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SEMI-WI Wk i.rs "... , Hflf VOL. XXVI, NO 25. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C, JUNE 10, 1913. ISSUED TUES DAYS AND FRIDAYS TATE AND HOOD INJUSTICE OF The Reldaville Just Freight Rate As.ociation held its first meeting Friday night and heard two Bplendid Bpeecjjjes dealing with the discrimina tion against North Carolina towns on the part of the railway companies doing business in, tikis State. A ringing resolution was adopted by the meeting, and a committee cdt three was appointed by Chairman Harris lor the purpose- of raising funi wdtlhj which to carry on the campaign of ; educating the people concerning the great injustice done this State. Uhairnian Harris, after calling the meeting to order, asked Mayor Fran cis Womack to Introduce Uho visiting speakers, Mayor Fred N. Tate, of High Point, president of the State Association, and Mr. R. C. Hood, a business man of Greensboro. Mayor Woniack referred to the. fact t'hat he luad a personal acquain tance with Mayor Tate, and he testi fied to the fact tJhat he was a work er and a man of UidominaUble will power. Mr. Hood, he stated, was a business man w3io usually accom plished what lie undertakes to o. Mr! Justice could not be present on account of being detained at Lexing ton in an Important case in whidh be appeared at the Davidson county court. ' ' Mr. Hood, the first speaker, told of tine movement to secure from from tiL. railroad companies Just and reasonable treatment, and he showed a wonderful familiarity with ae great injustice that is being done Che people of therState. Je told of the efforts of the Governor and tihe Just Freight Rate Association to get toe railroads to do the fair thiwg by the State and of the. great discouragement met with. Several million dollars per an num, he showed, are collected, .v, fh neoDle of the State eacflu year to which the- railroads are wot entitled. The average earnings gross and r,Pt in North Carolina are more than in any of "tihe adjoining, coc nurt he showed how a car f freight could be sent through ppWAville to Richmond op offiner Virginia points at a hundred dollars Tpaa than if it was stopped nere ite declared that North. Carolina is paying great amounts of money to enrich die cities of Virginia. m. Hood made reference to the fact that there are in the North Car n.a senate a numiber of attorneys and others who have passes in their pockets Issued by tine railway companies, and still others who are in one way or another, serving the public service corporations. He was p-rHiiv onnosed to any Buch, people representing tihe oonuiion people of the State in legislating;, an,a reaa a resolution which he had introduced and was adopted in a meeting in Guilford county several night ago. Mayor Tate advocated the organi zation of the people for the' purpose of creating a red hot campaign for justice, and if necessary to carry the fight to the ballot box in order that representatives will be Bent to Raleigh who will represent tttue peo ple to this matter. He, too, made it plain that he was agaii.st the pass toters servinig In the Legislature. He referred to the fact that while the State could not pass laws that would reduce freight - rates-rtTmis beirg in the province , of the Commerce Commission it could la.e a law that would require the railroads to pay back to he people the millions' of dollars of which they had been unjustly robbed. He showed that eadhl year the people were paying three millions of dol lars of this State's money unjustly to the railroad companies. This Amounts to $10,000 eachJ day, and he said this information was obtained irom the reports of the several raftrcad companies doing business In this State, and in wihJchl "the inform tion is given that it costs these com panies less money per mile to do business in the State of North Carolina than in any of the seven States through which the Southern railroad traverses. ' North Carolina has not progressed, he said, by the help of the North : Carolina railroads, but in spite of 'the railroads. As am illustration of the discrimination against tihe State in favor of other States the speaker Til 'I, he rate on grain from St. Louis to K .;svii:e, a distance of 904 miles via the Southern Hallway, Is 30c. per hundred 'pounds; to Danville, Va. DISCUSS THE FREIGHT RaTES distance of 928 miles, the rate is 2f cents; to LynichUirg. a distance of 994 hilles, is 19c., and to Rich mond, a distance of 1,09 miles, Is 19c. per hundred pounds. A mer chant in ReldaviUe could ship grain from St. Louis to Danville for 24 cents per hundred pounds, then back to Reidsviile for 7 cents, or 1 cent, more than if taiB grainj had; stopped at Reidsville. On a shipmeht of canned ealmon moving from San Francisco to Re ids vilje the rate is 92 eeofta or f 552 on a 60,000 pound car. On the same shipment moving to Danville the rate is 86 cenjts or J52S per car. If the shipment moved to Lynchburg ! the rate is 70 cents or M20 per car. In other words tiie jate to Reids ville ia made IUy adding to the 70 cents to Lynchburg the local rate of 22 cents South ot Lynchburg. Out of a hjcul of over 3,000 miles one third reprtsenlts the freight! fr :- a distance of 90 miles. . TJhe rate on molasses from New Orleans to Reidsville is 46 cents per hundred pounds in carload lots, and 49 oents per ihundred pounds in less than carload lots. The rate to Roanoke, Lynchburg and Norfolk is 30 cents per hundred pounds. The railroads claim that the rate of 30 cents to Norfolk is made to meet wa ter competition. ' As there is no water competition at Lyinchburg and Roanoke there can be no defense for making a higher charge to Reids ville. The rate on nails and horse shoes in carload lots from Pittsburgh to Reidsville is 34 1-2 cents per hun dred pounds. The rate to Lynch burg is 20 cento per hundred pounds. The distance from Pittsburgh! to Lynchburg id 475 miles, for tflio ad ditional haul of 90 miles the pate is H 1-2 cents higher. The rate on tSue eame commiodlty to Charles ton, " C. is 27 cents; to Jack sonville, Fla.j is 32 1-2 censt, and to Augusta, Ga., is 38 cents. The rate on iront roof tnig, . carload from, Pittsfciurgh to ReidBvlUe isi 36 1-2 cents; to Lynchburg the rate is 20 cents; to Danville the rate Is 29 l-2c; to Jacksonville, Fia., the rate is 32 1-2 cents. Laying aside the fact that.the ultimate consumer pays the burden of the excessive freight the merchant in Reidsville is placed at a great disadvantage with his competitor at Lyotohburg. As an illustration, if the Lynchburg mer chant who pays a rate of 20 cents ships to Benaja he pays a rate of 19 cents of a total rate from Pitts burgh of 39 cents; if the Reidsville merchant who pays a rate of 34 1-2 cents from Pittsburgtii ships to Ben aja, a distance of ten miles, he pays a rate of ? cents, or a total rate from Pittsburgh of 41 1-2 cents. This gives the Lynchburg merchant an advantage of 2 1-2 cents to Benaja. The epeaker then explained that the same principles apply to every article shipped into the State. ;: The people of North Carolina, (he de clared, would proceed to show Che railroad companies that they have a sovereign right to make laws to protect fittemselves. Mr. J. F. Wray asked that Mayor Womack re-read the resolution re ferred! to by Mr. Hood, and then moved its adoption. The resolution is as follows: "Whereas, the financial interest of the railroad, telephone and tele graph companies and express com panies and like public service cor porations often; conflict with the In terests of the people at large, and "Whereas, some members of the Legislature are employees of rail roads and have free passes or franks and often vote with the railroads and against the interest of the peo ple, and "Whereas, the policy of not per mitting1 puMltd officiate ; to have such passes or franks ia recognized in- the law ' forbidding Judges and other State officials, and "Whereas, the practice of allowing certain members of the Legislature to have free passes and to be on the payroll of pujbJic service compan ies is a temptation whfci tends, bo cause bad men or weak men to do wrong. ' , v .': , "Therefore, be it resolved, that such practice is condemned and that the people should dtnand the ser vice f men in the General Assem bly wLo are free from Buch tempta tions and who do not accept , free paaona. . i "Resolved, further, that In our opinion members of the Legislature and all county as- well as State of ficials should le put enj the same basis under the lawwlth reference to free passes as judges now are. Mr. J. W. Dameron got through a motion to have the chairman appoint committee of three to 'oak after the finances for the use of the North Carolina Just Freight Rate Associa tion, and Chairman Harris appointed on tie committee D. E. Purceil, J. W. Dameron and R. S. Montgomery. Tte information was given by Mayor Tate that the North Caro'ina Farmers Unica was very much, In terested intjhe matter of freight rate and that it Is standing Bquarely be- itiind the movement for Just and equitalble treatment. ' ' RUFFJN.i l Mr, Bearden, of Morrlstown. Tenn., wlio is an expert accountant, was here this week. We think Mr. B. has other attractions here be sides his work. (Miss Cora Harrelson, who gradu ated at Blackstone, Va., came home several days ago, bringlrug with her Miss Anderson for a short 6tay. The ladies of RiufiHn' will give a lawn party on Friday, the 13th Inst. AH are cordially invited. Proceeds far Che benefit of the tfhiurch. Messrs. Ddck and Tom Stokes, who have been, in school, at Oak Ridge, have returned to spend their vacation on the farm. Mrs. - Lucy Price, of Stokesland, ihas returned to her home after a sta,y of several days wtitih her birotJLer, Er.' Wharton. s IMisses Stacey and ScarhWough, of the Normal College, Greensiboro, vis ited at Mir. E. L. Wrigtt'sS in the West End recently. ; We are glad, to know that Dr. Wharton, Sr.. wiho has been criti cally Hi for some time, is now con valesciing. v Mrs. Hill Williamson, of Moore county.who was called here owiuj U the illness of her father, is still with him. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Hoi deifby, a boy and girl, making the second set of twins within the past year. ;': Mjisis Cornelia Wright, who at tended school in- Reidfivdille the past term, is here lor, vacation. Benton; Stacey, a student of the University at Chapel HUH, is here for his vacation. Percy Stokes, a student in a Philadelphia medical college, is at home again. Mrs. Beulah Cooper, of Raleigh, Is spending some tiime witih! rela tives here. Misa Price Gibson has entered the Normal at Greensboro for' the purpose of taklnlg a teacher's course. V MUiss Edna Buirns, oj Chicago, La visiting Miss Janie Ferreli on, North Maim. Miss Mamie Ferreli is at home af ter spending the winter in Danville. Mr. John Gibson, and family visited at Mr. E. B. Gibson 'a last Sunday. Mr. E. B. Gibson attended Federal court in Greensboro last week. TRIP TO BURLINGTON , AND REIDSVILLE. The following is condensed from an article in "The Voice," a news paper published at Ashebpro by col ored people: "Since our last Issue it has been, the privilege and pleasure of ye editor to visit the above named places, and speak to our people upon commencement occasions, and it is gratifying for us to think that in many instnaces our people are making good.' , , . "Reidsville has in Its population someof tihe J most progressive ne groes to be found. Grocery stores, drug . stores, dray lines, barber shops, elegant churchies and beauti fuif homes tell that our people' in Reidsville are not asleep. The home of the International Mutual Insur ance Company is here, which alone wLl ever stand to teH the world of the business ability and constructive genius of Reidsville negroes. Reids ville 'a coolred graded school has lone been regarded one of the best in North Carolina. That Prof. Fowlkes and faculty did an excellent year's work was told in the commencemem exercises." ; : t ; The Economio View. "What good are yon anyhow?" roared the exasperated father. "What good am I?" retorted the lad. "Why, dnd, I'm 'a, consumer, and I'd like to know what would become of the farmers if there weren't any con sumers!" And the old man went out into the tarn and thrashed the wbent within an tnph' of u.i tiry." itai'iHjr a weekly. Potponed Weddings. Wlirsr-In it unlucky to postpone a wedding day? WaKr.N,t if you keep od doin; It-Town Topics. MACHINERY REIDSVILLE DRY PRIZERY TO BE MOVED AWAY At t!he called meeting, of the stockholders of the Reidsville Co operative TdbJaccq Company held here Saturdja morning more than a quorum of the stock was represent ed. A motion was addpted author izing the directors to sell or make vfhatever disposition of the dry prizery plant they deemed wise for the best interest of hte Btockholdres. Mr. Jdhn L. Williams, the secre tary and manager, Btated that he had worked hard to make the plant self-sustaining, but he was satisfied t)ha't the volume of business that could be secureff here would not h large 'enough to pay running ex penses and fixed charges for some time to come and tihat it would be only a question of time whea the de ficiencies would eat up the assets of t'hie company. He- stated that the would not continue to run the busi ness, which was a losng one, any longer Messrs. Harvey and Comer, offi cers in the Producers Tobacco Co. at, Danville, were present at the meeting and stated that their com pany would buy the machinery of th Reidsville company at cost, less a fair deducticn for depreciation, and pay fc'r it in stock in the Danville company, which' is worth and sehs above par. They stated that they would also maintain a receiving plan 'heie and all tobacco brought here toi be pooled would be graded and shipped to the Danville plant for re doing and advances made in ' the same manner as is done in Danville. IfaeTe was one vacancy in the "board of directors and M. JT. W. Dameron was elected to fill same. Immediately after the stockhiolders meeting adjourned the directors held a meeting. An,' offer .was made by Messrs. Harvey and Comer for th machinery. The directors decided to 'ait uhta next : Saturday, the 14Ch inst., to see if any better offers oouU ;be secured from other parties for the icdrying machinery. Messrs. J. W, Dameron and John L. 'Wil liams were appointed a committee ti see what could be done aong tihis line. J If no better offer can be secured by next Saturday it i probable the directors wjll accept the offer of the Danville company. In the stockholders meeting, wWah was attended, hy a JNrge number of leading tobacco growers of the county, the consensus of opinion was that the dry prizery had) been A groalt protection and aid, to the farmers in helping to maintain fair .yrices on tobacco. It was the general opinion among tfie farmers that if the Danville company would keep up a receiving plant here that it would answer the purposes as w,ell as if the redrying plant were in full operation. The Inspector'! Advice. The late Inspector McCluskey ("Gen tleman George" or "Chesty George"), as he was known on the New York police force, was a good friend and a bad enemy. The inspector, while by no means vindictive, did not readily forget an injury, and one day an elder ly millionaire who had Injured him In the past rushed eicitedly into his of fice and shouted: "McCluskey one of your me,n Just called me a spavined old mule! What are you polng to do about It?" "Do?. Why. nothing." the Inspector answered. "I can't patch you up. I haven't the knowledge.- Go and con sult a vet Exchange. It Wen Him Over. An actor said at the Lambs, In New York: ; "Charles Frohmnn In my younger days once offered me a very little part at a very little salary. Out of work as I was, I hesitated to accept the prop osition, but Frohman, clapping me Joc ularly on tho back, wou me over with the remark: . . " 'Come, come, now, don't be a fool. You know well enough tliut a small role Is better than a whole loaf.' " New York Tribune. And Thie In England! A state paper of the time of William Rufus describing the royal household mettioned a hundred servitors In th kind's kltilien and only four in the laundry, iudicatinj; that washing was not of much account in tboxe days. Eveu no lute aa the lt-iu of Charles II. Pepys thought it worthy of record In his dlarv thnf nn Fol. 24.' 1fiU hln "wife took a buth. London Telegraph. Its Place. "Where shall we put this sWpy hol low chair?" "On the iiap of the cur pet. "-Baltimore American. SCIENCE RECONSTRUCTS MODEL OF OLD SKULLk A scientlUeally reconstructed skull of the oldest oman in the world is now on exhibition at the Natural History museum In South Kensington, Lon don. It was the discovery of the frag mentary remains of the original skull that sent such a thrill of excitement throughout the scientific world last autumn, when Charles Dawson un earthed it from a pit at Piltdown common, Sussex, and a great com pany of distinguished professors gath ered at the meeting of the Geological society, where the discovery was first made public The skull Is not an object of beauty, even as skulls may be regarded as varying In gracefulness, but In her de fense It may be pleaded that the wo man was semi-simian, combining in herself traits of the human being with characteristics of the ape. Scientists regard her as the one spec imen extant of the "missing link." Her age eludes one even now. She may .have lived 50,000 years ago or 100,000 or even 200,000, for geologists agree to differ upon so delicate a sub ject, but it is believed that she be longs to the pliocene period. Important Discovery, The discovery of her remains forms one of the most romantic incidents in the history of geological research, and, although a pilgrimage of scientists to England to inspect them is not pre dicted this year, no geologist from Eu rope or America who finds himself in London this summer will be likely to miss the opportunity of having a call upon her at the museum. The actual remains are not exhibited to the general public. Savants and stu dents may examine themy however. These remains comprised no more than a portion of the left side of the skull and a piece of the lower jaw, but wltH these as a guide Frank Barlow has succeeded in reproducing what is re garded as a faithful and trustworthy model of the whole by careful obser vation and scientific deduction. The task of making the model occu pied Mr. Barlow many weeks. By not lng the fiqunatioa of the left half of the skull, he explained, it was possible to build up the right side with a con siderable degree of certainty. On the same plan the lower Jaw could be com pleted with a sure touch, and the con formation of the whole skull could thus be satisfactorily established. The appearance of the facial bones and the upper Jaw Is largely conjec ture, but the Jaw bone is in every re spect characteristic of that of the chimpanzee, and Mr. Barlow said that in constructing the model he followed the logical course, providing it with a dental equipment of the simian type. No modern human being possesses teeth of the size and shape of those seen In the model, and, more than any thing else, the powerful teeth of the heavy under Jaw serve to emphasize the apelike characteristics of this primitive being. Very 8mal Brain. . A cast of the brain taken from the restored skull Is also on view. While the brain cavity of the normal human being measures more than ninety cu bic inches, this pliocene skull has a capacity of no more than 64 cubic inches, showing that the brain develop ment in modern woman is more than one-third greater than that of ber semlslmian ancestor. From the greater development of the brain at the back of the left lobe is ; judged that the individual wag right handed, another item in the chain of evidence proving that the skull is of the human species. - There can be little doubt that the Piltdown woman's remains are the earliest yet uncovered, older than the fragments found at Neanderthal, Prussia, in 1S50, or even the jaw found at Heidelberg in 1007. Borne scientists, Professor1 Klaatscb among them, hold that this primitive type was driven back and extirpated by the higher race of man which ex isted contemporaneously with it on earth. There is, however, no evidence to support this view. GOOD FOOD, NO DRINK HABIT Duchess Saya Cook Can Do More Than Lawmakers. ; Tho Duchess of Marlborough in nn iddress before the pupils of the St Pancras School For Mothers, in Lon don, said she believed a well cooked meal is a more effective means of stop ping the drink habit than any amount of legislation. The incapacity of many women as cooks and their inability to bring up children properly, she said, are largely rt'M)uii.sibIe fur unhappy houios. aud she hoped for the spread of the system of mothers' schools for the purpose of supplementing tho primary domestic teaching of girls In the elementary schools. PARTIES G8VEN IN HONOR OF REIDSVILLE'S BRIDES-TO-BC lira. Walter Lovelace was "at home" Thursday afternoon from 5:3 to '7, at the home of Aliases Wo mack on Lindsey street, honoring Mfca Catharine Matthews of Greeasboro, who will be married on iune 18 to Mir. Edgar Strickland Weliborn, of Thcmas ville, N. C, and Miss Dot Hall, whose marriage to Mr. Edmund M. Pendleton, of Floyd, Va., occurs June 18th, and Mrs. Paul Morrow, of Burlington. Little Misses Margaret Richardsoa and) Sarah Watt, in white) witih blue brocaded sashes, received the cards at the front door, wihile Miss Jean nette Butler and Miss Hallie Mat thews invited tihe guests into the parlor, which was decorated in, asparagus and daisies, and where the receiving line stood. Mrs. Love laee, in) wffsite crepe de ohine with lace and rhinestone trimmings, was assisted in receiving by her sister, Mass Catlharine Mathews, in hand embroidered marquisette with cluny laoe trimming, and Miss Bet Hail In pimlc crepe, and MxsV Morrow to, king's blue charmeuse with! chiffon, trtnitok&sv Mrs. C. J. Mathews, : of Greensboro, and Misa Womack. The puinch bowl in the hall was sur ifoiunided with pink sweet peas and fvy with Wig bows of pink satin rib bon and was presided over by Mrs. A, S. Galloway and Miss Edith Pip kin. Miss Ida Womack theq ushered tjLue callers in tjo the living room, which was decorated In white and lavendar sweet peas, and where Misses Bessie Bennett, Susie. Stokes and Mary Wilkinson served cream cake and1 mints. The entertainments given in honor of Misa Lily -Watt Penn, whose tnar riaigiej to Mir. ' Ttotodorel H. Krutt eohnHitt occurs Saturday; have been numerous and vmry elaborate. Mrs. A. O. Walters, Mir M. B. Walter and Mrs. A. S. Galloway have given bei hfolautiifui 1unciheloi; ASrs. R. H. ucJser and Mr. IL I. Ellington entertained Saturday at '"Bridge," and; ,Mrs. B.D. Watt at a lunoheoo, on Friday and MIibb Beesie ' Wither oa Saturdayv.''.'-.'';-.. ; if: . -Miss Ancle Barnes invited several of her friends tn her home oa Lindsey street to meet Miss BlanohJe Paddison, of Burgaw. Miss Mary Womack and Mlssf Barnes received at the front door, introducing: Miss Paddison to those calling, while Miss Bet Hall, assisted by Misa Bessie Bennettt, served tea anld sandwiches ia the, friall. i ' : 1 ll : ifil A GOOD JOKE AT THE , , EXPENSE OFw OVERMAN, The Washington star gets off thbi one on our Junior Senator: Sen ator Lee S. Overman, of Nortfy Car olina, when a young man, was pri vate secretary to Governor Vance, of that State. The Governor was a candidate for election to Uhe United States Senate, and his most formid able apponent was SenatoriMerrlmon, at tJtet time the incumbent. In the heat of the campaign young Over man fell in love with Men-toon's daughter, and prowecuted his suit .with all the ardor of a 'Soutliern, wooer. At length tihings reached a stage where he felt that he could Vuo kmer continue to hlold . his po sition as secretary to the opiwoent c-1 the faWier of his lady-love. So, In a heart-to-heart talk with Gov. Vance, he confided the true state of affairs, setting forth tihat while hi poitiltti as secretary was highly advantageous to him from a sordid, worldly- point of view, it was well -sftciUflced at the altar of love, etc. "Don'lj be a fool, son," Interrupted the) Governor. "If Mierrimon can stand you for a son-in-law, I reckon I can stand you for a secretary." Overman held down) both jobs. Most Children Have, Worms. Many mothers think their chil dren are suffering: from indigestion, headache, nervousness, weakness, costiveness, when they are victims of that most common of all children's ailments worms. Peevish, ill-tem pered, fretful children .who toss and grind their teeth, with bad breath and colicky pains, have all the symptoms of having worms, and should be given KIckaDOO Worm Kill cr, a pleasant candy lozenge, which expels worms, regulates the bow els, tones up the system, and makes children well and happy. Kickapoo Worm Killer is guaranteed. All drugKgistss, or by mail. Price -25c. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Phila dPlphlannrt Si. TWa FOR SALE. Pure Rhode Island Red eggs. P. II. Williamson. Old papers 20c, 100 at this office.
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