The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-30
BOTH ROGUE AND TIGER.
Latest Switching Appliances i'm Opera
ton ut the Pomona Yards.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., March 29.-In
the investigation before the mayor
yesterday of a charge of running a
blind tiger, it developed that the ac-
cused known as Son Williams, a ne
gro, besides being guilty of retailing
liquor, was also known as Paul Jones,
taking the name of the brand of whis-
key he was dealing in. With the lat
ter name, he was in partnership with
a negro named Jim Smith in profess
sional thieving. He was placed in jail
for selling liquor. and this morning
the police visited his room and discov-
cred quantities of clothing, jewelry and
other articles, which had been taken
from several stores in the city, the
cost marks showing where they came
from.
The Southern Railway has equipped
their extensive shifting yards at Pom
ona where the junction of the main
line with the Winston-Salem-W Wilkes
boro branch is, with the very latest
switching appliances, SO that 1t Isl inn
possible for a train to take q wrong
track By the new system, the oper-
ator sits in his office and by working
a combination of levers, shifts trains
from different tracks without putting
his foot on the ground. The levers
=
means of iron rods and with the sig
mails by wires. There are separate levers
to manipulate the locks, switches and
signals. This system makes an acct
dent impossible, for if an engineer
should disregard the signal and go past
it, his train would be derailed by
means of a movable rail, instead of
plunging into another train. The oper-
ator makes the combination with his
levers for letting in train in less than
half a minute by simply pulling four
levers. This system of operating
switches, while not new, is the first
of its kind on this division of the
Southern Railway, and besides saving
the operator lots of worry and hard
skipping insures against possible acct
dent.
n Droll Parson. Sad Death.
United States Commissioner J. M.
Wolfe, of this city, and one of it's
landmarks, is something great on rem
iniscences. Last night a party was
discussing the propriety of the Con-
gregational church accepting Rookie
feller's gift of q hundred thousand
dollars for missions While not taking
sides, he never does, being of q judicial
temperament, the Squire related the
following: when | first came to
Greensboro, l shant say how long ago"
Git was in 1890 Il went to church one
Sunday and l heard the rousingest SER
mon preached against whiskey selling
and sellers | ever did hear. The par
son fairly shelled the woods. When
the time for taking collection came,
the preacher, as was the custom in
those primitive days, took the hat
around himself. when he came to
old Bill Bill showed in a
dollar and said so everybody could
hear him-"Thar goes a dollar parson,
tucken in for whiskey.' In equally
loud tones the parson rejoined: Yes
an I'm er goin' to keep it and put
it out of your reach, and you ought
to be ashamed of yourself and quit
your piZen meanness, Bill -.
There was sad death at the State
Normal and Industrial College this
morning. Miss Kate Deberry, a mem
Der of the Sophmore class from Arson
county, died of neuralgia of the heart
She had been in delicate health since
Christmas, but her condition had not
prevented her from study. The college
work was suspended for the day. The
remains left for Arson county on the
noon train.
Mr.. j. M. Fulton, q prominent bust
ness man here, died last night at his
residence on Belle Meade Avenue. He
was native of Stokes county and his
remains were taken to Walnut Cove
today for interment. He is survived
by wife and several children.