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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Get Exnert ADVICE.

One OF two bits of counsel in re-
gard to good roads building cannot
be too often emphasized. In the first
place, never proceed without expert
advice. In some sections Of the South
the movement for better highways
has been set back a full generation
because of ignorance and consequent
wastefuiness in the use of road funds.
Get your State Highway Commission
er, your State Geologist,6 OR some Off
cial of your State Department of Agri-
culture, to advise you as to what sort
of road Improvement policy you
should advocate. Many counties are
too poor to build macadam roads as
yet, especially where stone for macad-
amizing must be brought a great dis
lance. In such places the merits and
applicability of the sand-clay system
should be. considered. 1t is muchrless
expensive than macadam, and in hum
dreds Of counties in the. South is the
best system that can be adopted. And
On all clay roads, the split-log drag
should be regularly used.-Progres'
sive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
A wOOD
Dust having on EngIish Roads.

Dust Laying on English hoads.
The dust laying on English roads
promises soon to be G problem of the
past. 1t is being solved by develop
ments of road tarring. Two years ago
there we're thirty miles of tarred
roads in England; last year there
were 200 miles; there are now 1900
miles, and in two years you may ez-
pect 10000 miles. On these roads
the dust problem is absolutely killed.
Until recently what tarred roads
England had were nearly all short
lengths. Now long stretches have
been completed, such as from Coven-
try to London and from London to
Herne Bay. In many counties, nota-
bly, Hertfor6shire, Middlesex and
Kent, the advance has been rapid.
To-day England leads the world in
road Improvement. France comes
next. Five years ago the routes ma
tionales" in France were, as a whole,
superior to English roads as a whole,
although not equal to England's best.
To-day England is enormously ahead
even of France, and the work done in
other countries is comparatively
small.
Tar fresh from the gas works is to-
tally unsuitable for using on the
roads. It contains a proportion of
soluble.matter which washes out and
which, if it runs into streams, may
Kill fish and do other damage. The
ordinary tar splashes and Injuries
dresses, etc. These facts have caused
considerable neutrality-suspicious. against
tar preparations among many land
owners and country residents. Meth
DDS had to be found Of removing the
soluble matter without going to the
other extreme and making the coat
ing brittle. There r now various
ways of doing this.
The Roads Improvement Associa-
tons experiments showed that roads
can be made dustless by applying one
gallon of tar to every four superb
ciaI yards, costing about $500 a mile
for an average road. 1t was found
that satisfactory results could only
be had by giving much heavier dress
ings than were formerly considered
necessary.
This tar dressing so adds to the
we%ar-resisting qualities of the high
way that so far as can be nov seen It
will more than repay its cost by the
saving it effects in road maintenance.
Butrit is not possible to speak finally
on this point until the tarred roads
have been laid down for q longer PEI
riod.-Chicagos Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Raltimorc,s Horse Heaven.

Baltimore is about to open it's rest
farm or fresh-air home for horses un-
der the management of the Animal
Refuge Association. 1t is a charit-
able enterprise, as only the horses Of
poor cabmen and hucksters, who are
unable to care for their animals when
they become i'll, will be received at
the farm. These men are forced to
let their horses suffer, and oftentimes
to sell them when they are unfit for
work. When the horse of a poor
owner becomes i'll now he has only to
notify the Animal Refuge Association,
and for So a month his horse will be
taken to the farm, where it can revel
in clover and forget the hot and dusty
streets and the rough cobblestones
until it is well.-New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Storing Cabbage.

Various methods of storing winter
cabbage are used with good success.
| The late flat Dutch is the best keeper
that can be grown, and it can be kept
in a great variety of ways without
material losses. When cabbages are
! grown on a large scale storage houses
are designed and built especially for
the purpose. These houses are usual
ly constructed with double walls, with
sawdust in between them. Many
| growers store them in cellars, barns
or dig trenches into the ground and
cover them up with oak leaves or
straw. Burying is the best plan with
some, and there is no better way to
preserve cabbage in a fresh, crisp COLI
dition. When burying,, an excellent
plan is to line up on the surface of
the ground three rows of heads,
turned upside down, either pulling or
cutting the heads close to the ground.
I prefer the latter method, as it is
much more pleasant to handle the
crop when there is no dirt to contend
with. After lining UP the rows, plac-
ing the heads close together, with a
team and pillow draw Two burrows,
throwing the soil as much as possible
on the cabbage. Then give them the
finishing touch with shovels. placing
about six to eight inches of soil on
the heads.
After the ground is frozen to the
depth of an inch or two, cover with
straw or leaves to the depth of eight
inches Or more. We have followed
this plan with good success. If the
ground is well drained and the cab
bage are sound when buried, not a
head will be lost. And the fat Dutch
will require very little trimming
when dug up. The cabbages which
are sold early in the winter are stored
in the cellar and barns. When stored
in a building ventilation must be CIV
en-, and it is best not to store too many
in one, bulk. 1t is a mistake to delay
harvesting the winter crop until the
leaves have been frozen hard several
times, and when there is danger of
unbroken winter weather. In -our
latitude we do not consider it safe to
postpone harvesting later than the
first week in November. One thing
that I will add is, that if a few rats
happen to get into a trench filled with
cabbages they can do a lot of damage
between the time the cabbage are
stored until they are dug up again.
So this must be guarded against. 9th
erwise the grower will be the loser.
Five years ago we lost about $50
worth of cabbases by the rats being
in the trench all winter. and when we
were ready to dig up the %cabbages we
found nothing but leaves all rotted.
&C. A. Umoselle, in Southern Fruit
Grower.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
THE GUNNIsoN TUNNEL.
Facts About Gigantic Project 70
Reclamation of Arid Lands.

tacts About Gigantic PROJECT for
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
The Uncompahgre project, a the
opening of the Gunnison Tunnel, on.
the western slope Of the Colorado
Rockies, is known, will reclaim more
than 100000 acres Of land in the Un-
eompahgre Velley. Water from the
Gunnison River is diverted through
8 six-mile tunnel, under a 2,0e0-foot
mountain, to make the reclamation
possible. The cost of constructing the
tunnel and the necessary canals was
nearly $4,G9O,0OO. This valley has
been demonstrated to be n Of the
greatest places in the world for the
raising of fruit, as well as less fancy
crops. The work on this tunnel was
begun In February, 1905, and COM
pleted this year. The carrying ca
paeity Of the Gunnison Tunnel is l.
800 cubic feet a second. The water
is taken from the bottom of the Gun
nison River and goes through this
concrete tunnel--a solid body nine
feet high and ten and one-half feet
wide. TIE Uncompahgre River bed
is used for the main flow of the wa
ter from the Guhnison, and there are
east and west canals, watering both
sides of the valley. These canals arc
built along the extreme edges of the
mesas, and thus will bring practical
ly the entire arabic ares of the valley
under irrigation. The government
also has secured the rights to exist
ing bitches in the valley, so that prac-
tically the entire Uhcompahgre sys-
tenn will be, under government con
troll. The cost of the project will
come out of the land reclaimed. 1t
is estimated that the cost of water
rights under the Gunnison Tunnel
will be about $35 an acre, which will
be divided into ten payments, at the
will of the purchaser. Unlike most
government projects, there will be
very little demonstrating" in the
valley, as most Of the land was taken
mp years ago. There is a small amount
of available land in the area reclaim
ed, but most of it is owned privately,
and will be sold outright to prospec-
tive settlers, thus doing away with
the five years residence clause of tho
homestead act. So. 40 09.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
A Good Roads DIVIDEND.

The county of Sullivan, Tennessee,
Is building turnpikes. A dispatch
from Bristol tells of the sale of a
farm in. Sullivan County for upward
of $4,000. Before the building of
'turnpikes the farm would have sold
at not more than half that amount.
The place was put up at auction and
sold to the highest bidder. There is
nothing to account for the Increase in
value, aside from the fact that Sulli-
van County now has good roads where
formerly it had bad roads.-Louis,
Vile Courier-Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Bound to Get II.

They were coming home from CO.
ney. Thelconductop came by, handed
ten cents change to the man out of
the quarter and gave three transfers
to him.
What's the third fon?'" asked the
woman.
The man loo:,ed amazed. He
looked also at the ten cents out OF the
quarter. He ran to the conductor
and grabbed him by the coattail.
There was q hurried explanation and
he came back again.
He charged me for that child who
sat back of us" he cried in amaze
ment. What do you think of that?
JUS picked me out as owning the
child and made me pay his fare. I
just caught him in time" = New
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
THE DIFFERENCE
Coffee Usually Means Sickness but
Postum Always Means Health.

#H#|"s
Those who have never tried the
experiment of leaving of coffee and
drinking Postum in its place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the expert
ence Of others who have made the
trial.
One who knows says: 81 drank
coffee for breakfast every morning
until / had terrible attacks Of indi-
gestion producing Gays Of discomfort
and nights of sleeplessness. I tried
to give up the use of coffee entirely
but found it hard to go from hot
coffee to a glass OF water. Then l
tried Postum.
ut was good and the effect was so
pleasant that l soon learned to love
It and have used it for several years.
I improved Immediately after l left
of coffee and took on Postum and am
now entirely cured of my indigestion
and other troubles, all Of which were
due to coffee. / am now we'll and
c~ontented and all because l changed
from coffee to Postum.
Postum is much easier to make
right every time than coffee for it is
SO even and always reliable. We
never use coffee now in u family.
we use Postum and are always we'll"
There's a reason" and it is proved
by trial.
Loob in pkgs. for a copy OF the
famous little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE"
Eyer read the above letter: A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, ind full of human
interest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
CASE OF PRACTICAL POLITICS In AN IOWA TOV
,ol;,:ao, ~ saou +our Democratic LADDERS oloon,;ly t.Witl

A political Office in a small town
in Iowa vas vacant. The office paid
two hundred and fifty dollars a year,
and there was keen competition for
it. The Democratic candidate, Ezekiel
Hicks, was q shrewd old fellow, and
a neat campaign fund was turned
over to him. To the establishment Of
all, however, he was defeated. ~
can't account for it," said one of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
RASH ALL OVER BoY's BODY.
Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on
Little SufFercr-A Score of Treat
mcnts Prove Dismal Failures
Cure Achieved by C%uticura.

My little boy had an awful rash al! over
his body and the docto' said it was eczema.
II was terrible and used to water awfully.
ANY place the water went it would form
another sore and it would become crustcd.
A score or more physicians failed utterly
and dismally in their efforts to remove the
trouble. Then | was told to use the Cuti-
cura Remedies. | got a cake of Cuticara
Soap, n box of Cuticura Ointment and a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and before
we had used half the Rcsolvent | could
see a change in him. In . oout W months
he was entirely well. Geo-g L. Lambert,
l3s West Centre St., Mahanoy City, Pa,
Sept. &c and Nov. 4, 1907
Potter Drug g. Chem. Corp, Sole Propa
of Cuticuru Remedies. BostLI. Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Her Transformation.

Irene was q lit:le street waif. A
lad hearted woman called her into
Ter home one day, gave her 4 bath,
brushed her hair and arranged it be-
comirgly, tying it with a clean pretty
ribbon; then stepped back to view the
result. A friend who was present
remarked that there was such a
change one would scarcely know that
1t was the same child. Then the
little girl spoke UP timidly. "But my
names Irene yet. amt it?"-Dclin-
ator
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Cold Comfort.

In a country store a young boy was
under discussion by the cracker-bar-
rel committee. Jones had just re-
marked, "That boys a regular fool.
He don't know nothing; he don't
know enough to come in when it
rains" Then he discovered the boys
father, who had overheard the re-
mark, and, wishing to appease him.
he said, "Wall, Sam, t amt your
fault. You Learned him all You
knew. November Lippincott S.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Wouldn't Be Fair.

"Why don't you try to drive that
horse without prcfanity7" remarked
the shocked parson.
sit wouldn't do no good" answer
ed the canal boatman. "It amt fair
ito the 'orse to ask it to start at its
time o. life to learn q lot o. polite
words"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

Demoeratlc leaders gIoomlIy. With
that money, we should have won. How
did you lay it out, Ezekiel9"
"Well," said Ezekiel slowly, pull
ing his whiskers, Eyer see, that Of
flee only pays two hundred and fifty
dollars a year salary. an 1 didn't see
no n in payin' nine hundred dol
lars out to get the office, so 1 just
bought me a little truck-farm in
stead. November Lippincott's
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

td1uly VoAo Wo
world of good and
I cannot praise it
enough. 1 suffered
omirregularitie
dizziness nervous
ness, and a severe
female trouble.
aE.Pinlkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfect
health and kept me
tha ~OnpratiDP
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Field Selection of Seed Corr, and To.
bacco Seed.

Selecting seed corn in the field is
far better than selecting simply the
best ears in the bin in spring, provfG-
ing the selection is wisely done. The
difficulty in the general field crop is
that the plants that we find there
which come near our ideal Of what a
corn plant should be, will have mad
most Of their grain set by the pollen
from inferior stalks all around them,
and the resulting crop will rarely fol-
low the type Of the plants the seed
searle from. Still, by selecting seed
from prolific plants that have ears
hanging down from a short but slen-
der stem, we will be more apt to get
a prolific corn than by taking the big
snowy ears in the bin, for they are
the single ears on the plant and usu-
ally borne high up from the ground.
and. you will get q far better yield
from ears selected from ideal plants,
yer if the ears are not SO snowy as
those you would take in the bin.
But now Is the time to determine
that another season you will plant a
patch by itself for seed, and will see
that no barren stalk, Or ungainly
plant with an ear out of reach. shall
ripen pollen. Then by taking seed
from the best plants YOU will have
them set by the best pollen only.
Practice this for a few years, taking
the very best for a new seed patch
and the next best for the crop. and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Cautious.

Callcr-I would like to see some
thing in the way of a check.
Tailor-Er-yes-eXcuse mc-are you
a customer or a bill collector?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

table. I will never be without this
medicine in the houseJ"-Mrs. SAML
LEE, 1923 Fourth ST., Louisville, KY.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Car suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and I dreaded it almost as
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA v.
HENRY, r. F. d. 8.
Thirty years of. unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vel
ume of unsolicited testimonyconstant-
ly pouring in proves conclusiyely that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
30 many women suffer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Scttius

1t is AL very nice to get a fall
growth if you can, but early setting
is very uncertain. and will leave many
blanks due to dry weather.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydiaE F. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Louisville, Ky.-aLydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has GER
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

If the average college student
would have fewer "fast' friends,
and moro "closef ones, the average
parent would bc better satisfied
November Lippincott IS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
The Cptimist.

"I'm sorry to hear your mule
died." I said to Happy Sam. "0h,
it's all right, boss" he returned re-
signcdly. ~ amt got no kick com
in. '-Novcr5cr Lippincott's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
The just man hateth lving.-Bible.

For II g;AE4Csa E-iEirh1rAPUDlNR
Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach or
Nervous Troubles. Capudinc will relieve you.
It's liquid pleasant 10 acts lmmedi-
ately. T.y Il. IUc.. a5c. aud 5Gc. at drug
stD "a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

The strongest things are.in danger
from the weakest.-Addison.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

The timid never erect a trophy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

moro goods brighter ami rasiet ctsory than any othor dive. {
,an dye my garment without ripping apart Write for FREQ boo
Amador ledger., 1909-02-19
Making Good.

There is no way OF making lostfno
friends like making Good;" and Doctor
Pierce's medicines we'll exemplify This
and their friends, after more than two
decades OF popularity, are numbered bv
the hundreds of thousands. Tbev bayss
"made good" and they have not made
drunkards.
A good, honest, square deal medicine of
known composition Is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. IL still enjoys an i'm
mense sale, while most Of the prepara-
tlons that have come into promfnence in
the earlier period of its popularity have
Wgone by the board and are never moro
heard OF. There must be some reason for
this longtime popularity and that Is to
be found in its superior merits. When
once given fair trial for weak stomach.
or for liver and blood affections. its sumo,
rlor curative qualities are soon manifest.
hence it has survived and grown in pop,
ular favor, while scores of less meritorio,is
articles havo suddenly flashed into favor
for brief period and then been as soon
forgotten.
For torpid liver with its attendant
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache. per
haps dizziness, foul BREATH nasty coated
tongue, with bitter taste, loss of appetite.
with distress after eating, nervousness
and debility, nothing is so good as Or,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's
an honest, square-deal medicine with ali
iOo 5iSNiDhpo plillbtu VII DObble-WrHDDpr
= no secret, no hocus-pocus bumbnr.
therefore don't accept substitute that
the dealer may possibly make little big
ger profit. Insist on your right to have
what you call for.
Don't buy DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrlp.
tion expecting 1t to prove ocure-all." II
is only advised for woman's special all |
ments. 1t makes weak women strong and
sick women well. Less advertised than
some preparations sold for like purposes, |
Its sterling curative virtues still maintain |
Its position in the front ranks, where il |
stood over two decades ago. AS an in |
vigorating tonic and strengthening nery- |
Inc it is unequaled. 1t won't satisfy those |
who want "booze," for there is not drop |
of alcohol in it.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the o1ioi-
nal Little Liver Pills, although the first
pill of their kind in the market, still lead.
and when once tried are ever afterwards |
In favor. Easy to take as candy-one to
three a, dose. Much initiated but neueT
eQLdIed.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-19

painted on great. rolling clouds. So
real, so vivid was 1t that she broke
down and sobbed in uncomfortable
emotion. After returning to her
home she wrote It out, and her hus-
band being absent she read it to her
two little boys, respectively eight and
ten years of age. They both sobbed
violently and the youngest cried out:
ooh mamma. slavery is the most
cursed thing in the world"
From these experiences came at
last the bouk.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-19
Sheep Ordinance Case is Reversed

The case of the County of Mono Us.
James l.. Default ct al which was
decided against the county by Judge
Wells was reversed by the appellate
court on the nth Of January of this
year, with Instructions to enter iudg-
ment in favor of the county.
This was an important case involv-
ing what is known as the "Sheep Or
dinance.
Pat r. Parker. district attorney and
W. O. Parker of counsel, we're the at
torneys for the county, and Mr. Olaf
lin Of Bakersfield represented the de.
fendants.
District attorney Parker went down
and argued[the case before the APP
pellate court on the 18th of January,
1902 1t will be seen that it took but
few days to render a decision. -
Bridgeport Chronicle Union.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-19
Many Sleepless Nights, Owing to a
Persistent Cough. Relief Found
AT Last.

"tor several winters past my wife
mas been troubled with a most per-
sistent aud dlsagreeable cough, which
invariably extended over period of
several weeks and caused her many
sleeless nights" " writes viii j. Hay
ner, editor of the Burley, Colo, Bul-
ietIn. "VaIious remedies we're tried
each year, with no beneficial results.
IN NoVemb ber last the cough again put
in an appearance and my wife. acting
on the suggestion of a friend. pur-
chased bottle of chamberlain s
cough remedy. The result was, in
deed. marvellous. After three doses
the cough entirely DISAPPEARED and has
not manifested istelf since. " This
remedy is for sale by jackson Drug
Store, Spagnoli, prop.