The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21
GOVERNOR BEGINS
WORK ON MESSAGE
Will Be Sent to Legislature
When 1t Convcncs i'll Special
Session on Wednesday.
ORDER FOR RATE REDUCTION
Complete COOPERATION Between
a. q NJ. College and Depart
mcnt of Agriculture.
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Raleigh. y. c.. September 20-Gov-
error Craig IS just beginning to formu-
late his message TO the Legislature for
the special session which conyenes
wednesday 10 take UP railroad rate
matters and proposals for the amend
ment or the State Constitution. He
declines as yet to indicate Just what
his attitude toward the amended pro-
posai Of the railroad companies for the
settlement OF tho freight rate differ
ences viii be. but indicates that no is
especially anxious TO get rate adjust
ment that Will. DO satisfactory 70 tho
shippers with tho least possible dis
!urbance In tho Legislature. The Gov
ernor seemed 20 be rather surprised at
tho interview against the acceptance
OF the pending proposal OF the railroad
companies given out last night In
Greensboro by President Tate, OF the
Just freight Rate Association.
Inc Governors forthcoming mes
rage. VIII. OF course. advocate the
edoption or the proposals passed upon
by me legislative commission. but the
GoVernor Is expected TO have some
thing special TO say az 10 the amend
ment for tax reform, most particularly
rnd possibly as TO that designed 10 in
hukurate initiative and referendum"
for this State. The Governor IL com
United 70 segregation OF property as
che OF ;he reforms in taxation
Travis In Warrington.
Chairman e. l.. Travis. of the Corpo-
ration Commission. spent to-day IN
Washington. presumably conrerrinz
with railway officials and the Interstate
Commerce Commission regarding the
proposal pending of railroad companies
for the settlement OF the. contest over
Interstate freight rates in North Caro-.
lina.
He had several long distance tele-
phone conversations with Governor
Craig. bu; nothing as 10 their nature
or the general freight rate situation
IS given out The Governor has not
yet Indicated whether or not he Will
recommend 10 the Legislature the
adoption OF the amended proposal. as
the Corporation Commission has done
The Corporation Commission made
an order today FOR very consider
able reduction In the freight rate on
uAwashed clay gravel for road build
ing purposes on all the railroads in
the state the order being the out
como OF the case OF Cape Fear Gravel
Company. OF Harnett County. against
the Scaboard Al! Line. Atlantic Coast
Line. southern and other railroad COM
pan!es. The new reduced scale IS on
shipments five milesato 400 miles, the
the following features: Five miles. %
cents per ton: hfty miles. As cents 100
miles, s5 cents: i50 miles, ~ cents:
200 miles. 30 cents; 800 miles ;i.o5. and
500 miles. .i.2o per ton.
Charters Issued
Charters were Issued to-day for the
Concord Hospital Company. OF Con-
cord capital $4,000 authorized and
si6D0 SUBSCRIBED by p r. McFadyen
" Wallace and J. a. Patterson for
general hospital purposes. and the
Wilson Gorge Rock COMPANY OF New
ton. capital $4,000 authorized and ST.
$50 subscribed by w : Barhcld, c. Z.
Crosby and others: the Wilson Cotton
Mills Company. OF Wilson. filed an
\ amendment 10 It's charter. increasing
tho capital from $4,000 10 $4,000 s
y Woodland being the president OF the
corporation
The Rorden's Condensed Milk Sales
Company, OF New York. fled dorncs,i-
cation papers naming Wilmington its
principal Office and C. c. Brown agent
for this State
Governor Craig said this morning
that he VIII honor the requIsition from
tho Governor OF South Carolina for
Nick Saleeby, tho Syrian fruit dealer
OF Tarboro, II he does not agree at
once 10 return TO the Palmetto State
without requisitlon. He is wanted at
Florence. s. c., on the charge Of is
insufficient funds 10 meet it. The
check was issued In 1909 to j. E.
Young & Co. OF Columbia. for fruit
that was shipped to Florence where
Ealeeby IS charged with having dis
posed OF II 10 other Syrians and then
left the State before his check could
c turned down.
Complete Cooperation.
The committee appointed from the
state Board OF Agriculture and the
y. & NJ. College TO bring about com
plete cooperation and elimination Of
duplication in the work OF the college
and of the department received reports
in an annual meeting just held here
elimination Is now working perfectly,
and large sums of money are being
saved the state as result. The joint
committee viii continue its work
Members FOR the Department of Ag-
riculture arc r. l.. Woodland, Bayboro:
r. w Scott, Alamance; A. r. McCallum
Red Springs; c. c. Wright Wilkes. For
the college there O.. W. Gold,
Greensboro: w. II. RaGan. High Point;
o. l.. Clark. Clarkton; T. II. Thorne,
Rocky Mount. Commissioner of Ag-
rlculture w. a. Graham and President
ID. II. Hill, OF the college. made reports
that were highly gratifying, as did DR..
=. w. Kilgore, who is directly in
charge OF large part Of the co-opera-
tive work.
The joint committee had decided to
provide n professor for chair OF rural
economies at the college for joint work
with the college, and the Department
Of Agriculture. The fight for change
Of location OF the BLACK lands" test