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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
aRoWrn OF SOCIALISM,
DSRsetIy moe o. tAo IaAIaAaNA - WU
icy: "a PpOAoaGSaa.

nSSsetIy noe o. The nAIaAaNAA 10 4WSE
ICY 6R PrOaoaGSa~.
Snc rapid growth Of Socialists 10 ~
eectsy due to the Republicans pouey g
protection and subaid!es. Il. loa0a
men to believe that the xOvoennnena
81 o'iki CnrO FIR them a. Il protacts tAe
trusts and corporations. Seesns ~
tartr baPonS are made rich by special
.1ws, WY cannot they ask. all Oe 90
have our legal share Of the plpnNor.
Instead Of numerous trusts why ~e4
have u naCOnal trust In .wiheh every
ono can be 4 Stockholderl ProIockdea
hr'Ves On public extravagance AnA
breeds corruption. another ArgunonA
Tor the SOCIALIST. 80
Honest Republicans who have beoa
led 70 Nb'Iieve in protection should
think Of the broad road they are dFtv.
Ing in and the revolution and dsstrue.
ton Of republican government thae
'E1St be nhN at the end Of the!- Jour
nSy. Tho only salvstIOn Tor Ghe r,as ieo
= their being led TO bal!eve tlaa9
equality Of opportunity FOR Gfl''-the
fundamental doctrine 81 DemOcrS cy-
viii destroy monopoly and g.vv each
his AhArs for his labor without the
parasysls Of individuaA effort thAS -.
e1alism would produce.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
proceeding Of The CONntU
Commissioners.

IRx COUNTY OHoAGlA. JUNE rEaN.
Y 1909.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18

4
I tits eomnsn ayi6e s9hAse days, and
h.s bern ever xiacs 'psbaias.iDu IAw
wgs inc effect IN csortiAs0 hear men
fag ,hry san ga ~ the Iiqaos,hey want
sad IESs Ihsfe ds much iiqpOr drank
400 y stsfe I a. before ytltes prohibition
era Men khh are OPPOSED 10 prohibition
aad.haysalesys been seem; 70 have an
idsA that they can discrsdit he prohibit
ysa.lsa and create j .entirnsps against i,
Ey.ssliIux a6ipGs sblsh they think ave cal.
cutassd % argue that prohibition dte-h't|
pgshbH.s 2edspskallef them ere psrtic,l-
lassabou. teltnpahe truth and the truth
o6ly:yHsAy Sss warmed oa ,hs s,S-
'' ssas v
AefeaA Albany on can ileSg very Nay
M, SlsA lnsAdsA I toSo !. l.vSle: open''
and 9ispe trouble % gst.llagqr,,isht
MI : f- q
hsykslsssSilf sA slbahysanar who had
bseA ssHAS thse leitA wa. still avid,
open TORN whsre.l:S6oF could I,e lad III
Auyquanly AMI, pFssy anlSity desired ".
itq&4es capit.' citY:%and. more d testl
sheshutll u what 10 Aasl heard than be-
sease hslasiEt, y.sssdi aAy,iiapaSF to drink
sssylea oattss ! MA souId bs !sd in the
wsS0i shs sIiqsid ssSs.s cheers, He fr.l
VET % ! seyssin plaJe ,whess lie had Been
ssEaAny.Sl4A /: sfatfsa isa&s II, vay II J.
drink couid bs had. But Rpsh to hisss-
sHSlha cas- politely lnIOF,hsd thru ScnlltI
Near hsslwas served th.re. He tried to
eevxlose to the white sprons,l young meal
bsalpd Ehe ssutstt aha opsa W co4lldsns
tialssla,Iqns ana such negotiations as
woaa bFug sonsihing stronger thar psxr
bee, AhalAs snd'stsg doing. Y
Hsrens to t&o.r three other places with
thssans result. ana hnsIy. meeting a6E1
acwaaeance aud ,ssksdE as.lps Aoss one
might "a : drIAlss saseois tkst would
haveao % 70 a club.
AMI sAa.Aalpng taus sIspat-
ION all over she state. SePt. pethsF. in
Savannah. ~.
There IL no dOukg v liuuer here IN
Albany ana In us sssy One town er
eisy o. any eoOsideE sireaaS tAe ssese.
but Whenever you AeuaIa min Saving II Is
no trouble 70 get liQOOr hess ses sAat. ne
can G, all he vsnts. lpse IS
ere saw one called sl ~ by asking
him 10 10 win ttsslle piece where II
!. % be Aas aAsas you ''siand treats,
and slss ebspess are that he villa rrnese.
PVOassttSGhsy not probfbis-is does
no, yAgig Prohibit, it must sl'eS''Snit.sd'
i~hit eersalglE ysipsed larOE drins-
Inesp GeCSgjS.w Albsny EefSld.
AFw.AsA2 *A NJ Iss ~ F ENf
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
IN tho Same rcat.

The stranger advanced toward the
door. Mrs. O'Tooie stocd in the door.
way with a rough stick in her left
hand and frown on her brow
''GoOd ,aOrnlng." said Tire stranger
politely. I'm looking for Mr..
O'Tools." a..
''Eo'mI.- said Mrs. O'Tocle. shifting
her club over 70 her othFys hand. -Ev-
skybcdS'R 81
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18

fapl the places named beiSE on
tine fol(d lalsE
Pll8 Anxdas June 10th; y. G,
jones Il ,ho o'cleck anti 400
O'cloSk 81 Juf! Hlthi whitsstt sr"m
la:sO 9eseelkasalszI O'CIOcA p. m. June
i'm: s@ItHxule from Loo O'Clock ,. m.
Friday M until Saturday ct 500
O'Clock psfRs ag Bth.
TAeae ny AsG rounds, meet me for
sur nutSptE pnge nience. sAs
\, Iron, r. +. r. lee Co.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
True Beth Wayn.

'SThe die II cast" hissed, the villain.
Then. shaking their gold locks. the
chorus bounded on.
1T seems.r the critic murmured,
"that the cast d dyed too. New York
Press
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18

Down to the Norman conQue 4 the
l3rltons had living money" and sidead
money" the former being slaves and
.:attle, the latter metal,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18

II u i.osg saiary Us Judge City
Court otEer, burg 66 81
w. g, Marin ,o' .City Court Of
lees burg, lis fses In esss Of
Joln Jones 10 90
z Jas. Morgan, his cost III abcve
4 case 400
S. b. Smith. sheriff. his costin
above ta@ LIS
D. G. ..vsra J. p, HE csst in
Alnve cAse SIC
r. 3. sAltsr s. G.. his costin
above case ass
Il. Is. Martin u sous, hats.
nj sl.&ete as i,er acct. 1870
S. BtSmllh. sheriff, jail fees
fv May 65.2o
r. r. Stlisr Il. CIR. r. fare and
per dem; case IL John Jones s.s2
G. D. Richasiis, bringing Dan
Eon'eis to@ailaonl chokee AS
H. d. Logon. Dept. Sheriff,
arrest and going oltef county
afIeF Pearl Preston $50
u. X. TsNelEd ,ctor'rg cripple
mule and board 900
Josh Wplker eleauing public
closel OTIS
julie I.eckett work at c. camp OBS
b. Il. Graham services as con-
Wet guard 1917
SnI'hyirIe Drug Co., drugs IS
PER accounl $50
! the News, D,wson, stationery
I. and exRsss $50
Drill. L. Long. saIaryas
county physician $500
II. IL. Powell c,,nslct gra,d ard
One.half bsishcl seeA corn 5000
]. M. Msrein operating ont hid -.
ef..wSand one half days acc. 900
y. ). nj. McEridc stlary aswarden
al ehOin FaTg $500
,R. w. MoEeland asst. wsrden 2s,oa
w. il. johnson night guard 2l6s
win Knlght operating rOA'l M
.cl,ipery 24days I 4 2+"o
!. Smelling & jordan blacksmith
work for unit" $50
Il J.F. Hines balance fer services
ia haitiff S. G. May term 400
Z II. r. Stovall & Co. pants shirts
Y: etc. as PER acct. .s \ STA
/, sAeiIing 3 Jordan work on jail
I cell as pr acct. $50
Lipssy & YsomNa hiOder guards
and etc. lilo
ia. Lip.ey meat meal aud
4 TX. oil 6.s2
Armour & Co. meat as pr 'cct, 72.eo
Home Mixture GuaaO Co tons
aa2 s29z
sop.hsrn Cncery ca. fright
paid BY. them on gFoe,ries t.
SmtChsSlle I.26
B. c, Hodges so74 feet u lamb
er as per acct. 92.ss
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1880 aeoz A
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18
0F. cOD-i.sV .ER OIL WITH
HYpGpHOSPHITES
should always be- Ecpt In
$hc I:asse fer she foI-
LoVli1. J iFGasog;S:


FIRST Because. Il any member
Of the family has a, hard cold. Il
will cure It. sY %sS. @.&s.@
SEG0sEEa Because. If the chill
dren are delicate ard sickly. it viii
make them strong and well.
TEEERD Because. Il the father. or
mother is losing flesh. and becom-
ing thin and emsciated. 1t viii build
:nems up and give them flesh and
strength.
EDEgRT III Because II is the
standard remedy in all throat and
ling affections.
no household should be without Il.
e can be tSken in summer as wei
4, IN winter.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-11
Ole Jefferson,an
MORE ABOUT THE ASYLUM.
Continued from PAGE Seyen.)

fully turned over to the guardian?
E. II they can prove that they were
not crazy, can't they get damage out
OF somebody, or the ordinary?
Z. If they get crippled while in the
State Asylum, can not they make the
state or the ones that sent them there
pay damage for it under the present
laws of Georgia? Is not the ordinary
or jury or the ones that sent him
there liable for damage when he gets
crippled while he was there?
will say that he was not crazy at
the time he was sent off
wish you would Write to Mr.. T.
l.. Q Kelley at Conyers, Ca, about the
above questions and let him know
what you think about it, and what
you will charge him to represent him
IN court here in Conyers, Ga.
take enough interest in the matter
for him to write this letter. I will
close for this time I remain your
friend, L.
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Just Do Me A Good Turn

by showing them around to your neighbors
and friends and speak a good word for
them everywhere. at every opportunity.
Won't you help me introduce the Won
derful DR.. Haux Perfect Vision" Spec
tacles In your locality on this easy.
simple condition7
If you are genuine. bona-fde spectacle
wearer (no children need apply and want
to do me this favor, write me at once and
Just say: Dear Doctor - Mail me your
Perfect Home Eye Tester. absolutely free
of charge, also full particulars of your
handsome 1o-karat ROllsssOO Spectacle Offer"
and address me personally and / will
give your letter my own personal atten-
ton. Address DIR. HAUX. Personal).
Haux Building, St. Louis. Mo.
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NOTE: The above is the largest Mail Order Spec
tacle House in the world, and is perfectly relahI-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-11
OUR CASH PRIZE CONTEST.
Continued from Page Eleyen.)

tCohtlnued from Page Eleven.
to the morning of March 4th we re-
ceived subscriptions from fifty-six of
our agents, and uring this week we
hope to hear from hundreds more.
The contest will close on the morning
OF April LIST, and the winners will be
announced in our paper Of April 9Th.
Next week we will give the number
OF points made by each contestant.
BY the way, we want more agents,
all over the United States. Come in
now and win some money, in addition
to the liberal commissions which we
are offering.
The names Of the contestants on
the morning Of March 18th were as
follows:
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Carolina Chemical Co.

II Grand Easter Souvenir Post Cards--FREE.
beautiful
heavy coors and gold Most tasty
postage packing will
fifty
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with s neh0
M
SpTeper mat TINS Nome
fife agan
MRS M SUMMERS, Box 1872 South Bend, and q. s.A.
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now and win some money,
to the liberal commission
are offering.
The names Of the con
the morning Of March 4
follows:
Alabama.
R. E. Smith.
E. c.. Glover.
H. M. Gay.
J. A. Rudolph.
Arkansas.
G. C. Orsburn.
l.. King.
Florida.
G. C. Maddox.
Lonnie Davis.
f. III. Lawson.
C. P. Warnock.
GEORGIA
s. B. Tarver.
f. M. Thornton.
III. Ashmore.
r. F. Graham.
S. W. Jackson.
Chas. Ross Thaxton.
II. W. Nalley.
w. 7. Evans.
7. w. Brooks.
E. O. Smith.
j. A. Abernathy.
T. L. Dixon.
J. A. Burnett.
T. w. Clonts.
w. P. Minis.
j. w. Watson.
Jas. Reese.
r. E. Brady.
r. I'll. Tootle.
Jas. w. Hill.
w. A. Ellington.
III. A. Cook.
Ruth Ray Moore.
F. M. Payne.
Miss Mildred Colquitt.
j. B. Logan.
Miss Eula Mobley.
C. j. N. Clark.
T. M. Wright.
Kentucky.
Sidney Woosley.
Mississippi.
w. B. Wall.
j. A. Rees.
j. M. Aven.
j. B. Gartrell.
N. M. Hollingsworth.
Nebraska.
r. Armstrong.
w. A. Bowden.
Jno.. w. Denton.
Oklahoma.
Pearl West.
Pennsylvania.
T. A. McJunkin.
F.. +. Weintz.
Tennessee.
L. S. Jones.
j. M. Brumbalow.
Texas.
w. E. Bryson.
S. T.. Shamburger.
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PAGE FIFTEEN.
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Iwant to send you complete ten days trsaSmsni
entirely free to prove to you that you can cure
yourself at home, easily, Quickly and
surely. Remember, that, il will cost you nothing to
give the treatment q complete trial: and If Won
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
High Hats and Babies.

did you ever" said Mr. Jurgleton,
'see man in silk hat carrying an
infant child? Never, l venture to say.
You do see plenty Of fathers, young
fathers mostly. carrying their babies,
aud very willing to carry them-indeed,
proud Of their offspring. But you new
er see such father in tall hat. They
may wear forty-leven other kinds of
hats-derbies, soft hats, straw hats
or as many kinds of caps-but no IA
Their carrying an infant ever wears a
silk nat.
"Of course there can't be any fash
ion decree about this. Refraining from
wearing a silk hat on such occasions
must be due just to instructive COM
mon sense. The baby is an extremely
informal thing, liable to scream or cry
or wriggle or squirm at any minute,
to bear itself In many ways in a man.
ner quite incompatible with high hat
dignity. And even young fathers seem
to know this, and so they leave their
stovepipe tiles on the shelf at home
when they go out with the baby. They
seem to know what is fitting instinc-
lively, but certain it is that you never
see man in a stovepipe hat carrying
baby."-Boston Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26

in Boston once illustrated aptly the un
reliable quality of old peoples mem
cries.
"a young minister" she said. "born
in South Berwick. was called in his
maturity to one of the churches of the
town. Everybody, welcomed him. He
had been away nearly thirty years
and the oldest inhabitants welcome
was the warmest of ALL
"The oldest inhabitant. leaning on
his stick. said in high, tremulous
voice to the young man:
"'And you're Master Johnny Gree
nough Little Johnny Greenough! How
time do fly! Why. 1t seems only yes
terday l traipsed in to the courthouse
to see your poor old grandfather hang
ed
Everybody looked shocked. SC
there was blot on the Greenough
family 'scutcheon, eh? But the young
man said calmly:
"'My good old friend, your memory
is partly right and partly wrong. My
grandfather was murdered, not hang
ed. 1t was two brothers of the name
of Alden who paid the penalty of his
murder
"'Well, that's what said.' crowed
the octogenarian. That's just what ]
said, amt it?"-Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
Ants Are Six cared.

In the matter of some of their sense
organs the ants are more than ordi
narily endowed. Strange as it may
seem, each ant has at least six ears.
Aside from this multiplicity of ears,
they are located in Just about the queer
est place imaginable-on the legs They
seem deaf to all sounds made by the
vibration Of the air. but detect the
slightest possible vibrations Of solid
material. This is supposed to be TO
their advantage in that such things as
approaching footsteps tell more Of the
possibility of danger than such sounds
as are transmitted through the air. So
sensitive are their feet that they detect
the impact Of small bird shE dropped
on the table from a height of about six
inches and about fourteen feet distant
from an artificial nest placed at the
other end of the table.-St. Nicholas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
State Experimental Station.

The passage Of law in the state Of
North Dakota establishing good roads
experimental station is movement in
the right direction. The experimental
roads are not to be great In extent, one
running from the capitol building at
Bismarck to Fort Lincoln and the 9TH
err from the state penitentiary to the
Missouri river, but they are long
enough and in sufficiently close prox.
unity to the capitol to be object les
sons to the members of the next legis-
lature. North Dakota's entrance into
the list of state aid states may be con-
fidently looked for two years hence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
TIME TO LAUGH.
Some Vaudeville Jokelets Which Age
Cannot Wither.

SoiItot sVlkTGTs
Vaudeville is known as the laugh
trust" but not for the reason one
might think. 1t gets the phrase be-
cause there are q certain definite num-
Der of devices in it's category of acts
that control the laughs of it's audi
ences. The same old things are al
ways good for laugh in vaudeville.
According to the Bohemian Magazine,
a new device, a new bit of Cuisines"
a new joke. are all regarded as dan
gerous by the performers. The fol-
lowing table details some Of the times
at Which vaudeville audience regu-
larly laughs:
When q comedian walks with q
mincing step and speaks in a falsetto
voice.
When German comedian opens his
coat and discloses a green waistcoat.
When a comedy acrobat falls down
repeatedly.
When performer asks the orchestra
leader II he is Il married man.
When black face comedian says
something about chicken.
When performer starts to rise from
a chair and the drummer pulls a res
ined piece Of cord so that the perform
er thinks his clothes have ripped.
When the drummer suddenly beats
the drum during a comedians song
and the latter stops and looks in his
direction.
When tramp comedian turns
around and discloses q purple patch
or several pearl buttons or a target
sewed on the seat of his trousers.
When the funny member of the
troupe of instrumentalists Interrupts
the progress of melody by sounding
n discordant note on his trombone.
When clown of team Of acrobats
poises himself to do o presumably diff
ficult feat and suddenly changes his
mind and walks away without doing
it.-New York Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26

river and had stood on the bridge and
had wondered why life should not end;
Of how, in the window of the second
hand shop on his way back, he had
seen the silver spoons, their wedding
spoons, heavy and solid and chased.
The vision had come to him of Peggy
in her white gown and veil-of her
face as he had kissed her at the altar
and all at once the manhood had
walked in him. and he had gone back
to his old employer and had asked
for work. humbly acknowledging his
faults, telling Of his wife, aud they had
taken him back.
~ know now why 1 failed" he said
as he finished telling her what he
could. II wouldn't give the best in
me. But now I'm going to work hard
for you-and-the kid, Peggy"
A week later, when Aunt Judith came
swooping down on them and found
out the real state Of affairs, Peggy
confessed about the spoons. II hated
to sell them" she said, but just had
to, Aunt Judith"
ana tHaC very AFTERNOON Aunt Ju-
dith hunted up the secondhand shop
and bought them back, and when Dick
came home they were shining on the
table.
"And now" said Aunt Judith as she
slipped her tea and watched Dick eat
the beefsteak and omelet which she
had purchased and had cooked with
her own expert hands-"and now l
want to make proposition. l want
you to come back with me to Hillsdale
and take care of the store for me and
live in my big house. Peggy can run
things at home, and you can run the
business, Richard, and I'll go and
travel, as / have wanted to do for
years, knowing that when l come back
everything will be in order"
AS she beamed on them Dick rose
and put his arm about Peggy.
"lt's awfully good Of you, Aunt Jul
dith," he said huskily, land we will
be glad to go to Hillsdale, and, please
God, I'll make a success of myself
and we will keep the silver spoons for
the kid, and we will try to make our
lives as bright and shining as they are
won't we, Peggy, deary'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
A Good Roads Moxement.

- Sooo HoadS movement.
We've had a good roads movement down
to Pohick. on the crick.
We raised some ready cash fur what we
couldn't get on tick.
An, bein' particular Job, we thought It
would be wise
To get some men OF probity to come an
supervise.
An as further guarantee 'gainst chances
We took another set Of men an told EN-
to inspect.
An these arrangements didn't seem les
what they ought to be
TIL we'd secured some talent competent
to oversee.
There arose misunderstanding bout emol-
uments and rank,
But the payroll checks KEEP comm very
regular to the bank
Somehow the highways didn't seem to
lose their ruts an humps,
An every time we went to town we had
TO bump the bumps
We found 1t hard to comprehend what
such delay could mean
In work so well inspected, supervised an
oyerseea.
The only manual labor on this job that
seemed so slow
Was done with great reluctance by a
small boy with a hoe.
The situation naturally shocked our civic
pride.
We called some meetin's, an the proper
people testified.
We got the overseers to tell exactly what
they knew
An heard from the inspectors an the SUI
pervisors too.
Then we drew up resolutions an deiiv-
cred an address
To vindicate our efforts TO uplift an to
progress.
We have solved the difficulty. an our
hearts are fun OF 10y
At SEEM discipline maintained. We fired
that no count boy.
Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
Poetic Justice.

"A certain couple in New England
village, each the parent of six children,
had melted out to them kind of poetic
justice in which they failed to see the
poetry.
The woman, widow, pleading that
she had no home and was therefore
unable to care for her children, Undue
ed the local authorities to admit then
to an orphan asylum. The man, @
widower, pleading he had no house
keeper and therefore no one to care
for his children, induced the authori
ties to admit his six also. Thereupon
being freed from all membranes
these two married
AL went well for a few months
when the authorities, learning OF tn,
situation. promptly dispatched thu
twelve children back to their parents
and, the woman no longer able to rep
resent herself as homeless or the maj
as without a housekeeper, they wer,
forced to receive them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
ROCK ROADS AND FARMS.
Missouri Farmer Tells of tho Advan
taees OF Macadam Highways.


taees OF Macadam Highways.
Elijah Carel, who owns farms In
Jackson and Clay counties, Mo-, is
very much in favor of rock roads.
He lives three miles west OF Blue
Springs on macadam highway and
says it is hard to estimate their value
to farmers.
"If I were going to buy another
farm in Clay county would pay $50
an acre more for the same land on a
rock road than away from that kind
of a road" Mr.. Carel said. IF Clay
county farmers once lived on rock
road and realized its worth to them
they would not hesitate to pay $40 an
acre for the Improvement. Over in
Jackson county we can haul big loads
to market at any time when the mar
kets are the highest and when we
could not get there at all on dirt roads.
1t is great satisfaction and a pleas
ure, too, to know that we can get over
the roads well at any time we may de-
sire to go. When the Clay county
farmers get rock roads their only re-
greet will be that they didn't get them
sooner"
Mr.. Carel paid $50 an acre for his
farm of 100 acres in Jackson county
five years ago and has refssed $125
an acre several times for 1t since. He
believes 1t is easily worth $3.50 an
acre because of the rock road. All Of
which is some different from 500 in
Clay county-the same distance from
Kansas City.