Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
Important Meeting of the Corpora.
ton Commission.
JIM CROW CAR LAW
ArGument to DO Heard Touchins
Freight Ratio on Fertilizers and
Separate Cars for tho Races-Fe-
mnlc COnvIcfs-Tho Damage Suit
Against Dr. KiIaO--Stnto Bnnk tx.
nminers- Pictures of Judges.

Raleigh, n. c.. April 21.-The Corpo-
ration Commission meets again next
Monday.
Two matters OF Importance will come
before 1t at this meeting:
The supplementary Act postponing
operation of the jim Crow Car Law
not having been ratified. some definite
understanding must be reached in re-
gard to separate cars.
Argument will be heard touching q
cutting down OF the freight rate on
fertilizers and q reduction Of the min
imum car load from fifteen to ten tons.
as pettioned by the late Farmers AL
lance and by the North Carolina De-
partment OF Agriculture.
AS TO separate cars. It is probable
that the commission will do nothing
mere than give definite notice of the
date on which 1T will begin to enforce
the law Since 1t is well known that
;he Legislature did pass an act post
poning operation of the law till June,
and since also the railroads necessarily
require time to prepare cars for com
plaEce with the act. it is probable that
the commission will not fix the date
earlier than June LIST, the day named
III the supplementary act, and which
cn!y by an oversight failed of ratillca-
tion.
AS 10 the reduction of fertilizer rates
ard making ten tons the minimum car
load lot instead of fifteen tons, both of
these will hardly be DONE The rail-
reads say this is cutting themoff at
both ends; that they can afford to haul
fertilizers at Il lower rate In large car
n hn Ia, -
VIII be sort of a three cornered fight
uiNi bout as follows: The consumer
and II shipper will favor reduc-
ton - 0Cth rate and carload; the
large shipper Will favor n reduction in
rate. but oppose reduction in car
load; the railroads will of course OPP
pose both propositions.
THREE FEMALE CONVICTS.
Three white women. sisters, arrived
a; the penitentiary this week They
were convicted and sent up for grand
larceny. Their names are Susie.
Maggie Pnd Mary Tate, from Caswel
county. and their ages are H. "a and
~, respectively. The mother of these
women is now serving a term in the
Durham county work house, and these
girls have been reared in the atmos-
phcrc of crime. They arc densely ig-
norant, and God alone can Judge how
responsible they are for their conduct.
One of them will soon give birth to Il
cnild whose IA Their is said to be IL negro
mere are now $50 in the State prison.
Only nine of these are white women.
and - are negro women.
Twenty-eight are confined in the de-
partment for the criminal insane.
WORK has been begun In the brick
yard. and all the force available are
now working there.
\ GREAT 7 ,IrC,AT RSJ,rI r.
y special from Durham SAYS:
The big libel and damage suit of Rev
!. j. Cattis vs.. DR. j. CT Kilgo. presi-
dcnt Of Trinity College, Mr.. Il. n. Duke
MI. W. II. O9e!l and others is sched-
uied u come zip in Granville Superior
Court at oxford next week In this
sli'' MI Gettis will ask the jury for
uAh'H seS' amounting to something in
Inc nc'Gnborhood of 500, 900. The case
grew out of the now famous Clark :
Niigo controversy last year. The suit
VIII DC Fought for all il is worth by
poth sides, and 1t VIII probably be In
Inc courts for some time to come.
STATE BANK EXAMINERS.
Inc North Carolina Corporation will
under the new law, have the apDolnt
iheht OF TWO or three State bank exam
iners. Just how many has not vet been
decided. nor when they will be appoint-
cu' II mas oeen customary to have two
examiners. and they generally make
one examination a year of ali hanks
and such special examinations nc no :,
be found necessary.
JUDGES IREDELL AND MOoPE
1t was announced some montb. nos.
that the North Carolina Sons of tho
Revolution would present to tho SuU
premc Court of North Carolina the mic.
lures OF James Iredell and AIfHea
Moore. justices of the United Stafes
Supreme Court. These pictures ara nov
finished and have been received here.
The presentation will be made by the
aon. Junius Davis. ar Wilmington, at