Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I THE K1N? ROM) DRAQ. | v *, t ?--????*<.?. ? i*he following Is the address deliv ered i>y Mr. Paul W. Mclaire, of Qreou wood, before the Nowborry eluuubcr of commerce on Ihe evening of May IT: Uood roads without money is the problem thai WO have to moot in South Carolina, and Is shown to he entirely feasible by Mr. W. Ward Kin;; the originator of the split log drag. From the gumbo roads of tho middle west to our own stretches of red clay ami deep sand the split log levels ami smoothes the ruts. In the Saturday levelling Post of May 7. under the head inn of "Good Roads Without Money", Mr King gives some Vivid pictures of what may l>(> had in the way of road improvement by the operation of the split log drag. This instance related hj Mr. Henry Marlow, mayor of Oma ha. Iowa, who had finished his llrsl split log drag according lo Mr. King's I directions, to he tried on a single block of Main street in his town, lie relates Ih il he finished (lie (liar, before noon, ami at I o'clock put it to work on the street which was then huh deep in gumbo mud. being almost impassnblo. Alter using the drug for four hours, at ."> o'clock in the afternoon, wagons loaded with ?I.UUQ pounds of hay were being drawn over the street without milking hardly a perceptible rut, This would seem almost incredible, Hut the United States government is now i . nine, a special bulletin ? n Working ItVS 1 < ad., \\ ill) the Kl dl'dg, cud their I'M ? iis recommend this method of road Working as ? ., only the most 0000 ...ii the most offootlvd for keeping them smooth ami hard. Last Winter at tirccuwood I ob tained permission from our supervisor to have one of these drugs constructed on the plans submitted by Ihe govern ment. This I had done a) i.ne of the local lumber mills, by sawing a log in half down Ihe length ol it Tin n Ihe half of the log thai is for the front or cutting section uf Ihe drag is rein forced for iihoni cm- ihlrd of its length with a pi i e ol thin steel. The drug is made of a lieht poplar or ash log about S or 10 Inchi i in diameter ami S feel long, spill in half. Those are fastened together with oak or hickory cro s piece's lilted Into a L'-Inoh auger hole, there heilig three of those cross ?>i. one uei r '.'noli < ud am! iiiio in the ???lit r. A lloor of rough planks laid abotll I w u Inches apart i. pill oil for Ihe driver lo ride mi. also to carry picks und shovels so that he ran fill in any doles or washes that may be in the road. The seel Inn \ of Ihe t oad whore we have used the log drag for -.??sc.months are now smooth and hard lllld liny (hi mil become ninthly to i.ny extent nor cut Into deep ruts, The department of agriculture nl Washington vvMI rurnlsh their bulletin . ?111 the King log drag in any one who : will u rile for it. Ii ? o: ' hut little I to have one male, ami when ii is in telligently used win prove all Hint is claimed for ii as the host method lor improving dirt road:. We have ex perienced such good results in work* lug Hie roads leading into Greenwood .that our street department is thinking seriously of adopting this method ol working Ihe dirt roads in ihe city with i!i<- King drag. Nowborry Observer. hi: n il or i apt. \. is. in iti>. \ali\c ei I,aureus ami llx-Cnnfodoriitc soldier Dies id Hellen. Helton, Juno Ml. t'aptaiii A. H. Myrd died here ai hhi residence on Crayton street, sou Hi of town Monda) lilght at half pus! ten o'olot k ol Hriglit's <l"s. a -e i:i I:I ? 7" Hi yea y Cupt. Hyrd was horn ami reit red :> I .mi re hs county n> young manhood. When the bugle call to arms through out lie South was sounded, ).o was among tiie lirst to ofiei his - ^I'Vice-i ? . puny oi'gatii'/.ed at Greenville which w::s uttin hod to the Third Sottth Car olina i'ogimo'nt. Later lie w.t trans foi . "d to npyce's hatn ry becoming it.-. captain In fore the v. a: < uded. Captain 1 '? ? i I was i wie, Dili rried i,; > ? V ? The remains of Cap'. Hyrd \y< re tak , n to < ;rei nville lor burial I - hi iiftel t.ooii. Mcshi'h C. 1?. I In rksda! ? of the city, W. I). Hyrd A. F. Cleve land and I?. A. Glenn <<:' the county lit* tended the funeral of their kinsman Besides a large family connection In Ltiureils Cnpt. Hyrd had n mi) frieiidij in H e city ami county who regret lii deml?o Ho is survived by his wife ami two sisters, Mrs. David Glenn and Mrs Mary Mtes both of Laurons county. The doc ruiu>d ?Viln a nephew of 'he " ? Dr. John a. Uarksdalo. Notice. Any member of the Christian church now living! in Lauren* will phase -.?i d their luimb and address to Jo i ;>'.?. W. 11Olms, II '\ 3S i Laureiis, S. ('.. and leni'll of a plan looking forward to establishing a permanent work in this city.