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The Press and Banner EVTPublUbed every Wednesday at IS a ear In advanoe. Wednesday, April 27, 1904. The Literary Clnb. The Abbeville Literary Club will meet next Friday evening atS o'clock April 29ib, at the home of the Hod. W. H. Farter. Dr. F. G. Harrison In the essayist for the evening. His subject Is "The Literary Club." Wanted. Experienced help on walst?, sleeves and skirt*, for our dressmaking department, which will open Monday, May 2nd. Apply to C.W.Kendall. Abbeville, S. C. In the Baptist Church. We are requested to say that Dr. J. Lowrle WlUon will preaoh next Sunday in the Baptist church. Bratton Comedy Company. Comes to our oily Thursday, Apr. 28. This Company Is first-class, and tbe program con lata of dancing, singiDg, and many other specialties. Qlve them a full bouso and enjoy tbe sbow. Popular prices. Meats on sale at Milford'a. Opera House. Thursday, Apr. 27, tbe Bratton Comedy Co. gives a special performance at tbe Opera House. Beats on sale at Milford's, Bee otber local. Odds and Ends. Odds and ends in children's hose at rednced prices. ?Haddon's. The Ladles' Friend. What? Neuralglne. Why? For It cures tbelr Headaobex wben all others fall. WbeD they once try it, you cannot say, I have something Just as good, for they know belter. Try It and see if tbey are not right. Cures in 5 minutes and 1R harmless. Sold everywhere by droir dealers. 4 doses 10c. Manufactured by, 12m. Neuralgioe Co..Augusta, Ga. Iatprovlug. The man; friends of Mrs. Jones F. Miller will be glad to learn that ber condition is lmprovlnar. At one time very little hope was entertained for her recover;, bat for the last two days, she has been steadily improving nntll now It Is thought she will be well again. 8be Is still la Atlanta. For Sale. Od6 good second hand high roll top desk In good condition, also one second band low roll top walnut desk almost as good as new, apply to J. C. Ellis. April 6.1901. tf. 810 Reward Will be paid by the Abbeville Telephone Company for tbe name, with evidence to convict, of any one breaktDg Snsolators or In any way molesting their country lines. Wm. M. Barnwell, Gen. Manager. Notice ! Notice! A11 persons are forbidden to tack signs or In any way to trespass on tbe poles or property of tne Abbeville Telepnone company. aqj one bo doing will be proHecated. Wm. M. Barnwell, Gen. Manager. Wanted. Names and address of belre of Charles 9. McKeown, whose address was Abbeville Id 1851. Several hundred dollars can be secured for said heirs. Address Harvey Spalding & Bona, Washington. D. C. 4L Wanted. A man to sell sewing machines and oollect on acooonte. Experience Is not necessary. All we want Is a man wbo Is not afraid to work. Address Tbe Singer Sewing Machine Office, Greenwood, 8. C. 4t Notice of Coutraet. All persons are forbidden to barbor or to employ Dave.Walker, colored, wbo la under oon tract with me for ibis year. T. L. Haddon. Mr. D. Pollakoffof Abbeville has just re tnrna/t fmm (IrAAnvnod where he has bought Ibe stock or merchandise of Mr. M. Pollakofl -and wllloontlnue business at Greenwood at Ibe same stand and with the same tine of goods under the management of Mr. S. Pollakoff. Mrs. O. W. Mil ford, and Miss Daisy Campbell or tbe city attended ibe singing convention at Little River Sanday and report pleasant time. Mrs. C. C. Nabors. who for tbe past month' baa been visiting her parents at Macon, Ga. has now come to Abbeville, to make her home. Miss Caroline Davis of Athens spent Sunday with Miss Corrie Uolllnswortb. MintDavis is a beautiful and accomplished youau lady. Abbeville is always glad to welcome uob within her gates. Mr. Thomson Holllngsworth with his friend Mr. Smith spent Sunday with bis pa rents. Mr. Holllngsworth Is with tbe Sea? /< at A Ihann Miss Wlllle8tewart baa returned to Greenville 8. C, to restrme tier work there aftei spending a few days at home and attending the marriage of her slater Miss Claudie B. Stewart to Mr. Wellington C. Doty. When yon have business oat of town the quicken and cheapest communication is by the long distance telephone. Cotton Seed for 8ale?I have a few Excelsior seed left. SO cts. bushel. G. C. Duseuberry For Rent?Two bouses at the one-mllt post on the road to Verdery. Now la the time to see about your refrlgera tor. Call and let us talk it over. We sell the Gurney. Kerr Furniture Co. CANDIDATES. For Home of Representatives. We are authorized to announce R. B CHEATHAM as a candidate for the House ol Representatives, Rubjeot to the action of the Democratic primaries For Supervisor. We are authorized to annuounce DAVID GILLIAM as a candidate for County Supervisor, bubject to the aotlon of the Democratic primaries. For MHirlatrate. We are authorized to announce P. D. KLUGH a* a candidate for the office of Magistrate of Abbeville township, at the coming leotlon, subject to the action of tbe Democratic primaries. A telephone In your office and residence lightens labor, saves Journeys, dispels worries, reduces work. Stay at home and telephone. The modern home.?A telephone will do your errands whllea boy la getting ready, and u (VMtta about 5 cents a flav wltb a telephone. No one should purchase a Hat until they have examine our Drummers Sample. They are going rapidly at about half price, but we still have plenty left, both in Felt and Straw for men, boys and children. A. M. Smith & Co. Notice of Opening of Books of Subscription. State of South Carolina. County of Abbeville. Pursuant to tbe autborlty vested In tbe undersigned as a Board of Corporators, by Hon. JesseT. tiantt, Secretary of State, by Commission granted said Board of Corporators on tbe 18th day of April, 1904, notice is hereby given that books of subscription to the capital stock of tbe L>owndesvllle Banking Company, will be opened in the town of LowndeB ville, 8. C., on tbe 28tb day of April, 1904, at the office of E. R. Horton, between tbe hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. All persons wishing to subscribe to tbe capital stock of tbe Lowndesviila Banking Company wiil take notice oi tbe time and place of opening of said Books of subscription to tbe caDltai stock thereof, and govern themselves I accordingly. _ _ w ... B. F. Mauldin, I. H. McCalla, E. K. Horton, Tbos. D. Cooley, D. L. Barnes, E. W. Harper, J. W. Hardin, J as. T. Latimer.; rr*r ... HIGHWAY BUILDING. IMPROVING EARTH ROADS WITH CLAY AND SAND. How to Mix and Apply Them to Se? care the Best Result#?The lie ol Road Machines In Bnlldlng These Highways. In an interesting address delivered at the Greenville (Mich.) good roads convention Fra?k F. Rogers, C. E., bad the following to say regarding the improvement of earth roads: If you must always have an earth road and cannot get gravel or stone at a reasonable cost put clay on the sand and sand on the clay. When these become suitably mixed, they will form a sort of hardpan, making a very good road surface at most seasons of the year. Of course, the clay is good when hard and dry and the sand quite passable when the weather Is so wet that noDoay warns 10 travel, uut w scvutc a medium earth road, good the greatest number of days In the year, that it Is possible to make it, this is the best method that we can prescribe. It should be borne in mind that neither Improvement is very good until suitably mixed, and clay should be applied to sand in a manner to secure that mixture as speedily as possible and vice versa. I Decide on the width of a given road between ditches?say twenty to twenty-four feet not much narrower and not much wider. These are economical widths, and the lack of uniformity in this particular is one of the greatest evils of our lack of system in road building all over this country. Bring the road to a suitable crown from twelve to eighteen inches above the side gutters. This, however, will have to be varied to meet the special needs of drainage for the locality, and should a large ditch be required on a narrow road It should be entirely outside the regular gutter, which will protect the vehicles from the danger of tipping over. To prepare the bed it may have to be plowed toward the center, but, if so, do not disturb the old roadbed unless absolutely necessary. After plowing, barrow thoroughly, take a road machine and shape the whole bed to a perfectly rounded shape and roll till no more compacting is possible with a roller weighing four tons or more. A farm roller la of little use for this purpose. After the bed is properly shaped and rolled as described take a road machine and crowd enough earth to each side of a central strip of such width as It may be desirable to cover with clay or gravel. This being done, clay should be applied on sand to the depth of five or six inches where no gravel is used and to the depth of three or four inches where a dressing of as much gravel can be Dlaced urx>n the clay. After the clay Is applied, It may be leveled with a road machine if well pulverized, or, if lumpy, it may be leveled by first rolling to crush the lumps, then harrowing till smooth, but in each case it must be rolled till bard after a smooth surface has been secured. Where no gravel is used the clay must be covered with from one to two inches of sand by reversing the road machine and crowding a little of the surplus sand from the sides to the center. This will prevent the roada from becoming muddy at the first wet spelL If a top dressing of gravel Is used, it should be applied to the thin coat of clay immediately after rolling, then be brought to a true surface by the use of a road machine and rolled till it is thoroughly compacted. If the weather is dry, the gravel should be kept sprinkled during the final rolling. When sand is used on clay, we usually secure as good results as by ? In 14- nAf puiuii^ V.1?J iU OOUUf 1V1 AC UWO UVb always prevent mud when the ground 1b extremely soft A clay road should llways be well piked with good side ditches, which must quickly take the water to Its nearest natural outlet, which in turn must always be so well kept as to take the water at once away from the road allowance. Sand should be applied to clay after the picking is done, without forming any depression for its reception, as has been recommended for gravel. Sand should never be applied at a season of the year when a long dry spell is expected. but rather immediately before wet fall weather and winter seta in, so that by the next season it may become sufficiently mixed with clay to produce the condition already referred to. The same practice should be employed when any considerable depth of loose gravel is applied to a clay soil with the expectation that travel will make it hard. The application of sand and gravel o clay, aa above described, can be done In layers, giving time for the first layer to pack before the second is applied. It is often advisable to wait till the next fall before the second layer la applied, thua giving time to watch results and use Just the depth required to secure the best effect as well as to economize material. After all this la done, we have not secured a permanent road suited to heavy traffic, and we shall be obliged to look to the fetter grades of gravel and broken stone to produce any roada tnat may reany do called permanent The Car* of Earth Roada. Earth roads should be repaired, particularly in the spring and fall of the year, but the mistake of letting them take care of themselves during the balance of the year should not be made. The greatest need of the common road in this country Is daily or weekly care. A road receiving daily attention will require no extensive repairs and instead of becoming worse will gradually Improve. It Is minute and frequent homeopathic treatment that the earth road needs. HaddoD'i Locals. _ Dre?M_Hat??When you are ready for your ureps tiai, see ice nanaBome new aemguB m Haddon's. Ribbons?Enter largely Into every ladles wardrobe. We are prepared to meet all demands for ribbons, at Haddon's. Net Top Laces?'The latest out for Summer Dress trlmlngs. at Haddon's. White Goods?New line white goods just received, at Haddon's. Parasols?Hot weather Is coming?will you need a parasol ? you will find the beBt at Haddon's. 811k Gloves? Blaok and white silk gloves all sizes, at Haddon's. Slippers?New styles all up to date lasts, JUUW uu DOIO ?? mwwmv - II II SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. isi con mm, .... FROM .... All Points in South Carolina TO JL V/ ST. LOUIS, MO. On Account Louisiana Purchase Exposition. liUwMnlM. Limited to leave St. Louis returning not later than TEN DAYS from and includiog date of sale. Rates per capita round trip St. Louis and return for Coach Excursions: Abbeville, S. C., $17.00 Anderson, S.C., $17.00 Calhoun Falls, 16.70 Greenwood, 17.30 Similar low rates from other points. Tickets at low rates of fare will be on sale commencing April 25th, limited to return fifteen and sixty days. If you are going on this Excursion write the undersigned at once. For all information call on nearest SEABOARD TICKET AGENT, or write the undersigned. J. A. VON DOHLEN, W. E. CHRISTIAN, Trav. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Asst. den. Pass. Agent. 5 HADDON'S. HADDON'S. \ | New Line Millinery ? ? In all the Up-to-Date Shapes and Very Attractive. ^ ? Silks for shirt waist suits, checks, stripes and figures 50c and up. ^ 4 vvnite wasti Jap biJk tbree widtbs, 24 inch, 27 men aua so men. m L New and will wash like linen. i i 27 incb Ponge Silks, figured, stripe and plain. A J 36 inch Black Taffeta Silks soft finish. \ J White Linen for shirt wai8t suits. 5 J White Cotton for shirt waist suits. \ v 36 inch Canon Cloth. 36 Indian head soft and hard finish. ^ See Our New Line of Laces. \ . I Black and Colored Voiles make a stylish suit. A ^ I Cotton Voiles only 12 l-2c, all rhe rage for shirt waist suits. X R. M. HADDON & CO. | NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & SL LOUIS RAILWAY | AND WESTERN & ATLANTA R. R. Si Louis Exposition "Short Line." ft AS /i\ The Scenic Battlefield Route 4 via Chattanooga and Nashville. Bept equipped iK trains. Superior services. Quickest time. For i|v the lowest rates to all points North, West or Northwest, maps, schedules, or any information, jii call on or write AS THOS. R. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent- ^ ill 1 ?*ryor Street, ATLANTA, GA. j 'J? OppoBite Union Depot. Bell Telephone 169. K J. Going to Paint? 1 jl then use 5 U ... I U r Ml I HE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FAINT f*it \ anc* y?u'U ?et satisfaction every I jL-J \t j time; there's no better paint made. Jg| It's a pure lead, zinc, and linseed UgQ // oil paint manufactured on uniform teggj' formulas, and by the latest and I best machinery. No other paint I J - gives the same satisfaction and wear at so small a cost. Forty-one beautiful shades. Color cards free. ' I SOLD BY 11 Abbeville Hardware Co. FULL STOCK OF FAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES. A&k us about "Jap-a-lac." s . . I = The Peoples! ABBEVIL OFFICERS. S. G. THOMSON, President. G. A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. R. E. COX, Cashier. READY FOR E READY TO EE READY TO RE Opened All Day. Ac Every Special attention given to small dep is the people's bank. Deposits in any h is scarcely a possibility of loss. All Then, don't do a foolish thing in trj crannies about your house, where it ina Men have lost money in stockings, and Bureau drawers ana great wooden ch robbed. Good natured men, with read; earnings to the wrong man. Men have pursuits of life. Women have been ki bands and hearts, in the keeping of the depositor in a bank lossing bis money ? As the law now stands it is almost i his money. Around the depositors n human skill, or human ingenuity can d than money in a bank. Aud if you ma earnings as you receive them, you will your earnings, you will learn how to dc In the Savings Department, oue pe to remain, interest is compounded quai money, and in a little time you will rea count. The fact of having money at y< many times as much as the interest. 1 pleasure of having a sum of money, res ? SPRING DELICACIES, which such bakers as those employed at Brelhahn's think oat aod make, are In accord with all tbe many;,otber good things Spring brings?cakes, candy, traits, bread and pies. How mach oar baklag saves tbe housewife in work and worry?even la cost?Is easily ascertained It you'll sample oar stock and remember your own troubles. Every good thing In the baking line right here. We also have HOT peanuts and fancy gro cerles, J. W. Breihahn, Proprietor. For Flour, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Canned Goods, Cabbage, Potatoes, Dried Fruits, Fancy Apples and Oranges, Dry Goods, Notions, etc., Tinware, Crockery ware and Glassware, - Highest Price Paid for ? Chickens and Eggs |W -ATI M. E. MAXWELL, iV Phone 158. It Next door to Stark's Stables. Jw Pin Feathers. K Poultry to be profitable must be we 1 Ij housed, well fed and welltreated. |\ Hens will stay with their brood' IC longer if their run is in a yard separate I* from other fowls. |\ Improve your stock by buying some Jc pure-bred fowls this year, or a few setfS ingsofeggs. jj\ Make a pot pot-pie of a hen that eats K eggs, ditto the feather-eater, and do it IJ before she teaches the rest. ft In ordering seeds get a supply of sunJy flowers, and plant, so as to have the I? seed next winter to feed the poultry. Great quantities of grain and grass Iv seeds are wasted annually. IJ Give the sharp-eyed biddies a chance i\ at the barn floor litter. K No food should be given younpr fowls I* until they are at least twenty-foui hours old; too early feeding often causi es bowel diseases that prove fatal. * A flock of poultry well fed and cared ^ for will return their owner at least fifty ttv per cent more for all kinds of grain I? than the miller or grain dealer will n give mm. Iv By the liberal use of whitewash in 19 the spring and antnmn and the fre_ quent application of coal oil about roosts, platforms, nests and walls, the lodgment of lice will be prevented. Raise chickens enough so that you can have poultry on your table every week in the year. Farmers might and ought to raise more of their living right on the farm. Turkeys, ducks, geese and guineas may be hatched in the incubator and raised in the brooder as readily as chickens, so that in a majority of cases it can be kept running until June. When you build the fence of wire net, do not add a rail at the top of the uet. Stretch a wire if needed. The birds soon learn to fly over the rail be/innoA fhatr /ion ooq if nloinlt* UCbUDC lutj V?u DVV IV piMlUIJ When setting hen9, mark the dateol setting and of expected hatching on each egg with a pen and ink, thus: April 9-30. Then you do not need tc refer to any memorandum, but can tell at a glance all about them. No one likes to seem unneighborly, but when a breeder has been at greal pains to attain excellence in bis dock it seems a little unfair that bis ae quaintances should ask to exchange eggs, or seem to think him extortionate if be asks more for bis eggs than the} get for theirs. Some bens seem to be always abov< the standard of the flock. They an bright, active, happy, healthy am moult early and quickly. They begii to lay before the others, and keep it uj all winter and spring. They sboul< be eepartated and bred from exclusive iy. Go to Penney Clothing Company for Mar battan shirts, the first ever shown tn Abbe < vllle, 81.CO and 92.00 Saving Bant, Km* LE, S. C. DIRECTORS. S G. Thomson, H. G. Anderson, G. A. Neuffer, C. C. Gambrell, W. E. Owens. C. S. Jones, J. S. Stark, Ed. Reiser, Jonn A. Harris. tUSINESS. XD YOU MONEY. 1CEIVE YOUR DEPOSITS. comdations dispensed Hour. ositors. This bank, as its name implies iank is the safest thing on earth. Then the stock of the bank is bound for it fing 10 Heep your money in cracKs anc y be considered as a premium to thieves hair trunks have been carried away ests, with padloctes on them, have.beer y cash, have been known to lend tbeii been known to loss money in all th( lown to place their estates, like tbeii wrong man, but who ever heard of i Impossible for any bank depositor to loa aoney is placed the best safe-guards tha levise. Nothing on this earth is safe: ,ke it a rule to put away a little of youi be sure to become rich, and in saving ? when you are rich. r cent, is paid quarterly, or, if allowe< terly. Begin now to lay by a litth lize tbe pleasure of having a bank ac >ur command at any moment is wort! rhe right way to do is to realize tbi idy for any purpose. Arkansas \ Texas Louisiana An ideal country for cheap homes. Land at $5, $10, and $15 per acre; grows corn, cotton, wheat, oats, grasses, fruits and vegetables. Stock ranges 10 months in the year. Southwest Missouri, Arkankansas, Louisiana and Texas are full of opportunities?the climate is mild, the soil is rich, the lands are cheap. Low Home-seekers' rates? ahnnt half fftro?via fho Pnt ton Belt twice a month? first and third Tuesdays. For descriptive literature, maps and excursion rates, write to N. B. BA1RD, T. P. A., Cotton Belt, ATLANTA, OA. Mllford's Locali. AH the leading brands of cigars and tobac cos In any quantity. School books of all kinds at commissioner' prices. 1,000 lbs. ping tobacco to be sacrificed at i low price. Any wall paper needed In your home thl spring? Get Alfred Peats prize wall pape this time. The 1901 sample books are her ready to show. New samples of Alfred Peats prize wall pa pers representing a stock of one million do! Iars at Mlltord's Drag Store. If yon want to paint the town red or an; other color, yoa will find the paint at Mil ford's Drug Store. My line of toilet artloles, perfumery, hal brashes, tooth brushes and everything In sun dries In mil and complete. Mllford's. Anything painted with Mastic pants look well, wears well and pleases the oonsamei Sold by MUford. My prescription department is np to date li every way, Prompt and carelul attention al ways. MUford. FOr early planters Landreth's new crop gai ?n seed just rcoelved in packages and ball | Illford's. Paints, floor stains, mnresco.alabastlneani ' everything in this line for spring cleaning a Mllford's. I m f m Abbeville Lumber Co. I*ocals.l When yoa are on the fence and are und? , elded where to buy yoar material, we wan yoa to keep in mind that it Is our aim nl way to give the most goods for the smalles | iiHiUULib Ui UJUUVJT BXJU ttt buo pauio uuu ua. those goods strlotly np to grade. Our facilities are tbe best. We believe yoi 1 should take great care Id aelectlog tbe mil work for your buildings, as tbere is consldei , able difference In wbat Is figured on. We cordially lnvlie you to come to ou place of business, look at our material am . then make your decision. We do business 01 tbe plan of live and let live. | - . ? W. D. Barksdale* Locals. I Car load Buck stoves and ranges to be it this week. W. D. Barksdale. American field and bog fence, all sizes, fo sale by W. D. Barksdale. Buy your plows, plow stocks, traces, hamef 1 <fcc., from W. D. Barksdale. See our line or men's ana women's snoet all grades, all prices and In the best Btyle. W D) Barksdale. See our line of summer goods before yoi buy. W. D. Barksdale. Rice meal, rice meal, tbe best and cheapee i feed for bogs, cows, bones and ohtckens 01 tbe market. Sold by W. D. Barksdale. I Pratt's food for horses, cattle and poultry | W. D. Barksdale. . Buok's stoves and ranges, all sizes am prices. W. D. Barksdale. 1 Royster's Farmers Bone fertilizers, tb Quest made. 8old by W. D. Barksdale. Molasses in any quantity and In all grade I to be found at W. D, Barksdale. i Thomson Bros. Locals. r Come to us wben you want a pair of sboei We can save you money. Thomson Bros. : Crockery, glassware and tinware. We hav , a good assortment at prlbes that will pleas I you. Thomson Bros. Flows, hoes and garden tools. Tbe bes makes at tbe lowest prices. Thomson Bros. ; We have all varieties ofjjarden seed. Tb< . | Deal ai cueapest pnceN. luuuiauu jarus. : Golden Dent and Snow Flake, two of tb . bent varieties of early garden com, for sale b, , Thomson Bros. Seed potatoes, botb sweet and Irish. Tb } best varieties at lowest prices. Tbomso ' Bros. Get our prices on heavy groceries befor ? buying. We can save you money. Tbomso I Bros. j 1 We have Just received a beautiful line < 3 stationary, school tablets, pencils and all 6uc i at tbe "old reliable" Speed's Drug Store. If there is anything you want in drugs, ati tlonery, tablets and oils, don't pass us by. Speed's T)rng Store. If tjnn ova /An H c\t a\ n cror olo trv t.hftt f Speed's. Its delightful. \'m W. D. Barkedale sells the Richmond Guar Co's fertilisers. Try a ton. / GOOD ROADS DEPARTMENT.' mwmA Tw?mnnFfatl/in Xty Have Place In Cabinet. ' Good road enthusiasts are confident | that the bill providing for the creation! j of a new government department will be passed at the coming session of congress. The measure, as proposed and as It will be backed by the good roadfl J people, provides for the establishment of a department of commerce and! transportation or commerce and public works. It Is Intended to establish under Its direction a bureau of good1 roads. At present the bureau of public road inquiries Is under the department of agriculture. It Is also the Intention to place bureaus now under the dlrec- . uon or ue interior uuu uawui/ uc* partments under the proposed department of commerce. President Moore of tbe National Good Roads association recently said: "I have talked with a great many j members of congress this summer, $ with the result that I am confident the ' |? . new department will be created at the t next session. Every senator and repre sentatlve I have seen favors it "Heretofore the politicians have not j. understood the situation, but now they } are getting their eyes opened. The ". % r people are also beginning to see some- Jjfl i thing must be done toward building permanent good roads, uur mission is * to educate, and In establishing this det partment and making a liberal appro- ' " 'J? r prlatlon for It the government will also r be educating. No one expects the gov! ernment to build the roads. Such a 1 proposition would be foolish. The gov? ernment can, however, build sample - roads and thereby let the people know. |a i what the advantages are. The states , 3 must build the roads. "The railroads are Interested In a ? moTPmpnt for cood roads because they ' .'$0 realize good roads are essential to their .vS Interests. At present shipments prac- /:J5| tlcally stop In a large part of the coun try for five months every year because IjH the farmers cannot get to the railroad -*$9stations. The resnlt Is the railroad companies must try to have cars enough , ijl to carry the business when the farmers can get to the stations. This compels '! \ them to keep large numbers of cars idle much of the time, and as they - jM don't want to maintain any more roll- ; '.|9E Ing stock than Is absolutely necessary!" ; they are usually short or cars wnen tne /jw rush comes. With good roads all oyer $8 the country the traffic would be dls- 1: trlbuted through twelve months of the year. This is the reason the railroads1 " ^ want good roads." ' STATE AID IN NEW YORK, j WluU It la Accomplishing1 For Boal ^9 Improrement r'jril In a recent bulletin reviewing the - - 'vl work of road improvement In New Jm York state State Engineer Bond says: . The legislature appropriated $420,000 for road improvement this year, and . In the three vears in which road im~ provement work has been In progress 20 roads, having a total mileage of 45 '0 miles, have been Improved at a cost of ' ^ 1867,600; that 30 roads, having a mileage of 122 miles, are now undergoing Improvement at a cost of $773,730; . ,'v that funds have been awarded for the a Improvement of 8 roads having a mile- ? age of 7 miles at a cost of $56,600, and *; that plans have been approved bji boards of supervisors of 12 counties for the Improvement of 47 roads, hav- * - tog a mileage of 134 miles, which would impose an expense npon the h state and the counties, If adopted, of $1,091,448. yg s When all the roads already improva ed, those under Improvement and those whose Improvement Is snggested St s have been Improved, 106 will have 3 been constructed In 23 counties, covering 810 miles, at a cost of $2?89,? AsS ' 874.35, of which tee stace wuu nave ytuu one-half and the counties one-half. '* ROAD PROGRESS IN OHIO. ?|| J Improvement Does S? t Keep Pseo With tke Demand of t!..' Time#. * Ohio has by no means kapt pace In the matter of roadbuildlng throughout a the country districts either with tha ^ l* progress made in steam railways or In .. the improvement of city streets, where i within the past twenty-five years tha j old macadam and bowlder thorough' t fares have given way almost entirely to the more perfect and lasting granite, brick and asphalt, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. < h It Is true there Is In this state a law i which enables the townships through* t out Ohio to Improve their road system, e known as the free turnpike law, and It 3 has done wonders for the common I roads of the state during the twenty'* flye years or more that it has been In r force. Perhaps a few other states have j - - - -< a , ? f niimr laws, DUl Uiey ure iu>i (eiieiiu. . .* The ordinary country roads throughout the country generally are, as they have always been, things to avoid in the seaion of freezing and thawing, during ,: 3 which they are usually impassable. r Road Progrni In Tesneuet. , Judging from the enthusiasm which attended the recent annual meeting of i, the Tennessee Good Roads association, ' much work in the Improvement of highways wi'l be accomplished In tbat itate next y. it. The nvention was ? not content with academic discussions ./: *; of the advantages of good roads, the best material for roadways and the like, but took practical steps toward a .. . jj realization of the ideals. To secure ... % e unuea acuon tnrougaoui cue uuttc auu ,to build up an organization which 8 would be strong enough to demand leg ialatlon each county court was urged to send three delegates to each annual meeting of the State Roads association. ; , It was decided also to ask the legislature for the appointment of a state en- I ? gineer to consult with county super intendents in the matter of roads and t bridges and for legislation which would permit the employment of jail Inmates ; 3 In roaflmaklng. y ? i a If Building Material is What Ton Want Here la the Place to Get It. ? Just received one car of No. 1. Laths. which we are selling at 82.75 per 1000. 30,000 feet celling at 311.00 per 1000, or $1.10 per 100 feet, 25,000 feet celling at 512.60 per 1000, or 81.23 " l per 100 feet. | JBevel siding from 75c to 81.25 per 100 feet. 3 t ! % siding from 81.10 to 8140 per 100 feet * | Large stock of rough lumber. , | Two cars of doors, sash and blinds at lowest iX prices. j | Cement, lime and plastering hair. h io Abbeville Lumber Co. | J Phones 2,6 and 108. . . g