The news & observer., 1905-11-05
CALL ON SPENCER
A Committee From Win
ston-Salme.
They Ask for Better Passenger ano
Freight Facilities and Later Say
That the Interview Was
Satisfactory.
Especial to News and Observer

| w. T. Brown of the Board of Trade,
of WinstonSalem, as chairman and
| the following citizens: j. c. Buxton
| W. ID. Currin, James S. Dunn, r. s.
| Galloway, and j. J. Norman, came to
| Washington today to request General
| Manager Spencer. of the Southern
Railway to give that city better freight
and passenger facilities. After
| lengthy consultation with President
| Spencer the members of the COM
| mittee stated that the interview had
| been satisfactory.
Tax on Alcoholic Medicines.
Commissioner Yerkes, OF the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau, has an
revenue collections have been
directed to furnish samples OF
patent medicines which it is ex-
peCted will come under the ruling re-
Gently issued by him. requiring drug
gists who sell alcoholic compounds
to pay special Federal tax, and that
a list of such of these patent medi-
cines and compounds as are found
upon analysis to come within the rul-
ing will be published before December
first when the ruling goes into effect.
The commissioner, in explanation of
how he expects to carrys his ruling
into effect. said: 1T is my belief that
every druggist of experience in his
business Will be able to determine
from the private information which he
possesses which of the alcoholic COM
pounds in his stock, labeled as medi-
CineS, contain substances undOubted-
ly medicinal in their character"
which ARE used in sufficient quantity
to give medicinal quality to the Ii
quOr other than that which it may
inherently possess" and may. there
fore, under the express terms of the
ruling be sold without subiecting the
seller to special tax as a liquor dealer.
In any case where it is shown that
there is reasonable ground for a doubt
whether any particular alcoholic COM
pound labeled as u medicine is a
compound for the sale of which un-
der the ruling special tax is required
to be paid, it is not the intention of
| this department that a druggist sell
! ing such compound shall be taken by
| surprise and subjected to assessment
| of special tax and penalty. In every
| such case the question will be settled
| hereafter upon analysis of a sample
| obtained and sent in by the colec-
tor of internal revenue. and it is only
when such compound is thereupon
found to come within the ruling and it
| is included in the list, which will be
published from time to time, that a
druggist who then and thereafter sells
such compound is to be held liable
for the special tax as a liquor dealer"
The following North Carolinians are
| registered here: w. w. Chadwick,
Miss Mabel Chadwick. Beaufort; Mrs.
| Evans, Wilmington; Frank Armfield
and wife, Monroe;. T. B. Fuller, Dur
! ham.
| Case of Judge Baker.
Now that President Roosevelt has
| issued his Thanksgiving proclamation
Gaining on the peopie to assemble In
| their respective places of worship
| to render thanks to the Maker of the
| Universe, some of those people are
wondering Wheher he will this year SET
them an example by attending SER
vices at his own church on that day
or will, as has been his custom since
he became President, make of it
merely holiday and spend il on horse
| back, riding across the country,
showing his skill in jumping fences
bitches or whatever may come in his
| way.
The President will be absent from
| Washington Tuesday next, going to
Oyster Bay to vote and returning here
| the same afternoon He desires to
thus emphasize his belief in the i'm
portance of every citizen exercising
his right to vote in every election.
Although Congress is the only pow
| er which has the right to proceed
against Judge Francis r. Baker Of
Indiana, who has been charged with
violating the civil service law in using
pressure upon postoffice clerks at
Goshen, Ind, to obtain contributions
for campaign purposes, the statute
of limitations preventing the Depart
ment of Justice from proceeding
against him, it is announced from the
White House that the President will
shortly make a statement in regard
to this case. The President cannot
remove Judge Baker, United States
Circuit Judge, who could only be
| reached by Impeachment proceedings
in Congress, so that Mr.. Roosevelts
disposition of his case is awaited with
much interest.
Senator Proctor. of Vermont, whose
son recently married Miss Hedrick, of
| Salisbury, ~ c., congratulated the
President today on the success of his
Southern trip in creating good feel
ing in that section
| The tenth annual meeting of the
American Association of Farmers In
stitute Workers will be held at the
National Hotel in this city Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week, the
executive committee having taken 1t
upon themselves to change the place
| of meeting from Baton Rouge, La,
on account of the outbreak of yellow
fever in that State
DR.. TAFT Butler. of Raleigh, n c.,
is slated for a talk on the subject
of Institute Lectures.
David M. Cloninger has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Rhodhiss Cald-
we'll county
1t was stated this afternoon that
ex-senator Marion Butler is busy at
work preparing himself for the speech
which he has promised the Maryland
| Republicans he will make next Mon
day at Kensington in reply to ex-
Governor Aycock, whose mastery and
convincing arguments and statement
of present improved conditions in
North Carolina have caused the Re-
publicans no end of worry, and have
in manv cases caused even Republi-
cans to determine to vote for the Poe
amendment. Mr.. Butler is credited
also with expressing the belief that
he will not only be able to convince
| Marylanders that Gov. Aycock is all
wrong, but that North Carolina will
soon he = Republican State and of
course proceed to repeal her disfran-
chisement amendment.
cane is Plentiful.