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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-15
Hoods ~Jarsapa5iLla
and Pills

Are the medicines to take-they do
the work thoroughly and agreeably
and never fail to do it.
Hoods are the medicines you
have always heard recommended.
II cannot recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
too highly aa q spring medicine. When we
xakA n IN the spring we all feel better through
The SUMMER MES. 8. Il. NEAL, McCrays, re.
tsood,s sarsapariIa promises TO
rssve and keeps the promise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
HUB DEEP WITH MUD
ROADS OF ILLINOIS WERE IMPAssAslE
THIS SPRING.

FARMERS Unable 20 Get 70 Town For
Crcamcries Unable to Get MIX.
Schools wcre closed-Even- the Dead
Could Not Ne Deeentiy Buried.
No better argument for good roads
was ever spoken or written than the
record Of business stagnation which the
farmers Of Illinois have experienced
during this spring because Of lack OF
decent roads. For more than q month
they were unable to get to town to pur.
chase the necessaries Of life; pupils and
teachers could not get to the schools;
creameries were closed because milk
could not be delivered. most Of which
must have been Q total loss, and even
the dead had to be temporarily buried
ON the homesteads, the mud being so
deep rs to be absolutely impossible.
But Illinois is not alone in this en-
barge Of mud There are few II any
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
MONTANA HlGHW. AVS.
Recent Laws Provide For Thsir sys4em.
stic Improvement.

Recent Laws Provide For Thsi1 sysssm-
stio Improvemeas.
The highways Of Montana, BY . bill
passed by the state Legislature, arc
placed in the charge Of the county sur.
veyor, and the old Office Of road super.
visor, usually held by an inexperienced
man, Is abolished. The act defines the
powers and duties Of county surveyors
and provides for their compensation.
BY this act each Of these officers 10 70.
quired to keep the highways In bis
county clear Of obstruction aud In good
repair and maintain bridges, to make
all plans and specifications for new
roads and bridges, to report to the ccun.
ty commissioners on all work completed,
and II the work is done according to
tho plans, specifications and contract
he il to draw his vouchers for the same
before payment Is made.
The county surveyor 10 chairman Of
oil boards Of viewers Of roads, keeps
the records Of road surveys and ID tho
general superintendent Of all roada. He
may employ labor. teams. etc. and has
power to contract for all work not ex.
ceedipg $500 In cost. For larger amounts
the approval of majority Of the board
Of county commissioners Is required.
The salary received varies with the
class of county, from $3.50 10 81, 600
Der year. Viewers and all assistants Of
the county surveyor may not receive
more than s. per day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
JoCTING OVER BAD ROADS.
The Majority Of Farmers Show No Inter
est In Road Improvement.

The Majority Of Farmers Show No Inter.
est In Road Improvement.
With the same patience that the early
settler waited for the railroad to be
built must the advocates Of good roads
wait for any decided action to be taken
for the betterment of our public high
ways, says the Whitewater wis. } Jour-
bal.
For the last five years our roads have
been the topic Of the press, but we fail
to see the good effect that this should
have had ON the minds Of an intelligent
people, and, strange as it may seem, the
farmers are the very last ones with
which this matter finds any favor.
While our city cousins have long since
protested against the slow, uncomfort.
able horse car and compelled the COM
panies to build expensive electric lines
with palace cars, we are contented to
jolt along in cumbersome vehicles over
nearly as bad roads as those our grand
fathers travelled in early pioneer days,
and farmers who read from time to
time of the large sums Of money spent
by the government in making public
improvements would vote against an
equal amount being expended on our
highways
For a proof Of this fact just see with
what reluctance most farmers work on
the road, even when we'll paid for their
Labor; better paid than they often are
for the work which they do on the
farm, and yet q greater proof is the
fact that in many Of the towns in this
county they still cling to tho old way
of working out road taxes by allowing
man so much for his team, plow or
shovel and giving him ten hours' story
telling.
At rough estimate there Is between
SO, 900 and $I5, 600 expended annually
on the roads in this county. II part OF
this large sum Of money was invested
In machinery used in making roads, and
then have the work done by body OF
men working under q county overseer
who had proved his ability as road
builder and civil engineer by passing
satisfactory civil service examination,
We could get more and better work
done. Such man could be obtained
for q moderate salary, and the work
done would be more uniform and salts
factory than that done BY pet overseers
who are appointed regardless Of ability,
but because Of some political pull at
town meetings.
OF course there are exceptions to the
general class Of farmers who are work
ing and talking to the best Of their
ability for good roads. It 10 to be hoped
that success will in the end crown their
efforts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED.
Henry watterson's Idsa Il That They Bs
Local, Not National.

Henry watterson's Idos Il That They Bs
Local, Not National.
Henry Watterson takes issue with Q
good roads advocate who insists thas
the general government should havo
charge of road making-that there
should be national highways built and
maintained at public expense.
The good roads that are needed. says
the Chicago Times Herald, those that
are most needed, in the language Of
Colonel Watterson, are those that "lead
from the farm to the railroad, the mill.
the factory, the school. the church, the
ferry and the market"
This apt remark Of Colonel Watterson
is O condensation, q simplification, an
absolutely plain presentation Of what IN
most wanted in the matter Of good
roads. Garry ont that idea, and what
will be wanting? It will meet the re-
quirements Of the farmer; 1t will save
the farming element hundreds Of mil.
lions Of dollars every year; twill meet
the expectations Of the pleasure seeker;
it will add to the value Of every foot OF
land in the country; it will be Of value
to every merchant and every profession.
al man; it will be source Of pleasure
and proit to all classes, in all commu-
mites
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
Tho Employment Of Free Lshor Gives th'
Best Results.

Tho Employment Of Free Lahor Gives th'
Best Results.
Commenting ON the employment OF
convicts on the public highways. the
New Orleans Times Democrat points
ont that the best results have been OBJ
tanned in road building when the best
free labor only has been employed. II
says:
Road construction is q science re-
uuiring moro careful study Of the sub
ject than is generally imagined. The
prevalent idea that any one Gun build
good road will not hold good. The
matter requires study, care and q thor
ough knowledge Of the soil and country
through which the road is 10 be built.
The department of agriculture has late
ly been doing good work by laying be-
fore the people exactly what Ii neces-
sary in road construction.
The employment Of convicts In road
construction is very popular just now.
as Offering simultaneously solution OF
the two troublesome problems OF what
to do with our prison population and
how to improve our highways. In view
Of the fact that the convicts in New
York, Indiana and other states are kept
idle, as the law makes no provision for
their support it is we'll that Louisiana
should take some steps to utilize hers
when it has them on its hands, and
road construction seems an ideal en-
ployment for them.
On the other hand, the experience OF
those states which have been most sue
cessful with their roads Is that only
the best labor (and convict labor 10 not
the best) should be employed in their
construction and maintenance. No state
which has made any material improve
ment with its highways has eI we'd
convict labor, and no state VIII. las
employed that kind Of labor has Be- ed
much Improvement in its roads 70
best results have been accomplished by
road taxes and the giving ont OF oon-
tracta
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
ROADS FACTOR
INFLUENCE OF TROLLEY LINES ON
HIGHWA. IMPROVEMENT.

Their Extension Need Cause Good
Road Advocates No Alnrm-Wih In
crease the Volume Of Travcl-Prob>
lens to BE Considered.
A new factor that must soon be TAX
en- into consideration In connection
with the good roads problem Is the
rapid extension Of the electric traction
systems into the rural districts. Ncf
content with the immense volume OF
earnings Of the intramural systems TIE
street railway interests have invaded
the country with long interurban lines
that are already projected all the way
across large states, says II. W. Perry
In Good Roads Magazine.
These street railways. or electric trac'
tion roads, are not to be ignored by tile
good roads workers. They must be
studied for the purpose Of determining
the effect they will eventually have up
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
WIDE TIRE BENEFITS.

They Not Only Improve tho Road. but ths
Load IL Moro Easily Drswp.
The beneficial effect of the wide tire
ON dirt roads is strikingly shown in
some recent tests ut the Missouri agri-
cultural experiment station at Colum.
bia. A clay road badly cut into ruts
by the narrow tires was selected for
the test az presenting conditions least
favorable to the broad tire. A number
Of tests Of the draft Of the narrow tire
were made in these open ruts and i'm
mediately followed by the broad tires
running in the same ruts. The first run
of the broad tire over the narrow tire
ruts was accompanied by an Increased
draft, the second by draft materially
less than the original narrow tire, the
third by q still greater decline, and in
the fourth trip the rut was practically
obliterated and filed. The narrow tires
were then run over the game road. with
the results that the draft was lighter
than before the broad tires had been
used. Alternating the broad and narrow
tires on this road for number Of times
resulted in gradually deceased draft
In other words, the broad tires were
improving the road surface to such an
extent when run but half the time al to
make the draft considerably less for oil
vehicles. This clearly demonstrates that
il even half the wagons used on dirt
roads had broad tires the results would
be beneficial in draft and enormously
beneficial in lettering the condition OF
the roads.
In another trial. when a clay road
was so badly cut into ruts as to be al.
most impossible for light vehicles and
pleasure carriages, after running the 8
inch tires over this road IL times the
ruts were completely filed and first
class bicycle path made. A careful rec
ord Of the drafts shows that the draft
was materially less than with the mar
row tires Immediately before. Thus the
road would have been gradually i'm
proved by tine use Of the broad tires at
the same time that the farmer would
have been able to transport his products
over the road with greatly reduced
draft
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11

aaussnsr Rehesl sr the soath, Koox.
valle, Tenn, yuso 2s-Joiy ~.
lse1.
An educational party % the .Summe
Hchool OF the South" at Knoxville. Tenn.
Jnuo lo--Juiy 3ist. Conducted by Pres. r. ID
Poiiook and w. II. Fitzpatrick Of Meroer
UniveFsity, win leave Macon on special train
over the Southern Railway 90 June 18th.
CcurSe OF study-<7 difierent courses OF
study taught By specialists North ana Soutn:
= ooureoe In common school sub|eca eno
and methods; . courses In psychoiogy aoo
p9dagoxy, IL courses In high school ana col
feTo work. and many lectures oy men or ma
taooai reputation on general tropics.
Ccst-Board and lodging $3.50 20 Si-o0 per
week. registration free for any or all the wofk
&.o0, railroad fare, ono fare. or the round
Srip from Macon and return ss.9i, similarly
reduced ntss from ell other points on the
southern Railway.
6neassiiCns-Register your pame for the
spoeIai party with Pres. p. d. Pollock, Mercer
Unieessity. In order that choice rooms and
location may be ressrved In adva2ce.
Ad6ltsouai uSormation-Wri.e Superio.
te0deht +. r. Ciaxton. Rockville. Tenn. Tor
complete circulars or Information N 70
euuyues and cost, and 70 the undersigned a.
% any dssalls Of tbs trip.
James Freeman, r. r. A.. Macon, Ga: II. =.
Cnxy. r, p. A. Jackscn willie. Fla; W. II.
Cndsy, @. r q r. A. Columbus, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
Fifty MIles 70 Market.

Il ID not an uncommon thing In
France 20 see farmer 10 or 90 miles
from home in wet weather with heavy
load II he sees q prospect Of three
days. rain, he puts his tarpaulin over
his load, q cover over his horses and o
waterproof coat on and starts of to mar
ket he may 90 30 miles before he finds
q market that suits him, or he may
know in advance just where be Is going.
You do not often see anybody driving 90
miles through rainstorm In the United
States to find market for q load Of
hay, but it Is not at all uncommon to
see farmers wagons 40 or 80 miles from
home in France. They choose the wet
weather for that purpose. Their roads
are just as good then as at any time
General Roy Stone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11

Convict labor In road building is be-
ing employed in Duval county, Fla,
and in North Carolina. In tho latter
case 21k cents per day per head is said
10 cover the cost Of food, clothes. medi-
cal attendance and guards, as compared
with 2S cents per day for maintaining
the same prisoners in Jail The Duval
Good Roads association Of Florida ad
vocates the use Of short term convicts
ON such work and makes the claim that
they would in this manner pay back
some Of the money expended upon them,
and they would also stand better
chance Of being called back to an honest
life than if they were made to associ.
ate with more hardened criminals in Q
prison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11

Four or five years ago the town Of
Hampstead, Queens county, N. Y, voted
to spend s40o, 900 in road improvements.
Farms at the time were worth from $50
to $50 an acre. They are now worth
several hundred dollars an acre and re-
turn good interest for those who pur-
chased them at that price. This has
been such an object lesson to their
neighbors that I understand Oomething
like 81, 600, 600 will be spent this year
I'm other parts Of Queens county and
neighborhood in building good roads.
This may seem o large amount Of mon.
ey to be spent for the purpose, but ow-
ing to the character Of the soil and the
fact that good road material must be
brought the cost Of construction is high
er than it would be in most parts OF the
efatA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
BAD ROADS TO BLAME.
Why the Farmers In the East Find Tbsis
Business Improbable.

Why tho Farmers In the East Find 1bsn
Business Improbable.
A highly important feature Of the
highways question Is the effect good or
bad roads have upon the local markets
and their sources Of supply, says the
New York Tribune. In all the cities and
large towns Of the state there Is 0 de-
mand for. farm products and for the
bulkier and heavier products, such as hay
and straw and grain. -
In many cases the surrounding coun-
try is quite capable Of supplying that
demand; in all cases 1t should do 30 as
FAR as possible; in most cases it does not.
Instead, supplies are brought in BY rail
or canal from far away, perhaps from
other states; while at the same time.
within few miles Of the market thus
supplied, are farms that have been
abandoned a not worth working and
others whose owners are in chronic dts
content and despair at the apparent i'm
possibility Of getting profitable prices
for their crops. The big farms Of the
vest, they say, monopolize the markets,
and SO farming here no longer pays
Now, one prime secret Of the trouble
lies in the bad roads, which keep the
producer and the consumer apart by
making it difficult, II not impossible,
for the farmers to get their produce 10
market. The farmer 1000 miles away
can get bis crops to market by rail or
canal more easily and more cheaply than
the farmer only ten miles away can haul
his in over roads that ara 50 billy and
rough and miry that half o ton Is
heavy load for horse to draw at aslow
footpace. -------'--r
It is not that farms in the east are no
longer productive, nor that the eastern
market no longer offers fair prices. Il
10 that the roads between the farms and
the markets are 20 bad as TO mako ship
ment unproftable. Good roads through
out tho farming regions adjacent to tho
cities and towns would do more than
anything else to restore prosperity 70
the farmers, enabling them to get their
goods to the best possible market easily,
promptly and cheaply. Good roads
would mean good farms, good marketa
good prices and good times for all con-
earned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
Steel Roadway.

Secretary Wilson has given directions
to General Roy Stone, chief OF the
bureau Of good roads ut the department
of agriculture. to construct sample steel
roadway ut the most convenient loca.
ton he can find at the Nashville expo
sition. where it may be seen and studied
by the visitors who will attend the ex-
position during the summer. Secretary
Wilson thinks the steel trackway for
wagons is the easiest solution Of the
good roads problem. particularly in the
west, where stone and gravel are scarce,
and the soil is deep and sticky.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
T.. w. whites Locals.

The suoply .,iIl holds out at l.. W. Whites.
Thousands OF yards have been rold. hut there
stiIl remains good assortment. You had
better come before they are all gone.
Nothing ike 10 wa ever seen before In the
civ OF AbheyiIlr We mean that stock of
.nbroIheries and Iaces now OH sale at l.. W.
Whites.
Go 10 White. II yon want In see pretty
wash cossi.. prints. pcrrales, madras. cling
hams, lawns. muslins, batistes, dinit In
every variety.
Don miss seeing those embroiderirs and
iaceS at Whites. They are the loveliest
4 things YOU ever saw.
You will md the latest styles nf Spring and
Summer hats at Whites. both straw and fur.
You will dnd some varieties In light colpred
hats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
pus tho couvicss ss Work.

To set the inmates Of the state pris-
ons at work building such roads would
be a particularly appropriate proceed
ing. The criminal is m enemy OF the
community and Of the general welfare,
and he would thus be made to minister
to one of the chief needs Of the commu-
nity and to promote the general welfare
in the most effectual manner. He would
be getting the occupation he needs for
bis own health, he would be much more
than paying the cost Of his trial and
confinement. and he would be confer.
ring q permanent and intellectually
great benefit upon all classes OF honess
people In the stata.-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
Tns Burden OF Their Cost Should ~
Alike on All tho People.

Tns Burden Of Their Cost Shoald 10
Alike on All tho People.
Il has been estimated that 500, 000,-
600 tons Of farm produce are hauled to
market annually in the United States
and that the cost Of marketing 1t II "
per ton, or Just about 81, 600, 600, 600.
This Is not money paid ont, but is the
value Of the time spent by farmers with
their teams in marketing crops or what
these men and teams would have earned
II they had been hired for cash to do
this amount Of hauling. The secretary
Of the farmers national congress and
the United States department Of agri.
culture agree in estimating that about
60 per cent of this vast amount, or
$500, 900, 900. would be saved each year
II farmers were able to do this hauling
over good roads.
This, then. IL the amount Of the an
nual mud tax to which we have been
submitting, says the Cedar Rapids (Ia.
Gazette. Railroads. telegraphs and
steamboat lines have been assisted BY
the states and subsidized by the govern
ment, but nothing has been done fc'
the common country road. The farmers
alone have had to build country roada
without assistance from the cities, from
wealthy corporations or from the state.
Every citizen will be benefited by the
construction of good roads, directly and
indirectly. and every taxpayer should
contribute his share to their cost. No
wonder the farmer opposes the good
roads movement, il he alone Is to stand
the expense. He has rightly suggested
that he should be assisted through the
medium of state road tax, under sys-
tenn Of state aid, as now employed In
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu'
aakfQ
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
A Muddy Road.

One day this week. as teamster was
slowly working his way through tho
quaemire commonly known as q coun-
ty road between the Cummings hill
and Fossil, be espied hat in one
of the ruts in front Of him. As the
headgear appeared to be in fairly good
condition he dismounted to pick 1t up.
As he raised the hat he was astonished
to hear q voice coming from under 1t
exclaim: "Hold on! That's my hat"
As soon as he had gathered his breath
and wits the teamster asked. What are
you doing down there!" Which brought
forth the reply: "I'm in big luck to be
where am. There's horse underneath
ma. Fossil (Or. Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
How 10 IL Done.

The first object In life with the American
pe,,ple Is 10 ..yet rich - the second how to re-
gain good he alih. The first can b" obtained
by energy. honesty and saving: the second,
(good heaiih) by using Green's August + low
er. should yon he n de.ponden' sufferer rom
any OF the effects OF Dyspepsia. Liver Com
pIaint. Appendicitis. Indigestion. etc. such as
Sick Headache Palpiiation OF tn" Heart. Sour
Stomach. Hahitual CosiiVeness. DiZZ mess OF
Head, Nervous Prostitution. Low Spirits. etc I.
you need not suffer another day. Two doses
Of the well.known August Flower viii re-
lieve you at once. Go To Speeds Drug store
and get % sample hottie free. Regular sizr. 80
cts. Ge, Green's Special Almanac. t-A-l3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
Rates Announced by The
Southrra Railway.

Animal Meeting southern Educational As.
soclr'i"n. Chattanooga. Tenn. July ~. !S2
ON, FIRST class fare for the round trip. Plus
Ss % q" rmbersbIp tee. I" Chaitan" g' ann re
turn from aII rn!nls on the Southern. Dates
ni sale Jun. eth tn July ist. inc'nsiveiy. with
finaI limit JuIy 6ih. l.G,. except that ny de-
pnsii "i tickets with JOINT agent on or before
July Gih aud pay ncni OF Tee oi my cents an
ex,rn> ion of not later than september 10th.
1912 NAV he obtained. Persons living nj un-
impnriant points should notify agent date In
advance on which they wish la leave. SO that
he m provide proper tickets Tor them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-11
HaddOu's Locals.

SILK Greuadines-Blk and CblOrrd. pretty
nrw STYLES, iixi6 In wide nj Haddons
Blk BatIsfr-woOi and Cotton. No male
rial exceIs Bsiisie for hot weather. Is
iirht and airy and holds its color. at Haddons.
MiIIinery-YOu should zee the new sum-
mrr sty les In hats opened at Hnddon's.
Medallion Laces--The latest productions In
lace bans. All over Iaces. Applique etc.. just
reed ut Haddon's.
oxford Ties and Strap Sandles. the new
thi ags In foot wear at HaddonB.