The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 15, 1913, Page 6, Image 7
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HAS STEPLESS CARS
Will Save Gothamites 125,000
Miles a Year in Steps.
Governor of New York Expect**! to
ftiQn Bill Doing Away With th?
Ancient Type?Old More*
Care Are Doomed.
Nov York.?By the Introduction of
A new Btyle of Btreet car the New
Tork Railways company is about to
save the good people of this city
*u> annual climb from the level of
the street of 125,000 miles a year, and
descent to the street of exactly the
ante length. It has come about
throuah its engineers rermrnizlmr
that it was ridiculous to make their
passengers continue every time they
boarded a street car to climb above
*11 tbe machinery and that a little ingenuity
would enable them to design
a car with practically no climbing
at all.
Once the figures are given anyone
can verify this calculation for himself
In the year ended June 30, 1912,
the New York Railways company and
its predecessor, the Metropolitan
Btreot Railway company, carried Just
under 264,000,000 passengers. The
height of the step of the socalled
stepless car from the street Is ten
Inches and the height of the old-style
car. which it is to replace, is about
40 inches. Consequently there Is a
saving of 30 incheB every time a
passenger gets on or off the car, and
this works out at 126,000 miles a year
for the entire system.
The double-decked, BtepleBB car,
which bears bo strong a family re
semblance to the other new style of
car, will continue, however, for some
time alone in its glory.
It was only after considering carefully
the many different brands of
street car In use in other cities that
the New York Railways company
evolved the side-door, stepless, prepayment
car Montreal, for example, h&a
a Bide-door, prepayment car. and Phlh
adelphia prides itself on its 'near-side
oar " The latter was Inspired by the
desire to provide room for more passengers
and to enable them to enter
and leave at such a point that they
would encounter as little as possible
of the mud of the street.
While the newest thing in Btreet
cars Is be'nr- installed in New York,
the oldest it, about to be abandoned.
New York has for several years been
the only one of the big cities to retain
horse cars. In some instances
this was necessary because of congested
traffic, but new subways have
relieved this to such an extent that
electric power now is practical.
Governor Sulzer now has under consideration
u bill reuuirlns all street
car companies of the city to cease oi>erating
horse cars after January 1
next. This measure has passed the
legislature, and if accepted by the
govrrnor, will affect six lines in Manhattan,
but even without this legislation
it Is probable that in a few
months the laBt of the old horse car*
will have been driven to the barns,
never to run again.
When the public service commission
tock office on July 1, 1907, there were
16 horse-car lines in operation. Of
these four have been abandoned and
six are now wholly or partially operated
by storage battery cars. The
six still running are the Avenue C
line, from the Desbrosses street ferry
acroM town to East Twenty-fourth
street; the Bleecker street line, from
Bleecker street and Broadway to
Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue;
the Chambers street line, from Chambers
Btreet ferry to Grand street ferry;
tn Metropolitan cross-town line, from
Desbrosses street ferry to Grand
street ferry; the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets line, from Broad
way to the Twenty-third street ferry,
and the Sixth avenue IJesbrosses
street ferry line, from Sixth avenue
and Third street to the Desbossss
street ferry.
BITING FLY PROVES AN ALIBI
California Scientists Exonerate It as
Paralysis Carrier After Experimenting.
Sacramento, Cal. ? Sufficient evidence
to corrvlct the stable, or Mtfng,
fly aa a carrier of the infantile paralysis
germ has not been established
through the experiments which the
California board of health has been
conducting. Thus far the fly, which
Harvard and Rockefeller institute
scientists declare is an agent in transmitting
the disease to human beings,
hits proved an alibi in the California
tests. Two full Bets of experiments
havo been carried out by Professors
Hunt and Sawyer of the state university.
The flies have been permitted
to bite each of 17 monkeys during al!
stages of the Incubation of the dteesse.
y
Slegs of Crate.
Crete deserves mention of our list of
memorable sieges, for in Cretan history
we find the longest siege on record,
besides which Troy's ten years
seem but a skirmish. In 1648 theTurks,
attempting to conquer tho Island, laid
wcgo m iun naynai cuy or (Jandla,
which, however, did not surrender until
September, 18C&, after 21 years.
Again in 1821, when the Cretans revolted,
tile defeated Turks were able
to hold the fortified cities against all
attaoks, and many of them were still
uncaptured when the powers Inter.a?*"
nine years later. ^
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WHEN THE SWORD FELL c'
By NELLIE CRAVEY GILLMORE.
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I The head surgeon passed noiseless- ^
ly down the long, padded corridor of ap
the hospital, through the great en- 1 ci
trance door, and out Into the dimly ! cj
lighted street. I
:
| Outside was an illy-clad woman, cfa
whose eyes, strained and sunken, j
were fixed upon him in the blankneBB by
of despair. The old, gray-haired sur- te
geon glanced pityingly at the hollow lei
cheeks, the toil-hardened Angers?the ' m
contracted chest.
! "What is it?" he asked, gently. | oh
"You?you are the surgeon at the ex
hoBpital? Tell me; is?is he dead? I wl
The man who was injured this morn- ' ch
ing?crushed between L cars on For ' th
ty-llfth street; Dick Endell, you know, wi
1 saw it in the papers?all the whole J
horrible story. He?merciful Ood? of
he is?my husVind!" cli
"He is not deud?yet. But the end nt
is near, 1 fear, and?inevitable. I am ; pc
olnrl vnu u ro V* nn? of lonf TK/???
J CM v UVI V OV IUOW. 1UV/ DCUl J/V
for you right at once, but It seemed ba
i you were not at home and the mes- : th
sage was delayed. Come with me. uj
There Isn't any time to lose." ' nc
i Her heart was beating with the first ar
Joy It had known for ten long years, ta
He had wanted her to come?to be !
with him at the last! The years of wl
loneliness and misery that had gone, of
the empty, achtng years that were to bf
| come?all were forgotten?swallowed cfc
up In the one thought that ho still vc
cared, after everything! ch
I Together they passed noiselessly
I through the long, deserted corridors, ht
and up the heavily carpeted stairway re
that led to the accident ward. vc
j There was a haggard, leaden look
about the face thnt rested so motion- nc
lessly against the pillow and the pale nr
lips were already smiling to meet
i me K18B or oeatn. >>-.
| Slowly, falterlngly, the woman stole V1
forward and knelt down by the cot
She laid her hands on the Injured >'
man's cold. Inert fire rs. "I
I "Dick," she called, softly. The eye- a
lids quivered for a second, then raised th
themselves heavily. A faint look of
recognition passed over the pallid features.
followed by one of infinite despair.
The fast dimming eyes lingered
tenderly on the woman's worn
face for a long time, then roved ^3
around the room as though in search m
of something, and closed wearily v<
again. There was an unbroken silence
of several minutes.
Presently the door opened and v<
closed quietly, and the sound of
quick, soft footsteps echoed through "|
the room. The sharpened ears of the
dying man caught the sound and he vv
stirred restlessly. With a final effort
h io olo n/*n aKrtll or V* V* a 9 #K/v nrl #r? n
II?O ^lauw Diiuu^ui uiai ui kuc wuc Uk
his Hide, a glance full of mute agony
and appeal.
I "Forgive!" he whispered thickly. A h<
glazed light stole slowly over the tc
pleading eyes and another soul waa (C
with Its Maker.
In a daze, the woman released hef | r
hand from that other one, fast growing
cold In death. She rose mechan- j
Ically from where she knelt, and for
the first time turned her eyes toward j
the newcomer. A wave of sickening
apprehension swept over her at a confused
. eallzatlon of the wretched
truth. This other woman, then?this
child with the flower-like face and '
fragile form, with an Infant In her
arms?this was the wife for whom he
had sent, and the child?his child!
There \Vas a terrible stress of silence.
The older woman noted the
spasmodic clenching of the hands
fhnt rriifihoH thp hnbv tn t hn mnthor'a i
breast and the piteous question In the
eyes which her lips refused to frame.
Tor 0 moment she was torn by battling
emotions. A wild impulse rushed t
over her to denounce him, his treachery?three
ruined lives the forfeit.
After awhile the younger spoke.
Her voice was harsh with pain:
"Tell me?for Qod's sake?are you
?was he anything?to you?"
For ten seconds the other woman's
face was as waxen an that of the dead
man's lying near. Into her face had
cornea new light and her voice sounded
low and sweet and full of pity.
"No," she said, "there was a mistake.
The name was the same. I gi
heard rumors on the street and was Yi
frightened?alarmed, and ran up here, w
Your?your husband was dying and w
I?he was expecting you. He thought th
that it was you who had come when
I entered the room. We?we knew ut
that he was dying and?and had not ss
the heart to undeceive him." hi
I She went down the stairway as one
in a dream, and on out into the dim. sa
deserted street. di
(Oopyrlfcht by I)?tly Story Pub. Co.) til
Worth the Money. gi
Sam, the chore man, returned from S<
the city with a scarfpln that contain- dt
ed a "diamond" of no usual size. It a\
waa the pride of his heart and the
envy of bis village companions. He
! treated all Inquiries from them as to
I its value and Its authenticity with
I high scorn. nr
His employer, after a week of bask- -0
Ing In Its radiance, asked Sam about lf
Its history.
"Sam," he said, "Is it a real dtamond?"
"Wall," said Bam. "if it ain't I*ra
been skun out of a half dollar."? bo
Judge. to
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Hits the Jersey Mosquito. "t
Ridley Park, N. J.?To rid this town 1,4
of mosquitoes this summer the
borough council has placed 200,000
pike perch In the lake here so that
thsar may feed upon the mosoulto earss
A- ilffiitirl
THE LANCASTER NE^
ITY GETS MODEL CHARTER
eveland, O-, Is to Abolish All Party
Elections and Have Recall
System.
Cleveland. O.?Non-partisan elecms,
with the absolute abolition of
illtlcal parties, u? far as municipal
fairs are concerned, Is assured to
eveland in the terms of the new
ty charter, which has been <*>meted
Experts declare the proposed
larter Is a model.
Nominations by petition Instead of
' primaries and the preferential sys- i
m of voting In elections are to be
adlng features of the new goveruental
system of the city.
It is aimed to simplify election mailnery
and give the greatest possible ,
presslon to the will of the voters, i
bo not only are to hav* their first
idee for each office counted, but
elr second and other choices as 1
ell.
The mayor and twenty-six members
the council are the only city ofllals
who are to be elected under the
>w charter. All the others are apilntive.
Candidates for the elective
>Hitions are to certify their names
icked by the signatures of voters to
e board of elections and be placed
>on a non-partisan ballot, carrying
> party designations of any kind,
id on which the names are to be roted.
There are to be three columns In
hich cross marks indicating the will
the voter may be made. These will
> headed. "First choice." "Second
lolce" and "other choices." Each
iter may mark his first and second
lolce for each office, and theu may
signate as many 'other choices" as
> Bees fit. If no candidate for office
ceives a majority of the first choice
>tes, then the second choices are to
? counted with the first choices. If
> nnc has a majority of both first
id second choices, the "other
loices" are to be added, and a majory
of all reckoned In determining the
ctor.
The recall is to apply to all elective
ficials. The mayor may be recalled
>on the petition of 15,000 voters, and
councilman may be recalled upon
le petition of 600 of his voting conltuenta.
The mayor and councilman are
ected for two-year terms.
The mayor is to have the veto, but
is to be nullified to a large extent
/ the provision that any measure
ay be passed by the council over the
?to by a majority vote.
Ordinances may be initiated by petlons
which contain the names of 5.000
iters. 1
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DECAPITATED" HIS AUDIENCE (
,
Washington Negro Expresses His |
Opinion on Lecture to VicePresident
Marshall.
Washington.?The vice-president, as 1
s told the story to a group of sena- 1
irs in the lobby, while on his way 1
i the capltol, was accosted by a ne- 1
(
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Vice-President Marshall.
o. an ambitious member of the
oung Men's Christian association,
ho asked him deferentially If he
ould not deliver an address before
ie association.
"It would sho'ly be an honah foh
i to have you, Mr. Vice-President,"
ild the negro. "We'd 'predate it
ghly, indeed."
"It would be a pleasure for me,"
ild Mr. Marshall. "Some time later,
iring the winter, perhaps, I might
id time."
"That'll be fine," exclaimed the ne
o. "We enjoys the talks so much. I
mator Works gave us one last Sun- '
iy and he completely decapitated the
idience."
Much Money Fails Due Shortly.
Industrial and public service ?or
>rations will, it Is said, be called on
meet $300,000,000 In abort term <
>fr*n before 1914.
For Cats, Burns and Bruises.
In every home there should be a
x of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, ready
apply In every case of burns, cuts,
>unds or scalds. J. H. Palauco,
dvalle, Tex., R. No. 2, writes:
lucklen's Arnica Salve saved my
tie girl's cut foot. No one believed
could be cured." The world's best
Ive. Only 26c. Recommended by
incaster Pharmacy and Stqndafd
rug Company.
WSy JULY 15, 1913.
YOUTH WINS RICH POSITION B
Foster Son of Irvin G. Hooper 8uo- M
ceeds to His Business?Was
Kind to Mother.
New York.?George Wallace Hooper,
for yars a member of the house- M
hold of Irvln G. Hooper, a Newark h'
architect, having wou the regard of
Mr. Hooper by courteouB treatment of
elders and kindliness to his mother,
has become head of the Arm of Hoop
er & Co., architects. hi
Young Mr. Hooper, who was named "
George Schanf when taken Into the 'r
home of the Hoopers, changed his
name by act of legislature. He married
Miss Ada Cook of Asbury Park.
He and his wife moved to the reel- '3
rience of Mrs Anna V Hooper, widow
of lrvin G., and will reside there The 1'
widow has inherited all her husband's '
i-state b it has pn* 1' ' f'n-ge of ?'
the young tnsn. to ? ?o~-> ? >*?quenthed
JUDGE AND JURY IN CLASH a!
Jurist Orders Verdict of Acquittal, 1"
but Jurors Are Obdurate, and M
Refuse to Sigh,
ti
Memphis, Tenn.?Judge and Jury ol
clashed in the second division of the *
criminal court here, and as a result, n'
u verdict ucniiif tino o mun ?* ?%*?? '
der charge was made a part of the '
court's record without the signature of
the jurors.
C. E Murrell, railroad fireman, was
charged with having inurdeied Moss
Todd. Presiding Judge Palmer ruled ^
that the evidence showed self-defense, ft
and directed a verdict of not guilty.
After consultation with members of *1
the jury. Foreman Cooney refused to
write the verdict. Judge Palmer explained
that he could permit no other j
verdict to stand, in view of the teBtl- ci
mony.
"You have a right to your opinion." ci
retorted Cooney, still obdurate, "but si
you are not the keeper of my tl
conscience." h
Finally, however, the verdict was o
written, but the jurors carried their tl
point to the extent of not afflxing their
signatures
French Discover New Fad.
Paris.? Foot-reading as an alterna I
tlve to palmistry is now the fashion
?v.i? f?a in u.it-io A ......... ?_
nine ia\i in "no. mi wun ? lit- I f 111 >
ardent adepts of the all *ed -oi-'tice '
the Countewe Mel' 1 >t. . I.- I'o >
foucauld, a desc ;\i *
writer. She deti
guished nun of I >?
o.' the cult of tli
Cm-prislng Cure of,Stomach Trouble.
When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic sonstipatlon,
don't Imagine that your case Is beyond
help Just because your doctor
falls to give you relief. Mrs. G.
Stengle, Plnintleld, N. J., writes:
"For over a month past I have been
irouoiea wun my stomacn. Kverythlng
I eat upset It terribly. One of
Chamberlain's advertising booklets
came to me. After reading a few of
the letters from people who bad
been cured by Chamberlain's Tablets,
1 decided to try them. I have taken
nearly three-fourths of a package of
them and can now eat almost everything
that 1 want." For sale by all
dealers.
OF
PEPSI-Cola
71 ever fails . to cool ?
i nvi gorate?refresh!
It has aflavor all its own
?rare and delicious.
This and its healthy
effect garin and hold
friends everywhere.
. Try it, and Pepsi-Cola
will be your favorite?
VOiir rlnilv nrpfprpnr#?
In Bottle* or At Fount*
5c
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works
Lancaster, S. C. j
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!G PLYING BOAT IS FAST
cCormick'B Craft Covera More Than h<
Mile a Minute in Hammonds- to
port, N. Y.. Trial. dl
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Hammondsport, N. Y.?Harold F ai
cOormlck's big flying boat, designed n<
f Glenn H. Curtlss, was tried out m
?re and proved successful * beyond 61
urttss' expectations The new flying
?at is large and heavy, as compared
1th previous machines of this type
.mi in America. It has a Bpread of 8<
ore than -to feet and weighs, when li
nded. considerably more *han a ton. at
The power plant consists of a motor sc
> Irhing more than 300 pounds and e:
veloping irtfi horse power. It was J1
t pec ted that the boat would be sea- cj
orthy but not pariicularlv fast. The e]
ials proved that It would make more
t:.n a mile a minute flying in the air
id about f>0 miles an hour when used
* a motor boat in the water. C
Mr Cur?iss made the tirst trip, acmparied
bv I, A Vilas of Chicago
id another flying boat owner Withu
hundred yards from the starting
oint the boat rose from the water
nd sailed gracefully down the lake. ^
1? is said to be McCormlck's Inten- ?'
cr< to use the flying boat between his
IF.ce in Chicago and his home at l^ako &1
or-st. 25 milrs distant. The Mc- a
ilck boat was taken back to the fac- b
ry for the final touches and will be si
any tor shipment to Chicago within
Mort time J
Cruel Maid.
Hp (nervously)?Margeret, there's ?
sen something trembling on my llpB
>r tnonthB and months.
Rh'?Yes. so I see; why dont you q
javp ft off??Tiger. tt
ei
Fears to Be Soldier; Dies. u
Geneva.?A Swiss, twenty years old, a
ommitted suicide at Schaffhausen by , ?
hooting himself with a revolver in ai"|
afe because of his fear of military
prvlce It was said at the inquest p
let he communicated his intention to
Is younger s' t r red Meet), who
ffered to f : ' < r'>#' > Ivv
le yt U'v ' ' : .j.in
?And Ja
Don'
I want a Pearl To<
nlf R^vqII XnntK Po
W ? A % Vi\Ul A M, V/ V/ Li J A C4
Dulce Talcum Pc
Violet Dulce Toile
of Lord Baltimore
and a box of Nuni
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Standard Dri
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Old Shoes Take a Long J
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They'll last you twice as
save you the price of i
You have several pair:
GIVE rs A CHANG
SHOES IN OL'li
We mend them so well t
for a change-off. Visit
RepairJDepartment?it i
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Notice of Election.
Whereas, one-third of the freojlders
and one-third of the eleoirs
residing In Flat Creek school
.strict. No. 43, have petitioned the
>unty board of education to order
i election to determine whether or
5t an additional tax of three (8)
His on all real and personal prop ty
In said district for school purrees.
We hereby order the trustees of
ild Flat Creek district. No. 43, to
old the election at Flat Creek
.1, /*?! ^/vnaA on TXToHn ooHov JflW
- I1UU1 UVUOC Vl? ft i ?
5, 1913. At which election only
ich electors as return real or per>nal
property for taxation and who
ihlblt their tax receipts and regieatlon
certificates shall be allowed
> vote. Rules for opening and
oslng to be the same as In all genral
elections.
A. C. ROWELL,
A. DINGLE,
J. O. RICHARDS. c.
ounty Board of Education, L&ncaster
County, S. C.
Final Discharge.
Notice Is hereby given that Mary
C. Brewer, guardian of the estate of
ara B. Brewer, minor, has this day
lade application unto me for a
nal discharge as such guardian;
nd that the 30th day of July, 1918,
t 10 o'clock a. m., at my office, has
een appointed for the hearing of
lid petition.
J. E. STEWMAN,
udge of Probate, Lancaster County,
s c
July 1. 1913.
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that Wylie
j. Caskey, administrator of the esite
of Clarence W. Caskoy, deceasd,
has this day made application
nto me for a final discharge as such
dministrator, and that the 7th day
f August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.
t my office has been appointed for
-? ? V? ? ( ? rm /> f entrl nniiilAn
ir ucni 1115 vi oaiu ^rviuuu.
J. E. 8TEWMAN,
robnte Judge, Lancaster County,
S. C.
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