The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-11
RAILROADS.
IN. COURTS |. ] |; )
Suit Against Seaboard Air Line
to Compel Co,1tinuai,ce3o f Ger
tain Flag Stations Now Closed.
MAKING STUBBORN .||''l'. i FIGHT |:'l4 ] !
ne 80, b s5S q e
MAKING STUBBORN FIGHT I|
Southern Declares That Act Es-
tablisl1ing Corporation Com
mission IsNot Constitutional,

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& RALDtGH. N. c., Feb. 10.--The North
Carolina Corporation Commission has In
stituted suit against tho 6oaboard Air
Line for the unlawful dlscontinuarce Of
flag stations on the Carolina Central.
between Hamlet and Wilmington. The
case is at the instance Of the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce and Is return
able for trlalHin Wake Superior Court at
the next civil term, which convenes Feb
ruary 29tli.
In tho hearing OF the injunction pro-
ceeding BY the Southern Railway Com
pany VS.. the Corporation Commission.
growing out of the Greensboro leo and
Coal Company matter, the Southern Rail-
way Company has entered the plea In the
Federal Court that tho act establishing
the Corporation Commission and tho
amendments thereto are unconstitutional,
in that 1t purports to create q court OF re-.
cord and also clothes tho court of record
with legislative and executive functions.
This suit which Is entitled the Southern
Railway Company Vs. the Greensboro
Ice and Coal Company and the North
Carolina Corporation Commission, Is to
be hard fought through the United STATES
Circuit Court OF Appeals. Tho argument
before Judge Purnell in the Eastern Dis
trict Court was only concluded at noon
to-day, having begun yesterday morn
ing Attorney Genernl Wilmer spoke for
the Corporation Commission and General
Nv. "A. Henderson,, OF Washington, closed
for tho Southern Railway.
5,2ss lss WILD CARS CAUSE WRECK.
af:It Is learned that last night three wild
cars rolled out Of the yard at Benson On
the Atlantic Coast Line and collided
about mile and a half from the station
.,,tt :, fratnt,f IN bQdly
wrecking It. n, y 81 Il,
Subsequently the wreck caught fire and
was almost entirely, consumed
State Superintendent OF Public 1nstruc-
ton j. y. sJoyner received a telegram
this morning announcing the death OF
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Shade +. PVo often,
at La Grange He died early this morn
&inE. Mr.. Joyner left at once for Le
Grange. The deceased was for numbc.
OF years auditor Of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad.
The Farmers Stock Company. OF Win
ston-Salem, was chartered this morning
with 100000 capital authorized and
s12. 900 subscribed by T. e. shamel, r. G.
Idneback. r. L. Cox, J 7, Ermn Cox, l.. c.
Hines, J. II. Sprinkle w. L. league. s.
"A. Jones, r. N. :Pfa1. The company WILL
do a general mercantile business.
The Male Knitting Mill Company. OF
Richmond county, was chartered with
$40, 900 capital subscribed and $4,000 au'
&thorized, The incorporators are e. G,
Boddln, %. j. ingram and James A. In
gram. k
4 7s NORMAL TO REOPEN.
President Charles D. McIver, OF the
State Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro, was in the city to-day or
business with the State Treasurer and
with Governor Aycock. He says the col
lege Will reopen February 18th.
United States senator-elect lsidor Ray
ner. OF Maryland. has been invited by the
students and faculty OF the A. and NJ
College to deliver the commencement
grafton. IIe has not yet signitled his &C
ceptance.