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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-01-31

| crop.
Can you beat that" he finally ques-
toned at the conclusion of his stats
ties. Can you show me anything
that ever approaches it? And mind
you, | haven't as yet even mentioned
the appreciation in values Of farm
| lands amounting to one hundred and
two hundred per cent during the past
few years. While it is true there has
| been a wonderful advance in values al
ready, the wise ones know that, com
/ paratively speaking, they haven't be-
gun to go up yet.
Just wait until the people of the
West and other sections really realize
the possibilities of this part of the
country and there's going to be a rush
that will send prices skyward-that's !
why I am buying now and getting in
ON the ground floor.
"And people everywhere are realiz-
ing these conditions more and more
every day
"And once they see these Sumter
county roads therell be nothing to it
but signing the papers necessary to the
transfer I've bought this place, and
l am going to buy more and the next
time l come am going to bring some
of my friends with me, and they will
come with monsRAto invest if they find
what | say is true-and any one can
look for themselves and see that it .
all true
Il am also trying to buy another
farm, and until this deal is consum-
ated, I don't want to have my name
used. However, have already secur-
ed good overseer and I expect 70
pay for my place within three or four
years-and I'll do it, too
BegS Employer to Buy Farm.
; Just to show you that I believe
every word you have said," began
another occupant, "Iet me tell you the
result of my trip TO Americus. I make
Americas about twice a year and
sell my very best and most expensive
line there. Now, just before l left
| New York one of the firm came to me
and said that with all this activity II
the South, he would like me to keel
my eyes open and if / saw anything
particularly good, especially in South
Georgia, to send him as full report
as possible.
"Well, gentlemen, that report wen
out last night, and while l don't wan
to particularize until the matter il
definitely settled, you may be dead sure
it is in Sumter county and that thu
conservative as possible, but the ac
tual conditions are such that it's a
easy ten to one shot that my employe
makes the purchase and without wait
ing TO see me at that You hear NOR,
about South and Southwest Georgia il
| New York these times in a single da,
than YOU used TO hear in a year.
The other gentleman in the groul
lived not far from Americus and wa
a living substantiation of the commeu
OF the two travelling men as he had
) state wide reputation for being one 0
, the most successful and progressiv,
planters in all Georgia
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Aren't those Parsian pantaloon
styles just a little harem scarem?
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which pumps oxygen into the lungs of a man. making him breathe whether he be conscious or not. Indeed, 1t is said 1t will make even a corpse breathe, although it cannot, of course, restore life It forces the oxygen in and sucks 1t out making a continuous; breathing very much like nature.
 I was shown this machine by MT John l.. Cochrane of the bureau of mines, who allowed me to test it upon myself. The apparatus was fitted closely oyer my face covering my chin and nostrils Then by touching a but ton the oxygen was turned on and I found my lungs pumped full and suck ed empty in Q paturai operation Of breathing. Mir. Cochrane assured me that theIe was no great danger, even though if were weak. He said that the machine should be in every hospi- tai, and in every equipment of first aid to the injured, and especially at seaside resorts where drownings are frequent
 In place of lifting the arms back and forth and trying to pump air into the body the machine does the work better and with more regularity. On one oc- cssion four men who had been in a mine for 26 hours after an explosion were left for dead by those who discovered them. Later it was observed that one of the bodies felt little warm under the arms. The others were as cold as the grave. This machine was brought into action, and it soon brought life back to the man slightly warm. It was then tried upon the other three. with the re- suit that all four are alive today.
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l and schoolrooms on wheels as well While not busy in mine disasters, they
 are taken from town to. town in the mining districts, and the mining engi- heers give lectures to the whole body of miners, showing them how to avoid
 danger and giving them advice as to what to do in emergencies. In most places the miners are persuaded to or ganlze rescue corps, and these are | trained by the men on the cars. It Is expected that by the close of this year 5000 or 1000 men will belong to such corps. The lecturers treat also Of the use of explosives of electrical equipment and of fire prevention and sanitation.
 Oxygen Helmets
 During my visit to the bureau of mines this afternoon I was shown some of the oxygen helmets and other machinery
 for use in these great mine disasters.
 Each ear has eight of these helmets, a dozen safety lamps. as well as o000 feet |of telephone wire and field telephone. The oxygen helmets are so made that they can be applied to the face and fed with oxygen from a tank wdhich Is car ried on the, back. They are so fitted to the head that not a particle of gas or other air outside this oxygen supply can get into the lungs, and the arrange ment is such that miner so equipped can remain. without injury, for two hours in a room filled with gas or fire damp. In addition to sthe oxygen tank at the back, there is another tank which contains certain chemicals through which the air emitted from the lungs passes and is thereby relieved of its poisonous qualities Another interesting feature is telephone transmtter inside the helmet, While n receiver is attached outside it 0 h0 A r.,tr %I.: extends to the surface, so that the res- cue man in the helmet while down in the mine is In constant communication with the men at the surface. The telephone wire is marked in fifty foot lengths, and from the amount of wire used the men on top can tell just How far away the men below are.
 These helmets cost about 800 apiece; but they have proved to be invaluable, as was shown at the Cherry mine dis aster. where the rescuers were able to get twenty men out alive aftef they had been entombed seven days. 1t is true that Joseph Evans last his life while using one at the Pancoast disaster at Troop, Pa, but that was because he did not calcu- late that man working hard would con sume much more oxygen than while at rest.
 One end of each of the rescue cars is fitted up as a tight room to be used Tn training men in the use Of helmets This room is filled with noxious fumes and gases, in which the miners wear ing the helmets stay for two hours. The atmosphere Is such that one would die without the helmets. Similar air tight rooms have been put up at the various stations; and some of these have been made to resemble d minia- ture coal mine after 1t has been wreck ed by an explosion.
 Will Make a Dead Man Breathe : Another most interesting apparatus
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nection. If 1t was not that Louis was so
 terribly sorry for the fell work he did, the
 customers would have been driven to other
 establishments. But they got 10 know
 Louis and his ways. They lodged him
 and prepared for his coming Some of
 them would not sit down till he had all the things on the table. Others ordered
 him to keep off while they ate. But all
 of them gave tips to him. He was gra-
 cious and obliging, and he was an excel
 lent cook. He tried so hard to please and
 to overcome his infirmity that it was no wonder he won sympathy. He was so distressed about the mishaps for which fe was responsible that he consulted variols physicians. These physicians were Ger mans who came to the beer garden. Louis asked them if there was no way he might be cured of his awkward tendencies. The physicians assured him there was nothing in heaven or on earth that could help him-that it was simply a nervous and muscular pecullarity to which tens of thousands of persons were subject. II
 was a case of mind and muscles not work ing in harmony. To blame person for such infrmity was as unfair as to hold one responsible for being born lame. So nothing could be done. Louis not only got the opinion of the physicians without cost, but he got tips from them besides. If it had not been for the tips Louis never
 would have been content to stop in that place.
 He was 19 when he went there. He was 9 when he became boss. Tn those six years, with true German thrift, he saved every dollar he possibly could spare. dis employer careless, prodigal. unstable, had got to drinking and to gambling. One day. unable to meet his obligations, he received notice from the brewer that he would have to get out. It was then that Louis came forward and made a proposition 10 buy the place. He had not quite enough money, but the brewer gave him credit for the remainder. And Louis took charge.
 The former proprietor in his pursuit of horseracing and other forms of gambling had become Americanized and neglected the German patronage that previously had been the manstay of the place. Louis was German, intensely German. He had not as yet fully mastered the English lan- guage. He wanted German trade the steady, sure solid custom of dependable people. He made a speciality of beers Of
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imnortat was to be arranged. There
 was no chance of his breaking any of these delicate fabrics by dropping them.
 But genius for destruction can find ways and means despite all handicaps.
 Louis climbed ladder to put a bolt of
 the fimsy stuff away. His legs and arms
 misbehaved, as they had done before
 many times. and Louis and the ladder and the lace had an awful mixup. When they rescued Louis and untangled his legs and arms from the mass of stuff in which he had enmeshed himself, the choicest worx of one of the greatest mills of Lyons
 was in shreds and patches. That ended
 Louis career with the Stewart empo- rum, for he was fired incontninently forthwith He had dreamed dreams cf being a great merchant He had sat lip nights studying the English. persevering as only German can persevere in his ef- forts to master the abominable English language and wondering how it was that such an absurd tongue could have peen invented And now it was all of no use
 He walked the streets for many la ys He tried to obtain work as a common laborer on city contract, but it ,qas difficult to get in. for the Irish had a monopoly of this field. He had saved a little money while with A. T. Stewar. and this kept him for month or two
 When his little hoard was nearly spent and his situation was getting desperate he took job in a beer garden on the East Side as porter. It was a cheap little place on Fourteenth street.
 Long before daylight Louis began his
 work. For an hour before the establish ment opened he was busy cleaning There hardly is more menial, more disagree able task for any man than that of bar room cleaning. Louis chafed at the en- ployment but he had to live. After ev- erythins had been scrubbed or set to rights he had to turn his attention to the preparation of luncheon. There was a sort of restaurant connected with the sa- loon and Louis had to act as cook, pre- pare the sandwiches, the soup and the few modest dishes that were served to accommodate the monday trade.
 The patrons of that restaurant took wide chances. Sometimes they got the soup and sometimes the soup got them Some times gentleman would be directing a spoonful of noodles toward his mouth when Louis, enpassant. prevented the noodles from making the expected con
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here the German citizens went far out of their way to do honor to him. Receptions were given to him by the 'LiederlSranz and the Arion. He was the guest of many bankers and was wined and dined in a way that made his heart glad.
 In showing the sights of the town to him, someone took him to Louis's. They wanted to show him there was & little of Germany almost intact right here in New York. Louis was overwhelmed when he was introduced to the distinguished wis., itor. In celebration of the occasion he begged his visitors 10 do him the honor of drinking some champagne with him. They didn't. They. meant to. They had the best intentions in the world, but Louis spoiled it all In his excess of joy he arose in wishing the health of the brewer And then he bumped the table, or ne kicked its leg, or he fell against some- thing. Whatever he did, he did it. and as luck would have it everything went the way of the distinguished brewer. He got not only his own glass of wine, but Louis's. He got the bottle he got the glasses, he got about everything there was on the table. The glossy bosom Of his finely laundered shirt was sopping with champagne in a few seconds. His lowered waistcoat was a sight. Some of the colors were not fast--the liquor proved tha, Such of the foaming wine that did not ind lodgment in his shirt or waistcoat landed in his lap. Job would have lost his pa- tience under the circumstances. That Ger man lost his. He said some vicious things to Louis, and paid no attention to Louis's frenzied apologies. What could you ex- pect of man with wet lap? To make matters worse the guest of honor had an engagement within half an hour-one he was particularly anxious to keep. Louis did the best he could for him, in addition to apolQgizing over and over again. He rushed walters out to buy q new shirt for the brewer, and a new vest They got each of these articles, but they did lot get a new pair of trousers The brewer, somewhat modified, but still wet, started to keep his appointment.
 Poor Louis
 He spent miserable night In the morn ing before the brewer was out of bed Louis was at his hotel. He sent his card up and when he was admitted to the brsw- CTS suite he once more rendered his apol- ogies and expressed his great sorrow at
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lthe inconvenience he had subjected the gentleman to. The brewer was in a gracious frame of mind He assured Louis everything was all right, and that his greatest concern was that he had. aftsr Iall failed to get his wine.
 Then he asked some questions of Louis
 about America and how he had fared in
 this country, and Louis told him enough Iof his experience to awaken the brewers earnest interest, An immigrant boy who started asa porter and climbed to as as- sured a position as Louis had must have
 good stuff in him, the brewer thought. He had noticed, too. before the deluge,
 how Louis specialized in German beers. The brewer was 8 man of impulse. He
 made a proposition to Louis then and there that almost took his breath away.
 We are not satisfied with our American Iagent," he told Louis. We are not selling as much of our product in America as we
 should. Why don't you take our agency?" he asked.
 Louis stammered that that was new branch of business that he never had been in anything of that sort and did not Hike to give up surety for a speculative
 undertaking. The brewer assured him the agency need not interfere with his regular business in the slightest degree. Ana then, after some further talk, Louis agreed to become American agent.
 Through the same careful attention to detail that had built up for Louis his little beer garden, he built up trade in shar German beer. Today he is sole agent in North America. He has his own agents in Canada, in all the states of the uunion, in Mexico, in Central America. Not a gill of this beer comes across the North At lantic but pays tribute to him. He las increased it's sale enormously.
 So great has been his success in widen
 ing the trade in this beer that he has
 taken up the agency for other German
 brews that do not conflict with this one.
 He has within 10 or 15 years developed la sale agency that Is one of the best In
 America. As business man Louis is not awkward.
 Wealth. success and the patronage of
 the great seem only to accentuatc his ma terial awkwardness, however. There is a story the Germans tell about him that is
 a classic. ItNis of the time when Prince
 Henry of Prussia came to New York land went to Louis's. Louis would gladly
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of flour, starch and sugar, all of which contain carbon. will do the same thing. This is well known in ths flour milling oenters, many of the mills having been blown to pieces by such explosions. One such instance occurred at Minneapolis in N1S7S, and another at Granite City, H., in 1910. Other mineral substances than coal have dusts that will explode. This Is so of grahamite and gilsonite, both of which contain carbon. Last De- cember a violent explosion which was due to dust occurred in one of the asphalt mines of Oklahoma.
 Permissible Explosives
 The business of making explosives is an important one. We have 150 different plants engaged in it and their output is something like 500,00O,oOo pounds a year. They are of different grades and some so dangerous that many people are killed by them. In their transportation alone sev- eral million dollars worth of property is annually destroyed. The government is making tests of the various kinds the work being done by Prof Charles E. Munroe of the George Washington uni Versity, who is noted as an expert in the science, and by MT. Clarence Hall of the bureau of mines. These men have issued An Explosives Primer for Miners and they have tested number of explosives in the great Pittsburg cylinder, which has been filled with gas and mixtures of gas and dust and of coal dust alone for this purpose. The gas and other mixtures are set off by electric detonators. If the ex- plosve passes the test 1t is marked per- missisle. The permissible ones are now well known to the miners and mine oper- ators and the latter are glad to use them to avoid the blame and damages that might arise if other unapproved explosives were used, to say nothing of their desire for the good of the miner.
 In the European Mines
 So far we have no laws requiring the use of approved explosives only. It IS different in Europe. Germany. France,
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without stopping can stand upright with Tn It. This Is to represent a mine tun- mel.
 At one end of the cylinder is a cannon embedded in concrete, which closes the mouth of the cylinder, and at the other end is paper diaphragm which holds in the gas, fire damp dust which may be forced into it. When the cylinder is filled with natural gas it has prac- tically the same conditions as though it were full of fire damp. The natural gas explodes the same way, and by watch ing its explosions the effect of the va rious mediums can be seen. In the top Of the cylinder at six feet apart are man. holes with lids which fly open at each explosion to let the smoke and gas out.
 Different kinds of powders are tested, the purpose being to find which ex- plosives may be safely used in the min- ing of dfnedent coals The result is that We already Know that many of the ex- plosiyes in common use are not safe, and that the miner who lights fuse attached to them takes his life in his hands when he does so.
 Coal Dust Explosions
 One Of the most interesting results of these tests has been to show that coal aust alone is even more deadly than fire damp or dust mixed with fire damp In the pas. both miners and mine operators nave believed that the dust would not ig- | hlte unless from a fire damp explosion.
 ana that dust in mine free from gas | could not explode. To test this a lot of aust was put in the steel tube, which was then free from gas The cannon
 was loaded with black powder tanned
 with clay and discharged. The result was a terrible explosion, which threw opeh the manholes and sent great vol
 umes or smoke and flames into the air. Indeed, the danger from this source ia | so great that Director Holmes has issued
 a circular instructing the miners to keen
 the mines clean of dust, and suepesting
 that they sprinkle the dust with water
 or cover it with rock. clay or sand Dr.
 Holmes says that dry coal dust floating Tn the air will explode whether there is any inhammable gas present or not. and
 that the finer the dust the greater tha explosion. Some of the dust in the Pitts l burg cylinder was so fine that it passed | through sieve with a mesh of 200 onen-
 ings to an Inch. This exploded when | there was only small proportion of if | in the air The bureau of mines advises that tba | coal dust should be frequently washed 1 from the timbers and the mines be kent wet. They say that dry mine Is a dan gerous mine, and that the finer the dust the more water required. Under no con- oitions should coal dust be used for tamp- Ing the holes filled with other explosives. The Danger From Dust pr. Holmes tells me that many ex- | p!osions of coal dust have occurred in and about coal bins. and that similar ex- plosions have happened in coal crushing | rooms. There were some explosions of that kind last year at St. Louis, and there was one in cement plant in Colorado. Tn the latter case nine men were so badly burned by the flaming dust that they died.
 It must not be thought that coal dust is the only kind oA dust that will ex- plosio without innamnAebIe gas. The dusts
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1 have kissed the Princes hand. Instead, he burnt his nose. The Prince had drunk
 some of Louiss beer. He preferred it to the champagne of France. And then, as
 he took one of Louis's cigars, Louis in his bride and his joy, struck a match that ne might have the honor of lighting the august royal ones cigar. Ach! Donner-
 vetter! Why should 1t be that just at that moment houiss blundering hand should blunder more than ever, and that the match intended for the tip of that cigar should instead rest on the fip of the princely nose,
 Well for Louis it was that 1t was is nce Henry and not the Kaiser, lest Louis
 should have lese majeste added to hls other crimes. - They had a great time that night an-e nointng the nose of Prince Henry and lgetting it in shape for it's next public ap- pearance Prince Henry Is good fellow
 and laughed over the affair as soon as the blister had subsided.
 The little German beer garden that Louis started in is conducted by Louis today. But 1t has spread out until it takes lin lot of buildings in the neighborho 4 His restaurant has grown to great proporA tions. It is almost, but not quite, the larg-
 est in New York. Unquestionably it is the
 most profitable not only in New York, but probably in America. In addition to
 his restaurant and his beer agency. tine
 man who once was porter In A. T. Stew
 arts store is one of the owners of the
 greatest hotels in Louisville, one of the largest hotels in Detroit and is financially interested in hotels of other cities. He has
 a rating of $3,00O000.
 He is the one shining example of a maa whose path to wealth and the high re- gard of his fellow men is strewn with shivered glassware, broken dishes. torn
 lace and spilled champagne. He is one
 millionaire who has prospered by his ,r-
 TOTS. And the end is not yet. He is only 55
 | But still he is the same Louis of the ldays of A. T. Stewart. He still is n. star member of the awkward squad. His res- taurant has but one blight With the per- versity of genius, Louis promenades each evening down one aisle and up another
 great aisle of his big establishment. Those
 who know him dodge. The others tempt fate.
 Copyright. 1911, by Richard spilane.)