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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
Among the Railroads.

1.-THE Atlantic Coast Line beats any
railroad in the world in the quantity of
berries transported said Mr.. r. A..
Brand, of Wilmington, N. c., General
Freight Agent of the road, at Raleigh,
says the Washington Post. Last Sat
urday we shipped out of Wilmington
thirtyfour refrigerator cars filled with as
luscious strawberries as the world pro-
duces. AS each car holds about 5000
quarts, it will be seen that this total
shipment equaled 272,o0O quarts, which is
a rather good sprinklng of berries.
This year is fine one for the growers,
and the fruit is very early, fully three
weeks in advance of last season. The
peach crop does not promise so we'll, ow-
ing to the damage done by the cold snap,
and the yield will probably not be over a
third of CROP
Mr.. T. c. Wooten went to Dover this
morning as attorney for the Goldsboro
Lumber Company, who today will begin
the survey and gaining of right of-way
for an extension of the D. and S. B. Rail-
way, having as its terminus Richlands Mt
the one end and Kinston the other Full
particulars could not be learned this
morning concerning the proposed plans of
the company, but enough was found out
to prove this project of the utmost i'm
portance to Kinston people, as the terri
tory tapped by this road. is one Of the
richest in this section of eastern Caro-
lima and not having one of these ''arter-
les of commerce" at present, 1t will prove
of untold value to the city of Kinston
as the leading market of Eastern Caro-
lina.-Kinston Free Press
Duncan Mechanics. a Florence, s g.,
negro, employed about the A. c. L. yards
in this city, fell from a train of slowly
moving box cars yesterday morning and
one wheel passed over his left hand mash
ing it SO badly that amputation was ne
cessary. DR.. ID. w. Bullock, A. G. l..
surgeon, was summoned and dressed the
negros wound. Later he was sent to the
Coast Line Hospital at Rocky Mount for
treatment-W Wilmington Star.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
TAXING THE FRANCHISE OF RAIL
ROADS.

The Georgia Legislature, at its recent
session, passed an act taxing the fran
chise of all corporations which exercise
the right of eminent domain. This as
sessment will be made for the first time
in Georgia this year an under the laws
OF that State IL must be made by the
Comptroller General. In answer to the
question, What is to be the basis for
arriving at the value of franchise?" Mr..
Wright answered;
There is but one way can see to ar
rive at the value of a franchise for tax
alton, and that is to deduct the value of
the physical property Of a corporation
from the total market value of its stocks
and bonds outstanding The remainder
must represent the value of the corporate
franchise, for 1t is a value that is there,
and the franchise Is the only thing it can
represent"
A reporter OF the Atlanta Constitution
talking with the Comptroller General,
asked: From the value of a franchise
reduction so as to put the value of fran
chises for the taxation on the same basis
as returns values of other property" To
that question Mr.. Wright answered.
Il have conferred with the attorney
general about the matter and he is of the
opinion that l have no authority what
ever to make such reductions. While it
is true that vast amount of property is
returned at only about 60 per cent of its
market value, the law requires that it
shall be returned at full value, and it
presumes that the officers who are ap-
pointed to carry out It's provisions, re-
luire that this be done Under the at
torney generals view of the case, there
fore, / will have to require that fran
chises be returned at their full value. p"
The thing for Georgia and North Caro-
lima to do is to require all property-in-
ividual, corporate and franchises taxed at
IT'S true value in money If that is
lone the question asked by the Constitu-
zion can be eliminated. It Is not true in
North Carolina, however it may be in
Georgia, that the property is assessed
generally at sixty per cent. of its value.
1t is true that there are glaring inequali-
ties in assessments which the new assess
ors will remedy.
The law in North Carolina requires the
Corporation Commission to assess rail-
'oad franchises practically in the way
that the comptroller says he will make
he assessment in Georgia. The people
If this State forced the adoption of that
section of the machinery act fixing ex-
,ctly how the value of the railroad fran
;hises should be Sscertained. Under that
,ct the assessment will be made in ac-
,ordance with the actual value in money.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
FL CHURCH Is DROWNED.
Bis Boat Capsizsd in the Yadkin Rivar---Thf
Body Not Yet Recovered.
fs2ecial to News and ohsorver.)

Especial to News and Ohsorver)
Salisbury. N. e, April 14.-F. ]. Church
Of Henderson, N. c., book-keeper at the
Union Copper Mine Gold Hill, was
drowned in Yadkin river about IS miles
from Salisbury yesterday. The body
has not yet been found Mr.. Church
went out with a pcnicking party and
yentured alone in a boat. II the current
tho boat was capszed. and Mr.. Church
swan a quarter Of a mile and sank. He
was a popular young man, and member
Of the Salisbury lodge of Elks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
THE ELKINS LAW.

When the Elkins bill advertised to pre-
5ent rebates to large shippers, was in
Congress no railroad opposed it's passage
The New York Commercial. which was
keptical as to the benefits OF the bill,
allied attention to that circumstance and
,tated that the bill has been drawn and
made law, apparently in the interest of
he railroad companies more than in that
II the shippers. The fact that 1t was
hampioned by Senator Elkins was
,nough to arouse suspicion, for he was
lever known to oppose what the money
lowers desire.
The New York Evening Post doubts
whether the law will stop favoritism-
he sort of favoritism which made the
tandard oil trust possible. 1t quotes a
1ember of the Interstate Commerce
commission saying that the only results
( the law will be: First, higher rates
the large shippers and the same rates
equent increase in total freight earn
ngs for the railroads, and the elimination
4 secret rate-cutting He is quoted also
S saying:
"A good many persons have hailed the
llkins law as a we'll merited punishment
I the two grasping railroad corpora
ions. l do not regard it in that light.
seems to me more like refuge for
which the railroad companies have them
elves been crying out. The cutthroat
garfare of old, in which the big shipper
nd the carrier between them, eliminated
he small shipper, was presently turned
nto a duel between the survivors. The
ig shipper was getting the better of the
arrier till the latter cried for help. In
he fact that the higher class of railroad
Xperts welcomed it as life saving
leasure I see the best ground for hop
lg that they will lend their aid to the
ovcrnment to have it enforced in good
aith and without favor"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
DIR MILBURN AND DR.. MOMENT

The death of DIR. Mlburn has removed
one of the most interesting characters il
America. He had a splendid diction
magnificent delivery. and his lectures ant
sermons had charmed thousands in al
parts of the Republic. He was blind bu
he saw more than most men with tw
eyes. There is much in the style ant
voice of Rev. DIR. Moment. temporarily
filling the pulpit OF tho First Presbyte
rian church in Raleigh that recalls DR.
Milburn. Those who have heard DIR. Mo
ment have been delighted. He is reall.
one of the ablest MINISTER'S Raleigh PEG
pie have ever had thu opportunity o
hearing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
If Won WANT

a perfect cream, preserved without sugar,
order Borden's Peerless Brand .Evapor-
this State to the ThirtieA Annual
flavor and is superior to the richest raw
cream you can buy. with the added as
surance of being sterilized Prepared by
Bordens Condensed Milk Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The new Virginia child labor law per-
mits no child under twelve years to work
ing operations; children between twelve
and fourteen cannot work more than ten
This last provision ought to have been
in operation in the North Carolina law
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The Mecklenburg county folks arc in
viting disaster. They arc going < spenc
81, 600 for better public schools, $4,000 o
which is to be furnished by the Genera
lEducation Board What will the anti
say about the contamination by "outsid
help in the historic county of Mecklen
burr?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

A letter was received yesterday by
relative in Fayetteville of Rev. DR.. Rob-
ert Strange, written in Jerusalem, which
conveys the good news that THIS distin-
guished divine is fast recovering his
health and spirits.-Fayetteville OBJ
server.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
A MORNING TONIC.
(Walter Savage Lander.)

(WaIter savage LdHutT.J
Alas how soon the hours are over
Counted us out TO play the lover!
And how much narrower is the stage
Allotted us to play the sage!
But when we play the fool, how wide
The theater expands! beside,
How long the audience sits before us!
How many prompters! what a chorus!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The Capital City Bank of Atlanta has
)een merged with the Atlanta National
he theft of 1000 from the Capital by
Dung Sims did not impair the capital
the bank or otherwise injure it except
he loss of the $4,000. but the directors
ecided to accept an offer to sell at 1920.
hey were probably wise. The offfcers
Tho didn't detect a theft of $4,000 by
n $50 clerk would not have been able to
lcrease the business of the bank. The
ublic does not wish to deposit its money
18th bank officials who are so blind
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

1t explains that all this is in addition
to the s524,OOO 900 of capital issues pend
ing in Europe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

Whenever Mr.. Roosevelt speaks he
carries a navy revolver in his pocket
This violation of the law against carry
ing concealed weapons isn't a good ex
emple for the Chief Magistrate to set.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The Kinston Free Press confirms the
rumor printed in the News and Observer
that Mr.. B. w. Cannady is negotiating
with a syndicate of northern capitalists
to sell the famous Seven Springs prop
erty The parties who contemplate buy
ing will build an electric road from Colds
boro to La Grange If the trade is con-
summated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
Sale of State
Bonds

The State Treasurer of North
Carolina offers for sale to
highest bid d er 100000
Coupon Bonds in denomin-
atoms of SIoo $500 and
$1,000, bearing 4 per cent.
interest payable semi-an-
nuaIly, dated January 1St,
1908, payable ten years after
date and exempt from all
taxation.
Sealed bids received until II
O'Clock M. April 18th, 1903.
Right reserved to reject any
and all bids.
b. K. LACY,
State Treasurer.
The bids for the 8 per cent.
bonds being unsatisfactory,
all were declined.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
"UNDIGESTED SECURITIES. ,

The New York Journal of Commerce
confirms the statement that the stock
market is suffering from "undigested Sc
curities" and states the account thus:
Previously unmarketed Sc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
Industrial News.

Mr.. Charles st. John has purchased
two blocks in Southern Pines from Mr.
John T. Patrick, 400 feet square, and will
erect a modern hotel to contain 100 rooms.
The Free Press says it is to be so con-
structed as to admit Of an addition OF
another 100 rooms. 1t will be ready for
next winter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The Greensboro Record does not be-
eve there is such a thing as appendicitis
nd asks: did you ever hear of ne
20 having it?' 1t thinks it a fashion
Die name for something new. In the old
mes. before the doctors made the correct
iagnosis, people who died of appendicitis
ere supposed TO have cholera morbus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15

The tobacco trust wants nothing much
xcept the world with a barbed wire
'ence around it, The Richmond papers
rear that it is TO swallow the Cameron
& Cameron concern next.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
ARSENIC SAFER THAN ALCOHOL
Prof. Huxley as to the DeadIi-
of the Latter.

The testimony of such a man as Prot.
Huxley as to the effects of alcohol on
the human system is testimony of
high character. He has been a great
traveller as well as a great student. He
ranged all over Europe, explored every
nook in Great Britain. Travelled for
years over Australia and New Zealand
and for 40 years lived in contact with
the greatest scientists and thinkers of
the century. His testimony. therefore,
as to the effects of alcohol cannot be
set down as the contribution of a ia
matte. On the other hand, it must be
remembered that though he began life
as navy surgeon he was above all
things a Psychologist. hence the value
of a letter he wrote to Mr.. E. T. Col
lings, of Boston, in 1899:
Dear Sir: | understand that you
ask me what l think about Alcohol
as a stimulant to the brain in mental
work?'
Speaking for myself (and perhaps L
may add. for persons of my tempera-
ment) l can say. without hesitation
that | would just as soon take dose of
arsenic as | would of alcohol, under
such circumstances. Indeed, on the
whole. | should think arsenic safer. less
likely to lead to physical and moral
degradation. Itwould be better to die
outright than to be alcoholized before
death
IF a man cannot do brain work with
out stimulants of any kind, he had bet
ter turn to hand work-it is an indica-
ton on Natures part that she
did not mean him to be head-worker
THE circumstance of my life has led
me to experience all sorts Of cOndi-
lions in regard to alcohol. from total
abstinence to nearly the other end of
the scale. and my clear conviction is
the less the better. though l by no
means feel called upon to forego the
comforting and cheering effect of a
little.
But for no conceivable consideration
would | use it to whip up a tired or
sluggish brain. Indeed. for me there
is no working time so good as between
breakfast and lunch. when there is no
trace of alcohol in my Composition
National Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
TEMPERANCE NEWS.

In Binghamton, n. Y, corporation
has been formed to compress whisky
and other spirits into solids in tablet
form, so as to avoid the tax on liquors.
Endeavorers in Dayton, o., are doing
a good work establishing temperance
coffee houses near the factories, and
undertaking to cash the checks of
factory workers, who would otherwise
go to the saloons to get their money.
In 1901, jamestown, o.. had Saloons
and the tax rate was $270 on the $780,
Thus far this year, with no saloons,
the rate of taxation is 2.45 on the $780,
For the year ending March l. 1901
1851. 60 were drawn from the poor fund,
while $1S6.75 were drawn from same
fund for the year ending March l, 1902
After a hard fight with the liquor
forces the temperance people of Full
ton, KY, are once more permitted to
record a victory, the town being once
more free from the grasp of the liquor
traffic. The local option election held
there resulted in the city going dry
by ajority of 81 votes.
The first modern saloon in Iceland
was opened last year, and volunteers
have stood on guard during business
hours urging those who approached
the door not to 90 in. The owner of
the saloon has sued the picketers,
among whom three ministers are in
cluded, for interference to the injury
of his business.
According to recent Investigations
regarding the real cause of pauperism
in Sweden, it is stated that - per cent
of the paupers in that country are
habitual drunkards; that in the case of
80 per cent. of the children cared for
in the almshouses and asylums the
father is or was a drunkard, and that
in less number of cases both parents
were victims of strong drink
A popular liquor journal, considered
perhaps the standard authority in the
liquor trade, recently had this to say
about 1.-The average saloon:" The
average saloon ought not to be defend
eddy our trade, but it ought to be con-
demned. In small towns the average
saloon is a nuisance. 1t is a resort for
all tough characters and in the south
for all idle negroes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
DRINK IN, CLOTHES OUT.
4 Passenger on Ocean Steamer Who
Had Been Drink
ing.

On one of her recent trips to Edin-
deck passenger who retired at night
fall. having imbibed more strong bev-
erage than suited his constitution.
His mental confusion on rising next
morning was sadly intensified when
he MADE the unpleasant discovery that
all his personal clothing was missing.
The steward and his staff were
promptly summoned to his cabin, and
were followed in due course by the
genial captain himself.
The mystery seemed to defy all con-
lecture until the captain asked the suf-
ferer if he had any remembrance of
how he had disposed of his clothes
overnight.
\ sudden CLEAN of intelligence light
ed the passengers eye, and the mis-
chief was made apparent to all the
onlOokers when he answered.:
''Why, of course. remember now.
Before turning in put them all into
that little cupboard yonder."
why, mani" roared the captain,
that little cupboard, as you call it, is
the porthole,"
Only one person on board failed to
thoroughly appreciate the humor of
the situation, and he it was who bor-
rowed an outfit from the steward, and
abstained from drinking whisky and
like beverages during the remainder
of the voyage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
RECORD OF THE PAST.

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15

that night, without having drunk a
drop of liquor. His heart was melted
He said TO Johnnie: What put il
into your head to pray for your worth
less old dad?"
Johnnie told him it was because he
loved him; and, besides, he had been
to a Sunday class where the teach
er had taught him the commandment:
'Honor thy father and thy mother"
"Then keep on prayin', keep On
prayin' little lad" said James. 81
believe God has answered you already:
I've been prayin' for myself, that God
would make me better man"
The prayer was answered. James
Smith reformed, and from that time
lived steady, Christian man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
s''l5dNAGlGAsaa(gY!!s!:.!I-lEI,
KEEP ON PRAYING.
How n Little Boy Succeeded in Work
ing a Reform in His Fathers
Life.

One James Smith, an English la
borer in the navy yard on the Thames,
had little boy Johnnie, says the Was-
leyan Methodist. James was a very
incorporate man. After the death
of his wife sorrow kept him sober for
awhile, but he took to his cups again,
and, as poor Johnnie expressed it.,
got Bladder and Bladder all the time
One night the drunkard awoke, Il
most uncommon thing for him at such
an hour, and lay very still, for he heard
a sound. 1t was his motherless boy
praying by his bedside. He heard him
say: please, God, make daddy better
man, for Jesus sake"
James Smith could not sleep any
more. He rose very early and went
to his work. He came home early
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15

Had L 10,000.000 tongues, and
throat for each tongue, | would say
to every man, woman and child here
tonight: Throw strong drink aside
as you would an ounce of liquid hell;
it scars the conscience, it destroys
everything it touches. 1t reaches into
the family circle and takes the wife
you have sworn to protect and drags
her down from her purity into that
home from which no decent woman
ever goes alive. 1t induces the father
to take the furniture from his home,
exchange it for money at the pawn
shop, and spend the proceeds in rum.
1t damns everything it touches. Ihave
seen it in every city east of the Missis-
sippi river. and | know that the most
damning curse to the laborer is that
which gurgles from the neck of the
bottle. | had rather be at the head
of an organization having 1OO,O 600 tenn
perate, honest, earnest men, than at
>he head of an organization of ~ ,OO0,-
600 drinkers, whether moderate or any
other kind. Every cent spent in the
rum-shop furnishes paving stone for
hell"