Average Farmer Must Haul His Prod
ucts Six and One-Half Miles
Other Points.
How far must the average farmer
ia thc United States haul his crop
to market? Exactly six and a half
miles, it can be answered, for the bu
reau of crop estimates of the depart
ment of agriculture has completed an
inquiry into the whole matter of farm
hauling throughout the country. In
cidentally, the results of the inquiry
show that if only one wagon were
available to haul crops it would re
quire about 15.747.0u0 days for it to
complete the job for only the mar
keted portion of three most prominent
farm products-wheat, corn and cot
ton.
The investigation shows that it re
quires about half a day for the aver
age farmer to make a round trip to
market, and about two-thirds of a day
on the average for the farmers farth
est from market to make a similar
trip. That market distances are grow
ing shorter ls shown by the fact that
in 190G it required almost 50 per cent
more time for the average round trip.
One reason for the improved condi
tions, it is pointed out, is that since
1906 the steam railroad mileage in
the United Slates has increased 15 per
cent and that many new freight-car
rying electric lines have been built.
"Another point brought out by the
inquiry is that there has been marked
improvement in public roads since the
Concrete Road in Mississippi.
bureau's investigations in 1906. for
the size of the overage load hauled
has nearly doubled since then. A day's
haul of wheat in 1900 was 56 bushels;
now it is 112 bushels. In 1900 1.700
pounds of cotton was hauled in a
day; now the average daily haul is
3,000 pounds.
The inquiry developed the fact that
the loads hauled in the cotton country
are the smallest but the most valu
able. Thus the average value of a
load of cotton was found to be $1S3,
wheat $43 and corn $2S. The.longest
hauls were found to be in the Rocky
mountain States, where Nevada holds
the record with nn average haul for
all farmers of IS miles. The shortest
hauls were shown to be in the middle
"West, Ohio at the bottom of the list
with four miles.
BIG GOOD ROADS DIVIDENDS
Motorists of Massachusetts Spent $25,
000,000 Last Season, as Result
of Good Roads.
Motorists spent $25.000.000 in Massa
chusetts last season, largely as a re
sult of the good roads of that state.
Rather a fine dividend!
Great progress has been made in im
proving the roads in Minnesota, but
there are communities which as yet,
apparently, see but one side to the
good roads question, and that is, cap
ital going out and no dividends com
ing back. While the returns from
motor travel are Indirect, neverthe
less they are certain. It is obvious
that any town is at least Indirectly
benefited by having such, good roads
that motorists delight In making it an
objective on their week-end tours.
Any district that has bad roads be
comes just ns well known, but of
course adversely. Unfortunately, too
many specific cases might be given.
Minneapolis Journal.
Greatly Improve Road.
By keeping a road drag and drag
ging the road along one's land after
heavy rains the road may be greatly
improved. It is an easy matter to
have- an agreement so each farmer
will drag the road in front of his
farm. This would maintain the road
till the regular hands could be called
out at stated Intervals or till the com
missioner could make the repairs.
eixtcen-Foot Roadway.
Maintain at least a q 16-foot road
.way.
DEAL m IDEAL
By RUDOLPH TRESSINGHAM..
(Copyright, I J17. Western S< wspapcr Union, t
Clancy Wyeth had ?1 deal in mind and
process. Joseph Trull an ideal. Thc Cor
nier was popularly designated as a
keen, practical business man, the lat
tor as visionary and dreamer. Na
ttire bad formed both with strong in
dividual intellectuality.
* Clancy Wyeth was lloor broker for
a big Ann on the grain exchange, [ts
'offices were a rare glitter of gilt and
plate gbtss. Joseph Trull had a desk
anti narrow office in an obsolete busi
ness block, where he ??id translation
work for the foreign departments of
local banks.
'.I have a pretty idea In mind," ho
told a friend one day. "You know our
old family homestead, lift ecu miles
from the city of Fendale, is mine. It
has not been occupied for two years.
They have built up sonic palatial
homes near to it, and 1 have been wait
ing, expecting to get a good offer for
lt. Well, the house is old, but it can
be maile habitable. There are fifteen
bearing cherry trees In the orchard,
rm going to have a crowd of these lit
tle ones out for a week, soon as the
cherries are ripe."
"Excellent! graud!" commented his
friend.
"I shall pick out fifteen of the most
deserving children," continued Trull,
"and apportion to each a tree. It will
be their tree to dream over, to long
for, weeks before the visit. I will keep
tlie fifteen for a week, hire a cook and
a nurse. One week end the mother of
each little one will come out and pick
one tree, and I will see that the cher
ries are delivered by wagon at the
city home."
. Just this plan Jasper Trull put into
operation. The mothers who came out
with the little ones, were provided
with bidders and baskets, and went
home happy and content. There was
one little tot, the youngest of the
group, a girl not yet three years of
age. She and the others were allowed
to roam freely about the place.
"I cannot find little Dora," the
nurse informed Trull one afternoon
near dusk, and he started off in search
of her. Nearing a high hedge that
separated the grounds from those of
a fine mansion occupied by a family
named Crosby, he caught tho echo of
voices, and paused. Ile noticed a bolo
in the hedge, and peering over its top
his eye took In a lovely picture.
Upon the grass was seated a beauti
ful young woman, whom he doubted
not was Miss Eunice Colby. She had
little Dora in her lap. and had woven
a garland of flowers for her. The
prattling tot was beaming with de
light.
"Please excuse me." spoke Joseph,
I "hut the nurse is anxious about this
wandering little charge of hers, and I
promised to find her.'
I "Oh, you are Mr. Trull," spoke the1
I young lady, arising and kissing little |
Dora and then handing her through the
hedge. "I have heard so much of
ycur noble work. Will you not allow
this sweet little mite to come over
again tomorrow? The rest of the
family are away, and she is rare com-j
pany.'
Joseph promised. The nurse herself |
the next morning took I ?ora to the
hedge and consented that she should!
remain all day in Miss Colby's charge,
as the latter wished.
Now, by a strange freak of fate,
Clancy Wyeth visited the Colby home
that day. Ile had only a casual ac
quaintance with Miss Colby, but he]
had her in view as a prospective heir
ess, and hoped to make an impression.
For his "deal" looked fine.
"The little brat!" he fairly hissed,
after devoting an hour to Miss Colby,
he found her devotedly engrossed in
entertaining her little visitor and act
ing rather bored at his presence. He
went away disgruntled.
"She won't be so indifferent, when
I make my pile on the deal," he mut
tered.
"Please keep a little back from the
hedge, Miss Colby." Trull said one eve
ning. "Little Dorn is down with fe
ver. The doctor says it is infectious,
and that we must Quarantine the
house. Do not run any risk. I will
have the nurse keep you informed as,
to how Dora gets along."
But there was no nurse the next day. J
They luid tak^n the alarm, as well as
the cook. Doth had departed. Trull
had cooked the breakfast himself, and
was attending as best he might to the
three who had come down with the
fever, when n knock at the door sent
him thither. He opened it to confront
Miss Colby. She had a suitcase in
her hand and started to come in.
"You must not," he told her. "It
would be only to expose yourself to
the contagion."
"But I have come to stay," persist
ed the determined little lady. "Please
don't scold or deter me, Mr. Trull," she
pleaded. "I have sent for two nurses
In the village, and, if you will iso
late and care for the well ones, we
will attend to the sick little charges."
One month after that, Clancy Wyeth,
the man of the deal, found that the
Information he had paid for as to the
potato crop was a fraud. The market
broke, his firm failed, and his dream
of opulence ended.
About that same time there was a
grand jubilation nt the Trull home
stead, for Eunice Colby and her aids
had brought the invalids safely
through their ordeal.
"You have wrought a blessing." Jas
per told Eunice, and love as well as
gratitude impelled the sentiment, and
In the depths of those beautiful eyes
he read a mystic response that thrilled
his soul to hope and happiness.
Life Summed Up in the Words
j "to Have," "to Do," "to Be"
and "to See."
"Bui seek ?re iii the kingdom of
j God-Matt. 0:33.
Each human life may be sninmed up
in tile woifls "to have,!' "to do," "lo
bc" anil "to soe." These interrelate
themselves mid show human life as
regressive. When these ure duly fos
tered human ??iv is reaching out
^toward its best.
Tin- earliest to show itself is tho
desire "to have." Tin- Infant's active
Angers arc the visible expression of the
latent instincts of the soul, ("?'id's pro
vision for rapid development is the
nctive. Impelling instinct ro have, to
own. Experience shows how the con
ditions may best he mei. Xii titre pre
sents herself in her possible abundance
of fruits mu? wealth, love and Friend
ships, comfort and health, home and
happiness, nnd says, "obey ?UKI you
may have. Fail to obey nnd you lose."
God presents himself in Jesus and by
the very possibilities of human excel
lence then awakened says. "Obey me
and this excellence you may have." To
. seek to know and fully realize this con
sciousness of God ls the most pressing
. need of the human heart and thc great
est need of our present time. The
peoples of the earth need ngnin to be
come God-conscious. Then they will
become sane, human, brotherly. But
they must become God-conscious on a
: new level-the level of altruism rather
than selfishness. Then "to have" will
i be inclusive rather than exclusive of
? others.
The Desire to Do.
I But "to have" Is not the highest in
, stinct and therefore does not develop
our highest nature. Merely "to pos
, sess" is a quality we have In common
' with every other creature. "To do"
! is higher than "to have." "To have"
1 gives entrance Into the kingdom of
i property, "to do" gives entrance Into
the kingdom of service. And for a hu
man being service is more enriching
than possession. A man does not know
God until he knows himself and some
thing about his fellow men. No man
will use God until he knows man. No
man can rebuild his own or another
human life until he weeps over the
ruin or failure he has seen or experi
enced. Right is the first condition of
service and love is the second. "To
do" is thus a method of growth in the
kingdom of God-it ls also one of the
essential points.
But even service must have its
source of Inspiration. "To be" is
therefore higher than "to do." This
gives entrance into the kingdom, of
character. In the last analysis a man
does what he is. True character Is
not a building, it is a presence, the
presence of God In the soul. Charac
ter may not be salvation, but it cer
tainly is the assuring proof that God
is coming to his own in us. A man
is not a Christian whose religion is
something added onto the other things
he rays are his. If his religion ls not
pervading and so breathing through
each one of these as to make them dis
tinctive, then his life is not Christian.
The Desire to See.
The highest of all ls "to see." With
out vision nations perish, for without '
vision souls perish. Many men have
committed soul suicide who ure still
active in the pursuits of lifo. But their j
activities lack supreme purpose. Many
a man makes IUL'II claims for himself j
who knows not that God bas depart od J
from him. On the spirit there must j
be light. In the heart there must be
expectancy. To the eye of the soul
there must he more seen than the hand
can ever realize or words express. To
every climbing soul lhere must be a
temple vision like Isaiah's or an open
air vision like Paul's. Beatrice was
not merely a woman to Dante-she was
tile vision of n beautiful character.
Hawthorne had lu his own soul much
of the mystic when he wrote about
"Tile Stone Face" and made Kniest be
come like the face he had so devoutly
studied and loved. This ls the king
dom of vision in which is found the
light which gives all thc other king
doms their possibility of enjoyment
and realization. Blessed is the man
who is thus daily living this fourfold
life!-Rev. John R. Mackay. D. D"
North Presbyterian Church, New York,,
Everlasting Love.
Love is the greatest thing that God
can give us; for himself ls love, and
It ls the greatest thing we can give
God, for lt will give ourselves, and car
ry with it all that is ours.
He that can say, "Nothing shall sep
arate me from the love of God in
Christ," will be able to triumph in tho
midst of the greatest tribulations. A
soul that lives under the ussurance of
divine favor cannot but bear up pati
ently and quietly under the greatest
sufferings that possibly can befall In
the world. Love should bo the su
preme thing because it is going to last,
because in the nature of things lt ls
eternal life.-Selected.
Simplicity.
I value more and more every day
the signs of simplicity, the people
who say what they mean and as they
mean lt; who don't think what they
think is expected of them, but what
they really feel; who don't pretend to
enjoy what they don't enjoy, or to un
derstand what they don't understand.
-A. C. Benson.
Prayer.
A prayer In Its simplest definition ls
merely a wish turned God ward.-Se
lected.
The Praeter
Life ?nsura?i?
writes more Life Insur
any company in Amel
one. Tliey have lowest
dividends and free disabi
of all companies in tl
States.
E. J. NORRIS,
Sunday School Patriotic Service.
The National Bannpr shonld have
a place in the auditorium of every
church and Sunday school, and
especially is this true during the
period of the war.
The Has will be a constant re
? minder of patriotic duty and re
sponsibility. Encourage every mem
ber of the Sunday school to wear
?the colors-red, white and blue.
Tiny flags, tri-colored ribbon or flag
buttons may be furnished by the
school or by the teachers of classes.
This badge will have peculiar signifi
cance and exert a silent influence for
patriotism.
Salute the flag as a part of the
opening exercises of the Sunday
school. Let it be done in each de
partment simultaneously. A bugle
call may precede the salutation to
designate when the salutation shall
be given. The following form of
salutation may be used:
I Give My Mead, (fingers touching
the forehead)
My Heart, (hand resting over the
hean)
And This Right Hand, (hand ex
tended, palm upward)
For God, (looking upward, point
ing upward)
And Home, (hands clasped in front)
And Native Land, (arma evtcnded)
One Country! One Language! (che
hands resting at sides)
One Flag! (suddenly point to the
flag)
One God! To Whom Le Praise
Forever More! (looking up
ward-hand pointing upward)
A Standard Leaver may step to
the front and hold the flag aloft
while the salutation is given.
Appoint a committee on patriotic
service. This committee should
have a representative for each de
partment. The temperance superin
tendent should be a member and, if
a 'live wire," could be made the
chairman. The committee on Pa
triotic Service should plan and super
vise all patriotic activities of the
?school and be the channel of com
Imunicatioo and co-operation with
other organizations. The Red Cross
Society, The Council of Defense,
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, The Y- M. C. A., and
Y. W. C. A. are sources of helpful
suggestions.
HARRIS'
PRESSING CLUB
I take this^means of letting the
people know that I have re-opened
my pressing club, and will appre
ciate their patronage. I am better
prepared than ever to clean and
press all kinds of garments, both
for ladies and gentlemen. All work
guaranteed. Let me know when
you have work and I will send for
it and make prompt delivery.
Wallace Harris
Sheppard Building Down Stairs
MEN'S
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unce than
ica except
rates with
li ty clause
ie United
Insurance Co.
is one hundred and seven (107)
years old. Writes more Fire In
surance than any tire insurance
company in America.
You will be perfectly safe with
a Hartford Fire Policy.
Agt.
E. J. NORRIS, Agt.
Telephone Courtesy
The people who get the greatest
amount of good out of their telephone
are those who talk over it as though face
to face.
Courtesy smooths out difficulties and
promotes the promptest possible connec
tions.
The operators of the BELL System
are trained to be patient and polite under
all circumstances, but they will do better
work if they meet with patience and
politeness on the part of the telephone
users.
The fact that you cannot see the
operator or the other party should not
cause you to overlook this. The best
results come through the practice of
mutual courtesy.
The voice with (be smile nins
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
J. J. Beach, Manager, Aiken. H. C.
F. E. GIBSON, President] LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas.
The Best Time io
Build is Now
Free booklets on Silos, Barns,
Implement Houses, Residences,
etc., with suggestions of great
value.
Also "Ye Planary" service
through the Lumber Exchange
of Augusta.
Ask for further information if
interested. The service is with
out cost.
Woodard Lumber Co.
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