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OIITHRN RAILWAY - YS PESIDENT HARRISON 01 $OfHERN IN FIRST PUBLIC T $ADDRESS. OJEY REMAINS IN SOUTlI Eresident of Southern Analyzes * Intimate Relation of Company -to People Served. noosfa0ga, Tenn.--Span~ring at th banquet of the Chattanoogi the .new president of thi em Railway .company, mad< may be considered his first put declaration, since his election tV the late Mnr. W. W. Finley ---r. Harson said: The Southern Railway System in udes 10,000 miles of railroad o1 ch. 59,000 officers and employee airfax Harrison, President Souther Railway' ~rform pubic services, in return fo which more than one hundred million annual revenue is collected. Thes r ~ e big figures and, in a country il Mhich there has always been a prid . big things, in which every commuw has been wont to boast of tha ~hlch it has which Is the biggest, suc] big thing as the Southern Railwa: * ystem should be, and I believe is Ssource of pride to the South, bu xctyin $roportion as it is big als< its public service and faithful il tspublic trust. The administratioi ptC such a vast machine, affecting, as Poes, the comfort and well being c he people of a large territory, is ~.erefore, itself a large public service . ?fhe time has passed when It migh Rje exploited for merely private- ani slfish -ends. The lawyers used ti e11 us that a railroad was a quas public institution, but today, happily (R~ migrht better be described as a quasi : *rvae institution. It is private sti] the opportunity it presents for the sercise of -individual initiativei an< pompetitive service, but in practicall: ~very other sense it is now recognize< - hat it is public. It is a matter of sincere regret tV snrery 'railroad manager that railroat s ecurties-arenot more generally held #irectly and immediately, in the com fia ~nities which the railroads serve - he lack of such holding depiives hin af a powerful and sympgthetic ally it * he2 relation of public opinion to hi: problems. The'time was when the rail * oad stocks were owned immediatel: * t home, and by the people who were s tost influential in shaping public opin Ron, but today, while railroad stock: *are generally held by the same kind o people-by those who, through the e3 - rcise of prudence, industry and cour age have laid by a competence, and b: phe women and children for -whon .jhey worked-such investors now di trot as a class reside in the territorie: -laI which they have made their invest snents. The explanation of this phe nomenon-so well known to us all, bu still a phenomenon-is part of tha ginancial history of the United States but the fact has given rise to a feel ing among many of those who use ti iailroads daily and come into immedi ate contact with their mnanagements that the railroads belong to some mys terious, remote and foreign power, t< Irresponsible potentates, who bear, i: popular imagination, the generic nami pf "Wail Street." We read in-.maga hines and newspapers of the romantil lives attributed to a few individual; wvho are supposed to "control" thi 4estinies of -whole communities by pos session and exploitation of the instra gnents upon which such commun: ties depend for their necessary trans * portation, who "fix" rates and arb; frarily determine conditions of serv Ice, and so "tax" the people they ough to serve, withdrawing money earned 12 * he sweat of the .brow fromi tne com knunities where it is earned, to be dissi ted at a distance in extravagant fol lies. Such a vision is not the resul Pf pure imagination-it has had ul gortunately its foundation of justifica 'ion in a few conspicuous instance: vhlch leap to the lips of everyone wh< iscusses our present-day industria ~roblems; but every intelligent ma: -nows that it is no longer, if it eve: - vas, the rule. In considering such lamentable indi 'dual cases, the public, when formint Its-potent judgment on the present sit ~tion of the railway industry, mus ~ognize them as the unhappy excel ions they are. To him who insist: at the railroads should be judged. b: eir black sheep, it is fair in answel invite attention to many exemplar: ed integrity in the ad ttion of railroad property. *W ~the South can cite shining example: ,fsuch rectitude. I may be forgiver proud reference to niy late chief mIlam Wilson Finley, whose oppor ~unities were not less than those of piny of the flagrant individuals t( hamnr &lusicn has been made. but whc after years of devoion to puoaiC auty bri and the practice of a large private an. charity, left an estate the amount of ty a which, as announced in the public to t press, is at once i certificate of can- tati did character and an illustration of sub. just administration. One who knew ten them can add to the same roll of honor Sou two more executives of railroads in less the South who have recently gone to gre: the grave-Thomas M. Emerson and ter John W. Thomas, Jr. Despite the holding of railroad stock bili outside of the territories the railroads int serve, and despite the aberrations from: ers integrity in the administration of some of t particular railroads, I believe that 1, a I am not claiming too much when I as-. ha sert that such has been the develop-: Sofl ment of the recognition in recent years tho of the public nature and responsibility rail of the- administratron of the railroads,: The and such have been the practical con. wh< sequences of that recognition, that to- of ' L day in every essential a rilroad be- life z lon'gs to the communities it serves. mv * In this aspect and in a very real co via sense the Southern Railroad belongs and - to the people of the South. It is not and ) only their highway to market, but-its ass fiscal operations are part of the life of the communities along its lines. pan At some risk of trespass upon your ins I attention, I venture to support this Inc 3 claim with a brief argument from sta- Sot ; tistics. They record a condition which gat is astonishing and I confess astonish- ty ed me when I saw how far they go ty along the lines of a tendency which I knew to obtain. Of the on4 hundred wa3 and three millions of annual revenue est collected last year- by the railways In- be cluded in the Southern Railway Sys- the tem, there was immediately paid out' can again along its lines -at least seventy- ran six millions, an amount not far short A of the total collections from the - peo- facI ple of the South: 'for approximately ten twenty-two millions of the total reve- tha nues were collected from people out- ern side of the Southeastern States-a fact not often taken into considera- re tion, the explanation of which is that dre an appreciable part of the passenger *to traffic of the system consists of the ma transportation of residents of .other tod localities traveling in the South, and, doe furthermore, that to a large extent thi freight charges on Southern products has . shipped to other localities are paid by he the consignees. Sot What then becomes- of these great we' revenues collected in the South? Are beE they hurried away to some cavern in ide Wall street? Nd. The fact is that culi all the moneys collected.in.the South pre are deposited in Southern banks which pre are drawn upon from time to time as only"as funds ate needed for proper fo fiscal -purposes. The funds of the sys- mo tem thus become an important factor Bo: in strengthening the banks of the ter- tha ritory and so are at all times at the service of the Southern people. em I have said that these funds are of withdrawn from Southern banks from o-'n time to time only as needed for proper wh Sfiscal purposes, but even in that opera- sta tiojn, to a large extent, the moneys col-pe -lected~ for transportation service on o rour lines are not withdrawn at all fromin Sthe Southern commuinifies in which it they are collected. This can .be dem- effi Sonstrated by an analysis of Southern tim SRailway expenditures for the last fis- fec1 Scal year. Such analysis shows that, its Sof every dollar disbursed, 41.71 cents Swent to the payment of wages, sub thi stantially all of which are paid along o the line of the road, and so remainSo in. Southern banks, a disbursement all Swhich, for the Southern Railway prop- m er, averages about two million dol- to lars a month. The purchase of ma- par terials and supplies used 23.30 cents,ps and, under our policy of buying as far as practicable from Southern people,= 19.12 cents of this~- was expended in the South and only 4.18 cents in other localities. Miscellanebus operating ex penses required 6.09 cents, all spent in the South. Taxes, all paid in the South, required 3.65 cents. Interest, rentals and other miscellaneous pay ments accounted for 20.83 cents, and the holders of the company's prefer red stock received 4.42 cents. It is un fortunately impracticable to determine the proportion of interest and divi dends paid to Southern owners of Southern railway securities. I wish 11it was all paid to Southern people; but, leaving these entirely out of ac count, it Is seen that at least 70.57 cents out of every dollar expended by the Southern Railway remains in. or is brought into the South. It may be add ed that these figures do not take ac count of expenditures for additions and betterments amounting l'ast year to three millions and a half and in ten years to twenty-seven millions .of which the major part, expended on roadway and structures, was practical ly all paid out along the line of the road. We may - then take It as es tablished that what the Southern leo ple pay the Southern Railway lines for transportation remains a part of the working capital of the Southern peo ple; b-ut it is interesting to pursue the thought a step further to a reali zation of what these disbursements by the Southern Railway in the South mean in the life and growth of the, Southern people. Of the total of sev enty-six millions paid out along the Southern .Railway .lines last year ap,~ proximately forty-three million dollars went to the army of 59,000 employees and thus, on the conventional basis of five to a family, directly supported about 295,000 Southern people, or about six and one-half times ,the pop ulation of Chattanooga at the date of the last census. I have spoken of our preferred stockholders, but the real preferred' stockholders of the Southern Rail way System, in the matter' of priority of claim, are the political govern-: ments of the States, counties, and cities along its lines. Their claim upon railroad revenues comes ahead even of that of employees, and they took $3,743,704.39 in the last fiscal year. It is hard to grasp the signifi cance of figures as large as this : what our tax payments really mean to. the communities along our lines can be better understood by an illus trative analysis of our payments on account of school taxes and road and bridge taxes in the southern states. '.In 1912, our school taxes in these 1states amounted to something over $00,000, .or an average of twenty Seight hundred dollars for each ccun ty traversed by our lines. At the av erage annual compensation of school Steachers in the Southern States as reported by the United States Bureau Sof Education, this would more than -pay for ten teachers in each county. ~,It represents $2.64 out of every $100 Sof school taxes paid in these States Sand amounts to fifteen -dollars for 31each school building in the States -.traversed by our lines. Every dollar Spaid. to the Southern Railway for ;,tranportation charges thus includes .a substantial contribution to - the maintenance of the system of public edcaton in the South. Payments by the ~Southern Railway System in the same year of taxes- di ges atnounted to '-47,966.1, tverage of $1,571.81 for* each cc long our lines: Every dollar ip he Southern Railway for transi n charges thus includes als< "tantial contribution to the m Lce of the public highways of th and is an indirect but none real public support of the sive movement for good and 1 roads. have referred to the impract :y of determining the amounts rest and dividends paid to h, of securities living along the I he road. We know, however, t rge percentage of our populat a a very real though indirect I l interest in these securities e agh they may never have see, road bond or stock cettifnc re are few families in the So > do not Ifold an insurance pol ome sort; either an assurance or against the risk of fire. ,sted funds of the great insura ipanieg are, therefore, matter .1 concern to the Southern peo ii large measure, are their < ts held in trust for their ben find that the chief insurance c es report their holding of sec of the Southern Railway Syst Luding terminal bonds on which thern is a joint guarantor, ag ing wore than eighty million i. in that great fund, the inte of which depends upon the ( Led solvency of the Southern R r lines, the Southern people h ital proprietory interest, an In which, as they realize it, shc to them a constant spur to prol slves by maintaining, as t: and will, the basis of South lway credit. assert with confiden'ce that s to which I have called your tion are full warrant for the cl t in a very real sense the Sol Railway belongs to the peopl South; so much so that its ani arts might more properly be ssed "To the People of the Sou advise you of the results of 2agement of your. property, my it belongs more to you tha s to the stockholders. More t , its management is and Ilw been devoted to the interests South. Its officers are mo thern-born men and those i -e not born in the South h n ,here long enough . to bec< atified with our interests, our arities, our responsibilities, judices, and our aspirations a ple; they talk the same langu the people of the South. I I ward to the time when there ma: re Southern men sitting on rd of Directors, where I I t they will be welcome. ,s an organization then, the So Railway, with full apprecial -and acquiescence in, the pre dency of public sentiment as it a railway. is and should ads pledged to the Southern ,and is proud to declare itself their ewn Institutions. As sue: ites the Southern people to to become more and . more 11 ient servant and at the s: e the object of their pride and ion. They need have no fear future if it has their confidenc, trust you will permit me to t ioccasion to say finally a a personal nature: I believe in :th and our Southern peoplei my heart and soal. I have gi st of the years of my manh an earnest, though subordin t in an effort to realize a high e of promoting the regernerat $744 4C 4D *4 eit :4 ero .4en +4hs f yorfvoie Ths4s 4p ,r. through industry, of the prosiVe1s un. of this our beloved motherland. aid have not known in my own expel )or- ence the horrors either of the militai a conflict which left our . peop ,in.. prostrate, or of the dreary years i the political disability and atrophied at the bition which followed that great WE 3ro- between the States, in one of th et-' chief theaters of which we are t, night, but I know the bitterness < [ca. these things in the tradition of m of Immediate family, and I have learne DId- from my parents that there can t ine no higher aspiration than to be hat part in the realization of the ideal ion of our Southern people. Facing tli )er- future, I have then dedicated my li Ien to that duty and to identification wit a a the Southern people. Many othei te. have done and are doing this and uth am proud to be of the company whic [icy has accomplished, through co-oper on tion and sustained effort, so much I [he the last quarter of a century. nce I am humbly grateful for the we of come the South has given me to m ple, new opportunity for its service. ] wn has been such a welcome as yo ant. have given me tonight, cordial an om- with every evidence of good will. M Uri. hope is to justify this to those wb em, allow me their confidence, who ax the willing to believe that if we som< pr. times fail it will not be through lac 1ol- of good intention or desire to do ot gi- duty as we conceive it. 'I have n on- sense of personal elation in the real .al- zation today of an ambition cherishe ave ever since I entered the service of t ter. Southern Railway Company 17 yeal d ago. I feel most asobering sense of :ect heavy responsibility, but I do not fec hey the event. I have served under tN ern great men, Samuel Spencer, and W liam Wilson Finley, both men of actio: the eager to accomplish, conscious a at. ways' of the imperious summons < lim today, and of the warning of Eccll Ith. slastes: "Whatsoever thy hand fin, 'of eth to do, do it with thy might." Lual have known that before all the ad- were pttriotic men, faithful to t1 th" South, and with their example an the their ideals before me my hope no for is so to carry on their work as to gai I it the kind of public esteem they earne an and to aid in building for the futur ays as they built, not only the Souther of Railway, but (the South itself. I tly this high endeavor, I am one of yo ho my fellow countrymen, who are sim ave larly engaged, and I appeal to yc )me as co-workers. for aid and co-oper pe- tion. our s a age Charlie Steel of Keowee. wa *be a business visitor here Mondai our lo Mrs. M. E. Boggs, of Nin ath- mons. is visiting her daughte: ion Mrs. J. N. Hallum. ent to be peo'I F. B. Murphree and J. 1\ one 'Entrekin, two good .citizens< b It route 2, were in town on bus wir ness Monday. tie Saf of - We learn with much regr< e. that Mrs. R. E. Steele, who liyt od' o' Keowee and who was stric1 the en with paralysis last Septen ith ber, seems to be getting wors' ood She has many friends wvt ate, earnestly hohe she may soc pm. recover. IF S ICK ENE rilig "Boostei onts thall at a is the time i ~sday, IFebrua P1 One Year $ Two Years Three Years Four Years Five Years. !er ends Wednesday, Februa1 Total number of regular a ositively the best o NO) W C Dacusville News s - rback Coughing and sneezing are spent >f the order of the day and night gens I- in this section. Va e Farmers in this section are tion 6 about through turning land and Mis will soon be ready for planting viite d as soon as the weather will per e mit. S Mr. J. M. Looper and family Mrc e visited his daughter, Mrs. Gro- been e ver Freeman Sunday. Drovi S Miss Bertha Looper visited E I Miss Zoa McCombs Sunday. Jesse 11 Mrs. L_ Mrs. Oscar Looper has been with n in bed the past week with meas- Mi, les. been y Mr. Jerry Lodper thought it Cann not good to live alone and went Co1 d to Mr. W. M. Trainums Sunday go b y morning and claimed their down o daughter, Miss Jessie as his but h bride. The youias couple have k the best wishes of their many r friends through their voyage i. of life. d On last Morning at one o'clock the death angel visited the Ma a home of Mr. and Mrs. James Sund * Smith and took for its victim--of tf * their little baby, Florence. Brow Little Florence was only a bud Miss i. on earth, to bloom in heaven. and o She was fourteen months old Mt. I and just the age to be loved and and i cherished in the home. . But charr Y God saw fit to take her away to man d a better home. We are told in merc w God's word that some stars chur< n shine differently from others in congi d glory. and it seems to me that on ti n the stars that shine with the for tI n most beauty are the little child- Mic ren, who die in their innocence son, %without having known sin. U The Lord gave and the Lord thew took away and blessed be the Dr. name of the Lord. Jesus chose E. P. this little child because of its end v Sput ity, humility, tenderness and Mr love. Whomsoever therefore shall humble himself as this ders little child, the same is the of Mi greatest in the kingdom of heav- end. en r, young father and Mi, mother nave the sympathy of is te the entire community in their scho( saco-hour of bereavement. The her p young parimts can say, 'good Jam4 [. bye sweet little Florence till we Mr ,fmeet where we shall ne'er part. Miss Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe ICreel on his gen tle breast. with 0LD GRUNTER. Mi Pion Pckens Route 1 Miss s5 atter wedc Mr'. 5, P. .t reeman and Miss in G1 Mae, attended the township Mi -singing organizatioa at Pickens Hari oSunday afternoon. desv n Mr. Frank Smith was a visit- Mi or in tilis section last Sunday. lian 0,. BOOST YOUR F SENTII (Y ER P14 Period more x nyl other time c o do the winni: ry 111-l. tICE, REGULAR VOTE 1.00 5,000 2.00 12,000 3.00 18,000 4.00, 25,000. 5.00 30,000 y 11th, and never again will a st ni extra votes given during Boosti ffer to be made during N IS TH E )R K AlI riends were glad to see him with them. Jim Hayes and family Sunday with Riley Dod ind family. Iter Hayes was in this sec lunday. ses Nora and Zoa Trotter I Buela and Margaret Hen ;unday. L Hayes had a milch cow ver by a mule last week. . John Childs, who has ick for some time is im 2Ig. are sorry to learn that the little son of Mr. and Riley Dodgens is very ill grip. s Eva Byars of route 4 has visiting her sister. Mrs. ie Evett of route 1. ne on,"Old Grunter,"don't ck on "Mountain Rutter." >urse you made me look my long nose last week, ere I come again. MOUNTAIN RUTTER. Easley Locals rried, by Rey. D.W. Hiott, ay afternoon, at the home ke bride. -Miss Alma Lee n to Mr. rillman Julian. Brown is a daughter Mr. Nirs. J. A. Brown, of near 'isgah,in Anderson county, s. a young lady of -many as. Mr. Julian is a young >f sterling qualities. He is aandising near CrossRoads :h in this c'unty. .We -atulate the young couple iis happy union and wish, em much happiness. s Louise Ligon, of Ander s visiting Mrs. A. B. Mat-' s. J. L. Bolt and the Hon. McCravev spent the week vith their home folks. . Margaret Archer, of An n, was the attractive guest ss Ruth King for the week ;s Margaret Jameson, who aching in the Maynard 1,.spent the week end with arents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 6. ~son. 3. Clarence Pickens and Annie Pepper,of theBrushy c section, spent Monday Mrs. C. N. Wyatt. is Theodosia Jones, of Ma spent last Sunday with Ruth King. Miss Jones1 ded the McAlister - Jones ing, which was solemnized -eenville Saturday.. as Belle iNorris attended the' aer-Allen wadding in Lown lle last Thursday. sses Eula Barton and Lil Hendricks, students of the AVORITE IN %lE L'S ANO -otes will - f the collt( ag work. EXTRA V01 - 25,000 60,000 125,000 150,000 bscription count so mi r Period Drinted above Sthis contest. ~TIME 14D. V G.F. C., spent the week end at home. Miss Annie Maud Haynie, of Greenville, was a visitor in our city last week. ' Mr. . Paul Robinson, who has been in Atlanta for the past two years, returned. home last .Sun day. He has accepted a posi bion in the Easley mil office. The many friends of Mr. B.C. Johnson will be sorry to learn that he is confined to his room on account of sickness. It is with pleasure that we hear that Mr. W. A. Mauldin is improving. Messrs. E. L. and G. B. Ham ilton have moved into their new building on Main street. Rev. D. W. Hiott was called to Fairview church on Monday to hold funeral services over the remains of Mr. David Crockett Phillips. Mr. Phillips was 79 years old and a Confederate sol dier. He leaves one sister, Mrs. J. W. White, of Easley, and six children to mourn for him. Married, by Rev. D. W.Hiott, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ellison. on January 27, near St. Paul, Anderson county, Miss Mamie, their only daughter, to Mr.- Furman Massf gail. A sumptuous dinner was served, and the young couple left on a bridal tour to Charleston and other points. May -peace, hap piness and success attend them through life. In Memory of Mr. J. R. Porter. On the night of January 26th the death angel entered the home of Mrs. N. E. Porter and claimed for its victim her beloved hus band. He was 60 /years of age and leaves a wife and seven children, six sons and one daugh ter; also five brothers and two sisters, to mourn his death. He was laid to rest the day follow ing his death at Porter's chapel, M. E. church, where he had been a member for many years. Rev. Lupo conducted the funer al services and a large crowd of sorrowing friends was there to pay the last tnbute to their good brother. We are glad to say we believe he was ready to meet his Master's call in peace, and let us all hope for such an hour, . We extend to the bereaved ones our heartfelt sympathy in their hour of sorrow. May God's richest blessings rest upon each one of them and help them to submit themselves to God's will, for He knowest best.. A FRIEND. The "movies" have arrived. Mr. Rabb, of Easley, is givitg some fine motion pictfte shows in the Hollingsworth building, next door to the Pickens Bank, the first of which was given1 Tuesday night. They will con tinue three nights a week,Tues day, Friday and Saturday. IST THE' DONT E be allowed : Booster Peri E TOTAL VOTI 30,000 72,000 108,000 150,0.00 180,000 ny votes. Pay your subs .This offer closes Wedne 4o better offer wi T O. SN' AntiSch Baptist hurch. The Antioch Baptist churdh menibership roll *ill be called at its next regular conference on Saturday, February 7th,1914, beginning at 2 o'clock p. m. Each and eyery niember, Is earnestly requested to be pre to answer to their names, and to transactrother business of im portance that is expected to come before the body. Pone in church conference and signed by order of-thesame it its last redular conference Saturday, January 10th, 1914. . C. Atkinson, Moderator.* 'A. T. Winchester Church Clerk. Dr. Clifton, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, will be his week in Liberty Thursday, bhe 5th; in Pickens en Friday, bhe 6th; and in Easley on Sat arday, the 7th - one day at ach place. Eye-glasses fitted it small cost. Cataracts, aden Ads, tonsils,etc., removed. Cross .yes straightened, calarrhal dis Iases cured. No charges to -he poor, and examinations free o al. All pVM~ftS p ca ,arly. For any informationl - ired call at drug store in each )f the above named places. LAMB CHOPS, ENGUSH STYLE I Across the Water They Are Generanly Served With Green Peas, and Combination Is Deiolous. Wive each chop with a damp'elot Mnd trim off any extra fat Break an egg in a saucer, add a tablespoonful of warm water and beat with a fork otenough to break the stringin.t ready a quantity of driea. d bread crumbs. Cracker ciumbs are often used, but do not jive as crisp a crust. Dip each chen in the g, lift up and drain for a moment L' ion nthe crmbs. Repeat un -ta the chops are breaded. In a saucepan put a tablespoonful of but ter. one-balf of a teaspoonful each of salt and sugar and one-quarter of .L teaspoonful of . pepper. Pake over the ire, and as soon as hot add'ne quart of shelled peas. Cover and shake for two or three minutes, add just enough boiling water to keep from burning and cook, adding a little water as needed unl tender. Enae a quantity of fat in a mUnn . Beat until smoking hot. Pnge in two or thuee chops at a'ime; in half a min ute draw to the side of the firean cook more slowly. They shband be. done in from five to eight minutes, ao cerding to the thickness of the chops. Drain on unglazed paper. Heap the peas in the center of a platter and range the chops rbund. CASTOR IA For Itifants and Children. The Knd Yeolaves Napshgk Bears the Signature of ~44 4 44 .ST !+ Booster. od ends: critio -Bost + day Fb. 1t. 4 .4b md