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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-11
(By ". B. Seabrook.)

Augusta Chronicle.
Paris. France, Dec: 5.-Paris is the
poor mans paradise. Such a de-
claration may sound like sarcasm to
the tourist who has paid a dollar for
a single peach at Maxim's or 500 a
day for an apartment at the Grand
Hotel, but the statement is never
theless true. It is not desirable
city for a person without funds and
in search of employment, for the
wages here are in proportion to the
cheapness Of the living and the work
ing hours, though conditions have i'm
proved within the asst few years, are
still Of a length that would not be
tolerated in America. But for the
man who has a few dollars IN his
pocket and a source Of income how
ever modest, the economical possibili-
ties Of comfort and pleasure are as
tonishing-
Before attempting to describe this
phase of Partisan life. however, l
must pay my respects to the French
railroads, for I had the misfortune to
travel by rail from Dinan to Paris.
After quitting Normandy, | spent
several days walking from village to
village along the Breton coast, at the
same time visiting St. Malo and two
or three other large towns. The
village people were Of the same kind
hearted, simple type I had learned to
love in Normandy, preserving the pic
turesoue customs Of other days even
to a greater degree than their neigh
bors in the latter province. Bread,
cheese, butter. fruit and cider were
::dirt Cheap and for seven Or eight
cents I was able to load my knapSack
in. the morning with provisions suffi-
cient for two hearty meals, eaten usu-
ally while stretched at full length on
some grassy bank by the roadside;
this method Of living rendered me in
dependent Of restaurants and robbers
when I happened to be in the vicinity
of towns frequented by tourists.
At Dinan. after admiring the
equestrian statue Of Bertrand du
Guesclin Che has a double chin. and
pronounces his name du Checklang)
and sitting for moment in the stone
armchair once occupied by Anne Of
Brittany, I hied me to the railroad
station and bought ticket for Par
is. Never shall I forget the French
"chemins de fer!'
Above the doorway Of the superb
building in Baltimore where are To-
Gated the central offices Of the B. and
O. railway, are two symbolic figures,
carved in granite. representing Mer-
curv and Vulcan. I don't know where
the central offices Of the French
"Railroad of the West" are housed.
but have a mental picture of door
wav and a sculptured facade like
that in Baltimore-onlv Mercury is
replaced by a snail and Vulcan BY
mole.
The agent told me that it would be
necessary to change cars at Follne'
and that my train made regular con-
nection there with a through express
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-11

TREsPAss NoTICE-All persons
are hereby warned and forbidden
to hunt, trespass Or in anyway en-
ter the lands Of the undersigned.
c.. W. Buford.
DR.. Johnson.
Ernest CLANCY.
NJ. NJ. Buford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
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OR FALL BEHIND IN WORLDS
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France be bettered, and. under the ad-
milistration of Colbert the famous
comptroller of France, 5000 miles of
hard roads were constructed, this
movement beginning in 1861. A most
brutal and unjust burden was placed
upon the peaSantry of France to bring
about this Improvement. for it was
done under the feudal corvee, or forced
labor system, the poor people simply
being driven to the roads and made to
do the work without pay.
Credit Due Napoleon.
To one Of the greatest men of history,
the first Napoleon, credit must really
go for the present wonderful system of
French roads-in fact, for the roads of
civilization, for to a great extent those
of Germany. England and other coun-
tries are copied after the French sys-
TEN. 1t was Napo1eon's idea that no
nation could take rank as great mill
tary power without roads over which
armies could be quickly moved from
point to point. With that in view, he
built many roads through the empire,
the great one over the Simplon Pass
which was begun in 1900 and finished in
1906, being still considered one of the
greatest of all feats in road building.
1t was at this time that Tresauget
came TO the fore. Future generations
will give credit to Tresauget as the
real originator of the modern rock-sur-
faced highway. His first treatise on
broken stone roads brought superb re-
suits. In that he set forth the marvel
Gus system which maintains in France
today. That system involves daily re-
ports by inspectors of every yard of
national road throughout the country.
This whole system is under the super
vision of an inspector general of bridges
and highways, who is responsible for
every mile. His army of assistants see
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fore Christ; reaching to Memphis,
Suza, Ecbatana and Sardis. The great
royal road" written of by Herodotus
extended from Suza to Sardis, a dis
lance of S12 miles AT intervals of from
eighteen to twenty-five miles stations
were established at which carriers
could be supplied with fresh horses. In
asmueh as the distance covered by
these carriers was from sixty to 125
miles a day. the proof in convincing
that that ancient road was as good as
is any in the United States today
After Babylon came Carthage, and
the glory of Carthage was between 1874
B. c.. and S35 B. c. Perfect roads made
communications possible between every
portion of this great domain, and to a
large extent gave her the power to
withstand for ten years the onsIaughts
made by relentless Roms before falling
victim to the solemn. savage Roman
edict Carthage delenda est
When Carthage had been wiped out,
her savage conquerors became her
most ardent imitators in road building
and within a few decades had laid TIE
most remarkable system of roads the
world has even known. The despotic
sway of Rome over the then known
civilized world was due as much to
this comprehensive network of stone
surfaced highways as to the might OF
her legions. Hills were ~cut. through
ravines filled in and rock mountains
leveled, both to secure material and
to avoid grades and circuitous routes
In Gaul alone 1900 miles of such roads
we're laid. q These great military thor
oughfares, crossing the Alps, extended
to Spain, Austria and the regions of
the Danube Africa and even. Asia.
were included in this great system.
So massive wass the construction of
the Roman roads that the Appian Way.
built by Appius Claudius. still lives,
and 500 years after ii was laid down
il was in perfect condition No such
roads would be laid today. They were
heavy, cumbersome. and though eff
fective. not at all to be desired. In
fact, it is estimated that under pres
ent conditions a road such as the APP
plan Way would cost at least 5000, 900 a
mile 10 build. After the fall of Rome
road building became a lost art. in
Merry England" it is true authorities
had passed laws that along certain
highways hedges in which wicked
men might Turk" were ordered cut, but
that was about all the consideration
given to the roads.
Louis XIV awakened the road neces-
sites. and demanded that the roads OF
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were hauled from the places where thev
originated TO shipping points. This vas,
weight did not, by any means, include
all of the crops produced. the most no.
table exceptions being truck product,
and orchard products, the tonnage a.
those two amounting high in the mil
lions. Neither did IL include any figure
for forest or mine products. nor fo,
those things which go in wagons from
the cities back TO the country districts
Were all those included, one may easiiy
see what . vast annual saving Would
be made. AS it is, however, of the fg-
ures quoted above at a saving of 70
cents pei. ton per mile. the cash benzf-
to the farmers would be S5S900,OOO.
Beyond that. however, the interstate
commerce commission has assembled
other freight figures, a most conserva-
tive estimate and most liberal deduc-
tiohs from their figures tending to prove
that 250,000000 pounds are annuaII,-
hauled. BY the same method Of figUr.
ing as that adopted above. the ilaulirg
of this would result in saving Of abor,-
$685.. DOC. 0Oo year. 1t would appear mar
so vast a sum should not be ANNALS.
thTown away, simply because those re-
sponsible for appropriations OF money
to construct roads cannot be brougbt
to a realization of their tremendous i'm
portance. The tinfe for an awakening
is here. and the quicker the awakening
occurs. the greater. the benefit the farm
er viii enjoy. ~2
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10 II that bitches are kept open, holes
and ruts are filed. sand ana earth re-
moved after rains, that the trees ana
pushes are trimmed, and that the sur
lace or the road is so maintained tnat
single horse may at any time cover
eighteen miles of road. dragging benind
MIN with ease a weight which dozen
yoke of oxen could not haul through
many miles OF the DOGGY quasmire
winch in the south and southwestern
portions OF our country are called pup
lie highways
II America is to maintain rank as the
leading nation of the world. there is
work for highway engineers, ana the
time is short
Economic Waste in America.
But it is not only sentiment that
should promote the construction ana the
maintenance of public highways
throughout the length and breadth OF
this country; there are cold dollar rea-
sons. Poor roads impose. an nnneces-
sary financial burden not only upon
those who most constantly use them,
but upon the men and women who con-
sumo the products grown in the rurai
sections and brought to cities and towns
by farmers.
No more convincing study can he had
than that of the, economic waste placed
upon the shoulders of the S5,O00,0OO peo-
pie of this land from the almost GRIM
inally shameful condition of 100000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13

that. and more Any saving in hauiihs
a ton of farm product would bring
benefit not alone to the farmer, cut 10
the consumer. and if the product hauieu
each year was large, it is not nara 10
figure that the saving would be large.
Figures have been assembled 10 prove
that owing to the frightful condition OF
almost all American roads, it cost 70
cents a ton a mile TO haul. The superb
roads of the old countries OF Europe
make possible the hauling of farm
products at u cents a ton a mile 1here-
fore every ton hauled costs the Amer
lean farmer 13 cents more per mile than
the farmers OF the old country are
forced to pay. The average length OF
haul of farm products in the United
States is S.4 miles; therefore, were our
roads as good as those of France, the
farmers gain would be 81 times -
cents. or approximately $l.2S.
In Dollars and Cents.
Let US see what that amounts to in
year in hauling but a portion of the
products which traverse the country
roads in wagons. The United States de-
partment of agriculture. through lis Of
fee of public roads, has collected the
figures and they may be accepted as
approximately accurate. During the
crop year of 1866, S5.4S7 GOO. 600 pounds
of farm products. consisting of barley,
corn. cotton, flax seed, hemp, hopss oats,
beans, rice, tobacco. wheat and wool
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
Cost Of Hauling Farm Products.

Everybody who thinks must concede
the evident fact that if farmer with
two horses can draw but 600 pounds to
market in five hours, he would save
money if, with one horse, he could haul
1,20O pounds in two hours. Were. the
roads in good condition he could do
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13

miles of road Every pound of farm
products brought from rural sections to
thickly populated centers has placed
upon it fictitious value because il
costs the farmer more to transport IL
than it would cost him were the roads
in passable condition. The price of the
lamb chop that Madam Brooklyn has
for breakfast is based not upon the real
value OF the unfortunate lamb, but upon
the cost of bringing that lamb from the
western fields to the Brooklyn breakfast
table. The cost of the breakfast roll
would be but trifiing did it not cost the
farmer who grew the wheat from which
the roll was made Is cents a pushed
more to draw that wheat from his farm
nine miles to a railroad station than IL
cost to carry a bushel of wheat from
New York to Liverpool, a distance of
800 miles. The cost of a soft boiled
egg, which is also closely related to the
American breakfast. is established by
the cost of transporting the product of
the hen to the hotel, and not because
the egg was at all worth what was
charged for it.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19

Get the Habit-cook With Gas.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
A REAL BUTTER FAMINE
Neither Side of Palestine's Bread Is
Buttered Just atIhis Iime-A
Very Scarce Article.

Palestine is up against butter
famine. This may sound like joke,
but it isn't; it is cold fact. The
merchants have been turning down
butter orders for the past two or
three days with the announcement
that there is no butter in town. And
no relief is looked for before Satur-
day, when supply will likely be re-
ceived by express. 1t looks like a
travesty on conditions that this city
has tc depend on express shipments
in large measure for the butter sup
ply, but such seems to be the case
Local people ought to be able to sup
ply the local market with butter as
good as the best and plenty of it, and
there must be a reason why they do
not. The reason should be looked in
to. In the meantime we miss our but
ter very much.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19

DEMOCRATsWANTMONEY.
Newspapers Will Be Asked to Solicit
Subscription For Bryan's Cam
paign-Wetmore Talks.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 1S.-Editors of
every democratic and Independent
newspaper throughout the United
States will be appealed to by the
democratic national committee to
start subscriptions for the democratic
fund in their newspapers. This plan
was made known tonight by Col. M.
C. Wetmore, chairman of the finance
committee, and is distinct from the
effort already inaugurated by the ma
tional committee to obtain money
through financial representatives un-
der the direction of the national COM
mitteemen in each of the states of the
country. Mr. Wetmore said: 1--WE are
going to get the money to run this
campaign; make no mistake about
that The republicans know where to
get. theirs, no matter what contribu-
tons they may have to turn back to
comply with the law. Every source
that we can find will be tapped, and
the results of our efforts so far are
fairly encouraging.
"The finance committee started to-
day to send appeals to editors of all
democratic and Independent news
papers to start subscription lists, and
to every contributor the national COM
mittee will send an acknowledgment
as a souvenir of the committee. The
appeal is signed by Chairman Mack,
Governor J. Haskell, treasurer of the
committee, and myself
Senator Gore of Oklahoma sent
word to the national committee today
that he would give one-half the re-
ceipts of a coming series of lectures
that he had been engaged for to the
campaign fund.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
!: :: : : :. :, " .: -" 49, : :.
Bids Wanted.

In accordance with Sec. 165 of
school laws of Texas, sealed bids from
persons or corporations, qualified I'M
der the law, to act as treasurer for
Palestine Public Schools, who offer
satisfactory bond as provided in said
section 165, will be received. Said
bids should state the highest rate of
interest to be paid by said treasurer
on the average daily balances, for
the privilege of acting as such treas
urer. Such bids should also name the
least rate of interest to be charged
on all ovedrafts, if any. Provided, that
no commissions or fees shall be al
lowed for services as such treasurer
Said bids to be filed with c. A Sterne,
secretary of the Board of Trustees, on
or before the 31st day of August, 1908.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
By order of the Board.
w. c. Campbell,
President Board of Trustees Palestine
Public Schools.
G. A. Sterne, Secretary. 19-11t
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
CAN YOU WIN IT7
Are You Made of the Stuff That Will
Never Acknowledge Defeat?

Are you a winner? Have you the
stuff in you out of which winners are
made? Are you ready to acknowledge
defeat? Well, we think not. You
cannot afford it. 1t is the hustler, the
fellow who is everlastingly trying, that
makes a success at anything in this
old world. You contestants in the
Pony and Cart contest, there is les
son for you in these observations.
Soon you will be the men and women
of this land, and your success in life
will depend largely on the habits you
form when you are boys and girls.
Look about you. The successful men
of today were the active, hustling
boys of yesterday. If you would be a
successful man or woman you must
learn the secret of success while you
are yet girls and boys.
The cOunt today ctondc.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
SYDNEY GAY FOR FLEET.
Great American BattIeship Fleet Will
Spend Ten Days There-Pro-
gram Is Elaborate.
Special to the Herald.

special 10 the Herald.
Sydney, Aug. 19-Sydney is enthu-
siastic over the visit of the American
battleship fleet and thousands of WIS.,
itors from the interior already have
come to pay homage to the officers
and men. During the stay of the
warships the whole of the coast line,
many miles in length, of the fine har-
Dor is to be brilliantly Illuminated
each night, the numerous headlands
at the expense of the federal and state
governments, and the intervening
shores by public subscription. In adj
dition the British and other warships
| in the harbor will be ablaze with light,
as well as the merchant steamers, ex-
cursion vessels and other craft. There
also will be display of fireworks on a
large scale, in which the vessels of
the Australian squadron will partici-
pate.
The warships are to remin in Sgd
ney ten days. During this time an
elaborate program of entertainment
will be carried out, beginning with
the ceremonial landing of Admiral
Sperry and his chief officers at Lady
Macquairie's chair in the harbor The
chief officers of the fleet are to be
| the guests of the Earl of Dudley, gov
| O -crar, GRO 1-o1nnf tho Gn11nfncc
of Dudley, and will be entertained at
a grand ball in the grounds of Govern
meht House by Lord Northcote, the
present governor-general, and Lady
Northcote. A magnificent ball is also
to be given in the Sydney town hail
by the Lord Mayor and the city corpo-
ration, and large number of dances,
dinners and other entertainments
have been arranged by the citizens.
All the theatres and other places of
amusement are to be thrown open
free to the visitors, who have also
been invited to attend the great sport
L{Fniyal, in which several thousand
-sehQol children will take part.
The official landing will be an, i'm
posing affair, the visitors marching,
in procession to the Domain, Sydney's
largest ond oldest park, under tri-
umphal arches and past beautifully
decorated buildings, where they are to
| be received with reclamation by the
thousands of Australians assembled
from all parts of the commonwealth.
In addition to the Earl of Dudley and
Lord Northcote the reception party
will include Admiral Rawson of the
British fleet and the cabinet officers
and leading federal and state officials.
The military escort will be formed by
several thousand troops.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of the fleets visit to Sydney will
be the laying OF the foundation stone
of permanent memorial to commem-
crate the occasion. The ceremony
will be performed jointly by Admiral
Sperry and Admiral Rawson.
Sydney is decorated as never be-
fore in its history. The leading streets
are gay with flags and bunting, the
Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack
being seen on every hand. Pictures of
President Roosevelt, King Edward,
Admiral Sperry, Admiral Rawson and
! No.. e
the decorations
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
"GRINNELL" r. r. GLOVES.

See us for the celebrated "GrinnelI"
Railroad Mems Gloves. "VentiIated'
and "Wrist-Fit" styles.
DOYLE BROS,
Mems outfitters.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HOTEL FOR RENT.

On September first the Met
ropolitan Hotel building will be
for rent. Building in first-class
order and good location, as
to business center. Apply to
G. w. Burkitt, Jr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

Thursday evening in the Congrega-
tional church the Sunday school chill
dren had Christmas tree and pro-
gram
Mr.. and Mrs. Roedman and Miss
Anna Koelling are visiting in Salt
Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Townsend enter
tanned at a family dinner on Christmas
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Sherman visited
in Salt Lake during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Fitzgerald enter
tanned at dinner Christmas day. The
following guests were present: George
y. Quinn, Joe Quinn and Miss Teresa
Quinn.
Con Hunt is visiting in the Park with
his daughter. Mrs Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shields enter
tanned at dinned Friday afternoon.
st. Luke's Episcopal church had a
Christmas tree and program Thursday
evening.
The festival of the Birth of Christ
was celebrated here in the Catholic
church on Christmas day in a fitting
manner Three masses were celebrated
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pany was the guest of honor at a large
dinner at the Wilson hotel THURSDAY
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Garrett s. Wilkins are
| expected by their many friends 10 returl
| 10 camp on OF about Monday
Frank j. Tierney left camp Wednes-
day for Denver to spend 5he hoiuaSs
with his relatives.
G. j. Guernsey was in the city Tor sew
eral days during the week
Robert @. Homer of Salt Lake was IN
camp during the week on business
trip.
Canton Thomas No. will give their
annual grand ball in Canyon hall on New
Years eve. The music will be by the
Sery-King orchestra. The Canton has
given a ball in camp for a score or more
of years and 10 is recognized as the So
cial event of the year. The committee
in charge consists Of II. R. Bliven, Eu-
gene Beriing and z. II. Lehman.
Mrs. George Hannigan and daughter,
Miss Bertha. left camp Tuesday for their
former home in Seattle. Wash, where
they will spend the holidays with rela-
tives.
James E. Dow left camp Wednesday
for Kansas City, Kan. where he will be
married to the sweetheart of his boyhood
days.
j. F. Bernard spent the holiday with
his family in the city.
c. H. BuckhOlz of the Bingham State
bank was in Salt Lake Thursday and Fri
day enjoying the Christmas festivities
with his family.
T. L. Holman, editor of the Press pur-
chased during the past week the entire
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by Rev. Father Galligan, pastor OF st.
Mary's church, at 6, and TO- and at
the two early masses large numbers of
the parishioners received communion.
and especially at the o'clock mass,
which was celebrated for the members
Of the A. o. H., and some seventy men,
bers of this Catholic order attended in
body. The 10 o'clock mass was a
high mass, and the music was fur
nished by the choir under the direction
of Miss Malone. After the last mass,
benediction of the most blessed sacra-
ment was given. The music at the s
o'clock mass was furnished by the St
Mary's school choir. The sermons de-
livered by Park City's dear pastor were
highly instructive and We're taken from
the days gospel. The affairs were
prettlly decorated with all sorts of cut
flowers, potted plants and smilax. The
flowers used were donations from the
women of the parish. knights of CO.
iumbus and several out-of-town ladies
and gentlemen. The weather was ideal
and record breaking crowds were found
at the various masses