The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 13, 1907, Page SEVEN, Image 7
PASSING AWAY.
Passenger Agont is no Longer Worried
by Callers Wlio Want Free
Transportation.
* Dallas (Texas) News.
I The general passenger agent of a
great railroad system is a lonely man
just now. In his ofllce he sits, rubbering
at the door and elongating his
' neck like an excited mud turtle until
a boy nonchalantly approaches with
a wet yellow telegram that informs
him the Interstate Commerce Commission
refuses to countenance rates
in circular No. 24,705,87(5, and that he
must give two year's notice notice before
operating the excursion next
month. lie is lonesome because the
{ pass seeker is no more. :
Formerly he was noted for his affable
manners and the glad grip he
gave hands, lie was prized as a
means to an end, and personal acquaintance
with him was valued above
i rubbles for not with a wave of his
hand or a scratch of his pen send a
person withersoever he would go?
When he reached a point whore he
could slap people on the back, give
them a cigar and send them dazed into
the street without the pass they
asked for, yet with a feeling of gladness
that they had called, he was
slated for promotion. Railroads don't
' like to offend people, not even those
f who demand passes when they have
i . as much right to demand freight cars
i for play houses for Their offspring.
And at a time, too, when freight cars
are being fought for by snippers.
Many are troubled or oppressed. The
trouble because they were broke, the
oppression because, railioad charged
for passage. To them he would lend
a sympthelic ear. until the ear would
look and feel like a phonograph horn
j in a popular five-cent moving-picture
/ show.
1L' lie couldn't give a pass, owing to
some severe strain of rules in case
he did, his duty was to break the sad
news so gently the seeker would feel
that the road loved him like a broih,
or and iluil the directors, aye, even
f the stockholders, were weeping be|
cause lie couldn't get r(.
f Many and various were the people
' who asked for passes and for reduced
rates. Many and variuua >rere tne
f reasons they gave for it, ranging from
E allegation that the ?eekor had once
a saved a train from wreck to the fact
^ that some years ago he shipped a
1 pig from Minneapolis and that it
went over the company's lines for
I three miles. More often there was no
j reason at all.
i But it has been changed now. The
ink has grown dark on the stubs of
the once rapidly-thinning passbook.
The bench where the seekers sat and
awaited their turn to soak the raili
road man for transportation is filled
I with dust. The suspicious glare is
fading from the chler clerk's eyes
L and he is becoming actually compan
ionable, when he sees a man come in
he does not associate him with pasB'ses.
He sometimes thinks he may be
intending adding to rnc conscience
But the general passenger agent is
H lonely. But for the myriad rules and
B orders of the Interstate Commerce
Hb Commission and the Railroad <CV)m
mission of his state he would be drivI
en to the golf links every afternoon
B, about 12.10. Ilis face is losing that
K< look of affability that once characBl
tori zed it. The smile that would'nt
B' come off is fading under the loneliB,'
For nobody comes for passes. His
Bjskill in the gentle art of throwing
'people off the track is disappearing.
H llis keen wit is rusting disgracefully.
Bff It's awfully tame w-*<.
The people who have to travel have
B yielded to the inevitable and buy
B tickets from the city office. TTe never
sees them. The office clerks come
R and go, and he is weary of seeing
their hair parted in the middle. He
knots what muscle the railroad busing
ness has left him and yearns for conPfijj
flict with the promoter of 'some
would-be magazine with visionary
B<. circulation who seeks to have him ad
vertise to the extent of 17 mileage
^w'looks and three annual passes. The
Hff>>ass clerk attends to the passes,
Bellowing they are authorized. He does
Sg'i with the same interest a farmer
Bi!hows in bailng hay.
The general passenger agent yawns
the ennui that h:?s come with the
B^cw laws. Ho turns to the rale tangBb
cs that once the rate men merrily
Barestle<l ",0 drops of anguish
^Bftather on his brow. Affability? Huh!
WUlad hand 1 Pshaw! He's digging ingfy.o
rates now and trying to ascertain
HIVhcthcr the rate-making bodies arc
Reworking toward the penitentiary or
Bfcmerely toward the asylum. Oh, fudge 1
jBlMf only the old times were back?the
H$gladsome times when everybody on
Hearth thought he should ride free, and
I. . " - I
jiiial u was up Jo I ho general passongei
aI to "piake good." The
juice lias been squeezed out of his
business. Nothing is left but rates.
News from St. Paul's.
St. Pauls, Sept. <), 15)07.?The dry
weather lias hurt the cotton crop very
much, but the people are busily enegaged
picking1 the fleecy staple.
Miss Mary Willis, of Prosperity,
spent a few days in this section visiting
Miss Leola Bedenbaugh.
I he Misses Annie Mae and Beatrice
Bedenbaugh have gone on a trip to
Baltimore, they expect to stop at the
Jamestown exposition and Washington.
Mr. I* rank McDonald/and brother
have just returned from a three
weeks' visit among relatives in the
Blue Ridge.
Mr. L. 1. Epting is getting along
fine with his broken leg1, and is expecting
to be out in a few days.
I he ( hildren's Missionary Society
of St. Paul's church, gave an entertainment
Friday night. Sept. (5th. The
proceeds to go to missions.
The programme was:
(1) Prayer by Rev. J. A. Sligh.
(2) Opening address by Mr. Loriek
Kibler.
(3) "Tom's practical joke," (a
dialogue) by Miss Eula Ray Sligh;
Leola Bedenbaugh and Loriek Kibler.
(4) "Package," (a dialogue) by
Miss N annic May Sligh, Daisy Fel-1
lers, and Arthur McDonald.
(5) Recitation by Miss Jessie Singlov.
(0) "Like an Indian," (a dialogue)
by Mr. Clyde and Hugh Epting.
(7) A song, '' A mother's Advice."
(S) "Bridgets Investment," (a diai
logue) by Miss Leola Bedenbaugh.
| Kula Ray Sli'.-li. Clyde Kpling. Curtis
Kpling and Berley "Bedenbaugh.
| (D) Recitation bv Miss Rosalie
! Wheeler.
(10) Song - by Mr. A. J. Bedenbaugh,
Loriek Kibler and Aumerle
Singley.
(11) Tableau. "Before and after
the Explosion." by Miss Koline
j Wheeler and Aumerle Singley.
(12) A missionary dialogue" by
Miss Daisy Fellers, Eula Ray Sligh,
Louise Singley. F.oline Wheeler and
Annie Singley.
(13) "The "World of Law," (an
oration) by Mr. A. J. Bedenbaugh.
(11) "Don't Grieve your Mother"
(a song) by tiwo girls and two boys.
(15) Recitation by Miss Lulaine
Aull.
(16) "Going to the Dentist," (a
dialogue) by Mr. A. J. Bedenbaugh,
Loriek Kibler and Arthur McDonald.
(17) "A Missionary Chant," (a
dialogue) by Miss Rosalie Wheeler
Nannie May Sligh, Lucile Counts, Annie
Singley, Jessie Singley, Lucile
Singley, Eoline Wheeler and Leola
Bedenbaugh.
(18) Recitation by Mr. Bertie Epting.
(19) Closing address by Arthur
McDonald.
There was a large crowd present.
Ice-cream and lemonade was served
after the exercises were ovei\
Bill.
Irishman Was Dead On.
A Yankee and an Irishman were
digging for gold in the Klondike.
Their success had been so poor that
patience and courage were both completely
exhausted.
"I say, Pat." said the Yankee,
"there's no inmoy in this. Wo may
as wvii qui;. f believe ,\ e'l make a
good deal more if I'd gel a string and
lie one end of it to von, and go
; around exhibiting you for a monkey."
"Sure," said Pal, "that's a foine
idee. But." lie continued, giving his
head a scratch, "be jabbers, we'd
need to hire anil her man."
"Why." said the Yankee, "what'd
we want of another man ?"
"Sure, now, we'd need someone to
tell the people which end of the string
the monkey was on."
The golden crested wren is the
smallest of British birds. It is three
and a half inches long and seventytwo
of them weigh one pound.
E. SHEEHAN
Augusta, Ga.
; Bottler of Imperial Ginger
Ale, Root Beer, Chain-j
pagne Cider, Wiseola and
Domestic Lager Beer in
pints, 10 dozen to the cask,
$8.50 per cask.
Write for complete price
list. Wholesale and retail
dealer in Wines and Liquors.
v.V. j
LOOK A T1
Canadian Oak ]
1 liis beautiful Cane Seat Keeker, mat
dried Oak, is so well guaranteed to us lli
did not give entire satisfaction we wouli
any time within a year from date of ship
special price $2.50.
Solid Guaranteed Oak Centre Table,
Either round or square;" This Table is |
equally as good material as the Oak I
Rocker above. Regular price 22 inch
$3.50, special price $2.5o.
Lace Curtains?White.
Beautiful Nottingham Lace Curtains
54 inches wide, button hole stitched
around edges. Extreme length 3yx
yards, in beautiful patterns. Regular
price per pair fo.oo, special price
er pair ji.75.
FREIGHT
If you order amounts to $10.00
Post Office or Express Money
Columbia cost 15c. Exchange, I
1624 Main St., Co
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at should you buy one and it ^
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Fancy Parlor Lamp. ^
length 35y2 Inches, extends to A
& gold finish, fancy Zl
embossed metal work, 14 inch ^
cone shade, clear glass oi! fount, ^
2 , 11 burner and chimney.
Rach $3.50 ^
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Granite Art Square.
I mproved <\ u a 1 i I v . II e a v y ^
weight, hard woven; Medallion, ?
Moral and all-over designs in ^
Combinations of Green, Tan, ?
Red, &c. 9 ft. x 12 ft. ^
r<<ftcl? l\M> ?
paid ;
or more. Remit with ^
Order. Checks out of ?
>esidcs delay.
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- CATALOGUE.
1
We have too many surr
than carry them o%'&r 1
)e price on them RED H
lences Friday 1 2th, anc
jmmer Dress Goods, C
ies' Slippers, Men's Stra
nd Flowers, Summer
uarter Shoes. We sell
hines $25.00, New C
ewing Machine $ 1 7.93
0 years.
Just received our 32n<
bis. choice Tennessee F
?es for best patent $<
very barrel guaranteed
Mosele)
PROSPER)'
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; The First Cough
( Iwen though not severe, lias a te
1 live membranes of the throat a
Coughs then eoine easv nil winte
slightest cold. Cure the first cm
} set uj) an lnll.unation in the dc'k-i
h l:Sn,'rilC bcst ,VI1K(ly is (
| vS^ 11-'it once gels right a
, ,nov^s the cause. It is fric'fmin
a eluld as lor an adult. 25 eculs
MAYES' DRl
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Newberry , S. C. ,
1 Dear Friend:
Don' t you lov<
ham a frying wh e 1
1 hungry?
All ham is no
kind of ham. Nicr
??gs make a good
Don* t they. The
and 4 Re liable' hi
cenit a pound. E
1 ? 5 cents ( ) dozen.
breakfast bacon 2
Your fi
P. S. Wo get
, anc* e??s and broa
in town at
1 JONES' 1
Fant'
1
Q ?> C1 O % $ $> fy
)UE WEST FEMy
DUE WES'
The ideal place for quiet studv, thorough
n?lpersonal oversight. The attendance- o\
:i 1 ities. New Carm^ic Hall with elegai
eetric light, steam heat, eomplele water
ite and splendid health record The very
anliful catalogue. The President's addn-s
rfKVKN
a timet; Suie;
imergoods, and rathive
are going to make
IOT. This sale com1
includes all colored
Colored Parasols, Laiw
Hats, Ladies' Hats
Clothing, Men's Low
Domestic Sewing Ma)efender
Drop Head
, Machine warranted
3 car, making 3,555
:lour, and while it lasts
5.25, half pat. $4.80.
to give satisfaction.
FY, S. C.
of the Season, *
ndeney to irritate i ho scum- &
iuI delicate bronchial tnhes.
r, every time yon lake the ^
lgh he lore it has a e!\anee to $
tie capillars* air tnhes of the
jrick ki-;Lii-;i- couc.n ;g& o
t the seat of Iron hie and reMorphine
and is as sale for &
a
jg store. *
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breaefast. @
brtst, 4 Star' <?>
'aiids cos L 18 @
ggs just laid ?Kingans
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the best ham ?
kfast bacon ^
$
GROCERY.
s Old Stand, ^
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\lk college"
r, s. c.
work, sweet Christian influences, and
crflowin^ last year. (I really improved
it accommodations for foo l)(>jir<l(T.s,
works an.I sewerage. Delightful cli"
best advantages for the least money,
is till September isl will he
R liV. JAMIvS IIOYCK,
Montreal., N. C.