The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-21
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TH-lT RAILROAD SYSTElE.

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TILT RAILROAD SYSTEM.
South Carolina or q portion of it, at
least, has found out that she needs Il
railroad system; and this wonderful
blessing is to be brought about by Civ
ing to somebody, or some corporation,
IL half ii million OF dollars when the
Blue Ridge Road is completed to
Knoxville. The genius who devised
this scheme, rs t,,e one that could give
the State Il system of railroads, may cx-
pcct to take rank with Jim Fisk, Jav
Gould and Tom Scott in railroad opcr.
ations after an experience of twelve
thousand years. a system indeed |!
Consider it, yc railroad mon. y road
beginning at Anderson Court House
and running into the tunnel above
Walhalla. and then it strikes Georgia
soil, and after that Tennessee. The
roads between Anderson and Charles
ton arc in court end arc soon to be
sold. Suppose ono company should
buy the South Carolina road, and
another the Greenvillc and Columbia
road, then the system would work
beautifully, as it has done in the past.
Now we do not object to this most
beautiful system in the least, nor do
we object to the counties subscribing
lavishly to perfect this fifty mile "SyS-
tcm;" but we do in the name of the
taxpayers of the State, object 70 Civ
lug to somebody half million dollars
for this systene. Ifthc State becomes
very liberal, let her benefits be distri-
butcd. Give to the Atlantic and
French" Broad Valley Road, to the
Spartanburg and Ashevillc Road, to
the Chester ID Lcnoir, to the Chester
and Cheraw Road, and all the other
proposcdroads each Il half million, and
set this system booming at once. You
might as well talk about rcvivifying
Mark Twain's mummy, and sending
the life blood through its old dried up
system, as to organize and perfect /.
railroad system for South Carolina by
throwing little galvanic life into the
Blue Ridge Road by promising a half
a million of dollars to the scheme. Let
counties and individuals interested put
as much in this system as they please,
but do not let tho State give single
ccnt.-Corolina Spartan.
The Supreme Court of New York
recently rcndcreda decision with re-
gard to the responsibility of railways
for baggage checked that must interest
all travellers. The plaintiff brought
suit against the New York Central
Railroad to recover $4,000, the value
OF two trunks and contents, which had
been checked by the railway company
to Now Orleans, but were destroyed
on the way. 1t was proven that the
trunks were carried safely over the de.
tcndants line dnd were lost after they
had been delivered to q connecting
road. The court decided that the de-
fendant had 10 authority to check
baggage beyond its own line, and dis.
missed the case. 1t is the universal
custom now to check baggage to the
place Of destination, though it NAV
have to be reached over dozen diff
terent lines Of railway, and if this
decision is sustained by the United
States Courts, it Will force travellers to
check baggage through at their own
risk.
Tho Pennsylvania State training
school contains an idiotic boy with i
wonderful memory. So remarkable
are his powers of memory, that after
| listening to n sermon or discourse, he
is able to repeat it verbatim, preserv.
ing, also, the intonations Of the speaker
AS test Of this singular faculty, the
lad was once taken to Media to attend
n lecture upon some scientific matter
and the next day was asked to repeal
it. TO tho astonishment Of all he
readily repeated the entire lecture,
rendering Latin phrases and techni-
calities as glibly as the vernacular.
Tho Sultan has ton servants whose
special duty is to unfold the carpets
for him when he is going to pray, ten
to take care Of his pipes and cigarettes,
two dress his royal hair, and twenty
to attend to his most noble cleail
shirts. There arc a multitude Of other
attendants about the palace; indeed,
1t is stated that 800 families and about
1000 persons live at his majesty's ex.
pense. Ho is an extravagant house
keeper; the annual expenditures oft, g
palace are mentioned as nearly $l4,-
900, 900.
-.Krupp turns out 800 cannon OF the
largest calibre, every month, and oftei
double that numbor---15,O 900 III two
gears. He has fattened on war. In
1910 the firm employed 10 men; III
1843, 100 :; to-day many thousands Of
Operatives draw wages from him.