The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, September 30, 1909, Image 8

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Tr; d^BlSS5SS8SSS5SESSSS9B^SSS^BS9BS National Highways. The far reaching influence of the campaign for good roads started by the Herald ih connection with the At* lanta Journal is shown by the facts cited in an article published on another page this morning. j When the Herald the other day an- , nounced the selection of the Piedmont , route as the most available for the ( thousand mile national highway be- ( tween New York and Atlanta, which will be ready for the great automobile , endurance contest next autumn, it suggested that the two other routes explored by its scout car would also be constructed at some future date. The enthusiasm for good roads excited throughout the country, and especially in the South by the scouting and pathfinding trips of the Herald and Atlanta Journal, is so intense that at least one of these rival routes will probably be put urdei construction at once. As related in the article which appears this morning. Mr. Leonard Tufts, of Pinehurst, N. C, with the strong support of influential newspapers in Washington as well a3 in Richmond and other Southern | cities, has projected a highway from the Capitol at Washington to the State House in Augusta, Ga., and further to Jacksonville, Fla. As a result of the interest excited by the Herald's campaign in connection with its enterprising contemporary, the Atlanta Journal, every county in the Southland is making appropriations for the improvement of its roads or preparing to do so. The projected automobile contest for the prizes offered by the Herald and the Atlanta Journal and the preparation of the great highway, one thousand miles long, fpr the competing cars have set the whole country to discuselng the deplorable condition of our roads and the enormous "mud tax" thereby imposed upon the community in general &nd the farmers in particular. That this great and rich country should he traversed by highways worthy the wealth and enterprise of the American people is so obvious that it calls for no argument. The construction of good roads, however, will not merely gratify mational pride but save yearly hundreds of millions of dollars now lost through the inability to transport products and merchandise at all during certain seasons and the needlessly high cost of moving them when transportation is possible. Instead of the existing streaks of mud or sand that disgrace so- many portions of the country we should and will have a network of highways as much better than the "Roman roads" as the Republic is greater and richer than the famous old empire.?Editorial in the New York Herald. The Suppression of Dust. The arrival of the dust season calls attention to the absolute necessity of providing for its suppression by some means, whether temporary or permanent. The actual damage done by the dust as it is mixed with the atmosphere and inhaled into the throats and lungs of road users and the blighting effect on crops when it is carried over the adjoining landscane. combine to enforce the necessity of making immediate provision for its elimination. It must he borne in mind that many able engineers are making a close study of the condition and of means lor its ultimate rectification in a reasonably economical manner. At the same time it must be remembered that the condition is here, and that there are ample means, without proJiibltive C03t, for its reduction. b Of course, the original dust-laver was water, and it is still a good one. Its artificial application, equally of course, is very expensive, owing to its rapid evaporation and the consequent necessity for frequent applications. But there are a number of materials which, according to the results of tests, which have been brought, to our . attention, mav Hp rt?r?niioH <-?? *? '?? ' ? , ?-v? laj tbe dust and keep it laid for greater or less periods of time. It seems, therefore, that it should be the duty of those charged with the care of public roads to make use, at least for the time being, of such means as are at hand, holding themselves always in readiness to utilize any new dlscove-ies or inventions which may be more effective or more economical. The intelligence of those in control of each situation must determine waetner tne use or temporary palliative* or presumably permanent preventatives shall be used. But the time is at hand when the one thing: #>r the other?or some other?should be applied to the roads, that they may be made comfortable for commercial end pleasure traffic.?Good Roads luajazlne. Only One? In an Ohio town there is still maintained a stage coach system of transportation. the steeds whereof are of that sad appearance presented by the horses attached to the Fifth avenue line in New York not so many years go. One day a Cincinnati man, visiting the town in question, boarded a stage, having no other currency than a $& hill. Thle he proffered to the driver, g* The letter took It, looked It over for L a moment er eo and then aeked: y, "Whieh horse do yon *eat, BUI!" ?Harper's Weekly, . 'i^ SNAPPY AND BRIff Items Gathered and TokJ While You hold Your Breath. SOME EYERY DAY HAPPENINGS Lively and Orizp as They Are Garnered From the Fields of Actios at Home and Abroad. Mrs. Salvator Snmoniea of Baltimore, whose house was on fire threw down a bundle of clothes in which Bhe had $9o. She then climed down to find the money prone, which was the chief loss by the little fire. Rosa Elrod now confesses that s'-? swore falsely against Jack Worthington, of Bartow county, Ga., whereby he received a sentence of 20 years She claims that slie was intimidated into that course, but that her conscience has driven her to confession It seems that th~ ,r were equally implicated in her si ?me. A number of warrant? have beer issued in Chicago for the arrest ol oltieials charged with "fixing" juries The agitation about forur.ng a ne^ State our of pert of California on account of taxation methods is subsiding from the fact that it would bav? to run tho gauntlet of the State Legislature and Congress. A street car riot broke out at Council Bluffs. Neb., Sunday. Tread well Cleveland expert in Bu reau of Forestry, says our timber sup ply is being rapidly diminished ant that only one-third of the trees is uset while the other two-thirds go t< waste. President Taft drank a toast to th< Mikado last Sunday at Minneapolis Min., while jollying the Japanese, Wireless telegraphy proved its mer its again Sunday when it brought help to the Clyde Liner disabled fror broken machinery and anchored of Cape Hatteras. The equinoctial gale came a da; early this year on the Gulf and it coasts and its fury was unusuall dreadful. Broad Creek Neck in Maryland ha another sensation in the finding of th dead body of a farmer whose death i all a mystery. The mother of Vice-President Fail hanks celebrated her 80tli birlhda at Springfield on Monday. Her die tinguished son and his wife sent ; congratulatory cablegram from th Philippines. I)r. Cook arrived at New York an Peary arrived at Sydney, Nov Scoti T uesdav. Peary says he will not ace. ' an public receptions or participate i public celebrations till the contrc versy between him and Cook i settled. Mrs. Jacob Fiokel (divorced), o Cleveland, 0., embezzled $593.76 an being informed by the court that i Bhe replaced the money she would b spared sendee in the penitentiar\ She asked a lonn of $500 from he aforetime husband who refused. He son was unable to raise the mone> Here's what the judge said of Fickel "Any man who is half a man wouh do as much as is asked of Fickel t save the mother of his children, cvei though he has no regard for her a his wife." The Spanish troops have made i successful advance against the Moors killing a number and taking 1,001 nrisoners. It is said that the Japanese are he pinning to raise more cattle and wil eat more beef and less rice. A Wilkesbarre, i'a.. dispatch say; Francis Rogers has carried thre grape shot in his head ever since t h< battle of Antietam, until a few day; ago when they came to the surfac; and dropped out. He is ninety year old and is now free from headach< for the first time in many years. The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Cok? Cmpany will begin at once fh* construction of an immense impound' ing dam at Village creek, near En sley, Ala., together with a suitabli pumping station and reservoir pre paratory to a $2,000,000 coke ovei plant. A bomb was found Wednesda] night in the house at Juares, Mexico where it is arranged for Presidenti Taf-t and Dias to meet. Eight strike-breakers were injuret one of them perhaps fatally, John Petricek, a bystander was shoi through the li:p and eight oars wen paritally demonlished as the resull of riots which occurred after darl Wednesday night in connection wit! the street car strike which began hen last Saturday at Omaha. Recent torrential rains have causet the loss of 100 liv<?s and the destruc tion of "?00 houses at Horns, a towi of northern Syria. Judge Alford has declared sectior 24 of the Fuller prohibition law it Alabama unconstitutional and inoper ative. It attempted to prohibit tlu importation of whiskey and beer foi distribution. Gk?en H. Curtis received a gol<3 medal Wednesday, at a luncheon ai the Lawyers' Ciub, New York, by the Aero Club of America, for win ning the James Gordon Bennett cuj at Reims. President Taft made the electrica connection Thursday that set the wa ter flowing through Gunnison Tun nel, near Montrose, Colorado, b which 140,000 acres of arid land is t be made productive. ^ j. - i fenA :i iVi^i I. nifi&V ??MUDSON-PULT ^ e ^ /*Jr?WKw \ SZ^SL*'***y lE^Vr1 fyfiAtXX x<" < Lf t>*i??tw~x_ ' v?<?/^?iV^7-^S=_u Wr n-MkWA P 9Tf' T ^y^rit f ^ j~^ ^ * Mjjj| :cT\^y<7 y% (rS >i ; (t^yggll ; ffsk ?Cart | HOW HEW YORK POLICE HANI 8,000,000 PEOPLE I ' Mighty Human Machine Construotec Night and Day--Twonty-aavan Si bulanoa Poata Eatabliahad - - E a Conatant Duty, With Juat f New York City.?Throughout the Hud6on-Fulton celebration there was - constantly in motion one of the greatest machines ever assembled, in regard to its thousands of human parts v' operating in unity, in the work of the Police Department of New York s City. e This great machine, with its blocks g of patrolmen, its wagons, its shuttling ambulances, its field hospitals, its squads of surgeons and nurses, its ueeis oi iauncnes ana rowboats, was I Y practically under the guidance of one i- man as chief engineer, First Deputy a Police Commissioner Frederick H. 0 Bugher, who evolved the elaborate plan under which the millions who thronged the city's streets were as" sured the maximum of protection, a Plans were outlined to care for crowds of from 7,000,000 to 8,000,v 000 on the days of the great parades, ij and so skilfully were the arrangements made that this was done without reducing the regular police paa trols or decreasing the regular reserves which were held at all stations f to cope with possible emergencies. ,] Aside from that, too, 4 600 policemen j were available for special duty throughout the ceremonies. f As factors in this monster mechan' Ism twenty-seven police signal star tions were established, running in a 1 chain from the St. George ferry, Rich. mond, through Brooklyn, up Manhatj tan and the Bronx to the railroad " tower at the junction of Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Hudson River, o Each of these stations had a direct ii wire to headquarters, and each was ? equipped with an ambulance or a patrol wagon provided with surgeon and stretcher. On the line of Saturday's naval ' parade an auxiliary line of twenty0 four telephone stations was installed. Thirteen separate ambulance stations ? lay at intervals between the St. 1 George ferry, on Staten Island, and Dyckman street and Broadway. These were supplemented by fifteen field f hospitals, each fully equipped with ? beds and nurses, as well as two floatf ing hospitals. t Another chain of twenty patrol wagons, each in charge of a nolice (I surgeon, was run from Tompklns' | ville to Dyckman street, while a fleet f- of fourteen launches and steamers patrolled the water front continuously from the Kill von Kull to Spuyten Duyvil Creek. Supplemeuting the ! latter there was a fleet of rowboats - covering the water front. A three-ply thickness of police auf thority was planned for the entire length of Riverside Drive and its' fringe of park. Inspectors, each with 1 six to seven captains under them, and the latter in command of squads f of from forty to sixty, had charge of the strip of land between the river UNVEIL, FULT ' Lancaster, Pa. ? The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society unveiled a 1 memorial to Robert Fulton in the lit? tie hamlet of Fulton House, the birthL place of the inventor, twpnty miles south of this city. Among those in attendance were Governor Stuart and 1 ex-Governor Pennypacker, both of ' whom made addresses. The exercises were continued in the j afternoon, and during the luncheon hour there was an exhibit of Fulton relics consisting of manuscripts, 1 drafts, mementos, etc. { The ntnnH frnm mhli>h Ha I I delivered their addresses was modI eled to represent Fulton's first stcam11 boat, the Clermont. It was profusely * i decorated with the national colors. ? I Tho -VI.U ? - -?? -? ? - I ?uitu was uenigueu uy | r it..- ... ? Standard Pays $6,000,000 For I lO.OOO Acres of Oil Land, t Pittsburg?Jennings Brothers, oil r producers, officially announced the . completion of a deal with the Standj ard Oil Company whereby the Pittsburg company retires completely from , development In the Eastern Illinois 1 field. f For a sum close to $6,000,000 the - Ohio OH Company, a Standard eon cern, has taken oyer 10,000 acres of n territory owned by Jennings Brothers In that part of Illinois. The land Is now wild aad nniaaproTQd. ON CROWDS! 1? dS; oon by Triggs, in the New York Press. 1 ILED A CROWD OF ! )DRING HUDSON-FULTON FETE ! < I to Insure Public Safety--On Move i gnal Stations and Thirteen Am j very Member of the Foroaon Time to Eat and Sleep, and the embankment wall. Another ( chain rvf nnllcoman h.A ? ? park slopes from the wall to the ! driveway: tben still another force had , charge of the sidewalks and the driveway. ; By day the field hospitals displayed ' white bunting flags with gold cross ' and white bunting flags with green cross. By night each flew balloons ; with green and white lights attached, j Wigwagging signals were used in communicating between police boats and shore stations by day, and green 1 and white lights served the same purpose at night. i As planned, too, the army of police- i men were massed as the crowds ( shifted their density. For instance, , when the naval parade passed the Brooklyn shore and the crowds in that vicinity began dispersing, this fact was communicated at once to Deputy Commissioner Bugher. At once he directed that the 300 special policemen on service there take a special elevated train which was in waiting, hurry to the subway, march aboard special subway cars and hasten to Manhattan. In this way every link of the police organization was movable at a moment's notice, so that the maximum of policemen was utilized where the crowd was densest. iso policeman had time oft during the parade days. All were ordered to wear their uniforms at all times except when in bed. This order applied to every member of the force, in whatever capacity. When not on active * uty each policeman snatched bis rest in the station house, thus at the same time acting as a unit in the special reserve system while obtaining his needed rest. An especial letter, issued by the Commissioner, was read six times to every member of the department, pointing out the need of patience ana tact in handling the great crowd of visitors. Above most of the hotels flags of various foreign nations were to be seen, indicating the presence of some of the delegates to the celebration from foreign shores. Over the Hotel Astor the Governor's flag announced that Governor Hughes and his family had their quarters there. Speedy punishment befell petty offenders who tried to have "fun" with the populace during the Hudson-Fulton celebration. Not only were the regular police details, in sections where the crowds gathered, practically doubled, but the Interboroueh put in commission a large corps ot special officers. The surface lines, with the aid of the police, were in a , position to take care of the rowdies who tried to make every day seem ' like the Sunday of their own particular devising. i ON TABLET. Miss Mary Magee, of this city, is ot bronze, about a foot high, and is in the shape of a shield. At the top ttlA.o I. - I " iuvic is a unit renei 01 me sieamuoat Clermont. Directly underneath la a scroll containing the words, "Clermont, Fulton, 1807." Upon the tab- 1 let is inscribed the following: "Here, on November 14, 176G, was ' born Robert Fulton, inventor, who, 1 on the waters of the Hudson. August 11, 1807, first succbzr'uily applied 1 steam to the purpose of navigation. 1 At this place he spent the first years 1 of his life. Without a monument fu- < ture generations would know him. < Erected by the Lancaster County Hl?- 1 torical Society at the centenary cele- < bration of his achievement, Septem- 1 bor, 1909." i Judge Declares Abrogated 1 Right to Jury Trial Inviolate. Mobile, Ala.?Jules E. Alford, lu J the Inferior Court here, dealt the prohibitionists of Alabama a severe blow when he declared that the portion of the celebrated Fuller prohibition bill denying a defendant the right of a trial by Juar was uncont?!tutional. He said that Section 11 of the AJa. bama constitution stated that right of trial by jury must remain inviolate and that the Fuller bill was In direct dbnflict with this. All cstsee on the Aonket wtU be appealed. _ XTOUBBS ABOUT OOTTOM. 1.519,932 Bales cm Hud August 31, . 1909, a* Against 1,830.058 in 1908? 10^77,972 Spindles in Operation in the Cotton States?Quantity Cotton Consumed 6,085,380 Bales. A dispatch from Washington says the total number of bales of cotton 1 held on August 31 in the United States was 1,519,932 as against 1.236.058 in 1908, according to a report by the census bureau and 1*514.567 in 1907. The quantity of cotton held in the cotton growing States on August 31 last was 702,998 and in all other States 816,934. The quantity consumed during the year was 5,085,380 bales, against 4,539,090 in 1908. The number of aetive spindles in operation luring the year was 27,783,491. The totafl number of active spindles in operation in the United States during the year 1909 is compared with 27,505,422 in 1908, and 26,375,191 in 1907. The totnl number of active spindles in operation in the "eotton growing States" during the year 1909 svas 10,377,972, compared with 10, ?WJ,yu?i in lyua, and 9,527,904 in 1907. { rhe total number of active spindles i in operation in "all other States" during the year 1909 was 17,405,519 ] compared with 17,304,519 in 1908, and 16,847,227 in 1907. Of the total number of bales of cotton held on August 31 last 908,B08 was held by manufacturers, against 594,184 in 1908, and 1,016,738 in 1907. The number of bales held on August 31 last by all other holders was 611,124 against 641,874 in 1908 and 497,829 in 1907. The quantity of cotton held in the 'cotton growing States" on August 31 last is compared with 667.802 in 1908 and 615,064 in 1907 and in "all other States" the comparison is against 568,256 in 1908 and 899,503 in 1907. This quantaty of cotton consumed (bales) in the cotton growing States ' during the year 1909 was 2,488,919, against 2,187,096 in 1903, and 2,410,993 in 1907. The total quantity of cotton consumed (bales) during the year iyuy in "all other States" was \ 2,596,461. against 2,351,994 in 1908 and 2,573,943 in 1907. The totals include 12,449 bales of foreign cotton in 1909; 7,810 in 1908; j B,665 in 1907; consumed by raanu- t facturers in the cotton growing States and 123,884 bales in 1909; 141,812 in ( 1908; 131,703 in 1907; consumed by ( manufacturers in all other States. The statistics of both domestic and foreign ] cotton are in running bales, gross : weight. So. 40-'09. , Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.?Shakespeare. To rob a robber is not robbing. 1 The iesmisCl MAY SUTTON | , Tells American Girls How To Bo j Healthy unJ Graceful. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Don't drink coffee. Don't drink tea. Don't etercise too much. These three don'ts constitute the < advice of Miss May Sutton, champion woman tennis player of the world, to ( girls who would go in seriously and systematically for athletics. Eat what you want. Take long walks. Get all the fresh air you can. i These are the three rules Miss Sut- < ton lays down for girls who desire merely to be strong and healthy. The little champion recently ap- 1 nearerl nri i>nnrtc In fJon ? a series of exhibition matches. It had been reported that she was not in ' the best of health, but she gave no In- 1 dlcation of having "gone back," playing her strong game that made her , world's champion, with her same old dash and accuracy. 1 At the close of the series Miss Sutton was asked to tell what system of training she had found most effective and what, in her opinion, is the best form of exercise and diet for the average American girl. In part she said: "While I advocate hearty eating, I cannot say too much e against the use of tea or coffee. They are nerve destroyers and c no one can be healthy who a persists in their use. * "Too much exercise is as bad as too little. Walking is the best exercise c there is. Early each morning, after 1 drinking a glass of hot water, dressed e in loose clothing, I walk for nearly t r% W am a ?U UUUI . 1 "Athletics shoi*'' receive some attention from every girl. If her time c precludes the playing of tennis or golf c she shoald take long walks In the open air. both before the morning c md evening meal, throwing the head f and shoulders back and taking long, 1 deep draughts of that which money ? cannot buy but is in reach of the poor 1 as well as the rich?pure air. t "Pure air and a moderate amount of exercise I cannot too strongly im- t press upon girls as being the only se- t cret of health and grace. Medicine ( for that out-of-sorts feeling may cauie 1 girls to Imagine they feel all right, 1 but what they really need Is more fresh air and not quite so much sit ting around the house In tlght-flttlng i clothes as a great many of them do." < Miss Sutton Is declared hy physl- < clans to he a perfect athlete. Tennis experts declared that every movement la "a picture."?Ltmingiem (Ay.) Leader. ] Postra Cereal Co>? Ltd*, Bt www* H The Magic of ft Smile. "Tkat fir! sitting on the other ftido . of the car has the tonic smile/' said ft. , friend whom I had met in the trolley car the other day. "A tonic smile! What on earth is thatf" I asked. 4 "It's a smile that is glad because the world is a happy place, and the girl * over there has got it," was the reply. "There are all kinds of smiles," my friend continued?"the ones that bring us pleasure, that fascinate us or that greet us in friendly fashion. But nf mil io ftU-a I- 1:1? ? ?. w*. ? * SO vuc OU1I1C lUUb IS llKO 1% mental tonic, that flashes on our spirit the keen joy of life's worthiness, that flings out to our souls a jay, brave call to arms." The tonic smile is the one that looks the world in the face in com ade fashion. She does not blink things, this lady of the tonic ami* ; she has none of the insipid unsopL. :ication of the girl whose innocence is ill ignorance, seeming to have exactly ;he figure which you would like to lave. It is not absolutely necessary ;o possess all the features of Dfana ind Venus to appear to possess the jeauties of both goddesses. The stout vornan knows enough not to wear the sxtremely high collar, one which forces her double chin into prominmce. One of reasonable height is far better, and if she chooses the right >hape she will attain the best effect. Violin 250 Years Old. Mr. M. L. Willis, a piano dealer of Anderson, S. C., has returned from a several days' trip to Laurens. He jrought back with him a very old > riolin?one made in 1665. The violin ins been down in Laurens county, Mr. Willis says, for the last 100 years, ind the date nn llio inci.ln nf ? it rumen t attests that it was made ibout 250 years ago. The inscription >n the inside is: "Fried. Aug. Grass :erfertigte nach Nicholas fecit in ^remonen A. 1665." The parts of he violin are worn and look to have >een in use for a great many years, rhere are several of the famous Crenonen violins lost, and it is thought ?y Mr. Willis that be has one of the nissing instruments. One of the old riolins was found recently and sold 'or the sum of $9,000. For a Rainy Day. "I hope," mid the millionaire employer, "that you are putting someking by for a rainy day." "Yes, sir," said the beautiful stcn)grapher, cheerfully; "every bright lay I postpone lots of work." Then, as the sun shone with great arilliance, aud her young man waited in a taxicab below, she added that she would start now for the ball game. It is had to lean against a falling wall.?Danish. * Lampion Says "Don't think Coffee "Don't Drink Tea^ "Don't Exercise Too Much" Very easy when you know how much more satisfactory < POSTUM is, as a morning cup. A hot, steaming cup of Postum is as invigorating and bracing as :offee. But instead of caffeinevrecked nerves, headaches and leart troubles that overtake the coffee drinker, Postum furnishes x liquid food which strengthens read and body. A ten days' trial of well-made Postum (boiled 15 minutes) con. /inces. There's a Reason." WONDERED WHY ' Found the Answer Was "Coffee." Many pale, sickly persons wonder or years why thoy have to suffer so, ind eventually discover that the drug ? caffeine?In coffee is the main :ause of the trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee ind drank it every day. I never had nuch flesh aird often wondered why I vas always so pale, thin and weak. "About five years ago my health ompleteiy broke down and I was conIned to my bed. My stomach was In tuch condition that I could hardly ake sufficient nourishment to sustain ife. "During this time I was drinking ?, toffee, didn't think I could do with* -? >ut it. , t "After awhile l came to the contusion that coffee was hurting me, ind decided to give it up and try 9ostum. I didn't like the taste of It it first, but when it was made right? >olled until dark and rich?I soon besame very fond of it. "In one week I began to feel beter. I could eat more and sleep beter. My sick headaches were less fre luent; ana witnin ave months I ooked and felt like a new being, leadache spells entirely gone. "My health continued to Improve ind to-day I am well and strong, velgh 148 lbs. I attribute my prse)nt health to the life-giving qualities ' >f Poetum." "There's a Reason." Read, "The Road to Wellviile," la ?kgs. ttte Creek, McIl, U. S. A*