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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
ITEMS OF HIGHWAY EXPENSE
Interest on investment and Cost Of
Maintenance All Have VitaI'Bear. :
ing on Road Plans.

The following is quoted from an ar
ticle by B. Fl. Piepmeier, maintenance
engineer, highway department, state
Of Illinois:
There are three principal items Of
expense connected with road improve
ment which the engineer must impress
upon the public mind before it will be
possible for him to construct IN econ
omical system Of roads. These factors
are: The original cost Of the improve
ment; the interest on the money in
vested in the improvement, and the to-
tai upkeep cost. When all Of these
factors are taken into consideration, It
is evident that many of the cheaper
types of roads, when properly main
tanned, will give the desired service
and yet will be much more economical
on account of their low first cost.
"When a type of road is selected,
taking into consideration the three
principles set forth above, it is very
essential that provision be made for
proper and efficient maintenance. If
local conditions are such that mainte-
nance may be delayed or prevented,
preference should be given to a type
Of pavement that requires only a small
amount of maintenance and which will
be serviceable for a period Of time
even with no maintenance whatever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
SOUTH is IMPROVING ROADS
Interest Stimulated by "Drive-Aways"
of Automobiles and Trucks From
Northern States.

"Drive-aways" Of automobiles and
trucks from the manufacturing ZEN
tiers in the North to points south Of
the Mason and Dixon line has Won
derfully stimulated the good roads
movement in the South, writes an ac-
cessory dealer in Atlanta.
ST have travelled over considerable
territory in the South Of late and It is
noticeable the amount Of interest that
has been worked up locally over road
Improvement by the influx of cars that
from necessity had to be driven to
distributors. The high price Of cot
ton is responsible in great measure for
the prosperity this section is enjoy
ing"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
CARING FOR COUNTRY ROADS.
Heavily Loaded Wagons With Narrow
Tires Are lnjurlous-Place Har
rows on a Drag.
(By E.. B. HOUSE. Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins. Colo.)

(By E. B. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural
College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
Excessive loads placed on wagons
with narrow tires are exceptionally
bad for any road. Tractors using
wheels upon which, are cleats, or any
thing that will cut through or injure
the road surface should never be al
lowed on country roads. Disk har-
rows and in fact any %cultivating tool
should be kept off the road. If 1T
is necessary to o them along the
road, place them upon a drag, stone
boat, or haul them to the field on a
wagon. If dragged over the road,
they will scar the road badly, break
through the surface and start disin-
tegration. No road is in such poor
condition as to warrant abuse of this
kind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
WORKING FOR BETTER ROADS
Man Has Always Recognized Import
ance of Improved Highways
for Transportation.

Ever since civilization adopted the
wheel vehicle, civilized man has rec-
ognized the Importance of improved
roads and better vehicle %transporta-
ton, and has constantly striven by in
dividual or cooperative effort to make
it ea3ia- by animal or either power to
get To and from the place of produc-
tion TO center Of ccnsume distribution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Brazil grabbed the German informed
ships in her harbors and then notified
Germany she was going to do it. This
was a quite Prussian proceeding.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The paucity of results indicates that
maybe the automobile speeders go so
fast the members Of those motorcycle
squads cannot catch them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Maybe the reason they tried that
Chinese emperorship on q little boy
was because grown men were too
smart to touch it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Many of the great inventions were
the result of accidental discoveries.
~'Inventing to meet an emergency is an
enterprise of peculiar hardship.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The Chinese presidency is vacant,
and no statesmen are whirling around
the country in private cars campaign
ing for the nomination, either.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The law of falling bodies. e.,
Whatever goes up must come down
appears to have no application to the
retail price of posatoes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The peseta is reported at a prem
ium, which might be due to the fact
that 1t is so hard for a Spaniard to
get one.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

There are people who say the
schools of sharks reported off Atlantic
bathing beaches are dolphins. At any
rate, they are not U-boats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Short stockings, if the worst hap
pens. will be added to the horrors OF
war b. girls who feel that they just
can't look good in them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

There are going to be fewer trim
mings on women's clothes. Thus we
turn back toward the ancient Greek
simplicity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

A lot of busy business men are 60
ing to throw up their hats and cheer
if needless telephone calls are pro-
hibited as Il war measure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

It would be well for Germany's
crown prince to accustom himself to
wearing a plain fedora. 1t may be the
best he can do later on.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

! Meanwhile can't conservation find
some possible use for the numerous
weeds that persist in occupying the
amateur garden?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Enough news is coming through to
show thc submarines are not having
II all their w way since American
gunners took q hand In the game.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Two German spies reported shot
for having e~ndeavored to incite an up
rising in the Sahara apparently got
their just deserts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

No man is a hero to. his valet, but
fortunately very few Of our boys VIII"
have been called to the colors will
have Wallets.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The woman who didn't raise her boy
to be "a soldier must have reckoned
without those very carefully prepared
capsules.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Wonder if the old dictionary hasn't
been worn thin by those looking to
find out just what exemption means!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Reims cathedral Seems to be about
the only thing those German Sunners
are sure they can hit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Another reason why army men
should not be allowed to drink in uni
form is because they fit so snug as
1t Is.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The French line may be getting thin,
but so did Bob FitZsimmons at the
time he had his heaviest punch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

American soldiers in France study
singing to strengthen their lungs. This
is not necessarily one Of the horrors OF
war.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Russians. we see by the papers. call
pacifists "bouShevikis." Which Is
worse, if anything.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Although the enemy asserts that 1t
has no fear of America, it has evinced
some curiosity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

This is a wonderful century. with
the ladies getting into overalls n
the gentlemen getting into kits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Now is the glad season when the
amateur farmer leans on the hoe II
longs for the trenches.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Orders to conserve the gasoline sup
ply by cutting out JOY riding will bring
the war home to some people.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

The man who has been brought up
on rye bread isn't worrying about how
the war bread will taste.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Make q list of the people that you
have gone TO some trouble to help"
Just to see how long it will be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
Life in China Is just II blamed
government after another.

Don't put off ali your fun until the
future. Live a little every day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

What has become of the neighbor
who used to send you a big loaf of her
bread?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Neglecting proper maintenance for but
one year on many types of roads Is
very much more serious than the
amount of money involved represents.
The road engineer should keep this In
mind and thoroughly impress the fact
upon the individuals who have a voice
in the final determination Of a type Of
road"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

1t is n shame he doesn't buy you a
new car. You had as well be q pedes-
trian as to ride in that old thing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

"Good corn weather." says the farm
er. "Abominably hot" say the city
man.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

But how is food conservation going
to effect the church supper this fall?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14

Your Patronage Solicited.
I desire to notify the public
that l have purchased Mr.. j. D.
Kemp's interest in the repair
shop and grist mill and that I
will give my personal attention
to both. Send me your corn and
I will make f%rst-class meal.
Give me a trial is all l ask.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
ALBERT L. E.
E5pehnld 9 e.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-14
Abbeville- Greenwood Mu-
tual Insurance ASSo-
citation.
ORGANIZED 1892.
Property Insured $780, 0c.
1892.

WRITE OR CALL on the under
signed for any information you may
desire about our plan of insurance.
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT
MING
and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
and cheapest plan of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the counties
of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor-
mick, Laurens and Edgefield.
The officers are: Gen. j. Fraser
Lyon, Presiden, Columbia, S. C.
j. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. &
Treas, Greenwood, S. c.
DIRECTORS.
A. o. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C.
Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. c.
A. w. Youngblood, Hodges, S. c.
S. P. Morrah, Willington,S. c.
L. N. Chamberlain, Mccormick S. c.
R. H. Nicholson, Edgefeld, S. G.
F. L. Zimmerman, Pint Lane, S. G.
j. C. Martin, Princeton, S. c.
W.. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. G.
]. r. BAKE,
GEN. ACT.
Croonvrood G r.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

on rural routes from other post
Offices in the above mentioned
county. This form and appli-
cation blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned
above or from the United States
Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. G..
During the continuance of the
present war the Commission
will, in accordance with the re-
quest of the Postoffice Depart
ment, admit women to rural
carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

for personal use, out Of our
means, only q bare living, and
devote all the rest to the coun-
try; even when we deprive our
selves of accustomed convent
ences and luxuries, no matter
to what extent; even then, the
utmost we can do is pitifully
little, compared with what those
who fight the Hun are giving
and doing.
He who serves at home with
all that he is and all that he has
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

and making this q decenter
world to live in.
The rest Of us must hold the
fort at home.
When you think of what
those who go across are giving
and doing, think of this: any
thing we at home can do to help
them, whatever it costs in mon
ey, time, sacrifice, work, in dep
rivation, even, is pitifully small
by comparison.
Even when we allow ourselves
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

Olivia at 2::30 p. N. and at Red
wood Falls at 9 a. M, on July
II, 1918, to fill the position OF
rural carrier at Olivia, Buffalo
Lake, Morton and Sacred Heart
and vacancies that may occur
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission has announced
an examination for the County
of Reville, Mimi, to be held at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

is getting off easily. Yet he is
doing the least he can do for MS
country.
Those at home who shirk and
stint their giving and their sac
rifices are not worthy of the
name Of Americans.-Duluth
Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
GETTING OFF EASILY

A few Of us are getting the
privilege of going across the
ocean to serve America and hui
mainly by smashing the kaiser
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

Samuel Gompers says: 1--WE can
forego Injuries for a time, be con-
tent with the primary necessities Of
life, in order to save for the future
things of the spirit"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
THE WAR CLOsES--WHEN?

dlerS are being Spurred to con-
tinued efforts by promises cir
culated at home and elsewhere
through semi-oficial channels
that the war will end July 18.
This, the latest date fixed for
the hopes of the war-weary
fighters, has been disclosed by
prisoners captured from widely
separated German units west of
Chateau Thierry.
Germany's population, like
another Tantalus, has held be-
fore it's eyes constantly a def
mite date when the struggle is
to cease. When that date is
passed a new one is set.
When the drive started in the
spring the soldiers were stirred
with promises that it would be
the last rush. When the lead
ers realized that the advance
was halted, a new story was cir
culated that Paris would be cap
tured June %. Now that this
dream is shattered a new date
in July has been fixed.
Will Refuse to Fight.
The soldiers are beginning to
realize the kind of game that
is being played on them. Pris-
oners declare that in many units
of the German army there is a
well-defned plan among the SOL
diers, in case the war does end
by July Is, to refuse to fight
any longer.
They say that the German
war party is apprehensiye of
troubles in the army similar to
those in the navy last year.
They claim that discomfort is
growing and assertions increas-
ing, especially among the troops
facing American units.
These Germans were found by
an American scouting in adj
vance of the front line Sunday
evening. They said they were
waiting for an American to ap-
pear in order to give themselves
up. The soldier started back on
the trip when a shell killed two
of them and wounded him and
the other prisoner.
That greater reverence for
the trip when a shell killed two
of them and wounded him and
the other prisoner.
The last named told the offic-
ers at the hospital that on July
Is many of the soldiers had de-
ter1lined to lay down their
arms regardless of the conse-
quences.
Friendly to Yankees
Another German soldier came
in and gave himself up to an
American engineer armed with
only a spade. He said he had
been forced into the German
army and also that his mother
was an American and his father
a Saxon. He gave the same date
for the end of the war as the
others.
| According to this man the
number of deserters was alarm
ing now that it was fully real
lied that America is actually in
the war. Among the soldiers
who have relatives in the Unit
ed States there is no sympathy
for kaiserism.
Date Story Credited.
| Prisoners statements are al
ways accepted with a grain Of
salt. In this instance the con-
frmation Of the report of new
date for the end of the war
seems to justify the belief that
it is a part of the well-known
German policy of encouraging
! the men.
When a certain German off
GER was captured he demon
strated the sincerity of his
friendship for the Americans
| by warning his captors that a
machine gun was hidden near
by in the woods, and advised
them to make a detour on the
other side to capture it. His
advice was found to be good and
the gun was captured.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-01
LEARN BEST FARM METHODS
Modern Principles Of Agriculture Be-
Ing InstiIled Into the Youth Of
Our Ally Italy.

The use of scientific farming meth
DDS is spreading and developing In
Italy; the eliminating Of waste and
the replacing of the old-fashioned de-
vices Is becoming a fact In the fertile
land south Of the Alps. One of the
most useful agencies for popularizing
these modern methods are agricultural
institutions where boys are taught the
principles of modern farming.
The department of civil affairs Of
the American Red Cross has recently
given material assistance to one of
these schools of agriculture estab-
lished by the Salesian Fathers In the
fields just outside the Porta Furba, one
of the historic gateways of Rome. This
assistance has been conveyed through
an Italian organization, engaged In
work similar to that carried on by the
A. r. G. and known as the "Comitato
pc eli Orfani de Constadini MORT In
Guerra" The boys OF the school, all
orphans of peasant soldiers, are given
training In scientific and practical
farming. the object being to strengthen
their attachment to the soil, also to
convert them into good and intelligent
farmers. Lectures and classroom In
struction are accompanied by neld
work with modern tools, under the d.
rect supervision of the younger IA
theirs of the institution, who work side
by side with the boys In the fields,
teaching and demonstrating.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-01
D o 5000 0co@ o 0e0OOe
. Local and Personal o
. 90 o O o O 10000 eSo09e

Yesterday Mr.. A. Buns,w,
t.; Nogales, Sonora. mercha y.
returned from a visit IN Ell Paso.
Yesterday Mr.. Shorty Wya'.
returned FROM tucson, where
he had visited a lay or two.
C. o. Foltz and wife of Pata-
gonia, former residents of Orc
Blanco, are in the city
N. C. Bernard, a prominet
cattleman of Pima and Santa
Cruz counties, is visiting the
city.
Doc Francis, of the Stag bar
Der shop has been quite i'll. He
was out yesterday for the first
time in several Gays.
Today Mr.. j. E. Wise will go
to Cibuta on business, thence
by saddle animals to a point
west from that place.
Mr.. A. w. Taft, tie mining
man, who went to Tucson for
Thanksgiving, returned to No
gales yesterday.
w. M. Pryce former county
school superintendent for sew
eral years in Pima county, is
visiting the city.
Mr.. Benz. J. Jones, manager
of the big Steinfeld store, is re-
ported quite i'll, and he has been
confined to his home two or
three days.
Mr.. Northrup, the depart
ment of justice official who has
been located in this city for
some months, has been called to
San Antonio, and will not likely
return to Nogales.
DR.. Fits and Attorney Fits
who have heretofore had their
offices in the Wise building on
Arroyo Boulevard, have moved
to the new Vile de Paris build
ing.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-01
WAR PR0FITEEK IN HOLLAND
He Has Grown to Surprisingly Large
Numbers and Is Always an OBJ
ject of Contempt.

Though he has lined his pockets
with gold the Dutch war profiteer Is
marked man, Isaac F. Marcosson
writes in the Saturday Evening Post.
was walking down the Hoogstraat-
the leading retail business street In
Rotterdam-one day last June, when
my companion, a widely known Dutch
man. tugged at my sleeve, pointed to
man driving in smart new dog cart
and said: He's an 'ower.'"
"What is that?" asked.
"A war profiteer," he replied.
] then discovered that the Dutch
have coined this phrase to indicate the
despised type. 1t is combination Of
the first letters Of the two Dutch
words Oorlog Whist, which means war
profits. When pronounced it sounds
like "ower."
Holland has the number" of these
gentry. They are spotted wherever
they go, and by an Interesting system.
1t was explained to me by a Dutch
man In this fashion: whenever you
SCC uidu Will new IuOlOT Cur VI y
new carriage you can put him down
as a profiteer. No self-respecting
Dutchman will buy new vehicle these
days. Besides-as far as the motor il
concerned-petrol is scarce and toe
high for the ordinary man. Some
protiteers try to disguise their cars by
buying low motor car numbers"
The profiteers have grown to such
numbers in The Hague alone they oc-
cupy whole residential district. By
a fitting irony it is located near the
peace palace. Here they have taken
possession Of scores of imposing res
licences, whose owners have not been
able to maintain them under war con-
ditions. 1t is the domain of the Dutch
new rich. Holland imposes tax OF
80 per cent on war profits Since 1915
1t has yielded the government nearly
$100,000,000, which would mean q
gross total Of nearly $300,000,000. But
these actual taxes are about as fair
an index to real figures as the ia
heritance tax in America Is to real
inheritances. Besides, there Is the
huge pool of untraceable profits gar
nered by the farmers, who have bees
among the principal profiteers.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-01

Mrs. M. C. Jackson, formerly
with the Hotel Bowman, has re-
turned from Tucson, where she
was quite ill. The lady con-
templates going to California
shortly.
Yesterday Mr.. E. E. Oliver,
the Culiacan contractor, whose
arrival from the south was
noted in these columns a few
days ago, went to Tucson, and
there he bought a handsome
Franklin car, which he drove
from We old pueblo here. He
will ship the car by rail to Gu
liacan.
Mr.. A. C. Villasenor has es-
tablished q new woodward on
North Morley Avenue in the
Henry Levin premises; and he
is prepared to deliver wood in
any quantity at short notice.
Upon the extensive rancho prop
erty. he owns adjacent to the
International line westward
from Nogales, Sonora, there are
extensive oak forests from
which Mr.. Villasenor draws his
supply.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-01
Giving Mexico Great Attention

Mr.. A. Cubillas Jr., of the So
nora & Sinaloa Commission
Company, whose returned from
the East was noted one day this
week, informs The Oasis that he
found Mexico attracting great
attention in New York and
other metropolitan cities of the
East. All commercial and IL
nancial men evinced the keenest
interest in Mexico, and they
have great faith in the future
of Mexico, where the improve
ment of conditions cannot fail
to give great impetus to bust
ness of all kinds. All agreed
that with restoration Of peace
in Europe conditions win work
gradually to normal all over the
world; and that Mexico. cannot
fail to be benefited by improv-
ed and improving conditions.