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THE WORK OF THE LAURENS
COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSION
(Written for
Little is known of the work of the
Laurens County Highway Commis
sion, but it is beginning to be realized
by the public in Laurens county that
the commission is getting remarkably
fine results for the money % spent. The
honor for the results goes very large
ly to Engineer Patton, whose extend
ed experience in road and bridge work,
and whose economical and business
like methods have saved to the coun
ty many times his salary since he was
employed by the commission. Mr.
Patton insisted upon the gang system,
which was adopted by the commission
on his recommendation and was put
into effect by Mr. Patton, the county
operating its own gangs, paying noth
ing to contractors. One gang is whol
ly owned by the commission. The
others are partially rented as regards
their equipment, and partially equip
ped with county commission equip
ment.
Capable, well trained road forces
are employed with each gang. All
the red tape of engineering work is
cut out and the net result is the build-
Itog of flrsrrtass highways in ridge
' country,'" 'hf-aome instonfie^- at lose
than $1500 a mile. All bridges are
double track, reinforced concrete, and
some seventeen bridges have been
built or are to be built. The bridges
are costing less than half what is
usually paid by-- the State Highway
Deparement under contract. The
roads are also costing less than half
the usual contract price.
The commission at the beginning
passed a resolution that they would
not begin any ro,ad until they had the
rights of way and top soil privileges
signed up. This has saved a great
deal of money to the county. The
commission has not interferred with
the engineer in getting the most eco
nomical and efficient routes. The
theory on which the engineer is work
ing is to build the roads by the short
est route, consistent with Ipw cost of
construction and maintenance. In
brief, Laurens county has at last
found out how to build good roads
cheaply.
The commission has spent about
$32,000 for equipment. It would be
a great pity for this equipment to be
junked. The biggest asset Laurens
cottnty has, however, is in Mr. Pat
ton, the engineer. This asset, togeth
er with the equipment asset, should
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be retained and kept 'in service, as
long as ywe can hold Mr. Patton. In
other Words, additional funds should
be supplied to keep the commission
busy upon present lines until finally
the county is made a good-roads coun
ty throughout. Many sections are
begging for improved roads, and the
work of the Laurens County High
way Commission has demonstrated
that we can have improved roads and
permanent bridges, at costs which
were not thought possible only a few
years ago. Indeed, when this com
mission was erected there were few
people in the county who imagined
that the $250,000 bond issue would
build all the roads which the commis
sion was instructed to build. It is
1 now known that those roads have been
provided for and that two additional
roads—from Musgrove Mill to Clin
ton, and from Clinton to Belfast?—are
being built out of the surplus. There
is $7,500 in the treasury for building
from Yarborough's Mill to Watts
Mill, and the Mt. Gallagher people!
are insistent upon having a road built
■fr^n-WWre-Sboals-to Madden-Station.
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
ttTRCVD UNJCRM INTEiuXATiCKAL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925
•These--two -odgbt tfr- ha ...priMlitK
ed for by the County Delegation, and
ought to be built through the County
Highway Commission with their pres
ent equipment and engineer.
Still other roads of vast importance
should be considered for immediate
action. It is likely that the people
all over the county will wish to pro- •
ceed with good roads construe.ion |
when they understand that the Lau
rens County Highway Commission is
building first class highways through
the roughest sections of the county,
with many streams to be bridged, and
building double track, reinforced con
crete bridges which will last hundreds
of years, and doing this at a cost so
low as to make it certain that Lau
rens county can have good roads all
over the county at no unreasonable
cost.
It will be a vast pity if the present
organization, including the engineer
and the gangs and the equipment, tmd
including also the commission, are
junked for lack of funds. Their work
is rapidly approaching completion so
far as the money supjrfy is concerned,
and then the work will have to stop
unless additional funds for • additional
road building are supplied by the
county delegation.
Lesson
(By RKV. P. B. KITZWATER, D.D.. DmB
of the^Bvontnff School. Moody Btblo la-
atltoto of Chlcaro.)
(C>. 1911, Western Nawapapor Union )
Lesson for January 4
N •’ A
CHRIST’S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
LESSON TEXT—Luke 19:*9-44.
GOLDEN TEXT—“Blessed be tha
Kina that cometh In the name of tha
Lord.!’—Luke 19:38.
PRIMARY TOPIC—A Great Crowd
Praising Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC — The Triumphal
Entry.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC—Making Christ Our King.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—The Kingship of Christ.
The title given this lesson Is some
what misleading. Strictly speaking,
this was far from a triumphal entry.
It was rather the official presentation
of the King of the Jewish nation.
Back of the cry, '‘hosanna,” the awful
word, “crucify” was uttered by the
same persons who cried “hosanna.”
ThWgfTlhey wei^-fiFE&rTyTma tb TK«
hist
plan of hosanna, which means “save
now,” through the -crucifixion of the
Son of God.
I. The Presentation (vv. 29-34).
1. Sending the Disciples for the
Ass (vv. 29-31). He told them just
where to go ty find it and told them
how to answer the Inquiry of the one
’ who owned It. This shows how per
fectly the Lord knows all our ways.
He knows our whereabouts by day and
night. He even knows our thoughts.
He uses unlikely means, and Insignifi
cant things in the accomplishment of
His purpose.
2. The Fulfillment of Prophecy
(Matt. 21:4, f>). Some five hundred
years before Zechariah had predicted
this event. Christ’s entry into Jeru
salem was an exact fulfillment of this
prediction. This is highly Instructive
to those who would understand the
prophecies as yet unfulfilled. Since
the prediction of his first coming was
literally fulfilled, we can be assured
that the prophecy of His second com
ing will be likewise fulfilled. The first
is established beyond a doubt. The
second we should as heartily believe.
The prediction of Zechariah 14:3-11
great commercial scale probably wiH
be developed first in this part of the
wofld, for here the need is greatest.
By Artfcfr BtIiImum
WHO WILL BE FIRST?
FLYING BRINGS CHANGE.
REAL ESTATE AND RAILROADS.
PEACE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.
What railroad man will first real
ize what the flying machine means?
What railroad man especially will
first realize what the flying mach
ine will do to the passenger traffic
of the great railroads on all long
hauls ?
Real railroad meh as regards pres
ent earnings will not fear the flying
machine, even should they fail to Util
ize it. That flying machine, taking
long-haul passengers from railroads,
will so greatly increase freight carry-
YOUTHS’ LAWYERS
'TO GET $150,000.00
Men Who Saved Leopold and Loeb
Have Huge Attorney Fee.
Wanted $200,000.
Chicago, I>ec. 30.—The lawyers who
saved Richard Loeb and Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., from the gallows after they
thorough realization of the flying
machine’s future, will establish for
his stockholders and himself such a*
fortune as would make those of the
Vanderbilts, Hills and Huntingtons
look like financial crumbs.
ing as to make railroad rights of way i pleaded guilty to kidnapping and kili-
and terminals more valuable than I ing Robert Franks will receive $150,-
ever. 000, it became known today.
Clarence Darrow, veteran criminal
lawyer, and Benjamin and Walter
Bachrus, brothers, will share the fee,
though the proportion of diVision has
not been made public.
The lawyers, it was stated, asked
for $200,000 at the conclusion of the
trial, and though the Leopold faniily
made no objection, the Loeb family
thought the amount excessive. v After
some discussion the $150,000 was
agreed upon.
Mr. Darrow,?in Denver visiting his
son, said Saturday an agreement had
been reached and would he submit
ted to the Chicago Bar Association in
accordance with the original plan that
the association fix the amount
Other expenses to the families of
the two youths, serving life sentences
in the Illinois state prison, were con
siderably more than the amount of
That’s part of the wisdom of Divhae
Justice. No really good thing ever
disappears with another good thing,
already existing.
The taxi wiped out the hansom cab,
as gas and electricity wiped out the
tallow candle. But the hansom and
the candle were really not “good
things.”
Watch the flying machine. It will
make changes greater than the steam
engine ever made, making man liter-
The first capable man, acting on i a ijy master of all he surveys by en-
The Chronicle’s Cross-Word Puzzle
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Horizontal
I. Article.
3. A cough (Prov. Eng.)
5. Extra explanation (abbr.) .
7. For some reason.
8. A body of individuals regarded as
one.
9. A liquid.
13. To wager.
15. A form of crochet.
16. An epoch.
18. Pronoun.
20. A parent.
21. A hardwood tree.
22. Form of verb “to have.”
23. Opposite to left (abbr.)
25. The nominative plural of the sec
ond personal pronoun.
26. Girl’s name.
28. A lazy, immoral fellow.
30. A falsehood.
32. In the metric system.
34. A dwelling place.
35. Resting on.
37. Form of verb “to be.”
38. A subject. ,
39. Observe.
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Vertical
1. Since.
2. Part of the neck.
3. To cut ‘With an axe.
4. Turkey (abbr.)
5. Wharf. v
8. A thoroughfare (abbr.)
10. A preposition.
II. A girl’s cap.
12. And (Latin.)
13. Color.
14. Anything that is spiny.
18. Frame on which artists place pic
tures.
17. Pertaining to the axis.
19. To consume food.
20. A month of the year.
24. Unless.
27. A minute particle of matter.
28. To have existence. ,
29. Myself.
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32. To come together (past)
49. To repeht of.
34. An exclamation.
36. Negative.
MISS LEONELL SMITH
Will teach a limited number of
pupils
PIANO
After January 1st
For further information
Telephone 319
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ness energy of the whole Western
country.
To go there now, you travel four
days off trains admirably equipped
and managed.
In less than twenty , years the trip
will be made by flying machines in
six hours and with absolute safety.
How many Americans will devote four
railroad days to a six-hour flying”
trip? Not many.
abling him to go anywhere and every
where without roads or terminals,
crossing a continent in half a day.
Most important of all is the fact
that the flying machine alone repre
sents national safety, since, all wars
will be fought and won or lost in the
. _YqUL.tlunk_abaul.the flying machine. ^ from now on.;-.1Vrite tout twtnattomeT^^eee: ~ Four Tglenlafi:. ailfe.
mrt WRjrfr-jApTftganVing —— --rrrwt-rrrsflHST - ^
gSlrfiI15rS"and" ybur eongressman, urg
ing adequate aerial defense—not half
as many first-class machines as any
other nation has, but twice as many.
The flying machine will upset theo
ries, habits and values.
Land one hundred miles from a
g'-eat city will be reached more quick
ly than land in the suburbs twenty-
five miles away is reached now.
Flying for all long journeys will
displace railroading completely with
in the lives of middle-aged men now
living.
Samuel Gompers lies in the Sleepy
Hollow cemetery at Tarrytown, N. Y.,
not far from the grave of Andrew
Carnegie.
The much talked of “community of
intbrests” And “equality” between
capital and labor become real in the
graveyard.
On earth, in the sunshine equality
of capital and labor, is not yet real
ity. Labor is labor, with worry and
uncertainty attached to it, usually.
And capital, with all its worries,
means some leisure and a systematic
share in what labor produces.
testifFwf at the trial received $250 a
day for their services, their testimony
disclosed, and ten or more other medi
cal men received upwards of $25,000
for their parts in the* case.
It became known today that Judge
John R. Caverly, who sentenced Leo
pold and Loeb and imediately re
tired to a hospital to recover from a
breakdown, again is in a hospital for
a rest until January 5.
TWICE PROVEN
Many railroad men, of course, real
ize that a great change in transpor
tation is soon coming. William
Sproule, president 4>f the Southern
Pacific raftroad, said yesterday that
what -cavSed him to do some hard
thinking was the landing in San Fran-
will be Just as literally fulfilled as I cisco of a man that had flown from
that of Zechariah 9:9. New York in one single day between
3. Obedience of the Disciples (w. sunrise and dark. If a man can do
32-34). Though the request may have that experimentally for the Govern-
seemed strange, and even unreason- | ment,. how long before the thing will
able, they fully obeyed. The true dis- j be done practically by up-to-date
dple will render glad' obedience to [transportation men?
the Lord no matter how strange His
commands (pay seem. , Obedience to
that only which seems reasonable Is
not obedience at all/ May we prove
that we are real disciples!
II. Th# Entry of the King (vk.
35-38).
1. The Disciples Set Jesus Upon
the Ass (v. 35). This act of putting
their garments upon the ass and set
ting Jesus upon It showed that they
recognized Him - as their King
(II Kings 9:13).
2. Acclaimed as King by the Dis-
dples (vv. 36-38). Some spread their
garments In the way. Others, perhaps j |||
having no garments to spare, cut down • **“
branches of trees and strewed them in
His way, which was no doubt just as
acceptable to Him. They praised God
for all the mighty works which they
had seen and cried out, “Blessed is
the King that cometh In the name of
the Lord.”
III. The Critical Pharisees (w.
39, 40).
Although swept along by the demon
stration of the multitude they deemed
It prudent to ask the Lord to rebuke
the disciples, as such behavior might
be Interpreted by the Roman govern
ment as an Insurrection. To their de
mand Jesus replied that such homage
was not only fitting but necessary. He
declared that if the multitude were
silent, the very stones would cry out
In adoration of him.
IV. The King Rejected (w. 41-44)
Christ knew what awaited Him In
Jerusalem. Though surrounded by
loyal hearts. He knew that the rulers
of the nations had no heart for Him
His coming trial and death loomed
before Him so that He wept over Je
rusalem. He knew that awful days
awaited It and that loyal hearta would
gladly welcome Him If they only
knew. He showed that their Inability
to tee Him as their King and Savior
would result In bringing upon them
the awful horrors of the destruction
of their city. He entered the city and
rebuked the rulers for allowing the
house of God to become degraded by
carrying on traffic for gain. The
cleansing of the temple only Increased
their hatred and opposition to Him.
Obey
Obey the voice of God In the Booh,
the voice of God In your heart, tha
voice of God as He speaks through cir
cumstances, and His servants obey.—
Echoes.
Transportation through the air on a
But conditions are better than they
were. It is no longer a crime for
workmen to unite. It was a crime
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once. And they no longer brand with
a red-hot iron any workman convict
ed of leaving his own parish to seek
employment in another. They did that
in England, years ago.
The United States Government pays
slightly more than ten cents for each
meal served soldiers. Three-meals fer
each soldier cost the army 31.65 cents.
FOR SALE—Charleston Wakefield
Cabbage Plants at 20c per 100,
$1.50 per 1,000. J. H. Donnan, Phone
209. - l-8-6tc
If you suffer backache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days and distress
ing urinary disorders, don’t experi
ment. Read this twice-told testi
mony. It’s Clinton evidence—doubly
proven.
H. J. Neighbor, carpenter, 104 E,
Ferguson St., says: “The continual
bending and lifting weakened my kid'
ueys and brought on backache. When
I went to pick up a timber » sharp
E ain caught me m the small of my
ack and it was a task to straighten.
My kidneys acted too frequently and
the secretions were scanty. I had to
get up many times in one night. I
had dizzy spells and a dull, ache in
the back of my head. I bought Doan’s
Pills at Rhame’s Drug Store and had
relief from the first box.” (State
ment given November 19, 1914).
On January 23, 1922/ Mr. Neighbor
said: “When I used Doan’s some
years ago they cured me of kidney
trouble. I haven’t been bothered
gladly confirm all I said in the past.”
since and I give Doan’s credit. I
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milbunr
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Greatest New Year
===0f All
In the Sight of God
The self-important are of no Impor
tance in the sight of God.—The Living
Word.
Want of Self Reliance '
Discontent le the want of self-re
liance—It la Infirmity of will.—Obria
tian Evangelist
Smothered Thought*
Sometimes little thoughts are amotb-
•red to death beneath a lot of ponder
•os sentcncas.—American EvangeUat
The New Year spreads its splendid challenge to
courage, kindness and energy. To the Ypung Man or
the Old Man Worth While every day is the beginning
of a New Year—every day is one of good resolutions
and mental effort.
“Service” is the order of the day. The fceaseless
longing to be of ever increasing helpfulness has brought
us the splendid appreciation and patronage of those
whom we strive to serve.
Yet we are not satisfied. We are spurred on to still
greater things.
Our facilities have been increased, so it»is with a
feeling of confidence that we look forward to being in
a better position to serve our friends during the com
ing year. *
New ideas, higher standards, a larger measure of
Service—these are more than our New Year promises
for we have already started to fill them.
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