The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27

ty. not to speak of the mental ail-
guish that many a good man suffered
through not knowing whether
his shoat had committed suicide or
whether his demise would have beer
in the light of the facts 81 just ground
of action. Hence, as the road had to
employ the section masters i'll any
event, il was simple solution that
they should be charged with the duty
of informing as to the negligent kill
ings INDUCED in by the corporation.
Mr.. Pcu suggested that as the rail-
road had to maintain a cleared space
of 100 feet along it's track, it was
highly improbable that any cattle
should be knocked from the track
into the swamps, and Mr.. Murphy, of
Rowan, finally arose with smile that
carried his conviction of the cleareSt
way out of the difficulty by moving
that the matter of how far bull
could be catapulted by a locomotive
should be referred TO Col. Warrington
he, by reason of a sad accident of
personal sort while fishing for mud
cat below fill beinS an expert in that
realm of dynamics.
Mr.. Pou on The Sabbath.
The discussion of the bill introduced
by Mr.. Cover, of Johnston, requiring
J.
roads on Sundays the roads should be
required to carry only cattle and per-
ishable freight, Mr.. j. II. Pou shone
Unexpectedly in the role of definer of
the moral code as to labor on the Sab
bath day.
Mr.. Cover, who spoke in advocacy
of the measure, stated that the trains
were now run with very small proper
ton Of periShable freight and large
number of cars bearing ordinary mer-
chandise. telling of how the congrega-
ton of a Johnston county church had
been held waiting by the track last
Sunday for ten minutes while long
freight pulled by. Mr.. Pou in reply
stated that the change IN the law as 1t
now stood had been made at the re-
quest of truckers who wished to get
q Monday market IN New York for
their crops, and that the result of the
passage Of the bill would be simply
to discriminate in favor of the truck
RS of the moro Southern States against
those of North Carolina. as unless
they were permitted to fill up their
trains with other local freights the
roads would of course not haul the
truck on Sunday.
Mr.. Biggs came into the discussion
at this poii.t by asking Mr.. Pcu his
opinion as to the right or wrong of
the running of Sunday trains.
Mr.. Pou was not phased. Disclainl-
ing his competency as TO the pro-
nouncement of a code of morals, he
put his own modesty to the blush by
proceeding 20 deliver a short lecture
in which he stated that it was his firm
opinion that tlie rule as to the obserV-
ance of one day in the week as a day
of rest was the greatest good that
mankind was neir to. He did not be-
licve that the running of a passenger
train was less sin than running trains
of perishable freight. AS far as he
was concerned he had always thought
that it was a mistake that the day
of rest had been changed from the
first TO the seventh day Of the week
Being further pressed, Mr.. Pou stated
that he would he glad to see a COM
plcte suppression of all manner of
trains on the Sabbath, passenger as
we'll as freight bun that he did not
think that the question of morality
could properly be brought into a dis
cussion of a measure permitting the
hauling of perisbablc and forbidding
the transportation of ordinary freights.
The Inter State Commerce law made
the law generally inapplcable in any
event and the bill of Mr., Cover would
simply operate to the disadvantage of
the States truckers.
Mr. Cover was starting to say some
thing about the watermelon crop of
Johnston being the most perishable
kind of fruit in existence, when half
the committee shouted ''nigger." as
one man and the meeting closed as it
opened With much jollity.
Mr.. Covers bill was made a special
order for Wednesday.