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Changes in La_t Fc' ars. ('iarlotie. N. C.. Nov. 13.-Presi dent W. W. Finley of the. Southern .aailway company. who was one of the principal speakers at the annual banquet of the Greater Charlotte club, tonight made a noteworthy statement of the proper attitude of public service corporations towards politics. While insisting on the pre servation to these corporations of all their rights. and on the propriety of pursuing proper means to preserve these rights, he advocated their com plete abstinence from political ac tivity. He said: "Governmental regulation of rail ways, within its proper sphere. does not involve the surrender by a rail way company of any constitutional right. It is not inconsistent with gov ernmental regulation for a railway to adopt proper means to acquaint the public and state. and federal author ities with facts as to legislation that would be hurtful to it and injurious to its owners. I am not willing to believe that the American people, or any government deriving its author ity from them, will ever be so arbi trary as to deny to a great property interest, performing an important service to the public, and subject Lo governm'ental regulation, the right to be heard in arg-ument and in protest before the legislative body or admin istrative tribunal that determines the nature and extent of that regulation. This right is inseparable from free -goverament. It is. embiaced in the sacred right of petitioin, which we have, inherited from the gr..at charter which --as wrung from King John at Hunny:mede. and w;hich has been guaanteed in our state and federal constitutions. It dvocating the application of economic principles to the regula ti.a of railways, I recognize that this presupposes. the conformity of rail way management to a high standard of etlies. Th, railway manager who .mves, as I do, that the property interests entrusted to his care should be made the objeet of regulation bas ed on economic and business princi pIes, must see to it that his 'business is conducted in accordance with the fact that the property entrusted to is care is a public service institution, devoted to the performance of a fuIseion essential to the prosiperity . of he -communi,ty, and he must strive at all times to liave all questions alf ..eting its rela,'ons with thge public considered on their merits 'as affect ing an en,terprise in ,the successful and proper management of which bhoth its owners and the :public are concerned. He must see to it that he does not arouse popular resent mient and political animosities through being properly credited with controlling, or with attempting to control, political action. "But it must not 'be forgotaten that a few years ago participation by rail way companies in political affairs was, by public sentiment, not only *tolerated, but swas encouraged. Ap peals were made to them to assist, as a highly patriotie service, the success of men, of parties and of principles " deemed essential 'to our civilization as a people. If abhuses arose 'from this it iwas 'hardly more .than could have been anticipated-hardly less than a natural and inevitable conse quence. "1 fully recognize, however, that such participation by these companies in political matters is no longer jus *tified, if it ever was, by conditions, and ,is no longer approved by public sentiment. It has passed away with many other political a)buses which have 'been condemned and abandon ed. "I am in hearty accord with this ,ehange and eleva.tion of .public stan dards, and with the view that would limit the participation of these com panies in puxblic matters to the field of fair statement, protest and argu ment. "I do not, however, think it just to the management of railways, which have been only too glad .to conform to these higher and better standards, to ocendemn them for a course, now a * matter of, the past, and which was, when in use, adopted and pursued in accordance with a public sentiment whieh. then a.t least. even in many' of its abuses. tolerated, if it did not justify, it. It is juster to let that 'dead past bury its dead' and for us. who are chargned with the solemn responsibilities of the present and of the future, to turn our faces towards the duties which, in the interest of mankind, we must ~perform-juster that we be judged by the fidelity which we exhibit. under these new and better standards, towards the re sponsibilities which we have assum da e?l]i--htcne'd publie op111io11, eooperate with all our people fur tl] development of our common countr; In much of the -territory in ou southern section men put their mone into railway construction and jut the welding together of weak an disjoined lines in efficient throug systems, not on the assurance o things that were, but in the fairh i things to come. They looked int the future and saw the south, wit: its great natural resources develop ed, teeming with a prosperous pec ple and with a commerce no longe restricted to raw materials, but mad up in large part of manufacture< products. With the eye of faith the; saw a greater Charlotte and othe ,"ieater cities developing in all ou states. They saw the southera far mer not only reaping greater return from cotton, but enjoying that larg er prosperity from diversified agri culture, made possible by enlarge< home markets and by adequate trans portation to the markets of th, world. They have been content wit'] very moderate returns, in the fait] that they would be allowed to bene fit, in some measure, from the in creased prosperity made possible b; their courage and their faith in th, southern people and in southern op portunities. Their work is not ye done. With every southern commun ity calling for more and better facili ties, they have a right to expect tha their high sense of justice and an in telligent realization of their own in terests will impel the southern peo ple to uphold their hands and aii rather than obstruct the improve ment of the highways over whie] southern products must be carried t market. "Blessed with a wide range o: climatie conditions, from the loi lands oif the coastal region on th east, to the mountain region on th west, with varieties of soil suitabl for the profitable pursuit of a high ly diversified agriculture, with a] most every useful mineral found ii commercial quantities in some par of your territory, and with you timbher lands, which can be made, b; the adoption of seienti!fic forestry, getsore of present and futur wealth, North Carolina can lool forward to a great and prosperou future. The.people of the Old Nort: State~ have shown a high apprecia tion of their opportunities. Recov ering from the industrial and comn mercial prost-ration in which the en tire south was left at the close o the Civil war, North Carolina ha advanced -with giant strides. In n state in the- south and in no sta-te il the Union, except some of those il the far -west, has the pro4gntionat increase in the production of wealt] been greater than in North Carolina ''Your future prosperity is assur ed, but I believe that .the rate of you progress will depend, in large mea sure, on .the support by public opin ion of two fundamental pri:nciple of our civilization, and t'heir appli cation, not only to your transporta tion agencies, but to all other kind of business. The first of these is that economie laws are inflexibi and as unehanging as the laws of na ture, and that arbitrary interferenc with their operation' can only resul disatrously. The second is, that th prosperity of a community depend on the prosperity of its individuals which can attain the highest developi ment only -when each individual en joys the fullest opportunity for th exercise of his industry and his i tiative, either independently, or i; combination with others, free fror limitations imposed by governmenta restriction, except in so far as the; may be necessary to protect other in dividuals from wrong.' "I advance -these propositions wit confidence in 'Charlotte--the res radle of American liberty-an among a people whose ancestors, i the Mecklenburg declaration of i: dependence, more than a year befor the action of the Continental con gress in Philadelphia, <pledg'ed thei lives, their fortunes, and .their mos sacred honor, to the maintenance o free government.'' Taking as his text the motto o the Greater Charlotte club. "Wate ChariPte Grow.'' 3Mr. Finley refet red to the growth of Charlotte an the Piedmont section of the south i lhe pai. and to the p)rospects fo the future. and pointed out the irr portance of the adequacy of transpol ation facilities to the developme2 and prosperity of any locality. I his connection, 'he said: "Transportation must ever in th future continue to~ be as importar an element in human affairs as it ha been in the past. Its relation to th d staic:ient. Thec iir-4 of these is. iat adequacv of transjlrtation is e essen-tial to the Progress of any com C- munity. The second is, that a con r munity can attain the fullest meas Y are of prosperity only when the 0 agencies on which it must depend d for transportation are able to in crease their facilities so as to keep f pace with the increasing demand for 1 their service. The third is, that a D transportation agency can prosper 1 only as a result of t'he prosperity of - the communities served by it. An - other is, that capital will flow most r freely into those channels of business e in which investors can feel a rea i sonable degree of certainty and their principal will be safe, and that it r will yield a fair return as a result of L the earning of a proper margin of in - come over the costs of operation and maintenance. f " He showed the application of these I axiomatic principles to the building 'up of a greater Charlotte, and that any retardation of railway develop ment would tend to retard the growth I of 'the city, while the permanent ar rest of that development would be a calamity. Advocating conservative and constructive policies affecting transportation agencies and their re gula!tion within the sphere of econ omies, Mr. Finley expressed the con viction that a clear understanding of the 'public and the railways, and " of the importance of adequate trans t portation facilities to every commun - itv will lead intelligent men every - where to feel that, when legislation unfavorable to transportation agen - cies is proposed, their own interests are affected, and that the result would be that they would take an ac tive personal interest in seeing that transportation problems were dealt with as economie, rather than politi cal, questions. * A COMMON CARRIER'S DUTY. - Decided That it is Not Fulfilled Un - til a Seat is Provided for Each Passenger. t r Atlanta, Nov. 15.-"A common Scarrier does not fulfill its legal duty Suntil it provides -a seat for eaeh pas Ssenger,'' is the decision rendered to Sday by the Georgia court of appeals. s The decision was rendered in a suit a for damages brought against the - Georgia Electric & Railway company - of Atlanta by Dr. Oscar Lyndon, - who, it is alleged, was injured by the ~ sudden starting of a car in which he Ewas standing. s ":There can be- no question,'' the Sdecision contines, "1that it is one 1of the duties of a common carrier to furnish its passengei;s with seats and Sthat such failure to furnish a seat 1may be proxim-ate cause of an in jury.'' e CAN ACCEPT PA,fSES AS PAY. - Georgia Commission ..Decides .That a the Newspapets Have Right to SAccept Transportation for - Work Done. ,Dublin, Ga., Nov. 1.--President a H. M. Stanley of the Georgia Week - lv Press association today received a a l'etter from Secretary Mon tgom-ery of t the Georgia railroad commission in a relation to the order of the commis 3 sion prohibiting free passes, saying: , "I beg to ad-vise that it was not the - purpose of the order of the commis - sion, nor has this board the author ity, to pY'ohibit newspapers or any - other party from entering into con 1 tract with railroad companies.'' The 1 purpose of the order he says is to i prevent issuance of transportation i except upon a dollar for dollar basis. - If newspapers desire to contract with the railroads for work to be ppid in transportation they have the right. NOTICE TO OVERSEEES. aAll overseers of puiblic roads in - Newbepry county are hereby ordered e to work their respective sections for the full time, as required by law, by r December 1st, 1907. Herein fail not, ton pain of the penalty of the law. J. Monroe Wicker, County Supervisor. f Nov. 2nd. 1907. 1 2taw. 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H. Cannon, Newberry, S. C. EXECUTOR'S SALE OF LAND. By virtue of the power vested in me as executor of the last will and testament of Simeon Miller, deceased, I will sell at Newberry Cotrt House on Monday, (salesday) the 2nd of December, 1907, at 11 o'clock a. m., at public auction, the following real estate of which the said Simeon Mil ler died seized and possessed: Tract No. 1 containing 108 1-5 acres, bounded by lands of B. L. Mil ler, Miss Sallie Metts and tract No. 2 of the estate of Simeon Miller. Tract No. 2 containing 91 1-3 acres, bounded by tract No. 1 of the estate of Simeon Miller, by lands of J. W. Metts aid Miss Sla..lie Ml.tts, the lands of Ira A. Miller, and tract No. 3 of the etate of Sim- ,a M:'ier. Tract No. 3 containing 60 acres and bounded by -tract No. 2 of the estate of Simeon Miller, lands of Ira A. Miller, .A. T. Dominick, D. I. Long and J. W: Metts. . Plats of said lands are on file in the office of the probate judge for Newberry county. Terms of sale: One-half cash and the balance iin twelve months with interest from date of sale secured by bonid of purchaser and, qortgage of premises. Purehaser to- pay for pa James H. Wise, Executor, Simeon Miller, deceased. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN&, COUNTY OF NEFWBERRY. In Common Pleas. The National Bank of Newberry, S. C., Plaintiff, ,against J. Lewis Duckett, Nancy Duekett and Jno. P. Duncan, Defendants. By order of the court here in, I will sell to the highest bidder b6fore the court house at Newberry, S. C., on salesday in December, 1907, with in the legal hours of~ sale, the follow ing described property, to wit: All that tract of land of the estate of Lewis Duckett assigned to me sit uate in the county of 'Newberry, state aforesaid, containing one hundred and fifteen acres, more or less, and bound ed by lands of Dr. R. C. Carlisle, J. C. Hargrove, Odell Duekett and oth ers. 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