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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."
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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 ' '
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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.