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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

Judge Pritchard, Of North Carolina,
Is worthy successor to Judge Bond,
who conducted the Federal court,
over which presided, on the theory
that the States (Southern) had no
rights which a Federal Judge was
bound in law to respect. When Judge
Pritchard finds himself arraigned be-
f>re the bar Of Congress on the con-
plant Of the people Of North Caro-
lima, he may regret his high handed ef-
fort to override the State Of North
Carolina IN the interest of the rail
roads. He has cut a sorry spectacle
humping from town to town, holding
court on the quick-lunch plan, in q
oyer-zealous and partisan attempt to
save the railroads and their agents
from the penalties provided for the
viols.tion of the State law.
About the first Of August, Ii MS be-
ing out, we shall begin hearing a
great deal about the deterioration OF
the cotton crop and Of the rapid, in
explicable, unforeseen vanishnient Of
fine prospects for a big cotton crop
with which the ears Of the confiding
lien merchants have been tickled.
August is the month Of fading hopes
for the lien merchant. The lien
law should be repealed as a means OF
saving the poor lien merchants from
the bitter disappointment which they
endure each year when the liens
"gin OUT and August comes to blight
the rosy hopes of big crop and
large profits alluringly held out tc
TEN throughout the spring and sum
mer by the willy iieaers The ien
law should be repealed for the sake
of the merchants who so easily faI
victims to the seductions OF the lie.
farners-the farmers VIII manage te
get along some how. lien law. or ne
lien law.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

railroads Say the? We're i!:G'>eti
into -Agreeznent-Decision 70 PA
t..to Enect Se.q Eate. Me.i. U:lszer
Daress.
Asneviiie, \. c., y1.,- 2zss.-A part
ing shot at the State authorities in
the railroad controversy was fred
through petitions which the Southern
Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line
fled before Judge Pritchard today
asking that his iaterlocutory injunc-
ton be modified in accordance with
the peace agreement reached Sat
urday at Raleigh between Gov. Glenn
and the railroads. Both the roads
fled petitions very similar in tenor
which explained conference here
today between attorneys representing
the two roads. The petition Of the
Southern Railway recites the entire
history Of the railroad case and in
cludes a protest against what the
roads regard as their i'll treatment,
this protest ana recital of facts being
designed for perrsal Of the supreme
court of the United States as well as
for the public.
The railroads declare, in effect,
that they were dubbed into becoming
a party to the agreement effected at
Raleigh; that the public Mid has
been infanled by the newspapers and
the utterances of politicians. and the
agreement was only assenteG 10 un-
der duress because of threats Of an
Extra session Of the legislature for
the purpose of adopting legislation
hostile to the railroads.
The Southern Railway Company
says the petitioner was confronted
with a question as TO whether its
proper sense OF duty to the peace and
good order of the State proper
consideration of its obligations to per
form its duties as a com!rn carrier
| in the State and interstate business
ana the subjecting OF its employees to
arrests and imprisonment would JUS
tify it in longer claiming its consti-
tu:onal right TO the protection Of the
inter!ocutory order authorizing it to
continue until the hearing Of is eX-
;ct;ne, ,.a+a of ma aSSengpr charges OF
whether it was bes. to cease the IN
equal conflict with the united powers
OF the state. The Southern Railway
does not lose sight continues the pc
t;tion. Of the momentous nature OF
claim asserted by the State. II the
claim Of the state can be sustained
Il is pointed out. Il means that
through the agency Of its crimina
laws, state car take the use o.
property (Which is property witho@l'
compensation for the tine hetweer
the enactment of u statrte by its gen.
eral assembly aad the inal determi
nation of It's constitutiona!it> If thi'
c!aim of the State oe upheld. thi
petitioner maintains, a state could IL
The rate at one cent. and If the com
.,aay were compelled to observe thi
low rate. notwithstanding the four
rcerth amendment forbids it, tn
state has the power to take. durin:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

Washington, July 30.-The engage
ment was announced today Of 1t. L.
s. Grant III, L. S. A., and Miss Edith
Root. the only daughter Of Secretary
Root. The wedding will take place in
the early fall
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

Clio, July ga young negro man
and woman and eight horses were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed Hamer and Covington's livery
stables at II o'clock last night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

Brocton, Mass, July 2s.-Ihree
men killed and four fatally injured is
the result OF rear-end collision be
tween locomotive With o1apty pas
senger car attached and freight
train. early today. The accident was
due to nnixed-up signals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

New York. July so.-Evelyn Nes-
hit Thaw today enphatically denied
the report. which is current, that she
eynec,s to return to the stage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31
A TELEPHONE. DECISION.

A decision has been handed down
by the federal district court at Hele-
ma. Montana, which will be welcomed
by users of telephones throughout the
country. In substance, the decision
holds that the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company must furnish
connections, whenever desired, with
independent telephone companies, at
reasonable rates. The reasoning OF
the court is that inasrnuch as the
Rocky Mountain Bell Company is the
recipient of valuable. franchises from
the people, it is under an obligation
to accept messages and facilitate their
transmission if they come from com
peting companies The reciprocal OBJ
hgadon,. of course, Will rest on inde-
pendenet companies to handle the
messages of the Bell Company in the
same manner. All companies enjoy
ing such franchises must work Tor
the general convenience of the people
who grant them.
It seems that the decision is bot
toned on sound principles-identicai
with those by which railroads may be
required to connect with each other
for the transportation Of freight and
passengers.
It is favorite saying Of perosns
engaged in it that the telephone bus
mess SIS natural monopo-
ly.'' but, true as this may
be, it does not follow that
one company should be permitted to
practice throttling competition in or
der that the suppression Of other
companies may be hastened- There IS
no reason that the public should en-
dure the sufferings of an innicent by
stander while the battle is beng
fought-Charleston News and cou-
rier-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

# this decision canbe made to hold
tha Bsu Tele9none monopo!z aoei
not ana :neas,s to knock Il ou- y
some nlgner coult-siie iaaepe1eds1''
telephone companies will soon have
the phone trust on the run. 1t is to
be hoped that the decision will stand
and that the Sumter Telephone Com
pany viii lose no time in taking the
proper steps, in a legal and orderly
way Of course, to give its patrons the
benefit of direct long distance service
by re curing the Bell Company to af-
ford it the connection which the fed
eral court rules it is entitled to.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31

The Samter Wotchnson was founded IN
1850 and the Taue Southro7a in 1856. The
Watchnaa,a and Soutaron now has the COM
bined circulation and influence OF both OF
Il e old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31
Sale of Unclaimed and Refused Fl
By the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

By authority Of F. C. A. will offer for S:
the following refused and unclaimed freight.
No guarantee as to quality and condition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-07-31
NORTH CAROLINA RATE CASE.

Railroads Say Tiaer We're tl7:hoed
INTO -igreeznent-Deeisio.n 70 Pa
t..to Eject Se.v Eate He,is, Islsl:sa'
Duress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
THE EXPOSITION ROW.
The Social Feature Still a Bone of
Contention.

Norfolk, Va, September 25-While
1t is believed that the revival of the
committee on entertainment to have
charge of all social events at the
jamestown exposition will be accept
ed by both Director General Barr and
President Harry ST George Tucker, it
is freely admitted today that the set
tlement of the social differences is
yet to be finally consummated.
Director General Barr is out OF the
city. President Tucker declined to
discuss the matter today, declaring
that he had yet to be acquainted with
the full meaning of the action Of the
directors.
The feeling is general that the COM
promise measure will not be entirely
satisfactory to either side, but those
engineering the settlement are conf
dent that sufficient pressure can be
brought to bear on both officials tc
secure their acceptance and restore
peace
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
Fertilizer Men Will AnneaI

Norfolk, Va, September 25.-In the
general court today before Judge Wad-
dill, F. S. Royster and Charles F.
Burroughs, guano men of Norfolk,
cited as defendants in the fertilizer
trust case to be heard in Nashville,
Tenn, waived further hearing as to
whether or not they should be remoy-
ed to the jurisdiction of the Tennessee
court and each gave bond in the sum
of $1,000 for appearance.
Immediately upon Attorney General
Sanford, of Nashville, submitting Ger
tilted copies of the federal grand jury
indictments in the Tennessee court,
counsel for the defendants announced
that their clients would submit no
evidence, and were ready to enter
in bond to appear for trial in Tennes-
see. Counsel for the defendants al
the close of the hearing declared that
they were anxious for a speedy trial
and are confident Of acquittal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27

New York, September 5.-Some in
teresting evidence that lay almost hid
den in a voluminOus schedule Of oil
tariffs submitted to the Interstate
commerce commission by the Stand
ard Oil Company was unfolded today
at the hearing of the federal suit
against the so-called oil trust, when
Calvin N Payne, vice president OF
the National Transit company, took
the witness stand to tell about the
various pipe lines of the oil combine,
over which he has general supervision.
The schedule shows that tariffs for
the transportation of crude oil by the
Standards pipe lines are fixed at
Unionville, which is the state line be-
tween New York and New Jersey, and
New Jersey-Pennsylvani state line.
The governments counsel further
developed that at Unionville the pipes
Of the National Company carrying oil
to Olean, n. Y, and other western
points, iii concert with the line of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
and that at Center Bridge the pipe
line carrying the oils Of the Eureka
Pipe Line Company, the Buckeye Pipe
Line Company, the Southern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company and the Ma
tional Transit Company from Lima,
Ohio, to the seaboard, connects with
the pipe line of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey. Mr.. Payne said
that as the lines of these companies
ended at Unionville, and Center
Bridge, the tariff schedules were fixed
for those points. Mr.. Kellogg sought
TO show that no Independent could
send oil to seaboard over those lines
because rates could not be obtained
from those points to seaboard. Mr..
Kellogg said the Standard would not
publish rates on it's line through New
Jersey and as consequence indepen-
dents were shut off from tidewater.
The control of the Corsicana Rein
ing Company of Texas, which the
government in its bill of complaint,
alleges is really owned by the stand
e'A u was 1hduIie GU iuIo .cudy anu tltc
governments counsel believes that he
obtained today from Henry G. Folger,
ia, and Calvin M. Payne, two of the
witnesses, testimony in support of the
| governments contention.
The oil hearings will be adjourned
| after Friday over the early part ct
| next week to permit John G. Milburr
counsel for the defendants to attend
the unveiling of the Mckinley monu
| ment in Canton, Ohio
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27

in Cuba recently and spent four days
in Havana. is connected with the con-
spiracy. The movements of this man
were mysterious No matter who Is
behind this attempt, Governor Magoon
An prepared to stamp it out immedi-
ateIy.
There is every occasion 10 believe
that not more than one general or
other prominent officer who was a
party to the pact with Secretary Taft
at the conclusion of the last revolu-
tlon is connected with the conspiracy
General Pine Guerra, General Jose
Miguel Gomez and the other Cubans
who led the revolution against former
President Palma are earnestly opposed
TO this movement and stand ready to
take the field with the government
forces should an outbreak actually oc-
cur. The loyalty Of these men being
established the present movement is
necessarily without a single intelligent
or capable leader.
1t is not considered that PARA
would be able in influence anynumer-
GUS element to follow him, because
In spite of the fact that he has GER
tain recognized ability as revo-
iutfonary agitator, he deserted the
Cuban insurgents during the war with
Spain and joined the Spaniards against
his own countrymen.
All the prominent men in Cuba still
have the utmost confidence in Pres
fdent Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and
Governor Magoon. and this fact robs
the present movement Of any far
reaching or influential support.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
CHURCH CORNER STONE LAID
impressive Exercises - Increase i'm
Mill "ages-Wanted For Forgery
Fayetteville Girl Wins.
Especial TO The Messenger J

Fayetteville, Sept. 26-This after
noon at o'clock the corner stone Of
the new Hay Street Methodist church
was laid with interesting exercises,
conducted by Rev DR.. J. It. Gibbes,
presiding elder Of the Fayetteville dis
tr1ct, opening with the hymn, Come
Thou, Almighty King" After Bible
reading by Rev. G. F. Smith, pastor
of Hay Street church, various arti-
cles were placed in a box by Mr..
Hiram Whaley, who attended the first
and the last services in the old build
ing. The corner stone was then laid,
followed by brief addresses from Rev.
/. w. Hughes, rector of ST Johns
Episcopal church; Rev. DR. J. 7. Hall,
pastor of the First Baptist church;
| Rev. w. NJ. Farley, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, and Rev
J. T. Gibtas
factories of the Hope Mills Manufac-
turing Co, on Rock Fish creek. have
received an advance in wages OF from
10 to Is per cent. beginning yesterday
IThis increase of earnings will favor
iably effect from 1000 to $500 people
including the families of the EN-
lployes.
Yesterday afternoon Chief Of Police
IBentOn, arrested in a restaurant Ed
Mock. alias c. A McFarden. negro
charged with forgery on the Merchant.
and Farmers Bank of Chcraw. s. 6
The Woman's Civic improvement
Association, report that they have
Ienough funds to complete the repair.
iTsg and renovation of the market
house. and will now reft and embel
lish tie old town hall for n library
assembly room, etc. Tomorrow after
noon and evening they will give ar
entertainment on the ground floor o
the market, serving refreshments II
the corridors and around the fountain
Miss celia Myrover Robinson, nov
OF Pensacola. Fla nat We OF Fay
. atteviIle. and daughter Of the late
Cantain Ben Robinson very braV
|, confederate veteran, has won the =
nrize of the Tallahassee Sun, for tn
hest short story Miss Robinson
poems have been published in sue
hish-class magazines as Harper
Munsev's, etc TWO or three year
ago she was the Fayetteville societ
correspondent of the Wilming1o
: Messenger, and was for some um
I citv editor of the Fayetteville Dali
: Observer.
: Miss Augusta Virgins has returne
/ to Wilmington, after visit TO nj
n and Mrs. Frank H Steadman' Q
Hay street Z"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
LEASED WIRE OPERATORS
May be Called Out by National or
hcers of Telegraphers Union

s "0 CaIieu Out Dy National Of
hcers of Telegraphers Union
New York, September 25-The New
York local of the Commercial Tele-
graphers' union voted tonight to call
out all leased wire operators EMPLOY
ed by the press and brokers Offices in
this city, if such action shall be sane
toned by the National officers. Ac-
ton by the National officers will be
awaited before anything further is
done.
1t was voted also to ask the ma
tlonal officers to issue a call for the
brokers and press telegraphers
throughout the country to quit work.
The demand upon the men who are
now working under contract is made
IN the interests Of those who struck
against the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph compaies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
MRS. THOs. R. PURAELL DEAD
End Came at Richmond Hospital
Tuesday Night
Deceased Had Visited Wilmington Of
ten and Had MANY Friends in This
City-Funeral VIII be Held in Ra-
leigh Today.

The sad news OF the death OF Mrs.
Thos. r. Purnell, wife of Judge Pur
nell of the United States circuit court
was received in the city yesterday. the
end having come at DR. Stuart Nc
Cures hospital in Richmond, Va. on
Tuesday night. Mrs. Purnell had been
in poor health for several months pas
but it was not known by friends IL
this city that her condition was pre-
cariOus. The deceased had visited
this city frequently with her husband
and for several summers past she has
spent some time at Wrightsville
Beach. Her friends will be sincerely
grieved to hear of her demise and the
sympathy of many friends will go out
TO the bereaved family.
Mrs. Purnell before her marriage.
was Miss Della Zeverly of Salem.
daughter of the late DR. Zeverly. a
prominent physician of that town
She leaves one sister there, Miss Mary
Zeverly. The deceased is also sur
vived by her husband and four child
ren, these being: Mrs. John Mckee,
Of Raleigh, Mrs. Drewry, wife of DR..
Drewry of Norfolk. and Mrs. Robert
Ridley of Richmond, and Mr.. James
Purnell of Raleigh.
The remains were taken from Rich
mond yesterday to Raleigh, the for
mer home of the deceased. and the in.
terment will be made there today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Opinions Filed Observation-Disclosures
Company VS.. Rowe From New
Hanover Dismissed.
Especial to The NeSSpnr rar

NSpecIaI 10 Inc NeSSenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., September %
Onions handed down by the supreme
court today Were as follows: Davis VS..
A. c. L. railroad, from Halifax, no
error: Nidyette VS. Gruhbs. from
Northampton. affirmed: Smith VS.. the
Norfolk and Southern Railroad Com
panv, from Craven error; Strickland
vs. Perkins. from Franklin, no error;
Stout vs.. Grimes. from Nash. per Gu
Ram: affirmed: Everett VS.. Williams,
from Martin, dismissed for failure to
print record; motion of appellant to
reinstate Grimes VS. Bryan, from
Edgeccmbe. per curiam, new trial for
newly discovered evidence; Norfieet
VS.. Oil Company, from Edgecombe.
per curiam. affirmed; Reams VS.. Nor
ton, from Craven, per curiam, affirm
ed; Lumber Company VS.. Rowe, from
New Hanover, dismissed under rule
IT; Chemical Company VS.. Grocery
company, from Vance, per curian,
affirmed; City, of Kinston VS.. Lofun,
from Lenoir, dismissed under rule u.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
TO PURCHASE "STRATFORD"
Resolutions Adopted by the Patriotic
Sons of America.

Richmond, Va, Sept 25.-The Pa
triotic Sons in session here today
elected officers.
Chattanooga was chosen as the
next place of meeting.
By a unanimous vote 1t was de-
cided to purchase ''Stratford the
estate of the Lees in Westmoreland
county, Virginia, and to request the
president of the United States TO al
low visitors within the grounds or
Mount Vernon without paying fee.
A committee was appointed to
erect a monument to Past National
President F. E. Stees, formerly or
Pennsylvania The body adjourned
tonight.
Tomorrow the members Will go
to the jamestown exposition
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27

Special Train Telescoped by Express
No one was Killed and Only a
Few Injured.

Paris. September 25.-The rear
coach of second section Of the special
train carrying $50 first class passen-
gers from Paris to Cherbourg to EN-
bark on the White Star Line steamer
Adriatic for New York, was telescoped
today by the regular Rouen express at
the mouth of the Breval tunnel Just
beyond Nantes Strangely no one was
killed, and according to the latest au-
thentic information, no one was Sc
riously injured. All the passengers,
in the last coach, however, were badly
shaken up and seven or eight were
injured \ man sustained a fractured
leg and woman, it is feared, suffered
internal injuries. All the injured
American passengers, with the eXcep-
tiOn of one, continued on their way
to Cherbourg.
The officers of the railroad and the
White Star Line in Paris were besieg-
ed this afternoon with inquiries for
details but they could supply no detin-
ite news regarding the extent of the
injuries. All accounts, however, agree
that at the outside not more than
ten passengers on the special were
hurt, and that their injuries were not
great. The only thing to be had at
the Office of the steamship company
was list of the passengers in the
coach that was telescoped
The collision was due to the negh
gence of the crew of the special in
failing to place either lights or tor
pedoes on the track behind the train.
as required by the regulations when
train halts in a tunnel.
The train taking passengers TO
ICherbourg for embarkation on the
North German steamer Kron PrinZ
Wilhelm which was following the
train having on board the Adriatic's
nation by another route
The Rouen train had only French
passengers on board Several cars Of
this train left the track and nineteen
of its passengers were injured, one
ou dCCOuLIt ~ Iuo large passenger
list Of home going Americans, the
special was run in two sec
tions. The first carried one hundred
first class passengers and the second
class baggage. It had cleared the tun-
mel, which is 500 yards long, when it
came to a stop.
The second section, which was a
few minutes behind the first. was
stopped by block signal as it emery
ed from the tunnel. This was the
situation when the Rouen express came
along on the heels of the second Sec
ton, running fifty miles an hour.
There was an awful panic and the
smoke and the darkness Immediately
after the collision but the American
soon recovered themselves
and became the leaders in the work Of
rescue
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
Hattiesburg. Miss. September. 25.-

Hattiesburg, Miss, September 25.-
G. NJ. Kennedy a lumber man who
arrived here tonight from McLaur1n
Miss, where six negroes were reported
killed today said that the report is
untrue that he was today at the mill
where the trouble was alleged to have
occurred and dhat everything was
quiet there Several days ago, he
said, all negro laborers were driven
away from the lumber mills near
McLaurin. but that no one was hurt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-27
Especial to The Messenger. }

Raleigh, n. c., September 25.-The
remains Of Mrs. Purnell reached here
this evening, with them being her
husband and sOn-in-law. DR.. Herbert
r. Drewry, of Norfolk. Her three
daughters, Mrs. John S. Mckee of Ra-
leigh, Mrs. Herbert Drewry and Mrs
Robert Ridley, and her son. James
Purnell. are here. Her death followed
an operation. She was taken TO Rich
mond on Monday by Judge Purneu.
~he was devoted member of the
Church of the Good Shepherd at Ra-
leigh. A number Of relatives from
Salem will attend the funeral tomor-
row.