The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 29, 1929, Image 7
Kail Transport
Versus Motor
Bp% ' ii I, i im .
jtny proposal for the establishment
j common carrier mrftor truck lines
<a routes parallelling existing r#Urotds
call* for careful consideration
of the raerite el rail and motor
^ck transportation and of the econ0mic
contribute* made by eacb U
the various communities they leiui
tnd to the
The railroad* <df South Caroline,
>g i? well kawwn, were* built by pri
vAte initiate 'and with ? private
fyrvds. They ^operate on their own
tosdway, bought, built and maintained
at large expense. They employ
gbout 171000 : people iu South Carolina
to whom they pay more than!
$28,000,000 a -year. Railroad proper- J
Lty in South Xferollna is assessed atj
[shout. IBO.OOOvOOO and in 1028 the
" leads paid ttbout 13,156,000 in taxea.
In addition they spend millions of
^dollar* each year for crosatle* and
other matriils and supplies ) needed
in their upeMttion.
The railroads offer a complete
transportation service. They will
carry one package or a carload of
any commodity to any designated
point* Their trains run by night aa
well *s by day, in winter ae well al
la ehmmer, and in bad weuther aa
wall he iv good.
The very nature of railroad facilitie#
ia.spch as to guarantee their
permanence as long as there is traflie
to support them. The service'
they offer and the rates, that they
May charge are regulated by State
and Federal agencies representing
the public interest in transportation*
Their financial responsibility is es<tablishetd
and they are managed by
men who are trafftc sad operating
experts, p. '
Railroad service now la better than
it /has ever been. Freight shipments;
are made with a speed, regularity!
and precision that has ummt before
been approached* This is duo largely
to the expanditaiee in reeent^yeat?
of very considerable sums -for expanding
and supplementing rail facilities.
Motor truck transport differs in
many essentials -from veil transport.
Motor trucks operate on roads
built and jnaintaiued at public expense.
Beyond the very nominal
taxes they pay ?hey make no contritution
toward the xwmritruCtion and
maintenance of the road ' they Use
that ii? comparable with tbe wear and
damage that they -usually cause.
Motor truck lines 'employ only a
handful of men and purchase nothing
beyond gas, oil Bpd -U few spare
porta. Sim** they depend upon public
maintenance of the roads that
they use motor trucks assume no re-<
sponsibility at times when the roads
are had or impassable. For this rea-j
son motor trudfc^ service has none of
the desirability ut 'permanence that
character!its trail service.
Motor transport is not, and under
existing conditions, rcannot be complete
and adequate. While trucks
can transport some commodities advantage
o? sly* they are not adapted J
for the handling, especially over long
distances of such bulky and heavy
commodities as (brick, lumber and
other building materials, sand, cement,
gravel, "heavy machinery and
steel and iron which makes up such
a large part of the volume of traffic
that must be moved. The capacity
of the average motor truck in this
section is about 2 1-2 tons. The average
freight car load is more than
26 tons. It mould, therefore, take at
least 10 trucks to move the traffic
now carried in 1 freight car. If mo
pr ,v
tor trucks come into gunural us* #or
trtniportitioij they would crowd nil
other traffic off the roads and would
speedily demolish tha roads,
In fact, motor truck lines, seldom,
if over, make any pre ten ho of offering
a complete transportation service;
They do not solicit, and ait
not prepared to handle, the types of j
traffic metioned above which take re- i
lativeiy low rates- The motor truck}
leave such traffic for the railroada
and center their efforts on securing
the movement of those commodities
especially adapted to motor transport,
as it happens, usually pay relatively
high rate?.
In other words, motor truck linos
skim the cream off thb^ traffic , and
leave the skimmed milk?the great
volume of freight taking low rates-*- j
to the railroads. o 1 I
The freight rate structure has j
been built upon the principle of dis- j
tributing the cost fit railroad transportation
service where it can best
be borne. Charges on different commodities
have been influenced and- determined
by their relation to each
other. The effort has been to arrive
at a schedule* of rates which, applied I
to all of the commodities mffvingrbi
commerce, will enable the railroads
to earn a return upon their invest
ment. Obviously the removal of considerable
amounts of any type of
commodity from the accustomed
traffic of a railroad throws the tra4
fie structure out of balance.
The skimming process, practiced
by truck limes, combined With the ad !
vantages given hy the free use of the
public roads, may thus result In com- j
plebely unbalancing the established
traffic of railroads whose service has
made possible the growfch and vflevelapmcrtt
<tft this state.
Wory coften tthe volume of higi>
grade traffic diverted to truck line:
-may mean the difference <betwcen
profit mid loss to 'the rail dines formerly
'handling v?uch traffic.This
1b particularly trud aat times]
Hike the ipresent. In rrecent .wears the
wail- linos in .South Carolina have
sipont miillionh of dollars in improving
and -expanding their iftecilities t<>
--provide better service to Jhe public J
tOn amiount <ef adverse business condition*
-the srdluiwe -of traffic now
fbeingJhandlefi by the railroads in this
state is only a small .paxl. of what
they aire pr^iared to move- Although
railroad facilities are only partly us,?ed
they ape taxed the :same^ jrgtf
as :ir tfhey were nosed to capacity.:
"The money paid 'by the railroads is|
used tto - support state schools and i
other institutions to j?gy the ex-j
penses of Government and, iij. part,
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to build the very roads over which
competing' truck lines desire to optrete.
Under present business conditions
the diversion of any pert of exUtlug
traffic to truck lines or to eny other
transportation agency would deal a
serious blow to the rail lines that
by their investment* here and that
have shown their faith in the state
contribute so largely to the financial
support of the state.
it uftuld have a further serious ef
feet, lack of business has already
msde it necessary for the roads to
discontinue many-> trains that were
formerly operated. As a result, a
considerable number of rail employees'have
been laid off and are out of
work. Those places where large rdiiroad
shops or division headquarters
are located have already felt the
pinch of decreased purchasing power
on this account. Any further decrease
in rail traffic will inevitably
have a decided aiid adverse effect on
the ability of the railroads to furnish
steady >work to a normal number
I of employees.
There is still another aspect of the
matter to be considered.
Existing law recognises tha fight
I of the railroads to earn a fair return
i uP?n the value of their property, and
at the same time severely limits the
amounts that mayvbe earned. As is
the case in any other business, the
railroads have certain fixed overhead
charges that must be paid. It is also
true that, other things being equal,
the heavier the volume of traffic the
lower the per unit cost of handling.
Because of the essential service the
ruilroads perform?a service that the
motor trucks can probably never duplicate?the
roads must be allowed
to earn ennugh to continue to eperate
efficiently. A* traffic decreases,
however, the per unit cost of
handling Jgoes up ?until the prrirtt will
be reached where increases in rates
will be inquired to give the treads the
minimum income necessary 'for their
continued operation.
It should be 'clear, therefore, that
every :pound d? freight that the railroads
Hose to rmotor trwdks not only
leads 'to a decrease in employment
of railroad workers tout paves the
way Tor an increase in the level of
rates on the traffic that must always
"move by rail.
AK of which forces the conclusion
that the proper Way to increase railroad
efficiency, and ultimately to secure
lower freight Tdtes is to aid the
raikroncls in every possible way tc
"butt'd up ifihe volume of their traffic.
Competition, such as that afforded
by motor truck lines, is wasteful and
uneconomic and to ' the decided detriment.
of'the state.
THKY X?0Wimj OATS
, ' AT'17 CENTS BUSHEL
'Clemsron College, Nov. 16?Topdressing
oats in the spring with nitrate
of soda may increase the yield
^by 20 bushels jjw acie at a cost of
W1 cents per bushel, says R. W. Hamilton,
extension agronomist, who
states that-the South Carolina Experiment
station reports that every
ITOO pounds oT nitrate of soda up to
[ dQO pounds per acre produces an average
'increase of 14.4 bushels of
oats per TOO pounds of soda. The
'Experiment Station also reports that
When <?nts follow cotton, very little
if any increase is obtained by applytfbpsphorus
and pota6h.
"In the spring of 1929 the South
Carolina Exetension Service in cooperation
with the Chilean .Nitrate of
t?oda Educational Bureau arranged
JLft frve-<acre demonstrations in as
many twunt'ies, to Show the value of
these proven facts in oat production,"
continues Mr. Hamilton. "All of each
five-acre plot was top-dressed with
J 50 pounds of ^Chilean nitrate of soda
except a check plot of one-tenth of
an acre.** ,
~ "The average yield on -all of the
top-dressed plots was 41-4 bushels
per acre. The average yield on the
plots receiving no soda was only 20.8
bushels per acre, so the ISO pounds
t>f soda gave an average Increase of
20.0 bushels per acre. As the soda
:o$t on an average of $3.60 per acre,
he <&ctra 20.6 bushels produced by
t cost only 17 cents per bushel for
naterial."
- Asks Biff T?x Cut.
Washington, Nov, 13.?As a further
reassurance to the country in the
face of the stock market, crash, and
as a boon to business, Secretary Mellon,
with President Hoover's approval/
announced late tonight that another
tax reduction will be recommended
to congress at the December
session aggregating approximately
3160,000,000, of which nearly $100,000,000
will be turned back to corporations
in the form ef a full 1 per
cent cut in the corporate tax rate.
"i "
Passenger service on the Georgia
and; Florida railroad between Graenwoodiand
Augusta, 4hK/ will be Inaugnteted
on December 16.
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More Aid For Farmer*
Washington, Nov. 20.?An appropriation
of $2,.000,000 was, asked in
a resolution today by Senator Smith,
Democrat, South Carolinn, to aid fantiters
of Alabama, Georgia and North
and South ' Carolina in purchasing
seeds for crops next year.
The resolution said mo^t of the
proceeds from this year's crops had
gone to repay the government for
loans made under an appropriation
last session to relieve farmers in
Southeastern states who suffered
losses in floods of 1028.
George Cutler, 60, of Mount Vernon,
N. Y., jumped from the seventh
floor of a New York building SJetur-'
day. He had lost in Wall street.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
I I
1 State of South Carolina
County of Kershaw b?(Jn
the Court of Common Pleas)
[The Bank of Bethune, Plaintiff, ;J-LL
against
Maggrcr* D. Thompson, Executrix, of
I -the Estate of William Thompson,
deceased, and Maggie D Thompson,
individually, H, S. Thompson,
I Cora Nicholson, Carrie Fields, Tillman
Thompson, Barrett Building
Material Company, Bank of PageI
an<i G. C. Welsh, trading as
1... - Welsh Motor Company, Defends,
ants.
To thq Defendants, Maggie D.
J Thomp8%, et. al.:
I You are hereby summoned and reouired
to answer the complaint in
this action of which u copy is hereI
with served upon you and to serve a
] copy of your answer to said com\
plaint upon the subscriber ut his of1
ftce in the -City of Camden, within
I twenty days after service hereof, exI
elusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to anBwer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the
I plaintijf in this action will apply to
I the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
'V JOHN K. deLOAOH,
' Plaintiff's Attorney
I To the Absent Pefendant, Tillman
; Thompson:
j You will please^take notice that
I the summons, of which this is a copy,
and the complaint in this action were
I filed in "the office of the Clerk of
I Coutft for Kershaw County on the
I 19th tiny of November, 1929.
JOHN K. deLOACH,
Plaintiff's Attorney
1 November. 20, 1929.
SHERIFF'S SALE
1 State of South Carolina
j County of Kershaw
J ?<
I Under and by virtue of-an order
j of the Court of Common Fleas for
'] Kershaw County, South Carolina,
II dated November 6, 1929, heretofore
j made In the case of Leroy Twitty
, I vs. John Doe, and one Ford automo1
bile carrying license No. B-47059, I,
JJ. H. McLeod, Sheriff of Kershaw
County, will sell at public 011011011, to
I the highest bidder for cash, I11 frpnt
of the Court House door in Camden,
S. Cn on the first Monday, being the
second day of December, 1929, the
following described property, to wit:
"One Ford Automobile carrying
I license No. B-47051) for S. C."
j Said property being sold to satisfy
plaintiff's judgment in the above
mentioned cause.
J_ J. HL MoLEOP, ?
I Sheriff, Kershaw County.
| Dated November 15, J929.
MASTER'S SALE
J State of South Carolina
I County of Kershaw - .
I* (Court qf Common Pleas)
I Henry Savage, Plaintiff,
against:
I Ned Williams, T. B. L. McNeeley and
J. C. Gordon as executors under
the will of Queen V. McNeeley, all
unknown Heirs of Sam Harriot and
I all unknown Heirs of Linda Har^
riot, alias Linda Harris, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of
Court made fn the above entitled
case and dated the 6th day of November,
1929, the Master for Kershaw
County will offer for sale at public
auction, for cash, before the Kershaw
County Court House door, Camden, ,
S. C., during the legal hours of sale
on the first Monday, being the second
day of December, 1929, the follow!
ing described real estate:
"AIL that piece, parcel or tract of
land, situated in Kershaw County,
South Carolina, about eight (8) miles
Northeast of Camden in the Hyco 1
)neighborhood, containing ftftv-nve
(56) acres, more or less, consisting
of a long narrow strip lying Northwest
of the Porter Bridge public
road, containing about thirteen <18)
acres, the other portion of the tract
hereby conveyed lying South, "Southeast
of the said Porter Bridge road,
in shape nearly ftquare, containing
about forty-two (42) acres, the whole
tract being bounded North by R. B.
Elliott; East by land of Aaron Adamson,'
purchased or contracted ior by
him from Henry Savage, and by R.
B. Elliott; 'South, SoutneAst>by Porter
Bridge road and lands of H. Savage;
West, Southwest by Jand lately
or Q: G. Young and Mary M. Young,
now of Elliott, said property being of .
record in the Clerk's o4Mee, Kershaw
County, Book LLL, page 96."
That the Master shall require anyone
bidding at said sale, except the
plaintiff,-to first deposit with him as evidence
of good faith the sum of
) 100.00 in cash or certified check, the
lame to be applied on the hid of the
Highest bidder, and should there be
I failure to comply said sum shall
oe forfeited and the premises resold
>n the same or some subsequent con*. |
fenient ssles day upon the same
eras and ^t such bidder's rtsh.
November 6, 1929.
f, 11 w AB BO weak," Mgra lira. II
:| Josephine Cockcroft, of Bel- It
\H dock, 8. C., "that I waa not able 11
1 mmmtmm do anything. I
"At certain time*,
I suffered dreadfully
with paine in my .1
back and sidee. My J
bead would hart?
Belt like it would
Iglit open. Spella
yt weakneaa Would
aat for week*.
"I read of CarduL
[ aent lor a bottle
ind began taking it
Vly caae waa stub
ui Dorn, and at timaa l almost. II
11 lost hope, but I oould sss a It
I little improvement. At last I II
1.1 began to foal much batter. * I
LI Then I improved rapidly.. For I
R the last year I have bean in I
D better health than I ever I
I have been before.
: I *1 give the credit to Cardui,
fl for ufter I had given J
it a thorough
. I trial, I got r]
imi m w~ iyimn
m WOMEN
T&r' TO HEALTH
f Take Thedford'a BLACK-DRAUGHT |
11 f'?r Constipation, Indigestion, BSoMMML M
ms : - ?
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effortless
WljfTH ESSO?the Giant Power
D|u^l *- there is no bearing
down on the accelerator when you
point tfie car up the hill and give
her the gun. Just a feather touch?
and it ia away.
L No anxious waiting for the first
4'ping ping" of a laboring motornot
with E?SO in your tank. Up
and over. They all make it. Little x
cars. Big cars. Roadsters and se|
dans. Garbon crusted cars as well.
[/ Up with never a knock to die top
|\ pf the hill. Because BSSO is genu
incly anti-knock. Packed full of
power reserves.
It costs a few cents more per gallon,
but it ifc well worth the premium*-^
every cent*
: THB GIANT POWBB FUBL
standard oil company of new jersey
,
R. E. CHEWN1NG
*L
Contractor and Gonorat
Builder
30 Years Experience
Let me figure on your next j
building job. ' <
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Floors Sanded on Request i
o
GUS HAYES
Plumbing and Heating
Let tis figure with you on
your next job. New work
or repair work.
PHONE 153
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m I)eK ALB COUNCIL No 88
Junior Order U. A. M.
mHw Reguiar counoil first Sod
third Mondays of Mch
month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren
are welcomed. D. J. CREED,
L. H. JONES, Councillor.
Recording Secty.
f 1 11 1 * 1 ^
CARTER'S SHOE SHOP
927 South Broad Street
Let us rebuild your worn down
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The Standard Hydraulic
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Machine
No Nails. No Stitches. No mora
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Finished with appearance of new
| All Work Guaranteed. i
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MONEY TO LOAN
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and
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' BUSINESS PROPERTY
A
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ADDRESS INQUIRIES
P.O. Box 164, Camden, S. C.
a KERSHAW LODGE No. Ml
A. P. M.
n^Regular communication of
this lodge is held on the
- first Tuesday in each month
at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed.
T. y. WALSH, v ~
J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master.
Secretary. 1-14-27-tf
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T.B.BRUCE H
Veterlnariaa
Day Phone 80?Night Phono 114
CAMDEN, a C.
. CI'" . >'
Automobile
Repairing
We are how prepared
to dp all kinds of automobile
repairing. Good
workmanship and moderate
prifeee^ ..
DEMPSTER'S
GARAGE
Formerly Little's Gerafe - *?
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; ELECTROL QIL ^
BURNER
SALES AND,SERVICE
PHONE 846 ,
PNN?^alig_
REASONABLE PRICES
Cor.er DeKalb and Fair ^ Street.