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visi i"! r - r. President Fir ley Z.i:' 1 Kailroads Should Abstain From Politics? Changes in Last Few Yoars. Charlotte. N. C.. Nov. la,?President \\ . W. Fin ley of the. Southern Railway company, who was one of the principal sj)eaker.s at the annual banquet of the Greater Charlotte club, tonight made a noteworthy statement of the proper altitude of public service corporations towards polities. While insisting on the preservation to these corporations of a 11 their rights, and on the propriety of" pursuing proper means to preserve these rights, he advocated their complete abstinence from political activity. lie said: * 'Governmental regulation of railways, within its proper sphere, does J not involve the surrender by :t railway company of ;uiy constitutional' right. 11 is i?I inconsistent wilh governmental regulation for a railway to adopt proper means |o nc<|unini the public and slate and federa' authorities with facts as to legislation thai would be hurtful to it and injurious to its owners. I am not willing to believe thai tin American people, or any government deriving its authority from them, will ever be so arbitrary as to deny to a great property interest, performing an important service to the public, and subject to governmental regulation, the right to be heard in argument and in protect before the legislative body or admillistralive 1 ribn11.*: 1 that determines the nature and extent of .that regulation. This light is inseparable from free government. It i> emb.are,! in the >aeivd rit lit of p'-titioin. which we have inherited from the -r at cha\ev which \ as urine.'' from King .loim .v i I niiii;. n;< de. ; .;<! \.iiir|i ha- been gnai aniced in our slate and federal const i! nt ions. ''in i1 voeating the application of economic principles to the regit la11 i of railways, I recognize thai this presupposes the conformity of railwax ii'ame.vineiit to a hiuli standard ot cti.ics. I'll railway manager who n v cs, as I do, that lite properly! inl crests en-trusted to his care, should be made the. object of regulation based on economic and business principles, must see to it that bis 'business is conducted in accordance with the fact that the property entrusted to his care is a public service institution, devoted to the performance of a fii !ceinn essential to the prosperity . ;.ie community, and lie must strive a' all It.lies to iiave all <|iies|.ioiis alv.-tiiig its rela ons with the public considered on their merits as affecting an enterprise in -the successful and proper management, of which both its owners and the public, are concerned. lie must see to it that be does not arouse popular resentment and political animosities through being properly credited with controlling, or with attempting to control, political action. "Hut it must not be forgoMen tnat a few years ago participation by railway companies in political altairs was, by public sentiment, not only tolerated, but -.was encouraged. Appeals were made to them to assist, as a highly patriotic service, the success of men. of parlies and of principles deemed essential to our civilization as a people. If abuses arose from this it was hardly more than could have been anticipated -hardly less than a natural and inevitable consequence. "I fully recognize, however, that such participation by these companies in political matters is no longer justilied. it' it ever was, by conditions, ami is no longer approved by public sentiment. It has passed away with many other political abuses which have been condemned and abandoned. * "I am in hearty accord with this change and elevation of public standard-. and with the view that would limit the participation of these companies in public matters to the Held of fair statement, protest and argument. *'I do not. however, think it just to the management id' railways, which have been only too glad to conform to these higher and heller standards, to ocndeinn 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 which, then at least, even in many of its abuses, tolerated, if it did not justify, it. 11 is jusler to let that 'dead past bury its dead' and for us. who are charged 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?jusler that we be judged by the fidelity which we exhibit, under these new and better standards, towards the responsibilities which we have assumed. ; | '' "1 *!! railwav ask n > I';;, j v-' 'i s. I iiey a>k 1!';11 l Sit v if recognized business in -f it hi :<>uami that they In* :rivc-ii an i|.?irtn^tii y, under l in- protection of'just law ** ami an enlightened public opinion, to cooperate with all our people for the development of our common country, fn much of the territory in our southern section men put their money into railway construction and into the Avoiding together of weak and disjoined linos in efficient through systems, not on the assurance of things that were, hut in the fa it'll in things to come. They looked into the future and saw the south, with its great natural resources developed, teeming with a prosperous people and with a' commerce no longer restricted to raw materials, hut made up in largo- part of manufactured products. Willi the eye of faith t'hey | sa.w a greater Charlotte and other | mealer c.ilies developing in all our I stales. They saw the southern farmer not only reaping greater returns from cotton, lml enjoying that larg?r prosperity from diversified agriculture, made possible by enlarged home markets ami by adequate transportation to |lie markets of the world. They have been content with very moderate returns, in the faith thai lliey would be allowed to benefit, in some measure, from the increased prosperity made possible by their courage and their faith in the southern people and in southern opportunities. Their work is not yet done. Willi every southern community calling for more and better facilities. they have a right to expect thai their hi.uh sense of justice and an intelligent realization o!' their own interests will i1111ii'| the southern people !' uphold their hands ami aid rather than obstruct Ihe improvement of the highways over which southern products must be carried to ma rket. "lilessed with a wide range of climatic conditions, from the low lands of the coastal region on the east, to the mountain region on the west, with varieties) of soil suitable for the profitable pursuit of a highly diversified agriculture, with almost every useful mineral found in commercial quantities in sonic part of your territory, and with your timber lands, which can be made, by Ihe adoption of scientific forestry, a great store of present and future wealth. North Carolina can look forward to a great and prosperous future. The. people of the Old North State have shown a high appreciation of their opportunities. liecovering from the industrial and commercial prostration in which the entire south was left at the close of the Civil war, North Carolina has advanced with giant sit rides. In no state in the south and in no state in the I'nion, except some of those in the far west, has the proportionate increase in Ihe production of wealth been greater than in North Carolina. " Your future prosperity is assured,'but I believe that the rale of vour progress will dopend, in large measure. on the support by public opinion of two fundamental principles of our civilization, and t'heir application, not only to your transportation agencies, but to all other kinds of business. The lirst of these is, thai economic laws are inflexible and as unchanging as the laws of nature, ami thai arbitrary interference with their opera-lion can only result disas'l rously. The second is. that I lit prosperity of a community depend* on the prosperity of its individuals, which can attain the highest development only when each individual enjoys the fullest opportunity for tin exercise of his industry and his initiative, either independently, or ir combination with others, free Iron limitations imposed by govornmcnta restriction. except in so far as tlto\ may be necessary to protect oilier individuals from wrong. "I advance these propositions will confidence in Charlotte?-the roa cradle of American liberty?am amouu' a people whose ancestors, ii Ihe Mecklenburg declaration of in dependence, more than a year befori the action of Ihe Continental con gross in Philadelphia, pledged thei lives, their fortunes, and their mos sacred honor, to the maintenance o free government." Taking as his text ihe motto o the Creator Charlotte club. "Wafel CharloMe Crow." Mr. Kinley refer red to the growth of Charlotte am the Piedmont section of the south ii the past. ami to the prospects fo the t'ui ure. and pointed out the im portance of the adequacy of (ranspor tat ion facilities to the developinen and prosperity of any locality. Ii his connect ion, he said: "Transportation must ever in th future continue to be as importan an element in human affairs as it ha been in the past. Its relation to 111 development of prosperity and civili I i !*':l I > *j:i~ ?' !I tin ? ?.'i-laiu axi'iii: i j : ie econotn!(. ].i?iu-i !which arc sn i it':,;- : tin amount of ehiborntit>:i j '*;?! .iii'! to the 'Vrcc of their ha it statement. Tho lirst of these is, 1 iliat adequacy oI' transportation is essential to I'lie progress of any community. The second is, that a community can attain llio fullest measure of prosperity only when the agencies on which it must depend for transportation are able to increase their facilities so as to keep pace with the increasing demand for their service. The third is, that a transportation agency can prosper only as a result of the prosperity of the communities served by it. Another is, that capital will flow most freely into those channels of busitn'ss in which investors can feel a reasonable degree of certainty and their princi'pal will lie safe, and thai it I will yield a fair return as a result of j the earning of a proper margin of in entne over the costs of operation and maintenance.'' lie showed the application of these axiomatic principles to the buildi.nr up of a greater Charlotte, and that any retardation of railway development would tend to retard the growth of 'tlie city, while the permanent arrest of that development would he a calamity. Advocating conservative and constructive policies affecting transportation agencies and their regulation within the sphere of economics, Mr. l4,inley expressed the conviction that a (dear understanding of llu* -public and the railways, and .of the importance of adequate trausi pol lution facilities to every community will lead intelli- 'ml men everywhere to feel that, when legislation ! unfavorable to transportation agencies is proposed, their own inlore-ts j are affected, and that the rc>iilt i would be that they would lake an acI live personal interest in seeing thai | transportation problems were dealt with as economic, rather than political, questions. A COMMON CARRIER'S DUTY. Decided That it is Not Fulfilled Until a Seat is Provided for Each Passenger. Atlanta, Nov. 1").?"A common carrier does not fulfill its legal duly until it provides a seat for each passenger, " is the decision rendered today by I he Georgia court of appeals. The decision was rendered in a >uit for damages brought against the Georgia Kleclric & Wailwav company of Atlanta by Dr. Oscar Lyndon, who. it is alleged, was injured by (he sudden starling of a ear in which he was standing. "There can be no question.'' the decision continues, ''.that it is one of the duties of a common carrier to furnish its passengers with seats and that such failure to furnish a seat may be proximate cause of an injury." ' CAN ACCEPT PASSES AS PAY. Georgia Commission .Decides .That the Newspapers Have Right to Accept Transportation for Work Done. Dublin, (Ja., Nov. ?President II. M. Stanley of the (ieorgia Weekly Press association today received a letter from Secretary Montgomery of I lie Georgia ra.il road commission in relation to the order of the conunis! siot; prohibiting free passes, saying: "I beg to advise thai it was not the purpose of the order of the commission. nor has this board the aulhor' ity. ?;o prohibit newspapers or any " other parly from entering into con1 trad with railroad companies." The 1 purpose of the order he says is to ' pre v,mi I issuance of transportation except upon a dollar for dollar basis. " If newspapers desire to contract with jibe railroad* for work to be paid in i transportation they have the right. 1 j " * I NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. 1 All overseers of public roads in Newberry county are hereby ordered to work their respective sections for the full lime, as required bv law, by | December 1st. 1907. Herein fail not, on pain of the penally of the law. J. Monroe Wicker, County Supervisor. I Nov. 2nd. 1007. i '2law. I My Best Friend. 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Miller, A. T. Dominiek, D. I. Long and J. W. Metis. . , Plats of said lands are on file in the ollicc of the probate judge for Newberry county. Terms of sale: One-half cash and the balance in twelve months with interest from date of sale secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. James II. Wise, Executor, Simeon Miller, deceased. STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NWBfiRRY. In Common Picas. The National Bank of Newberry, S. C., Plaintiff, against -T. Lewis Duckett, Nancy Duckett and Jno. P. Duncan, Defendants. By order of the court here in, I will sell to the highest bidder before the court house at Newberry, S. C., on salesday in December, 1007, within the legal hours of #?ale, the following d esc n bod property, to wit : All that tract of land of the estate of Lewis Duckett assigned to me situate in the county of Newberry, state aforesaid, containing one hundred and fifteen acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Dr. R. C. Carlisle, J. 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