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By Arthur Brisbane 5
H0 w TO BE FAMOUS.
faster AIR MAIL.
WARNINGS TO MIDDLE AGED.
TRILLIONS count.
There are many ways of making
t j, f world talk about you.
0»e philosopher jumped into the
fra u r of Vesuvius.
slave, that his name might be
r . i »inhered, burned the Temple of
pinna at Ephesus.
Disraeli wore waistcoats of scnr-
n-t and gold, and curled his hair
in beautiful black ringlets in the
Mouse of Commons, and Mi«* Sophia
Curtiss gave a dinner party for her
favorite horse, named “Surprsie.”
The horse was brought to the table;
many well-known stage folks attend
ed and ate while the horse ate. That
happened twonty years ago, but now
thut Miss Curtisy dies, aged sixty-
five, every newspaper will mention
Thank heaven, the President and
Postmaster-General New, the Post
Office at least encourages flying, in
earnest.
In the Post Office, flying is treat
ed as a separate important enterprise
not tackled on to post office trains
and trucks as a “minor auxiliary.”
Not satisfied vlith excellent jair
mail service, the Post Office plans
to increase mail plane speed thirty-
five miles an hour, making the trip
between the Atlantic and the Pacific
in twenty-four hours, cutting off one
day.
That is progress.
A well-known merchant, fifty-five
years old, played a “hard, fast” game
of tennis, beating players half his
age, went home, told his wife about
it, and was dead a little later.
Tennis or any other violent game
is dangerous to every man past forty.
Howard M. Anderson, typesetter,
seventy years old, very ytrong, says,
“Take a cold bath every morning. I
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might douhl'»>
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:-ning before exercis-
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handsprings."
Mr. Ander«
back somersai
be foolish for
any age past
hath in thq
ing.
Your nervous system shot^ld not
be shocked violently, but saved to
give warnings and information,
cold bath in the morning in many
cases is a short cut to the gravi
Professor Albert A. Michels.
Chicago University, Nobel orfzc
winner, and greatest living physicist,',
haw concluded experiments at Pasade-1
na, confirming his findings as to the
speed of light. The speed, inconceiv.
able to our minds, is 186.284 mile*
a second, Sonic ask, "Why bother
about a few miles in a speed like
that?” The matter is very important
to science.
One of the so-called “outwide uni
verses” is one million light years
away from our little earth, which re
volves in a cosmic city called the
Milky Way. One million light years
is the distance that light can travel
in one million years.
At that distance, a difference in
speed of oi^» mile to the second
would mean a difference of thirty-
one trillion five hundred and thirty-
six billion miles, enough of a differ
ence, even in astronomy.
Some day a more highly developed
race, able to think in trillions and in
the fourth dimension, may want to
know just how far away the other
universe is. We may all go there
some day. “In my Father’s house are
many mansions.”
NOTICE TAX PAYERS
The Tax Books are now open for
collection of 1928 taxea Pay your
tax now. Confidentially I have ai
inkling tha: times will be hard late
on. Remember you are helping your
county, your local schools and yu<
State by paying early.
L. D. SMITH
Mary had a little mule.
It followed her to school,
The teacher, like a fool.
Went up behind the mule,
And hit him with a rule.
And there wasn’t any school I
Mr. J. W. Darden, who has been
assisting at the A. & P. Store, in
this city has been made Manager of
an A. & P. Store at Waycross, and
commenced his duties Monday morn
ing. He is a reliable and hustlnig
young man, and has many friends
here.
LOST—One Kokomo
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A concrete sik) pays for it-
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Hogs red an a concrete floor
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ttantof a concrete floor. There
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Came in and let us.givc you
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Central of GeorgiaDiscusses Railroads’ Ability
to Meet Future Transportation Demands
The all around excellence and dependability cf railroad service are now generally admitted, and
the public expects good railroad service .an a matter or course. Advocates of other forms of trans
portation though frequently base their arguments for support and development of these other
forms—bun and truck lines using public highways oi bout lines using natural or dredged water
ways—upon the plea that the railroads may prove unable to meet the increasing transportation
demands that will result from continued development of the United States. There is no ground
for such a belief.
In 192G the railroads handled the greatest traffic in their history, and this with no serious
tie-up of equipment or shortage of cars. Practically every shipper who needed a car or cars got
what he wanted without delay, and loaded cars were moved promptly and .quickly to destination.
Despite their tremendous traffic, the railroads operated more efficiently than ever before, nor was
theii freight handling capacity reach. Great as was the volume of traffic, the railroads could
have bundled considerably more without any diminution of their efficiency.
Since 1926 the volume of traffic hundled by the railroads has shown ',a substantial decline.
Traffic for 1927 was considerably less than in 1926, and traffic for 1928 shows still further declines.
The railroads are now handling considerably less freight than they did in their peak year of 1926. If
the traffic were offered for handling, the railroads could not only attain but could exceed the effici
ency they displayed in handling the record breaking traffic of 1926. So far as efficiency goes, the rail
roads are now making even better records than in 1926. With their present equipment and facili
ties the railroads could handle at least twenty per cent more freight than they are now handling,
and this just as efficiently as they are handling their present diminsihed volume of traffic. If
sufficient capital is available, the railroads may be relied upon to keep their equipment and facili
ties ahead of demands likely to be made upon them.
The public is entitled to any from of transportation that it desirew, or that meets a public need.
Each form of transportation—the railroads, bus or truck lines, water lines and air lines—can be of
public sen-ice. Under certain conditions each of these can operate more efficiently than any of
the other forms of transportation. But the public should not be misled into thinking that there is
any vital necessity for artificial development of any of these forms because of imminent danger
that the railroads may prove unable to meet this country’s transportation demands.
No matter what development is achieved by the other forms, the railroads will remain the
backbone of this country’s transportation system. Water ways, bus or truck lines, as well as air
lines, can supplement efficiently but cannot replace the railroads. If the railroads are allowed to
cam a fair rate of return, a rate sufficiently high to enable them to attract capital in competition
with other forms of investment, they will continue able to supply the kind of transportation that this
country needs. The allowing of such a rate of return, rather than the artificial development of com
peting forms of transportation, is the best insurance that can be taken out against a failure or break
down of our transportation system.
Constructive criticism and suggestions j
Savannah, Ga., October 9, 1928.
invited.
J. J. PELLEY,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
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