The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15
HEADS OF SEABOARD
/ 0N|NSPECT|ON TOUR.
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They Spend Several Hours in
Raleigh and See Governor aud
Corporation Commission.
WANT coPENING REsENTENcED
Governor Being Urged to Rein
state Sentence OF Man Granted
Conditional Pardon.
Especial to The Times D1spatch.I

| tSpeclaito The Times-Dispatch.1
| RALEIGH, N. c., December 14.--Hgh
officials Of the Seabonrd Air Line Rail
road Company, including President w.
a. Garrett, General Counsel L n.
Watts. Vice-President Sewer. General
Superintendent C. Fl. Hix nnd General
Passenger Agent G. B. Ryan spent
several hours In Raleigh this morning
on a general Inspection trip over the
system and were callers at the exc
cutive Office Of Governor Glenn and at
the Offices OF the Corporation Commits
sion. Both they and the State officials
Insisted that there was no business Sig
nificance attached to the conferences
In the State offices. The Seaboard is
the only road that has yet Joined with
the Southern In signifying its willing
ness to accept the proposition from
Governor Glenn to compromise the rail-
road rate litigation by putting into
effect the 2l2 cent flat inter and
lntrastate rate In the place Of the pres
ent 21-4-cent rate and sell inter-
changeable mileage books at 2 cents.
Nothing has been heard from the At
lantic Coast Line that would Indicate
possibility Of that company coming
into the agreement so that the Gov
crnor can summon the Legislature In
special session.
The Casc of CopeninE.
Attorneys were here to-day and
argued at length before Governor
Glenn the question of rcinstating
sentence against C. NJ. Copening, u
pardon for whom the Governor granted
some months ago conditioned on good
behavior. The sentence was eighteen
months in the penitentiary, to be an
forced against him unless he left and
stayed out OF Mcdowell county. the
,.t, IN, Int IA
an assault with deadly weapon on
his brother-ln-law, John Yancey. The
fight was In the public road In Me-
Dowell, and Copening had one eye shot
out. The sentence amounted to Danish
ment from the county. The pardon by
the Governor was conditioned on his
not renewing his hostilities toward
his brother-in-law If he returned T.
the county Now comes the charge that
he has: repeatedly made demonstra tioy,s
in front Of the Yancey home. and made
threats of violence. "A. c. Avery. ,r
and D. z. Hutchings appeared before
the Governor in the interest OF Copen-
Ing. and j. W. Pless for Yancey. who
is pressing the necessity for the Gov
ernor to cancel the pardon. No decision
was announced.
for corporations in Tarboro: the Robe
son Supply Company. capital s5o.oo"
NV George Howard and others and the
Howard Hardware Company. capitai
$4,000. by the same incorporators.
Pictures of tho sisners.
7, the Hall Of History connected
with the State Museum, Colonel r. a.
Odds. director in charge. has just placed
three notable oil paintings OF three
sieners of the Declaration OF inde-
ncndence-William Hooper, John Penn
md Joseph Hughes. The paintings are
nv Mr.. Spencer Baird Nichols, Of WASH
ineton. D. c.. and are from the North
Carolina exhibit at the Jamestown ES-
nosition. On the opposite wall are
excellent likenesses of the three United
states Presidents of North Carolina
hirth-Andrew, jackson, James e. Polk
land Andrew Johnson. These are the
gifts of United States senator
Oyerman AT one end of the nan
Colonel Odds has also arranged col
lection Of eighteen excellent copies
OF paintings Of North Carolina indians,
by John White. as he saw the Indians
and their mode of living In 1888. Ihese
are loaned by Colonel, Benehan cam
eron, OF Raleigh.
Governor Glenn left this afternoon
for Roanoke Rapids, where he goes
nv special and urgent invitation to de-
liver an address tomorrow in con-
nection with the campaign that Is on
thcre for prohibition. The contest Is
said to be very close, and the presence
and speech-making Of the Governor
are needed to strengthen the temper
| ance forces for the final conflict.