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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-21
'N|.EARLYQQARTER
BILLION Spent
ON GOOD ROADS
In 1918 and This Amount
Triples That Expended in
the Year 1904.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 21.-
Approximately scot, 100000 was
spent last year in public roads in the
United States, according to statistics
prepared by the United Department
Of Agriculture. In 1904 the total
was only $79,000,000. In nine years,
therefore, the Increase has been over
$50 per cent.
Due to State Aid.
This awakening on the. part of the
country to the importance OF good
roads has. experts say, been due in
great measure to the principle OF
state aid to counties and other local
communities. New Jersey began the
movement in 1891 when It passed its
state highway law. Massachusetts
and Vermont followed year later,
but for the most part the other states
were slow to move. In 1904 only
fifteen had state highway depart
ments; today there are only six that
have not. In 1913 the individual
states appropriated a total OF $685.
155,08S. to supplement local expendi-
lures.
The value OF this state aid is. how
lSNSAt AASS w VIC ulSA6ukS0 ny bu6 IKE
ures alone. for the bulk Of the money
comes. and always must come, from
the counties and townships. Thus. in
1919, the cash outlay by counties, dis
tricts and townships, was $13f,493,-
9S5. Complete figures for 1918 are
not yet available. but 1t is safe to es-
innate the sum at approximately
$161, 100000. To this must be add
ed some $4,000. 900 to represent the
value Of the labor contributed In
stead of cash In districts where this
practice prevails. Last year, there
fore. local communities contributed,
in round numbers, one hundred and
sixty-six millions Of dollars, as
against appropriations from state
treasures Of s38,755,0SS. The true
Of this thirty-eight mil
lions lies in the fact that 1t means ex-
pert supervision of the expenditure Of
a considerable portion of the vast sum
of two hundred millions. When each
county built as it choose and when it
chose, the services Of trained engi-
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neets were usually ont Of the CUES
ton. There was little opportunity to
test innovations, little advance in the
science OF road-bui1ding, and there
was also difficulty IN arousing each
county individually to do its best to
Improve conditions within its own
limits. State aid has changed all
this. The best engineering skill Is
available for all works Of importance,
there Is cooperation and constant
stimulus to further improvements.
The money contributed by the states
does not only build more roads, 1t
makes better those that other money
builds.
beginning Made.
At the present time there are in
the United States 20.T41 miles Of
roads improved either wholly or in
part by state aid. This is nearly the
mileage Of the French routes nation
ais. the system Of great national high
ways which Is the envy Of every civ
lilized nation. The routes nationals
are, OF course, only q small part Of the
total mileage of France. where prac-
ttcally every road Of any Importance
is an improved road, and France is a
vastly smaller country, both in area
and in population than the United
States, 80 that this comparison is not,
in itself, very fiattering to our pro-
Egressiveness. It shows, however, that
we have at least made a beginning. or
the 2,226,842 miles Of roads in the
United States. 223.774 miles, or APP
proximately 10 per cent, are classed
as improved.
To improve the remaining 80 per
cent. may well seem asbig job. 1t is,
IN fact. only made possible because
the work really pays for itself. From
material gathered by the United
States Department Of Agriculture, 1t
Is now possible to prove not only that
good roads are profitable invest
ment. but to determine exactly what
dividends they pay. An Investigator
assigned to this problem In any given
locality first ascertain the extent Of
the territory that is tributary to any
main road, much as one might ascer-
tain the territory tributary to some
river. The next step Is an accurate
estimate Of the total products Of this
territory; so much grain. so much to-
lPacco, 80 much garden truck, etc. etc.
or this quantity a certain portion is
consumed on the farm; the rest is
shipped over the road in question.
The whole calculation can then be
checked by Investigators at the ship
ping point to which the road leads.
In general 1t has been found that the
two methods yield much the same in
formatiop-the total amount OF pro-
duce hauled over the road. Next, the,
length of the average haul is calucu-
lated, the size Of the load permitted
by the character Of the road ascer-
tanned, and the cost of teams and
drivers figured. With these facts be-
fore him, the Investigator is now able
to state positively the cost Of hauling
a ton Of produce on that road. to ex-
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Tuberculosis

N addition to plenty Of fresh ar
and proper diet, those suffering from
Or who are predisposed 70 Tpbercuio-
sis are recommended 70 use Eckman's
Alternative to stop night sweats, banish
fever and hasten recovery. This medi-
cine, by reason Of its successful use dur
Ing the past, warrants the fullest inves.
ttgation possible by every sufferer.
Eckman's Alternative "a most erica
ctous in bronchial catarrh and savefo
throat and lung affections and In up-
building the system. It contains no
narcotics, nor harmful or habtt-ferm.
Ing drugs. Accept no substitutes. Sold
BY heading druggtsts. Write to the
Eckman laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa,
foT booklet telling Of SecoverieA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-21
F[ENIINGTON


tsrsciAL CONFERENCE.-The,
FLBMINGTON, July 21.-Mrs. w. P.
Riley was a business visitor in Clarks-
burg recently.
w. L. Hyson was business visitor
in Grafton last week. u
Mrs. Jonah Currey was a business
visitor in Grafton recently.
The stork visited the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Sherwood Wednesday
night and left them fine boy.
A pleasant surprise party was given
Thomas Monroe Wednesday evening
given in honor Of his birthday and was
tplanned by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles F. Monroe. There was large
number of his friends present and the
evening was most enioyably spent.
The stork visited the home OF, Mr..
and Mrs. Coy Waller recently and left
them fine big girl.
John Waller. of Grafton, was
business visitor here recently.
Miss Bonnie Batson, is visiting at the
home Of her uncle, Delbert Lawson,
in Grafton this week.
Mrs. A. P. Roach returned home
Tuesday night after weeks visit to
her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Henry,
OF Dola.
Homer knight was business Wis
itor in Grafton Sunday.
Miss Mabel Currey was shopping in
Grafton Saturday.
Mrs. John Marks and Mrs. sylvia
Sprouse were shopping in Clarksburg
recently.
Henry Winters was a business Wis
| tn rim Urn ptnn SATURDAY.
DR.. George r. Ogden, Of Grafton,
was professional visitor here Satur-
day.
Mrs. Rufus Layman was shopping
here Saturday.
Dr.. ]. Dayisssn was business Wis
.itor in Glarksbnrg Saturday.
Miss Oma Springer returned home
from Grafton Sunday after a few days
visit to friendsiand relatives.
Fred Roach, Mrs. Jerry Basford and
Miss Mona Ratson were In Grafton
Friday attending the funeral Of their
uncle. Charles Roach.
Miss Norma Tough went to Grafton
Sunday to spend a few days with rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. johnson. Of
Clarksburg, were visiting friends here
sunday.
Tracey Currey, Of Clarksburg, spent
Sunday with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
DR.. Currey. ~
Messrs. boy Lake and William Bart
lett, Of Simpson, were visiting friends
here Sunday
Mrs. Arden Lynch and son, Robert,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Menear,
at Redwood.
II. o. Fast, who attended school at
Morgantown, is home for few days.
Mrs. James Mcdonald and daughter.
Miss Anna, were visiting relatives at
Rosenont Saturday.
son, Noel, spent Sunday with relatives
in Clarksburg.
Wade Snyder spent Sunday with
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-21

a Jersey City man lost his damon,
ring feeding his chickens, He lias
already killed twelve to examine
their crops. and the other twenty
eight will have to 60 in patches un2
III he finds the ring. s. Is Is'i5s
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-21

Toxic Is to have a JapanesesAmeri
can bank.
BY using q system Of automatic
street lightingstt the English city 81
Leeds expects to save the wages o. I s
men. Of about Sc 900 8 ysaf.
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WE COVER THE CITY

with our bread delivery service.
Make sure Of a dependable bread or
roll supply by ordering us to have
our wagon stop at your house daily.
Don't fear you will not like the
bread. We have yet to meet the per-
son who did not declare it simply
delicious.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-21

In the home OF an old German
who died In Davenport. Wash. there
has been found Il Bible 219 years
Old, and 4 Epf Of silver dating baci. Z,
7S2 Both d them viii BE sold 81
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press in terms Of those "ton-miles''
the freight traffic on the road, and
finally the total cost to the communi-
ty served by the road of hauling it's
goods to market. Armed with these
data. 1t is easy to decide how much
can be profitably spent in improving
the road. and what are the returns:
that the investment yields to the COM
munity.
Various Returns.
These returns are Of various kinds.
First and foremost is the reduction In
the actual cost Of hauling, the plain
fact that 1t takes less time and labor
to haul a load over good road than
over a poor one. z Less obvious Is the
effect of improved roads in increasing
the total output Of a community. In
the case of one county in Virginia
where particularly thorough records
have been kept, this output was more
than doubled. The farmers found
that with a market always and readily
accessible to them, 1t paid to work the
land to Its maximum production.
This explains the very remarkable
rise In farm land values which nearly
always accompanies road improves
ment. The rise is not a fictitious
one, Of no benefit to the man who
wishes to farm and not to sell. The
land is more valuable because II can
probably be made to produce more.
In other words. the money that goes
into the road comes back with inter-
est from the land. e.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Charm.

Il mean by CHARM" writes Arthur
c. Benson in delightful essay an
Charm" In the Century, mot a mere
superficial gracefulness which can bs
learned as good manners are learned.
through a certain code of behavior.
but thing which Is the flower and
outward sign Of beautiful attitude
to life; an eagerness to welcome
everything which is fine and fresh
and unstained that turns away tho
glance from things unlovely and vSo-
lent and greedy not in disappearing
or self-righteous spirit, because II
is respectable to be shocked, but I'm n
sense of shame and disgrace that such,
cruel and covetous and unclean thingn'
should be. If one takes figure like
that of st. Francis of Assist, who for
all the superstition and fanaticism
with which the record is intermingled,
showed real reflection and restorar
ton Of the old Christian Joy of life.
we shall see that he had firm hold ox
the secret"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Scotch National Hero.

One hundred years ago the cele-
brated colossal statute of Sir William
Wallace was formally dedicated by the
earl of Buchan, In connection with the
celebration Of the five hundredth ami
versary of the battle of Bannockburn.
Sir William Wallace is known as the
national hero Of Scotland, and the
stories of his courage, patriotism and
devotion are familiar to all the chill
dren of that land. AS the leader of a
band Of patriotic followers, he fought
for years to deliver Scotland from
English rule. When victory seemed
about to crown his efforts he was de-
feated and captured through treach-
cry, August 5, 1905, and sent prison
er to London. There he was tried for
high treason. On the same day that
he was convicted he was executed and
his body quartered.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATION
Yorkshire Man Had His Reasons for
Desiring Salesman to Repeat tils
"SeIling Talk"

A commercial traveller had been
talking his hardest, his most eloquent.
his most Persuasive for nearly an hour
to shrewd old Yorkshire business
man. The old fellow seemed convinced
and pleased, and the traveller thought
he had his fish landed. But the York
shire man said:
There's ma lad, Jock. Aid lake
him to hear what We have to say. Will
we COON this afternoon and 80 over
your talk AGAIN."
Certainly, sir, with pleasure" re-
piled the traveller heartily, and at the
hour appointed presented himself
again for the interview with father
and son. Again he went over the
points of the article he had to SELL
forcibly, eloquently, persuasively.
Never had he acquitted himself of a
finer selling talk"
When he had finished the old York
shire man turned to his son and said
enthusiastically: do you hear that,
Jock? Well, now, that's the way
want ye to sell our goods on the road"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
HOW RESINOL CURED
ITCHING SKIN TORMENT

Baltimore. Nd. May 23, 1914: my
limbs from knee to ankle were COM
pletely covered with eczema for a
year. I hated to go in company, 1t
itched and burned SO badly. / had no
rest at night tried good many
remedies for eczema, both liquid and
salve, but they did me no good, only
made the skin more rough and scaly.
l learned of resinol ointment and resi-
mol soap and tried them, and was re-
lieved of the severe itching and burn
ing AT ONCE, and after months
steady use was completely cured"
(Signed) T. s. Lewis, 1921 Summit st.
Sold by all druggists.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Worth the Punishment.

! we'll remember the time, although
years have passed since then, when
my brother and two chums caught a
pocketful Of young field mice and
turned them loose in the kitchen.
In the meantime l had spread the
doorknobs with sticky tar
We ran out and closed the door
from the outside, leaving my mother
and auntie in the room. They were
busy and had not noticed us.
The boys all got whipping and |
had to stay In my room two days on
bread and water diet. But the fun
we had watching them through the
window was worth the punishment
Chicago Tribune.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
War Cuts Her Allmony.

The business depression caused by
the European war must be shared by
wife and husband alike, according to
Judge Frys decision in the court of
domestic relations.
The wife of John Wagner of S21
East Forty-second place, a painting
contractor, alleged he was doing a
business of $4,000 or more each year
and that he should be forced to pay
her and her fifteen-year-old son at
least s75 month, in addition to pay
ing the rent on $40 fiat. They sep
arated several months ago.
Madam, your husband offers to
produce his accounts to show that he
cannot afford to pay you what he did
other years." said the court, and or
dered her alimony fixed at $40 a
month.-Chicago Tribune.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
ALMOST BALD WITH ECZEMA


R. F. d. No. 2, johnson City. Tenn
Some time ago my head became GOV.
cred with small sores which they said
was eczema. They were red and in.
famed and when l would comb my
head they would break and run yell
lowish matter. My hair was coming
out by handfuls until l was getting
almost bald. My hair was so dead and
dry it seemed as II It would break off.
7 put on - and = and several
other remedies without getting any
help. I got cake Of Cuticura Soap
and some Cuticura Ointment and used
them. In a short time the pimples
dried up and my hair stopped falling
out and is thick and glossy. I am
cured" (Signed) J, w. Fisher, Jan.
/. 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Throat Is Baby's Bank.

The combination of a penny and a
seventeen-month-cld infant caused a
lot Of excitement along the water
front near West Fifty-fourth street
early last night, and almost resulted
in the death Of the child.
The baby is the son of Louis Nc
Mann, captain of the barge Rose
Goldrick, moored opposite the foot of
West Fifty-fourth street. A friend of
the child's father gave the baby a
penny. which he at once banked in his
mouth, and the coin became lodged in
the child's windpipe. The man who
made the unfortunate gift ran ashore
and got Policeman Flick, who called an
ambulance from the Polytechnique
hospital.
At the hospital it seemed as If the
childs life was extinct, but after some
effort Doctor Lott dislodged the cent
and restored respiration. The child
was later removed to his home
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
No Time to Argue.

I'm not the sort of fellow that
takes things for granted" said the
pugnacious looking individual who
was sitting beside a meek little man.
as he again buried his nose in hie
newspaper.
But when I take look over a fel
ler's shoulder at de headlines in his
noosepaper it gifts my goat to have
him fidget like l was dom him per
sonal injury"
Hum, ha. I get off here" said the
meek little man, who laid his paper
carefully on the seat and made hasty
exit.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
SUNDAY SCHOOLS ACTIVE.

At its great meeting in Chicago the
International Sunday School associa-
ton, representing the Sunday schools
Of the United States and Canada,
adopted with enthusiasm the follow
ing resolution:
In hearty cooperation with other
temperance agencies the Sunday
school pledges itself to unceasing war
fare upon the legalized liquor traffic;
and we look with unfaltering conf
dence for the coming of that day
when, through the united efforts of re-
ligious, moral and civic forces, God
directed temperance, continent-wide,
worldwide, shall be enacted into the
laws Of every land"
Speaking from the platform of that
convention to a multitude which filed
pit and galleries of the capacious au-
ditorium, Miss Anna A. Gordon, ma.
tional w. c. T. U. president, said:
"The Woman's Christian Temper
ance union. aptly described az organ
lied mother-love,' rejoices with US to-
day that the staggering ranks of liquor
drinkers and liquor sellers will not
be largely recruited from the Sunday
schools Of this enlightened twentieth
century. The dastardly efforts of the
trade to create appetite in the young
and thus build up It's future business
will meet with overwhelming defeat II
Sunday-school teachers are true to
their opportunity and obligation for
drilling and disciplining our young
people in Thus saith the Lord, and
a Thus saith science and a Thus
saith a sound business policy and a
Thus saith efficiency for total absti.
nence."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Favor Good Roads.

The people of Laurel county, KY,
Whitley county, KY, and Campbell
county, Tenn, are making determined
demonstrations in favor of good roads
for the respective counties. Jellico
was crowded with automobiles and
other kinds of vehicles from the sur
rounding towns, all carrying large
signs which displayed the words,
Good roads or bust" A mass meet
ing was held at the Palace theater in
the afternoon, where prominent citi-
gems of Corbin, Williamsburg and Jel-
leo advocated the building Of 100000
worth of good roads through the noun
tains of these counties, to connect with
the pixies already running through the
towns and farming sections.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
FUTURE OF ALCOHOL.

The cheapest kind Of alcohol, we are
told. gives out three times as many
heat units as gasoline. One gallon Of
such alcohol, 1t is pointed out by Doc
tor Crothers, can be sold at a good
profit at twenty cents or less, and will
do the work Of three gallons of gaso-
line. Farmers will have small stills
turning refuse into fuel. light and
power. Decaying vegetable garbage
in cities will be utilized in the same
way. Dtstilleries and breweries will
manufacture cheap alcohols for indus
trial work, without restrictive laws.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
ADVICE TO A LIQUOR SELLER.

A correspondent to Golfers Weekly
tolls about a Texan saloon which has
q sign hanging over the bar upon
which Is printed in large black letters
on white background. IF your chill
dren need shoes, don't blow yourself
for booze. We don't need money that
bad"
Golfers Weekly pertinently re-
marks that ut is poor kind of a
shop that has to warn its customers
against the folly Of spending money
In It"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-09
Lovelorn Philatellst.

The manager of an advertising con-
Germ has made it fad to collect curl
GUS ads, particularly of a personal ma
ture. Here is one, which he culled
from the Figaro Of Paris:
"A collector of postage stamps, pos
sessing 19,440 specimens, desires to
contract marriage with young lady
who Is also collector, and who pos
sesses the blue Mauritius stamp of
1847. No other need apply"