Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Buy Rei4 Our! CATHER WOOD'S Three Feathers Rye Whis key, Four Bottles $8.OC Express Prepaid. JACK CRANSTON'S Famous Georgia Cocktails, Four Bottles $5. 5 Express Prepaid. CATHERWOOD'S Keystone Rye Whiskey; Four Full Quarts $4.00 Express Prepaid. JACI "Orders Positive! 113-115 MERCE] SURFACING OF ROADS. the si An Excellent Foundation Is a Prime drains Necessity-Must be Free From itself. Water. grave] Before a finishing surface of any earted material is applied to a road all the' Wil preliminary work should be complet- grade ed. The road should have been grad- ough ed, drains provided and the road, by ro made safe by proper guard rails. power With all this done, the dirt road is tion a foundation for the different mater- ean b ails that may be put upon it. as wil For country roads there need be loose considered only pavements that are exper3 put on in small fragments. The ma- will b terials most commonly used are gra.. as fii vel and broken stone. Oyster shells roller. and slag from iron furnaces are of- that i tentimes employed in localities where cause these materials are at ,band, while pearir under certan conditions, when no rolling other materials could be obtained, out ti burnt clay has proved serviceable, will I The object of a pavement is to fur- should nish a wearing surface for the road even and a protection for the foundation hand. from water and consequent soften- pressi< ing. It is in reality a roof. than When dry. all but the very sandy finish soils are firm enough to support the brokei weight of wagons of all kinds, but has b when wet little support is furnish- has d ed. It is well known that sand receiv when confined will stand any pres- It c sure that can be put upon it. Thus ing a if a sandy roadbed is covered with sparate a surfacing material which will hold stone the sand in- place an excellent foun- sidera dation is obtained. While a surfacing stance material is designed to take the wear, the la: it is the foundation that must resist in or< the pressure, and any road which time t is constructed without giving due constr attention to the foundation is wrong morei from the start and never will be a out he good road until the defect is reme- this s died. To prepare a natural roadbed along for surfacing material it is neces- harm sary to bring it to a proper grade ing la and to conform its cross section with differe that of the finished surface-that is, banka no surfacing should be p,ut upon a Iearth roadbed which is flat. or, as is often- tender times the epe, lower in the middle more than at the sides. In such instances If 1 the proper shape should be given to ing it the roadbed by filling in with such emban material as is necessary and then cautio rolling the whole until it becomes tion t< firm and unyielding. This< During the course of construction earth of a roadbed, if there are places that foot ii have a wet, springy subsoil, they tampea must be drained and every precaution advani taken to make the foundation of the. of a: road dry. The pavement will keel) chanet water from going through from the under top, hut it will not keep -water from provid pereolating into the foundation from if omi springs at the sides or underneath. ure in Therefore where there is danger ?>f I water getting to the foundation from Whe ible oc Stronges WHISKIE CATH ERWOOE Upper Ten Rye Whi Four Bottles $5 Express Prepaid, JACK CRANSTO] Diodora Corn Whi: Four Full Quarts $4 Express Prepaid. CATHERWOOD Brunswick Club Rye IA key, Four Bottles $4 Express Prepaid. y Filled Sam< F STREET des or from below it must b either by side drains or b; directly underneath the roa Where the soil is too light Ly or sandy earth should b in to take its place. h the roadbed brought up t and provision made for thor drainage it is then compacte, ling either by horse or stear .In the rolling of the founda >erhaps quite as good result a obtained with a horse rolle ;h a steam roller, and in som ;oils much less difficulty will b enced, although more rollin; a required to compact the eartl mly as by the heavier stear This is a part of the worl ; too often slighted and is th of depressions subsequently ap g in the finished road. Th -of the foundation will brin; ie weaker places, where ther e a settling. The depression be filled .and brought to a: urface with gravel if it is a It is cheaper to even up de ns by rolling the foundatio: by citempting to smooth th, ~d surface with additiona stone. When the foundatio: ~en rolled and all unevennes sappeared it is then ready t< the surfacing. ftentimes happens when grad particular piece of road pre ry to surfacing it with brokel that it is necessary to do con )le heavy filling. In such in 3 it may be advisable to dela: ring of macadam for some tim< er to give the embankment o settle, for it is impossible t< ict an embankment of earti han a few feet in height with ving subsequent settlement. I: attling took place evenly al the embankment, no particula: would be done to the surfae id upon it, but owing to thi nee in the soils composing om ents and also the way th< is dumped there is always e*y for some parts to setti han others. here arise circumstances mak impracticable to wait for thi kment to "season,'' every pre ~should be taken in its forma guard against uneven settling 'an be done by spreading the ~n successive layers of about thickness, which are rolled o: I as solid as possible. Anothe: age in delaying the surfacing iewly graded road is that is given to observe the actior ~ted mighit have? caused a fail that po)rtion of the macadam eware of Narrow Tires. >ods from a I t Assets Are 0 S. Three Fe 1S JACK CRANSTON'S Upper Tex skey Private Stock Rye Whiskey,' Jack Cran Keystone .oo Four Full Quarts $4.50 Diodora C Express Prepaid. Jack Cran Jack Cran Importi JACK CRANSTON'S Rouyer, G s Private Stock Bourbon Whis- Bulloch, L key, Four Full Qts. $4.50 Gonzalez, key' Express Prepaid. Gonzalez, S60 Gonzalez, Blandy Br XXXX Corn Whiskey Blandy Br Tanqueray Four Full Quarts $3.20 Should Express Prepaid. Express, a S Should3 Preight, at 'his- Cabinet Rye W hiskey We have tard Dape] 00 Four Full Quarts $3,20 liam and 1 is nothing Express Prepaid. 3 Day Received-Takes 11 s e pays to use the split log road drag Ar. Ashevil y' after it rains and before the ground Lv. Lauren I dries hard. Nine-tenths of the coun- Ar. Greenw< ;, try roads could be made into splendid Ar. McCorn e thoroughfares by the proper persist- Ar. August ent use of the road drag and wide Tri-Week o tires. Wide tires alone will keep a tween Augu loamy road in fairly good condition Nos. 1 and 5 jwith just one scraping in the spring Thursdays a to round up the turnpike. Sandy Asheville 1V - roads are a much more serious pro- Fridays. s blem, but somet-imes a surface of Note: Th r clay will soon mix with the sand partures, as e to form a hard track, and wide tires other co'mpi e will keep it hard and smooth so the mation, and , rainwater will run off quickly to the ( sides, but narrow tires will ruin such Sa road surface quickly by cutting Sruts to hold water. It would be diffi-. e cult to invent a worse implement of destruction, especially on roads that e are inclined to be sandy. SDR. EUIET'S All-Healing Liniments TEC s the best household remedy, orn the An exam: 2 market, try it and. be convinced- be held on t Mayes' Drug Store. 10 o'clock; nary subjeci iCHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR- emr, arithn a OINA EY. history, pli I questions Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. Hughes' Mi s Lv. Newberry (C N & L)125pm.ransCi > Ar. Laurens2:2pm retvnt Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:5pm whttec . Ar. Greenville 4:0pm'fieo h . Lv. Laurens 23 ..euain 1 Ar. Spartanburg 40 ..tecutr . Lv. S.partanburg (So. Ry.) 50 .m - A. endrsnvl12 :5 p.m. ermanCi T2:02ap.m.urentrevents 1 To alculte ineres p.mwite tachy - T be rogrssiv p.m. aconeduatir Tolend4our mone t he cutmrs . Ar. ted rsonill .o 7:4 patrn cort ou To be conerlandive p. To payefur buiefrnt. l lsss O nstiut i nerste sevionuy exaine bye orsate Bank Eacmmainer T e lberank pofmpro: To secu re siesfnt al lsss -P4 BR O DOBUINS WIT.CO Known Rei1 uir Pleased Cu. WHISKI athers Whiskey, per case . . . . . . . $zS.oo i Whiskey, per case . . . . . . . . . . 12.oo ton's Private Stock, per case . . . . . I.o0 Whiskey, per case.. . . . . . . . . . o.oo Cabinet orn Whiskey, per case.. . . . . . . . 9.50 Cabinet ;ton's XXXX Corn Whiskey, per case. 8.oo Cabinet ston's Famous Georgia Cocktail . . . 12.00 Cabinet :d Goods-Our Own Importation. Cabiat illet & Cie. Cognac, per case.. . . . . $16.oo XXXX ,ade & Co., Distillers Scotch, per case . 15.00 Byass & Co., (Jerez) Special Sherry, per . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.oo The F Byass & Co., Amontillado Sherry, case . 13.oo Byass & Co , Gonzalez Sherry, per case 1o.oo but we os & Co., Fine Old Maderia, per case.. 16.oo well kno >s & Co., Fine Old Maderia, per case.. 12.00 rester, I Dry Gin per Case $12.00 rou wish full case of above Prepaid by dd $1.50- Cordiah rou wish a full case of above Prepaid by We w Id 85c. either b in Stock a full line of Hennessy, Martell, Ou- bottles. r & Co., Brandies, Plymouth Gin, King Wil ewars Scotch Whiskies; but we believe there Shoul< on the market superior to remit in OUR OWN IMPORTATIONS. Orders. Less Than 20 Hours le 8:50 p.m. I (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. )od 3:32 p.m. iiek 4:33 p.m. a 6:15 p.m. [y Parlar Car line be sta and Asheville. Trains ~, leave Augusta Tuesdays, and Saturdays, leave ~ondays, Wednesdays and e above arrivals and de well as connections with Lies, are given as infor are not guaranteaed. Ernest Williams, Gen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. .AGeo. T. Bryan,.J N Greenville, S. C., Gen. Agt. IRS EXAMINATION. SAL nation for teachers will Cnfci Friday, Oct. 16, 1908, at Poe22 a. m. Besides the ordi -s such as English, gram etic, algebra, geography, ysiology, and hygiene, DerMdmH will be submitted on stakes in Teaching, Pet il Government and cur The examins4ion for tnint u ers will be held in thegrc ie &d county superintendent of for colored teachers inyurpt oag om. J. S. Wheeler, W elsf by Sut. ofEduction. theo n co1 Phoe willeve potentotsu grceriesorand a you youtrene we woul baep listuptoff Edcation FOR YOUWe will 1908 of nd eglary pOUtn poflUSins V.f yousarenno ~sistWetwCsshier. Able House stomers ES. All Shipments Guaranteed. Per Drum. Rye in Drums, containing Ioo pints . . . $28.oo Rye in Drums 200 3 pints . . . . . . . 28.00 Rye in Drums, contain'g 50 pts. & roo i4 pts. 28 oo Rye in Drums, containing 50 full quarts. 28.00 Gin, same quantities as above . . . . . . 28.00 Corn, same quantities as above . . . . . 25.00 FREIGHT PREPAID. amous Catherwood Whiskies are our leaders, Llso handle' Whiskies bottled in Bond, and the >wn brands of Walters' Baker's Rye, Old For lume, Hunter, Gibson, Black Label, Old Sara ryland Club, Old Crow, Sherwood Whiskies, and Liquors. ll ship anything on our list assorted to suit you, y the case or in packages, containing four (4) I you favor us with your valued orders, you can N. Y. Exchange, or Express or Postoffice Money IPANY --Baltimore to S. C. BALTIMORE, MD. ~S' GROCERY, S, B. Jones. Proprietor. DEALER IN. ANCY GIROCERIES, PRODUCE, neries, Frult, Cigars and Tobaccos. Newberry, S. C., Jan, 17, 1908. usekeeper: We wish to call your at stock of Fancy and Staple solicit at least a portion of dur ing this y ear . in saying that our stock~ is ~te that is of fer'ea here and ye you in a satisfactory man keep in mind three very im quality of goods prompt ser >riceS. t already a customer of ours rased to add you to our long ed customers. to be our banner year. Will making it so? ours for business, Jones' Grocery.