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associations or good roads associa-
tons or twentieth century clubs. or
Whatever they choose to call them in
every county in the State, or certainly
IN all of the counties and towns and
cities along the National Highway to
make organized effort TO keep the good
roads good, and TO make more of them
And then, after numbers Of these local
organizations have gotten busy. TO
form state organization, and all of
these will have good roads and keen
ing them good as their particular bus
mess.
one idea advanced already is TO have
change in the State law so that all
OF the money derived from the au-
tomohilc tax shall be devoted to keen
ing good roads good, and not TO build
ing now ones TO simply be finished.
and then left to go down under the
rains and the storms. The belief Is
that such an organization in any named
county VIII be able to exert an in
nuence with Il county board of super
Nisors when the questions of keeping
good roads good comes before the body
that individuals however influential
they may be, could not exert In their
individual capacity. Tho county or
ganizations could also have a greater
influence with their representatives in
the legislature than could the indivi-
duals.
! hc pan OF getting the next Legie-
lature to make law appropriating all
OF the automobile tax money to the
maintenance of good roads already
built rather than TO the building OF
new ones. as is now the case, meets
with the hearty approval of Highway
Commissioner Coleman. In fact, that
department of the State government
urged such a law at the last session
Of the Legislature, and had bill Of
fered for it, hut the bill in some way
got pigeon hoied. If there were a
couple of dozen county organizations
and strong State organization be-
mind another such bill at the next ses-
sion Of the Legislature the proba-
bility is, so the hustling highway
builders of Brunswick and Lunenburg
think, that the bill would not get in
the pigeon hole stall or if 1t did get
there it would be yanked out pretty
quick
Brunswick and Lunenhurg folks arc
taking the lead in this movement. and
when the hustlers of those two coun-
tics get real busy it may be sure that
there will be something doing.
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GOOD ROADS ADVOCATES
ARE ORGANIZING RIGHT
Nen Along National Highway See I'm.
portance Of Keeping the Good
ROnIs Good.

Some of the live and very wido
awake hustlers of the counties Of
Brunswick and l.unenburg. who have
seen and do fully appreciate the adj
vantages and the value OF good roads
are proposing general organization OF
forces to keep good roads good after
they once get them. These hustlers
are men who live along. or in close
touch with the National Highwty and
they think that Highway, III completed
and Kept in good repair, will be one
OF the biggest assets the cities, towns
and counties of Virginia has ever had.
10 say nothing OF the Improvement
in the value of lands and the increase
in crops, and the better Inducements
that will thus be offered 10 newcomers
land buyers and seekers after indus
trial sites. ii is figured out that the
profts from automobile tourists who
VIII travel this great highway in
great numbers will be something i'm
mense every year, especially To the
cities and larger towns on the route
The plan is to organize automatic
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Review and Outlook.

r. q. Dun & Co.'S special local report
for the Industrial Section reads as
follows:
The jobbing business is quiet. with
no material Improvement expected be-
fore the end OF the sur'mer. City re-
tailcrs are experiencing a fairly ac-
tive season, but with few exceptions,
retail business in rural districts is
very much restricted. In some sections
in Virginia, where crop products are
exceptionally r:oou, there is dispOsi-
ton to credit more literally, in con-
sequence trade has i."en more active
dur ng June than in any preceding
month of the year. Reports from
North Carolina are more CT less pessi-
rnisttc. At least % n.r cent of the cot
ton crop is stil in FIRST hands, causing
further holding up % liquidation of
mercantile accounts. Manufacturing
,unce rms are rot operating; on full time,
ana orders booked are not especially
profitable. Some mills are running in
order to keep their force intact, so as
to have no labor troubles when husi-
ness becomes active. Gratifying agri-
cultural reports are received from
nearly every county In Virginia and
and North Carolina. Cotton is some
what undersize as the season is about
two weeks late. but the stands are good
and from present indication the Yield
per acre. will equal last year. Tobhc-
CO. corn and peanuts are in good con
dition. Grass suffered early in the sea :
son from lack of rain, and in some sec
IONS the hay crop is n total failure.
Richmond bank clearings for Inc week
are 3S,al5,iS0.
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GOOD WOMAN TALKS TO A
COMPANY OF HOME FOLKS
i1eart to : Heart Conference About
rural Education, and How Best
Adapted to Rural Needs.
WIFE OF GOOD WORKER SPEAKS
'ie ~, are Not Always in the Business.
"e'r wives Sometimes Help Out
'us' Little Bit-Wife OF Super.
1htendent Does Her Own Stunt

roW nATAS COUNTY. July a-,rbe
vic or one of the bardest Dorkars
~ noaerh methods of rural school
wi u.N ~ sParseiy settled district OF
virginia paid two visits tn ono ~ ~
schools In the care of th;. ., oi ~
tehdcnt. and sums up tho vorll
well that the matter is WORTHY ~ ro
Iport. She writes:
Last Friday went with W. G IN
VISIT one OF the two-room schools 1-ho
sights 1 saw and the Impressions m,do
on me were so forceful that | feel th.,
must tell of my visit
TO make the picture clear I must
tell you that ! visited the same school
year ago. Then the school building
STOOD in little clearing yard full Of
stumps. the steps Uttered with trash
refuse from lunches. etc. making the
whole surroundings unsiGhtIy From
Inc primary room came "A babel OF
sounds. The teacher was not pleased
self. the children. the room and The
rotations. The hot sun plared
through uncurta ined windows. the chill
dren were listiess and complained of
headaches and colds. The teacher was
dressed as il she were going out for
an evenings pleasure-low-cut waist.
shortcut. tight skirt, silk hose and
low, black velvet pumps. neck and
arms adorned with jcwclry The
neishhorhood Is poor. and the chill
~ t'c nan grown S!rIS-were a
cheap imitation of teacher" and what
they lacked in taste and material they
made up in color; half-soiled ribbons
around their heads, sashes around
their waists. resembling gypsies. un-
tidy as to hands, shoes and dresses.
but with brave air. for were they
not as much like teacher" as they
could make themselves?
SOME FURTHER
INVESTIGATION on QUIET
I'm the upper grade tho scene was
no better. The children were lifeless
The patrons took no Interest In the
school, and openly criticized progress
sivcness.
And now for tho second visit TO
the same CD school The yard had
been cleared, building painted inside
and outside in well-chosen colors; yard
Continued on Sixth Page)
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VIEWS AND AR-VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
By FRANK 8. WOODSON,
Industrial Editor.

This column is open to contrfbu-
tors who hive something to say OF
a suggestive nature, md who are
willing to make hints and suEges-
HONS looking to the better develop
mcnt of the good old States OF VIr-
Sinta, West airEinin. and North
Carolina. md who can hold their
suggestions down I'm my one Issue
TO from $50 to 2aD words. Such COM
municatiOns. addressed to the In
dustrini Editor. will receive prompt
attention.
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AS to Universal Good Rond..

1T is quite a common sight in Vir-
Sinia, says the James River Clarion
to see farmers drive tn the harvest
field in automobiles. 1t takes solemn
sum of money to buy an automobile,
and ii takes good roads, as we'll as
gasoline to run them. A joy-ride in
the harvest fields OF this State is one
Of the most celebrating experiences
that is available on this continent, mad
one that would charm a tourist and
convince Il homeseeker. 4 speedway
lined with growing crops and blooded
stock ia a landscape that one seldom
tours in n lifetime. In mapping out
automobile routes the Virginia harvest
fields should be given prominent posi-
ton. Why not a See Rural America
First campaign?'"
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brightness In n very Genera, Way.

There are some hints and suggos-
lions in the following from the Fred
ericksburg Star:
The American Locomotive Company
is about 10 put 5000 men TO work at
their Richmond plant in order to III
orders which 1t has received for Eu-
ropean war material. There is no
telling to what extent the allies have
purchased supplies in this country, but
"hen the heures are made public they
promise TO aggregate a stupcndoiis sum
or mone? With the hllinY OF these
orders just begun. with more to fol-
low and with bumper crops in pros
pect. IT is safe perdiction that the
United States is close upon an unpre-
cedcntcd era Of Industrial prosperity"
Yes. things look bright all around.
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SOME FURTHER
INNESTIC ATI0N ny nrIEr

Continued on Sixth PageD
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IESl|2IA Azeaeovls Fzh Cazzl
~-2LTeCC ZIto172 IA

the raising of cattle, either on a large
or small scale, according to their abil-
ity. and never kill calf until il is
year or more old No matter how
much meat is produced the demand is
already there to meet il. Cattle is a
moncy-crop as we'll as tobacco and no
doubt much less expensive, with very
little danger Of loss
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when the People IInder.tnnd.

There is whole lot OF good s,ic-
Ees'ion In the following from the Yves:
Point News:
When tho people can ne made to
understand that 81 actually costs moro
In t!ne ana money to travel over a
poor road than IL does to travel over
good one, they will be less inclined to
beerudge the expenBe OF good roads,
and what is more Important still viii
be willing and anxious 10 put the husi-
ncss Of road making into the hands OF
Intelligent men who understand the
business"
Hint That IN 4 Flint.
The people OF this county" says tho
Pittsylvania- Tribune" should. go into.
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Just Exactly So.

Just Exactly So.
The Halifax Gazette has this hint to
suggest:
We're getting better all the time
over 100 South Bostonians had their
picture in last Sundays Tee-Dee. It
pays to be booster some times"
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Our Chautauqua is going o do something unusual this summer, but you'll
enjoy every minute of it, Don't get scared because 1t Is Shakespeare, or make
the mistake of thinking it is toe "high-brow" for o or IL o. have any
Of the "funsense" in you, 70 will follow with delight Miss oraS Sass, as
the laughterloWng Maria, in Ter mischievous prankB while she froics through
her art with that rolicking trio, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and the Clown.
Mr. Arthur Il. Rachel that welknown organizer n producer of Shake
spearean plays, who has III entire production in his hands, has endeavored
make a rue simple, correct production which Will bring Out the charm Of
Shakespeares comedy, getting the spirit Of the play. The costumes were pr-
Chased IN Boston by Mr.. Rachel and are splendid. rich and true In design.
The Company of nine, all members Of the faculty o graduates Oft the Leland
Powers School, Of Boston,, is built around the charming personality and
splendid ability o. Miss Maud Scbeerer. for six years teacher OF Shake
spearean text with Mr. Powers, student of the late George Riddle Of Harvard,
close friend and student Of Frederick Warde,-great, simple, delightful in her
interpretations she will be a very charming Viola and will give pose to the
Company
Duke Orsino will be accurately portrayed by MI Lo Leonard, for three
years associated with the Zen Greet Players
MalvoNo will receive a very fine Interpretation at the hands of Mr. John
Henes, heo Of the Otis Skinner Company, q player o exceptional ability.
The Sir Toby Of Mr. Clark, Harvard graduate and N of the best actors
appearing this yea at the Toy Theatre, Boston, with Miss KinnsingtonL will be
= ronicking portrayal and sure to please.
The dronery ad cen Irish wit of Mr. Harry nthiste, late Of The Robert
ManteH Company, will i've us a Sir Andrew OF great JOY
Sebastian is to be played by Mr. Fenney, who will double and play the sea
captain also; and Feste, the clown, will be played by Mr. Finney, Manager Of
the Company, both of these gentlemen having beer members of the Toy
Theatre Company, Boston.
Miss Florence Curran, a girl O great charm n poise, member Of the
Minneapolis Stock Company, will make a VI dgnihed Olivia
The beauty, grace and laughing viWacty of Miss Dora Sass,m make Ter truly
fit or he par of the merrymakng Maria and a true support for Sir Toby,
in his rare escapades with Sir Andrew and Malvolo.
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DRIVEN FROM BOTH ENDS

Several of the European armies now
engaged in war are using an American
made armored motor car which is de-
signed to be driven from either end, a
picture of which appears in the July
Popular Mechanics Magazine. 1t has
four forward and reverse speeds, N
abling it to be driven as rapidly in one
direction as in the other and doing
away with the necessity Of having to
turn the machine around before it
can proceed in a direction opposite to
that in which it has been travelling. II
drives, brakes and steers on all four
wheels, and has a place at each end
for a chauffeur. The man at the front
Of the car has complete control of it
when it is going forward, but when it
is run backward, the steering wheel
brakes and clutch are operated by the
rear driver.
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vices usually held during July and
August. Everyone cordially invited.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sunday service at II o'clock a. m. Sub
ject, God" Wednesday evening meet
ing at s o'clock. Reading room open
Wednesday and Saturday from 2 to 4
o'clock. Everybody welcome.
st. Paul's Episcopal Church-Ffth
Sunday after Trinity, July 4, 1915.
10: 80 a. M, Holy Communion and Ser
mon; 500 p. M, Evening Prayer and
Address. st. Paul's Guild will meet on
Thursday afternoon, July 9Th, at the
home Of Mrs. Wallace e. Purdy.
Rev. Benson of Alexandria, Mimi,
will occupy the Lutheran church pull
pit Sunday. He will talk in Nor
wegian at the morning service and in
English in the evening.
The churches of the city will hold
union services each Sunday evening
for the coming two months. Next Sun,
day evening there will be a patriotic
service at the Presbyterian church,
with an address by Rev. Bruce of the
NJ. l.. church.
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L. G. Sheldon brought in a monster
lemon for US to see yesterday. It was
sent him by his sister who lives on
the Pacific coast and it is one of Bur
banks products. 1t Is six inches in
length and sixteen in circumference
and weighs two and a quarter pounds.
The tree from which it was picked was
ten feet high and bore three dozen
lemons this year. The big fruit is
now on display at Kendall's Pharmacy
where it is attracting considerable at.
tention.
Mrs. l.. Gaylord and son Clair depart.
ed last week for Rochester. Mimi. to
visit her %son-in-law, Claude Campbell,
of Glendale, Mimi, who was in the
hospital. From there they went to
visit her daughter at Glendale. Mrs.
Gaylord goes from there to Michigan
and then on to Pennsylvania. She has
an aunt there in poor health who
wishes Mrs. Gaylord to make her home
with her. Clair returned this week TO
play with the band on it's engagements
of the next few days, after which he
will join his mother.
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FROM THE VAR ZONE

Describing some recent fights, Civ
ing expression to the longing for home
on the part of the soldiers Of the allies
when their Job" is completed and set
ting forth the confidence of the British
soldiers that they will in the course of
a few more months conquer the Ger
mans, Albert Bourne, a former resi-
dent of South Dakota, who for the last
nine months has been serving in the
royal field artillery Of the British army
in Belgium, has written an interesting
letter to old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Relf
of Egan.
In writing of the battle in which the
Germans for the first time used poison
Gus gases, he says: You may be sure
the place is in an awful state, the dead
bodies and horses lying unburied
everywhere; we had several thousand
casualties, killed, wounded and poison
ed with gases, but the Germans lost
more than double in numbers than we
did. Am pleased to say hat we are
now, for the first time, superior both
in guns and the number of men also,
and | do not think the wal can last a
great many months longer, as we keep
getting stronger in numbers and the
Germans weaker, and we are all quite
confident of winning a just cause for
the protection of Belgium"
The longing for home when the en-
envy is conquered is hui set forth fol
lowing the announcement of the birth
Of a boy to his wife, who is in Eng
land: ooh. how glad l shall be to see
them again, more than tickled, you
bet, after being out here facing death
now for just over nine months, but
something seems to tell me it won't
be long and | have always seemed to
bear a charmed life.
Il don't know what it is for a man
in prison under sentence of death, but
| do know the awful strain on our
nerves here when you see your old
chums, good friends, all have been fall
ing by your side, some literally blown
to pieces. The strain at times is so
great that | have seen men demented
and look upon death as a happy re-
lease from the terrible noise and tur-
moil, when you have to kill or be kill
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L

Cheeks and drafts for
clearing .............. $3.50
Cash on Hand
Currency ....17,02 90
Gold ........... $4,000
Silver ........... S,l29.56
Minor coin .. 4lO4 25,634.5s
Cash Items ............ $3.50
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

T.. G.. Olson autoed up from Sioux
Falls yesterday to spend a couple of
days.
Mrs. T.. w. Hyde was down from Ar
lington visiting friends a day or two
this week.
Mrs. Van Fishback returned Satur-
day from a visit with her parents at
Rochester.
Morine Crowley left yesterday morn
ing for a visit with friends at Walnut
Grove, Mimi.
Misses Eva and Harriet Lanphier
left last evening for Milbank to join
their parents.
Prof. H.. C. SEVERN returned Sun
day from a couple of weeks visit at
Milwaukee.
Owen Callahan of Valley Springs, is
visiting at the home of his brother,
VIM. Callahan.
E.. III. H~ungerford and r. w. Palon
departed Monday morning for a weeks
trip to Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Korte of Plymouth,
Wis, have been visiting at the Thos.
Alton home the past week.
Chas. Sample returned home Tues
day from Jones, Mich, where he was
called by the death of his father.
Mrs. Sinjem returned home to Huron
Tuesday evening. after a visit at the
home of her father, G. N. Kennard.
Castlewood defeated Bookings in a
fast game at the fair grounds yester-
day afternoon, the score being 2 to /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bates arrived last even
ing from Galesburg, ILL.,, for a visit at
the home of their son. DR.. c. M. Bates.
Mrs. Carter returned home to High
more Tuesday evening, after a visit at
the home of her sister, Mrs. w. s.
Irish.
Mrs. Olson returned home to Itch
field, Mimi, yesterday morning after
a visit at the home of her father, VIM.
Rufenacht.
Mrs. VIM. Johnson and daughter re-
turned home to Worthwhile Friday, after
a couple of weeks visit at the John
Blakely home.
Mrs. 8. A. McElmurry departed Sat
urday night for Wadeha, Mimi, in re-
Spouse to a message that her mother
was not expected to live.
G. F. Knappen went to Rochester
yesterday morning to meet his sister,
who was coming from Michigan for
treatment at the hospital.
Miss Loretta McElmurry. after a
visit at home. has returned to Madison.
where she 10 teaching In the summer
school Of the state normal school.
Mrs. n y. Williams. who was oper-
atsd upon At the Rochester hospital
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last week, was very i'll for some days,
but was reported much improved yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peddicord moved here
last week from Perry, Iowa, and took
possession of the S. A. McElmurry
house, which they purchased a few
months ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Partridge re
turned home to Burlington, Iowa, yes
terday morning, after spending a
couple of weeks at the home of Prof.
w. A. Peterson.
Clarence Hanson ran off a bridge
south of town Sunday with a Ford
roadster. The machine tipped straight
over and stuck its nose in the mud,
but the occupants of the car were not
Injured.
Miss Gertrude Stedman and r. S.
Alexander went to Elkton yesterday
morning to attend the wedding of Miss
Vera Pratt. daughter of Editor J. l..
Pratt, to Harold Ranney of Benson,
Mimi. Mr.. Hanney is a nephew of Mr..
Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnett Christensen
have been visiting friends here the
past week. Mr.. Christianson recently
sold out his drug store at washington
Springs and has not as yet found a
new location. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Ch~ristianson's sister. Miss
Jennie Loban. The Loban family are
now living in the Black Hills.
A number of the members of the
Sterling M. E. church went up to Red.
field last week to attend camp meet,
ing, returning on Tuesday. In the
party were the pastor, T. j. Hoffman
and family, John and Adam Winko,
witsch, Pearl Winkowitsch, August
Evert, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schmidt,
Esther Schmidt and Mrs. Ben Nitzko-
wski.
Miss Cecilia Wright, who was ser.
iously injured in the Highmore tor
nado Of a week ago. is improving slow
ly. and there appears to be a chance
for her recovery. She was able to see
a little for the first time on Monday.
and is otherwise improved. II Miss
Wright there will have been
no fatalities from the storm, the other
injuries being principally Of a minor
nature.
W.. r. Vinegar. who has been a clerk
in the local post office for many years
rendered his resignation upon demand
last week and Saturday Postofice In
spector Chase came down and took
him to Waterfowl. where he was
bound over to the next term Of federal
court. The case is an unfortunate one.
but the way Of the transgressor
against Uncle Sam Is hard and there Is
always . day Of reckoning.
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CARD OF THANKS

To those kind neighbors and friends
who never faltered in their sympathy
and assistance during the illness and
death of my lear husband, my SINGER
est gratitude is expressed. The beau
tiful floral offerings were also much an.
preciated. Mrs. N. E. Comp.
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NOTES


(The items in this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondents
of the various churches and societies. All
churches and societies have the same
privileges In the use Of this column
First Presbyterian Church-Next
Sunday morning the pastor will speak
on: Independence and Christianity"
In the evening there will be a union
service in the Presbyterian church.
This will be the first of the union ser