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It™ DRAINAGE OF ROADS NFCESSITY Z? RG00DR0ADS ! EIGHTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY. F. O. Stacy, President. No business can possibly be successful that is not adver tised. This is a sweeping statement, but it is true. There arc aome merchants in this community whose experienoe apparently contradicts the statement. The contradiction, however, is only apparent If they have attained any degree 'of success they have advertised. They have let people know whatrthey had to sell, what they were here for and what they proposed to do. Just in proportion to the thorough ness with which they lhave done this and met the conditions of their competitors they have suc ceeded. If they have used the newspa pers they have worked with the best tools so far as getting pub licity is concerned. Ifithey have worked without the-newspapers they have been handicapped and have not attained tthe highest possible measure of success. A fertile Med planted infertile ground, carefully watered, -will thrive and bear fruit A properly organized business, in any inhabited place, well advertised will succeed. The law<of growth is as certain and .inexorable in one case as tbewthee. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Keeidence .Phone. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. toeea A Co.'a Store. Can be found at office six davs In the week Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. pr'Ottlco over National Rank. J. E. WEBSTER, A.tlorney-.A.t> l^a.\*r 9 ffice in Court House. (Probate>Judge ■ office Gaffney City, S. C. Praotioes in all the courts. Oolleo- ffione » wneoialtv Wii.i.iam 8. Hall, Jk. Jambh A. Wuxis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OA.r'r'p*iK'V' f m. c;. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention given to alt business. Office over R. A. Jones A Co.'s store. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleeon’s new store In office from 1st to 96th of each month: BHINGLES, BRICK, SA«H, DOORS, BLINDS and all kinds of Building Ma terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for sale at a small per cent, above cost for cash. Estimates made without charge. L. BAKER r JUNE H, GARB, " ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER Studio at 812 Limestone St. Gaffney, S. C. Best equipped studio in this section. High grade photog raphy in all its branches. Call and see “Artist Proof,” the latest and handsomest style of photograph ever made. Finishing for amateur pho tographers solicited. Telephone 176. Building and Plastering Lime Coal, and Piaster Hair. Plaster Pam. Kosendale Cement, Portland Cement, •Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Capa call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Tciepbona 17, SOME POINTS BY PROFESSOR IRA O. BAKER. The Success of Tile DralnitKC on Farm Lands and IfiKhway.—Some Recent Experiments In Illinois. How the Work Should De Done. All roads except those on pure sand can be materially improved by tile drainage, says Professor Ira O. Baker of the Illinois agricultural experiment station In Good Roads Magazine. This is the opinion of many farmers in sev eral communities with whom the writ er has conversed on this subject. In each community this is universally the opinion of the farmers who have had the best success in draining their own farms. The cost of tile drainage is not great—say about 50 cents per rod, or $100 per mile—and the improvement is permanent, with no expense tor main tenance, and the benettt is immediate and certain. Further, tile drainage is the very best preparation for a gravel or a stone road. Gravel or broken stone placed upon an uudrained foundation is almost sure to sink gradually, what ever its thickness, whereas a thinner layer upon an uuderdrained roadbed will give much better service. “Roads tiled without gravel are better than roads graveled without tile.” The road should he underdrained so as to keep the water level well below the road surface. In most localities this can he accomplished reasonably well by laying a line of farm tile three or three and a half feet below the road surface along one side of the roadway. It is sometimes claimed that there should he a tile on each side of the road. Rome tests recently made by the Illi nois experimental station, not yet pub lished, seem to indicate that one line will give fairly good drainage under the most adverse conditions. The ex periment consisted in the drainage of a piece of land selected as the worst that could he found in a part of the state notorious as having a large area of hardpun which It w.ts generally con sidered could not he underdrained “lie- cause the soli held water like a Jug.” Lines of tiles were placed two and a half feet deep and fifty feet apart. The water level at a |H*int midway between the lines of tiles was lowered eighteen inches, when at the same time the wa ter level in the undrained portion of the field was only six inches below the surface. In this case the surface of the ground water had a slope of one foot in twenty live feet, hut In a more porous soil the slope would he much less. Therefore a single line of tile three or three and a half feet deep, if of adequate size, will give nearly per fect drainage, and a second line will not materially Improve it. Some writers on good roads advocate the use of a line of tile under the mid dle of the traveled portion, and some advocate a line on each side of the wheelway. The object sought by these tiles is rapid drainage, and therefore it is urged that they should he laid near the surface. It is doubtful whether any water will reach the tile, since the road surface when wet is puddled by the traffic, which prevents the water percolating through the soil, and it is certain that in clay or loam the drain age thus obtained is of no practical value. More than one farmer has tried to drain bis barnyard by laying tile near the surface, always without ap preciable effect. While a line of tile on one side of the road is usually sufficient, there Is of ten a great difference as to the side on which It should he laid. If one side of ■the road is higher than the other, the tile should he on the high side to in tercept the ground water that is flow ing down the slope under the surface. The tile should he laid in the bottom ,of the side ditch below the frost line. 'Of course the tile should have a uni form grade and a sufficient fall and an adequate outlet. The size of the tile required will depend upon the length of the line and the grade of the ditch, hut local experience in farm drainage is likely to ho a better guide than any -general statement that can be made. .’Farm drainage is almost certain to precede road drainage in any particu lar locality. The side ditches are to receive the •water from the surface of the traveled way and should carry it rapidly and entirely away from the roadside. They are useful also to intercept and carry •rtf the water that would otherwise flow from the side hills upon the road. Ordinarily they need not be deep and, if possible, should have a broad, flar ing side toward the traveled way to lire vent accident if a vehicle should be crowded to the extreme side of the roadway. The outside hank should he flat enough to prevent caving. The prnpor form of ditch is easily made by the ttsual road machine or road grad er. The side ditch should have a free outlet into some stream, so as to carry the water entirely away from the road. No good road can lie obtained with side ditches that hold the water until it evaporates. Much alleged roadwork Is a positive damage for this reason. Piling up the earth in the middle of the road is per haps in Itself well enough, hut leaving undrained holes at the side of tin* road probably more than counterbalances the benefits of the embankment. A road between long nrtlfldul ponds l« always Inferior and is often impassa ble. It is cheaper and better to make a lower embankment and to drain thoroughly the hole* at the side of the roads. Often the public funds can he more wisely used In making ditches In adjoining private lands than In mak ing ponds at the roadside in an at tempt to improve the road by raising the surface. Mrnn a Great Economic Gala In Marketing I*r«<troc. In a country as large ns that in which we live, with the greater part of Its producing regions widely separated from the markets which they serve, the matter of transportation is one of vast importance, says Martin Dodge in The Forum. This applies particularly to our agricultural products, for while a great portion both of our manufac tured output and of our farm growth must be moved long distances by rail or water before reaching a market, practically ail of the latter must also be transported for greater or less dis tances over the public highways. The question of marketing these agricul tural products, amounting in the Unit ed States to $1,000,000,000 annually, on terms that the dealer can afford to pay and the grower to accept often re duces itself to a question of cheap and quick delivery—iu other words, to a question of economical transportation. As far as the railways and steam ship lines are concerned, this problem has been dealt with very intelligently and satisfactorily. Skill and money have been applied without stint to the provision of enlarged means of con veyance. improved ways and increased power. These influences, under the stress of strong competition, have re duced long distance freight rates to a reasonable level. There Is one phase of this transporta tion problem, however, which lias ap proached no satisfactory solution—that is the matter of wagon road haul. As lias already been said, while the great er part of our farm products travels by steamship, canal or railway for a por tion of the Journey to market, virtually J. G. Wardlaw, Vlce-Pre«l(lent 1 TO MAKKET ON A GOOD HOAD. nil of them are conveyed for some dis tauee over the public highways. It is unfortunate that this is often the most expensive pan of their Journey. It has hden shown by mathematical demon stration that it costs more to move a bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten mil«*s over the average country roads of file United States than to transport the sariH* burden 500 miles by railway or 2.000 miles by steamship. It lias happened many times In dif ferent parts of the country that farm ers have let crops go to waste because the cost of hauling them to the nearest market or railway shipping jKilut over wretched and ill kept roads amounted to more than could he realized for them afterward, whereas if good roads on which heavy loads lould be hauled hud been at hand the same crops coukl have been marketed at a small profit to tbt producer, while the economic gain re suiting from their application to useful purposes would have been very consid erable. Ti lde Tires and Good Roods. Doubtless the best way to keep an earth road, or any road, for that mat ter. in repair is by the use of wide tires on all wagons carrying heavy burdens. Water and narrow tires aid each other in destroying streets, mac adam. gravel and earth roads. Nar row tires are also among the most de structive agents to the fields, pastures and meadows of farms, while, on the other hand, wide tires are road makers. They roll and harden the surface, and every loaded wagon becomes in effect a road roller. Nothing so much tends to the improving of a road as the con tinued roiling of its surface. Tests made at the experiment stations in Utah and Missouri show that wide tires not only improve the surface of roads, hut that under ordinary circumstances less power is required to pull a wagon on which wide tires are used. Notable Celebration In Cherokee County I .ant Saturday. I Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.] Blacksburg, July 7.—I was priv- leleged, on Saturday last, to attend a birthday dinner, given by the rela tives, friends neighbors of Mr. Hen derson Martin, in honor of his eighty- second anniversary. Before 12 o’clock over a hundred people had as sembled in the spacious and beauti ful grove in front of Mr. Martin’s dwelling, and a table about forty feet long, improvised for the occasion, was soon covered with an abundant and choice feast of good things, brought in by the good housewives of the Holly Grove community. The occa sion was observed with appropriate religious exercises, which consisted of the reading of the 90th Psalm by Rev. Thos. Mullinax, a prayer by Rev. Mr Bostic., a short address and blessing by Mr. Mullinax, and then the dinner, which was heartily en joyed by ail present. During the whole time there was going on that delightful social intercourse between neighbors and friends, which only those can fully enjoy who are actua ted by the kindly spirit which promp ted those good people to come together to honor one of their number who had lived so long among them and whom they revered for bis high character and genunine worth. Mr. Martin was born and raised within about two hundred yards of his present residence and has never lived away from bis native soil. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Emeline Starne; his second Miss Nancy Cooper, of Ruth erford couuty, N. C. Only one child, Mr. Price Martin, a useful and in fluential citizen, is the son of the first wife. Mr. Martin for a great many years has been a prominent, zealous and liberal member of the Methodist church. He has always taken an ac tive interest in county, scale and nat ional poliM'’s, but never sought nor held an office. He belongs to that quiet, conservative and intelligent type of American citizenship, wbicH, while it never mskes much noise nor boastful demonstration, yet does its own conscientious thinking, is loyal and true to its party and country, and exerts an influence always potent for “peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and plenty." To such our country owes its indepen dence and prosperity, tod so long as a majority of the American people are composed of such citizens as our worthy and revrred friend, so long will the integrity of their institutions be preserved. really but one of the many. Determined and patient and bold; Whoso atruKKlVa as noble as any By iKietor novelist told. And later, when Time writes the story Of those who’ve been valiant in strife, A pajte will be due to the Kfi>i-y Of the heroes of everyday life.” W. A. NEWS OF WILLIE. New J«*rae)*B Good Koada. New Jersey was probably the first stuti* to make radical progress iu road- building. By her state aid law, passed in 18D1, it was possible for the authori ties, under the direction and petition of the taxpayers, to spend $450,000 a year in road improvement. Under thi< beneficent law ten miles ol excellent roads were built the following year, double that in the next year, and since 1805 the full limit of the amount al lowed by law has been annually used Allowing $:i,o00 per mile, tills menu* about 150-miles of roadbuiluiug every year. The Value of Contrasts. There is nothing like contrasts to demonstrate the superiority of the good and the worthlessness of the bad in roadbuilding, says the Cleveland (O.) News Herald. Every first rate high way is a powerful indictment of the folly which permits roads near it to remain in a state more befitting Spain than the great and rich American re public. The difference is so striking and so easy to see and feel that the argument silently made for general road improvement Is the most potent possible. Il.-iiinnil Good Hoads. People generally are beginning to re alize that roiidbuilding is a public mat ter and that the bent Interests of Amer ican agriculture and the American peo pie as a whole demand the construc tion of good roads and that moucy wisely expended for this purpose is sure to ret urn. Tfc« Crops. Movemeuts of People itiid Lo cal HappeulugN, (Correspondence of The Ledger.) WiLUJi, July 7.—The wheat crop, considering the acreage and the amount of fertilizer used, is the shortest that has ever bejn known in this section. Messrs. George and J. H. Atkins, of Greenville, paid us a short visit last week. They came over to attend the funeral of their brother, James Atkins, who was buried at Mt. Le banon cemetery the 4tb Inst. We regret very much our inability to have attended the fourth of July celebratiou at Gaffney last week— hope everybody bad a nice time We made a trip to Glenn Springe last week, twelve miles south of Spar tanburg, and we found crops to be good; don’t think that we ever saw upland corn more promisiog. Of course there are always a few farmers, no matter how favorable the seasons, who forget to work their farms prop erly, but we saw few farms but what had been well cultivated. The dispensary constables make a raid in this section about every week but if they have ever done any good, ho far, towards the suppression of the liquor traffic we have, after sev eral years of obs-rvation, failed to dis cover it. We thick that whenever they are so lucky as to capture a jug of liquor sufficient for their own use that it perfectly satisfies them. They always come four or five together in a two-horse hack, and of course all the liquor dealers know that they are coming by the time that they get within ten miles of here. We want to make the following prediction of the outcome of Chero kee’s primary election: Hon. T. B. Butler, senator; J. C. Otts and C. W. Whisonant, representatives; J. Eb Jefferies, treasurer; Col. W. D. Camp, auditor; J. V. Whelcbel will very likely succeed himt-elf as supervisor, and the man that beats B. F. Camp will be sheriff. Who can make a better guess than the above? Would Brother J. L. 8 try a guess on ,1116 result of the primary of Cherokee? Mrs. Andrew Davis and children, of Spartanburg, spent a few days in this section last week visiting rela tives. The most of the farmers in this sec tion celebrated the fourth by doing a good honest day’s work on their farms. Octavus. —The delicious flavor of Blue Rib bon lemon and vanilla appeals to the rich; their great strength to those where economy decides the choice. —You buy flavoring just half as often using Blue Klbbou lemon and vsoilla extracts. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL 8TOCK PAID IN aAO.OOO on. STOCKHOLDKKH INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY - 50 000 00. SURPLUS AND PROFITS, NET - - 20,000.00. mod at •120.000.00. State. County and City Depository. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accoib- datlon extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. responsibility 13. C. WO«», Canhier AtAYKAKO SAdLYTH. A«»t. Cash. COME! COME! We are at the Wilkins Hardware Store, when you want a Rock Hill or Yorkville buggy, and if we haven’t the spring or color you want in stock, we can get it for you on short notice. You can also find Screen Doors and Windows and Screen Wire Cloth here, or almost anything in the Hard ware Line, Yours truly, R. M. WILKINS & GO. Nnu-Mj? DR.MOPPETT’I Teethiim A ■ / j rrrmvy w » titt rw rCTKCTfllNv POWDERS) Costs Only 25 coats at Druggists, I Cores Cholera-Infantum, D iarrhoea.Dy sentery, amg the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Ago. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthcm the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. I Or mail 85 ceaU to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D„ ST. LOUIS. MO. _-®®» A MOFF'ETT Dear noetori We pave, pour 1 l ouder*) to our little grand ehlld with the happieot u-erealtnoHt' magical, and eertalnlg more mitinfaetory than from anufttlnm (. Toe Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offers tor sale Building Lota In this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms new by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of from 80 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. @ AKKATTr, Asrent. N.B.—All tresapasalnfl on lands of this company, cants and emnwlna timber, flshlnr or -nnt'nr •». rn.t.M/'.. -I.*.. SLAUGHTER SALE. In order to close them out I am now ottering Straw Hats ul and below cost. Also a few do/en pairs ladies’ and misses’ slippers to go at cut rate prices. I am ottering some unprecedented bargains in white Piques, Dimities and other white goods. Don’t fail to see them. Despite the hard times my sales on buggies have exceed my most sanguine expectations, which only goes to show that I have got “up-to-date” vehicles at the right kind of prices. For neatness, durability and general utility Tyson <fc Jones' buggies are hard to heat. 1 also have Corbitt, Goldsboro and Studebaker buggies, a little cheaper in price, but they cannot fail to please the most fastidious. Buggy Harness IG.oO to .$15.00 per set. Wagons? Well yes. I’ve got the Taylor and the White Hick ory and am prepared to meet all fair competition. A few dozen fruit jars left which will be sold at the old price notwithstanding the prid ,< has advanced $2.00 per gross recently. Fruit jar rubbers in abundance. Highest market price paid for all kinds Scrap Iron, Steel, Old Castings, Brass, Copper, etc. I keep everything usually found in a first-class general mer chandise store, both at Gaffney and Goforths, S. C., and solicit a share of your patronage. Respectfully, I. SAR.R.i'YTT. 818 Limestone Street. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledoek office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us vour orders. HARRIS L1THIA SPRINGS HOTEL.: • • • • • • • NEWLY REPAINTED AND RENOVATED THROUGHOUT SPLENDID ORCHESTRA IN ATTENDANCE, Which furnishes two Daily Concerts. Dancing morning an evening, and WEEKLY GERMANS. HARRIS LITHIA WATER is GUARANTEED to cure all cases N of Dyspepsia, Constipation, Gout, General Debility, Rheuma tism, Diabetes, Dropsy, Liver Complaints, Kidney and Blad der Troubles, and is especially recommended by the most emi nent yhysieians for diseases peculiar to women. Ifanyone suffering with any of the Ailments for which Harris Lithia Water is recommended, if they will come to the Springs and use the water «ts directed, we Absolutely Guarantee Relief. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND RATES FOR BOARD. R. L. FOX, Lessee, HARRIS SPRINGS, - - S. C. 1 : : 4 1 man L,, : *.,*..*. i MM