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iV . , 6 * 1 INFORMATION WITH RE- * ? CARD TO BVILDING ? ? SAND CLAY ROADS * * Washington Jan. 21.?There are at present about 35.000 miles of sand clay roads In the United States mainly In the Southern States, according to the office of public roads. United States department of agriculture. The time to work the roads is in the spring when the soil is damp. If the working of the roads is deferred until late in summer when they are dry*, they are not onlv niurh nuirp <1 ifti1111 to nnt ' In proper shape but the cost of repair 1 is greater than if they were worked ! early in the spring. rt ' Previous to 18H4 comparatively little, if any, of these roads existed. 1 The popularity of this type of road is ' due to the fact that it is cheap,Jbom- ' paratively tirm and durable easy to ] construct and repair and thaf the materials out of which it is buflt are 1 plentiful in many sections jtf the ' country. " The sand-clay road is made'by mix- f ing the sand and clay in su?h a way 1 that the grains of sand touch each oth 1 er. the spaces between the grains be- t ing filled with clay which acts as a ( binder. I The approximate mixture of sand and clay can best be determined, however as the work progresses as some clay will contain more sand than others. In fact, clays are very frequently found which already contain about the right proporation of sand. If the road to be treated is sandy, the surface is first leveled off and crowned with a road machine, The crown being one-half inch to the foot from center to the -ides. The lu llm.. nn ll.n and (artfully spread, so that it will ' he from > to S inches in depth at the ! center, and gradually decreasing in 1 depth towards the sides. A layer of ! clean sand is then usually add> d, which is thoroughly mixed with the ' clay. > ither hy traffic or by means of plo v - and disks or tooth harrows. The best results have been obtain ' cd hv thoroughly mixing or puddling the materials when wet. For this reason, it is desirable that the mixing ' be done in wet weather. The mixing ( can he lift to the tarfTie after the j materials have been properly placed, but this involves a whole winter and spring of bad roads, and even then ' the mixing is not always satisfactory. In all cases it is advisable to dress ' the road with a road machine or split log drag after the materials have been ' thoroughly mixed, and give it a crown . of not more than one Inch or loss than j three-fourths of an inch to the foot ! from the center to the sides. A light 1 coating of sand may then be added. * The use of the road machine or drag should be continued at frequent in- J* -tervals until the surface is smooth 1 and Arm. If the road to be treated is compos- 1 ed of clay, it should first be brought ' to a rough grade with a road machine r The surface should then be plowed f and thoroughly pulverized by harrow- 1 lng to a depth of about 4 inches after which it Is given a crown or slope of about one-half Inch to the foot from the center to the sides. It is then r covered with 6 to 8 inches of clean, c sharp sand, which is spread thicker v in the center than at the sides. The a materials should then be mixed with ? plows and harrows while they are 1 comparatively dry, after which they 1 are finally puddled with a harrow t during wet weather If clay works to T the surface and the road becomes s sticky, more sand uhould be added. r The road is then shaped, crowned 1 and ditched in the usual manner with a a road machine. This should be done when the surface is soft, yet stiff 1 enough to pack well under the roller * or the tarffic. Wide but shallow dlt- * ches should be provided on both ? sides of the road, and culverts and a cross drains should be placed where- P ever water flows across the road, for ^ it is exceedingly important that the Jsand or clay roads he well drained. After the clav on sand, or the sand ' on clay, road is complete it should be n carefully maintained until the surface becomes firm and smooth. The construction of this type of raod is by no means a quick operation. If soft, T sticky places appear more sand shoud te added, and if loose, sandy places are found more clay is needed. It ia v just as important to attend to these c] small details as to any other part of ^ the work for if they are neglected, B1 the road is liable to fall. p It requires approximately one cubic .. yard of clay to surface one and one- _ u half running yards of road 12 feet in 0 width, or about Y, 175 cubic yards to the mile. Prom three-fourths to one 0 cubic yard will make a load for two C( horses on a dry clay road. The cost of y the road will therefore depend largely 0 upon the distance the material Is 0 hauled, the average being from $500 u to 1,000 per mile. A road built under the direction of n the office of public roads at Oainsvllle w Florida, one mile long. 14 f^t wide, n and having 9 inches of sandauay sur- K) face, cost $881 per mile, or Jen cents || per square yard. Another wand-clay r < id built by the office at Inllahassee I >rida, 16 feet wide, 7 Inches thick < ist $470 per mile or about Ave cents ^ per square yard. L || LAND FOR KAI.K. fi 8! tl '265 Acres, about four miles west n of Heath Springs and lying on east P side of Pinckney Lynn's place and n being the Lynn place. This is a good h tract of land and has a fine lot of saw 1 t'mber. Will saw about one million c feet of lumber. Timber alone will a j.'iv for place. See me at once. Price t $2,850. t 95% Acre. Mrs. John Bell's, near s Tank, one-horse farm open and good ( houses, a nice place. Price $20 an t acre. 1 100 Acres, "Shuto place," A. C. t Howell's, two miles east of Dwlght ? and on Wild Cat crock, a good place and a nice lot of timber, one-horse " farm open. Price for quick sale \ ?1.200. This. I think a good bar-' gain, as I surveyed the land in part and know the place. T. M. BELK, Agent. i K?rm Women and Parcel Po Louisville Courier-Journal. A farmer's wife at Adrian, vrites a letter to the Kans&f Star, telling how farm womer nake money through the parcel rhe point is made that it will 1 'armer's wife who will make treatest use of the parcel post, :he Star is so impressed with t ?ument that it' makes the foil ?ditoral comment: "It is the wqmen on the farm ill, who have, developed the p *gg and buttpr industry. These nr.wlnMo ..I!) (I,.. .... biggest demand for transpo through the parcel post for the nit. but the utility of the parcc for the farm woman will not b ited to these products by any r "In fact there seems to be most unlimited field for the v dii the farm for a profitable u through the parcel post. There possibility of home cooking farm dinners' that the people town delight in. Bread m; akes, pies, doughnuts, jellies aimed goods that the farm v ire noted for preparing?the people must buy all these thin? he parcel post will carry them he kitchen on the farm direct lining room in the city. "But to occupy this great ipening before the farm w here must first be the foundat ictual merit. To establish a ] ihle trade the farmer's wife mow that she will need to ove ompetition of the keenest son nust create a demand for her i >ne ran no inai oniy oy oiieriu it goods than can be found vhere. "The farm woman who expo stablish herself in this bin 11 h< parcel post lias opened i 11 ust have tin reputation of xcellonce first of all Then >e individual character to her lucts. She must make the iretid the best cakes, the hesi mil the best doughnuts. Clean] n>111 iv and promptness must icteri/.e her dealings with liei oniers. "Once <lic is prepared to d he best Roods promptly to lie] oniers he may be certain th: ipporunitv for expanding her ei will crow and be limited >y h< r ability to bring her farm o ihe door of tin* waiting oust* n town." It ih true in about nino eas? if ton that tho poultry raisini ho huttor making on tlio farn hiofly dopondont on the energ ho farmers' wives and duug rho average farmer takes Iftt erest in poultry and is entirely ng to leave that line of ondea> he women of the household, loes he take much interest ii lairying feature of the cattle r ndustry The opportunities wnlch the ] lost offers to farm women are 1 ^s the Star suggests, there Is i nost unlimited field. In the it< :anned goods alone there are nous possibilities. On almost arm In the land there ir, mo ess waste of fruits and veget lome canning outfits now mi lad at small outlay of cash and if the produce of this chai vhich Is being lost might be ind marketed to advantage by i if the parcel post. City people he excellence of homemade icts of this kind and would be o purchase them. The girls' ilng clubs in Kentucky and tates have shown that such > irlse Is highly remunerative i here is intelligent and careful gement. The women of the farm have he poultry business one of tl :antlc industries of the United S t is up to them now to mak larcel post all that It ought to , medium of commerce betwee iroducer and consumer that enefit both rural and urban pc ion alike and that shall aid in ng the troublesome problem of ng the world more economlcall; aore satisfactorily. "EverylxMly-at-t 'hurch Kunda 'hornwell Messenger. "The fifth of society will not a be realistically exposed to j lew when more of our cttixens hurch and are thus led to under heir own personal responsib aid former President Taft ai laced a blue button emblfem of everybody?at church-Sunday" i tent on his coat laped In Indorse f the plan. The former prealdeu een waited on by Rev. John f New Haven. Conn., chairman < ommlttee, and' taking the bi lr. Taft addjBri: "There is great f widespread church-going tod rder t* offset the evil results < ladvised emotionalism that ap -> be sweeping our land. We aha norl tn haun nhnana nf (ho 1 orld hold up to public view len hold up their own souls foi r>na 1 investigation." Who will fiat Mr Taft is all right? This < ry need men to keep their h ure and their minds high. As very body going to church sonu unday, that may be all riglii ossibly too much stir is made Many a person will go under ust, and many another will t alve his conscience for the re he year, and the most of thenr ot go again. Of course it Is en ossihle that some man will g ew view point of life and the letic duty of the church, and ife may he forever changed; ertainly hope so. Hut we are av fraid the church, or some pers he church, is trying to get scl hat will suffice for her great teady duty of drawing all men 'hrist. We will wait and see he day amounts to. We can at leartily agree with Mr. Taft c ltterances about the need of el ;oing. to cure n Cold in One lJa) r?ke ..AVAT'"K !C (quinine. It?1 Kti ? "?n<t works off tt Ortipgit. . y if it faila t H? W Gi ^ siiiiikt jre op each b t THE LANCASTER NEWS, ?*. LAW VS. OOMMONSBNSE. | Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. Mo., Within a short time, probably, i City Harry Thaw will be released on bail i may in New Hampsihiro?anmt it seems I post, highly improbable that he will be t>e the incarcerated again for ?he murder of ; the Stanford White. According to a conand temporary, "Thaw is interesting to he ar- every state as an example of tyow not owing to deal with criminals who have money. He is warning- of the cryi after ing need of more simplicity and dloultry rectness in the trial of criminal three cases; of the folly and crime of a ^ it and system of jurisdiction that admits I ration to the befuddlement of court and I pres- jury by fine-spun and halr-triger de- o >1 post fense like that of the famous 'brain- t e 11m- storm; of the need of recognition by i neans j\iries and on the part of the agen- E an al- rles themselves *with the subject matr'oman ter for their decisions, that they are larket plain men, charged with the duty of is the exercise if common sense, and trus- 8 and tees, for the want of a better im- ^ of the agined system, for the spciety of t aking, which every jury is a part. ' a and The Thaw case seems to the lay- fi romen man to be a monument to the in- j, town competency of those charged wit ^ ;s and the administration of law. It also from seems to demonstrate that it is practo the tically Impossible to adequately pun - field Ituying Power of the South. omen The South. ion of The South has the ability to buy profit- largely of all commodities that are must suitable for its climatic conditions, rsome life and habits. To the Northerner t. She the South is more or less a vague <oods. term: its great and constantly growg bet- ing wealth a tiff population comparaelse lively few of us are adequately informed about. The proof of this lies cts to in the fact that few Northen tnanutarket j factarers have made any deliberate 0 her attempt to sell their goods iti this great territory and have not awakened to must the fact that here at their very door pro- lies a great and r? sponslve field that liest the\ h ivi entirel> overlooked. W'th 1 pii e\< r> passing month) o: the year t' tin -s. South ge' t>p*>into jtTisftToti where char- jt needs more and more tile mioiN ' ctts produced In the Northern manufaetur er. Kvery where are being established i liver etories and enterprises of every d< r ctts scriplion. and this is only an < conoin | it the jc and logical trade process. Tin mar- South is full of raw material of quan only titv and quality that cluilbmges com work parison with the products any >int Diners iiar kind in the worldv fioul. iron. timber, rubber cotton, tobacco, leath < s out er and all materials used in modern t ; and manufacturing are more easily acres- j is are sihlc than in the North. The South ; ies of , is begining to manufacture textiles liters, and clothing, to mine and smelt ores. . le in-I build its own agricultural machinery, will- automibles and make its own rubber 1 or to goods. It is almost everything that 4 Nor the North K. and in -addition has a ' ii mr worKing year til iweive inn inuniiis, iiising where many trades and industries in the North are restricted. The South [)areel will grow away from the Northern many, manufacturer and advertiser if he is in al- not careful. Today the South is m of ready to welcome the Northern prodenor ucts and requires more things than every it knows. It only requires a moder- ' re or ate amount of educational work In J abels. the way of advertising to make posiy be sible a great market for Northern much manufacturers who want an outlet, racter t saved Helping Your Town. neans . , _. . . know Augusta Ch-inlcle. rod- ^he <*ay whcn man could live unto | , Ki;uj himself is passed. There was a time can- when Ihe so-called best citizen look- } other down upon every offort to get up enter- I a Pu^"c movement. He felt that he * here was to? superiior, and that such thing man- ^e'onR to the common people. But it is not so today. The man 1 made who stands highest in the community ie'Kj ?he who is esteemend the best 1 tates dt'zen?Is he who joins hands with t e the his fellows and tries to pmlh forward j the interests of his town. In some cit- , n the 'e8 there is one man who stand preshall eminent as a patroit hustler. He Just puia- 1K?eR &head on the path of progress gQjy. anu asks no assistance rrom any one. f??ed- that I? the exception. y y and The moat progressive citiea today are made so by concerted efforts on the part of the many. Each man haa aome exclusive talent?some way of ? doing something just a little better than anybody else. And the citiea where each puts that talent into the need organized attempt to build* up are tublic those where growth waxes great. And go to when organization cases, there is atand first a halt, and then that city begins ility" to wane. In a few words, it is numJ he bered among the things that were, F the and becomes like the old man Horace nove- tells of, who can glory In the achievement ments of the tlmos that have gone. _ t had u Hdag The Bible as an Educator. >f the New York Tribune. ltton, In his addreitfr'to the British edun&ed rational conference. Viscount Bryce ay in deplored the increasing unfamiliarity of *n of school children with the Bible, pears Undoubtedly in this age of religious _ II not relaxation and education in nonlower j sectarian schools and colleges boys . when and girls are grounded in the Bible ' per- to only a very moderate-<dxten. The _ deny old contact with it'ffi the family circoun cle is gone, arfl(l the Sunday school is earts about the only agency left through for which the younger generation gets f? one its knowledge of the Bible, either aH l hut doctrine or as literature. over It Is not extravagant to say that e< pro- the loss of such knowledge would be R( ?o to a great misfortune, looking at it only " st of from the educational point of view. 1 will The English language as employed in w tirely the King James version rises to a w et a dignity end harmony in prose and to H prop- an exquisite balance between vigor!" his and beauty which it attains nowhere r< we else. To cut off a pupil in the form-|'( v fully atlve years from access to that mrs-j^ ion in terpiece of expression is to deprive lomes him of an almost indispensinle stand-1*' and ard by which to measure the power.c' unto and purity of the English language. R what llappy is the old-fashioned boy or V least Kirl who went unwillingly to family h >n his worship or struggled half-heartedly " lurch- with the prayer book or the West- 1 ^ minister Catechism. In educational1 value alone the bread thus cast in * travail of spirit upon the waters has * returned to feed him or her abun- a r dantly in later years. I lops th? , ir Cold. Zxc"?. Subscribe for The News JANUARY 27,1914. , ml r ' i rn in" JKE RIP VAN WINKLE OF IRVING'S CREATION Merchant, Living Decade in Mental Daze, Recovers Memory; Asks for Old-Time Friends. Tarrvtown. N. Y.?A real Rip Van Vlnkle has come to light In the 81eepy lollow country, on which Washington rving saddled the immortal creation f hiB pen. The modern Instance of ruth stranger than fiction is Herman *evy, who for years was a prosperous nerchant and real estate man of Tar ytown. Ten years ago I-a^vy received a cratch on the leg. The injury did not leal and a mental malady developed hat left hiB mind a blank. He virtuilly became a hermit in his home and lit* actions were like thoee of a somlambuliBt. Ills body web active, but da mentality was asleep. On infre Inquired for Old Friends. Iu -*tit occasions, w hen persuaded alnost by physical force to go outdoors, le would walk with fixed eyes past riends without :t sign of reoqgnition. It was thought that Levy's case was lopolesa until, three months ago, he luuueniy snowed a mental quickening md expressed a desire to visit Croton 3olnt, where his boyB were In camp. ; rhe change benefited him and graduLlly his mind began to clear. When le returned home, he started to take in Interest In his business, and a few lays ago entered the volunteer fire company's bouse, of which he bad been t forgotten member, f "Where's my old friend. Judge Daa Armstrong ?" he asked. "Oh, he's dead." was the answer. "And Sheriff Charles M. Laser* "He's been dead thses assy yearn, son" "And Abe De Revere?" "He's been in Blssgy Holkrw ansae " J isry many a year." "Where's Abe Storms and Too Yo Walsh r* I "They're dead, too.** ' tac 'Wall. 1 guess 111 hare to go out am etth ths headleaa horseman and find caJ ay eld friends." Ith' Levy's memory of what happened frl ip to tee years ago is frerh. What 0,1 took place while he wee 111 he does not po emember. Today he la apparently as ..< v?U aa ever. tal in ifili THK SILENCE. trl Vhen. laughing round the leaping hu fire tonight, ey We think of you, yet never apeak tul your name W .eat sudden sparks of memory grow **f too blight And burst into a softly shuddering ?n flame 'o burn our happiness and leave it to waste. Do you then long to leave your taysttc lands ?e or one brief earthly hour;once more 1011 to taste ?PI The little human Joys, the clasping on hands tJn f those who loved you and would hold you still ^Ul Dearer than friends who closely { round' them press? ab< r are you far away and must'we ^r< fill <??? Our aching dreams with fruit of So1 bitterness? wo Death, with hand fast clenched, we ed plead'anew? ow ? 1 JiUUimLL-^ 4 ' * ' ,V I Is Yoiir Fa Resting O ThciICD! Rrvft JL uiov It is if your prosjMwity is a so the question: J Cotton Alfs J. M. Cherry, oflRockhill, si J. B. Johnson, alN^of Rockh But each also says in lot mc in South Carolina, particular! and each is doing mfchty b his particular line. What the and the results thev aie irettinw Alfalfa??Yes! and/MoV'. Tffe Opi GENTL (The Issue Datet In this issue there will l?e ru turcs, including: host 380,000 Farmers! hVrry \i r tl: :t mi'til . r of immi^r.iWi^ whuv. -r mo in Knro|ie, enter A this ry, ;hul an* swallowed lip I in the cities. This article tells how I i ( >.!< ':. i < i i\ nm;t in di-cits I i fanner*totht (arm*, I v. -. in | . :n might he f ' t h" I' iii'i d States. l)o You Follow lp Sales? You 1 i wi nt to build a i* r- \ --"lit of sales made it .1. . iverti-ing. Of sjx-ci.il i I** ',.> "nil grower*-. The Diary of a Commercial Hen. . a -< fit - "f .ilmut tw< lvc . .tie - ty K. I*. Klli-, a not?<l l? -i: tr\ authority, who is making . -iu\ i -- hv 1 >r<>< 1 in ihe und r.iisinu tit tis along the lines indicated in these articles. Cows in Cactus Land. Telling how .1 Texas stockman is operating one of the largest dairy farms in the I You can buy The Couni Lancaster LANCAS1 5 Cents t H '>SgaBS= mi The OntawbM. b rkvllle Enquire. There is ever a peculiar Interest at- U hing to the Indian especially K long those who see him only oc- tl donally and no matter what may be n ; faults of the Catawba, there Is a tl endly sentiment for him through- t a t the whole county. 11' It was because of this that the rerter tOOk <l(lVAntJlirf> of ?n nnnnrtn. c ooaen thy Rrip and let one wishr.^r t I OQ< JICI tuiuugu; j ,M** -Wilfred L. Randell in The Living ?0< Age. ro\ ha th< Naming the Farm. So many argument* ran be advanc- s 1 in favor of naming the farm that it M?ma strange that in traveling over m le country so few fnr'm names are I otired. It would seem that everyone I ho owns a farm, makes it his home I here his children are to be reared I nd their characters formed, would ?el proud of the farm, jealous of the reputation of his farm home and nnx- I >us to let It stand for all it means. I le the farm large or small it is king- I om within itself. It is un empire] I lie supports the "royal family" and il ontributes toward the support of the | tate and the nation. Why not give'B our farm a name. Iyet your children 'I e proud of It and you neighbors em late It In the erection of their homes, j I rou will And that the children will I ake more interest in the farin home; I hey will help you beautify it and as- I 1st you in making the crops and the I nimals worthy of the farm's name? I ,eesville (La.) Toller. Lancaster Leads '** "i^A rm >n a :om? one-crop'prosperity. And alfa, or Both? lys: "Alfalfa??yes!" till, says: "Alfalfa??no!" are about alfalfa and cotton y in the Piedmont Se.ction, ig and important work in :y say about their methods _ * 11 /! 1 aL A. _1 j, you win nnu in me arucie, LJNTKY EMAN 1 January 31st) any other special-article fea- ^ country, in a section where heretofore dairying lias been carried on in only a very limited w iv. When, Why and How to Prune. \Y avs of getting Inner ft :ir from II apple orchards and some general ad\ ice on orcharding. Making Money at a Loss. An interesting experiment in a |>eculiar kind of farming, which the writer fca\> Uacascof "I lowto lose money al'^PJarge profit." Sour Milk to Save the (Shirks. Tellirt of a recent demonstration, proviftg that if sour milk is fed to chickl immediately after hatching it wil kill the disease germs and save! large percentage of t he birds. Planning the Fruit Garden. Showing low the man with a small plot of grlund can put in a fruit orchard at tA- least expense and get the best JL-sults. PR y Gentleman from DL_ rnarmacy, ER, S. . , .1 * he Copy I'si > ales of cotton and very little corn It is generally known, no dcubtr a at the Indiana have their own civil ovenment, and are not subject to lie laws of the atate except as to lattera between the mand citizens of lie state or upon appeal to the state uthorities. They hold theii lands a common, and the chief, to all intuits and purpose, la a petty king who an do pretty much as he will, in ccordance with pretty well eslabshed laws of the tribe. He settles ifferences among individuals memera of the tribe and represents the ribe in all matters of community inereat or imporatnee. "About thirty of our children are 1 school," said Harris, and they are ot only anxious to go; hut eager to ?arn and are doing well. We have a arlly good school house and we also ave a church of our own. Most of us re Mormons. Denominational mislonaries have aone and are still dojg more or less work amongst us; in., ana oe conciuaea tne sentence 1th a significant smile, "most'of us re still Mormons." Chief Harrl^' father was a Confederate sol men who did good service la y he Civil warJ Hls name Is on the ConKdsrate monument In Forl'Mtil, and h'lef Harris is quite proud of the ict. Fit His Cam Exactly. "When father was sick about six ears ago he read an advertisement f Chamberlain's Tablets In the peers Chat (It his case exactly," writes Has Margaret Campbell of Fort mith, Ark. "He purchased a box f them and he has not been sick lace. My sister had stomach t route and was also benefited by them." or sale by all dealers. olifc Cotton ?e because he is first in the his crop. IN IN THE WORLD. Boll. Grows More Cotton icre. u/Thuikh (h ick rid in 'nksState. *1 IfJteLESTON r South Carolina. Write for Catalogue. t y last Wednesday, to have a short R k with Chief D. A Harris, who was 11 Yorkville to appear before the leg- 1 d ative delegation in behalf of his b be. i Harris is a man of rather heavy i b lid with dark straight hair dark ?s and all the other distinctive fea- ii res that make the Indian. He is | n out forty years of age, is quite Intel | h ent, and whatever his knowledge fi his native dialect, speaks very good h glish. He was inclined to be friend- a and sociable and did not hesitate s! answer any question the reporter li v proper to ask. b 'No, I do not get to Yorkville often' a said, Vlt is my first visit here in a a g time. I ilka to come whenever the portunlty presents; bpt my duties t the reservation require most of my tl te and attention and Ieeidom leave f< >re except when I have, pressing C rinens on behalf of the tribe away." fi Dhief Harris said that there are sut 12 5 Indians, tncludtng'65 chll- ~ *n, on the reservation;' but not trly all of them are of pufe blood, me white men'have married Indian men and Borne Indians have marri- y white women. He claims that his o n blood is Unmixed. p "Our reservation is quite small," \ d Harris, "there being only about 8 0 acres of it, and a part of it is too o ugh and hilly to be cultivated. We i s ve some good bottom lands; but ' b 5 river often gets over the crops in | f 1 " " Simpkins' Pr Puts the farmerVt an advantai VmpKeT^ith THE EARLIEST CtrTTC Ninety Days from PlantinAto to th<V A SI'PPI.Y IS LIMITBI The Only Oenuine S< W. H. MIXSON SEED CC Sole Distributors fo Also All other Seeds.