Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-13

there should be amended; that dEzH2
was no limit to the power of large
companies to condemn and take 84RzE
water powers, whether in use n B
and that instead of Mr.. Stewart A
cussing the bill On it's merits, the sKeH
of his appeal, if allowed, would BE- ~
kill the bill, or al least to run Ee
risk of killing it by delay, because M
feelings were ruf1ed, and that certain
Charlotte people who had been Asaxd
before the committee were attexHpf6E
stood there gazing at the President aG
hef kissed the Bible, and she ren12IugE
standing until his address was GE-
cluded. The Misses MargarM zRR
Eleanor Joined her, but Miss IEH
NAMED sitting throughout the addR@
When the new President sMoGe In
uphold and defend the Constitutes.
he stopped and kissed the opened E
BILE, held in the hands Of IazaeB n
Maher, deputy clerk of the SupngHe
court. His lips touched the Rs2E
turned at random, and fell upon HA
18th Psalm, verses 4S to 48, inclkmzwA
Text His Lips Touched.
The verses, beginning with the zuE-
Ety-first, are these:
Let Thy mercies come also mn
me, Q Lord, ever Thy salvation. ~
cordihg to Thy word.
so shall / have wherewith IN xR
Eswer him that reproacheth me: SrA
trust ia Thy word.
And take not the word OF truth NJ
terly out of my mouth; for I hzw
hoped in Thy judgments.
$50 shall I keep Thy Law contiRmE-
ly forever and ever.
"And I will walk at liberty; Mr G
seek Thy precepts.
to aid in robbing the little power egMk-
pany that furnish lights to the aURm
of Hen~dersonvile Of it's property Ing
! condemnation proceedings, and fh5SaME-
tempt should not be tolerated. HeaEE
further that it was generally unEE@
stood that the company representeHEW
the Charlotte lawyers was a hrzzsh
Of the Southern Power Company
MI. Stewart asked Mr.. Justice Il Ig
former law partner was not here EaR-
~resenting the Hendersonville company
Mr.. Justice: "He is and I CONFESS
ulate him that he is on the right side
of this proposition and regret thaE sAsNFs
gentleman from Mecklenburg, wins haas
made a good record on the trust q1Hss-
ton for sixty days, always voting zAd
speaking against monopoly, has alInw-
ed himself to be led into the mistake MT
speaking for the trusts"
In conclusion Mr.. Justice exelaiEEE
with dramatic force that it is had
enough to allow trusts to exist by S1R-
tract, but to allow them to swallow Up
smaller companies by legislation Wa8
indefensible.
The vote to concur in the Senate
amendment was uninamious except Blk.
Stewart voted in the negative. At 1ezKE
his was the only voice that was aEHE-
BILE.
The Lobbyists Here.
Every one of the seven members MI
the Manufacturers Power comp2zy
was here last night, also their cOUzE-
sci, Tillet & Guthrie of Charlotte T1
company is the corporation that oBNM
!, large development sites near HeaGm
sonVille and desires to get control al
: certain properties owned by r IL
{ Oates, who owns the power p&aME
| that furnishes lighting for the fDu4R
7 His holdings are in the way OF GHs
larger corporation, which one Of IFS d.
fers said last night is a $700,0ps HuE-
pOrat1on and has money a plenty
t though not burdened with it,. TE
| corporation is known to have been an
l 4 Xious to get control of this proposes,
but had refused to purchase it ON ME
= Oates terms. The amendments 6Ei
t passed the Senate and House last nigad
e prohibits absolutely the Manufacture
!. Power company from getting cOz4EN1i
: of the desired property by. condemR-
ton proceedings, and one of the al
GERS of the company said afterwSUNE
that itysimply blocked their propCRN
million dollar development. At kREE
one of the members of this corpazR-
e ton is a director in the Southern PsW-
/ er company, according to a stateHEE
t made by one of the seven stockhOAR-
t ers last night, though he declared tEs
] the Southern had no use for cue ~-
: cause we are fighting them.
e A Disappointed Pullman Party
The members of this c~orporation IKE
W. A. Law, of New York; A. L. WhiAe
t banker; W. S. Montgomery. manuERes
: turer; John A. Law. manufactures All
j banker H. L. Bonner, attorney; Jn&N
ttLee, manufacturer; and George e. Lad
f shaw, civil engineer of the eomw
all of Spartanburg, s.. c. These, N
left here in a west bound Pullman ez
this morning at 2:30 o'clock. These
all, with their attorneys, were IN EGR
eigh last night, and had a line ON W4Q2l
was happening in the House and Sen
e ate. These men were vitality and &K-
: ectly interested in the action taken q
: that bill for which Mr.. Stewart had -
House recall from the Senate. Az1
: they retired to their car before MIA
t night a disappointed group.
The legislature of North Car6fhzE
e had taken away from the big corpus
: alton the right to take property E@I
/ one of the citizens or from a aweakea
: company, but it was apparently -
the skin of the teeth"
Deal With Southern Power c.
Speaking of the connection betweE
this company and the Southern Fw%
!" er, of the members said last RtZ&e
that the latter was more particulars
i interested in transmitting eIeeGk
:, power and not 30 much in deVeiOx4E