The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, January 22, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. XXX.
YVALTERBORO, S. C, JANUARY 22, 1908.
NO. 23
Paul D. Sargent Tells of the State
Highway Building.
PROGRESS MADE EACH YEAR.
rrw*nty>four Hundred Milas of Road
Alrsady Us id Out—Gravsl Gsnsrally
Usod For Surfacing—How the Work
la Dono.
Paul D. Sargent, state highway com
missioner of Maine, in a recent mi-
dress before the good roads and legls-
latire convention of the Automobile
club of Springfield, Mass., spoke ns
follows abobt road work in Maine:
- The construction of state raids in
Maine presents a little different prob
lem from that in any oilier of the New
England states. This is partly on ac
count of onr large area which h sparse
ly settled and our low valuation Fot
Ity. The - raudard which we ask to
bare mulptalned Is for a road twenty-
one feet wide which shall have at
least twelve feet of hardened track,
with e-irth sliouldera to make up the
remaining wldrh.
Our general si»eclflcatlon is for sur
facing material to tie eight Inches thick
in the center and sis inches thick on
the shoulders, to be screened into sizes
and deposited In layers and rolled
wherever possible. We find that sach
work where It Is carefully and well
done nvern'-'es in coat from 33 to SC
cents i»er lineal foot.
News from Lodge-
»
Editor Props and Standard:—
Now that *>nr legislature is as
sembled at Columbia, there are
but few topic? on which we pen
cil pushers can touch that are
very notable unless it be some
one of those listed for a:onsider-
atiou by the law makers.
In the’fiist place. I have not
time to discus.-, even any,
COLUMBIA LETTER
J. B. D. Write* of the Doing*
Solon*
of Out
The bridal party left ou the 4 201 at any-one time. The capacity
train South and will vuit various is increased in proportion to the
Editor of The Press Standard,
Special.—The Speaker's gavel fell
promptly at noon Tuesday the 14th.
and the House of Representatives
wa^ ready for work. Interest was
rum'ng high in the races for Associate
Justice and for the judgeship in the
Second Circuit, so high that the
member seemed more inclined to do
fall or grade; for instance, 12
inch pipe laid on & one per cent
grade will carry 1,800 gallons per
points of interest. Mr Humph was
“chauffeur 5 ’ for the bridal party.
Number* of friends accompanied
them to the depot, where much j minute, while the same pipe laid on
merriment was occasioned by the | a 2 per cent grade will carry 2,500
throwing of rice—Quite a generous gallons per minute. Furthermore,
supply was given to both of them. | a culvert laid flat will soon fill np,
MraHethington generously divided i while one having a good incline will
campaign work than legislation. The ber nower> Wlth her f rl « nd * * ** j keeep itaelf clear,
canidates have dwindled down to kepta souvenir of the occasion. Then In the maintenance of an earth
o' ^l 1 ” J ^ 0e . and U P canit ' fhc train. They have road, avoid the mistake of changing
Robt. Aldrich and Claude E. Sawyer
for Judge. The election will be held
Wednesday.
we have already had a vote on the
■rarted on life’s journey hot "Ja k” the natural osder of things. Nat-
.l-«T. «l»«l to tbe douiaod. cli. out! thl , Kj| j, loun<1 „„ ,
Dr.d.1 p.r, 7 on bottrd," dfpolU ,h. the c ,, y „„ the j ( thu
is reversed in constructing a road,
Nash-Smith Prohibition biM to try of sadue**, and brightuesi ieign* .
the strength of the House. It showed , onc * more.
49 for and 45 against the Bill, though
there was not a full house. The
The bride U a (‘aughtrr of Mr Alston j the lesult will be less satisfactory
the Ktioqr. one of our m mt surcesMul j then if the soil be left at the top of
'Hiesday, and < wftu% 5> hopo^tf C ^tt > a i fit'”,, ft ttt “Z for 8011 "“ k ~» ^ ‘ ur '
y face lo a road than clay. 11 the road
uesday, and we are hopeful that a » band^ome and
full v te will increase our majority. tfrah , M
I have submitted to the Colleton .
delegation a sdbstitutefoe the Road i8 ! u * ,ow r
, law which is now In'ing considered. I coven <1 them
useful present*
through life ben* light
of rose Imves which
as they tututd from
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at But i must digress just here and ibe akor, i, ihe wish oi
mucli length. However, it is tell you of our trip to Rock Hill-1
.. ii.- .x came very near saying to see the
quite Koneni! eh;,t w. my part «rfi^ rbi rt . me ,„V *, hat in c„|.j
the county that we can obtain leton there are lour of the' l>est
I r .h,biuon by only holding tbe ' ^ om ‘. n in that county who are seeing
M'tre Anon
From An Eperiencod
Teacher
Editor Frew and Standard :Ye«t«rdaj
raceived a latter from Mia*
Prea of tbe RSI A of Colleton
requesting me to aend an t r icle pertain-
ing to our work to yonr churmiug little
paper. Will yon kindly permit me to
do eo? Mi** President a*k*—“What
can vou snggest that will make oar
meeting* more interesting and helpful;
t*t Hi eogireat that we exhaust every
effort in getting the teachers to present
themselvee. ’ 1 cant conceive why they
will not attend theee' meeting*! I sup
pose sotm* are sarin/, “she ought to
practice what she preaches.” True
enough. I was not present at the iaat
two iceetinin, but in Deo-ring to aa
exceelve rain thu stream* were swollen,
beyond cr >*sing depth. As to the last I
did n >t mcrilve uotioe of ii It it wan
auonnccei in the paper I did not see it;
for we get tha pipe - on Saturdajaat
n< oi.
Mias Prrfc I think it would be advis
able ‘o have cards printed aud send oat
to ovey teacher urging tbetu. to come.
Perhaps »omo ouo has whispered to
M is largely clav to rUrt with, it Dnbod v «.nies town on
, J , Saturday b it selio')! teachers and
wi‘l be well to place study SOU or negroes.” Some imp toM me that too,
chan sat'd on top. A covering of ; ,,Qt i lelt »» ,nuc! l ,l , 1 la t0Wn
1 . i on Saturday as I thought Mil
clay
.... thought^tiirn out of
•» to 10 inches ol stttid upon ri.«v ht«. So don’t let that, k ep you back.
that tieraists in breaking up ir Can not we make oar meetiogn a* inter-
1 4 efftincr as rh»*v are vi Hie rioum^ai
(1 iiuuuiolea Will usually be S&u?* j Section? I tnxM say they are not to, and
iu-torv, and if e.ind enough be added, v * have as many euer^tio and
wideawhk-s teachers as any o.uer coun-
1 hi»ve taught iu Newherr/, Fair-
now a curt**
The Maintenance of Earth
Roads
We nviy r?cogmz.» the value ef this clay will cease to make mud. t V
lie .
t aud thetr m-jetlngs are attended by all
juess i»i me coumry, uur ami me «•»*« w auprovcu uy au uppncauuu oi |
factory t«. ‘.tie vast majority, | u..-r say wv want to see the fact remains that for a long time fcltiy-
Hence, therjare vital Ruljects At 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning to come the majority of the road?' - Tjie
to the public, and cannot be dis-1 The Iran off our coaches loaded with; will be composed of eaHh. j road, thou,
election; that the lien law'"is ^ »
in disguise, and that | hogs do not get to the cane-bank j ^ ^ 1 1 osed ot sand i ,, SK .i —— ....v... a11
the commutation tax is uumtis- etc., for forty long days, and 1 guty« parts of ,he country, but still the c.m be improved by an application of tlle rural ,e. aC !,y r K lu Ab’wvll'e there
. the mehioere of the General Assem-
cussed wit.uiut mature thought! j nc | U( jj n ^ Engrossingdepart-
aud the use of many columns: or ment and many uf the State officials,
rule for a serviceable
is as follows:
earth
make
ate 51 teachers and the average attend*
am-e to their m^etlugs la more than half
the nundier. Thi* is why they mike
them interesting. In M ns Weekly’s
letter, I think she flatters me when she
pages, of & journal.
b urthermore, in aocuf nine dilchc* on c.i* u eid'' and keep them that my report from Omega school,
mem aiiu manv Ui me ouue omcam months out of the year, the earth open; haul sand aud gravel upon was the best from the county, Surely
rolled up to aunthrop College, road, if properly cared for, is ■actions needing this treatment; use ! Wh t ha don(l j, on i r the
A MAINE ROAD. *
fA thin deposit of gravel, usod in road
building, 1* exposed In the ditch on the
Uft.]
example, our area la within 300 square
miles of equaling that of all the other
New England states. Our population
la about 30 per cent more than that of
the city of Boston and our valuation
about oue-tenth that of Massachusetts.
In the matter of valuations I might
•ay that we have only aixty-three cities
and4pwns in tbe state which have a
valuation of $1,000,000. „ We have 222
towns with a valuation less than $250,-
000 each, and three-fourths of all our
towns are leas than $300,000 in valua
tion. In many of our towns, especially
the smaller ones, highway taxes alone
run from 1 to 3 cents, so you see when
these towns make appropriations for
good roads they are really struggling
to improve their condition.
We have, however, made a start In
the matter of state road building and
are making progress every year, lu
1201 a state road law was passed
which was general In Its application—
that is. It provided that every town In
the state might have state aid in com
plying with certain conditions. The
amount which any town could expend
tinder this original law was only $200
per year, and the maximum state aid
allowed ou account of such expendi
ture was flOfl. Succeeding legislatures
raised tbe amoqnt until at present $000
Is the m*Timnm amount a town may
expend and be reimbursed by the state
tor half Its expenditure.
Tbe lint year of the law only twelve
towns took advantage of Its provisions.
whUo last year, the sixth year of its
operation, 322 towns built their state
roads and received state aid. This
jear 836 towns are building sections
of state road.
Our law provides that when a town
makaa appropriation and declares its
Intention to bolld state road tbe county
-commissioners shall designate in that
town the main traveled thoroughfare,
which shall thereafter be known aa tbe
state road, and that mid appropriation
shall be expended In Improving some
section of this road. Under this pro
vMon for designating state roads
shout 2,400 miles of road have already
been laid out
Up to the close of last year about
$450,000 had been expended by the
towns and the state in this reconstrnc-
tloo work, and nearly 300 miles of
road had been worked upon. The
work consists mainly in cutting down
•xcesslve grades, raising roads in
•Wampe and low places, straightening
crooked roads, taking oat sharp curves
and underdraining quagmires.
la general our surfacing material
consists of gravel. bat ** many cases
only the natural soil hr used for this
purpose, especially If gravel cannot be
obtained within two miles of the Idea
tion of the work. Probably In forty
towns in tbe state the surfacing mate
rial la crashed stone.
The work np to the present time has
been under the direct supervision ef
the various boards of county commis-
•toaers. As tha law provides for in
spection of tha work after It la com-
plated and the cotnmlssionerB have not
in general insisted oa one standard of
thttr* have been quite a good
variations la the completed
hot piairaaa fts being made eacii
sad we are gradauny epp -'mcL
something In the line of •4Ulfo:*3i
We fee. our delega.ion are ^TrL wereTnedt tZJtZ. '— h '> , •
’* .... many agricultural district*, it is
the ouly road at present avail-
the colleife, w'here we were seated in a ^ e# ^ en c3, these comunitiea
r* * * * »-* a l • AAf^ w •SSV'V-V IAU*
fully apprised as to the needs of The girls gave a hearty cheer as the
our county and the desire of the
people and we hope tnat they
may succeed in giving the county
tue proper rliof- We beelieve
they will.
Local news is very limited, my
readers, hereabout, but ss we are
always pleased to read, eveu a
short letter, of our neighbors, we
feel it our duty to offer the best
we cau collect.
As our district is chiefly agri
cultural, We could not write
from Lodge without mentioning
the farming interests.
Cotton picking for, 1904, is about
over, the “plow whoop” and “new
grouna’ smoke are begining to pass
Current on the farm.
Reduction of acreage and increase
or ferti lizing have a strong place now
with one cotton and corn planters.
H e hope the same ambition will ever
continue until ’’the whole lump ehall
have been leavened” with intensive
fertilizing. - *
Mr J. W. Rents is nearing com-
p etion of his fine residence on Main
Street. The paints are attractively
shining forth. He is a member of the
Mercantile firm here of J. B. Miley
and Co.
The order of the Woodmen of ike
World seems to be rapidly growing
from the attendance and applicants
at their meetinge.
Our sc boo 1 seems to be doing good
work under its old tnetor, Prof J. H.
A. Carter, and Miss Bessie Smith
Mr W. 0. Thompson has finished,
his new residence and moved into it
• “Civis”
Jan. 20.
train stopped, and the two or three
hundred passengers marched up to
AT THE CHURCHES.
The following is the time of serv
ices of the several congregations in
town.
Methodist—Every Sunday at 11 a.
. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer
n^etings 7:30 p. m. Wed
nesday. —Rev. J. L.
Daniel, pastor.
baptist—Every Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thurs
day. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis,
pastor.
prsbyterian—2nd, 3rd and 4th
Sunday at 11 a. In.; 2rd
and 4th Sunday at 7:30 p.
I m. Prayer meeting, 42>.m|
Thursday. Rev. F. “ A.
Drennan, pastor.
episcopal—1st and 3rd Sunday at
11 a. m. and 7;30 p. m.
Prayer meeting 4 p. m.
„ Wednesday. Rev. T. P.
Baker, rector.
the auditorium, each delegation
separately. The several delegations
were then placed in charge of the
girls from their respective counties
who took us into every department,
room, nook and corner of thi college,
and showed us as fully as possible the
work that is being done by the great
Institution of the State. I would be
glad if space would permit me to go
into detail as to the equipment and
efficiency of the place where South
Carolina’s girls are made women,
and also of the splendid day of real
{ ileasure^yygkve us, but 1 must
eave this for some future day.
Columbia Jan. 20.
J. B. D.
For 1 * *machine and a split log ilrag 1 iH^iiming of our intentions. To begin
judiciously (a full descriptiou ot with so l fortunately we ha«i a good
which will oe contained m a later c ““'ortable buildinx .itu»ted in the
article); follow tbe -stitch in titne" *" ”» k u,ol " t Io th * l “‘
AIlston-Hethington
Editor Press and Standard—The
most brilliant society event of the
season, the marrisge of Miss May
Allston, and Mr John Hethington,
wss solemnized at 3 o’clock. Thurs
day, the 10th, at Christ Chnrch.
Tbe were no cards, but the many
friends present gsve evidence of the
popularity of the young oonple.
Tbe church was beautifully deco
rated, one doss not need to be s
magician te guess that the fairy
fiagers, and the hand »t the IlHm|p n t ^ ap gra fl e s subject Jo wtall-
Length ef Ufa ef Fleheei
—lien to esM to Nve
bat, like pike art
reach 1M jrgftra* -
was Mrs Rampb, of course she was
ably resisted by others. It was
perfect iu every detail— not-one
thing lacking Mrs E W King
played the wedding march, Messrs
Legare and Hethington were the
ushers. The soft strains of the
wedding march, falls upon the air,
first the nghers, then the stately
bride, clad in s handsome tailor
made traveling snit of brown, carry
ing an exquisite bouquet of brides
roses, attended by Miss Theo
Jenkins who also wore s tailor
made suit of bine, carrying white
carnations, they met the groom and
bis best man, Mr Donald Allston,
at tbe chancel; standing under a
lovely floral bell of white roses,
which was suspended from an arch
of smilax and pink roses.
Stately-palms artistically arranged
formed a fitting back ground for
Mr Baker in his priestly robes of
white; glowing crimsom japonica*
nestling among the smilax adorning
the chanoel, gave the tone h of color
requisite, and made the seene a joy
to the beholder.
i
Here amid the beautiful decorations,
May plighted her vows to the nan
of her choice, they knelt upon a
white silk cushion to reotive the
blessing—One pretty conceit *as •
shower of rose leaves upon the bridal
couple just as they tuned away from
Mr Baker. ,/
rule aud give an earth road the same
should set themselves seriously “"’fl 1 . J oa
. i , | 4. . . ; would give your pnzi acre, factory
to work to learn the beai'inrihodfr or gtore, and it will pay as large a
of maintaining earth roads and profit io|prcport:on to your indivulu-
of getting the maximum service : *1 outlay,
from them. Prosperity comes
to the country to a great extent
through the prosperity of the
farmers. This fact strongly sug
gests the importanoe of giving
the earth road every possible
care and attention in its location,
construction and maintensnee.
An earth roa«l composed of
water holding soil should tie ex
posed to the sun and air as freely
as possible, as comparison be
tween the shaded and sunny por
tions of such a road will easily
indicate. This should be accom
plished by clearing a sufficient
amount of trees and under
growth kwayi from the road.
It must be rembered, however,
that sandy and gravelly roads
require moiature, and in theae
cases some sand should be re
tained. Futuhermore, trees are
beneficial along river banks and
Drainage is one of tbe most
important poinu to ooncidei in
connection with an earth road.
The majority of earth roads in
all mountainous aud hilly dis
tricts have too much drainage.
Occasionally a road jrill be found
with five ditches, three iu the
middle made by the horses’ hoofs
and by wheels of the vehicles,
and two on the sides. All well-
constricted earth foads are sup
posed te have do more than two
ditches, one on each side of the
traveled roadway. Keep tbe
water out of the middle of the
road by giving it a ciowu or ele
vation iu the e mter of 7} inches
UVELY TIMES IN COLUMBIA.
The committee appointed to wind
up th£ affairs of the State dispensary
have discovered a hornets nest which
they and attorney General Lyon are
stirring np. Tt.cy claim there was a
conspiracy on the part of certain of
the Directors of the State dispensary
and whiskey drummers to defraud
the State, as a result of their inves
tigations the following have been
arrested—others to follow:
w O Tatum, ex-commissioner released
on 10 000 bond M A Goodwin,
whiskey drummer, released on
$ 25 000 bond. Ex-commission, w O
Tatum, and ex-Directors John Beach
L w Boykin, John Bell Towill, J b
Wylie, Jodie Rowbinson all released
on $10 000 bond
The outcome of all this is awaited
with much interest.
FIRE AT STOKES
Avar# of J C Strieklaad and Boa
$t,000. Net
Friday morsisg early bstwstt t sad
$ o’olsok Iks store of J C ktrisktoad
sad Boa at Stokes was biaoovered to ba
oa firs. Tha Are had mads sash pro
gress that nothing conld be dons to
save anythin*. Tha top was falling in
whan it wna discovered. It is aat
known haw tha fire started.
Tha stock of metchsndiae was esti
mated at $$,600.00 and tha atore betid
ing at about $5o0 00 making a total
loss of $4,000 00. Tnare was insurance
aa ataro and stock amounting to $S,
00000.
This firm has bean doing business at
Stokes for several years. This IJUe is
a terrible blow iothem.bat they will
p obably rebuild at au early date.
three months we have fl ted up the house
wUh new patented desks nice window
shades, backet, diaper pan, table and
chair. On the wall* we have arranged
ttttefallv 15 nice nlctures and expect to
odd more. In three days after our
school opened we collected the necessary
amount, of money for tbe library. Tha
little oak bushes have been out—the
holes around the house filled up and it
Is more pleating to the eye. Mr Archie
Breland gave the house a thorough clean*
a ng with a scouring mop; and remarked
whan he bed finished, “that it would
have been an excellent place to have
some early cabbage seed, owing to the
futility ot the toil on tbe floor. We
intend to add a case of rolling maps a
globe, later to wire in the yard and
R int tha honaa. Iu prooartng more
rail are the teachers should advise
the trustees, that they may get tha beat
and up to data articles, not the old time
things I was perfectly dumfoanded
when they brought men small unpaint-
poplar table to serve as my desk and n
dining room ahttr. They assured me
that this was an of&on choir because
they had them to the court house at
Water boro. Yet neither tha court
nor tha furniture la n
My intention now
la to organise n local 8.1 alp. A—This
would have been accomplished had the
wan her bean penpisnbie. Indeed it la
a task to procure the co-operation of
tha patrons. Whan yon gat them in
terested tha problem is solved, but how
many do yon find Interested. I am
avtnooosiag anr one, bat I have seen
mothers tall their children to wash their
fneae and go to eobool that's the and;
and the taneber Is ret possible for their
going or not going. Some etarfli child
•ff with an eld “Blue Book spelling
to teach
and
Alkahest Ladies Quartette
*The next attraction foar the Lyoenm
course is iho Alkahest Ladies quartette
Monday evening Feb 3rd- This Quar
tette Is campogjsd of Misses Christine
Levin, contralto aud director; Margaret
Slattery, soprano; Helen Beatly, mezao
above the top of the inner elope 1 soprano and;;pianist; and Mr* Bessie
of the ditch lor 20-foot road, j re4;i#r *
aud where tbe hill, are . little Th ~' J 0 ""* **?'“ •” *» «**•“
eteep rr.ke the crown 10 mol.e., „„„ ^ vbo , “, nd ,
With a crown of about 1 inch to
the foot from the center to the New Teach*** «
sides, the ditches which are of teu The special examination for teachers
built across the road on steep w “ 1*®M t fa * Conn House hare
grades to deflect the water will
not be naoded. Instead of carry
ing water across the road in open
ditches, tile or concrete drains
should, if possible, be provided.
They skculd have sufficient
capacity''and fail to carry the
maximum amount of water that
is expected to flow through them
Friday. There war* twelve white
applicants and two negroes. Of this
number eight whites nod one negro got
oertiflootaa.
Those saoesaafal;
Second (redo: Mlatee Alloy Hlott,
Lootse Thames, Carrie M Morrell,
Wiaabee „ Grace, sad Mr T B Btshsr.
Third gradi; Mlmss Bstella Ssstsr-
tin, Rtonohs Ruhsi
Mary I Gtagar, colored
be >k and expect the teacher
the child Arithmetic Rhetoric 1
Klooalien out of it.”
I have heard my father say “If a
person had*ever studied through that
book, be had an edneadoa’’. Quite *o.
I sappoee hat I assure yon I never saw
one on til I planted my toot on Colleton
soil, stow many of yonr schools art
fitted np with ae tceeeery material to
work with? Some think because they
had nothing hot n boose and log-beneh
in the 00’s that no more is neoceeearr
now. But that lent true. The world la
growing too fast and everything grows
with it.Sbow me n man who oaa make a
crop of cotton without a hoe, a plow a
weeder and tertiliser and I'll show you a
teacher who can educate a child with
out a book a black board ato. I try to
appear as attractive as possible in th*
school room; my costume consists of n
bine serge shirt nod white shirtwaist
and *‘I like for the children to be neat
aud clean” (ns Rev Ackerman said in a
lecture at Dr*. Creek seme time since)
If you cant afford n freea drees once a
week yon oan at least see that their tec ■
and hands are clean Last year when 4
I was teaching in Lexington I closed my
school with an Exhibition, tu;s Mary T
Manse delivered sn address and in it she
told what “dean little wait* apron
had clean” she said ’-Some
where in Broth Carolina teacher asked
ked the pupils to bring bert few pennies
they replied reality to her call, sad
with these she bought a few yards of
apron check. Tbe older girls made the
apron, put it on n dirty Utile child
washed her face and arranged her flair
When the child reached home her
mother waa delighted and aat to work
to eornb np the other' child ran. Whan
that was done the home did not look
weti; she scrubbed the hones >nd it
looked well enough, theo her old man
oaase la. and she she ste te work and
■crabbed John ap. Bo the white apron
did wooden.
1 haven't made any white aprene bet
I have wnohed some facea. . *
, „ vTVery
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