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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-10

bile part in the building of the roads.
1t would not be entirely truthful
to say that this statement shows that
the money spent in Greenville coun-
ty has been entirely lost. The roads
have been graded and changed and
permanent culverts have been built
by the county, and in this respect
the county has something to show for
it's investment. But the benefits Sc
cured in this regard are out of all
proportion to the vast sums of mon
ey expended. The so-called top-soil
is gone. 1t has disappeared in two
years, and it is now stated that un-
less immediate work is done the
reads will be worse than before any.
work at all was done We learn
then that the top-soil on these roads
must be replaced every two years, or
that work equivalent to this must be
done on the roads annually This
means a charge of some two or three
hundred dollars per mile annually
for every mile of road in the; q unity,
an expense which no county in the
state can stand.
We learn another thing. The peo-
pie in the community were meeting
at Pepper schoolhouse for the pur-
pose of organizing to work The roads
of that community, and of putting
them in proper condition. That is
something we have advocated all
along. If we are to have good r,ads
the people in the different communi-
ties should build them anu keep them
up. We cannot build roads by bond
issues and assessments and keep
them up in the same way. We can
not afford to pay certain people N
the different localities for every nail
that is driven in a bridge or for
every shovel-full of dirt thrown in
the road.
The people had as well learn that
they must pay for these so-called
good roads. If they cannot spare
the time, nor the money, to build
them locally and keep them up, they
should wake up to the fact that they
cannot do so by taxation without
paying a rate of taxation which is
confscatory. We will have good
roads when the people Of the county
and state are enough interested in
them to build them, but it viii be
idle to spend money on so-called
good roads until the people are will
ing to build them themselves, and
to keep them up locally.
Another thing we should learn is
that if we are going to spend money
for the purpose of building good
roads we should build roads that are
in fact good roads. We will make a
better investment to build forty
miles Of roads which will stand the
test than to build two hundred miles
of roads which in two years are in
worse condition than before they
were worked upon, We can afford
to indulge in no experiments.
We might remark also that it has
been sometime since we heard from
our old friend who came down from
North Carolina as an expert to put
the movement. over. We believe
it was five hundred dollars that the
City Council contributed to make his
stay in. Abbeville pleasant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-10
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former governor of the Ban
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members Of the committee. Il
that it is expected the report y
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-10
GOOD ROADS AGAIN.

IIeeHVulS, Iloe ~ 40 INV SNSAS
to have one around who is always
saying, 81 told you so", when ne
does so from no other cause than to
crafty his vanity or his spite. But
times come when it is worth while to
refer toethe transactions of the past,
in order that we may take lessons
for the future.
A little while ago we had move
ment on in this county to vote a big
issue of bonds for the purpose Of
constructing so-called good roads.
We opposed that issue on the ground
that the roads proposed to be built
had not yet proved to be good roads,
and that it might pay US to be a lit
tie slow rather than spend large
sum of money for something which
might prove failure.
Just at that time Greenville cohn-
ty was constructing system of good
roads. A good many miles had al
ready been constructed, and great
many people visited these roads,
and were convinced that they were
really good roads. The principal
road travelled was the Augusta road
referred to in the article from which
we quote below. We said then that
if these roads stood the test for five
years, we would be in favor of
adopting the system for this county,
but if they did not we would have
our money, and would have been saw
ed from bad investment.
The following extract from an edi-
torial in The Piedmont Of last Tues
day afternoon will furnish interest
ing reading to some Of those who
were so impressed with the Augusta
road that they were willing to saddle
debt on Abbeville County which
would have made the burdens of tax
alton in this county almost unbear-
able:
"The condition of our big in
vestment for good roads in this
county is very much like that of
man caught by a quicksand,
into which he has sunk up to his
armpits. If a man in that fix
gets the right kind of help
promptly he can be saved. Same
thing as to our improved"
roads. If nothing be done before
it can be done in accordance
with some plan put through the
legislature at it's session next
year by our county delegation
there will be little or nothing
left to be saved.
The meeting at Pepper school
house tomorrow afternoon is su-
premely important. Primarily it
is called to consider plans to
save the Augusta road, which
by many who have to use it, is
considered in worse shape than
it was before one penny of the
good roads bond issue was spent
upon it.
Local relief is good thing
for the locality relieved, but the
condition complained of by US
ers of the Augusta road is not
peculiar to that road but afflicts
practically the entire road sys-
tenn of this county. The neces-
,sity then is for a general plan
of relief and a plan that can be
/. applied without further delay.
? II .I;.: Z If this winters rains and
SHOWS and frosts and thaws are
allowed to work their own sweet
will with Greenville county's
roads, by spring there will be
precious little left to show for
our nine hundred thousand dol
lar roads investment"
Now what are we to learn from
this frank statement by newspaper
which was not opposed to the good
roads movement in Greenville coun-
ty, but which was impressed with the
fact that politics played a consider
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-10

"a dollar in the Red Cross is
worth two in the bank"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16

case to exceed twenty-five years, and for such annual rental as may be fixed by agreement, subject to revision al stated period: provided, that all leases granted hereunder shall expressly re. serve the right of citizens of the United States to enter upon, explore, and work the leased lands for the minerals therein, and acquire title thereto under the mining laws.
 Sec. 2. That on the termination of a lease, after due compliance with the terms thereof, the lessee shall have a preferred right to purchase for cash, on the payment of the ap- praised value thereof, the land on which his principal improvements are situated; the area 50 taken not to exceed $40 acres: provided, that if the lessee shall not exercis., usch right of purchase all improvements on the leased land shall be and remain the property of the United States.
 Sec. 8. That the secretary of the interior Is hereby authorized to per. form any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16
NEW MEASURE PROVIDES
 FOR LEASE OF LANDS

Delegate Charles A. Sulzer has in. troduced in congress the following Dill, to authorize the leasing of public lands in Alaska for grazing purposes:
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United
 States of America in congress as- sembled, that the secretary of the in- terior be, and he is hereby, author fzed, in his discretion, and under such general regulations as he may adopt, to lease for stock-rgazing purposes un- appropriated public lands, either sur veyed or unsurveyed, in the territory of Alaska, not adapted to ordinary agricultural uses, but chiefly valuable for pasturage, in area not to exceed in the aggregate 10,240 acres to any one lessor, for such periods of time as may be agreed upon, but in no
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
 ACCOUNT.

In United States Commissioners Court
 in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri.
 tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
 matter of the estate of A. B. Cooper
 deceased.
 In accordance with the order of the above named probate court issued on the S1st day of January, 1918, notice Is hereby given that the undersigned ad- ministrator has filed his final account, asking that the same be allowed and approved and that the probate judge of the above named court has set the 4th day of April, 1918, as the day for hearing on said final account, on which day in the office of the above named probate court in Cordova, Alas ka, at the hour of p. m any person interested may appear and file ob- jections in writing, to said final ac- count and the allowance of the same. Dated at Cordova, Alaska. the 31st day of January, 1918.
 ". J. SHEPARD, Administrator of the Estate of A. B. Cooper, Deceased.
 First Publication Jan. 31, 1918. Last Publication Feb. 2S, 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16
FRANCE' $ HERD T0 BECOME ONE
 IF INNORTAL5

Correspondence of Associated Prase,
 PARIS Jan. 21-Marshal ToHre,s letter to the secretary of the French Academy officially announcing his can. didacy to the seat of the late Tpres Claretie has caused much favorable comment here, but the impression ap- pears to have gone abroad that the victor of the Marne will join the Forty Immortals on his military and not his literary record.
 The letter itself is brief. If reads :,
 "Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to inform you that I am candidate to the French Academy to the seat of NJ. Jules Craletie."
 The military reputation of Frances only marshal overshadows his literary one to such an extent that, while the French are fully convinced that no honor in the world of letters. or in any other art, is too great for the popular hero, they wish to be made better acquainted with his works.
 The list of them is not long and the volumes are not bulky. Indeed. the most famous writing that came from the pen of JOffre is so short that it can be reproduced here in full. It was written on the 9th of September. 1914, on the eve of the battle of the Marne, and reads:
 "At this moment, when a battle is about to commence upon the result of which the salvation of our country depends, none must look behind; all must unite to attack and repel the enemy. Any troop finding itself un- able to advance further must hold the ground at all cost and must fight until death. No retreat"
 Some time ago friends of Marshal JOffre urged him to enter the Acad- emy Their persistence was such that he finally wrote a letter to the director of the institution stating that upon the advice of his friends he had de- cided to place his name before that body for admission The rules of the Academy governing applications for admittance are to the effect that an official request, naming the seat to which the applicant aspires, must be made to the secretary. Marshal Joffre's made to the secretary. Marshal JoffTe' s high personality did not save him from the formality, and thus the official re- quest was made.
 The entrance of Marshal Joffre to the Academy will not create a prece- dent, as far as the admittance of mili- tary men to the select circle is con- cerned. Six marshals of France al ready have been recorded as mem- bers. They were Villars, d'Estras, the Duke of Richelieu, BClle-Isle, Beauveau and Duras.
 It is an error, however, to think that Marshal Joffre will receive the green palms of the Immortals without ever having written anything. In 1895 there was published in Paris 75-page volume entitled "The Operations of the Joffre Column Before and After the Occupation of Timbuctoo." It was signed "J. Joffre, Lieutenant-ColOne
 Marshal Joffre also wrote work on Madagascar, but the edition has be- come exhausted, and no copy of it can be found at present. And per haps some day the victor of the Marne may be induced to write his remi- niscences.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16

necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-16

Use less wheat and meat. Buy local foods. Serve just enough. Use what Is left
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29


han ct al, trustees under the VIII OF
lanes Low, late Of Clinton; maj &C
count Of Melvin S. Holway, executor OF
the will Of Alonzo H. Getchell' iate OF
Chelsea; final account OF Will T. Iur-
ner, administrator of the estate OF Sy-
lenda Breen, late Of Augusta; distriou-
ton account Of o. B. Clason, admins
traitor Of the estate Of Hubbard Gold
smith, late Of West Gardiner; distri-
button account Of Q. B. Clason, trustee
under the will of Alice G. Foster, late
of West Gardiner.
Inventories Filed-In the estates OF
Julia Mason Andrews, late Of Angus
ia: Marjorie Lovejoy of Augusta.
Papers Filed for Notice-Wm and
petition for probate thereof Of Mary A.
Ogden, late of Hallowell; petition for
assessment of inheritance tax in estate
of Sylenda Breen. late of Augusta;
petition for distribution of estate Of
Sylenda Breen, late of Augusta; petit
ton for license to sell real estate of
William H. Sprague, late of Winthrop;
will and petition for probate thereof
Of Llewellyn Chase, late of Monmouth
petition for distribution of estate of
Alonzo II. Getchell, late of Chelsea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
PROBATE COURT

The following routine business was
transacted Monday at the regular ses-
sion Of the probate court:
Wills Proved. Approved and AL
lowed-Of Mary 4. Bacon. late of Wa
terville, Martin Blaisdell Of Water
Vile, administrator with will annexed !:
of William Comlossy, late of Soldiers
home, John r. Madore Of Augusta, ad :
ministrator with will annexed
Administrations Granted-Of the es-
tate OF .Allura NJ. Stanley. late Of VIM
throp, Audrey L. Hichborn Of Augusta,
administrative.
Guardians Appointed-Of Ellen Stin-
son Of Gardiner. George f. Durrell of
Skowhegan, guardian.
Accounts Allowed-F'inal account of
Martha A. Mulliken. eXecutrix of the
will of Julia NJ Andrews, late of Au-
gusta; final account of Everett G..
Wing. administrator of the estate of
Frank II. Shorey late of Albion: final
account Of George W. HeseIton, ad-
ministrator c. t. a. of the estate of
James Ryan. late of Somerville, Mass :;
final account of Stephen j. Hegarty ct
al. executors Of the viii Of Thomas j.
lynch. late of Augusta; final account
of Mark G. Grant. administrator of the
estate of George Nelson Grant. late of
Windsor final account of Sherwood B.
Norris, executor Of the will of Luther
S Maxim. late of Wayne; first account
of Ernest L. Mclean. trustee under
the will Of Josiah H. Greeley, late Of
China: final account Of Henry c. New
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
Forecast for February

Augusta people who follow the
weather from month to month and
keep tabs on the forecasts as pub
llshed in the several almanacS, will be
interested in the following and cheer
full forecast for the coming month of
February: From the LIST to the Sd
..>> forecast predicts a continuation
OF the Western storm. which was cen
trail the last of January over the
Mississippi valley, reaches the East
ern States on the I'd and passes off
over the Atlantic on the Sd and 4th.
at which time blizzard will be de-
veloping in the Northwest 9Th to
l0th-Prolonged cold wave and biz
Zard period; high winds will sweep
furiously out of the Northwest and
drifting SHOWS will block trains and
traffic, while cold. drizzling rains will
prevail in the Southern and South
eastern States. 10th and 11th-Mild-
err period and earthquakes; stormy and
high winds on the 18th: a danger per-
led with Venus as the disturbing fac
tor; much rain, snow or seet accord
ing to the latitude. nth to 22d-Cold
wave period; comparatively clear and
quiet, but severely cold Much mild
or weather Will Immediately precede
the cold wave in its sweep toward the
Atlantic seaboard, and cloudy. tickle
weather will follow it. o3d and oath
Milder in the Gulf States. with show
ers. 10Th 10 2Sth-General and very
severe storm period; Mercury dis
turbance: rapid and extreme changes
will cause great discomfort and sick
ness
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
NORTH ANSON

Henry B. Merry Of this town has
sold to Roland Boynton Of Concord
about twenty-five acres on the ives,
side Of the Bluff Road. reserving the
lumber now growing on the lot with
the privilege of having two years to
remove the same. The consideration is
$50.
The following young people are to
take part in the presentation of the
drama, Breezy Point" to be given I'M
der the auspices of the Arson Acad-
envy students: Fern AIckenney,
Marion Smith. Verna Bothwick, Edna
Marshall. Eleanor Mitchell, Ethel
Smith, Florence Cushing. Bernice
Bailey. Mildred Morris. Helen Paine,
Doris Paine, Mary MCLEAN ana Lois
Emery.
Cora S. Finlason has disposed of the
place on Pleasant street occupied by
Forrest. Barron to- Samuel ALsDiller Of
Old Town. Mr.. Diller has ALSO pur-
chased part OF the Hiram Dmmbarton
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CHINA

Golden Gate, Chapter. Q. r. S., held its
annual meeting in Masonic hall Friday
evening. Jan. d. The following officers
were elected and installed in a most avle
manner by Mrs. Georgia A. Foster. past
worthy matron, assisted by Miss Lizzie
Fish, marshal:
Mrs. Minnie r. Getchell W. NJ: Chas.
A. Pinkham w. p; Mrs. Madeline Gerald,
A. NJ; Mrs. Nettie NJ. Patterson, Sec.
Mrs. Edith f. Washburn, Treas. Mrs.
Amanda J. Pinkham, Cond Mrs. Blanch
Hammond, Asst. Cond.; Mrs. Carrie E.
Randall, marshal; Mrs. Sue A. Fish.
Chap; Mrs. Estelle NJ. Washburn Adah:
Miss Lizzie f. Fish, Ruth; Mrs. Emma
Pnkham. Esther; Mrs. Sadie E. Denlco,
Electa; Miss Margaret Washburn, organ
!st; Mrs, Alice NJ. Wood, warder; Edwin
A. Ward sentinel.
\ delicious oyster stew was served BY
the brothers after the election
The Red Cross entertainment given last
week was well attended. The program
was much enjoyed and the voluntary or
fering amounted to SIS
Mrs. Fannie Haslem, Mrs Grace Gerald
are all quite sick.
The w. c. I. U. will meet at p. NJ
Wednesday with Mrs. Ola Goodwin The
meeting will be given to making hospital
supplies for the soldiers. Anyone having
old table linen or muslin which they
would like TO donate for this purpose are
requested to send same to Miss Brainerr,
secretary Of the union
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
Works Phinney.

4 Massa chusetts wedding of interest
to Augusta people was that of Lieut..
Nelson Clark Works Of Cleveland,
Ohio, and Miss Harriette Phinney of
Newton, Mass, which occurred Sat
urday, January &c. The bride, who is
the Youngest daughter of Mrs. Edith
Andrews Phinney and a granddaughter
of the late Judge A. G. Andrews of Au-
gusta, formerly lived in this city and
has many friends here. Lieut. Works,
who is the son of John b. Works, a
prominent Cleveland banker, IS Il
graduate of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in the class of 1917. He
received his commission at Plattsburg
last August and is now stationed at
Camp Devens.
The wedding took place in Water
town at the home of Mr.. and Mrs John
Clair Nlinot. old friends of the brides
family. The officiating clergyman was
Rev. Edward G. Camp OF the Phillips
Congregational church, Waterfowl.
The bride wore a taupe colored travel
ing suit with hat to match. and car
ried bouquet of orchids and lilies of
the valley. The groom wore the uni
form of a lieutenant in active service.
About forty friends Of the young
couple We're present, including Mrs.
Maude Andrews Lincoln and Miss Bar
bara Lincoln of Wakefield; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank r. Weatherill. Miss Edith
Weatherill Philip F.. Weatherill. and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Il. Wincheii or Airing
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Marsh and
Miss Elenor Q. Marsh of Newton: Miss
Hilda r. I.aughlin of Portland Mr.
and Mrs. Cyrus Fowler. Mrs. j. 0.
Smart and Josiah G.. Bridge OF New
ton; Mrs. Frances +. Preston and Miss
Helen Preston of Arlington; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Elliot Weinz. and Mrs. and
Mrs. f. +. Fuller of Wakeneid; Mrs
l.. w. Wcsner of Brookline; Edward
y. Allen Of Pressure Isle, Me-: Harold
Phinney of Boston Albert Phinney of
Exeter \. H.. William L. Roulette.
Jr Of Haggerstown, Md. Mrs Bessie
Il. Lincoln of Wollaston; Leo A.
Johnson of Brookline and Irvine Elliot
of Cambridge.
After Il short honeymoon trip Lieut..
Works will return to Camp Devens.
and Mrs. Works will reside for the
present at g. Maple St, Newton.
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APPLES, ORANGES
FIGS AND PRUNES.
Are The -Four Fruits Used in
Making "Fruit-a-tives"

FRUIT "A TIVES" is the only
medicine in the world that is made
from the juices of fresh ripe fruits.
Thus it is manifestly unfair to say, Il
wont take Fruit a. tives' because
have tried other remedies and they
did me no good. On the other hand,
the fact that Fruit a. tives" is en-
tirely different from any other prepar
alton in the world, is just why you
should give it a fair trial. in any
trouble of the stomach. Liver, Bow
els, Kidneys or Skin. Fruit tives",
is composed Of the active principle of
fruit and the greatest nerve tonic ever
discovered. soc. a box, for $3.50,
trial size, csc. At all dealers or sent
by Fruit tives Limited. Ogdensburg,
y. Y.-Adv.