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ROAD MAKING IS IMPORTANT Work Should Be Done in Late Spring or Summer to Get Well Settled Before Cold Weather. Road making is a matter of a lot of importance to the cit)' man and the farmer alike. Many thousands of dollars are expended annually in this work. Far too great a per cent of the work is done in the fall, sometimes running clear into the winter, for the good of the road and for the judicious expenditure of the money. The road that is made in the late spring or summer becomes well set tled and solid before the freeze of the winter season, and if properly taken care of is a good road all win ter. We have driven over a good Road Drag ls Essential in Putting Roads In Good Condition. many miles of roads during the last .winter, made in the late fall, that iwere all but impassable practically all winter. A new road made in the late fall can hardly help but be rough all .-winter. This kind of road means a lot more wear on the auto, a higher gasoline expense and a very much general wear on the car. It also ; means that the farmer cannot haul j nearly as heavy a load with his team I .and a quicker wearing out of the j "wagon. In the rural districts a lot of road work is done by voters working out rtheir poll tax. This work is gener ?ally done when they can best spare "the time, which is in the fall. If ithe men who do this work would : consult their best interests we be lieve they would arrange to do lt iin the summer, even if it were not so ; convenient and it cost them more. Road overseers who have this work jin charge can help in this line more than anyone else. If they will but try, .a lot of this work now done in the fall can be done when lt should be. This official should look more to good roads than to his own convenience.-Twen tieth Century Farmer. "GOOD ROADS DAY" WORKERS Governor of Pennsylvania and Others Contribute Their "Bit" to Improve ment of Highways. Governor Brumbaugh was one of the 150,000 Pennsylvanians who gave May 25 to the cause of better highways. The photograph shows him doing "his bit." Many womenfolks of the com munity gave their day's work to the improvement of the roads. Not only did the governor make the dirt fly Governor Brumbaugh Riding a Log Drag. .with his shovel, but he also drove a split-log drag, which is one of the most effective road machines yet con trived. Making Roads Better. Only 10 per cent of the estimated 2.300.000 miles of roadway in the United States can be classed as "im proved" according to the American Highway association. But road im provement is going forward in 10'iG laster than at uny previous time in the history of the countrj*.-Good rich Magazine. i Another Highway Link. A new connecting highway has been proposed leading from Savannah, Ga., to Seattle. Wash., crossing the Lincoln highway at Omaha. An invitation will shortly be extended to all the cities along the route to send delegates to a convention to be held in Omaha in February. Courtesy on the Road. Being courteous on the road does Dot cost anything, but it makes the trip much more pleasant for you, and the other fellow, too. The Cecil Manuscripts. There is a rare mine of interesting matter in the new volume of the pa pers In the possession of the Marquis of Salisbury, which has been pulv lished by the British Historical Manu script commission. Take, for exam ple, the petition of the Calvacanti to King Henry VIII for an extra duty on wool to be paid to them "to recom pense their past services to the crown, und to enable them the better to con tinue them." There is something that sounds very modern in the argument. "Complaints by Englishmen may be met by pointing out that they still pay loss than foreigners, and that the price of cloth will not be sensibly altered." Tho Calvacanti, however, seem to have hud their doubts wheth er the Englishmen would swallow that tale, for they go on to say that "In or der not to endanger the honest report that they believe they have in the kingdom, they pray that the grant be made not to them, but to others who will transfer it to them." The Calva canti wanted tho money for them selves and the trouble for other shoul ders.-Westminster Gazette. Party Names Explained. The American party names, "Repub lican" and "Democrat" seem to convey distinction without difference to the English mind. As with other party names, however, their significance may be extricated from their history. The original "Republicans" were actually the ancestors of the present Demo crats. Jefferson's party appropriated to themselves the name of "Republic ans," suggesting that the Federalists were anti-Republican. The Federal ists then nicknamed the Jefferson party "Democrats," and the hostile nickname, as with our own Whig and Tory, was eventually adopted with pride by the Jeffersonians themselves. Meanwhile the Federalists were long known as Whigs. The modern Repub lican party deliberately adopted its name when the various antislavery sections coalesced in Lincoln's time. London Chronicle. Biblical Diction Perfect The whole Bible is a revelation of perfection iu speech. The writings of Paul, for instance, can be taken as examples of perfect diction. The de scription of the shipwreck when he was making his way to Rome will stand for all time as the most thrilling narrative of a storm at sea. His ap peals to the members of the various congregations with whom he corre sponded may be accepted as the best writings we have upon teachings of the Nazarene. The poems or psalms of David, written hundreds of years prior to the time the New Testament was written, are still the choicest bits of sentiment and imagination that can be found, inspiring in their faith and beauty and enchanting in their elo quence. .._j --.^.-.g Plastering Without Laths. .Building in Naples and in the south ern part of Italy, generally, are of "tufa," a soft or porous stone. The walls are, as a mle, from one to four feef in thickness and are treated exter nally with stucco work. Strips and laths are not used for Interior work, but the wall to be plastered ls first thoroughly wet and the first coat of plaster is then applied, having nothing to ad here to except the tufa. Later the putty coat is applied. It is doubtful if there is an opportunity at present for the sale of expanded metal laths in the vicinity of Naples. Cement, however, for building purposes ls com ing gradually into use, the last figures available showing that in one year, 2, 392 tons were imported into Naples. Uses of Feldspar. ~* :' The feldspar quarries in the United States, with the exception of those in California, are restricted to nine of j the eastern seaboard states. Most of the feldspar mined in the eastern states ls of the potash or the soda va riety or a mixture of thc two, and these varieties are used in the pottery Industry because after being melted and cooled they form a glass. Feld spar of the lower grade is used as a binder in making emery and corundum ; wheels, in manufacturing opalescent glass, as a poultry grit, as a constitu ent of roofing material, and for sur facing concrete work. Small quanti ties of the purest grades of potash feldspar ure used in the manufacture of artificial teeth. Poverty a Stimulant. The stings of poverty are often the j Incentives that stir to action. A fellow will bestir himself mighty hard before ?he will starve. And if he has the right ; self-respect he will go the limit before I he will resort to charity. All over the j land there ure men looking for fellows with the right metal for big enter prises. When they see a fellow trying i to make good they usually see that he . gets the chance. In the hustle for ?bread and butter habits are formed ! that often lead to marked efficiency. Necessity often starts movements that ! result lu untold good. What ls com 1 pulsion at first often becomes privilege ? and pleasure later on. Easily Explainable. Some time ago a countryman went to the parish priest and told him that he ? had seen a ghost nt the wall near the i church gate. The clergyman onlj laughed at him and asked: "What shape was lt in?" "It was for all the , world like an ass, sir." "Go homo, my man," said the clergyman. "You must ; have been afraid of your own shadow ! : when you saw it on the wall." Story of Atlantis Island. Plato teils the story of the great Island of Atlantis and puts its exis tence 9,000 years before his time. His location of lt is about half way be tween the western projection of Africa and the Gulf of Mexico. Its civiliza tion was supposed to be very advanced and its powerful annies were snid to have penetrated Africa as far as Egypt The whole island, according to this legend, was engulfed by the sea in a day and a night. Another story says that a great earthquake destroyed the island. The legend was ascribed to Egyptian priests, and on some old Italian maps Atlantis is placed to the westward of the Azores. Among some tribes of South and Central America there is the legend of a vast cataclysm which' engulfed u great extent of land. Eminent scientists have found noth ing impossible in the existence at some time of a great Atlantic island, but the story of Atlantis is generally regarded as a myth. Need More Training. Tills Is what one college president says in an address: "With the mul tiplicity of subjects lt is only to be expected that some anxiety may be felt as to the results from present-day methods of teaching. I must confess there is some need for this sugges tion of anxiety. Perhaps the pendulum has swung too far, or we may have discovered tho correct scientific meth od of dealing with the subjects taught in the elementary school. I feel con vinced that training is not receiving Its fair share of attention. There was much wastage of time in the past, but tile old-fashioned grinding was not without its gaod points, one of which was the cultivation of the faculty of sticking to a task until it was known." -Princeton Review. Tin Can or Canteen? Popular etymology ls always more interesting than the learned explana tions of philologists. For Instance, take the barrack-room derivation of the word "canteen." It is no use try ing to convince Tommy Atkins that it comes frcm tue Italian "cantina," a small celiar. He has his own deriva tion, which he finds quite satisfactory. "Canteen" is simply "tin cnn" said backwards. To justify this theory he simply invites one to look around. Cer tainly tin enters largely into the uten sils and furnishing of the average can teen. The drinking vessels are tin, the counter is tin, and in many cases the tables also are covered with block tin. No wonder Tommy holds that the word has some connection with the metal that is so much in evidence. ^ Oldest Weather Reports. The oldest weather diary known to be in existence was kept by a Lincoln shire (Eng.) parson. William Elerie, close on 600 years ago. From iStr to 1344 he wrote it up, often day by day, in Latin, and his manuscript, being on vellum, v:as somehow preserved and is now in the Bodleian. Merle did not trouble himself with the popular lore about "skyey influences," but stuck to an accurate record of fact, in the spirit at least of the modern meteorologists. And from his jottings it seems that he had pretty much the same kind of weather to deni with as folks In bis parish of Frllby experience now. Con trary to theory, the changes of six cen turies have not reduced the number of wet days In the year. _tJ0gff^^f Nobility of Labor. It ls the mission of the United States In other lands to labor has been con sidered the lot of serfs and peasants; to gather the fruits and consume them In luxury and war, the business of the great Since the medieval times Eu ropean society has been organized on the basis of a nobility and a people, . . . Thus has been set on human industry and stigma of perpetual dis grace. Something of this has been transmitted to the new civilization In the West-a certain disposition to re new the old order of lord and laborer. Let the odious distinction perish; the true lord ls the laborer and the true laborer the lord.-John Clark Ridpath. No Joy In Invalidism. Larry hud caught a severe chill which necessitated medical attend ance. A milk diet was ordered "nothing but light food for a few days." At the end of the second day Larry refused "to he stharved to death iny longir wid thim sups o' milky stuff!" "Well, jewel, what can Ol do?" j asked his wife. "The dochtor soys | thet's fur the good o' yer hllth." "Ach, bad scran to him fur a naygur!" cried poor Larry. "What's the use o' bein' an invalid if Ol can't git something extry, let alone feedln' me loike a chile? Oi'll git up and go to wurrk in the marnin', and thin Oi'll hev to be fed loike a mau !"-Exchange. Dogs' Status Under the Law. "The very fact that they (dogs) are without the protection of the criminal laws shows that property In dogs Is of an imperfect or qualified nature and that they stand, as it were, between p ni mais ferae naturae, in which, until killed or subdued, there is no property, and domestic animals, In which the right of property is perfect and com plete. They are not considered as being upon the same plane with horses, cattle, sheep and other domesticated unimals, but rather in the category of cats, monkeys, parrots, singing birds and similar animals kept for pleasure, curiosity or caprice."-Brown. J., in tfentell vs. New Orleans, Etc., lt. Co.. 106 U\ S. 701. to ennoble toll and honor GUARD THE WATER SUPPLY Subject That ls of Immense Impor tance in Every Home in the Country. In thousands of farm homes it is now possible to find up-to-date water systems, providing both hot and cold water for the bathroom, the laundry, the kitchen sir.K. and various other parts of the house and barn. When a water system is once in stalled the farmer and his family usu ally wonder hov; they ever managed to get alcng without it before, and seldom regret the cost. Yet, in spite of the comparative ease with which the average farm home can be equipped with many of these conven 1:1 A Well Properly Protected From Sur face Water. Brick Laid in Cement and Backed Up With Puddled Clay Makes a Practically Impervious Cas ing. iences, how often do we find the coun try household still depending upon the distant spring, the open well, or at best the out-of-doors lift pump to supply the hundreds of tons of water required for each household every year? Inquiry usually develops the fact that the old methods are still retained for one or the other of the following reasons, namely: The cost of sewer systems is assumed to be prohibitive, or else the possibilities of fully uti lizing the existing "water supply have never been carefully explained and brought to the farmers' notice. A well can be protected from pollu tion by extending the tight casing or lining six or eight inches above the ground and covering with a water tight concrete curb having a slope away from the center in every direc tion. This cover should extend at least one foot beyond the edge of a dug well, and should never be less than seven feet in diameter for a driven well. A drain trough should, of course, be provided1 to catch ? the drip and convey it away to a safe dis Sand-Box Filter for Cistern. All Wa ter Entering the Cistern Must Pass Through the Filter. The Sand Can Easily Be Removed and Replaced With Clean Sand. , tance. An open drain passing around the well at a distance of four or five feet from this curb and leading off to the drip drain tile will help prevent the entrance of surface waters that wash down from a higher point. In many cases, however, the diffi culty is of a more serious nature. The stratification of the clay, gravel and rocks through which the well is sunk may be such as to cause percolating water from a nearby source of infec tion to be led directly into the well. In other instances the soil surround ing the well may become so thorough ly and so constantly saturated with polluted seepage waters that it will ? no longer perform its function as a i filter, and germ-laden waters are al-1 lowed to pass into the well. For these reasons the location of the well is of prime importance. Considered from the standpoint of convenience, the well should be locat ed as near the kitchen as possible. But whenever such location would in volve any danger of contamination due to surface drainage or to an inade quate kitchen sewerage disposal sys tem, a location on higher ground and above this source of contamination should be selected. Select a site where drainage and seepage from barnyards, stock pens and manure pits lead away from the well rosher than toward it. Gardens In Crowded Cities. Nothing brings the country more near to the city than a .garden. The vacant-lot gardens are good in congested places. But there are few who can have a vacant-lot garden compared to those who can have window boxes. Get ready to put up the wintlow boxes in the crowded sections and tims gladden thousands. ? Gay geraniums and graceful vines that trail their loaves over the sides of the box are the things to plant. The window-box garden should also contain saury geraniums, wide-eyed pe tunias and bright verbenas. The placing of window-box gardens in crowded city streets is one of the happiest ways of easing the lot of those who must live and work in the city all summer. A Cordial Invitation ?S? i 1 We extend a cordial invitation to our Edgefield friends to visit us in our handsome new home, where we will be delighted to serve them nam Wm. Schweigert & Co. 840 Broad St. The Jewelers Augusta, Ga. Bring Your Autos to US When your cars are in need of repairs bring them to our shop, where they will receive the atten tion of expert machinist at reasonable prices. All work done with dispatch and only the best of material is used. Edgefield Auto Repair Shop . J. T. MIMS, Jr., Proprietor ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta,Ga, YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. I Base Ball EXCURSION TO COLUMBIA, S. C. Labor Day Monday, September 4, 1916 AUGUSTA vs. COLUMBIA (South Atlantic League) FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP $1.05 TBETTON.TC. $105 Southern Railway ~ . 1 m . Will leave Trenton 9:50 A. M. I PSI in returning leave Columbia opeuiai xi am atihoop. M. For information and tickets apply J. A- TOWXSFND, FRED. R, Mc MILLAN, Ticket Agu Edgetield, S. C. District Passenger Agent, Augusta, Georgia. ? I