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IBENEFITS FROM GOOD ROADS [Increase Value of Every Acre of Land L Adjoining-Correct Principles |" Being Followed. >. b Slowly but surely farmers are ?everywhere coming to the realization that good roads increase the value of every acre adjoining or in proximity to {them, and that the best of land will be hard to sell if it can be reached ?only through heavy, muddy roads the greater portion of the year. In so far as our section (northern Indiana) is concerned, the progress in making good roads has been quite marked during the last five years, says a writer in Farmers' Review. As soon as it was announced that the Lincoln highway would have its; course through (our section, the value of farms lying along and near this course increased Ko quite a degree, in some instances ^as much as 25 per cent. I It is really astonishing how foolishly Jthe methods of road making were for lmerl? carried on. Armers had fallen hjou a habit ot working on the roads |5~a very different wey from what they worked on their own farms. It often looked as if some feared they might !ob more work than their neighbors hence they were determined to do less. Sometimes, in fact nearly always, the most incompetent man in the district was chosen supervisor, and he often bad great difficulty in prevailing upon the farmers to do enough^ work to en Sable him to make proper returns to the .commissioners. Another matter quite noticeable in fthose days was that in making roads, [all principles of good road making .were as a rule violated. No effort was made to drain the roadway. It was (simply thrown up a little higher than the roadsides :.-o that when the heavy rains came the water, instead of run ning off, would settle into the depres [?ions made by the wagon wheels and Remain there until slowly evaporated, .the ruts in the meantime growing (deeper attd deeper. The farmers them ifielves despised V.va roads heartily. As to materials for road making, lt fwas the almost universal rule to take that most convenient. If it happened to be good gravel, well and good, but if, as in a large majority of cases, it happened to be sand, it was used just ?the same. , But in these days such roads will imo longer be tolerated. We have in northern Indiana any number of good gravel beds and from these gravel is drawn ?ind spread upon the roadbed to ?a good depth. In the course of a short ?time it ls possible with such good ma w jpn . In Ute Pass, Near Manitou, Colo. tr . terial, and a knowledge of how to [make roads, to have a hard, smooth [highway that is a credit to the district .and a delight to the traveler. Even In [sections where gravel cannot be found ?naturally, it has been found a paying fcproposition in many ways to get it (shipped in by rail. California Improving Roads. j? The seven counties comprising ??Bouthern California will spend $7,000, foOO this year in road construction. [The schedule includes 324 miles of [concrete boulevard, 160 miles of de ! composed granite boulevard and 290 Smiles of desert highway. ; Los Angeles county, which already [claims the finest highway system in .the country, will spend nearly half of jthe total named. It already has 404 {miles of asphalt boulevards. Encouraging Thrifty Growth, f Transplanting of cabbage, tomato Sand other plants encourages a thrifty Eowth of root and stem. Neglect insplanting and when ready to put the garden the plants will be spin dling and weak and may not survive. iv Growing Radishes. r Radishes should be grown Quickly ?and pulled at the proper time. They ?oon become hard and woody. The best plan with radishes is to sow a flhort row every week until it is too late in the season to sow them. With Every Mortal Rests the De cision That Shall Save or Doom Him.' Is lt not a tremendous fact that man has the power to resist the Spirit of God? In the first book of the Bible we read: "My spirit shall not always strive with man." There is nothing in human friendship like the long-suffer ing, patient and everlasting love of our heavenly Father. There comes a period in the life of every mortal when he makes the final choice, when he de cides to go toward Calvary, like Peter, or toward suicide, like Judas. The Holy Spirit, grieved, resisted, despised and rejected, then takes its everlasting flight from the soul who prefers sin to holiness, devils to saints and hell to heaven. Almighty God so built man, his mas terpiece, that he cannot bfeak through the door of the will. We have the power to put out the only light to guide ?B through time and eternity, to extinguish the only fire of love that flames in the soul. The Holy Spirit calls the sinner by. a thousand voices ere he gives up striving. He comes in youthful days, in manhood's strength, in our age and feebleness extreme. He watteth lons, ls waiting still. You treat no other friend so Ul. Behold he stands at the door and knocks. It is the pierced hand knock ing. A crown of thorns purples his brow and his head is wet with the dews of midnight. The same old pro crastinating voice answers him, Bay ing:! "Gd thy way for this time; when I have a m??? Jt?fivenlent season I will cai! for thee/' Ailgeli hare tried to woo that soul as they have minis- i tered to him; the voice of mother has called from the battlements of heaven; Providence, bereavements, losses, all have cried out, "Come unto me and I will give you rest." ? But the man, as though on the brink of a preci pice, pushes away all rescuers and 1 plunges down the abyss. It seems an J impossible thing that a lost soul, with but one heartbeat between it and the I judgment, would endeavor to thrust back the Divine Saviour, who has paid for our redemption with his blood and his life; who, with everlasting kindness, has drawn us toward him-1 self. But such is the momentous fact, i The resources of heaven have been ex- j hausted in the effort to win men back j to God. And "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins." Has Chosen His Own Place. The determined sinner has trodden ander foot the SOB of God, counted the Mood of the covenant an unholy Ihfng and done despite to the Sp?rt of 3race. He therefore must go to his iwn place. He has missed his chance >f Immortal blessedness. Too late, ye cannot enter now. Some of these rejectors of God are leaders among men, carrying others with them to destruction. They are ike the engineer whom the fireman totmd dead in the engine cab. He had been struck by a passing timber. His aand was still on the throttle, but his trainload of passengers were running svild to their death. The fireman, re versing the lever, saved them. So mul :itudes are following blind leaders in :heir mad rush for gold, pleasure and mholy ambition. The throttle is pulled out; a devil's hand holds it; :he terrible curve is near; the awful ;rash comes! "Ruined" is written jver the wreck. Instead of men turning away from the God "of love and mercy, in order :o follow false guides, they should be Hied with joy to know that the In ?nite Father loves them, has planned ?o save them, is filled with anxiety for :heir welfare, has sacrificed his Son :o restore them to the heavenly inheri :ance. What an honor to know that ?re dwell in the hart of God, in the mind of Deity-that angels are forgot ten in the effort to rescue a lost race; :hat other planets are left behind to bring this one back to its orbit of wor ship and fellowship! Strange Contradiction. When kings, presidents or other jarthly magnates take notice of us we are wild with delight, but when the King of all kings reaches down to lift us up to honor and power with him self we shrink back in terror, we blas pheme his name, curse his Son, deny his Book and quench his fires of love. With eloquent wordB Dr. William L. Watkinson says: "I Baw the other day a tame eagle In t, butcher's shop. Growing fat, he cares no longer for the planes of heaven. His eyes, no longer fixed on the tun, watch the fire on the hearth, and the golden plumes, once stretched above the clouds, are dragged in the asheji. That royal bird in the flesher's shamble, forgetful of sky and sea and sun, is a close image of thousands of mea who, debauched by the grosser pleasures of the lower life, nave forgotten the glories of the upper -universe. We content ourselves by picking fleshy morsels out of the ashes. "There is such a thing for us aa quenching the Spirit and falling vic tims to our carnal nature."-Rev. Ed win Whittier Caswell. Thou Shalt Have Joy: > Reflect that it is only the fervent and diligent seul that is prepared for all duty and for all events; that lt is greater to resist evil habits and vio lent passions than to sweat at the hardest bodily labor; that he who is not careful to resist and subdue small sins will insensibly fall into greater; and thct thou nh alt always have joy in the evening If thou hast spent the day well.-Thomas s'Kempte. MAN? TEOUBLES DUE TO AN INACTIVE' MVEE . Many of the troublent '{ life 8U?: as headache, indigestion, C0"8tlPa tion and lack of energy are due 11 inactive livers. GRIGSBY'S LIV-VER.LAX ? a natural, vegetable remedy thai will get the liver right and make these troubles disappear. It has none of the dangers or disagreeable effects of calomel. Get a 50c or $1 bottle of this splendid remedy from your drug gist today. Every bottle bears the likeness of L. K. Grigsby, who guarantees it through. Land for Sale Life is too short to go on renting land, when you can buy a smal) farm for almost the rent money. I have land in small lots around Johnston, and near Batesburg, Meeting Street, j Celestia, Rocky Creek or j Fruit Hill, Ropers and near [Edgefield, and lots and* stores in the town of Edge field. TERMS EASY Arthur S. Tompkins Edgefield, S. C. I FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Harting & Byrd Befare insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Harting & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield THE BAILElfLEBBYCtt RUBBER ROOFING CH?RLEST0N.S.C. ? or Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out .Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic apr' <5i"-e Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c Citation. The State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. By W. T. Kinnaird, Probate Judge": Whereas, Mrs. H. H. Townes, of [above County and State, made suit to me, to grant her Letters of* Ad ministration of the Estate and ef fects of Dr. H. H. Townes, her husband, deceased. These Are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the .kindred and Creditors of the said Dr. H. H. Townes, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edgefield, C. H., S. C., in my of fice on the 8th day of July (1915) next after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 21st day of June A. D., 1915. W. T. Kinnaird, P. J. E. C. S. C. June 23-St We War/t the farmers to know that we bate just received a car of Cerealite for top and side dressing. Send in your orders. W. W. Adams & Co. 8r, bing's Flew Of'sewen? ?!Li.S THE COUGH. CURFS" THE LUNGS A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. DR- J. S. 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