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J |PALMEYIO_HAPP[MNGS| e
V < News Notes of General Interest j i
3 > From All Parts of tlie State. j{
Commission Pays Suni3 Dua. V
g, Columbia. Special.?Chairman Mr.v-1 ai
rav of the dispensary commission ft
? Thursday supervised the paying out f
of 'the last of tlie liquor. claims ai- j
P lowed by the commission's recent j .j
judgments. The amount paid out j
Thursday was $147,874.47, the larg- i b?
?, est amounts being $05,000 to Clark ' al
Hmc ? i i i't
? r?., ti.i.uuu iu r iviBi umuiiu anil i .
f ^OUO to llio Schlitz beer people, j ''
' 'liu only claim allowed remaining **
unpaid is tliat to tiie Big Springs | jV
.Distilling Company, which is sus-1 ..
j'.cnded pending appeal. This v. as tlie j
only concern allowed anything which I %v
1 dies appealed. The commission has .
Jeft ajjout $4.30.000, which includes | V
si bout $hO,000 4 4 cosciencc inonev." J.
-half of which goes to the lawyers. '!
l Chairman Murray said that after all s
.attorney's fees arc paid and all ?
other expenses met the commission ('
would turn in to the State about M.
-$320,COO. ?.'
Most of the ?lrms --mI oft Thurs day
wer.1 rep.resented by ex-Sneaker .
of the Kentucky House of Kcpre- !''
sentatives A. .J. Carroll, whose fees '
-will be large and juicy. Mr. Carroll
jgavc the commission much valuable ei
Assistance in the way of evidence. a<
Big Blow to Liquor People.
Charleston Special.?In sending his
monthly rejiort to the State (Joverninert
in Columbia concerning the
amount of seizures made in Charleston,
city and county, during the las' 111
thirty days, Chief Constable Batef
jnnn had the distinction of having 11'
been able to forward the best month- (j'
2 V ranort lit' nllv lviwlillir nnncl.iKlo "
"ihis city since the beginning of the ^
dispensary law in this State. The
l'eport showed that an even 1.000 aj
gallons of whiskey, of all grades
* .and qualities, had been seized by the ^
raiding squad during the month <>f * \
November, together with a total of V*
<5,500 bottles of beer. This immense
amount of contraband liquor is val- *
lied at between $"2,400 and $2,50') to
the county dispensary. It is stated
that these figures do not represent ?(
the actual loss to the blind tigers and
illicit liquor dealers entailed by the
seizure of the liquor. Had the amount
seized by thi constables been sold
in blind tigers, it would in all pi b- {,
Ability have netted about $3,200.
Her.t!-On ColiiEicn at Park's Station. 11
^ Laurens. Special.?A lieail-on col- lision
between trains 52 and 53 on (-(
f the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens ^
railroad occurred at Park's station
( Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30
o'clock, resulting in considerable 0j1
damage to the two engines, severe ^
bruises to Engineer Dan MeCraiu-v
of Columbia and a thorough rliaking R
up for all the passengers. It is ^
learned that every passenger was e
thrown from his seat. .
The collision was the result of En- t|
rgincer .7oe Gate's confusion of Tues day's
and Wednesday's pass orders, i?o
it is reported. He had both orders
in his jxjcket and read the wrong j(1
?ne- in
Orangeburg Stables Burned. ^
Orangeburg, Special.?At 3 o'clock tl]
in the morning, fire was discovered js
ljy Policeman Fickling in the West I ?i
"End stables on South Broughton St., j'j'
owned by J. H. Albreeht, and burned j0
?o rapidly that notwithstanding this f(,
the fireman arrived in good time and
<lid heroic work, the flames spread *j(
in two directions, consuming three m
s-:mal 1 buildings and their contents. (r
The stables and barns were totally j,,
destroyed with eleven head of horses,
eighteen buggies, three carriages and t(J
twenty-five sets of harness, besides
about $2,000 worth of feed. Ten ' ,
of the eleven horses were the proper- :
ty of Mr. Albreeht, and one was that
of a stranger who left the animal jj
with Mr. Albreeht on Saturday night, y
1 , Traction Lina Changes Hands. "}
Greenville, Special.?The Anderson ^
Traction Company's holdings were i'1
transfeiTCcl to E W. Robertson Mnn. in
<lay afternoon by Special Master J. et
j\. Brock, of Anderson. Robertson ,e
Ihen sold the road to Capt. Sniytli, as P1
trustee for the syndicate composed 1,1
of the Dukes and Greenville business
men. Capt. Smyth will operate the ai
Toad us trustee with W. J. Thackst011
as general agent, until n charter can m
be secured.
Dies of Injuries Caused by Prerua- J,"
ture Explosion.
Oaffney, Special.?A young white ^
man named Lanier was injured last
Wednesday night at the works at
the Ninety-nine Islands by a prema- or
ture explosion of dynamite. The
_yotfc>g fellow lingered until Sunday ?
merrning when he died. His reluftvee
believed that it was the result j
of carelessness and have employed (^
y counsel to investigate the facts in
connection with the accident.
m
Fivo Finns Fils Appeals. wi
Columbia, Spcciul.?Only five no- tl
^ tices of appeal to the Supreme Court | In
Imve been filed from the findings of
i the dispensary commission. The
time is out, and therefore, only about
^ 3^60,000 of the scalin'gs of 4220,000 ,
will be < on tested. Among the most M
^ notable appeals is that of the Caro- 111
y lino-Glass Company, of this city, JT
-whose claim of over $23,000 was 1
wiped out and an over-judgment of !V
nearly $30,000 fouad. The other companics
who hove appealed are the .
King County Big Springs Distilling ?
Company, Jack Cranston Company
auid William Lanahan & Sons
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KNOX PLAN APPROVED. S<
oard of Examiners Will Pas3 Upon
the Fitness of All Applicants For **
Position of Secretary and the Records
of Efficient Will Be Preserved.
Washington, Special.?To improve
ic personnel and ellicitney of the To
iplomatic srviee an?l to encourage
id commercial foreign relations of <
>r promotion to the rank or minis- |?n
ts, President Tnft has approved a e?:|
lan suggested by Secretary of State ae<
nox, and published it as an Execu- stive
order. t i*?i
The new prospect provides for a tin:
mrd of examiners to pass upon ail tlie
iplicants for appointments as see- "o
laries and prescribes the standard of
an to the President, points out the to
>mnrkable growth of the political ???'
id eonmierneial foreign relations of de\
ic I'nited States and the increasing leu
tliiculty of the problems to be dealt
it h. onl
Records of efReieney of all the un- pr<
?r secretaries will he preserved in woi
ic State Department and uppintinc'nt v'd
oin outside tlie srviee to secretarydp
will he made only to the class pet
third secretary of embassy; or. in 'be
tse of higher vacancies, of second 4
rotary of legation, or of secretary I'"1
legation at posts which have as- woi
gned to them only one secretary, ^ta
aeaueies in secretaryships of Hie to
glier c lass will in tlie future he tilled 1,1:11
promotion from she lower grades. eas
id ellieieney and ability demonstrat- lu'1'
1 in the service will he the tests of Use
Ivnneenient. <?wi
All the secretaryships in the future stdci
ill be graded according to the itu- Iniv
jrSauce or ditliculty or other aspects tes,
the work clone at each mission, s'Jo
id these classifications will he made the
town to the srviee so that every t'd.
an may know just where he stands. eull
The examining hoard will cleter- exp
ine the fitness of candidates desig- rea
tted by the President for examina- lda
mi. see
The examinations will he held at tab
'ashington and will he both oral
nl written. A physical examination Coi
ill he supplemental.
Candidates must he between the (
tes of- *J1 and .*?() years. The de- ^
irSment will aim to apportion rep- eon
sent at ion fairly among the States to '
id Teritories. the
plel
COTTON MEN WRONGED. A
sen
ommissioner of Corporations De- ??d
nounces the Practice of Dealing in j i
s. mures. nm
Washington. Special.?Both the ',,a
reducers of cotton ami the dealers in .~ra
int commodity are the victims of \',c
le system of trading in vogue 011 the
it ton exchange of the country. 'net
This is the burden of parts 4 and <u''
of the report of Commissioner of 'l*'1'
orporations Herbert Knox Smith on !,ar
le conduct of such exchanges. The
ractice of dealing in futures, as it is
iried on at present, is condemned, V
irricd on at present, is condemned, 1,111
ic existence of the exchange. ''K'
"The brief discussion of general 0,,'i
icculation in this report," says Mr. \al'
niith, "recognizes the possibilities -or
>r good inherent in a great central 11,01
arket like a cotton exchange, and 1,00
ic need that this good be developed Sl''1
id evils eliminated by regulations in P1'*'
lie with economic law." J"or
The report is especally condemns- u'ai
iry of the dealings in futures, brandg
this form of speculation as pure
unbling and highly injurious to legi
mate trade. In ((notations for "fu- *11,-4
ire" deliveries of cotton, tlie market ''u
so uncertain and so many elements .var'
' change enter into the transaction ^ ^
int all bids are made at a much stu'
wer figure than those offered for
?tton actually in existence. ?ig
The effect of these fictitious quotanns,
the report points out, tends to S
islead the cotton planted as to tlie
ne value of his crop, honestly l>ar
own. In addition it leads brokers
i "play" both sides of tlie market ",st
i protect themslves against loss in VV'H
icli trades, with the rsult that the ^a>
oducer is forced to pay in the end, mei
liile the farmer loses likewise. ven
The rejmrt, while recognizing that .lani
ic exchanges in New Orleans and an"
ew York are necessary, does not l64-'
ince words in criticising the New oon
Drk exchange. After declaring that
e New Orleans methods of couductg
the transactions in cotton follow- \
1 natural lines, the rej>ort draws at- wl''
ntion to the fact that it has been a l;
oven that the abnormal depressions exf
the future price in New York ?la>
were almost wholly due to improper 4*au
tificial conditions now maintained bio
f the New York coton exchange. By so*"1
aintaining them the New York ex- Oni
lange is responsible for a very real ^
jury lo the producer and mer- j'
lant."
ing of Sweeden Mingles With the 1
People.
Stockholm, By Cable.Kiijg Gustave ,
i Saturday inaugurated a new de- ~
irture for sovereigns. Disguised as ls
stevedore lie s{>ent most of the day (jj".
irrying saeks of coal from a lighter. , .
i an interview, al ter it was all over, ' a<
e King said that this was only the ca.lJ
'ginning. He intended to mix with 'V1
1 classse of laborers, so that he !a
ight ascertain their opinions and
Al?..l.. I U-1 ? - -? <ias'
iiucaiiy lie UUUCU, ne liaa ODined
many valuable hints from the . Vs
en with whom he worked. 4 f'
ndt
r. J. Oolhonn Likely to Accept the p
Chinese Ministership. *
Chicago, Special?William J. Oal
>un, a Chicago attorney and diploat,
Sunday night admitted that Sec- ' ia
tary of State lvnox had offered him '. '
ie post of minister to China. The adission
came in denial of a report f?a
lat he had declined to accept the of- f?sl
r. Mr. Calhoun explained that he .>a
id been induced bv Secretary of .
tate Knox to reconsider a determiitifn
not to accept the appointment vea
hieh waa offered two weeks ago. wa!
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DUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS
13 Cream of News Items Gatberet
From All Over South Carolim
and Boiled Down.
Inspect Waterworks Plants in thi
State.
['olunibia, Special.?In order t<
. vent much sanitary trouble now
irericneed throughout the State or
ount of sewerage pollutions ol
earns ami obviate inueli ri.oiv
able in this respect in the future,
State Hoard of Health will ask
Legislature which meets next
nth to provide for the purification
all sewer outlets in the State, and
this end will asli for the appoimnt
of a competent engineer to
rote all of his time to this probi.
and to inspections of waterrks.
The hoard would have not
y all present sewerage systems
ivideil with purification plants, hut
nld have all future plants so proed
and would have all waterrks
plants erected only after eotnent
supervision as to the purity of
supply of water.
We cannot say without investiga1
what these purification plants
lid cost," said I>r. Williams, the
ite health otlieer. "this would have
he determined after the engineer
ile thorough investigation in the
e of each city, but this expense
d he only nominal for the State
If. :is etch city should pay for its
1 plant. I'll less South Carolina
ipts such protective measures as
e been put in force in other Sta,
it will only he a question of a
rt time before practically all of
streams of tb State will be pollutaiul
the fi?rlit to combat the diltities
that will follow will indeed be
lensive. The engineer for health
sons should also supervise the
us for all future waterworks. 10
that every place frets ami mainis
a pure supply."
ltest for Corn Prizes to Close
Soon.
'olumhia. Special.?(Ynnmissioner
tson. who is chairman of the State
a contest commission., is anxious
lave the judfrment of samples and
examination of manuals comted
before the end of the year,
number of contestants have not
t in their samples, as required
ler the rules. I.ast year the work
the commission was not completed
il February. The lompetition was
ugurated with a view to increase
in growers * profits liv increasing
yield per acre, and also the qualof
corn and <>ats through simple
hods of seed selection and proper
lire. The contest is conducted iintlie
supervision of the State dettuent
of agricult lire.
Naval School for Charleston.
Iiarleston. Special.?A new instion
has just been established at
Charleston Navy Van!, and is the
v one of its kind at any of the
ils in the country. It is a school
the training of young midsliipi
in torpedo boat work and enjririnjr.
Of such importance is the
ool that all young nten doing toro
boat work will he ordered here
instruction. There will he a regr
eotirse of lectures by olltcers at
yard and weekly routine will he
owed. The head of the selicol is
nt. Commander Freeman. Leci>s
will he {riven by Surgeon Edjrar
unpson. a medical olHeer at the
il. Past Assisstant Paymaster
lara and several of tlie ensigns
ioned with the reserve llotilla.
gs Chosen Acting President of
Clemson.
'lemson College, Special.?W. M.
gs, director of the mechanical detment
of Clemson College has
n elected acting president of the
itution, succeeding Dr. I*. 11. Mell,
> retires January 1. Col. M. P.
rdin, head of the Chemical departit,
who was elected acting presit,
declined to serve. Senator Benin
R. Tillman, Alan Johnstone
It. I. Manning, a committee seed
to recommend a president, will
tinuc their search for an executive.
Fearful Wreck at Camden.
'anulen, Special.?With a shock
ioli made the whole town tremble,
iresto-carbon tank in the Southern
ress oflice here exploded Thurs ,
wrecking the oflice building and
ising a fire which swept half a
rk of Camden's finest business
tion with a loss of over $100,000.
i negro man is reported to have,
n killed, two prominent citizens
ired and five others are hurt.
mage3 Against Mill For Blacklisting.
Columbia, Special.?The jury in
at is known as the Rhodes blacking
case against the (Iranby cotmills
returned a verdict for $10,i
for Rhodes because the mill
cklisted him several years ago bese
he joined tlie strike against the
1. The plaintitf showed, however,
t he was discharged and blacklistI.,.,
1? U -?-!< r"'
"cumc in- i?ri-aiiii- a HtnKer. i lie
e is an im|>ortunt one in that it
la the right of a cor|>oration to
i-klist for striking. The mill is oonsnt
of reversing the lower court,
tilled and Injured Past Year.
ixty-seven people were killed and
injured on the railroads of the
te during the year ending June
according to the unnunl reports of
25 companies received by the rail,<l
commission. It'is shown in tlie
t annual report of the commission
t 57 were killed and 1,097 injured,
will be seen that the number killon
the railroads has increased this
ir while the number of injured
s less by several hundred.
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' ALABAMA VOTES AGAINST j
' Prohibition Amendment to Constitn*
i is Lost by Majority of IS,000 or
20,000.
Birmingham. Ala.. Special.?All in!
dications point to a majority of bo5
tweeii 18,000 and "20,000 in Alabama
against the prohibition constitutional
> amendment Monday. Chairman J. |
' Lee Lon-jr. \vl;o has been in charge of
> the light against the amendment,
claims that the majority against the
> amendment will he fully "20.000
. j JetTerson county, in which Bir- j
niinghnm, the largos' city in tho j
State, in spite of the fact that the i
i tight has beeu concentrated here,
| gave a majority of over 1,000 against
the amendment. Mobile, Montgom?
erv and Cuilman counties show tho '
largest majorities on the victorious!
side and it appears the amendment I
has carried in hut three counties,
Talladega, Macon and Sumter, with
Lee in doubt.
Monday's election being the first
time the State has ever had an opportunity
to pasi on the prohibition
question, is regarded as especially
significant. Still it cannot lie regarded
as a straight anti-prohibition vie.tory
because of the personal polities
that has been injected into the issue,
j Its association with the administration
of Governor B. B. Comer and
his reputed ability to name a successor
to the governorship in Judge
S. D. "Weakley, author of the prohibition
bills, have figured prominently
in the result.
A significant feature of the result j
is the fact that sentiment nc.niii.-t I
the amendment is so widespread,
ltural precincts, small towns and
eities alike are. for the most part,
returning substantial majorities on
the winning side.
There lias never been seen here
anything like the enthusiasm shown
in Birmingham over the result. The
result everywhere is regarded as a
distinct repudiation of the present
State administration which has been
particularly radical in its so-called
reform program.
Nothing in Flour to Cause Pellagra.
Columbia. Special.?The in vest illations
Dr. l'\ l? Parker of Charleston
in charge of the pure food inspection
for the Stale hoard, has been
carrying on for several months to
see if there is any had corn niool
adulteration o>* other thing in the
flour made or offered for sale in this
State calculated to cause pellagra.'
have been ri?indiiil?wl wiili tl??. .. 11
that none of the flours will he in<lieted.
It had been pointed out m a
number of pellagra eases that the
victotns eat no product of corn, and
the hoard determined to see whether
the flour was adulterated.
Anderson City Council Grants Franchise
For Gas Plant.
Anderson, Special.?At a spec:::!
meeting of city eouneil Arthur .Medwedotf
and associates of ("iiieairo
were granted a franchise for a gas
plant in Anderson. Work on the
plant must lie commenced within six
months ami the plant must lie i>; operation
in twelve months. Failure to
comply with these provisions will
cause the forfeiture of $.~>00, which
must he deposited with the citv
treasurer when the franchise is accepted.
A Good Trade.
Mamma: "Have you been taking
your cough medicine, like a good
hoy?"' Tommy: "No ma'am, I let
Polly taste it an' she liked it so 1
traded it to her for an orange."
In Demand.
"That's a very popular man."
"Yes; he'll listen to the details of
your summer trip ithout insisting on
telling about his own."?Kansas City
Journal.
Snow Ties Up Trains.
St. Paul, Minn., Special.?Cold and
snow are now delaying freight traffic
on the Northern Pacific and some
parts of the Great Northern railroads
more than the strike of switchmen,
according to statements issued by the
general managers of those roads Sunday
night. According to General
Manager Slade of the Northern Pacific,
freight is more or less tied up
all along the system on account of the
snow and especially in northern Minnesota
and Norths Dakota. Pasenger
trains are from one to four hours
late in St. Paul Sunday night.
The 20th annunal eoferenee of the
Southern Educational Conference will
be held at Charlotte, 28th, 29th and
oa* i. -*1.:- *i
.jui ii i'i i ii is moil in.
Strike Abont Over.
St. Paul, Minn., S|>ecial.?With
f>00 men imported to take the place
of the striking switchmen who are
members of the Switchmen's Union
of North America and those strikers
who are memhers of the Brotherhood
oi n nil way iiainmcn, returning to
work, managers of the Great Northern
Railway Friday night asserted
, that the strike ivas about over. The
strike leaders, however, despite the
desertion, asserted that the strike had
only begun. Freight congestion is
not appreeubly relieved.
TO BEAUTIFY THE BEDROOM.
To those who have Brownie can?
eras 2V4x3V4. take a piece of card
any size desired, cut places oval or
! diamond shape, take a pleco of pretty
1 silkoline and put over cut same shape
of cardboard; jpay pad It with cotton
If desired, glue down the edges, paste
? picture in the apertures in the frame
and cover back with silkoline. Hans
with ribbons. It !s very pretty. Aw
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THE LONG SESSION
Appropriation Bills Give Right of
Way.
LIVELY TIME3 EXPECTED.
Much Interest is Manifested in President's
Message on Account of
Many Questions he Will Have to
Deal With. 1
1
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Washington. 1). Special.?("on- t
gross assembled Monday on the 1
"long session," which will probably j J
run into the summer. Senators and | j
Representatives who have arrived ex-j
press a determination to take up the
work of the sssion vigorously with ' s
Iln? hope of having it well advanced
before the holidays. The House is
alreday organized 1 ?\ the election of
Speaker ami oOieers at t lie extra session.
ami the appointtitenl of eoinlnittees.
so there will he no excuse
for that body not iret'.injr down to
business at onee.
The appropriation bills are to ho
t;iven the riirht of way at both etnls
of the eapitol ami presseil through
with all possible haste. When the
appropriations hills have been disposed
of Congress will turn its attention
to more interesting if not
more important measures.
Here are some of the things Congress
will liml ready to hand to
work on :
Sweepinj; ehantres in the railway
laws, irix inix added power to the interstate
t'ominene Commission. 1
An atnendment to the Sherman antitrust
aet exempting labor unions |
from penalties for eomhiuat ion. I
Suhveutions for the uphuildim; of I
the merchant marine and extension
of the oeeau mail srviee.
Authorization to railroads to pool
under striet supervision of the in
t erst ate Commerce Commission.
Legislation regulatin?r the boycott i
anil llii- issuance of injunctions
against labor organizations.
Internal waterway improvements,
according to the policy outlined by
the President in bis recent addresses
in the South and West.
A proposal to reduce the present 1
tax on oleomargarine.
An investijration of the sugar trust
scajnlal will be proposed, and may
or may not he undertaken.
Much interest is manifested in the [
President's message on account of i
the groat iniporiaiiee of the many
tpiestions it will have to deal with.
No presidential message in years,
it is safe to say. will have been listened
to with a greater amount of
eagerness and interest. In the courso j
of his recent tour of the country Mr. |
Taft outlined in his various address- '
es the views he held concerning j
the great public ipicstions of the day I
and which lie is expected to incur- j
no rate in his message.
The President will propose to Congress
iniportiuit legislation upon at
least ten subjects. Kneh is a matter
which will provoke discussion and
arouse opposition in Congress. The
chief subjects to be dealt with are:
Supervision of the issue of stocks
and bonds by interstate corporations;
readjustment of the duties and power
of the Interstate Commerce Coinmission;
expansion of the duties of
the Bureau of Corporations; creation
of a new bureau in the Department
of Justice to deal with violations
of law by inteterstate carriers;
establishment of a so-called "railroad
court"; amendment of the
Sherman anti-trust act; creation of a
postal savings bank: ship subsidies;
amendment of the procedure regarding
the granting of injunctions, and
tlie conservation of natural resources !
In addition to these it is probable
that currency reform will be recommended.
not as something to be immediately
undertaken, but to be considered
when the report of the Monetary
Commission is completed.
Politics in Great Britain.
London, Special.?The whole of
Great Britain is immersed in the political
campaign which has been in- '
augurated by the refusal of the 1
House of Lords to consent to the 1
budget. The country is divided in- '
to two great camps, composed of <
those who support the Lords' action <
and those who contend that the 1
House of Commons must have ah- 1
solute control of the finances of the t
nation. There are, of course, many
other issues, such as tariff reform
versus free trade, but these are being
pushed into the background by
the contlict between the two houses.
While the various local organizations
are busy selecting candidates and
preparing for the contests in their
respective districts, the leaders of the
great parties are carrying on a general
campaign. The radicals, who had 8
long forseen the fate of their finance 8
bill, are not allowing the grass to f
grow under their feet.
In London Saturday afternoon one '
of their organizations the National "
Democratie league, held a demon- ^
stration as a protest against the ac- 0
tion of the I^ords which was one of c
the most notable ever held in the *
metropolis. Fully 20,000 persons,
mostly of the laboring and artisan
classes, gathered in Trafalgar square
and cheered the radical speakers. *
who condemned in unmeasured terms *
the members of the upper chamber. B
rr 71 ? f
A man Is such a fool about what l
good Judgment he thinks he has, con- r
tends the New York Press, that he s
will even give his wife advice about \
the best way fcr her to handle him. 1
? w
r
<iood ISoads in the South.
It is a very oxeptional ncigbbe
tood in the South that doei not ne
setter roads, and it is an equally
eptional community that cannot h:
jetter roads. While many teeth
-unnot hope to have the best roadt
nacadam or gravel?for a long ti
o come, there is no excuse for i
ocality allowing its roads to rem
ositively and permanently had.
A good road is a ( 1) hard, '
mooth road, t) free from hec
trades. Any road which answer
hese requirements will insure ?.
irul quick traveling, and permit u
ho hauling of 1 jrg" loads?and that
s all that is required ?>f a read. Of
:oii].;o. the best road is the hardest
iml sinoo*.hesi cne. the macadam road
icing superior to she gravel road; but
eincmber that oven the earth road
teed not be bad. Thi., Is the thing we
visit this good reads spccinl to say
0 every man who reads it, "There Is
1 way for you to improve the road
>ver which you travel, and it will pay
ou to do it. if we can onl> got. our
eaders to realize t'.iis fact we beieve
that they will not he content to
onger waste the strength of their
earns, their own time, and their
noney by dragging, over rocks, puling
through deep sand, jolting across
litrhes, splashing about in mudholes,
itid eliml)ing steep hills. Every road
auniit lu? macadamized, or even graveled;
hut many more could he than,
ire. Few hand issues for good roads
n our territory have been bad investments,
while the eases in which they
would he good investments eonld be
numbered liy the hundreds. The tax
Liio ordinnrv fr.rr.ipr
pay to build and maintain stone
loads, in any moderately settled community,
is much smaller than the tax
he now pays to hat! rontlt; in the increased
cost of hi3 hauling. Over a
large section of the south sand-clay
roads could be built at a very sniw
cost, indeed, compared to what th<
would he worth to the commur.lt
through which they run. Thousa
and thousands of miles of earth ro:
could be redeemed front their chroi
state of badness by the persistent use
of the split-log road drag, and the
cost of doing the work would be so
small that no one would feci it. And
everywhere that there ;0 ?- \JUCi 1.
it could he improved if the men
work it would simply rementbf
the surface of the road should
lie kept smooth and free f*
stritctions, and that the fisr
do with the water that fall J roaa
is to get it off and away.?* uleigl)
tX. C.) Progressive Farmer.
Doubly Interested.
The farmer is in a double re
more deeply interested in good roa
ban anyone else. To him good roe
mean a great decrease in the cos*
setting his produce to the rna
;nd getting his supplies back. *
ikewise mean a lessening of the 1
iness of life.
To the people of every town .
uty the building of good roads is
liost as important as it is to
arniers. It means the betterment
very phase of life and a closer li
ningling of the people of town
ity; the lessening of wear and
>n vehicles and the betterment o
he conditions under which 1
s carried on. And then the
)f pood highways inevitah
argely to the value of adjac
rty. It is not too much t'
oad-building is not an e::?
in investment, paying a la
0 every community thar
dse it can do. The huildi
oads means an increase i
)f farm products by the 1<
he cost of hauling. In t
nevitably results in an
v-alue to all property ndj
he cost of roads is more
jp by this gain in prosperi
very false idea of man>
juilding of roads is an ??r."\enst
1 community cannot, afford. C
rontrary, it is an investment
jvery well-settled and well-orgr
community can afford to make,
returns the largest possible yi
profit, and a profit in which
man, woman and child shares.
Thorough Read Constrr "
The railroad companies
learned that there is econom
leavy steel rails, In strong br.
irid in large freight cars, and In 1
nanner the farmers will learn tl
tood roads reduce the cost of tra
>ortation by wagon. As a chain la
itronger than its weakest link, so >
ivauauuiiy oi a wagon roart is
ermlned by Us steepest hill or
oughest place. A natural roa*'
n some placer, may nevert.
uake economic hauling impractk.,?
iecause of difficult obstructions at on
ir two points. Hence arises tho net
if thorough road construction at
naintenance.?Denver Republican
There is a belief prevalent am^
he natives of Asia Minor that, t
hicker the clothing worn at all
ons of the year, the better it i
he human body, protecting It
rom the winter cold and the sun
icat. In Caucasia is it not un
non to sea pcor'.J wearing r.ugs I
kin coats in the midst of sunin.
vith the thermometer standing a
lOO degrca
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