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JdtL LEDGER. fil Tli-irlow S. Carter, ? ~ ???????- w EDITOR AND MANAGER. jh w SATl'KDAY, Al'CSV ST 12, 1809. 01 |> | For The Ledger. * K() AI) A N D STREFT M AKING , a The Sand-and-Olay Method Sub- e nutted for the Consideration of Our Town and County tl Authorities. ti h Some time ago The Columbia n State said that roads made of n sand and clay were as good if not t bettor than macadam, and that a n practical demonstration of this s method of road making was to be I: had near Columbia. The Chester s Lantern asked for further lacts? s as to cost, width of road, method t of construction, and so on?to v which The St do replied as follows: '1 "The estimate of cost seems | wry low, l>ut it was given to a s representative of The State by s competent authority, a gentleman . under whose direction many miles of these roads have been built ^ this year The roads vary sonio- & what as in width,but are nowhere, s we believe, less than 20 feet wide. -* -* * t "Speaking roughly, the method of construction is as follows: The roadbed is invariably so arched c that the drainage is made perfect, 9 and the sides are thoroughly ditched; for it is fatal to a road s of this character to permit water to settle in it and be churned by . hoofs and wheels into mud. If the roadbed is already of clay, b sand is spread upon it and I thoroughly rolled in until the l< composition is stiff, gritty and n smooth. If, on the other hand, the road bed is heavy with sand, ^ the looser sand is removed and | from six to eight inches of clay 1 are spread upon the track and o rolled: and then sand is freely spr in k ieu on t lie id ay and thoroughly rolled in. In doing work < n tin -e different el asses the state of the weather and the road is con. ii sidered, for there are times when t by reason of extreme moisture or p dryness it is inexpedient to at tempt perfecting the roadbed. For detailed information on this ' and other points the county supervisor of Richland should he con- a suited, or, better still, the pro- a cOcc Iaa llfife/inoll If u4 VV? U PIIUUIM I7U |/VI OtU'lICU. ? "The systematic improvement of our roads on this plan was hegun, wo think, some time lust fall or winter. * * * Within one year from the start upwards of 35 miles of roads will have been converted into really admirable highways which a little attention will afterwards maintain in their present condition. This has been the work of two small convict gangs intelligently directed, and outfits of mules, dump carts, scrapers and a road roller. Next year the im provement of these roads will he carried to points 10 or 12 miles from Columbia, and at the same rate of progress two years more will take the good roads to the county limits. "As for the (jualitv of tlio roads thus improved, we mav sav that thev are sis smooth and pin.- nit for riding and driving as the best laid maeadam in Columbia. Wo have cycled live miles out arid back on the Winnshnm' and Camden roads without disMonut in<*?finding tho road hod (HHightful. The wheel spins swiftly and easily now over sandhills where the sand used to lie nearly a foot deep and the land on either side of the road is still furrowed with tho tracks of vehicles that '44ook to the woods" in the f ffort to discover an easier passage? for over the desert of sand is now laid a broad track of clay, hard, dry and smooth. Tho ability of those well-drained composite roads to withstand tho inlluoneo of bad woathor was demonstrated last, sprin when, aftor weeks of rain, the r^ads we have here referred to were found wholly unimpaired. Of course they will need care to keop them in porfect condition, but we should think that, once well constructed, they could he kept in good repair by one team to every ten or I 1/ Fteen miles. I "We formerly advocated ma- i ulam roads for this county and i tate, but after comparing them l ith the sand clay roadsonr verdict ? unhesitatingly for the hitter, ^ hich ate far cheaper, as well as asier and less expensive to re- ' air and while in repair just as ood for modoratc traffic. * * *" ' |l All of which is submitted for j^ 110 consideration of the County I. upervisor, and the public gen- j rally. 1 j But it is not to the county only , hat I wish to call the attention i o this method of road building, ait to the mayor and council and 1 lerchants of this town. I have ' iiyself seen a demonstration of his sand-and-clay road and street unking and can testify that it is a , uccess. The side walks in the usiness part of the town of Kor- 1 haw are made of this mixture of and and clay, with the result J hat Kershaw h 's the best side I'alks of any town I know of. j [hey are not as good as the lolished thu'stoncs on some of ih? 1 ^ - trects of Charleston, nor (but 1 aspect more luBting) the cement n front of (runson's stores; but hoy sire decidedly better and moothor than brick or cobble- i tones or mactiduui. After trying it on her pavements | lie town of Kershaw is now covring the streets proper with lay?and no money that she is pending is being so well sj>ent. i With the sand streets of Ker- 1 haw made good by putt ng clay ver them, and the clay streets of juneaster made good by putting and over them, the people of his county would have an object esson in cheap but effective road inking that could not fail to , take an impression on them, and bat I believe would ultimately | esult in good roads for the whole , ounty. \V. C. Cauthen. ^ i The Yorkvillo Enquirer says ' bat the army worm has appeared i the northern part of that couny in companies, regiments, J rigades and divisions, and is weeping the country as it goes. | n the Clover neighborhood the forms ure there by the millions I nd have cleaned up acre after ere of j>eas, erahgrass ami stub ' le corn. I l I I lair i: Vigor 11; Whaf Hapc it HnO It causes the oil glands in the skin to become more I active, making the hair soft and glossy, precisely as >1 jtj nature intended. < Iteleansesthescalpfrom < I dandruff and thus removes ; B one of the great causes of fi baldness. It makes a better circu- ( I lation in the scalp and stops 1 0 the hair from coming out. | 1 it Prevents and it 1 I Cures catdness ! Ayer's Hair Vigor will < > surely make hair grow on ( ma bald heads, provided only Wf there is any life remain- ' S ing in the hair bulbs. It restores color to gray < or white hair, ft docs not \ I do this in a moment, as ( will a hair dye; but in a , I short time the gray color | of age gradually disappears and the darker color c I of youth takes its place. t Would you like a copy yMf of our book on the Hair f and Scalp? It Is free. If you tin not obtain nil the benefit* t yon ofti(>i te<l from the ;i?e of th? Vigor a .sL write tne Dnetor about It. Addreaa, J>?. J. C. AVER. H Lowell. Mai*. I ?? rjl**,.> *- lionil III A I BUT THEY Kf A u A */ 5 Think of ! A * # ?? 50 cents .1 A have one Ins V, $3 pants, >,( f 1 ><? y $2 pants, u $ 1. About I f) Sold 47 pair Q $150 pan A at 75 cents. 0 Come "a rui A V' A SHIRTS AT BARGAU Good Cheviotto work Shir Best Buckskin Twills X Struck it Ri M TEN THOUSAND YARE Percales on the market at 5 5 a: X ILL TH )? Such as Orpandies, L ^ Real nice White Goods in price 7A cents. 0 - LITTLE A The best on earth for sole apents for this preat li If. lbiy good Shoes and save A . trS^"" Many pood vnlin ^ stores and you will find the * motto: 44Underbuv, I'nd f FaimiTs' i 1 I j il 15 -* c * c: ZZy J0- A Bip Times in Greenwood. Greenwood will have 44bi times1' on tlie 15th, 1 ?>th and 1 71 ?f this month. The wheat prowcr convention will be held on the 151 Senator liilman will speak on tl 16th and the 17th will be the l> lay of the fanners' institute. (] behalf of the city we invite all tl >eoplo ( f this and adjominp com ies to conn) and be with us r nose days. 1 his city lias grow i great deal during the past yei >r so and we naturally feel prou if it, and will he glad to sho ?ur friends around and let tliei iee what we have heen doinj )ur people will make the visit pleasant one for all who come.ireenwood Index. Yorkville is to have a hondc :otton warehouse. It will I milt and ojierated by Mr II VIoore, says the Enquirer. Mr T T Teetor of Mooresvilh S* C, has sold 111 pigs from or iow at from $2 to $2.25 apicc< The sow weighs 500 lbs. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^pr * ^ ^,- ^ ^ ^ ^r y*\ j^-' ^ ism i CANNOT LAST THEY ARE m ** * a *n fct J? ** ^ ri 4j h W ||J ? % V ?J> M V k'asi fa*J?mis camv a ndrcd pairs now < worsteds nnd rns: wopstci! ami cass [jfJv pairs of (Sk sc s hi two days. Is, ail wool and w< nnin' " If You W / ny of These t STS ! Formerly 50, f>0 and 75 cents, ts, heavy and strong, only 20 cents? at *J5 cents, worth 40 cents ght Again! )S, and the first shipment just in?he 10 cents. \Ve sell them at 11(1 34 C( fSi GOODS VER' awns, Muslins, Nainsooks, India I,in< plaids and stripes and plain. India : GIANT SCHOOL the money. Kvery pair warranted t ine of Children's Shoes, and have nov money. js we cannot mention, hut call on u ! greatest collection of bargains you 1 ersell. Of the people, for the peoph ca's t or d-' . jipr' j nr n? m mm mm mm mm www | Young Hynum's Awful Death. [lt Special to The State. 1j W allodia, Aug. 7 On Sat nr. s1 day last persons came here for the li burial outtit of Waller Bynum, Je who met with a most violent do tli jg the afternoon before. Young By >n ' nun) live- just across tho river in ,o Georgia and left his homo to g< fj. for a sister who was teaching n >n few miles away. Mo rode one n mule nnd led another,and in Bonn ir ' way ho was thrown from the mule id one of his feet hanging in the w stirrup. Ilo was dragged for 11 iM I mile or two in that condition b\ r the (pule. Mis body was terribly ft mangled,his clothing was torn off, _ tho road being rough, narrow and rocky. Before his laxly was found it was dragged across Chattoogji j river perhaps before life was extinct. >e \ ' An election will bo held in Lexington county next Tuesday for a b, ' State Senator to fill the vacancy ic occasioned by the election of Sen b. ' ntor Griffith to be Supt. of the 1 penitentiary. i IjisI ! - j LONG, J TOO GOOD. \ K 4 a? Half Price. } ) t s25 cents, we ) m hand. .< simers. now at ) * liners, now at v two lots left. t 1 ool mixed.now ' V 4 an! I sood Things! ) nil marked down to 35 cents. 4 -the 35 cents kind. ^ \LES that make uur competi- ^ all over. Placed one order for nviest, prettiest and best dark 4 'ills. \ IT CHEAP. 5 ns and all Summer Goods. ^ Linens at 5 cents, former V SHOES. - J 4 o givo good service. We are ^ v a complete stock on hand. ^ \ s and go through our largo f lave ever seen. We stand by J b, first, last and all the time. rciini to, 1 S* 0.' 1 * 4 ^ " -* ~ ^ ^ ^ sr a* ^ ^ j^ ^ % 4 a a CHESTER MACHINE ' AND LUMSEf j COMPANY. CMESTEH, S. O. I .. TIip Chester *NfM?sl*ivie Co. and li. > ! ? i?r. i it Co . Iihv? consolidated II , ! two p'anta, iinl now ready to fornli [anything in the Machine and Cumin ! line*, with a well equipped Foundi and Machine rtliop, ami Door, Hw I and liiind Kao'Ory cur facilltlcK a r on quailed In thta part of the Htat r, REAPERS MOW KUs, THRESHER*, GINS , ENGINES 8A W MILL HAY AND CO HON PRESSES II HARROWS, CASTINGS. EIC ALSO SECOND HAND MACHINERY MT It11 la complete for Dwelling Store Kooiun, etc. Send ua liat < your wautH, and we will auawer h return mail Ueaprctfullv, CHESTER MACHINE ft LUMBER COMPANl No morphine or opium In Dr. MilW Paj Piua Oou All Pain. "One oeni a done." ( Tillman on Prohibitionists*. P Special to The State. * Anderson, An 2: 10.?At the * reunion of Co. F, Twenty-fourth ' ' South Carolina regiment, coinVI . . hiued with a reunion of the ^ allumni of Carswell institute, held ^ 13 miles from Anderson yester^ ^ day, Senator Tiilman dinied he I had said at Sumter that probibi^ tionists were hypocrites and liars; ( he had said prohibition would ^ make hypocrites and liars out of f the people. Some of the prohibi^ tion leaders were, however, hypo^ crites and liars. I T*." ,, . _ ^ A man of inlinito gall is Bon ^ jtuuin. in an Anderson county \ address, otherwise insignificant, ^ he drew attention to the fact that l\ The State had averred his williugl ntss to be conciliatory if ho could ^ thereby continue in office and to f the further fact that Mr Feather^ stone accused him of willingness f to renew to the same end the old 1 strife and bitterness. "One of jf them has lied, that's develish certain," exclaimed Tillman. Net |C so fast, Benjamin. We will show v who the liar is. In your first i'^l speech at Sumter you said: "I am d not hero to rake up old feelings or to stir up strife that belonged > to past years. We are getting 1^ along pretty well, and I would / utter no word that wmld tend to ^ incite feeling and prejudico." !r And in your second speech at the ^ same place you said that you were ? "no peace and unityman;" that ^ "there had l>een already too much \ of that sort of thing;" that "the * lines were still here and wonld be ^ drawn." This you declared to f be "straight truth " The State ^ based its remarks on yonr first f speech and Mr Feathorstone based ^ his on your second. There is unf douhtedly a he out, Benjamin, * but the liar happens to lie the f man who "?">!"> rotlh Ian tnnvnrR ^ 1 ~ - " o at Sumter. Both Mr Featherv stone and The State agree on this: ^ that you will tako any course that seems l>est to assure you of conf linuance in office, and that yon ^ will double on that course as often f as may seem necessary.?The Stute. ^ Pay your subscripiton to jt Ledger! OLD. STRONG. I RELIABLE! f . l> i' Home Life Insurance Company 5) of New York Issues a. 11 the Lib " ?^ial Forms of Life | a n d Endowment Policies,Cash, Loan, Paid up Values and extended Insurance , Written in Policy ? CONTRACT. er v ih ree! Call to see . T S Carter, s, HcNi<k>nt A jfent, % f? <>* write to ' SL Miller, Agnt. fa 1402 MAIN HTKKKT, I COLUMBIA, S. C. * i