Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, September 04, 1913, Page Page Two, Image 2
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
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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.
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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.
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Lhcry and Feed
Reasonable Prices P:i...,>t Service
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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'*
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