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? V ---A; v ? ft- . ' 'V rv^-Ssi' NUMBER 8. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1819 VOLUME XXXI. ^ BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS TO BE VOTED UPON SOON v (^,,11.. itl''1' '">?? Chamber of A- uiot with tbc_Couuiy Board ,/ Jwnwiwlonewi <?? 1#* Monday for 1 purpose of petitioning them to order a ?l?U>u at Homo early date on the * ^>u yf iasuiug bonds to raise m<^y to match the Federal appropriation for 1 riwul work iu' tW* county. After di^iw#lo<f tl^e question the boerd de idad to order m election in DeKalb tuWiw?Wp within the'uest few week*. It is now squarely up t? the voters of thin township a* to Wbetfaer or not they want (rood roads. The Chamber of ttwnneree has dou* Ha part, the 0<**Bfe?ioner* bave dope to *** tbla money and tt the people will avail thwu6w3vea of the opportunity to go to the poll? on dection day and Vote tor Q^od Roads we will have than within I very short time. The enact date of the election has not been announced yet, but we understand tint ft wtll be the finat Tuesday In June. The amount of the bonds will be $60,000 and further announcement wiU be made later on as to the handling o t this fund, and more details of the pttiposition given out ao that there will :be no mSeunderatamdtof among the totem. <>nly qualified electors, those voters holding regtotwrttan certificates will be ul lowed to vote, in this election. ? ?? , SELLING BEEF CATTLE Seven Cars of Steers Shipped to Northern Markets By Kershaw Farmers. ? Mr. It. Lee So<w<fll, oue of the larg er fannicr.H 0pt the Buffalo section of the wuuty, whipped two oar loads of Hereford and short horn steers to Tor ?y City last week. The animal av^ eragvd 11157 pounds each, and sold for 16 cents per pound, making a totfti of 18.004.28 received for the forty four hpad, Dr. Walter SoTrell Wfcnt with *be cattle ami looked eflter the sale. The steers were bought in Tennessee Itst year and were fattened on -Aft, Sow oil's plaoe, Beside? realizing a. hau<l seme profit on the auinVffls Mr. l^oweli estimates that 'he has realized n round $,500 in manure/ from the keeping of the cattle oii his farm. Mr. F. M. Woo?ten, of the Consoler d*ted Farms Co., also soW' sixty-three bead of the same breed of steers to Jlelatero & Sons, of Richmond, Va., last reek. These animals werS Sold ?t his farm and shipped to . Richmond, the Richmond firm lending a man , here to look after the sale andi shipping; Mr. Wooten's nteers average ? 1226 pounds ?eh and the1, price paid was 15^35 per pound, the entire lot bringing $11,225.97. Like Mr. Sow ell he' will derive about $4,000 worth of fine fertilizer from these steers. k We learn that sev.e?al other Kershaw county farmers 'will - fatten steers lor nurkot this faH, among them being Mr. W. H. Kirkbride, of Falryiew Farms, *ho will hare fifty head^.Dr S. F. Brasiugtou will also purchase fifty head; B. D. ? Boyktf \fifty . ?<&d ;MMr. Woo ten purdhia# another , hundred head; while Mr. Sowell will ^save two hundred fo?d this winter* v * > ,"r i ? o? Gets Trip To Florida. ? Mr. I,. Shaw, represent nt i vc of the Ntw York Life Insurance Company has tan notified <thait he been awarded ft trip wit!) all expenses paid to the lwtic Reach, near Jacksonville# to ft meetinjc of agents at that place on May 9 an<l io, Mr, Shnw was OJie ,0 ? twelve *Kents in South- Carolina who produced $7,000 worth of business in a period from January 20 to March 31. City Politics Early. Although the primary for the nomi nation of a mayor and aldennen for C?mden is nearly a year off? city politios started early. Mr. L. A. Kirkland ?nominees that he will be in the race for mayor. Mr. Kirkland is the Junior member of the law firm of Kirkland an?1 Kirkland. Dr. S. F. Brasinfton *'ho will have completed three terms ?* mayor sayg that he will not again ??cr for the office. Ml Garages To Open Sttnday. . Aoo?rding to an order from City fcoun ^ ?t its meeting >a*t Tuesday evening garage* bare be?n at^fied that they ^ >11 remain open on Sunday in order 10 oils and gasoline and do emer **>*7 repair work if <they so desire, the gaslena Sundays into oounefj bad as order laaned that ^dy one garage ootid remain open on ^day. Thie arrangement proved rery '?^renient for trave&ttg people as well M the citizens who orwned cars and it ?x>w be possible to obtain oils and r5 ?* any of the garages on Sunday J th'y derfre to naiin opfn. ; '> V:' ':'? -.'.v . 4 ... . jl, . . _ ?. ;? y - ..v,y STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT ROAD IMPROVEMENT ?? . *?;. .* , " . ? ? ? ... ^ . ?' ? <?- .. ?? -?)??? : '? _ :y. ? ... v.' v . ?. ? HAS DONE FOR THE YUMA VALLEY IN ARIZONA ; ? . ? - Highway Improvement No Longer Considered a Luxury But Affect, the Rural Life of a Community and Mak?? For Prosperity??Caus?s Increase in Value of Farm Lands^-Trucks Do The Hauling Where Formerly iJjM^ami Had to Be Used ? Article Below Contributed to "Good Roads," a Weekly Mag azine Devoted to ffoads and Street Paving. K fKK ivianv x . ?' -X ? ' ? .*. ?'v ? ? ?; The good roads movement has swept the country from coast to coast and from border .to border, and the idea formerly held by the farmer and the public that highway improvement was a luxury is a thing of the past. Farmers, recognizing the fact that they get more money from the soil because of good roads, are ? ? , * '? . . . generally the champions and prime movers in a "good roads movement." At one time the citizens of the Yuma Valley ? known as the "American Nile. Valley" ? did not realize the ? ? - v . , . . . ... k ; - theaters, and a large cotton gin, while the farms, with irrigation and good roads, have developed to a remark able extent. The former desert is now a fertile agri cultural section, producing large crops of long staple cotton, which sell at 80 cents per pound, and alfalfa which sells for $25 a ton. Everybody is prosperous, and the county is meeting war requirements by a vast increase in agricultural products. *?This year the val ley will export about 11,000 bales of cotton and an 4 , FfvevDrtn Truck and Tnailet^Carrying 12 Tons of Cotton From Somerton to the Railroad Station at Yuma OVer the ^Improved Road. A \ uw ,?n Mm u St., Homcrtou, Arisen a ? A Village Built Hp Since the Construction of the Improved Road To Yuana in 1015. " V'lKWS SHOWING THE RESULTS OF ROAD IMPROVEMKNT IN THE YUMA VALLEY. economic savings obtainable through such an enter prise. Today 90 per cent of the' farmers and ranchers in that section would welcome an dpportunity to sign petitions for more roads. An ambitious town or city qr county eventually realizes the commercial advan tage^ of a good highway system, and Yuma County, believing in its own future, advocated a road through tlte center of the famous Yuma Valley. In the fall of 1915, a half-million dollar bond issue, previously voted by the people, was sold at a good price and the work of surveying and grading was commenced. Later a 2-in?h Warrenite surface was put down on a 4-inch other season may see a crop nearly three times as ^treats*-#? - <-- -?-* ? ? --4 This increased yield is very largely due to the im proved road, for when the farmer realizes that he can move his crops to the market at any season, in a very short ;time, he is willing to double his efforts.. He realizes that his farm has increased very greatly in value and that it now will bring him a handsome profit, even though it would previously furnish him only a. mere living. The improved road now carries a heavy traffic, ap lllftpximately 90 per cent, of the freight hauled: into and Before Improvement After Improvement , . 1 1 ' ?nVT) HETWKEX YUMA AND HOM EHTON. ARIZONA, BEFORE AND AFTER TIIE CONSTRUCTION OF A WARRBNITB ui!ja w PAVKMENT IN 1015, crushed stone foundation on a 17^mile highway through the valley, connecting the City of Yuma and the town of Somerton. The work was done by the O. & C. Con struction Co. of Yuma. The county now furnishes an excellent sample of the immediate benefits of road betterment. Previous to 1915, the farms were practically undeveloped; a year ago Somerton contained only Qbout a half dozep houses/ Today Somerton is a thriving business center, with two banks, a hotel, a club house, moving picture out of the district passing oyer it. In addition, it car ries a considerable pleasure traffic. The road nearly parallels the railroad at-a distance of about a mile and carries practically all ofthe short-haul traffic, tile rail , road being taxed to its capacity in caring for long-haul , freight. Motor trucks and trailers run on regular | schedules, hauling freight between Yuma and Somer - ton at $1.50 per ton, a rate at which the railroad could not compete, even if it were able to handle the busi ness in addition to its long-haul freight. . -y. I-.yiil1 _ JJf I ? -rV ? ?>?? fm ? ?*?. . ? -\JL_X. i J T*9bT *- 'it?' '..- *-i, yi-rV '- * ? ? ? ? . ? ." u ? ? I GRAZING land AND IRRIGATION CANAL IN THE YUMA VALLEY? LAND DEVELOPED BY GOOD ROj PEACE TREATY HANDED j TO GERMANS WEDNESDAY \ . ? ? ?/ ? " " . \ ? N??w York, N. Y., May 7.? The treaty off peace, submitted to the QmMIB dele gates at Venia^les today by tho rep reseutativw* of the associated powers, ivdm-os Gormany to miHtary impotence, deprives her of her colonies, restores ? Abac* and Lorraine to Fmuce, and pro Vide* (W reparation to the nation* in jured by the war. Thi? waa itfade known in an official auwonary of tbe treaty, ouixlod from the American peace commission to the com mittee on public Information in New York. Ait the game time official an nouncement was made that President W1hM)u had pledged himself to propose to the Sen arte an agreement that the" : United iu ix>u juuutiou with Great Britain, would go to the assistance of France In catoe . ' o*f unprovoked attack by Germany. The announcement o t this proposed agreement was made in a state* meat supplementing the official summary ot the peace treaty, Which reads: "I<n addition to the securities afforded in the treaty of pence, the President of tbe Ifaited States has pledged himself to propose to the Senate of the tJnited States, and the prkne minister ol Great Britain has pledged hhnaelf to propose to the Parliament of Great Britain, an engagement, subject to the approval of the council of the league of nations, to come immediately to ()he assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany." Main Points In Treaty. , ? The ma hi points in the peace treaty - follow : Alsace and Lorraine ppo to France. AM the bridges over tfhe Ithine ou thrir borders are to bo in French oon-trol. The jK>rt^o? XXanSig is permanently iiiternaMvtf^ijjefl and most of upper. Silesia Reeded to Poland, Whose Inde pendence Germany (ra<*>gpises. Poldiid al?o receives the province of Possen and that portflon of the province of Wcet Prussia west of the .Vistula. The Saar coal ban dn i? temporarily In- ' terivationalized. The coal mi nop go to FratuW" - v Germany recognizes the total Independ ence of German-Auatrp and Czechoslo vakia. Germany's* colonics are taken from her by the clause Id which she renounces v| all her territorial and political rights out side Europe. The league of nations will work out tho mandatory system for gov erning these cololrfes. Belgium is conditionally given the Mahnedy and Eupen dint pints of Prus sia bordering on Belgium, with the op- . port unity to be given the inhabitants to protest. The league of nations has the final decision. Jjuxemiburg is 'set free from the Ger nmn customs union. All concessions and territory in China . must be renounced Shantung is ceded to Japan. Germany reaognizes the French in Morocco and the British pro tectorate over Egypt. German trooip* and authorities must evaoualte Schleswlffdlolstein ' north of the Kiel canal within iten days after ; peace. A commission ' wfll' be appointed to .supervise a vote of self-determination in the f^rrftory, and the districts wish- ^.1 ing to join Denmark will be ceded by Gennany. Heligoland must be demolished and by German labor; the Kiel canal muj? be opened to all nation#. The Gerrnqg cables in dispute are sur rendered. Germany may not have an army of more than 100,000 men and can ned reaart to roueciipthm. ? - ^ ?' She must raze all her forts for fifty kilometers east of the Rhine, and is al most entirely prohibited from produc ing war mttuterMr. Violation of the fifty kilometer rone restriction will be ooneider?! as act of wsr. f Only six capital ships, ^of not more than 10,000 tons tefCh, are allowed Ger many for her navy; She is permitted six light cruisers, -twelve destroyers and twelve torpedo boiafts in addition to sis battleships, Jnft no submarihes. ,, All civilian daotfagea are to be reim bursed by Germany, the initial payment to be 20,000,000,000 marks, with . sub sequent payineaNM- to be secured by bonds. She must replace shipping ton for ton, handing over 9 -greaft part of her mercantile tonniage and turning out new construction for the. purposes. She moat also devote her economic resource* to Mfcuilding the devastated rerfons. "Parts of Germany will be occupied on a diminishing scale until reparation Gtpanany* must agree to the trial ot. former sbmperor William by an Inter* nMionial count tor a - supreme offense against international morality and to the Mai of others of her subjects for vloMon* of tie laws and oprtom* of (Cfottttnued on Lmst F??e)*