The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 15, 1903, Image 3
Cbaneet in Eoitil Mukine.
f 1 > HEY Lave been slow in comI
t tog to this country, but now
I that they have started they
0^ r.re comics with a rush. One
of the latest States to adopt the money
system of working the roads is Iowa,
lu that State there is to be no more
working out the tax by individual land
owners. Everything is to be done by
the money system. New York is fast
working that way. Whole counties <
arc leaving the old way and adopting
the new
This vhauge comes hard in some Iocs
litieK The old men have for so
many years looked forward to the time
of working roads that they do not like
to have It done away with. It has
been looked upou as u sort 01 picnic, u
lime wben we cau get together and
lalk over all our own affairs and those
of our neighbors. Everybody's business
is rated fore aud aft at these annual
gatherings. A little mud or loose
earth is hauled into the road?usually
where It is least needed?and the vest
^ of the time is spent sitting under some
tree or lu the fence corner. True, a
few districts have always done good,
faithful work. All honor to those districts.
They shall have all the credit
due them, but We all know, and they
themselves know, that they are exceptions
which prove the rule. Time aud
money enough have been wasted by?
men under the name of working 011
the <*oad to put the highways of the
, Stale in first-class shape.
But what are we getting in return?
That is what troubles some incredulous
souls. They are always suspicions of
new things. They look on the new
everywhere with doubt. So in the matter
of the money system of working
the highways these men profess to see
grave dangers. Some districts will be
neglected- The work will lead to
wholesale Jobbery. The highways will
he no better than they used to be. It
will cost more, and so on. ad infinitum.
It most be left largely to time to tell
us what part of all these gloomy forebodings
are to become true. It seems
reasonable, however, to suppose that if
we elect honest men for highway commissioners?and
that we ought always
to do?the work will be done fairly
and in^be most workmanlike manner
possible. It is trut tfcat not all honest
men are competent to build roads. We
will doubtless soon see to It that there
are schools under the supervision of
?the State in which practical roadmaklng
stall be taght. We will also be
more inclined than In the past to keep
competent men in the office of highway
commissioner when once we have
found them. The trend is in the right
direction, anyhow. Mistakes may be
made. We will profit by them and
gradually will come a perfect system.?
E. L. Vincent, in the New York Tdbanc.
rei)tr?l Aid to Rood*.
The* good roads tpovomeut that seems
, ' j -to-be goiDg over the country Is one of
the best signs of the times. It is. perhaps,
a better evidence of real progress
than industrial enterprise of any other
character.
When u community once yets well
started In Rood road building it is very
likely to keep it up. for every advance
on this Tine gives a fresh object lesson
of the practical value of good roads
and the wastefulness pf bad ones.
For several years past a campaign of
popular education on this subject has
been earried on in every section of the
country by individuals and organ iza,
tions, by newspapers and magazines,
and to a very notable extent by the
Federal Government through its admirably
conducted Department of
Agriculture. The railroads have also
given ft very valuable aid. This work
has seemed in many localities to have
little effect, and there has been much
to disconrage those who have devoted
themselves to it But they have kept
bravely on, ami now on all sides the
^ fruits of their labors are beginning to
appear. It is a safe prediction that
I there will be more miles of lirst-class
| roadway laid in the United States this
? year tban in any previous year of our
history. It has become much easier
^ than it formerly was to interest the
masses of the people, the farmers. tht*
business men. men of property and professional
men?the public generally?in
this subject, which concerns us all and
touches all our Interests. Interest in
road Improvement is growing into enthusiasm
l'or it as o larger proportion
of the ppople are coming to appreciate
irs importance and ]K*ofitabl?-ness.
n?? .1* tlin lioci'iiiinf <?f jt
era of road building in this country.
. which is equivalent to saying that we
are making surer the way to the substantial
development and progress of
the country. ,
Representative lieidler, of Ohio, has
In roduced in Congress a bill which
should receive the hearty support of
men of ail political opinions.
t- Vfr-ta emphatically a measure for the
advancement of the public welfare: it
is hard to conceive one that would better
deserve that title.
.The Beidler hill provides for the assembling
of a convention representing
the War Department, Postoftiee De-partroent.
Agricultural Department, Interior
Department of the Federal tlovernment,
as well as every Stale and
Territory in the Union.
Such a convention would lie comfat
posed largely of men who have made a
|H special study of the construction and
H care of roads. From it we might
therefore reasonably expect recommendatious
that would be of Immense
^^^^ulue to Congress, the State Legislatcounty
hoards in their legisla '
4*
tire and administrative provisions for
road -work.
The convention might also lay the
basis of a national good roads policy
that "would benefit the country quite as
much as the Government's labor aud
expenditure for river and harbor improvement.
The Beidler bill is ou? of the most
practical and promising measures thai
has been proposed to Congress in a
long time.?Atlanta 'tJa.j Journal.
MYSTERY OF A SPDER'S SPINNING.
How l)or? Ho Snrrffil In Dr.aniiij Ills
V>h So Taat?
How does a snider spin n ih:oad
from one bush to nuolhcr at a height
from tit" ground and theu <1: a?v i: so
tight? asks a correspondent in riic New
Century. Every one who has ever
walked through a country lane eailv in
the morning has felt the strained
threads upon the face, and often these
threads are many yards long, but the
way iu which it is done remains ?
mystery. He does not fly across, drawing
the thread after him. for In* has
no wings. Neither does lie descend to
the ground and then climb the opposite
bush, for this would lead to immediate
and hopeless entanglement of the gossamer
filament. How then docs be do
it?
M. Favier. a French scientist ha.r discovered
that a thread one yard long,
will support by its: own buoyancy iu
the air, the weight of a young spider.
It would thus be in the power oi a
juvenile to spin a thread of that length
and trust to air currents to carry 1:
across and attach it to an opposite bush
so that lie himself could then pass over
and draw it tight. But many of those
threads, to judge from their strength
and consistency, are not the work of
young spiders, and ns every observer
knows, thej- are often many yards long
and drawn so tightly that the face Is
instantly aware of their presence when
breaking them.
The work is nearly always done In
the night time, so that observation is
difficult. *
If the spider has any human nature
In his mnke-np?and many of his habitwould
lead us to suppose that lie has?
he would he gratified at the perplexity
which he causes and Mould advertise
his performances as zealously us
do less gifted human gymnasts ami
even some popular preachers.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Justice without wisdom is impossible.?Fronde.
Magnificent promises aiv always to
be suspected.?Theodore Parker.
He is only a well-made man who has
a pood determination.?Emerson.
A soul occupied with great ideas best
performs small duties.?M. ilartiueau.
Labor is the great producer of
wealth; it moves ail other causes.?
Daniel Webster.
Youth will never live to ape unl'ss
they keep themselves in health with
exercise, and in heart with joy fulness.
?Sidney. '
Xiue-ieuths of all the misery in the
world arises front a false estimate
plaeed upon the value of things.?
Franklin.
The man who laughs Is the man v.'ho
wins, and the niau who laughs is iuvariably
the one who absorbs most
oxygen.?S. I*. Burke.
The ills of life ate sufficiently li:..l
to bear, without adding to them the
wear and tear of discontent and rebellion.?
Eliza hot b Cady Stanton.
You may have in a bouse costly pictures
and costly ^maiuents, and a
groat variety of decoration, yet, so far
as tuy judgment goes. I Avould prefer
to have one comfortable room well
stocked with books to all you can give
me in the way of decoration which the
highest art can supply.?John R rigln.
To me it seems that the soul, in all
its higher actions, in original thought,
in the creations of genius, in the soarings
of Imagination, in its love of beauty
and grandeur, in its aspirations
after a pure and unknown joy, and especially
in disinterestedness, ih the
spirit of self-sacrifice, and in enligutcned
devotion, has a character of infinity.?C.
G. Ames.
X I.ittle Philosopher.
Out 3u Riverside there lives a little
chap who deserves a place in the
world's philosophy along with Mrs.
Wiggs and David Hurum. He is by
nature sunny, and is apt to take the
world as it comes along. Ills that are
childhood tragedies to most youngsters
he usually passes by with a smile, l'or
this he rightly has been considered
something of a wonder, hut the climax
came the other day. lie had
gone to play with a neighbor's child
and the hoys, seeking excitement, had
managed to climb to the top of a big
tree. Our little philosopher had only
just reached the top when his fool
slipped ?ua lie ion to cue grounu. mnever
utteml ? word, anil it was the
screaming of the playmate that attracted
the attention of the mother.
The doctor came and found two had
fractures of the leg and hip. The little
fellow Imre the setting of the hones
patiently. After it was done the
mother slipped out of the room to hide
her own tears. A faint little sound
came from the room where the Injured
boy lay. She hurried hack almost hoping
to find liim crying.
"My son." she said, "do you want
something? I thought 1 heard you
call."
"Ob. no. mother." answered the little
fellow. *'E didn't call. I just
thought I'd try singing a bit."
And ho went 011 with the song.?
Chicago Chronicle.
The Mont Valuable Statue.
The most valuable statue in the
world is that of the god Diabutsu. in
Yokohama, Japan. It is G31-2 feet
high, weighs 450 tons and contains
300-pound weight of pure gold.
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fgljl ThfrfcfcST
$ [!!I It is pure.
| ill I I< is gentle.
^i 111 ^ ^ p^easant*
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jii;jj|i It is not expen.sivi
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^ ;!? It is perfectly safe
% :1| It is used by milb
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BSE TAYLOR'S S
Science in Business.
In a recent issue of the Journal of ;
the British Society of Arts some strik- j
ing examples of the effect of the use I
of science in German factories are j
given. In 1840 154,000 tons of beef j
root were crushed, from which 8.- !
O0o tons of raw sugar were produced J
?about 5 1-2 per cent. In 1860 1,500.- |
000 tons were treated, and produced '
| 128,000 tons of sugar?8 per cent, j
i Last year 12,000,000 tons were crush- >
| ed and yielded 1,500,000 tons of raw j
j sugar?12 per cent. This increase of j
; quantity, us well a* percentage of i
I product is due entirely to scientific ;
{ tenatmant TK a iw< + i An a f il et*
i uv.anuriu. imc piuuuv. nun ui ui;
! colors, chemicals and' dyes In Ger;
many shows a corresponding Increase :
I in production and dividend-paying ca- j
! pacity, which is due to the constant j
l maintenance of laboratories or trained 1
j scientists, whose only purpose is to j
I improve and cheapen processes.
New York Women's Ctubc.
I The New York Ladies* Club, now j
! nonexistent, was the most exiiusive '
in the metropolis. Its Initiation fee j
i was but $20, and the annual dues 1
1 amounted to $30. It costs $25 to join j
i Sorosis. while something like $33 will '
! pay the dues and for the various
1 breakfasts and dinners, says Ainslce's .
Magazine. You can become a patron- ;
' ess of a fashionable hospital or a
i life member of almost any old thine
i for $100. At the newly 'luarterod i
I Woman's Club in New York, dining ;
and writing rooms, dressing rooms :
! nnH attendant mnirls slppninp- rr?run?
I where for $1 you may put up for the i
night; lockers, where a change of
| clothing may be kept; telephone, teie- j
I graph and messenger service, Turkish j
| and Russian baths, with a trained
; nurse?all these are obtainable with i
| annual dues of hut $15.
I 1
Chew Tons of Gum.
Cleveland claims to be the head- ;
| ouarters of gum chewing and chewing \
gum. says The Chicago Record-Herald. |
I It Is asserted tliat more guin is manu- !
j fartured in that city than any other, j
j dlfforence in population not being con- ;
j sidered, and the two greatest manu- ;
! facturers of chewing gum are number- j
j ed among the merchant princes. They
' find It difficult to spend iheir Incomes, i
j Rut Chicago can claim the second 1
! place, and the best judges- estimate |
! that our people use about a ton ol I
a riov?thnt Is. 2.000 boxes con- !
ftuiai u ***?j > " ---? i
tainlng 200,000 pieces and costing j
$2,000. That is a very small expend! j
turc for the amount of pleasure and j
good that is derived from the hahit; ]
for. while gum chewing may not be J
refined or elegant, it is considered )
very healthful, it aids digestion, pre |
vents dyspepsia, cures Insomnia, cod- i
cent rates the mind, and promote? j
meditation.
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Lavender Leave*.
The waving eorn was fcwn and gold. '
The damask roses blown.
Th* bees and busy splnning-whcel
Kept up a drowsy drone. <
When Mistress Standlsh. folding down j I
litr linen, white us snow.
Between it laid the la vender,
thie summer long ago. \ J
Tlu* slender spikes of grayish green.
Still moist with morning dew.
Reciiled a garden sweet with bo*
Beyond the ocean's blue;
An English garden, quaint and old.
She nevermore might know;
And so she dropped a homesick tear i
That summer long ago.
The yellow sheets grew worn and thin, !
And fell in many a shred;
Some went to bind the soldiers' wounds.
And some to shroud the dead.
And Mistress Standish rests her soul
Where graves their shadows throw.
And violets blossom, planted there
In summers long ago.
But still between the royal rose
And lady Illy tall
Springs up the modest lavender
Bestd.- the cottage wall.
The spider spreads her gossamer
Across it to and fro?
The ghost of linen laid to ibleach
One summer long ago.
?New England Magaxlne.
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rajTvily laxative
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ladies.
>r business men
uriilsr all circumstances,
ons of families the world over,
as a laxative, with physicians,
have the best laxative the vrorld
rokee Remedy of Sweet Gi
ghs, Colds, LaGrippe ?
TALE OF A BASHFUL MONKEY.
Simian at Philadelphia Will Only i
Chum with a Cat.
mu r# l lrAi? TKa I
I DK AlK) nas J!, UU&IUU1 luuunc; . tuc
keepers call him "Bashful Willie. He
was born in the Garden one year ago,
and is the son of the large Japanese
monkey, whose destructive proclivities
have earned for her the sobriquet
"Carrie Nation."
Carrie was with Willie in a separate j
cage until he was fcur months old. He i
was then placed in the large cage with !
the other monkeys, but he was found j
to be too bashful to live in their com- !
pany. He kept on bowing right and j
left, but was too timid to eat or even 1
drink In the presence of others.
A special cage was placed in Keeper j
McCrossan's office, and there lit so:! ;
tude Bashful Willie Is thriving. The I
only company he enjoys is Snake j
Keeper Hess' white cat. which has .
become famous for having one blue :
and yellow eye. The cat pays regular '
visit to Willie and allows him to pull ;
her tall through the bar.
A few days ngo Willie had a cough,
and it was thought advisable to bring 1
the mother to him, but even Carrie
was repulsed by Willie, who screamed
loud and burled h!s bead in a corner. ,
?Philadelphia Ledger.
I
Old ifaf. Macks of Chairs, etc.. win lie ;
dyed with Pin n asi Faoei.kss Dyes.
1 he Knghsh language is spoken by J1J.oO1.1,'>00
people.
Monter.y, Mesieo. is to have an electric 1
>ai!.y?ad system thirty miles long, calling
for a: . ".penditure y $d,50l),?J00.
Ho*'* Till*.'
Wo ofTer One Hundred Dollars Reward to; j
nay ea.se ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by '
Poll's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chenet J. (?:>., Props., Toledo, O. j
We, the uudersigne I, have known F. J.Che- i
rev for the last 15 years, and believe him per- j
,'eetly honorable in nil business transaction! j
and financially able to carry out an} oblica
ion made bv their Arm.
West & Tbcak, Wholesale Druggists .Toleda, i
Ohio.
W\Lr>:xu.KiMSAXiMARviv.Yt'holfsalcDrj,;- i
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh fur. is taken Internally, not- i
log directly upon the blood and mucous sur- .
of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. ;
kioUl by all Druggists. Testimonials free. i
flili s Family Pills are the best.
Orders have been i-cu d to the Russian
police to forbid t!:e sale or use of pho'.io- J
graph rollers for the reproduction of sacred j
music
F CI S Dcrmanently ou red.No Uts or nervous- j
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great j
Ncrveli'Siorvr.F'2trlulbottlcundi.realise free t
Dr. Ltd., Ml Arch St., Fnita., Pa. j
A lovers quarrel often serves to breatTj
(he monotony ?I happiness.
Mr". in.-d-Av'o H" jihlngvjyrup for children ' i
toothing,riolten the gum.?, reduces in'lurnimi |
lion,allays rniu,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle ;
It i< much easier to expound the truth j
than to nail a lie
Piao'a Onrs cannot bs too highly spoken of
as aoough care.?J. W. OTJbien, 322 Third <
Avenue, S., Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. <5.l'l-M *
Hearing, as a rule, is more acute with
the right than with I he left our
City Nephew?T noticed that the hir- j
rd man didn't drink coffee for break- , jj
fast.
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1 And all dltu-nnen orlftnq from i in purl tie
Injur* the dlf/e.stirr orj/tm*. i'ntnrrh, i
dienppenr under the p-neerful Mood pun
!| TWO BOTTLE!
Gentlemen:?I take pleasure In bearing
of your ** Kbeumacide- Two tx>Ula* cum
be of any IwmeSt to you In advertising you
Yours truly, W. H. BAND,
All Druggists, $1.00, or
Bobfvitt Chemical Co., >
RMHSnHBHHH
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Becaxii
Its component parts are all whiles
It act* RentJ/ without unpleasant
It is wholly free from objectiouabl
Tt contains the laxative manciples
It contains the carminative princi]
It contains wholesome aromatic ]
agreeable and refreshing to the
All are pure.
All are delicately blended.
All are skillfully and scientificallj
Its value is due to our method of m
the orginality and simplicity cf
To get its beneficial effects? buy
Manufactured by
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San Frn.nr.i8co. C
Louisville, Ky N
EOF SALE BY ALL LEALING I
pBIBSSS
jm and Mullein 8SSSy?JS I
and Luut? Troubles. Thoroughly tested
rs. All IXri-gjrlsts. 26c, 60c and tl.OO. J
F* A Qoldcn^ul^ ^
of Agriculture:
| Be good lo your land and your crop N
will be good. Plenty of
Potash
qualujTn
(lotffln fiinnfirs.
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We Wh?nafao!jre the Most Ccmpl^tu Line
of Cotton Gin Machirerj of Anv Company
In the Wcrld, namely, the i
PRATT,
WINSHIP,
MUNGER,
EAGLE,
SMITH.
We also make
Linters for Oil Mills, *
Engines and Boilsrs.
We also sell everything necessary to complete a. Modern
61nning Outfit and furnish our cos- * ?
A *iL iT.li j.s.SUJ ..J : i
tomsis Him run qbuiiou pians ana ina
terial bills for construction of neoessary I
houses for our plants without extra charge.
The Continental Gin Company,;.
Birmingham, Ala! ?
w *;r? ron <>cn i. a test cat tutors
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Genuine stamped C C C. Fever sold in balk. j *
Beware cf the dealer who tries to sell
"something jasi as good."
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SOOTHES THE STOMACH ,? 8
Sold &t Drugstores
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n in the Moml. It jtottiHwelu trill not ,
iltiifjf, Lirrr mid Stomach troubles j *
J''J'"ft qualities of this medicine. I ^
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Kai.kioh, N. C. ?
testimony to the curative properties
>d my son of u bad case. If this will y
r meritorious remedy, you can use it. I
Steward, X. C. Institution for Blind,
exprcssage prepaid.'
Baltimore, fid., U. 5. A. u
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lapsicum Vaseline
Put up in Collapsible Tubes. \
A .Substitute for and Superior to Moatturi or
iv other plaster, mid will not Miater tHe most
eileat* skin. The pain allaying ami .rurauvo
Oi IHN a'ii'Mn JI.'T nuiiuniui. top
the tootlnmhe at once and relieve heal?
ohe and sciatica.
We recommend It as the best and Mflet ?* enia!
oniintor-irri'ant known, aim Maneternal
remedy for pains in the cheat and .Hamel)
and alt il-.eu??iatlc.neuraJfflcat>d jrontyat*laints.
A trial will prove what we claim for it*
nd it will he found to be invaluable jo tha
onsehold. Many people soy "It i? the he-<?<
ill your preparations.
i rice 13 cent*, at all ItokkIsU, or Mfcrr dealis,
or hy vndintr this amount to us in ywrtafw
'araps we will send you a tube by ntair.
No article should be accepted by the pui-Oa
iiilcsa the same carries our label, as "tin i a !
t !-? not (renuine.
.HESEBROLGH MAM!fACTlRW CC?
17 8t?ta Street, New York City. .
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