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WIDE ROADS ARE IMPORTANT Time That Highway Builders Awak ened to New Conditions-Involves Safety and Convenience. The road builders of today are neg lecting a very important point. The motor car is a new thing In the world and creates entirely new con ditions. The travel of the future will be very great The fashion should be set at once for a 100-foot right of way on all main roads. One half should be developed first; the other could be used by the former ownerfi under a free lease from the counties until it is needed. It will surely be needed some day. Allowing ten feet for a sidewalk the first hard-surfaced road should center Making a Road in South. on the remaining 40 feet The model to be worked to is two 40-foot road ways, two ten-foot sidewalks and three rows of shade trees-a most proper plan for a hot climate. J T; All travel ol! course takes the right hand road. The grade should allow crossing from one road to the other. On a single road with a 50-foot right of way, two ten-foot sidewalks and 30 feet for vehicles, when autos are standing at each curb there is not room for safe passing of vehicles go ing in opposite directions and this difficulty and danger increases with the traffic. A single-track road should be 60 feet wide. The middle line of new roads ls gen erally on a section line or other line between two owners. If the fashion ls set for a 100-foot right of way owners will give the 10 feet. If county commissioners will insist on the 100 feet and make it a state wide rule supported by?public opinion, owners will fall into line and give the land. The double-road plan allows speed with safety and the speed of motor cars will in the future be increased on long runs. The point ls that lt is the duty of the pioneer road builders of today to provide for the travel of the future. Fifteen years ago In Chicago a street a mile long between Grant and Lincoln parks was widened from 60 to 200 feet. It cost 110,000,000. If thc people who laid out that street could have looked ahead the expense would have been only the amount of the surveyor's bill. In less degree such things will happen some day in Florida wherever narrow roads are built California has awakened to the idea and h&3 some main roads 100 feet wide. As soon as Florida gets hard roads the travel by tourists and citizens by motor car and motor truck will rapid ly increase and will grow In time to enormous proportions. The climate and the motor car will accomplish it and lt is time that the road builders awakened to these en- j tlrely new conditions. Besides the question of safety and convenience there ls the question of beauty, of civic pride and the satisfaction of building right for all time. Road builders must realize that the motor car has brought entirely new conditions. I They must lay out the roads wide enough for all time, while the land can be got for nothing. It is a duty. I Kindness to Cow Pays. Be kind to the dairy cow. You can't pound milk out of her with the milk stool or run milk out of her with the dog when bringing her from the pas ture to the barn. Get on good terms with the dairy cow, and her friend ship will he seen by increased profits In the milk pail. Surfacing Footpaths. For surfacing footpaths, gravel, mix tures cl sand and clay; and cinders will, in general, give good satisfac tion, mmm j;i 1111 in n in m 1111 iinj JACK HAS HIS WAY By LOUISE OLIVER. "You don't love me-so there, Jack Haven!" nobbed Lura. "Don't love you! Just because II happen to have an Idea of my own about a wedding! I like that!" "It's such-such a horrid Idea. I'd rather not get married at all than have lt the way you say. All my life I've dreamed of a white satin dress, and a veil, fluffy bridesmaids and millions of roses." "And all my life I've had a horror of j marching through a crowd of people, wearing white gloves and a flower in my buttonhole, and learning to keep step to that infernal 'Lohengrin' music." "You don't have to," eagerly. "TL groom doesn't have to march m." "Don't, Lura, dear. It makes me shiver even to talk about it. Think of having to stand on exhibition for an hour afterward while a crowd of peo ple you never saw before in your life weep over your shirt front, or fall on your nock and kiss you! When all 1 want on earth ls you, Lura, why should I Lave to have the whole town around?" Lura get up and faced him angrily. "1 think you are a hateful, horrid man, Jack Havens! If you aren't will ing to endure a little bit of discomfort for my sake you don't care enough for me to murry me-that's all! Here's your ring! I won't wear it an instant longer! Goo-good-night!" Lura rushed out of the room and up the stairs. Then Jack heard a door slam some where above. The days that followed were lonely, miserable ones for Lura, followed by sleepless nights and hours Ailed with disturbing dreams. After one particularly had night spent ta trying to rescue Jack from cannibals, Lura called him on the phone. "Jack, dear, will you come around tonight? I want to talk to you. I'm simply wretched." "Yes, dear! If you hadn't called I'd have come anyway. I've reached my limit, too." So the flowers in the moonlit garden witnessed an interesting little scene that evening, and the moonbeams caught tee light that flashed again from the diamond on Lura's left hand. "Dearest," whispered Lura, "let's not talk of a wedding any more. I know lt makes you wretched to think of it, so I've decided to get married any way you say." He caught her to him exultantly. "Then I move that we get married this very night I Just wa two! JNo dress ing and no fuss. Just a little walk to the preacher's and home." Lura drew a sharp breath. Then she smiled bravely. "All right, Jack, I'll do it. Only you forgot one thing If we go alone, Doctor Luke will won der about father and mother not be ing along and he'll want to know all about it. He wouldn't marry me with out their consent.' "Then we'll elope! We can go to Sharon in the car and be married, We can take a week's honeymoon and let things blow over before we come back. What do you say, girlie?" "I've already promised." The compact was sealed properly. Then as there was little time to lose, Jack departed to arrange for the trip while Lura hurried to her room to do what she could toward her trousseau. She had promised to walt in the kitchen. Jack was to leave the car in the alley and come ta the back way through the ga raga Lura groped her way uncertainly ta the darkness of the kitchen, intending to watch for Jack from the window. Outside everything was as bright as day in the moonlight. But ta a shadowy corner near the stove she stumbled over a chair, and something heavy that had been on the seat lost its balance and fell upside down on her feet. It was Nora's pan of dough "raising" for the morning's baking. Lura sprang back startled, but she was too late. The dough was sticking like chewing gum to her shoes. Finally she heard, "St-st!" from the direction of the garage. If it was Jack, why didn't he come to her? It must be a cat! Keeping in the shadows as well as she could, she made her way through the garden. "Jack!" "Here, Lura. I'm caught on an In fernal nail. I can't move. The cloth won't give. Unhook me-will you? If it was only my coat I could slip out, but ifs-" Lura waa giggling hysterically, but managed to extricate her lover from his uncomfortable position. Jack near, Lura was happier. "Look, dear! I can't go in these shoes. I got into some dough! And mamma's awake, so I can't go through the house for others. Do you think you could get me a pair out of my cupboard. The russet ones with the low-" "Heavens, Lura! Let's get out of here. Where's your bag?" "I won't be married ta these shoes!" "Oh-ah right!" Jack got the shoes, hut returned bumped, bruised and wild eyed. They got into the car. Jack touched the starter. A whirl and they were off on the road to Sharon-and happi ness! (Copyright, 1915, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Optimistic Thought. If we did not corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us. Lincoln said: "Let lt be said of me that as I passed along- life's road I always endeavored to pull the thistle and plant a rose In its place." PLENTY OF PANCAKES. For a cold-morning breakfast or a chilly night supper the pancake still holds its popular-j ity. Bread Pancakes. -Soak some bread crumbs in hot wa ter until soft, then press out all the moisture, and to j one pint of the bread add two well-beaten eggs, a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter and sufficient milk to make a smooth bat ter. Just at the last add a teaspoonful of baking powder and fry in hot fat. Rice Pancakes?-Boil a quarter of a pound of rice till quite soft, then drain and leave till cold. Mix with it one cupful of cream, four beaten eggs, a little salt, nutmeg to taste, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and flour to form a smooth batter. italian Pancakes.-Beat well togeth er two eggs, a quarter of a cupful of flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, naif a cupful of warm milk, add ? table spoonful of melted butter and a few drops of lemon extract Bake In but tered saucers in a hot oven for 20 min utes. Serve buttered and sprinkled with sugar. Pineapple Pancakes.-Beat two eggs well together with a dessertspoonful of rosewater, two of rice flour, two of sugar, and then add half a cupful of cream. Put one tablespoonful of but ter into a small fryingpan, and when boiling hot pour in the mixture so as to cover the pan thinly; fry a light brown; then drain well. Have ready some long slices of pineapple and roll one in each pancake. Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, then add one teaspoonful of vanilla extract, di- i vide lt bato two parts and fry sepa rately; do not tum, so that it leaves the pan like snow. Lay these across the pancakes. Stuffed Pancakes.-Beat two table spoonfuls of butter to a cream, then gradually beat in one tablespoonful of sugar, four eggs, one cupful of wann milk, pinch of salt, two tablespoonfuls of currants, the rind of a lemon andi flour to form a thin batter. Fry lightly on both sides. As each is cooked, spread with fresh or preserved fruit, roll up and keep hot until ready to serve. Misery may love company but re member it loves cheerful company. All good work begins with content ment. The heart must sing while the hand toils, if good work ls to be achieved. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. If you are ever unfortunate enough to spill indelible ink on linen, rub it quickly with salt and saturate with ammonia, then rinse in cold wa ter. The ink will van ish in less time than it ces to write about it. Put your wax candles for the birthday cake and evening table on ice and they will not drip while burning. Citron melon ls far more delicate and enjoyable if grated than cut in dice as lt is usually preserved. A spoonful of the grated citron on a dish of plain ice cream makes a sim ple dish quite elegant Take a nap everyday if it is no long er than five minutes. Learn to relax, let go of every muscle and rise re freshed and ready for more work. For a variety, when using cream puffs, make them smaller than com mon; AU with ice cream and put into sherbet glasses, then pour over a ma ple sauce when about to serve. This sauce may be accompanied with chopped nuts if desired, making a most delicious dessert The following ls one grandmother's cure-all. Take one tablespoonful each of the bark of sassafras, sarsaparilla, and cascara; add one tablespoonful of senna leaves and pour over ft a quart of cold water, simmer slowly until re duced to one-half, bottle and keep in a cool place. For an adult a table spoonful night and morning when the j liver needs jogging or the appetite j fails. A piece of sandpaper is as valuable a help ta the kitchen as It lr at the desk in sharpening lead pencils. Keep a piece to sandpaper off the rough place on the broom handle or to serape a dish that has had food burned on, to polish the flat irons, in fact a hundred uses will be found for emery and sand paper. If in a hurry for baked potatoes boil them a few minutes then pot them into the oven to bake. They w?l cook in a much shorter time. Cabbage is of much better flavor it cooked uncovered and contradictory as it may sound neither does it scent the house as much. KtLUt TrWwt?t? A. J. Renkl J 4> R WEI We have the largest assortment of pres ents in every department that we have ever shown. We have ordered largely of Clocks. Watches, Gold and Silver Jewelry, Sterling Silverware, Cut Glass and China. Every de partment is filled. lt matters not what you want we have it or will order it out at once. Come in to see us. We have our entire stock marked very low, much lower than you find the same class of goods elsewhere. 706 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia ASTEES FOE RUIT We announce to our Edgefield friends that we carry tke largest stock of Fresh Fruits, Candies and miscella neous Table Delacaeies yi Augusta. Come in to see ut when in the city California . Fruit. Store Corner Jackson and Ellis Sts. Augusta, Georgia 3. B. RUSSELL, Jr. R. E. ALLEN SHIP YOUR COTTON TO RUSSELL & ALLEN -(INCORPORATED) Cotton . Factors . and Commission Merchants Bended Warehouses, Liberal Advances Made on Cotton in Storage. AFGUSTA.GEORGIA 6ur Edgefield Friends Are invited to make our store their headquarters when in Augusta. W? are better prepared than ever before to supply their needs. Every department of our large stock is filled with stylish fall merchandise. In Dry Goods we were never better stocked. Our Shoes were bought from the leading manufacturers. Our stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing was never more complete. We invite the ladies to see our tailored suits from the largest makers of women's ready-to-wear factory in the country. Our Millinery Department is also filled with the most Stylish Hats and Trimmings ever brought to Au gusta. Do not fail to call in to see us whether you buy or not. Augusta Bee Hive 816-918 Broad Street * Augusta, Georgia S. M. Whitney Co. Cotton Factors Augusta.Georgia Established 1868 Personal Attention to all Business. Correspond ence Invited VOTAN The wondefully different coffee in the Hermetically Sealed Can SOLD BY Penn & Holstein Gut Your Store Bill Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as well as town and city folks cut down their store bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and re duced wages? Absolutely mittons of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bWLa cut down? By the real money-saving power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended through the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how to cut store bills down; tells about gar den and farm seeds of kinds and a qual ity that cannot be bought from your mer chant or druggist. It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for lt Write for it now. R G. HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt) Auditor s Notice. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustees are required to make returns of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Auditor is requir ed by law to add a penalty of 60 per cent to all property that is not return on or before the 20th day of February in any year. I All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. [ The 50 per cent penalty will be added for failure to make returns. For the convenience of tax payers, I I or my representative will be at the I following appointed places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: The office will be open to receive re turns from the first day of January till the 20th day of Feb. 1916, as prescrib ed by law. J. R. TIMMERMAN, Auditor, E. C. S. C. Dec. 8-1915. ?9DQHQEBHBBB FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Marling & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Harting <?j Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines. Boilers, Supplies and Repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline En igmes, Saw Teeth, Files. Belts land Pipes, WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. GINS and PRESS REPAIRS Try LOMBARD AUGUSTA. GA. Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South Passenger train schedules, effec tive October 24, 1915. Trains arrive from No. Time 108 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am 130 Columbia, Trenton 9:40 am 110 Aiken, Augusta 3:00 p m 106 Columbia, Angosta 8:30 p m Trains depart for No. Time 109 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 a m 129 Trenton, Augusta 8:46 a m 131 Aug-Columbia-Aiken 11:45 am 107 Augusta, Columbia 7:80 p m Schedules published only as in formation and are not guaranteed. For further information apply ^ to J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent Edgefield S. C. A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. ELECTRIC-, The MHd^LaMtiTtL BITTERS