The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, April 29, 1897, Image 1
VOL XX.
BARNWELL SOUTH • CAROLINA. THURSDAY APRIL *), 1897.
IHt mi OF QOOO_COUIIIBT ROADS.
THE NEED OF A PERMANENT SYS
TEM IN KOAD PUILDINO.
ed UiKhways—A Matter for Careful
Sttnly-by AH Men. — ^— —
wOBld JuttWy" ’Jhat time lias arrired
in many States and sections. Owing
to the vast extent of the United States
and the comparatively sparse popular
tlon we can not expect for many years
to come such magnificent roads as they
have in older countries, England, Ger
many and France, for instance, hut we
can and should degin now to lay the
foundation for a system of road build
ing that will ultimately lead to that
result.
Never before in the history of the
United States were the necessities apd
.^advantages of good wagon roads more
fully appreciated or more generally
discussed than at the present time.
About half a century ago the question
of good roads became a leading one in
Tennessee State politics, but unfortu
nately party spirit ran very high in
those days aud political prejudice in
fluenced the minds of a vast numbe' of
voters and they were blinded to the
State’s future prospects thereby. But
a dominant political party of that
day, taking into consideration the im BWWpBPUPB!
mense advantages that accrued from One of the most powerful stimulants
the early crude, costly effort* of the to the movement for good roads Is the
early pioneers to establish highways wide rise and growing popularity of
for immigrants from Virginia and the bicycle, and it has made sealous
North Carolina to the fertile lands of converts to the cause of better roads of
Middle and Weet Tenneesee, succeeded thousands who would give it no thought
in engrafting upon the State policy a as a mere economic question. But the
system of internal improvements by petroos of tbs wheel, unless they are
wb'eh the Stale was to pay oee-half assisted by the gaaeral public, will be
the saps nee la long time A per cent, apt to ex peed all their t nci-glee is the
boads sad the promoters aed ooatrac- onostmcttoo ol b>«-ve*e paths t
tor* of all road* wrr* U) r*cr!*e * n*- r,jnJs . uo pri.ftie of tti-
other half of the coot of ooastm<*tAoo is farmers ood the iumbermee sad lbs
stoefcs of the rood These ttwht were sleosere of the whoelmeo
made valeahlo hy rsasem of a grnerves I eemea *aa ail he n^na-ly enbeerted hy
eeertmeet aothortslag the nhonhhatd I WHdlagnrptrlasn macadam ar tellerd
are to setahtua tail game and lam lhaa made, rive thoaeaad d«i are will heiid
oao mile irma the hoMm at aay laaar- ^ a osite ad masadam road lo the moot 00
perated toe a ood oat mas teas dap {Ipsarahli aootiea aad It amaM ho *ar
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effect than Is supposed by those who
have given the subject little or no
thought. It begins to be realised that
our national prosperltv depend* to a
great degree upon good roads, and In
MWB most of tbs older Stales we mav oonfi-
HBtory or the Movement for lmt»rnv- daolly Jpnk for a thorough reform in
the present methods ofHPoad building.—
This applies to railroads as wall as to
-country roads. All of them were orig
inally built with a view to economy
and with the expectation that both
would be improved upon in location
and construction when increased traffic
I sad tf ms
Perhaps I had better say just bare that
ter say
I have long since ceased to write com
post lions for the school gli Is or to as
sist the boys in their debatld||tocletlet.
1 wish sincerely that l had time to
help them, but I have not. 1 know
how it is, ford used to get help myself.
aol thesfl lqUan grp Amus
ing. One received a" few days ago Is
very urgent to have my opinion upon
the propriety or Improprlety-oTChris
tian man digging a storm p*t and get
ting in it when the cyclone gives its’
warning. Is it sinful or not to show
such lack of faith in God ? He says
they are making a church question of
it in his community. I have had sev
eral letters asking for assistance in
guessing the missing word that the
Constitution offers a thousand dollars
for. These letters, of course, are con
fidential, and some beg me not to men
tion it even to Mrs. Arp. But the
dtTIcIous humor in one of them is the
offer to give me half the reward if I
will disclose to her the word. That is
very like the generous fellow who told
the hoy that If be would furnish his
own hooks and lines and bait he would
give him half ths fl*b ha caught.
Since my last letter about how to
raise children was published I have
had several vary comforting apis-
ilea from friends and tome from
strangers Kev. William U. Strick-
rnad makes me a lion of several families
from aid Gwinnett whoaa ebl|drna are
ail grvwa aad are as teamed by all who
ta«w |ibem as
law abiding aad lawparala Ha samrs
the three seas aad dvw dangbtees of
my aid friend. Jiw^i>sa>aa Awn the
eight children af Res D II Maaestef,
nwa af wham aww Itvas la Atlanta aad
baa gen swan aad dsn daagbtesm all
wvawa an aad all maaaad aaaawn
i-ss aad Mary M aammems his alia,
bad tttrssaa be grew b» masae»»e am*
may a *e a'l g*md <1 ee cad t esm
counliee where Iba season to lata, cot-
toe planting Is given the prefsrnnos
over corn in many plarfek.
Ib the tobacco ulstricU plants are
lino and plentiful. Cbntnlerabla
transplanting has already been done,
and this work will become general
yhen rains cornu to supply th« nerdtHl
moisture. Se.ting out tobacco is in
advance of last year.
4lico-.planiing-.hasbeen, pushed dur
ing the week, in the lower districts,
including the Combahee^alkehatchie,
the lower Edisto and around Charles-
bun two-thirds of the crop is planted;
hut on the Santee, and near Winyah
Bay planting is much delayed v by high
water. March rice coming up well.
Wheat, oats and rye are growing
rapidly and look very
need rainin places.
over the eastern and central counties.
Sweet potatoes coming up in beds.
Irish potatoes doing well, but need
rain. Potato bugs have appetred in
Charleston County, but are not numer
ous as at this time last’year.
Keports concerning peaches are more
favorable generally than last week,
and unless injured hereafter promise a
fair crop. Apples and pears still In
biuom and apparently unharmed.
Cerd«m* growing slowly, but are
y Lid log early vegetables over the
greeL-r portion of 1 b- °• • • -. w*... ^
IBU rw>U ar< * r*
for **est »»•!* th.
TUB THRU AND THE OUESltg
What the War Means Between iheaa
Natlona—The Caaaee and Develop
ments of the Straggle.
Perhaps no declaration of war In re-
oent-veare- hne-ernated-swob-wide
spread interest and excitement
throughout the world as that made bf
the dtiltan of Turkey against the na
tion of Greece.
(The attempted march of the Turk
dh th Athens, every foot of which he
would crimson with .Christian blood, if
the Greek army does not whip him at
the start, will be watched with Intense
interest the world over. He will move,
it is true, should he defeat Prince
promising, but .Constantine’s army,!only so far as their
Rye is heading Most Christian Majesties-Wilhelm of
Germany, Franz Joseph, of Austria,
Humbert, of Italy, Victoria, of Eng
land. and Nicholas, of Russia, and the
president of France will permit; but
he will go that far notwithstanding
the protests of civilization. What is
patriotism and right in the cause of
Greece will be made subservient to the
polltlos of Europe. Thb hungry Mus
sulman may be fed by nattoae calling
tbemselvee Christian with the ponses
sloes of a natioa of tafertor numbers
on the pretext that than* things are
* cesaary fur Iba preaarvatloa of the
. ■»' I seen of power of aerugo.
The Powers, a* iheee nations ar*
eaiiad. are actively, though
aarut Woatbai
• • wrr*
•»<**•*
w rw«i ol Tortoj
tt o CHI Moo
accessary, allied la the It* CbcaUM
Tun pranarvatlaa of
am pirn, tbay poo toad.
koyd apoa lisa ambsneas
maa's half hoaa of " flea ” qoallty, aad
of such character lo ail res pads as to
chalUaf* competition with similar
good* mad* anywhere. It to a aotahla
advance to be made in so short a time,
aod we caanot say too mucb In reoogA-
tion and commendation of the enter-
prton-ef thoeew company.
_The goods speak for themselves best.
They are such as any merchant in the
State can offer tor safe with confidence
and pride in their quality and finish,
and any lady or gentleman ean buy
with full content. They compare fav
orably with any “ fine ,r goods of their
kind and grade manufactured without
the State. Their colors are fast black
and brown,- of French dye, they are
guaranteed to be “ stainless,’’, and they
have double heels and toee. They
ought speedily to displace all similar
goods made outside the State, and we
hope they will. We advertise them
freely and gladly here, for the purpoee
of calling the attention of our mer
chants and people generally to them.
It Is both a duty and pleasure to *' pat
ronize home manufactures ” of such
quality.
It is to be noted that the good* la
quegtionaro really of ~ tine ' texture,
aod are flee enough for aay lady's or
gentleman s wear, as they present the
gaaeral appear anew of tbs well known
‘‘Baibrtggaa ' aad other Ilk* goods
They would have mad* a great " see-
taUm" If they had ^swa •xhIMted a
few y ears ago as th* prod act of a teeth
the trade
•jar.
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et every eemmewtte la t
■a they are sshltrted eww
» amda as ■
MYtt
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m b* the Clever, h.
and era hewwe ea
Lam us Aad this to the
day oe thoeaaade of
Eastern aod Middle
sume la th* Southern. la
parte of the fertile Weet this ooodlttoa
has af
about arrived. Humaa,
decayed vegeUble matter, mined
through the toil, makes it loose aad.
spongy. Rain is absorbed easily, aad
held from leaching down, or running
awny over the surface. Commercial
fertilizers add ao humus, hence H you
depend Op them you must plow under
some crop to furnith this necessary
element. Land may be rich la nitro
gen and phoephorio add aad potash,
supplied by fertilizer*, and In a dry
season fail to produce freely. You
tay It was too dry for tha fertilizer to
do any good. Perhaps, but with abun
dant humus and tillage you might have
brought different reenlt*.
The Ohio Experiment Station says:
“ It ha* been shown that more tbaa
l,i>00 barrets of water, per aore, may
escape from unplowed ground is one
week in exceee of th# quantity which
will pees off from an equal area which
bad been plowed early nod harrowed
et frequent Intervals.’ 1 Fifteea hua-
dred barrels ! Do yea know that to
almost WO Urns of wafer? Wb*»<
moos quaatlttes may get away
la such a quick, eaey M
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saved from eveporaties by Uamly UU-
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nhe ftaa
the praavat
twagbl the
a song that
I prr oral
lets net oe lbe iMht* head* that pad
for tae bel'diag aad repairs of th*
mad. sad that the pay meal of toils, to
oorporatlees that sever azpvadad a
Uar la their coeslructloeor repairs.
twh 1 p»va«v ergo* that
awavra w* the to 1 read*
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Fall log of relteT >1*
they resorted to
to aa
Is the Sidle courts, tbsy r
the oaly means left them for|
midnight mob law.
In Tennesare no such viotomt meas
ures are popular, but there Is a growing
sentiipeDt in favor of the purchase by
the counties of all toll roads, making
them free to public travel aud keeping
them in repair hy laxation under the
more or less excellent road laws of the
Slate now, and for several years past,
Id effect. Bedford County and one or
two others lu middle Tennessee, where
the best system of macadam roads in
this country exists, have made moves
in this direction, but so far nothing
definite has been accomplished.
This much of what the present gen
eration of readers may consider as an
cient history, with a modern supple
ment, is deemed necessary to a full
understanding of the motives inducing
the people of this State and -Kentucky,
to ask for an improvement upon the
system of toll roads Inaugurated half a
century ago. Increase of population
and production of commercial com
modities with increased facilities of
transportation by other means than
wagons aud teams have made the ques
tion of good roads a very lively and
pressing issue in nearly every Bute in
the Union. The value of farm lands
and timber lands depends largely upon
their accessibility, and so alec do the
values of th* various products of farms,
forests aad garden*. In some sections
of Tennessee th* transportatloe of
lumber aad logs by wagoo* over had
rdhds costs more for a Ua-mlle haul
than for JOO miles by rail or river
SimilareoectUeaestotiaall the Htales
gwwaraT k nil- H to le the line el
teaig theastraeeea. wear and teasel
Mai
ssto af tae erase
the •«#e *g ate
aerates I ee ewes la
lha rewtlaaef ear aalty tile a* ear dell} <
srae a It to aa s* si that tea area a
sawqed beceme tedtapawsehle TieM
■ as etose heflhar she Mr f reeetved a
tetter a tonal*, far aha bed ae later
tot me, eed I had seae bet her, aad
oar pastel system ees a uerkry boy.
li eas ilka that of Z*b Veace, etc
received e eoto from some fesbioeabl-
womsa la Weahleftoa eith the my*
lerlous letters. "It U V. P." eedoreed
oe it, aed ahsa he answered It be pet
one corner "8 B. A. N.," just to
keep up with society, he said. When
she afterward* asked for an explana-
t.uo, ht salt led and said: "Ob, they
sl<)od for ‘Sent by a nigger.’ ”
I remember when the poetzge had to
be paid at the last end of the line by
the pers ui who received it, and it wa-
25 cents if it came 500 miles. If leas
than that, but from out of the State, it
was 18} cepts, and, and if within the
State it was 12} cents. We had no
decimal currency then, but we had the
seven pence (12} cent?) and the thrip
(6} cents) and they were worn to the
quick from constant use. Nothing told
their value except their size. We re
ceived the great United States mail
twice a week and the tooting of the stage
driver’s horn as he rose to the brow of
the distant hill aroused all. the people
of the little village, and most of' them
gathered at the post office to hear the
news. Perhaps there were as many as-
twenty weekly papers taken in the
town, but none of them made mention
of murders or suicides, or lynchings or
elopements, or baseball or football, or
bicycle races or the fashions, or rewards
for guessing or advertisements of
celery compound, or photographs
of meh or women or bahies, or the
arrltai of anybody less than a Presi
dent or a Governor. But la our State
papers there were some little picture*
or cuts of hasty departures- runaway* -
and all were uniformly adverttoed:
’’Ran away from the evbeertber. wry
boy Dick, etc., aed I will give §10 re-
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Th* heaviest weakly raiafail reported
wa* 0 80 at Greeavilla. Tweaty-two
plaeee reported socae rain, tho average
amount being 0 IV, aod the normal for
weak to approximately 0 82 of an
inch Rtin is needed to bring up let -
ly planted cotton and for gardens, also
to soften the crust on heavy lands that
were, until recently, too wet to culti
vate and which baked in drying. The
light rains did not interfere with farm
work, which was uninterrupted during
the entire week.
Tuere was more sunshine than dur
ing any previous week of the season.
Partly cloudy weather prevailed on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
and generally clear weather the rest
of the week. The percentage of passi
ble sunshine for the yveek was 80, knd
the normal percentage Is abdht 70.
The nights were generally clear,
with the qxception of Wednesday
night. The estimated perceptage of
sqiwbttid ranged from 48 at Orauge-
mrg to 95 at St. Paul.
• The winds varied ft*om brisk to light
in force and in directiQn from norther
ly tq westerly.^ . ’ ,
The week was.very favorable for the
preparation of lands and for planting,
and farm work progressed rapidly over
'the entire State. Under the influence
of bright sunshine and drying winds
even low lands became flt'to cultivate.
The nights were too cool for the
best growth of crops, especially cotton
and corn, which in consequence are
reported sickly ia place* but generally
are growing nicely *
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jt at th* tri>l and
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1 that If it had not
i telon. or w! at is
0 aconfoselon, tin rt
b»-en a conviction
ndation to merry.
. In addition to these facts Mr. Walter
Hazard, who has worked hard for
Mjers. sent up to-day a batch of affi
davits and paper> t+mt bear directly on
the case. S. W. li! is and .Charles W.
R iuse, meinb<‘rsof the jury, say, undtr
oath, that tfagy did not know that
Myers would be sentenced to be hanged
upon the verdict that was rendered,
aud that they would never have con
sented to the verdict bad they known
that it would have involved a death
sentence. An affidavit is also offered,
in.which it is stated that one of tho
jurors gave the impression that he was
iu for hanging some one because be
had lost a os
and it was his idea that it would be a
good plan to keep up the banging until
his negro was reached—the bne who
burned his bkrxL r-
These affitlak i ts, together with
others. Were in .by Mr. Hazard,
wit\a long letter and affidavit fiom
Li ml in which be ihowt that Frank
Myejs confession was forced out of
aed that It was act worthy of bo-
fef. «nd that Myers told th* strelgbt
story at lb* time of hto triql
Indeed, aa affidavit la off
Pedro aad Lawrwaon My are vers at a
tar kiia at lb* Uma af lha bare lag. aad
th th* te
i aaaar* hra. teted aka
r«ra*y la dnslara war.
Tbay reqaaa%ad th*
|a % nl terete. Ta* tea*
I g*> Tha Creaks ala* proesakad la tah*
• vary plao* * leapt th* Iowa* pretsslsd
vy tha gaas of th* power*, who seat
tnalr wars nips aad three la a sc ta
' •luekada the porta, so that ao provl-
I »iuos could reach th* Greeks. Tbaa
iba Greeks seat an army to the Mace
donian fruatier. Turkey, which had
tx-en supplied with arms and ammum
tion by Emperor William, responded
with another. Two or three clashes
ensued on the frontier. Each side
denied responsibility for attack. Then
followed the raids of Greek irregulars,
backed by the National League. Some
small Turkish towns and some good
stragetic positions were captured. On
Friday night fighting began between
regular troops on the frontier. Within
twenty-four hours openly declared war
followed. . L_
The Greek army on the frontier con
sists of about 80,000 men. The Turks
are said to have 150,000 men with
which to attack Prince Constantine’s
forces. The Turks are equipped much
.the better with artillery, but the
tiling j gg a## Mb
by an incendiary fire/ Greeks rely on uprisings in Macedonia
- - Hud elsewherq,,to strengthen their
forces and give the Turks more to
think about than a direct campaign
toward the South.
HOME-MADE HOSIERY.
Progress of the Knitted Goods Lidos
try la boatb Carolina
wb*re lb*
Lai tare
from kith aad «'*
1 frees gwad pragUl
sAarabarebam* <
Md easy INM a jm
nag *p aasraawlaws
amag'4 a ay Era*# lij«ra
aabl la radtog Iba d*a>
by hteda aisni raa gdcac Is prarai
’ aad traeina aara
1 j raaAnnma tf f
t > * • .1 a «
t *• . ... . *•«« •
Ml «■
Nsw* and Counef.
W* ha** had Iba pleasure if egalad
aad baaditag sons* of iba pradade e#l»"*b
iba Maaaiag. to C. Heatery MR.
•bleb adrad most greGfytag
Aeraflrayaara eg* Utee* 1
m
fRaa a
Tbs «ua
pi age el yaaag ******. ana are, a tea
to* sera* aeea ee alaarbaal, aad ta*
•aonac crap af etever. dj eg dwae aae
pteaad aadar ibe tottaaiag npr.aig.
aa«* dacayad la aar eali aad gredaaliy
faratebad ham as A ami en treataa
oaa QMlcti vtoWir 0 hen it 4441
toU It frMljf. Water la tka aabdoii Is
brought up by capillary attrao-
Now, how shall w* sav* this
water for our crop*? Sue aad wind
will take it away vary fast, If we do
not do some thing to preveal. Wa are
doing' , Bomelbing along this lia* now
every day. As Tael as the plow lag L
done we barrow the surface. We do
not leave the furrows all loosely turned
to dry out. Of course it may rain
enough to fill them again now, but who
knows this ? I like to have the newly
turned furrows dry two or three hours
so as to be sure the soil is not moist
enough so the tramping of horses can
do any injury. A H one harrows right
after dinner what was plowed in the
mornlug, and perhaps at night what
*as plowed in the afternoon, be will do
about right, supposing of course that
the soil is dry enough: The point Is
not to let itWy up and waste water.
After it has been harrowed down the
evaporation is much slower, except
from the t&Ch or two on top. When a
rain comes stir mrface again aa soon
as it is dry enough. After the crop ef
corn or potatoes is in do the same after
every shower, with smoothing barrow
or weeder. Use weedtr after crop to
up you can follow rows, aad then culti
vators that will stir ths surface about
an inch aad a half (after first ouitlva-
hicb should b* daaaar) teuiag
sal. ltd*
*9 *
as nail, all
It taU l
riy iavai
dry w<
of aaluval
make a surface
Ail Ibis
to aa
m day with a
He remarked
i farm land
ysaif aad family wall If
else weal to the dog*. I r
la business.’’ There to nothing safer
good farm laad. W* have got
enough, too, to support ue wall, no
matter what comae. People most eat,
aod farmers can always llva,pa the
average. Tha greatest business pros
pect on earth would not tempt wlfa
and I to sell our land or put a mort
gage on It. We have seen too many
friends Nitk great prospects go under.
We will stick to a sure, safe thing. A
family out of debt, owning,a good
farm, reasonably improved, are well
fixed in this world’s goods. If yon
haven’t got that far along, good
mmmmm ‘ mA a*
to
friends, work for it as fast and hi
you can. We will do all wa
help you. Go right to work,
Practical Farmer.
now.
—Cod
dlana, died on the
man W. 8. Holman, of In*
22nd Inst., nt hto
residence in Washington, after a
month’s illness. Mr. Holman wan in
the 75th year of hto agn, and was just
entering on the 31st year of hto c
nee tion with the House, where he 1
known as “ the great objector.” He
has generally been a member of
committee* oe war elalma, a
At th*
of tha forty fourth Ctongrem he
peMtol
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