The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 12, 1908, Page SEVEN, Image 7
INSTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ATLANA
Flames Sweep Two Blocks Clean of
I Buildings?Estima Loss of
$1,260,000, with *760,000,
Insurance.
Alanta, Ga., May 8.?Ona million
ind a quarter dollars is the loss conservatively
estimated tonight on a
fire which started at 3.30 this morning,
and which swept two blocks of
Atlanta's business property. Tonight
the lire is under control with thj
ruined district bounded by Forsyth,
Nelson, Madison and Hunter streets.
Late today the police and fire departi
monts dynamited what was left of
I the ragged walls. Tonight half of
Atlanta's fire fighting force is playing
water into a dozen razed strucIIow
the lire started is a mystery,
bl was discovered in tlio building occupied
by the Schlessinger-Meyer
' Pilinnnnv ImL-?>? % tl. > <
Ijs way in all directions until it
ruck the 'IVnninal Hotel, one of the
irjre.st in the e'nty, and jyulted that,
luring the early morning hours, every
ne in the Terminal hotel and" in numrous
other smaller hotels in the district
had warning. There was .no loss
f life and no injuries.
The insurance on the property detroyed
is placed by insurance men at
750,000.
One of the heaviest losers is S. M.
nman, of Atlanta, who owned the
11 tire Idock hounded by Forsyth,
litchell and Nelson streets and Madi011
avenue, and in which were located
ho Schlessin.uer-Meyer company,
{ranch li. of (.he city post office, the
liquid Carbonic company, a branch
if the 'Central Trust and Hanking
oinpany and many smaller concerns.
The lire was discovered iri the olealor
shaft of the Schlessiujrer buildup
and is supposed to have ori^iiial(1
from crossed wires runnin<r to the
notor wflich operated the elevator.
?y the time I he lircmen had arrived
he flames had broken through tiis
Iwooi 01 mis numiing aim owing to a
Bight. water .pressure it was impossible
check their progress. In a short
H^mc this structure was completely
Rutted ami the fire was eating its way
.hrougli to Staation B, of the A'tlanV.a
postoffice, where mails received
l/roin the terminal station, just across
Lthe square, are distributed. The employees
of the post office, however, by
Ijuick work managed to save all the
hail and most of the equipment.
lumping across Mitchell street tho
I'jlames made short work of th<? Tcrfmina)
hotel, the Terminal annex,
Fchilds Cafe, and hotel, and C'hilds
r annex, at which point the firemen
Succeeded ' checking the onslaught
ibn the ik side of Mitchell street.
tOn the south side, however, the
Kla<mes continued to sweep everything
fi'n their path until Forsyth street was
'cached, gutting the buildings occu r>ied
by McClure's ten cent store, the
branch bank of Die Central Ranking
land Trust company, the Paragon Sus|pcnder
company, Moon Shoe store and
the liquid Carbonic company. The
Schlessinger building extended half a
block on Nelson street and from it the
flames soon jumped to numerous small
i store houses on Forsyth street, riem
stroying the places occupied by AlV
versan Ill-others' Grocery company,
V the Hinders Frame Manufacturing
I? company and the Walker-Cooley
' Furniture company. A strong west
I wind fanned the flames and scattered
I burning embers, over the whole busiR
ne.ss section of the city and threatenV
ing for a time to cause even greater
m loss.
mji Thcp firemen had many narrow es^ ^pefij'
from falling walls, but no inp|tgMrie|fi'of
a serious nature are reportguests
from the hotels aindf
SjBmjMRiig houses in the burned section
Bra?||]Hvlc(l in saving most of their cfhaving
been warned in time to
ffijfSMfrive their trunks, which were pilW^Von
the plaza in the front of the
^',j^^p*minnl station, from which point
g^^Kier ow,tiers and many early risers
g^fcitchcd tiie progress of Ihe fire.
BSf NEWS OF POMARIA.
fW. H. Setzlor Goes to Hospital
r Operation?Church Notes?
Other Matters of Interest.
maria, May II.?Mr. . li.
is and 11. iIflolloway. j.,
in I'omaria on business last
. W. TI. Sot/ler went to a hosin
Columbia lo be operated on
nncer last Tuesday., lie was <;elon
well at last reports, and is e.\d
home in a couple days.
the next, preaching day (May
i hi Hothlchem church, there will
rvices in both the morning and
noon. l?eyr l'1,. ('. Oronk will be
il, and,AV"itl present lo Ihe con.urepublication
interests of the
L'd Synod. I
Mrs. ft. 15. Sehumpert and Miss
Sullivan, of Prosperity, spent Saturday
evening1 and yesterday with Mrs.
Jas. P. Setzler.
Mr. Jess Shealy, t)he new railway
agent here, arrived last week with
his family, and has assumed the duties
of the oflice.
Miss Lurline Aull, daughter of In.
tendant Juo. C. Aull, is ill with pneumonia.
It is hoped that tho attack
may not prove so severe.
The measles are still common in
this community. Daisy, the youngest
child of Mrs. Cr. D. Young, is quite ill
with them. S.
GHOST RUNS ENGINE.
Sits by Side of Engineer and Guards
Him From Danger.
Chicago Journal.
No danger lurks in the path of
No. ir>.
Two drivers perch on the same
bench in (lie locomotive's cab an?r
guide its destiny. One is Horace l,.
Seaver, veteran engineer and lrcro of
nntnerous hair-breadth escapes; the
other is the ghost of a man that was.
Unseen, unheard, t.nc specter has
been at the throttle for years, guidin?_r
and guarding the lives of those
sleeping in the darkened coaches behind.
No. 1") is tiie Big Four last express
whieli runs into Chicago over the Illinois
Central tracks from Kanwakee.
The train is pulled by an Illinois Central
locomotive, of which Mr. Seaver
is the engineer. For -13 years the
veteran has been handling the throttle
of Illinois Centra* engines.
For -1-S years Mr. Seaver lias been
a spirt ualist, not one of the tableraising,
bell-ringing kind1, but an intelligent
believer that spirit bodies
exist. lie says iie has bad innumerable
evidences that a spirit baud
guided his engine through fearful
dangers and happy escapes. Whenever
i i: _ i I... i j i. - i.. . i ?
in- i-iniiu.s iiiiii i iii" fi|??"t"ir;u i'iiji'1 iii'i'r
is sitting beside him. ."rady to extend
the h'.wid of warning in time of need.
Mr. Seaver was in the cab, gazing
far out along the track, one dark
night, wondering how many more
trips he would make before his good
spirit deserted him. In the train
were more than 1,000 old soldiers going
to a reunion at Champaign, 111.
The throttle was out ro the last notch
and the speed more than 00 miles an
hour. Suddenly the engineer heard a
soft voice whisper in his ear: "The
bridge is burned": the bridge is hurtled."
As quickly as possible Mr. Seaver
set the airbrakes and stopped tlio
train, fn the coaches 1,00 old soldicrs
were sleeping. The conductor
hurried forward to tne engine.
"What do you mean by stopping
this train out here?4* he demanded
angrily.
"You would1 better go along the
track and find out,'- said the engineer
quietly.
P ?l 1 11-- ?
<1 I !. ? IITI cl-IIL'clU 1)1 nil1 1*11gine
was th?> river, and over tlio river
hung (lie charred reri.?.n?ls of the hiir
bridge, which had burned only a short
time before. The 1.000 veterans wer^
saved.
This happened in 1800. and Mi.
Seavor was hailed a-* a hero all ov*v
tho ountryc.
"(lint it wasn't me that did it,"
said the engineer, modestly. "It was
something unseen, something that we
do not know anything about. I did
not deserve any credit at all. I just
hooded the warning that was given
me. There are numerous other instances
where the same voice has given
me warning just in time to save the
i>l mv |mwteiij^crs.
Many Woods in a Piano.
As many kinds of wood are used in
the making of a piano as in the making
of a house or an ocean-going
| steamship. Certain woods possess
qualities demanded by piano manufacturers,
and no substitutes will be
; taken.
| The sounding board, for instance, is
I never .made of anything but spruce. It
j is a thin piece?more frequently several
pieces glued together?the whole
thing would hardly make enough
kindling for a fire, if a halt-lift were
us.-o on it. But il is the one essential
thing, and without it there could' be
no piano.
It is selected with care, .seasoned in
the most painstaking manner, cut and
shaped by experts, and it becomes the
soul and life of the instrument. Had
the spruce used in a sounding board
gone to the pulp mill instead of tlu
piano factory, it would' have mada
about enough paper for a couple of
sheets of music.
The piano's frame, the part which
holds the strings and endures (lie
incessant strain of several Ions, is
usually of elm. Bicycle rims are of
the same wood, and the ^nonnnus load
which a thin strip weighing a few
ounces can carry is well known.
I
Tho visible part of the piano is the
veneer, the thin shell of wood {fined
over the outside of the frame. The
music would he as fine and the frame
as strong without the veneer. But it
adds beauty, and for that reason a
beautiful wood is selected, and is
stained, varnished, and polished. It
may be walnut,' mahogany, oak, ash,
maple, cherry, or rosewood. It is as
thin as egg shell, but it hides the
heavy poplar planks to which it is
gluod. Yellow poplar is nearly always
used for backing; of piano
veneer.
Maple and cedar are commonly used
for bridges, levers, ham-mershanks,
and other small mechanisms, while
white pine is excellent for keys. Perhaps
not more than one or two of the
States grow all the kinds of wood used
in making one good piano. Suitable
materials must be brought together
from distant places; but all of those
necessary are found in sntlicient <|uan'li'ties
in the I'nilcd States; though'
I considerable amounts of the finest I
foreign woods are brought in for von
cer on hi?h ?rade instruments.
CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA
RY.
Schedule in effect February 16, 1908.
Lv. XowborrytC N & I.) 12:50 p.m.
Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.m.
Ij\\ Laurens ((' & W C) 2:32 p.m.
Ar. Greenville 1:00 p.m.
Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.m.
Ar. Npartanbur.ir -1:05 p.m.
Lv. Sparlanburir (So. By.) 5:00 p.m.
Ar. llondersonville 7:45 p.m.
Ar. Asheville S-.30 p.m.
Lv. Laurens ((' & W C) 2:32 p.m.
Ar. Greenwood 3:12 p.m. i
1 f
Ar. Mef ormick -1 :3S p.m.
Ar. Auii'usta 0:20 p.m. |
Note: Tliv* above arrivals and dej>artures,
as well as connections with j
other companies, are iriven as in for- f
mat ion. and are not jiuaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Gen. Pass. Au-t..
Augusta, (5a.
Geo. T. Bryan.
Greenville, S. C.,
Gen. A?t.
NOTICE.
I will sell at auction to highest bidder
at Chappells, S. C., on Saturday,
May 10, at 11 o'clock a. m., the lot of
Webb Brothel's, in the town of Chab
pells, 011 which their store house was
located before it was destroyed by
fire. Terms of sale cash.
J. B. Hunter,
Assignee and A?ent of Creditors of
Webb Brothers & Co.
LOW RATE MILEAGE TICKETS
ON SALE BY SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
500 Mile State Family Tickets
$11.25?flood over the Southern Railway
in South Carolina for the head
or dependent members of a family.
| Limited one year from date of sale.
1000 Miles Interchangeable Individual
Tickets $20.00?Good over the
Southern railway and thirty other
roads in the Southeast aggregating
30,000 miles. Limited one year from
date of sale.
2000 Mile Interchangeable Firm
Ticket $40.00?Good over the Southern
Railway and thirty other roads in
the Southeast aggregating 30,000
miles for a manager, the hoad of a
firm or employe. Limited to fivo but
good for only one of auch persons at
one time, limited one year from dato
of snlc.
1000 Mile Interchangeable Individual
Ticket $25.00?Good over the
Southern Railway and seventy five
other roads in the Southeast aggregating
41,000 miles. Limited one year
from date of sale.
On and after April 1st, 1008, all
mileage tickets will not Ire honored
for passage on trains nor in checking
baggage except from non-agency
stations and stations not open for the
sale of tickets, but must, be presented
it. ticket olliees and there exchanged
for continuous ticket.
Money saved in passage fare by
purchasing tickets from Southern
Wailway agents. Faros paid on trains
will be at a higher rate.
('all on Southern Hail way Ticket
Agents for mileage tickets, passage
, tickets and detailed information.
J. C. Lusk,
Division Passenger Agent,
H. W. Hunt. Charleston, S. C.
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
REPAIR SHOP?Furniture, lounges,
and parlor suits, 'each upholstered,
rccaining chairs, repaired; making
and laying carpets and mattings,
cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight
Hall, near old colored Haptist (
church. I
Wesley Means. I
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Newberry
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Hardware
Company
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Weeders
Cultivators p
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Harrows i
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i|uuy
And
Farm
Implements ;
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All Kinds
ucuuDtnnv
fitvvDcniii
HARDWARE i
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COMPANY.
White P
Will sell 50 and 75
it 25 cents each.
MAYES' BOOH
"T5 SQUARE!
We have just taken up a new line
>ecoming famous throughout the w
heir" marvelous wearing qualities. >
tosiery and know it has unusual mer
ach'fperson who has trouble with ho
lis'socks, to come and buy just one
/ith the
warn
T?EandHEEL
This will cost you just 25c.
Then, after you have given thei
ugh, fair test, if you don't say the
'est wearing socks you have ever w<
gain, bring the pair back and we'll i
If you think you might not like the
:ome and see. You don't have to b
iee them first.
WHY DO WE MAKE THIS
;now this Is the greatest wearing ho;
ried them, and all to whom v/e have
he best thing they ever saw. We k
.onvince the most particular person,
EWART-PER
FLORIDADuring
These Cold Wint
VIA
rHE ATLANTIC
A/ould be just the thing \
Iving. Superb Trains, E
*nd Tickets which offer ev<
jible for a pleasant and att
For full information or
/our nearest Ticket Agent,
W. J. CRAIG,
Pass. Traf. Manager. (
WILMlNGTOr*
NEWBERRY UNION STATION.
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains?Effective 12.01 A. M.
Sundnv Anril 9.fi 1QOR
1
Southern Railway: ^ />(
No. If) for OrownviHo . . . .8.57a.in. j;
\To. IS for Columbia .. . .l.-IO.p.m. !/4 '
STo. 1 I for (1 rcenvill-j . . . ..'5.10 f>.m. i
N'o. Hi for Columbia 8.-17 p.m. j \
C., N. & L. Ry. | | k
'Xii 85 for La u rows 5.1'.I a.m.
No. 22 for Columbia .. ..8/17 a.m. fi I
so. 52 for (1 rcfMivillv, . . 12.5(5 p.m. ' I ggj
S'o. 5!l for Columbia .. ...'1.20 p.m.! Sanaa
'No. 2o for Laurens .. . .7.25 p.m. | | ^
No. SI for Columbia .. . .S..'l(> p.m.! I
' I )oes not run on Sunday Q
This time (able shows I lie times at i]
liicli trains may bo expected to d?>- Bbku
arl from Ibis station, but their d?i- j
artuiv is not tfnarantoed and tlio j
imc shown is subject to change withut
notico. !
0. L. Itobinson, { ! *
Station Mew tor. j Sold a
f JCMJ
urses!
i cents purses
: STORE.
DEAL 58E,
of men's hose which are
hole country because of
We have Investigated this
it, and so we are asking
>Ies coming In the toes of
pair of half-hose made
n thor- ^BRBP
y are the
Drn, come
refund your money.
looks of these new socks,
uy them. Just come and
OFFER? Because we
5iery ever made. We have
\ sold them say they are
:now a single trial pair will
. Let us show YOU.
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IS. I cu.
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er Months A Trip
COAST LINE
;o make life worth
xcellent Schedules
ery advantage pos
l!
rauuve irip.
pamphlets call on
or write
T. C. WHITE,
3en. Pass. Agent.
4. N. C.
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