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r 2 REVOLimON IN ROAD BUM Top-Soil Roads Taking Place c Macadam Everywhere. WORK IN IREDELL COUNT! Superintendent M. 8. Ozment Tall Interestingly of the Operations in That County. The following interesting urtif on good roads appeared in Saturda) Charlotte Observer: That the building of good roa throughout the Piedmont section the Carolinas has undergone a coi plete change within the past ft yeaTs was evidence yesterday by tl statements made here by Mr. M. Ozment, superintendent of road co struction in Iredell county, who spe the day here with friends. The a vent of the top-soil type of constrxi tlon and the practical abandonme of the macadam has been the 01 standing development and judging ' all indications, there will be lltl macadam built in the future. It b Berved its purpose and outlived its < flclency, in the light of modern trai portatlon needs and the advent of t iasi moving ana nign powerea moi cars. SAND-CLAY ROADS. Mecklenburg was the pioneer cou ty In the use ofthe macadam b It has been left to a number of otb counties to blaze the way in the u of the top-soli or the sand-clay ty of road. The latter has proved be not only cheaper but more dui ble In that it resists the action the automobile and at the same tii Is more easily repaired when brea occur In Its surface for any caui Gaston has built many miles of e gant sand-clay or top-soil road, su as the well-known New Hope ro extending out of Gastonia, and al Cleveland county. Rutherford h built some of this road and also C barrus and Union. Anson has r been backward nor has Rlchmot It is a safe assertion that thrc fourths of the road construction the state at this time Is of the tc soil variety, with practically little any macadam going down, save those counties where macadam wo has been done and where It Is abf lutely necessary to continue it f the time being. QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY. There is only one tendency th might be referred to in connectl with this article and that Is the pi sible dselre on the part of some co: missioners to sacrifice durability a dilglence and cost of construction eileage. In other words, that qua tlty may be sacrificed to quality. T laying out of the road Is a most * sential detail and should be done a thoroughly capable and experlenc engineer. No grade should be lowed over 6 per cent and even tl should he tolerated only In exceptlc al cases. The old adage that t chain Is no stronger than at Its wea est link is true also of roads. T hauling capacity of a team is fi fluently cut in half by reason of o severe grade in an otherwise fl stretch of road, maybe 20 miles length. IREDELL AND SAND-CLAY. The sand-clay road has a fli friend and an enthusiastic advoct In Mr. M. S. Ozment, superintend* of road construction in Iredell, w spent yesterday here. He declar the sand-clay road has come to sti being both cheaper and better I ^.-actical purposes than macadam. In a little more than two yei Iredell has built 217 miles of sar clay road at an average cost of $ 750 a mile. In no instance has been found necessary to make repa thus far. although some of the ro fs nearly two vears old Present dications are that no repairs will needed soon. Mr. Ozment says the four essentli for roads that will stand the test j location, minimum grade, proj drainage arrangements, and freed< from shade. The greatest drawba is the tendency to locate roads wh< the people want them. Instead where natural conditions dicta And the active work should be charge of a soil expert, otherwise t best results cannot be secured fr< the top.soil work. In general t top-soil should be mixed in the p portion of 25 per cent clay and per cent sand. He finds that tl gives the best results, though soi roan Dunners ciaim mai an admisti of 15 per cent of clay Is sufficient. In building the Iredell roads I grade has not exceeded 8 % per c< the effort being to keep It below t maximum. The bed was graded, a the part next the ditches not plow and left soft for wagons to mire In during bad weather, but the ed| were left with a firm clay foundatii and the top-soil which Is placed the 14-foot center of the road, worked down to the very brink of i ditch, giving a firm road for weather. The crown of the road 14 inches higher than the ditch whl is considered the best height 1 efficient drainage. Mr. Ozment says he finds it bet Stomach Troubles Disappear. Stomach liver and kidney troub weak nerves, lame back and fern Ills disappear when Electric Bitt are used. Thousands of women i be without a bottle in their hot Eliza Pool of Depew, Okla., writ "Electric Bitters raised me from bed of sickness and suffering and 1 done me a world of good. I w! every suffering woman could use tl excellent remedy and find out, ai did, Just how good It is." As it t helped thousands of others, It sun will do the same for you. Every b tie guaranteed, 50cents. and *1.< At all Druggest. H E. Bucklen ft C Philadelphia or St. Louis. THE LA: for the county to construct its own r* api roads Instead of using the contract OUMt vtl system. This latter costs more and p. the work Is not as satisfactory. PHI I AI [ Iredell has less than 30 miles of her WwULrtl ll roads built by the contract system. and this cost from $500 to $800 By JULI more & mile than the work done by There are m tho county. wear to choos* I A little more than two years ago 0? whlcl there was a fund of $400,000 avail- *nr?<i hv th? able for road building in that county. Today there are 217 miles of the zj* ^ #*^1 best sand-clay roads to be found in forte f. the whole state, all well graded, */!* that the properly located and with modern rogue, steel bridges. The roads were first The berthas ks built out from two centers. States- made of net a vllle and Mooresville, and after these general highways were completed they were connected up with a chain of roads, giving the county a com lo plete system and making all points *g '*8 easy of access. IjawlessWds and Its Price, n- Columbia State. . : H 7 w| ?w The merchant who was murdered H. ^ , be last week In Barnwell was the vie- By S. tlm of the pistol carrying habit. Had 11- tin- gang <>f negroes who killed Mr. t . nt Best not had pistols, he would not d- have been slain. 1 ic- Negroes are not by nature an ag- ||HB| nt gressive and fighting people. When V it- two or three of them are gathered by together and have "guns" in their tie pockets, they are as dangerous as as wild beats. The same may be said sf- of the Irresponsible and depraved is- class of any race. most popular < he Almost immediately after the white ted net alone, or people came again into control of the shadow laco, state, in 1877, they began to enact collar and flsct laws for the suppression of pistol car- Plaitlngs ar< n_ rying. The leaders of the white peo- unhemmed on llt pie, seeing that there was a majority Thpi nnH "J of negroes in the state, further saw . ? that the safety of all the people de- ' f n_ manded that the bearing of firearms oUler Pa? ^ be restricted, and that is why the law *? produce the ,R_ against carrying concealed deadly ot coat. Qf weapons was placed in the statute For wear i no books. They foresaw ?vactly such coata the aallo tragedies as that last week in Barn. is made in th< se well?and there have been many fln# net Ordinarily, the negro gives no nt _j trouble. His disposition is tractable , ? place of ana it does not enter into his mind * flne cord to attack or to resist the white man. "nl?h at the tc . Give him a pistol and immediately Little buttoi [0^ he wants to use it. r,et him have a ed with silk, l(J little whiskey and two or three or a and they appe dozen companions and he does not Two Jabots . imtiK 01 consequences, w nun ariueu |>rt hand _ negroes are assembled In a village wnrnan Thl(, like Barnwell, after dark, no man Is .. y safe from them. They do not think ea ana c j: of electrocution, or even lynching, as pwkllng rhln r a consequence of doing murder. They colored buttoi ,f>" have their pistols and they shoot. Laces and neti or wholly Indifferent and thoughtless at and when verj the time as to what may follow. ________ The murderers of the Barnwell tat merchant ought to be and doubtless on will be punished, but that Is not go>8 lng to make life safe in Barnwell vilm luge so long as armed negroes may nd congregate in the town. to While the pistol carrying habit prein vails among white men it will be com- I he mon among negroes. While pistols I ps- are freely sold to white men, they will by be sold to negroes, too. ed The armed white man will always Bk al- be more than a match for the urtned its negro and there is not the slightest in- danger that the negro will get the uphe per hand. The negro doesn't want V ik- the upper hand. lie merely shoots he when he has a pistol because he has re- a pistol to shoot with and subsequent iHkI! ne events do not interest him. It folne lows necessarily that the pistol carryin ing practice will cause every year the sacrifice of white men's lives at the hands of negroes, however the lives rm ?' a 'aI*Ker number of negroes be sac>nt ' Were the spirit of obedience to llo law general in Soutn Carolina there &.< ,e(j would be no pistol carrying. The ex1V | ample of obedience to law will have to be set by white men?not by ne- made double? goes. The negroes are not going to another, as tib IPa lead the white people in any good Hiah close! ld movement that promotes peace and lace llked 1 _ ! public order, but they are going to ,'I imitate the whites in whatever crimi- !!y, n . nality the whites engage in and con- ne* an" 'ace N d ! trive some of their own besides. Had any one of a n ln_ j the pistol carrying habit been abol- are usually fin I ished by the white people in South bow of velvet . Carolina years ago, it would not be a too, play a pa ftj8 ' habit of Barnwell negroes and the Such collars ire Barnwell merchant would not now be and ^ac in his grave. i?k . )m 1 We may tolerate pistol carrying, . y . we may wink at the commission of PIaa' crimes, we may in desperation appeal very elegan to the lawlessness of lynching to save ribbon serve t 1 us from other lawlessness which we dallions of hai jjj do not punish by law, and we may lis- are worn by a ten to the please for mercy until pun- or old, and i im lshment of crime becomes farcical, Christmas gift he but we shall pay the price. That , the Irlah , I price is five or six hundred human h] Th 7t-i lives every year?more than were ' . y * hl_ lost at King's Mountain or Cowpens. vet? an? Btan<* h,s out. The sai Trl THE BHGI.E HONO. Uom Urn. he \ vet ribbon, bl ' t The splendor falls on castle walls ftre favorite ju , . i And snowy summits old in story; em?n ?? , h?d ? <?ZkJ>Kbl Sh"k"9 aCT?3S thP like? rty And the wild cataract leaps In 'or the new ^ 11P glory, novelty Jewell 'es Blow, btigle, blow, set the wild Neckwear v on* echoes flying, mas shopper Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, time to make ,h'g | dying, dying. lahing touches "?ii . . _ will be able t< i" ? *ark\^.hark; 1?W th,nR?w cleftr- Christmas tim . " And thinner, clearer, farther go- . Ich jn_, of money. r?r O sweet and far from cliff and scar, picture fr The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! , ? Blow, let us bear the purple glens re, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, II ^ dying, dying. ers O love, they die In yon rich sky, lot They faint on hill or field or river; 9D \ ne. Our echoes roll from soul to soul, Tfr as: And grow forever and forever. a Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild >55522522 tag echoes flying, Ish And answer, echoes, answer, dying. Picture frai his dying, dying. eardboard am i I TENNY80N 1809-1892. The back is ias i plain paper. Coras Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure which to ban The wor?t caaea. no matter of how Ion* standing made With a , ' are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr back by mean J?' I'oiier'a Antiae^-'c Healing Oil. It reliever ui,a on ...?1 | Pais and Hea>-it the aaroe time. 25c. 50c. $!.<* NCASTER NEWS, DECEMBER 3 I "Penny Lone I CPTIOMQ IN Atlanta Journal. LLVr I IURO 111 There is food for mi 3o > ii|\ IA DATC reflection in the anno' lO ARU JADUIo last vear the public s ______ . of se* en American citl IA BOTTOMLEY. Ithan a milllon and a b > many designs in necfe penny lunches- " 18 " , ^7^ , money was ever inve ) from. Here are a few purpose of with truer ti are ao faithfully plo* cost to the average c amera tnai it seems ai- more than Hve cents s lary to describe them, school term; the returi t some of the attractive er health, keener min season has brought Into clpllne and a more coi ed plan of educaion. i and collars combined. Ther,e are communl nd lace, are amoni the p?nn? 1?nch 8Chen?? 18 B ed. In towns or viltag child comes from a v and eats a hot dlnne table or is provided wl lunch when he leave iS there is 110 serious pi kind to be met. But tajta if mifh) ; cities where many pu] i" ' TBI 14 ceive such care, the j I H i sin ^ a bles8,n8 beyond met | j a ,|i ?Z f M "it was ai tirst f laliiPlfc n Rays The Louisville C< I$l*?w9il "to provide tlie child %N orked out all day wl e ' M AH substitute for cheap L 1 iWl JBfmi I part,y decayed fruits, t * fMf Hfl that nractlcallv :ill tli ?''^JtijB eager to becomo patron vice was broadened ac advantage of the plan and got better food, of aeries. Plain or dot- lunch was an aid to dit or net combined with ?.' children acqulr makes the body of the s>mPl?? wholesome dial hi rr r niip they had been unacqua iu as a ruie. Mothers of pupils be? ? usually of net and are ln8tructlon8 how to ] many of the flschues. dishes." airiest of machine made There is perhaps n as snow, In shadow lace means more to Individ terns, make It possible welfare than the refori ee neck-pieces at a trifle where could such wor propriately done tha vlth either dresses or Whoever it was that r collar with flschu ends made practicable tne p i designs pictured here, should rank among tl Is liked for edging the , factors. It Is used as a flat bind- ?????? ' a hem and the addition The Busy Man'i of silk make an elegant ,,T . .. . .. _fl >p of the binding. 1 1 belteve ln the 8t' is. nearly always cover- ing out' ln the a88? are liked on neckwear working with, and ln ar In all the designs. get results. I beltev with silk turn-over ool- stufT can be passed some designs for older men by honest method ie collars are boned at working, not weeping >ften adorned with small not knocking, and in 1 estone buttons or silk- y J?b- 1 believe th as matching the collar, what he goes Rft?r? i are used for the jabots done today is worth tw r -kJ row, and that no mai r sheer the plaltlngs are out untll he hafl lopt fl I believe ln today and doing; In tomorrow a hope to do, and In th which the future hold "I believe In courtee 'n generosity, ln g< friendship and ln hone H I believe there is somewhere for every (1? it. I believe I'm n?w!"?Elbert Hubba ?$* there are what Josh Wz%. :^|^^HmH have called 'bibliophoi 11 To Prcvcnt B,oo<l ^1 a< plr mt once thc wond"f imtnr^WS PORTKR'8 ANTISEPTIC HI J1 ; i: i' g* . ; V viicnl dressing that relieves Sj* ',* > -is / (? 8.fj^4 r-jB he same time. Not a linitn -that is, ono falling over ? ' lown in the picture. ' ? Stting collars of net and 1 by young people. They 1 ST ART lake and a small bit of ^ * AV vill furnish material for j umber of designs. They ished with a tiny cravat , "W or silk ribbon. Buttons, % W BJ rt in their make-up. should be boned at the ik. They fasten either ??-? >ks and eyes or beauty t little cravats of velvet is a background for me- i id-crocheted lace. These ill the grown-ups, young nake most acceptable JP ] ts. The medallions are ^ :e patterns and very dur- (;( 111 outwear the bit of vellaundering week in and Cm. me medallions may be vats of different colors time. Bright green vel IUIU M.IBU V1V1U TWU ist now. :ravat bows of Bilk are serve as a background roochea and bar pins In y. rill help out the Christand any one who has up these attractive Ani to the toilette at home j gladen many hearts at ______ e with little expenditure The nev AME8 OF CRETONNE. will do, ask nes are cut out of heavy 1 covered with cretonne. . _ covered with a strong. Rings are added by g them, or they may be m ? support, hinged to the s of a pasted bit of doth. L-.._____... ? 0,1913. CHICAGO ENJOYS I &EEfiS& VISITING ITS ] chool children ?? les spent more "Good Fellows" Answer ialf dollars for doubtful th^t Letter to Santa Claus 1 Bted to better a economy. The :hild was not Chicago, Dec. 26.?Chicag< i week for the ed Jtg most successful Christi us were sound- ...... . . ds, easier dis- due to the thorough manner 1 npleely round- the charitable organizations ( work. More than 100,000 les where the dinners were distributed. Th scarcely need- town missions and several < ss where every fed hundreds, rell-kept home Santa Claus In the person < r at his own fellows" visited about 20,001 tb a nutritious of the poor. The "good fell< is for school, sponded to every letter addr roblem of this Santa Claus received by tt in the larger office and to eyery appeal i >lls do not re- their organization. They dis tenny lunch is food, clothing, toys and in ma isure. money. Inmates of prison 8 contemplated," pltals were not overlooked, ourier-Journal, Postal employes enjoyed whose parents earned day of rest. The th a heulthful postofflce handles 20 per cen > candies and parcel poBt business of the It was found and in the last 10 days th le pupils were average of outgoing parcel p is of the school . was 300 tons. In addition t i scope of ser-) handled daily 3,560,000 pl< cordingly. The j flrse class mail, were soon ap 8Thed School | No* York- Dec- 26.?Well iclpline. Many ed churches services, and th ? ?nn|n fne I hllHnn of Phrlfltmna Hlnnnra ties with which ly 100,000 of the city's doi tinted at home, were the features of New Yc ;an asking for servance of the day of the ] prepare these i The day broke up with the ge I associated with "Indian si o reform that | clouded up threatenelngly lual and social noon, and ended In showers a m of food; and zles. Ono result of this was k be more ap- celebration planned In coi n at school? with the people's out-of-dooi conceived and mas tree In Madison Square h enny luch Idea postponed until tonight. ie great bene- The Salvation Army led In trlbutlon of Christmas dlnn . addition to Issuing B.000 CI baskets, each containing food s Creed. for BjXi the organization ent iiff I am hand- 3,500 children with a Christi . 4i t ' party. One thousand baskc elation 1 am by the VolunteerB of my ability to an(1 5,000 dinners wore serve 6 that honest heirs of "Big Tim" Sullivan out to honest ___________ " I1 bKelleVM?lrn And Twain Went. ; In boosting, :he pleasure of |New York Qlobe. at a man gets | Qn one occasion a groat frl that one deed jtev. Joseph Tw.tcholl, si 0 deeds tomor- Jover to Mark Twain's house b 1 Is down ana .<Marjt come an(j take a wi ilth In himself. me ? the work 1 am | -oh, no, Joe; I haven't tin nd the work 1 the Rreat humorist. ,e sure reward j "Well, now," was the rep 8- I come to hear me preach ev< iy, in kindness, ^ay an(j you Bay you helleve jod cheer. In reaa out of the Bible Is true, st competition. |j COuld prove to you, from tl nething doing, that y0u ought to go walk \ man ready to would you go?" ready?Right "Yes, of course," said Mr. rd. "but it Isn't there." "Yes, It Is," said the n ""for the Bible says, 'And 1 Terms. ever shall compel thee to go go with him twain.' " An< i a fortune for went. it be a very In Ilss Cayenne, Constipation Poisons Y< e?.'.,anc* I' you are constipated, yoi Bl.llngs would ByBtem lB poisoned by the wa 5's* ter kept In the body?serlou: often follow follow. Use Di New Life Pills and you will Poisoning rj,j 0f constipation, hcadac ui old reliable vt other troubles. 25 at druy {aung oil.??' by mall. H. E. Bucklen & Cc pain and heal* . , , . . _ . ent. 25c. 50c. f delphia and St. Louis. THE NEW YEAR R TIRELESS i Ideal" v Ideal saves you money, time, tr one that uses one of the New Ideal tove as the stove is the fireplace. > replace? Buy a Fireless Cooker a] at you might want to do, and they keep a cook and pay her about $; 1 is another $10.00, costing you en< each month. Get your pencil and nd then come up and buy a Firelc Yours truly 3. MACK V poor I Your Stomach Bad? ? Every IUST TRY ONE DOSE ?* A'lth Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Wetfr and Be Convinced That Yon Can i 9 enjoynas Day n which lid theli ba,ke ie down ihurche )f "goo } home jws" rt eased t ?o pos Bent t* tribute* ny case ind hos a well Chlcag' t of th o dail oat ma he offl* eces ^ . ; atten ( e dlstr to nea jenden a >rk*s ol * Nattvlt L intlenei ' immer. ? aboi I. ind dri * that tb ? nnectlo Chris ad to I the dl ers. 1 tirtstmi enouf ertalnt nas trtta we Amerli d by tl lend, tl iunter< ind sal ilk wi le," so ly, "y >ry Sn > whai Now, te Bib ' vun ns Twal 8 nlnlstf g whomi ? a ml 1 Ma ? t au. i ir enM ate mt s resul Kin? soon g he ai ,'gists Phil rJ igi C< II \de and