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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES
Henry oormsn, rs, 10 "esby~ 10 HE
7o-VesroId OsuohtsrIo-
Law.

Rome. N. 70. g. Dorman Of this
city. aged ninety nine. one OF the old
est active men In the state. Ia planning
to go to Liberty. Mo-. to visit his cous-
in. Henry Dorman. aged one hundred
and fifteen. said to the Oldest man
In the United States. Mr.. Dorman OF
this city. who enjoys excellent health.
says there is no reason why he cannot
easily make the trip and return with
out lessening his physical ability.
Mr. Dorman of Missouri has been
edridden for FIVE years at the homo
Of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hattie
Dorman. aged seventy. For Ave years
he has been fed with spoon twics
a day and has been washed and
bathed by his daughter-in-law. who
calls him her baby. But the baby must
have a semi-weekly shave.
A spark OF life In a worn-out body:
dim. inert eyes. mumbling. toothless
Jaws; an uncut shock Of wispy white
hair struggling over q bullying fore
head. scared with cross-furrows; deep
set eyes: neck Infinitely wrinkied
and drawn over gnarled muscles-such
Is Henry Dorman as he peers from
over the edge Of a checked quilt. 40
cording TO the family Bible he was
born January 10. 1899. in Steubea
county. New York. The first half cen
fury Of HIS life was spent In New York
state. His age is further authenti-
Gated by the papers recording his en-
listment in the Seventh Michigan cav.
airy. Born almost year before the
death Of George Washington. he has
accordingly lived in three centuries.
and is perhaps the only man alive IN
this country-or perhaps elsewhere
who can authenticate that claim.
He was born In the administrator
OF John Adams and was q grown youth
when Napoleon was defeated at We
terioo.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
WORKING ROADS WHEN MOIST
Much More Labor 10 Required When
Highways Are ory-Use Road Ma
chine When Soil 10 Soft.

II is a great mistake to put OF work
ing roads until August or September.
The roads should be worked when the
soil is damp, so as to make the soil
bake when 1t dries out. II the roads
are worked when they are dry. 1t
takes more power to draw the ma
chine and. besides. dry earth and dust
retain moisture and quickly nut after
rains. The use of clods. sods. weeds
or vegetable matter in building earth
roads should be avoided because they
also retain moisture.
II the working OF the roads II de-
ferred until the latter part Of the sum
mer when the surface is baked dry
and hard, they are not only difficult to
work. but the work is unsatisfactory
when done. Earth which is loose and
dry will remain dusty as long as the
dry weather lasts. and then turn to
mud as the rains begin. BY using the
road machine In the spring while the
soil is soft and damp. the surface Is
more easily shaped and soon packs
down into a dry. hard crust. which is
less liable to become dusty In summer
and muddy In winter
Repairs to roads should be made
when needed. and not once year
after crops are laid by. Because Of
its simplicity. efficiency and cheap
ness, the split-log drag or some similar
device is destined to come into more
and more general use. With the drag
properly built and its use well under
stood. the maintenance Of earth and
gravel roads becomes q simple and in
expensive matter. Care should be
taken to make the log so light that
one man can lift It with ease. The
log should be from seven to ten feet
long, and from eight to ten inches In
diameter. IL should be split carefully
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
MANY BAD ILLINOIS ROADS
Average Time Of Two and One-Haf
Months In Each Year Highways
Are unusabIe.

n you want TO know how badly
Illinois needs good roads. ask the
rural mail carriers There are nearly
three thousand Of them in the state.
their routes cover 66.62S miles Of road,
and they are out every working day
in the year. When the subject 10
roads, the rural mail carrier knows
what he Ia talking about.
Evidence collected from 2.724
rural mail carriers shows that most
highways of Illinois deserve the name
Of trails, rather than Of roads.
In one county, for nearly thirty
days In each year. the carriers are
unable to make their routes
In the whole state. for an average
time of two and onehalf months in
each year. the country roads are I'M
disable for a load Of one and one-half
tons, says the Chicago Journal In
some counties. country roads are un-
disable for such a load during more
than onethird Of the year.
Such a condition IN intolerable. II
levies a toll on every farmer and on
everyone who uses fnrm produce n
raises the cost Of living and cuts
down the rewards of labor.
Illinois must be pulled out Of the
mud. The first step in this work ie
to use convfcts in preparing material
10 make roads, instead Of mud lanes
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11

as near the center as possible and the
heaviest and best slab chosen for the
front When the soil In moist, bus not
sticky. the drag does the best work.
The road will bake II the drag is used
on II when II Ia wet n the roadway
IA full OF holes or badly rutted the
drag should be used once when the
road Ia soft and slushy.
Storm water should be- disposed OF
quickly before II has had time to
penetrate deeply into the surface Of
the road. This can be done by giving
the road a crown or slope from the
center to the sides. For an earth road
which Ia "a feet wide the center
should not be less than six inches nor
more than twelve inches higher than
the outer edges Of the shoulder The
narrow road which Is high In the mid.
quickly as one which Ia too fat, for the
reason that on a narrow road all the
traffic is forced TO use only a narrow
strip. Shoulders are often formed on
both sides OF the road, which prevent
storm water from flowing into the
side bitches, retaining II in the ruts
and softening the roadway. These
ruts and shoulders can be- entirely
eliminated with the road machine or
split-log drag.
The width OF the earth road will
depend on the traffic. Az rule, TWEEN
ty-five or thirty feet from ditch to ditch
Is sufficient II the road is properly
crowned. Ordinarily the only bitches
needed are those made with the road
machine. which are wide and shallow
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11

with the exception Of the main trav
sled roads. can be treated. While
the building OF permanent roads
should be carried on m fast az pos
sibie, anything that can be done to
improve the condition Of our roads will
become a great blessing.
The King road drag for maintaining
dirt roads Is proving a blessing to ru-
raj districts OF the West. with the add
ton OF drainage and the use Of country
graders. Thousands OF miles Of coun.
try roads In the central West will be
maintained this year In splendid con
dition through the use OF the King
road drag. says the Iowa Homestead
The drag Ia easily and cbeaply made
at cost OF not to exceed 81. A begin.
ming could be made by our readers
this spring by maintaining in first
class condition the dirt roads adjoin.
ing their farms. Why not take the In.
itiative and start the movement at
once,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
EARLY DRAGGING OF ROADS
Not q Labor,ous Job and VIII Save
Farmer Many Times Cost Of
Such WORK During Year.

Nothing adds more immediate value
to our farm land than accessibility
to markets, such connecting link be-
tween the farm and market being a
good road. The early dragging Of our
dirt roads In certainly to be com
mended Just as soon al the frost be-
gins to come out OF the ground. the
farmer should commence dragging.
This is not a laborious job. q good
team can put the road between him
and the first crossing toward town.
even II half mile away. IN good con-
dition in q half day. and he will save
many times the cost Of such labor or
expense during the year. Besides the
additional value II adds to the farm.
there is that personal pride that we
all owe to every community. and
especially 10 ourselves.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
cowpEAs CHEAPEST FERTILIZER

When YOU raise a ten barrel crop
NJ corn YOU remove about siS worth
of fertility from the soil Al least
g,i5O worth Of this is nitrogen
which IL bought TO best advantage
on the market will cost about 2Oc
per pound. No farmer can afford TO
buy nitrogen. " we feed our crops
To- livestock and are very careful
about saving manure we may re-
turn 80 per cent to 20 per cent OF
fhls value TO the soil. But few
farmers are saving half this much.
n we do our very best much OF the
expensive element, nitrogen will be
lost, and we must replenish il. The
best way yet found to do this is by
raising legiimcs. The legume best
adapted 10 most Of our soils so far
a. we now know is cowpeas, for they
will grow on land too sour and wet
and too dry and poor for clovers.
Cowpeas may be sown with as
surance ~ a crop up to June 20 at
least and IL frost holds of until DC
tober they will make a crop II
sown as late as July I. This gives
ample time to harvest rye and wheat
and follow Immediately with cow
peas. The wheat or rye (or even
an early crop Of oats should be re-
moved from the field as soon as
possible and the ground turned and
prepared for the peas. A bushel
per acre does very well for seeding
with a grain drill, hut a bushel and
a peck should be sown II narrowed
and hurd' d in. II drilled in rows
% 10 10 inches apart half bushel
Of seed is sufficient OF course II
you drill in rows two or three cul-
tivations will be necessary.
II you expect To hog them down,
drill in rows. II is probable they
will make about as much hay, and
probably more seed IL in rows.
Plan TO Save Cowpea Seed
Whatever you do. don't be com
PEELED to pay $500 per bushel for
cowpea seed next year You can
pick of the first ripening pods for
seed and then cut a good hay crop
or feed a lot Of hogs until corn rip
ems. Then you can go in and turn
L. Of 80 40
that costs so much aud is needed SO
badly, SOW the field to rye, turn this
under next April and easily make
the much desired ten barrel crop OF
corn II you give a liberal applica-
ton Of phosphate.
Don't Trade Railroad Ties for Hay
II makes my heart ache to see a
man haul 500 pounds of railroad ties
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
Everything a Man Needs
81 Complete Shaving Outfit 81
10 Articles 10

To advertise our Universal Shaving
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for a limited time only, send this we'll
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We sell our products to the consumer
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Hollow Ground Razor
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Razor Strop, Canvas Back.
Nickle Easel Back Mirror
3S-inch Barber Towel.
Bar Shaving Soap.
Box Talcum Powder.
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Aluminium Barber Comb.
Bristle Hair Brush.
Each outfit packed in neat box 81 90
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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
ROADS ARE MADE TOO WlDE1
Western Roadways Are From Fkty to
Sixty Feet In WIdth-Much OF
Space Grown to Wesds-

It Is argued that as q general thing
and particularly In the West the
roads Of the United States are too
wide. The West and Germany are
compared in this respect It Is point
ed out that while in Germany. where
the traffic is enormous. the highways
are but 40 and 81 feet, in the West
where the traffic is comparatively
light, and land worth 500 an acre.
the roadways are from fifty to sixty
feet in width. three-fourths Of which
grows up in weeds and grass.
It can hardly be said. however. that
the roads are too wide In the eastern
states Mountain travellers. especial
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
CULTIVATION OF CORN

Some say cultivate your corn ev-
cry week Others say, whenever it
needs IT. When does IL need it9
When the weeds get rs high as the
corn and the soil baked2 That's
what lazy farmers say.
Corn should be cultivated after
every rain so as TO keep dust
mulch on the ground and all weeds
killed. This may be twice in a
week. or II may be once in three
weeks. When your ground has been
well prepared before planting and
your corn is free from weeds and
growing rapidly with a dark green
color. and you have a dust mulch on
top with good moist, loose earth an
inch or two down. don't try TO bring
up moisture. You need that mois-
turc and the best way TO keep il is
TO leave the dust there TO hold IL.
When rain comes. go back as soon
as possible after the ground is dry
enough to work and stir il very
shallow 10 form another dust mulch
10 hold moisture until il rains
again.
The best tool for most farmers TO
do this with is the five shovel cul-
tivator. You ON do good work with
il by going once in the row after
the second cultivation and the time
saved in this way by going over a
i0-acre field twice will buy the
pillow. and il will last you ten years
IL properly cared for
Limestone Grinding Demonstration
During the week OF June % there
will be half a dozen or more differ
ent makes of machines grinding
limestone at the Experiment Sta
tion at Lexington.
Any farmer or any group of farm
ers who are ready 10 do progress
sive work on their farms and need
lime should go and see these ma
chimes work. No doubt some rare
bargains in these machines will be
oifersd at that time.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11

~. viii smile at the idea OF wide roads
In reading Of the subject. having
many a time and OF met face TO face
other travellers far from the -vide
place" with the result that their 70
hiciee had TO be- taken apart and car
ride by piecemeal or stood up at .
dizzy angle against the cliff while
The other Rugged the pertlous edge Of
q fathomless ravine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
Layer Of Stone Firmly Packed by Use
Of Heavy Roller

macadam roads. broad and white and
smooth az q floor. There are approx
mately three hundred miles Of i'm
proved roads in the county and here
the term improved roads" does not
mean highways that have been graded
and graveled or covered with a thin
layer of crushed stone. Every foot
OF the 800 miles OF improved roads
in this county Is a real macadam road.
az free Of mud and an servieeable as
the ordinary city pavement at all sea-
sons Of the year. regardless OF wealth
or conditions.
Neither are there any rus or any
holes In these roads. for the ruts
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADS
King Road Drag 10 Proving Blessing
to Rural District Of West-lmpte-
nent 10 Easily Made.

The immediate interest OF rural dis
tricts in the good roads question cen
tiers in the practical plans for making
the roads as good as possible without
the addition of imported material. This
applies. especially. to prairie regions
where there is no material for sur
facing without the expense OF shipping
II in. With no material at hand. II will
necessarily he n long time before any
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
GOOD
ROADS
BEST ROADS ARE IN GEORGIA
Fulton County Has Finest Highways
In South-Three Hundred Miles
OF Macad annlxed Road.

When It comes to good roads. Full
ton county. Georgia. is the banner
county OF the south. II Ia not only
In the quantity but In the quality Of
her highways that Fulton county
takes first rank. Stretching out from
Atlanta in every direction and reach
lag TO the county line are splendid
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
Macadam Road With Loose Earth
Foundation Into Which the Stones
Have Sunk.

and holes do not frequently appear.
and as soon as they make their ap-
pearance they are eliminated In short
order. One OF the most noticeable
features OF the roads is their width.
Another is the gutter and curbing.
which lines every road that has been
constructed In the county In recent
years The narrowest macadam road
In the county is 20 feet wide. and the
width varies from that up To so feet.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11

Redd-This paper says the Ameer of
Afghanistan owns IS automobiles. and
he IL forty-two years old.
Green-Well, we've known men to
own only one machine and feel older
than that.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
Pauper. Left 5000. 600.

New York.-Although living in ap-
parent extreme poverty on the Bow.
cry for 80 years. barely escaping bur.
ial in q pauper's grave, Dudley Jar.
dine left an estate valued at over two
hundred thousand dollars.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE.
Conducted by o Frank Montgomery Instructor Animal
Hustsandry, and Special Investigator

maybe 20 miles 10 town to get money
TO buy 100 pounds Of hay to haul
home TO feed the mules to haul more
ties TO town to get more hay TO haul
more ties.
~ is much cheaper to raise your
own hay at home, and not half as
hard work. And every crop OF
cowpeas you raise you improve
your land IL you manage properly
Whereas, IL the land is left to grow
up to sprouts and weeds the little
il gains is more than lost in the ex-
pense Of clearing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
First Woman Diplomat.

Christiania.-Miss Henrietta Hoegh.
twenty-seven. Ii the first woman dip
lomat In the world. having been ap-
pointed secretary Of the Norwegian
legation at Mexico City.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11

Dancingman-O. have you come
across the latest sensation In dane
ing7
Hadit--Yep. The latest one with
me is a sore foot
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-11
Can't Be Told Quickly.

What did your wife say to you for
night?'
We'll, IL you have an hour to spare
| can give you a synopsis OF IL"
Evening journal., 1914-05-05
ABSENT WITNESSES SAVE
eEYTETTE M pDIcnNEDC
UuHIuIIu vi NluUlVhIlD

In the Court OF General Sessions yes
terday afternoon six prisoners Were dis
missed because Of the future of pros.
ecuting witnesses TO appear. Four OF
the prisoners were colored and two
white, and each Ia turn received a repri.
mand from the court and warning TO
conduct themselves in q lawful man.
ner IN the future. The prisoners were.
Joseph Cole, colored charged with
creating disturbance.
George Bell colored, charged with a
breach OF the peace.
Ernest Reese and James Reese. coll
ored. brothers, charged with creating a
disturbance
Daniel haggerty was charged by his
wife, Ella Haggerty, with a breach Of
the peace.
\. j. Warrington was charged by his
wife. Minnie Warrington. with creating
disturbances He was advised by
Judge Rice to make an effort to live
peaceably with his wife and children
He was discharged,
The grand Jury returned the following
true bills,
Larceny James Davis. Eleanor Gibbs
Grant Blackson and John 4. Jones.
Assault with intent to commit mur.
der James Deshields.
Breaking with intent TO commit lar
ceny James Martin. Ambrose Hollora,
Clarke Wood. James Boulden and vii
liam Bddle.
Evening journal., 1914-05-05
Coroner WILL PROBE
ASPHYYIATION ClSES
fAIh AA ARnIhHHVhF VtEJ1U

Coroner Spring will hold an inquest
tomorrow night in the case OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Griffith and their infant
son who were asphyxiated by illumi-
mating gas in their home in South vii
mington recently. The coroner had a
private detective investigate the case
and it is not thought there is anything
on which to base a suspicion OF foul
play. The deaths are thought to have
been due to an accident.
Coroner Spring has not decided when
he viii hold an inquest in the case Of
William r. lrelan. the young Pennsyl-
vania Railroad fireman, who was in
stantly killed last week when his en-
gine overturned and crushed him, on the
Brandywine branch. in North Brandy
wine Park Several witnesses have to
be summoned in this case.
Evening journal., 1914-05-05
WATER witch men
GET GET HORN FROM
chester FIREMEN

Seventy-five members of Franklin
Fire Company. No 1. of Chester, Pa,
visited this city last evening as
guests of the Water Witch Fire Com
pany, and presented to the local fire.
men a handsome silver horn, in ap-
probation of the kindness Of the
Water Witch men in loaning their en-
gine to the Chester company The
Franklin firemen came to this city
on special trolleys and were accom-
panied by band
The horn was presented by Fire
Marshal McCleary, of that city, who
is an eX-chief of the Police Depart
ment there. President j. NJ. Dillon.
of the local company, accepted the
token in a few well directed re-
marks.
Councilman john J. McGoldrick,
and secretary Of the board OF govern
ors Of the company Edward Sayers.
were called upon at the banquet,
which was served later in the even
ing and made short addresses. The
visitors were taken for short spins in
the automobile apparatus Of the local
company. after which they left on
the special car at 1910 o'clock for
home
There are all sorts Of bargains in Jew
.lry, watches and clocks. These are Of
daily occurrence at the Rudolph sale. Ad
Evening journal., 1914-05-05

David Snollenburg, president OF tho
n. Snellenburg and Company. under
whose auspices the concert in the audi
torium Of the Hotel DUPONT was given
last Thursday evening is receiving many
compliments over the success Of the af
fair The concert meant big outlay
Of money, time and labor.
II was the opinion Of a good many
people that the Delmarya Player Piano
was all right for rag time and popular
airs but when il came to be used with
classical music. it was an impossibility
This theory was routed last Thursday
evening when the efficiency Of the
player piano was demonstrated to be
able to handle all kinds Of music. The
following is one of many letters re-
ceived by David Snellenburg, president
OF the firm:
May /. 1914
My Dear Mr.. Snellenhurg: WilNyou
please accept my thanks for your cards
Of admission TO that delightful concert
last night I am sure you are doing n
very great deal for Wilmington people
in giving them not only the opportunity
TO hear such splendid artists, but the
Delmarvia PlayerPiano as well ] must
confess was skeptical about the play
er piano for an accompanying instru-
ment. but | came away converted. IL
was cxquisitely sympathetic and entire
ly adequate and again ! want to add
my word Of thanks.
Very cordially yours,
Miss y. r. keim.
Evening journal., 1914-05-05
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