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V MT. CARMEL. V VVVVVVVVVV^VVVVV Mt. Carmel, Jan. 22.??1The roads in and around Mt. Carmel are very bad now, owing to the week of rain and ice we have just had. Automomobiles are very little service now and even the doctors and traveling i men had to use the faithful horse and trains. Another mad dog was killed neai Mt. Carmel the past week. Several families of colored people left Mt. Carmel this week for the North and West. ? - ? ? ? - " * n ;_i_ Mr. Aaam craaiey 01 iucourunun.. was a business visitor to Mt. Carmej last Friday. The latest news from Mrs. Diben Jackson, who has been quite ill in a hospital in Columbia, is encouraging to her friends. She is improving rapidly now, and Mrs. Lucretia Paschal will return to her home in Mt, Carmel next week. Miss Dora Black spent the weekend with her parents, Dr. and Mr3, P. K. Black. Misses Edna and Corinne Smith . entertained a few of their friends one evening last week. Mr. Roy Wells entertained quite a number of his friends informally one evening week before last. Quite a number of the "younger set" enjoyed the evening. Miss Emily Mae Hester is visiting friends in Savannah, Ga. Mr. Leeming of Canada, who spends the cold winters in Mt. Carmel arrived the past week to be the X guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrah until spring. Miss Eva Tarrant left last Monday *<v rwrame her studies at Cox College College Park, Ga., much to the regret of her many friends. Mr. W. D. Morrah of the Bellevue section, was in Mt. Carmel Saturday. Rev. H. B. Blakeley represented r, ' the Mt. Carmel A. R. P. Sunday School at the Sabbath School conven tion at Willington last Saturday. He reported that our Sabbath school ranked about as high or higher than any in the district, but we want it ' to rank the highest. Next Sabbath we are to organize a "spectacle class" with Mr. Leeming teacher, and will also add a home department. The many friends of Mr. S. C. ' Riley will regret to hear of his ill v ness. We hope he will soon be better. ' ' Owing to the very inclement weather the Matron's Sewing Circle had to postpone their regular meetings which was to be at the home of Mrs. J. W. Boyd + DEPARTMENTS JOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING yf- . v , -A* i 3 There is a side of tne wiae-spreaa active agitation to place road improvements under engineers having i experience in such work which has an effect on some communities just the opposite of that intended. The arguments are-made so comprehensive as well as so strong that taxpayers receive an erroneous impression of what the advocates of good I engineering recommend. A cummunity ready to spend a large sum of money on road improvements is hot ready to employ graduates of engineering schools for every class of road work above that of unskilled labor, which is too often understood to be the aim of the advocates of engineering supervision. The taxpayer who owns a successful machine shop knows by experience that it is unnecessary to employ graduate me;\ chanical engineers as foreman, superintendents and ^draftsmen. The builder has had the same experience. The merchant knows that the best department heads are men who have learned while clerks the details of their departments. The railway official knows that graduate mechanical engineers are not used as locomotive ?nnn#ra Tior graduate civil ensrineers in the positions filled equally well by ' skilled laborers. Consequently these influential taxpayers are surprised to hear that there is something about road building and maintenance which is so very technical and scientific that engineers must be employed for classes of work which are efficiently performed in other important fields by skilled labor. There is no intention of conveying such an impression, but it is nevertheless being conveyed. The engineer is yery much needed on road work, for the purpose of planning, and supervising the undertakings, but a very large part of the planning, construction and inspection can be carried on efficiently under V?is direction bv skilled draftsmen and foremen. MISS CHAMBERS * DANCE HOSTESS Miss Lillian Chambers entertained at a dancing party Friday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chambers, in Norwood. Mr. Wince Bobertsoii of Abbeville, S. C., was the guest of honor. Included in the hospitality were: Mr. and Mrs. Blue, Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. McConnell, Mr. and Mrs. W. Pickets, Mr. and Mrs. D R. Ovens, Miss Halowen, Miss Adams, Miss Jones, Miss Patty Pickett, Mr. C. Hopper, Mr. Patterson, Mr. W. Robertson, Mr. George Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Chambers.?The Pivminffliom Mowa DON'T BURN GRASS AND THE LEAVES Clemson College, S. C., Jan. 13.? We do not have a surplus of fertility in South Carolina, so why are we so foolish as to waste valuable humus by burning grass and leaves? Planters will spend money for expensive fertilizers, and yet they could save part of it by taking care of these surplus vegetable foods. Florists and horticulturists gather leaves from woods and groves and convert the minto high grade fertilizers. These specialists realize their value. The leaves are heaped up and allowed to decay or compost k ROADBUILDING TROUBLES M IN ALASKA The Board of Road Commissioners k for Alaska has been building roads w in that territory since 1905. Up to th ; July 1, 1916, it built 920 miles of gj wagon roads, 629 miles of winter 1 sled roads and 2,210 miles of trails. y( " Of late there has been some criti- st cism of this roadbuilding, indicated ac ; as follows in the last annual report hj ! of the Board: "Alaska abounds in ht mineral wealth, fish and road-com- jy mission critics." One cause of the ca criticism is the poor condition of 3( ! some of the roads, which is explain- S? ; ed in the report in detail. None of m the roads built by the Board was p( | constructed for automobile traffic ea 1 and the Board does not encourage ej the use of automobiles on them, but ty ' there were nevertheless over 250 ^ 1 trucks and passenger cars in use at w ' the close ofthe last fiscal year and b( ' a regular motor mail and passenger ^ " seryice was maintained between Val- ^i dez and Fairbanks during the sum- m mer. Much damage has been done p{ " to the roads by the use of heavy, ^ narrow-tired trucks, the Board says: ^ recently graded roads which would rc 1 be satisfactory for light traffic are ^ 1 plowed up by trucks before surfac- jg ing is completod and expensive re- cc pairs xi'i thus necessary before the pj > road co.^.stmdion1 ,3 finished and p( t maintenance begins. An instance ${ illustrating the conditions is fur- >p] nished by the following extract from ta ' the report of the Board's superinten- w dent at Nome: "This road for '500 1 feet was destroyed by being worked out by the (Blank) Mining & Dredge Co. The District Attorney would u, i not give us protection and I had " i? J 1 -Mx T * J - tne piece 01 roaa reounu insiue ui ' two weeks after it was reconstruct- V ! ed they destroyed it again." V TOBE HESTER SHIPS ^ > GAME ROOSTERS TO MEXICO V [ Mr. S. J. Hester, the well known chicken fancier of Hester, Was in Anderson recently and stated that N? he had just shipped 300 game N' roosters?Bacon's War Horses?to N< General Carranza, first chief of N' : Mexico. He received $1,000 for N' 1 these roosters, with Gen. Carranza N< 1 standing all the expenses. The 1 general even sent the coops to ship St ' the birds in. Mr. Hester has gotten ? word from Gen. Villa since he captured Juarez to get him up some good fighters, as he will need them soon.?Daily Mail. NOME GARDENING GUIS DIN BILLS But It-Must Be a Real Garden, Kept Planted Through Season, Says Hastings. "Atlanta, Ga. ? (Special) ? "The greatest obstacle to permanent farm prosperity in the south is the.'store g: bill' made for food and grain that could and should be grown on every 7' southern farm," says H. G. Hastings, oJ president of the Southeastern Fair Association and of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce* in an interview on a.) agricultural conditions in this terrir tory. "A real garden," says Mr. Hastings, "properly prepared and planted, and kept planted throughout the season, will help more to decrease store bills than anything else the farmer can do. i "There are lots of what 1' term 'one planting* gardens made, gardens with ; a few struggling rows of beans, a few ! dozen cabbages and tomato plants, with some watermelon off to one corner, but that's not real gardening any a] more than a youngster's first drawing . i of a cat or a dog on his slate, Is fine 11 art. Our southern folks generally ei don't take the garden seriously, when ' as a matter of fact the right kind of a garden, containing a full line of t( vegetables and kept busy all season, tl is reasonably sure of furnishing at least half the living of the family. "1 hare never seen a 'one crop' section, regardless of what particular one C( crop was grown, that did not have a , poverty-stricken look, with poor school * buildings, churches and homes. G "I have never seen a diversified r( section that did not have the signs of prosperity sticking out all over it "And on practically every farm In f1 these prosperous diversified sections the home garden has an honored A place. "I havent a thing In the world w against the supply and general merchants, but if all of our people would take the home garden seriously, half of them would have to go out of busi- ^ ness for lack of trade. Give your gar* T ' den a square deal In 1917. ^ Miller's Antiseptic Oil Known As ^ SNAKE OIL l R. Will Positively Relieve Pain in Three p. Minutes. j Try it right now for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore, stiff and swollen joints, pains in the head, back and limbs, corns, bunions, etc. After one application pain disappears as if by magic. A never-failing remedy used inter- ? nally and externally for Coughs, Colds. Croup, Sore Throat, Diph theria and Tonsilitis. This Oil is conceded to be the fl most penetrating remedy known. Its I prompt and immediate effect in re- I lieying pain is due to the fact that fl it penetrates to the affected parts at fl once. As an illustration, pour Ten fl Drops on the thickest piece of sole fl leather, and it will penetrate this B substance through and through in fl three minutes. fl Accept no substitute. This great fl oil is golden red color only. Every fl bottle guaranteed; 25c and 60c a fl bottle, or money refunded. At lead- fl ing druggists. P. B. Speed. m 1ICHIGAN EXPERIENCE WITH MACADAM ROADS Hon. Frank F. Rogers, state highay commissioner of Michigan, is te latest prominent roadbuilder to ve his testimony in favor of war-bound macadam, which a few J i-i?i? i?? ?n *ars ago seemeu imeiy tu iuac an anding as a type of construction lapted for modern conditions. In s biennial report just made public ? has this to say: "During the earexistence of the department, maidam roads constituted as much as ) per cent of the mileage conructed. As the use of the autoobile became more widespread, the ircentage of macadam roads built ich year decreased owing to the :cessive cost of maintaining this pe under the automobile traffic. rithin the past two years, however, ater-bound macadam roads have ;en again growing in favor because has been found possible with a tuminous surface treatment to aintain them in a condition comirable in the point of service to e higher types of roads. The first eatment, which is made after the iads has 'seasoned' by opening to affic for three or four months, essentially a part of the initial >st of construction, and can be apied at a cost of about five cents sr square yard, or not to exceed >00. per mile for a 16-foot road, hereafter the road can be mainined in a satisfactory condition ith a yearly treatment at a cost of >out three cents per square yard." Gottlob Neuffer went down to Colnbia on a trip this past week. V SEABOARD TRAIN ^ SCHEDULE. V V vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv o. 5, South, due 1:52 P. M. o. 29, South, due 3:59 P. M: o. 11, South, due 3:04 A.M. 9. 17, South, due 6:00 A. M. o. 6, North, due 7:45 P. M. o. 12, North, due 1:42 A. M. o. 30, North, due 12:54 A. M.j o. 18, North, arrives 10:00 P. M., ;ops here. ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Organized 1891. I ROPERTY INSURED $2,500,000. Write or call on the underlined for any information ou may desire about our plan F insurance. We insure your property gainst destruction by . . . ; . . v- i Fire, / Windstorm or Lightning ad do it cheaper than any isurance company in existace. T?AmAmVinr uTfl ova nror*oi>fl/1 ) prove to you that ours is le safest and cheapest plan F insurance known. Our Association is now lijnsed to write Insurance in h e counties of Abbeville, reenwood, McCormick, Laums and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. raser Lyon, President, Colmbia, S. C., J. E. Blake, GeL. gent, Sec. and Treas., Greenood, S. C. DIRECTORS: , 0. Grant- Mt. Carmel, S. C. M. Gambrell Abbeville, S. C. 10. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. , W. Youngblood Hodges, S. C. P. Morrah Willington, S. C. N. Chamberlain, -McCormick, S. C H. Nicholson Edgefield, S. C. L. Timmerman.Pleasant Lane, S.C C. Martin Princeton, S. C. I TJ \AJli n Wo4-oi?1aa Cl P I JU? IT uai WU .. VTOV%;iiVV| Ui Vi J. R. BLAJiE, Gen. Agent. Greenwood, S. C., Jan. 1, ,1917. CALOMEL DYNAMITES A SLUGGISH LIVER Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes into contact with sour bile it crashes into it, causing cramping and nausea. If you feel bilious, headachy, constipated, and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is a harmless vegetable substitute foi dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker jthan nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go back and get your money. If you take calomel toddy you'll be sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides, it may salivate you, while ii you take Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full ol ambition and ready for work or play. It's harmless, pleasant and safe tc give to children; they like it?Adv. LAND SALE. On January 24th, 1917, at elevet o'clock, we will sell to the highest bidder at Due West, S. C., the trac of land, belonging to the estate oJ the late J. R. Todd, containing sever hundred (700) acres, more or less kntinrt V?TT lon^d A Q V Dtl. I auu UVUX1U?U Uj tauug vx Ml XVVU nedy, J. S. Moffatt, Larpin Agnev and others. This farm lies about on< miles from town limits and will b< sold in eight or ten tracts, plats oj same will be shown on day of sale. TERMS OF SALE?One-third fcasl balance in two equal annual install ments secured by mortgage of th< premises with interest fipm date oi sale at eight per cent, per annum Purchaser to pay for papers anc plats. . J. E. TODD, H. M. YOUNG, 1-3-3. Executors. '* ] ' ' I(ilninirli The profits you take out c ly upon the fertilizer you crops of corn?cotton?tr for yeans the standard fert making it more prolific. 9 of cotton per acre, are not followed their use on Sou ?3; 3 Planters Fertilize :B:;j better crops, mo H-H-: For free advice f ^Jffl^^^emember, th ^^\pkni ' you can carry it j' ?? oauiroonif Dreaxnu U I I Clean, durable, good-1 ' less to ran tht.n any mora than 2,000,000 ui IB ment store, hardware ? Use Aladdin Sac g^Hfl STANDA Washington, D. C. 1 BJ^^^^NorfolkTVa \ . I? Six Per Cent | ' i > * I am now prepared to negoti lands at 6 per cent, interest, pay; i : Amounts from $1,000.00 up. i i Insurance in every form writt ' W. L. PEBBLES, M Abbeville Insurance 6 AUTO REPAIRIN > Quick Service \ ' - Our facilities for making i cars places us in position to of jobs. \ We complete almost any i 5 notice and deliver all work wh * We know how. Call on us when you neec ? J AJ.JJLU. " I ' I COURTNEY B. WILSG i Phone 313. j . . 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