Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IMPROVING THE POST-ROADS * _ Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Miles of Experimental Highways Are New Under Construction. Tour hundred and sixty-five* miles of experimental post-roads of different types, benefiting 28 different counties, are now under construction in 13 states, which are co-operating with the federal government. These roads, which are being built under the su pervision of the department, are au thorized by the act of congress of Au Ohio State Highway, Brick. gust 24, 1912, which appropriated for the post-road department $500,000, to be expended in an experiment to test out the value of improved rural-carrier routes. The federal government pays one-third and the state or county ben- j ?fited must defray two-thirds of the cost. The entire sum of $500,000 of federal funds and $1,000,000 of local funds will be expended under the su pervision and checking of federal highway engineers. The following work on post-road im provement has been undertaken, ac cording to a bulletin dealing with the vuiioii uv.cwu UDU ?iaititiiitiuv-o V^<T .?au. and bridges, issued by the depart ment: Lauderdale county, Alabama, 30 miles of earth road. Boone and Story counties, Iowa, 51 miles of earth road. Dubuque county, Iowa, 20 miles of gravel road. Bath and Montgomery counties, Kentucky, ll miles of macadam road. Montgomery county, Maryland, 5.4 miles of macadam road. Cumberland county, Maine, 21 miles of bituminous macadam road. Lenore county, Mississippi, 24 miles of gravel road. McDowell county, North Carolina, 16 miles of earth road. Davie, Forsyth and Iredell counties, North Carolina, 48 miles of sand-clay and top-soil road. Licking and Muskingum counties, Ohio, 24 miles of concrete road. Jackson county, Oregon, 51.4 miles of earth road. Aiken county, South Carolina, 27.3 miles of sand-clay and top-soil road. Loudon county, Tennessee, 6.4 miles of macadam road. Montgomery county, Tennessee, 7.6 miles of macadam road. Bexar, Comal, Aravis. Hays and Guadalupe counties, Texas, 71.6 miles of gravel road. Fairfax county, Virginia, 12.3 miles of gravel road. Spotsylvania, Caroline and Hanover counties, Virginia, 38.2 miles of sand clay and top-soil road. As rapidly as these roads are con structed the department is endeavor ing to Interest the local authorities ia inaugurating systematic main tenance to keep them in condition. The county engineer has undertaken the maintenance of the Virginia post road in Spotsylvania county, and an other will supervise the upkeep of the completed part of the Ohio post road. It is believed that this local maintenance system will be extended io the post-roads to be built in Maine, Tennessee, Texas and Alabama. Bulletin on Roads. The United States department of Agriculture bulletin, No. 220, is upon [ the subject of roads, and it is well worth reading. It tells of Roman roads, French roads, and treats not only of road surfacing, but of road grading and foundations for roads. Send for it, it's free. Keep Roadsides Clean. Roadsides and fence rows free of weeds, rank grass and rubbish, are not only pleasing in*appearance, but injurious crop pests cannot start housekeeping in such places. Neither is there a chance for noxious weeds to mature er dangerous plant diseases to start on dean roadsides. Greatest Single Factor. The greatest single factor in nation al economics is transportation, and the greatest single factor in economical transportation is good roads. TORTOISE OUTLIVES THE HARfc i Rabbit May Get to Be Five Years of Age, but the Other May Reach Four Hundred. The ages of living things vary from 1 a moment to hundreds of years. The tortoise is said to take the prize among all land animals for length of years. This animal lives, under favor able conditions, 300 or 400 years. One died in London in 1906 which was said to he at least 350 years old. The crocodile, too, sometimes lives to bc 300. The tortoise has to give in to the whale, however, ?or the latter often lives to the age of five hundred. That is probably the oldest age reached by any creature which exists upon the earth today. The common little English sparrow lives longer than most of us imagine. Scientists tell us that some of them get to be forty years old. This is a ripe old age for so small a bird. The robin, which is much larger, lives only ten or twelve years. The eagle holds the record for age among the birds, lt may live to be 100. The elephant lives, on the average, about as long as the eagle. The old est age among our common domestic animals is reached by the horse, which often reaches 30 or more. This is practically the same as the age of lions and camels. The cow may live to be 25, the dog 15. the rabbit about five. Most of us know, however, of cases in which common beasts or birds have lived to much greater ages than are allotted them ordinarily. TO GUIDE TROOPS AT NIGHT ? Prismatic Compass ls Declared to Be of Great Value to Military Commanders. Leading troops across country by compass bearing with as much cer tainty by night as by day is made possible through the use of a pris matic compass just brought out in England. The name given this com pass is due to the prism fitted to one side of the frame, although this is not the most important feature of the in strument. The dial, which is made of mother-of-pearl, has a center coated with luminous paint, and in addition to this there are luminous patches on the lid by which the instrument is readily sighted at night. When a night march is to be undertaken the instrument is opened and exposed to the daylight for half an hour. This is sufficient to make the dial center and sighting patches luminous for from six to nine hours. In the latest form of the in strument this exposure to daylight ls unnecessary, owing to ?ie i10*? of luminous.-Popular Mechanics. Lazy, That's All. NewV.York women are lazy house keepers. All experiments with public markets, co-operative food stores and direct-from-farm-to-kitchen projects come sooner or later bang up against the fact that housewives hereabouts will not take the thriftiest means of getting food supplies. Every now and then municipal markets start off with a flourish. But in a short time it is found that they are doing mainly a wholesale business. The housewives they are supposed to benefit are buy ing their food from the corner store and paying the same old. prices, how ever high they go. New York women are too proud to take their baskets and go to market as do the women of Pittsburgh. Women in this city talk "high cost of living." It is the fashion to groan about it. But it is not the fashion to fall to and help reduce it. New York Times. Acid Pyrography. Artistic designs can be burned In wooden surfaces by the use of an acid solution formulated properly with equally as good results as are obtained with the pyrographic needle. : A 20 per cent solution of sulphuric acid should be mixed in an ordinary ink bottle, and the liquid tinted with red ink or other coloring matter, so that the acid line will be visible when it is applied. After the design has been printed or drawn on the wood surface a tai lor's iron should be rubbed carefully over lt until the desired shade is ob tained. The acid should be painted over the design with a small camel's* hair brush.-World's Advance. Sugar, Sir? Sugar was not known as an article of commerce among the Greeks, and lt is not; mentioned in the Bible, show ing that it was not known to the He brews. The sugar cane is believed to have ,?rown wild in India, and while no reference to sugar can be found to 300 A. D. there is no doubt that the Juice of the cane was in use long be fore that period. The art of the evapo ration of the juice to a solid substance is an Indian invention of about the seventh century, and was spread all over the then known world. The Arabs and Egyptians prepared candy at an early date by recrystallizing the sugar obtained from the pressed cane. His Unsatisfied Yearn. "I have long desired to be a sheriff and capture a blonde wood nymph who in form and trimmings resembled the Venus de Milo," confessed J. Fuller Gloom. "Two obstacles have prevented. I couldn't be elected sher iff if there was no other candidate in the race against me, and there are no blonde wood nymphs running loose anywhere except in tne imaginations ot the correspondents/'-Kansas City Star. SERIOUS DISEASE OF CA?ES Diphtheria Is Due to Specific mfetion and May Appear in Animals . Few Days Old. (By DR. M. H. REYNOLDS. Mindsota Experiment Station.) Calf diphtheria is due to a sncific infection, and is always a sericusmat ter. The trouble may appeardwith calves from three to five days old. Such calves refuse to drink mik or suck. They show more or les^ dis charge of saliva from the moui? and inflamed patches inside the lAputh. These patches gradually develop into alcers covered with a dead, grsiular, or cheesy mass, which does no! peel easily from the raw surface finder neath. There is considerable rise of temperature and an offensive? odor from the mouth. The trouble may easily extend to neighboring parts, to the lining membrane of the**nose, and then there appears a yellowish discharge. In some cases the lining membrane of the digestive tract is eimilarly affected and then there is tendency to diarrhea. Little pigs show similar symptoms. So far as now known the germ is a normal inhabitant of the intestines of healthy hogs and cattle and prob ably always virale ease is prevalent, course, scattered young animals are most seriously have been reported, six or eight months, I'L-.u ai JJ - nu vbjxrr hogs. The sores may be cleaned with two per cent creolin in warm water, and then treated with Lugol's solution, ap plied twice a day to the ulcers. Per manganate of potash may also be used, two ounces to each gallon of water; make up fresh each time, as the mixture cannot be kept from day to day. Either treatment should be given to valuable animals about twice a day for from four to six days. Frequent and thorough disinfection of calf pens and calf yards is one of the first essentials in management. DATA ON BREEDING FOR SEX Expert of Maine Experiment Station Gives Result of Investigations He Has Made. For ages untold the subject of the control of sex has been discussed and studied over, with very little progress except to discover that many theories do not work. At that, knowing what not to expect is a great deal. The most promising theory now relates to the influence on sex of the time of breeding. Of that Dr. Raymond Pearl of the Maine experiment station writes in a private letter which Hoard's Dairyman quotes: "My own investigations on the re lation of the time of service in the heat period itself, that is whether early or late, shows that it does have an effective Influence on the control of sex. We are collecting extensive statistics on the matter by means of co-operation with breeders all over the country and the more data we get, the more clear does lt become that in this matter, time bf service related to the heat period ls a sig nificant factor." FEED FOR MILK PRODUCTION Common Cows Frequently Capable of Returning Larger Yield Than That Secured by Feeders. (By T. L. HAECKER. Minnesota Ex periment Station.) Common cows are frequently capa ble of producing a much larger milk yield than the average feeder se cures from the average common cow. For ten years back we have always had a number of cows with no dairy heredity in the dairy herd at the uni versity farm. The average of 23 year ly records of these cows is 5,000 pounds of milk and 222 pounds of but* I ter. The value of 222 pounds of butter at 27 cents a pound is equal in round numbers to $60. The average com- ' mon cow of this state produces a re turn yearly of but $46. She is, there fore yielding $14 a year less than if given the same care and feed that the cows tn the university herd received. Lends Zest to Game. The maa who keeps accurate track ( of hia cows' production always has a i record to beat, and beating a former record lends zest to any game. Use Your Whole House this Winter DONT let cold weather lock you up in one room. A Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater will bring glowing warmth and cheer to every room of the house. With the Perfection Heater near, you can dress in comfort, clean in com fort, set the table in comfort, and live in^comfort generally. The Perfection gives 10 hours of glowing warmth on one gallon of oil Clean-quick- convenient Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtain best results in Oil Stoves, Lamps and Heaters. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D, C Norfolk. Ve. Richmond, Va. (New Jersey) BALTIMORE Look for the Tri angle Trademark. In many styles and sizes at hardware and general stores everywhere. Highttt awnrd Panama-PatiftZ Exposition ??F?OJV: * + + * * * + * + + * * f + + + * + * f * + "TxTTTTT'I'T'J1 T I I * I " Enlarging Our Stock + + + + * + We are constantly adding to our new stock of mer chandise, md extend an invitation to our friends in all parts of the connty to come and give us a trial. Our goods were bought very close, and we are making prices within reach of every purse. | When you need Dry Goods, Shoes and furnishings * of all kinds come to us before supplying your needs. $ We can save you money. x | Everything new and bought from the leading manu- J facturers and jobbers in the country. f An invitation is extended to you. J J. W. PEAK VOTAN TEA The Tea of Marked Distinctiveness A reason for it being handled by us exclusively Penn & Holstein FARM LOANSI Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted a* security WITHOUT ENDORSER or atlier COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. \ . JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga. ijjflit haw, Lathe and girl ie Milis. Engines, Batters, iif)|?lies and n-p;i;rs, forta ie, Stearn arid Gasoline Kn i.ips, Saw 'I eel h "Files, Belts nd Pipes. \V()()P SAWS nd SPLITTERS Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, WT FIRE I INSURANCE Go to see Harting & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Marling & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1915, to th*e 15th day of March, 1916. All taxes shall be due and payable betweei. the 15th day of October, 1915, and December 31st, 1915. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1915, the County Auditor shall proceed tn add a penalty of one per cent, for January, and if taxes are not paid un ur ueiuie r eo ruary 1st. 1916, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent., and five per cent, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, af ter which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1915 are as follows: For State purposes 7 Mills * Ordinary County 6 " Cons. School Tax 3 44 " Bacon School District ^nr W *. Edgefield School District " Long Cane S. D. 2f " Liberty Hill S. D. 3 " " Johnston S. D. 8 " " Collier's S. D. 3 " " Flat Rock S. D. 4 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 8 2 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 9 2 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 30 2 44 " Hibler Township 3 " " P. Branch S. D. 5 " " White Town S. D. 4 " " Trenton S. D. 5 " " Ward Township 2 " Moss Township 3 " " Parksville S. D. 4 *' " Modoc S. D. 2 " " Oak Grove 3 " 44 Red Hill S. D. 4 " " Antioch S. D. 2 44 " Shaw Township 4 44 41 Talbert Township 2 " "RR Bonds Wise T'sp 1 14 44 "RR Bonds Pickens 3 " "RR Bonds Johnston 3 " "RR t?onds Pine Grove 12 44 "RR Bonds Blocker(portion] 12 " "RR Bonds Elmwood 12 " "RR Bonds Elmwood " Pickens 3 " " Edgefield sch'l bldg. 2 " Town of Edgefield Corporation purposes 10 " All the male citizens between the? ages of 21 years and 60 years except those exempt by law are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capita tion tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on ali dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or wurk six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South Passenger train schedules, effec tive October 24, 1915. Trains arrive from No. Time 108 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am 130 Columbia, Trenton 9:40 am 110 Aiken, Augusta 3:o?pra 106 Columbia, Augusta 8:30 p m Trains depart for No. Time , 109 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 a m 129 Trenton. Augusta 9:4? a m 131 Aug-Columbia-Aiken 11:45 a m 107 Augusta, Columbia 7:30 p m Sch ev] ules published only as in formation and are not guaranteed. For further information apply to '"'J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent. Edgefield. S. C. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works ott the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. Sc.