The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 24, 1905, Image 4
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Wonders oi a PiSShEI?7
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C7"* , -siiccp and J1 o^.-> by ihc
% Thousand?From the Killing
to the Final Packing Each
Cow is Handled by One
Hundred Men
Spcci.U to News .anil Courier.
Kansas City, May in. ? How
many people of South Carolina
have visited one of the great meat
packing houses of this marvellous
Middle West? They are wonderful
institutions these packing
houses, and to undertake adequately
to describe the work and
different departments of one of
them is a task difficult indeed.
But perhaps I may be able to tell
in my own way home things I
have seen at Swift's and Cudahy's
and the other great packing houses
of Kansas City.
With a patty of friends I visited
the stock yards, the slaughter
houses, the dressing rooms, the
packing departments, the canvassing
quarters, and the storage and
packing rooms. In the stock
yards there arc
OYER T11R1"M 1 !I(?l SAM) l'ENS.
paved with brick. The pens
cover 160 acres of ground and 42
acres of this is under roof and
has a floor for cattle above the
bricked basement. The daily
capacity of the yards is 25,000
cattle, 35,000 hogs and 15,000
sheep. Do those figures mean
anything to you, reader? Well,
inv.^ VIw JV/I J \ L. jllM dL'L'Il
this gigantic enterprise. There
arc 130 buildings about the stock
yards connected with the industry,
the largest of which the red
brick exchange building, with
three and one-half acres of (1 >or
space, 350 office rooms, and more
than 2,300 people arc engaged in
the traffic in the yards and offices.
THE LIVESTOCK KECE11TS.
at the yards in J904 reached the
enormous figure of 6,265,589,
more than the total number returned
for taxation in South Caro
lina for the same period. Kansas
City has the largest packing
house in the world, it is claimed,
and has in all six mammoth plants
cmolovinc un wards of ic.oool
A ~ ? O I "* ~ mS I
people. The officials told us that
the slaughtering, dressing and
packing capacity of these plants is
equal to the daily cattle receipts
of the city !
In the thousands of pens in the
stock yards arc to be seen these
85,000 cattle, hogs and sheep.
And such cows! And such hogs!
And such sheep! The continual
lowing of the cows, and the unceasing
bleating of the sheep and
the everlasting grunting of the
hogs make
A CONGLOMERATION OF SOUND,
which will not soon be forgot.
Add to this noise of drivers forever
shouting to their droves, the
rumbling of the hoofs of the animals
as they arc running over the
brick or wooden floors. The
rumbling of the trains, the
clank of the trucks and the roaring
of the machinery?all these enhance
the fear-inspiring noise.
The scent of blood?yea, the sight
ui nit- gory stream irom t lie
slaughter room is something
against which one's olfactory organs
rebel and from which one's
eyes turn away.
A GUIDE TOOK l > IN CHARGE.
Where the cattle is driven into
the slaughter pen is but a long
lane, in which there are narrow
pens, capable of holding two
cows. Men stand at each pen
and strike the cows, and pull a
chain, which sets the machinery
in motion. The fallen beef begins
its long ride through the dc
d
or it
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pal tine of the packing plant. K
One man cuts the throat, an- ci
e?tlici" begins *o skin the body, tc
then follows the dressing, a dif- al
fcrcnt man doing everytning, no pi
less than ioo men being engaged
upon every beef before it is cut ol
up. During the time ol this pc
dressing, from striking the steer \v<
in the slaughter pen until every cc
part of tlic meat is ready for mark fr<
et or for packing, the beef is con- pr
tinunl'y moving, not being before te
any one man longer than half a is
minute. I'c
HIK TICK UNO DEPARTMENT sa
is cohl?so col*.l that the water
spilled fretv.es almost instantly. m
The pipes are covered with ice sa
more than three inches thick. In Ul
the cold storage room the
temperature was so low that we 0
ran out as fast as we could,
1 am almost afraid to tell of the
amount of dressed meat I saw,
and hams, snouldcrs, sides, etc.
It was something gigantic, enormous.
IN THK WKAP1TNO ROOMS
girls were handling hams and eS(B
bacon, ami other meats with dexterity
and rapidity quite beyond
anything 1 had imagined. The
c ise with which they wrap and as
encase and sew up a ham into
canvas is never suspected by the
housewife, who in her kitchen
laboriously cuts and tears away
the cloth and paper.
Another thing: 1 saw
Till: MEN MARINO " UL'TTER"?
rem!
I saw the oil and the fit and the
milk and other ingredients used in
the manufacture of the stuff for v
which we pay 30 cents a pound.
I watched the big wheel which
churns the butter; 1 stood by and
saw the brawny nun with a thin
cloth clip the butter from the
surging, churning vat. 1 looked
upon the great trucks loaded and B
dripping, as they Jwere carried
to the moulding department.
Here men with bare arms and
naked hands throw the material
into the moulds and it is soon
cast into blocks, and wrapped into
oiled tissue 'paper, and lo! there
is your " butterine" ready for
market.
SIII?EI', COWS, IIOGS.
Sitting in a street car I saw
two train loads of sheep go by,
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the /if.SZSA-*-0- '
Signature of C
O VERWO'.iKE D
KIDNEYS
ylfurriay'H Ruchu, (tin and Jun
iper in prosorihed and endorsed
t>y eminent pliyaitjana. It curea
when all elnt> falln Prevents
Kidney dUeuHea,Dropsy,bright*
diaeaae.et At all druggists
#1 OO A BOTTLK
Or Direct From
Murray Drug Co,
Colnmbiu, H C
NOTICE.
The hoard of county commissioners
in their meeting Monday
passed a resolution 10 the effect
that hereafter no magistrate in
Lancaster county will he paid for
holding an inxuest unless it is ira
possible to get the coronor, and
then the magistrate must comply
with t ho law by securing a Hi davits
from three citizens of tho immediate
community that it is important
that an inquest he held in
the particular caso under consideration.
M C Gardner.
County Supervisor.
t
lie animals to be added to the
iiuimerablc flocks already In the
ens.
The number of cows in the
:ock yards was beyond my comutation.
While I knew that
lansas City was a great packing
ty, I was ill no wise prepared
? find so many cattle in pens,
jout and near by the packing
ants.
As to hogs?well, if South Carina
farmers would raise as large
>rkcrs as many 1 saw, not manv
ould be needed to supply a
>unty. Where do they conic
Dm was a question continually
esenting itself. But I cannot 1
II; they arc here, and the supply I
kept up to a high number. '
>rk ought to be cheap at Kans
City restaurants?but it isn't.
I have no idea how much beet,
utton and pork is made in Kans
City and even if I had the figcs
they would not convey any- j
ing like a correct idea of what is
ing done at Armour's, Swift's,
idahy's. Sufficient it is to say
at no one of my party ever saw
oil tlii^ wise before.
Louis Bristow. j
OA0VOIIIA.
,r, tho /9 kia Kind You Han Mwajrs Boufifit
SHOES
We are expecting a call
from you. Wo now have
a complete line of Tan
and White Cauvis Ribbon
Ties, just the thing
for summer any price
from $1.00 up W? call
special attention to our
High Grade line of
DBESSY low cuts. Edwin
Clapp for men LaFranco
for women.
CHERRY & CoT
-Clubbing
Payable Strictl
1 tit. L-liDUEK (twico a w
JOURNAL (twice a week)
THE LEDGER (twice a w<
TON NEWS and COURI
year for
THF LEDGER and The S
TOR one year for
THE LEDGER, The JV.TL
SOUTHERN CULTIVAT
THE LEDGER (twice a w
CONSTITUTION (three Ii
THE LEDGER (twice a w<
WORLD (three times a we
THE LEDGER, ATLAN1
and FARM, one year for
Positively Cannc
Chpt. Hobsdn Will Run AtfMn for
Cbngress.
Birmingham, Ala, May 20.?
L. B. Murgrove, campaign manager
for Capt R. P. Hobsou, an
nonnccd to-night that Capt Hobson
will again i tin for Congreas
from the Gili Alabama district
nguinst Col >1. id. Huukheud, and
that ho vill under no circumstances
make the race for Governor of
Alabama.
Capt Hobson left Greensboro,
Ala, today for New York, via Atlanta,
where he is to ho married
next Thursday to Miss Gtizelda
Houston Hull, of Tuxedo.
l'neitmonia Is Robbed o' its Tor
rors
by Foley's Honey and Tar. It
stops the racking cough and and
heals and strengthens the lungs.
If taken in time it will prevent an
ttack of pneumonia. " Refuse
substitutes. Sold tiy Funderburk
Pbarmaoy.
From A Wife's Diary.
A word to the wise is resented, i
Men are called but few pet up.
Where there's a will there's a
lawsuit.
Fools rush in and win?where
angels fear to tread.
Love is romantic. Matrimony
is decidedly a matter of fact.
Misery loves company, but
company does not reciprocate.
Thlk of your ancestors and your
posterity and you will n^ver mar- i
ry' !
When wc hear of other peoples j I
troubles it reconciles us to our ' 1
own. c
If you bestow a favor forgctjit, tl
but if you receive one it is wise to j n
remember.
We never know how good wc m
are going to be until the oppor- "
tunity has passed. ! t
Happiness is the greatest of
tonics, the best of cosmetics, 1
and the envy of dyspeptics ?de- j
tioit Tribune.
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; Rates.i.
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eek) and the ATLANTA j |
one year for $i.75 i
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;ek) and THE CHARLES .
ER (twice a week) one
$1.75
1
OUTHERN CULTIVA- '
$1.75 I
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.ANT A JOURNAL and
OR, all three one year for $2.00
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Imes a week) one year for $2.00
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eek) and The NEW YORK 1
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ck) one year for $2.00 ]
'A JOURNALand IIOME
$2.00
it Send on Credit.
T. S. CARTER,
Pub. Ledger.
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iMimC *s.WA4Lv'#fr -*? ; .-*?--ft*i
I
The Kind Yon Have Always B
In use for over 30 years, 1
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All Counterfeits, Imitations t
Experiments that trifle with
Infants and Children?Expei
I What is C
CJostoria is a harmless subs!
goric, Drops mid Soothing I
contains neither Opium, Mo
substance. Its age is its gun
and allays Fevcrisliness. It
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voiic. it relieves \L'eetiling' 1
and Flatulency. It assiniiln
fitonmch and Bowels, giving
Tlio Cliildrcn's Panacea?Tin
genuine CAST
The Kind You Hai
In Use For Ov
HI OtfVTAU* COMWNT, ?f MUX
1>r KG Elliott, |
Lancaster, 8. C.
UfHiilaiue phono No 1S7. Ollloe,
)?vi? Jhillding. corner Main aiul
hinlep streeta; phono No 7-.
Will practice in both town and
ouuty of Lancaster. All calls, cither
ay or nigh .. v/ill receive prompt atintion
Jan. 10. 1005.?tf.
PROFESSIONAL OA ltl>.
>k M P Ckawfouo I)a It C JIuown
DRAW FORI) & BROWN,
Physicians mid Burgeons,
I uncutter, H. C.
Treatment of I he eye, noao and
liroa- aepcciiitv.
Calls promp ly answered day or
Ight. Ollloe over Crawford llrnu.
)rug Horc,
Phones: OilKic, No 17t?; It Malices
oh. 11 and 86.
3ui dness Education
PAYS LARGE DIVIDENDS !
YOU need a pruelical business ed I
catii n Wh guarantee t-a; isfaellon
ionises of study i ndorsed as b-ing Ihe (
inmt practical; tbey have in> s.uperio a I
ustriiclion given is IIrut class. No j
ittier business colleges "(fer bo'ler ad- |
autages. Ifieter now and prepare
or a lucrative posdti- u. Our graduate- j
rein demand. Let us assist yon. we ;
?ave assisted hundredH?they are in
loftitlons. Wo oilor special rates
Macfett'sS. C. Business Col logo j
Columbia, S. C.
Vug. 29, 1904?tf.
MONET TO L0P~i
I nave made arrangement wh i j
miner* <>: money in rsew York City,
viih whom I uinablo to lie-got h.tehniia
ecured by first mortgage on improved
Ottou farma, at 7 per cnt. li.ton.st?
epayable in annual inatal 1 nu nta of
Ive yeara No brokerage or Coutmisiion
charged Only a reasonable
:harge for abstract of title.
R E WYLIIC,
Aug 31?Gm. Attorney at Law
KIDNEY DISEASES
i in .i i,:iu?a ' * *? "? ?"
are the most fata! of all diseases.
EM E V$ KIDNEY CURE Ii I
I J Lb I 0 Guaraateid fiassdy
or money refunded. Contains
remedies recognized bv eminent
physicians as the best for
Kidney and Bladder troubles.
PRICK 50c and $1.00. i
MURRIUY'8 IRON
MIX IUI E
No Is tin) time to take a spring
Ionic. Ity fai the best tiling
to tike is Murruy'w iron M:xtuie.
It makes ptiro li'ood ami
gets rid of that tirod feeling. At
all drug store-.
!
rtOc A BOTTLE
Or Direct From
Tlio Murray Drug Co,
Columbia, 8 C
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SS^kk^xS;:.:. j&\.<sx v:. Vv.\, - - <
touglit, Olid whlcb lias ?;yiPJ3.
las borno tlio signature s .i
is been mode under bis pcr. ?
apervision sinco its infhnry.
qo one to deeeii o you i n
ind "Just-as-good" nro 7.u';
and endanger the health ot*
Icnco against Kxpci'irnept.
ASTORIA
tituto for Castor Oil, ParcSyrups.
It is Pleasant. Ik
rpliino lior other Narcotic
.rantco. It destroys Worms
cures Diarrhoea and Wind
'roubles, cures Constipation
tcs tlio Food, regulates tho
licaltliy and natural slooj*.
3 Mother's Friend.
"OR!A ALWAYS^nature
o? ^ ^ ^
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!# Always bougnt
er 30 Years.
"*v ***'" "53i2?S3IHSfciS35S3fiB5iBBI
jTe. riitledge, Dentist,
Lancaster, S. C.
Workiug on credit doesu't, |?y,
and my terms from this liaie
henceforth are strictly cash.
Roasonablo Fricos,
Gold Filling ^ 1.50
Amalgam Filling 75 cts.
Cement Filling 75 ct
KL'liUKK pi.atc,
Full upper set of teeth ?12.00
Upper and lower set $25.50
$5$*' these prices aro strictly
for cash. No work done exeept.
for cash or good security.
j. e. rutledge, Dentist.
J. IIAll RI' FOSTER.
Attorney at Law,
LANCASTER, S. C.
f.i?) - I \>! ivM Inn i Hj>"Hi* hi! y
Go to the
lahcaster marble
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GRANITE WORKS,
For Good Worjc and Low. Prices
A. J, ilsisnch.
LANCASTER, S. C J
-* Co*'- ?r. !??<.
Notice.
My regular oftl e days will he t3'af
urdays end tlrat Mondays. All other
days you will llud n;o at my eflW
near I. & (.? depot Will keep school
books at both ofllooa an i will behind
to wait on you uuy day lu the week,
W M Moore,
Co Rapt of Education.
Jan lrt, 1905.
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
ItAlT.WA V.
schedule InelfeotJan K, tRd-V
(Dally exeept Runday)
WESTBOUND.
I .U 1 "* ' *"
... .,^..^...-.^^1, / innin 3 45 p m
Lv Fort Lawn, 7 34 a m 4 1.5 p m
Lv Ha?0ouvlllo, 7 41 a in 4 30 p m
1/V Klohbiug, 7 60 a in 4 p n
Ar (.!hester, H 16 a in 6 16 p in
Ar Charlotte, So It II 66 a in 7 10 p m.
Ar Columbia Ho I til SO a m ] 05 a m.
Ar Yorkv'.C&N VV 9 4S a no
A r C4aslon!ii,(JN vv 10 38 a in
Ar Leuoir, o ft n, r 2 12 p m
A Atlanta, s a 1, r 4 5a p m
EA8TB< UNL.
liV Atlanta, b a 1, r r OOp m
IjV Laiivir, o A n, r 8 06 p m
liV GLatonln " 6 00 p in
|,v Yorkvlllo " 0 60 p no
|,v Columbia, Ho It 0 lO-a in 7 0J pet
Lv ('.Inn lotto, So It ft lo am
Lv (.'bealet, 10 00a ni 8 46 p ai
Lv I?leli'?urg, lu 4-1 u hi 0 oft p m
Tjv HuscomvUlo, 10--0 a m ft 15 p ui
Lv Foil Lawn 11 Oft a in 9 2ft p m
Ar LanoaHter, 114 0 am o 45 p m
CONNECTIONS.
< heater?Southern, 2-ealmanl and
( arollna & Norlhweftem railways,
Lancaster?Soul hero It.itiway.
A 1*. AAiLUttK, jlaat Traltle mgr
LEKOY St'ttliNHS.
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