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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, 8.C. 1 fST^ubltshed every Wednesday at 82 a . ear la advance. ^ Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1901. H. Mr. VlNatiMkn ami tbe Exposition. \ Mr. Julius M. VisanBka of Charleston la in i the olty, and a more enthusiastic friend of the Charleston Kxpositlon would be hard to find, s He gives liberally of his money, but. be Is J almost extravagant in his enthusiasm for the great Show. J Mr. Yisanska was once an Abbeville boy, f and he loved the town well, but he sought a larger field of usefulness, and settled In Char- c lesion, where the people have treated him so kindly, that while be has not forgotten his I first love, tbe new love comes nearest his I heart. The good old city uot only prospers him In business, but eave to him for a wile t one of the best and tbe most charming young ladies. She comes to Abbeville on a visit b to the old family homestead, and she has s won the hearts of all beneath the roof that shelters hip family. Family Rronlon. Ii Mr. G. A. Visanska, patriarch and worthy A head of a noble family of sons and daughters, A Is this week enjoying the reunion of his 1 family. Scenes of pleasure aDd happiness 11 abound In hlB Hegant home on Main Street. Mr. Visanska has gold and silver, and he Is tl not without hbuses and lands, but his richest ? treasure Is found In those to whom he has I transmitted the goodly qualities with which D nature so liberally endowed bim. The con- a templatlon of worthy sons and daughters give Mr. Visanska more pleasure than all his c worldly wealth. tt 81 Abbovllle'M Lnnnriry. w C. P. Hammond is now making a monthly b rate to yoong men to laundry their entire orifl oicAfamllp mnnfhlv rntps. t, The laundry Is turning out a grade of work p now that will compare with any steam laundry, and Mr. Hammond'M trade Is increaslne w and extending dally. He Is gratified at the tl patronage he Is receiving from all over the county. Laundered collars, cuffs ami shirts L are get'ne upon the list of necessities here c of late and we are glad Abbeville can supply the demand. a Dyeing, cleaning and pressing done at the F Laundry In first class manner. Bridge Bnllder. e Mr. J. A. Brown of Pelzer, but form rely of this county. Is now building a good bridge " across one of tbe streams on the Savannah side. He reads tbe Press and Banner and be lleves In tbe liberal distribution of silver 11 dollars. u Services at Lonir Cane. jj A series of meetings will be held at Upper Long Cane Oburcb, beginning next Saturday a mornlnu at 11 o'clock. Alter Saturday there J will be preaching morning and nlgbt each J day till close of meeting. Rev. J. C. Sblve, ol Piedmont, will do the preaching. cl Back Home. Mr. Adger Hutchison has been spending a f! week at MUs L'latwortby's. Miss Clatworthv b cared for him In bis infancy, and now wben he is a man. he cares for her. He left Monday for Norfolk, where he is engaged in fc tbe government naval machine shop. ?? yj Good Bread ^ Requires good yeast, buy Fulton Yeast and always have good bread. You get it fresh w from Thomson Bros. d $700. ? ? If you want 8700. and can give the best of security, It Is possible that Mr. R. S. Link can ()| accomodate you. tf, b Mr. W. T. McIlwain, au Abbeville youDg tr man, who Is now noldlng a position as flag i man with the Plant System railroad, is shaking bands with his many friends this week, tl HI r. -HClJWttlll ie> ?u euciKUb nuu yupuioi young man, and his friends are glad lo know gj ibat be Is doing well. Mr. Mcllwaln was once E a typo In the Press and Banner office. d Mas. J. G. Holloway, of Chappels, has been with Miss Mary Hempblll for a week. ? Mrs. Holloway's daughter Is as pretty as btr mother, and aud an old bachelor is now wallfor her. o; She formely came to this city as Miss Edith w Biggs, and as a young lady had many admirers in Abbeville. 8' We call the attention of onr readers to the Kl communication of J. K. Blake Jr., President a1 of the Abbeville County Fair Association, p and to the premium list published in this e issue. Under the management of enterprising gentlemen and ladles, with the hearty b co-operation of the people, we see no reason ,. why the Fair and Carnival should not be the most successful ever held in the county. a Miss Eli.a B. Amos, a most charming and ai beautiful young lady and one of the belles ol M Spartanburg, S. C., is spending x few davs in P the city with her cousin, Mrs. W. W. Gordon. Miss May Scott, a pretty and attractive young lady or Mt. Carmel, S. C., is spending B a few days In the city pleasantly visiting her cousin, Miss Annie White. Ul Misses Sadie and Lois Hammond and An ! nle White, who have been spending a month t, with friends and relatives at Mt. Carmel, S. C., returned home yesterday. a, Our Mr. and Mrs. Haddon are now In the C Northeu Markets selecting their new fall line of which will be on sale soon. gi Miss Sarah Klugii left Friday for Brad- {J ley, wbere she will spend a wblle wltb rela tlves and frlendB. Mks. L. W. Dansbt left Friday for Little t? . Mountnln, wbere sbe will spend a wblle wltb relatives. w Mr. Alonzo Dansby, of Long Cane, spent Saturday and Sunday In tbe city wltb friends, b Mr. Robert simsjoxa spent several days in Anderson last week wltb friends. lt Miss Annie Wblle of Mt. Carmel S. C . Is C visiting ber cousin, Mrs. Joe Hammond. Ik you own a Steam Cotton Gin send up ' your name. We make you a proposition tbat ^ will bring you in big money without invest. InK a dollar. Southern Canning Co., Ill Broadway, New York City. Tbe Abbeville County Singing Convention A will be held at Beulah (Baptist) Church, be- A ginning at 10 o'clock, August Si, 24 and 25. a| Another shipment Mason's P. L. fruit jars and extra rubbers Just received at Glenn's. Prescription work Is a specialty wltb us. a We only allow graduates in pharmacy to compound prescriptions in our place. Mllford's fi l>rug Store, g " tl a ??? ei i 11 I Ol'lt f. 0L1JLJL : Dyeing! = t! The Fall Is very near i ? S here ami you are think- ! | * I L in? of your Winter Suit. 1 j Get it out and have it J 5 Cleaned, ! ! L Pressed ; 1 or Dyed : > at the I 'j ABBEVILLE j STEAM LAUNDRY. : I i Ladles Skirts Dyed and Cleaned | t right. Look up your skirts and let 1 e us fix tbem up for you for Fall ' 1 wear. ivenpeunuiiy, / i C. P. HAMMOND, Prop. [ ( ????? j Wbeu one loses his faith and hope ] in Christ, it is his own fault. He Jet 1 them slip. He did not watch and pray. He who gives us time holds us likewise accountable for it. He charges us with the the blank moment". We shall not inherit the blessings of a future until we have improved our present. If we waste this day we I must live it yet in to-morrow. ''jy - > ' . : ' si. WEST END. - Happening;* ami Inci<l<*nt* of a Work About (he City. Abbeville,H. C., Aug. 27, 1M01. Miss Norma Mathews has returned to tier lome after a month vacation spent with rlends nt Washington, Ga. Miss Mary Addie, one of Greenwood pretiest young ladies. Is In the city staying while with her brother, Mr. William I). Iddle. Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Vlsanska, of Chareston, are! la tlie clly 1110 gue?ts of their ather. Mr. G. A. Vlsanska for a ten days. .Irs. Vlsanska Is one of the managers of the nterlude, and Is a writer of marked talent. Miss Janle MeKellar, of Greenwood, is here taying with h?r friend, Miss lone Miller. >Ilss McKellar is a very pleasant young lady. l)r. C. A. Milfoil! left last Wednesday lor few York, whera he goes on a business and iiPHSur" trip. Mrs. Henry Hill has gone to Haltimore on i visit to relatives. Miss May, Miss Lois and Miss Eugenia tobfrtson spent several day? last week with rlends In the country. Mrs. Oscar Cromer spent last Thursday In he city the guest ot Mrs. It. Emmet Cox. Mr. liaskln .Sberard, of Moftuttsvllle, has *eu la the city spending a while with his chool friend, Mr. H. Gillespie Smith. DELIGHTFUL EVKNISfJ. Miss Mattle> Jennings and Mr. Lendo JennDg? entertained a number of their young riends at a delightful party Friday evening, ill of the young people had a most enjoyable iroe. During the evening elegant refreshnentswere served. Mr. Harry Paramore, of Orlando, Fla., is in ae city staying a while with his cousin, Mr. Jleo Long. Mr. W. Walker Edwards spent last Wedesdav in town. Mr. Edwards left In tne fteruoon lor a business trip to New York. Miss Sura t'othran, of Greenwood, Is In the Ity the guest of friends. Miss Uothran is lways a most welcomed visitor here, where tie has a host, of friends. Mr. Philip W. Bonner, of Portsmouth, Va., ras in the clly several days last week on u sin ess. Miss Inez and Miss Eliza Crymes. returned 3 their home iu Willamston Friday, alter a leasant stay with relatives here. Miss Rosaleoe Reynolds, one of Greenroods, most charming young laales, has been he guest of Mrs. L. H. Russell for a few days. Messrs Bob and Henry Moneley, two of lOwndesvllle's rising young men were in the lty last Thursday on business. Mrs. William B. Bradley has returned after pleasant week's stay at her father's Dr. ressly. in Troy. Mrs. H. Frank McGee, of Spartanburg, is in ~U.. n MtOAlru ctow nilth hflp m f\t h? LIB flljr IUi o n<-ci>K gu>j * ii" r Mrs. Thomas P. Q,uarles. Mr. R. Lawton Dargan has 5een In the city >r several days. Mrs. James McMllllan Is spending: a while lib her nleco, Miss Lilian Power at her orae In Antrevllle. Mr*. Robert L. Ambler returned to her ome In Greenville Saturday, after a pleasant eete's stay with her aunt, Mrs. James H. errin. Mr. Joe E.Jones has eone to Mississippi on business trip. During bis absence MrB. ones and the children will stay wltb Mrs. ones' father, at Greenwood. Mits Nina Wllsou, of Warrenton. is in the ity the guest of her cousin, Miss Marie heatham. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon and Mr. Guy R. Pltner atumed Saturday from Bordeaux, wbere iey bave been attending a house party given y Mrs. Albert Glbert. Mr. William M. Barnwell Is spending Rome me at Virginia Beach and Old Point Comirt. Mr. L. W. Perrln spent several days last eek In Woodruff, the guest of Mr. Aug. W. mlth. Miss Viola Gouche and Miss Lillian Goucbe ent to Honea Path Tuesday, to spend a few nys with Miss Margaret Hudgenn. Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson returned Friday from 1b summer vacatloa, spent at Old Point omfort. Hon. William H. Parker returned the first r last week lrom Hendersonvtlle, where he as been spending several weeks. Mrs. W. P. Ferguson has been in the couny spending a few days with her cousins the llsses Benson. Miss Lenora Allen, of Latta, Is in the city iegue?tol her sister, Mrs. R. C. Wvsong. Miss Marie Gary returned Saturday from a x weeks stay with friends In Augusta and ideefleld. Miss Gary received a number of ellghtful social attentions during her visit. Mr. and B. S. Barnwell have gone to [endersonvllle, N. C., for a summer outing, bey will be out of town about tbree weeks. Miss Elena Eason and Miss Clair Rloherson, f Charleston, are in the city staving a while 1th their friend Miss Blanche Gary. Mr. DuPre Sassard, of Charleston, is In town aylnga while with his mother, Mrs. Marar0t Sassard. Mr. Ringan Thomson and Mr. L. W. Power ttended a lawn party given by Miss Lillian ower, at hsr Lome in Antrevllle, last Friday venlne. Miss Rebecca Wldeman has returned to her ome here after a pleasant visit to relatives In le country.) Mr. Perrin Qurries returned Saturday fn>m trip to tbe fan American Exposition, ana trending a delightful house party given by liss Jesse Fletcher at her home in Eric, enn. Mrs. R. D. Blacknall. of Durham, N. C? Is ) the city the gu&t of her brother, Mr. Louis lount, Sr. Mrs. James D. Carlisle and her little augbter, of Spartanburg, are In tbe city lending a wbile with Mr. J. R. Glenn. Mr. Giles Templeton has returned after a wo weeks stay with relatives at Monterey. Miss Reua Allen has returned trout a pleasr>t stay with friends in Spartanburg and oiumbia. Miss Gussie WilFon, who has been Ihe nest of her sister, Mrs. M. Harvey Wilson ir several weeks, bas returned to her home i Columbia. Rev. W. T. Sloan expects to leave 1q a few ays for a pleasant trip north. Mr. Sloan is iking his vacation. Miss Susie HIII has been speeding a while 1th Miss Marie Cromer at her country home. Miss Mae McLaugb and Miss Fay Sellers, ave leturned to their bome here, after sending several months in King's Mountain. Mr. T. A. Cater, of Monterey, spent Sunday i the city, the guest of bis sisters, the Misses ater. Mrs. George McD. Miller, of Laurens, Is in le city, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. G. ochran. TO LEAVE ABBEVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. McD. Cater expeot to move to nderson In a few days. They have made bbeville their home for the past three years, ad It is with rogr&t that their friends see lem leave. Mrs, Augustus Cochran returned Monday om a fhort visit to relatives In Ninety Six nd Lauren s. Miss Florence Henry returned Monday om Blshopville, where she has been the est of her friend, Miss Law. for a week. The engagement of Miss Leila Belle McCalla 0 Mr. Clarence Lluder, ol Hariwell, Ga? is nnounced, the marriage to take place in the irly fall. Miss McCalla is a general favorite 1 Abbeville having visited here a number of mes, Miss Mary Lou Morse returned Saturday om Atlanta, where she has been the guest of er cousin. Miss Mary Thomson for the past tvo weeks. UNION SERYICES. The last of the month of uulon services rere held Sunday evening in the Presbyter^ Uoif M m av. iu v^uuiui. ivc v 4uj, uuuco ^icntucu au ca* ellent sermon that was instructive ana helpul to every one. Mr. Eustlce Stevens, of Elberton, Ga., Is In be city spending a few days with Iriends. lr.Stevens Is studying medicine at. tbe Baltluore Medical College. Miss Allie and Miss Raflla Kerr, of Greenrood, have gone to their home, after spendag a while here with their brothers, MeBsrs. J. >avisand William Kerr. SAD DKATIt. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. peed was lata to rest Sunday allernoon at letrose. Tbe little one was only 111 asbort Ime before the end came. The sorrowing imlly bave tbe heart-felt sympathy of all. Mr. L. D, Howard, of Charleston, was in the ity several days last week, tbe guest of Mr. )ul>r6 ShnratcIi Miss Floride Calhoun. ofCharleston, was in uwn on a visit to'Miss Ivey Calhoun. DELIGHTFUL KNTKKTAIN'MENT. Monday evening, at the home of Mr. K. M. iaddon.Mr. Clifford S. Haddon and Mr. Paul Anderson, entertained tneir friends. Mrs. ^mos B. Morse, Miss Male Robertson, and *116s Lily Templetou chaperoned the parly, .'he evensng was an unusually pleasant one. tapauees lanterns lighted the beautiful lawn, md tbe greater part ot tbe evening was spent >ut of doors. At the close of the evening ele;uni refreshments were served. Among those >resent were Misses Ella Amos, Victoria *.mos. Evelyn Clarke, MarieGary,Ellen Gainjrell, Louise DeBrubl, Nelle Heese, Lois Robertson, b'rances (Jason, Lillian Uambrell, ElUe uong, Monle Sign, Rosalene Reynolds, Sara Henry, Nelle Edwards, Alma Gambrell, Onie ind Carrie Mor*e, Eugenia Robertson, Helen ind lone Smith, Mary and Fannie Stark, Matte Jennings, Maude McCluug uncj WillleSeal. Messrs. Earl Jones, Tom Perrln, Tom LyoD, Ernest VlsauskB, Will s Templeion, Sterling Jraydon, Bob Hemphill, Henry Paramore, Eustice SteveuR, Giles Templeton. willlaiu Hemphill, Thomson Hollingsworth, George Jlarke. Joel Morse, Sam Hill, Mac Henry, lobn G. Edwards, Will M. Morse, Alf Lomax, Louis Blount, George White, Wallace Bailey, Vlitchel Hodges,Tom Seal, and Jim Hill. MorKe'H LocnlM. Best seed rye JuRt received. Barley n^t week. Excellent coffees! Parcbed s lbs., and green 10 lbs. for the dollar. I have Just received the best lot of brooms 1 hav? had lor years. 1 can give you the beet ir>o. broom you ever saw. Amos B. Morse. L.W.W. L.W.W. II BARGAINS, m i GOOD BARGAINS I IN ALL LINES OF GOODS ARE TO BE HAD AT ! L. W. White's. L ' i i I I I ' I. * t! I l I I 3?r ? * i ! T I I Ti UK people are quick to discover where Bargains are to be round, and this is the best reason we can give lor the large business we are doing now, although it is Mid-Summer when trade is usually very dull. J> We are busy every day, and the large quantities of Merchandise that go out of our several stores is the best y evidence of the fact that our Goods are desirable and are ! 1< being sold rapidly at the right prices. J, Jt w -Sir.. ..ill! I-- ........ ...Onll AAV. ^ .Mill nave inaii,y mui c uai^auin iu vii^i ) Bdially invite all persons in nec<l ol' Goods to come n and see J e \ Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Groceries, ae oe *ae s WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR STOCK FULL WITH THE \ d HOPE OF MAINTAINING ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER THE UN- c PR EC EDENTEDLY LARGE TRADE WE HAVE HAD UP TO THIS t TIME. J. J> J J J* J -J Lj True the weather is hot, hut we don't have time to get lazy, and any one who will favor us with a call can he assured of the very best attention. I I ^^ " | Pleasant SnmuJerlujf Places Reached YOU (Mr inm m* m mm v-U V/liiVljJ L ^7XJ-NVui?LU. J..IJ11 V-V/ll vX J. J. Southern Railway quickly and comfortably reached. Ashevllle, Hot SprlDgs, Tryon, HenderionstTjk vllle, Warm SprlDgs, Lltbla SprlDgs, Isle of > I,, Palms. Cumberland Island, Old Point ComTAKE A FARMER that has ever used Virginia81 Ho^SprlD^^bite1 Salpbnr and & X Lookout Mono tain. "Tbe Land of the Sky." a "Tbe Sapphire Region," and many other *a JiPffla^Vv nearby ana distant mountain retreat*. *11 "M ??? *at^ n mi Southern Railway also ofTerS superior ser ?' USi^UKKJS farm TOOIS if J ]liv/h V Low round trip rates. II HH A a,ld y" <*"''01 argue him out '<S^uSfSSSSm^iS!W,^ * signed for Descriptive Literature of an^- Re I! idea t hat tliey are not son riaoe in America ana a summer numco ijf K; 1 R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston, 8. C., If f \7 Leaders of their Kind* Y. I^M^ee.' C.'P.' & T.^G^'n^nie, 8. C. If I \ V H- Hardwlok, O. P. A., Washington, D. C. II / 1 >| ? . , , , , ,, W. H. Taoloe, A. G. P. A, Atlanta, Ga. III 7 Wi \l Come in and let me show you these I k/vJ FAMOUS FAVORITES , m, (f | | I v*"r<?L ? ?i?business. A most complete set of sample . A 111 r\ f books with all klndB oalers and grades, and Ji i| J MOWERS. BAKES. HARROWS. ' a/ . nfSW, II I . Satisfaction gnarenteed. Come ana see the )7 l\_, i), 1 beautiful samples. { I A new lot of flower pots just in. i < D ABBEYILLE HARDWARE CO. Ice cream gait, better and cheaper than the ... _ . . _ ; ordlnery kind. A fresh shipment of cracbersjust opened. QiTfYciQ i QiinrC f cfinrc i ar,,K1 *pOil V JjO I OJUvijO OllV/JjO Let me sell you lome cheap fruit. How do these prices strike you? Some dried apples 7 cents pound. H. M. TATE & CO. ' '"ri? ",rth"1 Evaporated peaches 8 and lOo worth 10 and ?? 15o. Prunes 8 and 10a, worth i? and 15a have just received a bio lot of shoes, and are in 1 B the market for loweat prices on Shoes. Mens' Shoes, Boys' Shoes, 6 pounds of nioely cleaned currents, and Ladies' Shoes and Misses' Shoes. We also have a nice line of that exhausts the stock. Amos B. Morse. ^HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ETC.^ All for less money than- they can be bought elsewhere. It will pay you to d # come and see our line before buying. Look out for prices in next adver- 1 The Season is Her? r tisemeut. Yours to please, A 1 ? 4 r -i% /w~ nn a r i i l .1 o k when you enjoy k r?. ivx. RU00V r!2!J!2|, A TEACHER WANTED FOR LEBANON 'lljlijiJ jlflijj ?"*" ! I rigMMuAofa vehicle'*.'" . . $ I School, tor further Information apply rt'.l"" ' 5 % !k 5 t0 or A 1c *W/Vl^SON' ^ ^ ^ ^ Whl?h W"1 pl6a8e ^ r CONVERSE COLLEGE, yBfij3^|jl | Ni^^ntehed I" An Endowed College for Women, Seneca-Bisiliark 5 goods which we have ever handled. 5 i] 0 We also bought In car load lots at)d # p AVlll be at Stark s Stable August 2oth, and ^ ant nnr innri nrtcAs&nd freloht mtAR a BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY $250,000.00. continue through the fall seBKon. 5 j ^ 1 , 5 Thirty College and University trained W.B.WISE. # and propose to give our customers d y teachers. 427 students from twenty States. August 7, JSW1. Itf Mt. Carmel, S. C. 0 the benefit of these prices. A fi Standard of scholarship equal to the best col-, A (' , leges for men. A. B. and A. M. courses. Mod- ? " \ .. h f A huvinir and we i > ern Buildings, Fine Appointments In Library 1-TCSrkTVT 5 before buying and we r ^ Laboratories, Gymnasium Society Halls. T|T{ T \ II11,14 JSI/J\, 4 can Interest you. , Conservatory of Rluslo. Campus M acres. In- ** *-*> 5 T i| , flueuces religious and refining. Limited onnr-TrAM nrMTTCT 5 .T Tj TTITjTj & CO. 4 number of scholarships. SURGEON DEN I IS 1. 9 "Lu ^ i[ Next session beginsHeptember 2",lb, 19U1. ^ Rn?? w?mn and Hsmess 0 ll i Write for catalogue to GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE f Carriage, Buggy, Wagon and Harness w u : BENJXM,N Wp,S0?.t A()00^^TAE. Ty.,.5S.00 J R6P0,,W' K ' Aug. 21,1901. tf Spartanburg, S.C. qkWCE O^ER ^RKSDa^E'S STORK * There is nothing but the very best ex true For ice call at Max well'8 Market. * money will buy used in our syrups. Pure Phone No. 1. The sprlDgof the year is on us, now Is the fruit juices and Irult. (ilve ub a call. The k-?0v,C0 m ha time to take medicine and feel good all sum- yi Speed Drug Co. The most complyeete "r>rn?rn 'rwith mer- We have any kind of patent medicine ft , Lowney's candy, fresh every week at the 'n ,?a? brushe/'halr b?uHhes clo?he8 y?u mav want- also some of our own make t( up-to-date drug ?or* of C. A. Mlltord. Phone brushes, ha ^bru he . ^ ^ & lbat W0 BUarentee l0 be as Rood as tho best fc, r 107, brush you want. The Speed Drug Co. apeea urug co. Nothing will compare with Mlirord's Uver For the finest ice cream and soda watea >> ' Medicine for its imrpoHe, At Mllford'H Drug Harris's Carbonated Water and Uinger Ale arsnkB to be found anywhere, gc. to The ri | Store. FUouelOT. J at Mlllora's urug store. Speea .Drug Co, j \ 2-'\ " Good Roads vs. Bad Roads. MOW TO DO IT. Let ua make a study of "hills" la roads and see what difficulties they jtually present, scientifically. Let's spe how many of these grades we ave in Edgefield County. Here is a 2 per cent, grades ; that is a hill rlsig two feet in every hundred : 2 feet in 100. 1 . ' . The United States government says "A horse can pull only fourfths as much on a grade of two feet in 100 as he can on a level road." Cere is a grade of 3 per cent: 3 feet in 100. A publication of the government says: "All things being considered, ae horizontal grade of a road should never be greater than 3 feet to 100.". [owever, a 4 per cent, grade is the maximum steepness generally adopted, eyond which States that pay much attention to the subject will not let ae grade go. Here is a 4 per cent, grade?how does this compare with Idgefleld County's grades? ' ; 4 feet in 100. Gen. Boy Stone, the able head of the road department of the governjent, recently said in an address: "Your chief difficulty is not with our road surfaces, but with their high grades. Your roads were laid out . . without any attention to the general topography . . . regard288 of graded or direction, and most of them still remain where they rere laid, and where untold labor has been wasted in trying to improve "J * *?? ?manir miiHnno to vnn to have had them aem. ID wouip nave uetsu wuuu iu?uj ? ? ? Systematically and skillfully laid out in the beginning. All your leading oada would have been kept down to the limit prescribed for hilly regions a 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, tc., would have been saved." Here is a 5 per cent, grade: , ; * ??. 5 feet in 100. ' i . rrUa ??.,xu tu? ?A nri x_ j , ,, |juuiiuiuuug ui wo nuvtjrutuouii say ; 'n fOHis oue anu a nail imea as much to haul over a road having a 5 per cent, grade as on a svel." Here is a 10 per oent. grade or hill: * < , ^ 10 feet in 100. The government says : "With a grade of 20 feet to 100 a horse can Iraw but one-fourth as much as he can on a levql." It says again: "The ost of hauling is three times as much over one having a 10 per cent. ;rade as on a level road." Yet how many, many hilla we have in EdgeLeld County far steeper than 10 feet to the 100! How long are we going n Ann H till a thla nnoMtr on/1 "r"r? 1 - ?-?~ wawjr ?uu doubcicbd [ nere ig a la per cent. grade: / - v 15 feet in 100. 'Vr; .'ffj Here is a 20 per cent, grade : v 20 feet In 100. Here ie a 30 per cent, grade : M rl4. a! 30 feet in 100. aV Let each of us compare these grades with hills that we know of along >ur roads and the force of them will appear to us. Here is a 50 per cent. jrade, a rise of 50 feet in every 100. , v-3 , : .50 feet in 100. We actually have some bills in Edgefield County of this steepness. leaven knows what proportion of a load can be bauJed up tbem. leaven knows what the cost of all these hills of more than proper grade, s to us In Edgefield County in a year, doubtless as in Iowa for came teritory, about $200,000, The department says: "If a road goes over a hill /hen it might go around the labor and expense put upon it are absolutely rastep. . . . It is a great error to continue to follow these primitive latbs. The proper thing to do is to call in a good road engineer and have be location so changed as to throw the roads around the ends or along be 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 calcuited the "hills coat the people $10,000 per annum. They have been payag this tax 100 years,'' he says, "and yet they wonder why they are oor." In such states as Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc., uo appropriation rill be given to roads of more than about 4 per cent, grade. Senator Mayeld, of this State, writes to the government: "Plcfcens County, which ) a mountainous one, has perbaps the besr dirt roads in the State. Intead of crossing the hills as tbe old roads did, they were laid off so as not 3 exceed a rise of seven inches to the rod. This was done by Mr. Abalom Talley, while county commissioner. ... He had this work one extending through a period of twelve years. As I stated last week the hills on our roads are far worse than all the oles, ruts, and mud ; they are the chief hindrance to trnvel. Instead of auling eight or ten bales of cotton, we haul two and three up them, at nmense extra cost to all our hauling. As the government says, we ought 3 get a good road engineer and re-survey our roads, running them around tie hills. This will do the roads more good than all the work that can e done on them from now to the crack of doom as they at present run. ill tbe work in Christendom won't make "good roads" up the hills. Our ounty convicts and road forces all over they county are throwing their rork away, as the government so truly points out, by continuing to try > work these bills. Our county commiasioners, as I understand it, have be authority to employ an engineer and inaugurate this work. If you ill do so, Messrs. County Commissioners, we and future generations will ise up and call you blessed. Clark's Hill, 8. C. J Publicua.