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STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN THE DANGER TO AUTOMOBILES AT GRADE CROSSINGS OB8ERVE THE WARNING ? DON'T INVITE THI8 FATE. WaHhington, D. C, ? The following letter has been addressed to the pub lic by Mr. Fairfax Harrison* president of Southern Itallway Company: ? "The automobile has groatly in creased the comfort and convenience Of life, and it has boon an important factor in the improvement of country highwayH and ho haH contributed to the progress of civilization of cmr time, but, Juat an the railroad did when it revolutionized commerce, the automobile has introduced new Hoclal complications and new risks, moral as well as physical. "The American people are paid to be characteristically reckless of hu man life, and perhaps in nothing 1b thiR statement, more Justified at the moment than In relation to the use of automobiles ? not even the railroads. My particular interest In the ques tion is, where my public responsibility lies, in the combination of the two ? in the accidents which occur to auto mobiles and their occupants where highways cross railways at grade: and this is a question of sufficient import ance to warrant the attention of every thinking man in the South. Record For One Year "The following table shows the ap palling record of such accidents on lines operated by Southern Hallway Company in the South touring the year ended June 30, 1915. a 2! I Is III B- a 9, 4 ?3? |o 2-p ?I? A < ffcrM O-i ?-3 <t)'0 Alabama.. 10 0 1 10 Georgia..- fi 2 10 0 North . Oaro 1 tha . . 27 6 21 27 South Carolina. 14 2 17 14 TennflKRoo-. ft 0 8 5 Virginia 7 2 1 7 Total 09 12 58 G9 "Without seeking to avoid Just re aponsibillty for what the officers or employees of the railroad do or omit, but recalling that, a railroad employee ?whose carelessness causes an acci dent Is, in the public Interest, subject to discipline which affects his liveli hood, it Is probably fair to say that a large proportion of these accidents happened solely through the careless ness of the drivers of automobiles, or their lack of experience In dealing with vehicles at high speed. There are among them also well authenticat ed cast's of deliberate assumption of risk bv the drivers of automobiles I from pui> love of excitement and | speed, evidenced by racinfc with trains | aiui locking the thrill of h narrow es- j cap?> our enginemen report such oc- j currency, daily. If fortunately they j are wiitmuf fatal consequences In the great v.\. limit y (if cases, they are al- | ways p.: ?>! !'.>i by a heavy strain on the nerv?- f all concerned, particu larly the." of ? locomotive engineer, who maintain, .peed from duty ami not for fun If is not too much to clainj for the b < . m >i ive engineer a larger equipment <<t experience and a greater habit of p:-t.va:ion than the average automobile .i;.\e: As a class the locomotive eng i ? ? : arc sober, steady and conservative men of long experience in meeting and avoiding risks, for theirs Is a dangerous occu pation." Their eveiy etTnrt of rbarac ter, of instruction Vkncl of interest is to avoid an accidentia Mo6t of the ac cidents to automobiles at railway grade crossings could be avoided if there was the same restraint of ex- J perience and attention at the wheel i of the automobile as at the throttle ! of the locorrtotive. Public Vitally Interested "It does not suffice the public In any moral sense that the fund ma^o , up of the revenues collected-'7>y~-tTie j railroad iwusually made to respond in damages* for consequences of such accidents. ^Uclde to collect life in surance TialWiever been deemed hon orable, while no one would deliberate \r Mil the life of a mother or wife, son or brother for money; on the other hand, the collection of damages out of railroad revenues, as a punishment for an avoidable accident, when th?re can be no real compensation, 1b an economic waste; it punishes the pub lic more than it punishes the stock holders, as it deprives the public by exactly the amount of the damages of the ability of the railroad to pro vide additional permanent facilities for the use or convenience and safety of the public. Given the progressive policy of Southorn Hallway Company to make sych Improvements to the extent of its ability, it is of interest to noto that, in the loat year a divi dend was paid by the Company, 3.80 cents vf, every dollar of revenue col lected from the public went in pay ment of damages of all kinds, prac tically the same amount, 3.88 cents, went to the stockholders, while only thirteen-hundredths of one cent ol each dollar of revenue could be ap piled on permanent improvements. Such /fiber Improvements as were made were necessarily charged to new capital, thereby increasing the de mands on the fund in which the pub lie has so vital an interest. It would be the -pleasure of the management always to apply as much of the rev enues on permanent improvements as on dividends, if that was possible. There is, then, a basis of interest as well as of morals for co-operation be twoen the public and the railroads to prevent the recurrence of these trag edies. "With a deep sense of the respon sibility of management In this mat ter and pledging this Company to do everything in its power which la rea sonable and consistent with the func tions for which it was chartered, I ap peal to the public generally for such co-operation in avoiding theso serious and distressing accidents. In practical ly all cases they can be, and in most cases are, readily and easily avoided by the automobile driver acting upon the familiar warning to stop, look and listen at raiPway crossings. While familiarity with the crossing sign posts and the rogular schedules ol trains mky breed contempt of danger, surely every ono of us when using n highway can afford to sacrifice enough of his time and his pride of opinlori to have a practical assurance of safe ty. On the other hand, the demands of commerce and of public transpor tation do not permit a railroad to stop .ill Its trains at all highway crossings: if that was possible it would be cheap er * for the railroad to do so than ft} pay the damages. It Is clear, however, that it is necessary that ono or the other of the parties to a crossing shall stop If the largest measure of protec tion of life and limb and property is to be secured. If not from self-inter est, can not the automobile driver yield the precedence as a matter of courtesy to nge, for the railroad Is older than the automobile! Eliminating Grade Crossings The ideal of safety will be accom plished only whon all grade crossings of railroads are separated. In this respect Southern Railway Company is doing something every year and as much as its resources and other obli gallons make possible: Indeed, it may claimed that the Company is J speaking generally, making progressl more rapidly than most municipalities which have an obligation in the prem ises: but by co-operation of municl- 1 palities and railroads many dangerous I crossings have been eliminated throughout the South, and more will b?* every year Furthermore, on every hit of construction work of Southern Railway ( ompany nov^ in progress, or recently completed, l^olvlng the re location or double tracking ef line (nearly four million dollars has bae.t spent on such work during th? pa*4 year), ^.-ovision has been aid* at largo additional expense to ?ptfale all important highwav crossln revised line, wherever physically prac ticable, and this policy will be contin ued for the future. "Given the hUtory of our transpor tation and highway systems and the enormous coat of adJuatlng them to modern eruditions, the elimination of grade ciomkIuk* la aad In the very nature of tbe problem must be a grad ual development with the growth of population and wealth, but, meanwhllo, good Judgment on the part of all con cerned can do much to anticipate the benefit* of the admittedly desirable expenditure of large sums of money. The ttauie sober sense of responsibil ity for life on the part of automobile drivers which actuates moat locomo tive engineers, aad In addition the willingness of tfcye automobile driver In suoh a high interest to subordinate ;bls time and convenience to that of Ahe greater number represented by a (railroad train, oan check a waste of life and limb and property which is bow Increasing every year MTe thle end I appeal confidently for the ceunael of every reeponelble man and woman (n the 8?uth, whethor or not he or ehe drives an automobile. Words of caution and common ssnee arpund the family dinner table can have more Inftuenoe and can sav/ more Uvea at railwsy grade crossings than all the warning whletlee ever blown by a locomotive engineer." 80UTH A8 GRAIN 8KCTION EXPLOITED ?V 80UTHERN Atlanta, Oa. ? The superlative ad vantages of the South as a grain pro ducing section will be given great prominence la exhibits which South ern Railway, Mobile and Otlo Rail road, Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, Virginia and. Southwestern Railway, and affiliated lines will make at thirty state, district and county fairs In the North and Middle West during the coming fall. An especially fine collection of grains will be shown while the grass es and forage crops exhibited will be of very high character. From the wheat growing section of the South, grain sheaves will be shown from fields yielding as high as 40 bushels to the acre, and the charaoter of oth er exhibits will be in keeping. The 'fruits and vegetables to be shown in Jars include a wide variety. These eihiblts come from various districts of the entire territory serv ed by Southern Railway and afflliatod lines in Virginia, North and South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. They will be shown in Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Michigan and IK linoin und each exhibit will be attend ed by agents, well equipped to tell callers about the various sections of the South. The first two exhibits will be ehown at fairs in Indiana. For all fairs in the Mid e West a special exhibit tent has Leon provided, arranged so that a large number of people ban see tbe exhibit at the same time. Throughout many of the states the Southern Railway exhibit has become well known and is looked for. THE MAIL CARRIER A Regular a?d Always a Welcome Visitor. He comes with all the inevitability of death and taxes, but unlike them he Is always a welcome caller. To be sure, he is oftentines charged with messages of bereavement, and notices of liabilities and- of unperformed du ties, but for all that he is welcome. It Is not Ills fault that he is not al ways a bearer of messages of good cheer. He would rather bring good news but so long as be is the nexus between us and the outside world, which is- an affair of both good and evil, the fault is with the world and not with the rural mall carrier If the evil some times predominates. lie rises while It Is still dark, and whatever may be the weather or the roads, be brings the world to our doors. Tie is the very type of faithfulness. Should this nation fall, as nations are doing in other and less-fa voretT climes, our first noticeable loss would be his dally visits. The rattle of his buggy down the road says to us all, "(iod lives and the Government at Washington still exists." Other func tionaries of the government are bur dens on our shoulders, but the mail carrier bears our burdens. He. more than steam, electricity, or t.he telephone, annihilates distance for us. By his labors we join daily in the thought of t he world. He ?enablos us to become a rea Hy u i i i t c< 1 )>eople, reading and thinking the same things at the same times. H?> even brings t?> us the criticisms of the very government which sends him to our doors with such unfailing regularity ? and when the w??nl goes out through the press that he the mall carrier himself. Is a heavy lnatl on the government, he delivers to us the in dictment with a smile. He is the guaranty of the nation against the division of the land into a peasantry and r. plutocracy, for he serves Through ? and Through alone can make and keep a free people. Here's to hi* health and bis family ; may he live long? and prosper !? Farm and Fireside. k BUILD UP THE SOU, BY THE USE OF LEGUMES Let These Gatherers of Nitro gen Share the Farm With Oats and Wheat. Clemson College, Aug. 17.- For ttiree years the demonstration fores* of < 'Icmson Coll^S ??"<l flu* I'nilcd Stair* (H*liurtinout of agriculture have put soil buildup ,|u' viry front of tto thing" they have been teaching South Carolina farmers, for the rCtt?yil tUftfc they believed that tjb# wort serious limiting factor In Southern agriculture 1h the lack of humus, or decayed veg etable mat tor, in the soli. Qiant strides in solbbuUdihg have been taken l>y the state (luring these three years, hut there are inaijy farms which have not yet felt the Invigorating Influence of good soil-building methods and this work will 1k> continued energetically until the state has l>een completely won to soil-building. Many experiment* have proved that the quickest and most economical way to build Up worn-out noils is by using tin' winter legumes, shell as burr and crimson clover and vetch. The use of the clovers ami yotelies as winter cover crop** was accordingly made the princi pal point of attack by the demonstra tion forces and. the results since 1000, when Bouth Carolina had only UN7 acres in clovers of all kinds, are com monly known. Last fall, owing to the advisability of growing money eroi>s during winter nnd to the difficulty of obtaining win ter legume seed. . Clemson College used its principal efforts to have farmers seed their land to wheat and oats, and the results have justified this. But there was necessarily not so big an acreage in winter legumes last year As there would have been had the war not begun when It did. This year, moreover, Clemson Col lege is again urging farmers to sow wheat and oats and again it is likely that there will be less interest in clov ers than there would have been had this been a year of normal conditions. ???H>nlc?ss, Clemson College urges farmers to remember that a farmer's first need is good land and that In South Carolina much of the land can not be called good land, because It Is lacking in humus. While a farmer Is planning to sow his oats and wheat this fall, lie should prepare also to plant burr or ..crimson clover. The clovers will gather nitrogen from the Air for him, as no other crops but the legumes can do, and if he turns them under in spring, they will give him not only a new, free supply of nitrogen, but a large quantity of humus as well. Any farmer who Is trying to reduce his fertilizer bills should by all means grow the clovers this winter. By sup plying nitrogen and a large mass of humus, which unlocks some of the plant food in all soil, a continued use of the clovers can save at least one half of a man's fertilizer bill. The ar guments in favor of sowing winter legumes are many. Let these gatherers of nitrogen share your farm this win ter with oats and wheat. THE COW AND HER PRODUCT. Clcmson College Weekly Notes For Farmer and Dairyman. " (Thewe notes are prepared weekly by the Dairy Division of Clemson Col lege whi?h will be glad to answer any questions pertaining to dairying.) A cow Is at her best when she is from 5 to 8 years old. Regardless of the season of the year' uillk should be kept cold until used. Some people will soon be cutting corn silage. He sure to use low-bodied wag ons and save labor. The CMemson College co-operative creamery continues to increase its vol ume of business and the number of Its patrons. Be sure the separator Is kept clean. Cream is too valuable to have it in jured In quality by the separator. Wash the bowl after each separation: The man who learns to pick a fu ture big producer from the calf lot Is lucky, lie Is the man who will be able to bulb] up his dairy herd along right lines at small expense. South Carolina Is doing well this year as to silos aiyl the year will see more built than in any year before. Yet this state Is still near the bottom In the silo roll of honor. There .1^ much yet to do. To determine the value of a cow it is necessary to measure her milk flow and also to test her milk for butterfat, I A cow producing 40 pounds of per cent milk and one producing 20 pounds of <? I ??*r cent milk give equal amounts of hutterfat. Tuesday's Summary of The War. , The British transport Uoyal Edward. I convex in ^ tri?ops to the Dardanelles, was sunk by a submarine in the Aege an sea_last Saturday. Probably 1,000 men wenVlnst. t Ad vices from Athens say King Con stantlne accepted the resignation of the Gounarls cabinet and that M. Ven ?nelos was Invited to consult with the | King today. Activity in Increasing along ths Austro-Itailan front. liotue claim* pro. gross In the Hex ten region, In the Bach .ii.Mh ind Bodenbacb vrUi^i and in tlm Monte Nero ssone. Vienna declares Italian attacks at various flints along the line failed. / 'Turkish reports oil I In- I >a rdauclk'a oiMjfatlons declare attacks by newly landed troops of the allies have heon repulsed. The Germaus have won a new and Important success at Kovno* Berlin re Ijorts today, rapturing Hie forlti that lie ?>otweon the Nlemen river and Gesla two and one-hal^ miles to the south of Kovito proper. h . Much war material, including 240 cannon and 4,500 prisoners, were taken in the Kovno operations. Additional inroads were made on the defenses of Novogeorglevaki wliere three forts have been captured. At this fortress 2,400 prisoners, 11) cannon, and other mate rial were taken. * Further progress by the armies of Prince J>eopold of Baravia and Field Marshal Von Mackensen, pressing to ward Brest-IJtovsk, Is reported. In the west, the French stopped a (lor man attack at Haute Chevauchc, In the Argonne, where the crown prince's troops came out of their trenches for an assault, hut were driven hack by the French lire, Paris reports. lterlin declares the French evacuat ed one of their trencl\?S near I^a Fllle Morte, in the eastern Argonne. The capture of a British aeroplane and the driving off of two destroyers by 'Ar tillery fire from Ostend also are" re corded. Last of Custer's Band. Greenville, Miss., Aog. 18. ? Frank H. Earle, said to have been the only survivor of General Custer's command when the seventh cavalry was massa cred by Indians at the battle of the Little Rig Horn, was buried here' yes terday. He died at Arkansas City, Ark. ^ Friday. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brock, of Anderson, on Sat urday, each weighed G pounds and all are doing well. , ^ Administrator's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of. Kershaw. By virtue of an order from the Judge of Probate of Kershaw County, I will sell at Bethune, S. C., on Saturday, Septomber 4th, 1915, at 10 o'clock a. m., live (5) Mules and one (1) Cow belonging to the estate Of Z. V. (Mor gan, deceased. Terms strictly cash. N. K. McKINNON, Administrator. Camden, S. C., August 16th, 1015. 18-19 " CITATION. ~ " State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. ?? . By W. L. MCDOWELL, fcsquire, Pro bate Judge. WHERICAS, L. Schenk made suit to me to grant him Letters of Admin istration of the Estate of and effects of Amos Reed. These ate, Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Amos Reed, deceased, that they be jand appear before me, la ..the... Court -of Probate, to be held at Camden, S.*C., on August 31st, next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenootr; to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my liand, this 17th day of August, A. D., 1915. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershay Co. Published on the 20th and 27th days of August, 1915, in the Camden Chroni cle and posted at the Court House c^oor for the time prescribed by law. . ESTATE NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday, the 11th day of September, 1915, I will apply to the Probate Court, of Ker shaw County for a flnal discharge as Executor of the estate of F, W. Gal lagher, deceased. J. W. BARRY, v - ? ? FYftCMtjpr. ' Camden. S. C.t< August 12, 1915. ESTATE NOTICE. - All parties indebted to the estate of Z. V. Morgan, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to th^ un dersigned, and all parties, if any, hav ing claims against the said estate will present, them duly attested within the time prescribed by law. N. K. McKINNON, Qnalitled Administrator Estate of Z.? V. Morgan. . Camden, 8. C., July 17, 1015. ESTATE NOTICE. All parties indebted to the estate of Saby B. Gardner, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, If any, having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested within the time proscribed by law. VEHMBLLE D.' GARDNER, Executrix. Camden, S. C., July 1 i, 1915. . ESTATE NOTICE. All parties Indebted to the estate of Mrs. Margaret . J. Holland, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested within the time prescribed by law. A I. F. HOLLAND. Qualified Administrator. Camden, 8. C., July 21, 1915.. 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JOHNSON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ?35 1 -2 Main St. Thow 2874 AN UNTIRING EFFORT to repair your own wheel may I praiseworthy from some standpohd hut It is poor economy. Only ana pert can do it' well. Our Bicycle Repair Shop is the working place of skilled H chinists ? bicycle machinists? and I is equipped with modern toolrai all other things to enable ra I make thoroughly satisfactory J pairs at moderate prices. H.' E. BEARD DEATH t?VERI RAT CORN! Best rat and mice exterminator?! Kills quickly atfd absolute) y Mummlflos ? tbus provenWnf atcorn* tlon. Better than all the traps IB world. Insist on Genuine RATCWtw 25c, 60c, $1 at dealers or by o*?i,p paid. BOTANICAL MFC. CO i 3*T 4th & Rmc* St*.. Philadtlpi*. Wood's Crimson Clover the best of soll-improviM and forage crops for fell see} ing, Puts land in splendid condition and increases pro ductiveness to a wooden" extent. Makes one of th best of winter cover crop* furnishes excellent grann t the earliest green feed, ori good hay crop. Wood's Fall Catalog gives full information abort this valuable crop, tmd J1 other Clover and Grass Se#? Seed Grains;' etc., to* seeding. Catalog mailed ot request Write for it aix prices of any seeds desif? T.W. WOOD ?& SONS, . SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, MONEY TO IOAH. g Oft Improved farms. BtU W Apply to B. B. Clarke, Camd*". <x w Undertakers for