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The Press and Banner
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ABBEVILLE, 8.C.
C^PubllRhed every Wednesday Rt 82 a
ear in advance.
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1901.
Wbere He Lookft.
Mr. G.Henry Moore of thin city Is an observaDt
man. and what be doet? not know of
men and things about town ts scarcely worth
1?? witi /.ni^t ami mnilcKl demeanor
18 only equalled bv Ills saucily and bis
^ " vision. Hecently this editor was on the hunt
for somebody In tbe city. He said. "Ye?; she
passed here a few minutes ano." Asking him
where I might Hud her, he said, "In the millinery
stores. When I am looking for a man
I go to the dispensary. If I am looking for a
woman, I Just go across to the mtllnery
stores. I seldom fall to And the man or
woman that I am looking for." After this
remark we went as directed, but sure enough,
we did not tlnd the lady for whom we were
ilootclng. But we excused Mr. Moore for the
simple reason that no one man knows It all,
though we believe Mr. Moore Is as often right
as anybody else.
Aiieu?t -3, A. K. P. Church.
The pastor will preach next Sabbath morning
at tbe Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Cburoh on tbe subject, "Other People, Ourselves
and Christ."
All are cordially tnvlted.
This will be the last preaching service In
this church until the first of October. September
will be Mr. Sloan's vacation month, during
which lime tbe church will be closed except
for Sabbath School.
Picnic.
FThe annual picnic given by the ladies 01
the Long Cane Cemetery Association will
take place in the grove near the church
tr Wednesday, August 28, 1901. Everybody Is
Invited to attend.
Mlttle Cochran, Secretary.
H Reunion.
H Company I. Hth S. C. V., will have a reW
union at Lowndesvllle, September Mb. Co).
I Joseph N. Brown of Auderson, Geus. T. \V.
I Carwile of Edgefield, and Robert R. HempI
bill of Abbeville, have been invited to make
a addresses.
! PashIdk Through.
I Dae West sent a good delegation to AbbeV
vllle yesterday, and at the same time sent a
I prize delegation to Trey, to attend the Young
f People's Convention. Among these delegates
| were Rev. James Boyce, Mr. R. S. Galloway,
I Mr. Abner Wharton.
Honored Gue.it.
Among Due West's honored citizens who
were in town yesterday, we noticed Messrs.
R. C. Brownlee, J. D. Brownlee, Olin BrownI
lee, Willie Lindsay, and Capt. W. T. Cowan.
Picnic.
There will be a plcnlcat Cold Spring Saturday,
Aug. 24th. Everybody is cordially invited
to come and uring well-Ailed baskets.
Good Bread
Requires good yeast, buy Fulton Yeast and
always have good bread. You get it fresh
from Thomson Bros.
$700.
If you want 5700. and can give the best of security,
it is possible thai Mr. R. S. Link can
accomodate you. tf,
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Dr. Lodgk, president of tne Llmestoo*
Female College at Gaffney, S. C., and one ol
the most eloquerft orators in the Spite, will
preach here In the Baptist Church next Sunday,
both morning and evening. The public
is cordially invited to bear him at both services.
Miss Bessie O'Bryant Is off to Anderson
to see her grandfather, Judge R. Y. H. Nance.
Sne will also extend her visit to Fair Play, S.
C? to spend sometime with her cousin, Miss
maude Marett.
Miss Elm a Clinkscales, a charming
young lady of Due Wet-t, Is spending a few
days in the city visiting the Misses Gam
brell.
Mrs. Ernest and Miss Bessie Wilson left
Saturday lor Lowndesvllle, where they will
spend this week with relatives and friends.
If you own a Steam Cotton Gin semd us
your name. We make you a proposition that
will bring you In big money without investing
a dollar. Southern Canning Co.,
m nmarimov New Yort Cltv.
Tbe Abbeville County Singing Convention
will be beltl at Beulah (Baptist) Cburcb. be
ginning at 10 o'clook, August 23, 24 and 25.
Prescription work is a specialty wltb us.
We only allow graduates In pharmacy to compound
prescriptions In our place. Mllford's
l>rug Store.
BADLY WOUNDED.
Sheriff Lyon Ih off on n Coon Hnut.
Yesterday morning Sheriff Lyon received a
telegram from Willlneton, saying that In attempting
to arrest Jo King constable Lindsay
| Wilson had been badly wounded. Sheriff
Lyon immediately neaaea ior luesceae in mt
difficulty, but bad no dog? to carry, as be was
requested to do. If Sheriff Lyon lays eyes on
Jo Klog be might just us well do as Davy
Crockett's coon did, come down. The story ol
* Davy Crockett's coon 1*. that he called to a
coon to come down out of a tree. Tbe coon at
first declined to accept the Invitation. At
length the coon discovered who called, and
he apologized aud said: "As It Is you, Mr.
Crockett, I will come down. I wouldn't however,
do It for any other man." WeJI, now II
Charlie Lyon catches sight of the Georgia
coon, who Is said to be a lugltlve from Georgia
Justice, he will come down promptlv and
land In the Jail at Abbeville.
WANTED.
ATKACHER WANTED FOR LEBANON
School. For further information apply
to L. A. RAMEY.
or A. K. WATSON.
August 12,1901. lit
CONVERSE COLLEGE.
Ail Endowed College for Women.
7>UIl.DINGS AND PROPERTY 8250.000 00.
Thirty College and University trained
teachers. 427 students from twenty States.
Standard of scholarship equ?l to the best colleges
for men. A. B. and A. M. courses. Modern
Buildings, Fine Appointments In Library
Laboratories, Gvmnaslum Society Halls.
Conservatory of Muslo. Cam dub acres. Influences
religious and refinlog. Limited
number of scholarships.
Next session begins September 25th, 1H01,
Write for cataloxue to
BENJAMIN WILSON,
President.
Aug. 21,1901. tf Spartanburg, S. C.
IlnUdOIl'M I.OC'IllN.
We are still selling bargains In ladles', mioses'.
and children's slippers.
If you want a bargain In ladles' shoes go to
Huddon's and ask lor that bargain 31.00 shoes.
New arrivals loday at Haddon's In notions,
ribbons, while dimities and lawns, at 10 cts.
per yard.
We have a new supply of those 5t. bleaching,
cannon cloth, 1 yard wide at C 1-4 per
yard. Remnants in gingham at 5 cents.
We can show you some new patterns in
embroideries, torchon, and valencinnes laces.
Just received at Haddon's a new lot of Indigo
calico, percales, ginghams and cheviots.
A new supply white quilts, 10-1 4 blenched
and brown sheet'ug and bleach musllusand
cunibrlcs at Haddou^s,
New serges In navy blue, black and gray for
ladles' skirts just arrived at Haddon's.
Cheap RnteM?Southern Rnilway.
One of the President's Cars. The Southern
Railway haviDg inaugurated "Gentlemen's
Club Cars" on the Washington & Southwestern
Limited between Atlanta and New York,
making this one of the finest passenger trains
In the United Slates, has succeeded In obtaining
as one of the cars for use on these trains,
Gentlemen's Club Car "Atlantic." which was
recently used by President McKinley on his
tour to the Paclfio Coast.
No better guarantee of the elegance of these
club cars could be given than that they are
ot the olass of Pullman equipment selected
by the President for bis tour, which, as a matter
of course, is of the finest workmanship
and latest design.
One Fare for Round Trip to Birmingham,
Ala., and Return. Account National Graud
Temple, Mosaic Templars of America. Birmingham,
Ala, and return. Tickets to be
sold July 2tfth, 29th and 30th, final limit August
8tb, 1901. For detailed information call
on or address any Agent ofSouthern Railway
or connections. W. H. Tayloe,
A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Gu.
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DUE WEST LETTER.
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i Personal Fanicr?p>*?<>ir to Study I.iiw
-Dentil of .UrN. Koweu.
Due West, S. C., Aug. 21), 1901.
I Mr. and Mrs. Patton Kennedy and Mr. 8. J.
] Toad went to Aehevllleon the excursion last
I week.
! Mr. R. W. Haddon and Mr. \V. T. Ellis at1
tended the reunion ol Orr's regiment ut Sandy
.Springs last week.
I Mr. Sloan Kills went to Anderson last Tuesi
day to bring home a splendid steam euglne
{ that be had bought. He Is getting things In
I shape for the ginning seasoD.
| Miss Annie Atkinson of Virginia Is here
|and will remain for several weeks with her
slater, Mrs. E. L. Reld.
Hal Pratt, a handsome young gentleman
from Greenwood, came up to see his Due
West relatives last week.
Mr. J. K. Martin, a law student of M. F. Ansel,
E?q., Greenville, was In Due West last
Monday. *
Dr. E. H. Edwards is suffering with a carbuncle
on the back of his neck or rather the
back of his head.
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Lindsay are with friends
at Seneca for a 'ew days.
Dr. J. R. Hell and Miss Lola Bell went to
Caesar's Head last Wednesday. They will be
there for several weeks.
Mrs. K. P. Kennedy returned from Buffalo,
Baltimore and Wlnnsboro last week.
Jobn B. Pressly left homo for the Adirondack
Mountains Monday afternoon. He will
\f - Uowtnal A PrAoolv thorp
JUIIJ IJ J r> uiv/mvij i'At oauuuoi i&i A ivoov ?uv? v,
and will rem?lD several mouths.
Paul Pressly aud Crawford Clinkscales were
treated to a shower bath wo lie at Clemson
College last week. Furman McGee had his
bed overturned.
Rev. James Boyce, Messrs. R. 8. Galloway
and James Pressly, Miss Amanda Lee, Miss
Louise Brownlee and Miss Jean Pressly will
attend the Voung People's Convention of the
Second Presbytery at Bradley this week.
Miss Lucretia Dreunau, who has been making
her home at Seneca for a year or two. has
returned to Due West to remain for a year at
least.
Mr. Paul A. Pressly. a son of Dr. \V. L.
Pressly, went lo Birmingham, Ala., last Monday.
He goes to begin the study of law In the
office of Judge John H. Miller, who has met
with eminent success in the practice of law
in that city.
Mr. J. R. McGee has left with us a sample
staik of the J. P. Garrick prolific corn. It
has three good ears, and persons who have
seen it say that some of the stalks have as
manvus Ave ears. This is the second year
Mr. McGee has planted this variety and he Is
much pleased with it. He has about twenty
acres of it this year, and will exhibit some ol
the corn on the stalk at the County Fair.
Miss Leila Brlce returned to Due West last
Saturday.
Mrs. T. J. Bowen died at her home last
Monday, and on tbe day following her remains
were laid to rest in the cemetery at
Little River church in the presence of a large
crowd of friends. She was a good woman, an
active, busy woman,and will be sadly missed
in the community and in the home.
.Unking a Man of That Boy of Yonrs
Philospber, in Rock Hill Journal.
Teach that boy to be accurate. If
be be not taught accuracy in childhood
he will never learn it in manhood.
Teach him to spea* accurately
on all subjects, and he will scorn to
tell a lie.
Teach your boy the valuable lesson
of consideration for the feelings of
others. Teach him to disdain revenge.
Impress him with this beautiful sentiment:
"Write injuries in dust, but
kindness in marble."
Let your boy be boyish. A mannish
boy, a boy who is a man before his
time, is a disagreeable object.
I never take aoy stock iu the socalled
"good boys"?boys who never
get iDto mischief. It is a good thing
if they die young, for they generally
turn out bad men.
Early instill into your boy's mind
decision of character. The uudecided
boy is sure to become a nambypamby
man. He will be as Dryden
says: "Everything by starts, and
nothing long."
Teach your boy courtesy; "Manuers
make the man, says the proverb.
true poiuenees is rapiuiy uecumiug
in this country one of the lost arts.
Do not uive your boy expensive
notions. Bring him up to be simple
in bis habits and pleasures.
Have your boy to look upon labor as
a real dignity, and idleness as a disgrace.
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Teach your boy to be frank and V
open. If he has carelessly broken i
anythiug and takes the full blame upon
himself and makes no excuse
about It, dou't punish him, but com- ?
mend him for his honesty, and he will i
grow up every inch a man.
Teach him to be strictly honest in
all his dealings with his brothers. If ri
he disregards their "rights, he will J
grow up to disregard tbe rights of ,J
men. "As the twig is bent the tree ?
inclines." "
Put your boy on his honor. Trus* "
his honor. Nothing will improve his
character more. The boy that always ?
requires looking after is in danger.
'Be your boy's companion. Treat m
him as a geutleman ; and if such H
treatment does not make him a gentlemau,
nothing will. n
Teach him that the best whiskey N
sling is to sling the bottle out of the rl
window, and the best dice throw Is to u
throw the dice away. n
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Ten mm not to despise nixie mings. t
Life is made up of little tilings, p
The "little things" in the aggregate ^
make up whatever is ereat. If he a
maUes the little events of life beautiful L
and good, then will life be full of J
beauty ond goodness.
T^ach your boy to be self-reliant. T
"Ability and nece-sity dwell near each J
other,"*said Pythagoras.
Let him learn no other language but ?
this: "You have your own way to 0
make, and it depeuds upon your own a
exertion whether you shall sink or
swim, surviveor perish."
The wisest charity is to help a boy
to helphimself.
Teach your boy that there is no such
thing as "luck." Good pluck is good
luck. Whole hearted euergy crowns
men with honors.
The word "can't" ought not to be
found in your boy's vocabulary
Don't lliuch. Never fly the track.
Hold on : hold fast; hold out.
Teach your boy that the use of tobacco
is a filthy, costly and unhealthy
habit. The boy with a cigar in his
mouth, a swageer in his walk, impudence
on bis face, a care for nothingness
in his manners, older than his
father (Judging from his demeauor) is
going too fast. He should be stopped.
The chances are ten to one that in a dishonored
grave will lie the buried hopes
of a father, the joy of a mother's
heart and the pride of sisters. I
Teach your boy that if he does not
wish to be a nobody, or something
much worse than a nobody, he must
Kuard his youth.
Never permit your boy to associate
with your neighbors, badly managed
boys. "He who goes witli wolves
soon learns to howl." A boy readily
copies all that he sees done, good or
bad. A boy's temper and habits will
1 be formed on a model of those with
whom he associates.
Morne'J* Locals.
Best Beud rye Just received. Barley next
week.
Excellent coffees! Parched 8 lbs., and green
10 lbs. for the dollar.
I have just received the best lot of brooms I
have had lor years. I oan give you the best
15c. brootn you ever saw. Amos B. Morse.
Lowney's candy, fresh every week at the
up-to-date drug store of C, A. Millord. Phone
107.
Ask anybody, and they will tell you that
you will you will tlnd the largest and best selected
stock ol stationery at Milford's Drug
Store.
Nothing will compare with Milford's Liver
] MediclDe for its purpose. At Milford's Drug
i Store. Phone 107.
Meunen's Talcum Powder, we are now
making a run on at 15c. per box, don't fall to
avail yourself of this opportunity?this Is a
special price at the Speed Drug Co.
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COUNTY OF ABBEVIL1
'o the County Board of E
fnr aaid f!rvnnt/r
AVX WIVJ.V* VVMUVJ
PHE UNDERSIGNED BE IN
L third of the qualified electors 1
i certain territory proposed to
ito a new school district, the boi
'hich are hereinafter particularly
?spectfully petition your honorab
>rm a school district of the territ
ft'er particularly described.
The proposed new school dlstrl
ot less than ten square miles, and
f territory from adjacent soboc
oes not reduce any of .them belc
lltutlonal limits as to area. Tb
vtDg in the proposed school dlsti
snveniently attend any of tbe scb
djolning districts. Tbe proposed
rlct is to be formed from parts
fos. 26,8, 3 and 6, and has follow!;
les, to wit:
Beginning at a point on tbe r<
om Abbeville to Lowndesvllie
liles from Abbeville, and runnlni
rhiteoak on road to Bradbury's. I
I. 240 chains, thence S. 54 W. 27
olot on road to Latimer's station
1 W. 210 chains, thence N. 55 E. U
.ugusta road, thence along tbe Lc
nd Abbeville road to place of beg
.amar Clinksoales, M. B. Cann,
. T. Baskin, Jr., J.P.Grant,
I. A. Simpson, H.W.Camp
V. A. Moore, W.T. Cunni
'. L. Cann. John T. Clin
.0. Cann, J. E. Campt
All perBonB who may be opposed
nation of said school district arefc
ed to appear in my ofHce at Abbe
'olnMr In the fnrannnn of Aliens
d make known their objection.
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County Superintendent of K
Aug. 81,11101. tf
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/|\ Summer is cei
/j\ here, and you nee
/K Stiff Collars to st;
% July weather.
Laundered
Cults and Collai
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ft wear better than a
you can wear. Se
work to us and
guarantee satisfac
Clothes Dyed, <
and Presse
Aerents Wanted.
Get our Monthly
dry rate.
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LAUNDRY AND PRESS
C. P. Hammond, Propi
Koup In chickens 1b posaUvel
naentholatum at Speed Drug Co.
Putaway your vlnter clothes \
der and Cedar Camphor, and a
ensive smell of tar balls. For
ord'u Drug Store. I'houe 1U7.
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BARGAINS
GOOD BARGAINS
IN ALL LINES OF GOODS ARE TO BE HAD A
L. W. White
HK people are quick to discover where Bai
to be found, and this is the best reason wc
he large lmsiness we are doing how, alth
iumnier when trade is usually very dull.
Ve are busy every day, and the large qui
landise that go out of our several stores is
nee of the fact that our Goods are desirabl
sold rapidly at the right prices. Jt J, j
Ve still have many more Bargains to offer.
invite all persons in need of Goods
ee us j, Jt, j. j. o* J. jt, jt j,
ry Goods, Clothing, Shoe:
ats and Groceries. <?
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LL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR STOCK FU
MAINTAINING ALL THROUGH THE SUM
NTEDLY LARGE TKADE WE HAVE HA
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her is' hot, but we clon't have time to g<
s with a call can be assured of the very be
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jE" tti T rr* 8out
ducatinn For Long, Keen TS
pa,n
One v&
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IvIdk with- . OUR BOND HOLD- "Thf
be formed m A near
undarlea of Jq A voq it ^ tt this Sot
- set forth, fit KRS u s E *H1S vice
le board to la B Lake
ory herein- fan IB KIND TO CUT mou
ct contains |H H THEIR COUPONS. Do
the taking uS the t
>w the Con" M WE DON'T SELL
e children Ban ! Fold
riot cannot Baa MORE THAN A r,
iooIb In the w
school dia- liffiiBB GREAT GROSS OF J.]
of districts HH S. J
Qg bounda- THESE A YEAR. w*
^fotmeen vllfl ' BUT WE HAVE
thenceS.36 IMS THIS FINE MAKE lb
0 chains to I^SH buali
1 'SSX on HM IN OTHER STYLES
iwndesviile Ixraifl Ion.
Inning. j'lpB SUITABLE FOR Satie
bp]l Una THE LADIK8 USii* \ j
kscales', HI SEE THAT YOU feej
to the for- IRnll GET A joe
lerebyDotl- IIJsSl ordli
ivllle, at 10 glfjl "C L A USS" A1
it aiat, 1901, Ev
[BERT, WHEN .YOU WANT Plesdueatlon.
M 4 A GOOD SHEAR OR thes*
I ml M U sc138?118- a^,v
II J! Every Pair 15JV
\W GUARANTEED. a!
# # A FULL LINE OF that
Pocket and Table Cutlery.
S'JS ABBEVILLE HARDWARE CO. f
md this J
we will J"' ' ^ I
tion. Seneca-Bismark I p
Will be at Stark's Stable August 2i>th, and 0
continue through the/all sennon. 0
oicautu - w. B. WISE, ^
August 7,1901. 4tf Ml. Carmel, S. C. J
DR. J. A. DICKSON, ?
Laun- SURGEON DENTIST. 5^
GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE #
WORK A SPECIALTY. A
A (1001) PLATE $8.?0 \
aMaLGAM FILLINGS 150 and. 1.00 0 C
OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STORE. *
ilNG CO. L
For loe call at Maxwell's Market.
ietor. Phone No. 1.
The uiost compleete line of brushes to be
found In town is at The Speed Drug Co. Tooth Th
nnll K.x.Kao hull. ao Mma
y cared by brushes.' whist brushes, In fact any kind of a mer.
brush you want. The Speed Drug Co. you i
71th Laven- There Is nothing but the very best extrac lhat
uniii ihut of. money will buy used In our syrups. Pure
sale at Mil fr"11 an(l fruit. Give ua a call. The Foi
saie ai mh gpeed Drug Co. drsnl
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it lazy, and any one
ist attention.
isant Snmmerlnff Places Beached
VlafSonthern Railway.
indreds of moat delightful Sammer Reand
Summer Homes on Ibe line of the
bern Railway qalckly and comfortably
led.
bevllle, Hot Springs, Tryon, Henderson,
Warm Springs, Lltbla Springs, Isle of
jh. Cumberland Island, Old Point ComVlrglnla
Beach, Buffalo Llthla Springs, .
lnla Hot Springs, White Salpbnr and
:out Monntaln. "The Land of the Sky."
) Sapphire Region," and many other
by and dlstaut monntaln retreats.
Hbem Railway also otters superior serand
accomodations to reaob the Great
) Region, the Alleghany and Adirondack
n tains.
w round trip rates.
n't make a selection for a place to spend
ipated season until you write the under3d
for Descriptive Literature of any RePlaoe
In America and a Summer Homes
er.
W.-Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C.,
E. McGe, T. P. A.. Augusta, Ga.
D. McGee, C. P. <& T. A., Greenville, S. C.
3. Hardwlck, G. P. A., Washington, D. C.
H. Taoloe, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Horse's Locals.
ave added a line of wall papering to my
ness. A most complete set of sample
swith all kinds outers and grades, and
ldings to match, now reaay ror insceciOrders
filled promptly for any quantity,
ifactlon gnarenteed. Come andraee the
tlful samples. , ,
lew lot of flower potsjust in. j
Mil give yon 10 lbs. of the best green cof)r
81,00 that you bave bad offered you In
ig time.
i cream salt, better and cheaper tban the
aery kind.
'reflh shipment of crackers Just opened,
aporated peaches and apples, dried apprunes,
currant* and raisins.
t me sell you some cheap fruit, How do
J prices strike you?
ne dried apples 7 cents pound.
anorated apples, 8 and 10 ots, worth 10
15c.
aporated peaches 8 and 10c worth 10 and
ines 8 and 10c, worth 10 and 15c.
ew raisins with seed 121-2 and 19c.
:ded raisins In 1 lb. package 15c.
tounds of nicely oleaned currants, and
exhausts the stock. Amos B. Morse.
phe Season is Here r
WHEN YOU ENJOY
RUGGY PIPING i
to the limit, If you have tbe #
right kind oI a vehicle 6 i
Ve bave tbe vehicles which will please J 1
m and that will wear longer than a \ 1
eat many other makes. ?
ye bought these vehicles last fall and J 1
,ve the Manufactuers plenty of time # J
paint them, so we bave tbe #
Nicest Finished $ j
i/nnHu whlnh wh have ever handled. W 1
We also bought in car load lots and ^ j
got car load prloesand freight rates i
and propose to give our oustomers i \
the beneflt of these prices. i t
live us a call before buying and we ^ ?
n Interest you. 0
J. L. HILL & CO. i (
arrlage, Buggy, Wagon and Harness 0 I
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e spring of the year Is on us, now is tbe 1
to take medicine and feel good all sum- *We
have any kiDd of patent medicine \
may want, alBO some of our own make t
we guarentee to be as good as the best .
The Bpeed Drug Co. 1
r tbe flneBt Ice oream and soda watei v
tea to be found anywhere, go to The r
1 Drug Co,
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Good Roads vs. Bad Roads.
HOW TO DO IT.
Let us make a study of "hills" in roads and see what difficulties they
ictually present, scientifically. Let's see how many of these grades we
lave in Edgefield County. Here is a 2 per cent, grades; that is a hill risng
two feet in every hundred :
. 2 feet in 100.
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The United States governn:* t says "A horse can pull only fourifths
as much on a grade of , feet in 100 as he can on a level road."
3ere is a grade of 3 per cent:
3 feet in 100.
A publication of the government says: "All things being considered,
he horizontal grade of a road should never be greater than 3 feet to 100."
however, a 4 per cent, grade is the maximum steepness generally adopted,
jeyond which States that pay much attention to the subject will not let
be grade go. Here is a 4 per cent, grade?how does this compare with
2dgefleld County's grades?
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4 feet in 100.
Gen. Roy Stobe, the able head of the road department of the governnent,
recently said in an address: "Your chief difficulty is not with
onrfanofl hut with their hich grades. Your roads were laid out
. . without any attention to the general topography . . . regardess
of grades or direction, and most of them still remain where they
vere laid, and where untold labor has been wasted in trying to improve
hem. It would have been worth many millions to you to have had them
ystematically and skillfully laid out in the beginning. All your leading
oads would have been kept down to the limit prescribed for billy regions
n other countries; that is, to a 4 per cent, grade, . . . instead of 10,
2 or 15 as you have them now. And if this done to and from your farms,
itc., would have been saved." Here is a 6 per cent, grade:
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5 feet in 100.
The publications of the government say: "It costs one and * hiif
r,8,,88^ hauI om< ? haviSg a 6 p^LtlrJdeMona
evel." Here is a 10 per cent, grade or hill:
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10 feet in 100.
The government says : "With a grade of 20 feet to 100 a horse can
Iraw but one-fourth as muoh as he can on a level." It says again: "The
Jost of hauling is three times as much over one having a 10 per cent.
jrade as on a level road." Yet how many, many hills we have in Edgeield
County far steeper tban 10 feet to the 100! How long are we going
o continue this costly and senseless system ? Here is a 15 per cent, grade:
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15 feet in 100.
Here is a 20 per cent, grade :
20 feet in 100.
Heh? ie a 30 per cent, grade :
30 feet in 100.
Let each of us compare these grades with bills that we know of along
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grade, a rise of 50 feet in every 10D.
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50 feet in 100.
We actually have some bills in Edgefield County Of this steepness.
Heaven knows what proportion of a load can be hauled up theiu.
Heaven knows what the cost of all these bills of mora than proper grade,
s to us in Edgefield County in a year, doubtless as in Iowa for fame territory,
about $200,000, The department says: "If a road goes over a hill
vben it might go around the labor and expense put upon it are absolutely
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pV&Siep. . . , 11 ih u great eriui iu uuuuijus w ivu?n latbs.
The proper thing to do is to call in a good road engineer and have
he location so changed as to throw the roads around the ends or along
.he sides of the steep hills and ridges instead of continuing to go over
hem."
Gen. Stone also says that in one township in New Jersey he calculated
the "hills cost the people $10,000 per annum. They have been payng
this tax 100 years," he says, "and yet they wonder why they are
)oor."
In such states as Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc., no appropriation
vill be given to roads of more than about 4 per cent, grade. Senator Mayield,
of this State, writes to the government: "Pickens County, which
s a mountainous one. has perhaps the besr dirt roads in the State. In
itead of crossing the hills as theold roads did, they were laid off so as not
o exceed a rise of seven inches to the rod. This was done by Mr. Abalom
Talley, while county commissioner. . . . He had this work
lone extending through a period of twelve years.
As I stated last week the hills on our roads are far worse than all the
loles, ruts, and mud ; they are the chief hindrance to travel. Instead of
lauling eight or ten bales of cotton, we haul two and three up them, at
mmense extra coBt to all our hauling. As the government says, we ought
o get a good road engineer and re-survey our roads, running them around
he hills. This will do the roads more good tban all the work that can ,,
>e done on them from now to the crack of doom as they at present run.
U1 the work in Christendom won't make "good roads" up the hills. Our
:ounty convicts and road forces all over they county are throwing their
vork away, as the government so truly points out, by continuing to try
o work these bills. Our county commissioners, as I understand it, have
he authority to employ an engineer and inaugurate this work. If you
vill do so, Messrs. County Commissioners, we and future generations will
ise up and call you blessed.
Clark's Hill, S. C. Publicus.
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