The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 14, 1908, Page SIX, Image 6
V POLITICS POPPING.
New Political Sun Rising, and Raya
Are Boing Pelt in Capital
City.
A dispatch from Washington to the
Columbia Record says:
A new political sun is rising. In
this capital city its rays already aro
beginning to be foil. The environments
of political life in WashingIon
are becoming superheated. Politics
is fairly popping. The corridors
of the capitol are thronged with men
who rarely are seen in Washington
except in the midst of a campaign
which has its centre hero. The situation
today recalls the days of the
preliminary campaign for the prosidential
nomination in 189G, when
William McKinley and Thomas B.
Reed were the leading candidates for
the republican nomination.
Tn the. early days of that year,
when j\Tr. Reed was the speaker of
the house of representatives, politicians
and would bo statesmen hum* |
about him with buzzard-like persistence.
They gave him no peace. ITis |
room at the capitol was besieged by |
men who desired primarily to bask i
i?i the li'jhl of his presence, and, sec-j
ondaiily. to impress him with the
power of their influence to their
eventual political profit.
Scores, even hundreds of tiresi
people, Speaker Reed appeared to be
forced to receive and treat with civility.
lie was not a particularly impressionable
character, however, and
most of his callers experienced tiro
blight of a frost.\
So if was, too, at Canton, Ohio.
There McKinley received a veritable
host nl republicans from all parts I
of the country. The callers nearly
badgered the life out of him. Being)
in the public eve. he was unable to!
rid himself of (he horde of Incon.io- j.
qiiVMilial persons who desired every-|
thing I roin him from a portfolio in
the cabinet to a recommendation of
a corn cure. It was a remarkable and
characleristisaly American situation.
In the respects noted, history is
now repealing itself in Washington.
Secretary Tall, who, for lire moment
at least, seems to be the most prominent
candidate for the Republican
nomination for the presidency, is
passing through an experience similar
to that of Reed and McKinley.
Hundreds of persons desire to see
him every day. TTc is besieged by
callers. So ureal is tlie pressure upon
his time that he scarcely has opportunity
to sign his personal mail,
In addition to the time consumed in
Veeeiving people who have to be seen
he is obliged to prepare speech after
speech to he delivered in various parts
pf the country. As a weight-reducing
process, the present situation is a
decided success. Nobody but one endowed
with immense physical ami
mental power* could withstand the
strain whi.li Taft is now nil leroging.
Pie secretary, in self-,lefcn<". practically
i.as abandoned bis ollice in
the war department. lie appears
there to allend to some official business,
but most of his time is speni at
his own home where he has sel apart
a - u11< of rooms in which lie Ivansacts
ollicial and political business.
He has :t corps of clerks and stenographers
assisting liini and one or
t.wo confidential men who act as buffers
between him "m .lie "general
run'' of callers.
ll is ;i fact. remarked np.iii by experienced
observers, thai Secretary j
Taft now i? receiving more callers
than the president of the United
States. The tide has turned towards
liini and lie linds himself almost submerged.
The president is not neglected
by any means, but the politicians
are looking to the east. A new political
sun is rising.
TESTING EYESIGHT.
Southern Has Its Engineers. Firemen
and Other Employes Examined.
Chariot to Chronicle.
A most interesting examination of
9 Southern Railway employees is being
conducted at the office of Dr. W.
II. Wakefield in the Hunt building
on North Tryon street, this examination
having been in progress for several
weeks, and over 100 men inelud.
ing engineers, firemen, conductors,
* flagmen, and others, having been put
through a "Mrd" degree of scientific
testing as lo the accuracy of their
sight and hearing and the interpretation
of signals.
The Southern has recently altered
its tactics regarding this work, and
where these tests were formerly conducted
bv men who were in the employ
of the road, and were not eye or
ear specialists, the road has now appointed
.specialists at nearly all of
the important cities along their lines
and these are busy this month making
the examinations of the men.
In the first place everything is done
in the strictest order and every man
in the territory covered by Dr.
Wakefield, furnished with a wi-itten
order from those higher up in tho A
road's employ to the effect that ho fm
present himself at the office of tJie
examining physician on a given date
to undergo the tests required.
The most interesting thing in con- wS
neclion with the examination of the ^
sight of the men, is a pecularly con- ^
structed lantern, which is made to
show every known combination of
railroad lantern signals and some
that are not known, in order to ac- mm
certain the correctness and the U
promptness with which the man being '
tested can read these signals.
The engineer, fireman or flagman ^
takes his seat *20 feet from the lan- .
tern, (Ik; room is darkened, and the ^
I specialist begins to rotate a cylinder
on which colored bits of glass cover
small hloles, and from tho outside y
have flie nppearanca of tlie usual
lantern signals shown at night on the | .l
railroad, and at day bv the senia- j
phore or tT?<? flair. i, .
Ly a simple adjustment of (lie lan- j ^ ^
lern being operated, the size of the' _ ry
light is reduced t?? exactly that of \1
the regular lantern seen at a distance '
of half a mile. The light of course j y^r
appears not larger than a small cher- J
rv, but the amount of light falling you i
on the retina is practically the same
as that from a regular lantern, in In i.
point of intensity, at half-mile dis- u9H6
fance.
There are four grades or percentages
of condition of the eyesight ~~~~~
which is included in the handbook
sent out by the road, and prepared by
an eminent specialist for this classi- Jjgg
fication work.
ll may sound strange to a man to
be told that one eve on being tested, j
shows a strength or condition of
?which means perfect eyesight?or i '
!Ul ."{(I which means a partial deficien-j Any
cy of the eyesight. Invent
r' . i , . , . I (long a
- I oi instance a man who holds ai aontfi
certain position of lilfle responsibili- ! ?p?i<h
ly may be aide In show a record of i
only ;">() per cent., expressed in every- j A^n
day term, and not in the scientific SoJir1'1
method of registering the relative ef- J Milk
ficiencv and strength of the eye. Bra
An enginenian or a fireman, however,
must be able to show up a perfect
vision before he can take hold Assess
of the throttle of one of t.he Southern's
great' six-wheel engines, or 01
guide a. swift-niovi'Ug passenger train tbc f<
through midnight darkness, with on- pnrpoi
ly the semaphore lights and the lan- Prc
tern along (be way to guide, w.hile At
the mistaking of the color of any sig- At <
nal may cause the destruction of a At
whole train. Tt is for this reason At
that the Southern is exercising with At
other railroads, lire extremest caution At
in the matter of having men in charge At
with perfect eyesight and with per- At
feet vision and with No trace of the At
often-heard-of color blindiress. At
"Just (he oilier day," said Dr.
Wakefield, v'a railroad man came up ^
to mv office to take this examina- ^
lion,, and lie was sorting out the varions
colors in the tray of colored
skeins, which are tied up in little PcnA''
bows of various si/es. When 1 slepped
outside for a moment and return- The
ing, I found that he had picked out 'mrtg
three distinct shades and colors and t;ix oi
had carefully piled them up for npwai
skeins of one color, or slight shades I A (
of that color, lie made no remark, sesso(
except to pull out his wateb'and say expen
that he was in a hurry. It.- never! ''a:
realiz ed thai bis eves were seriously | caret.!
affected by color blindness." jhavin
The examinations of the railroad!'0^ 1
men have been carefully conducted J
I here, and tho railroad will receive the j ^ ~'
n ports of the specialist and if there join'?
should be any man whose record in i 'e
reading the signals or in selecting the I crtusc
color,?d skeins or hearing the ticking
of a specially-made apparatus, at a Iswon
distance of L'O feet, is not up to the J
I requirements t!ie officials of the road I
lose no time in making a thorough in- 0m> '
vestig.ition of the matt'eiv ,state
j their
FOUGHT FOR LIFE. | \
lor I
| Was in the Hands of Mob; Wounded
Ton, But Was Himself Finally V0{1|,
Put to Deoth. .. jnj,n'
(bou
Valdosta, (la., Feb. 1 '2.?While in "\y
the hands of a mob of lynchers, who conn
were taking him to a tree they had be o]
just chosen just across the Florida and
line, Jack Long, a white man, fought' burn
his assailants, wounding ten of them
desperately and forcing the others to
kill him.
Long was accused of killing James
Sapp, a wealthy citizen. A son of j
Sapp had killed a brother of Long Hnft
and escaped. Long met the father of inr,st
the slayer and shot him to death. xvjj],
Long was arrested, and fifty men vis- I ?>liei!
'.ted the jail and took him out l?jdavs
j bang hiift. ' U.,1S
Four of the mob were wounded so (dor
I badly that they will probably die. ( Son1
/E THUST YOU! j
re put a Victor or an Edison
our home now, and you
for it a little every week,
wont miss the money, and
first thing you know the
ument is yours.
CTOR - EDISON j
e will arrange it today if1
come in.
r's Art and Variety Store,
Newberry, S. C.
nnORcncllilft a Bkotrli rind description nmv
y iiscortniii our opinion free whoUior im
.'['cl'y or*!'. I * ill o IU 'uV.1CHANDBdO?onl>atontft8
ictttific Hmcricait.
sweats M: ftsftss
a "??? "owmlcAlorn.
IN & Co.36,Broadway' New York
nch Offlco. 626 IT HU WaahlSiti" D. c. "
AUDITORS NOTICE.
mcnt of Personal Property
For 1908.
?m authorized agent, will bo at
dlowing named places for the.
se of taking retur s of porson perty
for 1908:
Newberry Jan. 1st to 19.
Chappells Jan. 20.
Longshore Jan. 21.
Walton Jan. 22. .
Glymphville Jan 23.
May bin ton Jan ?i,
Wh'tmire Jan. 25. t *
Pomoa Jan. 27.
Little Mountain Jan. 28.
O'Neal Is Jan. 29.
St. Lukes Jan. 30.
Jolly Street Jan. 31. ~ Prosperity
FeFby. 3 and 4.
I at Newberry until .February
after which time the 50 per cent
ty will be ndded according to
o
! law requires a tax on ail notes,
ages and moneys a'ro an income
II gross incomes of $2500.00 and ^
rds.
apilation (ax of 50 cents is as- \;
I on all dogs, the proceeds to be ^
doil for school purposes.
cpayers or their agents should be'
ill to assess all dogs and avoid I
jr same listed by the school truss- >
md township assessors. \
male persons between tire age N
and 00 years (except Confed- '
soldiers, or those persons un- '
to earn a support from any ^
), are liable to poll tax.
return will be accepted unless e
i to by taxpayer or some person
>rized to make same. !
'"sons chancing residence from I 'i
lownship to another should so I
to assessor and avoid having
names entered in two townships.
icrs and others in making returns
then hands should pay special
tion to this.
al estate is not assessed this ,
bnt be careful to not on tax re- ,
each transfer of land or lots
srht or sold) since last return.
hilo on the rounds throughout the ^
t,\ the books of assessment will
poned each morning at 10 o'clock !
closed at 4. Th? office at New- ,
>' will be open as usual each day.
W. W. Cromer,
Auditor Newberry County.
This Is Worth Reading. !
y V. Zelinski. of OS rjihson St., !
' il". N. V., says: "[ cured the 1
annoying cold sore T ever had,
Muck leu's Arnica Salve, [ apl
this salve once a day for two
. when every trace of the sore
.none. Heals all sores. Sold unguarantee
at W. E. Pelham and
s drug store. 25c,
. .
The Pacific i\
40 Years Old.
"Old Line" Company.
ROBERT NORRIS,
This grand old company has just announced the 1
cessfu! year In Its history, which extends way back
Every well informed and honest Insurance man.fr
ance Company is the strongest Insurance Compar
of at least $50,000,000.00 and the assets of $14,5(
500,000.00 of substantial backing?In other words
This Company pays the largest cash dividends of
holder how he is pleased with his dividends Th<
cash and paid-up values. Every policy contains th
This means that, if you hold a poll':/ in this Compi
disabled, you will receive in cash. 3 i 00 00 o.:i rh y<insurance;
and during this time you >/i>l not to
miums. For the time, you lose c:i account oi sickn
we shall pay you 15.00 a week S1.000.00 si in
You will find be'uw ihe rates sj.ivj ol ^ur poll
'renn Policies.
Age. Rate. Age
21 $10.05 20
2 2 IO.I5 21
23 10.20 22
24 10.30 03
25 IO4O o4
26 IO.45 2S
27 10.55 26
28 1065 2;
29 10.75 2S
3? 10.90 29
31 11.05 30
32 11.20 3,
33 n.35 32
34 11-5? 3}
35 u.70 , 34
36 11.90 -5
37 12.15 36
38 12.40 37
39 12.65 38
4? I2-95 39
4' 13-30 40
42 13-70 41
43 14-15 42
44 14-65 43
45 15 20 . 44
46 15.85 45
47 ' 16.60 46
48 17-45 47
49 18.40
50 19-50 49
51 20.70 5o
52 22.00 5I
53 23.50 ?
54 25.15 ~3
55 27.00 34
55
56
r>7
58
59
60
Chajige of Schedules.
Elective 12.OJ a. m. Sunday Jan. ^
Ih, 1008. fiie following is the time 11 Of ^ \JkT
f departure of all passenger trains /I wv C
saving Newberry Union station: \ Garden S
Southern Railway: I for superior
'O. 15 for Greenville .. . .8.57a.m. TABLES & FLO'
1S C'"' Columbia .. ..1.28 p.m. 0ur bu8i ^ ,
lo. 11 for Greenville .. ..4.17 p.m. II &nd Farm Seeds, is (
n; fn.- r..i..,?i.;o c i- largest In this couutr
,o. 1(? loi Columbia 8.4/ p.m. due to the fact that
C., N. & L. Ry.
lo. 85 for Laurens 5.10 a.m.
i (U Quality is alwi
'o. 22 for Columbia ....8.47 a.m. 5 first GOTlSldcr<
To. 52 for Greenville .. 12.4(5 p.m. We are headquart
fo. 53 for Columbia .. n ,,tn.
*o. 21 lor Laurens 7.25 p.m. Peas, Soja Bean
:o. 84 for Columbia.. .. 8.30 p.m. other Farm Se.
No'*. SI, 85, 21, and 22 run daily VS&SZSflSA
*< ?!>? Sunday. I S?V?&?r8,a!
The above srhcdnle is srivv-n onl.v \ freaon rSiSS!"' wifw'/o
s in Iorniation, is not guarantee,] and \l _
s subject In change without notice. \ T. W. WOOD &
0.1,. liobinsun. Jl SEEDSMEN, - Richr
Station Master.
Marked For Death. "
"Three years ago I was marked NOTICE OF FINAL SI
or death. A grave-yard cough was ' W>H make ;t, rinai
earing my lungs lo pieces, Doctors estate of \V. Jl. JJ;t
'ailed to help me. and hope had fl< 1. '',ft probate court :
vhon my husband got Dr. King's ! Thursday,
^ew Discovery," says Mrs. A. ('. \ 1 J'OH, at II o'ekek in
Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first j f,"d will immediately t
lose helped rue and improment kept j J'-.V ''' 'be ;ii*1 court J'
>n until T had gained 58 pounds i;i 1 mi.'<Kory. AL persoiih
iveight and my health was fully re- at*- /.-ill mak.j p
storefl." Tliis medicine holds the before ??id dil I e a/id
"world's healing record for coughs 1 having clai/un a/niu^t.
mid colds and lung and throat din- present them duly a I tit;
^ases. Tt. prevents pneumonia. tt<d I A inie I
under guarantee at W. M. Bel li am and Adr
Son's drug store. 50c and $1.00. Trial ; .
b(>,,lt- frcc- x 1 L10KNHU TAX
Notice i> hereby gi
10,000! Iii ; for |li.> sear
A iron Is wanted at once, previous due and must be paid a
experience is no! essential, write soon By order of city con
it you wish to make money faster ,j,
than you ever did before. Address J. Eugene H. VVortH,
F. Clark, Conway, Ark. Clerk und TrooflUi
f
/lutual Life. ,
Over $100,000,OOO.OO j
business in force.. j
V
General Agent.
fact that the year 1907 was the most sue- I
to 1868.
mows that The Pacific Mutual Life Insurly
in America. The stockholders' liability
)0?000.00 gives the Co pa y about $64,- #
about $5 00 to every $1.00 of liability.
any Life Company. Just ask an/ policy- p
2 policies pre most liberal, providing large
ic Tolal and Permanent Disability Clause.
my and become totally and permanently
for ton y^irs, to every $1,0 30 00 of
> ;y afiy monsy to th 2 Company for pree3s
( ;riy or on account of accident,
cios;
X o 11 pa i t ici pa t i n g Pol icies.
Rate. Age. Rate.
$T5-4? 20 $22.80
"5.70 21 23.15 i
i6o5 22 23.55 \
i6-45 23 23.95
i6-85 24 24.33
!7-25 25 24.80
!7-65 26 25.25
18 10 27 25.70
1 >^.60 28 26 15
19-10 29 ( 26.65 y
19 6? 30 27.20 |
2^-15 31 27 75 ' I
-?-7 5 32 28.30 1
2 1-35 33 28.90
22.00 34 29.50
22-7? 35 3015 /
23-45 36 30.80
24* 20 37 31.50
25.00 38 ^2.2 s
" 25-s5 39 3305
26175 40 33.85
27-7? 41 34.70
2S-75 42 35-6o
29.90 43 36.55 '
3r<1? 44 37.55
32,35 45 38.60
33-^5 46 59.70
35-?5 47 40.85
36.55 48 42.10
38.20 49 43.45
39'9? 50 44.90 \'
4I?7? 51 46.45
43.65 52 48.05
45-75 53 49-75
47-95 54 51.60
50-30 55' 53.60
52-85 56 55 75
55 55 57 58.00
5.8.40 58 60.40
61.45 59 63.00
64.70 60 65.80
iyjs our c i pains in
nond, Va ^
--""".l..I |?T.?Irt*a1lcrI;,2^c- Money refunded I fit foils to do all I '< M
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