The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 02, 1916, Image 3
MMB8 J HI14U UKAO,
L iMuiuvr Hallway UwlWerWureX
F** NorttiWMl. |
i 'hiiI, Mluu., May 29.- -Jainptt J.
HI, ittilroad builder, capitalist and
't wJdelv known figure of the North
L| died at his Suuiioitt avenue real
?H; a ( !* o'clock this morning ?h,
n^till of an operation duo to lu
*tiual trouble.
luim s I 1 1 III discovered "the
i?ket of tin* wor Id" in the great
ortinvt^t ; lie 1?h1 In its development
i4 wilderness Into wliut now com
rfv.-s ^i\ wealthy statea dotted with
Hj.ooo fa i ins ; and lie biased a trail
>i' "i ra iisj K?rt a t Ion whioli reached even
ntlh from Buffalo to , AhUu with a
ital* mileage of rail and steamship fa
lit if s dial would nearly girdle the
irtli- k
That hut roughly sjmus the story of
* achievement, r ...
Near (Juelph, In Ontario, where
inn*.- .heroine! Hill way horn In 18418,
son "I an Irlsh-liuiadlan farmer.
,o <1 i?tl when the hoy was 15, there
mis a tree stump labeled: "The
l<t tr?-e cho|?|MHl hy James J. IlllL"
It marked the lad's resolution to go
the lulled States. He had been
)iii|)ti*(| by an (Mid Incident. Accord
t<> the story that is told, a strange I
veler Inn I stopped at the Kill farm
lake (1 Inner, and left his horse at
irate. Young II11I saw the animal
t? tired awl he carried it a paH of,
iter. The stranger was pleased with!
a lad's thoughtfulneHH, and as he
Kve oil' he tossed him a newsimper
>ui the I nlted States." and called out
ivcly :
hio there, young man. That coun
uml.s youngsters of your spirit."
flill read the paper carefully. It I
tallied flowing accounts of oppor
ltles In the Stated. lie resolved to
estimate for himself. It was tlid
It morning that he ehop]>cd his last.
v. a mere roustabout lad of IS. he
r?'*l from .Maine to Minnesota. When
l.sfrtJ. "la- disembarked from u Mis
<l|>j>i river packet at St. Paul, that
(v was a frontier town of 5,000
lultitanK At the sign of W. J.
ks & (V. agents for the Dubuque
I St. Paul Packet ComiMUty. he
iihI ?i Job as both stevedore and
rk.
n the tifteen years that followed he
scil every opportunity to study (he
[?lc problem of river trans|s>rtatlon.
[gathered no end of cx|>erioiict? and
1 1 It* eapital with which he launch
hl> own linn of Hill, <;riss & Co..
eh promptly displayed Its init latino
RUB OUT PAIN
'ith good oil liniment. That's
\c surest way to stop them,
lie best rubbing liniment is(
MUSTANG
[MIME NT
Good for the A ilments of
orses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qood for your own A ches,
tint, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
i5c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
ORD
Cars
ORD
Parts
Accessories
'-RVICE STATION AND
">RD PARTS IN STOCK
tRSHAW MOTOR CO.
?me 140 Camden, S. C.
The
Graham
Cracker with
the Delicious Taste
N. B. C. Graham Crackers are incomparably the finest
flavored of graham crackere. Thanks to our careful selec
tion of grain and thorough preparation, we get just tha
tight proportion of elements to make a wholesome biscuit
and one thst it tha most palatsbla and appetiving of its kind.
Try N. B. C. Orat^am Crackers for their delicious nut-like
flavor and flaky crispness. Use them regularly at meals and
between meals, becauso they are as digestible as they are
nourishing.
5C and 10c Package*
c NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
toy bringing the llrst load of coal tluit
had ever Ihhw seen in that hiection into
St. Paul. Two years later, with a llat
Iwttomed steamer, he established the
first regular comunleatlon with St.
Paul and Manitoba ]>orts of the for tile
Ked river valley.
At about that time St. Paul was hav
ing its first experiment in railroad
building. Eighty miles had been laid
to St. ('loud, "10 miles to B reckon -
bridge, both of which terminals were
at the southern end of the Red river
valley, and there were about 1(X) miles
of track, "which began nowhere and
ended in that same iudotinite xjM>t."
This venture ran up a debt of $33.
000,000 and collajvsed, with its only
assets in'lng "a few streaks of rust
and a right of way."
11111 had had sufficient success in the
region to l>e seized with a consuming
desire to purchase the defunct proi>
erty. After live years rtf financial dick
ering. Including the sale of all his
other Interests, which netted a for
tune of $1<)0.0<>0, he and a syndicate
of three others? Sir Donald A. Smith,
George Stephen, and Norman \\\ Kitt
son ? obtained the object of this desire.
Project Called "Folly"
The St. Paul, Minnesota and Mani
toba Kail way was formed to oj>erate
the property with Hill as general man
ager. 'When, In 1883, _Mr. Hill was
elected president, he undertook the ex
tension of the road from its Dakota
ami Minnesota homestead to tile Pa
cific ocean. lie was confronted by
three great ' com]>etltors to the South,
each of which had r?*eeived big bonuses
as government aid. whereas the "Man
itoba" or the- Great Northern, as it
came to be known, did not have a dol
lar of government, subsidy or an acre
of grant to forward its progress from
the Minnesota boundary to the sea.
In this lighL IIlll's plan was widely
deemed pure folly, but he pressed it to
conclusion by building and |>opnlnting
as 'he built. For several years he laid
rails westward at the rate of a mile
a day, and at a cost of $30,000 a mile,
and as he went he left a trail of em
bryonic farms l?y the railslde.
With the line to Puget Sound once
laid, he turned Empire Builder. He
Introduced the live stock industry into
vast areas of bunch-grass plains, and
develoi?ed them by importing blooded
stock; he sent ^demonstration trains
through the country with mem who
-showed the people how to raise more
wheat to the acre : he made an outlet
for the grain by establishing a cheap
rate by rail and steamship to Buffalo,
where he built great elevators; in fact
for upward of HO years he left noth
ing in his power undone to develop the
country where he had staked out his
claim as the great common carrier.
But at the Pacific tide-water he was
not satisfied for he saw in the Orient
still further opportunities, lie organ-,
izod a fleet of Pacific steamshix?s fox
the commercial invasion of japan and
Ohina. Japan at the time wanted steel
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.
All jxtsous having claims against
the estate of W. I,. Clyburn* deceased,
will preseut them duly attested, ana
those indebted to said estate will make
pavment to the- undersigned.
DANA V. CLYBIJUN.
Qualified Administratrix.
Bethunc, S. 0? April 24, 191G.
rails, but proposed Kitting them from
England, hs the rutCH were lean. It Is
related that when John W. Gates, the
steel magnate, of CThlcngo, came to III11
with the proposition of getting Ameri
can rails to Japan, the latter replied:
"1 will make you a rate of a ton
from Chicago or Pittsburgh to* Yoko
hama. If that is to much, I will carry
it for the axle, grease us?h1 on the lo
comotives ami freight cars: and if you
can't stand that I will carry your
freight for nothing."
At th*j-^S rate named, the American
manufactuN'r was enabled to secure
the .Japanese contract.
The same tactics were adopted in
getting American wheal and llonr into
Japan and China, where rlee was the
staple food.
His faith in the Far East was re
wantod as lll>erally as, that in the
Northwest. it is estimated that the
Pacillc tleel now earrles nearly $50,
000,000 worth of products to the Orient
every year.
While Mr. lllll built up for himself
and his associates an immense fortune,
'he also helped to create for the settlers
along his lines a wealth of over live
billion dollars in real proj>erty, which
Is represented by the value of the 400,
000 farms add their (J5.000.000 acres of
improved land.
Upon bis retirement at til), the
"streak of rust" he bad bought ?i0 years
before, , bad expanded to more than
0.<M?o miles, ami it was earning gross
promts of more than $l?(?,000,000 a year,
and carrying 15.000.000 tons of freight
annually, lie still retained a band in
the (ireat Northern's |H>llcy as chair
man of the hoard of directors while
his son Louis, who had worked up
from the humblest ]>osltlon on his fath
f erV railroad l?eeaine presideid.
WAR MINISTER DKAI).
Idol of the French Public Passes After!
Lingering Illness.
Paris, May l?7.-~ General Joseph S.
Galeini, former war minister, died at
V ersailles His death, while not un- 1
expected. created a profound impres- j
Kiwi as ho w as idolized by the French, ;
particularly the i">or, who regarded j
his as t!i< fJavi.tr t?i Paris during the
critical days of August, 1914. His
funeral will he the occasion of notable
military and civil demonstration.
Gallieni was appointed wur minis- !
ter after the battle of the Marne hi '
which he took a notable part. llcj
rushed eighty thousand troops of the!
Paris garrison to the battle line in ;
tax lea hs at the crisis and thereby turn- j
ed the tide <>r victor in the French
favor. As a war minister Gallieni de
voted "himself to eliminating red taj>e
in the army admin 1st ration, lie also
dealt heavily with the officers wlio
secured jx>sts through favoritism or
political Influence.
Ills first, act was to forbid civilians!
to write to generals in the field re
garding military matters,, and his next
was to send to the front able-l>odiod
soldiers ocupying safe billets in the
rear. He forced the retirement of old
officers not equal to the demands of
wur, and by a revision of the exempt
lists he added eighty thousand to the
army. GaTItcnl took over tihe direction
of the aviation depa rtment In February
but shortly afterward became ill with
kidney trouble and resigned March 0.
Discuss New County.
Lancaster, May 2*1. ? Arguments by
legal representatives for arid against
the establishment and creation of the
proposed new county of Catawba were
mode here today before Jndge Ernest
Moore. This hearing on 'the consti
tutionality of the ill shaped county
act In connection with the new county
of Catawba was referred last week to
Judge Moore by Chief Justice Gary.
Judge Moore says he will render his
decision in a few days. It 0. Welch,
of Columbia, made the argument for
the proposed oounty, while J. R. Mc
, I>onald, of Wini^iboro j, A. I*. Gaston
".and J. H. Marlon, of Chester, appear
Jed for the opponents
The asparagus growers of the Ridge
: section of 8outh . Oirollna realised
about MO, 000 on their crops the past
j] year. * ?
I H. Phlllipa, a prominent kisur
17 ance man of Cheater, was painfully
. wounded when be waa struck on the
I head in rn altercation with a negro.
[Lumber! Lumber!
?THAT'S OUR MIDDLE NAME, AN ^ ^ TIMES
FACTURE AND KEEP on HAND AJmpabe OTJR
anything IN TH13UNE. COM grade
PRICES WITH ANYONE EfSE FOR SA OR
Material AND WE ARE SURE ?L aME OUT
pER. NO TROUBLE FOR US TO FR orDERS
VOUR SCHEDULE AND QUOTE PRICb?^ gET
jARGE OR SMALL WILLBE APPREC1A 0R_
5THER PRICES AND THEN BRING Ub
DERS. _
I CALL, WRITE OR PHONE US aD^TO^CALL
rou WANT, OR WE WILE BE GLA^ fu
KNI) SEE YOU ? ?
DAVIDSON LUMBER. CO,
Oppo.ite Camden OO MHI Phone 104.
w * i v? -r,. Tc^r ,fV ^ '
HKMHKHTS NKWS NOTKS.
(WrfnfMmtknt Thinks 111^ Will Put
Ginger in CmdinUiii.
Hetal>erf. S. C., XIh.v 20. ? It 1* hot
tind dry. i'olumblu U'lng the hottest
place In the South, as It generally Is
in itolltlo*. A fow showcrH foil here
nnvntly not enough to (to much good*
The heads of oats' a ?v l>etng taken off,
not leaving much stalk ttehlnd. Wheat
very ll^ht. AM thin may l>e for our
g?M>d and W*? should look at It In that
way. Wry little cotton has Urn chop
i?ed out through tilts section. We have
iihoiit an average stand but most of It
i* not i'ld enough to thlu out. A good
rain foil from Sinlfhvllle eastward Sat
urday afternoon.
We are very modest in Sumter coutv
i,\ \o candidate* ha>v come out vet
A tow have anounccd for local oiNees.
You haw some lino material to pick
from.
Soon our state |H?lltlrs will start
and that will liven up things |ro no ral
ly. You may rout assured that Rlcase
will put ginger In Ids ca'ini>aigu, so
will Uallroad lllll. All this help*; to
get out a good vote, oaiieclally do we
need It in the general election. The
writer could tell who Is going to he
elected governor from the signs of the
times, hut, that would he tolling how
an Interesting ln?ok that you are read
ing would end? and |M)lltl<"N Is Inter
est ing when conducted gentlemanly.
I .a using. Secretary of State, wrote
unite a positive letter to Ktiglaml and
1 i.? nve about our malls. If Cleveland
\ui* President those countries would
have heard .something long ago, for
thcli Intcrmedllug In things that they
should keep out.
The new building now nearly done
on tin. old Gernltl lot Is a tine one and
adds greatly to the looks of that part
of the city. It is both ornamental and
convenient, the otthvH nicely arranged.
The Loan and Havings bank, that will
iHvupy the corner i*art will 'have a
line ottloe. This bank does business
In the IMsgah sect Ion and Us ]>atrons
speak In high tortus of Its courteous
olllclalx.
Mother's Day was observed at l'lsgah
church yesterday afternoon. The oj>en?
ing exercises were conducted by Mr.
W. H. Freeman, who was Introduced
by Miss Sadie Rogers In her own
charming way, after which Hey,
It. Mat Held was Introduced by Ml As
Ktliel Watson in a very Impressive
way. He s|x?ke on Mother in a ten
di>r and eloquent manner. His-addrOsji
went home to those who hitd mothers,
and especially to those who had none.
The pastor. Mr. Rotou, was next In
troduced by Miss Carrie Baker in a.
pleasant manner. He spoke on Heaven
ami the large audience listened as it
did to all the sj?eakers. with )>rofound
interest. Mr. I,. A. White was then
called out and he too delivered a ten
der and Interesting address, The music
Was very nicely rendered and appro
priate for the occasion. Judge W. B.
do Lunch was invited to be present and
tnko part, hut could not get here, to
the regret of all. He is very |>opular
here as well as everywhere ? he Is
known. Mr. Henry Hatfield, of Cas
| suit, came down and took part in the
I music. Many from oft' wore present.
I t Miss Lula Baker is visiting near
I Sumter. She is one of our most popu
lar young ladies, and rightly so.
Rev. S, B. Hatfield's numerous
friends were glad to sec him again.
He was raised here and has the "on
lidence and res|>ect of this entire com
munity as a christian gentleman.
LARGKK POSTAL SAVINGS
Deposits Will Now Be Accepted at the
Post Office.
larger jkjsUiI Having de|K>sit* wilt
now lie accepted at tile post office. This
is made possible by an iui|>ortant
a mend men t to the Postal Savings Act
just approved by President Wilson. A
I>ostal savings dej>ositor may now have
an account amounting to $1,000 upon
which interest will l>e paid. Former
ly $500 was thr maximum amount he
could 'have to his credit. . This en
largement of jKistal savings facilities
will be very gratifying to thousands
of <lei>ositors who have already reached
the "old $000 limit and are anxious
to ? entrust more of their savings to
r-ncle Sam. Another feature of the
amendment that will avoid further em
barrassment. to the public and to pos
tal officials is the doing away with
the limit on the amount that could be
accepted from a depositor monthly. Un
der the old law only $100 could l>e
deposited in a calendar month. The
amendment abolishes this restriction.
While the I'ostal Savinirs System has
already proved a signal success as is
shown, by the fact that more than
lalf-a-rollllon dejwsltors have over
eighty million dollars standing to their
credit, still It has fallen short of meet
ing the full demands of * the public
because ?of tJhc restrictions which have
now been eliminated. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson and Third Assistant Post
master General Dockery have been
I tireless in their efforts to secure a
'iMllflcatlon of the limitations and the
new liberalizing legislation Is particu
larly gratifying to them.
Two telephone ?;lrls in different
[country exchange* were having a chat
j over the wires on the subject of dress.
For fifteen or twenty minutes they
discussed the topic, from ruchcft-.-.to
furbelows, and they were in the midst
of accordion plaits when a strident,
Impatient, Imperative masculine voice
hrolce np the symposium.
"Ten-four-nlne-two," the voice yell
ed. 'Are you there. Ham? Mk, at
last! Hello, who is that speaking?"
"Wbat line do you think you are
on?" demanded one of the girls, in
dignant af. being interrniJted.
"Really," came the weary and dis
gusted reply, "I don't know; but from
the gabbling that is going on I think
I must be on the clothes line."
F41k*t McMfchael. a negro,1 la held
in New York for Orangeburg officers.
He la wanted on the charge of mar
der.
Close attention to our business, studying the wants of
our customers, persistently striving to better our effi
ciency, has made the success of our business, and coup
led with the above the 25 years pt experience, with the
assistance of competent, help, catering to the wants of
our customers, justifies the assertion that we are better
prepared than ever to serve our customers.
W? handle a full line of Farmers Supplies. Har
nett, Heavy Groceries, Hay, Grain, Poultry and!
Dairy Feeds.
Wagons. Buggies, Harness, Disc Harrows, Walk
ing Cultivators, Peg Tooth Cultivators, Cotton and
Corn Planters. Guano Distributors, Rakes, Mowers.
Southern Field Fencing, Barb Wire Staples.
Call and get our prices before making your pur
chases. j,
SPRINGS & SHANNON
The Store That Carrie# The Stock.
? FOR SALE
Pure Bred HEREFORD Cattle
"The Kind That Pay/'
YVe are offering for sale 50 head of big bone bulls
of breeding: age of highest quality and breeding.
Camden Beef Cattle Farms
LL'tiOFF. SOUTH CAROLINA.
FttKU E. I'KKKINS, Special I 'art nor IIKNItY Cl'NNlNGHAM, M*r
4. \\. McCORMICK, Prop.
K. W. RON I), MiuiAftrr
McCORMICK & COMPANY
Funeral Director a and Embalmers.
Niiclit Phone 23. AMBULANCE SKKVICK. Day Fiioiie 70.
Country Call* Answered Promptly Day or Night.
Camden Undertaking Co.
C. W. EVANS, Manager
FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
'
City and Country Calls Attended Promptly
<, *
DAY OR NIGHT
Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street
Office Phone 9yl ~ Residence Phone 283-L
COLD
COMFORT
can be taken in delicious liq
uid draughts at our Soda
Fountain, Ice Cream Soda
in all flavors and of a guar
anteed purity. Tempting,
satisfying, cooling, healthful
and the thought of it on
these hot days will make
your mouth water. The lit
tle cost of so much comfort
will surprise you. Don't swelter - when coolness is so
easy to reach. Try * glass of your favorite flavor and^be
cool and happy.
CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN
Spero Beleos, Proprietor.
7S.
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