The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, February 18, 1920, Image 6
THE COST OP DIRT ROADS*
(Abbeville Press and Banner.)
Some days ago a gentleman who
owns property in McCormick County
exhibited to us his tax receipt for last
year. The rate of taxation in that
county, without a court house and
without a jail, is thirty mills?nearly j
twice the rate of taxation in this I
county.
What causes the high rate in that
county, you ask? It is caused by,the
fact that some two years ago McCorinick
County issued bonds to the amount
of one hundred and seventyfive
thousand dollars for so-called '
good roads?roads to be built out of
am. j;
Weil vnu s;iv. the tax rate is not}
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so large if the people have good roads.
But have they. Our understanding is
that only about one-half the roads 1
proposed to be worked were in fact
worked. The work done was grading,
bridging, and widening of the 1
%roads where they were too narrow.
No kind of top-dressing was put on 1
the roads, they are just plain dirt '
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roads.
The result: Well the roads were (
improved somewhat last summer, but 1
of course during the present winter 1
they are rough again, rougher perhaps
than they would have been had 1
they not been regraded, because a new 1
road will more easily cut into holes 1
and ruts than an older and longer- 3
. ^ traveled road. Tn two or three years ^
the roads will be just what they were,
except that the county will have the
benefit of the grading and of the
bridges which have been built. The
property holders in the county will 1
be paying taxes still for good roads '
which they have not yet seen, and 1
people "will be wiser than they are to<
day. Perhaps by that time some system
of making really good roads will
have been devised and other counties ^
will be building really goo droads,
while McCormick will be so badly in
debt and so thoroughly disgusted with
the good roads business that it will ^
, be "Never again" with the good peo- ^
* pie over that way.
All of which warns us that if the *
people of this state desire good roads
they should go at it in the right way.
The General Assembly should, in the
first place, make those people who are
demanding the good roads pay for
them. Two hundred and fifty miles *
-of good roads may be built the pres- j
ent year out of an adequate automobile
license tax, properly graduated as
to the different makes of cars, and
with the money thus in hand the
State, without taxing people who are
L not so much itnerested in good roaao,
wmay construct enough miles of roads 1
to educate the people in; the value of 4
these roads, and give them ap idea of 1
the cost of constructing the same.
Should the people of Abbeville J
County vote six hundred thousand dol- 1
lars in bonds for the building of dirt
roads, the-roads will be widened, they
will be Detter graded and when the
work is done the roads will be better ^
perhaps than they are now. But in
five years we will be back practically
speaking where we started. Any top- ^
dressing now put on the roads will be
gone, it will not be replaced, and we
will be in the ruts again. Besides, not
half the roads called for by the presv
?nt bill will ever be completed. The
roads will cost so much more than is
now believed that either they will be
abandoned because they cannot be
constructed 'at an -average of five
thousand dollars per mile, or they will 1
be constructed at a much higher cost, J
and thus fewer miles will be built.
UnVess the people are ready to pay 1
for permanent roads we believe that *
it would be wise to adopt the sug- N
gestion vof Capt. Shaw and levy a "
little more taxes, raise the cominuta- c
tion tax, and employ a certain amount
of the taxes thus raised in widening i'
the roads and grading the more diffi- '
cult places. \
w Pprmanpnt roads nre rominfr in our I 1
f judgment. It were better, we be- 1
lieve, to wait and build the best. Un- ]
til then we should make the best possible
use of what we have. I
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ST. VALENTINE'S MISSION.
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When winter's at his oldest
And coldest j
And boldest,
f Then cometh good St. Valentine, j
To show that love is burning
And sighing and yearning.
And breathe upon the wintry
earth his tenderness divine.
I When life la at Its bleakeet
And ineekeet.
And weakest.
Then cometh good St. Valentine, j
'i*o fnow inai iove is res/
f And v.-jylfu! eyed and cozy,
L And breathe on every torpid heart
W His tenderness divine.
k * INGENUITY
B^k Guest?"Walter, this steak is like :
Leather and the knife is dull."
Waiter?"You might strop the knife :
on the steak.**
A CORRECTION.
By reason of a slip in the mechanical
department of The Dispatch-News
last week thero occurred an error in
the advertisement of the CaughmanKaminer
Co., by which gasoline was
quoted at 25c. per gallon. The price
should have been 27c. Gasoline has
taken a recent jump, and it is of course
imrmccihlA frvv C"a ii trh m#in -TCaminer
Company-to rpaintain the old price.
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THY KINGDOM OOMtE.
New York, Feb. 16.?When 1 was a I
youngster there was an old prayer ;!
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that we all learned. We didn't know j
much about what it meant but we ;
[earned to say "Thy Kingdom come:
Thy will be done!"
I often wonder what would happen
if people said that prayer now?and
mean it, and if they lived in such a
way as to make that prayer come
true.
Here in New York, and 1 guess it's
the same way in other places, most
sverybody seems to be saying to himself
"My Kingdom come! My will be
lone." And you can see from the way
^hev act that they mean just what1
they say.
If we could only get theni to change ;
the my to thy and mean it just as
much I am sure they would not have
to pray that old prayer very long before
it came true for them and eMpryDody.
If the Kaiser had prayed Thy in- j
stead of my there wouldn't have been I
my World War.
Everybody who has anything to sell j
lowadays, whether it's something to
3at or to wear or to see or to hear, is
thinking about my. If they would j
pnly change that my to Thy we would J
soon hear no more about the high I
:ost of living.
We have had lots of strikes lately \
1
3ecause the fellows who work and the j
fellow-s they work for pjray my instead
of Thy.
I am sure the men who throw
aombs and try to break down our
Government and give us one like Russia
are praying hard. "But the trouble
is they are saying their prayers
wrong too. 1
If we all could only say this old
prayer rig*ht again, could change the
my back to thy, and could mean it
just as much when we said it right
is w'e meant when we said it wrong,
:his old world would soon bo a happy
[>lace for all.
1)11. SAN DEL IIAS RECOVERED.
After having been confined to liis
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looom for several days by illness. Dr.
John V.". Sandel. beloved Lexington
Physician, is again able to be out,
laving fully recovered. This will be
oyful news to the many friends of
>r. Sandel all over the county.
LEXINGTON PROOF !
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iliould Convince Every Lexington!
Reader.
The frank statement of a neighbor,
elling the merits of a remedy.
Bids you pause and believe.
The same endorsement
By some stranger far away
Commands no belief at all.
Here's a Lexington case.
A Lexington citizen testifies.
Read and be convinced.
D. S. Smith, Main St., says: "I was
n bad shape with my kidneys several
-ears ago. I could hardly get up or
lown and even walking caused me
riisery. I had a too frequent desire to
>ass the kidney secretions, which
vere scanty, and caused a burnng
sensation. I tried many kidney remedies
without getting any relief. Finilly
a friend recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills, and I used them. By
:he time I had taken the first box, I
received much relief and further use
nade me well enough to stop taking
:hem. Whenever I have any trouble
this way now, I use Doan's Kidney
Pills and they give me splendid reief."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Smith had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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A celebrated scientist referri
Nature had given ihe wond c
is richest Norwegian ccd ih
tine manner, very much as JN
cf butter-fat. Scctl's is net
but many assimilate it casi:
Ar# Scott's Emulsion :
fthat helps keep the be
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laboratories. It is a guarant
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THRIFT STA>1P WEEK
BEGINS MARCH 1ST.
State superintendents of schools in
every state in the fifth federal reserve
district havo been notified that national
thrift stamp week will be observed
beginning Monday. March 1, and
ending Saturday, March 6.
The war loan organization for this
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territory s^iiunig uut jh^u utuvaoy
literature and pledge cards to supersf
intendents. and will co-operate in every
way to awaken new interest on
the part of parents and pupils in practicing
everyday thrift. The effort is
intended to emphasize the value of
saving regularly in small amounts.
Through the press, school journals,
notices on school bulletin boards, programs,
and in various ways the message
of the 25-cent United States
Thrift Stamp will be carried.
It is likely that the celebration of
thrift stamp week in the schools will
culminate on Friday, March 5. with
an entertainment featuring tlie number
of tlirift stamps each ehild has
bought during the week, and the presentation
of a program based 011 those
prepared by the treasury department
for this purpose.
Steps are being taken ro abolish
the flogging of women prisoners at
the city prison of Atlanta, Georgia.
iOYFWL EATING I
Unless ycur food ;s digested with- I
out the aftermath of painful acidity, I
the ;oy 13 taken out of both eating I
and living, j|
are wonderful >r. fher help to the S
stomach w'lh acidity. <|
Pleasant 'o t?i.-?r?i ?< *' prompt and jl
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GOODMEDICINE"
Sajs Rock City, Ala. Gentleman, Aflei
Having Given It Conscientious Trial.
Ziron is a new scientific combination ol
pure, inorganic, official, U. S. Pharmacopeia
iron, with the hypophosphitesof lime
and soda and other valuable tonic ingredients,
recommended by the best medical
authorities in the treatment of anemic
conditions.
Ziron helps to put iron into yoiir blood
and this helps to build strength for you.
when you are pale, weak, nervous, depressed.
Read what Mr. Sidney Fry, of Rock
City, Ala., says, and then try Ziron. He
makes the following statement:
"Something over a week ago I used
Ziron for the first time, i was troubled
with indigestion and had a spell of weakness.
Ziron helped both troubles. 1 felt
stronger and my stomach quit hurting. 1
really feel that Zi.on is a good medicine.
It surely helped me."
Your druggist will sell you Ziron on a
guarantee that if the first bottle does not
benefit you, he will refund the money you
paid him.
Get a bottle of Ziron today!
ZN is
"Your Blood Needs ;
Million Packets Of
Flower Seed Free
We believe in flowers arourd the
homes of the South. Flowers brighten
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those who
have them.
We have set aside more tuan one
million packets of seed of beautiful,
yet easily grown flowers to be given
to our customers this spring for the
beautifying of their homes.
Hastings' 1920 Seed Catalogue is
now ready. Brilliant cover in natural
colors. 100 pages of garden and farm
information, profusely illustrated. It's
the one worth while seed book for
southern gardeners and farmers. This
catalogue is absolutely free to you on
request. Your name and address on
a postal card or in letter, will bring it
to you by return mail.
This 1920 Catalogue will show you
just how you can get five packets of
flower seeds (five different sorts) absolutely
free of cost this spring. Send
for this catalogue today without fail
No obligation to buy anything unless
you want to. H. G. HASTINGS CO.,
Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.)
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tng to cod-liver oil said that
* almost a ready-made food"*
mi ciii
Ill lill^
rer oil, elaborated in a scienfature
wraps up each globule
unlike cream in consistency,
.? than they do ether fats,
'e concentrated nourishment
.dy strong. Give it c trial*
r oil used in Scott's Smulsicn is the famous
Norway cr.d refned in our a ten American
ce of purity and palatability unsurpassed,
sc. Elcom?eld, N. J. 19-M
BITTEN IN FACE BY DOG.
Saluda, Feb. 15.?J. Elbert Riser,
a prominent farmer living- in the Cool
Spring section of the county, was biti
ten in the face Friday afternoon by a
dog supposed to be mad. According {
to reports. Mr. Riser succeeded in j
warding oi'f the tirst lunge of the dog
at his throat, but in the second attempt
the dog. which was a large
hound, succeeded in biting him severely
about the face. Mr. Riser left
shortly after he was bitten for Columbia.
carrying the dog's head in order
that a test might be made to determine
whether the animal had rabies
or not.
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Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Compres- !
sors. Computing Scales, Floor Scales, j
Show Cases. Account Registers, Re-1
built Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fix- I
tures.
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NOTICE.
We hereby forbid any person or persons
of hiring-, or giving employment
in any way or boarding our IS yearsold
son, Reedy Argoe, any one so
doing, the law will be strictly r>nforcod
against them.
H. H. ARGOE.
ECHSOH ARGOE.
William G. Clancy, the first man to
carry an American flag- over the top.
returned to police duty in Boston and
was shot by a criminal.
Dollars and Cents.
Counting it only in dollars and
cents, how much dirl that last cold
cost you? A man nfay not always stop
work when he has a cold, but perhaps
it would he better if ho did. It
takes about ten days to get completely
rid of a cold under the usual treatment.
That time can be much shortened
by taking Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and proper care of yourself,
in fact, a bottle of this remedy ;n the
house is a mighty good investment
during the winter and spring months.
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Hackney Buggies
Washington Buggies
Columbus Buggies
Brown Baggies
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examine every patient thoroughly,
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ta National Bank Building
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ick Service.
mage is solicited, anda
je Lexington Folks.
H5iJa Columbia,
j Sailors on an ice-locked steamer on j
! Lake Michigan jwalked 20 miles for '
tobacco. Food was taken to the boat
by airplane.
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For the ChildrenToo
much care cannot be exercised
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| in selecting a cough medicine for
children. It should be pleasant
take, contain no harmful drug and
most effectual in curing their coughs
and colds. Long experience hae
shovm that Chamberlain's Cougrk
Remedy meets these conditions. It fs
i a favorite with many mothers.
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Best attention given all orders large i
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work, any tiling in flowers
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FLORIST.
1116 Main St. Phone 2761
COLUMBIA, S. |
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In diseases of the eye, ear nose and ~ 3
iiroat in Saluda on Monday and in
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Real Estate and Insurance
BATESBURG, S. C.
Dr. H. L. GREGORY,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office 1306 Assembly Street,'?
Columbia, S. C.
Office Phone 1342
| Residenc Phone 2754
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Dr. BARNHILL I
DENTIST,
The Crown and Bridge Specialist
j 16'5 Main St.- Columbia, S.C.
Over Lever's Shoe Store
s Phone 2149
Dr. C. T. BROOKS
| Dentist
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1434 Main St., Columbia, S. C. >
j Phone 44? V '
DR. H. W. WALL
DENTIST,
1316 Main Street COLUMBIA S. C
Office Hours: 9 to 1:30?2:30
DRS. BOOZER,
DENTIST.
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nave returned to tne louu
block, 1542 Main street,
Columbia, just across the
street from their old stand.
Cancer taken out by the root within
nine or :en days without knife.
Guaranteed never to come back.
j S. P. Shumpert,
| 12ft0 Divine Street COLUMBIA^ S. CE.
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i Attorney and Counceller
203 2nd Floor. National Loan
and Exchange Bank
Columbia, S. C.
Dr. TOOLE,
DENTIST,
1623 Main St., Columbia, S.Cf
PROFESSIONAL
! NOTICE OF REMOVAL
Dr. A. J. Bedenbaugh & Dr.
P. B. Spigner have moved their
Dental Offices to second floor,
1626, Main street, Columbia,S.P
j Phone 978 and 181.
i B. J. WiNGARD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
12 dark Ixa\Y Building
Law Range Telephone ISt
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Dr. CLARK'S
Foot Relief Station?
All Foot Troubles Treated.
1615 Main Street, Columbia, S. C.
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