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V.OL. 10, NO. 86, SEMI-WEEKLY. HOW TO MAKE AND KEEP THE ROAD! ? ? - - ?? > ft?" e. 1 wear uniformly. tain amount oi In general the road machine or the road sur grader should be used in the spring clays and most of the year while the ground is moist will puddle if and in such condition that it will on drying out work easily and at the same time drag in connet pack well under passing traffic. Con- sentially a pud siderable skill and judgment is re- when properly quired to use the road grader to the surface crowm ? - ^ ij^i A A A A A A A y T^t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ A A A A ^ n II PUF 4k3k, This t 2*" nett, now #*9 partner, w ed to meet Court Hoi flf'? ^r* XX Upper Cai f the two sh W * r v || YUl ft t Yi but more c Xx T? ii / 1 BENi , Abbeville Press and Banner. best advuntag The subject again being good careless opera roads, and how to make and keep tually leave th them smooth, we reproduce at length dition than wt r. letter just issued by the American not scrape so< Highway Association on this subject, road. Good e; It is so full of good sense that we will not decaj believe it will be appreciated by the so readily. D public. It is as follows: too common "The traffic on earth and gravel windrow of clo roads has a constant tendency to de- the middle of velop ruts, chuck holes, and depres- traffic, and abi slons. The chief aim and purpose of rain. Leave t road maintenance is to prevent and the entire su remedy this destructive action. To spread and be be successful and efficient ,road main- ruts. Always tenance must, be systematic and con- a to ma tinuous. Haphazard work is expen- not worse for sive and unsatisfactory. When the r< If the road is very rough and un- good conditii PVPn or (ho ? * * * * " ? iu? <.iunu >ory iow me roaa suiooinness in< machine or grader is very efficient tool for mainl for placing It In shape. One must ditlon. Drag t guard, however, against the all too while the surl common practice of scraping the sod not sticky. T and other vegetable matter and re- move only a ' fuse from the sides and ditches on sufficient to ill to the road. In general, on the clay sions and leav? and heavy soil roads all vegetable or crown is low. spongy material should be carefully Rhift your pos excluded. Such materials absorb amount of earl moisture readily and furnish but ed- the rail little resistance against wear. The ation it may b< road surface should be built up with road twice; fli the best material possible?material rain and again which will pack and consolidate un- JnK out or beg ler traffic and which will be as near- Do not drag ly water-proof as possible and will f?i ? SECTI LANCASTER, S. 0. \\ THE MEI > SMOOTH + There was an ol 1 geez * * He started up a busin e. An unskilled #nrt ~r The dollar for stock a tor will sometimes ac- rt Hronght him three lo; e road In a worse con- | f We? he bought raore len he began work. Do j; And be pi?ye<l that sy il and refuse into the Tbe customers flocked arth is far better as it. ? And soon he had to hi r nor absorb moisture ? Up on square, wh< o not be guilty of the ;; He gobbled up a corne practice of leaving a ; He fixed up the windo ids or loose earth along And be toj(l them all t your road to impede ;i He soon had 'em com Borb water at the first J And he couldn't cut d< he roads smooth over * Wel, he's kept things rface and traffic will 2 And everybody calls h less likely to produce i use the grader in such ike the road better and ] ! "' 'I'*'!'1 the passing traffic. oad has been placed In smQoth layer of puddled dei on as to crown and packed soji. This layer is as n< b road drag is the best jmpervlous to water as it is pos aining it in that con- to make it . Following rains he road after each rain little or no place for lodgemeni race is still moist but the water quickly runs ofT to the Tse a light drag and ditches. Unless the rain is long very little earth just tinued the road surface is not sol 1 the rutR and depres- ed to any great depth. The pre i a slight surplus if the uge c[ the drag after each rain le Ride on the drag and ?,? . ? *?- - tuc ouuace BLuooin ana ready ition according to the withstand the next storm, th necesary to be mov- Therefore, to make your i has been of long dur- smooth, use a road machine or g 3 advisable to drag the er pU^ jt in proper shape in st very soon after the spring of the year. To keep ; i when the clay is dry- roa() smooth, use the drag Judicl inning to set. ly after each rain. This will kee a dry road. Success- earth or gravel road in the best s s dependent on a cer- in which it is possible to mainta f water or moisture in throughout the year." face. Practically all soils, if not too sandy. The Rural School, worked when wet, and Saturday Evening Post, will set very hard. The We suppose there is no commu !tion with traffic is es- in the United States that would Idling machine, which, look with powerful displeasure < used, leaves the road man who was known to be in 3d and covered with a habit of swindling children ou VV^rVV V *rV V V V ? .4. y vy kE FCM irm enters heartily into the spirit of HOMh congratulates himself on being the oldest n ho hailed from the good old State of Nortl our mauv friends. We invite our old FRI1 ise and make it your resting place. ohn A. Cook, so well known as our old Com np Creek, will tell you that STAG PAINT THE BEST AI rd Williamson, so affable, will sell the Girls ould he made ONE. Howard Jordan, from J MUST GIVE # 1 will promise not to worry von by telling y specially about our FANCY and HEAVY < IHfcAKlY WI NETT-TEF ' * -; '/ AjNE?jys&BE&ft* l%2ck3jSk'- !iiiiljx.-'J-a't*;">'S4w\ liLdi'. ION TWO TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. i grow ICHANT PRINCE. + er and he had a lot of sense, T ess on a dollar eighty cents, nd the eighty for an ad, $ Columbia, J rely dollars in a day, by gad! X ?' Chioora Co goods and a little more space, C., has been sc stem with a smile on his face. X nine yearg> au to his two-by-four ij . . ? . . " that, despitle ustle for a regular store. J? ?re the people pass, i ? an(* 'mProvenj r that was all plate glass; the board of ws udth the best that he had, peratlve to set ibout it in a half page ad. J J cident with t ing and they never quit, > Greenville, the >wn on his ads one bit; (jie College to; humming in the town ever since, offered its mj im the Merchant Prince. Chicora, accor ?(Exchange. the original ch * College for +T+W.+;n+-r+i: The Chicora ?offer, deciding lsely their pennies; but hundreds of com- the two school Jarly munities in the United States swin- stitution to be si^le die children out of something much hia Pr(>Por,yfind ified this actio t, as more Prc,ous than Pennies, with vot!ng for ,t side never a blush. The educational gold i)r_ s p con- brick, which our fathers celebrated, efficient and s ften- is palmed of year after year on a Chicora Colleg >mpt great number of country boys and executive hea< aves girls. and with him to Not that our fathers' education Chicora facult; was unjustified. A little, ill-equip- teachers of th road ped, one-teacher country school 1b as were nvaila rad- much better than no school at all; consolidation. the but it remains today in many a rural The friends your community where it has no more thusiasttc and ous- business than an oxcart would have increasing sue p an as a pleasure vehicle. A string of Association of hape little, old-fashioned, one-teacher men voted to in it country schools, with a course of zatlon, and gi studies not at all related to country contribution c life, In a rural district where many the Kelley Mt farmers own automobiles is a scan- Both of the dalous fraud on country youth. sured of the ,nity The consolidated country school, friendship of t not graded, well housed, well equipped, Women, and tl ju a - "mi uuvqumeiy paid teachers and a they will eacl the j course of studies knit up to country permanency i t of 1 life, is the farm's best asset. Mater. k J*- A A A A A A A A * .? A A A A. V V V WW V VVVVVVVVVV V V A^A . Jr OD ST 5 COMING WEEK. Our Senior partner, M aerchant in town?33 years in service, and a i Carolina about ten years ago, will be only t< SNDS and NEW ONES alike to come to our ity Auditor, is our book-keeper. Haskell 1 is SID cheapest i Chewing (Jinn and with his smiles make the Fort Lawn, will look you in the face and tel us your tr on of the many improvements in Old) LJ 1FOFFRIKS, PAINTS and so forth. :lcome to a IRY COMF The Presbyteries rat-!'0 a" acad<,mla ?"ensphere that Is .n of the hoard, seven " ,?"ce a lo !>mblllon ""I a" only one acainst It. f''1 ?"hleve.,,ent. The polltleal -r<l. for nine years Ih- "J" ?f ?, ""lle ''a,,"al R'1"" frea">' lo ueesssfnl president of ,h? ?'"? '?* " c aoclal e. will continue as the an" a,Tor'"' ?< ?'?<!* ">? 1 esf ?,? I processes of government at close 1 of the new school, ^eootfooii., 11 ? *1 range. The great Interest and bepractlcally all of the ...... y and as many of the l<!t ln ,h9J0"'?* Ia wla<,ne(l by ,he e College for Women l,r" ""IP'rlo and appllhie at the time of the ';a,1",ns ilrea<,y on fl,e ln the prMldent 8 office. of the college are en- ~ " " ~ ~ ..... ., < onstlpation < ured Overnight, certain of its greatly . , * cess. The Alumnae * Rma" ?oa<' ?/ ,^?;Do'LaX ton,ght the College for Wo- l?v "?" 'rte. bo?l ..... . movement in the morning. No grircontinue their organ!- . _ ? * v . . _ , .. ing, for Po-Do-Lax is Podophyllin raciously offered the \|ay Apple) without the gripe. Po>f their donations to Do-Lax corrects the cause of constl>morial Library. pation by arousing the liver, increasorganlzatlons are as- InB the flow of bile. Bile is nature's . . . , antiseptic in the bowels. With, warm interest and proper amount of bile, digestion ln he Cblcora College for bowels is perfect. No gas, no ferhe president begs that mentation, no constipation. Don't i feel assured of the be 8ick- nervous, irritable. Get a .... .. bottle of Po-Do-Lax from your drugnf ho r o^n Alma pjR^ now aTU] cure your constipation overnight. 1 + + * * C* * * ?% <$??& ORF 11 r. \V. P. Bon- f? lso our Junior xy :>o much pleas- IT store near the <|xS> if M Steele, from Vy ft H i*?L m believe that Vy YV II you > A ADE II ^ X< .'ASTKK? tv * ft ft LL I 'ANY 1 fT __ ft fl fx $L50 A YI' AK. TH AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CHICORA COLLEGE luly 31.?The successi The college will be a standard liege at Greenville, S. school, conducted along modem , great during the past ,,ne8 of hi*hest educational efflcienry. President Byrd in a recent d Its growth so rapid ,nterview said( ?0ne th5nR lB cer_ frequent enlargements ^aj? there will be no backward ents of the old plant, step." The many friends of the trustees found it im- school who know the president and k a new site. Co in- hls idea,s' bespeak an immediate success in Columbia, and are happy heir negotiations in .... . ... . . ,. . . .to think of the great service the ins board of trustees of ... .. . ... . . . ? ? stitution will render to the church r Women In Columbia cau><, ?la(.alIon. igni ient propertj to| Columbia seems to be in every ding to the terms of; .. , , .. , ,, . . . . way an ideal location for a college arter un er v. c t e yor women The winter climate la omen opera e . mild and recognizedly healthful i man aci.epte t e location there of the Theological on a consolidation of ? .. TT , ,. , Seminary, the University, and other s, the consolidated in- , .. . . ... .. . . . educational institutions contribute? located on the Cnliim