The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 24, 1908, Page TWO, Image 2
PRESIDENT FINLEY'S SPEECH, t
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He Speaks of the Railroad as a Developer
ajad Says It Is Not In i
Politics. c
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Spartanburg, S. C., November 20.? i
At a banquet given by the chamber of 1
commerce of Spartanburg tonight to n
celebrate the coming of the Carolina, *
Clinch field & Ohio railroad, I'resi- ?'
dent W. \V. Kinlev, of the Southern t
Kail way compnay, responded to till; <
toast "Our Railroads." t
After welcoming the new railway
and epressing the conviction that '
"the resources ??f our Southland are c
ko great and varied, and their rapid s
development is so certain, that we '
can confidently expect an abundance jl
of work for its transportation agen- ('
cics, both old and new?both by land ^
and by water. Mr. Fiuley spoke of (
the identity of the interests of the '
public and the railways, and said:
"The topic which you have assign
ed to me this evening 'Our Knitroads'?is
one which is suggestive of 1
the identity of interests to which 1
have referred. The railroads which '
serve your community are your rail- '
roads in :i very real *ense. They are
your highways to the markets of the '
wild; ihey are essential to your very
existence as a prosperous and growing '
community. (Ireal as are its natural j
resources, human existence in this
Piedmont region would bo possible only
on a relatively primitive scale, and
your splendid agricultural and indus- '
trial development would have been
impossible without modern means of 1
transportation. The railways which '
traverse your section are, therefore,'1
your railways. They are part ol | '
you the veins and arteries throughl'
which flows the life-blood of Voui
commerce. \ our interest in th r!'
healthv expulsion of your railways i'
and in their ability elliciently to i
handle your commerce is identical 1
with the interest of a man in the heal- !
thy operation of his circulatory sys- 1
{cm and in the unobstructed flow of
his blood through his arteries. Youi 1
agricultural, industrial, and commercial
growth can continue only if yon ;
are served by carriers able, to trans- 1
port a constantly increasing volume 1
of tralllc. .lust as the clogging of 1
the arteries would he disastrous to
human life, so would the choking of
your highways be disastrous to yout
life as a community. Healthy prifs- 1
perity for your railways, therefore,
means enlarged opporlunities in even
field of human activity in your local- '
ity. This economic truth was very '
aptly stated by a manufacturer of
cotton goods in your sister State of '
North Carolina who recently declared
to me that he considered every addi- 1
tioti to the facilities of (lie railway h\
which his mills were served as an increase
in the efficiency of his plant
and an addition to its value. What
'this man said of the dependence of .
his business upon the adequacy (it
transportation facilities may be said
with equal truth by the farmer and
by every man engaged in production
or manufacturing.''
Mr. Kinley pointed out that this
view of the railways as helpful lactors
in economic development is of
especial importance in a region like
the Southern State, rich iu natural resources
and capable of almost indefinite
growth in population ami
wealth. Kel erring to the importance
ol transportation to agricultural audi
industrial development in the Southern
States, he spoke al some length j
ot the interest ol t In* farmer iu good j
eonnt n r?>ads and said :
'Miooil country loads increase the'
prolii- o| tarin operations, add to tin
value oi ;l11 I'arm proper!y, ami |
b i ml de 11 t he soc i a I 111 e o I I lie resi deii t s I
of rural communities. Hut the interest
of the farmer in transportation is
not limited to the provision of good
country highways, lie must depend!
on rail transportation in larsre lueas- j
lire lor placing his products in t lieii j
till mi,in markets. The best market 1
ior a laruc proportion of his product >, I
where ii is available, is a nearby con- ;
Miming center, such as a iiiauu fact in
ing town, ami especially is this Iriuit
the industries ot that town include
flio-e which u-e as their raw material
the products <i| neighboring farms.
Spartanburg with its market for farm !
products of all kinds and with i(< industries
drawing raw materials from
the surrounding region is ;(n excellent
illustration of what constitutes an
ideal home market for a farming community.
But the very existence ot
such an industrial center depends up
on transportation. The raw materials
for its factories the fuel for it*
power plants and the supplies of all
kinds used by its inhabitants, must
be carried from far and near, and
the products of ifs industries must he
shipped Io markets where (hey ar<? '
demand. Destroy the transport:tf:.>ii I
facilities of such an industrial cen- j
tor and it will die; restrict them audi
it will cease to grow. In either event,! '
not only the town itaolf, but also thu |
igricultural community surrounding
t, will suffer.
"Contemporaneous with your progess
in agriculture, the last quartet
>f a century has witnessed a reiuarkible
industrial development. A gen ration
ago manufacturers in othei
oealities thought of the South only
is it region from which raw materials
vi'ie t?> be drawn by the manufactures
of other sections and other connl
ies. They did not then give serious
onsideration I?> the possibility of et'ective
competition from this section.
foil liad a climate favorable at one.'
o the efficiency of labor and to a low
:ost of living proximity to sources of
supply of raw materials the possi?i
1 ity of cheap power development,
iihI last, but not least, a population
apa-hle of being trained to a high decree
of technical skill. The essential
onditions for an industrial devclopnent
were all here. It needed only
lie faith and courage of such men as
on own D. K. Converse and John 11.
.itgomery to set in motion a movenent
which has convinced Fall Kivei,
Manchester, and other manufacturing
enters, that Southern competition u
i very substantial fact. 1'he growth
>f Spartanburg, from the village ot
ISSO to the splendid city of today, is
vpical of the development of the inIn--1
rial coininnnities which abound
n all our Southern States, from the
ide-watcr comities to the mountain
towns, and which stretch in an uniroken
chain along the entire length
>f this Piedmont section.
"It is not a mere accident that this
industrial development has been contemporaneous
with an improvement
n (lie transportation system of the
<< 111 ]i. ;i11?I with I lie amalgamation into
through systems of the disjointed
railway lines which ljad survived the
t'ivil War-. Without this railway do
velopment vour industrial progresswould
have been impossible. I host
advantages of climate, of natural resources,
and of the industrial adaptability
of your people, which are destined
to bring to this ection supremacy
in many lines of manufacturing,
would still be lying dormant had there
not been provided the means of placing
the products of your factories in
markets where there exists an effective
demand for them. As your industrial
progress in th? past has been
made possible largely by your railways,
so. in the future, the earryinu
capacity of your railways must keep
pace with your industrial progress."
Mr. Kin ley spoke of the importance
nf the people of every community cooperating
with their railways, within
their proper sphere and along practicable
and reasonable lines, in economic
educational movements, hi con
elusion he said :
"We have seen that, in a very real
tense, the railways bv which Spartanburg
is served are, in. the language d
you toast, 'your railways.' They are
your highways to market. They have
made your past progress possible, and
they must he important factors in
your future prosperity. Yon are dependent
on them and they are dependent
on you. The people of any community
can not afford to stand apart
from their railways. Out of this mutual
dependence grow reciprocal obligations.
The obligation rest* upon
your railways to give to you the ;no?l
efficient transportation service in theii
power, without un.jusr discrimination
between individuals, localities or comnil.diiies,
and at rates that are not piireasonable.
when measured by tie
service performed. The obligation
rest upon yon to see to it that yoni
railways are not subjected to mijtisl
or iimlnly restrictive public pdieicand
to recognize the lad that it tiie\
are to be efficient factors in youi
social and material progress, and ii
they are to be able to increase theii
facilities so as to keep pace will
your increasing demands upon them
their earnings must be such as t<
yield a sufficient margin over tin
costs of operation to induce new capital
to seek investment in railway en
I crprises.
"There has been criticism at times
of what has been believed to be tin
political attitude of railway companies.
I>ut it must not be forgottei
thai, a few years ago. their participation
in political affairs was not only
tolerated by public sentiment, but
was urgently solicited. They wen
entreated to assist, as a duty of I lit
highest patriotism, in securing tin
success of men, of parties, and ot
principles deemed essential to oui
civilization as a people. Whether oi
not such participation in politica
affairs was ever justifiable, it is so n<
longer. It has passed away witt
many other political practices whicl
have been condemned and abandoned
Your railways are out of politics, but
their property, their business, am
their ability properly to dischargt
their service to {be public are subject
to political action. This places npot
vou the obligation and I he responsibility
of seeing to it that their conformity
to lUigbw d better stand
aids does not result, in their oppression.
It places upon you the obligation
and responsibility of seeing that
(hey are accorded just and fair treatment.
It places upon you the high
duty of securing the adoption of such
public policies in State and Nation ab
will assure to (lie railways and to
those who invest their money in them
I lie equal protection of the laws, and
the tree enjoyment of every right
guaranteed by the constitution, including
that fundamental right at'
Anglo-Saxon liberty?the right to be .
heard in petition and in protest, before
tlio people and their representatives,
on every question affecting
their rights and duties."
REFORMATORY IS OPEN.
Governor Ansel Calls Attention To
The New Industrial Home at
Florence.
News and ('ourier.
Columbia, Nov. 19.? (lovernor Ansel
lias written to all of Ihe circuit
judges, calling their attention to the
lac! that the new Reformatory and
Industrial school at Florence is now
"pen and ready lo receive such boys
as the courts may, under the terms of
the Act commit to (lie institution, ruder
the act establishing the Reformatory.
white boys between Ihe ages of
eight and sixteen convicted of n crime
f??r which the penally is imprisonment
in the penitentiarv or service on
the chain gang, may he sent bv the
'""'"'I to the Reformatory, and anv
hoy ol the same age may be committed
to the institution by his parent or
; ",l:l n I if 11 nil approval of the judge of
he circuit, probate ,.jt.v rr.
Then- is now plenty of ;1I , |M.
iustit ni ion, there being only ten bovs
i'i I lie in-|i| ut ion, seven ..f whom were
transferred I'rom llie penitentiary. I
DETECTIVE TRICKS.
Trap for Postoftice Thieves?Skill
Displayed by Letter Openers.
, A postoHiee inspector says that
catching letter openers is now an im,
port ant function of the postal detective.
"Detective work is a plain,
straightforward business, like minim- *
or selling a breakfast food," he
added. Crime ge nu a I )y runs ah.n<?
. regular channels, ,d its detection i"
11101 J' 'ess convent:onal. Of course,
as in every other calling there is
diance for individual . bilitv. In the
postollice our main nliance is the
fact that when a man I egins to steal
he seldom quits except fo- an interval.
<? Its merely a question of the patent
sending of lest letters until we
eliminate all the innocent people and
nab the crook."
,"!r?w von induce a man to
steal your deeov letters?"
'"I hey are not decoy letters. Thev
,l"? ' subject him to any more temp1
latum than any other letters do. Of
course, 1 hey are addressed to the firm
<" funis which the clerk or carriei
has been in Ihe habit of robbing. lie
\Uows Ili.it certain bouses receive a
ff'???d deal of mail containing vash. I
Some men acquire wonderful skill in 1
| detecting money in a letter from its j
mere feel. Sometimes they pass a i
needle and knotted thread through 1
1 envelope that looks promising |
I ' muijrh of a hill will cling to the knot I
j to shows its presence.
| ! "''eople invariably pn, the f.dded
.i 1,1 ;1 '"lo an envelope *
; ?'i -l. because it goes in easier that
j way. This trifling fact has helped
' J "'e ureal ly a| limes. < ;l
chant complained that po-ial emJ
I'loyees were slealing his mail. \?u.
" doesn t pay t() begin with the the^
or\ that guilt lies in a certain quarter
and try to make facts accord with
| \oiir idea. First von must suspect
every one possible, and then eliminate
the idiiocenl people. So | asked
' 1 the man which of his ,-lerks handled
' 1 l!"' "uiil. and found l hat one bov imd I
j ample chance I., lake any letters."'
* j
He Tried Not To. }
, When 0-year-old Teddy displayed
Ihe shining new quarter which Mr.
IfiiiL'loss had given him down a: ihe
1 j corner siore, mother very naturalU
?' i'sked if her litlle boy had -.lii1
. I "Thank you" to father's friend.
; Xo answer.
[ "Surely you thanked Mr. Rin?1
loss?" she persisted.
Still 110 answer. Trouble showed
1 on the little face.
, "Teddy, listen. You ought to have
1 said 'thank you, sir.' Did you?"
1 No answer vet-? and trouble tlieatened
to produce showers.
[. "Come here, dear litlle son. Tell
I mamma, now. Did you thank Mr.
Rineioss fer (lie quarter?"
I hen (lie storm broke, hut between
1 j Ihe sobs and tears c.une the required
information: ''I told him thank yon,
I an' he said not to mention it, an' 1
^ tried not to."?Philadelphia Ledgei.
LADIES' COATS
$12.00 to $15.00 Coats reduced
to $10.00. : : : ' :
$10.00 Coats reduced to
$7.50. ::::::::
$9.00 Coats reduced to
$6.75. ::::::::
Tans, Browns, Blacks. : : !
All sizes. Come and buy. !
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Free Safety Razor Free Watch Fob \
With every order for three or With every order for one or i
4 3-4 gallons of our two gallons of our j
"Korksng Korn" "{Corking Korn" i
3 gallons, - $5.95 12 quails, - $6.45 J W** * &g * 1uarts. * %% j
2 gallons, - $4.70 8 quarts, - $4.95
4 3-4 gals., $8.45 16 q-iarts,'- $8.95 24 pinls, or 48 half pints, ... $6.70 )
"This is a High-Class Old Corn Whiskey, Yellow and Mellow." \
Express charges prepaid and losses and breakage made
good. Our shipping house is next door to express office,
which gives us the best and quickest shipping facilities. Send ;
money order with order and write for big price li3t. :
A. Hatke Sc. Co. j Distillers /Richmond, - Va.
P. O. Box 371. ) Established 1867 ) 800- 806 East Cary Street
We Lend Money i
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TO I
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Buy Homes!
We provide easy terms of payment.
We enable borrowers to accumulate a
in Monthly Installments, on which interest to
allowed to meet obligations at maturity.
It is cheaper than paying rent. If you wan\
to save money to buy a home take a Security
Contract.
If you want to save money for any purpose
take a Security Contract. It pays.
Call on A. J. Gibson, Asstant Secretary and
Treasurer, at office* corner Boyce and Adams
streets, next door to Copeland Brothers.
SECURITY LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO.
I ^nwsaixuAT, o?
Mrs. Alice Robertson, i
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TEACHER OF ?
Voice, Piano and Harmony. )
Studio Over Mower's Store.
Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Tliurs- ^
days and Fridays. L
Phone 263. j 1
Buying a Piano
or an Organ jr
is not hard
when you come or write to us.
Our Pianos and Organs are guaranteed l
and up-to-date, and at a reasonable price.
1 he cases are, beautiful, the inside is
n>ade by the best and most experienced
men in their line, so it is no wonder our
Pianos and Organs hold their sweet toue
a lifetime.
\\ rite us ?it once for catalog and special
price? airl terms, stating preference
1 mno or Organ.
Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C.
I'lANOS AND ORGANS.
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\AJ. O. HouseaI , /VI, D.
Office Hours - ( 9 to 10 a. 111.
I 3 to 4 p. m.
L. A. Riser, M. D.
Office with Or. Ilousenl.
f 8 to 9 a. in.
Office Hours - j 2 to 3 p. m.
(. 6.30 to 7.30 p. m.
P?m?rjjiuiJu..uu..T|<la|||||||
Boozer Bros.,
CITY MARKET,
1311 Main Street.
Fresh Meat.
Quick Service.
Phone 34.
FANCY GROCERIES,
The best the markets
afford.
We Ask a Trial Order.
BOOZER BROS.
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
books of registration for the town of
Newberry, S. 0., will he open on Tuesday,
September 8th, 1908, ami the undersigned
as Supervisor of Registration
for the said town, will keep said
books open every day from nine A.
M. until five P. M. (Sunday excepted)
including the first day of December,
1008.
Eugene S. Werts,
Supervisor of Registration.
td.
BmqanutiMHm .,? mrm 111 11 iiimij.n.i
The Standard Warehouse
Company Bess to Announac:
1st. 1 he rates of storage coverall costs
to ihe farmer, including protection for
his cotton from fire and the weather, and
the rate is as low or lower than the
farmer can insure his cotton when housed
at home.
2. Its warehouse receipts arc regarded
j as the highest class of bankable collateral
3. f moucjr can be borrowed on anything
it can be borrowed on the receipts
of The Standard Warehouse Company.
I. The identical cotton that you place
; in the warehouse is returned upon Hie
surrender of receipts.
5. In case of fire your cotton is paid
for at market value, and you have no
j difficulty as to insurance, the full in|
surance being maintained by The Stand}
ard Warehouse Company.
6. 1 he Standard Warehouse Company
j is absolutely independent of any otliei
i organization and conducts its affairs upon
strict business methods.
7. The paid up capital stock of The
Standard Warehouse Company is $350,000.00
and the company is absolutely
safe, and its warehouse receipts come
ahead of the stockholders.
8. The Standard Warehouse Company
is anxious to have cotton of farmers and
others stored, and offers the most complete
protection and encouragement for
farmers desiring to hold their cotton.
9. Rates will be furnished upon appli
; cation to Mr. J. I). Wheeler, I/ical Manj
a^er Standard Warehouse Newberry, S. C.
T. B. STACKHOUSE, President,
Columbia, S. C.