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I The Sc oASITUIDI Inyy i hliu MUCH 1 Ha> IV." s.roat Factor in the . .,;; Noted in the Past .Making Impoven giVF< i,,! \T SERVICE TO TC ; OME TO TRYON EV The service slogan of II . c. u.ulw.iy System, -'The t< till? ^ Seurht r: ' - ,he South." is a n ' ry south of the Ohio It and I'1' : timers and east of the ; perhaps more nearly w Krv tl Southern Railway v jvs'.tf.. ' any other territory s ?l like t served by any single , , . . ti in this area, excent I S I west \ :i. is tranversed by the J I lise? Southern which also u I reach : ,ss Indiana and Illinois n >.?ip;<i river at St. Louis, s I aah r. ft: gateways at Washing- e I t.'-n. C.' and Louisville, westI era < "? at St. Louis and Mem- c I I H I H Peoples Bank I reaching tidewat- r at the ports j 11 oe Norfolk. Charleston, Savanah, ; a I Bra:- > ick and Jacksonville on the | b I S' u :. Atlantic and at Mobile and ] 1; Xe? ?'.-leans on the Gulf of Mexico Iti I thr S ciiern s-.rves directly nearly | p I every unportaut community in the at t.il road mileage is approxi- 11 I tr.r- \lii>uu. including the lines of cl I C Ooilu-av Cnmnanv 6.S69 I o ween Greensboro and Charlotte, hose between Selma and Suggsville ocrease train capacity between Selna and the port of Mobile; and ho8e on the other lines contribute .enerally to the better handling of 10th passenger and freight traffic. Passing tracks are being lengthened and heavier rail laid between mil- - t::-- Cincinnati, New Orleans ti ani T. \as Pacific Railway Company :7,i miles. fThe Alabama Gr-r Si.;;*Jiern Railroad Company, -13 - New Orleans and Northear?-. Railroad Company, 207 miles " G-orr-i S-uthern and Florida Rail-: ^ l, *'&)' i'i,mpauy, 402 miles, and severai rr--r lines. a important Main Lines F a Air. a- the important main lines are from Washington to Hlrir'.v am, via Atlanta; from Wa?h::;." n to Jacksonville, via Colutrhia !:(1 Savannah; from Washir.p'rr \,,w Orleans via Knoxi ; iManooga and Birmingham; from v. i-iiington to Memphis via ^ Kn<>*' aiid Chattanooga; from Ginr:: . If) \ew Orleans and from Cin': . s. Louis and Louisville to jfi, nville, via Chattanooga and Ada- from Cincinnati to Char- ^ lestf.n ;.- (J from Cincinnati to Jack- ^ ,00' : via Asheville, N. C. A iving industrial communiPiedmont region, the re- ^ tis of the southern Appala, . c ( rich mineral areas of Alnd Tennessee, the fertile ,R:' " tin. Tennessee river with ' Nil water power at Muscle productive Shenandoah ' 4 applp, grain and beef ? counties of Piedmont Virhhie grass region of Ken- j' Tobacco fields of Virgin, |11 ' Unas, Cieorgia. the blackly F' " i Alabama, and the early . . , '! farms and citrus friut "f northern Florida, south' in. Alabama, and iMissis- ^ II served by the Southern. i t program of progressive ' which has been carried i and year-out, the lines -omhern Railway System " brought to high state of ' effii .... 11 \ Double Track ) ti Southern Railway Company f " ?,: i ? mm 11 ii Hi/.t'u m loa* us liuea, wciv a" : track. The first double- t ' (if importance was on the t :*'een Alexandria and Orange, t -wiich was completed in 1904. t 'ime to time second main i were added where needed i an'5 between 1912 and 1920, there t built on the system 578 miles g "f :lib-track bringing the total up t to 1 ''21 miles. The most Important 'ills character was the 637 mile < PO mtherii N ADDS ro LINES Phenominal Growth That has Few Years, Continually lents on Roads JURISTS THAT ERY YEAR FOR VACATION I ine between Washington and Atlano. Two hundred and seventy seven ailes of double track were also ompleted on the Cincinnati-New Organs line. Wherever double-tracking line as done the grades and curvature ere reduced and automatic electric ignals provided. Since January 1, 1920, the lines laking up the Southern Railway lystem have expende in excess of 73,000,000.00 for the purchase of ew equipment, including 419 locolotives, 30,350 freight cars, 130 allteel coaches, 125. baggage mail and xpress cars, and 20. dining cars. Locomotives of greater power and ars of large rcapacity have made ^. j |WJMF^\ "* 4sS . . *T\ 1*- - - sj^^Sr*** -.v ? few & Trust Co. ecessary the laying of heavier rail nd the construction of stronger ridges. During 1925 heaier rail was lid on 929 miles of the Southern's acks and at the close of 192g 100ound rail which has been adopted s the standard for the main lines ad been laid on 1.0S0 miles. For 926 delivery the Southern has purtiasej 107,400 tons of new rail, enugh to lay more than 750 miles of ack. New Shops and Yards During 192' and 1925 the Southern tided to its equipment several modrn shops which are proving of great > nefit to the entire system. A new >coniotive freight car repair shop t Birmingham, Ala., a new freight nd passenger car repair shop at iayne, S. C., near Spartanburg, and modern locomotive repair shop at tlanta have been completed. At Atlanta a passenger engine terlinal and coach yard was completed, reight clssification yards and eninne handling facilities have been omplet''(j at Knoxville and Asheville nd are under construction at Chatinoga. Additional yard facilities aye been provided at Grand Crosslg, Fla., near Jacksonville. A cut-off line, 17 miles long beiveen Bulls Gap and Leadvale, Tenn. tcilitating the handling of coal from he southwest Virginia fields t^o LSheville and belt lines gjt Knoxille and Spartanburg, permitting tie routing of traffic around those itich were completed in 1925. 1926 Improvement Program During 1926 the Southern has been arrying on extensive improvements n seven of its lines, aggregatin aprovimutely 1,0000 miles of road, at total .expenditure of Jihout four lililon dollars, so as to increase raffic capacity and promote operaing efficiency in handling the grow" ug business of the South. Roadwa yand struct ires have been trmglheiud to permit the use of eavier and more powerful locomoive and passing track facilities inreased to accommodate longer rains on the following lines, Chattaooga to Macon via Atlanta, Bristol o Chattanooga, Chattanooga to lemphis, Richmond to Danville, Vinston-9alem Charlotte, Selma 0 Suggsville, Ala., Parish to Shefleld, Ala. The improvements between. Winson-Salem and Charlotte give an alnrnate line of heavy capacity be LK COUNTY A i Railwa i SOUTHERN El " "j.-. i * . - >< > \ ! "> 7 -.V ' ; % > j I , 1 i s; \ GREEN ?ifag 1 Handsome New Passenger Lo Atlanta. Ga.?Much attention has ja been attracted by the brightly painted n* locomotives which the Southern Hall- lD ar way System Is putting In service to g! pull its fast through passenger trains, th Displacing the sombre black which re has been the unlver.-*! garb for lo- Dl comotive8 on American railways in N recent years, the Southern has adopted a color scheme of Virginia green dl and gold for Its passenger engines and aI twenty - three of 'he heavy Pacific 'e type are now coming from the Rich- 1(1 mond plant o'f the American I.ocomo- ht tlve Company, dressed in the new 11c colors. They arc n part of an order; " for 113 locomotives which wa8 given | by the Southern in March. j I" The new engines have tenders 1 di cabs and other projections above th< ! f-'1 boiler jackets: drivers and true! \' wheels painted a rich Virginia green i! with gold leaf striping The boiler Macon and Jacksonville and be- lc: ween Yaldosta and l'alatka. fi'b del Sionals ar*d Telephones w II During the last two years the im Southern has mad., rapid progress in? in equipping its lines with automatic la electric block signals and wilth tele- t\v phone circuits for dispatching, dis- stD placing, the telegraph. tin. Automatic signals have been intailed on the busy line between Mor- r i risfown, Tenn., and Asheville, N. C., Sa and are under construction between To Chattanooga and Atlanta, Atlanta Ch and Macon, Macon and Jacksonville ("it and on two sections of the line be- bet tween Meridia, Miss., and New Or- j S. pr ! s v. 14 ?. ";r" % Sr*. V***" J " ' " Vrv Dol ^ l CH1EVEMEN1 y Servi liisliury, N. C., and Knoxville, l'le nn? via Asheville, and between 0(lli uttnnnoga and Macon, via Atlanta. ve,) cuitjs re now being constructed ,ra ween Asheville and Spartanburg, ; C? Cf miles. When they are ! V. .. . -J * -T . JWOOD CLOTHE'S TRYON HIL MG1NES IN COLOR SET NE1 y~-+ ? " ? - "' ' .? ' STIrPnsG& comotive of Southern Railway System, F ckets, driving rods and other run- for ng partB are highly polished, add- Atl g greatly to the attractive appear- pin ice of the locomotives. The photo- wis aph shows No. 1393, the first of t we ,e new engines to reach Atlanta, wh iady to pull No. 38, the "Crescent gin Imlted." from Atlanta to Spencer, roe . C. wa Four of the engines which will ha:i- D. e Nos. 37 and 38 between Atlanta rur id Washington have their tenders Wn ttered "Crescent Limited" and three onl i run between Chattanooga, Birming- 1 im and Meridian have,their tenders gin ttered "Queen and Crescent I.im- the ed." wh A distinctive feature of these new ant icomotives is the size of the ten- lni] srs which have capacity for 11,000 pot allons of water and 16 tons of coal, ers he tenders have.twelve wheels, be- Th ig mounted 6n two six-wheel trucks, pot ad were designed to eliminate stops 256 ns, making a total installation of con ' milts. When the work now un- tele r way is completed, the Southern milt II have electric signal protection its entire lines between Wash;ton and New Orleans, via Atlan- T and Birmingham, 1,160 miles; be- a,h' etn Cincinnati and New Orleans, v'ct i miles; and between Cincinnati run (1 Jacksonville. MO miles. O'"'1 IY'ephoue dispatching lines have c,n entlv been completed between . c'ni 1 C E L E B R A 1 ce Hel W STYLE - -.**/,. v>* v '>;v v,air^j$Ksw ? 4-^i'/X , Ar - fe. v: _. , y %' ' .* *?:' ? 'ainted Green and Gold. water. They run through between anta and Greenville without jtopg for either coal or water. Likee no coal or water is taken be>en flreenville and Spencer, N. C.. ere engines are changed. The ene put on at Spencer runs to Mon. Va., without taking on coil or ter. and then runs to Washington C. Two engines thus make the i of 637 miles between Atlanta and ishington, each of them stopping v once for coal and water, -ike other heavy Pacific type enes now in service on the Southern new engines have 73-inch driving ecln. cylinders of 27-inch dfametei 1 28-inch stroke, and such moderi [movements as mechanical stoker: ,ver rever e gears, feed water heat , superhi -'.tors and brick arches e engines alone weigh 300,00' mds and tenders when loade i 000 poun< ip'eted the Southern will have a phone system covering 2,363 es of road. High Class Passenger Trains he Southern has made notable * -- :?? iro_ tcoin oar. 1 I IOIIS IU IIS Jiaoocugvr Liutu wv* ; through the "Crescent Limted", ning between New York and New tans, and the "Queen and Crest Limited," running between Cinuati and New Orleans. Both of se trains have the most modern ipinent with all the latest conliences and are among the finest ins operated anywhere. READ THE POLK CO. NEWS J LS h , " Jt 1 * PION ps The THE EARLY OF NORT Many Historical Event Link i Carolina, Great Events Many Years Back. STORY BELOW TAKEN FOR: BRITTANNIA A Among the most interesting history of early North Carolina are the letter of Miss Janet Schaw of Edinburg Who with iie brother, and girl of eighteen, a boy of eleven, also Mrs. Miller who was Miss Schaw's maid with several others set sail on October 25, 1774 in a small craft known as the Jamaica Packet for the West Indies. As lands in the West Indies became more difficult to obtain because the growth of the sugar industry, they returned to North Carolina. Miss Schaw's letters or journal after over one mundred and fifty years came to light and were published in book form under the title of Journal of a Lady of Quality. I ?Hi MLssildine -At last (she writes) America h in my view, white barren lands and nodding pines. All seems drearj and savage. When the pilot boat came out to meet u si asked the master, "pray sir does anybody live about here?" In a surly way he said, "don't you see how thick il is settled", he then pointed out at ? great distance and after some time * *- J1 '' liinfta onm/ i ODserveu imuugu mc <. o^?. thing that resembled smoke. "I tolc so that is the Snow Plantation ant look you there is another? Why sun you must be blind it is not abov< five miles away," I confessed I wai short sighted but as he was bus: catsing the lead I let him alone. We were soon opposite the for and I could see guns pointini through what seemed only timbe: brush, and I was bound to believ< that I could take the fort wit-h 1 company of Edinburg boys. With i few popguns and no artillery. Shi afterwards writes about the for which was located eleven miles u] from the mouth of Cape Fear Rive: near Wilmington. Her first lette tells of the divorce of Robt. Snov and his wife. "As Robert Snow am his now wife find it imposible t( live together with that harmon; which the marriage state requires they have therefore for their mutua ease agreed to relax as far as the: can that obligation which they can not totally dissolve." Writing about For Johnson Nortl Carolina, she says: "The fort is built of tapia that it a material consisting of equal parti of lime, oyster shells, snnd aud wa ter which is pounded Into boxes anc left to harden. There was to0 mticl sand used in making the "tapia" ant every g in that is fired bring dowr a part of the parapet. It enables the govefnnor howevei to collect five shillings for givinf thn vessels their entrance- or pxi papers. Miss Rutherford and I had a nove experience witfi the contain whc commands the old sloop of war tha guards the entrance to the river My brother and the other men hat left our boat with us guarded onlj by one sailor, our one man fearinf he would be comanded by the cap tain of the sloop bcr"?ed us to hidt him which we did W our bed ii our cabin and stuffed all around hln the soiled linen of the boat. Th( captain came on board looking foi sailors but we sat calmly in oui cabin, and said we would not in trude upon our privacy he heipet himself to rum t0 such an extern that he had to be carried to hi! boat and we pulled the P??r devi of a sailor out from under our bet more dead than alive." "Let me also tell you how laugh able my experience at the ball a fev evenings ago. My brother and the THE POLK COUNTY NEWS South 1 HISTORY I H CAROLINA f up With the History of North jll Took Place With Settlers Now Great State K ENCYLOPEDIA ND CONTAINS MUCH DATA ;J| iinen in his party were still away, '/|j I but as I had lately received by ves j sej from England so i was resoiveu I to go. There were many things, ! that were laughable, but there was j no object to ridiculous as myself J i and the figure I made. Dressed out I inal.l my British airs with high head ; and a hoop anj trudging though the j unpared streets in embroderied silk j shoes by the light of a lantern carried by a half naked black wench, as amusing at least. Many of the j ladies starred at me but I former I some agreeable acquaintances and " M. had a good time." | "The o'd lady I wrote you about . f | that was so ill died a few days ago I and there was a large number at 11 f ,? |i | ?4 r iia.i iiicic v 1 i tlie funeral, but while we were away i attending the funeral, a lot frouagh ' attending the furneal, a lot of : rough sailors came into the old > ladies house and carried off all the i provisions that had been prepa-ed i for the reception that was to be t held after the funeral and those .hat i attended the funeral were very much ) angered." 5 "We had a thrilling and exc'ting I time with a large allegator a short * ' time ag0 we were coming down the ? 3 river and just as we landed, the men ^ 3 j saw a large allegator sunning him- ? 3 1 self on the shore. They at.acked '-3: t him with their oars and pounded s him on his back which did not .2 f seem to distress him but lit.la, he > lashed his tail around and knockr ed one of the men into the river and 3 though he was badly injuredbut he 1 finally got out of the river and * 1 when the allegator opened his great 41 3 mouth he an his oar down his throat 'i t and the men then turned him over P on hi sback and dispatched him with r a huge knife which he carried. In r tlie meantime our boat had loosened ' from the shore and was floating 1 down the river as the men had the 3 oars and one of them was fast in f the jaws of the alligator, we were > fast driftin gout to sea. Some sail ors who finally heard us calling roart ed out and towed us back to share." Miss Sehaw sailed for Portugal .jjl on November 10, 1775 and reached Mm ' Portugal on December 4 of the same year and she arrived in Scotland 1 lie next sping. ! ERNEST SMOOT || Ernest 8moot, son of 8enator Read 1 Smoot of Utah, who also serves as seo- ? | retary to his father, went to Moscow \ - to make an Investigation of social, po> J r litlcal and economic conditions for hla T ]
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