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Lena Y. Henry, of Norristown, Ga.,
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female trouble should take Lydia E.
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For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
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women who have been troubled with
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Mrs. Pink ham invites all sick
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She has guided thousands to
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
CHARTER.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned will make application to
the secretary of State for the State
of South Carolina on the 28th day of
May, 1908, at 12 o’clocb M., at his of
fice, In the capltol, at Columbia,
South Carolina, to grant a charter for
a railway company to be known as
South and Western Railroad Com
pany, the line of railroad of which
company shall extend from the city
of Spartanburg, South Carolina, to a
point on the boundry line, between
the States of North Carolina and
South Carolina, at or near a point
one mile south of Island ford ferry
of Broad river, through the counties
of Spartanburg and Cherokee, South
Carolina, the townships of Spartan
burg and Cherokee, and the city of
Spartanburg, In Spartanburg county,
and the township of Morgan, in Chero
kee county, by the most feasible
route, the total length of which road
shall be about twenty miles, which
corporation. If said charter lg granted,
will have the power to condemn lands
for rights of way.
Witness our hands this 17th day of
April, A. D.. 1908.
Ralph K. Carson,
J. Norment Powell,
John B. Cleveland.
April 24 to May 15, Fri. 4t.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice Is hereby given that on
Saturday, May 23rd, 1908, I will ap
ply to the Hon. J. B. Webster, Pro
bate Judge, at his office at the court
house in Gaffney, S. C., at 10 o’clock
a. m. for a final settlement and dis
charge as administrator of the estate
of Andy Champion, deceased. AH per
sons having claims against said estate
Or Interested therein, are required to
present the same at or before said
time, or be forever barred.
T. ROBBS,
Administrator estate Andy Champ
ion, deceased.
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Policy of Construction Favored
by the National Grange.
GOVERNMENT'S AID WANTED.
Farmers Ask For National Highway
Commission and For Federal Ap-
propriations to Improve and Main
tain Public Roadways.
The national grunge, an organiza
tion of farim-rs in twenty-seven states,
with an aggregate membership of near
ly 1,000,000 members, has for a utnu
her of years advocated the enactment
by congress of legislation creating a
national highways commission and
making liberal appropriations for the
improvement of the public roads. Din
ing the past year the grange has per
fected plans for conducting a wide
spread, systematic, educational cam
paign for the purpose of showing the
urgent necessity for the adoption of a
broad, comprehensive policy of public
highway improvement by the various
township, county and state authori
ties and to induce the national govern
ment to lend its assistance to a move
ment intended to secure the establish
ment of a complete system of properly
constructed roads in all sections of the
United States
It is contended by the members ot
the grange that the improvement of
our highways is fully as deserving
of federal appropriations as is the
improvement of our waterways and
that the work of the proposed national
highways commission would greatly
stimulate the construction of better
roads by the various states, counties
and townships The splendid road sys
tem of France, admitted to be the best
in the world, is declared to be due
chiefly to the road policy of the French
national government, under which a
corps of highly trained engineers plan
and direct ihe work of constructing
and maintaining the principal roads of
that country
The deplorable condition of most of
the roads in the United States, prob
ably the worst In any civilized eouu
try, is generally recognized, and it is
urged by the grange that it is high
time that action should he taken by
the national government to bring or
der out of the existing chaotic condi
tions and substitute a scientific policy
of road construction and Improvement
for the haphazard methods which now
prevail to so large an extent
The following resolutions, unani
mously adopted by the National
grange, give the point of view from
which the fanners regard the question
of federal aid to public road improve
ment:
Whereas, The improvement of the high
ways of the country !■ a matter of gen
eral public concern and should properly
receive the attention and assistance of
the national government; and,
Whereaa, The revenue raised by taxes
paid by the people of the country as a
whole should be devoted as far as possi
ble to purposes which will benefit the
greater number of the taxpayers In all
sections of the country; and.
Whereas, No argument can be advanced
in favor of the annual appropriations by
congress on behalf of river and harbor
improvements that does not apply even
more strongly to the Improvement of our
public roads; therefore.
Resolved. That the national grange fa
vors a general policy of good roads con
struction bv the various municipalities,
counties and slates: and,
Resolved, That we favor the immediate
enactment of legislation by congress mak
ing liberal federal appropriations for the
improvement of the public highways of
the country, these appropriations to be
expended in such manner as congress
may prescribe
House bill 15.837. introduced in con
gress on Jan. 30. 1908, by Hon. Frank
D. Currier of New Hampshire, which
emiiodies the views of the national
grunge on ihi.-. subject, provides for
the creation ot a national highways
commission and for the construction.
Improvement and maintenance of pub
lie highways It differs from the nu
merous bills on that subject now pend
ing before congress in that it provides
for the direct expenditure of the pro
posed appropriation in road construe
tion and improvement by the national
government, acting in co-operation
with tlie state highways commission or
other authorities having supervision of
the public roads. The amount of the
appropriation stated in the bill is $50.-
000.000, to be made available at the
rate of $10,000,000 a year, of which at
least $5*10,000 is to be expended In each
state at the rate of not less than $100.-
000 annually
The mem tiers of the grange and the
fanners in general in all sections of
the country are vigorously demanding
the enactment of this bill, and It Is be
lleved that it will become law in the
near future
Under the provisions of bouse bill
15,887 It will lie possible for the na
tional highways commission to apply
the appropriations provided for in that
measure to the construction. Improve
ment or maintenance of any public
road in any section of the country
since all roads connect with or lead
Into some other road used in Interstate
commerce It Is provided In tae bill
that the commission shall, as far as
possible, act In co-operation and consul
tation wltb the authorities having
charge of the construction and im
provement of the public highways of
the several states, and in accordance
with this provision the distribution of
the amounts appropriated will be gov
erned by the wishes of the people of
the states, acting through their public
road officials Under this policy there
will be no danger of some roads in cer
tain sections of the country receiving
more than their fair share of the fed
erai appropriation since the people of
each state can is* relied it|K.n to see
that their highway authorities Insist on
tbe expenditure of these appropriations
In such manner and for such roads as
T.H1 be for tbe best Interests of the
states as a whole.
The bill also provides that not less
than $500,000 out of the total ap
propriatlon of $50,000,000 shall be ex
pended in each state of tbe United
States, this amount to be expended in
each state at the rate of not less than
$100,(MX) annually. This insures the
smaller states against discrimination in
favor of the larger or more densely
populated states and will prevent any
thing like favoritism In the distribu
tion of the appropriations for this pur
pose.
The enactment of this bill will in
augurate a national policy of road con
struction and improvement which will
ultimately result in giving the entire
country a system of permanent public
highways constructed after the most
scientific methods under the joint su
pervision of the national highways com
mission and the various township,
county and state authorities. Tbe en
gineers and construction staff of the
commission and the appropriations
made by congress will be available for
aiding in the improvement of any roads
in every part of the country, and the
roads so improved will be a constant
Inducement to each community to co
operate in making our road system
what the wealth and intelligence of
our people entitle us to have—the best
in the world.
ROADMAKING EXPERIMENT.
Long Island Town to Use Native Stone
From Sound Shore aa Foundation.
The town board of Riverhead, N.
has decided to make an experiment in
road building, and it isn’t going to
have the experiment on a crossroad or
in the woods somewhere, but right on
a busy part of Main street, in the heart
of the business section.
At a recent meeting It voted to spend
not over $1,000 to rebuild that section
of Main street between Roanoke ave
nue and the Congregational church, us
ing native stone gathered from the
sound shore a few miles distant for
tbe bed of the road and tbe usual
crushed trap rock for top dressings.
This road is now a deplorable mud-
hole. It is believed the native stone,
which is of the proper size without
crushing, will be fully equal to mac
adam material brought from points
distant to Long Island, and if It proves
sufficient for the needs road building lu
Riverhead town will be greatly cheap
ened.
It is interesting to note also In this
connection that under the new dog tax
SPUEADINO TRAP ROCK.
taw the town has so far received near
ly enough money from the canines to
pay for this improvement. Tbe dogs
have brought In $900 net
If using tbe native stone proves sat-
isfactory the experiment will have a
wider Influence than merely local, for
there is a great quantity of material
that can be gathered at an almost nom
inal cost and utilized on roads in other
towns
Rlverhead’s highway commissioner
has also been authorized to ascertain
the cost of a stoue crusher. Possibly
Blverbeud will buy one and not only
make Its own macadam material of
both coarse and fine sizes, bat also
moke some to sell to other towns, aa
ing the rocks along the sound shore
for tbe purpose. Some think it would
not only provide a way to get better
highways for Riverhead at a moderate
cost, but would be a paying investment
through the sale of the macadam.
Maintenance of Macadam Roads.
No macadam road is going to be
permanent unless you keep the cear-
ser stones covered up. A floor will
never wear out If you keep It carpeted,
and just the same treatment will keep
the road from wearing out Carpet It,
patch it but patch it and carpet It
with the same kind of material as it
Is made of—crushed stone—and not
with mud from the shoulders or
ditches A highway commissioner or
pathmaster who will scrape a lot of
mud ou top of a gravel or stone road
•ugbt to be the center of attraction at
the rear end of four mules standing at
different angles and be kicked into a
cocked bat. to be worn on the bead of
some “bad roads enthusiast," that tbe
•ntboslast may be known of all men
for what he really is—a dunce. Every
contractor should be required to leave
•t least five cubic yards of stone chips
to the mile, not dust, but chips,
measuring from one-eighth Inch to
three-quarters inch, and whenever
there is h depression that will bold a
qnart of water put in a quart of
•tone and a little more. If this la
done three or four times a year over
all your macadam roads you will be
sorprined how little it costs to keep
them in repair. However, if allowed
to get out of repair you will bo as
much surprised to see how quickly
they will go to pieces. The beet way
Is, if you do not Intend to keep them
la perfect repair, don’t ever paj out
the money to build them.
How to Make and Maintain
Model Earth Highways.
USE OF LOG DRAG ADVISED.
Beware of Water and Narrow Tires,
Say* Federal Bureau of Public
Roads—Beat Implements to Us*.
How and When to Plow.
While American road builders are as
capable of constructing good roads ns
those of any country of the old world,
they have not been as loyally sup
ported as the men of those countries in
maintaining the highways after com
pletlon, and the deplorable state of
many hundred thousand miles of road
is thus accounted for, says a bulletin
from the United States office of public
roads. County and township officials
may at the outset stand the expense of
having a road built, but they strenu
ously object when asked to provide
funds to rebuild tbe road that has been
allowed to go to ruin.
It is Important that farmers learn of
the benefits to be derived from good
IMPROVED ROAD MOVEMENT.
ROAD GRADER AT WORK.
earth roads, that county boards be im
pressed with the need of a proper
maintenance of the same and that road
builders and overseers learn how best
to care for the roads in their charge.
The persistent and powerful enemies
of earth roads are water and narrow
tires, and the constant effort of the
men in charge of the roads should be
to guard against their destructive ef
fects and remedy all damage as quickly
as possible. The simple implements
which have been found to be of great
est assistance in this work are the
plow, the drag scraper, the wheel scrap
er, the road grader and the split log
drag.
With a sandy soil and a subsoil of
clay or clay and gravel, deep plowing,
so as to raise and mix the clay with
the surface soil and sand, will prove
beneficial. The combination forms a
sand-clay road at a trilling expense.
On tbe other hand, if the road be en
tirely of sand a mistake will be made
if it is plowed unless clay can be add
ed. Such plowing would merely deep
en tbe sand and at the same time break
up the small amount of hard surface
material which may have formed. If
the subsoil is clay and tbe surface
scant in sand or gravel, plowing should
not be resorted to, as it would result in
a clay surface rather than one of sand
or gravel. A road foreman most know
not only what to plow and what not to
plow, but how and when to plow. If
the road is of the kind which, accord
ing to tbe above instructions, should be
plowed over its whole width, the best
method is to run the first furrow in the
middle of the road and work oat to the
sides, thus forming a crown. Results
from such plowing are greatest In the
spring or early summer.
lu ditches a plow can be used to good
advantage, but should be followed by a
scraper or grader. To make wide, deep
ditches nothing better than the ordi
nary drag scraper has yet been de
vised. For hauls under a hundred feet
or in making fills it is especially
serviceable. It is a mistake, however,
to attempt to handle long haul mate
rial with this scraper, as tbe wheel
scraper Is better adapted to snch work.
For hauls of more than 800 feet a
wagon should he used.
The machine most generally used in
road work is the grader or road ma
chine. This machine Is especially use
ful in smoothing and crowning the
road and in opening ditches. A clay
subsoil under a thin coating of soil
should not be disturbed with a grader.
It is also a mistake to use a grader
indiscriminately and to pall material
from ditches upon a sand-clay road.
Not infrequently turf, soil and slit
from ditch bottoms are piled In tbe
middle of tbe road In a ridge, making
mud holes a certainty. It is important
in nslng a grader to avoid building ap
tbe road too much at one time. A road
gradually built up by frequent use of
the grader will last better than if com
pleted at one operation.
Tbe foreman frequently thinks bis
road must be high in tbe first In
stance. He piles up material from
ten Inches to o foot in depth only to
learn with the arrival of the first rain
that he has furnished tbe material far
as many inches of mod. All material
should be brought up In thin layers,
each layer well puddled and firmly
packed by roller or traffic before tbe
next is added. A common mistake Is
to crown too high with tbe road ma
chine on a narrow road.
The split log drag should be used
to fill In ruts and smooth tbe road
when not too badly washed. Tbe drag
possesses great merit and Is so simple
in construction and operation that
every firmer should have one.
Care of Culverts and Bridges.
All kinds of roads have culverts,
bridges and ditches, and these should
always he attended to. Paint all iron
and woodwork. Keep all culverts and
ditches open.
Importance Said to Be Recognised by
Taxpayers.
One of the drawbacks to the prog
ress of rural development is bad
roads This fact is becoming generally
recognized, and in nearly every state in
the Uniou there is manifested a tend
ency to remedy this evil by state appro
priations for the establishmeut of good
public highways, says the Architects
and Builders’ Journal Among no class
of people is tiie need of good roads
realized lietter than by the farmers and
others engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Until within recent years these same
people opposed the idea of the state
issuing bonds to raise money for this
purpose, for by a false conception of
economy they reasoned that the cost of
modern improved highways would
mean au Increase of taxes.
Since, however, they have had prac
tical demonstrations of the advantages
of pood roads by the saving they afford
In time and the wear and tear of horses
and vehicles, no class of people Is more
euthusiastic in their advocacy. It is
not the farmer alone who is benefited
by the building of good roads. Others
who for business or pleasure find it
necessary to travel by public highways
from city to city or from town to town
appreciate tbe advantage of a smooth,
solid roadbed. Like the railroad, these
viaducts are an incentive to develop
ment, and it is demonstrable that wher
ever good roads have been established
that section has developed in material
prosperity and the value of property has
enhanced. This is particularly true of
the suburbs of large cities
Improved roads have proved them
selves to be an attractive incentive to
urbanites to purchase lots and erect
dwellings. Modern demands in this re
spect have enlisted the attention of
road engineers who have devoted their
thought and skill in the construction of
these highways, and they are built
from scientific plans instead of by the
haphazard system which formerly pre
vailed and which was invariably at
tended by unsatisfactory results. The
introduction of improved macadam and
bitulithlc paving has done much to
popularize modern roads. Properly laid,
they are durable and satisfactory. Eco
nomically considered, their cost Is mon
ey well invested, as the relative relief
from wear and tear, the facilitation of
travel and the benefit resulting to prox
imate property more than compensate I
for the original outlay.
The Modesty of Women
jfatnr&lly makes them shrink from ths
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential In the treatment of diseases of
women. Yet, if help can be had, It is
better to submit to this ordeal than lot
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
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fessional endursiments of its ingredients,
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around the bottle, a Iso in a booklet mailed
fur on request, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of
BuiTalo, N. Y. These professional en
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than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
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The most intelligent woman now-a-days
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icine instead of opening their mouths lika
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If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
letter. All such communications are
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Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets invigorate
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OIL TO LAY DUST.
Cleveland Park Officials Believe K Is
Cheaper Than Water.
Hundreds of gallons of crude oil will
be used by Cleveland, O., tbe coming
summer in laying tbe dust on the bou
levards and park roads.
It has been decided by park officials
that oil for dust laying purposes is
cheaper than water. Experiments
were conducted last summer by Su
perintendent Starke and Park Engi
neer Stincbcomb, and it was announced
recently that tbe crude oil composi
tion would be used this season in place
ot water for sprinkling porpoaea
▲ composition of erode oU and soap
li used, and this Is diluted with water
At first the proportion of tbe erode oil
mixture is great, but after a coating
forms on the roadways it is necessary
to use but a small amount in the wa
ter, and the necessity for sprinkling
also becomes less c.od less. A well
coated roadway will be sprinkled bnt
ence in two weeks at tbe height of
the summer season after tbe system
to In force.
“The use of oil will be a great labor
saver,” said Superintendent Starke.
“We will "'t need nearly so many
men and t, ..ns.’’
r Very
It is a very senous matter to ask
for one medicine and have the
wrong one given you. For this
reason we urge you in buying
to be careful to get the genuine—
BLack-dra!ighT
Liver Medicine
The reputation of this old, relia
ble medicine, for constipation, in
digestion and liver trouble, is firm
ly established. It does not imitate
other madicines. It is better than
others, or it would not be the fa
vorite liver powder, with a larger
sale than all others combined.
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Winthrop College
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.
The examination for the award of vacant
Scholarships In Winthrop College and for the
admission of new students will lie held at the
County Court House on Friday, July 3, at
9 a. m. Applicants must lie not less than
fifteen years of age. When Scholarships are
vacant after July 3. they will he awarded to
those making the highest average at this ex
amination. provided they meet the conditions
governing the award. Applies
arshlps should write to President Johnson
llcants for Schol-
hefore the examination for Scholarship ex
amlnatlon blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition.
Tbe next session will open September IS, IMS.
For further information and catalogue, ad
dress Ppm. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
Junt 30-pd
Rosd improvement In Canada.
The twelfth annual report on high
way improvement in tbe province of
Ontario, Canada, which has recently
been submitted to the legislature,
shows substautial and encouraging re
sults accomplished during the past
year. The total expenditure on the
country road system, which baa been
adopted by fourteen counties, amounts
to date to $1,137,004, of which the p O'
vtnclal government has paid $806,1 • J-
Tbe systems established in these coun
ties comprise about 2,600 mil's of high
way, or about 12 per cent of the total
mileage. If the remaining counties
should avail themselves of the provi
sions of the act granting governmental
aid and establish systems In tbe same
proportion to their total mileage it
would give the province eventually
about 6,000 miles of improved high
ways.
Qood Outlrok For Road Improvsesont.
It is reported that the state treasury
of Virginia had a surplus at tbe close
of the past year of $1,000,000 to be ap
propriated by the legislature. This
amount it is said, surpasses any sur- ,
plus in the history of the state It is
encouraging news for road Improve
ment advocates. The state Is becoming !
thoroughly aroused to the necessity for
good roads. The members of the legis
lature are co(nry.£tted to their constitu
ents in the matter of road Improve
ment. Governor Swanson is himself an
ardent good roads advocate.
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