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\^VOL XLIY NO r}(\/ NEW13ERHV. ?s. Q. KKIDAV JULY 10. 1907. TWrmil a wv.ir.ir a vl^ad I CM OF AUTHORITY 1 W .NORTH CAROLINA 1 TIGHT ON BEftrWEEN THE STATE A AND FEDERAL COURTS. Believed Tha$ Judge Long Will Decline Writ of Habeas Corpus for Release of Agent Green? Another Indictment. li;ileiuli. X. C,. July 17.?After a *lav ??f argument by counsel for T. E. Green, ticket agent, and the Southern railway, pleading; for a continuance ??f the criminal case against them in the superior court here, presided over by Judne B. l'\ Long*. on the charge of violating- the state railroad rate law. the court overruled all motions and ordered the trial to proceed tomorrow. General Counsel A. 1\ Thorn of the Southern railway is here from Washington. Pleas for delay, so as to prepare the case, for want of jurisdiction. for unconstitutionality of the law, and for quashing- the indictments. were made. Judge Long over| ruled all of the motions and directed that a pica of "not guilty" be enterAfter argument this morning the court took a recess till 12 o'clock. Twenty mniutes before this time Judge Long convened court again and ordered Mr. (ireen, who had been in jail all night, taken from the custody of the sheriff and held in the custody of the court. It will now be necessary that any writ issued for Green shall be directed against Judge Long, pre?L siding in the superior court, and in effect the writ would be to dispossess a stale court of authority in a crimiBj nal proceeding. That Judge Long RP will decline to surrender Green in P*. obedience to a writ of habeas corpus from a federal judge is generally beA telegram from Ashevillc says that ? Judge Pritchard is on the way to Raleigh, having- mailed the writ on an earlier train. m Antfndii-tmemt for violating the-state ,rH?aw was this afternoon found against General Passenger Agent Tayloe of 'wW the Southern Rail wav company. m IW RAILROAD AGENT i BEHIND THE BARS. Raleigh, July 1 (?.?Indicted by the grand jury and brought into court by a capias instanter Thomas E. Green, city ticket agent of the Southern railway, charged with selling railway tickets at a rate greater than two and a quarter cents as prescribed by law, was today, in Wake county supreme court, allowed bail in the sum of $100 for his appearance tomorrow. Green declined to give bail and was put in the custody id' the sheriff. He ? was, not taken to the jail and in the afternoon his attorneys appeared and urged that as it was higher ollicials who were responsible for the rates that Green be not imprisoned. The State's attorneys said /thal it was easy for him to give bail. This was not given, however, and tonight V; Green is in jail. Though not stated in court, it is known that Green's attorneys arranged to ask for a writ of habeas corpus from a federal court, presumably before expected that the writ will be served tomorrow. It is understood m that thestateeourt will resist this step on the ground that there is no jurisdiction in Judge Pritchard in Richmond, and it is the feredal court. The grand jury today brought in another indictment against Green, which / includes the Southern railway. Inr' dictmenls for selling at unlawful rates ,.,v were also brought in against Southern ^Railway Agents M. 1*1. Powell at Au; jW> burn and P. A. Creech at Cary. :\M Will Resist the Writ. ||j; Ashevillc, N. C., July 1(5.?-Eollowing the arrest here yesterday of J. II. 'i* Wood, district passenger agent of the Southern, and R. H. Graham, on 'the ^charge of having violated the new rate 'ii-law charging more than the two );%fnd a quarter cents per mile as pro^jjVided, and the arraignment in police i court this morning, when the cases I were continued, Judge Pritchard, in the Toiled States circuit court, issu? ?<$ ed writs of habeas corpus command iiiy t lie chief of police to produce I lie [ prisoner be I ore him. Police Judge Reynolds communicated with Gov. (ileuii. who instructed him to proceed with the cases and have 1 lie solicitor resist the release oL' the defendants under the writ ol* habeas corpus. Gov. Glenn denounced the action of Jud.ne I'ritchard in taking the enforcement of the criminal laws of the slate out of the hands of state officers. and declared that it was a highhanded proceeding. INCREASE TAXABLE VALUES. Gov. Hoke Smith Urges Enactment of New Law?Central of Georgia and Southern Railways Mentioned in a Special Message. Atlanta, (la., July 17.?Gov. Hoke' Smith, in a special message to the1 legislature today, asks an enactment to tix the value of corporate property within the state as a basis for taxation. lie calls attention In the fact that when the valuation returned by a taxpayer is not acceptable to the comptroller, a plan of arbitration is provided, but the arbitrator*, under the present law. arc not sworn and have not the power to administer the oath to witnesses. He calls attention to the fact that the Central of Georgia and Southern railways have made returns on the valuation of their Tangible properly within the slate, the former at less than one-half the amount which the company officials declared on oath in a judicial hearing was its value, and the latter at onethird such mount. He urged that the taxation should be on such valuation ! as these other corporations I'ire allowed to maintain in a court of law. The Southern railway, ho declares, is resistiny a valuation of $20,000,000 j on its property in Georgia, when an officer of the road at a recent hear-j iny in the federal courts swore that the property is worth not less than #48,1.>0,000. The Southern returned j the property for taxation at $14,884,023 in 11)07. TILLMAN IN AUGUSTA. Says Prohibition in Georgia Wild Mean Blind Tigers.?People of Sotith Carolina Are Disgusted With County Dispensary plan. The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes- i day prints the following interview j with Senator Tillman: Hon. B. R. Tillman, United States senator from South Carolina, was in Augusta yesterday. He is on his way west and again on a lecturing tour. Mrs. Tillman is with him. Mr. Tillman is looking very well?better than for years. Hut he is the same old democratic Tillman, plain of speech, free of manner, with a sharp word and a plea>ant word. "Senator," a reporter ijskod him, "what will he the effect of Georgia prohibition on South Carolina? Does follow that Carolina will put on state prohibition?'' 'Won know wlyit it means when Georgia puts on state prohibition. Blind tigers, my boy; blind tigers." "Will Carolina follow Georgia with state prohibition?" "Carolina is bent toward prohibition of her own motion. Independently of Georgia action, the people are planning prohibition. They are disgusted with county local option and the dispensary. Not because of the want of the dispensary plan. But the state could not successfully watch one board of control. Then thirty boards of control can not be watched. They have scattered the stealing, and the people are not gonig to stand for either centralized or scatered steal-1 iny. They are yoiny to put on prohi-' bit ion.'' "The Dolliver incident.. Senator.! What was there in it?" "Space rates of some of your! newspaper fellow. I lectured in Jack- ! son one night. The third night after I Senator Dolliver lectured there. Some' >ay lie ripped me up the back and licked out the jail as mv proper habiJ at - Others say he differed from me, frmly and respectfully. All my infernal ion is from the newspapers, since the dale of Senator Dolliver's speech ! have not set n liini. Nor have I had! ! communication with him." ?i NEWBERRY RAILROAD. Edgefield is Talking of a Line in the Western Part of the State. llit1 Au?usla Chronicle of Wednesday says: "The interview with lion. M. C. Butler, tlie work of the Edgefield, S. News and the publicity in The Chronicle, together with interests that have co-operated with thesO incidents, have reunited, during the last few days, in commanding intense interest, especially in Edgnlield and continous country, in the proposed electric railway from Augusta, through Kdgelield, to Xewherry. There is reason to say, but no authority to say. that the Augusta-Aiken Electric railway will welcome the proposed new line as a feeder and would willingly have the new road tap their line on the way into August a. "Edgefield, under the influence of the continued and excellent statement of facts in the Edyelield News, stands ready to do her full share. From almost every man ??t' influence in the town there have been secured expressions of favor fur the enterprise. Soon there will be a preliminary meeting of some of the leading men there to arrange a definite plan of action. 4'It is 'but frankness to say, however, that at present the Edgefield efforts and influence are driected to securing a northern outlet?that is, a line to Newberry or to (ireenwood. The preliminary meeting is to the end that ;i road north be secured, letting the southern extension take care of itself until a later date. This Edgefield plan is the result probably of the fear, as expressed in the Sunday C!:ri:a:cle, of F. doolie Id merchants | that closer transportation arrangements with Augusta would work to jtlie benelit of' Augusta at the expense j?>| (In* business houses of Edgefield. 44Augusta, of course, would wish the southern end given first attrition. Concentrated action on the jiart of the business men here might Xmlist the co-operation of the AugustaAiken people and put the new road into this city at the same time that it is tapping Greenwood or Ne\vJ)crry. The chamber of 'commerce might iipd it to Augusta's advantage to lo??k into the proposition in its preseRl staue. The Chronicle believes tliat Hon j M. C. Butler or Win. P, Calhoun, Esq., of Edgefield, S. ('.. will meet the chamber of .commerce, or, by letter, put them in possession of the facts in connection with the proposed railway. "Augusta, and Augusta business men, have long since been taught the benefit of the interstate electric railways. They are business feeders of the greatest value, and developers of j merit. Advancement and enhancement have characterized every section they have tapped and they carry progress aiwT prosperity with them wherever they extend." # Talk on Missions. ' Mrs. ,7. W. Huinfbert will give a talk on missions at Ebonezer Sunday morning, the 21st inst., at 11 o'clock and at Lebanon at 4 o'clock in the , afternoon. A. II. Best. Advertised Letters. * Loiters remaining in the post ollice at Newberry for the week ending July 1.'}. A?B. F. Anderson. ('?John (Vomer, R. A. Courtney, Mrs. Emetia Caldwell. i D?C. A. Daniel. Simpson Douglas. F?Carlisle Ears. (J?Marley (lailev, Pick Olodennoy, Mrs. Etta (ilymph. II?Miss Mary Henderson, Miss Lucy Eee Holmes, Will Henderson. 1?Miss Magjfie Jenkins. L?Miss Mary Longs, Oeo. W. Loner. M?fllario Mendosa, Doslia Marcus. N?-Miss Elie Nance, John Nesbitt. 0?Miss Susie Ouarles. R- ?Miles Riddle. S?Willie San ford, M rs. Sarah Salter, Mrs. Addie Semour, France Smith, Mrs. Anna School, Miss Lucy Sumtnide, Mack Snber. W?Mrs. Eliza Warktom. Persons calling for these will please say that they were advertised. C. J. Purcell, I'. M. | WRITES OF ANCIENT CITY. Senator Latimer Tells of Reception bj King?Visits Cotton Mill and Travels on Apian Way. C*rocuvi11 c News. Geneva, Switzerland, July 2, 1907 Mr. Kditor: In my last letter I slat ed that we were leaving; Palermo foi Naples. \\ e took a boat from the for mer place at 7.H0 p. reaehim Naples the next morning', leaving Mr Bonnet at Palermo to return alonj the north side of the island of Sicilis to Messina, and then to invesligati conditinns in Calabria and Basilica | On our arrival at Naples we gathere< lour baggage and proceeded to Rome where an audience had been arrangct with the king' and with the minister o i agriculture and commerce. I Our reception by the king was ver pleasant, lie spoke English fluentI\ land we found him well posted will | regard to conditions in the Unite* (States. Ho had considerable know I ledge .if the climatic conditions, a | well as o| the crops grown in the dif ferent sections of our country, and de piored the fact that most of t-he Ilal ian immigrants to the United State aie settling' in the cities instead of go , i?g to the rural districts and engag , ing in agricultural pursuits, wit] j which they are familiar. lie refer .red In the fact thai the criminal clas scs in Italy predominate in the ci lies, as in the United States, addin: that the peasants made better citiz ens tor us than those w!u? c?>me fron the cities. lite disposition of the king I foun< i to be that of a plain, unassuming man I It was easy to see that he was avers to pomp and glamour and the usua trappings ol royalty, and in his con Versation with us he evinced a dee interest in the welfare of the coin tnan people. It is customary whe an>/baching the king during an aiul ^ nce to make three bows; one o ' entering (lie door, the other two whil drawing' near him; but in our cas immediately after we had made on i bow on entering the door he came foi I waid and shook hands. The converse I lion went along in an easy and itifoi i mal manner for about an hour, touch I ing upon the comparative condition o the peasants of this country and on farming' classes, as well as the pro ' "duets of the farm, the amount of lan cultivated and the remuneration o j the laboring man. After our audience with the kin i we visited the minister of agricultur and commerce. It was necessary t have the services of an interpreter, a he knew no English. We found hit thoroughly posted on agricultural mat tors, and he agreed to furnish an swers to a list of questions that w left with him. Mr. Rossi, one of th Italian commissioners of emigratiot was very courteous to us and gave u a great deal of information in rogar to the .whole subject. We gatherc from these officials that Italy is great deal more prosperous than it wr eight to ten years ago. and that th people here are sharing somewhat i the prosperous condition that pre vails in the United States. W hile in Rome we could not fail t observe on every hand the ruins o the ancient city. There was abund nit evidence of its early richness an .neatness?of the times when Rom wa-> mistress of the world?the mac inlicent Colliseum, the palaces of th "Id emperors, the forum and the f.i m..us Apian Way. the military roa built by the Romans more than tw thousam^ years ago. This road wn once lined with beautiful palaces an villas and tombs all the way froi ; Rome to Naples, but now there i [nothing but ruins all along the roa< This road, by the way. has been cor stantly in use for upwards of 2,00 years and is in fine condition todaj [showing in spots the old Roman met! j od of paving, and the count rv ad j.joining the road is now used only fo I farms and pasture lands. AN hile at Rome the commission hoi ja meeting and decided to divide th j territory, giving to Messrs. Benin and Howell fJreece, Turkey, Smyrni Asia Minor, Southwestern Russia an the country thereabouts; to Mr. Bui , licit and myself Northern Hal' 1" ranee, Switzerland, fJermanv, pat of Russia, working back along t!i | Northern Kuropean coast to Great | n j Britain; to Messrs. Dillingham aiul.o n Wheeler Austria, Hungary, part of J Russia ami oilier territory in that -x region. si Leaving Rome we went to Florence u j and saw Consul Quay, a brother of '' . the late Senator Quay of Pennsyl- a . \ania. In the interview with hitn we J'j r found that very few emigrant a had 1 - none to the United States from this y section of Italy, lie staled that the 11 . principal industries are the weaving . X of straw for hats, baskets, etc., and " \ high-class mosaic work. Tn addition i> to these, another important industry !' . is that of marble works of art. The 1 people are peaceable and industrious , and as a consequence are prosperous. V 1 Leaving Florence we went to Yen- " f ice; but there was little for us to do " there, and after spending a day and V< v night we proceeded to Milan. Milan '* , is the principal city in the northern i part ot Italy, situated in the centre 1 oi a rich agricultural and manufac- ' - turing section. We spent ncarlv / s three days at Milan, investigating ' - manufacturing and agricultural con- !? - ditions. and the work was verv inter esting aM the -way through. We visit- " s od a cotton mill, and as I think the - special report we made upon it will " - be of interest to the people of South ? |j Carolina. T will aippend a copy of it )!, - to this letter. 1 will also 'write an- | ,- other letter in a few days covering tin* - result of our investigations into agricnllural conditions in Italy as affeeling immigration. n From Milan we proceeded to Genoa, at which point we spent a day and ,, night, and from (lenoa we went to ?j ' Marseilles, France. We spent two x l> days there, making in the meantime . i a trip about 7.) miles in the country to ^ look at some of the farms. On this ,j 1' trip we went to St. Remy. a village ( '* in the centre of what is probably the j n ?.' real est seed-growing section in the I- world: here the soil, climate, etc., all n combine to grow flowers and vege0 tables of almost all kinds to the high- ,'j' 0 est slate of perfection, and the seeds r - rowii here are shipped to all parts <?f the world. It is a very prosper- ' oiis section, and there is naturally no '* emigration. , " Leaving Marseille:- on Monday morning, we came to Geneva, by way j, 1 of Lyons and up the beautiful valley of the Rhone river. We will remain % here for two or three days in order to write out our reports, and then proceed northward. 1 will try t< send ? letters concerning our trip as often as . c possible. ? A. C. Latimer. N s 1 1) r( ??? (| The sub-committee, consisting of t Senator Latimer and Representative i e Burnett, accompanied by Mr. Dun- ; . ning, the ellleient I'nited States consul I . at Milan, paid a visit to a cotton mill s at Musto Arsisio, a town about 215 . (| miles from Milan, on .lune 'J."). There (l are several cotton mills at this and a atl.join'uu towns, and this is said to be the cein i-c of the cottor manufactur- ' iu.ii imlnst y in Italy. There are also n a number of silk and linen mills in tins vicinity, but we did not visit any of them. 'I The mill visited was the Cottonifi11 cio Yeiizaghi. Mr. Carlo Ven/.aghi. | f one <d' the proprietor., showed us N '* through the plant am' was very com- \ ^ teous. This firm has been operating < 0 a weave shed for some time, and is _< >" now installing a spinning department. | 0 The | rodnct is cotton jeans and kin- ( l- died goods. Most of it is exported to j " South America and Indi.i. The pro- s 0 prietor said had shipped some .| iS L'o'mIs to the Cnitcd State.-, hut had ;| n ii"i attempted to pit-li this trade. 11 The mill employs about S00 opera's lives, of wb< m TOO. t ie proprietor ' sai 1. ere women and children. The i- average wagcv for the men was 0 stated to be about +1 per day, and >'i that for the w.oien and children from I- 10 to cents a day. 'flic laws of the 1 I- country prohibit children under twel- ^ ir ve years of ago t'com working in the mills: those from I'J to !| years are ( d .allowed to work ee-h' I.our per day* 1 e , ami ;!m-e above II are allowed to 't I wnik ''nil time as adults. The pro- 1 i, j prietor said Li.- mill runs about ten ' dlhoin- a dav. W" saw a number of r-m'jiMreii In the mil! who appeared to j i < iitn.ii Iwi Ivc y i a is id' age. Most ! 't oi ! I 'm were at work, but we do no* ! ie kilowhether' thev were on the pav- I I ' ' ? XI. X JL\JXTLJL\ 'lis or were helping- other members I their Jamilies. The women and liildrcu were all baicfooled while at orl< in tin* mill, 1?111 \v??re wooden u.dals while no inn to and from their ork. W iI It 111 is exception they comared lavorably, in general appearing and cleanliness, with the cotton |>eratives in the Southern Stales, he commissioners making this rcnrt are not familiar with the cotton till operatives in New England. The proprietor of this mill is builda large dormitory for (he nse of le nirls and women without families. u tin- lirst floor are (he dining' room, Mclicn. ami recreation rooms. On ne upper lloovs are large bed rooms, ith 30 to 40 heds in each room, hath Dom. toih't rooms, etc. The buildi.U' |s roomy and well arranged, and II he very comfortable. The prorietors said they would furnish hoard i) the operatives, including* meals, eds, etc., for 10 ccntessiin (S cents) er day. lie said he did not expect make any profit ont of the dormi>ry. the purpose henig to provide >mIortable and atti'aetive ipiarters n* women at actual cost, in order to take the mill attractive and secure ullicient help. This 'dormitory plan npressed the commissioners very favrably, as it seems |o ns an admirable rranyemen'l for the ^irls in the mill, lie proprietors said they furnished mises for operatives wills familic* at rental of from 7.~> cent.- to $1 |?er i'< m per moistli. 'file machinery in the mill is all of mulish make, and appeared to Iho iiminissioncrs lo I?? of an autiipialed rpe. even thai now beiny installed. lie spinning' frames now being' iuIailed are of the old type with lony i'aveiling- carriages. 'I'lie looms are cavy and enmbersome, and no operate runs more than two looms. Praoically all the operatives are paid by lie piece. 'I'lie mill is usiny electric current. > hich is ye n era I ed at a wauir power 'lant on a river some distance away, 'lie proprietors stated thai the cur * 111 cost .*p'J.) per horse power per iinilni lor a twelve-hour run. There ? considerable activity in water powr development in lliis . ection, and lie proprietor uf this mill said that number of others mills would >oon >e started. The mayor <.l the |o\\ n staled that here was practically m> emigration l'om this section, but that the demand or labor was such that I lie (own was onstautly drawiny on |he surroumlny country for additional labor of a lions kinds. He thinks the mill iperalives here would be desirous as peralives iu I lie I'uited States, but hat the mill management would loubtless resist in every way any ateinpt to induce the emigrants lo cave. -VALKS OUT OF WINDOW AND STEPS INTO SPACE. foimg Geogre Watson Falls Eighteen Feet While Asleep Without Apparent Serious Injury. 'he State. lieauforl. July 17.?At 11 o'clock ast night (ieoiye Watson. the IIear-old son of Hev. A. Mi. Watson, valked in his sleep out of an open ecoud story window on to a roof and Pepped off into* space. lie fell IS ?'< ! lo the yroiiinl. but did not susain any injuries that now appear scroll.--. lie has not recovered from the hock, hut the only apparent injuries ire a cul under the chin and sliuht ibi a.-ioiis of | he Hose and ear. Pleaded Guilty. Sam \\ ashinyton, who lives in (JravI I'o-wu. pleaded guilty yesterday iiorning' before the mayor on i wo 'haryes which were made ayainst him, he one for storing' and the other for elliny whiskey. .Mayor Hrown yave. iVashinyton thirty days in each ase, or a fine of The two warants upon which Washington was are>i ed were sworn out by Chief I5ish- \ ip ?nd I'oliceman Adams. Washington V ?;ii?I the line. ^ The railroads of Kugland and Ireami are of different yauyc. Those of reland are ."> feci inches, and Knyand's i.- 1 feet 8 1-2 inches.