Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-28

RALEIGH. n. C., July 27.-The
State OF North Carolina has won in
it's fight to have its passenger rate
law of 2l-i cents observed by all the
railroads pending an appeal TO the
courts by the roads OF the State which
propose to fight the law
The promise of obedience To the
law by the Southern and the Allan
tic Coast Line Railways, which since
July |, the date set for the rate law
To 80 into effect have been violating
the law, was given this afternoon ut
conference which the railroads
sought with Governor Glenn, who had
stated that rs prcccndcnt To any
agreement he might make that the
Eli cent rate must first be put into
effect.
The conference was private one,
newspaper men being excluded ut the
request of the railroad attorneys
After the conference Governor Glenn
stated that mt the beginning of the
conference the railroad representa-
tives said that they were ready to
agree To the Ii cent later TO be test
ed In the original injunction case be-
fore Judge Pritchard, an appeal to he
taken by the state TO the United States
Supreme Court, while their railroads
would appeal the Lake county case to
the North Carolina Supreme Court
and If necessary take the case on writ
OF error to the United States Supreme
Court
The only trouble in the conference
was selection of the date at which
the 21-f cent rate should become eff
fective.
The railroads wanted longer time
than the state was willing to grant
but finally the eighth of August was
agreed upon, as their representatives
stated that it would be impossible to
make the proper arrangements ut their
various ticket offices to supply tick
cts and to fix rates
The conference was harmonious
throughout, at ii The state being rep
resented by Governor Glenn, State
Treasurer Lacy and the special coun-
sci engaged by the governor. who
were Ex-Governor G. b. Aycock and
Hon. T.. j. Justice, speaker of the
house of representatives. The rail
way representatives were Alfred p
Thomas of Washington and Judge AL
exander II. Humphrey of louisville,
general counsel OF the Southern Rail
way; Alexander Hamilton. of Peters
burg, Va, general counsel and Geoge
Is iillOtt, OF wilmington Assistant
General counsel of the a. c. H. and
George Rountrec of Wilmington coun-
sci for II. Nelson Buckley and other
stockholders of the a. G.. l.. who had
obtained restraining orders and an in
terlocutory order from Judge Pritch-
ard against the a. G. l.. putting the
I'D cent rate into effect
The agreement reached at the con-
ference is
The agreement entered into by the
Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line and
The state is: i. The railroad puts the
I'll cent rate into effect not later
than August s, 1907
THE state to appeal from the or
der OF Judge Pritchard discharging
parties in Ashvllc OH writs OF habeas
corpus.
THE Southern Railway appeal to
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
in the Wake county eases and If the
case is there decided against it to
take the case by writ of error to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
4-That both sides cooperate to
nave both of said cases advanced and
argued together and speedily deter
mined
5-Thc state at its option to indite
the Atlantic Coast Line in one case.
6-All indictments and prosecutions
now pending to be dismissed and no
other indictments or prosecutions to