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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15

500 Mile State Family Tickets $11.-
25.-Good over the Atlantic Coast
Line in each State for the head or de-
pendent members Of family. Limit
ed to one year from date Of sale.
1000 Mile interchangeable Indivi-
dual Ticket $20.00.-Good over the
iii the Southeast aggregating 10000
miles. Limited to one year from data
Of sale.
1000 Mile Firm Ticket $4,000
Good over the Atlantic Coast Line
and 30 other lines in the Southeast
aggregating 10000 miles; for a man.
uger or head of firm and employees IL
lines in the Southeast aggregating A.
mited to five. but good for only one
Of such persons at time. Limited to
Atlantic Coast Line and 80 other lines
one year from date Of sale.
1000 Mile Southern interchangeable
Individual Ticket $25.O0.-Good over
the Atlantic Coast Line and rs other
600 miles. Limited to one year from
date IF sale.
All mileage tickets sold on and af-
ter April LIST, 1908. will not be honor
ed for passage on trains, nor in
checking baggage Except from non
agency stations and stations not
open for the sal eof tickets) but must
be presented at ticket Offices and there
exchanged for continuous tickets.
Is cents saved in passage fare by
purchasing local ticket from our
agents.
Atlantic Coast Line.
T. C. White,
General Passenger Agent.
w. J. Craig,
Passenger Traffic Manager,
Wilmington, N. G..
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Thursdays and Saturdays, leave
Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
partures, as we'll as connections with
other companies, are given as infor-
nation, and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Augusta, Ga.
Geo. T. Bryan,
Greenville, S. c.,
Gen. Agt.
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BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES.
Eastbound.

EaStbound.
No. g, leaves Anderson at $50 a.
m, for connection at Belton with
Southern for Greenville.
No. IL, from Walhalla. leaves An.
derson at 1918 a. M, for connection
at Bolton with Southern Railway for
Columbia and Grccnville.
No. 20, leaves Anderson at 2.20
p. H., for connections Mt Bolton with
Southern Railway for Greenville.
No. 8, daily except Sunday, from
Walhalla arrives Anderson 624 p.
M, with connections at Seneca with
Southern Railway from points south.
No. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An
derson at 4.57 p. m., for connections
at Belton with Southern Railway for
Greenvillc and Columbia.
Westbound.
No. II, arrives at Anderson at 7.50
a. M, from Bclton with connections
from GrecnvilIc.
No. 9, arrives at Anderson at l2.24
p. M, from Belton with connections
from Greenville and Columbia. Goes
to Walhalla.
No. 10, arrives at Anderson at $40
p. m, from Bolton with connections
from Greenville.
No. H., arrives at Anderson at
6.29 p. M, from Bolton with con-
nections from Greenville and Column
bia. Goes to Walhalla.
No. 7, daily except Sunday, leaves
Anderson at 9!20 a. m, for Walhalla,
with connections at Seneca for local
points south.
Nos. II, 18, 10, and 20 are mixed
trains between Anderson and Bolton
Nos. and 8 are local freight
trains, carrying passengers, between
! Anderson and Walhalla and bctweop
Walhalla and Anderson
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
Just Exactly Right.

"T have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for several years, md find Them
just exactly right,' - Mr.. \. A..
Fcltcn, Of Harrisville. n. Y. New
Life Pills relieve withnat .hc least
l.tom:oi: Best remedy for romsti-
patton, biliousncss and malaria. 25c.
at w. f. Pelham & Sons durg store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
NEWBERRY UNION STATION.
Arrival and Departure Of Passenger
Trains-Efective 1901 A. M.
Sunday, June 9TH, 1908.
Southern Railway:

No. Is for Greenville ..S.57a.m.
No. 18 for Columbia :. ..1.40 pm.
No. IL for Greenville >. ..3.20 pm.
No. Is for Columbia 80. .8.47 pm.
G., N. B. L. Ry.
'No S5 for Laurens .. %. .5.19 am.
ono. % for Columbia :. ..S.47 am.
No. So for Greenville :. 1856 pm.
No. % for Columbia >. ..3.20 PM
"No. 81 for Laurens >. ..7.25 pm.
mo. 84 for Columbia ). 1886 pm.
Does not run on Sunday
This time table shows the times at
which trains may be expected to de-
part from this station, but their de-
parture is not guaranteed and tho
time shown is subject to change with
out notice.
g. L. Robinson,
Station Master.
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CHARLESTON s. WESTERN CAR
OLINA RY.

Schedule in effect May 81, 1908.
Lv. Newberry(C N & ~ 1856 pm.
Ar. Laurens 2:02 pm.
Lv. Laurens &C &c w c. 2:35 pm.
Ar. Greenville 400 pm.
Lv. Laurens 2:32 pm.
Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 pm.
Lv. spartanburg $50. Ry.) 500 pm.
Ar. Hendersonville 7:45 pm.
Ar. Asheville $50 p.m.
Lv. Laurens &C & W c. 2:32 pm.
Ar. Greenwood 3:32 pm.
Ar. Mccormick f:33 p.m.
Ar. Augusta 6:15 pm.
Tri-Wcekly Parlar Car line be-
tween Augusta and Ashcvillc. Trains
Nos. l. and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays,
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him, but it never occurred to me that
one might like him; still less that he
might care to be liked by those among
whom he had cast his lot.
L think every man who had u chance
to know him must have felt affection
for him. Sam, his coachman, used to
say: "The finest Dimmycrat I ever
knew. I'm Republican," After the
funeral he said: 81 could hardly drive
for the tears runnin' down me face,
The finest man ever knew, Dimmy-
crat. or Republican!'
The atmosphere Of grcatness-that
subtle emanation of real power-was
always present, always felt, more so
than i'll the case of any man I ever
met. So often it evaporatcs when
once YOU have seen enough to disasso-
ciate the man from the name. But
there was nothing gruff NOR severe
about this pleasant, simple, e,mannercd,
large framed man, comfortably seat
ed by y his library fireplace, saying
little, but listening carefully, sympa-
thetically in fact. to all that was being
said, with a ready smile for whatever
might be amusing, a kindly solicitude
for the comfort of your seat and n
grace carefulncss in the selection of
your cigar. "Well, I guess there s no
law against our smoking,' was his
frequent phrase. He seemed, as a
friend remarked the other day, "just
as much interested in giving me Il
good time as l was in trying to en-
tertain him. But no one, not even
the most intimate, thought of being
familiar with him. He always insisted
upon carrying his gun case himself
when making the annual pilgrimage !;
but he also insisted upon due respect
to the high office he had held Some
of the numerous invitations to address
quasi-important gatherings annoyed
him: "They've got nerve to expect
former president to attend their
show.' He did not say "me.' but
ca former PRESIDENT
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His voice in conversation was Il lit
tie higher than one would expect for
such a large man; it was undoubtedly
what Foreigners would call an Amcri-
can voice, somewhat nasal, though not
unpleasant, and with something in it
that reminded me of the way I sup
posed Lincom's voice sounded. When
he referred to his old friends and as
sOciates there was tenderness in it as
he pronounced their names-"Joe'
Jefferson or "Tom' Bayard, and
others, less known to fame, but equal
ly dear to him. The world only heard
of the famous ones, but ii never oc-
cured to him to arrange his friend
ships on any basis but the real one
or that his more obscure chums were
not just as interesting to quote and
tell about.
Callers who undertook to inform
him to his face that he had been a
great president made him exceedingly
miserable, (though he did not mind
reading about it when they were not
around), but if you told him you saw
his boy Richard make good catch
playing ball out on the lawn as you
came in, his whole face lighted up
with his wonderful smile. His atti-
tudc toward children was not the
smiling condescension which many of
the "Olympians' adopt, and which
children hate; he treated them with
that flattcring earnestness which chill
i dren like. "Some of the other gen.
tlemen here this afternoon left this
bat behind them,' he would say to
his boy. One day these two were seen
walking home together in the rain.
Richard was holding the umbrella.
Rather than let the boy see that he
could not hold it high enough the ex-
president walked all the way down
Bayard lane with his head and
shoulders bent low.
One day on the train from New
York lie became very much concerned
over little girl who seemed to be
travelling alone. Finally he had to
60 and ask her about it. She said it
was all right, she was to be met by her
father at New Brunswick. But when
that station was finally reached the
former president, without saying any
thing to the rest of the party, quietly
stole ont to the rear door and watched
until he saw the child safe in her
fathers arms; then he returned to
the group he had left and went on
with the conversation as if nothing
had happened.
| The Democratic mode Of his pri
vate life is sometimes spoken of as
if an ideal to which he consciously
adhered. With him it was good
deal moro than well-followed creed
it was spontaneous expression Of his
personality, due to his inherent hon
esty: He liked simple things because
he was simple. He was Of the soil
Ife had but few forms, though these
he observed strictly and expected 9th
erS to observe them. The inevitable
vanities and artificialities of highl,
organized stage of society were no
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05

No. 4703, Greenbush, will meet the second and
fourth Saturday of each month at the Aug
Rines house, in school district S, at p. m.
5 d. TILLEY, Pres. e. G. STARK, Sec
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Thomas Addison
Interesting Career of Great Genius-His Remarkable
Achievements In Electrical Science-The
Man at Close Range
Man at Close Range.

said, "a United States consul was usu-
ally eaten before he'd had time to open
much mail" Between 5000 and 1000
samples were collected from this sys-
tematic search, and Of all these only
two or three were found to be Of any
use. But they were sufficient and re-
suited in the incandescent lamp.
A Geographic Feat.
An incident of Mr. Ed1son's early ca
reer, in which he displayed his re-
markable ability as telegraph op-
orator, is Described by a FRIEND.
81 don't Think" said he to a group
seated in the rear room Of one of the
most comfortable hostelries Of Orange,
N. j., "that you have ever heard the
story Of how the wizard first came east
He was only a young man, careless,
generous, jovial and totally ignorant Of
the value of dollar. He had been
knocking around in western towns in
various small telegraph offices until the
reputation Of his wonderful swiftness
as an operator got him into the central
Office of western city. From there he
was ordered to report to Boston to fill
a vacancy. It was warm weather for
the season when he started east, and
he donned linen trousers and buster.
BY the time he reached Boston. the
weather had got cold, raw and stormy
he didn't care and reported just as he
was. Linen trousers and buster top
ped by a slouchy, broad brimmed hat
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
By WALTON WILLIAMS.
'THE inventions of Thomas A. Edi-
son are Of such universal appli-

" \AAI 11FCul1OuS Ol Thomas "A. Eul-
son are Of such universal appli-
cation that they are in use
wherever civilized man dwells.
NO man ever lived whose inventive
genius conferred such vast benefits up
on the race. Edison has made the world
lighter, brighter and better.
First among his long list Of inven-
lions comes naturally to mind the in
candescent electric light. Edison in
vented and perfected the electric light.
This new illuminant now turns night
practically into day throughout the in
habiteE world
But the Edison talking machine seems
to be greater marvel Forty years
ago any person bold enough to predict
that the human voice could be record
ed, stored up and turned off at will
again and again would have been adj
Judged insane. Thomas A. Edisons in
vention, known as the photograph and
under various other names, does pre-
cisely that. 1t does more. It stores
up splendid music as we'll as simple
airs and songs, SO that they can be re-
produced out Of tiny box through a
funnel and give joy to millions who are
not rich enough to attend the opera or
to have costly musical instruments in
their homes
Do you enjoy the knowing pictures?'
Edison made them possible. He in
vented the kinetoscope. by means of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05

No.. 1904. Blue HILL will meet the first and third
OF every month at the Wheeler school
house at p. m.
JAMES DUGAN. Pres. FRED STEHT Ser
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05

No. 5057, West Branch, will meet the first and
third Saturday Of each month at the school
hOuSt. Dist. No. 4, at p. M.
ARCHIE TAYLOR, Pres, J. L. WETSEL Sec
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weren't the fashion in Boston in the
best of weather, and on a raw day a
man with limp, wet buster on and wet
linen trousers sticking to his legs was
something to provoke a smile. He
walked into the superintendent room
and said:
"'Here 1 am
"The superintendent eyed him from
head to foot and said:
"'Who are you?
"Tom Edison
"Who's Tom EdisonY
1.-The young operator explained that
he had been ordered to report for duty,
and the superintendent told him to sit
down in the operating room. His ad-
vent had created much merriment, and
the operators guyed him loud enough
for him to hear them. He didn't care,
though. Several hours later a New
York sender noted for his swiftness
called the Office, and there was no one
to take him.
We'll, let that new fellow try him,
anyway said the superintendent.
Young Edison sat down and for four
hours and half wrote out messages
in clear, round hand, stuck a date
and number on them and threw them
on the floor for the Office boy to pick
up. The time he took in numbering
and dating was the only time he
was not writing out transmitted words.
Faster and faster licked the instru-
ment, faster and faster went Edison's
fingers, till the rapidity with which the
messages came tumbling out on the
floor attracted the attention Of the 9th.
er operators, who, when their work
was done, gathered around to witness
, the spectacle. At the close of four
! hours and a half and the New York
business there flashed from New York
the salutation
! "'Hello!'
"'Hello, yourselfv licked back Ed
ison.
"'Who are you? ratified into the Of
fee.
"'Tom Edison was licked back.
"'Shake, Tom Edison came over the
wires. 0.
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No. 4211, Oxbow, will meet the first and third
Tuesday of each month at the Gates school
house in Dist. No. 81, at 8p M.
GEO. TOMLINSON, Pres. E. RADEKH Sec
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Pumped Concrete House,

Among the latest Of the great wiz
ards works is the pumped concrete
house. The claim made for this proc
ess of house building is that in half
day three story dwelling may be con-
structed by pumping concrete into
molds at a cost so low that any work
ingman may own his home. Thus Edi-
son reproduces houses-any number
from the same mold-just as he repro
duces the human voice and other
sounds and the movements Of men and
things.
Still another of the later achieve
ments Of the wizard is an electric stor-
age battery which, it is claimed, will
revolutionize the motor industry, max
ing it possible for the poor man to own
and operate an automobile for business
or pleasure.
The most striking instance not only
OF Edison's persistence, but also of his
systematic methods, is seen in the &C.
counts of the invention of the incan-
descent lamp.
The filament gave him the greatest
trouble, and in his search for suitable
material he sent hundreds of letters
to United States consuls in all parts OF
the world. requesting samples of BAN
boos, reeds End other vegetable fibers
and he followed this up by dispatc'!
ing special explorers to search "
AID uncivilized countries where
Frank NIcGoTan, one Of the explo:, :
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No. 1891, Baldwin District, will meet the second
and fourth Saturday of every month at the
Baldwin town hall, at p. m.
CHAS. JUDKINS. Pres. H. B. FISK Sec.
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With all my heart was the reply.
"'You are the first man in the coun-
try said the instrument, that could
ever take me at my fastest and the
only one who could ever sit at the
other end Of my wire for more than
two hours and half I'm proud to
know YOU"
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No. 4734, Woodland Brook, will meet the first
and third Saturday OF each month at the
Woodland Brook school house at 8 p m.
ALBERT RIEBE, Pres FRANK MAGNUSON. Sec
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No.. 374, Berry District, will meet the first
Friday of every month at the Berry school
house district a. at 1880 p. NJ.
O. d. ORNE, Pres L. A. HATcu Sec
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No; 4273. Bogus Brook, will meet the second
and fourth Friday of each month at Emil
Jopp's house. A. SCHMATz Sec
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ever take me at my fastest and the
only one who could ever sit at the
other end of my wire for more than
two hours and half I'm proud to
know you.'''
His First Check.
During lunch some years ago the
great electrician became chatty and
told in his quaint way the story of
his first acquaintance with any large
sum Of money.
It was in the days when he was
struggling along with his earlier in
ventions and didn't have big capitalists
to back him. In fact, he didn't have
any bank account himself and hardly
knew what one was. Bank checks
were things he had never had occasion
to use and knew little Of their value.
Edison had finally sold his patent on
the gold and stock Indicator to the
Western Union Telegraph company for
$4,000 and was coming over from his
home in Orange N. j., to New York to
get his money. He had heard of Wal,
street and its bulls and bears and had
been told that it was full of Sharks"
who would fleece a man very Quick.
SO he made up his mind that Wall
street was a very dangerous place and
that if he ever had occasion to 20 there
he would be lucky if he got away with
out losing his overcoat and umbrella.
At that time General Lefferts was
president Of the Western Union. One
morning Edison came into the com.
pany's general Offices to close I'D the
sale of his patent. After a few pre-.
liminarles he was given a check fo1
$4,000. He looked at it curiously fol-
moment or two and appeared to be
puzzled what to do with it. He knew
that he had sold patent to the West.
ern Union company for $4,000, but he
didn't see any money.
Observing his perplexity, General
Lefferts told him that if he would 20
down to the Bank Of America, in Wall
street, he could get the check cashed.
$50 I started out" said Edison, latter
carefully folding up the check, and went
toward Wall street. So uncertain was
I in regard to that way of doing bust
ness that thought while on the way
that if any man should come up to me
and offer me two crisp thousand dollar
bills for that piece of paper I should
give him up the check very quick"
On arriving at the Bank Of America
he hesitated about entering, fearing
still that something might be wrong
At last, however, he mustered up cour-
age and determined to try it. He
knew that General Lefferts had told
him he would get his money here, so
he braced ahead and half tremblingly
showed his check out to the cashier.
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American Society Of Equity Directory

No. 1926, Schmidt District Will meet the first
Friday Of every month at the Schmidt
district school house No. 3. at p. m.
ED BENsEMAN, Pres: II. f. HOLTHUs, Sec
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Sample of His Memory.

Blessed with a most wonderful men,
DRY, Mr.. Edison has been able to recall
with absolute exactness intricate fig
ures, even though he had not had &C.
casion to use them in twenty or thirty
years. An example of this happened
when he was being interviewed recent
ly. One Of his assistants asked Mr..
Edison concerning certain fluid to be
used in the work then under way. AS
soon as he had explained the trouble
Mr.. Edison gave him the required in
formation. He said that some time in
the eighties, when he was working on
the telephone problem, he had used
fluid composed of so many parts of
this, so many parts Of that and so
many parts of something else. He
gave to the smallest fraction Of a drop
the exact amount of each fluid to be
used.
There is only one sport that has ever
interested Mr.. Edison, and that is fish
ing. In his splendid yacht at his Flori-
da home he has been fishing once in
awhile. He never played golf or any
other game, but he has advised others
to do so.
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which photographs are taken with such
rapidity, one after the other, that every
movement of human beings, animals,
machines, water, trees and anything
that stirs is recorded, to be reproduced
exactly and accurately over and over
again, just as the human voice is stored
and reproduced by the talking ma
chine
In the telegraphing line Mr.. Edison's
Inventions are numerous. They include
the printing telegraph, the quadruplex
telegraph, the carbon telegraph trans
m1tter and others. Edison also invent
ed the useful mimeograph and the
handy megaphone.
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Willing to Give 1t Up For $1,000


The latter scrutinized it closely, gave
Edison piercing glance and said
something which Edison could not I'M
derstand, as he was hard of hearing.
That was enough. He was now more
than ever convinced that his check
wasn't worth $4,000 and again thought
as he rushed out of the bank with it
that any man who would give him ST.
600 could walk away with the check.
He hurried back to the Western In
ion and said he couldn't get any mon
ey. General Lefferts then sent man
with him to identify him. He said
that "this man is Thomas A. Edison,
to whose order the check is drawn
''Why, certainly, Mr. Edison" said
the cashier very obsequiously. "How
would you like your $4O,OOO-in what
shape?"
"Oh, any way to suit the bank. 1t
doesn't make any difference to me so
long as I get my money
Edison was given $4,000 in large
bills. After dividing the roll into two
wads of $4,000 each he stuffed one
into each trousers pocket, buttoned up
his coat as tightly as possible and
made break to get out Of Wall street
as quick as he could. The next day
Edison began work on his first labora-
tory at Newark, N J.
Always very jealous of his time, Mr..
Edison has expected his employees to
be equally careful lest single minute
that might yield an important inven-
ton should slip by. In counseling
young man he said, 1.-THE best advice I
can give you is, never look at the
clock"
Encouragement and worry have been
unknown to the wizard. On one occa-
sion one Of his associates had to re-
port to him the failure in immediate
succession Of three experiments in
volving enormous expenditure Of mon
ey and labor. But the inventor simply
smiled at the recital. The associate,
worn out with the nervous strain of
his long watch and disheartened by his
disappointment, said impatiently, "Why
don't you worry a little about it. Mr..
Edison?"
"Why should II" was the inventors
reply. you're worrying enough for
fwOD