Evening star., 1932-05-22

While the code duello had become
passe 50 years ago. the fighting spirit
Angry Rlu.grass OCCASIONALLY .Sn " harea Cd
T.c;.l.tor. statesmen at odds
sA'io'o over public mat
ters. The Star of May 19, 1882. tells
the story of "a serious trouble which may
end In q hostile meeting between Sem
ator williams Of Kentucky and Repre-
sentative Joe Blackburn of the same
State" 1t appears that about month
previous the House of Representatives
had passed bill appropriating $l50,000
for public building at Frankfort, Ky.
The bill subsequently passed the Senate
and became a law. Mr.. Blackburn had
worked strenuously to secure its passage
through the House and the local papers
in Kentucky complimented him warmly
for the success he had In securing for
Frankfort the Government building" 1t
appears that Senator Williams thought
that the Kentucky press was rather
OVERRIDING the thing In giving Black
burn the credit, and he wrote letter
to that effect to Franklin Hoard OF
Frankfort, rival of Blackburn's for
the congressional nomination. Hoard
showed the letter from the Senator to
q Vi Allo lAACAdo alAd va
Blackburn's supporters got copy of II
and mailed it to the Representative,
who. when he received the letter. was
Indignant beyond measure" And,
acting under his high impulse" he
wrote a letter TO Senator Williams in
closing q copy of the letter to Hoard
and asked as TO the authenticity of the
letter To this the Senator replied
curtly. denying the right of Blackburn
or any one else to catechise him as to
his private correspondence. There
upon Mr. Blackburn wrote a particu-
larly peppery letter in reply, which he
closed by the statement that the Sen
ator had deliberately lied" Fortunately
before sending 1t he consulted With
Representative John @. Carlisle of
Kentucky, afterward Speaker OF the
House and later Senator and Secretary
Of the Treasury, who upon reading 1t
strongly urged Mr.. Blackburn to recon-
slider and modify his language. This
was done, but even the modified letter
irked Senator Williams to the point at
which meeting" seemed inevitable.
Friends were appointed on each side
to confer and the matter was finally
Strengthened out TO the end of purely
friendly meeting of the two Kentuckians
in the Democratic cloak room of the
Senate. and announcement was there
upon made by their friends that the
affair had been amicably settled.
In The Star Of May 20. 1882, is a
description of the first automatic cash
carrier installed in
First Automatic a washington bust
ra,h r. ness establishment
SoSN o@AAieis' Pennsylvania avenue
dry goods house, which attracted much
attention as a remarkable advance in
store efficiency. The account thus ex-
plains the system:
TT may be described briefly as an
railroad on which hollow
wooden globes, freighted with cash and
bills, are sent to and from the cashier
and the salesman. The globe Is divided
into hemispheres which are locked to-
gether by turning one upon the other.
When a customer tenders payment for
goods the cash is placed and locked, as
in this globe. In order to
prevent any alteration in the move
ment of the ball the contents are held
firmly in the center by springs. The
freighted ball is then placed in little
elevator, which Is hauled to an upper
IAaCk, NAtCtC ~ ID ObClldIBcQ lIOAh tAlS
elevator by an ingenious arrangement,
and at once begins its journey down a
long incline to the cashier. Here the
right change is placed in the ball, |
which Is started back ON another In !
cline and is discharged automatically |
into little box or received at the hand |
Of the salesman. The wooden globe |
performs its errand with a promptness |
and regularity seldom attained by the |
most dutiful and ambitious cash boy |
There are two tracks running along |
Zach side of the store to the cashiers
elevated desk, the upper one being in
clined toward the cashier and the |
over one away from him. The balls
are OF different sizes. and although |
here are a dozen balls following one
another in rapid succession. the right
ball always goes to the right place. as
he automatic trap which discharges
It is so adjusted that 1t operates only
IN the ball Of the size belonging to the
box beneath. The successful operation
If the system this morning was wit
messed by many people, the constant
md rhythmic click Of the balls making
! very cheerful and agreeable accom-
'animent for the prosy details OF
business" /