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LOCAL NEWS
of interest to
The big Bto-vu tatmly - re-nuioir
it to be hejd in the Peeler grove
at Granite Quarry tomorrow and
a large crowd is expected to Le
present.
Herbert GmMe and Robert
Raukiu escaped Negroes (r. m the
Mecklenburg chain gang, were
cptured here Monday by 8heriff
Knder and deputies Grahan,
Neb aud Talbort
The speakii g iu the old court
bouse here Thursday night by
Oouretsuaan Burnett, Ex-Cou-gieismiu
Klatlx and Judge ISbyes
was well attended and much valu
able information was imparted to
those who wAre present:
Oj Friday, Septuraber 8'd, the
children of the First Methodist
Church's 8uuday School, will
hold their auuual piouio at the
Children's Home at Wiuaton-Sa-lemv
A special train will take
them there and back at the rate
of 75o for adults and 40o for chil
dren J.T.May of Durham, A. W.
Cole of Btrrlicgto- ; Mrs. W T,
Morgan, W. A. Fogleman, G. O.
Klnttz audjj. C KeBtler, ot Sal
isbury, officers and members oi
the exaoutife ooard Daughters o?
Liberty held a conference iu J. C.
Keller's office Saturday afternoon
aud transacted business of inter
est to the order.
The Salisbury board of alder
man held their regular mouthU
meeting in the city hall last uight
A Cuuuoil Street store oondnct
ed by a Syrian was entered by
thieves some time Friday uight.
having made entrance by breaking
cut a window in the rear of the
lire. About five dollars was
taksn from the cash register.
Saturday morning officers investi
gated and found tracks near by
and Q imprint of a hand on a
flour sack in the store. These
served as clues and later twr
youug Negroes were arrested as a
remit. They were given a hear
ing and although the evidence was
merely circumstantial they werr
held for the Superior Court.
A W Harry, who has been.ir
flew i ts. porcna-iDg tan sup
plies for the B-)lk-Harry Co., has
returned home.
Attention is called to the 'Lat
Call" iu this paper by J. M. Mil
ler, the clothier, who is offering
numerous bargains in the way of
men's olothiag and furnishings.
Friday Deputy Marshal Jas. H
McKenzie brought Eli Turner of
Davidson to Salisbury for safe
keeping. Turner was wanted for
blockading in Montgomery Coun
ty. Mr. Mckenzie had to spend
the night in Montomery County
And slept with his prisoner hand
cuffed to him .
There was a joint meeting of
the Daughters of L berty councils
Of Faith, Cresoeut aud Rockwell
At Uresjeut Friday night and
quite a number were present.
There are ten councils in the
county and it was decided that a
county association be formed
which will meet once in three
months by invitatiou from the
subordinate councils.
G. W. Hill aiid aon, Grant, of
Gold Hill were in Salisbury ti
day ou business.
The Yost re union takes place
at Mt Hope Reformed Ohuroh,
September 8th aud a large crowd
is expected.
There was a flue crowd piessnt
at the Woodmen picnic at Mill
Bridge last Wednesday and all
present enjoyed the day very
much.
The Salisbury Hardware and
Furniture Company has about
finished moving into their big,
new, modern store, on South Main
Street, the building reoently va
cated by Brirtian & Campbell.
A three story addition was built
to this, freight and passenger eie
vatora put in and the entire build
ing suitably arranged for the
special use of their large business
requirements. These are splen
did people to deal with atd- are
among the most reliable in this
section.
Mrs. J. A. Yost of the, Yes
neighborhood, Litaker Township
sent oa a hen -egg for inspection
this morning. The egg was about
two inohea long and was the snap
ALL OF OUR READERS. I
fcf orook-neck sqaain,
aiaj School Fort
CieveltRd Towisb p to Meet SoaHii Af'er-
noon. Sncc ssfsL Cosfestlons.
The Franklin Township Conven
tion was held at Gay's Chapel last
Wednesday aud a large crowd at
tended. The officers eteoted for
uexVyear were, rW, M. L Riden
hour, pastor of Bethel and St.
Paul Churohes, president, and J.
L. Myers secretary ,
The Mt. Ulla aud Steele Town
ship Sunday school convention is
being held at St. Luke's Lutheran
Charon near Bear Poplar today.
Qaite a crowd is prese it and much
interest is manifested in the work
as the .county convention will be
held in that township, at Back
Creek Ohuroh, September 7th and
8th.
The Uaity Township Conven
tion was held at Uaity Preibyteri
anChuroh last Friday aud was well
attended. Shirt talks were
made by Revs. J. L. Y anriA II
- L. Bowers, J, W. Keuerly
and the officers of the county
association.- The following
were elected offioers f or next
year: Walter N, Lyerly presi
dent, Rev. J, L Bowers veoe presi
dent and Richard Culbertson sec
retary.
Tae program of the Cleveland
fownship Sunday School Conven
tion, to be held in the Presbyteri
an Church, at Cleveland, Sunday
.fternoon, August 29 ,h, at 12:80
j'olook, is as follows:
Voluntary by the choir.
Ddvotioual seivioe8 by Rv. Wal
ter Gcodman.
Address of Welcome by R. M.
Rseboro.
Response by C. A. Felker.
The Aim of the Sunday Sohool,
Dr. C. M. Van Poole.
Selection by the ohoir.
The Efficient Teacher, A.L.Smoot.
Music.
Vhy Cleveland should remain in
the County Organization, to be
disouBsed by each Superintend
eut.
Music
Address by A. B. Saleeby.
Address by members of the Coun
ty Sunday School Association.
Reports of Sunday Schools.
Election cf Offijers for the ensu-
iag year.
Offering.
Miscellaneous bnsicess.
Announcements.
Closing exercises.
The program as aunounced in
Thb Rowan Record of the Sun
day school couvaution of China
Grove Towuship was fully oarried
oat last Sunday afternoon. The
attendance was much larger than
was expected and the interest tak
en waa surprising, being consider
ably above former conventions
held there. The offioers elected
for next year are as follows: Rev.
J. S. Wesiiuger, president; James
N Day vault, view-president; and
B. 8. Shaping, secretary and
treasurer. The convolution will
meet next with Mt. Moriah E. L.
Church, midway between China
Grove and Landis.
To SIM Sufferers
Our correspondent on Rockwell
No. 2, lalled atteutiou to the fact
that the Farmer's Union has de
cided to do what it oan to reim
burse those in southwestern Row
an who lost so heavi4y several
months ago by a bail storm. The
nUn ia to receive donations of
f
wheat, corn, oats, or oaih, which
will be distributed to all the suf
ferers, whether they beloug to the
Uniou or not Many lost about
all their crops and this aid will be
timely aud of gcaat benefit. Be
aides those mentioned by the cor
respondent, C N Br wn, A M.
Miller of the oouuty and the
Cathey Buggy Ca., of Salisbury,
will reoeive the contributions and
assist in their distribution.
Patterson Local Union Picnics
W. V. Cooper of the Grace
Cbnroh neighborhood and a mem
ber of Patterson Lical Union, was
in town this morning and told of
the splendid pionio and enjoyable
time had by that local uniou yes
terday afternoon The members
of the union and their families
gathered at the Patterson sohool
nous and spent the time in social
converse, making' ice cream and
enjoying a bountiful repast on the
school house grounds. Mr. ooop
er says there were one hundred
and sixty-five" people present and
all were muoh pleased with the in
formal outing
W J. Hatley of Em Spencer,
has the sympathy of many friend
in the death of his brother, L A.
Hatley, which tock place in tb
Presbyterian Hospital in Char
lotte last Thursday M-. Hatley'
remains were takon to the home
of his brother iuSast Spencer,
remained over night, and thence
to Friendship Ohuroh Stanly
County, via Albemarle Friday
morning where the funeral and
li.idrmeut took place. Mr. Hat
It y was a farmer of Mdoklenburg
and leaves a wife and several chil
dren. to mourn their loss.
TMrs Emaliue Dobson, over
seventy years old, died at her
home, several miles weBt of the
oity on the Statesville road last
Thursdav afternoon. The funeral
was held frm the h.use Friday
afternoon aud the interment was
in-Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
W. H Wagoner, a clerk in the
Salisbury posteffice and a native
of Davidson Cjunty who came
here about a year ago from Raleigh,
diei at his home on South Foltoul
Street, last night after several
weeks' illness with meningitis.
After a brief service at the house
tomorrow morning his remains
will be taken to his old home
ohuroh in Davidson via Lexington
for interment. Mr. Wagoner was
hishly esteemed by all who knew
him. He leaves a wife and sev
eral small ohildren ts mourn their
loss.
JoBlors Elect Officers.
Charlotte, Aug. 18. With
soaroely any oontest Goldsboro
was thii afternoon selected by the
State convention Junior Order
United Ametioan Mechanics, ss
the plaoe of next meeting, but
baliotting for offioers brought no
result until late tonight, when
the convention reconvened after
an addrtss in the auditorium by
Congressman J. L. Burnett of
Alabama.
The offioers are : State Coun
cilor, W. A. Cooper, Raleigh;
Vice-Councilor, Charles F. Alex
ander, Charlotte; Sam F. Vance,
secretary, Winstou-Salem.
FlDisl Of Ffllk.
Governor Harris of Georgia has
offered a reward of $1 600 for the
conviction of the first three per
sons convicted of participating iu
the Frank lynching, and the oor
oner's jury has investigated as far
as it is possible, found uo evidence
to hold auy oue and. rendered a
vardict to tne effect that Frank
was huug by unknown parties
Frank remains were taken to
Brooklyn, N Y , aooompauied by
his wife and some friends, where
the funeral and interment took
plaoe Friday.
Annual Popular Excursion to Richmond, Yi
via Soiji&ein fliiiwaj, fnesdai. Sept. 7th.
Southern Railway will operate
annual September excursion to
Richmoud ou Tuesday, September
7bh, 1915, from North aud South
Carolina territory.
Special train consisting of both
day coaches aud standard puliman
sleeping cirs will leave Charlotte
at 9:15 p.m., ou luesday. bap
tember 7th. arriving Kiohmoud
following moruing at 7:20 a. m
Rfltnrninir. these tickets, will be
good on all regular trains leaving
Richmond Wednesday, Thorsday
and Friday, Septemher 8tfi, 9 h
and 10th. Cau spend three whole
days and two uights in Richmond
if desired
Passengers from all branch line
points cau use regular traiua into
Oharlott. Salisbury, Greensboro
and ot 'er junction poiirts connect
ing with the speoial trpin, This
will be the l&st excursion to Rich
mond this season and will be a
first olass trip in every respect.
Ample time to make aide trip to
Norfolk, Petersburg and Oity
Point.
Follow ng low round trip fares
will aDDlv from stations namrd:
Charlotte $4 50, Uouoord f 4 ou,
Thomasville $4 25 Worganton
$5.00. Stateiville $5 00, Rck
Hill $5 00. Mooresville $5.00 8al-
isbury $4.50, Lexington $4 DO,
High Point $4.25, Hickory $5.00,
Gastonia 15 00, Blacksburg $5.00,
Chester $5.00, Shelby $5 00, New
ton $5.00.
Fares from all other intermedi
ate points on samenasis.
Pullman reservations most be
made in advanoe.
For further information apply
to any agent Southern Railway,
or R. H. DeButts, D. P. A , Char
lotte, N. 0
MARRIAGES
: Tb m .rriBffH ot Mis Bizabeth,
daughter f Mi. and' Mrs. B. 0
Girvin of Salisbury, and Grady
M Smith of Raleigh, tok piece
at the him 9 of the bride's parents
fast Wednesday -eveuiu'g The
house was beautifully decorated
for the occasion, but only the rel
atives and special friends witness
ed the cremon, wbicb Wis con
ducted by Rv. G. W. Vck, pea
tor of Holmes' Memorial M E.
Ohuroh. The oouple . left for a
tour of nortberu cities and return
ed to Raleigh where they will
make their home.
The marriage of Miss Annie Eu
guia Hartsell and James Peiry
Gray, graduates cf tte Btrium
Springs Orphanage, took place iu
Littlo Jo.'s Church at the orphan
age last Wednesday afternoon, th
oeremony being performed by Rev
W. M Walsh, assisted by Bev
Ovid Pollen . After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs Gray left tor Lake
Toxaway to spend a week. Mr.
Gray is a sou of the late Captain
I. A. Gray of Atwell Township, is
a practical printer, editor of Our
Fatherless Oes, the orphanage
paper, is a young man of ideas and
ability, good moral oharaoter and
steady habits. He has numerous
friends in Salisbury who wish him
and his bride much joy in their
new relations. Mr Gray was
foreman cf The Watchman i flic
for a year or more and was g ve
up reluctantly.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what yon are taking, as the formula ia
printed oa every label, snowing it is
Qutnine ana iron in a tasteless form.
The Qoinine drives out malaria, the
uon tKulds np the system. 99 cents
Panama-Pacific Expositions, San Francisco
and San Diego, California.
Very low round trip fares.
Dates of sale March 1st to Nov
ember 80tb, 1915. Final return
limit three mouths from date of
sale, exoept that these tickets
will not be good to returu later
than December 81st, 1915.
Low round trip fares from
principal points as follows:
Charlotte $84 15 Salisbury $84.15,
High Point $84 15, Greeusboro
$8415. Monut Airy $86 25 Gas
touia $88 15, North Wilksboro
$87.85, Statesville $84.15 Hickory
$88 25, Morgaotou $82 20, Wins-stou-Salem
$84.15, Shelby $82.60.
Fares from other points on same
basis Fares to Seattle or via
Portland aud Seattle at higher
rate. These tickets will permit
of diverse rooting and will allow
step-over on both going and re
turn trip within limit of ticket.
Southern Railway fftrs choio
of several routes of historic iuter-
est from which to select; going
one way and returning another.
Through oounejtion and good
servicj via Memphis, St , Louis,
Chicago or New Orleans
Through cais daily via New
Orleans and Sunset Riute. Spe
oial oar parties now being arrang
ed, affording opportunity to make
trip without chauge with select
company on outgoit g trip; re
turning at leisure via and route
yen may chjose, stopping oft at
your own pleasure, thereby avnd
ing all the disoomforts of going
and returning with largo toor par
ties, beii g compelled to follow the
crowd. In griug individually or
with special Pullman oar parties
y?n spend your own money, stop
where y u please and go and come
to suit yccrown oonvanience and
save mcuey paid tourist agents
for escorting you aronnd.
For fnrther information apply
to Southern lUilwav agents, or
R. H. DkButts,
division passenger agent,
Charlotte, N. 0.
'urtf Old Sere-, Other Remedies Won't Curs.
ihe vwst cassi no matter of how long standing.
tre cared by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
orter'fc Antiseptic Het. Oil. It relieves
i rtd BchIj at the saite .ime. 25c. SOc. fl-SC
A C. Carter of Cotton Plant,
Ark., ho left Rowan County
about 48 years ago, is here on a
visit to his brother, Samuel Car
ter, of Franklin Township.
W. T. Best, a native of Rowan
who is doing some flue newspaper
work in Raleigh for the Greens
boro News, is visiting relatives and
friends in th city aud ccunty.
Cuts, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Wounds end Piles
quickly healed with Arnica Salve.
It prevents infection, is antiseptic,
loothin. healing. Try it once.
Money Back If It Fails.
Tho Original and Genuine.
Bucklen's
Arnica Salve
Heals the Hurt
All Druggists and Dealers, 25o
STOP, LOOK
THE DANGER TO AUTOMOBILES AT
GRADE CROSSINGS
OBSERVE THE WARNING
Washington, D. C. The following
letter haa been addressed to the pub
lic by Mr. Fairfax Harrison, president
of Southern Railway Company:
"The automobile haa greatly in
creased the comfort -and convenience
of life, and it has been an important
factor in the improvement of country
highways and to has contributed to
the progress of civilization of our
time, but, just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized commerce, the
automobile has introduced new social
complications and new risks, moral as
well as physical.
"The American people are said to
be characteristically reckless of hu
man life, and perhaps in nothing is
this statement more Justified at the
moment than in relation to the use of
automobiles not even the railroads.
My particular interest in the ques
tion is, where my public responsibility
lies, in the combination of the two
in the accidents which occur to auto
mobiles and their occupants where
highways cross railways at grade: and
this is a question of sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention of every
thinking man in the South.
Record For One Year
"The following table shows the ap
palling record of such accidents on
lines operated by Southern Railway
Company in the South during the year
ended June 30, 1915.
o3 . - .
if k
ja (L,a
Alabama 10 0 1 10
Georgia. 6 2 10 8
North Carolina 87 21 27
South Carolina 14 2 17 u
Tennessee 5 0 8 5
Virginia. 3. 7 2 1 T
Total 69 12 58 69
"Without seeking to avoid just re
sponsibility for what the officers or
employees of the railroad do or omit,
but recalling that a railroad employee
whose carelessness causes an acci
dent is, in the public interest, subject
to discipline which affects his liveli
hood, it. is probably fair to say that
a large proportion of these accidents
happened solely through the careless
ness of the drivers of automobiles,
or their lack of experience in dealing
with vehicles at high speed. There
are among them also well authenticat
ed cases of deliberate assumption of
risk by the drivers of automobiles
from pure love of excitement and
speed, evidenced by racing with trains
and seeking the thrill of a narrow es
cape. Our enginemen report such oc
currences daily. If fortunately they
are without fatal consequences in the
great majority of cases, they are al
ways paid for by a heavy strain on
the nerves of all concerned, particu
larly those of the locomotive engineer,
who maintains speed from duty and
not for fun. It is not too much to
claim for the locomotive engineer a
larger equipment of experience and a
greater habit of precaution than the
average automobile driver. As a class
the locomotive engineers are sober,
steady and conservative men of long
experience in meeting and avoiding
risks, for theirs is a dangerous occu
pation. Their every effort of charac
ter, of instruction and of interest is
to avoid an accident. Most of the ac
cidents to automobiles at railway
arade crossings could be avoided if
there was the same restraint of ex
perience and attention at the wheel
9f the automobile as at the throttle
Of the locomotive.
Public Vitally Interested
"It does not suffice the public in
any moral sense that the fund made
up of the revenues collected by the
railroad is usually made to respond
in damages for consequences of such
accidents. Suicide to collect life in
surance has never been deemed hon
orable, while no one would deliberate
ly sell the life of a mother or wife,
The Quinine That Does Not Affect Tho Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVR RROMO OniNINEis better than ordinarv
Vtunwe ana aoes noi cause nervousness nor
tinging in head. Remember the full name and
"KIOWEY"
The mint makes it and under tbe term s
of the Oontinehtatj Mobtgios Oom
paxt you eaa secure it at 6 for any
legal purpose on approvea real estate.
Terms easy, tell as your wants and we
will co-operate with yon.
- PETTY A COMPANY,
LB 5-6 1410 Ly tton Bids , Chicago, 111
LISTEN
DON'T INVITE THIS FATE.
son or brother for money; on the othei
hand, the collection of damages out
of railroad revenues, as a punishment
for an avoidable accident, when there
can be no real compensation, is an
economic waste; it punishes the pub
lic more than it punishes the stock
holders, as it depr'ves the public by
exactly the amount of the damages
of the ability of the railroad to pro
vide additional permanent facilities
for the use or convenience and safety
of the public. Given the progressive
policy of Southern Railway Company
to make such improvements to the
extent of its ability, it is of interest
to note that, in the last year a divi
dend was paid by the Company, 3.80
cents of every dollar of revenue col
lected from the public went in pay
ment of damages of all kinds, prac
tically the same amount, 3.88 cents,
went to the stockholders, while only
thirteen-hundredths of one cent of
each dollar of revenue could be ap
plied on permanent improvements.
Such other Improvements as were
made were necessarily charged to new
capital, thereby increasing the de
mands on the fund in which the pub
lie has so vital an interest. It would
be the pleasure of the management
always to apply as much of the rev
enues on. permanent improvements as
on dividends, if that was possible.
There is, then, a basis of interest as
well as of. morals for co-operation be
tween the public and the railroads to
prevent the recurrence of these trag
edies. ,
' "With a deep sense of the respon
sibility of management in this mat
ter and pledging this Company to do
everything in its power which is rea
sonable and consistent with the func
tions for which it was chartered, I ap
peal to the public generally for such
co-operation in avoiding these serious
and distressing-accidents. In practical
ly all cases they can be, and in .most
cases are, readily and easily avoided
by the automobile driver acting upon
the familiar warning to stop, look and
listen at railway crossings. While
familiarity with the crossing sign
posts and the regular schedules ot
trains may breed contempt of danger,
surely every one of us when using a
highway can afford to sacrifice enough
of his time and his pride of opinion
to have a practical assurance of safe
ty. On the other hand, the demands
of commerce and of public transpor
tation do not permit a railroad to stop
all its trains at all highway crossings
if that was possible it would be cheap
er for the railroad to do so than to
pay the damages. It Is clear, however,
that it is necessary that one or the
other of the parties to a crossing shall
stop if the largest measure of protec
tion of life and limb and property is
to be secured. If not from self-inter
est, can not the automobile driver
yield the precedence as a matter of
courtesy to age, for the railroad is
older than the automobile!
Eliminating Grade Crossings
"The ideal of safety will be accom
plished only when all grade crossings
of railroads are separated. In this
respect Southern Railway Company is
doing something every year and aa
much as its resources and other obli
gations make possible: indeed, it may
be claimed that the Company 1m,
speaking generally, making progress
more rapidly than most municipalities
which have an obligation in the prem
ises: but by co-operation of munici
palities and railroads many dangerous
crossings have been eliminated
throughout the South, 'and more will
be every year. Furthermore, on every
bit of construction work of Southern
Railway" Company now in progress, or
recently completed, involving the re
location or double tracking of line
(nearly four million dollars has been
spent on such work during the pastj
year), Provision has been made ai
large additional expense to separata
all important highway crossings of the j
riqisuoace,! JO esues; aeqos etxrts oqj,
lauora jo sums Jjbi jo ejnrpusdxe
,eiqejjs9p ipawrnrp eq jo rrgeueq
; t fButjuu timtu up ua'peaiao
-uoo ne jo )jvd eqj uo )ueui3pnf poo
erniAneem jnq "rnrsaM. puv uonvradod
jo qijaoiS eqt inp )uamdoi3A9p rsn'
fnuS v eq )snm.meiqojd eq? jo eanrBu'
Jti9A oq? ui ptrs si sSxrfssojD epu2
jo uonvurorne eq? 'suoprpuoo ruapom1
e? main nrisntp jo ;soo snonuouej
eq? pun smeisa Xviiqarq ptr sorra?,
jodsuur) jno. jo Xxojsrq eq? uoajo,,
ejn?nj eq? aoj pen
xr?oo eq Xonod srq? pmr 'envoi
AND
iny ror me cm tie pan oi auto&ohue
4nver whtch "'nlrir
jtive engineers, sad a
IwllUneness of the
such a high Interest to
hia time and oonvaaler 3S) to CsU 2
the greater number rs i assaUrl ty
railroad train, oan check a vacta cS
life and limb and property wJcts tl
j aow increasing every year.
"To this end I appeal confidently far
the counsel of every responsible ssjus
and woman in the South, whether er
not he or she drives an
Words of caution ana! oommon
around the family dinner table eaa
have more influence and oan aave)
more lives at railway grade
than all the warning whistles
blown by a looomotive engineer
SOUTH AS GRAIN SECTION
EXPLOITED BY S0UTHK43
Atlanta, Ga. The superlative as
vantages of the South as a grain pro
ducing section will he given
prominence in exhibits which
era Railway, Mobile and Ohio
road, Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway, Virginia and Southwestern
Railway, and aflllated lines will make
at thirty state, district and county
fairs in the North and Midtfla West
during the coming fall.
An especially fine collection af
grains will be shown while the grass.
es and forage crops exhibited will he
of very high character. From the)
wheat -growing section of the South,
grain sheaves will be shown trosa
fields yielding as high as 40 baahela
to the acre, and the oharaoter of oth
er exhibits will be in keeping. The)
fruits and vegetables to he shown, ta
jars Include a wide -variety.
These exhibits come from various
districts of the entire territory serv
ed by Southern Railway and fiffllWH
lines in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, FTida
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky
They will be shown in Pennsylvaalaj
New York, Indiana, Mlchigca and H
linois and each exhibit will ho attead
ed by agents, ' well equipped te tett
callers about the various aectlens af
the South.
The first two exhibits will be show
at fairs in Indiana. For all fairs la
the Middle West a special exhibit
tent has been provided, arranged ao
that a large number of people oaa
see the exhibit at the same time.
Throughout many of the states the)
Southern Railway exhibit ha
well known and is looked ff
SPLENDID RECORD IS MADE
IN HANDLING OFVaSSENQSRS
Atlanta, Ga. More than sixteen anal
a half million passengers a number
greater than the combined population
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky were transported by
Southern Railway during the year end
ed June 30 with only one fatal injury
to a passenger while on a train and
that one was standing on a car plat
form in direct violation of the ooa
pans rules.
This excellent record waa shown la
the official figures given out indicat
ing the high degree of safety that
has been attained in the handling oi
Southern Railway passenger train.
In marked contrast are figures - re
cently given out by President Fairfax
Harrison of Southern Railway, show
ing that during the same period
twelve persons riding in automobiles
were killed in accidents at public
highway crossings, every one of which
accidents could have been prevented
had the driver of the car observed
the familiar warning, "Stop, Look and
Listen."
SOUTHERN ELIMINATING
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS
Danville, Va. In connection with
the double track work which it haa
had under way in Virginia and North
Carolina during the past fiscal year oa
102.4 miles of its Atlanta-Washington
line, Southern Railway has eliminated
54 out of 73 grade crossings. By the
building of underpasses 20 were elim
inated, by overhead bridges 19, and
by changing the direction of publio
highways 15. The 19 which remain
are so located as to make their elimi
nation physically impossible or they
involve prohibitive damages to abut
ting property.
In all construction work involving
the relocation or double tracking of
its lines the fixed policy of Southern
Railway Company la to separate all
important highway crossings of the
revised lines wherever practicable.
Though this policy means large addi
tional expense, such expense is under
taken as a permanent investment for
safety.
Southern Railway has also co-operated
with municipal and county author
ities in the elimination of many dan
gerous crossings on others of its lines
throughout the South. It has devoted
to work of this character as much aa
its resources and other obligations
make possible and President Fairfax
Harrison has announced that this pol
icy will be continued.
Hard to Live Up to It
"Do you try to make home life pleas
ant for your son?"
"Yes," replied Father Corntossel.
"But it's mighty hard to live up to the
refined ways he insists on. I'm an
noyln' him terrible because when I'm
workln around the barn I keep for
gettln' to refer to the hayloft as the
mezzanine floor."
What thd PubIIo Wanted
w, Msses and groans the audience
ted new play hoj6f then.)
af at en(L j
htLrA teii lust what the pub-
He wants!" murmured the heartbroken
author.
"It's easy enough to tell In this
case," said the manager, grimly. It
wants its money back." j
She'll Reform Him
Minister "You say you are going
to marry a man to reform him. That
le noble. May I ask who it iar
Miss Beauti Tfa young Mr. Bond
elipper." -Indeed! I did not known he had
any bad habits.1
Tee, his friends say that he Is be-
oatte miserly.
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