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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03
JUDGE ROBINSON'S FREE PASS
CHARGE.
washington Post.)

"One of our Superior Court judges Gre
ated big sensation down in RaleiSh the
other day by instructing the Grand
Jury to indict railroad officials for Civ
ing free passes," said Mr.. H. l.. Lock.
hart. of North Carolina, at the National.
'This is the first instance where n
judge has ever given such a charge, and
naturally it created vast amount of
talk. The giving of free passes is clearly
violation of the railroad commission
act, which forb:ds discrimination Cor
equal service, and charging one man for
transportation while another Is carried
free is clear case Of discrimination.
The penalty for it is fine of not less
than $1,000 nor more than $4,000.
"The law has been on the statute
books since 1901, and though il has no
doubt been often violated, there has been
no effort to enforce it. In fact, it is a
kind of law which is extremely hard to
enforce. for the beneficiary OF pass Is
not going to give evidence If he can helm
it against the road that favored him, and
it won't often happen that means of
proof will be forthcoming"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03
WHAT DOES THIS MEANT
Are Stewart Bros. and the Republican
to Have Hand in the Publication OF
the Hayseeder?
winston Journal.)

When questioned about the nature Of
the business that brought him here, he
said it was to make arrangements with
Stewart Bros, for the publication of his
Hayseeder, which heretofore has been
printed in Raleigh during campaigns only.
Mr.. Wilson says nc expects 40 .....At
it pcrmancns we - now, an, r-hile
the printing Nin be done here, thu. Office
of publicatio will be at Raleigh. He
says his reason for having it printed here
is he can save about s. week on it,
but as he said this there was peculiar
twinkle in has eye which told the scribe
story that he dares not unfold to-day.
The Hayseeder," said ne, "will be
red hot from start to finish, and will be
the only genuine straight out Populist
paper in North Carolina" and here an-
other twinkle appeared in his eye, and
as Capt. Stage called all abroad md as
the midwest looking Populistic publish
er jumped ON the moving train, the scribe
called to him in stage whisper:
The unadulterated populist princi-
pies of the Hayseeder, were no doubt
made stronger by your afternoon tete-a-
tete with Stewart Bros. and your 4
O'Clock engagement with editor Ellis OF
the Republican, eh Mr.. Wilson,
The locomotive was heard to shrek
in solemn tones; the bell was heard to
clang its monotononous warning to pc
destrians and Capt. Stagg was heard
calling for tickets, but the Hayseeder
Editors reply is still at large.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03
PAGES RAILROAD.

thing, and more than that do not like
amy Sucn chamber OF horrors. have
sought to become recOnciled to having
such language used about me, and am
puZZ:Pd to know whether this wonderful
expression originated below the middle
parted hair, or above the Vandyke
Lead. Any way did not say word IL
bout Federal Judges, never saw one in
my life. and il they are so very terrible,
! don't want to. What do you suppose
one of them would do to me. if he knew
| had sought to become furious by ex-
pressing great horror Put me in the
guard house more than apt, unless I
could manage to tell him the balance a.
bout the infallibility of monopoly Fed
eral Judges.
That was an artful little fling about
PierpOnt Morgan's buying our road at
IL big profit. lie is reputed to have
bought many roads at big profit. That
Is not the way we want any one to buy
the Aberdeen and Asheboro road. We
will not sell on those terms and condi-
tons; we shall insist upon having the
profit big or little, on the other side Of
the transaction. We would like to keep
it ourselves for awhile, at least until the
Sweet bye and bye" if Mr. Aver. Mr..
Butler and the rest will be good enough
to allow us to. But he-the Caucasian
man l mean-whoever he may be, fin
ally drops from statements of facts into
figures. Some foolish somebody has
said that nothing is as false as facts
except figures. / did not think that any
body had ever said that seriously until
| saw the Caucasian's method of hand
ling figures. We had something of an
insight into his capacity for figuring Just
before the election last fall when he
sought to fix the probable Populist
vote.
Page 8, Railroad Commissioners Report
shows this road is rated for taxation at
$113,9O0. Qt occurs to me by the way
that this is very fair tax valuation on
four half worn locomotives, few old
cars and forty miles of light rail, depre-
ciated by half, by use and reduction in
price, This same report, sworn to by an
honorable and honest official also says
that the total cost of the road and equip
ment was $194, 625.S1. 1t would seem
just about as easy to get the cost of the
road from the Commissioners report Of
1896, as to add up a considerable col
umn of figures to reach the taxable value.
And it ought to be as reliable as mere
rumOr, even rumOr that finds its way
into religious journal. expect Audi
tor Aver has lost confidence in his own
figures. and sought" TO get preacher
between him and the possibility of lying
It's good plan too, if he could only
keep from lying about the preacher. He
quotes the Editor of the Advocate as
saying that the road is paying WELL"
Quite an indefinite dividend, you must
agree. That same Commissioners Re
port of 1896, from which the Caucasian
got the value for taxation also shows
earnings-gross receipts:
Gross receipts ............ $51, S.04
Operating expenses :. -. 36,504.79
Interest and taxes :. ...... 4,SS9.26
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03
A WHACK BACK.
indianapolis JournaI.)

The Methodist conference did what II
regarded to be its duty in declaring a.
gainst Sunday newspapers. hut in the
Judgment of the Journal the uncondemn-
ed practice of some preachers in every
church in marrying girls without the
CONSENT of their parents Is far greater
evil.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03
$41,394.O5
$9,12S.99
Net earnings

This is something less than 5 per cent
on the cost of the road, and is just
how we'll ii is paying, as shown by the
report to the Commissioners, from which
the Caucasian got n part of its infoIma-
ton. / think leaning toward religious
literature is very creditable, but if we
are going to use religious figures, we
should use them religiously.
Their track men are paid 60 cents n
day. Their machinist, who furnishes not
only muscle but brains, gets $500 day.
Their train men 65 cents a day. Their
tiremen $1.00 day." My greatest OBJ
lection to that table of figures is the in
ference about the brains. / am not sure
that l exactly understand that If he
means that the machinist has about all
the brains around the premises, / don't
think We could keep him without raising
wages. Great many enterprises in
North Carolina would be bidding for his
brains. | expect the owners of the eau
casian would want them / tell you n
man with brains is not going to be tied
down to a hammer and cold chisel very
long at $500 a day, when so many res
ponsible positions are filled by men with
out any. A comparative table of wages
taken from the Railroad Commissioner
report for 1896, may be interesting. 1t
is worthy of note that small roads like the
Aberdeen and Asheboro do not need the
high class of workmen that the more diff
ficult service on large roads, requires.
Aberdeen and Asheboro road pays fire.
men, $1.O0, agents, $500, machinists,
$500, trackmen, 60 cents.
Suffolk and Carolina road pays fire.
men, $1.01, agents, SO cents, machinists,
SLIGO, trackmen rs cents.
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road
pays firemen, $1.10, agents, Sis, ma
chinists, $2.26, trackmen, 81 cents.
Chester and Lenoir road pays firemen,
S1.33, agents, $1.19, machinists, -,
trackmen, 65 cents.
Norfolk and Southern road pays fire.
men 81 cents, agents, $1.31, machinists,
-, trackmen, SO cents.
Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk
road pays fremen. S1.00, agents. SITS.
machinists, $2.49, trackmen, 20 cents.
Seaboard and Roanoke road pays fire.
men, $1.36. agents. $1.51, machinists,
-, trackmen, 81 cents.
Atlantic Coast Line road pays fremen,
-, agents, $1.43, machinists, $254, |
trackmen, ~ cents.
Durham and Northern road pays fire.
men, 81 cents, agents, -, machinists,
-, trackmen, 40 cents.
G. G. and N. road pays firemen, 50
cents, agents, $1.3S, machinists, -,
trackmen, 60 cents.
Raleigh and Augusta road pays fire.
men. 0S cents, agents. -, machinists.
-, trackmen, Ga cents.
Raleigh and CASTOR road pays fire.
men $1.01, agents, -, machinists,
SILL, trackmen, so cents.
The figures show that the little Aber-
deem and Asheboro Railroad compares
favorably with the larger system in
the matter of wages, when the character
of the service is considered. 4
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-03

The Kindergartens are doing for
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
plan,scd wls;tcdsh aad s.sa.

Plankin:; fish is, as q rule, confined
to clabaouses, where large, open fires
are accessible, but Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in
The Ladies Home Journal, tells how
planked fish may be served to perfection
In the smallest and most modest home III
America. '.'Tle peculiar favor impaired
by rhe heating plank makes the feb more
delicious than when cooked III any other
way. If one aas gas stove, the method
is quite simple, Iut the oven Of a coal
range may also be used with success.
Secure two inch plank the size Of the
oven, made from hard wood, oak or
hickory. When ready to use, put it in
the oven until it is SO bot that you car
not bear youi. hand on it for an instant.
Have the fish split down the back. Put
it, skin down, on the hot plank. Dust
with salt and pepper and baste with
melted butter. In On ordinary coal
stove, put 1t on the oven bottom, close
the oven door and bake for 80 minutes,
basting two OF three times. When the
fish is done, take it from the oven, gar
nish with parsley and lemon and send
it 20 the table on the plank, placed on
a Japanese lacquer tray just little
larger than the plank Whitefsh may
be planked III the same way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
TRAINS GOING NoRTH.
spailr. fDaily except Sundsy.
IL. -. to<

spailT. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 90 runs through 70 Columbia vie Geo
:ral R. T. Of S. C.
Trains Nos. T8 end 80 run via Wilson and
Fayetteville-Sbort Lice-aod make close
connection for all points North.
Tra;as on G. & D r r. leave Florecce
855 q, arrive Darlington 8 % N, Che
raw 10 40 Nd, Wadesnoyo 2 25 p na. Leave
F!orence, daily except Suuday, 8 10 %, ar
rive Darlington 8 40 p N, Hartsv;lle 8 35 p
m, BeDue,tsvile IS n, Gibson 10 co p m
Leave Florence, Sunday only 9 90 p m, ar
rire Darlington 9 81 N, Hartsville 10 10
m.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday is q
%, Benne:tso;lle II m. arrive Darlington
20 a M Leave Har,sviie daily except Sna-
day so a u, arrive Da:!iagioa IS N,
leave Darlioeton As n, arrive F!o'eace
8l5a Ca Leave Wedesboro, daily except
Sunday 60 pm, Chefaw 5 Is %, Dar-
lingtoa 27 II, Florence 6 S. p 10 Leave
Ha.ts7ille, Suudas oulv co n Darling
ton { As o., arrive Florence lG a 70.
Z. kENLY, .JNO. f. DIVINE
Gec'l Ascager, Gen Sup.
e III EMERSUN TraSjc Saoaoe-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26

*Deilg. fpaily except Suneay.
No. SIS rurs through to Charleston, S. c.,
Via Central r. g., arriving Aanring 20 p.
m., Laoes 48 p n, Charleston 80 p. N.
Trains ca Conway Branch leave Chad
bcu.n 20 40 q. m, arrive sr Coz way
wer 60 p. ~, returning leave Conway q;
245 p. m., i've Chadboarn II 2. n
Ieave Ghadnourn 5 80 m., arrive at Hub al
6 20 D. No., retcrnl : leave Hao 80 q. n.
arrive al C:la3boura 9.la s. n. Daily ez
oept Snraa:
JOHN e. DIVINE. Gen'i snp:
j. KENLT, Gen'i Manager.
T. u. s.HR2SOE. Traffic Manage,
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An Ar.nlass Wonder.

William Kingston, an English farmer,
was born without a1r,s, but neverthe.
less made such good use of his feet that
he could do with them almost anything
that was done by g person with hands.
He could feed himself, using the knife
ard fork and carrying his cup to his
mouth; could shave himself, aud could
perform all the ordinary work Of the
fam except moving. He was even able
to milk COWS with his feet and wrote a
beautiful hand, holding the pen between
the first and second toes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
THE OLD CLIPPER SHIPS.
Sensations Not to BE Rad Nowadays c
Board Record Breaking Liners.

Sensations Not to BE Red Nowadays en-
Board Record Breaking Liners.
aOne of the youngsters asked me the
other day. said the old skipper, IF I
had eyer been to Europe On q record
breaking liner. I told him hadn't and
never wanted to go there that way. 1t
is just question Of engineers and stok
ers, mere landsmen, en- a big liner, and
I'd rather ship before the mast, even on
one of your labberly 40 days steel. square
riggers with bows like canalboat, than
go ON a steamship. It would be just
about as interesting to me as g trip on
railroad train
stThe kind Of sailing I like it Will
never be the privilege Of you young fel-
lows to indulge in. You VIII never
know the fun Of having clipper craft
as sharp as a steamboat under your feet
jumping across the seas under a press of
canvas never seen on ocean going sailing
vessels nowadays, with her rigging as
taut as iron bars, and your shipmates
holding your hair on your head.
w haU she ca.A t carry she may lug,
was the text at sea then. Z remember
when I was in the clipper Northern
Light we carried stu 'n'sails slap into
Boston harto-, making the famous pass
age Of 76 days hours. from San Fran
cisco. Our ship worked like a basket,
but we had shipped double crew for
the run, and one crew did nothing but
pump ship. There was some cracking
on Of sail when ships Of 2,0o0 tors CT
more had all their top hamper whisked
over the lee slGe while the skipper was
turning to spit over the taffrs.;il. Even
after tEat sou1e of tie ships Hade gccd
passages. It's funeral nowadays tc
ilcse a tcpgalla1t mast New YORK
.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
HE LOVES THE URBAN.
j. A. NzSeSein Whistler IS Essentially
Painter OF the Town.

j. A. MseSeiu Whistler IS Essentially a
Painter OF the Town.
Whistler rejoices iu the harmony of
form and color wherever it confrcnts
him, In the tumble down shop as III the
noble palace, In the disorder Of the mar
ket place as along the terraces CT the
stately garden. Mr., Whistler has made
many portraits on the stone, he has
worked much ont of doors, but his mo-
tive has ever been suggested by the pic
torial aspect of men and women and the
world he liyes in. His concern is with
the realities of life, that poetry may be
the result-tLe poetry OF paint or pencil
To him the country is scarce less an
enemy than it was to the De Goncourts,
who saw in it one large charnel house
Town has ever had for him a nore ire
sistible charm. London, Of
The mysterious distances, the glooms
Romantic, the august
And solemn shapes:
Paris, the elegant, the dainty, the dis
tinguished city of yast yistas and ter
raced gardens, have held him by more
potent spell than plowed field and
meadow land, than green valleys wind
ing among the hills. He would rather
see the fog lifting and falling on the
streets long facade than the cloud shad-
ows drifting across the mountain side.
He would find more majesty in the for
est Of masts along the quays than in the
greenest depth of Fontainebleau OF Sher-
wood In the city he has painted his
nocturnes, and it is the. city that has
been the inspirationOf his needle. With
the exception Of avery occasional etch-
ing, I do not remember landscape by
Mr.. Whistler. And, as with his paint
mgs and plates, sowith his Autographs
When he has worked out Of doors, it has
been in London or Lyme Regis, in Paris
or Vitre. Robins Pencil in
Scribner's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
Ia effect January 18th, 1895

Trains between Millard and St. Paul leave
Millard 10 Is "a aud As p m., arriving
ST. Paul 10 Is m and IS N. Returning
leave ST. Paul 10 35 % aud 10 p N, and
arrive Mllard 10 As N and 20 m Da;.
ly except Sunday.
*Daily except Sunday.
TgoMAS WILSON
Predsiens
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26
From Kentucky.

Resident-Colonel, let NE caution
you to drink no water While in town
unless it is spring water or has been
thoroughly boiled.
visitor-I drink nothing, sab, but
what has been thoroughly distilled, sab.
Chicago Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26

The wheat of southern countries con-
tains more albuminoids than that grown
in temperate or northern zones, and
hence is better suited for the manufac-
ture Of macaroni.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-05-26

Cnanoe-lain's Eye End sS,n ointrasnt
Is unequalled lor Eczema, ,iei'er, Salt
Rheum, Scaid Head, Sore Nipp!es Chapped
Eaad::, itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes ard Grafala:ed Eye Lids
20: sale by Druggists Al % cents per hcx-
40 EcRsE cwNElsE2s.
For putting horse in a fae healthy con-
aition try Or. Cad-'s Condition Powders
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss 81 appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy wo-ms, giving
new life to an old Or oyer-worl;ed horse. %
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
For sale in Sumter by De- A J. China
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Dime. at Kersnaw.

IlILt. Ht hEESnG3.
CONNECTIONS
No 50 las connec!icn with the Chester &
Lenoir Railroad at Yorkville, S. c., win The
Southern Railway a, Rock Hill, S. C, with
S. c., VITA the Lanceste. & Chester Rail,oad
at Lancaster, s. c., end With the South Csr-
o!iaa and Georgia Railway at Carden, S G.
no. SO North tound train hss same connec-
loss ss No. So
SAMUEL HUNT, President
S B.IUHPNIS. GeA. Pa. A2s
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Base bail goodsa: the Book S;ore.-H G
Osteen 4 Co.
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cured, so that l have not had a boil
or pimple on any part of my body
for the last twelve years. can
cordially recommend Ayers Sarsa-
parilla as the very best blood-pGrill"r
in existence. &c. T. REINHAET,
NIyersville. Texas.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

witnesses by Assistant State Attorney
Pierson, testified that her notes were cor
rect.
While cross-examining Miss Shirley
State Attorney Dineen put his questions
in such a manner that they might have
been construed into an attack upon the
reputation of the witness. Attorney For
rest objected, and after the jury had been
excluded State Attorney Dineen attacked
the character of Miss Shirley, making ac-
cusations of a startling and cruel char
acter.
The attorneys for the defense protested
and Judge Tuley refused to allow evidence
against the moral character of Miss Shir-
ley to be admitted.
Miss Shirley accused the State ATTORNEY
and Mr.. Pierson, his assistant OF having
ordered her to doctor the transcript of the
shorthand notes she had taken of Witness
Smith interview with the State Attorney.
She swore that Mr.. PieIson ordered her
to omit all "side" questions and The de-
feuse allege. that this proves Smith was
tutored in his testimony.
Attorney Forrest jumped to his feet and
shouted: Il demand the disbarment OF
MIR. Dineen."
The State Attorney openly talks OF
bribery being resorted to by the defense to
get Miss Shirley's testimony.
The State intends 10 bring in testimony
impeaching the woman's version of the
Smith interview. but it is understood that
MIR. Dineens refusal to ad NIT the inter
view as true will work in favor OF O'Mai-
ley's acuuittal,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
BL0ODSHED IN OKLAHOMA,
Terrible Outcome CT a Land Quarrel at
Strogde-Peopie of the Town
Ponfc & rirken

F0nfc-SH HckeH.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Feb. 6.-When COM
munication was restored with Stroude
to-day, the true details of yesterday s
trouble we're obtained. Two weeks ago,
while quarreling over land, Jim Griftis
was shot and nearly killed and uis father
slightly wounded by Henry Lustin.
Lustin was arrested, but admitted to bali
Wednesday. Griffis ana his three sons,
accompanied by four other men, rode into
S'roude, and compelled everybody 10
close their stores and hide away. saying
there was going to be battle. Several
hours later, as Henry Lustin, his son
Everett, Jim Fuber aud Robinson were
entering the town they were ambuscaded
and compelled TO surrender to the other
crowd, who bound them to horses and
rode off into the Creek country with
them. Later they released Jim Furber,
who returned and said that they had de-
clared they would hang Lustin and shoot
his son and Robinson.
The people of Stroude were completed v
terroriZed, and most of them have been
afraid TO venture from their hou es since
A posse was organized at Chandler YES
terday to go to the rescue of the three
men carried off, but there is little hope
of reaching them in the woods and noun
tains of the Creek country.
A message from Stroude late this even
ing says report had reached there that
Henry Lustin and Robinson have been
found dead. hanging to trees and their
bodies riddled with bullets, but it cannot
be confirmed.
Stroude is south of the Sac and Fox
agency and this encounter gave rise to
the reports yesterday of the raid upon the
agency, which did not take place.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
THE BIG RAILROAD TRUST.
A Report That the Big -Four Is Leading q
Stampede 10 Smash 1t and
the Rates.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. cit is reported
here that the Joint traffic trust of Eastern
railroads leading from Chicago and st.
Louis TO the Atlantic seaboard is practi-
cally dissolved. The trust controlled alb
solutely the traffic between the Mississippi
River and the East. Unable to live on
the percentage allotted to it, the Big Four
began about ten days ago to pay rebate to
shippers.
This action was followed by the Penn
sylvania, Michigan Central, Boston and
Albany, Clover Leaf, Lake Erie and West
ern, West Shore and Fitchburg railroads,
and precipitated a decentralization in rates
which has not been euualed in ten years.
1t is said that by the end of the week tie
trust will have ceased to exist.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. IA represen-
tative of the United Associated Presses in.
terviewed a number of railroad officials
to-day concerning the report of threat
ened breakup of the Joint Traffic Associa-
ton. Among those seen were several who
were in attendance on the joint passenger
committee meeting here. none of whom
placed any credence in the report.
The bureau OF inspection of the associa-
tion in Buffalo was working tull swing
yesterday as though no report of its pros.
pective collapse was in circulation.
J. H. Burger, the Buffalo agent of the
association, was out OF town and his assist
ants had nothing to say about the matter.
Chief Clerk Smith said: If there was
any trouble with the Big Four, the Wa
bash, the Pennsylvania or the Grand
Trunk meeting OF the board of control
would have been called long before this
and no such meeting has been called"
J. Z. Wood, general passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania, said that he had not
even heard any gossip or reports of the
nature outlined in the Chicago dispatches
Edwin J. Weeks, formerly OF the New
York Central. and now of the Philadei.
phia and Reading, has not heard of any
trouble, and said the report was untrue.
l.. n. Jarvis OF the Traders Dispatch
gave the report similar reception. He
said he especially dou bted the Big Foul
had broken away, as ingalls, was practi-
cally the father of the association and wa.
deeply interested in the Big Four.