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i ■ FEBRUARY i I IITTEES ABE NAMED FOR ROADS -rrr^urTZJrs MHMH 'M President of County Association Gives Statement On Road Program and Announces Precinct Comityttees to Push the Movement. , g—"SWgLr X T. JMot>s, Sr.» of IHt city, presi dent of the Laurens County Good Boads association, has sent to The Chronicle with a request for publi cation, the following communication in regard to the work and plans of the association: Pursuant to resolution passed by a mass meeting of the people of Lau rens county at Laurens Court House aome time ago, followed by an ad- jqprned mass meeting, at which con stitution and by-laws were adopted for the Laurens County Good Roads Association, an effort is now being made to organize the association at each precinct. According to the con stitution of the Laurens County Good alP citizens''—of Ibership. The object of the association is to ally all public-spirited citizens in pro moting good roads in Laurens county. The methods to be used are, first, the educating of the general public to the enormous losses involved by main taining bad roads; the study of pres- ant legislation governing our road ex penditures, and efforts to improve same to secure increased efficiency; the issuance of propaganda calculat ed to give the proper moral support to the Laurens county delegation in the General Assembly in putting through any and all relief measures -which may be necessary to accomplish a reform in road building and main tenance, and to give the county uni versally better roads. It is a fact that the maintenance of had roads is enormously more expen sive than the maintenance of good roads—more expensive even than the "construction and maintenance of good roads. It is estimated with some de gree of conservatism that the loss to Laurens county annually from bad roads run quite $2,000,000.00. Yet lor an expenditure of far less money than' $2,000,000.00 we might have good roads throughout the county, and even with the expenditure of the-sums which we are now placing on roads, very much better results can be ac complished if the work is done scien tifically under proper engineering, di rection and control. The fact is that the supervisor is now hemmed in by ao many restrictions, and is so illy provided with engineering assistance mnd equipment, so far as the present law is concerned, that the money which he spends is necessarily much less productive than if it were spent j^opeyly. This requires some chang- always in charge of construction and maintenance. ? • 4 ' ■ . t ». J We have a county engineer now for the Highway Commission work, but no county engineer for the ordinary road maintenance and construction and chain gang work. It is the pur pose of the Good Roads Association to secure expressions from all parts of the county, and representations from all parts of the county so that we may have a county-wide effort to maintain good roads not merely around the towns, but in every sec tion of the county. It is desirable therefore that the citizens of every precinct lend their aid to thjs project so that they will have to complain iiUbe futu£fu.as they hnY^complsmed Ora Oscar L. Hunter, Chairman; W. E. McClintock, R. L. Smith. brd—I'rank P. Drummond, ujn;#%. Wal- Hea*fnt^Mj»n<j^Wte. M. Hunter, Chafonln; 4|pP. Btpoks Fow ler. Youngs—W. W. Wallace, Chair man; O. C. Cox, W. G. Henderson, It. A.' Harris, T. M. Nesbitt. Gray*—B. B. Gossett, Chairman; I. S. Bailey, O. W. McIntyre. Stewart’s Store—J. D. Stewart, Chairman; L. S. Cook, H. R. Pryor. Cook’s Store—J. T. Edwards, Chair man; J. B. Cook, Z. B. Cooper, W. P. Patton, S. M. Thompson. Owings—J. T. Stoddard, Chairman; R. O. Hunt, J. J. Hunter, C. B. Ow ings, Dr. Geo. Owings. Gray Court—W. H. Barksdale, Chairman; W -H. Henderson, T. H. South, D. D. Peden. < Dials—P. M. Hell&ms, Chairman; L. E. Henderson, T. B. Campbell. Woodville—L. D. Armstrong, Chairman; W. E. Wood, D. M. Holder. Shiloh—J. H. Wolff, Chairman; H. S. Wallace, D. H. Wilson. Hickory Tavern—G. C. Roper, Chairman p-L-far Baldwin," Mv Hum es in me law, at least, to the extent of having a regular county engineer Committees have been appointed to organize the local precincts. Each precinct will have its own president, who will be a member of the Board of Directors of the county organization. The following committees have been appointed, and will begin at once the work of soliciting memberships. Each member pays $1.00 per year, and has full voting rights in his local precinct organisation, which organizations ap point the Board of Directors for the county, and elect their own officers. Ths local precinct organizations will also cooperate with county authori ties in putting through good roads projects within their own- territories in such essential matters as securing rights of way and top soil privilege and giving any other necessary sup port to accomplish the purposes of the association. Every committeeman is asked to put forth his full effort to awaken his own community, and secure the larg est possible membership. The larger the membership of the association, the more influential it will be, and the more rapidly it will carry its purposes to a conclusion, to the bene fit of every part of the county. Any public-spirited citizen who will volunteer to assist the committees will find his assistance extremely ap preciated. Let everybody boost the movement, and help the committees, whose names are as follows: Laurens Precinct—Dr. Dorroh Fer guson, chairman; M. L. Smith, James H. Sullivan, T. L. Timmerman, A. C. Todd, Tom Easterby, Douglas Gray, Dr. J. H. Teague. Laurens Mill—M. L. Smith, Chair man; J. McD. Moore, Jno. F. Mont gomery Watts Mills—Geo. M. Wright, Chairman; C. S. Link, J. F. Black mon, Joe Phiney. : than poles 73 carloads J J J —were added to the Bell Tele- V11 phone System In South Carolina ** during 1923. Other Items of material which were also added during the past year were 6 carloads of cable and one carload of copper wire. To complete the extensions and meet the growth which demanded such large quan tities of poles, wire aad cable, the telephone workers broke all previous construction and Installation records last year. This material, equipment and work repre sented an additional Investment -of more than $628,000. Most of it was new money, secured from Investors who have faith In the future of the telephone industry In this state. During the next flu* years mere than $3,282,000 mast be laws Mail In the Bell Tele phone System in Smith Carolina to provide adequate and effictaat telephone service when and where It is needed throughout this growing state. The success of this big undertaking de pends largely upon your continued friendly interest and encouragement. MORGAN B- SPEIR, Carolirvas Manager “Bell System- SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY On* Pmltejr. Ok* Syttmm. Uninnrtmi Snrnien *md mM mir*tiled tmtemrd tnilmr Snrminm Princeton—J. Frahk Davis, Chair man; W. L Freeman, Geo. L. Ridge way, W. H. Monroe. Poplar Springs—E. E. Simpson, Chairman; Eugene E. Simpson, N. B. Wood. Ekom—H. G. Culbertson, Chair man; A. R. Thome, P. O. Smith. Daniel’s Store—J. C. Matrin, Chair man; L. L. Manley, J. L. Martin. Tip Top—W. B. Sims, Chairman; Ervin L. Madden, J. E. McDaniel. Mount Pleasant—B. M. Cunning ham, Chairman; C. B. Nelson, J. D. Nelson, A. B. Fulby. Waterloo—Rex Lanford, Chairman; J. B. Wharton, !. C. Smith, Jr., Da vid C. Smith. Cross Hill—Miller Pinson, Chair man; G. D. Nance, R. E. Hill, Paul Martin. Mountville—B. R. Fuller, Chair man; M. A. Cannon, J. A. Davenport, R. C. Dunlap. Hopewell—Hayne Workman, Chair man; Fair Buford, Watts Davis. Lydia—R. E. Ferguson, Chairman; C. M. Bailey, Ernest Johnson. Clinton—S. C. Hays, Chairman; A. B. Blakely, Edgar Todd, T. L. W. Bailey, D. O. Rhame, A. O’Daniel, J H. Stone. Clinton Mill—J. P. Carter, Chair man; R. J. McCrary, W. J. Bailey. Goldville—C. R. Workman, Chair man; Jas. L. Browning, T. N. Crocker, W. A. Moorehead Renno—S. W. Dean, Chairman; B. F. Copeland, Wm. M. Ferguson, P. E. Dean, Jas. M. Copeland. Langston—D. A. Glenn, Chairman; W. R. Anderson, J. I. Chaney, F! L. Donnan, M. A. Sumerel, R. L. Hol land. Thompson’s Store—L. A. Thomp- K. son, Chairman; Frank Melbourne. W. Gmnahd, Wilson, The Sick Man Object of Interest Washington, Feb. 3.—Wilson, the sick man, was a greater object of friendly interest in Washington than the Wilson of war days. The national capitol never lost its head or its balance when big men came along; it was used to that type. But after he had been stricken, when broken in health, he sought to get back the strength he had given to his task, even that part of Washington which hated his policies and his pow ers, felt a softening around the heart as it saw him, bent low. Harding, as a new president, never dazzled Washington. It had known him as a senator and there was no wild rush for the windows as he drove hrough the streets. In the picture ’heaters of Washington when Hard ing’s likeness was shown there was a scattered handclap. But when Wil son’s picture was shown there always was a deafening burst of real ap plause. The thing was so pronounced that the president and the former president we.re never shown on the same screen. “Oh, Washington is a Southern com munity,” was the stock answer peo- nle got when they asked about the Treater applause for Wilson. Mr. Wilson liked the theater. He liked vaudeville especially. In the early days of his administration he went frequently to the theater, with out attracting undue attention. Peo ple applauded respecfully, but not loudly, when he entered. The same was true of Harding. After he left the White House, how ever, there was a changed attitude on the part of the Washington public to ward Mr. Wilson. Nearly every Sat urday night, when the condition of his failing health would permit, he at tended a vaudeville theater. His weekly visit seemed somehow to be come a local event. By 8 o’clock the streets around were packed with men and women. Mr. Wilson’s car always drove into an alley into which a side door to the theater opened. The crowd around the comer always was so dense that extra traffic policemen were detailed regularly “for Wilson night.” Street car traffic was halted. The Wilson party always remained seated in the theater until the audi ence had left He occupied an ob scure corner near the alley entrance. The laborous effort to enter the car— which he could not do without as sistance—was the most pathetic sight Washington ever beheld. , It touched heart of a cold blooded town. Week after week, the crowds stood the street, often tn^s pouring rain, iply to get a fleeting gibnpse of the wartime president, Some of the it men in national Ufa used to Id in the shadows across the street )m the theater to see how Wilson aked. They had read pf his afflic- By had ion; they had seen a picture of him now and then, hut ihiy wanted'to see for them wives. ..t. Washington neVer saw Wilson vrttlr- eut his wife. Herding; not a particu lar lover of vaudeviUe, never went to that same theater Saturday nights. When he did to, his car stopped at the main entrance, without interfer- 1 ring with Street traffic. Much of this show of affection for the former pres 1 was due to his broken Washington always wanted to vogp Ip praise Nor woman more * That was the They are standardized in order to bring about uni form therapeutic efficiency to the patient whenever required. This efficiency is most needed in the sick room—not merely in the laboratory. What is true of drugs must be true of foods. Purity and efficiency in the can is only part of the problem —purity y d efficiency ig the kitchsn k the true test The law jequires that baking power contain 12% arrfte This measure insures uniform leavening efficiency and protects the health of the public. In order to comply with this fixed standard for bak ing powder, manufacturers must produce and pack their product so as to avoid the deterioration which may result from absorption of atmospheric moisture. Baking Powder manufacturers to avoid violation of the law, also spend thousands of dollars yearly in testing grocers’ stocks and removing "spent” goods from his shelves, in spite of the fact that every pos sible precaution had previously been taken against deterioration. With the exception of Texas, the pure food laws are not applied to bak- ing pdwder mixed with dour at the mill and sold in bogs as “Self Rising to "self Flour.” There is no pyalty on the manufacturers if this fails rise”—the consumer is the “goat”—he is the one that pays the penalty through indigestion and ill health that comes frem eating bakings that are not properly raised. The standardization of baking powder is a pro tection to both r the consumer and the manufacturer—who welcomes such laws and cooperates in every way possible. But! Not so with the self rising dour manufacturer—he resents such laws and dghts such legislation. Why? Because a standardization of self ris ing dour would require moisture-proof containers instead of cheap sacks —because low grade “clears” could no longer be sold as “fancy patent flour.” It would also mean he must maintain expert chemical control such as is now maintained by baking powder manufacturers. Calumet Baking Powder contains only such ingredients as have been officially approved by the U.S. Food Authorities. Packed in tin—keeps the strength In How x to knowv< -—-w red'fertilizer Great'bins of Roystmr Fertilizer •'cure” or * 4 *ge.” for month* ao that yoor results from its use will swell the earnings from your lancL, H row can you tell Royster’s ‘cured” Fertilizer from fertilizer that has not been aged? ; The greatest difference is seen in the more profitable crops grown by the cured fertilizer, but there is a difference even to the untrained eye! plant-food elements bring about a more complete chemical action dur ing this aging, making a fertilizer which is readily available to the plant from seed time to harvest. After the first mixing, Royster’s goods are placed in great bins where they age from four to six months. They are then rc-millcd and bagged. The curing and re-milling are two of the reasons successful farmers say “Royster’s helps to make bigger and better crops.” The fine grinding of the ingredients and the close association of the Don’t buy fertilizer in a hit or miss fashion any longer. Put your faith in the old, well-known Royster reputation and ask for Royster’s Fertilizer by name. F. S. Royster Guano Company NORFOLK COLUMBIA ATLANTA MONTGOMERY OYSTER Tested TertWzers \ . \ . A A. .Vi IHI ... J........ — BOB I ■ ■