Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 30, 1915, Page THREE, Image 3
IBENEFITS FROM GOOD ROADS
[Increase Value of Every Acre of Land
L Adjoining-Correct Principles
|" Being Followed.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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INSURANCE
Go to see
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&
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Befare insuring elsewhere. We
represent the best old line com
panies
Harting & Byrd
At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield
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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.
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Surgeon Dentist
Appointments at Trenton
On Wednesdays.
DR- J. S. BYRD,
Dental Surgeon
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