The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-08
Aberdeen, n. c., Oct. 2, 1907.

! gaycty of the Nations.
Yours very truly,
HENRY A. PAGE.
Aberdeen, n. c., Oct. 2, 1907.
Here is the answer to these insinua-
tons and questions made serratim:
/. The truth about the first matter is
that before Mr.. Bagley was appointed
a Director of the A. & n. C. r., he had
made arrangements to have certain
shares of stock transferred to
him on the books Of the
company. There was, it seems,
some delay in making the ransfer OF
the stock, though Mr.. Bagley and thu
other directors of the road thought
the transfer had been made. Is there
anything wrong about that? Does not
this statement show that Mr.. Page is
straining at a nat and swallowing a
camel in his desire to find something
to hurt The News and Observer by go
ing out of his way to lug in an incident
that reflects neither pom Mr.. Bagley
nor the railroad. Under the terms
of a contract made at the time of the
lease of. the North Carolina road
the A. and n. c. r. r.
furnishes annual passes over its
road to the directors appointed by the
Governor OF the North Carolina Rail
road, and by exchange the North
Carolina Railroad furnishes an annual
pass over its road to the directors of
the A. & n. c. r. r. appointed by the
Governor. Under this arrangement the
Southern furnishes Iasses over the
North Carolina Railroad, owned by
the state (not over the Southern or
Seaboard as Mr.. aPge States), and
to the following directors OF
the A. and n. c. r. r.:
Messrs. J. w. GrainG0r, of Kinston:
w. S Chadwick, of Beaufort; L. C.
Daniels, of New Bern; l.. P. Tapp, Of
Kinston: c. NJ. Busbee, of Raleigh; w.
H. Bagley, of Raleigh; D. B. Hooker.
of Rayboro and w. d. Creech, of Colds
boro. BY the exchange arrangement
the A. & n. c.. r. r. furnishes trans
portation to these gentlemen appoint
ed by the Governor as directors Of the
North Carolina Railroad: Messrs.
Hugh Chatham, of Elkin; w. H. VIII
i1SAAA~' - wv 1oh VI
Winston-Salem; Thomas H. Vande-
ford, of Salisbury; John w. Lambert,
of ~Thomasville; Allen J. Ruffin, Of
Tillsboro; S. c. Penn, of Reidsville,
and L. Banks Holt, OF Graham. This
transportation involves no obligation
to the Southern on the part of any of
these directors, as Mr.. Page knows.
Mr.. Bagley's position with reference
tC the transportation is identical to
named above, most Of whom. with
Mr.. Bagley, were first appointed by
Governor Aycock and reappointed by
Governor Glenn, the present Governor
not making many changes in the per-
sonnet of the two boards. If Mr..
Bagley is to De criticized, he is in ex-
ceIlent AS to the war this
paper has made on directors passes
If Mr.. Page will read this paper COR
rectly. it has been directed at those
passes that are given in lieu of re-
bates to big shippers Or for political
influence. The criticism of Mr.. Cox and
Mr.. Cone was invited by them when, in
the hearing before committees at
Washington, they went there heralded
industrial captains and told the
folks in Washington hat there was
no demand for railroad regulation liz
North Carolina and that as manufac-
turers and Industrial leaders every
thing in the railroad world vas just
right as right can be" It was then
that this paper said that Mr.. Cox and
Mr.. Cone did not understand the SEN
timent and that they voiced the views
of the railroad Of which they were
and not the view Of North
Carolina manufacturers and mer-
chants. If anybody doubts that this
paper was right, let him read the
proceedings of the North Carolina
Cotton Manufacturers Association.
and the North Carolina Merchants
ASSOCIATION. talk to wholesale mer-
oiiahts and manufacturers in High
Folht and Greensboro who have had to