The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 18, 1900, Image 1

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r THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL _ VOL io.---N() 38. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBBER '8, 900. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR To theReaders 01 Ve iniviie you aind boys v Oilr jlne of, : ()url Bioys' KI Aleni's Pants A complete 1i felt andi The be-st 31i lite of, tllu knlownl to We will take -- best stoek section) ait Your's (ll' SMITH & GRE RUBBER TI] We pit on the best at You are cordially invited to Fine Carriage Wagor Our Prices Are Right. bt The Greenvilli G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - Till lNOS ON THlE- FAR. I!or. of The P'rogressive Farmer. The tendencies ot modef in il vet i ion areT tOwardts ilclrIaSing the city an11d il craigthe cuty ppulat-ion. T many young men are induced to joi tile army 01 ConsuilImers id leavt th ranks of producers. TheIT re ult f noticeable whertver we have har fillies and money is tcls. iThn ther are thtousands out01 of eiploynii-tti ant fihniilies are cotpeiled .o live inl pavel ty. This is anl iinlicationi that there i something ratically wrong wilh th iethiodI fi agriclurIiist . Thie b oy are nieglectedl. TIhey see mote signs< pr1osperity amlong the ir clityEctusinI s anl areC eaSiy ledtM into the metropoh1 tal chann tels. Th e gaudty djilhrys ofi al parenit. wealth miake thiem believe tin life is mor~e real ini thle city t han in i1: nountry. The efi Is of the cities are alluii i pitfalls into which miany thiousanids< honest country boys fail btefore tihl realizie thieir m'uistake. Some of tI responibiilities for tis eoinditioni< affairs must rest on t he shoul ders< parents. The instractors in t he di triict schoois anid even in some the colleges are largely tt blan for directly ant ind~irectly sneering' 111e1 who come f onm the fatrm. 1101 'ire taught, fromi many sources th manuial lab~oredl is degrading andI m chiaracteristic of moder ni Americanisr Th'iey see their parents struggling 01(d farms upon which former famnilii have failed and believe there is nothi i in farming. The fregnlent dilapjihbitE coniion of ioiitedl farmis anti t small yields iln comparison with i dlays of their fat hers cauise bo~ys to lo: faith in agriculture. In every ave'nue oh life' the ho; notice the iesultis ofl conicertede I see the numer)CouIs trusit, rneat et porations and combiinai ton of capit arrayed against1 the iarmier' ith noa parent hetter condlitions in sight i the future. 'I'het laind produ4Ilcts 5111 erops of wvheat, corn at I ptatoe al~5I a combination of bulyers or a btoard~ t~rade corners the nmarket. and iowt: the pricos of wheat thle farm er has sell, and raises5 Ithe charges when lhe the buyer. T1hese uinfavorable c( dlitions mutst change before the b( wvill be content t) remiain on the fara They must, he recogiz 'ed by the pri cut. farmers ini the matter ofi wmtaes al the future of lanid hio'dinigs. One of the great evils of farmihi noted by the boys, is theW genleral it of soil fert ility and14 thle coerlCj decrease of crop andil~l11( hmd~ vlues. crop) of corni yield ing 50) buishls I acr~e, will remove 31 poundi~s of ph phoric acid, WI p~oundts of niit rogent a 80 poundsI of piotash anniuailly fr< that one acre. If this is kept upl many years withliouit repheenishin g I plant food the soji htcomes wvort biless' corn growing. A 315 bushel crop whea~t takes f rm the soil ali poutnds phosphoric neid, 5 9 nonaditS otf nitront ri'lio iiiuial: to cuome to see Its for anl) thling~ that onl-ni ieni's Suits runil From -.tm e to :.& ,.tI. ie 'ant, Suits 1 .Z to t.1) . troii $1.00 to ;7.50. ne of' M~en's and lIoys' lla1tsinbh traw goods. 0 Shoe made 'or tuen. n Unierwear, ainoig which is dO. lest laindered wliite shirts aid colored(l sir1t, the traet for 5.0 cenots. pleaslre inl showilg yol thii rough tile oI goods il 011 lile inl the 'ido t. i 0he prices are all ri ,ht. ly, BRISTOW, ENVILLE, S. C. EES. SHORT NOTICE. examI111e our sttlilIer SIock of 3, Buggies, is and Harness. ( t' (o0ds Are Gti ualiteed, a Coach Factory. 4- .. C. MARKLEY, Pro,, %111131 pounds of' I otash. Thl. S .Mui11 land Will not lon el0; ain a pirotillC wheat t-lid it tll SoIl k not repleisled. Tiis cal le dll! olly bly usng ter tilizers coiltailngl the (lements of plant fod taken up by e rlespective crops, No~tation (11 erops dJoes, sinei "04d :11111 leaving til- l11d to rest oca si4limlly assists in holillr the essin inals' of phu.11t f'4od, but.ana appli cations (f tertihzers is ncess'ary. Ivy lrir Should stdy irst how t 111icresw his a11nu l yiel of fatrmli products, antd scevond how to proply niarket1w wYhat hit prodliues. The st Ce o thle titst lit"s ill tile pc! sin.. and usnCftrili's, andt the sCCIIenI ml co-operlat ing. with otheor farmersr is Per 1)1iIture of po~tash. hpho08110 ii' ne'it t114 and nirgen, IVi wich cani heC iearnied by readinug ria~ible agil tuiiral jouri hals and( tesingi the soil, will incr1 ('ase the ield (of cor'n fr'om~ :1 to LII per (cent .iand leav'e thle Iain1 in line 111 cn <t itioni for the f~ ollo wig yea r. I epeaut tra1 ~ted tlus at thte vairiouls agrYIieuhI I ural ext4per1iment1 1 stationin the1( Si a Cs where colrn 19 growni. What: is tru1e of oneC Cro~p 1s equally i~ 21 Ittu of ) anther. It 1the 1land S (I islp in 10ood tilth ii t producelCs i.choice crops5114 aini C IflarmerI'(' co-4operate& Is i th is neISIighibor' iln.0 seling proc1tuets, it a0.s to get the best pice'io, and14 imr Ilow rates oni what lie cont~sumels, t ho boyl~s il see more1101 beaulIties iln the tieldIs of agr'iculturie amd stay 4)n theC hat ng y'our linen01 to dr iy, using m wo lines1 coinpar11atively close anid palllc for y1our ta ble-cilth. (Also for sheets.) Th'I' w oncW 01 se'ilvag side of your table1 clo'1th over one1 line (toward thet otherI,) Yaliow'inhg it to Ihng downI about1 a1 quarfil r- te'r of a1y amnu i)1 ii1. crt'tul to pmll St. aI shorut diistan11ce fr'omuli th e uds. TakI e P-the oppIosite Pil of y~our1 Ilioth and1 1( ner Thiis will formt a sort of haIL, Sthe wuihcl btl)wing tof the table-elo.th ill woi'iuly weaither'i. After thle table-hnen~ Sis thouroughly'4 dried4 removl e it frolm theii uniie and1( i)'prepar to chunpeni~i it. A Y" wh~lisk broom s ex cellent for' thi pur- 41 '1 j)ose. Tab11lelnen , inl orde4r to bini a( itLI'ractive, shlonkli he dampene jI iCiven conlsulerably. Sprinkie the table-elo14tll i, very fr'eely , beiing sur1e that1 thle se lac 1.9 enids and1( hiemstitchedt borliris areC ii rI ni oughlty dhiap. Roll up tightly, patt ini A t he roil frequent ly , to .podtl 11-(1houId be arranllgedl alter1!'ately omu tii uiponi the otherI---first a nalpkinl drI' 01' been11 wruniig ouit ill warm 'l)water, thi he a dr iy nap kill, and1 follwinhg it with anl lor 4)he 11'wlrug out1 it1(. h t, ater, andi Il of (on. Then~i ro11 tighltly togeitheri.- Fm o)f 111 m~t i1n(, 1111110 R(W'ilW ci PRO( l 4 'hA Il,:ESTON TO (I N(: NNATI. ll.\ N N . AN IP ( A.\l 1lo (--T l - (' N. v iLNTrep\ .\TI k.Ne l\\ 11.1.1 \N 'Ill U Away iack inl the thirties, nearly two-thiirds of a ceitury ago, wheni tail 101 in11 this country were Very new, Hobert V. llavne. .John C. Caliouni and probably other brainly S;out h Catro . lliuis, formed a rough plant lor (the hluihling of a railroad1 fron ('lhaleston, (litt file f'oireinost So u1hieiern port, to Cincinnati. This gigantic scheme of' internal inmproveinent, was never ear ried out. but in the miarch of' progress other developments ill ihe way oIf rail r,0md builing, noft literally the santei but answoriig the puiripos.e for which Ilayne and Calhoun planned tlieir roaI have long since Imaterialized. The primiary object of' tapping thi(e great center of' wesmtern trade by a rail road having a deep water middle At huntie coast port as its terimin us, whiichi these great South Carolinians had in view, has been aeonIlished by the building of not one only, but several highways of' travel and couerce. The road planined by ayive and Cal houii was to have beeni known as tlie I,01uisville., ('incinnati and ('harlestonl ra ilror~ad. Theli coinlpany was or.!ganized and a gre4at deal of the capital stocl p )a it i ln be'ore the 4)project was albani doned oil account -f thei panic of 18:7. 'T'lie route was t. include Coluubia, KIiixville, 1'exington, I ouisvile, .\laysville and Cincitniati. Thec first Inectilng of' the stockholders was eld in Knoxville .lanuary ')th, IS:;7. At that. leeting the r'411t( was discissed andl partially adopted. Thait portionl dl'finitelv decided u1pon1 was IIroughI the vaIlley of1 the French Broad, as the most f'asi1le w Iy) of passing t Ie nonlutains. lh'ftoire this ieetitg of fsockholdet a r nilroad convintioln was bhl inl Knoxville inl .July, 18:1,, forI the purpose of furthel ing te' w projet.I ieeni llaie w'as eh'letd petsiienit (f this convention, iv being 11he chief( till% er inl tOh uinde'taking, anI six lanhebter wnvl( thll shtckholerlsI biv'd thit first nIn-'ting lihier heit was I eflectedl pr)iea *o the c(Ornpanly whiCh had beei fo'irmed at tIe conven- 4 tiol previously beld ad also al ot her eIet ings. i'liral I laynet's idea was to laise inoney foI' the ilro by issuing h\nds prediented uponf o Ithe credit lI tas vtates1throughl which the .-iad was to run,1 eacb Stae harin-o pro r-ata shuare.I A" gqivernor ()f South ( 'arolitui hev watS better elileil to (4 orward his purpose04. The huiling of this road was irst suggested, it Sen, by 1-. S. Thollinas, wVhto wa.,is at one linit editor of the old ('lha'sm ( WOWlit it, andwo laft'er belteine eh4r Ill tIh' Cincinnati I)aily 1'vening 'ost. lie first lrojectedl it in his mind during lie war f ()*1812, and tells about it in his nublished remi Iis4entesq. lIe says: " lef'ore ani during the war I Ir( sith'l in ('harleston ail[ was enItLgged in editmtg .a111 pIbikllog the liy City Gazettel( oI that place, and Ile (:ari liia (axe'tte, weekly. I uised about sixty po4Uh0uins 4f piaper I 1 day , whicb, while tin wa' list'l, cost mlle litIeen' to iity cenlts pe1 poI1aft Freight, fioin Illiiore. I then pro coast , w'ithiu1 caling it .y 1%hat 1ane my pinl was 1to lay the nuils, wichl wereI' to bie of woodtl, upon41 piles udriven into the' earth . i su~ggestedf miy pian to the hite' Gov. Chli'e~s P'int'kney, l'ttri 'Trieneau, lI'.., andI Col. Th'lonis I ehret, ait onle of our' we'ekly 11nee tinigs, thle fate ofC most projec.'(ts that are new ini thieir nature, ai114 giganitie in their e xte'nt; it was hinghed at as beoinitg, if' at all prIacticale, a hunidr'ed ytears' to)o soon1 to b~e thought of., 1 gavec myse'5lf ( no iut her trioublIe or1 1thought about11 thant or' any othier ni;ilroadl, untuil the Halt 1n10re and4 Ohtit r'ailro:nl was pro't je'e'ted, wheno ben1-; a riden1(It 'f' Ibal houl nothing to give fbut tuy time, andl dev~~oted4 two'( 4r thrie'e wveeks of1 thai, iimedliitely pr'celing~ thle 4openini~g of' the gre(at uitilit~y o41f ii- IInnlertakmug, aind the pros4peiy fY e~(verIy onet be4comIi ina stockhohlder, if onlyI~ tar a shar'e. in the fall (of 18:G. 1 t'ameit out. to Ohio amid wet down ai.s far dlown as I.ou isvillIe. O n liy returI n I stfopped a forltniighit in thIiis ei 1y. Tihe idea t hen sti'uck me)4 of a rilroa'03d from this City 14) Charleston,, ailil the supj~er'ior'34 avan-l taiges it wvoub I av overIi a '''I ll o )theris froml the cii(eumsltanctes (f its being 114rom Northi to Soulth, am1i( thlus brI'ingm g to4 i'eh (itheri, amiil whofse pro'4l14larle 54) i'. 'l'homas Ithen Ills o4f ho'w lhe sutggestedl Ithe proje4c4t to4 ai Inutuberi o.f 'ininiinsti Ihusinless miien, bitt hie r' ('(ivedllitI( 4'') '4.4 ilut'meit. Amon411g those we're I)r'. (). i'ihl, Alessrs. Allisoni ()wen, W .S S. Stiihl, Il ugh .\eld anl and14 l't'aniis ShijibIts. A fhout a to4 A'ir . Tfhtetnis, whlo wasi5 lhen mi Cini einnat' f':i luy lll('iou 1I'441hertigs:4( cities 44n the .\thtiitit ('oa3st.. It 11he vaisit inilh- w1hli(h will bie retce'ivted fr'o.i the. popub13 34Ir ainl teit ile r'egionis of thle We t I thi bra Atlan1,~I :ti it'Ihere will 1b' en'ui1.th fIo' us all. (;4'Ierial li'rnard, in onei' of is repor44it', Ia m nemedu that there werei 114 practicablle r iotes fr iulroads.'mail cennals across > fhie All'eihatiies. that in pirocess of - 1time they'4 woub4414 all be' foui'nl iitnee (Itqtle to4 the wan~it" of ('(1I'tel'rce. (?ur fnttheeg arroC)'' thei inouluulriIns throu'lgh the valley of the French lroadIL river is tlie shortest l and best yet liscovered. We shall probably ei'ec t without it single inclille plane by conLtrrilg clevatiols not exceeding 1,200 feet.t; and froim the stunmit of the Iiuolnntaiis, westward, we have almost a level plain io Knoxville, the head of steanboat navigation on the Tennessee. The atil of Kentucky, if extended us, will crtaily continie the road to Lexing toil, 1114l fromn thence all the proposedI lines to the Ohio will sooner or later be filled ip). It was necessarily our li rst step to push oil from (he occanl; and here Iinding a road ready imade to mur hands, we have availCut ouirselves Af it for sixty-two miles of our Way. From this point ( Branchville on tihe LCharleston and 11aiburg road) we have laid out the) raat to Columbia, thout sixty-five mlniles; have ilmlde itIl he Conti i:ts a:nd are proceeding rapidly. In the Ileaitiie (enlerl Ililmilton his gone to Etiope to eflfeet .1 loan of $2,000,000 for our comipany l tle credit of the State )f South Carolil.,' At the ineeting of the stockholders 11 Knoxville above referned' to the ollowing directors were elee"d ()hio-Eidwvard 1). Alastihtld, Wil hla ireen, .Joseph Bonsall. Kentueky Rlobert Wicklippe, Wil. liam1 11. licha'rdsol, .lines Taylor, lob.a N' . Tibbotts, Israel I.. ILudlow, lolin It. 4Casey. Teimessee,-lohn Willians,.1. (;. NI. Ibuniisey, Alex. FC. Smith. N ort h Carolinav -hlmes F. EC. liardy, 'htomas . l. Forney, Peregrine uIoberts. South Catrolitia-toht. Y. Ilayne, Iames lamuilton, Charles Edionson, \Iitclell King, Benjamin T. Elimore, J hanig , . U.hn C. Calhoun, .Jlohn W. onpson, hiobert (i. Nills. At this meeting the Colmittee to vhioiim it wis referred to examiliLe and )port oil the surveys already imale, nid what part, if aly, could then be letinitely decided on1 aid the proper neaisures to ie takei to have such ither survevs made as imiight be neces a31rV to enale the oipally, it its next lqeto1hg , t toidcide on the actual loca ion of tie whole roid froimi ('harls oil to I 'xinHgton and the bran111ciees to ImuisvIlle, incinn iiati and Maysyille, niade itis report. The report opened y saying that the suirveys theretofore liuhitted to Ohe legislature of' South 'arolitui had led to the sat isfactory -onIlusionli that piracticable rolite for 1 railrow Ietween Charleston aid the )lto riveor existed. The surveys 111) to Iihis time, the report said, had been -onfi ned to iptits of tie line where nlost dilliculties were a pp rehenided, mnd Itno th-llnite locaItion of the route -l0 then he predicted oil. The only 'act clearly n111d distinetly 1sceetailned vis that the valb y of the 'French iBrknit 11Vol rie mlst hc adIoptCd, 3 the mbl praceticablet. course throuItghl Which he riad cou lI jis the Alleghany iiolintalils ;ndl I1he Ilue Ilidg'', u1ving inl view the Ii connection 0 1lifte po(ints described inl thle -harter. The revi--t 4ai thala atdld 1(11 E i' ( 11111, I h itheu: route, by the ead waters of the 5avainh a1nd the v'alleys of the Tuck cge 1141 1Lit tle Tnlessee river hand een su1rveyed. hut was 'ouind 1.4 be myracticabl. ()1 the tither hand, it y.as clearly demonstiated that. by 1optoulg t Ihe I-reciieI Broad route, it vats imp1l ossiile lo comdlict tihe(. 11d 1-om the vly oh th e East Ten111e'e 1tirly thro.uI the Alleghany mou - uns tlith crest of the I lue itiinge 311 we ') nti~s in lhiincumbe Coutyit), Non il I art1i'l113, inear whiei'e AshlevIlle a no0w loca3ted I, onl a graduail a1sent1 enl l irely wai th1 le 3an1ge of locomonuv e powe aW013s then I in lise. These po its, the repior)t (otinu32 led, wee a t thle IdvI latch m1141 liutte Nlountamii gaps. I 411e suirvey's also4 led to thle conv liction liat from1 one, ift 10 rIomi botlh, of t hese deprtiosssons in th liIline Iidge, lhe road miiich to carried into1( the level LOntiiiIrys of South I Car. hna13, be~ 01nd lie mlouinta3in rIiegionl on a1 grade that wouild supe) rcede the niecessity oft stattiona~ry poweri. It this 1part1 of the groiund had1( inot beeni sullicienitly subjected to be rig'oris t ests of thle instrniuit Lo ett1ble I toIhe 4"ommit111tee tO irecomimenid whichI oft the4 several routes shiouhi Ibe adoptd. TIhe repor10t sa1ys,conii tiing: "Thre ie at1 least shouli d lhe su tieien tly' examIined: l''irst, the rouite whiebl lead s down. iih liedciy Patch1 eicreek and1( Broad river till thle ridge bietweeni thie strealin and14 theo Catiwha river is gain eii; second14, 1the route by the Bri thle open in g whIiichi1~ rcivyes the (Ireeni river', b etwee n the ie H idge am11( the Sailuda11110113 muainus, till 1the latter imouni talin is 113an1ked on the (east ; the third* , the roulte 0w~ih descends fromo the Ilult. lountaini Z3ap mtto I ireeni river' eove atii~ passes4 Saluda~ inounhtalin by 1h3p er('eek and1( cont inu es to thle level Th le report, sa1id that these suirve'ys mu lst the extended Iwith aI v liew of pass ing through Cohuiaiti. At I ohiinnhia the lne was31 tio iinet the projecited' linie of tie Sothl Car1olina3 Cani~l and14 haiu road1( 0Companlliy, which'h had e'xclusiv'e right to a1li rai l hei ween ('har l estoni and Columiai~ for thiirty-six years, and14 whliebl at that time' hand a1 track hal1f thie dlistance.44 Since'i the 'oniventtioni of I sal Knol~x wvellI as Knuioxville and1( thle Ca3rtlhnas. Thereo is still ai demainoI, ho0wever, foir a1 moire dliret'C rouite fromi Chlarles tiui to Cininiinati. Theii Tlenlessee (einral, connect(('i ng East and( NI idd le Tlenniesee for' the lirst timie, is 31 untk ini tie ebini of' (evenil whiich liortend~ ---.. -. Ilow to1 e neouragoe and1 keep thle boys ont thle Ifarm '? Tanke theni to the Staite Fa1ir lot' sigh t- seein g aind ati object lessoni will bo tauighit theml 14) renlew t lieir enIarts in the i. vatiouM ilonent an. 1IOW (;00) ItOADS BEN E1IT A COMMITNITY. (;en. Ioy Stone in N. Y. World. The s3plendid r.Oad( con1ditions8 existing on the continent of Europe can be di plicated here. The question is one foi the people themselves to solve, and if is actually being solved in the United States to-day by the voluntaty actiot1 of communities in various sections 01 the country. For example, I heard that there were some especially good stone roads being constructed in the State of New York, so I wient thete myself, and to make sure that I should make a thorough test I went in the midst of n January thaw. L got a pair of horses andl ai light buggy to test other roads around the country, and I found that witli a great deal of ditliculty I could drive over them. But in the section where the farmers had been building the stone road I found that two tons of hay were being hauled with two horses on a common narrow-tired wagon. I said to the farmers: ''How did you get started in this business of building roads ?' They said: "6 We started it ourselves. We thought we cuilld do something. as our lields are full of stone, with stone fences along the road, so we scraped together enough money to buiy a rock crusher, hired an engine to run it and arranged to bring in the stone4 and haul back the crushed stones.' They have actually gone so far as te petition the Legislature for the privi I ege of increasing their taxation beyond what the law allowed, and the result is that all the farmers in that, township are anxiously waiting for the roads to be extended in their particular neigh norhIoods. I said to them: "Doesn't, this pile up your taxes ?"'" Wly," one farimer said, "in this one week, by the aIvan tage of having these stone roads and getting to market. with my hay, when if sells at a good price, my teams have earneld $0 every diy, while my neigh hors' lteamns on ile other roads are eating Lheir heads off. We could not afford to have their roads; we do not care anytlhin about the taxation." A bright statistician, taking the rail ioad returns of freight and the amount of it that is hiaiuled over the public roads, makes 1lie nteedless cost of re moving the farin products of the Uii ted States to be $M00,000,im0I a year. Il'rof. L.atta, of 'ardue University, in vestigated it from the point of view of the farmers of Indiana. In that State they have some good roads, -not the highest class of roads, but about 10, 000 miles of very good gravel roads. ie found froimi the reports of the farmers themselves that tle difference between good and bad roads was 78 cents an acre nniiuially on their farms. I took a broader view of it and sent out letters to tihe 10,000 farmers in the United States who had been selected as the best representative men to gath er statistics for the department. of ag riculture. Taking the proper cost to be the present cost to the farmers in the good roads district of New Jersey where there are actually as good roads as are found in any part, of Europe, I found the cost of hauling over the ordinary roadls of the country is just about three times as much as the cost of hauiling over stone roads. Where a load i. three tons on good roads it is oiie ton oin the average farm roads. The av erage cost of hiiuling a ton a mile throughout the UTnited State is 25 cent. In the New England~ States it is :tJ cents, they being more hilly andl hav ing generally worse roads. Th'le ess in New Je rse'y was fr'om seven to tci cents. The actual cost oft moving product is not the only loss from had road by any)) means. lFarmners lose by no being able to get to market, when h market is good, by the waste of pre ducts thai, cannot, be0 marketed at all om account of bad1( roads, by niot beinig en couraged to cnltivate tings that re, qulire a speedy market., and in a greal many other ways. The actual m ones ioss to the farmers of the iijted Stuate by the bad roadls of the coiunitry is not less thani one-quarter of the total h'ome value of till their priodulcts. T1hie total home value of the annual products of t.he farms of the linitedt States is ablout $2,500,000,000) and( the loss by bad roadls is about $t00,000,0)00, so that the farniers lose, or they would lose if they coild( stand all that loss themnselvyes, one-qjuarter of the value of aill theiu p~rodhucts by the extra cost of gettinl thenm to market,. One reason why the b)oardls of tra~d and1( the commercial bod(ies in thi I initedl States tile getf ung interested iia goodl roadls is the fact that the whuolt business of the country is suffering foi the want of them. Ta'rke the State ol New York, where agric:ulture ought, tt be more prosperous than in any othei State in the Ui on. TIhie great citiem and( townls of the Staite would miake 2 homie market for more than its farmerus cani prodhuce, but for the wvant of good roads, reliable al. t~he year round, th< New Yoirk farmers hiav~ nio coimand( oIf their own markets, and the product dlealers, eVen ini the interior cities ami townis, have no certainty of a reguula1 supply from the surrounid ing farms an< arne thiereforo oligedl to have recouris t oothier States and Canada for t heir tiuh plies. Th'le farmer, when lhe is able ti get, to market, generally lIn da it tore stalled and himself obliged to ship th 50ome distant pomnt, wvhile the farmer along the rai'lroads of the far W~est o the good wagon roads of Ohio, Iiinlina New .1 ersey and Canada are supplyi.1 the haoune market. Farmers tauke or send to the Sltt Fair, Oct. 29th to Nov. 2d, the fruiti of your labor, that you may not ex claim as many have done every year "'I can beat that.'" Some of the good citizens of' Chestor have set to work it earnest to provide good roads for it. A few weeks ago they took the first step by organizing a Society for the purpose of pr)omioting sich work, and at its meeting teti (lays ago, the comnmittee appointed to pro. pose a working plan submitted one which was "1 uinaniiously adopted." According to the local paper, the Ches ter elporter, the plan adopted Ianad iecommeniit'den to the coutitty authorities is as follows : I . To prepare a list of all persons liable for road duty of 6 days or a $2 commn1utlation tax, and to enforce sea vice or colleet the tax " through the treasurer's ollice with general tax." 2. To establish a repair force for road liainteciace it 0.a0h township, under a road manster employedl by the year - the force to be kept ot work all the 3 car " except itn had weather and each such foice to be supplied with a team of two mules, a plough, and such other necessary implemnents as tie coutIty iS able to0 furnish." 3. 'T'hat the county employ a coi petent civil engineer, when necessary, to direct all permanent work and to instmruct the township road mnastors in their work. If the county shall tider take to iacadamize the m11.am1 public roatis ol' jo ally other pertianietit work, retlirilg a long tite fOr its colple tionl, thena to employ an enaginaeer for such time thuat the work may be thorough. -1. That the county commisAsioiers levy one mill for "1 permanent work, that the chain ,ang be etiployed on such work only, that the board pur chase or hire the necessary machliery for pertainet work, and that applica tiotn he Inade ,to the peiitetntiary au thorities for I. to 20 conviet. laborers. Tihe convict laborers would ieIp the cause materially, but it is evident. that their aIid is not t essential to the plal aid will be dispenised with if itecessary. I t u nan int feature are the provisions for the strict enforceiten t of the road service or its equiv'alent i in totaey, tihe inclusion of the road tax titt the get eral tax, the eiploynentt of the chainl gaig ot permane work only, t1he steady emii ploynitilt (f tle relpair for-ce al] tilie year, tihle assur4(,l use of the necessary " iachntinery," and tile coin potenti stupervisiomi Of' the whole work. The plain cannot fail to iisure the mata tetial and continuitng improvement of all the roals of the county, and t.he placitig of tie principal otnes inl Iirst elasis coniditioni, and it uiaght. he adopt et 1by oter otities greatly to their adlvanatage. IntcidenItally to tilie subject. if such improvemaents it may be reinarked that te lile is evidenitally tnear at hand when good roads will pos4sess a special value and importance inl any pluu t. of the country besides uand beyond that of affordittg billoothetr ways for ithe pats sage of ordiiltary anti slow vehicles only. The automobile has 4come to stay, and it is taot a tmrie toy, bait is Capable Of rendig usefal u11bliC service, as it is largely so employed al ready in many cities, atid its possibili ties are no, t I nearly developed. An exhibition of Its slwedinl t iu aihties given an I Chicago a few days ago im i. terestinlgly re-.ported b ty ne if the laocal papers. The competitimn was between tithe WintOnt foir-whet-dt gIsolinte -auitomio bile ad two mtotor triicycles over a maaade the tifty-miiles in 1 hour, 17 mitt tes andl 50 seconids. Th'le thlirty-si xth anid fortiethi mtiles were etacht miadae it) 00t secondls. The average speed1 per m uile wash U.1 2-ti5 eond~s. Th)is recolri s waas beatein, ho.wevear, b y (one of thi t trieycle mtiOtirs, wich inatade thle 5( mtiles in I hour, I 15 tamrn tes, 57 seconds althouight it slackenied speed onace to feed m tore oil to its smiall enaginec. It maade the second4 tmttes ini I mintute, 20 1 -5 hecondsha. T1hie highest bspee~ (if thei four-wheeledl at omobile waus tat thec tate of 't0 mailes atn hour ; that of the Itricycle motor wias -15 iile an hiotur. CIommtte'itig otn the exhaiblitionu a C2hicago patper says :'" While .suchl spieed as th is is im praclticabhle excepit oni ana untobstru'icted antd stmooith coulrse, it. dlemionstrates the amtazinig dleve~lpment of the selt-propellinag vehicle withini a few yeiars. Thle perfebcting (if auttomio bales for piractictal uses is onrly ina its in lantcy, and~ such oesets stimut alate whtile they illustrate its rapid growth.' IForty miiles tail hiour is goodl raailroad speedil, and wheni it, is remtembered that some of the tmaachintes are sold for am low a prtco tas $750-which is far less thatn the cost of a rail road~l, and not inot thani thaat of a fine horse or cowV-andti that, they enn lhe rutt ona aniy coutr t' toiad thant is smooth atnd firmt, it, would tappetar to be good jpoliey fot atny couni. try ~cotitmuity , whichl deosires raii transit, for tany reasont 1t) put its roadsl ini such sap le. it is ntot requitired, tmotoover , to1 mnake the roadsa level: Thle miotors cuan go til anid dlown hill, Th'iey hiave recenatly aseeinded tand de. 84eended~ I ke's P etak, and~ othe' rloun . tdai, wit houtt d itliculty. -News an (Cour'ier. I OlUlt OILIEATICST HPEUIId~sT. F'or 201 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so suaccessf'aly treated eharonaic diseas -' ts lhat hue is ackntowledged today to smtadit at thea head olf lisa profession ini tis Iinae, - 1is exclaust ve miethaod of treatmeni~t for Varicocebe atnd Strictuare, withotut ttue aid oif kife or4 caute~ry cures ini 90 pier centi. of aill cases. In the treatmenit oIf the loss of Vital Forces. Nervotas Disord era, Kidnaey and( ii rintary Comnplainats, Paralysis, Blood P'oisontin, Rhaeturnatism, ('atarrh , anud dis oases pieuliar to womena, he is equally sutccessfual. Dr. Hlathiaway's practice is ;more than~ double that of any other aspee. lalist. Cases pironountced helpless by o ther physicians readuly yield( to his treatment. Wrate him toiday hilly about your case. He makes no~ chtarge for conseultatlion or advice, either at hIs ofilce or by mall. thrnad straat. Atlanta. Ga.2 V To All Our Pickens Friends. We want to say that we intend this fall to have (lie best line of Shoes and Dry Goods ever shown in Easley, and at prices tho same as you pay in Green ville. Our E asley store will have everything our Greenville store has. You know our stock is the largest in Greenville, therefore you know what you can find in our Easley store. We are agents for some of the best shoe factories in the United States, and we will sell them at the lowest )OSsible price. Mi. .1. Melton King. our manager, asks all his friends to give him a call that he may let them see what he can do for then im supplping their wants in D ry Goods, .shoes, etc. It will save you a long ride to Greenville. He has nsny things that he is selling at bargain prices, and invites inspection. Keel) your eye on this space and it will save you many a dollar. Yours truly, R. L. R. Bentz Cash Dry Goods andShoes. J, MW0LTON KING, Manager Easley. Branch. Greenville Store, . Corner entrance, 201 Main St. 90Aguit for Butterick Pattern, . IL L We have our store filed with the be* selectod stock of Fall and Winter Foot Wear over shiown in (Jreenville. Y oui cannot fall to ase the superior stock and workmianshi p In our Men's, Women'. and Children's Snioes. No shoddy stock . One Price. l0verything Warranted. PRIDE & PA'iTON, 106 S. Main Street. Ga lrst door above Lipscomb & R.ussell's Ursi.s m.' A WEEKiaY RIEs'I' DAY. The observance of one (day in seven by a complete change of thought and the suspension of modes of activity requiredl for six days would be philo sophical even though it had no basis in religion. In the first French revo lution the attempt was made to have a holiday once in five days, and once in ten). The intervals were too frequient underci the first plan and~ dlid not recur Often enough under the second. Hence those who hated the system which enforced the Sab bath were famn to return to it. The superintendent of one of the largest hospitals for the insane de clares nineteen Out of twenty of the business and~ professional men who have come under his care have been in the habit of carrying business on their minds for seven days each and every week.-T1he Century. A womnan was taken before a French magIstrate andl asked her age. She said twenty-eight. T1he judge looked up and said : "Madam, you were be fore me ten years ago, and gave the same age." Said the woman : "I do not dloubt it. I am not a woman that will say onei thing to-day and another ting to-morrow." Mrs. G.-"Oh, dioctor, how I should hate to be buried alive I" D~octor-"Calm yourself, madam. No patient of mmne need ever fear that."