Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 20, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
FEASIBLE WIDTH OF ROADS
First Deputy Highway Commissioner
of New York Tells of Troubles
Encountered by Him.
Most of the roads built In New York
by the state are 16 feet wide. When
money was voted for the highway sys
tem it was on the basis of approxi
mately $13,000 per mile. This was in
.1912, and $13,000 was a low figure
even for that date. Under present
conditions It is obviously impossible
to complete the system as planned
?ben, and extra width is a serious ex
^^r'rpense. H. Eltinge Breed, first deputy
'highway commissioner of New York,
recently stated that only by the strict
est economy, by substituting different
-..jjasse&af p&^i?ieiit-Siikin- certain Un
its of cost, and by using federal aid,
will it be practicable to have all the
Important roads brought together into
a good highway system. It would be
far better, he says, if there were suffi
cient funds to build them 18 feet wide
for two lines of traffic and 24 feet for
three lines. The use of motor ve
hicles is steadily increasing and they
are being constructed wider. Hence
they require pavements where vehicles
at least 90 inches wide can pass one
another comfortably and frequently.
Eighteen feet is probably the narrow
est width that permits this, according
to Mr. Breed. Especially ls this true,
he says, in the case of concrete roads,
because the transition from the hard
concrete surface to the earth shoulder
and back again becomes really danger
ous in some soils on account of the
rut that traffic usually wears along the
joining line.
MILEAGE OF CONCRETE ROADS
There Were 19,000,000 Square Yards
of lt in 1914 and Only 364,000
Yarr?? In 1909.
The mileage of concrete pavements
in the United States has increased rap
idly, and it is likely to continue to in
crease. There were 19,000.000 square
yards of lt in 1914 and only 364,000
square yards in 1909. The principal
advantages of concrete pavements are
said to be durability under ordinary
'--"lc conditions; a smooth, even sur
; absence of dust; comparatively
tl cost of maintenance until re
oncrete Road In New York.
i are necessary; availability as
for another type of surface if
)!e; attractive appearance.
durability of concrete roads has
been fully proved because there
oid pavements in existence. The
on of those which have under
eyeral years' service indicates
ear well.
disadvantages of concrete as a
xface are its noise under horse
the wearing of the necessary
n the pavement, and the ten
:o crack, with its consequent
eteriorntlon ; the difficulty of
when these become necessary.
TT0R VACUUM CLEANER
uniclpal Development Makes
pearance in Los Angeles
Method Is Practical.
itest municipal development to
^^arance in the western
y Oun^T ls thcmQior Vacuum
?Ji?nlng apparatus, which has
opted by the city of Los An
al., says Power Wagon. For
this newest of street cleaning
had been under discussion,
as not until a short time ago
?vas really put into practice,
s new cleaning method Is en
.actical has been proved by
actual demonstration.
.Walking Crane Needed.
?y places the method of mak
?ood roads" is to plow them
e center and decorate the
with sod. This provides n
rhlch can be traveled only by
walking crane.
owth of Good Roads.
provement of public roads in
.d States ls now very rapid,
e an enormous amount of
sins to be done, the highway
ho longer a reproach to the
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By George Elmer Cobb
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(Copyright, 1917, by W. G. Chapman.)
"Crack I"
There was a flash at the open win
dow, a sharp, snappy report, and the
man who was lurking in the shadow
of a high lilac bush turned and ran
like a whitehead.
"Oh, uncle!" exclaimed Netta Deane,
springing to her feet and seizing and
drawing back the trembling old hand
that held a smoking revolver.
"I didn't hit him, whoever he was,"
annonncfd Gideon Deane, "I just
scared him. Prowlers-burglars? Why,
they stole our new bucksaw last week,
and as you know some of. the washing
of Mr. Rodney and his children disap
peared from the line last night."
"It mufit be those tramps," suggested
Netta. Then, restless and disturbed by
the exciting episode of the moment,
she passed from the room out of the
house and walked around the garden.
Just at the edge of the big lilac bush
Netta stooped to pick up a handker
chief. It was of large size, clean and
folded except where one edge hnd been
crushed into the yielding loam by a
human foot. Doubtless the lurker had
dropped it in .his flight Netta opened
It and held it in the focus of the lamp
light that streamed through the open
window.
She uttered a sudden but half-sup
pressed cry. Her ince paled and her
lips quivered. In one corner of the
handkerchief two intials were Inter
woven: "L. D." And well she knew
they stood for Leslie Dayton, and
surer still, for her own busy hands had
six months previous embroidered those
Initials on half-a-dozen handkerchiefs
presented to Leslie Dayton on his
twenty-second birthday.
Her breath came fast, she thought
rapidly. The sequence to her discov
ery was patent. Leslie Dayton was
the prowler who had escaped the
marksmanship of her suspicious-mind
ed, excitable uncle.
Then the tears rushed to her eyes.
In retrospection she went over the
weary months since Dayton had gone
There Was a Flash at the Open
Window.
to the city to seek his fortune. No
word of love had passed between them,
but they had mutually shared a com
panionship that had made of half a
dozen brief weeks in their lives a
period of delight for both.
"I expect to make something of my
self in the city," Leslie had told Netta
at parting. "I expect to return at the
end of ti year. I hope you will think
of me once in a while," and an earnest
glance ia return for his own made him
believe that he would be welcome on
his return.
In his heart was the full ardor of
love. To his Hps there almost came
the words that Netta would have been
glad to hear. They were repressed,
however. Netta lived wretchedly with
her old uncle, who was poor. Netta
had many suitors. Dayton had noth
ing but his hopes. He was In no po
sition to marry. He det?i.m?ned to
make-Tils way in the world. Then he
would return and ask Netta to become
his wife, able also to care for the help
less relative whom Netta would not
desert.
And now he had come back-alas!
what a sad return of the wanderer,
for he had brought with him neither
money nor promise, nor prospect for
the future. He had Invested the few
hundred dollars he had In a little busi
ness with a partner who had not only
robbed him, but had defrauded their
creditors. Then he had decamped,
leaving Dayton to bear the burden of
the hour, accused of fraud, almost
threatened with prosecution, a pauper.
After that there was no place for
him amid the sneers and suspicions
of the community that ruthlessly de
graded an innocent man. Like a thief
in the night Leslie stole back to the
little town that held the only woman
he loved. He met an old friend secret
ly, who fed his half-famished soul with
news of Netta. The Deanes were as
poor as ever. Netta was the sole sup
port of the house. An invalid, a wid
ower, Mr. Rodney, with two little cnn?
dren, had become boarders at the
Deane home and Netta was working
harder than ever.
Then came the Impulse to Dayton to
see Netta once more, If only a distant
glimpse, and then to go away to-some
remote place where he was not known
and forget her If he could. And now
he was speeding away like a hunted
fugitive. He quickly left the town and
bade farewell to all hopes of ever see
ing Netta again.
A month later, in a home newspaper
which he happened to run across, Day
ton read an Item which told that Miss
Netta Deane was married to Mr. James
Rodney, the Invalid guest of the Deane
home.1 With only a shattered romance
and bitter memories of his blighted
business career, Dayton roved here
and there for a year and finally set
tled down on an Island off the coast of
Maine, having charge of a salting
plant
His one pleasure when off duty was
to row along the shore, feeling alone
and rested to be away from the city
rush and men. Two years passed by.
He had saved np some money. At
times a powerful Impulse Influenced
him to go back to his former village
home and see his old-time friends, but
the thought that Netta was surely lost
to him stood always in the way of
carrying out that plan.
There was a summer resort a few
miles down the shore from the saltery.
One blustery afternoon Dayton was
walking down the shore near to the
great beach hotel, when he halted as
he noticed quite In the distance a wom
an rushing In his direction, her man
ner evidencing the most Intense ex
citement and distress. Her eyes were
fixed seawards. A glance thitherward
apprised Dayton of the source of her
perturbation. A frail shore boat was
drifting beyond the great breakers and
Inside of it, clinging to the rail, were
two little children.
Apparently they had been playing In
the boat inside the beach breakwater
and the craft had floated away with
them. Momentarily the furious waves
were driving them further and further
out to sea. In an instant Dayton tore
oil his coat and plunged Into the surf.
A wild, frenzied scream rang from
the lips of the running woman as the
boat gave a swing, turned over and its
two helpless occupants were flung Into
the boiling surf. A superb swimmer,
although battling tremendous difficul
ties, Dayton reached first one and then
the other of the imperiled children. He
struck out for shore, one clinging
about his neck as he directed, the
other, quite insensible, sustained on
one arm.
He waB well-nigh exhausted as he
staggered up the beach. His eyes half
blinded with the salt sea water did ?ot
clearly make out the frantic woman,
who rushed toward the two little girls
and took the one overcome cherlshlng
ly in her arms. Totally collapsed.
Dayton took, to a sand hummock, al!
but insensible of his surroundings for
the moment. People came rushing
down the beach and there wac an up
roar and turmoil. The lady and the
children were whisked away in an au
tomobile. The proprietor of the hotel
assisted Dayton to his feet.
"You'll come with me and get off
those wet togs," he declared authori
tatively. "Mr. Dayton, you are a brave,
genuine mani Outside of saving two
little children, you have saved the
reputation of my pl?ce here."
Dayton was too weak and unnerved
to resist the kindly Interventions of
his grateful host. His rehabilitation
was solicitously looked to. He was
provided with dry apparel, lt was or
dered that an auto should take him
back home and he was leaving the
hotel, when Its proprietor came rush
ing after him.
"You-you!" fluttered a vibrating
voice, as Dayton was ushered into an
apartment where stood the lady of the
sands, and he stared in wonder at his
old love. "Oh !" she cried, taking both
his hands in her own, "where have you
been these long many months?"
"Hiding myself, I fancy," rejoined
Dayton, with a hard bitter laugh.
"And I-I have found you!" cried
Netta.
"Your children are safe," began Day
ton.
"Not my children, but dear to me as
If they were," said Netta. "I married
Mr. Rodney one hour before his death,
because he implored me to be a mother
to the dear little ones. He left me
quite a fortune and uncle was thus
made comfortable until he passed
away. And now-"
And now they had met, and her eyes
clearly showed the earnest, longing
love of the years, and within an hour
those two were reunited, heart and
soul.
When Julia Ward Howe died me
morial services in her honor were held
at San Francisco, and the local liter
ary colony attended practically en
masse to pay by their presence a
tribute to the writer.
A municipal officer was asked to pre
side. Dressed in his long frock coat
and his broad white tie, he advanced
to the' edge of the platform to launch
the exercises and introduce the prin
cipal eulogist. He bowed low and
spoke as follows:
"Your attendance here, ladles and
gents, In such great numbers shows
San Francisco's appreciation of good
literature. This meeting ls a great tes
timonial to the Immortal author of
Uncle Tom's cabin-the late Julia
Ward Howard !"-Saturday Evening
Post.
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The following dish ls a good one
for a hot dish, as a large numher may
be served at slight
cost.
Hot Chicken
Sandwich. - Cook
the chicken until
very tender In
plenty of water,
which will be used
in making the
gravy. Cool and
remove th^i^t from the- bones and
cut lt int?^5^*!ath the scissors. Put
the skin and giblets, omitting the liver,
through the meat chopper and mix the
chicken with enough stock to make the
mixture moist; season well with salt
and pepper. Thicken the remaining
stock with one and a half tablespoon
fuis of flour mixed with cold water,
using this amount for every cupful of
stock. Let it boil and season well
When serving, allow two slices o?
bread cut thin; place one slice on a
hot plate, spread a spoonful of thc
chicken mixture over it and cover with
a second slice, then dip a ladle of
gravy over it. Serve with a generous
portion of well-cooked rice or mashed
potatoes. One chicken cooked and
served in this manner will serve 15
people.
Boiled Russian Dressing.-Toke two
thirds of a cupful of any kind of
boiled salad dressing, four tablespoon
fuls of strained chili sauce, two table
spoonfuls of diced pimentos, a half
tablespoonful of chives cut in half-inch
lengths, and a tablespoonful of tarra
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and chill well; then serve on lettuce.
Egg Dish.-Melt a tablespoonful of
butter in a baking dish, cover with
crumbs and pour over a half a can of
mock turtle soup diluted with a third
of a cupful of hot water. Break five
eggs very carefully over the top.
Sprinkle with half a teaspoonful of
salt, an eighth of a teaspoonful of pep
per and a third of a teaspoonful of
curry powder well mixed. Dot with
bits of butter and bake from 12 to 15
minutes.
Green Pea Omelet-A few left-over
green peas may be stirred into an
omelet just before putting to cook and
served with a circle of them around
the platter.
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