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LOST FREIGHT CARS f Tracing Them Is Often a Hard Job For the Railroads. HIDE AWAY LIKE CRIMINALS. f On* of These Runaways, That Holds the Truancy Record, Was Visiting Around For Two Years and Had Been In Nearly All of Our Big Cities. At times when the scarcity of freight cars causes the rnilroads to place au ^ embargo upon certain elnsses of goods t the problem of keeping track of Its cars to see that they do not run uway e and become wanderers upon the face n of the earth Is a stupendous one for s each company. ( Before the Natlonul Association of Car Accountants was formed and P there was no close traffic arrangement e between the various railroad systems * respecting the control of freight cars s It was a common thing for some er a ratic unit to travel ten or firteeu thou 3 sand miles before it returned to its s rru M- i?.- * - olui uiig puuiu i uere is uie record 01 1 one runaway car that was away from t< home for nearly two years, and In that >' time it traveled a trifle over 20,000 u miles, visiting nearly all the principal v cities of the United States. tl In all that time a car tracer from S the company which owned it was on v its track, but It eluded him constantly n until it was finally run down and sent ii back home from a remote region in n Texas. When it left the home sheds p it was a bright new car; when it re- c turned it was battered and old?so f travel stained that its own maker j could hardly recognize it It holds the prize record for truancy among freight v cars. tl Traffic conditions have been greatly f improved since those days, and railway companies detaining a car belong- " Ing to anotner company are penalized by a fine. The agreement is that when 1 a car Is received from another railroad it shall be Immediately unloaded and returned to its owner. But In time of ^ a general car famine not all of the c railroads obey this rule. Because there s la more pront In UBlng the car. even H though a daily fine Is exacted for Its P unlawful detention, some railways >' keep it for weeks or even months for K Its own traffic, returning it only after e the congestion has lessened. The small connecting railroads are often the greatest offenders in this respect a In times such as the present, when t traffic congestion is mbre than usually abnormal. ^ When a freight car is built it is giv- , en a number before it leaves the shop, and thereafter it is always known by a that number until it is worn out and 0 scrapped. When a new car receives 8 its number and starts out upon Its ? business career It is entered in the * record book, and a careful account of ? its wanderings and earning powers is s kept there. This record book is a his- t tory of the car, and by consulting It n one can learn how many trips it has 1 made, what cities it has visited, how n many times it has been to the repair a shop and also where it is supposed to t be at any given time. h But in spite of all this care in keep- 1 ing a record of each car, now and then, h for somo unexplained reason, one dis- ii nonpars from sicrht lltornllv rimninir ^ away. Some of the big companies em- 0 ploy car tracers, but as a rule a print- b ed tracer is Urst sent after the car to f bring it back home. This printed trac- n er, in a blue envelope, is sent to the person in whose Jurisdiction the car was last supposed to be. and if it has passed out of his district the tracer 11 la sent on to the next one to whom the 0 car was consigned. . This little pVlnted s tracer falling to bring the car home in 0 a reasonable length of time a man c known as a tracer is sent after it. The c tracer is really a railroad car detective. F And sometimes it is more dilllcult to p track a runaway freight car than a t criminal. There are tens of thousands ii of miles of railways and hundreds of b thousands of freight cars, and to find s one carrying a certain number is often b like bunting for the needle in the hay- t stack. The tracer may arrive in a t city where the runaway is supposed t to be at the very moment when the car j is leaving it in the opposite direction. a It may cross his track on a imrallel n line or dodge uround him on a short r line. It may be headed south while he 0 is traveling north or rolling merrily ^ toward the Pacific while he is going to- r ward the Atlantic. A ruuaway car apparently la as depraved as any criminal. It hides on n lonely siding or gets lost In a short ^ swamp line. One such runaway rest- , ed nearly a year on a siding in southern Texas simply because it got lost, v and no one seemed to know just what s to do with It. In the course of time It was occupied by a family of squatters, ? who lived quite comfortably in it for ' alx months and were routed out only v when, quite by accident, the car tracer ? discovered it.?Popular Mechanics. Gilbert and Punch. * When the late W. S. Gilbert wrote "The Yarn of the Nancy Bell" he sent n It to Londou Punch, hut the editor re- a turned it as being too bloodthirsty, for c It will l>e remembered that "the elderly naval man" had practically eaten all of the Nancy's crew except himself. ^ whereupon Gilbert sent the ballad to Fan. which accepted it with delight c Gilbert never forgave the Insult he considered he had received from the editor of Punch and consistently refused to contribute to Its pages up to the time of his death.?London Opinion. There la no utter failure In trying to 1, do what la good. | ? NEWSPAPERS FACE SERIOUS PROBLEMS UBLISHERS MAY ADVANC1 SUBSCRIPTIONS ANI) ADVERTISING RATES. rint Paper Advances From $48 t $130 a Ton?Many Mills Refuse to Sign New Contracts?Editors to Hold Conference in Columbia. An open letter has been addresse* y the South Carolina Press associa ion to advertising patrons and read rs of newspapers, advising tha ewpapers must either advance sub cription and advertising rates, o iscontinue publication. The commit ee emphasizes that the price of prin aper has advanced during the las ight months from $48 a ton to $13( t is further argued that paper i: ome instances is almost unobtain ble, even at this price; some whole ale houses having none to offer an< ome mills refusing to mak-i new con Illlf- - ? rucus. we are now paying from 5 0 500 per* cent more for paper stock nks, metal, type and other thing sed in the publishing business thai re were eight months ago. The onl; hing that will save the newspaper o louth Carolina is an advance of ad ertising and subscription rates." 1 leeting of the association was hel 1 Columbia last Friday, when a com littee was appointed, to prepare i ublic statement. Members of th ommittee are: O. K. Williams, Rocl [ill; J. L. Mims, Edgefield, and W . Irwin, Chester. The report reads: "The Press association of this Stat rishes to bring to the attention o he advertising patrons, readers am riends of the press, the serious sit ation confronting the publishers a his time, and point out some fact hat we feel should be communicate! o you in our attempt to meet condi ions that have been thrust upon us Ve do this after giving the matte areful consideration, and finding our elves powerless at this time to tak ny other steps whereby the news apers may be continued, and feel ig that we are acting both for th ood of the patrons and the publish rs of the papers. Refuse New Contracts. "Paper in the last eight months ha dvanced from $48 per ton until a he present time it is quoted at $13 er ton, and almost unobtainable a hat price, some wholesome pape ouses having none to offer at al nd some of the mills refusing to tak n any new contracts. There may b light excuse, or ample excuse fo he advance in prices on us, but th act remains that we are paying fron 0 to 500 per cent more for pape tock, inks, metal, type and thing hat are used in the publishing busi ess than we were eight months age 'he only thing that will save th ewspapers of South Carolina is a dvance of advertising and subscrip ion rates. Some of the larger dailie ave already made advances in both 'he small dailies and weeklies wil ave to do likewise or go out of bus nes6. We ask you in the interes f a free press, and the best interes f yourself, community and State a arge to meet these advances cheer ully and to cooperate in every man er possible. Curtail Demand. "Paper makers insist that ther riust be a curtailment of the denian n them; that they are working thre hifts a day, and that at this seaso f the year when they should be ac umulating a reserve stock, that the an not supply the demand. Larg >ublishers are trying to meet the sue ;estion of the paper makers by cut ing down their papers and economiz rig, and the commission appointe iy congress, after investigating th ituation, are alarmed, but so far hav een unable to offer any suggestio hat will in any way relieve the mat er. Small publishers have no oppor unity to economize, as they only bu ust what they are obliged to us< nd under the existing conditions fe\ lewspapers can exist long without eadjustment. Many of the weake nes can not survive long unless the ind some immediate remedy. The onl emedy at this time is an advance i he rates of both advertising and sub cription. No matter how much luhlisher may dislike to do this, it i lis only salvation, if he cortinues hi lusiness and continues to be of sei 'ice to his advertising pations an ubscribers. "We have confidence in the patron f the various papers throughou south Carolina and believe that the vill stand by them and cooperate i ny manner possible to keep them pre npr until there can he a readjustmen tnd in conclusion we call on all pei ons who believe in the mission of ree press to cooperate with us i ,djustinpr our business to these ne> ,nd unheard of conditions so that w an continue to serve you." POSITIVE EVIDENCE rom many people who have bee ured of Eczema by using ECZEMA REMEDY s proof of its merit. Try it toda> Sold only by us, 50c and $1.01 llymph's Pharmacy, Union,> S. C. EVANS SUMMONS ! ALL DEMOCRATS Ej To the Democrats of South Carolina: My attention has been called to the fact that tickets for the general election are being distributed to voters in the counties with the name of Cole L. Rlease printed thereon in place of R. I. Manning, the regular nominee for governor of the Democrntic nnrtw nt this State. In a speech before a convention of his friends in Columbia on October 24, the defeated candidate in the primary stated that neither he nor his friends were bound by the | result of the late primary election in t which he was a candidate. This man filed a pledge to support the nominees, r State and national, of the Democratic party and when he voted took an oath to abide the result of the prit mary election and to support the rtomj inees thereof. When the State com^ mittee met to tabulate the returns and declare the result not a protest or contest written or verbal was niadei ^ on behalf of any candidate. This flimsy pretense of fraud withq out offering evidence thereof to the committee or to the courts of the g State is simply an excuse to make a n cowardly and covert attack on the regular nominees of the party. These ^ ballots that are being distributed will be voted by some or they would not ? be handled in the various counties of j the State. There are between 12,000 and 15,000 negroes registered. Unless the believers in a white man's e Kwerimieni go io tne polls and vote ^ the regular ticket on election day r there is danger of its defeat or at least humiliation. I deem it my duty as State chairman of the Democratic ? party to sound this note of alarm and call upon all white men who remember the dark days of Radical misrule ~ not to be caught sleeping on guard while these enemies of our civilization are assassinating the nominees of the party. Our people have trusted white men to be true so long that they are hard r to make believe that one could violate his sacred pledge or oath, but It e is frankly admitted by some that they intend doing it and we must meet it like men. If candidates before the e primary and voters thereat bound by a solemn oath to support the nominees can violate their oaths because they believe that improper means s have been employed resorting to the t party machinery or the State courts 0 to correct the supposed wrongs then t every man is his own judge and jury r and his only restraint is his own con- 1 11 science. Can we afford to countee nance such conduct as this? Tf so e our primary laws are not worth the r paper they are written upon and the e safeguards of white supremacy are n mere shadows. Not only is our fitaSa r ticket menaced but there are three sets s of presidential electors in the field . and the defeated candidate openly >. states that he will not assist in eleete ing Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic n nominee for president. Could a more i. open bolter be wanted than this? Our s nominees for State offices are all good i. and true white men with honorable |] records. Our nominee for president j. has done more for the country at large t and the South in particular than any t president since the War Between the t States. Their characters are unim . Reached. Rally then to their support. Don't go to sleep while the perjurer votes. Be vigilant and see that every vote is cast and counted, this is your only safeguard. John Gary Evans, South Carolina Chairman, Democratic e Party. n Spartanburg. y RING LING BROS. HORSES e BURNED TO DEATH > Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 28.?Fire destroyed 40 of Ringling Brothers' find est horses here this afternoon, just e after the horses were taken out of e the parade and returned to their n tents. The tent became ignited in some unknown manner and it was imposy sible to get the animals out. The 5. loss is estimated at $15,000. v ? ' m ' yra r fj fW/7//f*MCl111i fUlm y mmMmLMmmmmmMmtm y HOW YOU GET SICK n . Sometimes you overload your stomach with rich foods. Your a life may be an active one, and thus you may care for all you cat. Rut " a few days of inactivity show your s system does not call for so much. You awake in the morning tired. Your body feels heavy; you know (I you are not up to the mark. Your digestion has not cared for the overload. Part of It remains. It o generates gas that inflames the delicate linings. They fail to pour It out the digestive fluids and neglect v to absorb the life-giving elements. * You know something Is wrong. ii your Dody gets weak, un<l soon opportunity Is offered for some severe lllnes. t. Taken In time, the Indigestion would not become serious. First remove the overload; then soothe the a sore membranes; then build up the weakened body. It's simple to say, " but not too easy to do. You need help. at A tonic that will quicken digestion, help remove waste, soothe the e soreness and arouse the system? that's Just what you need. Peruna has an enviable record In this respect. It has aided many thousands In the last century to overcome Ju3t these conditions, and tbereby prevent serious sickness, n The tablet form Is convenient I A^A A^A I fj|T WAi T * T | 11 Prepare I 11 Prices \i1 y X It may be a very u X who has goods to se X every home, but 01 X and comfort of the X spective of whether X advise everybody th X market conditions, | by January 1st, ^ | to Eat Will Be and therefore waste |* at once and strictes will be widespread \ t Advances Since X V The following shows the 1 ?$ during the past ten months 1 V portion and all Indications p? within 60 days over present V BA V Wholesale Prices on FL Last January $5 y Wholesale Prices Today... $S V Our Retail Price Today .... 8 T | In Sounding | Misconsi X We are animated by % guard, that they ma % and if they wish to prices go higher, ; may do so. We ar X people to buy from i orrier. or srrmll _ Ov % every article we ( | X Make our store X attending the W.B. T X ^ n, i t v, u r T % THE P T V X Townsend Block MHMHMMMMMrfMM Vow For Hi{ ; in 60 Days! nusual thing for a 11 to urge strict eco lr deep interest in tl people of Union Cou our patrons or not, in at from a daily close we are forced to be lext, Prices on Ev 50 % Higher Tha of every kind should 1 t economy be practice vant and suffering. ! Jan. 1st?Read Cart Tremendous Advances in Wh n a few staple articles, all oth< 3ii}t to, anr increase at- lea prices: RREl, POUND DOZEN DOZEN I OUR LARD TOMATOES CORN K > ac n.. 1.^(1 9C ouc sue 1.50 15c $1.50 $1.30 $1 t.00 14c 1.50 1.20 1 This Warning, true Our Motiv the desire to put peop y stop all waste and e buy what they ne( as they undoubtedly ' ?r> d ai -?"* rf U 11UL UUlllg tlllS Sllll is?though we apprec ?but honestly belief san save you mone; your Headquartei County Fair next w fERRE HP AN Y OPULAR STORE Union, Sox gt| [her 11 It 1 t ?? f Merchant nomy in & le welfare nty, irreipels us to study of lieve that $ erything n Today X be stopped d or there T t * efully: V olesale Prices V V 3rs are in pro50 Per cent V ? T V )0ZEN POUND RAIT BACON ? 70c 7%c ?|? 1.40 14-/2 c 1.20 14c i , Don't | !:! es x le on their y y economize, y T 3d before y Y will, they % ply to get % iate every % e that on y y- x y *s while | /eek % ILL I ? 4 ? ? T T ith Carolina