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PUBLIC Ml
A "Valley System" of Highways for
Augusta and Her Territory?What
it Would Mean.
To The Augusta Herald.
Suppose there were no highways
in the Augusta territory and a board
of engineers was engaged to locate a
highway system for the territory?
putting the roads where it was best I
- i , ^ __ I
/ lor them to De?wnere wouia mey
go?
It is well-known that a level road
is the best; it takes eight horses to
pull a one-horse load up an incline of
15 per cent; that is, having a rise of
15 feet in a hundred feet. Every incline,
therefore, hurts the efficiency
cf the road.
It is well-known, also that it is the
inclines that wash the worst; level
roads need very little working compared
to the portions of roads on inclines.
If a system of roads, therefore, is
put as nearly on a level as possible
not only can heavier loads be carried
but the roads will stay in good condition
with the minimum of labor 'and
expense. The most economical road
from eve-y standpoint, after it is
made, is the level road. The level
road system, therefore. ;s the desired
thing.
If there were no highways and this
board was locating a system for the
territory, the board would lay out
the system to go up and down the
valleys?where Nature has cut an approximately
level "way" through the
territory?through the mighty hills.
The roads would follow the valleys of
the main streams and the valleys of
the tributaries, large and small,
reaching the entire country.
This is the European system. Up
and down the valleys run the main
highways all over Europe.
The Augusta territory, with Augusta
as the principal trading point,
is peculiarly well placed for the de
velopment of such a "valley system"
of highways, since the city is on the
great Savannah River, which has
made a mighty cut, greater than
many Panamas, through the hills to
the mountains, with tributaries of
, smaller rivers, creeks and branches,
reaching every portion of the territory.
Unquestionably this is the direction
in which the future highway
system of Augusta and her territory
should be developed?new roads will
be needed and they should be put in
the valleys.
A highway would follow the Savannah
Valley, above highwater, on
the Georgia side, away up to Tallulah
and beyond. Branch roads would
go up the main streams whenever
, they were encountered?Kiokee
Creek, Little River, Soap Creek, Fishing
Creek, Broad River, Beaverdam
Creek, etc. As tributary branches
on these streams were met (if of
sumcient importance; Drancn roaas
would follow these valleys, and have
, tributaries. The Kiokee Creek road,
for instance, would "drain" all the
central portion of Columbia County;
the Little River road would "drain"
all the northern portion of Columbia,
McDuffie, Taliaferro, with a good
portion of Warren apd Green Countties,
going nearly to Union Point. It
would serve the southern parts of
Lincoln, Wilkes and Oglethorpe. The
s. town of Washington, Ga., would find
its best road to Augusta down Little
River and the Savannah River.
The Broad River would serve an
immense territory, penetrating Lincoln,
Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Elbert,
Clarke, Madison, Jackson, Banks and
Franklin Counties.
So on the way up the Savannah
River on the Georgia side.
The system on the Carolina side
would be similarly noble, expansive
and serviceable.
Wagons could draw heavy loads
throughout the territory. Automobiles
could make time; auto trucks
could handle heavy traffic; the roads
would be almost on a level; the roads
could be established with the least
work, requiring frequently merely to
be laid out, with little cutting or fill- j
ing; ana couia oe maintaineu at tne
least cost.
On the South Carolina side all of
Edgefield County, through the valleys
of Stephens Creek, Horn's Creek
Turkey Creek, etc., much of Saluda,
Greenwood, Abbeville, Anderson,
Oconee and Pickens Counties would
Le penetrated by these level mads.
At present the highways, as h rule,
run up and down the hills; they are
located off some miles from the rivers,
etc., and go up and down every
declivity. This is not engineering
and the old system is maintained at
an enormous cost of extra hauling
and maintenance. The roads, when
they strike hills, really go up and
I down in the bottom of the gullies,
which continue to wash out leaving
ijad roads most of the time. 1
As respects Augusta, the up river
system would be to her benefit, as
the level system would "flow" in this
direction from all over the territory, h
The system is equally logical for the cl
I entire Savannah River Valley, but t<
oelow Augusta the development of d
:he "valley system" would "flow" tl
away from Augusta. tl
It must be kept in mind that the i:
small tributaries finally reach the tl
cops of dividing ridges, where descent A
is made into other valleys. For in- tl
stance, the Savannah system would a'
connect over the ridges with the <1
Ogeechee, Oconee, etc., systems in
Georgia and the Saluda, Broad, etc., 7,1
systems in South Carolina. ft
H. C. Middleton. ai
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COLLEGE l;ARM REPORT.
r<
The Winthrop College Farm re- w
port for the week ending July 10 ai
showed sales of regular products N
at wholesale prices amounting to T<
$242.32. The regort showed that the
sales , of dairy products alone bi
amounted to $285.62. Of this $84.50 b;
worth of butter was made from the a<
cream collected and churned fror.i ti
our Farmers Co-operatives Cream qi
Route. Not all of this butter is ?
yet sold. This then leaves the ac-,ti
tual College Farm Dairy output for I th
the week $200.00. 80 dozen fresh si
eggs were delivered. In delivering
vegetables to the college enough ; ?
must be delivered at the same time bi
to feed 900 people. This week we w
have delivered lettuce, cabbage, ui
beans, beets, tomatoes squash, cu- h<
cumbers, okra, and sweet ocrn, by 'u
the bushel, amounting to a total of Pi
$58.60. These figures are taken from so
the weeklv renort of Insnector m
Weeks to President D. B. Johnson, ef
This report is compiled from the m
daily report of Superintendent Whis- ta
onant. All cash records are kept by
the College Treasurer, and her rec- fr
ords last year showed a balance of *i
$3400.50 after all hired help and ex- tii
penses were paid. Winthrop stands is
for business methods and close supervision
in farming. qi
5,400 eggs or four hundred and in
fifty dozen eggs was the yield of the to
Winthrop College Poultry farm last la
month. Three hundred laying hefts th
thus averaged 19 eggs each during he
the month or more than an egg ev- m
ery other day. All of these eggs are to
used in the college dining hall. With ' ii
the close of Summer School all of the <*ii
hens will be forced into complete be
molt to be ready .to begin laying P<
after school begins This molt is bj
forced by reduction of feed for a a\
time. Then returning to regular ap
feed with the addition of linseed ar
meal at the rate of 5 pounds to ev- P*
ery one hundred pounds of dry Pi
mash. ! ed
This is the time disease is most apt de
to take a hold upon your flock; males er
should be taken away and the strict- ve
est sanitary measures taken. Dis- <>P
infect everything often; keep per- wl
sistently after the insects; look to
the ireshness of the water supply!
and cleanliness of dishes. Give *u
young chickens plenty of range in da
which to grow and develop. Many of
of our pullets now show comb de- ^
velopment and August will find pul- fh
let eggs on the range, from the g?
February hatched chickens. These m
birds are fed dry mash in slatted tu
hoppers. This mash consists of 6
parts bran, 2 parts corn meal, and 1
part beef scrap. At night they are th
sent to the roost with a full feed ?r
ing of grain. This is omitted morn- *i<
ings to induce them to hunt bugs tr
and to eat succulent green food. ^
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HAITIEN COMMISSION th
SEEKS TO END REVOLT
ci
Port Au Prince, Haiti, August 2 *r
?A comission headed by General ci
Castien went to the mountain head-;fh
quarters of Or. Rosalvo Bobo to-dav li<
with a view to putting a stop to the th
civil war which has already cost the 'a
life of President Vilbrun Kuillaume
and scores of others. J
An effort was made in the Cham-'
ber of Deputies to elect a successor
to President Guillaume, but it was
frustrated by the soldiers.
The work of disarming Haitiens by ^
the United States marines is goingforward.
A guard of French marines i ^
from the cruiser DesCartes is guarding
the French legation. ^
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THINKS SWISS MAY ni
YET JOIN CONFLICT ^
tl
Berlin, July 23, by wireless to Say- q
ville.?An Overseas dispatch from n
Berne, Switz., says that Gen. Ulrich IV
Wille, commander of the Swiss army, 1
addressing a meeting held to cele- ^
brate the anniversary of the battle of j
Sempach, said that while Switzerland ?
hoped that the worst would be spar- (
ed her, the future still was uncertain. 1
It would be unmerited luck, Gen. f
Wille declared, according to the dis- J
I patch, if Switzerland should escape c
in the midst of the heavy storms rag- <
ing around her. |?
AND SPECULATORS
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
Washington, Aug. 9.?During the
ist decade, the Forest Service has
lassified as agricultural and opened
j public entry more than 15,500 inividual
scattered tracts of land in
le national forests, comprising more
ian 1,700,000 acres, says an article
y the Chief Forester, published in
le Year Book of the Department of
griculture, just issued. Within
le last two years, in addition, sever[
large blocks have been eliminated
?gregating more than 2,500,000
:res, while nearly 2,000,000 acres
lore are now under consideration
>r elimination. All the remaining
*ricultural land in the national forsts
is confined chiefly in isolated
acts scattered here and there; to
;stricted areas requiring irrigation,
here water can not" be obtained;
id to cortain river bottoms and
snches which are not covere' with
2ry hea^y and valuable timber.
A constant pressure is being
rought to bear on the government
Y private individuals who want to
:quire possession of these heavily
mbered agricultural lands, single
aarter-sections of which often have
value as high as $20,000 for the
mber alone. In spite of the fact
lat some of these lands have soil
litable for agriculture, to tnrow
tern open as homesteads would not
>sult in farm development. This
is been proven over and over again
here lands of this kind, acquired
ider the Homestead Law, are today
;ld not by homesteaders but by
mber companies, who promptly
irehased them from the settle as
on as title passed from the governent?a
speculative process which
Fectviely prevents men of sxiall
eans from acquiring land and esblishing
homes.
The government is withholding
om agricultural entry all such healy
timbered land until 'after ; the
mber is cut off. As soon as this
done, the land will be opened to
ttry and settlers will be able to aclire
it directly from the governent
without cost, instead of having
pay from $40 to $50 an acre to
nd speculators. For example, on
e Kaniksu National Forest in Ida
and WfLKhincrtnn +Vi? ?nwn?n
-0 WAV gVTWiil' |
ent's timber sales have been made
include much of the remaining
nbered agricultural land. Within
jht years fully 10,000 acres will
i made available for settlement,
jrmanent homes will be established
r the settlers; and there will be
ailable for the use of communities
proximately $225,000 for roads
id schools, their legal share of the
oceeds from the timber sales,
ivate ownership of heavily timberl
agricultural land blocks farming
ivelopment, says the article; govnment
ownership insures such delopment
under conditions that give
>portunities to the small settler
hose only capital is his strength
id courageous perseverance.
One of the most serious agriculral
problems of the northwest t;oly
is the development of the loggedf
lands in private ownership. In
regon and Washington alone more
an three million acres of such log(d-off
lands ar#> l\rino? iilla ol+Vi
v <VUV) Oituvugli
uch of this area ha3 fine agriculral
soil and a climate that insures
>undant crops and the development
' thriving communities. Yet in
is same region hunderds of settlers
e seeking to find places in the na>nal
forests, usually remote from
ansportation, high in the mountains
here the climate is harsh and the
il relatively poor, simply because
e good lands at lower levels outfle
the forests are held by the speilators
at prohibitive prices. The
ue solution of the problem of agriilture
in such sections is to develop
e rich ogged-off private lan'ls that
; outside the forests, and not to
row open the non-agricultural
nds within the forests.
WcGOWAN FAMILY REUNION.
iteresting Event Takes Place ;it
Cross Hill.
ews and Courier.
Cross Hill, August 5.?Special:
he McGowan family reunion was
eld at Cross Hill, in the Liherrv
prings Church Tuesday. Notwitianding
a big rain in the early
torning, there was a large gatherlg^of
the family and friends. Of
le out-of-town representatives of
le family present were: F. P- Mc'owan
and family, of Laurens; Adliral
Samuel McGowan, U. S. N.;
Irs. Rose Cantey, of New York. Mrs
,flvp nf RnQrfQtiKnvn" TLfv? Toe
r. Holmes, of Columbia; W. A. McIwain
and family, of Newberry; J.
'. McSwain and family, of Green ille;
L. F. McSwain and family, of
Linton; Claude McSwain and famiy,
of Clemson College; Dr. Madden's
amily of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
rohn Miller, Henry and Harell Miller,
)f Whitmire; James Austin, of ValJosta,
Ga., Messrs Todd, of Clinton
.lso a large number of the family re
siding in and around Cross Hill, and 1
many friends from various places.
The meeting1 was called to order by
J. J. McSwain, who nominated Dr. J.
H. Miller chairman, who upon taking
the chair welcomed the kinsmen and
friends. The Rev. W. D. Ratchford
offered prayer. Mrs. W. T. Austin
gave the history of Liberty Spring
Church, in which the McGowan fami'y
figured very prominently as members
and officers from the beginning
to the present day.
Judge 0. G. Thompson, of Laurens,
spoke on the McGowan family
>n the war of the sixties, speaking in
the highest terms of the gallantry
and devotion to country of various
members of the family with whom he
served.
Mrs. Rose Cantey, of New York, a
daughter of Capt. H. C. McGowan,
read a paper on the women of the
McGowan family, which was written
by Mrs. Mary Nance Daniels, of Saluda.
Mr. Calhoun McGowan read
1 sketch of the life of Capt. H. C.
McGowan, written by Admiral Samu
o.l McGowan. Admiral McGowan
read a paper on the life of William
McGowan, written by H. P. McGowan.
J. J. McSWain gave a history
of the life of his grandfather, Capt.
J. J. McGowan. W. A. McSwain
read a sketch of J. C. McGowan, of
Cross Hill. Excellent music was
rendered by the choir and Mrs. T. F.
Jones, who ;*ang several solos. An
elegant dinner was served in the
grove. Several of the old family
negroes present were served bounti-,
fully.
A permanent organization wa: perfected
by electing. H. P. McGowan,
chairman; iVfrs. Mary Nance Dan'els,
secretaly; Samuel McGowan,
Dr. J. H. Miller and W. A. McSwain,
txecutive committee. They are to
meet every live years. After the
singing of 'God Be With You Till
We Meet Again," the Rev. J'. A- Martin
closed the meeting with prayer.
The occasion was a very pleasant and
interesting one.
A RELIC OF BARBARISM.
(By James B. Nevin.)
The longer I live and the more I
study the ways of men and contemplate
the trend of history, the more
thoroughly I become convinced in my
own mind that capital punishment is
altogether wiong?a relic of barbarism,
which in the light of humanity,
common sense and civilization, ought <
to be abolished for all time, everywhere.
I do not believe that ths State has
the right?I mean the moral right?
to take from a human being that
which in no (ircumstances it can restore
to him.
The State may take away his property;
it may take away his liberty;
?t may take away his civic rights?
but those things the State can re3tore.
The State, however, once hiving
taken his life, never can give that
back.
I believe that terms of imprisonment
Olltrhf. til Vio mo/lo ?1
0 MV MiMU? iUVl C IIACU
and definite?that a man sent to the
penitentiary for, say ,the term of his
natural life, cught to proceed to the
serving of his sentence, knowing that
he is not going to be released, save
m the most extraordinary and unusual
circumstanc es?such for instance,
as the clear and indisputable establishment
of hi? innocence.
If that were the rule and it were
xdhered to, it would meet all the requirements
of our theories even of
punishment for crime.
Time was when capital punishment
was the rule for innumerable
crimes. It used to be death in this
country to counterfeit. Petty
theivery used to be punished by
hanging in England. Burglary, up
to a short tims.ago, was punishable
by death in m.my States?but more
and more people are beginning to see
that capital punishment is not a deterrent
to crime any more thin is
life imprisonment.
In Belgium, one of the mo^t enlightened
and most progressive countries
of Europe?in the present war
through no fault of its own?capital
punishment has been unknown for
many years. The late King Leopold
promised his mother on her death
bed that so long as he remained
King, no death warrant would be
signed in Belgium; and while a law
providing capital punishment still obI
nine in Rnlo,i*irvi if Viae? nAf
enforced since King Leopold assumed
the crown, for his promise to his
mother has been adhered to by the
present King, the most heroic figure
in the great struggle now going on
in Europe.
It is becoming more and more difficult
all the time to secure jurors in
murder cases, and in cases in which
capital punishment is involved. The
law has wisely recognized the growing
sentiment against capital punishment
to the <xtent cf permitting a
uror to disqualify himself by declaring
that he is opposed to capital punishment
as a matter of conscientious
principle.
I know that there are arguments
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C. S. COMPTON,
T. P. A., Atlanta, Gi
imiHrajHiHiEmmea
Southern Railway Schedule.
Effective July 4,1915.
A.M. PM PI
Leave Abbeville 9.55 3.45 6i
Arrive Abbeville 11.20 5.10 8.0
Cleaning:,
Pressing
and Altering
WHILE YOU Willi
Six Salts in one (1 Af
Month
Fonr Salts in 1 (If
two Months.. I.Uli
H. H. DuPRE CO.
cn the other side of this question
and I know that some show of logi<
may be set forth to sustain a con
irary view-?but slowly and surely
these arguments and this logic is be
ing crumbled into dust and sentimeni
against capital punishment is grow
ing stronger all. the time.
The execution of Becker in Ne\<
York a few days ago was a horribl<
and revolting thing. It is altogether
probable that the evil effects, of thai
execution far outweighed the gooc
effects?and that practically all o:
Ihe good effects, moreover, migh
have been preserved by sending
Becker to prison for hard labor foi
life, had there been coupled with thai
sentence an assurance in the publi*
mind that Becker would serve hii
-entence to the limit.
11 believe the day is coming an<
coming soon, when capital punish
ment will be unknown?when it wil
have been abolished, never to be sei
up again; but when that day doe:
come, the executive right of cleraen
cy will be sharply and rigidly circum
scribed and restricted, and then thii
problem sent down to us as a relic o:
barbarism and darkness from half
civilized times will have vanishec
from the face of the earth fr/ever
more.?Atlanta Georgian.
BEST KINDS OF TURNIPS.
The Progressive Farmer.
"Please tell me in your nexr issu<
what kind of turnips to plant foi
summer or winter use, as I hav<
failed for several years."
Requests for a reply in the next is
U ~ 4-U.
out: can never ue nucu, uccausc cm
next issue; and perhaps the ony afte
it are largely made up before a lette:
comes. It is never possible to ge
i. reply in the paper in less than tw<
weeks after the- letter comes. Bu
when a stamp is enclosed we alway
reply by mail at once.
For early fall use the best turni
is the Milan. It grows very quickl;
nnd soon comes into use, but is no
raited for winter keeping as it wil
i?et pithy in winter. The Long Whit
French turnip sown in July will mak
nne winter-keeping turnips and o
fine quality. They grow with toj
like the rutabaga and must be sow
onrly. For later sowing the Purpl
Top Globe and the Yellow Aberdee
are both good. Get seed from th
prominent and reliable seedsmen i
ihe cities and do> not buy seed fro]
the boxes in country stores.
Many- an otherwise truthful ma
lies about the good time he ha
while camping out.
It isn't always the man with ti
highest forehead that makes the mo
of his brains.
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Railway of the South"
Wilmington, and f?i
WrightsYille, N.. GTt.flfcj
10.00 |E '
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15.00 at?
11.00 K:
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day up to and including September 9fe
reach original starting point; re- ^E'
second Monday following date off SSL
may be had upon payment of dif- jPt:
id season rates. ' sBfe
?ent for Pullman reservations, is- -"jypt
FRED GEISSLER, jffi
Ass't Gen'l P. A., Atlanta, Gk. jgE
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ASSOCIATION.
r Property Insured, $2,100,OMr
January 20th, 1915.
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I WHITE T? OR CALL on ttoe uad?n **
vv or tb? Director pf your Tot i*p
t Tor mit Information tm hut didri ahm
It mr plan of Insnranetw
We injur* your property against tWNfc
tlonhy
71% WmaSTBSK 0& UBETVIIS,
and do so cheeper th*r? Hoy in*?ran?eOa??- <
? pany In existence. Dwellings covered wUfe.
meul roof are Insured for 86 per oent. cheapssar*
than other property.
Bwaember we are prepared to pro*# to yes*
r that ours Is the cafeet and cheapest plan err f
Lnsuranoe known.
* J. B. BLAKE, Gen. Agent
1 Abbeville, S. G?.
r f. r&ASEB LYOir.Prei.
Abbeville, S.
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, B. U. Majors, Greenwood
t J.'r M*hry - Ookeebnry
i C. H. Dodflon ?Donaldi
X. a. Khu... ..Due West
f W. W. L. Keller Long Cane
. I. A. Keller. ... Hmlthvllle
t D. A. Ward law Cedar Spring
, W. W. Bradley -Abbeville
? Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle
r 8.8. Boles Lowndesvllle
A. O. Orant...?. Magnolia
t W. D. Morrah ?..Calhoun Mills
8. P. Morran...... ....Bordeaux
H. L.Rasor... Walnut Qrore
3 W. A.Nlckles _...J3odg?e
M. G. Bowles _ ?uoronaea
D.B. Hattlwmger...... Ninely-Blxi
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J. W. Bmltb ........ Verd'ry
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