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ii A 1* 1 n i Jj We have |! Jfi THE UN ! VERS A I salesroon | room ne? || uu I J a \ ]| well as en new part pose to i eauiooed I John Sharp Williai ? J J**. -L0 >"%' oil niijjiu I Senator Bankhead, of Alabama, year %as within the last week achieved 000,0 itlie greatest constructive triumph of Th Iris life in the passage by the United of th States Senate of the bill providing the h for the building of good roads in cultu tiris country under conditions re- rules spectfully jealous of the limitations out t of the Constitution, the necessities act s; of the people and the rights of the tione States. The Bankhead Bill has been shall passed by the Senate by a safe ma- legisl jority and is a substitute for the provi Shackleford Bill, which passed the j-ary House by an overwhelming vote some any } weeks ago. It will now go to confer- specii ?nce and as it covers the provisions' proje in the Shackleford Bill, and more, an(j t it will doubtless be agreed upon by }las x lie two Houses and become law with ^hat 1 the approval of the President. labor The Bill authorizes the Secretary j-0 of Agriculture to co-operate with t^e ^ the States, through their respective such State highway departments, in the agree construction of rural post roads. A ^^e p rural post road means any public p0St road in the United States over which ^he A the United States mails are trans- by th ported. A State highway depart- there nient means any department, com- ^ure mission or official or officials chareed ?-ith the work ordinarily directed by exces highway departments. The Bill pro- 0f th vides that the roads built under its twenl . terms shall be "properly maintained" Th -winch means that they shall be kept princ: 5n as good condition as when they good were lirst built. It is further pro- i jt in Tvjded that the roads constructed un- mirat iiiff tills law shall ue maintained by est di iiif States or by subdivisions of the his pi bi-ates. at tin The .bill auorosriatcs, "out of any stitut money in the Treasury not otherwise an(j s . appropriated," the sum of $75,000,- test c - viiii! J or the construction of rural its or . post roads in the States and $10,000,- vidinj '.SCO ffcr .the building of roads in the poses isauonul partes. ir.e appropriations which . are to be apportioned among the sev- the ii ?eral States in this manner. One- cours third in the ratio which the area of were ?aoh State bears to the total area of and t . -jj31 the States; one-third in the ra- the S iio which the population of each sides, estate bears to the total population of 0f th . all the States, as shown by the latest econo available Federal census; one-third pects. in the ratio which the mileage of tor O j-ural delivery routes and star routes pared . iD each State bears the total mileage value of rural delivery and star routes I savinj in .all the States. For the fiscal annuj year ending June 30, 1917, the sum try; of 35,000,000 will be appropriated; prove for the fiscal year ending June 30, good tSA8, $10,000,000; for the fiscal woulc year ending June 30, 1919, $15,000,- to toi OflO; for the fiscal year ending June tion c ; % 1920, $20,000,000, and the fiscal public IW1FIF1WWPIWFII1F injUuuuuuuyul n. inr acquired autoi ^thist L CAR is and se rt door to complete n extensn T. s, etc. u make out FORD si LJ ifiijazBiiUiijaraiam ns ! ved Hiehwavs - - ^ (/ ending June 30, 1921, $25,00. e management and distribution e road-building fund will be in ands of. the Secretary of Agrire who is authorized "to make and regulations for carrying he provisions of this Act." The pecifies that "no money appord under this act to any State be expended therein until its ature shall have assented to the sions of this act." The Secre cannot pay out any money on -oad project until the plans, fications and estimates for such ct have been submitted to him ipproved by him; nor until he eceived satisfactory assurance the State has provided in money, and material an amount equal e amount to be received from Fnited States for expenditure on J project; nor until satisfactory ] iment shall have been made on j art of the State that the rural,. road built under the terms of , lCt "will be properly maintained . te State, or any subdivision ^ of." The Secretary of Agricul- j cannot make any payment for , construction under the Act "in , " /v-P A nnrt nor milo AYP.lllfiivA a VX IflJLVjVVV {/VI W..W- ? - ? . e cost of bridges of more than ? :y feet clear span." ese are in general terms the ipal features of the Bankhead roads bill. His management of the Senate was altogether ad>le. He insisted upon the fullscussions of its terms, preserved itience under severe provocation nes, sought to have every conional or legal objection removed ifter a hard but inspiring con:arried it through practically in iginal form. No measure prol Federal aid for public pur-! has ever passed the Senate in I i greater care has been taken of j iterests of the Government. Of; e the "Constitutional lawyers" j on guard throughout the debate ;he guardians of the rights of tates also; and there was, bea most instructive discussion e good roads question in all its mical, business and social asAs, for example, when Senawen showed by carefully pre statistics that "the commercial t of good roads would mean a t ? of a thousand million dollars ? illy" to the people of the coun- i that "improved roads mean im- i d schools and churches;" that \ roads in the rural districts j I prevent the drift from country t ivn, would obviate the conges- t >f traffic, would promote the s : health, would make it possible, ttR&mFm&RRRsnsH&Rsmi sum exclusive sellin; nobile, parts am erritory, and hav rvice station in the old post oft line of these fa .re stock of FOR ii i win oe our put * station the bes tation in the Pie( f.WHTl !fi!jaiiUiiJi!i?jaBffl Lmrammntfaar by "reclaiming: waste places with nance is more diffi proper cultivation," for the farmers it for road constru with easier and passable roads to ido not expect the market to ''easily produce over twen- jforever without r< ty billions of wealth per annum?a f ' , i hard usage witnou sum nearly equal to the total accu-1 needed for their mulation of a century in the bank- some states a larg< ing resources . in all our 25,000 spent on such woi banks." ing automobiles, b Emphasizing the necessity of Gov- by no means the c rrnment aid in the construction of frj^n?a^umher h {rood roads, Senator Underwood said: awiV ,nmp nf +hp "The whole history of the building of fe Ltae rec?itl: roads in the civilized world has dem- quiring persons c onstrated the fact that there has a county road so never been a great system of roads than usual wear to built in any country until the govern- the road and to a, ment of that country stood behind it in good condition in some wav. , tion of the county Senator John Sharp WUhams,^ who ?bey guch an Qrd* nns tne reputauun ui ucijil ouuibu....^ , of a strict constructionist, ?declared that "the constitutional power (of * ' Congress to pass this bill) is undoubted, obvious, plain and palpable," jn these days e and that "wherever there has ever have a reputation been any people who ever proximated takes pride in enc< a civilization, a self-developed civili- So it ig interesting ztaion, a characteristic civilization ous book on thp of any sort, good roadstoveaccom- ton Emerson, a panied that civilization. All the authority on the su roads of Rome were strategic roads^ siders the va.lnp a and commerce grew up upon the Agencies for effl? road, so that the road was the cause "Railroads hightVo nnmmprre rather than the ex- kriHlo.nnth's. mour istence of the commerce the cause of uniettered r^ounta the construction of the road. But, tries is the begt with us we have not only the strata- it takeg the best ki] s:ic military reason, which is national, j rt tQ the interstate-commerce reason which 5 is national, the post-roaJ reason, ehaneed for ho?se. which is Federal, but the other rea- cles i ^an^e fron son which I have mentioned, which is cula'r effortgto ano educational. There can be no inter- aut0mobiles, autoi state commerce of any great power road t in both th( unless there be good roads for a local carnate en ins commerce forming connecting links or incarnate energ founded, nor can there be any sub-divided, special p-eat international commerce except different min, who For the interstate commerce of the ^ increasingly e various countries which form the Th hil h? family of nations." , used to build roads It will be seen that the Bankhead ?or, . ?ood roads bill is the work of sound fJLion and th* or :tatesmanship and not merely an ef- _ j mnrp ^ fort to separate the Government MnTsTtK :rom its money in the aid of local en- nu ? :erDrises or to promote a doubtful | ' indertaking. The Bill is as big as ;he great country it represents and A rich man has i is broad as the humanity it would in a convict road-1 serve. Its enactment will take the find out if such mi >ublic highways out of politics and work were desirabl nake them thoroughfares for com- these. A special nerce and industry instead of paths to create an unders ,o public office. Its administration ties of citizenship vill be in the hands of the Depart- persons is given ai nent of the Government nearest to University through he people in all their varied inter- the late William :sts. It will strengthen the rela- Dodge lecturer rec< ions between the States and the Na- Mott Osborne, the ion, making them active partners in authority on prison i great work for the common good, the life of convicts " 11 1 ~ a 15:11 ?ollir n-f the onnHitin t is assumed LficiL tnc ociiviit: dih wm onj vx >e agreed to by the House and that and bad in our p vith the beginning of the new fiscal This is what he saic rear the great enterprise of making ence in the conv he paths of the country straight will camp: "I was a m< >e undertaken with the sure hope of in good and reguls uccess. summer and fall of Raising money for road mainte- close touch with th< em ? rights of thi d supplies f o re opened ou the big stor< ice. We wil mniiR rars. a D accessories imont sectior cult than raising three months of its exist ction. Taxpayers camp was situated near t , . lage of Mendan, about 18 sir clothes to wear Auburn prison, and the: jpairs but they of- members besides myself, Is should withstand ^a(j been sentenced for ; t any money being Cj.jmes> including murdei maintenance. In degree. Only one of th i part of the money jesg tban a year to serve 'k 13 raised by tax- between one and two yei ut automobiles are 17 years< an(j one w inly vehicles whlc" ed to prison for his natu: ghways. In West ^bree of the men hac auling has worn tences before, one as ma roads and so the ^hey worked in groups sc y enacted a law re- a considerable area, se continuously using aparf- from camp, and as to cause more ^em could easily have i put repair men on any bour, day or night; t 3sist in keeping it strained by a fine sense c under the direc- i0yaity toward their fell court. Refusal to ers> by whom they had b : is punishable by ag mcmbers of the honor ine not exceeding js nothing better for mei work with pick and shov< < up lost manhood and g verybody likes to sPirit of courage and ho for efficiency and Aujruat and Senten juraging efficiency. Jul/' Au*u,t an? to notice in a fam- Mid-summer to dair ibject, by Harring- other livestock farmers, leading American worst time of the year t bject, what he con- stock supplied with suffi< f good roads as feed. Every possible el ienc.y. He says: be made right now to g< roads, by roads, for this purpose. Co itain climbs! The beans, sorghum, millet, ineer of all coun- good for this purpose, in for the last, and should be planted to las id of trained climb silo has been fi"ed? or la ulate him; but as without silos should plan red shoes are ex- such as turnips and sto< i, horses for bicy- furnish succulent feed f i one kind of mus- winter months. Succule ... ? * ?... Iroon fha millr flrviirmor tner; Dicycies ior ? => nobiles for railese latter using un- Making It Him* tead of muscular Mother always heard li y. The all-round do his lessons. One day tl lineer becomes the was going over his read lized skill of many which was the story of are supplemented and the Three Bears." omplex equipment. " 'Goldilocks jumped efficiency is to be the window,'" he read si along which any "No, no Jackine," pr avel with the least mother; "you know the 1 eatest advantage, say that. You should read fied and involved fuuy. The book says tha iore is the philoso- jumped out of bed." "I know, mother," expl ie promptly, "but I wan voluntarily worked jj*mP *ar ?nou&^ *o 8?*1 Duilding camp to three bears. Pittsbi sthods of highway e. The facts were TTTT* t course of lectures Kb | f 11 ' ' tanding of the du- ^J among .educated f 'l914, and was in J* i camp during the aaaaaaaa&a^^ pnf r TFord" || Runabout 11 r2-Pa*s., 20-h. p., I I fully equipped ? > * | cept speedometer. I [. Price, $416.90 , . | i ^ (Delivered) ' E ii Ford | S Touring Car, S 5-Pass., 4-cyl., 20- , M h. p., fully equipped, except speedometer. .'IB. % Price, 9466.90 ifl > (Delivered) I E % . </y."' I I? Ford I I Coupelet, . j I / 2-Pui., 4-CyI., 20- '.1 I h. p., fully equipped J I except speedometer. UJ' | Price, $616.90 (Q ?0 (Delivered) Jn Ford I SEDAN, ? 5-Pass., 4-cjrl., 20- jf < h. p., fully equipped, J; except tpeedometer. itPrice, $766.90 I ' (Delivered) =J Si _ v ' . ' v..4fj ence. The A King. H he small vil- Re rode on the observation platI miles from form of a cotton wagon. re were 20 His fleecy staples had just brought men who twelve cents a pound. all sorts of The money was down in his pocket in the first No man had an account sfg&inst ese men had him for a dime. ; seven had The mules trotteed along over the ars; one had smooth pavement and now and then as condemn- a big red apple jolted out of a heapral life. All ingHbucket and rolled back and forth [ served sen- across the wagon bed. ny as seven. A neat bundle over in the corner :attered over contained a dress pattern?ten yards veral miles of blue checked gingham for the any one of I faithful wife. escaped at j The little bag was full of candy for hey were re- j the baby. >f honor and j He whistled as Pete and Beck low prison- j turned their heads homeward. ieen chosen It was near eventide. A few clouds camp. There had gathered over the west and the a than the sun was cutting strange capers with il. It builds these billows of the sky. There were ives a new islands of gold floating in a deep blue pe-" sea; there were mountains kissed with the colors of the rainbow.- No iber Forage, painter could have made a prettier ymen and picture; no dreamer could have visis about the ited a scene more splendid in all the jo keep tiie mysterious realm of slumberhood. :ient green The occupant of the wagon enjoyTort should ed it. et in crops The fresh fevening breezes were as wpeas, soy balm to nis orow. etc., are all There was no enmity in his heart B Enough against anyone. B it until the There was no political ambition B ter. Farmers that had gone unsatisfied. B t root crops, There was no sorrow of ingrati- B ik beets to tude to stick and sting and poison. B or fall and He was a plttin country man. B :nt feed will He loved his wife. * B He loved his baby. B ? He was going home to them?a B B]f king wearing a royal crown of kind- B ittle Jackie ne8S?a tender, thoughfal, af- B le small boy fectionate, bearing simple gifts to B ing lesson, subjects.?Southern Woman's B "Goldilocks Magazine. B right out of Something Wrong. B owly. "I have come," said the old sub-H otested his scriber, "to complain about your re-H >ook doesn't port of my daughter's wedding." B 1 more care- "What was the matter with it?"B t Goldilocks demanded the editor. B "Well, her name is Gratia, but you B ained Jack- printed it 'Gratis.' " B ted her to "That's not so bad. She was given B iway from away, wasn't she?"?Philadelphia B lrg Ledger. Ledger. B HATF CWANY I iffatD-Gngrav&ls I ^Printii? Plates in. fl p Lineand. lialf-Tone, J CoBrnMa^ovt^Carolin^^^ I ?ompt Service " i J