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vo.. LX LT. NO.20. NiWB RRY. S. 0. FRIOAY., E 8 L VO XLI. N.20 ICWB~aB. 8 0. RdY AARO R 8, 1907. - TWIOE A WEEK. $1 50 A YEAR NEW TRAINSTROISED BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY X8UR'ES SPLENDID SERVICE BETWEEN 0. AND G. Anderson Pleased-Conference Ac complished More Than Delegates Had Ever Hoped. Greenville News, 7th. Of his own volition and without so .,licitation on the part of the South Clirolina Traffic association General Manager Ackert agretd,- at the con clusion of the schedule conference here yesterday, to put on two addi tional passenger trains between reenville. and Columbia, the under tanding being that- if the company found at the end of six months that the earnings did not support the new trains the schedule now in force would be resumed. The new trains will require addi ional equipment an'd for that reason they will not begin running before -Atunday, March 17. Mr. Ackert said Aat the company would immediately egin to make arrangements for the ,rains. % This announcement from the gen Fral manager of the Southern was a decided surprise to those who attend ed the conference, and the inforia tion will be learned with a great deal of satisfaction by people all along lie line of the Columbia and Green 'ille Railway. Not only will it put Vn end to dissatisfaction with exist iig schedules, so far as the Southern Railway is concerned, but it grants ,wish on the part of the Traffic as o'iation and the towns and cities in erested, -which the business men did tot feel they had a right to ask. More han a year ago an effort was made to secure the third train, but the Southero. Railroad demonstrated by ts earnings and expenses that the usiness then did not warrant more han two trains each way daily. Inowing that, the Traffic associa ion made no effort yesterd'ay to se ure tijc third train and General Ninager Ackert's announcement was nuine surprise. If at the end of six months, the ?uthern finds that the new train is A making expenses, the present ulIs will be resumed with the ,pti n that the train now running im Greenville to Greenwood will be tinued on to Ninety Six, where a '' track will be put in, allowing train to be turned around for the turn trip to Greenville in the after on, as is now being done with reenwood as the terminal point. his will be done, should it prove keessary to abandon the third train o Columbia, for the benefit of -eenwood and Ninety Six. ko far as Anderson is concerned the -vie'e on the Columbia aid Green ewill be p)ractically the same as w~ as before the schecdules were ane seerl months ago, and An r jon w ill ultimately secur.e exactly it the peopleC there were asking hadu a good dleal more besides. Iener al Manager Ackert did not ' the conference as a whole that lie la1 put on the extra trains be bj..i Olumb)ia andl Greenville. HeI until the schedule qluestionl eeni placed iin the hands of a acommittee for final adjust and most of the delegates to e eeinghad left the room wvith iestandinig that the continua f the local train to Ninety Six, ce 1 of Greenwood and that the t schedules would not be im d, it. l4aving been poinited out h~ ~ le coniferenlce that what r.e ud t1soni hoped foi shouild~ come e Blue Ridge rialway. * nderson delegation wvhen the adjourned p)rob)aly felt that een dofeated with the excep me slight changes that had sted. As it n'ow turns out, sa greaf' deal more thain had ever hoped for and rritory served b)y the Co Greenville line is to profit yimp)roved service, which was brought about as much te agitation in Anderson as other cause. \the exact schedule of the to Columbia cannot be giv en yet, it is punctically certain that No. 18, which leaves Greenville, at 9.40 and goes to Greenwood will con tinue to leave at the same hour and run all the way thr6ugh to Columbia, arriving in that- city at 3.40 p. 'm. That means that the new train will take the place - of what wits known as the morning train. to Colum bia under the old schedule. Coming from Columbia the new trakn will leave that city about 11.40 a. in., ar riving in Greenville in the afternoon at 5.40 o'clock. It will be seen that this new train will take the place of the second morning train out of Co lumbi-a under the old schedule. The new schedule will. do more than give the Piedmont towns a first class ser vice. It wass res-4ore the connections in Columbia with the lower part of the Piedmont towns a first class service. It will restore the connections in Co lumbia with the lower part of the state, which had to be abandoned when the new schedule was eput into effect several months ago. This will be pleasant info'rmation to the travel ing public interested in the through service between the low-e4untry and the Piedmont section. So far as the. other trains are con eerned they will continue to run as at present. The first train to Colum bia will leave at. 6.20 a. in., the see ond will leave at 9.40 a. In., and the afternoon train will leave at 5.10 o'clock as usual. The trains from Columbia will come into Greenville at 1.30 p. m., 5.50 . i., and 9.10 p. M., approximately. The Blue Ridge will make all connections at Belton. When the chedule co,nference was ealled to order at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, about forty representa tive business men from the towns and cities interested were present, and it was at once apparent that interest in the schedule question was intense. As one town after another was heard from, showing that the majority fa vored the present plan rather than a resumption of the old schedules, the Atiderson people realized that they could not secure any radical changes on1 the C. & G. lin6, and the expected squabble failed to materilize. When the various towns hnd been heard from Mr. Ackert was called on. He said that while he had not gained a very clear idea of what the people wanted as far as he could see Ander son was the only city that had a ser ious kick and the Blue Ridge r'ail way was responsible for conlditions in the Electric city. The Anderson ser vice was up to the Blue Ridge rail way, lie said, and -he finde a number of suggestions which lie thOught would improve conditions at Ander son and in the territory served by the Blue Ridge line. The only other city that had any fault to find with the schedules on the Columbia and Greenville road w as Greenwood. Mr. -I. L. Vatson was lie spokesman for that city. HeI said the people there and ait Ninety Six were not satisfied with - the present schedules and would priefer to hav'e lhe old service resumed. rThe Green wood question was practically settled early in the discussion by the sugges tion on the part of Captain E. A. Smyth that it might be p)racticable to have the local train ruin to Ninety Six instead of stop)ping atGreenwood. Thius will be done later if the South ern fines that the extra trai.n heaveen Columbia anid Greenville does not pay. Mr. %. F. Wright, speaking for Newvberry, said his city was satisfied with the new schedules, lie suggest ed having the short train continue to Nowberr'y and1 connect wvith the Co huumbia, Newherry andl L~aurens rail-. way, but this w~as thought to be ask ing too much and was not generally fa vo)red. Newberry will get more than it asked for under General Man ager. A ckert.'s-newv plan. President Hlammett 'of the Honea Path Cotton mills, said his towdf was well pleased with the newv schedules. lie read a strong pefition asking that no changes he made. Mr. .John B. Adger speakin~g for Belton, said that the people of that place were satisfied wvit.h the new schedules with the ex ception of the service to Aniderson. 41e alIso though t some imuprovemen ts could be made in the mail an1d ox pres facilities. Other towns were heard from and or i NEWS or PROSPERITY. nt The Town Is Growing-New Build of ingi Going Up-Expert Horse cc Shoeing-Personals. id Prosperity, March 7.-Mrs. Julia Quattlehanim of Statesboro, Ga., is or visitin44. her son Mr. Jas. 1). Quattle of Iul this week. A. Messrs Quattlebaum and Langford ie .have seenred the service of amm expert or horse sher. lie spent 6 years in a t- Technical school studyini horse feet Ig anld how to shoe them. Life is too ad short for us to waste any of it but nt some people wI) stad around and to knock fhiling fault with the way oth S. er. people do things bnd who nevet t- originate or improve anything ought s- to standi themselves off to one side a and for once see themselves as others er see them we do believe thak they r- would put up their little hammers, y We often think of what Burns says e and wonder if lie (lid mot in his iro , phetie eye sve some of out' knockers C- in this year of* grace, A. 1). 1907. He Ig says: 0,'' 0 wad some power the gift to gee us cl To see misifs as ithers see us; d- Twad frae.mony a blunder frac us, h- And foolish notion. Aye, how true. MA-s. 11. S. Boozer of Newberry lie paid Prosperity a flying visit Mon of day. of atMrs. Hod1--es after a pleasant visit n at Mrs. A. 1-. Hawkins 'has gone to Carlisle for a visit. ' Prof. Jno. 0. Clinkseales of Wof lie ford college will lecture at Mt. Pleas ant M. E. on Sunday March 11th at 11 o'clock a. m. He will also speak at New Hope church on the same day at 3 p. m. at Miss Annie Oilston of Columbia lie is visiting Miss May Lee Barre. to The U. 1). C. met with Mrs. S. W 0n Calmes on Wednesday eveing. . V- Miss Susie Langford of the Colum. lie bia Female college spent from Satur he day till Monday at home. n Our city fathers laVe taken down to old ga'-oline'street lamps and put 3r, up in their places large kerosenc ii- lamps. it The elVetion for bonds for fire il protectioi oitfit will Ie held today, hle The indications are that it will be de hle feated. Am Mesdames Calies and Moseley ib, iave returned from the markets with hle pretty easter boniets for an admir-ing ini clientele. to Miss Lula Moseley will visit Savan Ii' nah this week. ds MIr. L. C. Merchant has moved to Id the Moseley house onl Elm street. Dr. mid Mrs. J. S. Wheeler made a -- sliort trip to Greenville this week. y A. G. and Mrs. Wise have gone to Atlatia. Mr. Wise is taking treat r- metit and is improving mneli to the A. delit-hit of his friends. w ,Mrs. Ilodges had the misforttuine to lose a medal she prized very highly 1'- on Monday. It was a Illedal won, by her soil when a stildelt of the Pros F- perity urad1ed school anid hias thle name 'i, (if thle schlooI enigravi~ed on it. She lost A. it bet ween Mr. A. IH. Hlawkiins r'esi denciite andi thle C., N. & L. Itation. anyV A. 11ne finidin'g mmie wi,ll eoniferi a favor by leav'in11 it at Hawk ins Bros. tl- Mr's. ILizzie Boinest will visit bei R.duhe.Mirs. E. 0. Counts this wee'k. -Mr'. Oliii Bobb made a tipI to Co Mr'. 8. 1). Duncan hstmdw s- thle old( hous on5 (i the corneriU of Ma in anid Bioad strteets anid will erect 3 niice concrete stores. This will add a- muichl to tha it sect ion and we are glad 10 to see a beuinniings made here withi in conc reteI blcks. p- Younr'illl5 lorsondenit ha- learn'ed en that al -. Morr'ie wil iiin vr n. short t ime open a school of arit here of anad expri to15II o izei / a Ilrg'el lass. ig Mr'. 0. lt. Aieik has bioughit thli k, house aml,j1 ining thle mill proper wity fo I Is a hiomie. Miss' Kate Bari'e is ('lerking for Miessr's Boweis had Dominiek. We miss heri fr'oim centi'al, but Miss May Lee her si-ter' who succeeds her1 at centi'al is just as p)atient with us 10 gr'umblers and gr'owlers as one could at ie. at .Miss S. T. Boydl of Union andl lie Earone t Lne of Newberryv havec beeni Mr'. G. W. Kinarid will build ai com) modiouts storei on [Elm'strieet, just be n_ yond the b)arber' shop. Ile will begit work oni it at once. Our town is growing. Ini 12 months we wvant te have 1000 imnhita.nts. with the exception of a few minl suggestions here and there, evei body was pleased with the prese schedules. Mr. James P. Gossett Williamston said the present svrvi was all right except that he want better mail service to Andersom. The conference was presided ov by Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president the Traffie association. Captain E. Smyth made a brief talk in which outlined the qtuestions to come up f di'seussion. Mr. C. F. Jones presert ed a petition from Anderson askii that the old schedules be resumed aj declaring that the service at prese arranged was working much harm the Electric city. A genergl dise; sion was then entered into which la ed for about an hour. Finally a r( olution was adopted appoin ting committee to immediately conf with General Manager Ackert, Sip intendent Anderson of the Blue Rid and Superintendent Simpson of t Spartanburg division, with the vi< of having the local train run to Nit ty Six, if possible, in4ead of stopfii at Greenwood. It was also agre the committee might sugge.t su slight cha.nges in the present sche ules as would beneift Anderson wit out working injury to other to-wns. President Parker appointed on t committee, Messrs. C. F. Jones, Anderson; A, F. McKissick, Greenwood; J. D. Hammett, of Hon Path; F. H. McMaster, of Columb and E. A. Smyt-he of Greenville. T meeting was then adjourned, and t committee immediately went into co ference with Mr. Ackert and the ot er railway offeials. It was to special committee th General AMiager Ackert made publ for the first time his determination put on the two extra trains betwe Greenville and Columbia titus remc ing every reasonable objection to t present. schedules and giving all t communities, including Anders even more than they had requested. When the conference was ovi Mr. W. J. Thackston, of this city a nomnced that a special car was wa ing to take the visitors and the ra way officials for a ride arom)d t city. The car was furnished by t Greenville Traction company. A r was made out to the Country clh where a brief stop wa.s mide. T party then returned to the city time td allow the visiting delegates catch the afternoon trains for th< homes, the visitinfg railway officif were taken out to the club andarotu the city in automobiles. The following towns were repi sented at the conference yesterday 1 their respective delegates: Columbia-R. W. Shand, chai man;, F. H. MeMaster. James Hoyt, A. H. Seats and Wardr M0oorm11an1. "Newberry-Z. F. Wright, C. J. Pt cell, F. N. Martin, Elbert 1I. Aull. Andersoni-J. A. Biroek, C. W. R. Osborne. J. R. A nderson, MN. Carpenter. G reen wood-HT. L. Wat son and Dlue WYest and Donaldle-R. R. (u loway, RI. C. Browniec and WV. Hlonen Path-J. D): Hammet t, C. H-arper. Belton-Johni B. Adger, R. A. Te is, Louis Blake, and J1. M. -Rice. Williamston--James P. Gossett. Amom'r the Anderson represent tives was Mayor P. K. McCully, wl ias popular and wvehl known Greenville as lhe is in Anderson, Ca taina McCully mnade ani earnmest p1 f'or better sc'heduiles for Ander~se Mayor McCuilly spent a number years in business in this city. Amoi I he senat tering dleleaat es, so-t o-spen was Mr. Reigel, of the Warcshoi Manufacturing Co. r'ound Wanting. Washington Star. The London woman suffragists wl wvere fined for dlisorderhy coinduet a meetinag have crushed thle hope th the la'dies would one day b1)0 means r4f quiet ing excitet,nent at polls. - It is said1 themre is never an odd 'tnm ber of rows oni an ear of corn. TWO CENT FARE IN OHIO. fo 1114 Excursion Rates, Clerical Rates, Spe cial Rates, Almost Entirely With- on drawn-Effpct Upon Busi- he ness Declared to Be ev Serious. qu itli Philadelphia, March 6.-'!Uhe fol- L(I lowing statement is authorized on be- tu half of the Pennsylvania Railroad: yo "Ohio beilg a pioneer state in the re enactment of two-cent. fare laws its a exlrience is constantly recerred to ti in the discussion of a similar law in hii] Pennsylvania. In Ohio excursion wt rates, clerical rates, and special rates of all kinds have been almost entire- 18 ly withdrawn. The state now pays S4 twice as much for transportation of St the natiobial guard as it did before the izi two-eent law was passed. The inm- in ber of trains discontinued is not large, wl but many comninifies have been 42 grea'tly inconveiiiewed by tle redue- to tion inl service that the railroads have at beenl forcel to make. "How serious was the effect of the as withdrawal of excursion rates may be to judged from the fact that many sum- Ilh mer resorts have been forced to close bY because of loss of business. A far more serious effect in the halting of at subIurati developmilielt in this state will si be inevitable if tle two-eeit bill Iniow ei; pending becoies a law. Ic Tle low commutation rates and frequeiit local.express service prevail- T( ing in Pennsylv[4n.ia were unknown in la Ohio. Soinsequently there is no basis of comparison betwe'ei the two states ly in this respect. In so far as condi- de tiol.1s are similar, Ohio's experience fo bears out the prediction that the et- in feet of a hwo-cent law in Pennsyl-, im vania will be the raising of rates nI which are now below that figure. ''This will mean in the case of the in Pennsylvania R?ailroad, tlint 72 1-2 01 per ceqt.. of its patrons, wiho now pay R< less than two cents a mile, will pay go more. The beneficiaries will be the p 27 1-2 per cent. of occasional travel- ti ers who now paY two and onle-ialf en eenis i nmile.'' F< -- t- h PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION tic M Seem To Be Working In Saluda- in Should Move Towards New- ly berry. ..C The eorps of entiineers leaded by fo Maj. Legare in tle employ of the u So1th11 Carolina Public Service cor- dq poration, af'ter encvapingio.. inl this en lown for i week or more, have moved if west ward sonie six miles aid are mIak- ti inl.. rapid progress toward Greenwood. of Tle line C from here to 0reenwood is vi on i water shled and is an ideal line for either anl electric or .tean rail- ti way. Capt. Dwiglt, who made a survey for the Middle Carolina and Western 1ailwav coipalny two years f ago, stated that it would prove tle easiest aiid elwapest 29 milvs inl tihe matller f const ructti anid miniteni aniee of anyv line of like dlis tnce i l (lie state.-Saluda ('or. Thew Slate. h it seemsIi thait t he pubilic' servie corpioraf tion is still at work. Juist what is being~ done ean nth he sa id hutl .whait Saluida shiouldi do is look owarid< Newhery for ra ilroamd con- F ne eln (4 andl N ewherry shiould4 (5 ext( a1 helpintg hantid towardls Saluida. A niu rail road tin a rollecy Ii ne het ween dc Newvherryu anti Sialudal woiubl lie a Cl rneat b.hene fit to) bothI cout ies and an1( l t'hen thle litne should ex etad to Whit - th "GYM" PROP'ESSOR AT AGE.78. .a Lois Lewis of' Girard College Prob- t'i ably Oldest Physical In-w structor. (ih PhItiladelphtia inlti,n (irari d ('ol lege btoasts o(f pn mb)ily I hi te olesQt phicaiOl i Instruetot' in thle j 0r l'niled States. Hlis tname is Lois buii Lewis, andi this is his seventy-eighth 11) witer. Forit t hirtyv-three years lhe .If has beent teach11intt' a nd dirmect ing thle 1 b)oys oif ('irnar tt College in t heir "yim- 1) does lhe deal withI them fliat they con- St sider the toir lhorns 5pet d ai ly undert hourts of Iposi t ive Ipleasurne. One and ic great af fleetion for' lie old prtofessor. IofC Prof1. Lewis in (lie soni of an tldl sold- h ict.. Althongh femant,. hi athe 11 I Light valiantly under Napoleon in the .morable battle of waterloo. Lois Lewis was born in Frankfort -Main, Germany. When a mere boy was noted for his proficiency in nry branch of gymnastics, and made ite a record as an athlete. Follow r in the footsteps of his father, is, too, became a soldier. The fu re began to look very rosy for Liln- Lewis when, in the yenr 1848, a olution put. the ''Fatherland'' in irmoil. Lewis got mixed up in 's revolutioll an(d, unll fortunately for uself, was on the wrong side. He .s forced to flee from the country. Lewis arrived in Philadtlphia in 50. Ti a little hall on Poplar ree,t, het ween Sccond and Third rees, he helped to form ani organ ition which eventually developed .o the IIhiIndelphia Turgemende, lich now flourishes in its home at 1) N'orth Sixth Street. From 1859 1887 lie comducted a gymnasium Ninth and Arch Streets. ThIirty-three years ago Lewis was ked to become the physical instrue e at Oirard College. le accepted offer, and his name wa4 dignified the title of professor. Prof. Lewis's lon. ter of service tile college has been one coutinnal eess. h'lle weihlt of his seventv dit years appareltly hampers him I inl the least in his work. Be Taken With a Grain of Salt. ililore Sun. An argument sugested as one like to have some in fltenee upon Presi lt Roosevelt to induce hii to stand r a third leri is that. if lie perists his refusal to be a candidate it IV make Senator Foraker the party Ilnillee. 'Mr. Roosevelt Would not relish ha'. 'Mr. Foraker as his successor. The lio senator stands for iot.ling Mr. 1osevelt repre-sents. There is a very neral suspicion in the public mind rticipated in by the two statesmen enselves-t hat t hey do not like ri otier. hie presi(ln thinlks MlTr. wraker is ''playin.g polities,'' withl negroes aid the ''hostile corpora Ins' ' as allies. Mr. Fornker thnliks r Roosevell. das president, is ''play. the devil'' with tie county.Real it is iiite manifest that they do I love each other. wh'at Mr. Roosevelt would do if lie id the ' 'reaeion ists' ' IId settled on the Ohio senator aS their ecandi te is problematienl, but. tile advo tes of a '"'hird term'' believe that they can make clear that danger of is lurks in his stuhhori reistance their wishes Ie will yield as a 'alrious saerifice. The fartliesi slep towaird a ''rene m1111y'' (ouirse by tle republican rIy contemlplafed by thle adiiis Itionl as possible is the nlomination Vice I'eideit FairhnIIks. This, if I altoqether Io be d(hsired, could he Ivried. becitse it is Ilioinht Mri. iirbankiils would do no wourse t han Mri. Ro'(osevellht's plicy~' halht whlere found it, withani tring-,i to undo yt hingt ailiridy accomlished. Cremation of tihe Dead. ('rejmationl is onei oft thle mioit an.. n0 i methlods of udispo'singu ,t the aid. IsefIoire thle beginin g of I le tong all civil ized' nations111, ('eet Jews, Chinese and1 Igypt iants. La , however, I this form gave way Ito rt h hurial. i'rematIion lhis had a revival diir r thle li-t tew yearis. and fr'om one ini'miry ini (xistene ini 180(, thlere I're overI fifty in 1890, andu sin(ce it t iime oithters hasve been adldedl to Slist esach ventri. ('iemanlion is coma m1 ini .Japani, whler'e 47 per' (cent of a dead nre i nnei'anted. The first miatory in I he UTnited Stastes was ill sit Wastiington, Psa., in 1876, by' .Le Moyne, and thle f'irist ineinera mn thieire was that of the body of iroin de Ptlami, whiichi took p)lace in ''ellmberi of the sam ylt'~ eari. This ates until 1AA4t. WViih the eat ilent iomn of the ilomin-. il t restty dain teir of ai special session thle seante vaishiles, anid (ieoirgia 5 savedo( lier lacon..-New York Ti.. no .