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/ \ , ^*V)PL XLIY NO 69 ^ NEWBERRY S. C\ TIT I'M ! DAY' JULY 30. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR NORTflVCAROLINA / VJINS ITS FIGHT ' COMPANIEtoEciwDE TO PUT IN- ! TO F.FFEC Tl^topEW RATE. J Threatened OoiUmij^ between North \ Carolina andflRie Federal Government Over Enforcement of 2 1-4 j Passenger Rate Averted by Railroads Agreeing to Enforce New Law Pending Settlement of the Appeals. Raleigh, N. C., July 27.?-The State of North Carolina has won in its 5 flight to have its passenger rate law ! of 2 1-4 cents observed by all the railroads pending; an appeal to the com!.-, by the roads of the state which 1 propose to fight the law. The promise of obedience to the j law by the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Lino railways, which, since .July 1st, the date set for the rate law ! to go into-effect, have been violating j the law, was given late today, at a conference which the railroads sought, with Governor Glenn, who had stnt- ! ed that as a precedent to any agreement he might make, that the 2 1-4 j cent rate must first be pi*t into effect. ( The conference was a private one, newspaper men being excluded at the ( request of the railroad attorneys. Af- . ter the conference, Governor Glenn stated that at the beginning- of the conference the railroad representatives stated that they were ready to [ aaree to !hc 2 1-4 cent rate, later to 1 1>3 tested in the original injunction ' case before Judge Pritchard, an appeal if necessary to he taken by state ' to the United State Supreme Court, 1 while the railroads would appeal the ' Wake county case to the North Car- ' oiina Supreme Court, and if necessary ? take the case on writ of error, to the c United States Supreme Court. The I . only trouble in the conference was a -s selection of the date at which the 2 ? 1-4 cent rate should become effective. c The railroads wanted a longer time than the state was willing to grant, S Ibut finally the eighth of August was 11 agreed upon, as the railroad represen- 1 tatives stated that it would be im- ^ possible sooner to make the proper 1 arrangements at their various ticket t offices to sujvply tickets and to fix " rates. i \ The conference was harmonious t throughout. The state was represent- fi ed by Governor Glenn, State Treasurer Lacy and the special counsel engaged by the governor, including For- 1 mer Governor ('. I?. Aycock and Hon. a I'i. J. Justice, Speaker of the house of ii representatives. The railway rep res- v entatives were Alfred I'. Thorn, of t Washington, and .Judge Alexander P. n Murphy, of Louisville, general conn- f sel of 'he Soul hern Railway, Alexan- o der Hamilton, of Petersburg-, Va., n general counsel, and Geo. I?. Klliott, |i of Wilmington, X. (\. assistant gen- S , oral counsel of the Atlantic Const n Line, and George Rountree, of Wil- n anington, N. counsel for R. Nelson n Buckley, and other stockholders of \\ I the Atlantic Coast Line, who had oh- e taincd restraining- orders and an I; interlocutory order from Judge Pritchard auainst the Atlantic Coast Line, putting the 2 1-4 cent rate into effect. S The Agreement. s] The agreement readied at the o conference is: "1. The railroad puts the 2 1-4-cent < < rate into effect not later than August il "2. The slnl<> to appeal from the a Order of Judue Pritchard discharging parties in Asheville on writs of ha- d 'beas corpus. r The Southern Railway appeals ^'^i^ySiiprenie Court of North Car- t: |\\ava 111 1',(' Wa ke county case, and it I .o.AWcase is there decided against it j.) lake the case by writ of error 1o n | Be iSupreme Court of the I'nited u I $'' [. That both sides co-operate to C LJiU'c both of said cases advanced and Knrgucd together and speedily advanc"5. The slate at its option to indict u Hthc Atlantic Coast Line in one ease. g H ''(i. All indictments and prosoou- r< BRlions now pending- to be dismissed si Blind no other indictments or prosecu- N inns to be instituted for any alleged ^BV'inla!ions of the law up to the time!' >f the new 2 1-4-cent rate is put into J ft'ect under this arrangement as fails the Governor can control the same. ' "/. The governor advises all peo>le against bringing; any penally suits lending final determination of the piestions involved and asks the people as a whole to acquiesce in this arrangement. "8. The suit pending before Judge I'ritchard to be diligently prosecuted without the state, however,, waiving uiy question of jurisdiction." Messrs. Alfred P. Thorn and Alex mder P. Humphrey, counsel for the Southern Railway company, underhand that the Southern Railway will lot inaugurate contempt proceedings >eeausc of anything heretofore done >y any of the state officers in con- ' lection with the rate litigation. They igreo to do all they can to prevent he inauguration of any such con- ! empt proceedings. This arrangement between Clover- , lor Glenn and the Southern Railway J s also assented to by George Roun- ] roe, attorney for R. Nelson Buckley >nd others, complainants, and Alex- , mder Hamilton, general counsel for ; he Atlantic ( oast Line Railroad company, except that they do not consent hat the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , *ompany shall be indicted in one case. \s lo this clause in the agreement hey leave the stale at liberty lo do is its sense of duly may dictate. Statement by Governor Glenn. Governor Glenn, late to-night, gave . ?u| a statement to the press regard- i n? the outcome of the stale's fi?ht or the 2 1-4 cent rate law. as follows: " 1 he governor considers the vie- | ory in the matter of the state against i ailronds as one for state's rights and i he people. There were many things hat added to the victory. I "First, the righteousness of the ause, the determination of the peo- i >!e through their officers, no longer to uibmit lo the oppression of the rail onds or the interference of the fedral courts. "The governor feels that it is a :reat step forward for state's rights md that if all the other states of the , Jnion will continue the fight already , icgun in North Carolina, and insist j ?pon their senators and representaivos in congress trying to curtail the : ;rowing power of the federal courts, , n the future there Avill be no troublo ; 0 control and direct railroads and > tlier corporations." Sanford Back in Washington. Washington, July 2'.?Assistant Jniled. States Attorney Gener1 Sanford returned to Washngton today from Asheville, X. C., i 'hero lie went at the suggestion of | he attorney general to look into (lie i latter of differences between the ; ederal and state authorities, arising ; ill of 1 ho law inhibiting a charge of 1 lore than 2 1-4 cents per mile for ,| assenger traffic within I he state. Mr , lanford said lie was not at libery lo | lake nnv statcfinent regarding his | tission or the result of it. He left lo- < iglit for Lenox, Mass., to lay the i hole matter before tho attorney gen- t ral who is spending- his summer vaca- i loll. A Doubt. , "Thai was ralhcr slighting," .*aid , enator Heveridge of a certain neech. " It was like Hie speech of the ( M Adams butler. ^ "When f was a boy in Adams | unity. .Judge Blank was taken vorv I I. I he doctor called regularly, but i ie judge kept ir?'lIintr worse, and fin- | II v i lie crisi> came. "The ill- a fief lit- > ;: ; (he i| octor ran i'h* judi>i !' .u sun- | ise. pi- your master's tempera-'\ rr ' -.wr than :! v !; >: <Yen-|? !.; ' !.: sai l to | ".( butler :i..i:?:t: ! ,*. i j] "I'll; mo; >o sure a'-ovi ,; i ;l;. * * ilip j v mil a;i.*uvrcd. 'lie oi?d. sir in the J | in.' ''? i it ts'onru I 'r? ss. j | . }] heap P.r.tes to Little Mountain on: c Accov.nt of Newberry College ! Reunion. j On account of Newberrv College re- | nioii at Little Mountain, Friday. An- i usl 2nd. I lie (X. & L. will sell a >und I rip tickets limited lo date is- | ied, good on regular trains from t e?-berry at the rate of fiO cents. p I. L. Robinson. | ), Ticket Agent. '. \ I SEN. PETTUS PASSES A.WAY. ( The Distinguished Alabamian Called i to His Reward.?Died at Hot j< Springs, North Carolina? | i Was 86 Years Old. A she vi lie, N. ('., July 27.?rnitod States Senator Pel I us, (it' Alabama, ' (lied last night at 10 o'clock at Hot J Springs, this state, from the effect of u stroke of apoplexy with which he was seized when at the breakfast I table yesterday morning. His entire I body was paralyzed and he never recovered consciousness since that time, i Senator Pettus's daughter and his grandson, K. \\\ lVttns. .Jr.. reached 1 ] Hot Springs an hour before llie Sen-1 ntor s death, but he did not recognize them. The attending physicians say that from the time of the apoplectic ? stroke Senator Pet Ins suffered no . pain and that he passed away (piietly. -v \\ bile the funeral arrangements have ' not been completed, it is announced I that the body will be prepared for 1 burial here and on Monday will be i taken to Selma for interment. The i funeral services probably will be held ] in Selma next Tuesdav or Wednes- 1 .lay. ' * ? Senator Pettus arrived at Hot 1 Springs about a week ago from Tate r Springs, Tenn. Cp to the time of the ' seizure he was apparently in tlu> l)??st i?f health. At the breakfast table vostorday. it is said, lie was uuusuiilly cheerful, and when he was ( stricken the guests of ihe hotel 'bought he merely had a fainting lit. Physicians were summoned from Asheville for consultation with the local physicians and it was seen that ' I here was no hope of the Senator's I recovery. ( Senator Pettus celebrated his 8<>th ' birthday at Tate Springs last week ' and on that occasion his unusual vig- 1 i>r was the subject of comment. (Jen. Kdmund Winston Pettus was the son of Mr. John Pelt us, a planter, and of bis wite, who was a daugli- i lor of (.'apt. Anthony Winston. Born < July (i, 1821. Gen. Pettus lost his I father in early infancy, but was for- 1 lunate enough in having the care of < a wise and excellent mother. He was ; educated at Clinton College, Tennes- s ;ee, and read law in the ollice of Mr. 1 Wm. Cooper in Tuseumbia. Licensed ' to ])ractice in 1842, he at once located : u Gainesville as the partner of Hon. ] Turner Keavis. The same yiar he 1 was elected district solicitor, and was ' re-elected iift 184f), but resigned in I 18.) 1 when no removed to Pickens, i He labored in his profession in Car- < lollton till 18,). i, when Governor 1 ['oilier appointed him to the same of- < lice to fill a vacancy. In 18f>f> he was i ['looted a juduo of the circuit court, < ind remained on the bench till Janu- ( !>i \, 1 Si>8. Ho then wont to reside in i Dallas County. Here lie pursued his i professional career till the beginning ?l the war between the states, when ic was appointed a commissioner to > [lie St \te o| Mississippi. In the spring >1 18(51, in connection with Oen. (Jar- i ott, o| Perry, and others, he raised < he 20th regiment of Alabama infan- i ry, of which ho was first major, and soon after lieutenant colonel. Ho j irs-l saw active service in Ihe Kenuckv campaign, and was in command < >f the van of (Ion. K. K. Smith's ( irmv when it drove the enemy into i ovington and Cincinnati. During tho .? v1 nter tho 20th was sent to Mississip. \ >i and lie participated in ihe battle of ( 'oil (iihson and Maker's Creek. In ? lie former he was captured, but made lis escape. While tho siege of Yieksburg was u-ogressing- lie bocanie colonel by the > H'omotion of (Jen. (iarrott. i Captured when Vicksburg fell, he < vas soon exchanged, and made a bri- ; radier general. The 20th, 23d, nOfh. 1 1st, and l(i||| Alabama regiments i rere placed under him. At Missionary i iidge he was on the right under I lardoe. He was also a participant, t ind a conspicuous one. in nearly all . 'I the battles from Dallon to Atlanta \ ml Jonosboro. Accompanying- Hood nto Tennessee, his brigade forced tho \ >assago of Duck River in squads, 1 n fho face of the enemy's rifle pits t 1 n?l carried their entrenchments at < lie point of' ihe bayonet. On ||,o re- r reat from Xashvillc, he covered the i ear. Transported to North Carolina, e pari lei pa led at Kin-.-ston and lion- ,i "nvillo. and was seriously wounded a iii the latter battle. At the suiTondi'r, lie returned to his private pursuits iu Selma. (ion. l'cttus married a laughter o| die llou. Samuel Chapman, o| Sum tor. His older brother, John .1. I Vitus, was governor of Mississippi. In November. 1800. (.'on. IVttus ivas elect oil to the United States Senate, taking his seat in that body Mareh 4. 1S07. Prior to that time he ivns not a candidate for political ofiiee. He was unanimously re-elected lo the somite in !!>();{. SOLD BRICK WAS WORTHLESS. [ndian Territory Man Pays $10,000 for an Imitation. S'-'i" McAle?ter, I. July 27.? J. J, MvAlester, president of the iVmerh:'.:i \:i'ional Hank, today paid jHO.OdO e;i !i lor a worthless "gold" i)r'.ck oflereil l.y a man representing liimsell to be a miner. The brick, ivhen ofiored for sale, was taken to Musgokec. appraised at the government oHiee an?l found lo contain SO !>er cent pure gold. When the deal ivas completed, the MeAlcster banker rot a worthless imitation of the brick lie appraiser had examined. The ;\vindle was discovered a few hours liter the transaction. BREMEN HONORS LATIMER. h-eat Banquet Given in His Honor by the St:?.;?. Bremen, July 27.?The enato tolight gave a great bampiet in (lie 1 o'v:i Hall in honor ot A. C. Latimer. United Stales Senator, of South Carolina, and. the ether memhors of the mmigrat ien commission, a J which the fading ?#'!ieials, business men and nembers of .society wore pvos < . A Cabby Stung. Foreigners often fall a prey to the unscrupulous wiles of the British abby, who basely takes advantage of !he stranger's want of familiarity with English idiom, coinage and lo ality. We have heard of the intelligent foreigner being driven about dx statute miles in a journey from London Bridge to Charinr Cross. Hint cabby got the 'n?s: the transaction, but a recent nitempt to impose upon foreign credulity was Oustrated cleverly by a son of (}aul. a*hose taste for joking led him to try to bamboozle a cabby into attempting it with him. lie demanded in exceedingly broken English to bo driven to a certain place, (he fare to ivhioh was exactly one shi 11 inti*. I; may ho remarked that he really ould speak English as well as lie 'ould h"-J mother tongue. On arriving at his destination In* a>kod. still n a struggling fashion: "()?' mooch 'ave 1 to pay?" "hive shillings." promptly respond i he cabby. "And 'ow mooch is five shillngs ? queried the traveler, taking nit three half crowns and laving hem across his palm. "Tlioin throe's right.'* said cabby, minting to the . in*. "Oh!" said the Frenchman. Then, lropping his assumed imperfect acluaiiitanco with the vernacular. 'Well, her A's a bob for you," ho aid. and departed, leaving hi-; erstvhile jehu standing- with perplexed xpression on hi< lace, which took ionic time to disappear.?--Tit-Bit*. A Factory Romance. So brief is the opportunity for perionet lite with working-people that ernj'os in the little time when Ihey nler into sol I-consciousness they live ill the more ardently and vitally. Phore i- a peculiar intimation of this n Maude tRadford's immensely hn-j nan and compelling stories of facory lite. "An Idyl of the Yards" in he Annus! MeClure's, leils the story .1 a lactorv girl of I lie modern type? .'igorous. self-reliant, sophisticated who suddenly meets and grapples] villi a moral dilemma of which all icr worldly-wise experience has aught her nothing. One loses sight >f economic laws and theories in eiding this tale, so absorbing is the. nlere.-i of the human problem: but iv implication lliey are si ill there, i1" 1 'his fresh and original lab* o.ii !<iouinl of unu-ua'i perspective. SENATOR BLEASE TALKS. Of the Liquor Question and Prohibi- < tion and Dispensary. _ 1 lie August a Chronicle of Saturday contained an interview with Senator Cole Ij. Blease on the situation in I Newberry on the liquor question and incidentally on the question as it will < probably be presented at the next ses- < sion of the legislature. The following is the interview: 1 "(Senator what do you think of the failure of the petitioners to have an 1 election on the disepnsary question in Newberry, due to an insullicient number of names to the petitions?" "Well, sir, while the local option hill was being considered in the senate, an amendment was put in allowing several counties, Newberry included, to have an election on the question of dispensary or no dispell- , sary this year, provided the proper ( petitions were filed. The amendment , was offered not to cause ail election | to be ordered but simply to give the people of the county the opportunity , to have such an election provided they ( wished it. and it seems that they did not desire to agitate the matter at ; this time. "Personally, I had no interest in the matter, and did not sign the peti- < tion. "I presume that the fight that I made in the senate against the county dispensary system is well remembered. and I am still of the same opinion as follows: Because ' do not be- : lieve til:!' I In1 people of South Caro- 1 lina are in favor of such a system as < I lie bill will give them*, and because 1 1 believe that the system provided for > in the bill will prove a curse to the state. "The people are showing thai they are not in favor ol such a system, and the system itself is proving to be a curse, as the troubles in many counties of the state already show, and the further it goes the worse it will , be, fake and farce, as I said to you i in an interview of May 12, 1 am'opposed to it. and will ever be. 1 "I believe, however, that if the , people of this county had the oppor- , tunity they would vote to re-establish the state dispensary as we had it before, but they are with me and against this rotten sytsem which some counties now have." "Do you think that the liquor question for South Carolina will be ne ol the main questions for discussion and settlement at the next session of the legislature, and if so. what il any. changes do you expect " was then asked Mr. Blease. "I look for a straight fight in the next legislature for state prohibition,'1 and." continued the speaker. "I expect the most interesting tight that has taken place in the South Carolina legislature since the session of lK!)-_>. when we tirst established the stale dispensary system. If the state dispensary people caiuiol rc-cstahlish that system, they will hold the balance ot power between prohibit ion and the county dispensary system. I hen the question will b<, what will the faithfill do? I pon the answer to I South Carolina's position on the liquor qucst'ou depends '"Senator. I notice that in a newsparer interview recently Senator Tillman is ipioted a< sayinv if (Jeorgia 1 joes prohibit ion, Si.ulh Carolina wi'' I follow in her wake. What effect, if i any. in your opinion, will liiis action | o( (ieopjia have upon this slate?"'! was asked. '"T think regardless of wh.it (ieor-ji via does, tiie 1111; 11 i n in South Caro I, lina will be just as I have viven il to von." ' I I The Knuckle-Pusher. ; ''The Knuckle-I'usher" was the ? tithj opport unely bestowed by a 1 cavalry troop on a lighting Irishman. < In a story lull ol die gall:int humor' ' and hardy spirit of the camp. Will | Adams, in the August McClure's, j r ; tells how the captain of a troop sav-| > I ed his men ,,n a singularly unique J occasion, and incidentally proved his : title to the light-weight champion- hi vhip of the Wesi. This i> one of tho|i be-! -1orii ~ uf ;i fight ever written,; ;iiiil i> io 11i with the peculiar eclat- of "re l 'ioimi|'.,!i!i\ in 1 v. w ith his sub-I i, jecl. ! GONE TO WASHINGTON. Committee from OJemson College to Lay Situation Before War Department. A special (o I ho News and Courier from Columbia says: "The committee from tho CIcmsou I'olloge trustees, which was appointml to consult with the war department with regard to the selection of a commandant for the college will leave Monday for Washington. This committee consists of Mr. Alan Johnstone, of Newberry; Mr. G. D. Bellinger, of Columbia; Mr. W. 1). Kvans, of Marlboro, and Dr. P. II. Moll, president of the college. It is understood that the commit tee will lav the whole matter lie fore the war department, and while none of the trustees has had anything to say for publication in regard to the retirement of Capt. Clay, it is known that they feel confident that the war dcparmcnt will not be justified in refusing to continue the military icaturc at Clemson. The committee will probably be in position to make a report at the meeting >f the trustees, which will be held ir. August, and much that is not yet brought to light will probably be developed at that time." I he report of the inspecting olVicer, ( apt. l'ciui. which inspection was made in April and whose report Inn ju-t been published says that everything is in line condition al Clemson. I'he trouble of which Capt. (May complains it scents took place in June after the inspection by ("apt. IVnn. Clemson is a great institution and i'\ei\ one wants |o see it succeed, ami continue to do the work which i> here for it to do. Their Ancestry. Mrs. Donald McLean, president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, said of ancestry at a dinner in Xew York: "I think we would all, if we had our choice, prefer to be well born, flood children are more apt to come from good than from bad parents. Then, besides, good birth is a recommendation. In every tiling we consider the sou'cc. "It is like the story of the school teacher. I here was a teacher, teaching in a \ety poor neighborhood, who received daily gifts of flowers from one of her pupils, a ragged little boy. "The flowers were of all sort, sometimes costly hothouse blooms, sometimes simple, old-fashioned garden flowers. As a rule they were somewhat faded. "One day the boy brought I lie teacher a great bouquet of mauve orchid.-. To be sure they were much wilted. Inn none the less it could be -ecu that they had once cost a great deal of money. The puz/led teacher, as she took them, said: 'limmy, where do you get all these flowers that you give me? Yon don t st ea I them, I hope. * fMi, no, nia am.' the youngster answered, lather's an ash man.' Philadelphia Record. A Christmas Story in August. A great Knglish highway muffle.1 under a blur ol December sleet?a Iitar\ traveler slightly touched with he spirit of k nig ht -errant ry?an ,,vcrIiirned coach and a distiessed lady, lecked. Iik<> tlie heroine of the Irish' a'e. vvith gold ami silver and pre''oils mineral-; ami oiw enters, at he very outset of Mjuy Watts' hlil>a'i! extravaganza, "The great \.?rth *":id." in the August M? ('lure's, up. >n aperies o| gallant encounters and "Id imbrolios which up to the very leiion-'inent .-ecins |<> defv mil aiig"Ieiient. So robust and \ ivid is the itmosphere of this tale that it proluces an incout rovortible illusion of i'nle logs. niKlletoe, and Christmas 'heei. though read on ;i summer each and under an August sun. Nothing so successful in the way of emantie writing' has been done in 'ears. ' " "klail t nir-ter-: in a dry country I' aii'ia ok-. News and Confer. Iractable iiu>!?and- of Daughters if the |,'evi?!nt aci for I'aiih.nilcs New- .ij:,; (.i.-i..j.