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IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS |
Washington, March 22.?"Come i
gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness!"!
That is how old James Thompson felt
about it something like two hundred
years ago, and a little later Reginald
Heber, following his cue, or venturing
among the Muses on his own account,
sang of the time "When
Spring unlocks the flowers to paint
the laughing soil." Which leads the
American Highway Association to
point out that the Spring thaws and
Spring rains will soon be here to remind
the people who run about from
place to place, and particularly the
farmers who live out in the country
among the birds and flowers, now
grave has been the neglect of the
public roads in the largest part of
so-called "highly favored land." This
neglect has been almost criminal because
the people have sinned against
the light, in that they have not obtained
the advice and counsel, necessary
to the improvement of impossible
conditions, readily available for
the asking from State and national
road officials. Either they have failed
to ask for such advice and counsel
or they have disregarded it when
they have received it, and with the
result that at the happy spring season,
when the heavens are bright
overhead, the roads are sloppy under
foot, and the farmer and his family
find themselves isolated from their
neighbors, from the schools, from
the churches, from the market towns,
from everything that makes life
worth living. Yet men wonder why
it is that there has been a steady
J X? onH xvhv I
I drift from country 1>U burnt unu " v. I
I the young folk, when their wings
I have grown a bit, take flight from
I the delights of rural life to the
I crowded confusion of narrow streets
I and artificial horizons.
I The farmer's income is small and
I his taxes always seem large. He does
I not see in the Spring thaws any other
I lesson than that of inevitable dreariI
ness. He and his neighbors often canI
not pay for hard roads yet. He Jcnows
I that for a large part of the year a
I well-dragged earth road affords satisI
factory means of communication, and
I so he waits patiently until the water
I soaks away somewhat and otherwise
I lets things drift. He could not make
I a greater mistake. He ought to know
J that the preliminary essentials for
I good road building for light country
I travel are not expensive, and when
I the Spring brings its troubles in a
few weeks he can utilize the condiI
tions of discomfort, if he will, for
learning some very important things
I about rational rural road building.
In the first place, he should consider
the very important feature of road
I location. In some parts of the counJ
try, roads were located years ago
I without much resepct to grades. As
a result horses strain at their traces
I through muddy bottoms, where noil
body lives, to the tops of windy hills
I with their journey only half begun.
The relocation of parts of roads so
I that there will be only easy grades
and so that places may be avoided
I where the maintenance of a good
surface is troublesome is not beyond
I the achievement of ordinary common
sense.
| In a few weeks there will be no
" 1 acro of
lack 01 evidence Ultlt U1C \AlUiuw^v v. .
roads is of vital importance in most
parts of the land. It will not be necessary
to employ the highest talent
in engineering to determine where
better drainage must be provided.
I When the frost leaves the ground and
the spring rains soak the earth, the
soggy places will be clearly indicated
| to the dullest observation, and will
show whether or not the road can be
best improved by re-location, or by
the digging of deeper ditches, or by
the drainage of the contiguous land.
There is nothing mysterious about it,
which the farmer cannot understand; |
the drainage of roads is not different I
in principle from the drainage of
land. The only reason the farmer I
is puzzled when road drainage is suggested
is that in the engineering discussions
of the subject which comes
?it
Mogul 8-16 Pric
The Real Kei
ON and after April 1st t
will be $725 cash f
made and bona fide order
be filled at the present price
"We want to post you ahead c
Mogul 8-16, as you know,
cut fuel costs squarely in half
kerosene or coal oil ? doesn't
either. It pays for itself in 1
is why the rise in price ? n
materials has risen so high ?
Mogul 8-16 is saving and i
farms of all sizes. It will do
horses can. Get in your ord
f work. See the dealer who s<
International Harvest*
(bcorj
The Mogul 8-16 kero
DARGAN-KM
Abbevill
to his attention unusual terms are
used to describe things and condi-1
tions he knows by different names
only. He is bewildered by technical
jargon, just as the most of us are
puzzled at times by the jargon of:
the doctors. The terms employed by j
the engineers and the doctors are
useful to the specialists because they
convey exact shades of meaning to j
the specialists who need them, but1
they ought to De connneu iu tuc nicle
of specialists.
Some method of leading the water I
from one side of the road to the
other is necessary. One great cause
of bad places in roads is the use of
poor devices for such a purpose. The I
culvert under the road ought to be
so made that water passing through
it will not keep the roadbed soft, it
ought to be large enough to carry the
water easily, and it ought to be located
so that it will not become clog- <
ged. That is what an experienced'
engineer who can talk in logarithms
when necessary says about it, and it
is simple enough for the least scien- 1
tific to understand. "All these requirements
can be met by simple and
inexpensive means that any intelligent
farmer can use in fighting the
mud menace to his success and happiness."
. |
If the road must be carried over a
stream, a bridge will be needed, and1
there is nothing mysterious about a
short bridge. The great trouble with1
most of the defective bridges has not ;
been in the girders and beams but in
- * 1 1 .'U
the abutments. A bridge ouut vu
sand is even less secure than the
house built on sand which has come 1
down to us as typical of useless
structures. In the construction of 1
the abutments of little road bridges
provision must be made for secure
foundations down below any danger
of undermining by floods, and the
freshets of the coming spring will
show whether or not this rule has
been observed in their construction. |
All these things are noted here because
the spring conditions will show (
before long to the intelligent farmer
where road conditions can be bettered
at little expense. He can read the(
lesson easily, if he has a little help at
the start. Fortunately, he can obtain [
that help by the use of two postal |
cards. In most States, the State
Highway Department has prepared
bulletins explaining the essetials of
earth road construction and mainte-1
nance and these bulletins will be sent
to any farmer upon application. One
postal card will secure them. Thej
office of Public Roads and Rural En-,
ginecring at Washington also has
pamphlets on these subjects for free
distribution. Another postal card
addressed to Logan Waller Page, director
of that office, at Washington,
will secure them. Two postal cards,
a couple of evenings of reading, intelligent
observation of the lanes of
mud which will soon be seen in most
parts of the country, and then intelli- J
gent, cooperative action will accomplish
wonders. All that is needed to
start the reform is a realization that I
tVio annual mud-bound conditions are;
largely avoidable by inexpensive, in-!
telligently directed work.
SCHOOL ELECTION.
Whereas, a petition containing
more than enough names, has been
presented to the County Board from
Antreville School District, No. 27, J
asking for an election to vote a tax
of 4 mills for school purposes, i
It is therefore ordered that an |
Election be held at Antreville at the '
usual voting place and hours, on
Saturday, April 22, 1916, for the
purpose of voting said tax.
The Trustees will act as managers i
of election. Those in favor of the
tax will vote a ballot on which is
printed or written the word "yes."
Those opposed will vote a ballot on
which is printed or written the word
"No."
Dr. J. A. Anderson,
Roy Suber,
3t. J. E. Sutherland.
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:e Announcement
osene Tractor
he price of the Mogul 8-16
. o. b. Chicago. All sales
3 taken up to April ist will
of $675 cash f. o. b. Chicago.
>f time on the coming change,
is the famous tractor that has
: ? operates on cheap, common
t have to be the highest grade
:he saving over gasoline. That
ecessary because cost ot raw
is of minor importance.
naking profit on thousands of
much more for you than your
ler now ? be ready for spring
ills the Mogul 8-16.
;r Company of America
porated)
?ene tractor U told by
G COMPANY
e, S. C.
LEVER'S MEASURE
PASSED IN HOUSE i ?
Washington, March 29.?The Lev- si
er bill authorizing the census director &
to collecet and publish monthly stat- [|
istics of cotton seed and cotton seed @
products was passed by the house g
lite to-day after an all day debate and &
now goes to the senate. @
Chairman Helm of the census com- [|
mitte gave notice that he would call S
up next week the Heflin bill directing jl
the bureau to collect and publish sta- [|
tistics of cotton consumed in the man- @
ufacture of explosives during 1915 s
and quarterly thereafter.
In reporting the Lever bill, Repre- el
sentative Aswell of Louisiana said it jlfl
was drafted after a conference with @1
the census director and that it would el
afford an opportunity of making free
application of the law of supply and p
demand. j||
"The census bureau now provides S.
for collection of statistics from all the ejl
oil mills regarding the quantity of s|
cotton seed crushed and linters ob- a
tained," he said "This bill, however, P
provides for amplification of these [||
statistics and makes mandatory the m
publishing of them at stated periods.
The additional expenses probably will {a|
be about $10,000 with less annually raj
after the first year. r
The census committee report on the a|
bill said: @1
"This bill rounds out and com- [?
pletes the statistics being collected raj
by the bureau of the census concern- ?
ing me cotton crop, n pruviuco xwx nil
the collcction of data for all products raj
of the cotton plant which are of commercial
value. gj
"There has ben a great deal of raj
speculation and manipulation of the jgi
prices of cotton seed and its products. |?
The prices have been increased and dO
decreased without regard to the ac- a
tual production or to the quantities of {fl
seed and oil on hand. This law will @
enable the director of the census to [j|
give the producer information con- |a
cerning the quantities of cotton seed ||
purchased by the oil mills and the [a
stocks on hand and it will furnish the ?
oil man with information of this h
character and also with statistics con- a
cerning the quantities of crude and s
refined oil, meal and cake on hand, [|f
the quantities of oil purchased by the {a
refineries and. the stocks on hand at {?
given dates. jg
"This information will lend great- @
er stability to prices and enable all jg
people engaged in the industry to {3
obtain accurate statistics that will i?
show at a glance the actual conditions S
of the market." a
CALHOUN MILLS BANQUET
Calhoun Falls. S. C.,?On Thurs- [1
day night, March 30th, the Calhoun ?
Mills gave a banquet in honor of s
Officers, Overseers, and section hands [3
of the Mill. About thirty-five men il]
were present, the dinner being given [?{
in the Calhoun Mill Hsfll, which was a
delightfully enjoyed by all. The @
dinner was prepared by the Senior
Cooking Class of the Community ?2
House, Miss Sadie Sanders in charge, ?j
and was beautifully served by Mrs.
E. M. Lander, Mrs. W. P. Castle- _
berry, Mrs. W. J. Blake and Mrs. E. =
B. Gossett. . *
The first course was oyster stew 2
with crackers and coffee. Next came
turkey, chicken salad, cream pota- (
toes, pickles, celery and loaf. The ?
dessert consisted of cake and ice
cream. E
Mr. Jas. P. Gossett was toastmas- r
ter, and good speeches were made J
by Sec. E. M. Lander, Supt. W. E. I
Redd, Messrs W. J. Blake, P. F. f
Clark, J. F. Beasley, J. S. Howard, .
and J. T. Lovern. I
The writer has attended other [
banquets but this one excelled them
all. The table was beautifully decorated
with red carnations and ferns,
The china, cut glass and silver were
elegant. Miss Sanders with her
aids, were congratulated on the sue
cess oi tne occasion. ^
OUR POSTAGE STAMPS ?
ARE LIGHTER IN COLOR [
Washington, D. C.,?Even, when *
one sticks on a postage stamp one l?
faces a shortage in German dyes. J
This was admitted by Director^Joseph -
E. Ralph, of the Bureau of Engrav- J
ing and Printing, when his attention |,
was called to a statement in the ?
North German Gazette that lack of
German dyes had caused a change L
in the colors of some American pos- f
tage stamps.
One billion stamps are printed by I
the bureau every monlh. 7
"It is true," said Mr. Ralph, "that ?
the lack of German dyes has resulted
in a slight change in the color of our l
stamps. The red 2-cent stamps are |
lighter. The 8-cent stamp, which
used to be olive green, is yellowish 1
green. Slight color variations may J
be noted in other stamps, as we have
1 ??? ? ? /)?/>? oKnilt ?
Deen vviuiuut ueuuan ivi uuvsuv I
eight months.
"We have been forced to use what 1
you might call adulterated colors,
either imported or domestic. These
cost more and are not so good. I
recently paid in New York $1 a
pound for 'reds' whereas this color
could be purchased a year ago for
about 24 cents. The new dyes have
only about one-fourth the coloring
strength of the old.
"We expect to get in a shipment
of German dyes within the next few
weeks. Both England and Germany
have agreed to let this shipment come
through on the understanding that it
is strictly for Government use. When
this is received the postage otamps
will brighten up in appearance."
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1 big values in Clothing. ^^1
1 This Spring we are going
1 to beat our best previous ft
B records. Values so uucomnion
that tliey are
fjj hard to Deiieve, win
C greet you at every turn. ^
fi Prices, $8.50, $10.00, flH
fi $12.50, $15. and $18.
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ly are beauties. ever
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i $1.00. JUJ
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I ABBE
WILSON
>rdial welcome to all 01
Make our store you:
s?A rest room for ladiei
on 2nd. floor.
IL MILLINERY
yles for ladies, misses anc
children.
?R NECK-WEAR
:thing entirely new.
Suits and Silk Dresse
* . /
ipment just in time 10
Easter Trade.
in Cotton, Silk and Line]
have advanced, and ar
cing?While the preset]
)ur trade gets the advanl
ge of old prices.
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