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I. jj The Press and Banner W W. * W. R. BRADLEY. Editors ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^-Published every Wedneaduy at 8*2 a y >tir la mlvacoe. ' / Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1910. Yesterday's Election. The primary election held yesterday w.rs one of the quietest ever held here. The rain of Monday night and yesterday morning prevented some from getting to the polls, and no doubt will be against such candidates as were strongest in the coun try. As it was at the last primary there was much Blease talk. One heard the names of Blease and Featherstone oftener than any other. This seems to indicate that our people are leaving the golden mean and are Hying to either extreme. Certainly Mr.Featherstone is the strongest, most sincere prohibitionist in the race and certainly Mr. Blease leans further to\ ward the mint julip than any other candidate in the race. On account of this divergence among the voters many will watch the outcome of yesterday with an eager eye. If Mr. Featherstone gets more votes than Mr. Blease it will show that our people are pleased with prohibition and are ready to take further steps in that direction. If, on the other hand, Mr. Blease should develop unexpected strength It will undoubtedly indicate that our people are not jnak* 1- a 1 L 'UJi.! ing progress u>waru prumuiuuii. In several of the other State offices there was little or no choice on the part of the voters. Now and then a friend of some particular candidate did him a good turn In suggesting his support. Owing to the lack of interest in such cases the suggestions were usually taken without a question. Even in the county campaign things were unusually quiet. Messrs. Graydon, Mars and Lomax, candidates for the Senate, were at the hustings here and all were in the best of humor and hopeful of the V outcome. Messrs. Ashley and Moore, candidates - for the House, were here also. Building Boom. Abbeville is still growing at a good pace. Hess. Cox & Smith are putting up a block of stores on Main Street that will be an orna, ment to that end of the city business sec tion. The fronts of the 6tores are of pressed brick and are already beginning to show [;. up beautifully. The buildings are two stories and when ;i. finished will be one of the best business j stands in the city. Mr. Cox Is a progressive citizen and has great faith in the Abbeville of the present and the Abbeville of the future. In building the handsome block of stores he is not 1 only making a safe investment, but he is also doing a great part toward making the Abbeville that her citizens are striving for and will have. The Rosenberg Mercantile Company are adding a story to their already large store rooms. The story is in the form of a con. crete basement under the main store. The story runs the entire length of the present store. "When it is finished it will be one of the best of its kind in the city. The Rosenberg Mercantile Company are not build# ing for the future. The enormous business that the company does demands larger . quarters, and to fill this need the story is being added. In keeping meats and heavy groceries the basement store will be ideal, for it is cool in summer and warm in winter. Mr. Philip Rosenberg is doing the work. 'L ? 11 The Torrens System. Among the first questions lired at the candidates for House of Representatives was an enquiry as to-their attitude toward the Torreus systom -Qtf: Registration of titles. * The system gets its name from Sir Robert Richard Torrens who first introduced the system into South Australia in 1867. The system provides for governmental inspection of land titles and in surance of land titles on the part of the Government after such titles have passed inspection. Of course the Goyernment only guarantees properly registered titlesSuch a law would be fought by title guaranty companies for it would put them completely out of business. Ttye system is a good one, in many respects it is ideal. Should you wish to mortgage your place or should you wish to take a mortgage on my place you would first be reduced to the necessity of having the titles traced by a lawyer before you could move a peg. Each time a piece of Real Estate is put under mortgage some lawyer gets a fee for it. It is not safe to take a mortgage until such title has been investigated. Under the Torrens system the registration lands backed by the Government s sufficient guarantee without further Investigation. Under this system a title to Real Eetate is no unknown quantity. The Government stands between the land holder and law suits and indemnities the land holder in case of loss. The candidates for the House, while not repudiating the system, still express themselves as being rather not in favor of it on the grounds that such a system would work in a new country but could not successfully be introduced into a country so old as this. The opinion of the candidates seemed to be that titles to Real Estate in South Carolina were in such a "mystic maize" of a tangle that it would be impossible to straighten them out. If such is the case then we certainly need the Torrens system more than any poople on the face of the globe, for if there is any thing that ought to be concise, clear, irrevocable, it is our titles to landSome of the candidates expressed themselves as ,not having fully examined the system and therefore could not oiler any definite platform as to the measure. 'Mr. J. A. Alewine of Leveland spent Friday night in the city. "18 LIFE WOBTH SAVING?" Mrs. Mollle McRaney, Prentiss, Miss., writes that she had a seveie case of Kidney and bladder trouble, and that tour bottles of Fo ley's Kidney Remedy cured her sound and well. She closes her letter by saying: "1 heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to any sntterer of kldnoy disease. It saved my llle." C. A. MlUord & Co. It will Boon be time to paint your house b* sure to use the paint that goes the forthei and l&sta the longest?DeYoe's. For sale only by Speed's Drag Store. hbhhhmqhhbb fc. -W. Mr- bote Sftiith Visits Savdhriah ti Oil Augulist 24, past our fellow citizen, Mrs Dote Smith, paid the fair city of Savannah a visit. Ho went out to the beautiful island of Tybec and with many others took a pleasant dip in the Atlantic. Mr. Smith says that while the old mother earth-in that neck of the world is as,dry as a kitchen spider web, the cit> of Savannah is very different. No jhk>i thirsty mortal may' wander around with his throat parched suffering for a cooling nip if he has the price of a Jorum in his pocket. .Just before leaving the Barcelona o! Georgia Mr. Smith says he learned o] the election of his kinsman, the Hon. Hokt Smith, and while that fact does not at* count for his early return, still he think? there is no State like South Carolina, n< belt like the Piedmont, no county ,likt Abbeville and no township, like Long Cane. He sincerely regrets that he could nol be here to hear the issues of the Stat* campaign discussed on last Wednesday nevertheless he was on hand at tlx County campaign on Saturday and will Ik on the spot next Tuesday, the 23. Rights of Way for Interurban. Thn nnmmitt.oe jmnointed liv the citizens to look after Abbeville's interest in tin trolley line has received blank forms foi the signatures of property owners ove; the right of way, and that committee if busy getting the right of way from Abbe ville to Due West. There is no question but that every mat over whose land the proposed line runs will gladly give his signature. There was once a time when people did not appreciat< railroads, but that day is past. Manj along the right of way, no doubt, will nol only gladly sign for such right of way but will also take stock in the line if th( opportunity is offered thom. The engineers began the final surve\ from Belton to Greenville Monday. As soon as that line is finished the line between Belton and Donalds will be begun at which time it will be finally decided by the company at what point the physical connection will be made with the Seaboard Whon thd timo winiPB t/i mflkn a "show down," Abbeville will be ready. That Prediction. That prediction we made last week concerning the race for governor of Georgia proved to be a hallucination. Little Joe was defeated by a greater majority than that with which he defeated Hon. Hoke Smith two years ago. We make no more bets, no more prognostications on Georgia politics. Georgia politics is an unknowc quantity, a quantity under the radical. The average Georgia cracker is "Pop' on Monday, a Democrat on Tuesday, "Prohi" on Wednesday,*a doubting Thomas on Thursday, a Machiaval on Friday, a Scotchman on Saturday, find a Fire Brand on Sunday; so how are you to tell how a Georgia election will terminate ? The Hon. Thos. Watson, Democrat, "Pop," Democrat, is a concrete example. Stick to your colors but change the colors as often as you please is the password tc Georgia politics. Georgia politics has a chronic case ol fidgets. Just as well enquire in what direction the weather-cock will point tomorrow week at half-past three, as to enquire the result of an election in Georgia. If Georgia politics is to be personified, Chameleon is the animal. It is a wondet that rattle-snake seed don't bring kolt gems in Georgia. No, we didn't lose any money, but such a guess! Lyon Attacked at LaurensWithout knowing anything of unfriendly relations previously existing between Mr Crews of Laurens, and Attorney General Lyon, there was nothing in Mr. Lyon's remarks to warrant Mr. Crews and his friends in making a personal assault oc Mr. Lyon. It would have been very much better for the reputation of the County too, if friends of Sir. Crews had not surged up in such numbers to attack the speaker Attorney General Lyon has had a difficult task before him, in the performance of which he has made bitter enemies. A man less faithful to his trust might have tacked where he has hammered. Lyon i? not that class of man. Disagreeable as has been his duty he has discharged it like a good citizen and a'true man. In 1896 the candidates for Railroad com missioner stated in their campaign add reses that South Carolina was discriminateo against in the matter of freight rates In 1898 the candidates for the office statei that South Carolina was discriminated against. In 1900 the candidates made the same statements. In 1902 the grand olc state was in the same discrimination mire In 1904 bhe still had not pulled out. Ii 1906 discrimination was the war whoop o: Tirza from Cansler on down. In 1908 the candidates, Tirza among the rest, speilec discrimination with a big "D", and bless Fatty! in 1910 we are discriminated againsi Is it not time to do away with the office of Railroad commissioner altogether' How arc we to allow a commission te stand that for years allows the "grand olc State to Ue thus discriminated against st inciafnnt l\r one) nflrfilBtontlv? Each candidate for and through all thes< years promised faithfully to see to it tha we would not bo discriminated againsi and*yet each two years we are informec that we are discriminated against. It does seem that "Old Brother People' should use some discrimination in select ing from these disciples of discriminatioi some man who will discriminate betwcei the State and the Eailroads, between i six year job and service in behalf of "Broth er Peeple"; but how "Brother Peeple" ii going to discriminate between a lot o candidates where there is no discriiuina tion is hard to see. When once elected strange isen't it, you never hear anything more about tne grand old State being dis criminated against. "R.aii.11 v Rtraniyp. isen't it? Had vou no ticed it? No doubt that in 11)12 when the candi dates for Itailroad Commissioner rises t< state his claims for the ofliee he will inforti "Old Brother Peeple" that the graud oh State of South Carolina is being discrimi nated against in the matter of freigh rates. And in 1(J14 the paremount issu* will be that South Carolina is being di criminated against. Judging the future by the past we confidently look to hoa more about discrimination. Discrimiua tion was an argument in the forming o the Railroad Commission. It alsi seem an argument for abolishing it Great argument?tliat word discriminu tion offers. Democratic Prit I ! a | St*n? . 4) ! : ?! . l al *3 * PRECINCT. ? >? 2 *1 g S > J, o s |2 * v r i" 1 a I f |3 I * 5 Abbeville No. 1 14" ?>| . Abbeville Railroad Shops ... -10 Hi!... > Donalds 1JB i l!ij : Mt. Carmel 00 j 24| Abbeville Cotton Mill* 108: 2ul t Clatworthy's Cross Roads 45 la| * "Due West 21o j 3!l| ? , Means Chapel 2!) oL. 5 . Level Land 75 14j - Lebanon 2>| * ntAi I 1Aoi JucuormicK c.,.- jwi Antrevllle 1?4 , ? Keowee <>4 9 * c Hampton 84 l Cold Spring 8 ... Calbonn Falls ? 32 HUlvllle '29 7 ... 1 Abbeville No. 2 312 135 Lowndesville 227 40 l > ; " Central 44; 13 , Wllllngton 4!lj 3 * Mountalb View 52: 7 | ! Young's School House j V Rock Spring j . Total 2115 713 3 [ . r i The Good Roads Delegation. c ?->p The good roads talk of last Wednesday . made by a representative of the Columbia i Record-was a most practical sreech and of i should have been heard by more of our i people. The good roads day and State I campaign day falling on the same day was i unfortunate. Of the two matters the , good roads question was and is paramount (aj? i The speaker told of instances in which individuals and commuuities had lost mon- 33 1 eyon account of bad roads. ,Watermelons . were selling for 5 cents near Chatnooga, i Tennessee and for 35 eents in the city but , tho roads were such that the nfelons I could not be marketed and so were lost. , Tennessee has remedied that condition of affairs and now has the best roads of any state in the Union. Only a short time back CO,000 crates of p ; peaches were lost in Georgia on account' , of bad roads. The roads were impassable Ca and when they were made passable the j j^0 ' iruit uame mi uie raunnius iu suun uuiuums . that it was impossible for tho railroads to . handle them. Had the fruit como in grac., ually the roads could have handled it without such great loss. s s"' Tho speaker mentioned tho fact that vo . out of 46 states 31 have state aid in the , building of roads. South Carolina has not. P? Alabama demanded of her candidates how stc , each stood on the question of state aid for public roads. Kentucky did the same thing. If the gospel of State aid :.s good L) for 31 other states it is also good for South Carolina. In the matter of land values as relating to good roads the speaker told of an inci[ dent where a farmer refused to give the _ ( right of way for a public road through his g , place and after the road was put through { any way, was so foolish as to offer his land [ to any one who would buy it for $30 per' acre. In a short while after tho road was [ j opened a man riding through and looking , at the land made tho old farmer an offer . of {40 per acre. The offer would never B1 , have be?n made had it not been for the w L road, for no one would have ever seen the ; land. i Abbeville, as the speaker truly said, hos fu] s mauy bridges, boiug cut by three large s streams, Long Cane Little River and Rocky River. These streams are crossed by men traveling from other countiesAbbeville alone does not reap all the bene- rie lit from the poesession l)f these bridges ; jjj throfarers from other parts or the State pass through the county and reap the 6/ benefit of our bridges. This being the W? case it is nothing more than right that the state should help build and keep up our bridges. Abbeville needs State aid in the ov matter of bridges. There are bridge builders and bridge builders. In .a certain county a bridga was to be built. I he Supervisor called for bids and two bridge houses made bids, one for $3500 and another $3000. This price seemed so large that the supen isor built the bridge ihimself for $1200. Later the same bridge was to be rebuilt and this ^ time an expeit was put on the job. He ex-' ge( amined the place and reported that the (ja most economical bridge for this particular im place would be a concrete bridge which we was built in due time at the small price of of $180. The right man was in the light place. f"j The speaker said that the bridge concerns m} were all in a combine, that all bridge terri- rja tory was allotted, and that there was no ^ 1 trouble to tell who would build a bridge he : from the location of the bridge. ki | It is absurd to expect the supervisor to At U15 UU UApt'Lt UllUgl' UU11UC1 UUt ID UWUV/llljr 1 t<>-have expert advice when bridges are to bo built. j{ The speaker also made some eompari- wt ' sons of what it cost to market country so ; produce on bad roads and on good roads ^ 'T teese comparisons, which are no doubt 'J1 ' correct, show very plainly that bad roat's y\ are the.bane of auy community. wj If education is an issue then good roads m( is also an issue for the speaker proved that at j good roads and good schools go hand In to hand. The same is true and we know it. th The good roads party were traveling in to j two brush runabouts. Oil tlio curs were , canvass letters with "Columbia llecord".. ^ ^ and "Good Roads". One of the cars had wj been christened "Sand Lizzard". in a *u s The record is doing a good work, true B missionrry work, in thus making this ed- 1U: r I ucational crusade and we here take the * . opportunity of thakink the record for the f I work it has done in Abbeville county and W( y of begging that it continue the good work te until more shall be accomplish for our in L. county and state in this, the most import- at ant matter, "Good Roads". HHBnBHRBHHHil *>;' *. ' /'< xiiwawmftiiMwijfli iiniinmiriiTi nary Election, Au; ^ !l tor i iiou??? lt'?pn?Rrntn ^ - ii| ; I i 5 a p ! oil i i fc x 52 i * * I ? ? . ? u o a | I a; t I. j ? | 2 b 2 S I *? ^ -J j ~ -'* i ~ ^ cf^3? 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FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Duvall 848, Smith 905. w FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: ? Ptmnc inn T vnn r jnn ^ jyy, vj r0R RAILROAD COMMISSIONER: ftl v 1)1 nsler 706, Hampton 458, Ma- C n 499, Scarboro 58. Advices received from the :ws and Courier last night ow returns of abont 25,000 l tes, giving the following re rts : Blease 7,309, Feather- w Dne 8,777, McLeod 6,587, Dull 11,817, Smith 14,599. b ^on was elected. The State te is about 25 per cent. off. 0 si G be Race for Governor. ? ? T A special from Columbia states at Featherstone is leading, t ease is running second, and cLeod third. The returns are not sufficiently I II to give any definite informa- 1 >n as to the result. 0 Returns from News and Cou- j :r at 11130 last night shows ^ ease 14,307, Featherstone 14,4, McLeod 11,395. Others A ly behind. 1 Cansler and Hampton to run ? er for Railroad Commissioner.^ DUC WEST. arapranhs from Last Week's A. R.n ' . mi ?(j> wr"" ? ? j Presbyterian. j ^ j 21ear Cut.?M,r. Frauk B. Gary wasis iond on the lift of legislative caudi- S tea, and as be very ably discussed 1 portant subjects of general interest J5 ! will publisu next week u full review j, bis speech, which was clear-cut for- j< )le and effective, and singularly free g im egotism and personalities: This 0i lis to mind the fact that Mr. Gary j> idB,one of the best and ablest memo- n il addaesses in Due Wtst this last | ly that we have ever beard delivered re. It was candid and firm, yet ud and courteous. y jout 135 persons from Due West at- ii ided the picnic which took place last * ;ek at Williamstou. The park in a at town is a good place to picnic. v mineral spring afl'ords plenty of good it?r Unutic spjii? jind swinwh are!:. ittereil about in the grove. t rs. O. V. Bonner left on nionday for ii e North, bhe goes 10 study in a c nicervatary of music either in New j| >rk or Washington. Mrs. Bonner 11 have charge of the vocal departint.of music in The Woman's College , f Due west, having just peen elected | that position, Miss onLg notifying v e board that she would be cmopelledr n give up work for this year. d I ? The Lancaster News closes a notice ^ Mr. and Mrs.Robinson's leave taking ? th these kind words about Mrs. Rob-; v son: I Lancaster not only loses in Mrs. Hob- 1 sou a forceful and popular minister j d useful citizen, but a distinct Jfss as! jIi is sustain in the departure of Mrs. >binson, who, possessed of many 'J omanly grace and charms of charaur and personality, has been an orna- j i en^to the community's social circle I v ida potential factor in all church;1 oik, i \ x I ' iu gust 3o, I910 ;r? -Supi-rvtMor. J Mm?|hi rni (? j Si | ' * 1)1 5 ! ? til o at ? z. * U 2 - a a - ^ | j _ ai ? I o- ? a s ? k5 re r* |H v-f D V- B ^ cI K * 30 ?> Q . J5 33 3? E* fa S&rjH ?< > ? 8 "~^7( IH|"~S? ~nn ?. - \ 2 ?| i 2?} 1?, 4 lUi 15 15| 7K g ~~18 !t| 49 10 llj. 10 4?| 07 Tit 5 2j oj a 40 15 G 18 l"j 55 30 631 ll 7 2-1 t?. 19 5 5 22: 10> 11.17 2o; I 1 Hi ll! 13 40 12' 2 21 11 1 J 25' lol MO 145 52 t I ilj 20' 21 55$ 111 ?.... ^^ r jj 7i 5 ? l!'1 0 t 33 24! 77 18 ^ ^ ~~4 "w ~~i! H B ! ! & 3ti (14 j 101 2211 4!) 57 03 140 1071 08: 222 71 12 ? t ~Z| i! 7 34 6; 8 15| 4| 42 lrt 42 | sj / tip 41 12 Ol ^ ^ [ j 402 390| K?|l054| 48l|| K8j 119| 15(| 20cts. Cotton at Last On Inst Monday on the New York Cotton , xchange August cotton soared to the i ighest price it has reached since Recon,ruction days. At one time daring the ly it reached 20cts. However, the price did not hold very ' ng but soon fell back several hundred . MlltS. The gamblers got in some good work on f Monday. The Bears were the lowers. Jesse H Harden Dead. Mr. Jesse H. Harden, of Chester S. C. t ho served four years in the State Legis- r ture, and who has served as n t rustee of j lomson College, died at hfs home August ? li-K VT?. CTot</-lAn lrno ritin I\Y frlirt mnQt ' l/Jl Aix I . U.CHUUU liuo VUl) Vi KIM 1UWJV lluable members of the Clemson Board, id oven at hie advanced ace, 81 years, Is counsel was always of service to the ullege. Picnic at Lebanon. There will be an Old Soldiers Picnic at ebanon on next Friday, Sept. 2, There ill be an abundance of hash?Lebanon .'ash which should always bo written capital "H." nrfddition to the Hash a picnic dinner ill be served on the grounds. Come and ring your basket. Mrs. John L. Tate and Mrs. R. S. Haynie f Anderson, S. C. were the guests of their isters Mrs. J. A. Aiewine and Mrs. Henry rilliam for several days last week. Mrs. Mary J. Shaw of Antreville is visitig Mrs. Henry Gilliam. ? Poor Old Maids. wo score and ten of us r? jruur uui-iuiMue. hree score and ten of tis Not a soul to make a fuss, fhat will become of us? Poor old Majtls. <ong time we've tarried Poor old Maids. ,ong time we've tarried ' Soon we'll be buried ih! that we were married Poor old Maids. ty a ray of hope, we all are led Poor old Maids. ty a ray of hope we all are led But not a word to us is 6aid .ndsoon wo'll be doad Poor old Maids. Pressed in yellow, pink and blue, Poor old Maids. )ressed in yellow, pink and blue Faces of a chalken hue s there anything more that we can do? Poor old Maids. A Copy of the Southern Field Free. " - - TV r\ * .^.4- O . W &SningTOIl, JLA \j?} ^IU^HOL ? . comprehensive picture of the advan- I ages to be found in the fruit growing ( ections of the "southeastern states is pre- i ented in the August issue of "The outhern Field," the official organ of the 1 ,ancl and Industrial Department of tho i outhern Railway and associated lines, ( ho circulation of which will begin in a , 3W days. The leading article of this ' ;sue is devoted to a discussion of fruit J rowing in Virginia, tho Curolinas, i teorgia, Alabama, Tennesse and ( lississippi. The story of tho developlentofthe growing of apples, peaches, 1 erries, and small fruits in this territory ' i fully told and the opportunity for 1 iiture development pointed out. | The farmer interested in fruit growing rho reads this issue can not fail to be 1 npressed with the f?reat opportunities ,'hich await him in tho Southeast. In ( ddition to the article on fruit growing rhich is splendidly illustrated there are tlier interesting articles. Editorials call ' ttention to the opportunities for profit i ii stock raising in the South, tho value of i he cotton crop to the country, and the j ucrease in value of Southern lands. What an be done in the East Tennesse country ! is shown in an article on pork raiaing. , A Snjirtanburcr Fanner" tells of results n a fiirw in the Piedmont section, ami lie success of Canadians in Northeast ieorgia is told in an interesting manner. Thousands of copies of this magazine nil be put in tin? hands of fanners in the lorth and northwest who are considered iesi nil lie settlers. Persons already in the outh who have friends living in other eetions of the country whom they wish r> interest in this section can have copies >f "The Smit hern Field" sent them by a e< | lies I addressed to M. V. Richards, jundand Industrial Atfeut, {Southern (ail way, Washington, D, C. ? ? Itou'f No. 1, It. F. !>.. Rome, N. V., Jau. IT, 1'JiKi. .'he HHiodine Corporation, lioNtou, JIh>h. l>ci?r Sir*: I have used eighteen bottleHH our Bloodlne lor Klhney trouble, and think t Ik the besl remedy 1 have ever used, and t'lBh you would f-end me a box of Bloodlm . jlver PIUb at once. Your* truly. I HeD)uuiln Frank. I C. A. Mllford & Co., special ugenta. I . : ? tat tats Oeurt I Ofit! i'itiilH ojwjw nest Muitdri$\ 1'ilfl ilal Ij? rom are printed elsewhere Hi this issue. The impression is abrfyd that Court conucs week after next. ^This is a mistake, tmday coming fc the date?September e fifth. k Mr. Tusten Takes an Outing. Mr. H. T. Tusten, and his niece, Miss anche Gary, are olT for an outing over k< e C. & O. Road," into Tennessee. Mr. isten was over this road just recently, 8 id he enjoyed the trip so much that he is aj peating it with a pleasant companion. p) tI d< lIAKING DIRT ROADS S w IOOD DRAINAGE THE MOST IMPO* b' TANT REQUIREMENT. * . J b Irasa Should Be Remored Between Road ^ ??nnii mtch?Hoin Can Be Made Us? ful?Height of Crown?Simple Engineer ^ lag Principle/; of Road Building. ^ The Spectator has recently had evi- n ience of tbo enlightening influence ol ravel. For years he has had occasion e o walk, to drive and to -wheel over a ertain piece of country road, a pieco ol oad as bad as a combination of mud ,nd sand and sods and loose stones can D aake a road. Last summer he found his piece of road not only good, bat P xcellent and improving all tho time, c tntil in the autumn it was as good a d lirt road as any one could want, The other day the Spectator chanced o meet the overseer of the district?the ame overseer, by the way, who has had harge for 25 ye^rs paet. "I wish to STONE CULVERT. ( IProm Good Roads.] ongratnlate yoa, Mr. Overseer," said he Spectator, "on the good road you lave made. It is flue, fine!" The rug- 1 ;ed face of the overseer was wreathed n smiles, and his cheeks glowed with < ileasure. Then, as he spoke, his look tecame serious. c "'Well, I tell you how it was, Mr. Spectator. Last fall I torfk a drive down r o Blank"?naming a large town 0 niles away and three counties off?'' and : seen some roads that made me ashamed 1 *? the old mudholea np here, and I says o myself, 'If ever I work the roads of c ay district again, I will have good roadi oo.' Sc I asked 'em how they did it, md, by George, they tell me that they j lidn't do nothin bat keep the stones mten the road, keep the sods off, and ipen np the ditches so aa the roads vouldn't wash. And that's all I done his spring,vbnt I kept on a-doin it, and 1 ;hongh we had the worst washes this rammer I ever see, the roads in my dis- i xict have been better than they ever vas afore. Next year," he continued, / 'I mean to tell the town committee that [ will tako a mile more of road, and lon't want no more money than I been 1 fettin." ' Now, on this little excursion from iome, this honest old farmer had learn* ' id the real secret of road making, and \ le had had the sense to apply it when | le resumed -vork in his district Wat$r s at once the most destructive and tin ^ nost beneficial force that the road maker tnd the road repairer has to contend frith and to count on. If It be harnessed, ;o to speak, it can be made to keep the roads clean and smooth and hard; if it je uncontrolled, it is sure to wash the roads into ruts aud make them all but mpassable. Drainage is the most essen:ial featnre of a road, and in most in itanceg this is simplicity itself. In the Spectator's experience he has rarely come across a country road maker svho did not believe that the soda taken )ut of the side ditches should be put in?the road to be ground up into dust by She wagon wheels, converted into mud by the rains and finally washed back into the ditches again. This prooess of road repairing does no good at any time, is the road so worked is usually?inieed, in nine eases out of ten?better when the repairer pots his hurtful hand apon it than at any other time. It is so easy to make a gocd dirt road snd to keep it in order that it seems jver a wonder to the Spectator that in this country, where the people plume themselves upon their ingenuity and daptability, they should keep on being stupid in this very important matter of road repairing. The Spectator knows from actual exporicnce that in the average country neighborhood the roads can be kept in most excellent order ten months in the year with the money that is now spent on them. If elementary in fraction in drainage conia De given to the overseers- of tbo rMds, then the powers of nature, now only destructive, :ould be made to do most of tbe necessary work of road repairing. The spring rains can be made to do tbe work of road scrapers, and the summer rains will more frequently than not suffice to keep the roads moderately free from dust. A good dirt road should have a slight srown, so that tbe water will drain each way from tbe center'to the side ditch, and there should be no intervening strip ( Df sod between tbe roadway and the ( ditch. The second requirement is most Important, ar-* ;.t ia almost universally disregarded, x'be sod is tougher than dirt, and it also becomes higher. The ( jrass being permitted to grow, its edge forms a ridge which interrupts tbo ] drainage, and then, when the rainfall is heavy, there is sure to be a gully ibove the ditcn?a gully which in a little while will extend in-io the roadway ?ud make it more or less impassable, l'he crown to a dirt roud, or to any road XJ--- - U-. c* for tttat mailer, suouiu u? ui^uu uu ? . jrado or hill than on a level stretch, a The rainfall on a hillside runs off with I greater velocity and therefore does more ^ jamufie. Therefore it should be diverted from the surface of the road even more juickly at such places than where the ?rade is level. These few simple engineering principles, it seems to the J Spectator, could be iuculcated and the n rural population relieved of a very Heavy burden without any cost what iver in the first InBtanoa?Outlook Uttia ?oikiJ # * The Rooster's Advice, Tommy was in trouble. Tommy was so In bod, for bis trouble was a bro ?n wrist, brought on by hitting the round too hard when be fell out of tha ?ple tree. He was lying on his white illow and dreaming of the good times le boys were having outside when the 3or openedi and to his great amuselent in walked Jack, the old rooster. [e was carrying a big book under his \ 'ing. and he came straight for the ed. Tommy felt like crying out with ilnsrled fear and surprise as tfe saw ack hop up on the table beside him, ut his voice seemed to be stuck somewhere down In his stomach. Jack said othing, but pulled a big pair of spec- - > ides from beneath 'his other wing ad opened a large book of notes. Tomly's eyes bulged. "What are you going to do?" beaskd timidly. "Going to road you a few helpful , ules for climbing trees. Some,, from iy own valuable experience," said * ack, winking one eye and turning the ages with his claws. "If you will limb trees, you should know how to lo it" , < I ..:j, "This certainly is queer," thought > I % TOMMY FELT LIBS CBYING. tommy. "The idea of a rooster teachog mer' . \ "Let us Bee," said the rooster, readag. " 'Birds of a feather flock'?no, hat's not it \ " 'In cases of pip be sure to'? ' "Ah! Here it is?'Trees; flying up > nto.'" Jack looked so wise that Tommy louldn't keep back a smile. " 'Rule 1.?Squat firmly on both Jaws.'" V "Bnt I have no claws." interrupted "That's so," Jack assented. "We'll K ry again. I '"'Rule 2.?Then spread your wings I >ut wide.'" A "But I have no wings," said Tommy. H "That's very true," said Jack, put- S Ing his head first on one side add then B >n the other. "I hadn't thought of H "'Rule S.?Then bold your tall out I itralght' '* I Here Tommy burst out laughing. 1 B lever had any tall," he giggled. B Jack scratched his comb and thought jgf !or a moment "I have it!" he cried. H " 'Rule 099.?Men and boys that have 9 20 claws, wings or tall should never B :limb trees.'" i 'H "That meets your case, Tommy. H rake my aovlce and don't," say Jog S irhlch he jumped to the door and van- H shed. H| Tommy rubbed his eyes.?St Louis 9| Post-Dispatch. H 1 An Animal Story For j H Littl? Polka i I =Bullfrog and theGrow I The bullfrog loved the Widow Crow, But wasn't fond of black, And said: 'Til never marry yon. , For taste In dresa you lack. lH "If you were like the robin red MB dr like the Jay bird blue, BH I'd say, 'My dear, come fly with me And be my sweetheart true.' " ' r 1 V"-'\ D **TOU NEED HOT FEET," THE CBOW, B? MM PLIED. ) "You need not fret," the crow replied; Ej^K "I'd never marry thee. While true you have a greenback rar* j jflK Z cannot spend It; seeT |HR "I'm looking for a man with gold, 9|B Who has It in a pack, And not a hopping bullfrog bold' ^KH With greenbacks on his" back." M9B ?Pittsburg Dispatch. Early Habits. jSBH "That last speaker," said the first: (SB juest at the banquet, "was quite enter- j flH talnlng." HHB "Yes," replied the other, "and he's a I jffiBjl self made man too." "I thought his delivery rather slow, though." Hfl "That's natural. He began life as a HSR ncssenger boy."?Denver News. iPPW liocalm. .Mason Jars, qts 60c; y2 pal. 7.3 at GleDn's. Hqjd barley aud turtilp seed at Ulf-on's. Hay wire and grass t.lades at G nu's. BHHB Cooking oil, cheaper and better than lard, ran t Glenn's. Fern Jars ar.d flower pots, all sizes, at New wheat flour, extra tine, ai Glenn's. OH '23 lbs rice Sl.UU, at GlennV. 3SBI FOLEY'S KIDNEY PILLS BH9 Tonic In quality and action, quick In re- HHH ults. For backache, headache, dizziness, Mm lervousness, urinary Irregularitiesandrheu- HH| aatlam. C. A. Mllford & Co. M^B| ? ? hHm Lord Casper clears, the beat .">c cigar on arth, at MlUord'a. |HBS