Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 CONTRAST IN CIVIC BEAUTY. / _ Experience of Idaho Town With Two Railroads. ONE DEEMED AN EYESORE. The Other Considerate of the People's Rights and the Municipality's Wel fare and Appearance?Striking Dif ference Between Their Depots. From one end of Rathdrum, Ida., to the other, almost running parallel east and west, two railroad lines are im portant adjuncts of the village. The physical character of one disfigures and mars the surroundings; the other has been constructed with a view to giving an additional beauty to coa tiguous points. The Northern Pacific at this point is a. positive eyesore to all the inhabit ants of the village, and no less so to the traveling public, says Bartlett Sin clair In the Spokane Spokesman-Re yiew. In the construction, subsequent "improvements" and maintenance of this great commercial highway (here at least) nothing se'ems to have been omitted to impress the eye with its repulsivene8s. It enters the town from the east through a beautiful grove of native pines. Without apparent demand for the act the old right of way was sunk some ten feet through that lovely spot, destroying hundreds of the most state ly trees, and as if more distinctly tc Indicate the ravage the stumps of the monarehs, the huge limbs and trunks lie promiscuously on the banks of the depression. There may still be seen disgusting evidences of the old camps of the army of vandals. As the road gets into the heart of the town the grade increases in eleva tion until at several points it divides the town by an embankment of five to fifteen feet. The sides of this embank ment, stretchiug like a huge, black 6erpent through the town, are covered with filthy cans, useless scraps of rail road iron, fragments of old ears, con demned and ragged ties, all set iu a tbed of black aud gray ashes. No description of offensive refuse but may be seen or smelled on the right of way within the town limits. For twenty years a space covering' a margin of two blocks has been used as a dumping ground for the discarded ashes from the engines. This accumu lation at times reaches a height of ten or twelve feet and a width of twenty feet and protrudes for a distance of 600 feet along the right of way within the town limits. Sometimes this un sightly pile is higher aud wider, but at ell times it is there. The commercial club aud the village trustees have ap pealed time and again for relief, but all to no purpose. The railroad authori ties are impervious. The horrible mass Is coextensive for several blocks with the south walk of the recently laid out village park. Its uncanny apj>earance is intensified by the natural, beauty across the street. The prcspect from the park in the di rection of the road destroys all sense of the natural grandeur of the beauti ful brook, the shrubs, the lawns and magnificent old trees. The existence of that foul embankment is submis sively endured. The people think they have no recourse. Rut that is not all. The old depot buildings and platform are a positive disgrace, not say menace to safety. The railings are down, and eneojLJJ??-' depots Is without sJ^ps??J>^ i"sSitHtlng an acrobatic or^j*?^^y feat to get wiLhhL.^Wrr?J^'^,u corporation, with ^^^rrrTTms a: its command, maintains the dirties! yard ami c.irronndiugs in the tur n. The poorest aud most parsi monious person of (he village supports nicer and more aesthetic surroundings. So long as this ulcer is maintained lu its present eoudition our village, beautifully situated, must stand in bad repute. And S'> most many a not her. T'v'-" to;'-.:?? r;>Ur"f??! s?r?:it???s nrr> the lirsl and lasl si. hi I' aii ?<?? who visit us. The uuuseuiiiiguUor? ill! the atmosphere, and the rough slopes of the roadbed, strewn with ashes and <llr!y debris from many and miscel laneous sources, shock one's sense of the beautiful. There are so many towns in the same suffering, helpless class with Rathdrum between the coast and St. Paul that the situation becomes one of general interest and concern. Some thing ought to be done. The other railroad which intersects the village is the Idaho and Washing ion Northern. As is well known, this road is a recent creation and passes between Spokane and Newport and Is the work of the Blackwells. A large ?part of the road has been completed, and the extension into the Metaline section is going forth at a rapid rate. The Blackwclls iu the construction of the road have given a valuable illus tration of the truth that a railroad line ?through a village or city need not be a disfigurement and may be so built as to lend au artificial picturesqueness to the landscape and to municipalities. I The wise and considerate course was pursued by these contractors and true artists of cleaning tip behind them as the rails were laid. No unsightly ref iiise was left to mortify the sight along the right of way. Besides a beautiful iroadbetl, even nud regular, the mag nificent country through which the j road passes is not marred by moun tains of tangled treetops, stumps and No one is immune from kidney trouble, so just remember that Po le)'s Kidney Remedy will stop the irregularities and cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. Dr. A. C. Dukes, bowman Drug Co. Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies?Doan's Ointment. At any drug store. It is not enought to hold the key to the situation. You must be able to turn it to open the door. ?lscarded machinery, ties and the Hke. The original beauty of the country is preserved. The same nice sense of public obliga tion is displayed even more emphatical ly by the Blackwells, father and son, when their road gets into town. One can re:i 1. in lh?*ir ??'. dneering n.;d eon structiou performances the very char acter of the men. The right of way in this valley is a veritable park. Said the elder Blackwell recently when thanked for the splendid depot at this point. "We build our road to stay aud our depots for comfort and beauty." Iu striking contrast with the North ern Pacific's possessions in Rntbdrum, the Blackwell depot is .indeed a beau tiful creation. It is built in the cen ter of an entire block bought and cleared of expensive dwellings in or der that a park might be made around it. It is modern in all its appoint ments and is a permanent and valua ble adjunct to the village of which ev ery citizen is justly proud. Its existence has stimulated an am bitlon on the part o" the people to im- I prove and beautify their homes. It af- | fords daily intense satisfaction to the eye, and instead of giving forth the idea of cold commercialism there is involved the sense of altruistic consid erations. The Blackwells fully understand the rights belonging to the public and have a very much nobler form of worship than that of the dollar. All this you may see in the comforts, safety and embellishment of this road and its j equipment. The Blackwells have proved that the presence of a railroad is not neces sarily a pathological or scenic nui sance. In taking into account the needs and ? wishes of the villages through' which their road runs they have done*much to modify prevailing hostility?justifiable hostility?to accu mulated railroad wealth. They have given additional value to vested inter ests and augmented immensely the comforts of all having dealings with , the road. 'TOWN COW" CIVIC PROBLEM. Women of a Tennessee Municipality Active For Improvement. What can be done in the way of civic improvement in the smaller mu nicipalities has been demonstrated by the Civic Improvement club of Hunt ington, Tcnn. Organized in August, lftOO, with thirty members, the club now numbers fifty. Inasmuch as the club's membership is limited to wom en, that part of the work for a more beautiful city which requires the serv ices of the men is left to the Hunting ton Commercial club, and in many things the two organizations co-oper ate to advantage. Interest in the work for which the improvement club was formed was great from the beginning. Some of the questions to be considered were lim iting the range of "the tpwn cow," re pairing the streets and sidewalks, the suppression of weeds along the side walks aud the removal of waste paper and sweepings from the streets. By the cattle quarantine the town cow soon was kept in proper bounds. Councils were moved by public senti ment to repair unsightly sidewalks and cut down tall weeds. The club bought a dozen garbage cans and dis tributed them in various parts of the town so that shopkeepers and house holders could put their waste paper and trash in them. Through the efforts of the club the barren square at the railroad station was transformed into a park. ? The railroad company fenced the park, set out the trees and furnished the gravel I for sidewalks. The Commercial club I paid for the work of grading, graveling .the walks and a supply of grass seed. The women's organiaullon planned the walks nnd flower beds and superin ^tu?***"rt tho planting. .Much of that work was done by members. Two flower parks were placed in the town square under the sole care of tho Civic Improvement club. These for merly wore vacant lots, adorned only with hitching posts, weeds aud a sun dry collection of tin cans. All the plants, flower seeds and shrubbery were supplied by friends of the club. In addition the club was active in getting seventy-five trees planted in the highways and now is urging the planting of oiX) more. For the benefit ..f I'm !.o-y f.,1.1 I], . (?v !?.,. ? i:" ! ; ? >:'.. : >>v l!ie ??siaiilisiiineni of a public library. ; J What the Press Can Do. I One of the most powerful influences in the upbuilding or improvement of city or town is the public press. Many instances are on record where highly [ effective work has been accomplished in a very short iiuie. It is but re cently that a Seattle editor, who had long and persistently advocated si mu nicipal cleanup, decided to take more drastic action. So he sent forth his photographer to take pictures of refuse dumps close to residences of promiueut people, of filthy corners and byplaces close in and of the deplorable condi tion of a tiny brook which runs through the city. These and scores of other unkempt spots were photgraphed, and each day two or three were shown I in the paper, with the result that a general rush was made to clean up before the photographs showed loo many residences of wealthy people close by filthy refuse dumps. Some in- J dlgnnnt remonstrances were made, buti of what tise Is it t<> "scrap" when alto-j gether to blame? The controversy was1 too one sided, und a much cleaner Seat- j tie resulted in a very short,' time. Doubtless much could lie done? along this line by scores of periodicals in southern California, especially in small centers where no systematic, collec tion is made of garbage or otjber ref use, j Mow to Avoid Appendicitis. Musi victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipat ed. Foley's Orino Laxativje cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and i restores1 the natural action of the; bowels. Foley's Orino Laxative does not nauseate or gripe and is ,'mild and pleasant to take. Refuse, sbustitu tes. Dr. A. C. Dukes, LoWman Drug Co. To seek happiness as a final aim is like loving love as a business?the end is desolation, death.' A DRESS ALLOWANCE. It Develops a Giri's individuality and Taste In Clothes. The uninitiated who read the sensa tional newspapers firmly believe that ihp daughter of the rieh has a private income thai would "up;?o:i a lc:'.cb orphan asylums aud that she never wears a frock but once and -then only for half an hour, says Mrs. Osborn in the August Delineator. On the contrary, it is quite a fad among the fashionable at present to put their daughters on a dress allow ance?and not a large one either?at a very early age. I have seen girls of fifteen and sixteen struggling with the problem of keeping within their in comes that promises well for the well planned wardrobe of the next genera tion of American women. They are very conscientious about it, too, these small business women in short skirts. The mother who Institut ed the allowance is only too often the weaker member of the contracting par ties. It is an amusing reversal of old conditions to hear the daughter argu ing economy and common sense. The mother, weakly. "But really, darling, I think you ought to have it." The child, kindly, but firmly: "No. mother. I do not need.that pink pon gee. My white iinen is good enough." It is quite a hobby of mine that you cannot begin too early to give a girl a sense of proportion, to develop her feeling of fitness of things in dress, to educate her taste as carefully as you would train her voice or her mind. She ought to be taught the beauty of completion when she is dressing her dolls and discrimination of color when she is picking out her hair ribbons. The mother who keeps her child's clothes entirely in her own hands until she has reached young womanhood is doing her 1 ,:rcat Injustice! A well dressed wor>m isn't made in a day. and a fine dv ernment and discrimina tion, in dre:-; only come with years of experience, during which the facul ty of select let: can be developed to a very high degree of perfection. " TO CUT BREAD EVEN. A Board th? uome Carpenter Will Fire' r-.sy to Make. ITere is one - * the most useful de vices to whir': 'he bandy man can give his atte"?! ;i. It is very rarely that a house! . er can cut even and handsome slices of bread, however a usef?t, B1:i:a !> cutting TJOABD. much she ma)- di* ire to have the bread plate look attrai ;ive. One slice will be thin, another thick, rwbile another will be thick on one'edge aud thin on the other. The ] ii'ustration shows a simple arrangement by which all the slices of bread can be cut of an even thickness, without auy "slant," since the knife must cut down at right an gles to the loaf every time. Cut a piece of pine board to about 0 by 13 inches. Near one end, on either side, insert firmly two pieces of very stout wire, bent donble, bb sug gested in the cut The.<?<j wire supports should be at least seven inches high and should have another inch of length firmly Inserted in the wood. The wire should be us stout as No. 12. or larger still, and should stand exactly at right angles to the board. Put them far enough apart so the largest loaf will readily go betyveon them and have the opening in each wire standing Just wide enough so the knife will slide up and down without wabbling. The dotted Hues show the position of the knife when in place. Screw a little strip of wood in front or the wire, just far enough ahead to make the slice of bread the right thickness. Press the loaf up against this guidi and cut off a slice, then press the shortened loaf up again and repeat the process. As to Miss Ethel Roosevelt'3 Age. It seeuis uukind of ccrtaifj newspa pers to add to the age of ,'the presi dent's daughter. Miss Ethehj She was born on Aug. 13, 1801, In l*ong Island, and s'ic will therefore n<{\ \H. seven it Was to l)u in celebration nj- i.,.r ,.M1J, | Ing of age. The girl is la&e for her nge, and, having sedate manners, she might pass for twenty. &fa is 0f tne Industrious turn nn*d passes much of her time over her etubnyidery frame and her paiut boxes. Shi.-, can paint creditably iu water colors oiud has done excellent landscape studio.^ injfl. .She Is an unusually graceful dancer Mrs. Lougworth was never a good dancer and has; almost given Op dancing en tirely. R is bintwl the lei.ut ball for Miss Ethel, scheduled for Christinas week of the coining season, is to sur pass all the other social efforts of the Roosevelts. No Cold Bnth For Her. A woman who suffers with any form of nervousness should never take I n cold bath. A hot bath is soothing, but weakening, and should be taken at nicht just before retiring. Eyes may often be strengthened by several times each day lightly pressing the eyeballs. I Always rub from the nose toward the I temple; also dash the eyes frequent ly with cold water?in fact, whenevct the face is washed. The woman who likes a perfumed bath should throw a i few drops of benzoin into the water. I to which are added a leaspoonful ol borax and enough flowers of lavender to make the water fragrant. The bath should not be heavily scented. "Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil is the I best remedy for that often fata! dis ease?croup. Has been used with .success in our family for eight I years."?Mrs. I>. NVhiteacre, Buffa lo, N. Y. Sometimes a woman cries over her inability to lind something to laugh at. For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Doan's Re gulets is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. Shoes That Slip Up and Down on th? Hcc!. THE BUTTERFLY PARASOL The Girl \V!-.o Owns a -Sunshade Cov ered With Imme.isc Butterflies Is Lucky?The Smart Fall Skirts Will Have l.'zny Geres. Is there any woman who has not Buffered with now shoos that slip up aud down on iho heel? In summer the streets seem to he crowded with people with pained expressions on their laces, treading as though terra lirma were o much more fragile substance than it is. A relief, however, has at BINGERTS HAT TRIMMED WITH DAISIIS. last been discovered by some wlke per son whom necessity transformed into an inventor. Taste a piece of velvet inside the heel of the shoe, of course with the side of the nap toward the foot, and this will effectually prevent any slip ping or rubbing. It is very easy to do. costs but a few cents, nnd any good liquid glue may be used, so that at last an effectual and easy preventive for Slipping heels has been found. This answers another purpose also. The difference in stocking wear must be experienced to be understood. The French Heel and Ks Foes. Every now and then an iconoclast arises and says unto himself. "Lo. I will now go forth and accomplish tho downfall of ihc French heel." And straightway he goes and tries it and hs straightway fails. Generally he is a prosy old family practitioner who has been so busy with applied anatomy that he has forgotten all about the sen timental uses of the cardiac regiou. Often he Is the sort of man with whom no woman, even In his earliest youth, could have dreamed of falling in love. Naturally to him the French heel is beyond comprehension. Ills atrophied seuse of the beautiful cannot appreci ate the graceful In curve of that relic of old Bourbon days. Tho Butterfly Parasol. The girl who owns a Japanese para sol of pele pink covered with immense butterflies in natural colors Is lucky. The price Is not high, and the parasol is far prettier than one of silk. It has a long handle of bamboo, with n white silk cord and tassel. It cannot be carried in the city streets, but It is correct and charming anywhere else. Many Gores For New Skirts. When women again picked up the nine gored skirt this summer they thought the limit was reached. But C1SET?NNK JOMl'Elt IN IHM.l, llM KS. the new skirls for everyday wear without trimming are cut in nineteen gores. , They present a series of seams. They lit perfectly over the hips mid have little flare at the hem. There are sometimes two folds above the hem. and many of them arc open down the entire front, to he fastened with de tached pearl buttons. AMY VAKN1.M. A Clever Mender. A woman with three pairs of lace curtains the worse for several seasons' doings up looked them all over when they came from the cleaner the other day, and wherever she found a worn place she applied a piece of net of the same mesh as the curtains, with some thick boiled starch ami then ironed It down with a moderately hot iron. The pieces scarcely showed mi close in spection and when they are in the folds of the window draping will not be seen. In some places on ihc edge where there was a pattern a few stitches were taken imitating the work and running the patch into the founda tion. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond (be reach of medi cine. No medicine 'an do more. ]>r. A. C. Dukes. Lowman Drug Co. Post Cards at Sims' Book Store. Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy, pimply complexion, head aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bitters makes the blood rich, red, pure?restores per fect health. All the Time?Torturing Eczema Covered Her Body?Could Not Sleep?Doctor Said Seres Would Last for Years?Skin Now Clear. CURED IN THREE MONTHS BY CUTICURA REMEDIES "I take groat pleasure in tolling you ?what a groat, help it was for me to use Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for my baby niece. She was suffering from that terrible tori uro, eczema. It "was all over her body but the worst was on her face and hands. Her hands were so bad t hat she could not hold anything. She cried and scratched all the time and could not sleep night or day from the scratching. I had her under the doc tor's care for a year and a half and he seemed to do her no good. I took her to the best doctor in the city and he said that she would have the sores until she was six years old. But if I had do Eended on the doctor my baby would ave lost her mind and died from the ?want of aid. "I used all the remedies that every body told mo about and I tortured the child almost to death. Then I saw in the paper how Cuticura was the thing for irritating skin. I bathed her with ?warm water and Cuticura Soap and used the Cuticura Ointment. She was cured in throe months. Now her skin is as clear and smooth as it could bo. I shall recommend the use of Cuticura wherever I see the skin in bad condition. Alice L. Dowell, -1700 East on .Ave., St. Louis, Mo., May 2 and 20, l'J07." GROWS HAIR Cuticura Removes Dandruff and Soothes Itching Scalps. "Warm shampoos wilh CuticuraSoap, .and light dressings with Cuticura, pre vent dry, thin, and falling hair, remove crusts, scales, and dandruff, destroy hair para-itoj, soot ho irritated, itching surfaces, stimulate the hair follicles, loosen the scalp skin, supply the roots with energy and nourishment, and make the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp when all other treatment fails. Complete Kstomnl and Tnt.Tnnl Trp.irmcnt for Evrry Humor of Infants, Children, nncl Adults con sMs "of CutiiMir:iSn;i|> vJ'ic.) to Cleans.- the Skin. Cuti cura Ointment '.vir.) to Heal the skin, and Cut!* citra Resolvent (50r.),(nr in the form ol Chocolate Cmted Pills, Me. p^r vial or (iit) to Purify the Blood. Soiii tlirouu'liiMit the world. Putter Urne & Chom. Corn.. Sole Props., Boston, Mass. ULT*Mallcd Free, Cut-cura Buok on Skin Diseases School Days Are Nearly On Hand Have you given a thought to getting your boy and girl ready. We have been looking after this for you : : : : Sheeting or sheets either for single or double beds. White spreadds the kind for school wear $1.00 and $1.25. Towels at ail prices. Kimona Cloth ior the girls, (liesc are all new just received, every color Fancy and with side bauds. ? Madras for waists, ^^Ste ground and small black lijfSfi-s. and stripes, the kind that, wears well, and what you must have for school wear at !-!?? cents. Elcgcnt line of Porenls in light and dark colors at 10c full :;<> inch wide. Come for what you need we can supply your wants, good 'Mi inch bleach at X 1-5 rents. ? . ?; . iuc.'i fter'v I- ?' '.rubric :>? ii'vh Tig< V cloth lor fancy work I o rents. I will leave for New York on August 10th to till in my stock lor Pall and Winter. The store will be getting in new goods every dnj', come right on. We are waiting with mnay surprises, beter values than ever this tall. You can't keen success away from the man who wmks and is on the ?Vol. Pain anywnerestopped in 20minu ie< sure with one of Dr. Shoop's Pink pain Tai.lets. The formula is on ill,- 2">-ecnl box. Asli your Doc-| tor or Druggist tiboiH Lhis formula: Stops womanly pains, headache, pains anywhere. \\ rite 1 >r. Slioop, Racine, \Vis.. for free trial, to prove val.)f his Headache, or Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by Dr. J. G. Wanna maker, Mfg. Co. Will cure any case beyond the reach of rr (let the Bes The new Beer mg Vertical Lift Mower is all that can be desirired in mowing ma chines, having all the good .features of the other makes and none of the bad fea tures. The vertical lift is simple and not so much machinery about it to get out of order, it will cost you less for re pairs and even lighter than any other mower. For Sale By There is nothing more disastrous than the rear view a a man who is putting up a front. The mule has a reputation because it knows which end of its ability to use while your reputation at times may de pend upon your ability to appreciate this fact. In selecting a vehicle don't turn your back on us as the mule but exercise your real ability andlmake a wise selec tion. We carry over one hundred vehicles in stock and want everyone within reach of Orcngeburg to see them before buying as we can better any offer you have had and make the terms to suit everybodv. "Tyson and Jones/' "Rock Hill" and "Anchor" bug gies; ' Studabaker's Big Four harness and "White Hickory' wagons are our leaders. Sewing Machines. NEW DROP-HEAD MACHINES old Ott asv payments. Good prices allowed for old Machine* in <?,...", i>..-> YT-. ;;i??* froi?i *5 Of' u- *>~ - m. \':hr .1 ??> . I a'i' " 'tu'1 ? 'uhI.<**. Promt* ALtfl I.li -U Lu mall lU'.leXt?. New Bicycles ^uk* ? n Easy Payments. Also Hinycle parts and stuurte- furnished for ail standard makes. General Repair Shop for Sewing Machines, Bicycles, Guns, Cloolit d Watches. an?ive me your work. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. H. SM IT H. Market Street - ? Opposite New Postoffice CHSCORA COLLEGE GKEENVI M.K, S. <'. Owned and controlled by the Pre sbyteries of the Synod of South < 'arolina. A high grade college for women. A Christian home school. Graduate courses in the Arts ami Sciences, Music, Ait, Expression, Gymnastics and Business. itiivv aand able faculty. Beautiful grounds. Klegcnt buildings. Mo dern conveniences. Healthful cliinat e. Location in Piedmont section, and in city of 25,000. EXPENSES FOE T HE EXTIHE YEAH. A. Tuition. Hoard, ib-oni and Fees.S1S.:.oo Ii. All included in proposition (A) and Tuition in Music, Art or Expression.$203.00 to $213.00 Tbc next session opens Sept. 17.. For catalogue and information ad ,l,.,.ss, S. C. IJVJU), I?. I). President. Weak women shouui red my Laild F01' Sale. N"- \f0V\?en''\ lt '.''I* [ have for sale sixty-tive (65) of Dr. Shoops Night Cure, rells how these soothing, healing, antiscp- acres of improved farming land near tic suppositories, bring quick and the town of Xeeees. S. C. with dwell certnin help. The Book is free. Ad-|iug and outbuildings thereon, dress Di- Shoop. Racine. Wis. Dr.| I- P- Zeigler, j. G. Wnnamaker, Mfg Co._7-:il-tf. _?Xl-f'- -s- c ledicine. No medicine can do more. or DiaDctes Dr. C. 1>CKES. LOWMAX DRUG CO.