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EDITORS.
RAILWAYS AND PRESS ALLIED
Dir. Finley, at Asheville, Dis
cusses Mutual Interests of
press and Railways and
Their Aid in Community
Development.
Asheville, N. C, July 24. At the
meeting of the North Carolina Press
Association in Asheville to-day Pres
ident Finley, of the Southern Railway
Company, delivered an address on
"The Relations of the Press : and the
Railways and the Value of their Co
operation in Community Develop
ment." " .
Mr. Finley pointed out the natural
basis for co-operation , between the
press and. the railways growing out
of the substantial identity of their in
terests in community development and
prosperity, bringing to the newspapers
additional subscribers and advertising
and to the railways increased traffic
and making it logical that the press
and the railways, in their respective
fields, should work in close co-operation
for community development He
recognized that, while the newspapers
and the railways were thus natural
allies in community.' development, it
did not follow that there should not
be fair criticism of the railways, and
6aid: .. .
"Fair and just criticism is a proper
function of a free press, but criti
cism of the agencies which provide
the transportation facilities of the
community should take account of
the economic conditions under
which those agencies must work
and should, ainv in respect to a
factor so essential to community
development, to be helpful and edu
cational rather than being along
lines tending to create unreason
ing prejudice.
"Personally, I am a great reader
of the newspapers. I appreciate at
its full value the work they are do
ing and T recognize in their editors,
in many cases, the spokesmen of
their communities. I do not ignore
what is said in the newspapers rel
ative to our policies I always take
note of newspaper criticism on mat
ters that it mav foe within our nower
to remedy and all such matters are
given attention so far as it may be
practicable to do so."
Referring to the fact that a railway
can not win the support of public
opinion through the exercise of politi
cal influence or in any other way ex
cept by the intelligent and effective
performance of its functions as a car
rier and by its responsiveness to fair
criticism, Mr. Finley pointed out that
its position Ctn only be secure -when
the economic conditions surrounding
its operation and the importance of its
functions to development and to the
enlargement of opportunity are appre
ciated by the people of the com
munity, and that this appreciation was
dependent upon enlightened citizen
ship. He spoke of the moral respons
ibility of the press in this connection
and of its power, by presenting fully
and fairly, the economic situation of
the railways and the interest of alfof
the people in their prosperity and effi
ciency, to bring about that mutual
good understanding which is indis
pensable to effective co-operation.
As, in an economic sense, produc
tion is not . complete until goods are
put in a position for consumption, Mr.
Finley spoke of the railways as crea
tors of value and as an indispensable
part of the producing equipment of
every community and of every farmer
and manufacturer in : it and said that
unjust criticism directed against
farmers and manufacturers would be
just as logical as against the railways.
Speaking of the . right of the rail
ways, just as, of any other business
enterprise to presenttheir cause, fully
and freely before courte, administraT
tive tribunals, legislatures, - and the
bar of public opinion, Mr. Finley said :
"Enlightened ; pmblic " opinion in
the United States will not justify the
relegation of the 'railways to the
status of the Jew in England in the
Middle Ages when, as we read lii
Madoxe's History of the Exchequer:
'J osce QuartebuCh: gave forty marks
that his son Hekelln; might be dealt
with according to justice; and 'Jur
net of Norwich gave 1,800 marks'
that he might reside In England with
the King's good will, . .
"The railways are asking for no
special favors. They ask only that
their importance in the development
of the' country and that the inter
est which each individual has In
their efficiency shall be frankly
recognized. They ask that differ
ences which mayy arise between them
and individuals ' or communities
shall be subjects of, full and free
conference to be adjusted In accord
ance with sound business principles,
or that, failing such, adjustment,
they shall be adjudicated by the
tribunals constituted by law.','
Having outlined the condition which
he Sieved to be necessary to, the
ost . eff ective . coperatloa between
th press, and the railways for com
munity aBveiopment,rMr;u Finley ex.
pressed , the qpinionthituWco-otr
ration was esesntial to th' fullest de
velopment and prosperity of any com
munity because ineilIghce;andSrans-,
portation-re-fundaiental factors in
developmentlting tbe!;f unction of
me presscaisseminate 'the first And
of the railways 'io provide the second.
He ' outlined - the- work -which jthe
SouthernRail way Company, is doing
to aid in, the development of the ter
ritory traversed by: its lines, express
ing the,, opinion that itcould be said,
without boastfulness,, to be more com
prehensive than " similar- work being
done by ' anv other railway ' organiza
tion in the United (States. ' ile said : ;
"In our " work for community de
velopment it is our policy to co-operate
closely with individuals and or
ganizations. That.it may have been
more effective in some., localities
than in others-has oeen due largely
y to local conditions, deluding the de
gree of , cc-pperation that we.h'ave
received. ' "We believe " that N it has
been particularly effective in .West
em NorthrCaroliha where we?; have
; participated in the organization and
activities bf the eater :Wesern
North o, Caroina V, Association, t the
single purpose' of -rwhich is the de
velopment of this part;5 of the .'State.
We should be very glad' to partici
pate in other territorial movements
or in a State-wide movement of the
same kind, if carried on directly un
der the. auspices of the. State or
through a responsible organization
similar to that in this region.
"In all of the development work
that we are doing, we look upon the
newspapers of the Southeast as our
helpful allies. With very few ex
ceptions we have found them ready,
at all times, to publish information
relative to our work and to give
space in their columns to matter
that we have sent them from time to
time which we believed might be
helpful to their readers. They have
very generously given space to the
publication of our views on subjects
relative to the upbuilding of the
Southeast. Many of the newspapers
have gone farther than this and
have commended our policies . edi
torially." V
Suggesting methods in which the
press could be of aid in community de
velopment, Mr. Finley spoke of the
publication of matter that would be
helpful to the people already living
in the Southeast, emphasizing the im
portance of farm papers and of devot
ing space in the daily and weekly pa
pers to information as to the best
farm methods. He suggested that each
newspaper should' be a booster for the
Southeast as a whole and for its own
particular community, not exaggerat
ing or overstating advantages and op
portunities, for the truth about the
Southeast was good enugh. He sug
gested that newspaper men acting as
correspondents of papers published in
other localities should embrace every
proper opportunity to incorporate In
their news letters and despatches mat
ter that would serve to attract favor
able attention to their communities.
Speaking of the exceptional opportuni
ties for community development in
the Southeast, Mr. Finley said:
"It is a field in which intelligent
ly directed efforts are sure to bring
results. In no State are the oppor-.
tunlties greater than In North Caro
lina. In no State has progress with
in recent years been more rapid.
The members of this Association
have been among the most effective
workers for community development
in the past and I know that your
efforts will be continued. I wish
each one of you the largest measure
of success and assure you of the
hearty co-operation or the Southern
Railway Company in community de
velopment." Good Roads in Durham.
Durham The county road force has
completed that part of the ' central
highway in Durham county and when
Orange county connects with this road
leading out of West Durham there
will be a good road from this city to
Greensboro. One gang of the convict
force is now working on the Durham
end of the Quebec nd Miami road,
which is known as the Oxford road.
It 'will take something like three
months to get a four-mile gap in this
road put into the proper condition for
travel.
... ' Held On Serious Charge.
Greensboro W. C. Tise, a Winston
Salem business man, and his stenog
rapher. Miss Ldllie Tess, are under
bonds of $400 to appear In police
court, and answer to charges of im
morality. Some time ago the woman
came to Greensboro and took apart
ments and to her. a child was born.
After the 'births man, woman and child
left in an automobile. . The child was
left with a woman in the suburbs of
Winston-Salem, -where it died. Inves
tigation when a burial certificate was
requested . furnished the clue.
To Start Drainage Work. ;
Fayetteville. The Breatt, Engineer
ing & Construction Cd. of Wilson has
been awarded the contract tq dp the
excavating work in connection with
the drainage of the swamp lands of
Flea Hill township. The work will
be begun as soon as the commission
ers of the drainage district sell the
bonds. The property will be assessed
according to the classification of the
lands which' will be made before the
sale of the bonds; The Brett Com
pany was given the ontract at 6.37
cents the cubic yard, y f ?
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25 PER CENT FREIGHT RATE
deduction:
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The Corporation Commissioir of the
' State Will Report the Proposals to
the Governor Without Recommend
ing Acceptance.
' Raleigh. -Returning to Raleigh from
the four-days' conference with rail
road . traffic managers at . Old Point
Comfort, the ., members of the corpor
ation commission gave out a state
meht to the effect' that the confer
ence has not resulted in such com
plete agreement aas to freight" rate re
duction as that the proposed adjust
ment ; will be presented to Governor
Craig 'with recommendation .that i't- be
accepted, but that it 'did- result ' in
such concessions that the commission
will present the result to the governor
for his consideration. The commis
sion's statement says: r
. "At the last conference in. the of
fice of the governor the commission
insisted that the proportion of
through rates represented by the rate
from the Virginia cities should be re
duced 25 per cent, and presented
a basis for working out the new
rates that would approach that aver
age. ; , s '; V '
"At the conference this basis was
finally accepted by the carriers with
some modifications, resulting in a
scale of proposed rates . to the Win
ston and , Newbern zones of 20 per
cent less than present rates as a gen
eral average of th class rates and
with the larger percentage of reduc
tions on the classes in which the
heavjest traffic is handled, o that it
is expected that the reductions as
applied to actual traffic moving will
closely approach 25 per cent. The
most Important commodities in vol
ume handled ' from the West are
grain and grain products and under
the scale now -agreed to by the car
riers the classes under which they
are handled would- be reduced 28 per
cent.
"The same reduction in . cents on
the 100 pounds would apply to other
zones except right near the northern
and southern "state lines . and west of
Statesville, rates to those points be
ing worked on a somewhat different
basis. The railroads did not con
cede the position of the commission
that Statesville rates should be the
maximum for all points west of
Statesville.
"The results in detail will not be
announced until they are presented
in formal report to the governor and
as there are a number of important
matters connected with it yet to be
worked out, it will be some days
before it can be rounded , out as a
.whole for the final report.
Provide For Forest Reserves.
The department of agriculture is
steadily and systematically providing
for the vast forest reserves in west
ern North Carolina at the headwaters
of North Carolina streams. The long
talked of Appalachian forest reserve
is soon to be a reality. Several suits
to quiet titles, so that he title to
property purchased will be assured
to the United States, are being brought
in United -States district court at
Greensboro. Suits to quiet the title
to more than 2,000 acres have already
been brought and District Attorney
Holton has others to bring soon.
Verdict of Second Degree Murder.
After being; out fpr 21 hours the
jury at Asheboro returned a verdict
of second degree murder against Lur
ton English for the killing of John
Armstrong at Archdale, Randolph
county, March 24, z.nd the prisoner
was sentenced by Judge Long to 25
years imprisonment. Counsel for
the defense gave notice of appeal
and was allowed 15 days to prepare
papers. ,
Special Election in Iredell.
His appointment as , collector
brought about the resignation of Col.
A. D. Watts as state senator from
Iredell, making it necessary to hold
a special election prior to the coming
extra session of the legislature. There
is already talk of the coming elec
tion in political circles : and Dorman
Thompson has made it clear to his
friends that he will be a', candidate,
for the place. So far no opposition
to Mr. Thompson has developed. He
is a leading attorney at the Statesville
bar and is an . excellent gentleman.
Officers Capture Illicit Still.
Deputy Collector George P. Crutch
field returned from Hillsboro, where
he and a deputy sheriff raided a big
still in Orange county. G. Gates, a
white man who was in charge of the
still, was placed in Orange jail A
negro who was about the still' jump
ed in Little river when he saw the
officers and made hi3 escape. The
kettle was of 300 gallons capacity.
There were seventeen fermenting
j3X.es with , 3,000 ' gallons capacity.
, he still had a capacity, of 150 gallons
-i,nd was working; night and day. "
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FOR 6009 ROADS BONDS
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A $200,000 issue Was. Voted For Edge
combe. Half For; Road and Half
y .7:yyy:-y For Bridges: ; ;
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I v ToriolReturns ;f rbniaictlcalli
"ever voting precinct in . Edgecombe
cpuny sgi ve a majority in favor of the
bond' issue, authorizing - the- county
coninaissiohejs to " issue a, hundred
thousand dollars- for rgood roads anol
a like amount for pernanent. bridge
workj at once. Complete "returns- will
not;Je ; available . for everiiays,
though two hundred r majority is assured."--.
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Ast much of the bonds rare need
edvwlll be issued at once and a com
petent road and bridge:.. engineer, will
be etoployed to superintend and,: lay
out i the roads of the county. , A high
way commission composed -' of five
men - will probably be chosen to han
dle tue" funds and attend to the road
building. V , . ''y: ;
There are three hundred miles of
roads in the county to be made into
clay roads in. the future, beginning
with most used ones and taking in
tributaries.
There was some determined oppo
sition . and ; though the result was
never in doubt, supporters were push
ed to get their vote out. Ideal, weath
ed contributed to the size of the vote
cast and practically the entire regis
tered strength was voted before the
polls' closed.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt and Editor
Varner, of Lexington, made telling
speeches in the county prior to -the
election, greatly assisting - the Jsup:
porters of the movement. -Ex-Ma -W.
O. Howard of this city, was a large
factor in carrying the election antf
worked hard for the issue.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The following charters were issuec
by the secretary of state: The Sugai
Loaf Gin and ""Oil Company, oi
YOungsville township, Franklin coun
ty, for the purpose of conducting a
general ginning and compressing cot
ton business; authorized capital, $10,
000 with $6,500 subscribed by I. W
Mitchell, J. R. Pearce, J. H. Timber
lake, J. B. Perry, J. B. Allen, J. W
Winston, W. C. Young and C. C
Cheatham, of Young3ville. Wallace
Fisheries Company, of Morehead City
is the name of a new corporation tc
engage in the manufacturing of fish
ing oil nad fertilizer and fish scraap
Authorized capital stock, $25,000, witl
$15,000 preferred stocic. J '
Tyhpoid Vaccine For The State.
The state laboratory of hygiene will
soon be making typhoid vaccine for the
state at greatly reduced prices. This
.vaccine, until regentlx sold at abnor
mally high prices, but it has now beer
reduced so that the vaccine itseli
costs about $1.50 per person. In the
interest of humanity, economy and
public health, the laboratory will
make it and sell it at cost. The first
of the " product will probably be on
the market in a lew weeks, and will
sell at cost price. This will probably
not be over fifty cents for, the vac
cine, and perhaps even less. At that
price the average man will feel able
to protect himself and family from
the disgraceful scourge of typhoid.'
Education in Montgomery County.
Montgomery county in education
stands equal to any other in the state
which has no large cities. Mount
Gilead, Biscoe Star and Troy are com
ing to the front in school equipment.
Each has, ,or will have in the near
future a handsome school 'building;
There is being held in Troy for two
weeks an institute for the training of
teachers who are to go out and teach
this coming winter. Mr. R. W. Allen,
who was here two years ago is now
here, and is instructing the teachers
who are to teach the grades from
the fourth up.
To Change Location of College.
The Industrial Christian College,
located at Dawson, Greene county,
will probably be moved to Snow Hill.
The proposition made by the. arrange
ment of the institution was immedi
ately apprpved by the people of the
Greene county town, and if the prop
er financial inducement is offered, the
change will likely be 'effected; in &
short time. . . '
Elect Teachers For Durham.
The Durham county teachers foi
this township were elected. Mr. Hoi
land Holton was elected principal of
the West Durham school, and Mr. T.
Holton of the East Durham school
Mr, George Carrington was made prin
cipal of the Lake wood Park school.
Mr. Carrington is a graduate of the
university with last ei.r's class. He
is a native of Durham. An important
addition to the teaching force of the
high schools of the county this year
will be that of the domestic science
teachers.
Farmers' Institute in Caswell.
The Farmers' Institute was held re
cently., in "the court house at Capt.
J. D. Fletcher Durham county's dem
onstrator, easily captured the audi
ence with his wit and commonplace
talk. Col.' John S. - Cunningham spoke
with reference to the fertile lands of
Caswell and her .splendid opportuni
ties advising diversification and rota
tion of crops. Mr. J. W. Johnson, of
Raleigh, -urged the growing of hay
and the grasses. A number of ladies
were gathered in the body of the
pcurt house. .
SUPPLY VACANCIES
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THERE IS CAUSE FOR DEBATE
Relative to Vacancies in the State
General Assembly. Possibly Five
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Places to Be Filled Since Adjourn
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ment of the Legislature.
' Raleigh. With the ' convening of
the extra-ordinary session of the 'gen
eral assembly- only, two months dis
tant, the executive department took
the Initial step in paving the way for
sitting when Attorney General Bick
ett was requested to give to the gov
ernor's office the legal " requirements
governing the issuing of calls for
"elections of representatives and sena
tors to fill : vacancies created since
the adjournment of the regular ses
sion of the legislature. The attorney
general will file with the executive
department the requested information
and within a short time the calls for
'elections will be formally issued.
The! number of vacancies occurring
since the adjournment of the legisla
ture in March is not positively known
as yet and some that have been class
ified as vacancies is still a matter oi
uncertainty and is a topic for debate.
Resignations creating vacancies have
not been filled with the governor in
only two instances; that of Speaker
George W. Connor and A. D. Watts,
the former appointed to a judgeship
and the latter to the post o interna
revenue collector of the western dis
trict. The threfe offices that give cause for
debate whether vacancies will, have
to be supplied are in the cases oi
Representative 'G. L. Gibbs, of Pamli
co county, recently appointed, oyster
commissioner Senator J. P. Cook, ol
Cabarrus county, appointed to the
office of secretary-treasurer of the
North Carolina Railroad . Company.,
and Senator W. T. Woodley, of Rowan
county, elected steward of the Cen
tral Hospital, Raleigh.
The impression prevails in the gov
ernor's office that there are other vacancies-that
will turn up before the
call for elections have been issued, due
to appointments to other offices in
the state since the adjournment of the
legislature.
Hold Institute at Fair Grounds.
Oxford. Tt Farmers' Institute
was held at the Granville county fair
grounds. A large gathering of leading
farmers and business men of Oxford
enjoyed the occasion. The program
of the day was successfully carried
out. Speeches were made in the ag
ricultural hall by W. J. Shuford, on
Farm Co-Operation; Dr. W. W. Gain r,
on Tobacco; Dr. J. A. Morris, on Ex
perimental Work. A bountiful basket
dinner - was served, after which Mrs.
Chas. McKimmon gave a demonstra
tion of bread-making. Mrs. A. L. Cape
hart, assisted by the Tomato Club
girls gave demonstration of canning
in tin.
First Annual Convention.
:: Wilmington. The first annual con
vention of the University Chapter of
the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity was
held at the - Seashore hotel, Wrights
ville Beach several days ago with a
large attendance. A number of ladles
were at the beach to attend the social
events indicent to the meeting of the
fraternity, these including! a banquet,
sailing and fishing parties and a sou
venir dance was held aat Lumina; It
was decided to meet annually ' at
Wrightsville Beach,
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Celebrate Moore's Creek Battle.
Wilmington The annual celbration
of the Moore's Creek battleground,
Currie was attended by upwards of
2,000 people from this section of the
state, many going from Wilmington,
Fayetteville and other towns on the
A. & Y. division of the Coast Line.
In connection with the celebration tfce
Confederate veterans held a re-union
and the feature of this was an ad
dress by Dr. John M. Faison, con
gressman from the Third district.
As To Use 7of Some Fines.
-Raleigh. -Although the constitu
tional commission did not succeed in
such tax reform, as would give the
cities and towns the benefit of . the
fines and forfeitures collected by it,"
leaving them for the county school
funds, the Attorney general writes Dr.
J. Y. Joyner as to the recovery and
use of some fines. The case came
up from Charlotte. A citizen was
sued for exceeding the speed limit
with his automobile and the? city
brought action for. recovery of the
penalty. V ,
Panama Exposition For This State.
-Wilmington. A meeting will be
held soon of the committee of 50
businessr men appointed by Mayor
Moore upon recommendation of the
chamber of commerce . to take under
consideration the feasibility .of , the'
proposition of . Dr. Russell Bellamy
and his New York associates to ' cele
brate the completion of the Panama
Canal with a big - exposition"; in this
state, probably at Wilmington, in 1916.
The exposition would be nation-wide.
Mr. J. Allan Taylor is chairman of
he pnmTjijHea. ' ' "
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