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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1908 ARCHITECT* CURRAN R. ELLIS ARCHITECT Office Phone 239. Residence Phone 2819. Offices—Bills Bldg. Cherry St. and Cottou Ave. PRANK R. HAPP, Architect. OfTlcet Rooms 22 and 28 Fourth Na- lonal Banw Building. Telephone—Re*. 532; Office 990. ALEXANDER BLAIR, Architect. Office Phono 71. •73 CHERRY ST. Residence Phone 1479. MACON. OA. CHARLES A. CALDWELL, Civil Engineer. WASHINGTON BLOCK. Room 1*-H. Water supply, water power, sewer* age and municipal engineering. Re* K rts. plans, specifications, estimates d superlntendanct. Office Phone 1142. Residence phone 3283. P. E. DENNIS. Architect. Bldg. > 2747. CARLYLE NISBET, Architect. Office Phone 459. Grand Bid*. Residence €41. Macon. Ga. CONTRACTING AND BUILDING. W. W. DeHAVEN. General Contractor and Builder, Residence phone 696. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. M. M. STAPLER, Eye, Ear, Nose Doctors’ Floor. American National Bank Bids. Office Phone. 2742; residence. 1US. OCULIST AND AURIST. H. SHORTER, Eye, Ear, N*‘ ' The Grand" Bids- Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. — a. to CoortjRouse. Phones: Office. 972; residence. 950. EYE, EAR. NOSE. THROAT. DR. FRANK M. CUNNINGHAM, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat. Grand Bld0. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Phones: Office. 2554; Residence, 1465. DR. W. H. WHIPPLE. .Office, 572 Mulberry xt.. rooms 4 and 5, Washington Block. Hours: 9 to 10 a. m., 12 to 1 and 5 to 6 p. m Telephone con nections at offlco and residence. DR. J. J. SUBERS. Permanently located. In the speclal- tles venereal. Lost enersr restored. Female Irregularities and poison oak; cure guaranteed. Address In confidence, with stamp. 510 Fourth at.. Macon, Ga. DRS. J. M. A R. HOLMES MASON, Dentists. 354 Second at.. Phone 955. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ROBERT L. BERNER, Attorney at Law. Rooms 706-707 American National Bank a i i'll G. S. & F. RY. Schedule Effective Oct. 18,1908. DEPARTURES: 11(30 a. m„ No. 1, Through Train to Florida, carries Observation Par lor car and coaches, Macon to Jacksonville via Valdosta; con nection made (or White Springs, . Lake City. Paiatka. 4:05 p. m. t no. 5, "Shoo-Ply," Ma con to V&ldoata and all Inter* mediate points. 12:26 a. m.. No. 3, "Georgia South* — "uwanee Limited." Macon to onville via Valdosta. Solid (■■with Georgia Southern and lorlda. Twelve Section Draw ing Room Sleeping Car; open at 9:30 p. m. In the Union Depot test™®' 12:16 a. m., No. 95. "Dixie Flyer," coaches and Pullman sleepers, Macon to Tlfton, en route from SL Louis and Chicago to Jack sonville. ARRIVALS: 4:16 a. m.. No. 4, "Georgia South ern Huw&nee Limited." from Jacksonville and Paiatka. local aleeper Jacksonville lo Macon; passengers can remain in local aleeper In Ui„on Depot at Macon until 7:80 a. m. 3:26 a. m„ No. 94, "Dixie Flyer," coaches and Pullman sicpers Tlfton to Macon, en route from Jacksonville to 8t Louis and Chicago. 11:30 a. m* Ne. 8, "Shoo*Fly," from Valdosta. 4i25 p. m., Ne. t, from Paiatka. Jacksonville and all Intermediate points Parlor Observation Car Jacksonville to Macon. C. B. RHODES, Gen. Pass. Agent Macon, Qa. Schedule effective S«pt. 20, 1908. M.&B.' 8. F. PARROTT. Receiver. MACON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Trains leave Macon for Lite!- la. Culloden. Tatesvllle, Thomas- ton. Woodbury, Columbus. Har ris, La Grange snd intermediate points ss follows: No. 41 st 4:25 p. m. dally and No. 15 at 7:00 a. m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. No.- 41 makes direct connec tion, with Southern Railway at Woodbury for Warm Springs and Columbus, arriving at Warm Springs 1:17 p. m. and Colum bus 19:00 n. m. Trains arrive Macon ts fol lows: 42. 11:8S a. m. dally: No. 54. 5:40 p. m.. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Trains leave from M. and B. Ry depot. Fifth and P!ni* stt. C. B. RHODES. G«n. Pass. Agt Phone 1800. BOY RAILROAD MAGNATE OF WEST MAKES THE EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS HARRIMAN AND HILL LOOK SMALL Young Napolean Ran Trains While He Wore Knicker-' bockers. GOVERNS THE ROAD AT 18; ABSOLUTE MANAGING HEAD Sale of the Cape Girardeau and Ches ter R. R. Which Operates In Mis souri, to One of the Big Systems, •Brings Prominently to the Publio Eye a Railroad Genius—Louis E. Moeder Entered the Road’s Employ As Office Boy—His Precocious Tal ents snd Tireless Diligence Won for Him Rapid Promotion, And His Un excelled Executive Ability Soon Placed Him on the Top Rung of the Ladder—A Story of Perseverance. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 28—The negotia tions now afoot for the absorption of tho Cape Girardeau arid Chester rail road by one of the great aou»hwesterii systems, has revealed the fan that this Central Missouri railroad owes its marketable efficiency In largo part to the genius of Louis E. M »c-ler. 18 years old, who enjoys the dlaunctlor of being the youngest" genera man ager of a raF-oud in the world. Since he was 16 yearirof age, Moed er has been, next to Louis Houck, the president, the supreme executive au thority over the whole railroad. For months at a time, during the absence of the president, the youth has been the absolute managing head of the line ordering out trains or countermand ing orders, hiring and discharging em ployes and regulating the labors of over 600 men. Began Work st Thirteen. The Cape Girardeau and Chester Is 63 miles long, running 1n a semi-cir cle from Cape Girardeau, on the Mlas- lsslpi river, north to West Chester. Its roadbed and rolling stock are val ued at upward of 32.000.000. Four round trips are made dally over Ita tracks year In and year out. but In the harvest seasons the number of trips is doubled or trebled. With all the minutiae of this largo business young Moeder had thoroughly familiarized hlmeelf almost before he was out of knickerbockers. When he wtas 18 years old, having completed but Jive terms In the publio schools, Moeder entered the employ ment of Mr. Houck at Cape Glrar deau as an office boy. The president was astonished and delighted by the boy’s precocious talents and his tire less diligence. He thought nothing of working overtime until midnight, and then reporting for duty at 6 a. m. the next morning. While- In short trousers the ascendSncy he gained by his quickness of parts over the oldest employes In the office pointed him out to tho keen eyes of the president as a youth destined to command men. It was while he was still an office boy that a special train conveying a circus was to he sent out of Cape Girardeau at midnight. The boy's Interest In his work Induced him to at the station before tho train left. Tt was discovered that toe conductor, had taken III ahd would be unable to perform toe trlp.BH ■ Ths station master was tearing hla hair and bemoaning tho Imposalhlllty of filling ths alck man’s place, snd the clr- cua folk were gsowllng like their own menagerie at feeding time, when a calm- expauelve forehead walked up and vol- i the train. ■mVPVBIMMjaculatftd the station master. "Why, you don’t know tho road, and these hoodlums will eat you UP "I know tho road from one arid to the other." quietly said the boy. who had kept his eyes open while traveling over the line with the president, "and I have studied a conductor's dulles till I know I them by heart I’ll get T along all right with the passenrera, too." / ■ • ’•Well.*! grumbled the statjon master, "one can‘t look a gift horso In the mouth. |You mav take the train out" . In a-few moments Louis had armed himself, with a lantern and-punch* and I donned a cap. which tumbled about hie ears, and was crying,. "All aboard!" In an cloro an Imitation of tho resonant cadences affected by conductors as bis shrill treblo could accomplish. He Got the Farea As the train rattled on Its* way, the knee-trousered conductor, beartng his lantern, ‘want from' car to car alone, gathering up tickets. ._The Jests and sneers flung at hie stature ha boro with a serene smile which disarmed hla teas ers. some of whom would have patted him approvingly on the head, had not a certain manly dignity In the boy dis suaded them. ‘ •* But In one car, with a bottle between them, sat two bravos, in cow boy attire, who laughed uproariously at the appari tion of the roay-faced youngster In his hrohdlgnsglan cap. who politely request ed their tickets. m • .. t "Fly awav. kid." they said, wavlngto- wards the door with their hands, "This Is ono night we ride free on a railroad.” When tlielr faros were again demanded by tot boy. they mw. menacing and epoko of throwing him out off. the train. But even those bullies were startled by the change which came over the youth, - good natured countenance. His eyi flamed, hla diminutive frame seemed to expand with anger, and hla boyish chin hardened Into rock. Alone and small he stood, hut uncUunted and commanding. "You'll pay your fares at once.” he stated, hla even voice betraying no tremor of anger or fear, "or I'll have the train stepped right here In the woods tremor of nnxer or fear, "or I'll I sin aterped r' * * until you do." The men gasped, looked at each other sheepishly and then broks Into laughter. '•You’ll do. sonny,” they said at last, "snd here’s your money." mi This exploit won the hoy a promntH to assistant agent at Ctpt Ulrardea when he was 14 years old. Hls.lndusta doubted and ne labored Intenwly oviP difficult bllle of lading,'Intricate accounts and trio sheets. All that he underSoidd he mastered for ever before he left It, It happened about a yean afterw... .. that an engine, hauling a string of freight I cars, was derailed near Oak Ridge, com- 1 pletetr blocking traffic. Mr. Houck sent his hoy aralstant with a crew to clear the tracks. The railroad. In those days, did not boast a wrecking ear. with cranes and derricks, so that apparatus for rats* Inv the engine would have to be ImproJ Clearing a Wreck. Moeder loaded a oqr with heavy Jacks end railroad tie* and nroeeed-d with Ms men to the seen# rf the accident.. They "»Md the engine lying on itw side, pertly across the track. -"I don’t see how we'll i ever right that engine without a derrick '• muttered the men, after examining the wreck, But the boy engineer, studying a few moments, ordered -that several of the heavy ties be ImbeddM In the earth, with th*1r length at right snglea to that of the prostrate engine and'their ends a doot from Its elde. Axalnet th«*»e end*, wh-i the trenching was finished, he had Jaric braced. Dv manual labor the men nuehejl the ponderous machine upward and side- wise, inch by Inch. Inserting other tlr~ NOTED R. R. MEN AT 18 YEARS OF AGE Edward H. Harrlman, broker's clerk In Wall street, knew nothing of - railroads but their names printed on stocks snd bonds. Jamss J. Hill, farmer's helper In George Gould was studying Greek und:r a oHv*e tutor. 8tuyvesant Fish was taking his entranco examination for Columbia University four years before he i clerk. ... — Jurying the Instruments of a civil engi neer of the Northern Missouri railroad. Lucius Tuttle was a sophomore In the Hartford. Conn., high school, tolling oyer the commentaries of Caesar. 1 Wm. H. Newman was working on his father’s farm In Prince Wil liam county, Vlrlglnla. aKeo. F. Baer was setting type In a^newepapir office In Somerset, IT firm'were'thrust under its wheels, and at last It was dragged with a crash Into Its place on tho rails. Following this feat, at the age of 15 years, Moeder was promoted to be chief agent at Oak Ridge. Here he distin guished himself by unearthing a system of thefts In ths freight office. Though his education in mathematics was sllghf 1 . the boy succeeded In detecting the Inge nious devices In bookkeeping by which the thieves bad concealed their trail. Seeing exposure Imminent, the dishonest agents fled, but were afterwards taken and convicted. In his sixteenth year, having then donned long trousers. Moeder was called to Cape Girardeau to become Mr; Houck s right-band "man." Hie xeal. his — ■ourcefulnf" ’** *“**" ' A * '•*•* • ‘ thl : In finding work for himself J had overlooked, his faithful ness day and night, and his thorough knowledge of the affairs of the road, caused hl» chief to depend upon him more and more, until. In u short while. Moe- der'a orders "went" along the whole line. He would leave the office at midnight, snatch a couple of fours' sleep and be on hand at 3 a. m. to see that a train left on time. If the* engineer or conductor seemed likely to be late, he would rush to their houses and rout them out. In cats they were Incapacitated by some falling of their own from making the run, the boy would discharge them on the spot and take ths train out himself, or find someone else to' do it. He got results, for ths trains always Isft on schedule time. . On one occasion when the line wss tied up bv a big washlout and an engine. * •— — — * - .cylinder IRPMIIPVMPiday, blew outMBPPHIHVI head end tore up the track for several rods, the young general manager was I on his feet directing the .wrecking crews for two days and two nights, during 24i hours of which ho had no food. Though but a callow youth In years, he displayed I the steadiness, the Integrity and the gifts . j food- Though i callow youth in ysars. he displayed teadiness. the Integrity and the gifts for command of an experienced railroad Introduced Telephone. It* was he who Introduced telephone connections between. all stations Instead of the telegraph, so that reports could be made bv word or mouth. Conductors soon learned that the boy general mana ger knew each of their voices as soon as they spoke a word, and ceased attempting to humbug him. He also suggested nnd obtained the fmploymont of an electric motor car ter haul' ono of the trains dally. He often acts as paymaster, carrying several thousands of dollars over tho road In a special car at night, leaving it to trudge through tho woods and wake up and pay some humble hrakeman or they found themselves suppluntcd by a boy, I hut his tact and ability won them -1 Hs Is now the Idol of tnegEMMM A Chester. ► Capo Girardeau He Is now the Idol of * Chester. In appearance. Moeder Is small for his age. but stocklly framed. Hie brow, broad, high snd full. Is his most striking feathre. though hi" st«ndy. keen ejfes Impress one with the strength charac teristic of successful executive ability. Hie modesty makes It difficult to learn the milestones of hla rareer. Asked the secret of his success, he replied: .Never Looks at Clock. "I would .rather work than egt. and I never look at the clock to see If It is quitting time." Realizing hla deficlhnclef. of education and ambitious to become one of .the great railroad men of the .nation, Moeder Is planning to completo a business coursa In St. IxjuIs, snd then seek a greater field for tils talents, pa he believes he has rls*n high ns as he can In the service of **ie Cape Girardeau A Chester. He Is fond of reading the achievements of Harrlman. HIIL • Newman. Daniels, Baer and other celebrated railroad offi cials. and finds a certain consolation In reflecting that at his nge hardly on* of the future railway giants had the least practical knowledge of the business. He hli had the ndvsmisga of training under Louis Houck- who Is famous In Central Missouri as a builder of railroads out of nothing. No difficulty was ever forbidding enough to di'tnsy his courage, and no Tixbdtrap so, disabling that his dexterity could nol circumvent it About Hie Chief. Eight years ago. when. he was con structing the SL Louis A Gulf railroad (now Incorporated In the-Frisco system) Houck found that on. the day he had contracted to have a train enter Cape Girardeau, his tracks lacked several miles of reaching town. If .hr. failed to keep his promise In this respect, his charter would be forfeited. Bo he had his men lay several yards of track on the road bed, which was completed, and run ■■ engine over It. He then took up .... track behind the engine end laid It In He then took up tho engine end laid It In fmnL advancing the engine another few rods. Repeating this operation several hundred times, he triumphed when, a few minutes before midnight, his engine stood panting on the rolls within the town lim its. It wag trim that thsre was no trackage for three or four miles behind the engine. But the city fathers recog nised that he had kept uie latter of hla 'such a chlsf young Moeder has T5T JUST ONE WORD that word U Tutt’s, it refer, to Dr. Tutt'« Liver Pill, and MEANS HEALTH. Arc you constipated? Troubled with ladlgeitioa? Sick headache? Vlrtlgo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY of these symptoms nnd maay other! Indicate Inaction of the LIVER. You Wood Tntt’sPills Take No Substitute. McWilliams-rankin co. A 410-412 Third Street , Do You Catch the Idea of Our Specials for Monday For each Saturday and Monday’s selling we are making a regular feature of advertising items from various departments in the store, at or below COST. We mean exactly that. Investigate this .statement and you will find it true to the penny. The reason why we are advertising “ Specials ” AT COST is that we are seeking to acquaint the people of of Macon with this store. • Consider the matter personally—we desire your trade. To make you realize that we deserve it, by keeping a first-class stock, and by our generous business methods, we are endeavoring to get you to the store so that you may see the stock and that we may become acquainted with each other. 'To that end, we: offer these “Specials ” at 25 to 33 1-3 per cent less than the usual prices. ..You are, in a sense, rewarded for coming. Naturally, s’eeking to favorably introduce ourselves, we woul’d not com mit the blunder in this initial advertising to make a misstatement of any sort, or to color or to exaggerate any value, as, for instance, in advertising Men’s 75c shirts at 50c -you can be sure of two things: That it is a regular 75c shirt and that it IS HERE special at 50c. Bear this well in mind when reading the following items. 50c Children’s Lamb Wool Sweatei speoial 10c Outing, special 8c yard wide Bleaching, special 6c Orleans rag finished Bleachijng special .............. 7c 10c Men’s fine Cambrjo Handkerchiefs, special 50c Men’s Canton Flannel Underwear, all “J C _ sizes,' per garment .. L $1.50 Boys’ all Wool Suits, special $1.00 Wright ’is Underwear, special 10c Hoyt’s Cologne, $1.19 75c 6c 25c 7c .....6c 6c 10c yard wide Cambrio, special 5c Kenilworth Plaid, special v 15o Ladies’ fine Lisle Cotton Hose, special 6c Ladies’ Cambric Handkerchiefs, apecial 24o Ladies’ 'Cotton Underwear, speoial A. $1.00 extra warm Comforts, full size, epeeial $5.00 all Wool California Blankets, spocial 6o best Prints, most desirable lot of colors shown in Macon, special...... 4c 10c 4c 19c 89c $3.50 ”"...5c shown a precocity-unequCUetl In railroad history. At an a*e when most youths would feel happy to hold » minor clerk- ship, he lias guided the operation of ar UNIFICATION OF THE CHURCHES That Is tho Object of This \ Convention Beginning Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 28—Repre- tenting 20,000,000 communicants in twenty-seven religious denominations, some of the leading churchm^n'of tho nation are gathering Jn Philadelphia to. participate In the federal council of the Churches of Christ In America. The session will be formally ’opened next Wednesday and will maric.'tjie greatest step ever taken In America for a unification of Protpstantqhurches. Among tho distinguished' laymen who will be In ottendknee will be Gover nor Hughes, of New York, who will discuss "Civic Righteousness," and Governor Ansel, of South Carolina# This meeting Is regarded as the most representative gathering lq the history of Protestant Christianity In this country. Its members have been chosen by the highest adjudicatory, universities and colleges, some of the moat noted collegian* and preachers In the country, officers In mission boards snd other departments of church work and a large number of laymen of prominence. Nearly all those who have been appointed have signified their Intention of coming to the council. The session.of this representative body will continue until December 8. "For the prosecution of work that can be bettor done In union than In separation’’—this la tho expressed purpose of the meeting, which In unlqun in character and wblcn Is re garded as certain to prove mstoric In the annals of Amnrlean Protestant ism. alms, "through counsel nnd co-operation to avoid. the, two great faults of Protestantism, overlapping nnd overlooking." and ono of Its prin cipal purposes Is to organize the Pro testant Churches fn thla country so that every section shall be directly under the supervision of Pcotastant Influence. .. -: . At the some time if i- oxr^-^ei tr. effect rn organisation that wilt pre vent tho establishment and mainte nance' T)f too many Protestant churches In a given locality.. An ef fort wilt be made to perfect a sys tem as thorough and exact as the parish system of the Roman Catho lic Church. The federal council W the ov*come of the . Interchurch conference held In New York In 1905, which adopted the plan of federation, and set the year as the date of Its first conven tion. , . REALIZED XTyHEN'WE DECIDED TO SELL OUR WHISKIES DIRECT * ▼ we realized that there are any numBer of people like you—those who demand and appreciate something "extra.” If we had to compete with the average mall order houses—reduce quality—make the whiskey as thin'as water and herald ridiculous claims to effect sales, we would quit business. • We own a large farm upon which our distillery, No. 100 Collection Dist, Tcnn, is located. The location is ideal—in a valley where there is no contaminating air, near a spring that furnishes the purest of all waters. The distillery is a model, kept immaculately clean. We use Northwestern Rye and Malt The Corn we use is grown in the Tennessee Valley, a large portion of which is raised on our farm. The whiskey is aged by mountain ait in oak barrels. , .. . Under such favorable conditions we would be ashamed if our whiskies were not of the very highest quality. A trial will convince you. With one exception six full quarts is the smallest shipment made—-we do not assort This reduces the cost of handling, packing'and carriage charges, enabling us to offer six quarts at about the price we would get for four. Do not let our low prices prejudice, you. They are wholesale and you buy direct Our whiskies are always the same. EXPRESS PREPAID — Shipment made in wooden boxes. Com Whiskies “GRASSY VALLEY"—Upaduller- a ted. Very old. No better Com Whiskey mfide. 6 full quarts, $4.00| 12 full quarts, $7.50. “GRASSY VALLEY”—White, 100 proof, straight Corn Whiskey. We are the only distillers selling 100- . proof com at $2.50 per gallon, two j gallons, $4.75. delivered. Shipment* in Jugs. Smallest shipment one gallon. Blended Whiskies “R, H. C. CLUB"—A perfect Mend of old Kentucky Whiskies. It hai that rich oily appearance. We conad- key. 0 full quart*, $5.75,' IS full quart*, $11.1$. “CATE’S 88”—A true blend of Kentucky WhUkies. A good honest whiskey. Will give entire *atlifac- tion. 8 full quart*, $5.00; 12 full quart*, $9.50. Tennessee Whiskey ■FREESTONE" — Urwdulter.ftd, straight Tennessee Whiskey. Our leaching process make* thin whiskey distinctive. None better. Very old. • full quart*, $5.0#T 19 full quart*, 110.00. I Bottled-ln-Bond Whiskies Following brand* bottled by ths Government, whose itatup guarantees age, purity and strength. CONCORD PURR RYE, 100 proof, 6 full quart*, $5.50; 19 ’ full quart*, $11.00. CONCORD BOURBON, 100 proof, 8 full quart', $5.59; 19 full quarts, $10.50. CLARKE’S PURE RYE, 100 proof, 8 full quart*, $4J5| 1$ full qe^fts, $12.00. Includin' th* minister * f tha hnrfibl^at hon-ronformlvt ro-nmunll^ ‘ ‘ ‘ sccM -n lhi» rffl< ! I VuM' nf III* Majesty's Court.” » what rurtoua r>rr>vlilon. FOf » aarforlsl rommorip'i'f th-t fi end nrrhdenrAt,, wmr silk Narn Our whiskies do not contain one drop of spirits or < other injurious substances. They are of delightful flavor, high in food properties and medicinal virtues. R. H. CATE &.CO., Distillers Chattanooga, Tenn. , Louisville, Ky.' Order from nearest point. dre-s dinners and at evening state rsr I*, on all court who th* state dlnnsr and party drei