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TO SETTLE STRIKE Chkago Authorities Making Efforts to Compromise Matters ALDERMEN MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT Mayor Harrison Empowered to Appoint Aldermen to Wait on Both Sides?Packers Granted the Injunction Prayed For to Restrain the City From Interfering With Their Lodging Arrangements and the City Appeals. Chicago, Special.?The city authorities are to make a second attempt to settle the stockyards strike. At a meeting of the city council Thursday night a resolution was passed empowering Mayor Harrison to appoint aldermen who are going to make It their business to bring about a settlement Invitations were at once sent to the leaders of the strikers and to representatives of the employers, Inviting them to meet the members of the committee Friday morning. President Donnelly, of the Butchers' Union, will be before the committee at 10 o'clock, and in the invitation sent to the packers they were asked to appear one hour later. Judge Brentano issued an injunction restraining the city of Chicago from interfering with the lodging of non-union employes in the packing houses at the stockyards. The city will appeal. Annie Clark, a forewoman for Nelson Morris & Co., was attacked by girl pickets while riding on a street car. A lively fight followed in which hat pins were the weapons used. Miss Clark was severely injured and was removed to her home by the police. She recognized several ef her assailants and secured warrants for their arrest. The packers resumed the importation of strike-breakers on a large scale A special train of seven car-loads arrived over the Eria Railroad. Two car-loads of strike-breakers were hmnoht In iin/ior hpuvv nnllp* marrf over the Monon road. Thos. Stoker, "business agent ot the Perk Cellar Men's Union, announced Thursday that six non-union Greeks from the Armour plant had been initisted into the union after they returned to the stock yords enclosure, promising to lead out 1,500 other nonunion Greeks. The Greek clergy and G-eek business interests we reported as making every effort to influence 1,500 to leave because of the strikers' action lr declaring boycotts against Greek business houses by way of reprisal. Fifty colored women strike-breakers left the stockyards, claiming that they had deserted the packers. Superintendent Farris, of Nelson Morris & Co., however, asserted that the work of the women had been unsatisfactory and that they had been discharged. Russian Heir Christened. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A wave of rejoicing and festivity swept over Russia with the rising of the sun on the christening day of the heir to the Russian throne, culminating when the Te Deum, softly chanted in the beautiful little church of the Peterhof Pal uoe, announced mai me ceremuny was accomplished, and the news was heralded to the world without by the ^ crash of cannon and the chiming of Innumerable church bells, echoing from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and from the frontiers of Poland to the confines of the farthest East. Notwithstanding the momentous events passing at the front, the whole population turned gladly for the time being from more serious considerations to participating ia the day of glittering ceremonial and pageantry at Peterhof, where the tiny successor of the great White Czar received at the hands of the Church the r.ame of Alexis Nicholaevitch, from which he is destined to pass in course of time to the dignity and responsibility of Autocrat of all vhe Russians. Terrell Orders Inquiry. Atlanta, Special.?On his return from St. Louis. Governor Terrell held a conference with Sampson W. Harrison, Adjutant General of Georgia, in regard to the lynching a* Statesbora, The conference terminated with the appointment of a court of inquiry to investigate the conduct of the militia frcm which the mob took the prisoners. The court is composed of the following gentlemen: Colonel A. R. Lawton, (retired), of Savannah, president; Col W. E. Wooten, of Albany; Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Barker, of Atlanta; Major Warren Grice, of Hawkinsville. Vessels at Shanhaf Disarmed. London, By Cable.?The correspondent of The Times at Shanghai, In a dispatch dated Aug. 24, 11.35 p. m., says that orders fiom Emperor Nicholas have been conveyed to Captain Rcitzstein, commanding him forthwith to disarm the cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi, and that "the flags on both vessels were lowered at 7 o'clock." 125-Year-Old Darkey Dead. Washington, Ga., Special.?Caesar Booker, believed to be 125 years old, died here Wednesday. He came to Georgia 90 years ago, as a slave from Virginia. He did not know his exact age. but his memory of events of over a century ago was good and Indubitably correct. Not a house of the present Washington was built when he was purchased by a Wilkes county farmer. Caesar leaves six children, the oldest of whom lives near Thomson, Ga., and is 96 years old. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. The great sea wall at Galveston has been completed. It Is understood the State Department Is now trying to secure concessions to American Jews in Russia, on the assumption that the birth of an heir will lead the Czar to be more generous. Former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle had a long conference with Judge Parker at Rosemont It is not lfkely that Judge Parker will maae any speeches in this campaign. It is announced that the MurphyMcCarren feud has bee* temporarily shelved. David W. Armstrong, in Richmonu, filed his answer to the suit of Mrs. Maybrick's mother. The Governor of West Virginia will appoint John Whittier judge in the seventh circuit. It is reported In Richmond ' that Lewis Nixon is contemplating the use of the Trig shipyards for building warships for Russia. Washington Happenings. A party of 505 members of the British House of Commons will call on the PraeMont f5onl?mhw 22. Assistant Secretary of Stat# Loomiu lectured at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I? on "Some Problems of the Caribbean Sea." In the North. Wheat prices at Chicago iuctuated 4% cents. Non-union miners took possession of Cripple Creek and deported 19 residents. Sixteen persons were killed and Slr000,000 in property by a gale that swept Minneapolis and St. Paul. J. Edwerd Addick is said to have chosen Conrad as the Union Republican notalnee for Governor of Delaware. It is understood by the Chicago packing-house strikers that President Roosevelt intends to keep out of that muddle and leave the strikers to take care of their own fight. An agreement was reached In New York by which the litigation against the shipbuilding trust and C. M. Schwab is ended. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin waa found guilty for the third time of poisoning Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., by sending poisoned candy through the moll nnrt was Rpntpncfd to imDrison nent for life. Foreign Affairs. The American authorities in Shanghai and Washington disavowed an? intention to interfere with the Japanese at Shanghai. ? The bombardment of Port Arthur was continued fiercely. Thirty-five men were killed and 85 wounded in a hand-to-hand battle between Uruguayan troops and revolutionists. Paraguayan revolutionists captured the garrison of Villa Reyes, consisting of 200 men. The British Association in session at Cambridge, England, discussed the cotton crisis, but seemed unable to find a remedy. The Russian Holy Synod has reduced from seven to two years the time in which divorced persons are allowed to remarry. The Russian cruiser Norik, after a fight with two Japanese cruisers, was driven ashore on Sakhalin Island and partly sunk. American Consul Goodnow has ordered the monitor Monadnock and other American warships to be ready tr? nmtprt the nentalitv of Shanghai. supposed to be threatened by the Japanese Navy. Miscellaneous Doings. President Castro, of Venezuela, prefers to continue the Asphalt receivership until the Supreme Court of that country gives Its decision. M. L. Turner, of Oklahoma, bought the entire issue of $3,000,000 Philippine certificates of indebtedness at $101,410. Court records show that a slave of Nicholas Roosevelt was burned to death by law in New York over a century ago. Among the callers on President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay was "Diamond Dick." a noted negro politician. One lone Jerseyman called on Parker. The Paraguayan insurgents set up a new government at Villa del Pilar. The effort of Montagu Holbein to swim the English channel failed. J. D. McNeill, of Fayettville, N. C., was elected president of the National Fireman's Association. The next meeting win be held at Kansas City. Jim Corbett and Jack O'Brien have accepted the offer of the Tuxedo Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, for their six-round boxing bout on the night of September 7. The club ofTers 7 per cent, of the gross receipts to the boxers and has on option on the armory building for the contest. No world's records were broken at the second day's automobile races at Cleveland, O. The best time for the day was made in the lest regular event, the ten miles open, when Kiser went a mile in 57 seconds. IN SOUTH CAROLINA Many Neway Items Gathered Frorr all Sections. i Confederate Soldiers Exempt. On account of the many inquiries j which the comptroller general has re-! ceived as to the recent law exempting 1 Confederate soldiers from license taxes i he has asked the attorney general for ! an opinion. Assistant Attorney General W. H. Townsend recently sent the following opinion to Mr. Jones: "Answering your inquiry to the at torney general, I beg to say that in my opinion, the act to exempt Confederate soldiers and sailors from paying license fees (24 statutes 441) gives a personal privilege which cannot be transferred to others. The effect of this personal exemption is the same as that of a person paying the license tax in question. If a person paying the license tax could employ others to carry on the business under him, then the soldier or sailor exempted could do so likewise. This depends in each case upon the terms of the statute or ordinance imposing the license tax." The act is as follows: "An act to exempt soldiers and sailers from paying license. "Section 1. That all soldiers and sailors of the Confederate States, who enlisted from this State and who were honorably discharged from such ser vice, shall hereafter he exempt from the charge of any license for the carrying on of any business or profession within this State, or any city, town or village therein: Provided, That such soldiers and sailors shall file with the clerk of the court of the county In which he resides, the proper evidence of his service in the Confederate war: Provided, further, That no partnership shall exist in any such business or profession, with any person not a bona fide soldier or sailor of the said Confederate States. "Approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1904." Dead Child Found in a Well. Chester, Special.?Tuesday afternoon two negro boys went to a well in one of the negro settlements of the town to draw water. Ab the bucket teUed to "sink" they looked into the well to try to find the cause. They called two passers-by who drew up from the water a dead female child, a bright mulatto, apparently three or four months old. The case was reported to Coroner J. H. Gladden, who summoned Dr. W. B. Cox to make examination. Dr. Cox 9aid the child had been dead from 24 to 48 hours. A jury of inquest was empaneled and rendered a verdict that the child came to its death from drowning at the hands of persons to the jury unknown. The verdict was not accepted by the coroner, who adjourned the jury of inquest for further inquiry into the New Enterprises. The secretary of state has chartered a new Columbia enterprise, the James Chemical company. This company will place on the market certain preparations and has a capital of $10,000. The officers are: Dr. L. A. Griffin, president; James L. Hanahan, general manager, and Dr. William Weston, secretary and treasurer. An eleemosynary charter was granted to the New Century Benevolent Insurance company of Greenwood. A like charter was granted to the Richmond Volunteers Benevolent association of Enterprise on Wadmalaw Island. The Honea Path Lumber company received a commission. The capital is $5,000 and the corporators are: R. "M. Shirley, J. T. Stone, E. W. Grubbs and J. F. Shirley. Lad Drowned. Beaufort, Special.?Nelson Parks, colored, 11 years old, of Savannah, fell from a lighter about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning and was drowned before asbistance could reach him. Two young brothers were on a wharf near by, but, not being able to swim, were powerless to render aid. After two hours' search the body was recovered and will be taken by the parents to Savannah tomorrow morning for interment. Immigrants Coming. Commissioner Watson has been notified by the Charities society of New York that two boys will be sent to this State in a few days. These are the first of a large number of boys that are coming to South Carolina and will be sent to Ninety-Six. The two Germans who have been working on the government farm will be sent to. St. Matthews and will be supplied by others at the farm. Mr. Watson has also been notified that the first consignment of immigrants from Marseilles has arrived in New York city and has sailed on the Apache for Charleston. The immigrants will arrive in Charleston tonight and will come to Columbia. Monument to Beauregard. A movement has been started in Charleston to erect a handsome granite arch on Washington square to the memory of Gen. Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard. A movement was inaugurated some years ago and voluntary donations were made for the purpose, but the sum was not sufficiently large to undertake the work and the money was deposited in bank. It was recently decided to erect a monument on a smaller scale than originally planned and now this is to be done. ATTEMPTED TO USE POISON Deaton Tried to Escape the Penalty of His Crime But is Now in the State Prison. Columbia State of Sunday: W. E. Deaton Is now within the walls of the penitentiary and, with his arrival, there ends a very peculiar case. It is the story of a wife unfaithful to her husband. The woman, however, testified on the witness stand that she, and not her husband, had fired the shot. The jury did not credit this statement and Deaton was sent to prison for life. This is not the end of the story. Before Deaton was sent to the penitentiary his wife attempted to send him poison concealed in some clothing. J. L. Patterson, the man who was killed, lived in Fort Mill and was a barber. He was a well known and somewhat popular character. About 15 years ago W. E. Deaton came to Fort Mill from North Carolina and after a few years' residence in the York town he married a Miss Mary Faulkner. In 1892 Mrs. Deaton and Patterson were working together in a cotton mill and at that time a friendship sprung up between them which resulted In an intimacy of an unfortunate nature. Deaton was very much troubled over this but became reconciled to his wife, after they had agreed to go to North Carolina to live. They remained in Huntersville, N. C., from 1892 until about the first part of the present year, j when they moved back to Fort Mill. Patterson's shop was near the Deaton home and it is supposed that the intimacy of the two was resumed. Mrs. Deaton testified at the trial that on the night of the crime?May 8, 1904? Patterson came to the door of her house. She opened the door, not knowing who it was, and Patterson seized her and dragged her into the yard. When her husband returned from his work she told him what had happened. He went with his wife to the home of Patterson "to have a settlement," as he expressed it | rmiereun nau ciusto mo Daruer auup and was going toward his home, about a half mile distance. As he neared the corner of his fence he was struck in the hip by a load of buckshot, from the efTects of which he died some little while afterwards. Such was the statement that he made before his death. On the night of the killing, according to Mrs. Deaton's evidence, Deaton went out with his gun. She followed and they came upon Patterson. Deatoo demanded that the latter tat hta wtfe alone. Patterson drew his pistol, and she, having got possession of-the gun, fire the fatal shot. Patterson firing his pistol almost at the same time. Deaton said that on going home that night he found his wife crying and walking the room. She mare a statement in regard to Patterson. Deponent then grabbed the gun and started out, his wife following. He came up with Patterson and demanded that he let his wife alone. Patterson drew his pistol. Deaton pushed his wife aside and said don't shoot her. He heard two shots right together. As parties were coming up, he left for home, thinking they night shoot him. The Jury evidently did not believe the testimony of Deaton and his wife, and a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy was rendered. Even after Deaton had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment be endeavored to cheat the State of the penalty. The Yorkville Enquirer contains an interesting account of a plan which Mrs. Deaton had devised to free her husband from the prison stripes. It says: "One day last week there came a letter for Deaton from his wife in Fort Mill, and Deputy Sandifer read it over carefully. In it he found a reference about like this: 'I am going to send it tn vnur hut I would not. had you not promised that you would not use it until then, and had I not promised you. I don't want to send it. I am afraid. Now remember your promise not to use it until everything else falls. It will be stitched in the hem of your pants.' "Mrs. Deaton came over to Yorkville Friday bringing her children and a bundle for her husband. Deputy Sandifer gave her to understand that the bundle would have to be left outside until he could examine it. She protested that she had several articles that she needed for the children, and made excuses intended to keep the bundle in her possession until she could see her husband. Mr. Sandifer then told her to take out such articles as were intended for her husband end" leave them outside; that he would attend to the delivery later. "After Mrs. Deaton had had an interview with her husband in the presence o? Mr. Sandifer, the deputy proceeded to make a careful examination of all the articles in the bundle, especially the cents, in the hem of which he found a small paper package filled with a white powder. He afterward showed the powder to several physicians; but none of them were able to tell certainly what it is. Mr. Sandifer, however, is very well satisfied that the powder is a deadly poison, and that it was the purpose of Deaton to use it either before he started for the penitentiary nr after he may have decided i that death was preferable to a longer confinement in that institution. "Upon learning of the circumstances outlined above, MaJ. James F. Hart, attorney for Deaton, promptly notified the clerk of the court of the withdrawal of the appeal he had entered, and said he would have nothing more to do with the case. The clerk Immediately telegraphed for a penitentiary guard and Deaton will be taken to the penitentiary. Homicide in South Carolina. Spartanburg, SL C., Special.?A special from Sumter says that Magistrate Richard C. Folk was shot and killed this morning in a difficulty with County Supervisor W. H. Seale, at Providence. Folk drew a pistol on Seale, who attempted to disarm him. The pistol was discharged in the struggle grazing Seal's coat and the ball lodged inFolk's head. Seale was unarmed.^The difficulty occurred in the public road, in front of Seal's house. The only witnesses were Seale's son and Folk's brother. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN The Conditions of Crops for the Past Week Given Out by the Department. The week ending 8 a. m. August 22nd had a mean temperature of 80 degrees which is also the normal for the week; there was a slight deficiency in temperature on the coast. The extremes were a minimum of 59 at Batesburg on the loth, and a maximum of 96 at Batesburg. Blackville and Bowman on several dates. The sunchine averaged about 05 per centum of the possible and was very beneficial after the recent cloudy weather. Hail and high winds did considerable lamage locally, on the 15th, from Aiken county westward to Oconee, and in Williamsburg; also in Georgetown on the 16th. There were quite general showers mostly in the form of thunderstorms on the 15th and 19th, with heavy reins locally in nearly every part of the State, and there were occasional light showers on other dates except the last two of the week which were practically without rain. Lands and crops were damaged in a few pieces, but generally this week's precipitation was not unfavorable although a week of dry weather would prove beneficial. The average precipitation was below nor-, mal, with, however, excessive amounts in localities scattered over the whole State. The general condition of corn is slightly better than heretofore ,and the weather enabled considerable fodder to be saved from old corn; all reports on young corn continue favorable so that a good crop is practically assured. There is no material change in the average condition of cotton, for while on sandy lands it continues to shed excessively and rust is spreading, and the plants are turning yellow and are dying in places, and in many places have ceased to fruit, on red lands there is a marked improvement in fruitage and growth, though the weed is too large on clay lands generally and some fields have become foul, and while the bottom crop is light, the middle crop is heavy. Bolls have begun to open in the southeastern counties and some cotton nag oeen picked, but picking will not be general in tbose sections until about September 1st. Sea-Island cotton Is blooming profusely and Is well fruited. Tobacco curing is practically finished. The crop was a very satisfactory one. Early rice Is ready to harvest, and late is heading; the crop has improved and Is now an average one, or better. Peas, pastures aud late gardens are doing well. All minor crops are very satisfactory. A heavy rain damaged truck in the Georgetown district, while in the Charleston district more rain would be beneficial. There is every indication of heavy yields of all kinds of forage crops. Late fruit is rotting extensively. J. W. BAURER, Section Director. Negro Had a Fit. Bamberg. Special?In what came near resulting in a seriou saffair, David Kinard, a young white man of this town, was severely bruised and torn, as well as choked by George Hasell, a negro man, Saturday about 1 o'clock. Mr. Kinard was sitting in the entrance o' his father's livery stables, quietly reading, when Hasell walked in and without saying anything, Jerked the chair young Kinard was sitting in, and in so doing threw him out Kinard lumped up and hit the negro, and then they clinched, the negro falling on top. They scuffled in this way for several minutes, one being on top awhile and then the other. Finally Hassell seised Mr. Kinard by the throat and succeeded in backing him against a buggy. It was only after a desperate attempt that the negro was thrown off, and then Kinard called for help. In a very short time a large crowd had gathered around and were all trying to get the negro, but he withstood the attempt* with remarkable show of strength. Finally he was carried to the city guard house, where he is now. Charged With Cow Stealing. Spartanburg, Special.?The police received telephonic information Monday morning that a cow had been stolen at Pacolet mills last night An hour afterwards a negro named Arthur Salters, was in the lockup. He had brought the cow here and sold the animal to Mr. Vandiver. a butcher. Mr. Vandiver was carrying the* cow along to a lot and had not paid the negro who was waiting on Morgan square for his money. Chief Dean identified the ccw from the description he received over the 'phone and Informed Mr. Vandiver. A few minutes afterwards, Mr. Vandiver and a police in citizens clothes went to the Morgan monument and arrested Salters. The owner of the cow came to the city Monday afterno9n and identified and carried home his property. Shot His Wife by Mistake. Charleston, Special.?In Brunson, Hampton county, Monday night J. B. Bennett shot his wife. He was awakened by a noise he supposed to be rats, and, looking toward a window In their bedroom, saw some one whom he supposed to be a burglar. Drawing his pistol from under his pillow, he shot what proved to be his wife through the heart. She died Instantly. Mr. Bennett was Implicated in a murder in 1895 and was pardoned on condition that he should never return to the State. His wife has been living near Branson this year, and it seems that Bennett has made visits to her, and some of them quite prolonged. Swept by Flood. El Paso, Texas, Special.?Silver City, New Mexico, was swept by a flood Sunday night, after a severe cloudburst in the mountains above. No loss of life has been reported, but it is believed that 50 homes were washed away. The Santa Fe railroad is washed out in many places, and seven bridges between Silver City and White War ter aro out 7 3 IGOOD ? ROADS. t V Some Sensible Remarks. *^3e^OLONEL J. H. BRIGHAM, * Assistant Secretary of Ag* (. * liculture at Washington, ** 3GK is not only a giant in size, - <, ******* but he is a big man iu practical common sense. In a recent speech at a good roads convention be said some things that everybody ought to read. Among other good things he said: "I see no reason why the general government should not appropriate a certain sum of money to be exoended in this great work. Of coarse, the States, counties and local communities should be expected to co-operate. A little aid from the general Government would be a wonderful encouragement to all the people. "I hear a number of speakers here saying that we must stir up Congress. Now, I want to impress you with the. A idea that we must first educate the people. When the people are in favor of national aid in building good roads Congressmen will be in favor of it, and not until then. They are not going ahead of the people. "When one of these great popular movements gets started it acquires wonderful momemtum. I heard a story i of two farmers who stood beside a J railroad for the first time. On thS ~ track stood an engine with a long train j of heavy cars. Said one farmer to the other: 'Jim, she'll never be able to 3 start it. It isn't possible.' Finally th*> y,.;| steam was turned on, aud, with much puffing, creaking and groaning, the { great train began to move, very slowly, then faster and faster, until finally, ' with a whirl of dust and a roar like thunder, it swung out of sight around a distant curve. Then the farmer, '.*? drawing a long breath, remarked: 'Jim, >'j bv the Eternal, thev'll never be able to stop it' So will it be with the good " \| roads movement. Once let it get thorougbly started and nothing will be abl* ' to stop it or stand before it till its great work is done. "I see no reason why the general 1 Government should not reach oat it* '..J strong arm and help the people of thl* country get better means of common!- ; cation. I want to see this movement f pushed with all the energy that Is chaiw v acteristic of the American peoplew ? , When we undertake to do anything is . ^ this country we do it. and do It weQ. J We have started out for better roads, . 1 and we are going forward on this line ' till we have as good roads as can ba found anywhere in the world." In these remarks Colonel Brighaa . has sounded the keynote of the good roads campaign. The masses of tbs Vj people must Le aroused and educated. % } Organization is the principal means' ? to be employed. Conventions should / be held, and associations should be or- $ ganized in all sections of the country. (J?i It is not enough to get out a crowd of : professional road reformers to make . \ speeches and pass resolutions. The ob. ject in view is to Interest practical and 2 progressive men in all walks of life^ to arouse the indifferent, to convince the objectors, and to get up a wave of c popular enthusiasm for better roads. Until this is done, no important results " will be accomplished. aaw* West Virginia Highways. For many years the natural resource* tWg of West Virginia have remained nn discovered, or, if known, hare * " 1 mained inaccessible. Many railroad* have been constructed, and from the J date of railroad construction dates the beginning of the material prosperity; of the State. The railroads of necessity have reached' only small portion* of the territory, and vast tracts have 1 been and must remain untouched by 'vj them. Notwithstanding the development that the railroads made possible, it was fully recognized that there wer* limitations to railroad communication* and traffic. From this time forward, it was argued, the importance of good; roads will outrank the importance of railroads in usefulness. There are im- 1 mense tracts of virgin soil ready to ' yield their fruits, but large sums of \ money are transmitted to other State* j to pay for products that could be pro* duced at home. Necessaries of life are thus made uncertain and expen- jj sive, with the result that rural districts are being deserted and centre* of population congested. It was stat- i ed that real estate in the country if ; depreciated and neglected because of .; the deplorable condition of the public . highways. It was emphasized that i more than $1,000,000 is spent annual ly in the useless attempt to maintain -: the common highways of the Stat* ,, and to keep them passable, but, as traffic becomes heavier, the roads will be*-' come worse and worse, even under -j this enormous expenditure. The** \ roads are at all times steep and dif- ' ficult. and at certain seasons of the year dangerous and practically impaa- \ j sable. Tbe cost of maintaining these j roads is only a small part of the expense which their condition entails. '< j Development is retarded, cultivation is hindered, real estate is impaired ia^H value, produces a short distance in th country are practically unavailable^^ and it has been found that it is more J economical to import these products I by rail from neighboring States than <J to haul them ten miles over such exe- . M crable roads. The cost of living Is || thus increased. The cost of transpor- -M tation hinders cultivation and devel- ; I opment. increasing the price of neces- ^ I sarios and diverting the resources of M the citizens, the total cost of which It I is impossible to estimate, bat which Jjl certainly largely exceeds the $1,000,000 & I which the taxpayers expend in ths maintenance of these adverse condf-j73S tions. . - - ? I