Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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« I ) i Every Month [writes Mrs. E. Fournier of Lake Charles, La., “I used to suffer from headache, backache, side ache, I pressing-down pains, and could hardly walk. At last I took Cardiff, and now I feel good all the time. NOIED ROAD EXPERT » D. Ward King's Connection With Move For Better Highways. BEGAN CAMPAIGNING IN 1902 RDUI It Will Help You J 28 Cardui is a medicine that has been found to act [upon the cause of most women’s pains, strengthen ing the weakened womanly organs, that suffer be- I cause their work is too hard for them. It is not a pain “killer,” hut a true female I remedy, composed of purely vegetable ingredients, perfectly harmless and recommended for all sickiwo- |men, old or young. Try Cardui. 'Women’s Relief. AT ALL DRUG STORES ii A Fable For Critics I Onoe there was an Ox. He was a fine, hefty Ox. He could pull a big load. He never balked, but always liked to go straight ahead. But the Ox had enemies. There was the Flea and his whole big Family. rt We don’t care whether this Ox travels or not,” said the Flea and his Folks. “All we want is some of his blood.” Where upon the Fleas eternally pestered the Ox and gave him That Tired Feeling. Then there was the Tom Cat and his brothers—the Doubting Thomases. Split Log Drag Work Started In 1896. Rise of the Device to Fame Marked by Several Opportune Accidents. How Railroads Took It Up. [Copyright, 190S, by D. Ward King.] In closing this scries of articles I am requested to write a brief history of my connection with the movement for better roads. The “road problem” be gan to en^UTe my attention very soon after 1 came to Missouri, which was in 1S7t). The split log drag work, which start- od in ism;, received a certain amount of notice from the public in 1898 or 1899, but nothing was done by me pub licly until December, 1901, when I addressed the state meeting of the Missouri (Jowl Koads association at Chlllicothe. My campaigning commenced in April or May, 1902, under the dirocUon of our state hoard of agriculture, and H have worked with It more or less ever since. In the fall of ltK)2, when the Imi;ird opened its regular series of in stitutes, I addressed them, and in the next few years I visited Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Nebraska, traveling for mouths In the employ of (lie various states. In spile of the fact that 1 live within thirty miles of Iowa and Kansas, I « » « » « » Finally the Ox. neatered constantly “We don’t know whether this Ox is going the right way or not,” said the Thomases. “A n y h o w, we’ll scratch his back for him.” Whereupon the Felines jumped on the back of the. Ox and scratched him for fair, which made the Ox ex ceedingly sorrowful. Then there was the Fiste Pup and his Fellow Fistes—a whole litter of Fistes. “Wq don’t care how slow the Ox goes,” said the Fistes} “the slower the merrier for us. All we want is to lag behind him and bite his Tail.” Whereupon the Fistes snapped con tinually at the Tail of the Ox, which gave the Ox a mighty mournfuli^gs,. t!Te Pleas and got to looking sickly.. ^ y,y - >/ / ' / .S/ &e Pel me* and' the Fistes, stopped and lay down on his job, and there was no more going forward for him. KEY TO the SITUATION: The town is the Ox. The Fleas and the Felines and the Fistes are those citizens who criticise every progressive movement and do every- T thing they can in their petty ways to 'make the Ox quit JjT pulling in the right direction. L MORAL: Give the Ox a chance to pull. Everybody holler, “Git up!”/ D. WARD KING. was for years balked in my efforts to start the road drag movement there because of the lack of a central insti tute authority In those states, a ‘ weak ness which lias since been remedied. Now, Wallace’s Farmer of Des Moines, la., had given considerable space to the King drag, ho 1 wrote to its editor, asking advice. My letter to him was brought to the notice of Gen eral Manager Aisbtou of the Chicago and Northwestern, leading to the spe cial train campaign over the North- Western's lo\vi\ lines in the spring of 1903. The ih.: ! . .ton carried on a similar campaign Oio same fall, and in the following '> hqer had the pleasure of sef-uut a road drag !»}>* passed by the Iowa legislature, The rise of tUh voad drag to fame has been L.^:i; -d. l y a number of op- poijuu** accl(!?ntr. on<di of which has ^.u an lufl.'.ciKe on the outcome. In I fact, as I staled ii; <t previous article, I the iffc-eplloa Oi Oo King drag system Wft9 itself largely occidental. And the success of my letter to Mr. Wallace was another instance, being due to the accidental com':'.: together Qf Messrs. Wallace aud Aisbtou in a Des Moines bank, they never having met before. At the bank the conversation drifted ;o corn, and Mr. Aisbtou west to Mr, Wallace’s office to see some fine sanv lies. 'Ry chance my letter lay open on the desk as they passed, and Mr. Wal ace remarked, “'There, Mr. Aishton, is a. matter in which you and all railroad tnen ought to take an active interest. Mr. Aishton gave heed aud began an investigation which, ended in my en gage merit to make the tour of his road in April. Another such occurrence which con nects later on with the one just re lated had its beginning when the brother of our rfiral free delivery car rier visited him in 1902. This brother accompanied our carrier over the rural mail route and saw what the King drag was doing. He returned to his farm home near Sac City, la., built a drag and made a road which be came the talk of the vicinity. The township authorities decided to experi ment with the new method, built drags, hired men and teams, made a close record of expenses and noted re sults. It happens that Sac City is a Chicago and Northwestern town, and when Mr. Aishton visited there to investigate he was shown the roads and the records. The showing satisfied him, and he at once wired me to visit his office at the first opportunity. Is it not clear that the writing of this telegraphic message began on the day that the visitor from Sac City journeyed over our rural route? Not long after this railroad work in Iowa the Alton in Illinois and Missouri and the Santa Fe in Kansas adopted the same general plan of campaign, and all three of these states have since fallen into line by enacting road drag laws. These campaigns by the railroads and the publication by the Saturday Even ing Post of an article bearing on the lobject gave the movement great pub licity, and the news has traveled around the world. Papers in Canada. Australia and England have been urging the use of the drag. Paris has been heard from. Just now 1 was shown a letter stating the Missouri Uoad Drag Bulletin has beeu trans lated Into Spanish. 1 have reason to believe the King drag is In use in every state of the Union, and I have the names of more than fifty Caua- Ubitis who are dragging the roads. Moreover, the people are showing an appreciation of the drag and a desire to know more about It by demanding my presence at Chautauquas and good road meetings so constantly that I have lit tie time for other business. My Chau tauqua dates for 1908 are in request already. Indicating the growing interest uf the public. Fust hut not least, the United States office of public roads at Washington has recognized the importance of the split log drag, and Director Page has asked me to write a bulletin for the government. This bulletin will go more into detail than anything I have heretofore written -and will contain new pictures as well as a cut of an im plement to he used supplementary to the drag. This implement, although In use on my mad for years, I have not before introduced to public notice. Cloth all wool and Paint all Paint, Is cheaper than shoddy ooth or shod dy paint. The I> ft M> la Zinc Metal made into Oxide of Zinc combined with White Lead, and then made In to paint with pare Linaeed Oil in thousand gallon grindings and mix ings. Wears long; actual cost only $1.20 per gallon. Smith Hardware Co. L. ft M. Paint Agenta. Dewitt's VSSt Salve For PUm, Burm, Sore*. FOimHONETHCAF. Onree Coldei Prevents Pneumonia Dr. King’s New Life Pills The b^t Kb the world* BANNER ftALV1 the fnoat healing salvi In the world. THE CHlLDllEN LXRK IT KENNEDY’S LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP S.S.S CORES SKIN DISEASES There is an evaporation from the body going on continually, day night, through the pores and glands of the skin. This is nature’s way ol maintaining the proper temperature of our systems and preserving the soft ness and flexibility of the skin, and so long as the blood is free from impar ities no trouble will result. When, however, the blood from any causa becomes infected with humors and acids, these too must be expelled, and coming in contact with the delicate fibres and tissues with which the skin i» so abundantly supplied they produce irritation and inflammation, and the effect is shown by Eczema, Acne, Tetter, and skin affections of various kinds, fliese impurities and humors get into the blood through a deranged Of inactive condition of the system ; the members whose duty it is to carry off the waste and refuse matter of the body fail to properlv perform their work, and this impure, fermenting matter is left in the system to be absorbed by the blood. I he skin is not only affected by poisons generated within tho system, but poisons from without, such as Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, Nettle Rash, etc., enter through the open pem mm4 ghneda, tmi ee thor oughly do they become rooted in the blood that they are ever present, or return at certain seasons of each year to torment the sufferer. Salves, washes, lotions, etc., cannot cure skin diseases. True, such treatment re lieves some of the itching and dis comfort, and aids in keeping the skin clean, but it does not reach the real cause, and at best can be only palli ating and soothing. A thorough cleansing of the blood is the only certain cure for skin diseases. S. S. S. a gentle acting, safe blood pdrifier, made entirely of vegetable ingredients of the forest and field, is tfce proper treatment. S. S. S. goes down into the circulation, and neutralizes the acids and humors, thoroughly cleansing and purifying the blood, and curing skin affections of every kind. It supplies to the blood the fresh, nutritive qualities necessary to sustain the skin and all other parts of the body, and rids the blood of any and all poisons. S. S. S cures Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Poison Oak and Ivy, Nettle Rash, and all other skin troubles, and cures them permanently by removing every trace of the cause from the blood. Special book on Skin Diseases and any medical advice desired furnished free to all who write THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAi I have used your S. S. S., spring tad fall, far tits past two years, with the result that it atitoaae mm ef a form of Eczema which my doctor was tumble to cure. My arms, lewer hmbs, and, in fact, the biggest portion of my whole body was affected, and when I first began S. S. S. the itching, etc., was wans, but I continued the remedy with tka result that the dry, itching eruption en tirely disappeared. I think a great deft of your medicine, and have recommended it to others with good results. It is the best blood medicine made, and I can conscientiously recommend it for the cure of all blood and •kin affection*. CHAS. HORSTMAN. Wheeling, W. Va. Halt! Just stop aud think one moment about your printed stationery. “A firm or individual’s printed stationery is an index to his business judgement.” If you want something that you can be sure wii make a good impressio . where- ever seen bring your job printing of every des cription to us. We guarantee satisfac tion and can do work in a “hurry.” liie Ledger, Gaffney, S. C. ^i^Mail orders receive prompt attention. 0K1N0 IU s-fivv.* # _ Constipation. FfUlt Syfflp Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Pleasant For Mlo by Chorokoo Dma Ob> For Mlo by Chorokoo DDia Co. Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of pimples and blotches. It is guaranteed For sale by Cherokee Di*uq Co. Did You Evtr Think what a bargain yqu are getting when you get E LEDGER NOTICE. By virtue of authority given the un dersigned by a commission loaned by the Honorable R. M. McCown, Secre tary of State for the State of South Carolina, on the 18th day of April, 1808, notice la “hereby given that books of subscription to the capital stock of South and Western Railroad Company will be opened at the office of Ralph K. Carson, No. 4 Cleveland Building, Spartanburg, South Caro lina, on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1908, at twelve o’clock, M. Ralph K. Carson, ‘J. Norment Powell, Board of Corporators. April 11 to May 19. t V Winthrop College * Scholarship and Entranoo Examination. t * lM 7 \ one hundred and three (103) times a year for The ('xiimmation for tho award of vacant ScholanhltM In Winthrop OoHogo and for the admission of new students will be bold at the County Court House on Frtdey, Jubr O, el 0 e. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen yrarsof age. When 8cholar*|hlPS are vacant after July :i. they will bo awaraod to those making the highest average at this ex- provided they meet rb« the award. amlnatlon. governing llcants for Pcbol- 7 Only 11.50 a Year? AupU arshlps should write to President .Tottuson before the examination for Soholarahl'p ex amination blanks. Hchobirshlpa are worth $100 and fren tuition. The next session will open September 16.1908. For further Information and catalogue, i dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Hock Hill, S. O. .Tui M pd Bubsorlbe to Tho Lodger, $Ult \ I \ * A ir/ VA."