Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" ONE MAN BUILDII RAILRO/ Will Not Tell Why He is Where it is Going To Good Financic ? Dodge City, Kan., July 8.?In the! spring of 1908 a farmer in the Spring p* Vollov i n WnH from a n pnnntv lv T UiiV/J iu liVUQVMAM.il wv***vv- , -v ^ was approached by an old German, a lit stranger, who asked to buy a strip of, ac Iland across part of his farm. Sur- H< prised at the request, the farmer fu questioned the old German and final- th ly learned the land was wanted for st railroad right of way. y The farmer could not believe that 01 his visitor was the representative of al a railway company and his behalf was s* justified by the frank admission of ^ | the stranger that he was not backed i 01 by any company. He wanted the land for his own use, he said. He t0 was to be the sole railroad builder. 01 That was the way Rudolph Meyer started on his railroad construction. cs His queer enterprise provoked no end ^ 01 of comment among the farmers in the - > +r neighborhood, but comment did not interest this hard working, uncom- of municative Teuton in the least. Men ec said five years ago that he would | soon quit his quixotic campaign to throw up a^ grade across a broken prairie country where some of the fills 4 had to be seventy feet. ^ I d> But Rudolph Meyer is still work- j.. ing. Men believed that when he exhausted his supply of money?and his appearance did not indicate that he had much?he would have to quit work because of lack of right of way 01 to work on. But he has always had te * the cash ready to pay for the next an strip of land, no matter how much^the st owner asked for it. sa Meyer has worked five years now bi and has hardly five miles of road M grade to show for nis toil. A little j w mule team and a single scraper com- d( t>rise his complete outfit. With it he G< works all day when the weather is tfc fine. When the ground is frozen or ly Waked with water he whiles away tfc I his time in his little cook shack, i ci which is always stationed near the ai part of the grade he is at work on. S< The work of Rudolph Meyer has p< been the topic of keen speculation or among railroad men in western Kan- ca sas. What induced him to under-, ci i take a job of that kind? Who furnish- Gi es funds for carrying on the work? , lo What route does he intend to follow? j Ci What railroad is interested in the gi project? Is he crazy? These are the m questions that have been discussed j hi over and over again the last five fc years. j w And Rudolph Meyer is the last man A in the world to throw light on tne ec puzzle. The questions have been put j pi to Meyer on different occasions, but ec they might as well have; been with- pi held so far as eliciting information is concerned. No cross^examiner has ia yet managed to extract from the old ai grader any information that amounts iD to anything. And no information has i v been dug up from any other source. { p It^s a peculiar project carried out in v? a peculiar manner by a peculiar man. w A party of visitors to the scene of the strange railroad grade recently { found the lonesome cook shack of the v grader huddled down in a valley be- ^ tween two high hills. Towering above it was the grade of 70 feet, hauled into place a scraper full at a time by SI the patient labor of an old worker jn and his mules. te * Stretching away to the northeast at toward Jetmore are the few miles of grade which Meyer has to show for cc the five years of work. All the dirt q! in tbe grade was hauled by Meyer; -ne cj holds and dumps the scraper. He is V( workman, the hostler, the cook, the whole crew on an enterprise that r should have the service of a high s2 > . grade engineer and an experienced cg contractor. Meyer never objects to talking to visitors. He seems to enjoy a chat sa with those who scoop down on his little camp to find out all about his F business and he always manages to work out an extremely indefinite an-; tfc swer to all questions. The visitors p( wanted to find out how he happened tt to start a railroad grade there. cc "Oh, I just picked out an easy place v< - < to build one," Meyer replied. > fit Where was he going? Meyer had w no objection to telling. Just going sc over into the flats; but he hadn't fig- u] ured any further than than. Just ahead of where he is working cc another fill must be built up and just ai beyond that is a disgorging raise ti] I ?1 *- ? y-*-? o ^ +V?TT*n cr]-? n. WXiertJ 'd. I'UL 111 USL UC liiaug mi v uo?* >? the high hill. When a visitor point- sled to these Meyer merely observed m that further on it was level. | B When it was suggested that the w Sante Fe, which has a branch to Jet- tt more and might like to have a line up the valley of the Pawnee, might cl be interested in a line there he said, tf "Well I guess the Sante Fe is all si right in some ways; I don't know much about 'em." ' ui I MG iD BY HIMSELF. Building the Road Or i?Seems to Have d Backing. He said he had not had much ex?rience in building grades, but finalremembered that he helped build a :tle grade for the Sante Fe. Meyer Imitted that his plan is to cross the Ddgeman county line about six miles trther south than Jetmore, and he tought it would be a good place to art a town near the county line. Some of the people say the terms : the deeds are that unless trains *e running over the grades within x years after the deeds are executed ie land reverts back to the original vners. If that is true Meyer will ive to hurry. But it is pretty hard i get accurate information when the llv man who knows won't tell. It is the right of ,way that may tuse a hitch in the work at last, ever has almost completed the work 1 the right of way he has, and has ied to buy some more. The owners the land wanted have so far refusl to sell and hope in that way to irce the builder to show his hand, nyway they have decided to hold up ie work for a while. But Rudolph Meyer does not ap>ar to worry. He thinks he knows way in which difficulties of that nd can be avoided. ? Woman Game Warden. Mobile, Ala., July 12.?She's the lly woman game warden in the Unid States. She's an expert shot, id she knows a lot about game. But te's not in the least masculine. She iys so herself. And she's pretty, it she doesn't admit that. When iss Norman Frederick Gibboney, ho is socially prominent and well-to), was appointed game warden by overnor O'Xeil, of Alabama, to do ie work hitherto confined exclusiveto men, her friends at first held up leir hands in horror. Then they defied she was as game as her job, id they cheered her on in true >uthern style. She sought the aplintment because of her love for ltdoor life, and because she did not .re to fritter away her time in soal frivolities. Here is pretty Miss ibboney'sown story: "I am a naturever. I have traveled in Europe, iba, Mexico and the Northwest. My eatest pleasure during the eight onths I was in the Northwest was mting for grouse and pheasants. I >und the inported birds out there ere numerous and am trying to get labama, this county anyway, stockl with grouse, Hungarian quail and leasants. " My love of the birds causl me to become interested in their otection; hence my appointment as ime warden, i nave aireaay stupyeu wless negroes from wandering >out the surrounding woods shootg everything that has wings. Am masculine? Oh, I don't think so! m really very feminine and conditional except when I'm out in the oods hunting." CASES OF SPIRO MENINGITIS. ittle Girl Near Lexington Suffering from Dread Disease. Lexington, July 9.?A new case of >iro meningitis is reported near Lexgton. The victim is the little aaughr of Mr. and Mrs. James Lindler, )6ut four miles from Lexington. The ttle girl is said to be in a serious mdition. The premises have been larantined, and the attending physian is using every precaution to premt a: spread of the disease. Tne tnree cases or spiro. memnguis 'ported from Gilbert last week are lid to be well in hand and no new ises have developed. Every precauon is being taken to prevent the svelopment of new cases and to ive the lives of those affected. ight Pistol Duel in Lawyer's Office. Greenville, S. C., July 12.?The irong of Saturday afternoon shopirs on South Main street pricked up leir ears and quickened their pace msiderably as the sounds of a re)lver battle raging on the second )or of the old Mansion House, which as converted into an office building ime years ago. came floating down ?on the air. A deputy sheriff standing in the >urthouse next door, heard the shots id rushed quickly to the scene. Reirning in a few seconds, he brought ith him United States Deputy Marlal Reuben Gosnell and E. S. Gil er, deputy for Judge of Probate ramlett, who after passing a few hot ords in an attorney's office, drew teir pistols and opened fire. Gosnell was shot through the right leek, while another bullet pierced le shoulder of his coat. Gilmer was lot through the right thigh. Both were released shortly after ader $200 bond each. MAKING FOR CHARLESTON. Great Road May l>e Backing Company Just Commissioned. Columbia, July 9.?The Secretary of State late to-day commissioned the ] South Carolina Western Extension Company, which proposes to build a railway from Florence to connect with the Georgetown and Western Railroad at a point in Pee-Dee Township, in Florence County, The total length of the road is approximately ? thirty-two miles, no portion of which has yet been constructed. XI According to the papers filed with T1 the Secretary of State, the company for is to have a capital of 625,000. The petitioners are George E. Dargan and J ^ D. T. McKeithan, of Darlington, and Cal James D. Evans, of Florence. It is = reported here that the Seaboard Air Line Railway is behind the projected road and that it is the ultimate aim of the Seaboard to reach Charleston j by this line. The Seaboard controls j the South Carolina Western Railway,, which extends from McBee to Florence, and it is thought that the South Carolina Western Extension Company \{l is subsidiary to the South Carolina A Western Railway. J WILSON COMMUTES SENTENCE. J. Milton A. Carlisle, of Greenville, Gets Shorter Term. t Washington, July 11.?President Wilson to-day commuted to one year and a day the five-year sentence of Milton A Carlisle, convicted at Greenville, S. C., October 26, 1910, of misapplication of the funds of the National Bank of Newberry, S. C., of which he was formerly president. Carlisle, who is 73 years old, has not v/if cprvpH anv nf his tprm and the President commuted the sentence with the privilege of reconsideration at any time it appeared that continued imprisonment would dangerously impair the prisoner's health. Carlisle was indicted on 162 counts and acquitted on all except five. An investigation by the department of 'justice indicated, it is said, that of the five counts he was probably guilty on only two involving less than $200. Officials of the department of justice say that the bank lost about $10,000, but Carlisle was not held responsible for the entire loss. Friends of the prisoner wanted him pardoned on account of his age. The trial Judge and district attorney re- J; commended a commutation to fifteen ' months. . STILLS ARE FOUND. United States Officers Go on Raid in Two Counties. > Greenville, July 13.?Returning last night from a raid in Pickens and Oconee counties, United States Deputy Collector Aiken and two deputies brought news of a successful on- Ji slaught oil moonshiners. In the ^ "Pumpkintown" section of Pickens two large stills were destroyed, both being found in full operation. Three men were found at work here, but ? they evaded arrest although they were recognized by the raiders and will probably be apprehended later. About seven miles from Walhalla another large plant was - destroyed and one arrest made, Thomas Roper being taken into custody and placed in jail in default of bail. At all three stills large quantities of liquor in various stages of distillation were destroyed. SHOT BY UNKNOWN BOYS. Asheville Man, Howard White, Will be Crippled f<Sr Life. Asheville, July 12.?The sheriff's officers are making an effort to locate the gang of boys who are charg- 2^ ed with maliciously shooting and m seriously injuring Howard White several days ago near the plant of the National Casket Company. Mr. White is a patient at a local hispital,- one of ^ the bones in his thigh having been = shattered by the bullet fired upon fll him. by unknown boys. The patient " is said to have been fishing in the CI French Broad River at the time that he was shot. Physicians say that he will be a cripple for life. { Within the past several days members of the police and sheriff's departments have received numerous complaints to the effect that a gang of boys has been firing from ambush yQj upon passersby. Every effort will be TO put forth to learn their identity and oul arrests are expected within the next few days. th ??? tas ESCAPES FROM SHERIFF. do ' sol Spartanburg Suspect Gets Liberty by pu Divinsr Thromrh Window. mi Spartanburg, July 11.?Jack Nes- ^ bitt, a negro, while on his way to jail yesterday morning to await trial IV on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, escaped by diving j through a window in the sheriff's office in the Court House. Nesbitt had just finished a term of sixty days on the chain gang. iaiser & Walker Plumbing, Heating, Roofing Modern and Sanitary Plumbing. Private Water Systems Installed. Sanitary Septic Tanks Installed. * Bamberg Parties Inquire at The Herald Office. AIKEN, S. C. [o. 666 lis ia a prescription prepared especially MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. e or six doses will break any case, and iken then as a tonic the Fever will not irn. It acts on the liver better than omel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c 4< ' $7.50 to Tickets sold each T and including septen ed to reach Denmar midnight of the sec date of sale. EXCURSION RATE! For Any Infoi C. WHITE, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. ==j iold Hogs b A South Carolina fai of hogs which were rea< was so warm that killing He went to his tel< Columbia over Long Dii at a good price. He the office and arranged for si The telephone is no\ You can have one on yoi See the nearest Bell send a postal for our free FARMERS' LEN1 OUTHERN BELL T1 LND TELEGRAPH I S. Pry or St, iiuiur tun innu Tiir unOT jiRiflCJtnu inuH-inc muoi FECTUAL 6EBEBAL TONIC >ve's Tasteless chill Tonic Combines both n Tasteless form# The Quinine drives out Malaria and the Iron builds up the System. For Adults and Children# ifou know what you are taking when i take GROVE'S TASTELESS chill NIC, recognized for 30 years through : the South as the standard Malaria, ill and Fever Remedy and General engthening Tonic. It is as strong as ; strongest bitter tonic, but you do not te the bitter because the ingredients not dissolve in the mouth but do disvereadily in the acids of the stomach, aranteed by your Druggist. We mean 50c. ? "UT?r>Mr> OTTTN7NE wit ao vuxjr vut ?^ ^ ^ ? 3k for signature of E. W. GROVE on e /IONE V have Ten Thousand Doll rst mortgages of real J. D. COPf BAMBBI For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic SROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives on Malaria and builds up the system. A true toni< and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, Jl.OC FOR SALE. ~ BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. 118 acres fine land partly in town of Ehrhardt. 38 fine building lots in town of Ehrhardt. in rhnirn hnilrlinsr lots in town of I v CW Bamberg. 1 store house and lot next to post office on Main street, Ehrhardt. 295 acres fine farm lands two miles west of Ehrhardt. Apply to JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. FIRST-CLASS IEPAIR WORK PROMPT SERVICE 'atrick's Garage BAMBERG, S. C. rightsville Beach, N.C. lmington, N. C. hursday?June 5th to iber 11th, 1913, limit k, returning, prior te :ond Monday following * ? im n i nm ? 5 NUK1H AMJ LAM rmation Address J. B. LILES, Ticket Agent. t 1 M yi^H\ O v / VmLI KviB v \ vi Uri F/V \ \j |fBp r/fl| . ^8HI y Telephone rmer had a large number iy to kill. The weather was out of the question, sphorie, called a dealer in stance and sold his hogs n called the local freight lipment v a necessity on the farm, lr farm at small cost. Telephone Manager or booklet. I DEPARTMENT ELEPHONE /2\ COMPANY SAB iiuuiui) ua* RELIEVES PAIN ADO HEALS >T THE SAME TINE The Wonderful, Old Reliable Dr# Porter's Antiseptic Healing OIL An Antiseptic Surgical Dressing discovered by an Old R. R, Surgeon, Prevents Blood Poisoning. Thousands of families know it already, and a trial will convince yon that DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL is the most wonderful remedy ever discovered for Wounds, Burns, Old Sores, Ulcers, Carbuncles, Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Throat, Skin or Scalp Diseases and all wounds and external diseases wnetner slight or serious. Continually people are finding new uses for this famous old remedy. Guaranteed by your Druggist We mean it. 25c, 50c, $1.00 " That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE very box. Cures a Cold in One Day. 25c. TO LOAN ars ($10,000.00) to loan on estate. 5ee me quick. 3L.AND, JR., to, s. c. j , .11 : r- i\ . . LODGE MEETING. . Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights of Pythias meets first and fourth Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visiting brethren cordially invited. GEO. F. HAIR, Chancellor Commander. A. M. DENBOW, Keeper of Records and Seal. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter CARTER & CARTER % Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. v - -,* iii Special attention given to settlement of estates and investigation of land titles. : ' FRANCIS F. CARROLL Attorney-at-Law Office in Hoffman Building GENERAL PRACTICE. BAMBERG, S. O. : 4 ? MBTaoi r a iu r> ctatiaiu a D V , m SHB rvniMDLS. HI1U l n iwnnn ENGINES AND BOILERS > -Jj Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Woodv Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines ' , LARQESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA. GA. GRAHAM & BLACK Attorneys-at-Law Will practice in the United States and State Courts in any County in the State. I BAMBERG, S. C. FIRE INSURANCE Old Line Companies J. F. FOLK, Agt. BAMBERG, S. C. ' LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK m HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Agent for Superior Monument Co. Can Save you Money on Tombstones. . . i W. MAX WALKER | ' EHRHARDT, S. C. S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. S MAYFIELD & FREE Jp j. . Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG. S. C. Practice in all the Courts, both . State and Federal. Corporation practice and the winding up of estates a specialty. Business entrust ted to us will be promptly attended ! V ^ I If RILEV & COPELAND J 0 Successors to W. P. Riley. ? jf Fire, Life | ; , Accident 1 1 INSURANCE I < Office in J. D, Copeland's Store !! BAMBERG, S. C. f t i? i _ mtaivhidiI^ I LVlTlumw' Improved Saw Mills. {VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. auid Reliable jBest material and workmanship, lightf running, requires little power; simplejeasy to -andle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial moneys making machines down tothesmalles^ size. Write for catalog showing En-* gines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies* Lombard Iron Works A Supply Co., A AUGUSTA. CA. 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