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The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
ICELAND LINE is ASSURED
Project That Has Reen Contemplated
for Many Years Soon to Be Ac-
compished Fact.

For years the people OF Iceland have
been planning to buif0 railroad on
their island and at last their hopes
have been realized The althing, or
Iceland congress has passed the bill,
and at no very distant date the steed
of steel will worm it's way between
the glaciers and among the hot
springs of Iceland
The main line of this railway will
run from Reykjavik, the capital, to
Thorsjaa here the road will divide,
with one branch to the geysers and
the other to Oerbak. The total dis
tance to be covered by rail is about
100 kilometers, or about 62 miles,
and the system is to cost approximate
ly $1,000,000. At the present time the
facilities for traffic and trade are still
most primitive. Travellers are obliged
to ride on any animal which may be
available, while freight is moved IN
rude carts. The roads are for the
most part very bad and they are often
made impossible by mountain tor
rents.-Scientific American.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
HAS MADE ITS SLOGAN GOOD
Eastern Railroad Able to Regard With
Pride the Success of Its Safety
First Movement.

Safety first is more than a phrase,
at least on one of the leading Eastern
railroads. In the last two years this
line has transported, without an acci-
dent fatal to one of them, passengers
to the number of 370,000,000 over it's
$4,000 miles of track. In four of the
last seven years the lines east of Pitts
burgh carried 558,OOO,OOO passengers
without fatality. Moreover, these
records are not the result of good
luck. They are the fruit of intelligent
efforts to safeguard life, and to re-
deem, so far as one railroad may, the
generally bad reputation of American
transportation companies for disasters
and loss Of life.
Not only have the roads devoted
study and time to the protection of
passengers, but their officers have en-
deavored, with increasing success, to
save the limbs and lives of their en-
ployees and of trespassers who in
trude on their rights of way and en-
danger themselves. Throughout New
York ore prominent company has car
ried on g campaign Of EDUCATION for it's
own employees and the public gener-
ally to bring about the observance of
necessary caution and the enforce
ment of laws and ordinances intended
to keep the right of way clear. Other
important roads have aided notably in
the conservation of human beings If
the public would contribute as much
as the companies do, the death toll
would be reduced far below its pres
ent aggregate.
Prevention of a great number of ac-
cidents is beyond the power of the rail
roads 1t rests with their employees
and the public, When train hands,
shopmen, travellers, motorists, drivers
and pedestrians learn to take care of
Themselves the list of MANNED and
dead will soon shrink to inconsider-,
able proportions
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13

system by which three retail dealers
used the same delivery equipment.
This reduced the expense of delivery
about one-third and made the grocer
prosperous; before he simply had
made living In millinery estab-
lishment her card system brought
about a reorganization of the working
force and resulted in better work and
the stoppage of variety of leaks.
Today Miss Greenlaw has her own
Office and several assistants. These
assistants are trained to work along
the lines she laid down. She keeps
the books of about twenty retailers
She is making more than twice as
much money as she received when
she was bookkeeper for the food
products company, and she has the
great satisfaction of knowing that
she is doing very good and helpful
work. She says that when you come
to think that the great volume Of
business in this country is not done
by the trusts but by the small manu-
facturer and small merchant, it is
surprising that they have managed to
exist in view of the lax methods that
have prevailed in regard to their
bookkeeping. Most of them are all
wrong in the way they figure their
finances. They estimate that they
have so much stock at a certain
amount They never take account of
depreciation of stock, of fixtures or
equipment Economically, she says,
the small merchant is not half baked
not even warmed through-and that
he never will be a really good mer'
chant until he becomes a good book
keeper or conducts his business on
good bookkeeping lines.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Trespassers on Railroads.

A state law forbidding trespass on
railroad property may at first seem
like hardship to a good many per-
sons who have been in the habit of
using such rights of way as public
highways, but there is sound sense in
Judge Tuttle's plea for legislation. The
loss of life and limb through trespass
is enormous all over the country, run
ming up into the thousands and scores
of thousands annually, and quite put
ting in the shade any real or fancied
advantage which comes to the public
as a result of it's assumed right to
amble all over railroad property-De-
troit Free Press
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Dead Year for Railroads.

The year 1914 was the deadest in
generation for the railroads. Mile
age construction fell from an aver
age of 4,450 miles during the preced-
ing Is years to 1881 miles. Only 81
691 steel passenger cars we're con-
structed, as against 4,246 in 1911, 4,412
in 1910 and 5,457 in 1909. Only about
half as many. freight cars, 4,541,
we're built in 1914 as in 1918, when
the number was 07,6S4. The num-
Der of locomotives constructed in 1914
was only 1926; in 1913 the number
was 5,332 and in 1912 it was 4,915.
This loss in constructive business
meant a difference in expenditure of
many millions of dollars and it meant
thousands of men idle.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
ON ALASKAN RAILROAD
PROBLEM TO KEEP LINE CLEAR
OF SNOW AND ICE. =
Despits Its System of Snowsheds,
Road Is Frequently Blockaded and
All Trains Stalled for Weeks,
or Even Months.

Keeping the line cleared of snow
operation of the railroad that runs
from Cordova, Alaska, to the Bonanza
copper mines. Although snowsheds
have been built along the most dan
gerous places, it is not an uncommon
thing for this railroad to become
blockaded with snow so that trains are
stalled for weeks, and on one occa-
sion there were no trains for nearly
two months. Rotary snoWplows are in
almost constant service during the
winter but when the snow drifts to
such depths as 40 feet, as it some
times does, even these powerful ma
chimes are unable to keep the line
open. On one occasion the fuel was
used UP and the rotary was caught in
a snowdrift. The conductor managed
to reach a relief telephone and notify
the Cordova office Of his plight. Oil
and several dog teams were sent out
on relief engine. When this engine
was stopped by the snow the oil was
over miles of drifts to the stalled
rotary. The railway follows a river
bank for much of it's length, and dur
ing seasons when there is alternate
freezing and thawing, the overflow
from the river forms over the track
solid sheet of ice that can be removed
only by dynamite.-Mod Mechan-
les
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13

stock were such things as clocks that
all sorts of statuary to set them off.
Then there were old-time cruets for
oil and vinegar, neither ornamental
nor particularly serviceable but GER
tainly costly. All this junk had been
acquired from the man who had been
the jewelers. predecessor and was
considered quite fashionable just aft
er the historic meeting between Lee
and Grant at Appomattox.
When Miss Greenlaw tried to check
up the jewelers. books she found they
were in an awful mess She asked
and he could not. Gradually she got
to understand his method, or, rather,
lack of method When he needed
money for anything he simply went
to the cash drawer and took what he
required. Sometimes he left a
memorandum to account for the
money. Sometimes he did not. At
any rate he helped himself. She
found, too, that he drew more out of
the business for his living expenses
than the business warranted. Despite
the fact that he owed the wholesale
houses $4,000 he had reftted his
house and had paid $4,000 for furni-
ture. One of his relatives had been
seriously ill and the jeweler had paid
the hospital bills. He figured all this
time that with a 100000 stock on hand
he was amply able to do these things
and that sooner or later he would
catch up and be able TO pay off his
outstanding obligations.
The jeweler was greatly depressed
when Miss Greenlaw made plain to
him the real situation. He could not
deny her findings. He had been care
less, unsystematic, loose in his busi-
ness affairs. To make matters worse
his bank balance was low.
"I don't see what l can do" he said
despairingly. "I may as well shut up
shop"
ooh, no." Miss Greenlaw responded.
Nothing Of the kind Remember
what l told you about the electric
light meter and the gas meter. What
you should do now is to give consid-
Grafton to subjects of economy. You
should stop one leak after another
until everything is shipshape. Your
business is all right. The trouble
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13

leak or the waste but they start you
hunting for them. Good bookkeeping
will show you where there are leaks
or waste in your business if you have
any. That will start you to thinking
along economical lines. You can en-
plOy cheap bookkeeper for much
less than l will do the work, but
what l may do in two days a less ex-
perienced bookkeeper would take a
week in doing and, with all due mod
esty L may say, is not likely to do so
well. Do you wish to engage me to
give a certain amount of time each
week to your business? If you find,
after a month or two, it is not to your
advantage the arrangement can be
discontinued"
The jeweler thought over the prop
osition for day and then engaged
Miss Greenlaw.
Within two weeks she entered into
a like agreement with retail grocer
and milliner She took desk room
in the office of a general stenogra-
pher, got her name in the telephone
book and sent out an announcement
of her business-visitfng bookkeep-
er. to retail merchants.
1t is astonishing what a bright,
clever person with a well-trained
mind and business knowledge can dis
cover in a business house where sys-
TEN has been noticeable for it's alb
sence.
That jeweler was a good artisan
and good salesman. He did bust
ness of about $4,000 a year and en-
ployed several hands. His store was
in fairly good location, his rent not
heavy and he should have been pros
porous, but he had a hard time meet
ing his bills. He had been in the
same location nine years. He owed
$4,000 to the wholesale houses. They
pressed him continually If they
were inclined to do so they could
close up his shop at any time. The
only reason they did not was because
they felt they had $4,000 invested in
his business and it was perfectly
safe. In addition they knew he
would have to buy from them at
their price and was not in a position
to balk or protest. He was hitched,
hobbled, tied-an Independent retail
merchant in name but not in fact.
His Business in a. tumble.
One of the first things Miss Green
law did was to inventory the stock
The jeweler said his stock invoiced
100000. Miss Greenlaw found it did
not invoice $15,O0O There was a
lot of dead" stuff in the collection,
articles that had fair value when
the jeweler bought them but which
passed out of style long ago. In the
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13

is that you have not given the right
Kind of attention to it. If your book
keeping had been good you would
nave discovered the leaks long ago."
Miss Greenlaws Wisdom.
He asked her to suggest things for
him to do. She made various recon-
mendations. First of all she told him
he must look upon his business as an
institution and not as his personal
possession. Then she proposed that
he put himself on salary and that
he should not take penny in excess
of that salary out of the business for
himself. Next she did some figuring
on the various branches of the busi-
ness. The jeweler did a good deal
of repair work. His way of estimat-
ing what he should charge was to
guess how much time it would take
to do the job, how much the material
used would cost and then add 100
per cent for overhead charges and
profits. She advised that card rec
ord be kept of every repair job and
on this card should be entered the
time the workman was engaged on
the repairs and the material he used.
She advised, too, that the charge
should be based on lis per cent in
stead of 100 per cent as formerly
Then she suggested that ten per cent
should be added to the price of GER
tain items of the jewelers. stock. She
considered his prices low and she ar
gued that the average person would
not haggle over the price if the goods
were right.
That card system worked well. It
had good moral effect upon the men.
They didn't dawdle or waste time.
They didn't waste material either.
This resulted in saving, small it is
true, but important nevertheless. The
Jeweler became more careful. He
was more earnest and painstaking in
everything that he did He became
a better business man. AS a result
he was able at the end of a year to
pay off nearly all of the $4,000 which
he owed to the wholesale houses.
Today he is out of debt, free man
and better merchant than he ever
was before.
The grocer who engaged Miss
Greenlaw had some surprising things
disclosed to him. She figured the vari-
GUS items of his business from a
strictly bookkeeping standpoint For
example, she showed how it cost him
about eight cents per unit to deliver
his goods. Where the delivery
amounted to 80 cents gross for the
goods, there was no profit to the gro
Ger. The cost of delivery wiped out
what he thought was profit. She or.
ganized a neighborhood store delivery
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Oil Painlc on Cement.

There is some difficulty in making
paint adhere to cement but if the
cement is first washed with 1 per cent
sulphuric acid Zone part concentrated
acid to one hundred of water), rinsed
and allowed to dry thoroughly, the
paint will find the surface suitably
prepared for adhesion. Or the cement
may be covered with three coats Of
water glass (silicate of soda), one part
to four of water, and then painted A
first coat of linseed oil varnish fol-
lowed by the usual paint is effective
Scientific American.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Rapid Railroad Development.

To show how rapidly railroads de-
veloped in the United States, in 1928
there were only three miles; in 1880,
AZ miles; in 1910, $500 miles, and in
1850, $4,000 miles. The present rail
road mileage in the United States
is upward of 356,0OO miles, or equal
to several tracks around the globe,
while the total mileage of the world
is more than $4,000 miles, all built in
less than one hundred years.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
The Oldest Metal Things.

The Oldest metallic objects are
thought to be those found in a royal
tomb in Egypt, supposed to have been
that of King Menes. In one of the
chambers we're some bits of gold and
a bead, button and fine wire of
nearly pure copper. These objects
are believed to be $500 years old.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Improved Railroad Gates.

The Canadian Pacific railroad is
erecting seven gates that will be op-
Grated by electricity to safeguard traf-
f1c across it's tracks along the water
front in Vancouver. They are of the
portcullis type, and the pressure of all
electric button will lower or raise
them.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
CATHOLIC CHURCH

From the first Sunday in November
to the first Sunday in May services at
the Catholic church will be held as
follows:
First Mass at 500 a. m.
Second Mass at $3.50 a. m.
Evening Devotion at 1880.
From May 1st to November 1, First
Mass 7:3O a. m, Second Mass a. m.
Services will be held here every Sun.
day in the future.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Automatic Train-Stop System.

enters a block already occupied by
another train and stop signal is dis
regarded, or when the train travels
at excessively high speed or when
part of the circuit is interrupted or
deranged for any reason.-Scientific
American.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE M. E. CHURCH

Third street, between Winslow and
Berry streets, invites you to attend its
services, which are as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning
worship at H. Epworth League, p,
m. Evening worship, p. m. Mid
week prayer and praise service, We'd
nesday, 8 p. m.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
Naminq Tunnels After Enoineers

A well-deserved and too seldom ac-
corded honor is to be given to engi-
neers by the Baltimore e Ohio rail-
road. The four tunnels on the Mag
nolia cutoff between Orleans and Lit
tie Cacaton, w. Va, are to be named
after four of the roads chief engineers
james L. Randolph, J. M. Graham,
D. d. Carothers and Francis Lee Stew.
art.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Corner AspinwaH and Winslow ave-
nue.
Bible school 10 a. M, Lords Day.
Morning sermon and communion, IL
a. m
Evening service, p. m.
Mid-week devotional meeting, We'd
nesday evening, p. m.
You are cordially invited.
FRED S. CARTER, Minister.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
MAKES FOR FURTHER SAFETY
Auto}ratic Train-Stop System for Use
in Connection With Block
Signals on Railroads.

This train-stopping apparatus is
adapted for use in connection with
a block-signal system, whereby train
is automatically stopped or slowed
down or signal given when train
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-13
ST. PAUE'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

Services every Sunday at II a. m..
and p m. Sunday school at 10
o'clock. All are invited.
REV. JACOB M. WHITE.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-26
LAD INJURED AS AUTO
CRASHED INTO WAGON

across the single-lree of the wagon
shuts. where It was held In position
ny the wagon body. which wa, thrown
.orward uM It's bed by tho impact. In
this position the boy was dragged
over the rough street. anu that he was
not fatally injured Ia little short Of
mirac. .,us.
After the lad had been extricated
from this pcrilous position he got up
and att, nptcd To walk. but fell over
unconscious. Medical assistance was
called. and Dr.. Fl. II. Acker respond
cd. The hoy was brought bnck to u
state. OF consciousness. but just how
serious his injuries are will not be
known until this morning, it was
stated. There is q bruise on his chest
lnd one on one OF his hands, but the
.,xtcnt OF internal injuries. If. there
ire any. could not be determined by
the attending physician last night.
Sefgier Arrested.
Seigler. the driver OF the machine
which crashed into the t1y's wagon.
was arrested by the police after q
long chase. He was brought II the
station house and sGliarges OF ''reck-
less. dangerous .and careless" driving
Of nn automobile lodged against him.
Seigler was released on bond OF $50
'or his appearance In the recorders
court today.
According TO statements q: eye wit
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-26
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
WILL Be HERE TODAY
WILL ASSIST CORPORATIONS
AND INDIVIDUALS IN MAX
INC REVENUE RETURNS
MUST BE MADE
BY MONDAY NIGHT
Those Having Incomes of $4,000
Mus. Make Returns Whether q
~ Tsa.,-f "a, -, .,r..IB. I
!. Married or Single

Deputy Collector s. r. Parrott. OF
Columbia, will be in Anderson through
today, for. the purpose ofgassisting
those corporations and individuals not
Yet haying made tlieirSreturhr IT, the
collector of Intervals revenue. Mr..
Parrott desires to, call special atten-
tion to those corporations paying
salaries In excess OF $4,000, to the fact
that tile law requires, such corpora
tlons to withhold one per cent on
such salaries unless exemptions
claim has been filed with them. The
return of Withholding agent must be
In the hands of iNe collector by Mon
day night of next week, or penalty
Will attach. A call ieft at the Chfquo-
10 hotel for Mr.. Parrott will have his
attention.
AN returns must be In the hands
of the collector, Hon. D. C. .Heywartl.
Columbia, 8. c.. by Monday night,
March 1st. Individuals having an In
come or s.. 900 must make returns
whether, married. or single. There ia
an exemption OF So 900 for married
person, but this exemption does not
excuse them from making said re-
turns. An Income Sot $4,000 means a
combined incoma;,s6f husband and
wife. 3rSS ~
fMr, Parrots iiiiso calls attention to
the he'eDroviaions of the Harrison act
which proVtdss ssfoE enrolment with
the collector Il Of internal revenue be-
fore Mohday.s This applteseto all ply
clans, Veterinarians dentist ts and
druggists. Any physician, orr druggist
who Is not enrolled Will leave himself
liable to a Eevere penalty II he has
in his possession on jj,innday any Of
the drugs coming uraer this act. All
those enrolled ere REQUIRED on Monday
30 take sa inventory ipf the stock they
have on hand and by the 9th OF the
month make oath to such Inventory.
and keep It On file. All prescriptions
Slled by the druggist must be kept
on tile for period of tWo yaars.s The
.objecs OF these provisions is to- atop
the srle of habit t-forming drugs, such
as oyiumS cocoa \! saves and & Any of
sSSs ss
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-26
The NATURAL HISTORY
OF RELIGION, SUBJECT
{ q y p
OF ADDRESS TO. BE GIVEN
SUNDAY TO MEN BY w.
L. POTEAT
AT COURT HOUSE
Gifted President of Wake Forest
College, N. C., VIII Be Heard
by Great Crowd
AT COURT HOUSE

i, The Natural History.;of ReligiQn''
Is the subject of the saddress which
DR.. William Louis Poteat. president Of
Wake Forest College. North Carolina,
will deliver ut the mems mass meet
ling t. be held next Sunday afternoon
at the courthouse. under the auspices
OF the Young Mems Christiap Associs-
tioh. ! =; - s4i 4MSy
The meeting will be held at the
same hour as these which have been
held heretofore. that Is, 1880 O'Clock.
1t Is not improbable thnt the meet
ing will be the largest attended Of
any that has been held this season,
as tho speaker Is not only one OF the
most widely known on the entire
winter program but Is one OF the very
best that the association could Sc
cure. .4S,
DIR. w. l.. Foteat Ia a brother OF DR..
Edwin NJ. Poteat. president of Fur
man University, GreenvilIe. S. c.. 1t
Is somewhat singular that these
brothers are presidents of the State
Baptist colleges OF the Carolinas. The
president OF Wake Forest College is
said to Ibe the equal in every wny OF
his gifted brother on the lecture plat
form. Doubtless there are many An
derson people who will declare that
they are from Missouris regarding
this statement. and, g. spletidid way for
them to settle tho question in their.
lninds Is. 70 come out Sunday after
noon and; hear the North Cnrolina
jPoteat. Y: ,s.s.,s s..Assse
y Dr.. Foteat will preach at the First
Baptist church Sunday morning. the
subject spf his sermon there ~ being
pThe Christian Program"