The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-08
HEARING Deferred
IN COAST line IN Case J. |'S''E
Standing Master Puts Matter OF
for Two Weeks, but Does
Not Give Reasons.
SPECIAL SESSION UNCERTAIN
Governor Says 1t Will BE for
Rate Legislation, II Called.
Raleigh News.
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Especial TO The Times. pispatch.J
RALEIGH, N. c.. January "a con-
3tinuance from January 9th to slst was
gordared to-day by Standing Master
Nontgomer2 lii the case OF the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad Company We. the
! North Carolina Corporation Commits.
sion and Acknowledgement testing tile
ssonstitutlonality OF the z la centfpas-
ssenEer rate net OF the last Legislature.
( The taking OF testimony before the
master for the railroad company was
% begin Thursdny at Wilmington.
Judge Montgomery says the contin.
.-s;-uance is by agreement OF contendin.
= counsel. There rs no statement as 10
3 thc reason for the continuance. When
4 the probability for this continuance
was first mentioned some days ngo
\ certain counsel for the state declared
that there was u strong probability
! that the Coast Line would come into
the agreement with the Southern anu
other roads for the 2 1.2 cent rate 30
Legislature. Since then the Coast Line
authorities have positively declared
that there was no intention Of doing
such thing.
For Rntc Matter. II Called.
YOU can set the people OF the State
AT rest on one point relative 10 the
culling OF tile Legislature In speclai
session said Governor Glenn TO news
psper men to- day. and that Is that II
/ issue a call for the Legislature at all.
II VIII be for the specific purpose OF
acting on the railroad rate situation.
ard, without any reference whatever to
state prohibition or any other issue
save the rate case" or course, he con-
tnued. II have no control whatever
over the Legislature, and that body can
do whatever II pleases as to whatever
affairs OF state 1t chooses to take I'M
DER considerations"
aay relative to developments that
would indicate the degree OF probable
ity there Is for the ordering Of this
extra session.
Cosvlctx Escape.
The management of the State peni-
Tertiary announces the escape OF four
convicts from the convict camp near
Washington. n. c.. as follows: Charles
Musgrove. negro. serving life-sentencc
f,om Wayne county. for burglary;
Lane Morgan, white man. twenty-shree
years old. serving thirty years. from
Montgomery county. for murder In the
second degree: Will Monroe. black me-
gro, serving fifteen years. from Moore
county. for criminal assault; Samuel
Johnson, black negro. stCving twenty
five years. from New. Hanover county
for burglary. Rewards OF s25 and ex-
ponses are offered for each of these
prisoners.
The Transour- Murphy Hat Company
of Greensboro. is chartered. with 800,
oneo capital, by William Transour. c
G.. Murphy. L. z. Murphy and others
for. a mercantile business.
Another charter is for the Homo
CONSUMPTION Company. OF Wilson. cap
ital $4,000. BIS j. NJ. Bryant. c. 2
Dey and others. for general contract
ing business.
The u. S. Moore Company. OF Greens
boro,. changes its name to ]. S. Moor,
and Thurman Company. ]. 8. Moor
ana Fl. j. Thurman being the principa
incorpor ators.
Brief Raleigh Items.
Hubert Jones. colored, was brough
here to-day from Johnston county I
serve twenty-year sentence in tn
prnitentiary for murder. He was con
victed in December. and an appeal wa
takep1in his case. However, this ha
since been dropped. so that the negr
tence.
At the request of the State Audubo
Association. Governor Glenn has issue
q commission to j. II. Evans as gam
warden in Currituck county.
An exchange of courts is authorize
by Governor Glenn between Juds
Cook and Judge Ward, go that Judg
Cook. will hold the Mcdowell count
court. which convenes January cot
fol- two-weeks' term. and Judg
Ward will hold the Pasquotank cou,
two weeks term. beginning Januar
11th, and also the Washington count
court, which convenes for a one-wee
term. January 27th.
Assistant Commissioner OF 1nsurant
W. a. Scott has returned from Rowa
county, where he succeeded In haytn
Calvin Earnhardt bound over to coul