Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 30, 1916, Page SIX, Image 7
GOOD ROADS WORK WONDERS
improved Highways Give Farmer
Chance to Reach Markets-Bad
Roads Decrease Efficiency.
I The railways and interurbans have
and are having much to do with the
^development of this state. The evi
dence of their splendid work ls seen
on every hand. They have contributed
to the building of towns, the develop
ment of rural communities and have
made It possible for great industrial
ventures to succeed. But they, while
working wonders for the common
wealth, cannot reach every household
as the highways do. The highway
Teaches the isolated man, which the
railway but incidentally touches, and
it means to this man or the community
lu which he lives whether the highway
is of such a nature as to enable him
to carry on his relations at the least
expense and comfort. If the roads are
bad he is hampered and loses much,
(not only from tue value of his prod
j nets which must be hauled to market,
but he pays tribute in the weer and
tear of his harness, vehicles and in
jury to animal^ Hjy?? jnaMity to reach
'^hurcRes: 'abd schcols~~easily reduces
his ability to make the most useful
citizen^ ?ajso?????-'
If he has good roads he reverses
^thls and stands out with greater pos
sibilities along all lines of endeavor
in which he engages. - Greenville
(Tex.) Ba'nner. X?^^~7#"V^~
GOOD-ROADS FEVER IN SOUTH
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Taking Hold Everywhere and Differ
ent Counties Busily Engaged in
Making Improvements.
! It Is a gratifying thing to note how
the good-roads fever is taking hold
nearly everywhere in the South. Hard
ily a county there that is not busily
engaged in improving its highways.
Many sections are finding, too, that
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Cut Through Mine Hole Gap in Ashe
ville-Charlotte Highway.
road-building is by no means the big
and expensive job it was once thought.
In a great deal of the sandy Coastal
Plain country, from Virginia to Texas,
nature has often mixed sand and clay
In about the rigid proportions to make
a good hard road, and nil that is nec
essary is to keep the road well graded
by means of scrapes and drags.-Tho
Progressive Farmer.
DUST IS A DECIDED NUISANCE
In Many Cases Windows Have to Be
Kept Closed Tight-Use Split
Log Drag After Rains.
CBy W. C. PALMER, /pricultura! Editor.
North Dakota Agricultural College.)
When dry weather comes the dust
?from the road becomes u great nui
sance to tlie housewife who lives near
the road. In many cases windows
have to be kept closed tight to lessen
the amount of dust that seeps in. The
most effective way of reducing tho
dust nuisance ls the use of a split-log
drag on the road after every rain.
The road dust comes largely from the
grinding up of the turned-up edges of
ruts made by wheels und horses' hoofs.
These cannot form unless water can
stand on the roadbed and water can
,not stand on the roadbed If it is kept
well crowned and well packed as it
.will be if the road drag is used regu
larly. Dragging the roads will mean
!a good deal to the housewife, as well
.as to travelers and those who have to
iGOOD CURE FOR SCALY LEGS
-Good Plan to Anoint Legs of Young
Chicks Even if They Do Not
Show Signs of Disease.
Lard and kerosene is an excellent
.'cure for scaly leg and it is a good
?plan to anoint the legs of the early
youngsters at this time even if they
!do not show any signs of the disease.
{"An ounce of prevention ls worth a
jgound of cure."_
Personality.
What a widespread and far-reaching
effect personality has in the affairs of
men. We hear it given as wide a
range of definition as there are kinds
of people. An agreeable personality
and vice versa : a personality that is
stupid or intelligent ; gracious or churl
ish ; overbearing or yielding ; self-willed
and oblivious of the rights of others
or tolerant and reasonable; selfish or
unselfish; conceited m modest;
thoughtful or unthinking; these and
many others are samples of a vast va
riety of habits of mind and manner
from which every person may choose
as they desire. But every person
should remember that their personal
bearing toward their fellows has a
vast deal to do with their success in
life. We rise or fall very often ac
cording to tlie estimate given to our
personality by those about us. What
is called "tact," which is but an abbre
viation of the word contact, is the out
come of our personality. We mold
and shape our personality very much
by the amount of contact we have with
our fellow beings.-Jefferson County
Union.
Force of Rain in the Desert
The following description of rain on
the desert ls given by a writer in Farm
and Fireside: "In desert lands when
lt does rain," he says, **lt may come
with much more force than anywhere
else. In less than no time the whole
mountain side was a sheet of water run
ning swiftly down. Soon a great tor
rent began to pour under the rock
where we were tating shelter, under
mining it and threatening to throw lt
down. We emerged from there and
made a hurried run to another hiding
place, more secure. Then came hail,
and hailstones fell in such fury and of
such incredible size that I thought they
would kill old Barney, who _stood ?x
poS?o to their fearful peltingst In a
little while the storm had passed away
and the water soon ceased to come
down~the steep mountainside, and we
went on our way, leading our horse."
Fort Guards America's Cradle.
In no territory of like extent In the
United States is more historical In
terest gathered than in that which
borders Hampton Roads. Here was
planted the first English colony in
America; here was held the first
gathering of the people's representa
tives to make their own laws; here
were erected the first fortifications
in the English-speaking New World;
here were fought the land battle that
terminated America's war of independ
ence and the naval battle that revolu
tionized the warfare of the sea. The
first fortifications where Fort Monroe
now stands were built 305 years ago,
in 1611. Since that time, with short*
lapses, there has been some sort of a
fortification always guarding the en
trance to Chesapeake bay.
Only Two Left
Lord Chief Justice Holt when young,
was very extravagant and belonged to
a club of wild fellows, most of whom
took to an infamous course of life.
When his lordship was engaged on a
certain occasion at the Ofd Bailey, a
man was tried and convicted of a rob
ber}' on the highway, whom the judge
remembered to have been one of his
old companions. Moved by that enri
oslty which is natural on a retrospec
tion of past life, and thinking the fel
low did not know him. Justice Holt
asked what hud become of such and
such of his old associates. The cul
prit, making a low bow, and fetching
a deep sigh, said, "Ah, my lord, they
are all hanged but your lordship and
L"-Case and Comment
Do Poultry Feel the Cosmic Urge?
All animals, hens included, bave pe
culiarities, arni to obtain thc best re
sults in working with them we must
take this fact into consideration. Not
only is it true that each class of ani
mals has its peculiarities, but indi'
viduals in the same class have their
distinctive traits. To illustrate this,
take for example two horses. One is
a heavy work horse, and when you
speak to him it is quite u while before
he obeys. Yet he may be us willing
and obedient as the other horse which
is of driving stock and quick In its
thoughts and actions. In fact, it is
wrong to both to drive such horses to
jgether.-Farm and Fireside.
Those Chinese Junks.
The Chinese junk is to most western
eyes a curious, not to say outlandish,
type of vessel. Yet a nautical author
ity, in picturing and describing a fa
mous craft of this kind which visited
Europe and America as long ago as
1S4S, says that she proved.herself an
excellent sea l>ont with powers of
weathering a storm equal, if not su
perior, to vessels of western build.
This junk, the Keying, is also declared
to have made a run "equal to the time
of the best packet ships of the period."
Information of this kind about foreign
methods ls often truly educative to
Americans inclined to be boastfuL-.
The Outlook. - -.? .;;Tw^ r,. j
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Last Word In Realism.
One Sunday evening the pastor Of a
rural church selected Hades as the
text of his discourse. As he expound
ed and applied the subject an absent
minded man In the congregation, toy
ing with a well-filled match safe in his
pocket ignited the contents. The sul
phur fumes reached a pious woman in
the seat just ahead. "It is wonderful,
Mary," she whispered to her compon
ion "simply wonderful ! I have heard
Brother White preach many a sermon,
bat none so realistic as this."
TO EXTEND USE OF PARKS
Minneapolis Has Been Considering
Suggestions for Improving Recrea
tion System.
Minneapolis has boen studying sug
gestions for extending the use of
parks. The subject was embodied in
a report by F. S. Staley of the bureau
of municipal research of the Civic and
Commerce association.
"The conspicuous flaw," says the re
port, "in the present recreation sys
tem ls the inadequate provision for
active play of men and women more
than 20 years old. Children will come
to the playgrounds almost without In
vitation. It is more difficult to reach
adults, yet they need the outdoor life
quite as much as the children. The
park is a more logical center than
the school and park buildings can be
readily adapted to such purposes.
"The park board should increase its
efforts to make the parks real competi
tors for the saloon, the commercial
dance hall and the movies. This will
Involve obtaining park areas adjacent
to the thickly populated districts, a
policy to which the board is al
ready committed." .
The survey also urges a park to
care for the floating population.
"Thousands of men temporarily out
of work," it reads, "spend their time
in the saloons and cheap lodging
houses, where they are perm i t
ted to sit down. This privilege is
denied them in Gateway park. Both
from the health and police standpoint
they are better off outdoors than in
cheap houses open to them."
Everyone who has visited Minne
apolis will remember beautiful Lake
Harriet and its park. It is surprising
then to see that this report advocates
publicity to advertise parks to the peo
ple of the city.-Kansas City Star.
PLANT TREES ON HIGHWAYS
They Make Travel a Delight and In
crease the Value of the Ad
joining Property.
Perhaps the idea of trees of one va
riety is a good ona But why not a
variety of varieties? Also, why shade
trees alone, if these be understood to
eliminate all consideration of peach,
apple, pear and the remainder of the
57 or moro of precious memory? No
man who has been a boy in rural life
can see other than wisdom in the sug
gestion. As for willful rapine, what
boy ever stole from the tree that hung
its fruit invitingly over the ancient
worm fence?
Here is un opportunity for the pres
ent generation of farmers everywhere
to do a bit of missionary work that
Will cause the coming race to rise up
and call them blessed. They them
selves will live to enjoy the sweet
shadows of the trees. Every motor
ist will find fresh delight in the drives
along the bosky roads. The value of
the farm lands adjoining will be en
hanced fur beyond the cost of the ex
perimtyit. If the shadow of a rock
in a weary land moved the ancient des
ert prophet to a metaphor adequate to
explaining the solaces of his life's
lean journey, how much more high
ways, glistening white between an in
closing vignette of green would serve
to illustrate the delights of a far
better country !
Profit in Paint.
If paint didn't do anything, but
make the family feel more cheerful
and give them more ?trido and self
respect, it would really be worth ail
It costs; but in this day of high-priced
lumber and building material, paint
really pays two profits-pays one
profit in beauty and a second profit
in lumber and dollars saved. Back in
the day when the South was full of
magnificent timider and we didn't
think of trees at ull except as some
thing mightily in the way when we
wanted to clear a "new ground," back
In those days a man might have lived
In an unpainted house and consoled
himself that he wasn't losing much
except cheer and beauty. But that
day has passed. It's true that paint
ing now pays its way besides adding
beauty. In other words, yon can get
the fun and satisfaction and good
cheer that come from living in a house
that's painted-you get ?ll this "free
gratis" tis a sort of surplus by-product
of the good common sense business
deal that you make when you have
your house protected by paint.-Pro
gressive Fanner.
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y Value of a Clean City.
When a stranger visits a city the
lasting impression which he carries
away with him is usually his first im
pression. If the city is neat and at
tractive his first thought about it is
apt to be enthusiastically favorable;
if the city is unkempt and ugly he is
.glad to leave It, never to return. He
is far more likely to come and settle
down in an attractive city than he is
in an unattractive one, and the-citi
zens take an interest In and are proud
of their dry Just in proportion to its
attractiveness. It is the duty of our
dty to be attractive.-From the recent
report ot the dty plan commission ot
Newark, N. J. __
FIRST ATTENTION TO CHICKS
Keep Them Quiet and Warm Until
Thirty-Six Hours Old-Then Give
Sand and Water.
Many young chicks are breaking
their way into the wo~ld and will need
our attention if they are to grow and
bring a profit. Do not be in a hurry
to feed them, but keep them quiet and
wann until thirty-six to forty-eight
hours old. Then give some fine sand
or grit, and water.
After this, feed some hard-boiled
eggs, dry bread or cracker crumbs, oat
meal or prepared chick food. Feed a
little at a time, and often until a
month old, when four times a day will
be sufficient. After three months,
feed three times a day until grown.
Finely ground feed should be given
until they are about a month old,
when a gradual change can be made
to fine cracked grains, which may be
fed until they are about two months
of age. Then another gradual change
can be made to cracked corn and
whole small grains.
GOOD FIRST FEED FOR CHICK
Roiled Oats Are Very Nutritious and
Relished by Young Fowls Just
Out of Shell.
A good first feed for little chickens
is to throw a limited amount of rolled
oats on the floor, only the amount that
the chicks will clean up in about one
hour. Rolled oats are very nutritious
and relished by the chicks and are ex
cellent as a first feed. However, their
continued use is not advisable. Hard
boiled eggs, ground in a food chopper
and mixed with dry bread crumbs
may also be successfully used as a
first feed. .,. M .
FIRE-LIFE
INSURANCE
See me before insuring else
where. I represent the Epuita
ble Fire Insurance Company of
Charleston and the Southern
Stock Fire Insurance Company
of Greensboro, N. C. I also rep
resent the Life Insurance Com
pany of Virginia.
J. T. Harling
At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield
I Colds
should be "nipped loathe
bud", for if allowed to run
unchecked, serious results
may follow. Numerous
cases of consumption, pneu
monia, and other fatal dis
eases, can be traced back to
a cold. At the first sign of a
cold, protect yourself by
thoroughly cleansing your
system with a few doses of
THEDFORB'S
BLACK
DR GHT
the old reliable, vegetable
liver powder.
Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o<
Madison Heights, Va., says:
"I have been using Thed
ford's Black-Draught for
stomach troubles, indiges
tion, and colds, and find it to
be the very best medicine 1
ever used. It makes an old
man feel like a young one."
Insist on Thediord's, the
original and genuine. E
Light Saw, Lathe and Shin
gle Mills, Engines. Boilers,
Supplies and Repairs, Porta
ble, Steam and Gasoline En
gines. Saw Teeth, Files. Belts
and Pipes, WOOD SAWS
and SPLITTERS.
GINS and PRESS REPAIRS
Try LOMBARD
AUGUSTA. GA.
DR J-S. BYRD,
Dental Surgeon
OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE
Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3.
THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C.
Capital and Surplus Profits.$120,000.00
Total Assets Over. $400,000.00
STATE, OUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY
Does a General Banking Business. Offers its Services to You as a Safe
Guardian and Depository for Your Money.
Invest in One of Our Certificates of Deposits Bearing Interest.
It is a better investment for you than a mortgage of real estate.
You do not have to consult an attorney about titles. It does not shrink
in value like lands and houses. You do not have to insure against fire.
Finally you do not have to employ an attorney to foreclose to get your
money. You can get your interest and principal the day it falls due.
Safety is the First Consideration in Placing Your Earnings.
F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas.
FARMERS, MERCHANTS, BUILDERS,
If you are going to build, remodel or repair,
we invite your inquiries.
COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY.
We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds
stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures,
pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber,
lath, pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling
and siding.
Distributing agents for Flintkote roofing
Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane.
Woodard Lumber Co.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Corner Roberts and Dugas Streets,
Our Motto: ffiffi
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Crystal . Spring . Water
Nature' Health-Giving Water
Unexcelled for Indigestion, Stomach and Kidney
Trouble. Highly Recommended by
Prominent Physicians.
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A Trial Bottle Will Convince You of Its Merits.
Crystal Spring Water Co.
AT F. G. MERTINS
8.54 Broad Street Augusta. Ga.
Phone 101
Ready for 1916
Season
I have had my entire ginnery thoroughly overhauled
and am ready to serve the people, giving entire satis
tion in quantity and quality of lint.
I pay the highest market price for seed, and give my
personal attention to my ginnery and seed business.
R. T. HILL
Prudential Rates:
A<re
18-20
22
25
30
35
40
50
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65
Whole
Life
814.83
15.4-1)
10.01
18.91
21.00
25.85
38.83
03.08
83.86
15
Payment
Life
$27.08
2 7.1? 7
29.43
32.26
35.70
39.91
51.91
72.00
89.33
Reduced
Disability clause free,
oj annual dividends.
E. J. NORRIS, Agt.
To Prevent Blood Poisoning
apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR.
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur
gical dressing: that relieves pain^and heals at
the sam? time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. $1.00.
KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS
The Pills That Do Cure.
FOR SALEi
My shop, lot, shop tools, mate
rial and machinery (except Gri t mill
and engine). Also, my home on
Columbia street. Reason for sell
ing change of business.
Apply to
W. H. POWELL.
8-9-tf.
A. H. Corley,
Surgeon Dentist
Appointments at Trenton
On Wednesdays.
How To Give Quinine To Children.'
FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an
Improved Quinine. Il is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nnuseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the bead. Try
lt the next time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
name FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents.