The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-11

ing paper and its editor But The
Times has made new move, and,
from the following paragraphs which
appear in Thursdays issue Of that pa
per, it seems, has determined 10 carry
the war into Africa" and become the
aggressor on the enemy's territory, as
the following would indicate:
Thousands of people in North Caro-
lima think it, and hundreds talk Ii,
that another big railway with head
quarters in Portsmouth--but which
has not come in on its share Of abuse
has also shown a benevolent spirit.
We are of the opiaio1 that if the
books of some other raiIways-say the
Seaboard Air Line'S-were examined
for a period covering several years,
there would be some mighty enter
tanning reading for the people Of
North Carolina.
AS a matter of curiosity, have you
ever remarked to your friends how
consistently The News and Observer
knocked the Saaboard Air Line Rail-
way?
Before the present board Of county
commissioners went into office, The
Evening Times was not given an op-
portunity to bid for the publication OF
the delinquent tax list of Wake coun-
ty These were printed in the morn
ing paper and the price paid per year
was approximately $500. The prese1s
board subrnitted the matter to bids
made a business proposition of it
and The News and Observers bid was
approximately 1925. Every little bit
helps.
The News and Observer Of yesterday
contained a long letter to that paper
from Mr.. Henry A. Page, asking it Cor
information and explanations regard
ing it's conduct in certain matters In
connection with the railroads in the
state. which called forth two or three
column editorial Of denial of some OF
the implied charges and very lame ex-
planation of others-amOng latter how
it was that the business manager of
The News and Observer was appointed
and served for about a year as one Of
the states directors Of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad without
owning a single share Of stock in that
CORPORATION, although the law required
that every director should be a stock
holder
According to Mr.. Daniels admission,
after this violation had been exposed
two shares of stock were transferred
to The News and Observers business
manager from a large block held by a
stockholder but there is not The slight
est attempt to show that The News and
Mr.. Daniels brother-in-laW) purchased
the stock or paid or agreed to pay
cent for the shares so transferred.
There is nothing said to cOunteraci
the natural impression that this was
simply transfer On the books IN
order to make the appointee eligible
technically as a director, after the
fact had been discovered that he had
been serving and enjoying the emolu-
ments of the office year in violation
of the law. That-accOrding to The
News and Observers ''explanatlon'-
before Mr.. Bagley was appointed as
director he had made arrangements
to have certain shares Of stock trans
ferred to him on the books of the COM
pany and there was,''it seems some de-
lay in making the transfer, does not
alter the fact that he was illegally
appointed and illegally served, though
he and the directors may have thought
the transfer was made, as The News
and Observer now claims was the
case.
That this carrying the war into
Africa in this case pinches is shown
by the following editorial paragraph In
The News and Observer in reference
to another of Mr.. Pages inquiries:
The liar who told Mr.. Page that
the Seaboard Air Line paid The News
and Observer 800 a month for five or
six years or for any other period is
rhe Twentieth Century Ananias.
THE FEDERAL SUPREME COUET