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PAGE TWO GREENSBORO, N. C. " Reminiscent In this Department tlx Old Mn writs passing fancies mejrbe Meaning happen toca : forty ysars ago majrbe. eomathinf ( only it (aw months. All paopla lira either la tbe paat or tba future. It la what yon did yesterday or what 70a will do tomorrow. New wbat 700 ara doing now. Thla department la conducted aim ply to Usp care of thoea pleasant things that happened aa we walked along the road tint la now grass grown and India tluct tbe road orer which we will never walk scnlu. Batie Ball. I have stated elsewhere that I wouldn't go across the street to wit ness a game of base ball. And yet every finger on ny hands has been out of place because of base ball, nd I make no wild statement In aying that I have consumed a quart of arnica to reduce the swellings on my bands caused by a ball hitting the thumb, for Instance. If you never played real base ball you don't know how hard they, come some times, and if you happen to let the ball strike the end of your thumb it will take a pint or arnica to help out. As a kid I was the first baseman. I could catch 'em with one hand and I never missed a ball. I was Captain of our home club, called the "Athletes" and I imagined as a young fellow, about 18 years old I was then, that no man could beat me -playing ball. My head was swol len without a ball striking it Arni ca wouldn't reduce that swelling, And we visited neighboring towns and my score was good. I always struck "grounders" as we called 'em and generally got to second base. I was living in Nebraska, and had to go to Chicago on some busiujis, and on the way concluded to stop over In Fairfield, Iowa, where I had pent some time as a Journeyman printer. There was a hotel man there named Davis who bad been a father to me when 1 boarded with, him, and 1 wanted to see him. Sam Davis! I can see him. now with white whiskers) and a benevolent look. He thought I was all right. In this world It you find a man who thinks you are all right you general ly conclude he is ail right bo 1 stopped In Fairfield and the Fairfield hoys were going to play the Mount Pleasant team, and it so happened that the first baseman of the Fair field club was 111. I had been tell ing about my wonderful playing, and Sam "norrated" It that I was his guest, and that I would take the place of the skrK man 11 11 was agree able all around, it was agreeaoie. And I went to first, and when the umpire said "Flay Ball" I imagined that everybody was pointing me out I was a great player and I would do : stunts worth while.: The first play the Mount Pleasant batter sent one to second base on the ground, and the second base man got It to me a cannon ball and I thought I would do a fancy stunt and I muffed it And the . crowd groaned and yelled and also screamed to "get on to Nebraska." "See Nebraska drop the next one," and all such things until I was com pletely rattled. I was absolutely lost. Another ball came to me and so determined was I to hold it or die, that I fell down and all over myself. It needed but this for my finish'. Again amid acreamB and yells and gibes and jeers we went to the bat and they were after me. "See Nebraska put it over the fence" "watch Nebraska strike out" and aU such talk, until of course I struck out and then my humiliation was complete. I would have given all that the world owed me, could I have gotten away from there. But I remained through, making a com plete failure aud the moment the . game was finished, Mount Pleasant 'beating Fairfield, and I to blame for it all, I went to the hotel and bade 6am Davis good bye forever and hit the train and never again have I been in that town. That was over thirty years ago and since then I have seen three games of ball. Twice with Lindsey Hopkins, once at Char lotte and once at Jacksonville, and one time at Cancord with Gowan Dusenbery. That cured me. The fever went down and I recovered. I would enjoy seeing a game now, . perhaps, tout the bitter memories of that Iowa experience will forever haunt me. TFn ittemortam William Wilson UlttU? The Board of Directors of Southern Railway Company having assembled In special meeting thla first day of Oo camber, 1913, and being advlsad of the death, at hla home In Washington on November 25, 1913, of William Wilson Flnley, for the psst asven years President of Southern Railway Company, adopta the following minute to ba epread on the records of the Company and to ba published In the nawapapera of tha South. WILLIAM WILSON FINLEY was born at Pass Christian, Mississippi, on September 9, IBM, and en tered railway service in New Orleans in 1878. During the succeeding twenty-two years be had a varied expe rience, earning steady promotion and a growing repu tation, in the traffic departments of several railroads and in charge of traffic associations, in the west and southwest. In 1893, soon after the- organization of , Southern Railway Company, he began, as Third Vice President in charge of traffic, his service for this Com pany in which, with an interval of a few months in 1896, he continued until his death eighteen years later. He became President of this Company In December, 1906, at a moment when the work of gathering in and welding together its lines into a consolidated system had been done. The map had been made. There are no more miles of railroad included in the system today than there were when he became President His task was, therefore, complementary to the work already done and the history of the development of the property during the past seven years is the history of how he conceived and accomplished that task of conservation and progressive development. During his administra tion the revenues of the Company increased 20.95 per cent, (comparing 1918 with 1907), but what is even more his achievement, the balance of income available for dividend (but largely put back into the property) increased 209.07 -er cent This record of material success is In no small meas ure the result of Mr. Finley's policy and practice of building and strengthening a working organization of the Company so far as concerns personnel. He inaug urated and steadfastly enforced a rule of promotion to fill vacancies within the organization, by recognition of demonstrated merit with the result that he secured an.; conserved that loyal Identification with the inter est of the South and of the Company, and that sense of personal responsibility in all ranks of the service, which Is one of the most valuable assets the Company has today. On the public side of his responsibility Mr. Finley developed largely during the past seven years. Con vinced of the duty of accepting the changed conditions in respect of the administration of industry incident to the governmental policy of regulation of the rail ways by public authority, he was nevertheless keenly im pressed with the apparent lack of understanding on feels the loss of a friend of charming personal qualities the part of the public of the problems of railway man- as well as an official associate of commanding ability, agement He, therefore, devoted much of his time to the discussion of such questions before representative The Secretary la directed to expreaa to the surviving audiences in aU parts of the country, but chiefly in !TTri.0,l,r' fJni'y'? Um'ly 'Peetful sympathy the South, and the effect upon public opinion of his tSm frank, straightforward and manly utterances and pa tiently iterated doctrine has been long recognized, but was remarkably demonstrated by the expressions which have been received since his death from public bodies throughout tha South. He did much In this way to correct a sentiment from which all railway property has suffered In recent years a sentiment which has found its expression in an erroneous belief that a rail way takes from the publla more than it gives, and his effort in word and deed was to restore a just balance of understanding of the economic necessity, to every citizen In his dally life, of a well maintained, honestly administered and prosperous transportation system. In other ways also he gave expression to a broad view of the Indentlty of interest between the welfare of the railways and that of the public. He-lent active co-operation to the chief educational, Industrial and commercial Interests of the South, and a moral support to every movement which is making for the welfare of the South, but perhaps his greatest service of this na ture was his successful campaign for the promotion of better agriculture. Gently born and gently bred, It was Mr. Finley's fortune to be thrown upon his own resources at an early age and without the advantages of a university training and experience usually enjoyed by his asso ciates 1 it was, therefore, a peculiar satisfaction to him and to his friends that in 1910 he received, with the assurance that it was no mere decoration, a degree of Doctor of Laws from Tulane University at New Or leans, the principal seat of learning in the community where he had spent his youth. ; On the personal side, Mr. Finley was essentially a gentleman 1 he demonstrated on , many occasions the combination In his character of those qualities which may be expressed by the words modesty and courage. He was fair and just in all his dealings, courteous to all men, slow to anger, but fierce In his resentment of injustice In others. Partisan In his love for and belief in the South and Its future and in the Southern Rail way as an Important factor In that community, he con vinced his associates that he never allowed partisan feeling to colour his Judgment to such an extent that he could not always see the other sidet but a policy once determined he set about its accomplishment with a characteristic belief In the potency of persistence and an unhesitating use of all the power at his command. He had at all times the confidence, the respect and the good will of this Board and of every member of It, and in his death' the Board and every member of It and let them search for anything 1.. 1 what I found but the fascination Everybody was expectant. There there is nothing In the world like Train Robbers. I note that a bandit held up a train out of Atlanta the other day and robbed the passengers. I was one time in a stage coach when It was held up going into Deadwood, Dakota., I cheerfully gave up what little I had, and passed it up as a good experience. The man who has nothing much with him enjoys such an experience, but when they take away a family keep-take; take big rolls of coin and all that I Imagine the feeling is different. ; One night some six or seven years ago I was coming through Colorado, on my way from California, and had taken the Missouri Pacific and Just before we got to the Kansas line I had an experience worth while. Four of us were playing a game of set back in the Pullman, and as It was snowing without I had the bur tain raised. The electric light shin ing on the snow as it curled at the iwlndow made a pretty scene, and I .was watching it We had Just got ten out of Sugar Hill when the train suddenly stopped, and the conductor said so all could hear, "It is a hold up." I had six or seven twenty dollar told pieces in my pockets; I had a couple of pretty good diamonds a ring and a stud and everybody commenced to get busy. I was chew ing tobacco and I took the cud of tobacco from my mouth and placed my diamond ring in it and tossed it Into the cuspidors. The stud I put under the upholstered seat and slipped six of the twenties into my shoes.' I figured that one twenty would be what , I would hand over was more excitement In that car than I ever saw anywhere. Finally we were all ready for the masked Man to enter holding a gun and sternly saying: "Hands up the first one that moves I'll put a bullet through his heart." In fact we could almost see the man. We wondered wherefore he did not come. ; Finally jthe conductor returned and) said it was a enow slide, we would pull out in about a half hour. We all got our belongings togeth er; we all looked sheepish and were half mad because the Masked Man did not appear, but so far as the intense excitement; the bewilder ment the genuine sensation of an experience with train robbers is concerned, that five or sW - Jnnf vae the real thing. It all happened except there was no robber. He could hare come along as an after math and gathered up what he could find his coming would have added no terror, no tear for we had all lived that before hand. Gold Mining. Did von ever mine for goldT 1 have. I have tried it in Arizona and In the Frazler river country in British Columbia, but one of the tamest gold mining schemes I ever had was In Virginia. Colonel John Speer, the big Jewelry man of Dan ville, was my partner, and we call ed the Company the Johnspeer Min ing Co., and we leased some land of a man named Hearp, at Piggs Post office. The vicinity where we were to operate had produced gold be fore the war, and Hearp had found what he called "par tlckels" of gold in the sands in a little creek on his place, and Speer and I concluded we would have a gold mine for amusement, and maybe for profit later on. I was running the Daily Bee, a paper I established in Dan ville, and which is still running and Speer then was In the employ of Ot to Salzman. We had a sluice box about a half mile long made; we equipped ourselves with chamois skin and mercury we employed farm hands to go to it, and we spent a week out there having a great time. Hearp wasi sure we would find gold. He prepared a tobacco barn for us to sleep in, and the meals he was to furnish. I can see now those golden biscuit bis cuit larger than any I had ever seen large as the hub of a wagon v heel and as yellow as the gold we sought We did some , "panning" and . we found iconsttderable "color" littlei ingots of gold aa large as a Din head and we believe, that in those White Oak hills there is a mother lode. The little creek had its rise on this farm; the gold had certainly come down the hill side there v ere plenty of auriferocs rocks lying around alboul, and Ave emb toyed several men to go down and down and then down and find the underly ing- strata but after they had due about a week and uncovered a car load or two of as pretty quartz as you ever looked at. old man Hearp got so excited, couldn't sleeo, that we went out, made some tests and; I sold out my interests in Danville and inked lo Boston and the John speer Gold Mining Co., went out of business. But never in the world was there a game so fascinating as prospecting for gold. I am like a flsh but I would drop my rod and reel with a bass half way ont of the water to go out and look for gold in a gold bearing district. I have e&ent much time at this, and if tomorrow I could choose a chore to last the rest of my life I would certainly equip and go out to look It. THE STUPH. RIGHT. Catholic Priest Who Administer ed Spiritual Comfort. la Wilmington, Delaware, John Cavanaugh drove his wife and four children out into the cold, because he was drunk, and Rev. John Lynch a priest heard about It, and rushed to the house, and remonstrated with the man. But Cavanaugh was in no mood to listen to' reason and pro posed to resort to brute force to put the priest out. The clergyman re membered his school days and his stjhletlgs, and Cavanaugh found when he got duly sober, that he had a full moon over his left eye and four of his precious ribs were fractured Wonder what John thought possi bly that a mountain had fallen down on him. But It served him right. .'" O- ' . Taft Loses Eighty Pounds. Professor Taft has lost eighty pounds of flesh within the last year. Now had the Professor taken off this flesh before the election he could have run faster. But It Is tree that our hind sight is better than our foresight A Little Bad. It is really too bad for us all that the "furln" nations will not take part In the Saa Francisco exposi tion. Many people will want to see California who never saw it, and to have a big International show would have been better. But we don't need them. The United States of America can make a big show if It will undertake it, and the hope Is that Uncle Sam will now proceed to give a big appropriation and let (he Canal be properly represented. In fact it Is up to him to make good. Let the bloomin furin' fellows un derstand that we have the greatest show on earth, and that we are not caring much about their side shows anyway. - -o ... Prosperity. The steel industry of Pittsburg, Is said to be running high speed again, and those who know insist that good times are ahead. Pitts burg business men say they see ev ery indication of returning prosperi ty. And this, too. Just when the protectionists were predicting Ka lamity to beat the band. SAD MOTHERS, THESE. Three North Carolina Mothers Smother Their Babies. Greensboro Is destined to be the undisputed metropolis of North Carolina. Growth 1900 to 1910 greater in number and per cent, than any city in the State, exclusive of an nexed territory. Growth 1910 to 1913 (police cen sus) 21 per cent. Total popula tion 1913, 19246. City and su burbs approximately 30,000. What are you doing to add to this development? Are you a citizen or merely living here? Are you a member of the Chamber of Com merce? Most citizens are, and all should be. Can you sell groceries, or cloth ing, books and shoes, real estate, insurance or professional services to officers or employes of mall or der houses or factories located elsewhere? Isn't it worth while to patronize home cigar, furniture and other factories in order that their officers and employes may be able to patronize you? As a self-respecting citizen you would resent the assertion that your home was not a desirable place to live. Did you ever think that Greensboro is your home and the responsibility for its living conditions is your responsibility? Get the habit of speaking well of your home city. A kindly word often works wonders. Invite the world to come and en joy our matchless climate and prosperity, present and prospec tive, you will do them a kindness as well as further your own inter ests. ': INo statesman ever 'became such by merely finding fault . Statesmanship consists of recog nizing a need, providing a remedy and agitating till sufficient sup port is gained to make the remedy effective. All Together For Greensboro GET IN LINE Write ns for information of any kind. Gbamber of Commerce, J. E. LATHAM, President. 3. C. FORESTER, Secretary At Wilmington, the two months old baby of Mr. ana Mrs. Oscar R. King was suffocated by its mother -r-ehe accidentally kept the covers too close over it The same day the Infant of Mrs. J. D. Woodie suffer ed the same fate at Henderson, and the night before, also at Henderson the Infant child of Mrs. Sudie Hicks was suffocated. These mothers were not to blame but that will not relieve their suffering. - Have you seen that $20,000 Accident policy that I am sell ing for $25 a year? It's worth your trouble to investigate. . Write, Ftacr Telegraph for s:;!3 ccpy. MAX T. PAYflE, For Evervhndv. ody9 Everywhere ror workers with hand or brain for rich and poorfor every kind of people in every walk of life there's delicious re freshment in a glass of ' plel : different and better in purity and flavor.- II Sj' The best drink anyone can buy. Jl ll' Be ure to get the genuine. Ask i ' S4lWfw' for it by its full name to avoid ' . rlfcfrll XT' imitations and substitution. ll n . iwMi SBk. eh. .nnn was 9m .ear Whenever you tee an Arrow think of Coca-Cola. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. JtC DURHAM Marble Works Established 1878. C.J. HULIN, Proprietor. Marble and Granite Tombstones Limestone and Granite for Any Kind of Buildings. Write for Catalogue ' DURHAM MARBLE WORKS, DURHAM, N. O. IF YOU DESIRE GreaterReturns than 8 PerjCt. - on your money it can be had through first and second mortgage notes. 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