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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31
RESULTS FROM GOOD ROADS
After Improvement Price of Tillable
Lands Show Big lncrease-ChiI-
dren Benefited.

After improving the main market
roads in four counties in Virginia
and one each in New York, Alabama,
Florida and Mississippi during a Pc
riod Of five years, a survey was made
of the work and it's results. 1t was
found that the price of tillable land
served by the roads increased from
one to three times the total cost of the
improvements. The total saving every
year in hauling costs due to this i'm
provement in the roads amounts to-
S627,409 for q traffic Of about $780,
600 ton miles. The net saving on the
hauling, after deducting the cost Of
interest and principal for the improve
ments, averages 11.6 cents per ton mile.
After the roads were better, the aver
age attendance of children in the pub
lie schools was 76 per cent; before the
roads were improved it vas &C per
cent. Ten more children out of every
100 were enabled to get schooling as
q result of better roads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

or stone, with gravel next in favor,
says Indiana Farmers Guide. But
ever such roads fall into d%isrepair, if
given. no attention. What is said to
be the worst stretch of highway in
Illinois was once q magnificent mac
adam road. Now it is almost impass-
able owing to the deep hollows and
| ruts which it contains. Everyone gives
1t q wide berth and it is "black listed"
in all automobile guides. Concrete
and brick paving also must have over
sight and repair.
Autoists have a saying that there
is no better road than a dirt road
when it is dry. This is because, in
the case Of a well-drained earth road,
passing vehicles smooth out the ruts
left after a rain and iron it into q
sufficiently level surface to permit Of
easy travelling. Here, again, it is a
case Of working the roads," though
the work given is of an automatic
kind and rendered without thought Of
the service performed. However, it
sometimes takes q long time to smooth
out the roughness after a rain-espe-
| cially if the soil is q heavy clay. And
| usually the same mGGeshift attention
is given the earth road that is the
too-frequent lot Of macadam and
gravel.
In some townships the dirt roads
are dragged at rather i%nfrequent in
tervals and if q rain comes right after
the dragging the effect of the latter
is largely nullified. The best dirt
roads, year in and year out, are those
which are dragged whenever possible
at all seasons Of the year. This
should be done as soon after every
rain as possible but not when the mud
is in such condition that it will stick
to the drag. 1t is best to drag one
side of the road at q time and forbid
travel upon it until it is thoroughly
dry. AS a general rule the softer the
material of which a road is composed
the more frequent attention it should
receive. But let no one forget that
good roads of whatever kind are pos.
sible only at the price Of constant over
sight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ROADS
No Matter What Construction May Be
Highways Must Be Given Some
Consideration.

Let no man be deluded into the
thought that such things as "perma-
nent roads" are possible. All roads,
no matter what kind, require atten-
ton and the more they receive the
better they are. A chief cause for
poor roads is the fact that a great
proportion of the road work done the
country over is of so temporary and
make-shift an order. Of course, the
only real satisfactory road in all
weather is q hard road-either paved
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The Medical Record having declared
that ice cream is food, it must be con-
coded that young men do not waste the
money which they spend in rejection
for their best girls.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

1t is just naturally born in man to
want to dictate to something or some
body, but the man who marries with
the idea Of having a subordinate to
boss is one of %humanity's most pathet-
ic figures.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Experiments in bomb-throwing by
the American troops in France show
that their baseball experience has
made them superior at the work tc
the French and the Germans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The easiest way to learn to pro-
nounce the names Of the new Russian
ministers is to take a badly cracked
photograph record, label it "Kerensky
Calling the Roll Of His Cabinet" and
turn it loose.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The Germans are quoted as think
ing American ayiatOrs will fail
through lack of courage. They need
not lay such nattering JUNCTION to
their seals. It will not help them
when the American aviator gets In
cotton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet. and whether the new
bread Is known as war bread or liber-
ty bread Il great many people think
1t an improvement on the white wheat
loaf, which it is superseding.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

"Nobody knows what the Berlin gov.
eminent wants." complains a German
writer. Wrong. Everybody knows
what it wants. but nobody knows what
1t expects to get.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

"Armenians in Need of More
Funds" q headline, illustrates the ia
cility with which an oppressed people
acquire the ways Of the unoppressed,
even in the midst Of war.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

According to the news columns an
eminent scientist has discovered that
there are only twenty words in the
monkey language. Life must be I'M
speakably dull for the lady monkeys.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

One of the ministers OF the new
Russian cabinet is Mr.. Nikitine. He
ought to be able to give much help
towards smoking out the enemies of
the republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

No shift in Russian affairs offers
Nicholas Romanoff encouragement to
do anything more than hoe his vege-
tables.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

An expert advises us to eat poultry
to save the beef. At present prices the
only thing left for US to do is to help
save both Of them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

In Copenhagen they are expelling
tourists who eat too much. Perhaps
they are getting nervous over that
American blockade and its meaning.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Now that the French are calling
American soldiers "Sammies" one
wonders what the Germans will soon
be calling them?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Germany has planned to recapture
the dye stuff trade from America as
soon as the war is over-but we are
dyeing to beat them now
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31
pairymen Are Careful.

Dairymen as a rule are more careful
with their COWS than the average farm
er who merely produces the milk for
family use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The girl who has married a maj in
the hope of saving him from war has
picked out q mighty poor kind Of hus-
band.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

In the garden the maj with the hoe
is much more useful than the man With
the hose, but welding the hose is cas-
Ter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31
Reasonable Truck HauIinu.

Every pound of merchandise which
can be added to the truck load makes
truck hauling that much more reason
able.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

After lodging all the dangers Of an
tocracy, the cZar broke his leg riding
a bicycle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The way in which current cabinets
are changing would Indicate that they
are seldom formed of emergency men.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The author of q chow to succeed
book has died insolvent. Most of them
do, or ought to.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

It is safe to assume that the women
fighting in Europe are not q bit *
the moving-picture war heroines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Were the Savior to come to the Unit
ed States there are men who would
try to make money out of his visit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

STACKER is q mild word as COM
pared to deserter; yet the two are cas-
lily merged in meaning.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The high cost Of living has at least
discouraged the dangerous tendency to
overeat in summer time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

The gridiron season is approaching.
Let England and France hold the line
and Uncle Sam will carry the ball
over.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

However, the joy riders don't seem
to be in the least alarmed about the
danger of a shortage in the oil supply.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

This summers fish story has little
interest. The really big gome IS the
submarine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

With so much food going to waste
on the vines and in transit the only
thing to do is to eat 1T.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

A necessary adjunct to the raise
more-sheep movement is to raise fewer
worthless dogs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Nobody looks more foolish than the
mai who thinks it ~clever~to cheat ms
way to an exemption.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-31

Physicians disagree more than the
politicians.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07

The process of manufacturing
creamery butter in modern factory is
just as technical as the manufacture
of piece of cotton cloth. In most in
stances the milk is skinned on the
farm by means of hand-Operated cen
trifugal separator, which extracts the
cream much more efficiently than the
Old-time gravity system. The cream
may be hauled to the creamery by the
farmer or it may be shipped in from d
farm 100 or more miles away.
AS the cans of cream arrive they are
inspected and sampled in order to de-
termine their value for buttermaking.
The cream is then poured into huge
watts holding 300, 600, or more gallons,
in each of which is a coil, or similar
device, that when put in motion agi-
tates the cream and thoroughly mixes
it. Hot water and steam can be turned
into these coils to heat the cream.
In many creamerieS the cream is heat
ed in this way to q temperature of
about 145 degrees F., held at that tenn
perature for about 80 minutes and
then cooled. The process is known as
pasteurization. The object is to kill
any disease germs that may be in the
cream and to destroy nearly all other
bacteria, This protects the health of
the consumer, improves the keeping
properties of the butter, and enables
the creameryman to control the ripen-
ing of the cream and develop the prop
er flavor; it also insures a uniform
flavor in the butter.
A Starter Produces Flavor.
By running cold water through the
coils in the vat the cream is cooled to
q temperature of between 60 and 20
degrees F., and then quantity of
starter is added to produce the flavor.
The starter is culture containing
many millions Of lactic-acid bacteria
grown in pasteurized skim milk until
the milk has soured and curdled. The
lactic-acid bacteria produce the deSir-
able flavor in ripened-cream butter.
When the cream is sufficiently ripened
or SOured it is cooled to temperature
Of between 40 and 60 degree F. and
held at that temperature for two hours
or more, after which it is run into one
of the huge churns which have a ca
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07

physical surroundings, but some of the
more venturesOme made trips to RO-
man territory with cargOes of amber
and various products of their country.
The language of the Lithuanians has
been preserved to this day. Some even
say that it Is the oldest language in
use. 1t closely resembles the Sanskrit
and, in many cases of research work,
is the key to it.
Beat Germans and MongoIs.
The Lithuanians lived in clans until
the thirteenth century, when, because
of national danger, they banded tOgeth-
er. They chose Ringaudas as the first
grand duke of Lithuania, and he soon
collected a large army. He defeated
the Germans and stopped the western
advance of the MongOllans. He like
wise defeated the Russians and in
creased the territory of Lithuania con-
siderably.
Mindaugis, the next grand duke, a
capable organizer and administrator,
continued the work successfully. Ged-
eminaS, shrewd diplomat, as is shown
in his correspondence with the popes
of Rome and the Teutonic order, was
the next grand duke of note. He es-
tabliShed the grand duchy of Lithu-
ania on firm basis, vanquished the
Russians, TeutOns, and especially the
Tartars, and so helped save Europe
from the greatest disaster that could
have befallen it-invaSiOn and Occupa-
uania extended from the Baltic sea
to the Black sea. After the death Of
GedeminaS his two sons, Algirdas and
Keistutis, reigned, and waged battles
with TeutOns and SIavs.
In 1869 Il sort of dual POlish-Lithua-
nian government was adopted. Even
then, Lithuania kept its Independence.
In the three partitions of Poland the
major part of Lithuania was annexed
by Russia and the smaller by Germany.
Thus Lithuania was removed from the
map of the world.
The people were forbidden to use
the Lithuanian language, and the pos
session of any Lithuanian books, even
prayer books, was considered a polit-
ical crime, and schools teaching Lith-
uanian were closed. The Russian gov
ernment prohibited the use of any type
in print but the Russian. The people
as result, smuggled in books and
newspapers printed in Latin type, from
Germany. Eventually the imperial Or
der was revoked and the use of Latin
type re-established. From that time
on Lithuanian literature has fiourishcd,
many newspapers having been pub
ltshed and many books printed.
There are probably about 100000
persons of genuine Lithuanian stock.
In addition to these, the Lithuanian
state would include 100000 Poles,
Jews, Russians, and Germans, making
total of 100000 for Lithuania prop
er. If Lettland should be united with
Lithuania it would add 2,500,000 Let's,
making a grand total population of H.
100000 for the new nation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07

but it is one of the great sugar-pro-
ducing countries of the world. The
annual export of sugar amounts to
something like 100000 tons. People
are so accustomed to thinking. of sugar
in terms of pounds that nearly 2,OOO,-
900 tons of sugar seems to have stu
pefying effect on the mind. There are
more than 100000 acres of land under
cultivation in sugar on the island Of
Java and the average yield per acre is
four and one-half tons, which is a yield
that is high above the average Of
sugar land.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Russian PEASANTS Hard Life.

The whole existence of the Russian
peasant is out of joint. He is born In
a world of earth and wood, where his
life is circumscribed by a log cabin
that is matched in fall, when it as
sumes an appearance Of tidiness, but
becomes a huge harp for the March
winds to play their wOeful dirges on.
The thatch is fed to the few starving
animals, and the dispensable wooden
props and decorations used to cook
dinner with long before the approach
Of spring. Here between the unplas-
tered, undecorated walls he lives with
his horse, his pig, his hens-always
provided he has any-under the same
roof, glad of their sociability and AMI
NAL warmth, being much in need of
both. His home is one of the maze Of
zigzaz, lopsided, weather-beaten, bro
ken-dOwn izbas that stand huddled to-
gether, freezing in Gods solemn peace
fulness and uncanny dreaminess. En-
chantingly idyllic on canvas, but
dreadful place to live in.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Ennh Value of Peanut.

The peanut is substantial food, six
ounces of shelled peanuts being said to
possess food value of 2.3 ounces of
round steak, five ounces Goldfish, one
ounce rice, % ounces rye bread, 35.5
ounces spinach, SO ounces apples or
SIX ounces bacon. The peanut is rich
in fat and also has mineral salts I'M
portant in the diet, such as phosphorus,
lime, sulphur and iron.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Criterion.

A criterion is of an abstract nature
and cannot properly be applied to a
person. 1t is standard of judging or
a rule or test by which facts, principles
and opinions are tried in forming a
correct judgments A person could not
serve as criterion because of the va
riations in human conduct. The crl-
terlOn is always something which he
mains stable, thereby permitting other
matters of a more or less uncertain ma
ture to be tested by comparison with 1t,
as, for example, one might say. Paris Is
q criterion OF fashions.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
United States seashore Cities,

Seashore cities-small and sleepy
villages in winter, great, bustling cities
in summer-are now so numerous that
they can hardly be counted. They dot
the coast from Maine to Florida; the
gulf coast has any number of pretty,
salubrious bathing spots, and the Pa
cific coast, from Gray's Harbor to San
Diego, abOunds in ocean resorts. The
gulf coast and the lower Pacific coast
have the advantage, however, of all
the-year-round bathing; the Atlantic
coast season is about three months
only.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
FRECKLES
NJ. Z. Al. T.. 4. e. p;l Il IT,. Ill c..

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the pre-
sCripton othine-double strengths guar
anteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce OF othine-double
strength-from your druggist, ard apply
little of 1t night and morning and you should
soon see that even the worst frsckles have
begun to disappear. while the lighter ones
have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than one ounce is needed to completely
clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear
complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength 9th
Inc. this is sold under guarantee of money
back If it fails to remove freckles-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Danger in Using pruas.

Any drug that sufficiently masters
the organism to produce sleep is a
remedy, unless prescribed
by ones family DOCTOR 1t should not
be used in any other way. BY pro-
miscuous drugging to secure sleep
many well-nigh incurable cases of In
somnia have been established. How
ever, in cases attended by much nerv-
BUSINESS, the bromides may safely be
used, in doses of Is grains at bedtime.
AExchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
WILLING to obIice.

Master Ito new cOOk)-We want you
to show what you can do tonight, Jane.
We have some rather special people
coming for a musical evening. Do
your very best, you know.
Cook-Sure, sir, that will. It's a
long time since did any singing; but
you can put me down for a couple Of
comic songs. If you like.-LOndon Tit
Bits.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
LIVE STOCK7
e@R0HES1AS So

The sOws should always have as the
basis of their ration the grazing from
q good permanent pasture.
-
The greatest care must be exercised
70 feeding silage to horses, as any
mold either in the sllo or in the feed
troughs is almost sure to cause trOu-
BILE. and frequently death.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07

technical apparatus used in creamery
the operator of the factory must neces-
Sarily be a technically trained man,
and in fact many are graduates of spe-
cial courses at the state agricultural
colleges. On accSunt of the large and
expensive machinery required the
creamery business demands the invest
ment of considerable capital. The small
country creamery may possibly be
built and equipped for less than $1O,-
600, but many of the larger plants cost
more than 100000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Still She Complains.

81 don't old with this ere vaccina-
ton, Mrs Green. What's vaccination
done for my little Tommy. Since l
'ad i'm done 'e's 'ad whooping cough,
chicken pox, measles-in fact. every
thing but smallpox"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Remarkable Discovery.

Mrs. Ben Nickel of the Soldier Clip
per points out another remarkable dis
covery by the food cOnServationists-
that when chickens are used in place
of beef, it is better to kill the ones
which are not laying. What would the
farm wife do without the food ex-
pertS ?-Kansas City Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
BUTTER MAKING
IS EXPERT WORK
Process Is Just as Technical as
Manufacture of Piece of
Cotton Cloth.
MILK IS SKINNED ON FARM
Cream Is Tested, Pasteurized, Cooled
and "Rlpened" Before Churning-
Disease Germs and Bac-
terra Destroyed.

This is the story of creamery
butter-the steps in the manu-
facture of the high-grade prod
uct which comes to your table
each week.. Taking this food
for granted, you probably have
not realized the rather intricate
and technical process through
which it passes from milk to the
finished product. If this story
will inspire a sympathy which
leads to a more careful and con-
Servative use of butter it will
have served its purpose.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
The VcrnacuIar.

my Gear woman" asked the liter
ary slum visitor, "do you periodically
castigatc your offspring?"
Il GunnO?" said the lady of the tene-
ment, Suspiciously.
"He MEANS" translated the settle
uent-wCrker, "do you ever wallop your
kids?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
Too InuuisltiVe.

An Illinois judge has decided that
man can talk in his sleep without max
ing himself subject to divorce proceed
ings. Yes, but what did he say2--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
MAKE THE soWs EXERCISE.

One of the biggest hindrances
to the farrowing of good, strong,
vigorous litters is lack of eXer-
else for the sows. During cold
and snowy weather hogs like to
lie around the sleeping quarters
and be comfortable. That, how
ever, is not what they should do
all of the time. The proper ex-
ercise for a brood sow is that
which she will take voluntarily
and not through force. She
should get her corn ration by
hustling for it il the stalk fields
and not by getting it around the
sleeping quarters, on feeding
floors, or in troughs. Protein
feeds in the form of shorts,
tankage, oil meal, or alfalfa hay
should be supplied.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-07
DO you KNOW coRNMEALf

.asl s,s.s 49, = :s' s,ss''
USING coRNMEAL means =
, service to your country and :,
; nourishing food for you. .
: Try corn bread and see how &
good II can be. There are many &
kinds. You will wonder why you ::
didn't Use 1t every day before the !
war. g
J II is very nourishing, too. A i
cupful of cOrnmeal gives even 3
more fuel to your body than a !
cupful Of wheat flour. y