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NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, TUESDAY JULY 17, 1906.-FIRST SECTION.
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TIQN ADJOUHNS.
3rol(lors'.of Public Opinion
Leave Chuse City With
Pleasant , Memories.
REftHG CHE iVIIICH
Will . WMr DCCIIITP
fllLL mL I1LUULI J.
' T. J. Lnssitor, of tlir SniilliHt lil liomltl
V Elected President. Tm- H. ol "Kill-'
tors rirscnt in Linger Num
ber Than For Yews. Well
Ploiiseil . With the
. ; Special to Journal. : :
, Chase City, July 14 The Press As
sociation closed its session this after
noon after hearing three capital essays
on important themes. The paper was
on the Country Editor and His Businef
by W. b. Marshall -of the Gastonia
Gazette. He laid stress oh better busi
ness management in connection with
the country paper. "The Power of the
Press" was the subj ct taken by J. W
miiey ot the tfiblioal Recorder which
put' in forceful language of the well
known and virile writer. The last es
say was by odcn h. . Crowson of the
Burlington Ntws on The Attitude of
the Local Press toward Patent Medi
cine',' which was a plain and matter of
fact wuy of dealing wiih an oftentimes
vexatious problem. v."
.-The election closed its' sessions with
election of officers which was as follows:
President. T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield
Herald; secretary and treasury, J. H,
. Sherrill The meeting' was the largest
in the history of the organization.
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superior advantages offered
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Trinity College.
For catalogue and further in- "
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ROOSEVELT SAYS NQ ;
ONCE MORE.
The President is Angered by
Statements ' Made by a
Leading Politician. .
Special to Journal. "
i Washington, July 14 Secretary Loeb
announced today that President Roose
velt would positively stand by his state
ment made on the night of his election
at which time he said that he would not
be a candidate for renomination. He
Bays that nothing can change this de
cision.
The statement is said to have been
prompted by a remark made by John
Sharp Williams, leader of the house,
before sailing for Europe in which he
expressed the opinion that Roosevelt
was arranging matters to force his re
nomination. : .
A BIG SUCCESS. .
The Masquerade' at Morehead
V as One of 1 lie Finest
Kvents That Has Been
Held There.
By Phone to the Jourral.
Morehead City, July 14. The mas
querade ball began at nine o'clock to
night under the most pleasing circum
stances possible. There never has been
a finer or a larger assemblage in the
Atlantic hotel and eveiy one entered
the amusement with a zest. .
There were at least 150 couples on
me noor ana tneir costumes are, many
of them beautiful and costly, while some
ti . n ....
were exremely ludicrous. Gypsies, In
dians, Japanese, cowboys, milkmaids
and scores of other character imper
sonations were to be seen on the floor.
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ourrounaing me nan room noor was a
great mass of interested spectators
Mr. Will Dunn led the dance.
There is little doubt that the crowd
could have numbered less than 2,000 or
2,500 people: . There was scarcely any
room in any part of the ground floor.
A sacred ooncert will be given at the
hotel tonight by Elams orchestra.
J. E. Latham's Weekly Cotton Letter.
Special to Journal. V
Greensboro, July 14 In some sec
tions of the Atlantic States the crop is
grassy, hence further rains are viewed
with alarm and a slightly higher mar
ket has resulted. The weather map
does not disclose anything alarming and
our crop reports continue glowing. If
these good crop accounts continue much
longer and the trade should really ap
preciate what such an outlook may
mean, a lewer range of. values will be
seen. Un the other hand should the
weather turn unfavorable the market
could be easily advanced, while the cot
ton is fetching 100 points more for
prompt orders than for October ship
ment. Trade continues good but the
surplus of cotton September 1st will be
comfortable. Our view of the second
leads us to say the bulls will have the
advantage until the rrrop is better
sured. -
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Tom Taggart Tallies
Indianapolis, July 16. This morning
Judge Bushkirk of the circuit court
sustained the demurrer of Thomas Tag'
gard and other defendants and there
will not be any receiver appointed for
the French Lick Springs' Hotel. Anio
tion for receiver was made several
da.- s ago not because the finances of
the institution were bad but because
they could ascertain whether the re
ports of a gambling outfit in the hotel
weje true or hot The Attorney Gen
eral gave notice of appeal,
For eruptions, sores, pimples, kidney
and liver troubles, constipation, indi
gestion, use Hollister's Rocky Moun
tain Tea. Carries new life to every part
of the body. Tea or Tablets, 86 cents.
; F. S. Duffy,
Death of Noted Promoter
Special to Journal ' . . " ,
London, July 16. Alfred Beitt a
noted financier and South American
industrial promoter died Sunday after
a long illness. He had achieved much
wealth and fame through his connection
with South American mines and indus
trial concerns. '
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hih the blood and circulation. Stops all
trouble that interferes with nutrition.
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REPORT OF H0RTH
CO
UNA RAILROAD
Burlington Citizens Want to
Have Hotel Rebuilt By
Company.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY FROM
POINT TO GREENSBORO
Forty Operatives Strike at White Oak
Knitting Mill. Stories of Gay Old
Skates Who Attended The
Keeent Republican Conven
tion Held in Greens--boro.
,
.(Special Correspondence.)
Greensboro, July 13 Yesterday after
noon the Board of Directors of the
North Carolina Railroad on the part of
the btate and the private stockholders
held their regular semi-annual meeting
here, declaring a semi-annual dividend
of three and a half per cent. The re
port of Treasurer Eller showed that
during the year, the Southern Railway,
lessee of the property, had made many
improvements in road bed, rolling stock
buildings, bridges and had paid all ren
tals promptly. The private stock
holders re-elected Beneman Cameron.
R. F. Hoke, and W. L. Holt as their
members of the Board of Direc
tors. The board was waited on by a delej
gation of citizens and business men
from Burlington asking that some ar
rangements be made in transfer of
property or release of the Southern
Railway Company from its lease obli
gations, so that a stock company could
become possessed of the property on
which stood the Burlington hotel burned
three or four years ago, in order that a
hotel costing $25,000 could be built by
them. The board has several times
ordered the Southern Railway to re
build the hotel, but it has, not been
done. Burlington people desiring now
to have a better building than the re
placing of the one burned would give.
No action was taken on this proposi
tion, a committee being appointed to
look into the legal phase of the mat
ter... :
It is now said by many lawyers that
the Southern cannot be compelled to
rebuild the hotel, since the State is re
ceiving full value each year in rents as
if the building had not been destroyed,
the only obligation of the company be
ing to return the property in as good
condition as they found it on the ex
piration of the ninety-nine year lease.
The promoters of the new project say
they will not risk investing so much
money in a building on a sub-lease from
the Southern Railway, fearing that the
lease to the Railway may Borne day be
declared void, and they want the State
to accept a re-lease of that property
from the railway, and give a deed in
fee simple to them for the hotel site.
The directors on the part of the State
by appointment of Governor Glenn who
were present were: L. Banks Holt,
Graham, S. C. Peen Reidsville, J. W,
Lambert, Thomasville, W. T. Brown
Winston, W. H- Williams Newton. T.
H. Vanderford Salisbury, J. Allen Baf
fin uillsboro, and Hugh Chatham,
President of Elkin. P. D. Pope of
Greensboro was re-appointed State
Proxy by the Governor.
Ground was broken today at High
Point for the building of an electric
railway from High Point to Greensbo
ro, a distance of sixteen miles, by the
North Carolina Electric Company, a
corporation composed of northern capi
talists promoted and organized by Mr.
E. D. Steele, a prominent lawyer and
capitalist of, High .Point Stewart &
Oakly, contractors, with a large force
of men and machinery began work ear
ly this morning at the High Point end
and it will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible consistent with good work. The
road will also be extended west from
High Point to Thomasville.
Forty operatives walked out of the
White Oak mills Wednesday because
they had not been allowed the usual
half Saturday pay given all who make
full time during the week. The custom
of the mill is to pay those for a full
weeks' work, though shutting down at
noon on Saturday to those losing no
time during the week. Last week oper
atives were given an all-day picnic by
the proprietors on the 4tn of July, and
those stopping work were indignant
that they had been not paid for the half
Saturday as usual Effort to have the
strike extend to other departments ef
the mills were utterally fruitless. By
yesterday most of the strikers were
vraln back at work, thnaa bttn In
the trouble being denied ro-emolov-
ment have gone elsewhere.
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Owing to the reports that the man'
whom a white girl waiter at the Ben.i
bow hotel struck over the head with a
plate at dinner on the day of the Re-
publican convention here, was a Greens.1
tht fi.A ,,,' . . i i . .
inat tne wan a.l a dt'l;":ite from
Richmond pountv. i.rt-..-nt i.H.in.i,.f
ini'l county.
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BLMIIBN UNDISMAYED.
Looking Pert and Cheerful
After the Brush He Had
' With Brer Adams.
(Special correspondence.)
(GreenBboro, July 14. The last ves
tige of the Republican State Convention !
was removed today when the big Black
burn sign fronting the Benbow hotel
and the Republican State Headquarters
of the Executive Committee which was
swung across the kreet from the Guil
ford hotel building were cut down. The
last of Blackburn's escorts have also
departed leaving the Congressman here
alone in his glory, or his sulks. But
if Blackburn is sulking he does'nt Bipw
it. He declares that he is not dismayed
in the least, and as his re-election to con
gress is now. secured.sinceitisupto the
State Committee to see that he is elec
ted, and its assistance which he did'nt
have to years ago, in addition to the
devotion of his constituents in the
Eighth District will give him a big ad
vantage over his chances two years
ago, v
Close friends of Blackburn declare
that the fight against the organization
or Federal officeholders trust, as he
calls it. this time was a small affair to
what it will be two years hence. By
that time they say that Blackburn will
have an overwhelming victory, and be
ing presidential year, it will be worth a
great deal more than a victory would
have meant this time.
They claim that securing the pledge
from the State Committee to help elect
Blackburn in the Eighth District was
in itself a victory for him, and accom
plished about all he sought, except to
prepare the way for a bigger fight next
time, by "the rank and file". There
is evidently to be no let up by Black
burns friends on the Butler domination
racket. -
They are indignantly relating that
while the organization . didn't dare let
Butler put his foot in the Convention
hall or exhibit himself on the dav 0f the!
Convention, yet nearly all the nieht be-
fore and after the Convention, Adams,
Rollins and Duncan were in conference
behind closed doors, plotting the first
night how to hold their forces together
against Blackburn in the Convention
and the night after it had been done,
devising ways and means to defeat
Blackburn for Conzress. A stronirl0' the tests made on the farm. The
Blackburn man here yesterday toldexPert8 went to Chowan and next
that he overheard Butler declare with!
an oath, while be and Rollins and
Adams and others were in a room in
the Benbow hotel about three o'clock
in the morninar "we must never let
the get back to Coiurress. he is a--I
disgrace to civilization." There is not
doubt but that all Republican leaders in)
the district Will vote for Blackburn to I
save their face at Washington for pie
distribution purposes, but if reports are
true many ofthe moss back Republi-1
cans who are not after offices will faill
to vote for him. EvenZig Zag Linney. I
the famous bull ofthe bushes, inre -
turn for Blackburn's giving his son
Frank the solictorahin. will vote for
Blackburn but declares that before do-1
uur so he will take a made svruo anti-1
dote for nausea and another after vot-1
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vmiirnuui auuiu uoean i snow yei
T W1" B!. ,ae"VBm CB"r
INUKU wuia. o u. u.a w uu.ee u.u
morning ne was dubv dictating answers
"TIT "'"K" ".
trnwiwut "lecuon am. pre-
u.cuou ui gr.t unporovement m
puDiivan conditions in tne coming cam-
paign. There were four or five hun
dred of the missive piled up on his desk
and on the floor, most of them unopen
ed Republican headquarters will be
opened in the Benbow hotel later, but
for the present Judge Adams' law of
fices will be used.
her, in the presence of a dining-room
full of delegates smashed him with a
plate cutting a terrible gash across his
temple, from which the blood spurted.
The man waa taken out and to his room
where physicians bandaged him up. He
was confined until the next afternoon,
quietly leaving for home Wednesday
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aitwnwn. Anuvuer pvnunBster, irom i
Concord will probably be disciplined by
the resident tor nouenng out repeat-
edly in the convention, "give 'em hell
Spence," while Blackburn was making
a speech bitterly denonncing the "or-
ganization" leaders.
There were two lady stenographers
on the stage ana Chairmen Adams
openly reprimanded the delegates for
"using obscene language. " ;
. Distilling Companiti Organize
Special to Jouaial. '
Raleigh, July 14 Secretary Grimes
today chartered the Yadkin Valley Dis-
tiUin of Rock Mount' N" C " the
authorized capital stock ia fifteen thou-
sand dojlars, P. C. and A. E. Shore,
,
GeorKe stedman M named as
incorporators. ; Another company at
Rocky Mount also chartered ten thou-
san(i dollars capital stock with list .'
f stockholders under the firm name
Rocky mount D-n'-angCompany. The
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Arrangements Completed For
the Trip of the North
Carolina Show Car.
F
GEPJIN IMMIGRANTS FOR
v iv NORTH CAROLINA LABOR.
TUfJlin ris Arson i'ase. . Editors Gone
to Press Association. Governor
Glenn Seeks Rest atj Atlantic
City. Other Items of In-
terest.
! (Special Correspondence.)
Raleigh, July 13 The State charter
ed the Little River Manufacturing
Company, Williardsville, with $100,000
authorized capital stock, and $14,000
paid m which is subscribed by A,
Cox, iW'llardsville, Md., and J. H,
Parish! J. B. Mason and J. S. Manning
all 0? Durham. The company will
manufacture cotton goods and yarns.
Governor Glenn left Raleigh this
morning for Atlantic City where he will
spend ten days, joining Mrs. and Miss
Glenn Who are already at that popular
resort.! The governor goes this distance
on the advice of hjs physician since he
needs rest and seclusion impossible in
his home State.
ine .special sou tests made by ex
perts from United States Bureau of
Agriculture in the agricultural building
here are. concluded, having been
progress eight months and tomorrow
the experts go to Wheeling, W, Va,
The tests were made in small pots,
wheat being used to show the proper
ties of the soil. ' They are intended
to
" carried onm connection with the
actual tests on the lands themselves
and hence "'y tentative, and must
necessarily be followed by field experi
ments which they are intended tojfacili-
Itate. Soils have been tested from
Trannsylvania, Iredell, Chowan, Edge-
I combe, Pender. Union and W ake. The
experiments have proved the accuracy
September they will go to Transylvania
j county, unaer me new pian, ine visits
I being made to the various points to be
I thu examined. The experiments have
I been conducted in the portico of the
Agricultural Department here which
bas been covered with glass,
The Insurance Commissioner has
granted license to the Philadelphia Life
I Insurance Company to do business in
I Nortn Carolina. As yet no general
agent has been appointed.
Mr. Lane, a well known farmer of
tnis county who has been in Germany
8mce March returned here today
I accompanied by two German chemists
I and had a conference with the Secre-
""7 of owte, Commissioner of Agrl
culture Patterson and Secretory T. K.
Branw 01 weAcu,tu department
Mr. Lane's visit was in the interest of
uerman immigration to xsortn Carolina
.n(1 ha va it -j,, u.
Curator Herbert Brimleyof the State
Mugeum jg 0 hig retur to thig gtaU
fm vr., Rn(,iftnj u viit .
number places to make the preliminary
arrangemerts for the exhibit of North
(Carolina's resources there at fairs next
.lltllm At th. faira it ia hnn .
Gov. Glenn will be able to speak though
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as yet this is uncertain.
The Governor will visit each of the
encampments at Morehead City, those
of the First and Second Regiments and
will be tendered a review on the occa
sion of each visit These ceremonies
will of com se attract a number of peo
ple..
Dr. B. F. Dixon, State Auditor today
went to ' Wentworth in Rockingham
county where he will tomorrow deliver
one of his impressive addresses both to
the school children and to the farmers
ot section, ibis is the last speech
Dr- Dixon will make .until August'
The much talked of case against' M.
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x. Morris in the alleged burning or a
house in Wake county has been set for
next Tuesday. The matter has aroused
more than usual interest by reason of
the prominence of the parties con-
cerned and the involvement of the
North Carolina Home Fire Insurance
Company in a suit brought by Mrs.
Noma
The Virginia and North Carolina
Press Convention a Chase City, Va.,
has called from Raleigh the following
named newspaper men and speakers :
Mr. Josephus Daniels, Mr. R. M. Phil
lips, president Mr. Norman H. John
son, Mr. J. W. Bailey, Mr. Clarence
Poe and Mr. M. L. Shipman. "
Thaw's Mother Cheenf Him.
Special to Journal.
New York, July 14- Harry K. Thaw
who has been disposed to be sullen and
morose during the past few days was
very much cheered by the receipt of a
wireless memnge from his mother who
is l;r.r. nr.) boun l from T n 1. f'-e
CAROLINA
THE PRESENT
SITUATION
The Republican Factions Still
on
the Warpath.
Sign of Peace.
No
DIXIE FIRE INSURANCE CO.
E BUSINESS
i fiction Between City Government
and Southern Railway CoT Jfew
Organization of Old Clothing
Co. Elks Club to Build Hand
some New Quarters. '
(Special Correspondence.)
Greensboro, July 16. The Guilford
County Republicans are in a state of
mind over what to do about their countv
ticket this year. . The crowd whom the
Blackburn or in surgent forces routed
in the city and county primaries, were
placed on top by the result of the State
Convention, and by the action of Presi
dent Roosevelt the day before the con
vention. County Chairman Douglas.
whose conduct as chairman of the
county convention Saturday, made the
majority of B'ackbumites so mad the
ran him out of the chair and later came
near demanding his resignation from
the committee, has not only been given
the fattest
plum in the counter, the
Greensboro postmastership, but he
still head of the party in the county,
and until the next county convention
will continue to rule the roost He has
not yet called the convention to nomi
nate candidates for county offices and
to elect a new committee, but rumors
of who are to be nominated are floating
around quite freely. The, ticket gen
erally mentioned as being promulgated
by the organization or Douglas-Adams
forces is as follows :
Senate C. D. Benbow, House Ex-
Judge W. P. Bynum and W. P. Ragan
of High Point, Clerk-Prof. White of
Guilford College, Sheriff Joseph Hos
kins of Summerfield, Treasurer John A
Hodgin of Greensboro, County Com'
missioners Eugene Eckles of Greens
boro, J. Elwood Cox of High Point,
John Lowry of Oak Ridge, and two of
the best Quakers obtainable.
The funniest part of the whole busi
ness is the utter repudiation of this
ticket by the insurgents. With the ex
ceptinn of C. D. Benbow, who while a
Quaker has been with the Industrie
Newe-Douglas-Adams foresin in the
fight, and therefore aided in having
Frazier kicked out for the postoffice,
all the others named are said to be the
men who have done the work for the
party, who were for Blackburn in his
pretended ieadenship against Butleriz
ing the Republican organization and
party. .
Mr. Charles H. McNigbt who for
ten years was a member of the Van-
story Clothing Co., here, but for sev
eral years past has been traveling for a
New York clothing firm, has completed
a deal with C. N. Vanstory whereby
he becomes owner of Mr. Vanstory's
interest in the large dry goods and
clothing bnsiness here. It is under
stood that the present stockholders of
the corporation will retain their hold
ings, and that there-organization meet
ing to be held tonight Mr. McNight
will be elected to the position of presi
dent and general manager of the busi
ness, succeeding Mr. Vanstory. The
immense stores on South Elm street
will be closed for a few days beginning
Monday to take an inventory stock.
The Greensboro Ice and Coal Compa
ny is receiving bids for the erection of
brick building three stories nigh ad-
joing its present plant The new build
ingis designed for a cold storage es
tablishment Each floor will be divided
into four distinct rooms with refrigera
tor equipment ; i-; ,
The Dixie Fire Insurance Company,
chartered several months ago, will be
gin business August 16th, with offices
in Greensboro. It is capitalized at half
million dollars with a surplus of $260,-
000, all of which Will be fully paid In
when business begins next month. ,
Several of the stockholders held a
conference here Saturday and heard re
port from finance and subscription
committees. Finding that nearly all
the stock had been taken and that the
balance was in sight It was unani
mously decided to complete the organi
zation of the company by the election
of directors and officers on August the
first. Notices to this effect have been
sent out to all subscribers to stock to
for that purpose in Greensboro on that
date.;.'.., .-, :
The stockholders of the Greensboro
Elks Club, a corporation chartered to
build a club house; met last night and
organized by electing the following of
ficers and board of directors: President
Dreyfus; Vice-President John N. Wil
son; Secretary-Treasurer, J. H. Walah;
Directors: Ceasar Cona, David Drey
fus, L. J. Brandt, J. R. McLamroek,
Lee H. Battle, John N. WilBon and D.
H. Collins.
The company proposrs to cr t mi
lot rccenl'y pur'l.:-' 1, ?( f" ' r '
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SUDDEN DEATH AT
cm.
William Boylan, Jr., of Ral
eigh Expires While Listen,
ing to Music at Atlas
tic Hotel.
Sunday afternoon while the orchestra
-v us A-.uki.uc iivid m woreneaa was
discoursing the sad finale of AveMa
ria, the life ot one of the great throng
who waa listening to the wonderful
melodies was ended. So quick waa the
transition from life to death that those
who witnessed the sad affair were dased
by the suddenness of the awful sum
tnonSr'r . .v,
Mr. William Boylan. Jr.. a member
of a widely known and highly respected
family of Raleigh was sitting in the
window of the hotel talking with Miss
Skinner of Greenville, when without a
sign, gesture or word of warning he
fell over backward from his seat, his
feet still remaining in the window ooen
ing. Dr. Richard Duffy who waa ait
ting but a few feet away was the first
to the fallen mans side and bis trained
eye took in the fact that the younir
man's condition was very grave
Summoning Drs. Patterson, Primrose
and Disosway to his assistance, they
worked over him for several minutes in
vain efforts to restore life. Therens -no
struggle, no evidence of pain; life
passed out quietly.1, ? ..
He was a young man of about twenty
years of age and had .gone to Morehead ;
for a few days recreation. He danced
a few sets the night before but did not
indulge in it much as he felt unwell,
indeed, he was seen to stagger and al
most fall down after a dance by a mem
ber of the orchestra. He also com
plained to his roommate on Sundav of '
feeling dizzy and he took a dose of
stimulants. There was nothing to ex
cite or disturb him and his death was
not due to any violent evercise. . Card- -iac
paralysis was the cause of his deata
The remains were placed in a casket
and taken on the last excursion train
to Raleigh.
Tied down to his desk in the office, :
While others are free and at play.
Papa fancies be is having a vacation.
While drinking Rocky Mountain Tea,
F. S. Duffy.
Major Dreyfus Assigned to Regiment.
Special to Journal.
Paris, July 16. At the meeting of
the council of ministers today Minister
Etienne announced the assignment of
Maj. Dreyfus to the command of the
twelfth regiment of artillery located at
Vincennes. This is one of the finest of
French regiments which took part in
the State functions at the Capitol The
appointment is greater than Dreyfus'
friends had hoped for.
city and an otherwise desirable locality.
It ia on the corner of Greene and Syca
more streets, just west of the Benbow
hotel and fronting the residence of Mr.
Frank Dalton on Sycamore street
There is considerable friction between
the present city government and the
Southern Railway Company, growing
out of the policy of the Mayor and city
attorney Strudwick to enforce the town
ordinances.
Far years, it seems the railroad has
been permitted to violate the city laws
against blocking streets, running train
beyond tho speed limit and making
noises blowing whistles, with more or
lest impunity. Mayor Murphy has been
putting the dead laws in force, and the
Board of Aldermen have been recently
strengthening these so loose, the com
pany had been crawling through. The
latest law sought to be enforced is the
one prohibiting the blowing of whistles
in the corporate limits. This nuisance
had become so common at all times ot
the night, property anywhere In hear-
ing of the mam and shifting tracks was
fast becoming valueless for residential
purposes m a large area of the city.
Recently the aldermen passed a law
making it a misdemeanor to blow whis
tles at all in the corporate limits, the
old ordinance requiring reasonable care
In such matters, proving only a snare
and delusion. As is usual, the railroad
company utterly disregarded the ordi
nance, treating this law with contempt
Wednesday night Mayor Murphy bad
policemen stationed along the track and
three cases of flagrant violation
were found. Yesterday In trail before
the Mayor, the Railroad Attorney's de
fense was that the city had no right to
pass any such law, since the railroad
was required to blow whistles at cross
ings, by State law to prevent accidents.
This waa contested by the City Attor
ney, who said that failure to give warn
ing at crossings was evidence of n .'i
gence, but this warning could be t' i
by providing watchmen at cro i U
cities or ruling a bell. r .
phy fined the com puny $10 in e 'i ,
and the railroad took n p-; 1 tj s
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