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The bee., 1914-02-20
THE INFLUENCE OF
GOOD ROADS ON HEALTH.
A Point In Their Favor That Has Not
Received Much Attention.

The influence of good roads on pub
lie health is a point in their favor that
has not received much attention. The
Kansas state board of health puts the
feature In the foreground and wants
modern improved roads in that state
because they prevent disease
They do this because they afford
drainage. A good road can never re-
main good road unless it Is well
drained. The roadbed must not have
any standing water either on It's sur
face or below the surface. 1t must
have drainage, and the cutters beside
the roads must have slope and be kept
free from obstruction so that all sur
plus water can escape quickly and
easily
An old fashioned, i'll drained road.
with its frequent pools OF standing
water on the road or by the roadside.
with its bitches filled with weeds.
brush and all sorts of trash, is a breed
ing place Of insect life. Mosquitoes,
flies and other insects, such as chinch
bugs and grasshoppers, multiply there
in profusion. 1t is these insects which
either carry disease or are of the kind
which destroy the farmers crops. For
these reasons well built, well drained
highways are double benefit since
they give the farmer the inestimable
advantage of easy communication with
his market at all times Of the year and
by improving the drainage check the
breeding of harmful insects.
Good roads mean, therefore, not
only a great saving Of time and labor
for the farmer, but the Improvement
in the hygienic conditions of the farm
Ing community. He is brought nearer
to his market, the hauling capacity OF
his teams Is greatly increased, and he
in no longer marOoned ON his farm for
many weeks each year owing to the
impossible conditions OF the roads
That health il promoted IN well o.
comfort and wealth BY good rmds
SHOULD give the argument for their
construction Irresistible force 90 that
their building shall not cease until the
whole country is lined with them.
The bee., 1914-02-20

CoNvIcTs AT WORK ON STATE ROAD
ON the roads and If acquitted when
tried shall be paid 80 cents day for
each days work they perform; justices
of the peace shall sentence TO work on
the roads persons convicted OF crime
whom otherwise they would send to
the county jail.
Another feature OF the West Virginia
law is the establishment OF state
road bureau to supervise any plans
proposed by county for using prison
labor in road building. The plans APP
proved, the county shall apply to the
board OF control for the number OF
prisoners required and shall state the
length OF time they shall be needed.
The board shall. as far as possible.
give equal service 10 each Of the coun-
ties and shall determine which prison
ers may be assigned 10 such work
The warden Is to provide suitable and
movable quarters, which shall be built.
where possible. by convict labor. The
convicts shall remain under direct con
troll Of the warden. their work, how
ever. being under the supervision OF
the road bureau.
In Iowa the board Of control OF the
state institutions with the advice OF
the warden OF any penal institution,
may permit able bodied male prisoners
TO work on the roads The law spe-
officially states such labor shall not be
leased TO contractors. A prisoner OPP
posed 10 such work. or whose character
and disposition make IL probable that
he would attempt escape or be unruly,
Is not To be worked on the highways.
Although the prisoners are under the
Jurisdiction of the warden while build
ing or repairing roads. their work Is
supervised by the state highway com
missioner. Prisoners employed on the
highways OF Iowa receive such part OF
their earnings above the cost OF their
keep as the hoard deems equitable the
earnings either being funded or given
to their dependent families. BEFORE
lows passed her present prison labor
laws. George W. Cosson. attorney gen
eral OF the state, made thorough In
vestigstion &C the prisons al his owe
and other states. and strongly de
sonnced the contract systen. under
which The prisoners we-s employed NJ
to thst time. Mr.. CossIn drew up the
rsss bin and IL OF the opinion II win
do mach TO drive ths contract sy.tem
eat sf tAs state.
The bee., 1914-02-20
Rubber Roads.

The proposition 20 build rubber roads
has been seriously put forward In Lon
don. II is said that the vibration la
the streets due to the heavy solid tired
motor trucks and omnibuses has be
come so great AS 10 constitute a seri-
Gus menace to the integrity OF old
buildings. Ii is. besides, ia some por-
lions OF the city an lntolerable nui-
sance 10 the once workers The case
OF the region about Sc. Paui's eathe
dr2l h citsd in PARTICULAR. Il win soon
bs question there or reducing vibrs-
hon al any cost Aud although Il has
beer calculated that rubber road
10 compete commercially wish wood
biocks or asphalt MAST have = Nfe or
ffty years (Which Of course Il would
lot hsve,. The big cities nag be driven
10 such rs5s IN ccDse~tes distsirts do
Tpil< thssi high cost.
The bee., 1914-02-20
SCOTLAND FOR GOOD ROADS.
Projected Construction of Experinsn-
tai Road Sections In Scotland.


In December, 1912, according to an
article in a recent issue of the journal
of the Institution OF Municipal and
County Engineers Great BRITAIN. the
Scottish District of the Institution OF
Municipal and County Engineers ap-
pointed committee TO collect and
tabulate data as to improved methods
OF road construction and particularly
information as to the effect OF climatic
conditions taken in conjunction with
traffic upon experimental road lengths
to be laid down in districts in Scotland
which have distinctive climatic condi-
lions"
After having the matter under adj
yisement tue committee decided to put
down experimental road lengths In a
number OF districts in Scotland. Ar
engagements have been made for the
location of these sections In parts or
that country where the climatic condi-
lions are suitable for the experiments
and where the local surveyors win CO.
operate with the committee. Provi-
sional arrangements with county sur
veyors have been made.
II is stated that the road board is Co
operating with the institution in this
work and that il is expected that the
experiments will be of exceptional In
terest on account Of the close consider
alton it is proposed 10 give TO the ef
feet Of climate. Ii is also expected
that the great variations In climatic
conditions in Scotland will facilitate
the isolation of the factor Of weather
effect in the destruction of road sur
faces.
The bee., 1914-02-20
MACADAM ROADS
BECOME OBSOLETE.
Use Of Concrete, at Least as Base, Ad-
vocated by Experts.

"Waterbound macadam roads. which
Ter practically a century have been
adequate for the traffic, have now. un
der the new conditions, become obso-
lete, and their further construction
means serious waste of public
funds, says former President Lewis
Il. Speare of the American Automobile
association
"AIacadam may answer for side
roads and cross roads where there is
little travel to wear the surface into
dust and few fast moving vehicles to
throw the dust into the air to be blown
away But for main roads method of
construction must he put in operation
which win produce durable roads.
Wherever II can be used concrete
makes n most excellent road. or road
base for some other kind OF surface.
The state of California has adopted
concrete construction for practically its
entire system OF state highways.
Wayne county. Mich. has been build
ing concrete roads for five years.
Before the Wayne county authori-
ties had learned 10y experience how to
build concrete roads with expansion
joints to prevent the concrete from
cracking In cold weather and buckling
in the hot sun, several miles OF roads
were built which broke into frequent
cracks To repair these cracked sec
tions OF road they poured hot bitumin-
Gus material iuto the cracks ami cover
ed them with sand. This has worn to
the level Of the concrete. snn the
whole forms smooth road to travel
over. and one which looks as il IL
would stand for generation at least.
I'm some sections OF the country the
concrete is being used as base. and
two or three inches of broken stone.
mixed with bituninous materials. put
oil for surface. Ii properly built this
kind OF road should be very durable
and should justify the additional ex-
pense.
The concrete will furnish the
strength required TO hold up the loads
which are constantly growing heavier.
while the bituminized surface will pre-
vent the creation of dust, making the
road pleasant TO travel over.
The only proper way to figure on
the cost OF road is to consider both
the original cost and the expense Of
maintenance for period of ten or
ffteen years. Under present conditions
of travel q macsdam road wouid have
to be resurfaced every two or three
years and would he In bad condition
two-thirds OF the time"
The bee., 1914-02-20
Very Low Rates To The West

The Missoari Pacific rs Offer
ing very low rates to Californis,
Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Western
Colorado, New Mexico, Western
Texas, Arizona and the Pacific
Northwest. Tickets sold March
18th to April 18th Inclusive.
For complete information regard
ing rates, through free chair,
and sleeping car service, address
Paul Escott, ID. Z. A.
3O4 Paul Jones Bldg.
Louisville, Ky.
The bee., 1914-02-20

Miss Virlie Davis will visit friends
in Nashville this week.
Leonard Goodloe In visiting in
Nashville this week.
Me-. Hugh Blsiris Visiting home
folks this week.
WANTED: Two good csnvAssers
TO naske n house TO house CANVASS
OF Darlington. Apply st THE once.
Mr.. A. o. vAnnov will Wait friends
10 Henderson Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Brown the travelling
salesman Parcel aud Scovilie, of
Evansville, was in town today.
w. X. Coyle was in Msdisonville
Thursday.
FOR SALE: A complete moving
picture outfit, including one Elec.
trio piano, 100 opera chairs, | Powers
ga machine and one curtain. VIII
sell entire outfit for $500. Apply to
J. Il. Fsweett, Darlington, Ky.
Mr. Tom Ryan was In Madison
vile Thursday.
Mr.. aud Mrs, Dan M. Evans will
go To Evansville Saturday to see
Fire Fly"
Miss Maude Davis Is visiting
friends in Crofton this week.
Mrs. L. T.. McEuen aud Miss Ethel
Peyton attended the funeral OF MRS.
John waltrip IN Madisonville FRI
day.
Mr.. Oscar Underwood, of Hop.
kinsville, is visiting friends here
tins week.
Miss Geneva Huffaker aud Hazel
Fawcett are spending the week end
ia MadISonvllle with Mrs. j. f..
Fawcett.
Lee Witners, of this city is now
at work in Hopkinsville.
Mrs Chas. Barnett. of this city
was la Msdisonvilie Wednesday.
Mrs. w. II. Whitford was ia
MadisonvIlle "Wednesday shopping.
The bee., 1914-02-20
GOOD ROADS IN IRELAND.
improvement Made In Order to Al
tract Auton obiie Tourists.

Ireland is awakening to the necessity
OF putting her roads in order for Amer
lean and other automobilists whom she
wishes TO attract as tourists. Irish
roads until recently were VIGOROUSLY
bad. and In many parts OF the country
they still deserve that reputation, says
the Brooklyn Eagle. The chief reason
for this condition Of affairs is financial
The roads are maintained by local
bodies which have never very much
money TO spend and very often are nj
most unduly economical.
Yet there Is large sum Of money
actually allotted for this purpose by the
government. most OF which has not
been spent Since its establishment In
1910 the road board has been granted
81, 100000 TO spend in ireland. hut OF
this sum only $450,GO0 has actually
been distributed. The reason for this
strange state of affairs lies In the sys-
tenn of divided control over main roads.
As a result the road board finds that
Il Is hampered in It's work by having
10 deal with large number OF small
local bodies Instead OF with the county
councils alone. as IA England
A movement has now been set ON
foot by the automobile association aud
the motor union to effect an Improve
lnent la this direction. Their sngges-
tian IL that the uisin roads should lie
taken away from the control Of the
snxilsr bodies sas gut uader the coan-
~ eeaacils. The causent Of parlia-
msnb would. Of course. be secesssrs H.
the chsnge. but there sesms tn Ne ma
reason wAy Il should aOt be easily ek-
The bee., 1914-02-20

Mrs. Halle Sisk aud daughter
Ida Lee were IN Madisonville Mon.
day.
WANTED: Everybody in Hop.
kins County to subscribe for the
Semi-Weekly Bee and get the reli.
able Poulty Journal Free Do IT
NOW!
Miss Elizabeth Long, OF this city
will spend Saturday Ia MadIsonville
with friends.
A new showing of Suits aud Coats
MCLEOD STORE Incorporated,
MadIsonv Nv.
Mrs. b. f.. Nixon was in Madison
vile Thursday.
To err is human, to forgive di.
vine. Alexander Pope.
Mrs. Howard Draper. of Evans
vile, is in the city this week the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. g. Draper.
Mesdsmes Guy Forester aud G.
w. Johnston are visiting friends in
In Hartford.
Reception Dresses, Suite. Coats
aud house dresses at
Mcleod STORE.Incorporated,
Msdisonville, Ky.
Mr.. sod Nrs. Elgie Sisk. Who are
waiting relatives Ia Mortons Gap,
will spsud Sunday Ia Darlington,
the guest OF Mr.. aud Mrs. ChH.. Ira
hern.
Curtis Good, of H0pkinsviiie, was
in Darlington wednesday.
For Sale-Piano box. Apply at
BEE Office.
Mrs. Tom Coleman and her guests
Misses Hattie Vaughan and Verda
Jewell were in Madisonville We'd
nesday shopping.
Don't fail TO see. those beautiful
Taffeta Creations on display At
MCLEOD STORE. Incorporated.
jacksonville, Ky.
Mr.. aud Mrs. II. f. Nixon were in
Hopkinsv,lie Wednesday On bust
ness.
Misses Essie and Effie Clark, Of
HopkinsvIlls, will spend Sunday In
the guests of Miss Mable
Browning,
Al vthiug in the new Electric
So useful in the home.
Prices ranging from 81 30 to $3.50 st
SISK'S BOOK STORE
darlington. Ky.
Mrs. John Long spent Thursday
In Mortoi,s Gap the guest of reia-
tives.
Mrs. Lucien vincentis on the sick
list.
Don't fal to See those nifty satin
tatfeta dresses in the newest styles
and colOrs. AT the
STORE Incorporated,
Madisonville, Ky.
The bee., 1914-02-20
CONVICT WORK ON
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Majority Of States Now Use
Prison Labor.
DISCARD CONTRACT SYSTEM


States Have Passed Laws Allowing
the Use OF Conviets In the construe-
ton and Repair Of Roads.
Thirteen states have passed laws
during the present year allowing the
use of convicts In the construction ANA
repair of highways. according to a
compilation by DR.. h. Stage Within.
assistant in social legislation in Co
lumbla university and chairman Of the
executive committee of the national
committee on prison labor They are
Arkansas, Delaware. Florida, Illinois.
Indiana, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey
North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
West Virginia and Wisconsin. As
many other states had previously
passed similar legislation, but few Of
the forty-eight states have not adopted
the policy of using prisoners to build
and maintain public roads.
West Virginia and Iowa are the two
states whose laws regarding the work
ing of convicts on highways stand out
most prominently. So anxious was
the governor of the former state to Sc
cure an effective law that he went to
New York and with the assistance of
representatives of the national com
mlttee on prison labor, of the road de
partment of Columbia university and
of the legislative drafting bureau
worked out bills making compulsory
the employment of convicts on the
roads. The West Virginia law author
ICES the county courts to make appro-
prlations out of road funds for convict
work; it states that the court shall SEN
tence any male person over sixteen to
road work instead Of to the county
Jail; persons charged with misdemean-
ors unable to furnish bail shall work
The bee., 1914-02-20

Misses Hattie Vaughan aud Yer
da Je we'll, Of Sebree, are the guests
" Mrs. Tom Coleman OF this city.
Miss Fern Nichols. 81 this city, Is
spending several weeks the guest Of
friends and relatives in Providence.
Wren Howard. Of Madisonville,
was ~ town Wednesday.
you want any selt ction Of music
ask for it Co order at the
SISk BOOK STORE,
Darlington, Ky.
Mrs. j X Godfrey, nee Miss May
me Foard, OF Nashville, Tenn. is
spending a few days with her moth
err, Mrs. A. l.. Eoard. Of this city.
Elgie Sick, OF Memphis, fem,
who is visiting his mother in Nor
tons Gap, was the guest Of friends
in Darlington Wednesday.
Mrs. Deshon and Agnes Lynn Will
leave Sunday for St Louis to buy
for the Millinery Firm If Mrs. De-
shon.
The bee., 1914-02-20

When the bowels become Irregu-
Ian you are uncomfortable ana ths
longer this condition exhists the
worse YOU feel. You San get rid Of
THIS misery quickly by using HER
BINE. Take dose on going To bed
and see how fine you feel next day.
price soc. Sold by st. Bernard Min.
ing Co, Incornora.ed, Drug Depart
pnanf
The bee., 1914-02-20
1ombston. :. , R.rometer.

Upton near Peterborough. one Of
the smallest parishes In England.
numbering only fourteen houses. pos.
sesses a mysterious tombstone Of
black marble. which emits \ damp
ooss In patches when IL is about TO
raia. II is regarded in the village a.
an infsilibls barometer.
The bee., 1914-02-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PRESIDENT WILSON ON
GOOD ROADS.

II tell you very frankly that
my interest IN good roads Is not
merely an interest IN the pleas
ure OF riding in automobiles; Il
Il not merely an interest in the
very much more important mat
ter OF affording the farmers of
this country and the residents in
villages the means Of ready ac-
cess to such neighboring mar
kets as they need for economic
benefit. but Il is also the interest
in weaving as complicated aud
elaborate " net of neighbOrhOod
and state and national opinions
together as II is possible to
weave.
II believe that the develop
ment OF great systems of roads
Is. psychoIogically speaking ms
well as physically speaking.
task OF craftsmanship. be-
lieve that II Is the proper study
Of the statesman TO bind com
munities together and open their
. Intercourse so that it will flow
with absolute freedom and ia
cility.
you cannot nationally increase
the prosperity of this country
without increasing the road ia
cilities Of the country"
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The bee., 1914-02-20
A Popular School

The fact that business men in
every state in the union are
the Bowling Green bust
ness University for bookkeeper,
stenographers aud telegraph OPP
orators is sufficient evidence of
the popularity of that Institu-
10,
The bee., 1914-02-20

V G & e I a bIe Com
pound did for me.
i suffered dreadful
pains and was very
irregular. / became
alarmed and sent for
Lydia Z. Pinkham's
V e G e table Com
pound. l took it reg
ularly until | was
without a cramp or
pain and felt like
another person. and
The bee., 1914-02-20

A scsld. burn. or severe cut heals
slowly II neglected, The family that
keeps = bottle of BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT on hands "a al
ways prepared tor such accidents.
Price 26e. b0e and tl.00 per bottle.
Sold by Sc. Bernard Mining CO., In.
cofporssedA Drug Depsftsnsat.
The bee., 1914-02-20
FIetcherizina a Fortune.

A st. Louis man made $4,000 as a
ragpicker Lots OF men have made
more than that out OF rags--chewins
them on the lecture platfcrm.-Mil'
waukee Sentinel
The bee., 1914-02-20

itching. touuring skin eruprions dishgure, an-
noy. drive one Wild Doan's Ointment is praised
Tor les good work. soc at all drug stores.
The bee., 1914-02-20
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BAD ROADS ExrRAvAeANT.

The Hon. Champ Clark says.
81 saw II stated once that the
energy. material, animal life and
time wasted in this country by
reason Of bad roads amount to
the enormous sum Of $4OO,OO0..
600 annually. This is astound
ing and may be exaggeration.
but it is known that the waste is
enormous. This state Of affairs
is so easily bettered that 1t is
idiotic. II not criminal. to let il
continue. Twenty odd years ago
| advocated building by convict
labor four great roads across
Missouri, ! was twenty years
ahead or my time, but | rejoice
that what I suggested then. and
even much more, is in contem-
plation and near fruition."
The bee., 1914-02-20
W0MAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. - am more than
glad to tell what Lydia f. Pinkham's
The bee., 1914-02-20
News of the Town

WANTED Ladies ana chill
dren's uuderclOthes to make, also
sheets and pillow slips.
MRS. EMMA A. BROWN
COrner-Farren Ave. & r. r. st.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-04

OF Ersatz volunteers and other material
which had not yet been drawn upon, and
that part OF IL would In all probability
be sent TO the western theatre. either to
cover the troops laying siege to Antwerp
In case that place should hold out or in
the event OF the capture OF that fortress TO
act In conjunction with the bes.egng force
In a violent offensive movement toward
tho coast
After the fall OF Antwerp and the re-
ease OF the besieEing troops there was
gradual Increase In the strength ~ the
opposition met with BY us The resist
ance OF the detaChments-wh which beyond
the right extreme OF the German fort!-
He'd position near Rethune fortnight
ago consisted almost entirely OF cavalry
grew more and moro determined as more
infantry and guns came up into the front
line until Tuesday. October 20. when tho
arrival opposite US OF a large portion OF
new formations and a considerable mum
Der OF heavy guns enabled the enemy TO
assume the Offensive prdCtC ally against
the whole 81 our lire ~ the same time
that they attacked tho Helgians between
Us and the coast
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-04
SAY GERMANS GAINED
IN YPRES FIGHTING
Berlin Also Reports Successful
Movements i'm Action About
the ArgOnnc.
HEAR OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT

BERLIN. Nov 2. by wireless to sayville,
l.. THE following official statement
was issued to-day at army headquarters
In our attacks on Ypres further
ground has been gained and Messines
has been occupied by us.
In tho fighting In the Argonne
some successful forward movements
have been made and the enemy suf-
fered severe losses.
In the eastern theatre the situa-
ton is unchanged. Russian attempts
to break through near Tzetkehinen
have failed.
The battle in progress between the
Germans and Russians in the Suwalki
and Augustowo regions continues
undecided
The Austrians in southern Galicia
have succeeded In crushing back the
Russian left flank. which for several
days had been making a desperate
stand In carefully prepared positions
between Turka and starry Sambor.
The Aus.rians also report further
successes In Bukowina.
no details OF The fighting In Poland are
available. according to dispatches from
Vienna. and 1t is not known whether this
lighting has yet assumed important pro-
portions The Vienna dispatches Indicate
that the Austrian advance in the Maova
region IN Servia Is not meeting with strong
resistance. The Austrian forces have
crossed the railway from Sabac to Ges-
rica and have stormed Sabac.
The following official news was given
out at army headquarters to-day:
The professions OF Japan that her &C.
cupation Of the Marianne Islands in the
Pacific Is only temporary are disproved by
Information that Japanese civil governor
has been appointed for the islands. to-
gether with eight minor officials. Japan
is sending loo immigrants to the group"
II was officially denied to-day that Gen.
Baron Won der Gotz Is to resign as Gov
ernor 81 Brussels
Although no formal declaration OF war
has been made between Turkey and Rus
STA the forces Of the two nations are
fighting on the Caucasian border, with the
Russians as the aggressors.
The submarine which destroyed tho
British cruiser Hermes has returned to its
base in safety.