hours common to both countries ; but to continue to confine he cables to this class of service, as t present, will utilize only about 25 at the existing capacity of millions of property and places on that limited Lenrice aU the capital, maintenance and operating charges. Tha limited time and the character of the business, if best results are to THE WESTERN UHION New York, Sept 1st, I9H. k NOTICE TO CREDITORS, .. Having qualified as Executors ol the last will and testment of Job P. Wyatt, deceased, late of Wake County, North Carolina, this Is to notify all persona having claims against the estate of the said de ceased to exhibit them to the under signed at Raleigh, North Carolina, on or before the J 7th day of August, 1J1J. or this, notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons --toMcj t? said, estate will please. Sufficient Facilities To meet these requirements it is essential not only that there be at all times sufficient cable facilities, under one control, but that they should be operated interchangeably with each other and in close physical connec tion with land lines as one system. . Ample spare facilities are necessary to provide against the very frequent cable interruptions. Neither the Western Union nor any one of the companies of the Western Union group has, independently of the others, facilities enough to handle the business which at times any one company might be called upon to take care of, because of some particular rush of business, or because of some cable interruption. Nor could any one company furnish all the direct circuits necessary for efficient service, al- though the combined facilities of these companies are ample if they could be used supplementary to each other and interchangeably. As it is, each company operates its own cables through separate and dis- t'net offices and under separate and dist;nctmanageme,. AH interchange 0f business is by actual transfer of the business from 'oae company t0 the other wjh the C0Sequem delay and interruption of a service in which seconds are valuable. Daily and Week-end Cable Letters So soon as the proposed arrange ment goes into effect, the Western Union purposes, with the consent of the British Post Office Department, to introduce at least two new features deferred rate the DAIL Y CABLE LETTER ' and the WEEK-END CABLE LETTER at a very low rate for cable service only. This will enable the public to save the six to eight days consumed in the trans-Atlantic passage of mails. r r- LI Monopoly OT Cable Business Impossible There is no cable monopoly pos sible. The three systems the Western Union, the French and the Mackay will continue to exist. The Mackay Companies is a hold ing organization with no physical property, out exercising tnrougn stocx ownership, lease or contract, operat. mg control of various companies wfng "and lines and cables which make UP the Mackay System. Through thls con,ro1 a" ,he various properties are operated " one system to great advantage in service over what could dc given ny tnese same companies if operated separately. The French cables form another . ', . .' The Western Union System, under the proposed arrangement for one pera'ng control over the present segregated units, will be enabled to make two distinct advances in the trans-Atlantic cable business: i BETTER SERVICE. This will be insured by more efficient and econom ical working resulting from single d'rection over the operations of both 'PUBLIC ADVANTAGES. The greater part of the cable capacity has been and is now unutilized. It will continue to lie dormant and unutilized under existing conditions and tradi- tions. The Western Union purposes to make these wasted facilities useful to the public by means of new kinds of cable service. i addition, the Western Union in- tendi t0 natjonaize iti .nA jines by opening them to all trans-Atlantic cable companies. TELEGRAPH COMPANY Theo. N. VailPresident make Immediate payment to the un dersigned. ' ;". This August 25, 1911. WILLIAM L. WYATT, ROBERT J WYATT, V ROBERT N. SIMMS, Executors of Job P. Wyatt. Once a week for six weeks. For All the News Prom Everywhere, all the Time Head The Hslel Dally..:-. Sum o State Tax Commission Overrules Ex ceptions and Dismisses Petitions of Railroads THE ORDER ISSUED TODAY eiiy. 1 Seaboard Air Lino, Atlantic Cas Line anil Southern nf Iteiluctiim In Assessment of lroperty-M''oiii!iiis. sum Knew What It Was 1olii Hceause 1-ncts Were IMore It Order is Result of Application by Railroads for hqiinir.utlon of I'r" )orfy in State What Ihe Commis sion Says The state tax commission or board of equalization, today overruled t lie exceptions and dismissed the '; peti tions of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in the matter of lower assessment of their proiier- y for taxation, the commission hold ing that the assessments are fair and uniform. The opinion and order, which were written by Commissioner Travis, is a thorough 'answer to the petition of the Seaboard in particular but as the other two roads took practically the same position is tlir Seaboard the opinion and order was made to include them. The opinion is the result of pet t- ions and affidavits on Hie part of the railroad, companies.:', that their property was assessed at its par value in some ca&9 .'more-whlle other .property. . 'especially ' real, was assessed at imieii below its true value n money. In the case of thc.iail- roads the commission was able to get at their exact value, because the reports of the roids wore available and it was not speculation on the art of the commission The opinion and order are as lol- ows: ; . The .Matter in Question. In this matter " the Seaboard Air -ine Railway, the Atlantic Coast ine Railroad 1 and Southern Rail way mod exceptions to tile u.'sess- ment of their property for; taxation heretofore made by this hoard, and also filed petitions addressed to the board as a. state board of equaliza tion.;. .... The petitions and exceptions &re based upon the same ground -'find we have considered thctn toRt'ilicr, nd after careful consideration of he whole matter, we feel it our uty to overrrule tho exceptions and isniiss the jietition. - Xo Ground for '(Contention,'' The standard for the assessment f property as fixed by the constitti- tton and by the statute, undev which this board acts, is the' "true-' value money" of property assessed. Jt not contended pither in the petl- ions or the arguments that the pro perty of the petitioners is assf sscd t more than its true value in money. On the contrary it seems lo lie con- eded that there is no ground for such contention. Tha sole ground the exceptions and the petitions, and the only one pressed in the ar- ument, is that othar property in the State, particularly lands, have been assessed by the boards of county assessors of the several counties be- ow their real value. Because of this lleged fact the elltioners ask this board to reduce its proper assess ment of railroad property to Midi n amount as will put it on an equal basis with these improper assess ments of land. In order to establish he fact that lands in the various counties are much under-valued the petitioners Introduced many unsworn statements, and'some .tffldavits, from citizens of different counties express ing, in a very general and Indefinite ay their opinions of the percentage its actual value at which lands were assessed in the different coun ties. Like all matters of mere opin ion, these statements vary greatly, n one county in particular one citi zen states that in his opinion proper ty is assessed at.twanty-flve per cent, of its real value; another that pro perty is assessed at fifty per cent, of its real value, and still another that it is assessed at seventy-five per cent, of Its real value. It is not disclosed that any of these parties made any particular inspection of property, or examined Into the as sessments In order to qualify them selves to give well considered opin ions in respect to the relation of as sessments to the real value. But aside from all this, we feel that it unnecessary for ua to determine to what extent evidence of this char acter should be effective in discredit ing; the assessments made by sworn officers, who actually viewed each piece of property assessed, and the boards of equalisation In' these coun ties, all of, whom weef selected with reference to their fitness for, this particular duty. Even It it were proved that the asseHsmietit of !tro j :, r !-v C"''"'! f"tr'' l(tt'lt" 'l NOT SALTS, OIL QR DIl I QDIlTinACIinADET5 I 1LL0DU1 VnuvnuLlu No Odds How Sick Your Stomach How Hard Your Head Aches or How Iti I ious Cascarets Make yon Keel (treat. 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Don't forget the children They love Cascarets because they taste good do good -never gripe or sicken. was made below us actual value in money, we are- of ih... opinion that the contention of pci ilioners that its property 'should 'he reduced accord ngly cannot be sustained. . Statute and 'Constitution...: 1 he petitioners invoke Ihe statute (section 3, machiu m v act), which m ppss upon us the duty of making alt .-assessments of property relative just and uniform, and insists tha ne way 10 secure iins is by a re duction of -the-assessment of 'ts pro perty, rather thnn ' raising the as sessments which are made below the tandard lixed by law. It is true that he statute referred lo and the eon titution impose on its the duty to make the assessment of all property uniform as near .is It is practicable o do, but the statu I and the constf- ution do not sto.i ;h"re. They go further; and . say how this.-, equality hall be secured, namely; by assess- ng all property at its true value in money. It. therefore, :veems clear to us, that it is our. duty both under he statute, from ..which we derive ur authority, and the constitution, which we are sworn 'to-support, that in the performance of our duty as a board of equalization, we must raise he property assessed 'lelow the legal tandard towards that standard, and that we could not be justified in re- ucing jiroperty assessed according to the lawful standard to a lower basis. If local assessmentj are wrong c cannot correct that wrong by the ommission of another like it; we annot move from the right stin- ard towards the wrong. If this board should abandon the standard assessments adopted by it in ac cordance with law. and adorn the standards of the local boards, lit would be a practical surrender of our '-authority' as-a state board of equalization to the local boards, This board has been constituted the bead f the taxing system of the State, nder a law designed ultimately to bring the assessment of property throughout the State up to its true alue In nyney. We have been given power as a state board of equalization, which will enable us, we iterform our duty faithfully, to ccomplish the purpose and policy of this law in time. ' We should set right example and lead the local oards towards the right and law ful standard, and not follow them to- ards a wrong one. The Explanation. The Seaboard Air Line Railway lays particular stress upon the fact that the Increase in its assessments mounts to nearly fifty per cent. This sounds large without explanation, but this advance Is approximately fifty per cent, upon the assessment eight years ago. , When the last assessment was made four years ago he Seaboard Air Une Railway was a precarious condition and soon thereafter, went into the hands of receivers, and its assessments was not Taised at all four years ago, while the assessment tf all 'other property and other railroads v. as raised, so. that the fifty per cent. In crease In Its assessments represents an increase: In eight years Instead of four. Upon examination, we lind that the assessment of farm land.8 In the. State are more -than fifty per cent, greater than they were eight years ago, In some of the counties In the State there was an advance in the assessment- triads this year of more than fifty per cent. One of the counties increeased Its assess ments sixty-eight per cent. The in crease In the assessment of this rail road is fully justified In our estima tion by its Improved -condition, and particularly ; by the enormous in crease In its net earnings, not only during the year 1910, but for several years past. These net earnings have steadily increased through the last three years-, and to be sure that our assessment should not be based upon erratic earnings of one year, wo test-1 e1 C'9 r""3 bj t"' t'' r "1 earnings' for the past three years. lir- 1 . nnnHAa. thn 11 oaoaaa- ment of this nronei'tv is 'fully si;s- tafned by the senerul condition of I this company, and particularly by its .J net earnings, whether the measure' .by the earnings of 1&10, or by the! earnings 01 mua, or oy me aveiagoi earnings for the past three years. The net earnings of this company apportioned to North Carolina taken In either of the three ways above mentlonod would pay a percentage of profit on Its assessments that would be more than satisfactory to any railroad .system. While this board In making the assessment 6 railroad property has followed the standard fixed by law, it lias been careful to keep well within the same, and we feel confident that the assess ments we have made are below rath er than strictly up to 'heir true value in money. Overrruled and Denied.". There was no contention on the part of the Seaboard Air Line Hall way, or any othr railroad, that there was any inequality of af-sess ment as between the several rail roads of the State, and it seems to be conceded, that as between : them and as to all other property of that class, the assessments are lair and uniform; it is therefore Ordered, that the exceptions tiled by the said Seaboard Air Line Rail way, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Southern Railway, be, and they are hereby overruled; and that their petitions filed be denied. Vindication Is Complete. (Continued From Page One.) divorce, was. a most sensational and fierce affair. Lawyers on both sides fought every inch of ground, but the second night's battle was won by .Mrs. Fleming.' During tho day an affidavit was secured from N I. Sandy, a telegram being received later by Solicitor Norris that Smdy was a convict and had served four months for larceny. Time and time again Lawyers Douglass and Norris hung up" in disputes S. C, Ham, in affidavit, declares that Mrs. Bertha Crone is ba 1 in aracter. . There were several affidavits from citizens of the Pilot Cotton Mills stating that the general character ol Mrs. Bertha Crone and Mrs. Myrtle Eddens are bad and that their word could not be believed. It will bo re membered that Mrs. Crone and Mrs. Kdiline are the women who on Wed - i.osday night Bwore that they saw Mrs. Fleming out driving one even ing with John Winder. It was every evident from the be ginning that It was the duty of Percy B. Fleming to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mrs. Fleming is .an unfit person to take Care of the chil dren. It was stated by Judge Peebles that it must be proved to him that Mrs., Fleming is an unchaste person. Attorney Hinsdale read an affidavit of Mrs. Fleming in which she stated that she had sung in the choirs of the First Baptist church, Edenton street Methodist church, and Christ church, at public entertainments, at Elk's Club and other places. Some Affidavits. Col. Fred A. Olds, In an affidavit says that he met Mrs. Fleming on several occasions, singing at sev eral churches where services Were being conducted by Rev. R. S. Stephenson at Pilot Mills church. also concerning, the affair at the Elk's Club and he considered her character good and heard nothing against it until these proceedings be gan.; , . Rev. R. S. Stephenson, in an affi davit, told of Mrs. Fleming singing n several of his choirs and considers her general character good. Mrs. Wiley M. Rogers, in an affi davit, said that Mrs. Fleming was a good and kind , woman and was 'the proper person to have the chil dren.-. Mrs. W. A. Moser. who used to live next door to the Flemings, said in an affidavit that she had never heard anything against the character of Mrs. Fleming, and she was the proper person to have the Children. Mrs. R. O. Burton, In an affidavit said that Bhe knew ; Mrs. Fleming well and considered her a lady of good character, a kind and loving mother. Miss Caro O. Gray, said in her' af fidavit she had often seen Mrs. Flem ing with her children and declared she was a devoted and loving mother and should have the custody of the children. ' -; " Miss Frances Renfrow, a, sten ographer for the firm of Aycock & Winston, said In her affidavit that she had been at a party given at a Mrs. Parker's and knew Mrs. Flem ing well who was at Mrs. Parkers and her general character was good. That she was also at an entertain ment given at the Elks Club with Mrs. Fleming and heard her say that she had to go home . to her children. Considered her a fit person for the custody of the children. " There were a great many affi davits along this same line, each swearing that Mrs. Fleming's, gen eral character Is good, that she went with the best of people, sang in the leading choirs of the city and was a klpd and loving mother and the proper person to take care of the children. ' , Mary Ashe, being duly sworn says that about, February, If 08, she was employed by Mrs. Nell a 're Flew-jyer i r-- it-It 11 r I j tS mm At the Big Auction Sale Tonight. The sale will begin at 8 o'clock. Ve have declar ed these auction sales incident to the remodelling which will take place within a few weeks. "Beginning with tonight vim can buy lots of the most 'valuable articles, at ;'a great sacrifice. Every day open for retail selling. THE J. D. RIGGAN CO. J. T. ALDERMAN, Manager. 132 Fayetteville Street, . ... . Both 'Phones. employ continuously from that time till about March 17, 1909, When Bhe was married. That later she visited the home several times carry ing clothes that she had washed. That about May 1, 1908, Bhe went with Mrs. Fleming to Beaufort, with her children and there acted as nurse, that during the time spent at Beau fort with Mrs. Fleming she always took particular notice of the manner in which Mrs. Fleming treated her baby; that : Mrs. Fleming was very loving, affectionate, careful and kind to her children and always looked after them as the best mother would. Never Tell a Story for Nothing." After the reading of several affi davits by Col. John W. Hinsdale, ltis honor stated that he told the at torneys in the case that the "only Issue was the chastity of Mrs. ..'Flem ing, -and ordered all other stuff cut out. "Now," said Judgo Peebles, "1 told you lawyers that I would listen only to the matter relating to the chastity of Mrs. Fleming and I never told a story for nothing, so cut it out, confine ourselves to this one issue." Col. Hinsdale then read the affi davit of Mr. Claude B. DenBon, which said Mrs. Crone and Mrs. Eddlns one time invited him to come Into the itouse, and he went in. Was told by Mrs. Crone that the lady she saw out driving with John Winder wore a grey skirt, white shirt waist, with a red tie, with a black hat, with rod and whitepiplng around It, yet Mrs Fleming a moment later declared treat she never wore such clotliSs in her lite. S. C. llam, being duly sworn, said that he Is a contractor in Raleigh, that he has known Mrs. Bertha Crone and Mrs. Myrtle Eddins who reside on Halifax street, (next to Stien- metz's nursery) for about two years; that he knows their general character is bad. Other Affidavits. Several other affidavits were read depicting the bad character of Mrs. Bertha Crone and Mrs. Myrtle Ed- dins and declaring that their word cannot bo believed. M. W. Tyree, being duly sworn, says that in reply to the affidavit of C. P. Wharton filed in this case, it was true that Mrs. Fleming oc casionally came to the studio and sometimes .called him, but these al ways related to the photographs t f Mrs. Fleming and the children. The Plumbing lluisness. There was also an affidavit from Mrs. Fleming regarding the sale of the plumbing business of the firm of Underhill and : Fleming; that Fleming owned $900 of the sto"k and, Blnce these proceedings have been Instituted, the $900. share has been bought by W. C. Underbill for $400, a very small sum for the Flem ing interest. There were a list of other affi davits read which set out the facts that while . Mrs: Fleming was at Beaufort, she ''.conducted-, herself its nerfect lady and nothlne what ever occurred during her stay there t!mt was derogatory to her good character.-' .. . Mr. W. C. Douglass then read an affidavit from Mrs. Henry D. Norcom, of Beaufort. It said: "I haveread the following paragraph, being part of a' copy of an affidavit purporting to be made by Mrs. George Green of New Bern before M. Ashby Lam bert, a notary public In and for Wake county dated 1st day of Sep tember, 191-1, and said that she had conversation with Mrs. Norcom that: nothing ; whatever occurred to make her think Mrs. Fleming was an immoral woman. That she wrote Mr. 'Fleming to 'send her the money to pay for his wife's board, which he did. , '.' "I'll Find You a' Basket of Chum. ''" '. pague." ','; While the reading-of an affidavit by Mr. W. C. Douglass, Col. John Hinsdale was heard to say ''Well, well, well." And Judge Peebles an swered "Look out, gentlemen, don't break in or I'll fine you a basket of champaign' and I'll see that yoa pay It," which caused a ripple of laughter. "0B"-: ; p" , (Continued On page Three.) : I it. i . mi. j. w -- ART - EMBROIDERIES We are showing now the new Ideas in The Royal Society packages and Art Linens. 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