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Necessarily there was a great deal Of ex.
perimenting, and some of this took place
even before any serious effort was made to
weld the lines into a system. Occasionally
one of the experiments would prove sue
cessful from the popular point of view but
prevail as to cause the management much
embarrassment. After awhile there was
satisfactory condition, so far as roadways
were concerned, and then there came better
ment as to cars and equipment. Coincident
with these things was the trying out Of the
transfer question, a problem Of huge dimen-
sions and filled with almost as many intri-
cacies as there were passengers to be con-
sidered. AS to schedules, there were many
opinions, and most of these were eX-
pressed in such a way as to attract the
widest possible attention. the situation was
both involved and noisy. Out of It all there
came-and in such a short period of time
that even the most critical were amazed-a
system of transportation which is a sur
prise to every visitor and a qualification to
every resident. OF course, 1t is still short
of perfe cton 1t will always be more or less
defective. because it is controlled by human
beings and perfection in human beings Is
not expected, but it will be better a year
from now than 1t is today, and it will be
better two years from now than it will be
tweIvemonth hence. 1t is the plan of the
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Company and the Capital Railway Com
pany. Also he secured control Of the
United States Electric Lighting Company
and the Potomac Electric Power Company,
believing that they might be operated in
harmony with the railroads.
1t was a bold venture 1t would have
been a bold venture had all the properties
been in workable condition. The properties
had not merely to be purchased; several
Of them had to be wholly rebuilt, while
there was abundance Of opportunity for
necessary and expensive patching. More
than four millions of dollars were spent in
the reconstruction of the properties. Large
sums were disbursed In the rebuilding of
the Brightwood and the Forest Glen lines.
Then there was the reconstruction of the
Georgetown and Tennallytown and the
building Of the Washington and Rockville.
Steel bridges with stone abutments super
seeded the decayed trestle work on the
Washington and Great Falls line, and the
entire road was double-trac ked. To cata-
logue the work done and to recite in detail
the expenditures SO literally made would
weary the reader. 1t Is enough to call at
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management to steadily improve the rolling
stock until the equipment is practically OF
one type. Even when that has been accom-
plished it is not supposed that 1t will result
in expressions of unusual pleasure, but 1t
is believed that the great majority of the
public will be well satisfied.
No city in the United States has rail-
roads which give to the public so much %
ride for SO little money as Washington.
For four and one-sixth cents a passenger
can be transported comfortably and speed
lily from the northern boundary of the Dis
trict to the southernmost railroad point
way beyond Anacostia; or from the Dis
trict line on the east to the District line on
the west. Such tremendously long rides for
insignificant fares are not the result of con-
gressional enactment; they have been ar
ranged by the companies because it is the
plan to encourage riding. In other cities
1t may be possible to travel as far for five
cents as one may travel here upon tender
of one Of the six tickets which may be pur-
chased for % cents, but in no other city
of long rides except New York, is the pas
senger carried over an underground cleo
trio system which cost more than 100000
per mile of double track Elsewhere is the
infinitely cheaper and esthetically less de-
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Into Holmead Manor. so as to provide 40
commodations for what soon promises TO be
a thickly settled portion of the city. Away
out in Maryland the tracks of the City ana
Suburban railway connect with a line now
running to Laurel, and probably soon to be
extended through Ellicott City to Baltt.
more. The first electric line to Baltimore.
however, II come into Washington over
the tracks of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, and have its terminus at
18th and II streets northeast from which
point passengers will be conveyed to the
various parts of the city over the lines OF
the system. All of these things mean much
to suburban Washington, and they mean
q great deal for the city and Its business,
The city merchant prospers because new
customers are transported to his stores.
The owner of outlying real estate achieves
wealth because distance is annihilated BIZ
rapid transit. The thrifty citizen acquires
home with comparative ease by moving q
few miles out of town to a place wherS
land is cheap and where buildings are less
expensive because less pretentious than in
the city. There is all-around prosperity
and the frequently abused railroad is, after
all, one Of the greatest OF public benefao-
tors
The officers OF the company are: Hon.
Allan L. McDermott. president; George H.
Harries, vice president; II. w. Fuller, gen.
eral manager: James b. Lackey, secretaryt
w. F. Ham, comptroller, and r. z. Lee.
general superint endent.
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and corporate enterprise And
the purpose of this edition of the
golden jubilee number of The Star
Is to show the marked success
achieved.
Here you will find leaders in al
most every walk of life, artists, mu-
sicians, lawyers, philanthropists,
bankers, as well as the representative
man in the vaious lines of commerce
and trade.
These men have all left their i'm
print on the city; each and every
one has been more or less of factor
In the capitals development. The
growth and prosperity of Washing
ton are closely allied with the
progress of the whole country. The
city and the nation have gone hand
IN hand. 1t is but few years ago
comparatively that the national gov
eminent paid its one-half for the
running expenses of the District
grudgingly. That feeling is rarely
shown now, as Washington has
grown so tremendously, and is ad-
mittedly now the most beautiful
Ety where sunlight kisses shadow.
The manifest and manifold advan-
hges of Washington asa CONNER
Esial center have only come to be
Recognized within very recent years.
h will surprise great many to learn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Real Estate Values Have Been En-
HANGED by This Magnificent
System.
AN DISPUTED BENEFACTOR

bling roadbeds and rlcllety trestles, that the
casual observer of the entire situation found
1t practically impossible to carry away an
impression that would average as high as
good
From any other point of view than that
of the far-sighted and long-suffering rail-
way investor the proposition was not at
tractfve, but that kind of man would not
permit himself to be downed by little
things, even If there were very many of
them; SO, with his mind made up. the In
weston reached out and, secured eleven of
the good. the bad and the Indifferent, as
follows: The Metropolitan Railway Com
pany, the Columbia Railway Company, the
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company, the City and Suburban Railway
of Washington, the Brightwood Railway
Company. the Washington. Woodside and
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REACHED ITS MATURITY
ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN WASH
INGToN JUST OF AGE.
A Vigorous Organization Makes and
Distributes the Current for
Illumination and Power.

Until twenty-one years ago no effort HAD
been made to use electric current for light
ing purposes in Washington OF course.
ICov,,n,,aa -, I,i.l,,t D. --
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Fifty millions Of dollars have been added
to the value Of Washington and suburban
real estate by the work just completed by
the syndicated railroads.
That remark was made more than two
years ago by one Of the citys most capable
financiers-a man whose judgment as to
real estate is as good as the best. No one
seems to have estimated as to the added
values since then, but it is certain that the
increase has been steady and satisfactory.
Before the incoming of the Washington
Traction and Electric Company-now the
Washington Railway and Electric Company
there were many street railway organiza-
lions; mostly disconnected, generally an
tagonistic, ancient as to equipment, Won
derfully inclined to careless operation, de-
void Of transfer relationship and unable to
crafty on a cash basis any considerable
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Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway
Company, the Washington and Rockville
Railway Company, the Washington and
Glen Echo Railroad Company, the WASH
ington and Great Falls Electric Railway
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into the possession of
the syndicate; every
known variety of car,
all the kinds of trucks,
with motors ancient and
modern and controllers
ranging from the first
and the worst to the
last and the best. Then
the methods of handling
many hundreds Of en-
ployes had to be sys-
tematized. Each road
had been run after it's
own fashion, and some
times the fashion was
a very old one. The
bringing of all these in
harmonious elements
animate and inanimate
Into some semblance
of order was q tremen-
dous task, that at times,
especially when the
financial conditions took
a turn for the worse, Sc
impossible,
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streets are clear and its car service about
as near Ideal as II could be at this time.
Within the city there is still room for
something OF extension. At this time the
Washington Railway and Electric Company
which, while 1t controls all the railroad1
named at the outset consists only OF the Old
Metropolitan, Columbia and Washington
and Great Falls companies-is extending to
Park street. Mount Pleasant. from the pres
ent north terminus Of its Connecticut ave.
nue. division at Columbia road and 18th
street. Congress has granted authority 70
the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company to extend its 18th street line ul,
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turn for the worse, seemed to be almost
impossible.
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Continued on Eighth Page,l
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HALF A CENTURY
Washinggton's Progress
and Prosperity
MEN WHO MADE IT
Result of Individual and Cor
porate Enterprise.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR
IMPRINT ON THE CITY.
The Development of the Capital Has
Been Parallel With That
of the Nation.
BY HOBART BROOKS.

Looking backward for half CEN
fury one can find much reason to be
gratifed with what has been accom-
plished, and little, precious little, to
condemn.
The progress and prosperity of the
city can only be shown by individual
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that Washington has
already taken a cred
table place among
the industrial cities.
The popular notion
that the city has prac-
tically no rnanufac-
lures is not borne out
by the figures. Some
of the cities, univer-
sally recognized, as
great manufacturing
c enters, b e h n d
Washington in the
value of the annual
output are Jersey City,
Indianapolis, N e W
Haven, St. P a u |,
Fall River, Kansas
CITY, Troy, SYRIA
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strenuous efforts were also being made to
adopt the equipment of the various lines to
the uses If the companies and the patroniz-
ing public. In all the history of street rail-
reading there was probably never such
museum Of equipment as tina. which passed
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percentage of their creditors. There were
some extraordinary and brilliant exceptions,
Of course, but there were so many corporate
crlpples, SO many lean horses and shabby
bobtail cars SO many agitating streaks of
rust with divorced joints, so many crum-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-31
COUNTY SUNNI r SCHOOL.
First Weeks Attendance Good -
Four Weeks Session.

The county summer school for
teachers commenced Monday morn
ing with fair attendance, which
has increased daily until the enroll
ment now includes twenty teachers.
The instructors are DR.. A. B. Cooke,
professor of German at Wofford col
lege, who teaches English grammar,
composition and literature, and Mr..
Jennings K. Owens of the Rock
Hill graded school, who has charge
of the work in arithemetic and geo.
graphy.
The summer school will continue
in session four weeks, with daily
sessions except Sunday. The method
of instruction is by question and
answer. In order that the work
may proceed quietly and without in
terruption the daily sessions are held
in the graded school building.
The teacher-students seem very
much in earnest, and the instructors
expect hard, patient and successful
work.
Following is the enrolment up to
yesterday:
|. Misses Retha Burgess, Selma Bur
CESS, Mouzon; Eulalia Cox, Vox;
Marie Dunlop, Harpers; Olive Full
ton, Foreston; Fannie Epps, Lila
Hemingway, Helen Scott, Emma
Kinder, Kingstree; Sarah Harrelson,
Georgetown; Emma Hendricks,
Esther Nettles, Emiline Nettles,
Lake City; Hattie Newell, Chap
man; Beulah Higgins, Venters;
Ethel Nesmith, Dock; Carrie Salt
ers, Salters; Lily McElyeen, Spring
Bank; Mrs. R. B. Woodbury., John
sonville; and Messrs. W. J. Dunlop,
Harpers; and j. T. Frierson, Mouzon.
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cotton seed, ? lbs. meal and 5 lbs.
peavine hay.
Prof. Shivcr spoke On fertilizers.
Can't get best results from contin-
nous use CT commercial fertilizers.
Home made fertilizers, such as lot
manure and humuS woods mould very
essential 10 successful farming. The
COW pea the best leguminous plant
for wornout lands in the South.
Cotton seed worth 20 cents a bushel.
Does not pay to exchange for meal
unless % cents worth of meal is OBJ
tanned for each bushel of seed. Oil
in seed of no value as fertilizer.
Stable manure should be kept moist
and well tramped. Commercial fer
tilizers should be used supplementary
to the homemade article. Nitrate
soda, dried blood and cotton seed
meal TIE best form of nitrogenous
fertilizers. Use nitrate soda for
truck and top dressing for small
grain. Acid phosphate and KANT
best for COW peas-20O lbs. acid to
100 lbs. KANT. Actual experience
the only way to tell which fertilizers
are best adapted to certain soils.
When purchasing fertilizers get the
kind containing the element most
needed by the soil. Above all, culti-
vate thoroughly so as to keep moist
ure i'll soil.
At the conclusion of Prof. Shiver's
talk, before adjournment, a resolu-
ton of thanks was voted the faculty
for their interesting and intelligent
lectures.
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l wish he could have had more time
to show how stagnant water "poisons"
a crop. Any water that lies on the
low land long enough will kill corn
or cotton.
But stagnant water, although
poisonous to mankind, would only
be filtered and purified through u
dry soil. The foul matter acts as a
manure to the crops; and would be a
boon to-day to the burning corn, the
wilted cotton and thirsty land down
here in PossUM FORK.
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County Campaign Meetings.

Johnsonville, Tuesday, August 5.
Black Mingo, Wednesday, Au-
gust 6.
Trio, Friday, August s.
Greeleyville, Tuesday, August 10.
Kingstree, Wednesday, August 20.
Lake City, Thursday, August 2l.
Scranton, Friday, August %.
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THE farmers INSTITUTE.
INSTRUCTIVE LECTURES BY
CLEMSON FACULTY.
An Excellent Attendance Of Represent
atives Farmers and Close Atten-
ton iven to Lectures.


last Friday, was a decided success.
There were present in the court
aouse, where the exercises took place,
aoont $50 people, including a large
proportion of representative farmers
from al parts of the county. The
members of Clemson College faculty
present were: Profs. G. NJ. Conner,
+. s. Shiver and G. C.. Newman.
The meeting was entirely informal,
and the lecturers seemed to take
pleasure in answering all questions
addressed to them touching the sub
iect under discussion.
At 1890 O'Clock the meeting was
called to order By Hon. Henry E.
Eaddy of Johnsonville, who had
been requested to act as chairman.
He briefly explained the object of the
institute and reminded the farmers
present of the opportunity before
them TO obtain light on the numer-
Gus vexing questions incident to their
vocation. He then introduced Prof.
Newman, who would tell something
about horticulture.
Mr.. Newman discussed in order
the subjects of pear blight, spraying
peaches and plums to prevent rot,
and storing grains to prevent weevlls,
these being questions he had been
asked to touch upon. Pear blight
is very old disease, caused by
bacterial germ. No remedy has en-
tirelv succeeded, but blight can be
prevented to some extent. He recon-
mended ~ removing the affected
part by cutting out with sharp in
strument. Cut II or IA inches be-
low dead leaves, but do not cut in
affected part. Clean shears with
germicide or corrosive sublimate;
(2) blight has been caused to dis
appear by not cultivating trees and
encouraging thirty growth.
To prevent plums and peaches
from rotting, which is caused by an
insect called a circulio, destroy fruit
i that falls on the ground. Spray
with Paris green or Bordeaux misture
g lbs. copper sulphate, 4 lbs. lime
and so gallons water).
To destroy potato bugs spray or
dust with Paris green. Spray with
mixture of lb. Paris green and 3
lbs. lime added to so gallons water.
Dust with a powder composed of 2
teaspoonfuls Paris green and 8 qts.
-four. For tobacco use ! ID. Paris
green to the acre.
To prevent weevils: Bisulphide of
carbon kills the eggs. Sprinkle over
grain 3 OF. to Is bu. Will also rid
barn of rats. Fumes explosive for
"a hours after application.
Prof. C. NJ. Conner discussed
dairying. Food for cattle: cotton
seed meal, corn cut green and kept
in silo. Dry food: 4 lbs. meal and 6
lbs. bran per day. Good outlook for
dairying. To make good butter,
strict cleanliness necessary. If a
separator is used, separate cream soon
after milking. Unless a regular
dairying business is carried on it
does rot pay to Use separator: Costs
from $50 to SIS. Keep milk cool
at 60 to 65 deg. Cheap separators
no good, better use pans. Churn
without dasher the best kind. Corn
the best food for beef cattle. For
mich cows a COED mixture is 3 lbs.
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The SAGE Of POSSUA FORK
REVIEWS THE LECTURES HEARD
AT THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
An Interesting Article from an Original
Thinker-The Sonth an Excellent
Field for Dairying.


Field for Dairying.
Editor County Record:
! am glad l went up to the Farm
er's Institute at Kingstree.
Professor Newman's lecture on
spraying fruit trees with Bordeaux
mixture, although not altogether new
will, I think, stimulate many to 60
to work and obtain benefit from it
next year. / want to get the formu-
las and try it myself Oh peaches and
plums. What pity the pear blight
cannot be prevented by spraying,
Prof. Conner was right in showing
that the feed of many dairy cows
costs more than the butter would sell
for. But he did not give skinned
milk justice; for, / tell You, Mr..
Editor, in these days of no meat
many little fellow has had q good
breakfast and supper of SKINNED
milk and corn bread, whether he had
any butter on the bread or not.
But here's the supper bell now,
let's see if we have any meat.-no!
Just some milk, and clabber, and
bread, and some coffee, and some
peach pie and no butter. You see,
the little COW turns the grass into
milk and clabber more than butter,
and it would be unjust to the COW
not to count the skinned milk.
Two or three years ago We opened
field and turned the COW in the
peas and fresh grass, and We regaled
on milk and butter too; but she
drank the stagnant water from an
old clay hole in the field where the
geese had been washing, SO l took
fever and sent for the doctor and was
a long time getting well. l had de-
pended on the COW to filter the foul
waterN and give us pure milk, but l
don't believe now q cow is good
filter to purify bad food or bad water;
so ! have learned some sense about
milk.
My wife is u great believer in milk.
She says it is food and medicine both
saves doctors bills and makes red
faced children. A cup of hot milk
will revive the sick, no matter what
the disease. A cup of milk and
-four stirred in the frying pan with
the hot fried meat will make gravy
so good that You can take three or
four mouthfuls of hominy to one of
butt meat these hard times, and that
beats butter, Milk and sugar makes
better sauce for the apple pie than
butter. and drink of clabber and
whey these hot thirsty days revives
me more than iced lemonade. So
here's to the COW that drinks clean
water and eats sweet grass and gives
rich milk!
But the professor says if cow
does not give rich milk naturally she
cannot be made to do so by feeding.
She can be made to give more milk
but not rich milk. ] wish Professor
Conner could have had more time,
for l conclude from what he says
about feeding that the dairying
should largely be in the south. Cot
ton seed, peayine hay and cotton seed
meal, supplemented with wheat bran,
which could also be raised here.
Prof. Shiver on fertilizers was in
teresting in showing the futility of
trying to raise large crops on land
devoid of humus, by simply apply
ing commercial fertilizers, and he
laid stress on the waste in freight
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D ORANGEBURG COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE,
ORANGEBURG, S. c.

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two collegiate. Prepares for
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requirements of life. Thor
ongil and systematic founda-
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-t-t-
For catalogue and particulars write
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oo4 PRESIDENT.