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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28

lined on a certain track for Eads bridge
he presseg the stop bearing the number of
the track. and the other towers line
dicator is for the trains lined for the
Merchants bridge. and it is operated in a
like manner; This Is a great time saver.
towers the route OF the trains. now it is
done by simply pressing button
TRACK FOR TRAIN.
How do you get your information that
4 train which is posted on the time table
on the Midway to arrive on track at $40
p. m..' will arrive on track Is at STOP"
I asked. This changing of tracks was the
one thing about the management of the
Union Station that has ever vexed my soul
and tried my patience to the limit. Now
that 1 was inside the inside gate. having
a heart-to-heart. talk with the passenger
master. i determined upon having the an
noyance adjusted once and for ALL Your
country cousins and your aunts and un-
cles write 10 you that they are coming
to see the Worlds Fair and you. and will
arrive at the Union Station at such and
such an hour and to please meet them.
You get of from business and rush down
to the station, look at the time table. and
find your relatives train will arrive on
track g. You take your stand and wait
and wait. The train is long past due. and
you ask the gateman when the Frisco,
or the Alton will arrive. He looks at
you in scornful manner. and says rather
3s You realize you can't hold the gate
man responsible, for he has troubles of
his own. but you have missed your friends
ard there Is all sorts of trouble in store
for you. and little does the Terminal Rail-
way care.
THE telautograph man Is responsible"
replied Mr.. Buriingame.
"Show him to me- / want to tell him
what / think Of his conduct"
wait a minute" pleaded Mr. Bolte.
HE is really not bad sort. 1t is not
altogether his fault. You see we only
have thirty-two tracks, and We have 2203
movements every twenty-four hours. The
track your train is slated to arrive on
may be full. and IL that is the case 1t
would be impossible to put another train
en- that track. Therefore. the talauto-
graph operator must charge the track. or
rather Here the trainmaster hesi-
tated.
"Or rather WHAT I asked encourag-
ingiy.
IT tell him to. Really I have to. could
not think Of sidetracking trains and hold
ing people from the fond embrace OF their
friends for hours and hours. just fer tho
selfish reason of having train arriving on
n certain track. The telautoCraph man
makes the charge, as he is instructed, and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
OKLAHOMA CITY WILL
CELEBRATE SEPTEMBER 5.
sixteen Cities VIII Send Pretty Girl
to Participate. in the
Days Events. -,

oklahoma City Day at tpa Exposition
-y,ji be celebrated I'm Festival Hail
N-r.,nezday September 3. at y. m.
.,.., unique feature Of the exercises, the
one which will distinguish them from all
others held at the Exposition. wili;be the
fact that the sixteGJ.Tre;tiest girls from
the sixteen largest cities Of America will
participate In the exercises. These young
ladies will be chosen by rhc Mayors of
-he sixteen cities. and will deliver greet
.r.s from their Citi.s to- Oklahoma city.
This delegation of American beauties
viii be headed by Miss Enid Shaw.
daughter Of Leslie NJ Shaw. Secretary OF
the Treasury. who Will express the greet
ing OF the nations capital.
The reason that sixteen young ladies'
VIII be chosen IS That september Will be
the sixteenth anniversary of the opening
OF Oklahoma to settlement. oklahoma
City's response 10 the greetings OF her
sister cities Will be delivered by Miss
Miriam Richardson. the most beautiful
girl in Oklahoma City. Another interest
ing feature OF The programme of addresses
will he a speech from Sir Lloyd Wisse OF
Liverpool who VIII come here from Eng
land especially for the occasion.
In detail the programme Is as follows:
Great org1n. selected.
invocation. -.
dBuclo the Apc!ln club OF oklahoma CITY, J.
w. Crawford, director
Address II welcome on he.lalf rf tho Expo
sition David Il. Francis. President.
Address u welcome behaif OF ST. Louis.
Mayor Rolls Wells.
Response on behalf of Oklahoma. Honorable
Thos L Ferguson Governor Of Oklahoma.
Response on behalf Uf Oklahoma city. Mayor
lee Van Wiekle
Male voices ''on the sea- tBuco.
Greetings frur cities.
Response for Oklahoma City. Miss Miriam
Richardson ..
Male voices. MARTHA Hymn tGomez>. the
Apollo Club.
Address. John W. Noble. former Secretary OF
the Interior.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
BY ANITA MOORE.

BY ANITA MOORE.
The ancient and honorable game of
chess az played for centuries by the most
learned mon of the world is as child's play
30 the great railroad switching game that
is played every day and every night in
the year by few. faithful men in the
Union Station yards OF the Terminal Rail-
way Association.
ators control absolutely the lives of thou.
sands Of passengers and the safety Of
millions of dollars worth OF property No
errors are ever made, no wrecks occur,
nothing goes wrong, and more's the won
der. for each tower switch operator works
increasingly for eight hours a day with
his mind ever full OF rules and regulations
and signals and numbers. his eyes riveted
on the interlocking switch board and the
signal stations and the puzziiig. winding
miles Of shining rails. A false move. a
wrongly set switch, a moment of absent
mindedness would mean the crashing into
each other Of heavily loaded and. swiftly
moving trains ana the killing OF scores Of
passengers thereon or the .derailing and
the dismanfling- Of freight trains laden
with goods OF great value.
No false moves occur. no switches are
set wrong. there is no observation-disclosures.
and this. In spite OF, the fact that during
one hour-sixty minutes-on this puz-
zle net Of tracks. there have been as high
AZ 16S train movements. That means al
most three to the minute, and yet no
wrecks. no crashing together Of engines.
no lives snuffed out. How do they do it?
A statement prepared by I. l.. Burlin-
game. superintendent Of the Terminal
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28

and the signals. The levers pointing up
control the signals. and the levers point
ing down control the switches. Lever
man. means the man who operates the
levers.
A lever man has to know much. He must
know all about the trains, their arrival
signals and he must know Just what lever
Will control each and every signal and
switch; he must know the lay of the
swi:ehinG land. SO that he can Zine the
There are thirty-two tracks leading into
the Union Station. Two Of them are de-
voted to the Wabash shuttle trains and
two to baggage. This leaves twenty eight
tracks over which 2,a9 train movements
must be made daily. 1t necessarily follows
that things must be kept moving rapidly.
eleven coaches. This IS a long train ard
extends the entire length of the train shed.
and then some. SO it is impossible TO put
two trains on one track. and the only
thing that Is left is to make them move
rapidly. They can do this with the inter-
locking switching system. 1t saves time
and lives. If the Terminal people had to
depend on the old method of having
switchmen move the trains they would
only be able to make abou. 800 movements
in twentyfour hours. which would mean
to-day would start tomorrow or the next
day. or II you were expecting friends to
arrive to-day they would be sidetracked
for two or three days in the suburbs. ar
week.
LIFE SAVER
Then. too. Mr.. Burl.ngame. superin-
tendent of the Terminal. assures me that
IL 1t were not for the interlocking system
the death rate would be much greater;
that 1t is a great life saver. much more
so than the life-saving crew out at the
Worlds Fair.
The Terminal has three interlocking tow
ers-one at Union Station. one at Four
teenth street and one at Twenty third
street. At the. Union Station there are
three sets OF lever men," four in a set,
each set working eight hours. Besides
the lever men" there Is passenger train
master IF. E. Bolte). the chief train d.
rector and assistants. telephone operators,
the telautograph operator and the train
DISORDERS"
When the conductor Of a passenger train
is ready to leave Union Station he presses
button on the rear coach, and imme-
diatelv a small card bearing tho number
of his train. appear: in the train directors
glass case. When the track is clear and
the train director is ready for the train TO
move he calls out the number TO the lever
man. The lever man in turn drops the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28

signal guarding that track. indicating to
the engineer that the track IS clear and
that he may start. He does not start with
rush as the race horses do. but moves
SLOWLY and with caution. not that he Is
afraid that his engine will run away with
him. but there ara signals all along the
track and he must watch them closely.
If he comes to a signal that is upright he
must stop or there will bo an accident for
the track Is not clear nor are the switches
lined. However. II the, signals are all
While the train is stopped on account of
the track not being clear. the engineer
must watch the signals in front of him and
the signals back of him. for he may have
to back his train into the shed and make
fresh start. The lever man may not he
able to line the switches over the first
track. It is strange how little tiny lever
can control big putting engine.
Mr. Bolte assured me that the safety of
the trains depended upon the lever men
attending strictly to business s,l1, an, and giving
es'' and the engineer watching and fol-
lowing the signals
But suppose the lever man gives the
signal for n clear track and he then dis
covers that the switches were not proper
~ lined say. that there was something
wrong with the operation of the interlock-
". what would the lever man do? What
would be the result?
CLOSE WATCH.
THAT never happens. The system Is so
carefully and closely watched and every
switch and signal is inspected and tested
every day. Everything is kept In perfect
condition. However. II anything should
happen. we have this And Mr.. Bo,te
pressed a button and a whistle blew.
Every train and engine in the yards
stopped I looked at Mr.. Eolte in sur
prise. This is the emergency whistle.
When that IS blown there is something
wrong. and every engineer within sound
of the whistle must stop his engine at
once. We send messenger to the one
in danger. and the others proceed. II
does not make any difference what their
signals indicate, when the emergency
whistle blows they must stop"
But suppose they don't hear 1t? How
do they know what it is If they don't hear
1t very often?"
They will hear it all right. and we give
them little exercise with 1t often enough
to impress it on their minds
THAT is a train indicator said my IN
structor. pointing TO a cabinet with stops
like an organ. except that the stops bore
numbers. instead OF soft loud"
"tremolo." When this tower wants to
notify the Fourteenth street tower or the
Twenty-third street tower that train is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
MULTITUDE CAME TO OPENINGS
Feast Royal is Spread for Feminine
r ancy,

Yesterday was Opening day" in
Americus, the da'e upon which the
latest conceptions in fall millinery and
fall fabrics are shown, and femipi g
Americus enjoyed to the fullest the
feast royal thus spread. At Mrs. M. T,
EIam'e, Miss Lula Hay'P, Mr.. Bessie
Kleckley's, Miss Clouds, Mrs B. E.
Turner & Miss Bessie Smiths stores q
beautiful display of millinery was ex-
hibited, including the latest conc ep-
tions in pattern hats and other stylish
bonnets. The stores, with their taste
full decorations and arts icaIly dis
played goods, looked like fairy bowers
indeed and were centres of attraction for
hundreds of lady shoppers, Wheatley
& Ansley, too, invited the public to
their fall opening, and vast crowds
thronged this trade palace from o. clock
until 10 asst night. Here was elegant
ly displayed the newest things in fine
tailored suits and fall dress goods, to.
gether with goods in every department
of this mammoth store. The entire
force welcomed the hundreds of visi.
tors and showed goods in their respec
tive departments during the eight
hours If the Opening" band die,
coursing music all the while. Ameri-
Gus has rarely witnessed such eplen
did ''fall opening" which augured well
for fine trade for these enterprisire
dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
a SPLENDID FAIR is PROMISED
And Americus and Sumter to Attend
In Force.

GeoTgia's splendid state fair opens
IN Macon next Wednesday. and for ten
days a magnificent display of her re-
sources, with multitude of other at
fractions, will be shown there.
The opening takes place on the 10Th,
when Forepaugh & Sells circus starts
the ball rolling.
The agricultural display will be mag
nitcent, five county displaya, SIX by
individuals equally as large.
Tnere will be great displays at labor
saving agricultural implements, just
what The scarcity of labor in this coun-
ty will make necessary,
The amusement features WILL be bet
ter and larger than ever before, en-
bracing many of the newest things in
this line.
Three bands of music, the 10Th, q.
s. Infantry band, the boys band from
Auburn, Ala. and the Georgia Indus
trial Home band of boys
Macon will provide for all corners.
There Is plenty of room for all. No
body will suff.r for something to cal
or place to sleep. Macon has cared
for thirty thousand strangers and Car
do it again.
If you want to spend pleasant and
profitable week, go to Macon.
Meet me at the big State Fair. p"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Deafness Cannot Be cured

by local applications, as they can 1T reach
the diseased portions of the ear. There
is only one way to cure deafness, and
that Is by constitutional remedies. Deaf
ness is caused by an inaamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachiap
TUBE. when this tube is inf1amed yon
have rnmbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be restored forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by ca.
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure, Send for circulars free,
+. j. CHENEY g. CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Phone 49, AMERICUS ILLUMINATING 3 POWER CO
SOLD INTERESTS IN BUSHES S.
Important Deal in Americus Recently
Consummated,

A deal of considerable Importance
and interest, involving as it does
considerable amount of money, has re-
Gently been consummated here where
by the Messrs. Sheffield acquire the
entire Huntington estate interests in
the Sheffield Huntington Co., one of
the largest mercantile corporations in
Georgia. The sale was made by Mr..
Crawford Wheatley, who is agent for
the estate, and who at the beginning of
another year will engage in other bust
ness here. Mr.. Wheatley has personal
interests here at present which demand
large portion of his time and atten-
ton, and it was to look more closely
after these that induced him to sell the
interests above mentioned. The Shelf
eld-Huntington Co. has for quarter
century been landmark in Americus
and stands in the front rank of the
largest and most successful corpora
tions in southwestern Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
KILLED IN THE COTTON PRESS.
Worthy Negro Met Sudden and Terri
BILE Death,

I-aac Sh pots, an industrious colored
farmer who for many years has lived
on the Limitation Of Mr.. W. E. Mitch
ell, lear Amelicns, met a sudden and
terrible death vest rday While packing
a cotton b ale on a neighbOring farm.
Shoots went under til press to roll out
the bale of cotton, j lst packed, when
the follow block" 81 lid wooden
beam weigh hing some go or 700 poundp,
fell upon him. The unfortunate negro
was crushed to lur, dying Instantly
He was hare worRtng ana respected
negro and hi tteg'c ces b is much
regretted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
STILL CONTINUES TO ADVANCE
Further Gain Is Made in Cotton
Values

The even dime is still paid for cotton
IN Americus, several sales being made
yesterday at that round figure. The
futures market continued firm and the
advance of several points yesterday
kept holders of spot cotton in good hu-
NOR. While sales were also made at
fraction below the dime point, 10 cents
was considered the basis of value and
holders either want that price or moth
ing. Receipts contiL ne light, and a
further advance in values is considered
IN order.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Gonsump tiYes Made Comfortable.

IucipienE consumption Is cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar, but we do not
hold out false hopes to consumptives by
claiming that it will cure this dread
disease in the advanced stages; bnt if
the lungs are not too far gone Foley's
Honey and Tar will effect cure, as it
stops the racklng cough and soothes the
iDfiamed air passages giving them a
chance to heal, and even in the advanced
stages it always gives comfort and re-
lief. A. A. Herren, of Finch, Ark,
writes: Foley's Honey and Tar is the
best preparation for coughs and lung
trouble. know that it has cured con-
sumption in the first stages Hudson
Drug Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
T WORKS AN INCONVENIENCE
Bank Depositors Must Observe the
Rules.

LIZ is at this season, especially, that
the banks are Inconvenience at the
closing hour in the afternoon by the
belated depositor who insists upon
coming long after the closing hour and
when the clerks are engaged in making
up the days business. The closing
hour here is O'Clock, and at that time
the work of balancing cash and writing
up the days business begins. It is
exasperating, to say the least, to have
to wait upon belated customers at such
time, and the banks may therefore
insist upon better observance of their
rules to the end of facilitating bust
ness.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
One of MANY,

H. A. Tisdale, of Summerton. S. O.,
suffered for twenty years with the Piles.
Specialists were employed and many
remedies used but relief and permanent
good was found only in the use of De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. This is only
one of the many, many cures that have
been effected by this wonderful remedy.
In buying Witch Hazel Salve it is only
necessary to see that you get the Genu~
inc DeWitt's, made by E. G. Dewitt &
Co., in Chicago, and cure is certain
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures all
kinds of piles, cuts, burns, bruises. &C.
zema, letter, ringworm, skin diseases,
etc. Sold by W. a. Rembert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
The Original,

Foley & o., Ch,eag originated
Honey and Tar as throat and lung
remedy, and on account # tue great
merit and popu arlty o. FOiey'@ Honey
and Tar many mutations are IF red for
the genuine. Ask for F, ley's HONEY
and Tar aud refuse any suhsltute offer
ed as no other prepa atiOl will give the
same satisfacti IN. L is mi dly laxative.
It contains no oplat>s and 10 fafest for
children and lilo ste perfons Hudson
Drug 90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Pill Pleasure.

If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness orr consti-
patton you know what pill pleasure is.
These famous little pills cl eanse the liver
and rid the system of all bile without
producing unpleasant effects. They do
not grippe, sicken or weaken, but pleas
antly give lone and strength to the It's
sues and organs of the stomach. liver
and bowels. Sold by w. A. Rembsrt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Confessions of a Priest,

Rev Jno. s. Cox, of Wake, Arkansas,
writes: For II years l suffered from
Yellow Jaundice, consulted num-
Der CT physicians and tried all sorts of
medicines, but got no relief. Then I
began the use of Electric Birters and
feel that [ am now cured Of a disease
that had me in its grasp for twelve
years" If you want reliable medicine
for Liver and Kidney trouble, stomach
disorder of general debility, get Electric
Bitters. It's guaranteed by e bridge
Drug Sores, Olly 90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
is WELL SATISFIED.
Enjoying an Era of Unusual Prosper

Am circus merchants have right TO
rejoice at the fine trade accorded al
ready this fall, aud the fine prospect
yet ahead. In fact, Americus is in the
midst of one OF the most promising
seasons in its his DRY. Cotton is CON-
ing in rapidly, and farmers are paying
their obligations in advance of the
usual time and depositing their sur
plus with the banks. They are in a
position to enjoy the Injuries as well
as the necessities of life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
GREAT PLAY Is HUMAN HEARTS.
Repiete With Heart Interest as Title
Suggests.

Oae of the most interesting plays to
be seen in Americas this season in
Human Hearts, to be presented at
the opera house tomorrow night by a
strong company. Rich in incident. in
its variety CT characters, in stage set
tings, it is one of the few attractions of
great merit on the road. The specta-
tor is carried into the delightful atmos-
phere of life in the hills of Arkansas.
The trouble which falls upon the SIM
pie folk of the Logan farm reminds
one of the line -''the trail of the SER
pent." The beautiful and touching
denouement, however, bears it's lesson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12

Would not interest you if you're look
ing for a guaranteed Salve for Sores,
Burns or Piles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder,
Mo writes: 81 stuff ,red with an ugly
sore for year, but box of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured me. It's the best
SalYe on earth. 25c at Eldridge Dug
Stores.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Nerve Tension.

foe to health is nerve tension, sometimes
due to hurry and worry, but nine times out
of ten due to poor Indigestion, a bad stomach,
torpid liver or constipation. These condi-
tons all react. on the mind and will keep
your nerves on ecge if you do not remove
them by using Green's August Flower. There
is no better stomach medicine in the world
than August Flower, and no surer cure for
indigestion or dyspepsia. Trial bottle Csc.
Big bottle, 75c. At all druggists
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12

$ioo-Dr, {. Decthon's Anti Diuretic
may be worth to you more than 800 if
You have child who soils bedding from
lncontinence of water during sleep.
Cures old and young alike. It arrests
the trouble at once. 81. Sold by E
j. Eldridge, Druggist, Americus, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
Reward For Lost Brooch.

One gold brooch, feur de lis shape;
set with small pearls. Lost between
Furlow school building and south Lee
street. Finder return to this office and
get reward
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
A FLAMING MILL AND clNNERY
Destroyed Near UnadiIIa With Heavy
Loss

Mr. D. ". Forum received Y ). terday
letter from UnadiIIa, Dooly county,
with particulars of a large fire there
the day before which swept the plan
log mill and large cotton ginnery of
King Bros. one of the most extensive
plants in that section of the state. Mr..
Borum lost bale of cotton, which had
been carried to the plant to be ginued
aud packet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12
For Clerk and Treasurer.

/ hereby announce my candidacy for the
once OF city clerk and treasurer, subject to
the action of the democratic primary No
yember 8th, and will appreciate the support
OF my friends and voters generally. Re
speCtfully. THERON N. HAWKES.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-12

California Prune Waters for indiges-
tor, billiousnese; there is nothing bet
ter, 25c box, REMBERT's DRUGSTORE