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Losses B> TIIE greatest obstacle i the good roads niovei that the real reason enthused over the idea of ? cause they do not realize tl and eeut.s. If the people a iii actual money that is go roads, whether or not til**} K~i: tlmv \\*< kill VYC IJl'Ul'* l* i/iiui t:ix for road improvement. As examples of the din the building of gooil roads at Washington give.s seven as follows: "The direct effect that roads has upon land value as the general economic shown in several instance, farmer owned 100 acres wl In l!K>8 hi.s road was impi fought the improvement, 1 his farm. A nearby tract c sold for .$6,000. After rot was sold for $9,000. In Jo pie voted a bond issue for The selling value at that ti selling price is now from -1 "In another state, two f from a cotton market lea had gone up in price $1.0( bad road hauled one bale o get over that road. The < was able to haul four bait gained $4 by the rise in p bad road gained only ifl.OC Tennessee, had 100 bushels tended to market during tl lie was unable to haul the the cellar. In the meanti market point went a,s high We might give an examp ^^ung on different .roads Suppose one of tl * other and the man 01; six bales of cotton to town four. Suppose it takes an town, .sell it and return ho bales to sell, it would taki but two days to haul his j take the other farmer on tin It is seen that the man 011 1 day's work of a driver and because of the extra day's cause of rougher travel. This question of improv business. There is 110 quest Iv for good roads will be vnvtivnp ' Weekly Cotton Keview. New York. Auc. 2!f.?The cott market has been very active <1 ing the past week with prices ins ing new high records owing to c< tinued unfavorable crop reports a a broadening demand for long count. The highest level was read on Thursday, following reports fr Washington that the cotton futu amendment to the tariff bill woi probably be materially modified b> reduction in the proposed tax, a while there was heavy realizing over the Labor Day adjournment, i close toaay was wuuin i-> ui i'?? of the best. The ontinued dry a hot weather in the Southwest see to have been largely resposible for i ieduction in estimates of the cr Private conditions figures issued d ing the week have indicated a ft ing off in the prospect of about per cojit during August, thus sugg ing a Government report at nc next Tuesday of between *>!? and per cent. Such a condition wot compare with 7!Ui last month. 7 ia l!(12. 72.2 in IP 11 and a lo-y< average of 71.7 per cent. Accordi to a statement recently published v.*nshingtoii authorities, a conditi of 70 at the date of the September 1 l.'au would indicate a crop of urn 1 l.oiio.(>00 bales on this year's est inn ; rea of 3~i.fi22.Ooo acres. Many lot ! oils seemed inclined to admit tl t :e advance of the week had prepat i e speculative trade for a low S> t "liber figure, but based their p: tactions of still higher prices on t grounds that the world spinners h r Bad Roads 11 the way of those who lead in uent is indifference. We belie;e why the people do not become (pending money for roads is hole benefits in the way of dollars is a whole recognized f!.e wast1' ing on because of lack of good ' saw tlie losses in other ways, d vote to a man for a peeid >ct benefits to l>c derived ft >in tin' i*tmeiit ?!" ;i'_ri icn.lui :il instances in a circular letter, changing bad roads into gcod s and marketing prices, -is well welfare nf the community, is s. In Lee county, Virginia, a dell lie olVel'eil to sell for $1800. oved. and although the fanner le has since refused $-l,0< 10 for >f 188 acres is said to have heeii id improvement, the same farm liiison county Alabama, the peo$250,000 for road improvement, me was $6 to $15 per acre. The <15 to $25 per acre; ariners living at equal distances rued by telephone that cotton ) per bale. The farmer on the f cotton which was all he could other farmer on the good road :s. The man on the good road rice, while his neighbor on the A farmer in Sullivan county, i of Irish potatoes which he inic winter.. Owing to had roads, potatoes at all. They rotted in me, the price of potatoes at a as $1.40 per bushel." Ie ourselves. Take two jarmers about eight miles from their belli' hasnxbeteer road.than the i the good road can haul whereas the other can haul but entire day to take the cotton to me. If eacli farmer had twelve e the farmer' 011 the good road rodnet to town, while it would ? poorly worked road three days, the poor road is loosing a whole team, beside.s the wear and tear work and the wear and tear being rpads is a plain matter of ion but that money spent righta great savings.?Laurens Ad not yet accepted tlx? reduced views of the crop and were but poorly provid. [on ed against their prospective needs. j. Expectations that further evidences of a disappointing crop might bring , manufactures into the market conmd ac_ sequently seemed to be one of the j chief inspirations on the bull side, oiji I while bearish operators were talking a reduced short interest, the inoreasres j. ing new crop movement and still contended that large Eastern belt crops md woul(* Part'y ?fset Western belt defor toriation. the ,lts NEW ORLEANS LIVELY md 1 ' ' 4 ,l? *!Utn In IUS I lift" "I * .?l|?wu\\r< ?'? "? 1 .. Hi** a Hale. ?''' Now Orleans, Sept. 1i.?The price of ?rU cotton today advanced $J?.on to $3..>0 a hale. Lour haying was mainly rot sponsible. This was inspired by continued droughtv conditions in the loll western belt, the government s condi. , tion report and the consumption re,s port. When the trade had digested ar j the condition figures there was addiI tioiial buying and in the trading np . , to ? o'clock the advance was widened bv ! to to 71 points on the most active ion i months, in- 1 I Caught a Had Cold. "I.ast winter my son caught a bad cal j cold and the way he coughed was iat1 something dreadful." writes Mrs. ,(>(j 1 Mrs. a rah K. I).mean, of Tipton, Iowa. "We thought sure h- was going into 'I'* consumption. We bought just one hotre tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he and that one bottle stopped his cough , and cured his cold completely." For sale by all dealers. Advertisement. STATE LOAN NOW AVAILABLE GOVERNOR SIGNED FIVE NOTES Funds Secured From Palmetto National Dank of Columbia. Carter's Statement as to Acceptance. Columbia, Sept. 1.?The linancial board of South Carolina yesterday announced that the bid of the Palmetto National Hank for a loan of $;'.uu,000 for current expenses of the government had been accepted. Five notes one for $lUo,unu and four for $r.o,o00, have been signed by the governor, the State treasurer and the comptroller general, members of the financial board, and have been turned over to the bank. The money, it was said yesterday, will be available this morning to meet the demands of the State government. For the past 1." days the State treasury has been depleted and all bills for warrants, presented at tho comptroller general's oflnf. have been turned down. X Four banks?National Union bank of Rock Hill, the Feoples' bank of Columbia, the People's National bank of Rock Hill and the Palmetto National bank of Columbia?submitted bids for the loan. "It would appear on the face of the bids that the People's bank of Columbia offered the lowest rate, which was 4.4a per cent, but as a ed expert hankers and they found matter of fact the Palmetto National bank's bid amounted to $.j03.88 less . x *i_ _ r? 1?.? interest iimn mu i fwiuun uaurv, ?nu was $22.7.28 less than the People's National hank rate. The calculations were made by myself and Comptroller General Jones and two disinterestthat the interest charged by the varies banks would he as follows: National Union bank of Rock Hill, between $">,.700 and $6,000 (the condi. tion stipulated by this bank was such that it had t obe estimated;) People's bank of Columbia, $4,069.17; People's National bank of Rock Hill. $4,690.">7. and the Palmetto National Rank $4,46"?.29." This statement was made by S. T. Carter, State Treasurer and Secretary of the financial board, when asked yesterday as to the loan. Common Sense From a Chef. Many housewives think that French chefs have notions which are too high flown to be of use to the ordi* nary home cook. "They nave so mucn to do with," complains the home cook, "they are so used to working with large quantities of supplies that they know nothing of the needs of the home kitchen, where economy must be practiced. Here is a hint from a chef which may well be put in practice by any home cook. When cutting tarts first stamp out the rings. Roll the trimmings into a ball, then roll them into a thin sheet with the rolling pin. and stamp out the rounds to go under the rings. In this way there is no waste of crust. Yet do not most home cooks first stamp the rounds and then the rings and leave much of the trimming to take care of Itself? Morning Caps of Net. It takes considerable time to dress the hair when going out shopping, to a party, or to the theater, but when one is home in the morning the hair merely needs a good combing and i. 1,if some simple arranging, lopptru v.i a captivating cap of white net, which Is very airy and cool, made after the sweeping cap pattern with a wide ruffle and two pretty bows of blue ribbon perked up in front. Such a cap is a pretty little accessory to a morning costume. WORKED OVERTIME. Same years ago when the boats were running on the canal between Glasgow and Paisley an Irishman asked the lioatman at the latter place if he would let him work his passage to Glasgow. The boatman (a hit of a wag) says: "All right; take and lead tho horse." Pat started and led the horse the whole way. When they arrived at Glasgow Pat said to the boatman: "Do you call that working my passage? Bedad, and I might as well have walked it." NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF CHARTER OF NORTH WESTERN KAILKODA COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. State of South Carolina, Executive Department. By the Secretary of State. Whereas, Thomas Wilson, President, and R. D. Cronly, Secretary of the North Western Railroad Company of South Carolina, a corporation duly ca.vitcrcl by an Ac. of the Ceneral Assembly of South Carolina, approved December 22nd, 18S8, have tiled with me as Secretary of State a petition for amendment of charter in tho following particulars: 1st. By adding at the end of Section 1 of thp amended charter, after the words "in Kershaw Coun'y" the following: " or to a junction with tho railroad of any other railroad company, connecting with the City r.f ? ??--- ? - ...i.i CillllUCIl IIV U.U'lvdi.r ,min:intin, >.4... shall have the right and power to lay out, build and construct a branch line connecting or beginning at a point on its main line'at or near Seal's Siding, in the township of Providence, County of Sumter, and extending thence In an approximately northerly direction through the township of Providence, Bradford Springs and Swimming Peuns, in Sumter County, and the townships of Swimming Penns and Carters Crossing in Lee County, to a point at or near Manville, in Lee County, a distance of approximately eleven miles, with the right, power and privilege of extending the same under the general rights, powers and privileges hereinafer granted and given for the construction of branch lines; and shall also have the further rights, powers and privileges to lay out, build and construct branch lines, not exceeding one hundred and fifty miles, each, in length, commencing or beginning at any point on its main line or branches and extending through the counties of Clarendon. Sumter, Lee, Kershaw, Lancaster, Chester, Fairfield or Chesterfield." "Second: Uy striking out Section 3 of the amendments to the Charter of the company, approved the 28th day pf February A. D. 1899." "Third: By adding after the words "as may be determined on by said corporator" in Section 3 of the charter approved December 22nd, 1888, the words "or corporators, his, its or their heirs, successors or assigns." "Fourth: By adding, at the end of Section 4 of the amendment to .'he charter approved the 28th day of February A. D. 1899. which is Section 6 of the now further amended chart v. after the words "South Carolina" the words "and the stockholders of the company, by a unanimous vote having exercised the right and changed the name of the company as by this Section authorized, the name and style of this Corporation is the North Western Railroad Company of South Caro Una." And, Whereas, under said amendment the said corporation will ha\? the power to condemn lands for rights of way, extensions and the erection of depots, yards, shops or other buildings, necessary .or convenient lor the uses of said corporation; Now. therefore, this is to admonish all and singular parties at interest that they show cause, if any they have, before me in my office in the capitol building at Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday, September 6th, A. D. 1913, at 12.00 o'clock, M., why said supplement or amendment to charter of said North Western Railroad Company of South Carolina should not be granted. It is further ordered that this notice be "published in some newspaper published in each of the counties above mentioned once a week for four successive weens oeiore uiu reuu .1 date of the foregoing order to show cause. Given under my hand and the seal of the State at Columbia, this the luh day of August, A. 1). 1913. [Seal] R. M. McCOWN, Secretary of State. (Advertisement.) Diarrhoea (Quickly Cured. "I was taken with diarrhoea and Mr. Yorks, the merchant here, persuaded me to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After taking one dose of it I was cured. It also cured others that I gave it to," writes M. E. Gebhart, Oriole. Pa. That is not at all unusual. An ordinary attack of diorrhoea can almost invariably be cured by one or two doses of this remedv. Sold by all dealers. Advertisement. STEVENSON & P RIN 0 B Attorneys at Law /-v Merchants & Farmers Bank Building CHERAW, - S. 6. Fresh Beef and Pork and Pork Sausage at H. A. Burch's Market PHONE SO Covington Hotel Building Second Street jCheraw, S. C. A D. CHAPMAN Lhcry and Feed Reasonable Prices P:i...,>t Service CIIEKUV, (. (. I t\% DK. J. E. FCSDEEBIRK, Dental Surge* u. Phones: Office 133; Residence 174 w Offlce over Merchants & Farmers Bank Old Age Not Always Mellowing. It seems that age is not always a. mellowing process. I have known old ladies from whom people fled aft. from the plague. An assertive presence; a loud and commanding voice; eyes which could stare the offender out of countenance, and a fixed determination to have t'nier own way about everything, made up a whole before which children and servants quailed, and even the average brave man trembled ,in his boots. According to all reasonable argument, our good qualities should become emphasized and our bad ones fade away as. we grow old, otherwise we have lived In vain; the years have taught us nothing. What avail the hard lessons of life if we do not profit by them?' Suffer them we must, but suffering is. turned Into triumph when they teach J I us how to live, even if this knowlecfc* J comes to us only in the evening or m life. Wisdom, forbearance, self-con- 9 trol, and unselfishness are wljat we naturally expect from tat' old, be-' ^ cause, like the girl in the song, they've- ^ had "experience." So many are proneto become what the French call "difficult" with age. They are hard,, sometimes impossible. Try not to become combative in your viewpoint. Be tolerant of" others if you would, avoid a loveless old age. Some Historic Hailstorms. The hailstones that have been falling in various parts of England hav6 been compared in size with marbles, pigeons' eggs, etc. Eut no claim tc record magnitude is made for any ol these. It would be difficult to determine what the record is. There are numerous pretty well authenticated cases of hailstoDes weighing half a pound and more, but claims far beyond that are made. Stones of six or eight pounds were said to have fallen at Namur in 1719. The missionary, Father Hue, records the fall in Tartary, in 1843, of a block of ice as big as a millstone, which took three days to melt In May, 1S02, a Hungarian village reported a 1,100-pound block, requiring eight men to move it, and in Tlppoo's time one as big as an elephant was said to have fallen near Seringapatam. Strength of Jet of Water. , A factory In Grenoble, France, utilizes the water of a reservoir situated In the mountains at a height of 20< ; yards. The water reaches the factory through a vertical tube or the samei: length, with a diameter of considerably less than an inch, the jet being used to move a turbine. Experiments * have showed that the etrongest men cannot cut the Jet with the best-tempered sword; and In some instances.. I the blade has been broken into fragj ments without deflecting a drop of waI ter, and with as much violence as a j pane of glass may be shattered by a blow from an Iron bar. It has been I calculated that a jet of water a small | fraction of an inch in thickness, mov| Ing v.ith sufficient velocity, could not be cut by a rifle bullet. Projectile's Gain of Speed. Experiments with improved instru' ments for measuring the velocity of projectiles have shown that the speed ! goes on increasing after the missile : has left the mouth of the cannon. ! Leaving tho muzzle with a velocity of ' 1,474 feet a second, a projectile has been observed to increase its speed ' - - >?...* n oaAAnH n-ithin tlia I IU i.UOJ iCCl a ovwuu nikutu ?-uw M.w. ! six feet. It Is only after having trav| eled twenty-flve yards that the projectile's velocity becomes reduced to the speed it had on leaving the muzzle. This is ascribed to the Impulse if the expanding gas being felt for oin" distance beyond the cannon'* nontY