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Is paying each year All enormous tax
or toll to bad roads; and 1t is Il tax
which not only does not yield any
return. at all, but does himself and
his property IL positive harm.
Suppose we take a man whose pro-
perty is assessed at $1,000. Under
the proposed bond issue if the maxi
mum rate j.; charged Of 30 cents on
the 800 worth of property his road
tax for the year vii! bc So 30
y man who owns $1,000 worth of
property usually has team or two
horses or mules. Say this man lives
) miles from market. and makes one
trip Il week during the year. lie us-
nall makes more than this. In going
10 market over the present system of
roads he can only haul ncfourth
Ia" amount which he can haul over Il
good road. II takes him from one to
tnrcc hours longer to so AID return
from market than il would over IL
good road: SO that on each trip we
will say he loses three hours of HIM
self and team in going to market
and carries only half Il load. Thus he
wOnli have to make two trips IN or
der To get the amount TO market
which he could carry over IL good
road with one trip. and on the two
trips he would lose six hours Now
any man and team is worth III least
30 cents an hour. In some places
they are now charging 10 cents an
hour Then six hours lost at 30 cents
an hour is Si.Sn, which each farmer
practically loses in each trip when
he markets his produce. Averaging
his trips during the year at - would
make his tax to bad roads $93.G0.
which is about what the average far
mer paving tax on $1,000 worth Of
property loses during the year in ac-
tual time of himself and his team
and. loss of time in not being able to
carry full load, to say nothing Of
the wear and tear on his team aad
harness and vehicle. the lack of OPP
portuniiy OF attending church when
desired. tho impos ;ibility of his child
rcn reaching school regularly. and
the lack Of opportunity for carrying
on the social intercourse which is
necessary to the life of every human
being.
Another tax he pays to bad roads is
that In case of severe Illness it is
practically impossible to obtain u
doctor in any reasonable time. so
that bis family is constantly running
risk Of losing their lives in cases OF
emergency because OF the physical
impoSsbility Of getting Il physician
there within IL reasonable time over
tho poor roads. All these latter
phases cannot be reckuned in dol
lars and cents.
If you own less than 81 1000 worth
of taxable property you can divide
the above sum and get what you are
paying to the bad roads. If you own
more than $1,000 worth of property,
YOU can multiply the above amount
and get your tax to bad roads. Are
you going to submit to thi, tax longer
because it does not come in actual
pennies out Of your pocket? 1t comes
out Of you, out Of your team, out of
the net earnings of your farm. and
In reality out Of your pocket. Taken
from argument Of Joseph Hyde
Pratt, State GeoIogist Of North Caro-
lima.
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CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
AND CASTOR OIL
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give California Syrup of
Figs"

Look back ut your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on castor oil. calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The chidren's revolt is we'll
founded. Their tender little "insidcs"
are injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowles need cleansing. give only deli
cious "talifornia Syrup OF Figs" IT.,
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy: they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach. and that teaspoon
fnl given today saves sick child to-
morrow.
Ask your druggist for 5o-cent bot
Tie OF california Syrup OF Figs"
which has full directions for babies.
children Of all ages AMI for grown-ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware OF
connterfeits sold here See that it is
made by California Fig Syrup Com
pany.' Refuse any other kind with
contempt.
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trial capital are built up0n systems
OF equity a. The suns in their planets
so that they cannot and do not break
the laws ot organization without un-
doing themselves. When they now
do so much To build good roads. then
tlt least the country people should
do - To do the little that is asked
OF them There are all sorts OF ar
gulnonts that might he Offered
against good roads. bni none that
las reason or logic; and when coun-
'lcS III some measures are oyerruled
bv minority. no, majority. il is be-
cau" The county says as a school
teacher u pupil. Now. YOU don't Ik,,
tai, lady. bu; while don't wish
Ia press il To you against your will
am obliged to do 80 for the good
Of you future happiness.
Alcn are only boys grown tall
Hearts don't change much after ;,li =
~ the next election may the bows
gown tall. rise to their full stature
ana accept the lesson best for their
iuturr: may the heart OF the boy
bdbblc M in the man for all that is
good and beautiful.
y certain lrat"rnal Order know
the powerful meaning Of tho Psalm
lists words:
i'rlold how good and how picns
am II Is for brethcren To dwell to-
ge'hcr In unity. II is like the prec-
ious upon the head. e
me writer comes pretty near be-
NE one oil thcm-or to them and asks
lor hclp. And when tie mex, elcc-
.ioh comes may the bond issue be
'oted Tor. TO have and To hold mi
as bondage or fetter but as a unity
mat can truly feel,
Hcst be the tie that binds"
Ana in the summer mornings IN
.nooi or market. or church. the
i"aas shall feel clean and fresh to
me heart OF the boy-man and girl
woman.
AS the dew of Herman and -. ,ho
uew that descended upon tho NOM
tains OF Zion
lJtl}EcCA II. LEE.
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The Rev. r. NJ Land or Seneca
fllled his regular appointment at this
place last Saturday and Sunday. A
large congregation attended both SER
vices although Sunday was a pretty
rough day. II did not keep many away
from church. for we all love to hear
this able man Of Cod speak.
The people of this community and
of the Corinth section have united
their preaching and Sunday school
work. All are to work together. If
some of us do not stall against u tiny
pebble and go to kicking. baking or
pulling back under the load, we can
have an excellent Sunday school.
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Hick
Saturday, March 6, son, Robert
Lawrence.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Mayes spent
Sunday at the home Of MIR. aud Mrs.
Il. f. Evatt
Mrs. w. II. CrensIaw and Mrs. Ell
len Jenkins spent Tuesday with MIR.
and Mrs. Paul Gillespie
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. o. Evatt and little
daughter. Agnes spent Sunday at the
home of Mr.. Foster Evatt.
MIR. and Mrs. West White and little
daughter, Leon spent Sunday at. the
home of Mrs. Jane Gillespie.
A goodly number of our young peo-
pie enjoyed cotton picking at the
Rev. K. w. Nelson's Tuesday night.
Mrs. Mary Wilson and two children
spent last Wednesday at the home Of
Mrs. P. G. Gillespie.
How many of MS have hatit of
finding fault with everything and
everybody? We can often find fault
with the ather fellow, but If we have
the same fault he has, we never see
1t in ourselves, but very easily do we
see It in the other fellow.
ALI me. how much better off we
would all be If we could only find the
fault III ourselves, and not bother
with the faults of Others First get
the motc out of thine own eye. be-
fore plucking 1t ont of thy brothers.
eve
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ANNUAL MEETING or
LOCAL COUNCIL L. {. r.
VIII BE Held Tonight IN knights of
i'ythIaS Hall y O'clock.
(t'rOm Saturday's Dailyl


The annual meeting OF Anderson
Council No. 423. United Commercial
Travellers. will be held this evening
in Knights OF Pythias hall. and all
members OF the organization and all
visiting travellers are cordially la
vited to attend rs
The election OF officers for the en-
suing year Is To take place. and other
business Of an interesting nature will
bc transacted.
j. b. Shanklin Is Senior Counselor
and C.. G. Gribble is secretary of the
Anderson Council, which has total
OF some 30 members.
1t Is the intention of those callin
the meeting tonight to put new lifo
In the council and make 1t more in
teresting for the members that 1t may
have been In the past For that rea-
son large attendance Of members Is
earnestly desired for the meeting this
evening.
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q LOWNDESvILLE NEWS. a
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The friends OF Mr.. l.. .. Speer will
be Iiaa 10 learn that ho Is Improving
after II week of suffering.
AIR. l.. G. Bell of Augusta was tho
weekend visitor of his brother, MIR.
!. u. Dell.
MRS. I, y. Cooley entertained the
U. ID. C.'s Thursday AFTERNOON. An
Interesting program was nrcdercd af-
ter which refreshments were served
Mrs. kate Pettigrew OF Barnes vis-
itcd ncr SISTER. Miss Annie iiuiCiii-
.Dn this week
Miss Agnes Spcights spent the Sab
Luih day with Miss Ellen Tenant.
This week 0f fine weather has
brought gludness and activity to our
community. The people arc prepar-
ing thci: gardens. Farmers are
hauling some fertilizer, but not halt
SO much a3 last season.
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Uncle Josh "Agin" 1t "Agln.,

Editor The Anderson Intelligencer:
l am very sorry that it Is neccs-
sary for me TO say any more concern
ing the bond issue. but in your COM
ments on my former article you have
nisdunted Eie More Or less, either by
mistake or Intentionally.
In the first place. YOU said that
had asstertcd that I was il favor of
gcol roads but wanted them by di-
rect taxation. said that while we
would all like better roads Gor who
would be against good roads) but
am against anything that would add
on to the taxpayers of Anderson
County. Mt present
Now you say another objection to
my article Is that ! do not seem to
have absolute confidence in the COM
mittee named to handle this fund. 1t
may be that you want a fact about u
good portion Of this committee. II so
1t is in this way, l will ask you one
thing! You have only been IL resi-
dent of Anderson County for n short
while. and why do you try to run
your estimation Of these particular
men far beyond those of citizens that
have been born and raised right up
with them and have known them in
all of their ways and doings? True,
there is some objection there but not
all because the whole thing Is OBJ
1ectionable from beginning to end.
Now. Mr.. Editor. you seem to talk
like the whole objection Of, us peo-
pie Is from n political standpoint
why you know that this is not true,
for look around you in the city and
country and. you will. find the most
influential men on both sides Of the
administration fighting the issue. So
It could not be a political fight either
way, and think you should be cr..
icized more or less for your attempt
to make II a political fight, thinking
no doubt that this would tend TO
strengthen the measure.
Mr.. Editor, why do you keep say
ing that the country people will only
have to pay thirty per cent. of this
tax, that you and the corporation will.
pay the other seventy. Why who IRE
the. corporations and new-way who
AAsNsNSo saShA are tlcy uOI ulHQo and
supported by the country? And be-
long to the country? Does not the
country keep them up? Then why do
you want to join yourself to them in.
order to make your burden lighter?
Don't You know that corporations
seldom ever suffer from. anything, If
we go and put something on them
they Will come right back at us and
make 1t up right of OF us country.
people. just as the oil trusts, etc.
Why IL you hit them a little what do
they do. Just. raise the price of oil
a little and make you and me and ev-
erybody else pay for the hit, and oil
corporations and trusts are inst tho
same. S :,I : 80
5 No. Mr.. Editor, We do not need my.
thing along this line now, go lets get
together and quit trying to pull this
thing any further. q s5l 81
-. Yours very truly, S.: 81 I, Z;
JOSH ASHLEY.
vs. Honea Path. March ii II S ~! ,s5,s4S j
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IVA NOTES .
Q o
IVA NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Anderson spent
few hours in Anderson Thursday on
business.
Mr.. Joe Sherard has returned home
after spending several days iii Angus
Ia on business.
Mr.. Walter Sa.ller OF Anderson
spent short while here this week
with his parents. Mr.. AMI; Mrs. ID. +.
Sadlcr.
Mrs. John X. Simpson Of The Pop
lnr Springs neighborlrood died Thurs
day afternoon and was buried tho fol-
lowing day ut Generastcr. cemetery,
service were conducted ~ her pastor,
Rev. S. ]. Hood. Mrs. Simpson was n
consistent member Of the Grove
church. She leaves husband and
several sons and daughters. two sis
ters. Mrs. John Snow and Mrs. War
rem Watt OF Anderson to cherish her
memory.
Miss Gertrude Weldon was shop
ping IN Anderson Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. S. Clinkscales OF
Starr Wac, the guests Saturday of
their daughter, Mrs. i. G. Ligon.
A meeting OF tho Civic Association
Will bc held III tho school auditorium
Monday afternoon at four o'clocn. The
members are urged to be present, bus
iness of importance.
Mr.. Glenn Simpson of :l;arr was In
town several dnys this week on busi-
ness.
n The Woman's Missionary and Aid
Society of tho, Presbyterian church
will meet Wednesday afternoon at the
homo of Mrs. T. G. Jackson ut .
O'clock
i Prof. Cllff d. Coleman and wife
spent the weekend In Anderson with
friends and relatives.
Misses Nancy Pearson and Carrie
Howell we're shoppers in Anderson
Saturday.
Messrs. r. G.. Jackson, Jr.. Leroy
Sadler. r. T.. Strlbling, Clarence Sher-
ard. II. w. Wakefield and DR.. C. H..
!, Burton went TO Anderson Friday night
TO attend the play Lady, Luxury"
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VIII Not .AMcct Service

WASHINGTON, March l1.--Fail-
are Gt the lol6 postoilicc approprin-
ton bill to pass congress will not
result In curtailmcnt OF the service
Of reduction OF the working force.
Postmaster General Burleson ar
nOunced today. recent adjustments Of
tho pnstals service 0nd general
campaign OF economy begun two
years ago having made 1T possible
To hold expenditures within the 1915
total
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New Cutters to BE Launched.

WASHINGTON. March I2.-Thc
new coast guard cutters Ossipee, for
use in Maine waters, and Tallapoosa.
for the Gulf of Mexico. will be launch
ed at Newport News, Va. April 20.
Miss Sallie McAdoo. daughter OF the
secretarXoffhe treasury. will chris
ten the Ossipec and Miss Mabel Hart
we'll. Of Mobile. will name the Tai
lapoosa, which will he an oil-burner
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Agrees to Make Concessions.

LONDON, March 2-Authorita-
tive reports reaching The Hague
from Berlin seem to indicate that
Germany. with view TO securing
ltaly's neutrality. has induced Aus
tria. despite vigorous opposition by
Emperor Francis Joseph. to agree TO
make territorial concessions to Italy
IN the event that Germany and Aus
tria are victorious in the war.
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Light Docket In
Tho Police Conrt,

1t was n light docket which de-
manded the attention CT Recorder
RUSSELL yesterday Mt noon in the
police court, lien Drake and Lennie
Tribble were tried on charges OF fight
ing anu disorderly conduct. and the
formor2 fined $40 while the charges
agatns the latter. were dismissed. The
only other case on the docket was
that OF Mr. Sam Trowbridge, who
iwas flned s6l for, drunkenness. s,s. u. Z
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-16
Fire Department ,s
Was Called OIt.i

The. automobile FIRE truck was cali-
ed to Franklin street west. yesterday
shortly after 12 o'clock to extinguish
some burning grass near the resi-
dence OF. Mr.. Levi N. Geer. No damage
was caused by the FIRE.
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II any farmer will take a few min
utes lie Will realize that he himself
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-16
REFUGE ITEMS

o o o 5000 ooooo oooo 600
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18

price of Aiaska-and the total Of
Alaskan resources in furs and fish
cries as well as minerals probably
now exceed 100000.
All government experts agree that
the surface OF the mineral deposits
has hardly been scratched yet. Lode
mining has been confined to the
coastal regions. easy Of access. Trans
pOrtutiOn Of machinery and supplies
has been heretofore too difficult a
problem in the interior TO permit the
working OF any but fantastic8liy rich
placer deposits.
Only one Of the many copper de-
pcsits has been more than prospected
and yet copper worth sl5.000,00O has
been shipped from the territory.
ALASKA has a population Of sixty
five thousand. half nf whom are
white. Twenty thousand OF these
white pioneers are in the central re-
gion. through which the new trunk
line will operate, and there are indl-
cations that their number will be
quadrupled before the whole line is
in operation.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18

harbor is ice closed IN winter months,
while Seward AMI Cordova are both
ice-free roadsteads.
CordOva aarbor 1t has been re-
ported. is mO-e desirable for a term
nal Of the line because the great
depth Of water OF Seward makes an
chOrage difficult The Seward route,
however, was closer 10 the coal fields
and to the known mineral belts than
the Cordova line and II was argued
that the route Of the Copper river
railroad made II subject TO the moods
OF the glaciers. among which It
threads its way INTO the river mouth.
All reports looked to the eventual
extension 1f the system TO Yukon
from Fairbanks and also discussed
additional branch lines to tap other
productive localities.
Probably the greatest tonnage for
the system eventually will come from
the coal mines Of the Matanuska or
Dering river regions. Whether the
Bering field would supply sulta BILE
coal for navy use or not has been a
matter OF controversy for years A
report on navy tests made I'm 1912
was submitted TO congress last year
which said the Bering coal was not
suitable for the navy unless a higher
grade OF product was discovered when
the deposits were explored for deyel-
Opment.
The coal consumption OF the Pacific
coast has been estimated at one mil
lion five hundred thousand tons an
nually, exclusive OF the one hundred
and fifty thousand tons or more that
the navy will need each year.
What the government thinks Of
alaska is indicated by the expendi-
ture Of S3j,00O,00O for railway. or
almost five times the 1920. 900 which
the United States paid Russia for
Alaska. From Alaskan territory gold
bullion worth more than 5000, ,O00.-
coo already has been produced -
nearly thirty times the purchase
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18

splndling plants that were a disgrace
TO the whole wheat family But the
kernel In one pot was undaunted bv
the alkalt II grew strong, thrifty.
iull OF promise. Its offspring in
herited the same power and handed II
doWn through the generations. Lit
erally the enemy had been routed on
his own soil
Again, certain habits of grain chat
are destructive of profits have been
overcome. Professor c. G.. Williams.
OF the Ohio Experiment Station, no
tced that the farmers OF the state
were losers to large extent each wear
through the tendency of the wheat to
lodge. He did not therefore say. as
the old lady did of the rain that
spoiled her "praties" There's no
sinse in tits jist the will OF God"
No, he squared his jaw and polished
up the tools In his laboratory.
Somewhere, he thought, 'in the
kingdom of unembodied ideas is
wheat that will not lodge"
And he did not cease his labors until
he had given that idea a body. He
developed wheat with so much back
bone that II refused to be felled by
anything II was likely to meet.-From
Finding Better Seeds for the Worlds
Food supply" by b. L. Powell in the
American Review OF Reviews for
March.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18

their name, until 1t emerges on the
broad delta where rise the sources Of
the Tanana river, up which the final
stretch to Fairbanks would be laid.
This would form the trunk line, but
as feeder branches are contemplated
to the Bering river, Mutanuska and
Susitna valley regions to open the
vast coal supplies and other mineral
deposits, the total mileage OF the pro-
posed branches would be 420.
Two routes to the Bering river
fields were suggested, one via Kat
ALA, and the other VIA Lake Char
lotto. It has been urged that tho
Katalla route would open the coal
road to attack from open sea In case
OF war, while the Lake Charlotte line,
II miles inland. would be protected
from ships guns by intervening hills
From Seward, on the west shore
Of Prince William sound, the Alaska
Northern railroad winds through the
hills TO Kern creek. on the shore Of
Turnagaln arm OF Cook inlet The
distance is II miles and the company
now Is operating only lght gasoline
cars most Of the time, heavier equip
ment passing over the line only when
mining machinery is to be moved in
land Ii was proposed to continue the
line along Turnagain arm Sor thirty
miles, then swing northward up the
east shore OF Knik arm, crossing that
inlet at its head and follow the
s-usitna valley to Chulitna pass,
emerging on the banks OF the Chu-
litna river. Following the Chulitna
to Broad pass. the line would make
right angle to find its way via the
canOns Of the Ncnana rivor to the
banks, of the Tanana. along which
the fffal stretch to Fairbanks would
lie.
II was suggested that during the
summer months Knik harbor on the
east shore Of Knik srIn would be an
available terminal, saving lis miles
Of rail haul 70 and from Seward. The
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18

problem of climatic conditions in this
far-northern region, its short seasons,
and country of mountains and gla-
ciers quite different from the plains
across which most of the transconti.
rental routes stretched. Already,
however. the development of Alaska
has dispelled much OF the popular
idea of region of snow and ice, and
has disclosed rich and fertile agricul-
tural sections i'm addition to the
boundless resources OF coal, copper
and other minerals and fur bearing
animals. Thus far private enterprise
has devised the only means for pene-
trating this little-known region. but
now for the first time the government
takes in hand the building and opera
ton Of railway one thousand miles
long, running through the heart of
the country.
Had Much Data.
President Wilson had before him an
enormous amount of data on Alaska
to aid in his decision as to which of
the two proposed routes from Prince
william sound to Fairbanks should be
followed He had no recommends
tiOn from the Alaska engineering com
mission, which made the investiga-
ton. however. the commissioners
confining their report to a full state
ment of the facts regarding each
route.
Since the bill appropriating $685.
100000 for the construction Of the
line was enacted last year, the com
mission has had hundreds of men at
work locating and surveying along
both routes. Additional information
has been placed before the president
as it became available and in anticipa-
ton OF the beginning Of work early in
spring the commission has been max
ing inquiries as to equipment avail
able on the Panama canal and on
other government tasks and other
wise making ready TO fling a we'll
equipped construction army into the