The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 12, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
A SHERLOCK HOLMES TASK.
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How a Railroad Company Traces
Runaway Freight Cars.
At times when the scarcity of
freight cars causes the railroads to
place an embargo upon certain classof
goods, the problem of keeping
track of its cars to see that they do
not run away and become wanderers
*pon the face of the earth is a stupendous
one for each company.
When a freight car is built, it is
given a number before it leaves the
r.r *
shop, and thereafter it is aiways i
known by that number until it is
worn out and scrapped. When a new
car receives its number, and starts
cut upon its business career, it is
entered in the record book, and a
careful account of its wanderings
-and earning power are kept there.
"This record book is a history of the
car, and by consulting it, one can
learn how many trips it has made,
what cities it has visited, how many
times it has been to the repair shop,
and also where it is supposed to be
at any given time.
But in spite of all this care in
keeping a record of each car now and
then for some unexplained reason,
Hisannears from sight?literally
U"~rr
running away. Some of the big com-1
panies employ car tracers, but as al
rule a printed tracer is first sent after
the car to bring it back home.
This printed tracer, in a blue en-1
"velope, is sent to the person in whose
jurisdiction the car was last supposed
to be, and if it had passed out of
his district the tracer is sent on to
the next one to whom the' car was
consigned. This little printed tracer
tailing to bring the car home in a
| reasonable length of time, a man
I known as a tracer is sent after it.
A tracer is really a railroad car detective.
And sometimes it is more difficult
-to trace a runaway freight car than
a criminal. There are tens of thousands
of miles of railways, and hun-|
tlreds of thousands of freight cars,
and to find the one carrying a certain
number is often like hunting for a
'Vv needle in a haystack. The tracer may
> arrive in a city, where the runaway
Is supposed to be, at the very moment
when the car is leaving it in
the opposite direction. It may Cross
his track on a parallel line, or dodge
around him on a short line. It may
be headed north, or rolling merrily
toward the pacific while he is going
\\ toward the Atlantic.
1 A runaway ear apparently is as depraved
as any criminal. It hides on
a lonely siding, or gets lost in a short
swamp line. One such runaway rested
nearly a year on a siding in Southern
Texas simply because it got lost,
;r and no one seemed to know just
what to do with it. The nearest
freight agent had no record of
It, and no tracer had requested * its
return. Going on the principle that
. what is "everybody's business is nobody's
business," this local agent
made no effort to hunt up the owners.
If the order had been received by him
to return it, he would have obeyed,
but lacking such orders he left it on
the siding. In the course of time,
it was occupied by a family of squatters,
who lived quite comfortably in
it for six months, and were routed
out only when quite by accident, the
car tracer discovered it.?Popular
Mechanics.
Votnrol Oiiriftcifiv
Joe had been working in Baltimore.
On the day before Christmas
he received his pay and planned to go
home to Washington, but first he
started out to buy presents for all his
family." He did this with more genf,
>' erosity than foresight, and when
evening came he found himself at the
railroad station loaded with bundles,
but with no money for his fare to
|||:- Washington.
Somehow he got through the gate
and approached the conductor. He
laid the case before him, and ended
- with a plea that he might ride to
Washington on the platform of the
baggage car. The conductor, his
heart warmed by the spirit of the
, season, said, "All right, go ahead!"
So Joe climbed on the platform of
the car next to the engine. It was a
cold night, and it was on a road
where the engine takes up water
from a track reservoir as it goes
along.
When the train reached Washington
the conductor saw Joe approach
' . v
ing, covered with ice from head to
Igsfo: vJ* .
foot, bundles and all. He came up to
the conductor and said, "I sure does
thank you, boss, for muh ride. You's
?"3
very kind to allow muh to ride up
with you; but there's jus' one question
I wants to ax. Kin yuh tell me
the name ob that rivuh we run
through back there?"?Youth's Companion.
?
Controlled from the driver's seat,
the reflector in a new type of automobile
headlight can be arranged to
-.throw a narrow, powerful beam of
light directly ahead or to diffuse the
light across a road.
We annually raise half a jbillion
chickens.
BITTEN BY MAD CAT.
Man, Child, Dog and Goat are the Vic- F
tims.
Cheraw, Oct. 5.?A strange cat,
probably maddened with hunger, en- ^
tered the home or Mr. J. A. Rain- r<
water, living a few miles out from u
Cheraw on the Rockingham high-; h
way, the other day and attacked a j Q
two-year-old child, biting its cheek | a.
and scratching its face. The cat al- ] A
so bit a dog and a goat, the latter i r<
going mad. The next day the cat H
' 1- J Vi*. TnVin Trnnhlo. tC
berg county?they spend their money ^
with you. ca
He is the chap who pays taxes to \ j
help support the town, build Yoads,; ^
etc. . j m
He is the chap who helps support j -n
the churches and charitable organi-!OT
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zations of Bamberg. j ^
He is the chap who talks and pe
boosts for Bamberg every day in the
year. ?.
He is the chap who visits you when rii
you are sick, sends flowers to your of
family when you die, and follows
your body out among the trees and fr
tombs, as far as human feet may sa
travel with the dead. h(
He is your home merchant?your ca
neighbor?your friend?your helper he
in time of need. w
Don't you think you ought to trade to
with him, and be his friend and help- ge
er in the time of need?
Don't you know that every dollar gi
ir/Mi ocunri owov trnoc tn stmne'PrR and ar
J UU OV/UU W " wj WW?? o-- ? is
gone forever?to men who would u]
not trust you for a box of matches or h<
a skipper from a cheese?to men who lo
would turn you over to the police if m
you should enter their offices? oi
You don't save much, frequently
nothing, when you send your money m
out of Bamberg, and you take all the y<
Southern
PREMIER CARRIER
PASSENGER TRAI
EFFECEIVE SEP
All Trains Ri
No. Arrive Bambere From - N
24 Augusta and intermedi- 2
ate stations 5:05 a. m.
25 Charleston, Branchville
and intermediate sta- 2!
tions 6:25 a. m.
18 Augusta and intermedi- 1<
ate stations 8:43 a. m.
35 Charleston and inter- r
mediate stations ....10:57a.m. 6'
22 Augusta and intermedi- 2
'ate stations 6:37 p. m.
7 Charleston, Branchville,
and intermediate sta- 1'
tions 8:17 p. m.
Trains Nos. 17 and 24?Through sle<
and Atlanta.
N. B.?Schedules published as inforn
For information, ticl
S. C. HOLLIFI
THE SOUTHERN SER
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FULL STOCK O:
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came duck <tuu un i>n> uunu i vu?<v
field. The cat was killed and its
head sent to Raleigh for examina- b:
! tion, where the cat was pronounced i ti
mad. Both the child and Mr. Trou-j st
blefield are now taking the Pasteur j bi
treatment in Cheraw. j es
\iy
The Home Merchant?Who Is He? fc
Thn home merchant! Who is he?
He is the chap who gives you! g'<
credit when you are financially broke, ai
and carries your account until you cc
are able to pay. ai
He is the chap who gives you back b<
your money or makes exchanges qi
when you are not satisfied with what
you have bought. la
He is the chap who stands behind h<
his guaranty, and makes restoration hi
of all losses that you may sustain on
the goods you buy. ta
He is the chap who meets you at h(
the door with a hand-shake, and lets Ai
you out with a message to the "kids," p*
and a real come-again good-bye. Fi
He is the chap who meets and su
greets you on the street every day in
the year, and takes neighborly interest
in your family and your affairs. ,
He is the chap whose family and I 0
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employes live in Bamberg and Bam-; H
LEFT $10,000 BY FRIEND.
'rank M. Unger, Anderson Tailor,
Remembered in Will of Broker.
Anderson, Oct. 5.?For kindnesses
tiown and services rendered him in
amoving his baggage containing valable
papers from Hotel Pleasanton
i San Francisco during the earthuake,
and subsequent fire ten years
go, Frank M. Unger, a tailor, of
nderson, aged 31 years, has been
smembered in the will of the late
^iram Douglass, of San Francisco,
) the extent of $10,000.
Mr. Douglass was a real estate
roker and had apartments in the hoil
in which Unger was employed as
;eward. Mr. Douglass died Septem3r
2nd, and the administrator of his
state was able to find Mr. Unger onr
today, after searching the nation
>r him.
Lived in Sneet Tent.
Unger carried Mr. Douglass's bagige
on his shoulder one mile away
id buried it. The baggage was revered
after the fire and Douglass
id Unger lived in a tent made of
id sheets for six weeks until better
larters could be secured.
The administrator says Mr. Dougss's
last words were wishing that
3 could see Unger to again thank
m for his services and kindnesses.
Mr. Unger is employed in a local
iloring establishment. He located
ire five years ago and married an
nderson girl. He has forwarded pairs
of power of attorney to a San
rancisco friend to represent him as
Lggested by the administrator.
Ford For Wilson.
Here is the closing paragraph of
lengthy statement given out by
enry Ford: "Urn a Republican,
it I'm for Wilson. I'm a Republi n
f Vi cotorooonn T liuvo pare
11 IV/1 1>11U QUAll^/ 1 VUUVU A A (A T v VM>? M
was born that way. But I'm for
ilson because I believe he can do
ore to enhance the prosperity and
sure the peace of this nation than
ly other candidate. Anyone who
>es not want to gamble with prosjrity,
should vote against him."?
ristol Herald-Courier.
sk of short weight or measure and
' getting damaged or inferior goods.
And don't you knovr if you buy
om your home merchant along the
tme lines as you do the mail order
>use?in bulk or crates?paying
ish, there are many merchants right
jre who would be ready to figure
ith you?and they are right here
i take the risk if it is found tne
>ods are not as represented.
And don't you know that the
*owth and prosperity of Bamberg
id Bamberg county depends largely
pon the success and prosperity of its
ime people? We cannot succeed so
ng as money made here goes to the
lail order house where we lose sight
: it forever.
Do you get it? Put it in your
lemory?take the straight road to
Dur home town.
Railway
OF THE SOUTH,
NS SCHEDULES
*T. 17, 1916.
an Dailv.
o. Leave Bamberg For
4 Branchville, Charleston
and intermediate stations
* 5:05 a. m.
5 Augusta and intermediate
stations 6:25 a. m.
8 Branchville, Charleston
and intermediate sta
tions 8:43 a. m.
5 Augusta an? intermediate
stations 10:57 a. m.
2 Branchville, Charleston
and intermediate stations
6:37 p. m.
7 Augusta and intermediate
stations 8:17 p. m.
epmg car service Detween jtsamDerg
lation only. Not guaranteed. '
cets, etc., call on
ELD, Agent,
VES THE SOUTH.
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A FLAT TIRE
is repaired by us in a few moments.
Just run your wheel into
our shop and we'll start on
it at once. If you are in a
great hurry wait for it. We
make a specialty of quick repairing
and never disappoint
you?it is ready when we say it
will be. When you learn how
1r*nT niir nrioae arc vrm will hp
A \y *? UUX V J V w " Ail W v M|
a steady customer. I
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In nl" D AnAllTAll
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1 have on hand a lot of the
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r inesi nurses
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and iviuies
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that has been shipped here in
a number of years, and the
PRICE IS RIGHT
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SEE ME BEFORE MAKING YOUR NEXT PURCHASE ;
G. FRANK BAMBERG
BAMBERG, S. C. j
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Pride of Ownership 1
Wherever you may find them, Paige owners are 9
always enthusiastic?always contented?always S|
completely satisfied. a
For these people, the automobile problem has - 9
II been permanently solved. They regard their
! car with a warm affection which is not usually
accorded to things outside the human family.
Because the Paige is worthy of trust and respect,
it is trusted and respected in every section of
the nation?North, South, East and West. j "
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And, please remember, it is just this great mass j
of public opinion?this ever increasing owner I
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Iemnusiasm anu guuu win?mai nao wwuw un _
impregnable bulwark of Reputation and Pres- 9
tige around the name Paige. 9
FAIRFIELD "SIX-46" SEVEN-PASSENGER $1375 F. O. B. DETROIT 9
FLEETWOOD "SIX-38" FIVE-PASSENGER $1090 F. O. B. DETROIT 9
PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR CO., DETROIT, MICH. 9
BLACK & BLACK I
Bamberg, S. C. 9
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