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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-07-24
DIES OF SNAKE BITE
Comprehend Bit Boy Who Was Picking
Berries.

Trenton. July 22.-After suferlns
excruciating agony for twenty-four
hours. eight-year-old Chauncey ~
Fowe is dead Of the effects Of snake
bite The boy went to a lot near MS
home for the purpose Of picking per,
ries. He was barefoot and trod On
copperhead snake, which SUNK ~
fa1gs into his ankle. He ran nome
screaming with pain, and in spite OF an
the physicians could do he coh''"u'0
to grow worse until death came
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-07-24

RISHOP HENRY c. POTTER.
the prelate; Mrs. Mason c. Dayi .l5a
who came from California, and MISS
sarah Potter. his two daughters
Alonzo Potter, his son; Mr.. Edward
s Clark. stephen c. Clark and MI.
and Mrs. F. A. Clark. Mrs. Charle Is
RUSSELL and Mrs. William Hyde ms
two other daughters, who are aoroau
have been notified. -,
Death was due primarily to emool
ism of the right leg, following ions
attack of liver and stomach trouDle
end the end had been foreseen lol
several days by the bishops physl
clans Bishop Potter suffered severe
relapse Monday and though oXyse,
was given. his decline was grauual
and he sank into rnconscioushess
which lasted until the end.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-07-24
o,Apound Baby; Nine Inches Tai.

One-Pound BABY Nlne I'S'ICo
Coatesville, Pa, July 22.-Weighins
less than one pound, and but nine
inches tall. Coatesyiile DaDy IN an
Atlantic City incubator is a rare curl
osItv. He is Ralph Clewell' the two
weeks-old son of Edward and Anna
pruce Of this place, formerly OF Eas'
ton when born his head was eOoat
The size Of lemon.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-07-24

philadelphia. July 22.-lt was learn.
ed that Mrs. John B. Stetson' WIDOW u
the late millionaire hat manufacture
Of this city, is engaged to be marrleu l
TO Count Santa Eulalia, Portuguese
consul at Chicago. When questioh ',l
Mrs stetson admitted the truth Of the
report.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

Under state aid law not rod of road could be
built unless the residents of township decided to do
Not a dollar of state money could be expended
unless the farmers who live in the rural township
voted for improvements.
If it should be alleged that state aid plan TO
compel railroads corporations, merchants and manu-
help build the roads, it would not be far
situation they improve the roads the other
people obliged to help pay the bill.
In build roads cheaply they should bo
built extensively 1t costs great deal more proper
tonately to build half mile of road than it does To
build ten half miles No contractor cares for small
Job but for large competition is keen 1t takes
Just much and bother get ready to build half
a mile 1t does to build ten miles. BY build
ing in quantities from 90 to 20 cent. in
cost Of construction be saved.
AS roads properly built will last for great many
years they built school houses and court
houses built, by bond issue thus a townships
aid could build TO- 10 20 miles Of roads
IN year the roads USE and spread the pay
1nent of say 10 20 years. If this is
the state aid plan prevails there will be
little if any, increase in taxation.
Few people have any idea to what extent bad roads
interfere with travel and how they affect the business
of the merchant I'm the country town. The Illinois
Highway commission has gathered very valuable
upon the effect Of road and weather conditions
upon highway traffic Observations made at 70
we'll distributed points in the and actual count
by the vehicles passing upon different days
throughout each month Of the year covering all kinds
OF weather and road conditions.
The report shows that traffic stone gravel
roads fairly uniform throughout the year. while
tions The following figures significant and tell
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

and then finally pay of the b:ads will hardly be
felt by the property of the Empire owing
to their immense list of taxable property.
Ohio, after 40 years of building roads by the old
plan Of local taxation and bond issues. in which the
farmer had pay practically the whole bill, has
passed a cid law which will enable it to- build
three miles of improved roads where it has been build
ing without increase whatever in taxation
upon farm property.
state column good roads. Kentucky is alive to
the situation ard is taking steps to change its consti
tuition in order to be in position to spread the road tax
all the property in the state.
In certain parts of the country, notably in the Mis-
sisspp valley, there is entire misconcepon as to
what the state aid plan of road building Some
imagine the would take control of the highways,
build expensive roads and tax the people to pay for
them others that 1t is scheme force road building
against the wishes of the farmers Nothing could be
farther from the truth The state does not I'm
manner. under aid law, Interfere with the alb
soi2tc local control the highways. The voters OF
every township decide whether roads shall be i'm
proved what roads to what extent. when it shall be
matter IT, however the township. by majority vote
decides 10 build a road the state aid plan II
makes application the state for that purpose; the
state engineer thercupon visits the locality
tho proposed be improved with the local author
and decides upon the character OF the improve
best suited TO the conditions. He then prepares
plans and specifications and when these approved
BY the highway commissioners other properly consti
authorities Che contract ~ let TO the lowest
responsible the Is then under the
supervision tho engineer. This insures proper
construction and that durability and low cost
10 maintain the road afterwaId.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

Australia and New Zealand. countries newer than
less pop,fous. with nothing like aggre-
wealth The fact that the rest of the world has
GC'd roads while have bad is significant; it
shows that the plan We have been pursuing has not
been successful In three hundred years less than
eight per cent OF the highways of country have
been permanently improved and at the GO
Ing it would require nearly four thousand years to
complete the job. So roadbuilders the people CT
the United States have a failure.
This is all the surprising when consider
that they conspicuously successful in other
line of human endeayor. Millions upon millions OF
dollars have been wasted in every state in the union
upon the public roads by illtmed misdirected ef-
fort with really very little to show the
rendture. 1t is only within the last ten fifteen
that any real progress has been made along the
line Of permanently improving the conditions.
The trouble is have been endcavoring 10
t7rre the smart nv pulling the string. Without
for doing the farmers OF the country from
Maine to California from the very first assumed that
tho country roads belonged to them and it their
business to improve them and this misco1ception held
sSsy for nearly 200 years
A few years ago n in New Jersey made dis
covory u that the highways public property.
much ~ the state house. This raised the ques
why IL the highways public property, should
the public take ut its why should not the
state and all property therein contribute TO building
loads?" Everybody is interested in them, every
body affected through the markets by the road con
difons they benefited by good roads and injured
h. bad The new thought spread throughout the
finally New Jersey led the way to better con
d'ions by passing by which the should
tribate onethird the money required TO improve the
roads Other states followed. Increasing the proper
ton to onehalf and in one case, Massachusetts to
three fourths.
In many cases Of the New England states farm
property Ia only small portion OF the total taxable
property, in per cent and when the
cost road distributed all prop.
srtv OF the state the burden hardly felt yet
immense sans raised for purposes. Best
OF all the built proper supervision
instead leaving to the inexperienced hands OF the
Ioca, path master
Ten years ago Now York state began in small
yav 40 and appropriated $4,000 to the
The plan grew in favor rapidly that within years
the state By Overwhelming passed cOnstltu
tionaI amendment providing fer $4,000 OOC
IN bonds help build the Highways. What = record
In Ave years from nifty thousand 20 nifty millions The
TAX necessary pay the interest This enoTmou
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

of road building under that contemplatea
expenditure of the enormous sum of $500Oo0OO in
years-enough money to improve all the main
highways of the state, connect every community with
the market town and county seat and give a com
network of good roads from Galena to Cairo; the
plan being that the state should onehaf the ex-
pense and the townships road districts the other
If S5O,000.000 expended in ten years the
state would be required to raise s25o0oO0O of It, There
the property to the total assessed valuation
of 81 ,25OOOO.OoO To raise s25000OO year. $685.
100000 in ten years would require two mill tax up
this property; two-mill tax applied to all the
property the state OF Illinois at the present assessed
valuation taking account the possible in
crease in value thereof would produce the
qnired
The records that the taxing value OF IN
average $50 farm in the belt ot Illinois is
little than $4,000 the actual value being approx
mately $4,000. two-m state tax this farm
sessed the value of $4,000 would be exactly 81
year and more, and in ten years the state tax
be $40, which you'd be the farms proportion o
the s25,O0O0O0 total Where this farm would pay $40.
one single corporation in the city of Chicago would
have to pay $4,000 another $4,000 and the rail-
ways of the millions dollars Thus We
10y state levy of Two mills for ten years onehalt
OF the $50O00000 is provided for The other half must
be raised by local taxation by bond issue.
Let assume that the township i'm which the farm
in question is located votes bonds to the full cousu
tiona limit that is goes into debt just far
and pays the highest interest that the law per
mts it to The limit Of the bond Issue ia five per
of the assesped valuation amount of bond.
resting upon the farm would be five per cent OF e. 600
exactly 500, payable onetenth each year with in
terest FIVE per cent. The total on this bona
issue. so far as this farm is concerned for the ten
years would be $3.50.
Thus II we add the bonds ........... 800 90
interest on oonoS. .................. 81. so
And inc state TAX OF. .'...........-.... 40.
We have a total tax on the farm OF. .s167 SO
which is exactly the amount Of the tax that woud ba
levied and collected upon this farm for both sta ola
and TO of the road bonds and interest This amount
is about 1917 cents per acre per year and the total
charge against the farm for the whole years would
be s1O0 per acre. This amount of money paid by the
farm under the state aid plan would enable the state
to expend s5OOOO000 upon its highways, and the ex.
penditure Of that would add value of farm
property at least FIVE and probably ton times "a much
he respective farms would be taxed in order to par
the Dill UOpyugAt rsss.rssal
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

more forcibly how is the burden of bad roads
than anything else possibly do
The Clear Lake earth road leading into Springfield.
Illinois, showed average traffic for four days In
March. 1906 of 65H vehicles per day. Over the
road in June and July the $50 vehicles!
On the days in Peoria. 60 miles under the
weather conditions but hard road the
traffic for March 66 and the for June and
July 1853
Observations at Champaign over an earth road
be G3 against 200 for September and October The
count at Decatur gravel road March and
April. 240 July and August. 27S over earth road
leading into sullivan the count for January, February
and March 81; August and September, 316.
While delivering address upon good roads. the
writer interrupted and asked if he would
favor taxing the widows cottage help build the
roads He answered that he certainly would, the
annual would probably not exceed 10 or Is cents.
gave following illustration of how roads
burden the people: A into grocery
eggs and pound of butter. When
told the prices. she protests The in defense,
says: Well you see madam. the roads bad now.
very few farmers coming to town, butter and
scarce" She pays three cents more for
the and four cents for the butter and this
cents represents her bad road tax paid that
evening. This is repeated from time to time through
out the year, only in her but in hundreds OF
others in that and in thousands OF towns through
out the length and breadth OF the land There is
doubt that the woman in question would benefit through
good roads by at least ten times the amount of the
her cottage.
" would he interesting to take concrete example
of state aid apply 1t to typical farm in one of the
central states and exactly what state aid
For the purpose OF illustration let take average
farm of 100 acres in the belt OF Illinois, and SEQ
what the effect upon the that farm would be-
If the state should undertake vigorous campaign
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
MOTHERS ATTENTION
Your Delicate Child May Be Restored to Health by vinOI,
 Read The Following Letter From a Canton. O.. Mother.

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 We tried various medicines, but without any benefit whatever, and she could not take cod liver oil or enuI- sions as they nauseated her and up. set her stomach.
 Learning that vinol contains all the medicinal and strength-creatine in z properties of cod liver oil, but without the disagreeable oil. and tonic iron added, we decided to try 1t. and the re- suits were marvellous. It gave her .a hearty appetite; the color returned to her cheeks and she is stronger and in better health than she has been for years.
 T cannot say enough in favor of Vinol for weak, delicate children."-. Mrs. c. W. Stump, Canton. 0.
 There Is nothing equal to VinoI for delicate, ailing children and feeble, oIS people, to build up strength and re- store normal healthy condition. Those who try 1t and receive no bene. nt may have their money returned m demand-that's your guarantee. E G FpWler, Druggist, Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

upon railways serving different sec tions of the United statss as q compet- Ator t would. he said, have q very i'm. portant effect upon railway rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
NEWS or cRAcEvILLE.
s12 Dexter Ave.

draceviIie, Fla. Dec. 7.--(speciaL)-- An old-tine spelling bee took place at the school auditorium Friday night. The town folks lined up against ths school girls and boys and the teachers.
 Prof. E. ". Kennedy. principal Of the school, gave out the words to spell The school won.
 The GraeeUille- Clay Pigeon Club held It's weekly shoot. Dr. Phillips broke 1l out of 20. which was the best score for the event.
 Railroad ohiciais have visited this place and the town people are excited over whats going to be done" B. N. Starks. General Manager; J. |. Mckinney. Division Superintendent, and J. P. Burton. Assistant Manager of Trains, arrived in their private car It is rumored the Louisville and Nash vile will extend It's line to the Gulf
 Miss Flora Carlisle, of Campbellton, Is visiting Misses Whaley.
 Dr. G. W. Smith, of Slocomb, was here looking after his interests at this place during the week.
 Mrs. William W. Flournoy and chil- dren. of DeFunlak Springs, are visit Ing Mir. and Mrs King.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
SoUTH,S RESOURCES
fcentinaea frem Pses one.l

k--E ing our foreign trade in cotton goods is the small market which we now have in South America.
 ssThe cotton goods purchased by the South American countries reaches an amount of SfS,00o, 900 per year, barely six per cent of which is exported from the United States. The opening of the canal will not only give better rates to the Pacific countries but will throw open the entire Western coast of the southern continent to this trade.
 'sThe products of the South now find their foreign markets mainly in Europe. but they are desired in great CT or lesser degrees by nearly all countries, those of the Paicfic as well as those of the Atlantic. Because of jts geographical position, the exports of the South cannot now readily reach the market of the Paeihc, but with the completion of the canal, they will be placed in the most favorable posi- tion of all the States for the crea- tion of great Pacific commerce. Tt seems inevitable that the proximity to the canal of the Gulf States and the gulf ports in comparison with the North Atlantic section of the country will develop a direct trade through the canal and draw . large amount of the export and import trade of the Mississippi Valley to the gulf ports.
 sTo overcome the advantage of the more Northern ports, especially New York, with their greater facilities for shipping. the gulf ports will be forced to increases their own facilities for this purpose.
 Advantage of Southern Ports.
 "Yet even now Port Tampa, Pensa- cola, New Orleans, Galveston and Mo- bile. developed largely through the railways having their termini at those points, are capable of handling large commerce. These ports have the com mercial advantage of being nearer than the Atlantic seaboard to the larger part of the Central West and Mississippi Valley. They are conven- tent gatewaye for the trafac of this entire section. Distance is not the only factor but it is important in determing the direction of traffic and 1t will be an added force operating to increase the future commercial ifnpor- tance of the gulf ports to the South ern States. Many commodities of the Middle West are now moved q ffifd of the distance across the continent for shipment to the Orient through Eastern seaports. New York City handles now by far the larger share of the Oriental and West American commerce of the southern and central sections of the United States. The canal will force a large part of this traffic through the gulf and the Gen. trai States will have the advantage of a new route which they will adopt or refuse to adopt in accordance win the conditions of competition prevail ing. Great facilities, together with established custom will give to East ern ports the initial advantage and the effect of the canal upon the traf- hc of the Gulf States will consist prob ably less in diverting existing trafac
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
THINK ARnnr m1

Up-to-date in evrythinR. White Shad, first of the season. spanish Mackerel. Fresh and Salt Water Trout. Pompano, Snapper. Turkey. Eggs, Chickens and Butter: Crabs and Oys- ters daily. extra fine Plants; Kalarna . ZOO Celery. We offer special prices to the trade. hotels. restaurants and boarding houses. country merchants. Phone 25e.
 We solicit your patronage. Prompt delivery. kind treatment to all
 TATUM & ROBINSON. adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Picture Frames Made to Order
 TresalAE's studio.
Election In Colbert.

Tuscumbia. Dec 7.--(speciaI )-In the lightest vote probably ever cast in an election in Colbert county. the propo- Eition to issue $25.000 worth of five per cent. bends, maturing within ten years, to be known as court house bonds. car. ried in the election in Colbert county Alnzsst unaRimouslT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Iamen Humphrer nend

Huntsville. Dec. 7--(special. )--James Humphrey a popular citizen of Maai- son, died Saturday afternoon after q lingering illness. with consumption. He was a member of large family, and six brothers and two sisters sure vive him. besides his aged mother. Mr. Humphrey was 70 years old, The fu- neral was held today at Madison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
me Weoamen cIrNle-

Huntsville. Dec. 7.--(Special.) .)-The woodmen Circle has elected oficers as follows: Mrs. F, f, Petty Guardian; Mrs Lucy overton. Advisor; Robert |
 Adalr, Clerk; Miss Cora Pamplin, Banker; Mrs. AAnts C. Cook. Chaplain
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-31

navigation, safe conduct and gener-
al administration of a sea-going yes
sci are secondary as regards the re-
sponsibilities of command. Yet the
Surgeon General seems to believe,
says Admiral Brownson,S that the
navigation, safe conduct and general
administration of sea-going vessel
are secondary as regards the re-
sponsibilities of command.
Telegraph operators or cable en-
gineers are not put in command OF
cable ships, nor are postmasters put
in command of mail steamers. A
battleship can with propriety be call
ed floating fort, but artillery OFF,
GERS are not fit for command of
them. Long experience with mer-
chant crews and officers on board
naval GOLFERS, tank ships, transports,
supply vessels, etc., show that OIL
GERS OF the merchant marine do not
perform his duty as efficiently as
naval officers.
Admiral Brownson cites his ex-
perience in command of the Asiatic
station to support this assertion,
having there thoroughly tested ships
with full merchant crews, with full
naval crews and with merchant
crews and officers and one line Off
Ger of the Navy in command. He
found that the last system was the
least efficient. Notwithstanding the
best efforts of the Navy Department
to sharply define the functions OF
the officers, complications constantly
arose regarding navigation and adj
ministration, and cases are cited
where the Iris was run ashore and
the Nanshan was the scene of dis
graceful disturbance in the. harbor
of Hongkong as the result of a clash
of authority.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-31
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WEDDING.

The Principals Count Laszlo
Szechenyi,. member of the Hun
garian nobility, who has an In
come OF 100000 a year, and Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, who is the
daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt, and is worth $12 900, 900.
The wedding took place at noon
at the mansion of the brides
mother, on Fifth Avenues New
York. Monsignor M. J. Layelle.
Of the Roman Catholic Church,
performed the ceremony, assisted
by Rev. John j. Byrne.
The gifts to the bride, are val
ued at close to $1,000,000. Her
attendants gave her something
blue for good luck"
The wedding is described as
being the most brilliant in this
country since that, of Miss May
Goelet to the Duke of Roxburghe
in 1903.
1t was practically an orchid
wedding, those arranging the
decorations having taken about
all the orchids in New York.
They are worth from 81 to So
each. Other flowers and plants
were also used in profusion.
The guests at the wedding, in
including the Counts foreign rel
atives and friends, numbered
about $50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-31
Employment For Many.

Norfolk, Va. Especially -Manalcus
Landlord. receiver for the Berkeley
Knitting Mills. filed his initial report
with Judge Waddill, in the Federal
Court. Saturday. 1t was recommend
ed that the mills continue to operate
at an expense approximately of be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 a month
The report was approved by the
Judge, and the mills will be kept
running until further orders of the
court. This decision means the re-
employment of 200 hands.