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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-08
CLOSE MARGIN OF PROFIT
!, IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY
large Amount OF Capital RIsked For
Very Small Returns
OF VITAL iNTERESTTOPUBLIC
Investors viii Not Provide Money for
improvements Unless They Are
Assured q Reasonable Profit
on Their investment

Atlanta. Ga.-(Special.)- 1.-The clos,
margin Of profit for a railroad under
present conditions is strikingly show1
by figures submitted by President Har
rison in the annual report Of South
ern Railway Company for the tlsca
year ended June 30th, 1916. In the
most prosperous year of the Compa
ny's history the net operating income
$21,004,006.09) represented only 5.3l
per cent on the investment ($395, 1922.
785.06) in the railroad and equipment
which produced it.
ut may perhaps be said." said Mr..
Harrison. that there is no industry ex-
cept railroad in which SO large
capital is risked for such a return in
its most successful year."
at time when the newspapers dai
ly are printing articles in regard to
increasing railroad gross earnings. as
indicating rising tide Of general
prosperity, it is well to bear in mind
the very small return on money in.
vested in railroad property.
Many persons are misled into beliey
ing that the railroads are fabulously
prosperous by the mere size Of the fig
iures in which the earnings Of large
railroads are expressed, but it should
,be remembered that an enormous sum
'of money was required to construct
and equip their plants and that the
return on each dollar invested is rela.
lively small
1t is manifestly in the interest of
the employees of railroad and Of
the public served that the railroad
secure new capital for additions and
improvements to its plant so that it
may give better service and offer en-
iIarged employment However this
can be accomplished only by allowing
the railroad to earn an amount IN
Inc capital already invested sufficient
10 promise return on the additiona,
capital desired.
governmental agencies may depress
rates and enact restrictive legislation
which will deprive the man who has
already invested in railroads Of fair
return on his investment, but no plan
has been devised for forcing the man
with money in the bank to put II
into railroad construction or improve.
ment Unless the investment annoara
attractive to him and offers fair
return he will put his money in soma
enterprise that cannot be affected bv
governmental agencies.
Every employee of the Southern
Railway and every shipper served by
lit who recognizes his true interest will
do what he can to insure such a re.
turn on the capital now invested in
the Southern Railway as will make the
securities Of the Company more az.
tractive to investors, so the COMPANY
will be able to secure the additional
capital needed to carry on a consist
emily constructive program which will
mean increased prosperity for every
interest in the territory served by it,
Southern News Bulletin.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-08

No. 80 receives passengers for north
of Charlotte and discharge passengers
from south of Atlanta.
j. C. CAMP, Agent
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-08
The Southern Railway
Premier Carrier of the South

Arrival Of Southern local trains for
Easley, S. G.. In effect June Is, 1916.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Fashion holds a loose rein this sea-
son and leaves much to the fancy of
the individual. If only she contrives
to be smart and somewhat original she
may please herself as to the length Of
her coat, the lines of her silhouette
and the material of her suit. She
who loves the plain, tailor-made suit
in quiet colors is much approved by
fashionable sentiment, and she who
cannot be happy in severe things may
go a long way in elaboration.
Nevertheless the predominating style
in tailored suits is built on the almost
straight line silhouette, with a three
quarter length Cor slightly longer)
coat and a plain skirt without any
fullness to spare and hanging straight.
1t may even cup in a little toward the
bottom, and buttoned up the side
seams from the hem almost to the
knee. There is no attempt to make
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Appeal of Numbers.

Most of is decided a long time ago
that a league vas the distance that
the winged shoes enabled the fairy
prince to cover in less than no time.
But n Indianapolis boy evidently has
a very different Interpretation.
The boy is passionately fond of the
movies, so it very naturally came
about that he was telling the caller
about his latest plans for more" d.
version.
'Im going to the Circle this week."
he announced. Pm going to see
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea-"
"That will be very nice" was the
response. You will see men walking
on the bottom of the sea, and lots OF
big fish, and the boat, and all sorts OF
interesting things"
"Yes," he answered, rather uninter,
eStedly, 81 know all about those things
But you know, what i want to see is
those leagues. There's going to BIZ
twenty thousand of them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
ZuA1 XRzaaAz
% 4
Overhead Decoration.

A charming device for an overhead
decoration for a porch, outdoor fete or
even a dining room is made by TAX
ing a large japanese umbrella or para
sol.
Cut of the handle close to the top,
then get a wee electric light and fasten
on the end of each rib, say. alternat-
ing white and blue. From each rib u
strand of smilax. asparagus fern or
narrow ribbon may radlate to the
corners of the table.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
lust PART OF DAYS WORK
British Aviators Awaiting a Call Re-
minded American Newspaper Cor
respondent of Bellhops.

We strolled, as we talked, into a
long shed, with a board table along its
center, a telephone desk in the cor
ner and many maps on the plain board
walls-the regulation appearance of
q headquarters. A bench ran down
one side of the room, and on 1t sat
seven or eight lean, blond, clean cut
British youths in khaki. It was the
watch, waiting on call against emer-
gencies of the air.
Phil Simms, being an American and
therefore of witty Imagination, smiled.
"Bellhops, waiting for q call to u 90"
he whispered. The row of aviators, be-
ing Britons and shy, shifted their legs
and looked embarrassed. But one rose
from the bench and approached the
captain, saluting. He was breathing
heavily and his eyes were ~bloodshot.
"Oh-you've just landed" said the
captain easily. Had a fight, didn't
you?"
Eyes, sir" said the boy all in a
breath. squad of four German planes
attacked me and Brown-Jones. (This
name, of course, is disgulsed.) My gun
jammed after three shots, and 1 had
to hurry back. Brown-Jones brought
one down, I think. At least ne APP
peared to be out of control when he
dropped into the cloud below"
"Oh-er-Brown-Jones back?"
mo, sir. But 1 saw him crossing
lines behind me-"
Engine trouble, I suppose. Doubt
less Wen hear from him later. What
about the other three Huns?"
'sThey showed evidences of extreme
terror, sir"
every we'll"
The boy settled back onto the bench,
where he nonchalantly borrowed a
cigarette from his neighbor.
Just let your Imagination play on
this, as mine did. Back from a fight
fifteen thousand, eighteen thousand,
feet in the air, a thing merely dreamed
of three years ago, realized only a year
agO-an adventure beyond precedent.
And here it vas treated as part of the
days work will Irwin in the Satur-
day Evening Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Why Soldiers Wear Wrist Watches

Replying to a question from his au-
dience, a British officer lecturing in
Chicago explained why all officers wear
wrist watches. He described an adj
vance from the trenches as an illustra-
ton, telling how every move was made
on a prearranged schedule, the artil-
lery throwing a curtain of fire for a
certain number of seconds, while the
infantry advanced 20 yards farther
ahead, while the infantry made an
other advance, and so N.
"All this shell fire." he said, as be-
ing done by artillery far behind. The
artillery officer depends most of all
upon his watch. He sits with a tele-
phone glued to his ear and field glasses
in his hands. He has no time to be
fumbling for his watch. A minutes
error in changing the range would
mean that the shells would be falling
into his own advancing troops. Nor
has the officer leading his men across
No Mans Land any time to be fun
bling for his watch"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

suit skirts longer and eight inches
above the floor is a safe rule for them.
There are several new names for
soft wooden cloths, usually descriptive
of their surfaces. Instead of trying to
remember them all-for no one else is
apt to-they may be classed as the
glove finish" materials, as their names
imply-suede twill, wool jersey, We
lours, broadcloth, bolivia, are all of
this character.
The suit shown here has a plain
skirt, fuller than the average. The coat
is semi-1itting with straight line down
the front, and n fashionable fullness
owe the hips, where it is set on to u
belt curved at the sides. Two small
pockets appear below the belt and
there is a convertible collar of the ma
terial. The hem of the coat is very
narrow and there are no decorative
features except the buttons on the
pockets,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Troops Called to subdue Bear.

When the Swiss army was modified
three years ago the soldiers surely did
not think that they would have to fight
bears, but that happened to a detach-
ment of the troops on R%orschach on
the lake of Constance recently.
A large brown bear escaped from
a travelling penagerie and trotted
through the streets, causing a panic
among the population. The bear fin
ally entered a butcher shop, where
he enjoyed a good meal of steak and
fish and created general havoc. In the
meantime half a company of soldiers
of the local garrison had been called
up and FASTENED to the scene of the
disturbance with loaded rifles and
fixed bayonets. The butcher shop was
surrounded by the troops and the bear
held at bay until his owner and a
couple Of trainers arrived and lassoed
him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

It is a far cry from the ordinary
kimona to the gorgeous lounging robe
that is pictured here, although there
are kimonas and kimonas; some of
them superb and rich in the embroid-
cries of Japan. Perhaps it is these
that have inspired the boudoir gowns
or ~Iounging robes that have departed
from the simple ways of their forebear
to become rich and splendid. Anyway
at home n may be as gaily decked
out as the fancy chooses, and as rich
and splendid as money will allow,
without offending anybody's taste or
sense Of fitness.
This lounging robe is of salmon col
ored satin embroidered with silk in
tones of the same color. The long, set
In sleeves with points finished with tas-
sci, carry the mind kinomaward, and
SO does the management of the front
where the opening is like that of q
kimona. But a "V" shaped vestee is
set In and the garment cut with a long
body finished at the bottom with an
embroidered band. The skirt portion
Is set on to this and falls open TO the
hem, pre-supposing an under-petticoat
of silk or net or lace. The under-pet-
ticoat is of crepe de chine, with a
lace trimmed founce. To indulge In SO
rich a boudoir gown is to take the con
sequences In the form of %petticoats
slippers, stockings and cap that shall
be In keeping with 1t.
The pretty cap shown in the picture
leaves no doubt in the mind as to 1T
origin for 1t Is a dainty Interpretation
Of a coolie hat. The row is mad'
Of bands of narrow ribbon. the brin
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
AlrpIanes Only u Years Old.

In this day when ordinary aviation
Is regarded as little more dangerous
than driving a milk wagon, and when
in Europe thousands of military air
planes are scouting, fighting, and trav-
cling hundreds of miles In dead Of
night to drop bombs OF enemy cities,
one may easily forget that the first
successful public trial Of a heavier
than-air flying machine took place less
than IA years ago. Yet II was about
that time at Kitty Hawk, N. c., that
the really first successful flight of an
airplane was made by Wilbur Wright,
now dead.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

young woman looks out into the downpouring night with the demoralzed
anguish of ne who may be wearing rose and silver o. the instalment
pan-
sweet creatures you read about, understand, but simply because a a matter
of onscendou comfort, it is a whole heap better to do the right thing Inc
be stung than to let a chance ito help get by Most everybody feels thai way
By the lime the two reached Capitol Hill the downpour had become a
deuge, and, as black silk calls for all the umbrella it can get the wash lady
had to perform AtaIantas flying act, from track to house steps. And got a 8
drenched as if she had been laundering in the fountain of youth-except for
looks of course
Next morning the umbrella ws returned with a gust of grnsh thanks
three words msspeled and eleven uncauedfor CALCULATIONS, bless her heart
and that was all here a to that except:
A man-nne mar at that-who CHANGED to be standing by when the
messenger cam expressed surprise at the glOna's return.
ever lend an umbrella and fail to get it backT'
"Cant Jay 1 ever did, but you now the Ods saying
And as nothing Is toe remarkable % happen in this word-or the next
there is no telling how many grouchy adage makers ave had to take their
medicine for writing w that hinder instead of help.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

copous tears into a tall shell in the adjoining saloon. Except for the weeping
horses the alley was empty for Owe a hour. Inspector James Sproat volun-
teered to eros the street and direct the operations IF relief, but n Whit
from the alley sent him back to the highest step OF the headquarters grand
stairway.
By four o'clock the leak had reached such proportions that several passing
Harper and Fourteenth cars were seen to shake a with a fit But of
these shuddering vehicles brought the man who solved the problem.
He was a negro who used to work in a n ammonia factory in Cincinnati.
Entering the bar he ordered a burap sack soaked with beer. Wrapping the
dripping sack around his face Ammonia BnI' went into the cellar.
"Send down another sack, n soak it WELL" he called up in about five
minutes. The sack went down and the first n came up-dry IS flint Half
u dozen times the brew-dripping bags went down and came up dry. By that
times the fumes had disappeared. The proprietor of the cafe invited the
traffic as resumed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

at police headquarters. Over in the
alley that runs west from Farmer
street, between Monroe avenue and
Bates street, a battle continued with
undated fury, as the war offices say.
Somewhere down in the depth OF the
on the r%efrigerating plant had sprung
a leak. An ice wagon horse, left to
an unkind fate, sneezed until his
checkrein broke. His mates eyes
flowed until little puddles bathed his
hoofs. The heartless driver poured
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
silk coatces Favored.

Little silk bolero coates are made
to 60 with the lovely cream white net
dresses. They are often rather loose.
and made by tapping the breadths to
make them take the form of the figure,
more or less. They are bordered with
ancient gimps, or with old-fashioned
looking narrow Powered ribbons,
They generally take the tone of the
ribbon used in some way on these va.
porous dresses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

elegantly fussy in silk, and both were
adorned with umbrellas. 1t had
stormed earlier in the evening and was
raining lightly when the play was over.
On the outer edge of an IMPROVE
IDENTIFY umbrellaless crowd the person
you might call the wash lady noticed
q We're de Verish young woman in rOse
%georgette with a lot of frilly silver on
the waist.
Naturally, nobody wastes SYM
patty on any Lady Clara IN the
"Home, James" class, but when q
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

legation building cutting Off his view Of Dupont circle and had 1t torn down.
Whether or n o this a true the building has been torn down, and lin this
center of wealth and fashion there now sprouts long rows of corn tomatoes,
beans, potatoes and other garden truck. And almost any afternoon, while
fashionable Washington society is swining past In lnoustnes, several oatless
men "a be seen working In the garden
Farther VI the street. next door to the Larz Anderson mansion and just
across from the Townsend house, is another garden. On any afternoon two
Woodworking men. inspired by the garden conmittees enthusiasm. may be
seen working their patches. On Massachusetts avenu there ar other gar
dens, each planted on ground that is worth thousands of dollars.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

nntiOn during the war OF scenes IN
motion pictures and plays calling for
the use of food. He estimates the
food wasted in such scenes amounts
annually to several hundred thousand
dollars.
It's a blow to art, no doubt of that.
What will the comedians do without
custard pies to throw? Picture the
desOlation of Fatty Arbuckle when
he is told that he mustn't peal pOta-
toes with an electric fan. How will
Charlie Chaplin exist without hurting
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

Georgia like grass. For a quarter of a dollar you can buy more watermelons
than you a carryo off in a spring wagon. AS for cor and beans, We have
em there in that land of plenty higher than mountains. I reckon the bean
crop If Georgia is nor valuable and more splendiferous than the gold crop
of California.
"Talk about your high prices. There is no sense to 1t. Here I am
paying a dollar for this portion of watermelon in a red plush hotel, when
down in the state IF Georgia they arrest you for interfering with traffic when
your watermeons overruny your property and climb out o the road. 1t is no
more of a crime TO take a CARLOAD of watermelons off a mans place than
it is to go up to his pump and get yourself a drink of water"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

a cream puff into the face of a policeman every morning? And then, too,
what about the more or less legitimate drama? Really there will be Ii ISL
for the pestered heroine to put on her black shawl and, shifting into her
soggy handkerchief z o out into the bitter night where the property snow is
falling unless shs can leave a roast turkeyon the dinlngroom table with a
Tot of wolves around it about to pounce o the bird.
What will be done about the banquet scene in "MacbethY Must Gobbo
give u his apple? Shall Jack Falstaf drink his cup o. slack without a
toast intf Shall the good knights boon companions. Nym, BaTdoPh and
pistol. luty pehchermen all, go unhned with caponf Why, this Hoover
nefsoNHigt Ever bar chickens from the musical showsi
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

of lace and a f1ounce of lace falls from
the brlm edge. The slippers are made
of satin ribbon set on to a soft sole
and gathered about the top edge. They
r held on by narrow straps made Of
satin ribbon shirred ove fiat elastic
and there are two straps to each Slip
per, The cap and slippers need not
be of the same color as the robe but
the effect Is fine when they are.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

SINOIluSG Oh IOUu III my HUHHe SldIe' UOI
sab. 1 can say with emphasis and ac-
curacy that the state of Georgia has
more food in 1t at this time than in
any other moment in the history of the
world. If the starving nations of Eu-
rope want to come to Georgia and re-
lieve the pinch of hunger, then Georgia
will act as host. 1 have a million wa
termelons myself, lying loose on my
place, and we are feeding them to the
hogs. 1t sounds wasteful, but 1t isn't,
sab. It isn't. Watermelons grow in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

the backyard" garden movement.
One of the gardens-probably the
most expensive in the LOTS situated
on Dupont circle, in the center of the
wealth and culture of the city. At
the intersection of Connecticut avenue
and Massachusetts, avenue, to the
north, there is a vacant lot-or was a
vacant l~ot-where once stood the
Chinese legation. 1t adjoins the prop
erty of Senator Clark of Wyoming, the
cooper king" Popular report has It
thai Senator Clark Injected to the old
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

name of Schultz, especially ut this time" Then a discussion of the war
started. and in less time than it takes to tell it the interior of that saloon re-
sembIed a bombed section of Rems. The combaants went to it with the
waUCp or a vicious kick at everybody else. All vert impartial in the delivery
of their blows. 1t was a ase Of whenever a head bobbed up to knock it down.
In the heat of battle Gnanski cried out that he had been stabbed.
Schultz and RomanOn Owed for the door but we're stopped by other COM
bannts. An automobile filed with secret service men was passing and hear
ing the uprOGr in the salOOn they stopped. They arrested Schultz and Roma
nof and sent in a call for IN ambulance.
Then they piled their prisoners in the car and started for police head
quarters. ParolmGn Bowers of the Fifth street station who had just heard
of the fight RAJ up and, thinking the two combatants were being spirited away
by friends, leaped OF the running board of the cr and with pistol drawn
ordered the chauffeur to stop. Explanations followed and all wen to the
police station. Ginanskt will recover. The two prisoners were charged with
felonious assault and held in $15OO bail each.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Garden Truck" Grown on Land Worth Much Money

UJ AsHnNGToN at the present time probably can boast Of the highest priced
w gardens In the world. To the unnitated this may sound unreasonable,
but II is absolute fact. And the reason lies with the committee I'm charge Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

WUNVS HUI UHU N~VHVIHVHI' NIIOHUVI
Ginanski, twenty, a lnborer, of $40
Bowery; Nicholas Romanoff, twenty
two, of DOB Bowery, and John Schultz,
twenty-five, of the same address, met
in u Bowery saloon. Although of diff
ferent n%ationalities they had been
friends for n long time. When drinks
were ordered and served and glasses
clinEcd Ginanski turned to the Rus
sian and said:
"A man with the name of Roman
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Disproving Theory About Borrowed Umbrellas

VA HEN theory bucks into fact something is liable to crash. And 1t won't be
w fact Consider, say umbrellas. One night a woman went to the theater
I'm a costume Guaranteed mot to- fade i'm the wash; Her eompanion as more
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Beer Mask Proved Antidote for Ammonia Fumes

r ETRoTT-"The Germans have taken Bates street and have pushed a far
~ east as headquarters. They are gasdng the Gold Dollar bar and the
chop suy jointn The ice mn ths reported a sad Incident Monday afternoon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
Food Conservation vitality Interests the Movies

CHICAGo-Now it is proposed to Hooverize the drama. Thomas H. Ince,
~ member of the food commission Of the National Association of the Motion
Picture Industry. in a telegram to Chuck Gar Hoover recOmmends the clint