The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 14, 1906, Image 4
AND DIRT.
ikrrible Exposure Made In Re-
port to the President
TOMSAT PACKING.
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CUd la Dirty Shoes Cllab iato
- MMl Bwaear Meat They
Prey art hr SMyaeat
Sometime ago President R oserelt
ayyoTntad Meeara. J. B. Reynolds and
0. P. Halil to examine the methods In
om at the great paoklng bouses in
Ohioago and elsewhere. B lot i
publish some extracts from their re
port:
The President: As directed by yon,
we Investigated the conditions In the
principal establishments In Chicago
engaged In the slaughter of cattle,
Sheep and bogs, and In the prepara
ttoo of dressed meat and meat f od
prod note. Two and a half weeks were
^ent In tbs investigation In Chicago,
sad daring this time we went through
the principle packing houses in the
stock yards district, together with a
few of the smaller ones. ▲ day was
•pent by Mr. Reynolds in Hew Tork
city in the Investigation statements
of conditions and practices In the
paoklng booses, together with affida
vits and documentary evidence, were
offered os from numerous sources.
Most of these ware rtj cted as being
far from proving the facts alleged and
as being bsyond the possibility of ver
Ideation by us. ,Wjs have made no
statement as a fact in the report here
preseated that was not verified by our
persona) examination. Certain mat-
tars which ws were unable to verify
while In Chicago are still under Inves
tigation. Toe following Is, therefore,
submitted as a partial report touch
ing upon those practices and oondl-
tlona whieh we found most common
an J not confined to a single house or
Slam of boosts. ▲ more detailed re
port would contain many specific In
i of dcfcctc found In particular
Before entering the buildings we
noted the condition of the yards them-,
WywwsTroipMfes: *s,
itodsoM ud Ttt pj.j
of brick, the bricks
Jr, deep grooves between them,
wn U»o inevitably fill with manure and
The pens are generally un
exjept those for shetp, th-se
latter are paved and covered. The
viaducts and platforms are of wood.
Calves, sheep and bogs that have died
en route are thrown out up >n the
platforms, where oars are un loaded.
On a slngh platform on one occasion
V counted 16 dead hogs, on the m xt _
10 dead hogs, tffronuaee of cleanliness or danger to
side opening whale ver. They are fur
nished with a row of sente, generally
without*von side partitions. These
rooms are aome times Used as oloek
rooms by tbs smployeas. Lunch rooms
constructed in the seme manner, by
bonrdlegbff a section of the work
room, often adjoining the privies, tbs
odors ef which add to tbs gaasrally
Insanitary stats of tbs stmosyhsra.
Abominable as tbs above-nasasd
conditions art, tbs ons that affects
most directly and serionaly the clean
liness of the food prod uo le is the fre-
q ient absence of any lavatory provls-
toosln the privies. Washing sinks
are either not furnished at all or are
•mall and dirty. Hslthsr are towels,
soap or toilet paper provided. Men
and women return directly from these
pitots to plunge their unwashed hands
into tbs meat to bo converted into
such food products as sausages, dried
beef and other compounds. Boms of
the privies are situated at a long dls
tanoe from the work rooms, and msn
relieve, themselves on the killing
Boors or In a corner of the work rooms.
Hence, In some osses the fumea of the
mica swells the sum of nauseating
odors arising from the dirty-blood-
•caked, rotting wooded floors, fruitful
culture beds for the disease germs of
men and ml ir sis. ' » .
tbkVtment or mbits.
Unoleanllness in Handling Pro
ducts—An absence of cleanliness was
also fotmd everywhere In the handling
of meat being prepared for the varl
ous meet-f(kd products. After killing,
carcasses are well washed, and up to
the time they reach the oooling room
are handled in a fairly sanitary and
cleanly manner. The parte that leave
the oollng room for treatment In
bulk are also handled with regard to
cleanliness, but the parts that are
sent from the oooling room to those
departments of the packing homes in
which various forms of most products
are prepared are handled whh no re
gard whatever for cleanliness. In some
of the largest establishments side*
that are Sent to what is known as the
boning room |?e thrown In a heap on
the 11 oor. The workers climb . over
these heaps uf meat, select the pieces
they wish, end frequently throw them
down upon the dirty floor beside theii
working bench Even in cutting the
meat upon the bench the work is usu
ally held pressed against their aprons,
and these aprons were as a rule. In
describably Hi thy. They were made
in most oases. oC leather or of rough
sacking and bore long accumulate^
grease and dirt. In only
were nullable oilcloth a^ffru Wurn
Moreover men were.^^ tT0W
•UhdTwlth shoes dlrtv
with th( ^itVise of the floors, on the
, .. les upon which the meat was hand-
They were seen at the lunch
heu- sitting on the tables on the spot
on wbiou the meat product was baud-
led, and all this under the very eye of
the superintendent of the room, show
log that this wss the common prac
tice.
Meat scraps wera a’so found being
shovelled Into receptacles from the
doors where they were left to 11c nntll
again shcvalled Into barrels or into
machines for chopping. These fl ,on.
it must be noted, were in moat oases
damp and soggy, In dsrk, ill-ventilat
ed rooms and the employees, in utter
ey
As to tbs Investigation of tbe allsg
ed use of dyes, preservatives or
•sis In tbe preparation of eared
and canned foods we are not
iced to report. Wo did look
the matter of sanitary handling
of tho meeta being prepared for the
various food produsts. Tbs resalts of
our ohsorvatioaa have already been
partly given, other Instances of bow
products maybe mads up and still
■scare the stamp of Qovernmsot In
spection an non given. In one well
known rstaWlchmcnt we easM upon
fresh meat being shovelled Into bar
rels, and a regular proportion being
added of sMtlo scraps that bad lain on
a dirty floor In the comer of a room
for some da/a previous. In another
establishment, equally well known, a
long tabls was noted covered with
several hundred pounds of cooked
maps of beef and other meats. Some
of these meat scrape wen dry, leath
ery and unfit to be eaten, and In tbe
beep wen found pieces of pigskin,
end even some bits of rope strands and
other rubbish. Inquiry evoked tbs
frank admission from the man In
charge that this was to bs ground up
and und In niaking “potted bam."
All of these canned products beer
labels of which the following is a sam
ple;
ABATTOIR No —.
The contents of this package have
been Inspected according to the
Act of Congress of March 3,
1891.
s SAME OIDSTORY.
Startling draft Among Employ
ees of Pennsylvaaia Road.
NO BUSINESS JXNMPI
Pram the Pecslattoss cf ike Modem
drafter. Mssy of the Officials
•f the Big Railroad Company 4
Wen Bribed hy the Blf *
Coal Companies.
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Oommls-
QUALITY GUARANTEED.
The phraseology of these tsbels Is
wholly unwarranted. Tbs Govern
ment Inspectors pass only upon the
healthfulneas of the animal at the
time of killing. They know nothing
of the pfooeaaee through which the
meat has passed since this inspection.
They do. not know what else may have
been placed in the cum In addltl
'‘Inspected meat." Asa matte:
fact, they know nothing about
“oonteotc” of the can upon which
the packers place these labels—do not
oven know that It on talus what it
purports to contain. Toe legend,
"quality guaranteed,” Immediately
following the statement aa to Gjve
ment Inspection, Is wholly ur j isti:
ble. It deceives and Is plainly as
signed to deceive the "tetage pur
chaser, who naturajiy Wera from the
labtl that fch* Government guarantees
The Interstate Commerce
slon, whloh has been Investigating
the employers of Mas Pennsylvania
Railroad at Philadelphia for some
time has unearthed many oases of
graft among the officers of that glgan
tic corporation.' Some of the highest
officers were bribed by the big coal
companies. Some of the highest effl
elala of ths road are involved. Ik seems
tnat the modern grafter Is everywhere.
He Is not only In the 8 ubh Carolina
dispensary, but In the government
service, railroad service and vvery
where else Many officials of the Penn
aylvanla Road brazenly admitted that
they accepted all the graft that oom-
their way. One fellow said when moo
ey was to be given away be would try
to bs there to receive It. As s soeoi
men oase we present that of Joseph
Boyer, of Altoona, chief clerk in the
offloe of A. W. Gibbs, superintendent
of the motive power, who testified be
tors the commission on Thursday.
. In Its entirety Mr. Boyer's teetl
mony was a startling character. His
■took holding were only s small por
tion of Che glfte he admitted receiving
, r p. I from the coal mIcing companies. In
flS~|htS(Epaotty as a purchaser of fuel coal
he testified that he bad received from
live companies an allowance of from 3
to 5 cents a ton on coal used by Mm
railroad for fuel purposes. During a
/ umre
lonto
ipV
it the
the content. UM.can to be what lt J»riodJrom the latter.part 01 1M3 la 81ms, The -Times. . end. IMinoorat T |f^
pojXArtsfcobe ’ dstshshss received s total of more Orangeburg. * A *7.
"in another establishment pile* of than I4«,00o The companies _whloh ; , Short'Psragraphs”-W. E. God- mll
removal wee that so often
mriLDaras.
Material—The interior finish of
moat of the buildings Is of wood; ths
partition walls, supports and rafters
era of wood, uuouvsrsd by plaster or
it Ths flooring in soma In-
its of brloc or cement, hot
In many of ths
la osed freely the
eudtllmy.
|.—Tbi buildings have been
1 with little regard to either
The work rooms
fals, are very poorly lighted. ▲
i at tbe top of the buildings
lighted because they cannot
i ths light, but most of tbe
i are so dark as to make artificial
ncosssary at all tlmsa. Ma ny
i roomc where food Is prepared
are without windows, deprived of sun-
v tlon with the outside sir. They may
be bast deeoritwd as vaults in which
the air rarely changes. Other rooms
open to the outer sir are so
the windows i goaded hr dirt
I tbs walla end ceil Huso dark and
dlifcy that natural hghC^ply pene-
traies twenty or thirty feffii.'rom the
windows, thus making artlflolal light
fie portions of even these outside
rooms necessary. Theca dark and
dingy rooms are naturally not kept
i.—‘Svatemaiio v mtUa-
i o( the work rooiDt la not found
of the eetabllehmentc we vlslt-
i a few Inetanoas electric fans
the stifling air, hut usually
toll without relief In a
heavy with, the
: rotten wood, decayed meats,
land entrails,
k—Tbe work tables upon
meat Is handled, the floor
i on which it is carried about and
be and other receptacles into
It Is thrown are generally of
In all the placet visited but s
receptacle wss
i covered with ehaet iron,
tsen tube are being In
into the better setabllsb
but no establishment visited
> vet abandoned the extensive
wooden tables and wooden re-
receptacles
pehtly found eater leaked,
■ed, and with meat
se accumulations ad-
and collecting
Is larr^y tone of meat
naat eonvevora of every
were in nearly all eaaet
id, andgreasaand
found adhering to
wash
.—Nothing
tbrgsnsral to-
ofekanlloeM
i do tbs privies tor
The prevail
jtff a ieo-
thy a thin wood
health, expectorated at will upon
them. In a word, we saw meat sho
velled from filthy wooden floors, plied
oo tables rarely washed, poshed from
room to room In rotten box carts, iff
all of which prooestos It was In tbs
way of gathering dirt, splinters, flx)r
flltb and the expeotoratlun of tuber
oulous and other disease workers
Whore oomment was made Co floor su
perintendent about <theee matters It
wss always tbs reply that this meat
would afterwards be cooked, sad that
this atorllisatlon would prevent anv
danger from its use. Even this, It
may be pointed out In passing, U not
wholly true. ▲ very considerable
portion of the meat so bandied is sent
out as smoked products and In the
form of sausages, which an prepared
to be eaten without being cooked.
A particularly glaring Instance of
unoleanllness wss
tbetestrfYtm
being prepend for export. U
made from carefully selected meat,
and was being prepared to be eaten
uncooked. In tola esse the employee
carted the chopped up meat aOtusra
room- In s barrow, the handles of
which were filthy with grease. The
meat was than thrown out upon ta
bles, and the employee climbed upon
the table, handled ths meat frith hi*
unwashed bands, knelt with his dirty
apron and trousers In eontsot with
tbe meat > e was spreading out, and,
after he had finished his operation,
again took bold of the dirty handles
of the wheelbarrow, went back for
another load, and repeated this pro
cess indefinitely. Inquiry developed
the fact that there wss no water In
this room at all, and the only method
the man adopted for cleaning hie
hands wss to rub them against his
dirty apron or on his still filthier
trousers.
As an extreme example of the sn-
tlre- disregard on tbe part of employ
ess of any notion of cleanliness In
handling dressed meat, we saw s hog
that had Just been klUid, cleaned,
washed and started on Its way to the
oooling room fall from the sliding rail
to a dirty wooden floor and slide part
of the way Into a filthy men's privy.
It was picked up by two employee*,
placed upon a truck, carried Into the
cooUng room and hung up with other
oaroassee, no effort being made to
clean it.
Treatment of Meal After Inspeo
tlon.—The radical defect In the prec
ent system of Inspection IS that It docs
not go far snongh. It la confined at
ftosent bylaw to ptving on tbs
healthMoesv of animals at ths time
of killlo£ but tbe meat that Is used
In sausage and In ths vsrloaalorms of
canned products and other prepared
wtoM foods goto through asany pro
oeasos, In all of whloh there la possi
bility of oontomlnsUon through In
sanitary handling, and further danger
threugh the nee of chemicals. During
all these >koms«s of preparation
there Is jio Government inspection
piles
■ausagee and dry, moldy canned meat v
admittedly several yean old, were
found, whloh tbe eupertatendont stat
ed to us would be tanked and oonvext-
ed IMS grease. The disposition to be
maoe of this was wholly optional with ^
the superintendents or rspresentatlvss
of the pickers, as the Government
does not concern itself witn the dls
position of meats after they have
passed inspection on the killing floor
It m'ght all be treated with chemi
oils, mixed with other meats, turned
out In any form ol meat product de
•‘rad, sad yet the packages or reoep
tides la which It was to be shipped
Out to the public would he marked
with a label that their ooutonte bad
b‘en “Government Inspected. ” It la
not alleged here that such use wss to
bs made of this stuff. The case h
pointed out as one showin; the glar
log opportunity for tho misuse of s
Isbsl bearing the name and the Im
plied guiranty of tbs United States
Government. Another Instance of
abusem thb use of the labels came to
our notice. In two different estab
lishments groat stocks of old canned
goods wars being put through* wash
log process to remove the old labels.
Toer were then subject to sufficient
hist to “liven up” the contents—to
use the phraso of the toon superin
tendent. After this, fresh labele,
with tho Government name on them,
were to he placed upon the cans, and
they were to be seat out bearing
all the evidence of being a freshly put
up product. In one of theee Instances,
by the admission of the snperlnten
dent, tbe stock thus being relabeled
wasovertwoyUOrsold. lathe other
tbe superintendent evaded a
f 0UD 1J3°L*. JSRffii statement-of he w-eldAhagoarie-wtrer
sausage was] '
iodtana lor Bry aa.
The Democrats of Iidlana in oon-
vention Thursday adopted a platform
strongly Indorsing 9. J. Bryan for
president arid selected s state ticket
made him >bls allowance were the
Graff Coal Company, the Clearfield and
Grantou-Goto-GempaayrPsnktrkGoal
Company and Taomas.Blythe Com
pany. . -■
€HrtflM3oal Qampany "allowed him
five cents a too snd ths Clearfield and
Gran ton Company gava him a shars
In the profits which amounted to n^t
lass than four cants s ton. Blytbs and
Company gave him three osnta * ton.
He was asked why be discriminated In
favor of Blythe and Oo. He replied he
did not discriminate as the money
came to him without solloltatloo or
any effort on his part. He believed that
the money had been paid lu the same
manner to his predecessors In offloj
snd he believed he wss only following
the custom of the department.
“ WhatdldToa do with tbe money P
asked attorney Glasgow. “I kept it
all." “How do you aoopunt for gett
ing nr i Imagine somebody had bean
getting it before om." Answering the
question by Mr. Glssgon, Mr. Boyer
said that for the money he received
from the coal companies he “Did
what he could for them " Asked to
explain this, ho said he distributed
the, orders tor fuel opal among • he
companies to ths beet advantage.
“Did you ever refuse any money f"
“Yes.” “Why? ’ "Well I didn’t know
the people who offered It. ” Mr. Glas
gow said l e undent tood that tneae pay
ments bad ceased last March. He
wanted to know why Mr. Bjyer said
he had nothq ilred the reason, but
Judged It was because of the latenlate
Commerce Commissiou's Investigation.
There were other Interesting devel
opments during Thursday’s bearing,
which wss protracted until 6 o’clock
Thursday night. Jacsph-K. Aiken,
who bat been chief clerk in the super
lotendeot's office of the Monongahela
division of the Pennsylvania railroad,
revealed attocat as startling evidence
as that given by Joseph P. Boyer be
fore the commission Wednesday. Oa
for all officers except Governor and * salary which he said varied from
reporter of the Supreme Court, •ao to 1126 per month AJken hsd pur
Benjamin F. Shively was
chairman, In his address, he said,
Teat which la today eulogised -and
approved as broad statomanshlp and
enlightened patrotism In Taeodore
Rxeevelt was only a few years ego
•took In different coal oompan
fee amounting to nearly 175,000. &
admitted having received gifts of - IL , tn „
h from ooai operators oo the Pjan- AQjneonato beltaye' it.
$50 a month tor several months from
denounced as reactionary, revolution-1*
tfy and unpatrlatUrtn William Jen
nings Rryan. The afterlight ef (he
one Is almost equal to the foresight
of the other.”
meat-food products arai
Nil**
that all
Hidden In Honee.
Miss Josephine Sullivan wss burled
at Aodenonvllle, Ga., Wednesday.
Over forty-five hundred dollara were
found secreted about her house. Over
four hundred dollars In gold was In an
old stocking and the balance In sundry
places. Rolls of greenbacks found
wrap^d In old newspapers were un
disturbed for many years. Fifteen
hundred dollars laid for months in sn
old box,In an outbuilding, covered
with paper and grain sacks. Probably
mors will yet be found. Failure of s
bank In A meric us years ago snd con
sequent loss wss ths ososs ef ths wo
man's lack of eonfidenos.
Charged with Murder,
Dr. Frank A. Brown, ons of the
wealthiest planters of Ouohlts parish,
Louisiana, was indicted on Tuesday
at Tallulah, Lv, on the charge of
murder. It Is said he was ths leader
In the lynching of Robert T. Rogers
last weak, hiring a special train and
bringing the mob to -Tallulah for the
purpose. R)gen was tn tall for kill-
lug Dr. Brown's brother.
MeeeM as Mileu.
The New York Sun, whloh la own-
off by the trust, sneers at General
Miles tor saying that ha knew about
conditions in Chicago several yean
ago. It is well known that ths Gen
eral did knoiljavreat
unsanitary
•boot tbs
that ths
I cars to sea that i
S. F. Potter, president of the Done
hoe Cool and Coke company, whose
operations are located in W«et mo re
land county, charged that the Pjnn
sylvanla railroad bad practiced groes
discrimination In the distribution, of
cars to his company. One car a day
waa his allotment for seven modus,
he declared. Mr. Glasgow asked the
wltne« if bis company waa abls to
issrn tbs rating of the Mighborlcg
mines. “We sent s detective to the
Loyal Hanna mine," the wltneeesald,
“to sec how many oars wen ssot
there. They shot at him and he was
afraid to go back."
Tbe last witness of the day wss W.
W. Patterson, s bard c al operator,
who charged that he was driven out
of the soft coal business In Meridian,
W. Va, because discrimination on the
part of the Baltimore and Ohio* rail
road In the distribution of oars. He
declared that the operations of tbs
Phillippl Coaly o.mpany, of Which b
wss president, had a capacity cqoalto
that of the Southern Coal and Trans
portatton company, and the Century
company combined, but that while
both of these oompan lee were plenti
fully supplied with cars his company
had never been able to fill any one
contract. Tbe plant was worth more
than ai,too,000 he said, but was sold
for S450 000. ~
. Boyer is only a type of hundreds of
others In ths employ of ths Pennsyl
vania Railroad who have testified be
fore the eommlmion to the foot the'
they took all tbe graft that some their
way. Some of than officials received
over three hundred thonesnd do Isis
i from the favored peal eompan
who In tom wan always furnish-
Od oars to ship their goal, whOe tboae
aid^ tu-tfe toe 0 (b.
aa. It wessons*
no pay, no sare. After his
y was ssads public Beyer was dh-
Froas tbe anvlos of the com
pany by President Osanrt, wbohesnot
up to this time taken similar action
In regards to his own ion who Is one ef
the chief grafters.
TAX PRIM ASSOCIATION.
of the MecUag to be Held
This Month. *
Mr. 0. 0. Langston, secretary of
tbe State Praes association has Issued
tbrtollowlng programme of the an
nual meeting to be held at the Isle of * n * , I
Palms on June 27 29: ddent happened
Wbdnksdat, Junb. 27—10 A. M
Welcome meeting In toe hotel
andltorlom.
Appointment of committees.
A FTBBNOON ?B88I0N—3 O’CLOCK. ■J
Report of officers, of eommlttoes,
miscellaneous business, etc.
Papers will be read on toe following
sub J vote by the persona named:
“Personality of the South Carolina
Press as observed by Mre. Virginia D.
Yeung since 1891"—Mrs. Virginia D.
Young, Enterprise, Fairfax.
"The Advertising Agents"—A. G.
Kolloek, News Darlington.
General dlseusslsnor tbe above sub
jects.
Evening Session—8 30 o clocx
' ‘Voting Oantesto, Gift Propositions
etc. Do They Pay?"—C. W. Wolfe,
Record, Klngstree.
Should tbe Foreign Advertiser Re
ceive a Lower Price than the .Local
Patron?"—W. H. ‘Wallace, Ooaerver,
Newberry.
General dlsoualon of the above sub
Jeote.
Opening of the question box, and
disouwion relative to thcquactlons
asked.
Miscellaneous business.
Thubsday,—9.30 A. M.
“Our Opqntfy Oooilnl”—J. 0.
Hemphill, News and Courier, Char-
~ “Getting the Newe”—P. H. Fflte,
Herald, Spartanburg.
General discussion of toe shove sub
jects. *
Miscellaneous business.
Evening Session—8 30 o'clock
Miscellaneous business.
“ Tbe Boalnew End of It”—J. L
sub
isles, The State, Columbia.
General discussion of toe above
Opehlng the question box and dls-
ouasion relative to (he qu—ii-mm
•a- .. .
Miscellaneous buiiiieas.
Fbiday—9 30 A. M.
Miscellaneous bastceu.
“The Stiff Poet"— John T. Mee
ban, Cltizm, Cheraw.
“The Publisher as an Ad. Writer
for his Piper”—#. Rutledge McGhee,
Index, Greenwood.
“Tbe Aftornoon Paper,,—Thoe.
R.-Waring, Evening Poet, Charles
ton.
Gen§ral discussion of toe.*bove sub
jects
Evening Session—9.30 o'clock.
Final meeting—MiaosUantous bus
iness, e.eotlon of effleers, eta
Annual iddrem by Ambrose E
Gonziles, Ths State, Columbia.
At the conclusion of the address
the association will be tendered i
banquet by ths hosts.
During the meeting Ool. Tbos. B
Crews of toe Lvirensvllle Herald snd
Mr. N. G. Oitesn of toe Sumter
Watchman and Southron will read
papers ou thelr .persnal recollections
and experiences of Journalism of this
State for thalapt halt century.
Woman’s Good Name.
Did you ever notice that
doesn't hurt a man much?
tlon isn’t looked for In a man, and
when someone tries to icj ire a man
hy ranting about a few faults be has,
the absent one, who Is pro badly at
tending to his own affairs Is elevated
In the nearers’a estimation, while toe
informahe Uf lowered acxrdlngly
It a man knocks along, doing fairly
well, people realize that while he
has some faults, he has more virtues
and they are charitable enough to
overlook these faults. But It la dif
ferent with s girl or womon. No mat
ter how good and pure a woman may
be, 1st someone start an Infamous lie
about her and everyone Is willing to
It along, and toerwjs always
££aV lie fen
It may hum
low but the goaelp-lovlng are ready
with new fuel. Did you ever think
how damnably mean aome goody-good
people are In this reepectf
“talk”
Perfec
Oa the K ghti^ae.
Gov. Hevward Thursday morning
sent a letter to the attorney general
saying: “Dear Sir—I see through the
public prints that, as s result of the
Supreme Court, evidence was pro
duced before tbe Investigating com
mlttoe charging former members of
the board of direotora of the dlspen
•ary with malfeasance and corruption
In tbe discharge of their effioal duty
I dir- ob this matter to your attention
to tbe end that you promptly cause
snob prosecution to be instituted as
shall be proper and necessary to via
dieate toe law."
THIRTinr WERX HMD
A «<i a
I Jared hi Trolley
A •aidant.
Oar
Thirteen perfont wera killed and*
lojqrsd hr the
tuning of a crowded electric car
Providence, R. 1, on Sunday even
tng. Mora than 100 young meo and
women, who bad spent toe evening
at Oreroent park, a pleasure report on
the Providence river, six miles bclo^
tola city, wars on s chartered e*r re
turning to their homes when toe ac-
ThC meterman, W J. Linches of
Olney vllle, was making his first trip
over toe road. L ucher waa put In
charge of the oar at the solicitation
of toe passenger*, members of a
Catholic society, whloh bad beau to
Orescent park for in outing.
Fog prevented a clear view of the
road aheed and the moUrman, un
aware of toe sharp curves below, al
lowed the ear to eoeet rapid y down
the hill. Suddenly be felt toe car
swing Into tbe curve, and realizing
the peril, applied the brakrs and re
versed the power. The weight of a
number of men on the ^running board
and toe momentum suffijed to derail
the oar and throw it. into the road 20
feet from the traik.
S-iven of the passengers were pin
ioned beneath t te car and Instantly
killed. Those who were able, began
the woik of ra oie, a large Joist was
utilized as a lever, a pile of stone'
forming 4 tulorun, and the ear wat
raised from the gr uJd Just enqugl
to permit the escape of lu Imprison
ed passengers.
Two persons had succeeded In ee
capiog when the Joist broke undei
the weight of the oar and toe beav>
vehicle fell back, killing two of tb<
Injured. The rescuers again rale*
the car from the ground and by build
ing a pnerof heavy Stones, kept It ft
position while the dead and injured
were removed. ,
BBA1N LXsKi
Wise Say toga by W. M.ISaapia tn Th
Com aa oner.
A half truth M a whole lie.
R (generation works from within.
A corporation Is known by the men
msn Is rich when he has what
really need*.
Giving a sb.rtlcas man a collar
not philanthropy, . .... _
rgggrfran we knp¥~owM IHBBMyittttlU, GIN, A*D
get-
time
nothing but money..
TJaTy alx)l seeks temptation In or
der to prove his strength.
A lot of men who think they an
Independent are- oily contrary.
Too hardest way to earn a living 1
to hunt for an easy job.
The but way to “get even" wltl
your enemies is to help your friends.
Bad bread Is a etambllog block to s
great many men who want to hi
Christiana .
Tue men who «ee the little thing*
and do them are the men who aooom-
pM>b great multi.
We have often wondered during
the hot weather If toe summer glrit
are as oool as they look.
Too many spend so much time
ting ready that they run out of
before they begin. •
If }0u put nothing Into life y r u
will a'ways meet (teappoklnent In
trying to get eomethlng out of it.
Or port uni tv knocks at every man’i
door but a lot of men are so busy do
ing a Ut’le “knocks" thvmeeivae that
they fa 1 to hnr opportunity.
Toe mao who Is determined to do
sonrthlng for his fellows must make
aphis miad not to be dlecQunged b:
being called “grafter”, or' 1
* sohemer". '
We hive often" wo idercd why the
biby Jus’ washed and newly dressed
In Its floret clothes would rather play
with a lump of coal than a nips
white jpebbie.„
Htraok By Ltithtnlon.
Daring * heavy rain and electrical
at rm 8iturdiy. lightning struck tfic
Rowesvllle oil mill, burning out th'
telephone and electric light coonee
Uons and starting a small fire which
was Quickly extinguished, Utile dam
age belog done. At toe same time,
pear the earn? place, a cow and horse,
the property of Owen Mick, were in
stantly klUed and Mack’s son severe^
■hooked by lightning.
- Haoepiioa to Bryan. '
A reception In which Democreti
from all over the country wUl be In
vlted to tike part will be tendered tc
William J. Bryan In Madison Sqoart
Garten; Haw ~Ydrk, on his retun
Women’s Diseases
Ouuutf la CwraS by Tates* EsdteteM
‘rvoimomt ef itownpetaea hto-
If Yen era AMtateS,OaMia* Os.
We sre lpeoislUto Wlto Over se Tsen
WOI
j. atTh 1 iTinu, jl a
Cnlitte tetaiNik M. M-
IW*tUt. Ix.ha.Mld
MJkdity. Ix. fete
tUU 1«4. V, lard
WlalU, tU,
Tboumnda of wnk. alrkly aadaotarla*
ora naadlw»ly B P° D
-avaiy yaar by fan
oral praciitlonarx,
who ora, no Sonbt,
oonaoian lions In
tbair work bat know
of no other method
br which thay o<n
relieve their pa-
tient’i'ufferin*. Wa
any without hesita
tion that in probo-
Hly nina-tantha of
the oaaaa when an
operation waa par
fo mod tho pat loot
oould here boon
cured hod tho prop-
or inadict.1 attention
boon eecured or
available. Wo ore
apecialiata in
treatment of them and other chronic
private diaeaam of both men and woman,
have bad over 30 yeajn’ experience and have
cured hundreda of women who hod br
advised to have aa operation.
The average doctor will do everything
ble power to cure without an operation, but
their methods of treatment mostly result
in (ai arm. Our methods us all new and
up-to-date, originated and perfected by ns,
and we can core cases given up by other
doctors.
fsassltattes Free I
If you have any disease peculiar te your
sex, such aa Ner oua Strain and Exhaustion,
if you are thin, pale, weak and eicklv, have
kick headaches, backaches. Womb or
Ovarian Troubles, Irregularities, Leuoorr
hoes, Displacement, etc., eto* write ui
about your cam. We consult and advise
with you without charge and (end jou our
bock entitled “Women’s Diseases.’*
We have been established in Atlanta for
nearly 18 years, and our standing both pro
fessionally and financially, ia of the very
highest. We Do Mot Deal In Patent Med
iclnss. We prepare, in our own private
laboratory all medicines to suit the demands
of each individual cam without extra charge
We cure other private, and chronic dis
ease* of both men a* d w men. Vo matter
with what disease you are atHieted, we con
advise y u about same—advice, too,‘thoi ie
heated on over 20 years experleace. Ex
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H VTHAWAY A CO, 88-C Inman Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
maampmreBajwusjuwmaaaamew
Kidney and Bladder
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Murr&v’g Buchu, Gin and Juniper
has a direct curative action on toe
kldoeystaad bladder ro'ieving at once
the distressing symptoms, pair In the
oeadache, dark colored, scanty, burn
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t&nt organs to a non
dition.
beee hnpor-
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. AT DRUG 8TQR18. -
, Prepared by
Murray Dro|
Columbia, S. 0
forsaleT
- One 50 H. P. Lidell Automatic En
gine,.,
One 60 H. P. Erie City Boiler.
One Drag Saw.
One Cut Off Saw.
Or e Self Feed Rip Saw.
One Broom Handle Lathe.
One Hoe Handle Lathe.
Two Polishing Drums.
One Hand Lathe. —*
One Large Grind Stone and Stand.
Two CaT Loads short lengths of Ash,
Walnut, Persimmon and Dogwood.
One hundred feet of Shafting.
One lot Shafting Hangers.
One lot Pulleys*
125 Doz. Base BalTBife.
Tbe above is situated In a two-story
factory building, dlmenelons 60x100ft.,
with eil attached 30x50ft. two etOriea.
Lot measuring 200 feet frontage and
§24 feet in depth. Ball Road Into thej
yard. In-a-deekal ‘
of Orangeburg, S. 0/ This property
will be sold in part or tn whole. It can
be'utilized for most any kind of enter
prise* For full particulars^
Orangeburg
re Apply to
. SlMi,
burg, 8. C.
A Piaeer or Ae Organ Per Yen:
Tb the hate ofova^ fanlly wtoB attl.
tiona for the fotore ate aibmaUag of kla akll»
dian, wshsvs a Bpaoial Proposition to amka.
No arttela fax tha hooaa shows tha avidaooa
if culture that do«a a Piano or Orgsn. Noao-
oomplishmsot sires as mneh r* n or I
as (root vslas U after Ufa as tha
from hfenip aroqqflUift ifaag: TSr
reception will bo under tbe euBpiozi Writs os today
of tbe oommeroial travelers and bo •
men's anti trost league.
N.-tGnllty.
Tbe Jury at Abbeville charged wit)
tbe trial of J. B. Moore, Jab Moore
John Moore, Will Moore, Sem Bigb:
and Hugh Bowen, aoeueed of lynohloi
Allen Pendleton, oolored, leet Septem
her, brought Ine verdlot of “not
guilty” on Tuesday, after being out
37 minutes.
of 1
' of a high grade Piano or Orgaa oMy.
—*. »Taw dollr ■* *
. . or Oatalogaaa am
•al Propooition of Easy Paymanta.
Addret* Malone's Mule Oo.,
Oolumbta, 8. 0
tf-e nnn flANK oewot
W/Vr 2* * far* feM, Mato
s^fcsitssa
Cvol >ne Killed Many.
A dispetoh from Li Gro’se, Wii.,
rays flay light Thursday revealed e
scene of terrible devestat 1 on along the
path ofAtogG'one which swept So ita-
ero Mlnhasotaand Wleoonsin Wednee-
dev night between Freiburg and Cale
donia. Tbe wife and two children of
Peter Mayer were k lied. S.x members
of tiie family of 0. Z Inglstt wera In
Jared end aome perheye fatally. The
entire family of L. T. Kruger waehurt
and eooree of farm bouses were demol
ished. Indtoeticns from present in-
complete reports Indicate that many
others were killed and injured near
Stoddard, Wla. Many bridges in the
path of toe etorm wera ewepj away.
NAfro In Dancer. v/
A telephone meesage from Leman,
Is., says tbe Jill la surrounded by a
mob Intent upon 'lynching a negro
who le eeeteel ef having assaulted a
white girl Thursday afternoon. * The
negro Is ■*& to be on employe of a
circus that exhibited at
Thursday.
We Have For Sale
One 25 horse power Tgjbott, second hand engine in stock which has recent
ly been overhauled. ' This Engine ie in firaUdan condition and will be
e great bargain for anyone who is-in the market for such a size engine.
We are headquarters for anything in the way of machinery supplies, end
prompt attention will be given inquiries and orders entrusted to our
care.-Wri ter ur when you arTmthe market for anything, and be sore
to get our prices before placing your orders elsewhere.
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