The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 25, 1909, Page FIVE, Image 5
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GOOD ROADS DEpA RTMENT
By the Good Roads League. *
For the next two moths we pro
ose to conduct an aetire campaign
n behalf of the bond isslue for roads.
We lave for genera distribution
opies of the Act authorjizing the elee
ion on the bond question. We hope
he friends of the cao,e will help us
n seeing that a cory of the Act gets
nTo the hands of eaf*n voter.
Go-r oads are so important to the
neial. social. ed 4cational and re
-Iou well-being of a community
at no enumeratio(n of their advan
ages is likely to i?clude all the ben
fits.
The following prqpositions are sub
itted for the thoulghtful considera
ion of the peopie. and we shall try
o demonstrate these propositions as
ccasion presents itself:
1. Good roads permit the cultiva
tion of crops not otherwise market-!
able.
2. Good roads reduce the cost of
ransportation.
3. Good roads enhance the value of
roperty.
4. Good roads make it possible to
rket raw material, such as wood
and stone, which is valueless under:
pesent conditions.
.5 Good roads add to the social and
intellectual Iell-4being of a communi
ty.
6. Good roads are necessary to the
very life of our county churches.
7. Good roads will increase our
rural population.
8. Good roads help the cities,
towns and railways.
The attention of the people of
Newberry county is earnestly direct
ed to the following article on the
roads of Richmond county, Georgia.
This article is full of meat. Here we,
have a county that was devoted to
cotton raising almost exclusively only
P few years ago, changed by good
roads to a county of diversified farms.
Newberry will always be a one-crop
county under present road conditions.
Attention is also called to the fact
that the gravel 'or these roads was
gotten from this State 33 miles from
Augusta, and yet these fine gravel'
roads cost only $1,600 per mile.
Read the whole article for yourself,
it will open your eyes:
In spite of the fact that the New
England and Eastern States are cred
ited wit~h the best roads in the coun
try, it is refreshing to note that all
the good roads are not confined to one
seetion. While most of the New Eng
land and Eastern States follow the
State aid system of road building,
the South follows the county unmt
system. Individual counties in the
'Sou'th. thereforc. show the widest
possible range in the condition and
extent of road imp rovement.
Richmond count g, Georgia, affords
one of the best examples found any
where in the country of the benefits
resrlting from road improvement.; an
example which many other counties
would do well to emulate. There are
but few counties in the United States;
which have a greater mileage of first
class roads, and there is probably no*
ounty in the South whieh surpasses
Richmond county in this respect.
Out of a total of about 800 miles,
of public roads. nearly 600 miles have
been graded and surfaced, some with
gravel and some with sand clay mix
tures. The gravel of which they are
built consolidates and binds so well
that the roads are less dusty than;
most maeadam roads. In fact, most~
of them are practically free from
dust.
While the .average for one horse
on the roads of the Southern States.
is only one bale of cotton, the aver
age load on these roads is about three
bales (1,500 pounds), or six bales for
a two-horse team. As a general rule;
the farmers of this county figure on
hauling as much to market as the
wagon will hold tip. In other words,
they load for the wagon and not for
the team, which is the case in all
counties which have bad roads.
Garden-trucking is the principal
occupation of the rural classes. The
limate being mild and the soil fer
tile, two or three crops are produced
on the same soil each year. The city
of Augusta. the county seat, is sup
plied with fresh vegetables and fruits
from nearby farms. After supplying
local demands, the surplus is shipped
out to northern markets in carload,
and even a-t times in train load lots.
The good roads are not only of
great benefit to the farmers and to
the people of Augusta, but they have
had a very remarkable effect in at-,
tracting winter tourists to this part
of the South. Automobilists travel
ing South in winter in search of
hearh and recreation. have discover
ed that on account of these fine roads
combined with the se!ubrious climate.
Aausta is a delightful place to visit.
The Bon Air hotel at Somerville. a
suburb of Augusta. is increasing its
pa nag annaacity year by year,
-- -~it tIi I Ffc 1.1& i ad av e
bee11 te mist pveft il factors inI at
traeting the tourist.
In the const ructic n of the gravel
roads the roadbed i; g-raded to a
width of about 30 feet from ditch to
ditch. The foundation is left practi
eally flat. The gravel is spread on
I is foundation to a width (of from IS
to 20 feet. and to a depth of friin 6
to S inches in the center and 4 to 6
inches at the sides, the crown being
made of the material itself. The
crown or slope from the center to the
sides averages from 3 to 4 inches.
This is an unusually slight crown. but
appears to be sufficient to shed the
water, and besides encourages traffic
to use the whole surface. Earth
soulders are built up on either side
from 4 to 6 inches in depth to hold
the material in place. Rollers are not
used, the traffic being depended up
on to consolidate the material. The
surface is leveled off and dressed
two or three times with a road =a
chine while in a damp condition, that
is. after thE first two or three rains.
The writer inspected several miles
of these roads which had been built
about eight years, and which had not
been resurfaced during that time, but
in spite ot these fact they were
still in first class condition.
The sand clay roads are built by
applying from 6 to 8 inches of sand
elay to the surface, which is then
shaped with a road machine, and af
ter being covered with a thin coating
of sand is opened to traffic. Another
thing coating of sand is applied after
the first two or three rains, if need
ed. This natural sand clay mixture
is found in many part of the county,
and while it does not produce as good
a road as gravel, it is mu.ch cheaper.
The gravel roads cost about front
$1.500 to $1,600 per mile. T-he mater
ial is secured from Steel creek. South
Carolina. which is about 33 miles from
Augusta. The material gost about 60
cents per cubic yard. loaded on the
ears at the pit. The freight cost $5.50
per car, the cars containing about 20
ubic yards each.
The excellence of Richmond county
roads may be traceable not only to
the superior quality of the material
and to the thoroughly practical.meth
ods of construction, but also to the
absence of deep freezes and thaws.
A raise Report.
It has been circulated and tbld to
some of our customers and others,
that the Bee Hive !had busted and
left town. We wish to correct this
statement. No doubt most of them
fnd out before leaving town that this
is false, but sometime they succeed in
selling a small bill by telling this to
people that left home expecting ,to
trade with us. Ask both agents of
the railroad company who pays more
freht.
It is true they -have moved us'
around like a swift game of checkers
when the king get behind us or in
front we have to move to one side,
but we are still in town and doing
more business in our little stand than
we did in bigger quarters. Look for
the Bee Hive sign, now located in
1204 Main street, next d.oor to Ex
change bank.
G. H. Bailes. 4Prop..
Successor to E. L. B3ailes Co.
Tihe Bee Hive.
The Country. Problem.
(By a Country Girl.)
Elbert Hubbard has said that there
have been few great men who in boy
hood did not warm their feet on a
frosty morning where the cow lay.
He is right. If we call the roll of
strong men and women-of those who
have achieved eminence in life-we
will find that the majority were born
and bred in the country-away from
the shadow of houses. But out of this
very fact a danger is arising. Coun
try people are. flocking to the cities.
They must come because of some dis
satisfaction with their surroundings,
for people, as a rule, make no move
when they are contented. The coun
try problem, then, is this: How can
cural life be further enriched so that
eountry people will be content to re
main on the farms, and thereby con
tinue to. furnish the world its chief
supply of strong manhood and wom
anhood? It is the purpose of this
paper to discuss to a limited extent a
few things which will contribute to
the solution of the problem.
There are few single material con
siderations more far-reaching for
pleasure and profit in the country
than its roads. The desire for pleas
ure, for social life in all its phases,
is' important; but unless people can
move about with speed, ease and
safety, the realization of this desire
must be greatly hampered. Many of
the best pleasures of country life, in
the way of walking, driving, visiting,
attending public gatherings, church
oing, etc., are often dependent upon
wthether or not the roads will permit
traveling.
The economie value of good roads
is also applarenHt. It has beeni demon
strated that a farmer can drive to
town over a wvel-graded macada
mize ra in half the time required
pick his WyV around washout. and
jolt over roots and stumps. He could
also utilize rainy days, when work
on the farm is suspended. for making
such trips, without fear that sunset
would fnd him contending with the
mud of some hillside. The time thus
saved-to say nothing of the injury to
'is vehicle.-would mean moue to
the farmer. Good roads also enhance
the value of property far beyond the
cost of building and keeping them
in repair by providing desirable loca
-tions for the erection of schools,
churches, homes, et.
Anot;her needed improvement that
may be mentioned here is in regard
to the churches. The square, one
story. one-room, barn-like structure,
with bare floors and uncomfortable
seats-the typical country church
should be replaced by buildings
with an eye to the beautiful. The
monthly church service is an im
portant event in t1he lives of country
peoplefi and the impressions that they
receive them along all lines are con
trollinog ones. If. as has been said,
''beauty is an essential quality of
right living,'' then the aesthetic
natures of country people should
have a chancet to realize themselves
in every way possible, especially in
connection with the institution whieh
gives to them their strongest ideas
and firmest beliefs.
Although the situation and charac
ter of country schools should be de
termined largely by the conditions
and requirements of the various local
ities, vet I wish to mention a
few improvements which may apply
to them as a whole. Wiierever pos
sible., country people should be cen
tralized. The combining of several
small. isolated country schools into
one large. central school,. produces,. in
almost every instance, the best re
slts. In bhoth Maine and Massa
chusetts this plan has been carried to
the extent of one school to the dis
trict. School coaches, each accom
modating about twenty-five children,
and built to meet all conditions of the
weather. carry the children to and
from school. In one of these schools
five teachers are employed, where
formerly nine were required in the
district. As a consequence taxes are
reduced, the school term is lengthen
ed and the children receive more and
better education.
The majority of country girls and
boys do not go to college; therefore,'
the industrial feature should be add-'
ed to the public school course. ,It is
a valuable part of any woman's' edu
'ation to know how to match colors
and how to cut, fit and make clothes
properly. It is especially valuable
to the farmer's daughter, since she
must, in the most cases., do these
thingrs for herself. She will, moreover,
be eoncerned with the question of
clot:hes all her life, and the taste and
skill .acquired from a study of sewing
would be a perpetual source of pleas
ure and profit.
It is trae that the farmer feeds
the wvorld. but his family is too often
underfed because of ignorance of
foodstuffs and the proyer mode of pre
paring them. The province of the
farmer's daughter will alwys include
the kitchen. In its last analysis, the
effect that her work there may have
upon tihe world can hardly be esti
mated, and she should have a scien-.
tifie knowledge of cooking to aid her.
More often than otherwise, the
farmer's son also becomes a farmer,
therefore, he needs to study agricul
ture as a preparation for the pro
fession. One p-rogressive public school
of our own State has adopted this
plan: A farm is tended each year
in connection with the sczhool, the
boys doing the work. The farm pro
vides a study in business arithmetic;
in soil formation, its care and im
provement: in seed selection. seed
germination, and plant culture; a
sudy of fertilize'rs, of good plowing;
the value of air and moisture and sun
light, in short. a study in the essen
tials of good farming; and the effect
that this is having towards improving
the farms of the community, and
consequently the condition of tihe
farmers and their families, is notiee
able in a marked degree.
The need for a community library
is also apparent. This should be in
connection with the church or school,
for that scientific purpose. The room
should be furnished with pictures,
tables, chairs. etc. Books of a re
ligious nature; standard classics and
t-he best novels; works of science. art,
history, poetry; high-grade religious
and secular newspapers and maga
zines should be found here. There*
should also be a regular librarian to
keep the library open for an hour
each day. By giving the library such
a definite character, the neighborhood
would be encouraged to make a more
constant use of its p:ivileges.
The influence that such a centre of
education would have toward elevat
in and retining a community cannot
be discussed fully here, but I wish to
mention one specific value that would
result from it. The woe of the
nehborhood would be eabled to '
enjIY it S social and intellect nal ad
valages of a book elub. The library
would furnish bot;h a place of meet
ing and a source of information upon
any topic; and the exehange of their
own thoughts and ideas, as well as a
study of the thoughts and ideas of
others, could not be otherwise than
pleasant and profitable. Under the
auspices of such a club. moreover.
lpeakers could be secured to address
the people on suibje(-ts of current in
terest. Thus. even an isolated com
munity might be brought into close
touh with the great, busy, thinking
world.
We are conscious that a feeling of
discontent is spreading among rural
people. The eity, with .i.ts superior
advantages, is drawing them away
from their homes and farms. If some
of these advantages, in the way of
better facilities for traveling, better
religious and education opportunities
could be afforded .them, would not
the cause for the exodus from the
country to the city be in a large
measure, removed? Would not much
be done toward the solution of "The
Country Problem?"
The Mouse and tihe Fly.
Atlanta Constitution.
Women have never loved mice.
The bravest (woman of course)
that ever lived runs up the white
flag whenever this little four-footed
beast springs up in the domestic jun
gle and scampers across the floor.
They are like oil and water or the
tramp and work. They don't mix.
And. vet no one ever heard of a
mouse bringing death to any human
being with its horrible tusks or its fe
rocious and determined disposition.
The house fly, exceeding nice in
numbers in an incalculable ratio, is
a different propositon, and a much
more deadly one. Regardless of the
fact that each of his several feet
might ca.,-rv the possibilities of death
and disease for everyone in the house
hold. lie was invited into our dining
rooms, given a place of honor in our
parlors and borne as a necessary,
harmless nuisance in our sleeping
apartments.
The fly is one of the dearest friends
owned by the death rate. Unless a
mouse gets hold of plague germs, of
the germs of one or two other not too
obtrusive diseases, he acknowledges
a barely-speaking acquaintance with
the death rare.
Just why women should have culti
vated a never-ending feud with the
mouse and an easy indifference to
ward the fly, is one of the unex
plained mysteries It is there, and
that is above* all that can be said'.
What is advisable in view of the
testimony of science and the improv
ing municipal campaign against fl,ies
in Atlanta, is a transfer of a fraction
of deadly hatred on 'part o,f the house
wife from the beady-eyed and sinis
ter-looking mouse, to the inoffensive
appearing but deadly fly.
Covered garbage will reduce his
numbers, his breeding and feeding
grounds.
The activity pf the woman w-ho
heads the average household must be
relied up to gtive him the finishing
touches.
DON'T EXPERIMENT.
You Will Make No Mistake If You
Follow This Advice.
Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back, uri
uary disorders, dizziness and nervous
ness, it 's time to act and no time to
experiment. These are .all symptoms
of kidney trouble, and you should
seek a -remedy which is known to cure
the kidneys.
Doan 's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. No need to experiment. It
has cured many stubborn cases in this
vicinity.
Can Newberry residents demand:
further proof than that contained in
the following testimonial?:
Mrs. J. M. W:heeler, Prosperity, S.I
C., says: "My kidneys were out of or:
der' for a long time, causing terrible'
pains through my loins and limbs.
There was also a constant ache in
my back and on some occasions, I
could searcely get about. The kidney
secretions were too frequent in pas
sage and caused me much annoyance.
I consulted seve ral phIysicians anid
used any number of kidney remedies,
but did not improve in the least. I
was becomin'g disconraged and had
about given up hope of ever being
cured when *my son-in-law procured a
box of Doan 's Kidney Pills for me
at W. E. Pelham & Son 's drug store.
He had read that they were good for
kidney trouble and induced me to try
them. I did so and when I.had taken
the contents of two boxes, the back
ahe -had disappeared and my kid
nevs had been restored to thei-r nor
mal condition. I have recommended
Doan 's Kidney Pills to many of my
friends and will continue to do so.'
'For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cets. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan 's--and
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