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Line of opdepHl today WILL BE FOUND AT PEARSON GROCERY CO. LOAN I can make you a loan on your farm lands on loug time, cheap rate of interest, liberel terms and with the least possible delay. Be sure to see me before placing your loan. W. A. WILCOX, Douglas, Ga. WHEN IN TOWN Come in and inspect, my line of Boy’s Youth’s and Men’s Suits. Children’s Misses and Ladies’ Coat Suits. Also a fresh shipment of Dress Goods, Shoes and Hats for Misses and Ladies H. L. Lankford Every Person Should Consider In The First Place The ability to save is one of the very first rail's in the game of success. In The Second Place Did you ever meet, a successful man who at some time did not owe his success to his cooperation with some Hank? Our success depends on your success. Think it over and start an account with Pearson Banking Company THE CITY CAFE T. K 1 UK LAND, Prop'r. Tables Supplied With the Best MUS »r ALL HOURS REASONABLE RATES Up-To-Date Grocery Store Run in Connection YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE APPRECIATED Patronize Tribune Advertisers PEARSON Ti»IBITNE, NOVEMBER 23,1917 FREIGHT TRAIN SWITCHED BY HORSES PERCHERONS USED FOR MOVING LOADED CARS. When a yard switch engine broke down at Eau Claire, Wis., re cently, a train of 10 flat curs, carrying hemlock logs for a paper mill, was switched by two teams of heavy Percheron horses belonging to the paper company. The freight load moved was 118,000 feet of timber, weighing 944,000 pounds, in addition to the weight of the cars. The team weighed 3,400 pounds each. —Popular Mechanics Magazine. MAKING OVER RAILS Now Systematically Straightened and Restored. PLANT WHERE WORK IS DONE Defects Which Necessitate Removal and Replacement Develop in Eight to Fourteen Years—9o Per Cent Renewed. It is not generally known that worn rails are now systematically straight ened, the worn ends sawed off, and the whole rail restored to service condi tion. A plant in Illinois where this is done is described In the Hallway Main tenance Engineer l>y John Reiner. All rails in main-line service, Mr. Reiner thinks, will ordinarily develop defects which necessitate removal and replace ment In eight to fourteen years. These defects are battered ends and worn fishings and, in curved track, flange worn heads on the outside rails and crushed heads on the inside rails. Fully 00 per cent of these removed rails may tie fitted for further service by appro priate treatment, Mr. Reiner assures us. He says in substance: Methods of Reclamation. “There are two methods of reclaim ing rails unite generally recognized as being efficient —one is to beat and re roll them, reducing the section and the oretically producing a new rail of the original length but of lighter section. The other Is to assemble the rails at a centrally located point for inspection, classification, straightening, cropping worn ends, and reboring for splice-bars. “From the writer’s observation the process of rerolling rails after a serv ice period is successful in that it pro longs their ultimate life over that of simply cropping battered and worn ends. The process, of course', is much more costly than simply cropping the ends at a home plant, and unless the rerolling plant is in fairly close prox imity to the road owning the rails, the cost is prohibitive. “The desired effect of any method Is to get ttie largest possible return from the rails recovered, either in money or In service, which latter ultimately means money, but the value of which In money cannot, for want of data, be so defined in all enses. “At the plant under the writer’s jur isdiction the cost per ton for reclaim ing rails during 1915 was 49 cents. In the operations of this plant there were reclaimed from scrap condition 2,445 tons of rails, 2,080 tons of which went for ordinary track service and 305 tons for the manufacture of frogs. “Estimating the salvage value of serviceable rails recovered from scrap at $9 per ton, the operation of this plant shows a clear demonstrable gain of $22,005. Working on Rails. "Ralls passing through the reclaim ing plant for resawing are pulled broadside on to the straightening ma chine (a home-made hydraulic press) by a rope and a belt-drive drum hand ling from eight to twenty rails at one time. After straightening, the rails are pulled broadside on to the saw table or carriage by means of a hori- ; zontnl air-hoist manipulated by the j straightener. “After removing the rail from the saw-table, the chippers remove the fins or burrs raised by the saws and pass it broadside on to the drills, four of which are in service (two at each end), manned by four men and placed in a i staggered position so that four rail ends are drilled at one time. “Before the rails pass out of the mill to the sawed stock piles a man applies a template to the head of each rail marked by the sawyers as a main track or second quality rail to classify them according to depth or thickness. The rollers leading out of the mill are manned hv four men who distribute the rails and pile them in stock piles, or load them on cars direct, as de sired. “Sorting the rails for condition and uniform thickness of head is of much value in obtaining good track results and economy in maintenance cost. The rails classed as sawed main-track rails are calipered for thickness of head and make as good track joints as new rails if new or unworn joint fastenings are applied. The rails classed as second quality rails are as safe as main-track rails. They are more or less worn, but will give good service in branch-line main track. The ends will match up to an even surface as the heads art- cali pered tlie same as the heads of the main-track rails. - ’ LIMIT FOR RAILROAD WAGONS Time Fixed Beyond Which Retention of Car Will Be Offense Under De fense of Realm Rules. In view of the extreme Importance of securing thut the utmost possible use shall be made of railroad wagons, the board of trade has now Issued or ders which come into force In Great Britain, fixing the time beyond which the retention of a railroad wagon by a trader will be an offense under the defense of the realm regulations, says a London Dispatch to Christian Science Monitor. The times allowed ure in general one complete day for loading and two for unloading. Three days (four In Scotland) are allowed for unloading shipments truffle at ports, and two days are allowed in Scotland for loading wagons with coal for shipment. The orders do not apply to coal traffic in England and Wales. Further orders give power to railroad companies themselves to unload wng ons which are not unloaded by the trader within the prescribed times, and to make use of the private owners wagons on the return journey so that the unnecessary haulage of empty wag ons nmy be avoided. These orders are being printed ns statutory rules. Where necessary, the periods at pres ent allowed before demurrage charges accrue will be amended so as to ac cord with the periods fin'd by theee orders. SAFETY DEVICE FOR TRAINS Engineer Must Leave His Cab and Set Mechanism to Permit Continued Travel of Train. In describing an automatic safety signaling and braking device for trains. Invented by J. F. McCoy of 470 India street, Brooklyn, N. Y„ the Scientific American says: The invention provides a braking mechanism which when operated by a trip connected with each semaphore or signaling device will necessitate the engineer getting out of his cab and set ting the trip device so ns to close the auxiliary train line pipe in order to re lease the brakes and permit conttnued travel of the train, thereby preventing the engineer from rendering the device inoperative when once actuated, from the throttle lever or brake valve or mechanism associated with the ntr brake system, and rendering the mech anism tamper-proof and efficient in use. RAILROAD STAKE FOR PLATE Invention of Ohio Man Is Improvement in Grade and Elevation Stakes —How It Works. The Scientific American In illustrat ing and describing n railroad stake, in vented by W. P. Newkirk of Ports mouth. 0., says: This invention is an improvement in Railroad Stake. railroad grade and elevation stakes, and provides n stake consisting of a holder for the plate carrying the grade and elevation indications and adapted to be engaged with the base flange of the rail between adjacent ties, in such tuanuer that the holder and plate will be superposed upon the base flange at one side of the rail in convenient posi tion to be consulted. WARNING SIGNAL IS UNIQUE Warning Siren Is Operated During Day Time and Searchlight Stop Signal at Night A proposed warning signal for use at railroad crossings would be set in ac tion by the- blast of the locomotive whistle some distance off. It is claimed that by accurately co-ordinating the vibration pitch of the signal receiver with the note of the locomotive whistle the system is quite practical, and that it will not respond to other loud noises which are not correctly pitched. The Inventor would use the vibration of the receiver to close an electric circuit, which would pass the current to a warning siren in daylight and to a searchlight stop signal at night. THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE “THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH’’ »T or Fares, Schedules, Pullman Reservations etc., call on or write orr A. R. HOUSE. Ticket Agent PEARSON, GA. GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY. s® 9 Schedule Effective August 26th, IDI7 ® Trains leave Willacoochee for Douelas, Iluzlehurst. Vtdalla, Stlllmore, <iar field. Ml lien, Swalnsboro, Midvllfe. Keysvllle, A ugusta and Intermediate points. Trains leave Wlllacoochee for Nash ville. AdeL Sparks. Moultrie, Val dosta, Madison, Fla., and Interme diate points. T. E. HARRIS, L. J. PARKS, General Passenger Agent Traveling Passenger Agent, Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. ATTENTION PUBLIC! I have just received a full line of Fall Goods, fit which I bought be fore the prices advanced. 1 am going to give my customers the benefit of the Bargains. Call around and let us show you our stock before you buy. PEARSON BARGAIN HOUSE I. I’ASSON, Prop. PEARSON, - - - GEORGIA PEARSON TRIBUNE PUBLISHED WEEKLY B. T. ALLEN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION: SI.OO a Year 50c Six Months If you receive a sample copy, it is an invitation for you t* subscribe. You will find The Tribune a newspaper worthy of your patronage. ADVERTISIN RATES : 15c* for single column inch each insertion. Reading no tices, in regular type, 5c per line. In black lype 8e a line. JOB PRINTING Every description of printing done at lowest prices in keeping with the high prices of material used. PEARSON PHARMACY WE CARRY a full line of PHARMACEUT ICALS fresh to fill all Doctors Prescrip tions and have a licensed pharmacist in charge of our store. We also carry a full line of Cigars, Cigarettes. Perfumery. Toilet Articles, in fact everything us ually kept in a first-class Drug Store will he found here. Your patronage will be appreciated. Pearson Pharmacy Dr. E. S. 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