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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-29
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

TO RENT-six room tenement on Cottage St
Inquire Of E. T. ODDS, IA Washington street.
CITY. 19stt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-29
UNDERW WEAR

We study the Underwear question and appreciate the
different requirements of different Some
wool nothing Others wouldn't and coudn wool
all So provide the best in all the different kinds Of
Underwear. Mercerzed Cotton, Merno Natural Wool,
Lambs WOOL Linen Mesh splendid values at soc, 81 to
81 Every and shape fit usual unusual sizes Tn
ion UnderwearWeve got the Munsing Peerless and Lin
to So so the suit Childfens Underwear Csc and SOC.
Munsing Union Suits for soc and ST. Youths Munsng
Union Suits 50 and ST. The that always troubled
getting satisfactory Underwear be relieved here Fur
Coats TO rent.
The Frank McWHaOrEor Company
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
Telephone
Blanchard Block Outhte
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Min;st.. Slaya Minister.

At Russ, remote town in LaOlede
county, Missouri, on Monday Rev.
Martin D. johnson shot and killed
Rev. Solomon Odell, Johnson is the
Baptist minister of the neighborhood.
Odell was Presbyterian preacher of
Russ.
The men quarreled over business
matters. johnson is president of the
LaClcde County Telephone company.
Odell represented the Farmers Tele'
phone company, rival.
A meeting was held in the postoffice
at Russ on Monday looking to COM
bination of the two companies, john
son says that Odell made a remark
about him and later they met on the
street and agreed to settle their diff
ference then and there. Odell was
removing his coat when johnson fired
the fatal shot. Johnson then fled.
Next day he returned and gave him
self up.
Columbia has presented an official
invitation to the c., G. & 0. Railroad
to enter that city.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington.
Court of Common Pleas.
0. Steele, Plaintiff,
against
William Chestnut, Defendant.
Summons for Relief.
Complaint Served.)
To the Defendant Aboye named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in this
action, of which q copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve a copy OF
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscribers at their Office, at Lex
ington, S. c., within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive Of the day
of snch service; and if you fail to an
swer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the Complaint
Dated February 25. A D 1909.
GRAHAM>& STURKIE,
Plaintlff't Attorneys.
To the Defendant William Chestnut:
Take notice that the Summons and
Complaint in the above entitled case
were duly filed in the office Of the
Clerk OF Cont of Lexington County at
Lexington. S. c., OH the 9Th Cay Of
March, 1908
GRAHAM & STURKIE,
Gw25 Piaintiff's Attorneys.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,


Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner Of the firm Of F. J.
Cheney & Co. doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, aud that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot ba cured by the use Of HalPs
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th dav of December,
a. D. 1886. \. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
]y, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Notice to OVerseers.

All overseers are required by law to
work the hands not less than six days
nor more than twelve days III each year
on their respective sections OF the pub
lie roads. Therefore, those having
served as overseers for the past two
wears and failed tc work their hands
the time required, are not exempt them
selves from road duty. All overseers
appointed hereafter, viii! be required to
put in time in accordance with the law.
They will also be required to look after
the bridges on their sections.
By order of Board of County Com
1nissioners.
L. !. LANGFORD,
4w2l Supervisor Lexington County.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
They Don't Speak Now.

"You love lors rambles in the coun-
try" asked the girl in the white
sweater.
Eyes, indeed" responded the young
man in the green hat with the purple
band and buckled shoes. 'When I 90
out in the country all nature seems to
smile"
"Gracious. I don't blame her. 1t is
a wonder she doesn't laugh outright"
New York Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
No Wonder.

Mother (viciouslv scrubbing her
small boys fSce with soap and water)
johnny, didn't l tell you never to
blacken your face with burnt cork
again? Here | have been scrubbing
half an hour. ard it won't come off.
Boy (bctwecn gulps)-I. uch-ain't
your little hoy-uch: is Nose, de col
ored lady's boy.-Judge.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Teachers Examination.

All teachers and others desiring to
teach will please take notice that te
teachers examination will be held
at Lexington on Friday, May 14th,
beginning at 9 a. m.
Please do not forget the date asyou
should not miss an opportunity to get
a certificate. 1t is absolutely essen
tial that you should have one.
Respectfully,
A. D. Martin,
Co. Supt. Education.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
NOTICE..

By order Of the Supervisor, notice is
hereby given to all parties that all
claims against Lexington County must
hereafter be filed in the Supervisor 9
office by Saturday morning before each
first Monday Of the month in order to
insure consideration and approval on
the first Monday.
L. .LANGFORD.
4w23 Supervisor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
No Kick Coming.

Hostess-How did You sleep?
Guest-Splendid. The bed may be
awful and the general conditions al!
wrong, but it never makes any diff
ference to mel always sleep like a
loc.-New York Life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31

We have just received a new lot of
garden seed, direct from the best seed
growers in the United States. Get
YOUR seeds here. The Razaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Every Woman Will
Be Interested.

# you have pains in the back, Uri-
nary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Aus
tralian- Leaf. 1t is safe and never
failing regulator. At Druggists or by
mail 90 cts. Sample package Free. Ad-
dress, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy,
N Y
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Land For Sala.

Ten acres splendid farming land,
suitable for good truck or one-horse
farm, with four-room dwelling, To-
Gated in Lexington, for sale at low
figures. Apply at this office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31

The town OF Westminster has issued
S., 600 worth of bonds with which to
add an auditorium to he high school
building.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
An Excloded Theory.

81 have heard it said that only in
tellectual people have hay fever"
"Oh. there's no truth in that theory.
My husband suffers terribly with it,
Minneapolis Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
At the Scance.

Widower-Is that my wife?
Medium-It certainly is.
Widower-Lord help me! Ten tons
of granite couldn't hold her down.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Comcs!led to Eccncmiz..

Compelled to Economic.
"Iow much is Dustin StaX worth:'
'IIe doesn't know exactly. He's SO
rich he doesn't feel able to afford
enough expert accountants to figure it
out" ."-Washington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Final Discharge.

This is to notify all persons that | will
apply to the Hon. Geo S. Drafts, Judge
of Probate for Lexington County, South
Carolina, on the End day of April, 1909.
for final discharge as administrator
of tue estate of Jensie Hall, deceased.
James Hall,
4W22 Administrator.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

County of Lexington.
By Geo. S. Drafts, ESQ, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, Samuel J. Leaphart
made suit to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration with will annexed)
of the Estate of and effects of Samuel
P. Caughman.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred al |
creditors of the said Sam'l P. Caugh.
man, deceased, that they be and appear,
before me, in the Court of Probate, to be
held at Lexington, G. H., S., c., ON 3rd
April 1909, next, after publication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under, my hand, this 10 day
of March, Ammo Domini 1909.
GEO. s DRAFTS, Il. S.
Probate Judge, Lexington County s.. G.
Published on the Oath day of March
1909, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2w22
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31

IF yer don't be 4 good child and
have yer milk III Civ it to the gentle
man.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
And save your he alth.
FINAL DISCHARGE.

This is to notify all persons that I
will apply to the Hon. Geo. S. Drafts,
Probate Judge for Lexington County.
South Carolina, on the Goth day of
April, 1909, for final discharge as ad-
ministrator of the estate Of j. A. Rlster,
deceased.
NJ. L RlSTER,
4w24 Administrator.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-31
Two Elections Have
South Carolina.

We still have plenty of the famous Pttsburg Perfect
Wire Fence for all purpose You will find prices
exactly rieh1
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16

ance to traction.
80. 1t should be hard and durable to
resist wear and disintegration.
~. 1t should afford a good foothold for
horses.
20. 1t should be adapted to all grades
IS. 1t should suit every class of traffic
81 1t should yield neither dust nor mud
rs. 1t should be easily cleaned.
80. 1t should be noiseless.
40. 1t should be cheap.
sit Is obvious that a road covering
that will meet all these requirements is
difficult. If not impossible to find; and
in selecting a material for surfacing q
given road we should select the one that
will satisfy the most important require
ments for the case in hand.
For city streets the more expensive
pavements. as sheet asphalt, bitulithic.
granitoid, granite blocks, or brick have
usually been adopted. For suburban
streets and the streets OF towns and
villages and for the great majority of
rural highways, macadam or gravel has
been most frequently employed. For the
less important country roads the natural
soil. with perhaps the admixture of some
foreign material IS usually so treated as
to meet the requirements as well as pos
sible.
I'm travelling over the country roads in
Alabama and other southern states T. am
impressed with the fact that those who
have had charge of the location of our
roads have so frequently violated the
fundamental principles of road location.
They have commonly employed grades OF
from 10 to 10 per cent and even sleeper,
when a location with even better align
ment could have been secured with a
maximum grade of per cent or less.
Improvements of the road surface will not
be effective in increasing the loads that
can be hauled unless the grade is at the
same time reduced.
I'VE sometimes see good hard smooth
roads built upon grades that offer many
times the resistance that the road surface
itself does. 1t is easily seen that even
If we could entirely eliminate the re-
sistance of the road surface we cannot
increase the load beyond that which the
horses can pull up the frictionless in
cline. For this reason the first work in
the Improvement of road should be to
relocate the road where necessary to Inn
prove the alignment and grade to con-
form to the standard previously deter
mined upon.
Most of our public highways are so
fixed in their present positions that it is
difficult. If not indeed impossible, to
change them. There are many others now
being improved that the county officials
ought to have relocated, but they fall
to do so because the new rights of way
will cost something.
1T am firmly convinced that the three
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16

in mind and make our roads approach
the ideal as nearly as possible with the
means at our command. If the persons
using the roads would pay in the form of
taxes only a 1.-THE of the amount saved in
the cost of hauling by reason of the mi
provement of the roads, there would ac-
crue annually a sum that would pay in
terest and sinking fund on bonds suffi-
cient to permanently improve all of our
main highways The less important l''4ds
could be relocated where necessary, pro-
vided with proper drainage, and put il
such shape by improvement of the natural
soil that as heavy loads as desirable can
be hauled over them.
1.-THE greatest invention that has ever
been given to the world is the wheel, and
its inventor was probably the greatest
engineer that ever lived. In order that
mankind may derive the greatest benefit
from the use of wheels in transporta ton
it is necessary that we provide for them
a hard, smooth traclSway on which they
may run with the least possible resist
ance.
THE total resistance to traction in
drawing a load mounted on wheels is
made up of three distinct elements: %
The friction of the axles; % the resist
aDce of the road surface due to the
wheels sinking into tho road surface and
the rut; 80 the resistance due to grades.
The last two only need be considered,
as the first Is entirely independent of
the road, and dependent only on the CON
struction of the vehicle and the efficiency
Of fabrication.
THE resistance of the road surface is
partly due to the size of the wheels and
the width of tires, but principally upon
the character of the road surface. This
resistance is technically expressed by the
ratio of the horizontal pull necessary to
move a given load on the level road to
the load moved, and this ratio is known
as the co-efficient of resistance of the
road surface In question.
THE road covering or pavement must
perform three distinct functions: d. To
provide an impervious covering to pro-
tect the natural soil from the effects of
moisture; 90 to act as a beam in dis
tributing the concentrated wheel loads
over such an area of the natural soil
that 1t may bear them with yielding; go
to provide a smooth surface on which
the force of traction may be reduced to
the least possible amount, and over which
vehicles may be drawn with expedition
and safety at all seasons of the year.
ITO these primary functions of the road
covering the varying character of the
traffic add a number of incidental re-
quirements. Hence for an ideal road
covering 1t is required:
Il. 1t should be impervious.
''2. 1t should offer the minimum resist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
EXPORTS OF OIL
ON THE INCREASE

Washington, October 15.-Mineral oil
was one of the few products Of the
United States which showed an increase
in its exports during the year ending
June 80, last, the year being one of
declining exports in our trade. as q
whole according to a report just issued
by the bureau of statistics.
The increase in mineral oil was over
100, 100000 gallons with an increase in
value of nearly s2.ooo,0o0. Since the prod
uct began to be an article of export
about half a century ago more than 81
COO 0O0, 900 worth has been exported
The production of oil in the United
States has increased eightfold since 1879.
In 1875 the entire production of the United
States was 100000 barrels, less than that
of the state Of Texas in 1908.
Mineral oils exported the last fiscal year
were valued at 100000 which was
about double those of a decade earlier
and treble those of 1880. Prices prevail
ing In 1909, however, were materially less
than those of the earlier years. The
values Of exports has increased 1875 per
cent since 1880. but the gain In quantity
has been 26s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
EIks Carnival,

Decatur, October -(Special)-Decatur
is expecting large crowds next week to
visit the carnival to be given all week by
the Decatur Lodge of EllSs. All the ar
rangements have been made and 1t is an
ticipated that this will be one of the big
gest weeks Decatur has ever seen. The
attractions for the carnival will be fur
nished by ]. Frank Hatch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
Woodmen Hold Rally.

Huntsville, October 15.-(SpeciaL)-
The Woodmen Of the World held a rally
at the fair grounds yesterday. Visitors
were welcomed by Frank J. Thompson
and an address on Woodcraft was delv-
cred by w. A. Lovett of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
GOING TO ATLANTA?

$500 round trip Seaboard-
way. Shortest, quickest, best.
On sale October 18th to Goth.
Confidentially it's the ION
Time Line"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16

Football colors will be sold
at Fair Grounds today by
ladies of Pratt City M. E.
church, south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

This Penry-Cook dispute but follows
in the logical order of things Ameri-
can. and our wonder would be greater
had its frc not been kindled. From
It's very discovery, ours has been land
OF controversy. Pain and anguish have
cursed the birth Of its every great
epoch. ard its every cpoch.maker has
had 70 return from his goal through
aames of calumny infuriatcd by temp
csts Of envy. II would seem to be the
law Of fate that cpochs. like men,
should iuHict agony in their travail.
Columbus-Vespucci Case
Tho very discovery itsclf-thc first
finding CT our continent-startcd con
trovcrsy which waxcd bitterly over the
centuries that followed. Malice, mis-.
representation. the felon's chains
(Which be termed "a memento Of the
gratitude Of princes ~; prison cell
ard n psuper's deathbed were not his
only rewards for unlocking the gateway
of the long hidden world beyond the
seas. In 1893. after his trumphal re-.
turn TO Spain. where he announced his
discover OF the outlying island of
America. Columbus met IN Seville one
Amerigo Vespucci. a fellow Italian.
but very wealthy merchant, fifteen
wears his Junior. Amerigo, after
eouippinp the fleet which Columbus
used on his thrd voyage, set out from
Spgin himself. aud, returning III loo,
proclaimed himself the real discovercr
OF the new world. whose mainland he
claimed 10 have reached In the spring
% 1897.
This discovery was set forth in let
ter published TEN years later in Lor-
raine. in book suggesting that Amer
igo should give his name to the new
world, and. in pursuance of THIS ad,
vice, the vast continent, which should
have been called Columbia, was mis-
named America. Later the wise doc
tors were called TO consult over the
ease of the newly named infant, and
they decided that AmcrigO could rot
have reached our mainland IN ll9E
Amerigo was then charged with dclIb-
crate Justification, and doubt was thus
thrown upOn the remainder OF his mar
rative, until his partisans were con.
tent TO merely defend his character and
ascribc the Inconsistencies of his clalms
to errors of translators and copyists.
who. like the newspaper reporters Of
today, were made the scapegoatS when
great men found that they had made
foolish claims. But even with Amcri-
20 eliminated from the field, Columbus
was not left with the honor OF having
first discovered the mainland of Amcri
ca, for the wise geographers of the
world awarded the credit for this
honor to that man Of mystery, John
Cabot, data Of whose birth. nativity
and death historians have never been
able TO find in the records of the past
New York's Discovery Disputed
Although we have just paid generous
tribute 10 Henry Hudson rs the dis
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
EQUAL FRANCHISE SOClETY-ETS OBJECT

NEW YORK. Orj. l6.-Nlrs. Clarence
II. Mackay, having been asked to define
the purposes and the position of the
EQUAL Franchise society, OF which she
is the president, has given out the fol.
lowing statement for publication:
'The purpose of the Equal Franchise
society is to promote the welfare of
women by securing the national state
and local electoral franchise for women
because the Equal Franchise society be-
lievcs in tho political and civil equality
of men and women. The electorate
should represent the whole naiiOn, and
Il system of government under which
one half of the nation are disiranchised
is not truly representative national
system. We arc inviting people 10 he.
come members of our society in order
to contribute 10 the advancement Of
public education by the promotion of
our cause We feel chat in order TO
secure the cntrarchs"meut of women,
it is not necessary for MS to initiate
methods which are being used in other
countries American manhood has al
WAYS treated American wonauhood in
such Il way rs To make us feel that we
shall ultimately achieve our aim without
sepsaJionalsm.
~ will not ipdorsc Inc militant
methods. II has bceu repeatedly said
TO me by men in public life and men in
private lite thnu when women Of the
United states unite in demanding the
vote they will get it. And ! think that
is perfectly true. and that. therefore.
what is needed 20 further the suffrage
cause IS 80 give all sorts aud kinds of
women The opportunity of listening TO
speakers who will explain inst what the
suffrage VIII mean 10 MS all Most of
The men ! have met are apparently
willing 30 cooperate with lis, and have
listened 10 what we have said with
courtesy and consideration. II has not
seemed necessary in the past, and | do
not think il win be necessary IN the