The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 29, 1907, Image 6
CAPITALIZED AT TWENTY-FI
3TJ.TON DOLLARS.
Believed That Company Will be A
to Meet Obligations and Reo:
ganization Will Follow.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 24.
involuntary petition in bankrup
-was filed in the federal court this
ternoon against the Southern Si
company, capitalized at $25,000,(
The creditors seeking the bankrup
order are the Birmingham Coal i
Iron company, the Sayre Mining
Manufacturing and the Cahaba C
company. The Southern Steel c
pany ows a big steel plant at Ga
den, steel rod, wire and nail mills
Ensley, coal mines at Altoona :
Virginia City and ore mines throu
out the Birmingham district as v
as coke ovens and other propertie
Moses Taylor of New York is pi
ident and E. T. Schuyler of Birmi
ham, general manager.
The petition alleges that the c
pany committed an act of bankrup
in acknowledging in, writing its
ability to pay its debts. It is i
averred in the petition that the
fendant compa.1ny has been insolv
for six months. The petition a
that it be adjudged a bankrupt
that receivers be appointed.
Attorneys for the petitioning
ditors have gone to Huntsville, wl
United States Judge 0. R. Hun(
is holding court, to secure an oi
naming the receivers.
The filing of the petition. was
surprise in the financial and in,(
trigl cireles here. Some such ael
had been expected for some ti
though it was rumored as late as:
terday that the company was ablo
reoT-,amze.
Vice President Schuyler said
afternoon .that his company "is
undantly solvent and if the credi
are patient and will cooperate -
us all debts of the company will
paid -and the company put back
its feet."
Mr. Schuyler said also that the
eration of the plants will go on 11:
terruptedly. He attributed the:
ancial emnbrassment of his comp
to the tight money market in the I
and other causes.
Cause of Embarrassment.
New York, Oct. 24.-The South
Steel company, against which a p
tion in bankruptey was .fi1kA foda;
Birmingham, Ala., was ''long of
sets and short of cash," according
one of the directors in this city.
said that o ng to the present col
tion of the money 'market the c
pany was unable to secure funds v
which to meet bills and accounts,
the present action was taken to
eure the creditors.
Of the $25,000,000 eapital stoei
the comrpany, $10,000,000 is preferi
and $15,000,000 common. E.
Schuyler and Evans F. Jones, boti
Birmingham, are the ffrst and sec
vice presidents of the company,:
poetively.
Goosebones Foretells Long Wit<
Philaodelphia Pres.
According to the goosebone, ti
is a hard winter ahead.
The earliest prediction of the pl
.ent year is made by Amos Maye2
farmer -living in the western end
- the county. The front part of the
-of 'the breastbone is very dark,
* near the center it is white for a (
'-siderable distance. Beyond this il
dotted, a:nd thien comes a long, d
streak. The goosebone prophet se
\ "According to the breastbone,
-will have quite cold weather in
1atter part of October and for1
weeks in November. Then there
be a warm spell, lasting for a:
days. December will be a cold mor
with an occasional snowstorm. Ja
.ary will be a month of snow, hail
-an occasional cold spell.
"'The dark colors on the end of
breastbone indicate 'that Febru
-will be a very cold month, and ti
will be several blizza'rds. At
particular pyt of the bone it is
anost black, which means that we
have lots of snow and sleet. The<
weather will continue way
March. and we will have a very]
spring."
The goosebone was compared v
several obtained from other birds
led within the past few weeks,
they seem to be marked id'entic
the same.
10,0001
Agents wanted at once, previ
experienee is not essential, terril
is going fart, write soon if you ~
to make money facter than you
did befor . Whit today. Address
F. Clark, Conway, Ark.
Message-The Freak Caused
Tiuch Distussion Because
VB: There Was no Band
Playing.
.be New York Herald.
The many vagaries of the wireles
system of telegraphy and telephon
which are now installed on the vai
An ious vessels of the navy are subje<
tey to constant study by the electrical es
af- parts who are in charge of the plantc
'eel They are of especial interest now be
00. cause of the important part that wirt
tey less . -- .mnicaion will p ay in th
mnd coming visit to the Pacific.
Ind Durring the recent assembling c
cOal the fleet in Oape Cod Bay, one of th
>- operators on the Ohio, while receivin
ds- a message, was suddenly interrupte
at by the strains of a march soundin
mnd in his ear pieces. Thinking it wa
gh- the hand of the ship playing, he war
vell to the officer of the deck and asked t
- have the band stopped -until the meE
:s- sageN was completed. The man wh
ng: relieved him at the receivcr when b
went to the officer of the deck con;i.
>m- ued to hear the music and, consE
tey quently, when the first operator rE
in- turned and informed the man at th
Iso receiver that the band was not pla
de- ing on the ship there was consterns
ent tion in the wireless office, for soun<
sks ing clearly in the ear pieces was
md march played by a band.
The Connecticut being the on]
!re- ship present on which a system c
iere wireless telephones had been instal
ley ed, every one was at a loss to explai
der how music could be heard over tb
receivers of a wireless telegraph. I
no seems the band, which was head at
[us- distance of over a mile, was on tb
on Connecticut, and her wireless tran
me, mitters were thrown in while h4
Fes- band was playing and another shi
to had a wireless message interrupt
by hearing this music. ~ The reas
this of this freak of electricity is not y(
ab- explained.
bors An explaination probably lies i
nith .the fact that the ear pieces of tl
be wireles telegraph are very sensitiN
and the wireless telephone transmi
ter of the flag ship is very powerft
<?P- hence t.he souAd waves of the inus
" caused sufficient static electricity i
hii be .taansmitted ad received by ti
81 saerial of the wireless telegrapsh.
'es As all wireless experts know, d
reetors of the microphone type al
irregular in their action, and, for the
reason are more or less unsatisfa
.er tory. While they are more sensitia
eti- than the coherer, they cannot genera
r at ly be used to advantage. They can I
as-improved in their reliability of ai
to ing a number in multiple and revol
He ing the needle, which is generally
idi-1 small steel piece, by clock work. Th
om- causes a more or less musical sout
ibh in the receiver, but the sound of a
and the instruments of a band is quii
** another matter, and if will probab]
be some time before the real cause <
of this phenomnenon is discovered.
T* Another possible explanation me~
T- lie in the fact that all wireless in
'iof strumnents have to be tuned befoi
mamessages can be received. By tunit
r.is meant the adjustmnent of the close
and open sending and receiving ei
cuits to the same wave lengthn or i
r ay desired wave length within the
limits. - By a wave length is mear
Lee~ the length of the ec.rve of the at~mo
phere which is doturbed when ti
re static electricity is discha-rged frol
-, a the aerial wires. This wave is of di
of ferent length according to the ii
** stnunent used, and, -as it is know
mnd that soun~d travels in waves, the2
Of- may have been some synchronizatic
1s between t.he length of the waves <
~~the musie made by the band and til
~id uning of the receiving instrumeni
we on the ship where this occurred.
the_________
to NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONA
~vill PEOPEETY.
ith As I h'ave sold my farm land an
n.' intend to quit farming, I will sell i
md the highest bidder for cash on t1
5th day of November, 1907, at nm
the late residence the following persona
a property to wit:
ere 5 head of good mules.
one 2 buggies.
al- I1 carriage.
will 3 head of cattle.
x>ld 13 hogs.
nto 2 wagons.
ate I set of blacksmith tools.
1 set of eapenter tools.
rith All of my farming implements.
kil. 300 bushels of corn.
and 2000 lbs. fodder.
ally Lot of household and kitchen fux
niture.
J. A. Baker,
fCalks Ferry Roa.d, 5 miles belo
ous Prosperity.
ory 2taw-td.
var Some men keep their religion loel
J ed in a safe deposit vault six days<
thea week.
Wise Utilization of Whola Tree Wio
Forestall Shortage in Southern
Yellow Pine.
'In fifteen or twenty years, at the
present rate of cutting, the supply. of
the longleaf yellow pine of the south,
Y one of America's most useful forest
- trees will be nearly exhausted," say
t the experts of the United States For
est Service. If these pine forests are
. wiped out one of the south's import
ant industries will die-the produc
tion of the so-called naval stores.
e The lumber of the Southern yellow
pine brings $15 to $35 per thousand
f feet, its turpentine 56 cents per gal
e lon, its rosin from $4.35 to $6.95 per
280 pounds, and its pitch $3.25 per
280 pounds. All of these prices are
gradually becoming higher and higher
s on account of the increased demand
t and the scarcity of the products. For
0 merly, turpentine could be purchased
for 30 cents a gallon. Now 56 cents
0 must be paid at wholesale. and the
e consumer of gallon lots will pay at
times as high as $1.00.
In the face of these fast increas
ing prices, pelople are still found
e who say that there is yet an inex
haustible supply of yellow pine in
the south, and that all talk about a
a famine is unwarranted. Such state
ments are not justified by conditions
and the yellow pine lumbering indus
y try will soon be in the face of a ser
ious shortage unless decided changes
aie made in the present methods,
and unless valuable products now go
e ing to waste are utilized. The long
[t leaf pine is a slow-growing tree and
a doe4 not make timber with anywhere
near the rapidity that it is being cut.
The situation calls for making the
r very best use of the present supply.
P There are at present in the woods
n of the south vast quantities of pine
t logs and tall stumps left as a result
of careless lumbering in the past.
This material is rich in turpentine
and could be made to yield from ten
e to fifteen gallons of refined spirits
e per cord. Besides this, there is a
great waste at the sawmills in the
form of slabs, edgings, and sawdust,
Sall of which must have a value, but
o at present is, for the most part, sim
e pl burned to get it out of the way.
In fact, not more than 60 per cent of
the tree as it stands in the forest
ecomes to the market in the form of
t valuable materials.
>In the year 1906 the reported cut
e of southern yellow pine was some 12
billion board feet. A conservative es
etimate of the actual amount of tur
pentine alone, to say nothing of wood
fiber and other materials, which
~could be produced from the waste
d wood of this one year, would place
ai the amount at not less than 30 mil
lion gallons. This is a surprising fi
gure, when it is remembered that it
Srepresents an amount almost equal to
the present annual production of
gum spirits in this country. If this
yproduct were extracted from the
Lwood and sold at even the current
'price of good wod turpentine, the
gross saving would be easily $14,400,
000.
Men have realized for some tima
that an enormous waste of valuable
substances is going on, and a few
have succeeded in extracting the tur
Spentine and placing on the market a
nmaterial of a fairly good quality. In
the majority of cases, however, the
article has been of an inferior grade,
ndue generally to the fact that the
technical methods used have been
faulty. As a result of this, wood tur
Spentine is at present often considered
e as an adulterated material, or at best*
as a poor substitute for gum spirits.
It is true that in some cases these
opinions are well founded, but infer.
ior products have put an unnecessary
damper on the whole industry.
The Section of Wood Chemistry of
d the Forest Service has lately been in
0 vestigating this subject, and some
C valuable results have been obtained.
y It has been found that for the recov
iery of turpentine from wastewoodr,
the steam distillation process is far
superior to that of distilling the
wood destructively. The crude tur
pentine is in all cases more uniform,
and the final refined materials are
as a rul2 uof better grade and can' de
mand a higher price. When proper
ly made and refined, experiments
have shown that the steam turpen
tines are in mdny cases even more
uniform in composition than the gum
turpentines, and for all practical pur
poses contain the identical substances.
The odor often can not be distinguish
ed from that of the gum spirits, but
Weven if it could,- this is a small mat
ter in many cases, as infinitesimal
and undetectable amounts of certain
impurities left in the refined product
- as the result of the methods of pro
f ductig can produce this slight dif
Iference in odor, and the wood tuirpen
., a-'.Y.
and all kinds of
FRUIT'S
Phone 247 and have every
thing delivered promptly to you
residence.
We are now located on Mail
street, also at the old
post office.
Theo. Lambr
Prompt Delivery.
Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that spic
tournal, the Enterprise, Louisa, Va
jays: "I ran a nail in my foot last wee
and at once applied Buck len's Arnic
salve. No inflamation followed; tl
salve simply healed the wound " Hea
sores, burns and skin diseases. Guarai
Seed at W. E Pelham & Son, Druggist
tine should not be condemned f(
practical purposes on this accoun
This becomes still more evident whe
it is known that the sweet odor (
the gum turpentine is not characte:
istic of itself, but is due to an impu
ity produced by the chemical actic
of air upon it.
These are important discoveri
and are well worthy of consider
tion. If they are true, then refin
steam turpentine, properly prepare
should bring at least an equal prii
in this country with the gum turpe:
tine., Indeed~abroad, this is oft(
the case, and instances are on recoi
where the refined .steam turpenti
has, by virtue of its more unifor
composition, brought five cents
gal-lon more than the gum spirits, ai
is in much greater demand. Furth,
investigations along these lines w'
be pushed vigorously by the Fore
Service.
Fair Week Excursions.
Col R. W. Hunt, division passeng
agent of the Southern railway, a
nounces that the Southern will ri
two special trains on Wednesday ai
Thursday of fair week to accomm
date the visitors. One of these trai1
will be run from Spartanburg <
both days, the other from Belton.]
addition to these special trains ti
Southern has arranged to put ext:
equipment on every train coming i
to Columbia next week, as many
six extra coaches -being ordered f
certain trains.
Col. Hunt says that he confident
expects to handle a third more vis
tors this year than last. Everywhe:
the people are talking the fair at
are planning to take in the great a:
nual fall gathering of the state. TI
other roads entering Columbia a:
likewise \making extraordinary e
forts to take care of the passenge:
for Columbia.
Returning this train will leave C
lumbia eaeh day at 7 o'clock p. in., a
riving at Spartanburg at 10:45.
Leave
Belton .... .........6:30 a. i
Honea Path.. .. .......6:48 a. i
Donalds ........7:03 a. I
Shoals Junction .... ....7:11 a. i
Hodges .. .... .......7:25 a. i
Greenwood .. .... ......7:50 a. i
New Market .. .... .. ..7:55 a. i
Ninety-Si'r.. .... ....8:12 a. i
Dyson .. .... .....'..8:28 a. r
Chappell .... ........8:42 a. r
Old Town .... .......8:58 a. m
Silver Street'... . .....9:15 a. T
Helena .. .... .......9:32 a. r
Newberry .. .. ...... ..9:40 a. r
Prosperity .... .. .. ....9:57 a. i
Pomaria ....... .. ....10:15 a. n
Peaks .... .. .... ....10:30 a. m
Alston .... .... .... ..10:36 a. m
Arriver Columbia .. ....11:25 a. i
Returning this train will leave C<
lumbia at 6:40 p. mn., arriving at Be
ton at 11:40.
These trains are for the special ai
c'mmodation of the visitors who a
not care to spend the night in Colun
bia, but who want to come down f<
one or more days. spend the day an
return home at night.
REGISTRATION NOTIJDE.
Notice is hereby given that ti
books of registration for the Town<
Newberry, S. C., are now open, at
the undersigned as Supervisor <
Registration for the said town wi
keep said books open every day fro
9 a. mn., until 5 p. in., (Sunday e:
epted) including the 1st day of D
cmber, 1907.
Eug. S. Werts,
Supervinr of Reistration.
1A . 1
olumbia, the C. N. & L. Rail
-ip tickets October 26th to 31 st
November 1st, with return
.s will be provided for all trains.
admission to the Fair Grounds.
Prosperity $1.83
Lit. Mourtain 1.64
Chapin 1.48
Irmo 1.25
all games between the Citadel
)ctober 30th, and Clemson vs.
)ber 31st. Intra-State'College
1st, and Wallace Hagenback
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Exposition.4
-y dep:artment The
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Do not fail to go at once. -For
aning maps, defcriptive matter,
T. .J WHITE,
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ND RETURN
-*Oent6nn1al Exposition
A . .
RAILWAY
een Day Tickets on sal4
ith, to and including (40o
made for MILITARY and
i attending the Exposition.
wed on Season, Sixty Day
ime as on Summer Tour
formation call on Ticket 4
:rwrte
.W. Hunt
Division|Pass. Agent.
Charleston, S C
LOW H ATi &. \
Account Annual State* Fair, C
way will sell special low round t
inclusive, and for morning trainc
limit to Nov. 4th. Extra coachE
Rates as named below include on(
Laurens $3.00
r Clinton 2.75
Goldville 2.57
Kinards 2.47
Newberry 2.04 I
Special feature will be Foot E
and Welsh Neck, Wednesday, C
A. & M. of N. C. Thursday, Oct(
Track Meet, Friday, November
Circus Saturday, November 2nc
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.Season, Sixty Day and Fift
1daily, commencing April 1 5
vember 30th, 1907.
dVery low rates will also be
BRASS BANDS in uniforr
STOP OVERS will be allo
and Fifteen Day Ticicets, s~
1 st Tickets.
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