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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
Good Roads and Population.

The slump in population in Mis-
souri, never touched those counties
which are enjoying the advantages
of system of good roads. The
Kansas City Star has been making
an analysis of the census figures and
it finds that "the decrease in rural
population was confined to those
counties that have been least in
clined to improve their roads" That
is as might have been expected.
According to the Star there are
nine counties in Missouri which have
a mileage of improved roads Of more
than 100 miles. These counties and
the mileage in each are as follows ::
Cape Girardeau, $50; Gasconade,
200; Jasper, 1853; Jackson, outside of
Kansas City, $780, st. Louis, outside
of the city of st. Louis, 41O; Frank
lin, 200; Perry, lao, and Pike, lao.
The population increased in all these
counties and the aggregate of in
crease was 39,667. The figures in
clude only the country districts In
the counties in which st. Louis and
Kansas City are located. The in
crease, therefore, cannot be attrl0u-
ted to the growth Of these two big
cities.
But the Star offers further evi-
dence There are four other coun-
ties where there has been systematic
effort for road improvement. In no one
of these counties Is the mileage as
much as 100 miles, but 1t is SUFFICIENT
to show the effects of good roads.
The counties are Boone, Marion,
Rails and Greene, and their aggre-
gate increase Of population Is 49,
That is not all, for the increase has
been most notable i'm Greene, which
has been the most active of all OF
them in promoting the building or
macadam highways. The increase I'm
Greene alone was 1918. Here 1s the
conclusion the Star draws after an
alyzing the census returns
THE decrease, that sure sign OF
stagnation, in Missouri's rural popu-
lation is certainly to be laid at the
doors of those counties and COM
munities that are of the hold-back,
no-use-for-improvem kind. The
figures show it. No one cares to set
tie nowadays where there are no
roads but mud roads and where there
is no spirit to improve them"
The Missouri census has supplied
convincing and powerful argument
in favor of good roads. 1t is an OBJ
ject lesson that should have a good
effect in Missouri and elsewhere
Courier Journal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
DATIFICATION NOTICE.

N@AAH"ASAAAOlN INOkASLs
In the Orphans Court of Carroll
County.
October Term, 1910.
Estate Of Jacob Sharrer Of Joseph, decd.
On application, it is ordered, this
18th day of November, 1910, that the
sale of real estate of Jacob Sharrer
Of Joseph, late Of Carroll county, de-
ceased, made BY Daniel ID. Sharrer and
J. Milton Reifsnider, Executors OF
the last will and testament of said de-
ceased, and this day reported to this
Court by the said Executors, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause be shown
to the contrary on or before the Ord
Monday, 10Th day Of December, next;
provided acopy of this Order be inserted
for three successive weeks in some news
paper printed and published in Carroll
county, before the End Monday, 18th day
of December, next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $65O0.OO.
JOHN e. ECKENRODE,
WILLIAM L RICHARDS, Judges.
ROBERT N. KOONTZ,
rue copy, Test:
WILLIAM ARTHUR,
nov 1S3 st Register of Wills.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
1e THIS PICTURE OvERDRAWN 2
rho Farmer Who Achieved Success,
Rut Never Really Lived.
rFrom the Atlantic Magazine.

rErom the Atlantic MagaZlne.l
IA lives in O. twO-story house facing
- mite near the road, and the front
H.u dow blinds are always closed. The
W. W. is neither cheerful nor inviting
pi+ there is a certain thrifty look
~ tort it-not exactly a look Of neat
Ho os Int an indescribable suggestion
L ne 7fsorphandedness. The farmer him.
u l,f ic getting old. He is weather
Soa+en wrinkled and tr1t1e st1tf 10
the Joints, but still able to work, and
10 does work Early and late he has
-rorked hard all of his life. Nor is ne
tbo only one on his farm who has done
thie. he has seen that his wife, his
.nne and his daughters have done the
oonnn thing. But if he has been a
.oorciless taskmaster, let us give him
tbo credit at least for this, that he
himsplf set the pace and kept the lead
Hn has been frugal as we'll as in
dnstrious Though he keeps cows
roam is a rarity on his table; and
Nth plenty of eggs in his storeroom
,'nrv few are ever used at home. He
rever thinks of dressing chicken for
bic own use-though he does now
and then have an old hen that has
laid out her litter" and with a flock
of sheep running in his pasture he
hardly knows the taste of mutton.
pork, potatoes and Indian meal form
The staples of his bill OF fare.
Where liz his wife You will find
her in the kitchen, for she liz AS tire
less a worker as her husband; lean.
Wrinkled sour-tempered. Where are
tho sons and daughters All gone;
for the young people do not linger
around such a homestead. The
daughters are teaching school and the
sons have salaried positions in the
city.
This old man, who started in life
with nothing, is now financially indie
nendent; his unremitting toll and
tenacity of purpose have brought him
to the goal he sought. But he has
never lived in the true sense of the
term, never had any recreation, never
known the joy of existence and has
deprived himself of the love and COM
nanionship of his children. Even in
his vocation he has kept aloof from its
more attractive features; treeplanting
or anything to beautify his estate
unless it be perhaps white paint, he
has never meddled with, and Of that
most fascinating Of all branches OF
agriculture, the scientific breeding OF
live stock, he has no knowledge. His
life is pathetic, as is the life of every
man who to the hardships and priva-
tons that fall unavoidably to his lot
adds others that are needless and OF
his own imposing.
Is the picture CverdraWn Surely
everyone who is at all familiar with
the rural districts can testify to its
faithfulness. The story of many an
otherwise attractive old cuntry home
stead is married by just such melan-
choly pictures of lives that seem bar
rem and meagre without cause, and
i'll which there was a daily sacrifice OF
precious things to false gods.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
ESCAPE i'm FALLS FROM HIGH
PLACES.
Recovery of Victims of Remarkable
Accidents Amazes English Physi-
clans.


On the ground that falls from great
heights, not necessarily fatal, are be-
coming SO frequent in these days of
aeroplaning, the Lancet, one Of the
foremost British medical periodicals,
refers in the current issue to a num-
Der of remarkable falls which have
been recorded. One of the cases cited
has to do with a man who recently
fell from the top Of Dover Cliff four
hundred feet high. He was picked up
insensible in about five feet of water
but his boots were off, and it is argued
that he must have retained conscious
ness after striking the water to have
pulled them off his feet.
Among classic English falls is men
toned that of "steeplejack" who i'll
1880 fell from the top of the Church
Of st. George in Bolton-1e-Moors to the
ground, a distance of one hundred
and twenty feet. The mans skull, so
it is authoratively affirmed, struck
some sheet lead on the earth and left
marks Of its impact on it, but, though
the fall was quite unbroken, the man
was only slightly injured and resumed
work in few days. Mons. ManZini,
q French observer, il referred to as
the authority concerning a remark
able fall which occurred in 1841.
The VICTIM" says the Lancet, was
a. tapissier who had been engaged in
putting UP the decorations ON the oc-
casion of the belated obsequies of Ma
poleOn i. in the lofty dome of the
Church Of the Invalides in Paris. When
busy moving a ladder on the top Of
a high scaffolding he overbalanced
himself, and in obedience to some OBJ
scure instinct jumped clear of the lad
der and the platform. He fell eighty
two feet, bounding in one place off
the roof of little dome, which caused
him to describe a second parabola in
the air, and land finally, feet first, on
the slate roof Of a samll sacristy.
Crashing through the states, he land
ed astride a rafter, where he was
found sitting, surprised but coherent,
for he was able to give his name and
address when asked for them. He
had no recollection Of this, and be-
came unconscious when put to bed
shortly afterward under the care of
the great Pasquier. His insensibility
lasted a very short time, and at the
end of a month he was we'll.
Mine years ago Professor Heirn,
the geologist of Zurich, described the
flood of thought that travelled his
mind during the typical Alpine fall.
He saw beautiful scenes and visions
of his past life as he fell and reflected
nationally on his death or the chance
of escape He felt no pain on strik-
ing the ground, but he heard thud,
which was the impact Of his own head
on a rock. Another Alpine faller
thought about his insurance and his
family.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25

SALE BILLS PRINTED ON SHORT
.,s NOTICE AT THIS OFFICE.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
DATIFICATION NOTICE.
In the Orphans Court OF Carroll
County.
0Pfnhnr Tnrpo 1010

In the Orphans Court OF Carroll
County.
October Term, 1910.
Estate of Francis w. Bish, deceased.
On application, it is ordered, this
14th day Of November, 1910, that the
sale Of real estate Of Francis w. Bish,
late of Carroll County, deceased, made By
Ida l.. Bish and Lille MI. Ware
hime, Executorices of the last will
and testament Of said deceased, and
this day reported to this Court by the
said Executorices, be ratified and con
firmed, unless cause be shown to the
contrary on or before the Bird Monday,
18th day of December next; provided
copy Of this order be inserted for three
successive weeks In some newspaper
printed and published il Carroll county,
before the End Monday, 18th day of
December, next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $825O.00.
JOHN z. ECKENRODE.
WILLIAM T.. RICHARDS, Judges.
ROBERT N. KOONTz.
True copy.-Test:
WILLIAM ARTHUR,
nov 1885, Register OF Wills.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-25
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE.
QUALIFICATION NOTICE.

QUALIFICATION NOTICE.
In the Orphans Court of Carroll
County.
October Term, 1910.
Estate of William I. Devries, deceased.
On application it is ordered, this 7th
day of November, 1910, that the sale Of
Real Estate of William L. Devries, late
Carroll Co., deceased, made by Henry
Newton Devries, Acting Executor of the
last will and testament Of said deceased,
and this day reported to this Court by the
said Executor, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause be shown to the contrary ON
or before the I'd Monday, 18th day of
December, next; provided copy of this
order be inserted for three successive
weeks in some newspaper printed and
published in Carroll county, before the
LIST Monday, 9Th day of December, next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $4,000.
JOHN z. ECKENRODE,
WILLIAM r. RICHARDS, Judges.
ROBERT N. KOONTZ,
True copy, Test:
William Arthur,
nov IL st Register of Wills.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-14
Two
 Drug Stores

Davis Brothers have purchased the Crocker Drug Store at Holtyille, and will conduct this in connection with their El Centro Drug Store.
 The advantages of buying for two stores are obyious-and the custo- mers will get the benefit.
 MT Baggott a registered pharma- firm will be at the Hotyllle store at all times, anC one member of the firm will be at the Holtyille stores most of the time.
 The patronage of East Side resi- dents is solicited for the Store un- der its new management.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-14
WATER STOCK AND WATER RIGHTS

matter of vital importance and future settlers of Imperial Valley is touched upon in communication from F. j.. Eddy stochoder of Mutual Water Co., Mo- in another column Right water acquired by appropriation and If appropriated claimed is not used bnefcay right to is acquired The settler that holds water stock for four feet and only feet has right the feet only The mutual company that has with the C. Company for the delivery of 100000 feet and actually receives and distributes but 100000 feet forfets sght 900 anyone else files upon uses il.
 Mr. Eddys idea that the land holder should be required
Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-14

hold stock only for that he wishes regardless the number of upon which he place it, and he adoption that plan would result the reclamation and cultivation of and the of all the water appropriated the perfection of right the entire amount of water tracted for by the mutual companies.
 Mr. Eddy makes reasonable prima facie for his plan If there valid objections to it, they should be stated and the question should be reed thoroughly by the question.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-05-14
HOT AIR DISSIPATED

waste of time to listen the gabbe of irresponsible who go about procamng their purpose to buy out The Press To settle the matter for all The Press is not for sale n any terms
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
Twelve Things To Do This MCDth.

(N Break all the land possible,
so as to have It ready when spring
comes. Plow deeply all clay soils.
(2) Keep the fire out of the fields;
do little more work, if necessary,
to get the trash worked into the
soil.
(3) Open up bitches, or make new
ones-the broad, shallow kind, =
strengthen up terraces, clean up
banks, fence rows, etc.
(4) Get stumps and brush out of
the fields; fill in the gullies.
(5) Look over the machinery and
see that it is ready for use. Ar
range now for the purchase of new
implements needed.
Co. Begin getting the horses and
mules ready for the spring rush;
put them to work by degrees; in
crease their feed gradually, groom
well once each day.
(7) Prepare the hot beds, if not
already i,one, and SOW tomatoes,
PEPPER, C. Sow cabbage, lettuce,
onion and radish seed. Plant peas
and early tomatoes.
(S) Get good seed of corn, cotton,
and other field crops ready for
planting. If there is any question
of their quality. test seeds for
vitality.
(N Fence off the lots for the
pigs and begin preparing pasture
rotation for them.
GOl Set the hens; clean out the
poultry houses; wnltewash; prepare
crops and brooders.
N1) Prune the fruit trees. If
you suspect San .josc scale, spray
with iime-sulphur solution.
(l2) Get the tobacco beds ready.
Sew only clean and heavy seed.-
Rr7eigh (N. c. ProNyssire Farmer
anR Ga.etfr.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
Notice..

We are receiving lot Of mail
orders for our crop mortgage
blank, gotten up to take the
place of the old lien on crop
from. We are glad to receive
these orders and have already
printed up several thousand
of the forms referred to, but we
must insist that the cash &C
company all mail orders. 1t
matters not how responsible
the party is, we cannot afford
to open a set OF books for these
little accounts. Only this week
we have had mail orders from
s:x different parties ranging IL
amount from 25c to $500. The
price of the blanks is: &c Tor 2;
25c a dozen; $l.50 a hundred;
$500 for 500. For postage add
-ic for every dozen. t
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17

her inconceivable orbit, gathering
another load of sun fuel. by the
tine the sun is in need again.
But say, will not the supply OF
fuel for the millions of suns through
ont the universe become scarce or
fail after a while: Yrs, it would
if God prepared like man. Bat
when He makes..a supply Of any
thing it is ike the sands on the
sea. shore, or the drops of water in
the ocean.
/ And | reckon, mole-& thousand
times more material out of which
he evolved the worlds, lies scatter
I'd through interstellar space, and
. thousand ages will not diminish
the supply.
One savant says:
"Speaks He the word, 4 thousand
worlds are born.
\ thousand worlds. There's room fol
millions more,
And III what space can His great tla'
fall
And now, Mr. Editor, 10 come
back home, | look for d hot snmmel
after so much sun fuel and, as no
sunshine makes grass grow, l wan
to extend F " Massey's warning t.
the farmers not TO put all tn
fertilizer down before planting, TO
fear the grass will eat 1t up be
fore the cotton is thinned ont.
/ have word or two more
wan ted to say. but for fear l max
this too long, | will just wind NJ
by saying
POSSUM FORK,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
TO ENCOURAGE CORN PRODUCTION.
Or Williams Announces Another Much
LARGER Contest for Present Year.

Lake City, February l3:-Dr
\ II Williams announces another
and much larger corn contest
for the year 1910.
Instead Of a limited number
of large prizes, many OF moder-
ate value will be offered, which
in the aggregate will amount to
several hundred dollars, and
which, under the arrangements
proposed as toonumerous dis
tribution, is expected to prove
a genera! and hearty incentive
to determined and intelligent
effort to excel. The three
small prizes OF last year had
something to do with producing
the great crop just harvested;
and the contest now being in
aueurated, it is hoped will be
entered into by a great many
farmers throughout the entire
county, and results most gratlfy-
ing and helpful are expected.
AS the first prize for the
greatest yield On one acre DR.
Williams himself offers a top
buggy worth $500. Several
other prizes of various kinds,
such as improved farming
implements, fertilizers, wagons,
plcws, suits of clothes, etc, will
be offered for competition. DR.
Williams has already secured
about $4,000 worth of prizes
besides the buggy, and he hopes
to run the list near, if not quite
to the 100000 mark.
Each farmer entering the con-
test is requested to send in one
dollar as an entrance fee.
, Every dollar collected from
entrance fees will be invested
! in suitable prizes to be offered.
Already several farmers have
come in and paid the entrance
fee, and the idea is taking
hold rapidly. If five hundred
! farmers enter the contest, DR.
Williams will be able to offer
in prizes about one thousand
dollars. Raise five hundred
dollars by entrance fees, and
, be will raise the other IKE
hundred dollars himself.
Time for entering contest
closes May lst. Immediately
thereafter list of prizes will be
made up and published.
! The contest is open to every
farmer III Williamsburg county.
! There are no condition, Us to
preparation Of soil, fertilizers
used or cultivation, each
farmer proceed as he thinks
: best. The only requirement
{ is that the corn must be gather
ed by two disinterested per
sons who will certify to the
same. and that such certificate
must be sent in not later thanAo-
vember Is. Immediately there
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
THE sage OF POSSUM FORK
AMONG The STARS.
GIVES INTERESTING DISSERTATION UN
CoAE1s AND THEIR FUNCTION IN The
ECONOMY OF NATURE.

Editor County Record:-My, my,
Mr. Editor. what Il colo. freeing
sun-shiny Sunday! Too cold foF
old people to go to church. l am
lowering round the fire terminating
about "Old Sol" Why does no6 the
sunshine warm up things: / am
afraid the oats will be killed yet;
what is the matter? Is it a fact that
his fuel is burning low, and that
he must be supplied with more TO
keep his fires going? l know l have
to be jumping up and putting Oh
more wood to keep our fire going
but who hauls wood for the sun:
Ireckon that is the business OF
the new comet; she has been away
of into lnterstellar space, gather
ing up debris and chips and Whet'
stones, left when the worlds were
made. bringing them in for sun fuel
to last until she or some OF her
sisters come again with fresh sup
ply.
7 have not seen her yet and now
I suppose she sets too soon after
sundown to be visible.
l am sorry, for | want to see how
long a tail she has, how many de-
grees it subtends.
Many years ago New York
paper described one as having
.'re,. million miles of head
Ten billion leagues of tail,
which would, of course, extend tal
bevond the orbit of the most distant
nlanet when she should be nearest
the sun. And some of that sun
fnel has been revolving ever since IN
the same eccentric orbit of rs
leader; perhaps, falling daily into
The great luminary and ever and
anon, imringing, like so many
shooting stars, on our own bomb
proof atmosphere.
Yes, am sorry did not see the
tail of this one before she makes
the sudden dive, in close proXl-
misy TO the sun, showering billions
of tons OF sun fuel into the great
heat-centre of the solar system
I am hoping, however, to get a 100
before daylight some OF these
mornings, # she does not leave all
the tail behind.
But, 70, the tail will be ahead
after she passes the sun, which
seems to lie : p"z1le. But o4lnt
thai sho head is only the nucleus
around which, on all sides. travel IL
a grand tour the accompanying ac'
cumula.ions OF debris, left when
the worlds were made, but invisible
because Of their distance, and seel
only as the attenuated shadow Of
the central nucleus falls among
them opposite the sun,
hope she viii not plunge head
long iuto the sur, but pass on through
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17

More people are taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy every year. 1t is
considered the most effective remedy
for all kidney and bladder troubles
that science can devise. Fo!ey'S Kid
ney Remedy corrects Irregularities,
builds up the system and restores
lost vitality. D c Scott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17

Mr. Arthur BENJAMIN, former
ly of Kingstree but whose home
for several years past has been
in New York city, spent several
davs here this week visiting
relatives and friends.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
Sore Lungs and Raw Lungs.

Most people know the feeling, and
the miserable state of health it indi'
Gates. All people should know thai
Foley's Honey and Tar, the creates
throat and lung remedy, will quickly
cure the soreness and cough and re
store a normal condition. Ask fol
Foley's Honey and Tar.
DC ScOtT.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17
Notice.

The tax books 0f the town OF klngs-
tree are now open aid taxes arr paya-
BE at Jacn'.S 4 Scott's store. Penalty
will go or sitter February %,
VI = aA'0nS,
Eown C'crh ard Treas.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-02-17

La Grippe pains that pervade
,hc entire system, La Grippe coughs
that rack and strain, are quickly
ca:ed by Faley's Honey and Tar.
Is mllAIv laxu.:r", s4fe and certain
in results. D : Scott,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-01
FOUNDER OF RED
 GROSS IS DEAD

Geneva, Switzerland, October n.-Henri Dunant founder of the International Red Cross society, died last night at Heiden, health resort.
 Henri Dunant was of Swiss birth and lived in Geneva. At the battle of Sol ferino, June 24. 1859. he witnessed the needless suffering and the loss of life resulting from days of neglect to care for the wounded. Realizing that such conditions need not exist he copceived the idea of pledging the nations of the earth 10 regard and protect as neutral all sick and wounded combatants and all persons giving them succor. He elaborated his Ideas and through the cooperation of the Swiss federal council brought about an international conference in Geneva in october in 1S63 Sixteen governments were represented. This was followed by the Geneva conference of August 8. 1864 which adopted nine articles of agreement for the amelioretion of the conditions of wounded in armies on the field.