Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? * ^ V* ?fr-TT iff I ** i "?never felt better in my life . . ." A KKW MONTHS AGO he was worn out 4 ! . . nervous . . syfFering sleeplessness, <ioss of appetite and losing ^Light. We traced the source of his failing health to tne ft spine . . . IMPINGED NERVES! j Today he is like a new man. CHI HO- ft PKACTIC ADJUSTMENTS restored his Health and Strength. It is helping scores of others. ! Why not give it a trial in your case? 9 Consult us. DR. 0. R. FUNDERBURK { Over W. R. Zemp's Camden, S. C. |! I? * -+ * * - Railroad Slang Is Dutch To Layman Number Seven OH 7.41. Mo. L?>t Twenty-Four puhh Extra f>302 at Midland and croHH 17 over to Two Track at SI). Sit In for an liotir at a busy dinpatclicr'a office, listening to the rej 11 ports coining in and orders going out, on tlie loud-speakorH, us trainB far j dlBtant arc directed to atop, take an-j other track or in unother respect purhuc tiio dispatcher's bidding?all con-1 veyed in tiie terse, crytic language of [ the rails. The foregoing means that' Train Number Seven has passed J "MO" Tower at 7:41 p. m. and was "Osed," or put "on | sheet" at that time, and the response from the dispatcher directed three train movements in -one sentence. The telegraph or telephone is still used where j loud-speakers are not available. Colloquilisms of tho rail are really j national in purport and phraseology, j "Sandhouse tales" are as intelligible ! to the "boghead" (engineer) on the j "Q" (Burlington) as the "tallowpot" j (fireman) on tho "Katy" (Missouri-r Kansas-Texas) ami a statement that j tho old man had the hogger pulling j yesterday's manifest on the mat for j running a red-eye at 'KY'," conveys j the information that the division sup- ; erintendent had summoned to his of- | flee the engineer of a fast freight for j failing to observe a stop-signal at a tower known as "KY." On at leust one railroad, the symbolic remark that "the *99' is on Four" means that the president's business car (never "private" car) is coming Fast on Train Number Four. Such a message when passed along the line is enough. To be sure, everyone knows that a "doubleheader" is a train with two engines; that a "deadhead" is a passholder, but to describe a caboose as a "shuck" or "crummy" and tho two rear lamps on a train as "markers;" the illuminated name on the observation as a "tail sign." and the. place where "bad-order" cars are "spotted" as tho "rip track" would send the average person in search of a lexicon. In an era when 100 mile-an-hour train speeds are becoming common, even the least sophisticated passenger is learning what it means to "fan 'em." and what more natural than (hat the trainmen should Immediately dub the, zephyr type of streamliners uh "Kippers?" Many of these terms have sained < Inula! ion through that picturesque character of an earlier generation?? the "boomer"?who had worked for at least a more railroads, often mauy more, lie It was, in large part, who ulso standardized another language, fully aw colorful and even more po* J tent In ltu implications. It Iw the wilent code?the hand wigualw ? without which no railroad could function. It is a "tongue" ail it* own, understood by the Initiated. Somehow, a? wo wee one of thewe fine veteranw of the rail- a puwwenger couductor? poised on the platform, watch In hand, arm ulowly going up, we fee) a reahuurance that here iw wafety perwonified. He iw about to give the bewt-iyiow)i wignal in the world?a railroad "idghhall." An arm iw raiwed high above the shoulder; palm of tho hand out ward| fingers mound. The arm descends In a forward urc, perhaps twice wlowly. It iw the universal "All clear, kg. ahead." It may wtart a train; it muy be an exchange of greetingw between friends on passing trains, but it never varlea. ltw origin probably lies In tho fact that in the ean(y days, a ball was hoisted to a high post to denote cleur track. From this came tho tei in highball," alUibugli It has no other connotation, for sobriety on the rails is us strict as ever und Kule "G" is still in full force. \ou may see many persons waving to trains, hut only tho real "rail" gives tho exact "touch" to the "highhail' which identifies him to Ills colleagues. It is the unspoken language of tho rails. When you see a track-gang signaling a pussing train, they are not saluting passengers on the observation, but giving the engineer, peering back from his cab, u "highball" to reassure him that all is well with tile train, nothing dragging, no wheels "running hot," or mother defects. So he knows all is well. All hand signals are just as romantic, every movement has a meaning all its own. Hacking into a station, the signals, whether up-and-down or in an arnf, by hand, lantern or flashlight. ail tell their own story to the man in the cab. Nothing on the railroad is left to guesswork; it is all very precise. Even tile book of rules recognizes, describes and portrays every movement ol the arm and hand about a train. Likewise, the bell-cord and engine whistle. When you know their purport you may lie in your berth at night and know just what is transpiring as y ou hear thy whistle sound its two-long and two-short for a grade crossing; the one last blast for a station; tlie two shorts to answer any signal giveu, or the four, or five, calling' in the flagman (for the man on the rear-end is not a brakeman but a "flagman.") There is yet another "voice of the rails," the language of which your correspondent is still in doubt. It Is the ' grapevine telegraph," by which, should you board a train unexpectedly to inspect its crew, you walk through the train, that equipment, etc., you may find as tho crew already is aware of your presence and will greet you politely, by name and without surprise at seeing you. How it is done remains for some one else to explain; suffice it to say that we have experienced it in uumo!oils spots while performing such duties, ami Ifave been greeted byname by employees whom we never encountered before. Once while standing in a Mid-West city watching a diner being cut out, the local ugent came along and spoke thy name; the "grapevine" had been working and my only means of retaliation was to ask him why tho tower-clock on his station was four minutes slow. Then there are train orders?still another picturesque language of the rails. Oral ones wore cited above, and while trains now move largely by automatic signals there remain many miles, particularly, of singletrack, where train orders are requisite. Some of these are sufficiently cryptic to defy the genius of a Robert Louis Stevenson, an Edgar Allen I'oe, or the later devisers of cryptograms, to unravel. All such orders must be positive in their meaning; phrased in a specific manner and leaving nothing to chance, a dispatcher remains a dispatcher so long as his work Is perfect. One slip, amj lle never hag a chance to err again; there Is too much at stake. Here Is a typical oue: "C&K No one 1 engine 5u91 will run fifty mins! late belvedere to Ontario and forty 40 mills, lato Ontario to Jessups. No four 4 engine 5082 yill meet No. ono 1 engine 5091 at Mill Center. No one 1 engine 5091 will wait at Rochester until six ten 6:10 p. m. for extra east engine 7106. No. one 1 engine 5091 has right over No. six 6 engine 5092 Smithtowu to Shawnee Time revd <:I6 p. m.. ,lllle r -- ^- ? ?. - . . - v.4 ' . . ? I is ~ V 4:17 p. m. made complete 4:18 p. m. Operator Smith." It is addresses to "C&E" meaning conductor and engineer. This Is perhaps reasonably intelligible to the layman but note the exactitude in repeating engine and train numbers in text and figures. This is what is termed a "31" order, hence must be signed for by conductor. A "19" order is sometimes delivered to the engine without stopping, by means of a "hoop," hooked by an engineman as the train passes through. In the case cited above, the conductor must sign for it, then compare it orally with the operator, thou deliver a copy to the engineer who must read it aloud to the conductor and then each must show it to fireman and trainmen resi>ectively. Train orders have become a language all their own. Certain phases of this order are of note also. Where it is ordered that No. Four shall meet No. One at Mill Center it is a fact that the latter, being "inferior" by direction, shall take the siding for No. Four. Train orders are definite "rail-talk." Reverting to the unspoken language, or signs, there is the story of the Pullman inspector who was perplexed that?every porter seemed to know his vocation after a night on a train. When a bootblack asked, "Boss, .how's the Pullman inspecting business?" he said, "Bov, I'll give you $6 if you'll tell me how you know I'm a Pullman inspector." Collecting the money, the bootblack turned his customers shoe over and pointed out a tiny cut in the instop. Every porter who shined the shoes knew the "signal" and accordingly was on guard. Maybe this 6tory is just another of those "switch shanty yarns;" we can't vouch for it but perhaps your next Pullman porter will affirm or deny it. Colorful in use, definitive in its connotation, the language of the one time "boomer" la now universally recognized as the "voice of the rails," whether conveyed orally, written or by signals.?Franklin Snow, In The Christian Science Monttor. NEWS FROM WE8TVILLE Westv lllo, Nor. J8.?Th? Baron DeKulb Parent-Teaoherg aaaoclaUon met Thuraday night and enjoyed a well rendered iuu?lcal program under the direction of Mr*. L. 1). Broome. Rer. Jaiuea D. Gulledge spent Tuofcday and Wednesday In Spartanburg attending the Baptist atate convention. Mra. C. M. linker, of Jacksonville, Florida, wa? a guest Sunday of Mr. and Mra L. J. Jordon. Dr. 11. A. daggers, director of Teachers' Training for the atate of Kentucky, accompanied by Mr. Holler, president of South Carolina Teachera' association, were visitors in the Huron DeKulb school Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Anthony spent the week end witli relatives in Flat llock. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marler, of Greenville, and Mrs. H. C. Jones, of Kershaw, visited Mrs. J. 0. Owens Tuesday. Under the direction of William H. Carter, teacher of Vocational Agriculture, Iiaron DoKaib school is furnishing the shrubbery for three churches in tlie community?Hejthnny, beiunttcub und DeKulb. Also for the school property. J/ubor being supplied by the N. YrA. Mrs. J. C. Owens and little daughter, Laltue, spent the. week end in Kershaw witli Mrs Owens' parents, Mr. und Mrs. H. C. Jones. Mrs. Anna Owens and children were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Truesdale, of Flat Rock. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Sr., were visitors in Columbiu Thursday. Mrs. B. P. Clotfelter, of Altanta, returned to her homo Tuesday from a visit to relatives. Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Jr., and her sister, Miss Lillian Hegier, student nurse in the Camden hospital, were called home Friday. Their, father, W. A. Ilegler was injured in a car accident, but was reported as resting comfortably by Mrs. Clyburn. Mrs. N. D. Workman, of Camdeu, spent the week end witli Mr. and Mrs. Nye Workman, the latter being her son. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Anthony spent Sunday wiht Mr. and Mrs. Tony Jones in Lancaster. Verd Patterson, State Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture,-' and his assistant, J. L. Sutherland, were visitors Thursday in Baron DeKalb school. the week end with their mother, Mrs. Minnie Mae Owens, of Kershaw, spent file week end wiht their mother, Mrs. Anna Owens. Miss Beatrice Truesdale was called home Tuesday night, due to the death of her brother, Virgil Boss Truesdale. Among other relatives attending the funeral Thursday were: Mr. and Mrs. Coyt Truesdale and son Coyt, Jr., of Hickory, N. C.; Mrs. B. P. Clotfelter, of Atlanta. Misses Minnie Hodges and Mary Wells Stevenson spent the week end in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Thomas spent Sunday in Monroe, N. C. Mrs. S. J. Blackmon and children, Suzanne and Jaequelyn, of Kershaw, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Jordon. Miss Edna Adams, a senior at Winthrop College arrived Sunday to occupy the teaching position of Francis Revere for a week In an exchange practiced by Winthrop seniors. Miss Revere is at the college. Annie I^ee Smith spent tho week end at her home in Bishopville. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ogburn and children, Katherine and Reba, of Ridgeway. visited Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ogburn Friday. Mrs. John Henry Clyburn and Betty Jean spent Sunday in Kershaw with Mrs. Clyburn's father, W. E. Roberts. Those attending fhe county council of Farm Women at the American Legion Hall in Camden/Satuwlay were: Mrs. Shelby Truesdale, Mi% L. D. Broome, Mrs. Sam Truesdate^ Mrs. Curtis Ogburn and Mrs. J. H. HaptOn^: A fish fry given by Mr. and 'fart. W. II. Carter, Harold Littleton and C. G. DuBose Tuesday night was an enjoyable affair. The gdests were members of the faculty of Baron DeKalb school, the trustees and their wives. Mrs. J. E. Williams and daughter, Marietta, of Kershaw, visited Mrs. Curtis Ogburn Friday afternoon. The DeKalb Missionary Society met at the church Thursday afternoon. The program was in charge of Mrs., L. D. Broome, program chairman. Fried Chicken Takes Back Seat Columbia, Nov. 20.?Fried chicken, perennial favorite of the Southern palate, ran second to steak in a recent check-up on the popularity of food served in the men's mess hall at the University of South Carolina. Students were asked by the University committee on cafeterias to fill in blanks listing their favorite dishes and register ,any complaints about food being served in the mess hall. Of the 500 students eating in Steward's Hall only one complained of not getting enough to eat. Steak, chicken and veal cutlets were listed one-two-three as favorite meats at the University. Butter beans ranked first as the most popular vegetable. A menu of meals to be served in the "^Steward's Hall is submitted to University officials a week in advance to insure proper diet for the students. The check-up on foods was to aid in making the menus popular with various student tastes. The defense junta of Madrid last week seized more than 1,000 automobiles to be used in evacuating 300,000 women, children and elderly persons from the besieged and bombarded city. I Your Home I Should Come First! Paint or Reroof Your Home For Only $4.49 per Month No mortgage ? no security ? your signature is all that is necessary. Only Five Per Cent Interest Cainden Furniture Company, Inc. j CAMDEN, S. C. Horses Mules Cattle WE HAVE SOME VERY FINE YOUNG LIVESTOCK THAT WE ARE OFFERING AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. I SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY I L. D. FRIDAY & CO. Rear of Burns and Barrett Hardware Company Old Bank of Camden Stables -fcjn.za? --- l - ? * - - T HI,EVERYBODY] I WERE OH THE M0IO /II L m Jj I 17m? Natural Chilean Nitrate Folks present J UNCLENATCHEUdSONNY 1 I the F<ijnoun Chilean Calendar Characters in a 1 BRAND NEW RADIO FEATURE | | I BE SVRE AND LISTEN! X | Mj STATIONS If WAPI Tu.?. and Thun. 12:4$ PJA. I WSFA Tu?i. ond Thurt, 12:15 P.M. WflA Mon. and Wed. 5:30 P.M. Wl" WSB Tub. and Thur. (C.T.)4;45 P.M. If WWL Tu?i. and Thuri. 12:45 P.M. IB Wpl T??*. and Thvu. I2i45P.M. - SYAYIOMS tfl WPTF Tuet. and Thuri. StlSPiA, H WIS Tuet. and Thvrt. StAS P.M. | WRVA Mon. and Wad. 12.10 P.M. J WJDX Tuet. and Thyri. 12;45 PJA. WMC Tuet and Thuri. 12:30 P.M. KWKH Man. and Wed. 12:45 PJ*. MEETMEAT ! ! I BROAD STREET LUNCH I ON TOP OF THE HILL | | The Best Nickel Hamburger Anywhere. Milk?Bottled Drinks?Beer?Ice Cream j I COURTEOU8 OPEN UNTIL. | ! CURB SERVICE 3 A. M, i i mmm?1????? -"old friends"... THOSE comfortable, old shoes have served - you like an "old friend." There's no need of parting company with them ; just because their heels ^ I are nm down and the j i soles thin. Have them? I Rebuilt Lomansky's Shoe Shop I WARNING! I I Cold Winter Predicted I A Norge Oil Heater will keep your home comfortable in the coldest weather. Even temperature at all j times. Clean. No more coal to carry in. Terms. j I City Electric Company I I Radios Ranges Radio Repairs I J West DeKalb Street Phone 194 I CAMDEN, S. C. ! , ???gy FIRE?AUTOMOBILE?BURGLARY?BONDS & I DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO ? V "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" 2 pjj v; y)-4? P * CROCKER BUILDING?1TELEPHONE 1. j 3 M. G. MULLE& ELIZABETH CLARKE, Mgr. gj