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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
EVIDENTLY HE DIDN'T LIKE IT
pIoyee Had Decidedly Poor Optn-
ion Of That New Trailer.

Once on a time an automobile con
Germ asked the post office department
to try out a certain truck trailer. The
ear a put in service at n post
office and shortly the traffic superin-
tendent asked for a written report
from n of the automobile drivers.
This is the report:
II has respty used in this run "A
Taller for 4 days in this low down
driveway and is to be in my way and
to have TO push and shove it and lift
it around myself in the lie and get
under the end to uncupple it luse and
can't back it w at all and go ahead
2 doors in backing and getting the
pin thing loss again and the gas
shooting in your face and everybody
holering at you and in my way to get
out"
The report finally reached Washing.
ton, was read and filed. The trailer
was not accepted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
IMPROVED
ROADS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920
Distinct Shortage Of Labor and Higher
Of Materials Among Diff
cuIties Encountered.

Every kind Of road cost about twice
as much to build in 1920 as it did in
1917. according to the chief of the
bureau Of public roads, United States
Department of Agriculture, and high
way construction suffered more thar
any other class of work through rail.
road congestion, strikes, labor trou.
bles. n material shortages.
After the war there was a great
public demand for improved roads.
Many roads had been seriously dam
aged by war traffic. and 1t appeared
that the return of men from military
service would provide an abundance of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15

labor. The army Of laborers which we
expected :, apply for the work did
not, however, materialize. On the
contrary, there was a distinct shortage
Of labor, and wages reached the high
est levels attained in the history OF
the country. In 1917, competent labor
could be secured for from $1.5O to So
per day, but the corresponding wages
in 1920 were from So to S. for a short
er days work.
In proportion to this demand there
was also a pronounced scarcity Of con
struction materials. Sand, gravel,
stone and cement, and materials com
monty used in road work increased in
price between 1917 and 1920 from so
to 100 per cent. Naturally, these in
creases in $ We're reflected in the
prices paid to contractors for road
work. Gravel roads increased from
S4.535 to $3.50 per mile; concrete
from S21, 165 to upward of $4,000 per
mile, and brick roads from $33 1000 to
$4,000 per mile.
AS funds available for road con
.struction are largely limited by statute,
or by the returns from taxation, a
majority Of the states this year have
deliberately withheld work, the plans
for which had been completed, until
they could obtain a greater return for
their expenditure.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
SPILLS, THEFT, FIST FIGHTS
MARI BICYCLE CONTEST

Chicago, Apr. 7.-Several serious
spills, a fist fight and the theft of y
lap furnished thrills tonight in the
sir day bicycle rae in which tho
Corry-McBeath team were leading by
q Zig margin at IL p. m. the seth
hour. The leaders a covered 1,511
miles, s laps with the rest Of the field
one lap behind.
The point score tor the three leader.
were: Corry-McBeath 179 1-2: Re-
iens-DeGraves "a l-2 and Keller-cav-
anaugh II. Hill and kockler broke
into the point column tor the first
tife when they regained q oSt lap
md became ven with the field.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
ROAD SOILS DIFFER WIDELY
Just What Characteristics Are Which
Make Them Different Puxxles
Highway Engineers.

The federal highway engineers
point out that soils differ widely in
their ability to support loads, particu-
larry when they are wet. Just why
this is true and just what are the
characteristics which make them diff
ferent Is little understood at present
1t is in this field Of Investigation, OF
Increasing importance because OF the
growing volume Of heavy traffic. that
the federal investigators expect to Sc
cure important information.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
DAWES WANTS. HARDING
TO NAME RELIEF HEAD

Washington, Apr. 7.-Seven recon-
mendations chief among them Gre
alton of the Veterans service admin
Ltration to take charge OF government
relief work among ex-service men and
to be headed by q director general.
reporting directly to the president,
were contained in the report sub
mitted today to President Harding by
his special commission investigating
the care OF veterans
Charles G. Dawes Of Chicago. chair
man. told the president he believed
that the Recommendations were sound
and that they would end troubles ex-
ast1ng in soldier relied work Early
action by President Harding is ex-
pected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
ADVANTAGES OF PAVED ROADS
Give Ever-lncreasing Share Of Service
in Providing Safe Highways for
Motor Traffic.

Paved roads are giving an ever-in-
creasing share Of service In providing
safe, permanent. dependable highways
for heavy motortruck traffic. relieving
railroads. OF much short haul, lessen
ing terminal congestion and in these
ways making the handling and ship
mcnt Of supplies much easier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15

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It's said that middle age is the most trying period in . woman's life, and
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Those smother3ng spells the dreadful hot flashes that send the blood rushing
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as % build up the weakened nervous system and enables q woman to pass
this trying period with the least possible annoying symptoms.
Women everywhere should remember that most of the commoner ailments
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
Wonderful Transformation

Wonderful Transformation.
Figures from Maine show that cap
ital of SS,OOO.OOO is invested in the
business Of transforming the raw her.
ring into the baked sardine.-B0stOn
Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
Where WizardrY Fails.

Knicker-Is that seer any good?
Bocker-No; she could tell my for
tune, but not my income tax.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
women Of middle LIFE
A Dangerous Period Through Which Every Woman Must Pass
Practical Suggestions Given by the Women Whose
Letters Follow

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know what Lydia E. Pink
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A friend advised me to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
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pound you may publish this
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15

Times from ROTTERDAM quotes the Am.
sterdam Telegram as saying that Bur.
gomaster Zimmerman of Rotterdam is
being considered as Dutch minister to
the United States.
Coblenz-Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
arch draft evader, is reported to have
left Baden after drawing all his funds
from the bank. The reports said Berg.
doll, accompanied by Eugene Stecher.
his chauffeur, had left by auto for Ba-
varia and Austria.
Buenos Alres-Eight persons were
killed and many were injured at La
Pax, Bolivia, when Lieutenant Baud
ron, a French army aviator, lost con-
troll OF his airplane during an exhibit
ton fight and plunged into a crowd.
Lieutenant Raudron was killed.
Paris-Marshal Foch will give a din.
ner to Cardinal Dennis J. Dougherty.
The guests, in addition to the Ameri-
car cardinal. will include many high
French personages.
London-A coal strike seems In
evitable on April l, when the notices
of the mine owner. Of q termination Of
contracts In order to enforce q reduc-
ton in wages will expire.
London-Fgihting between the
Turks and French. in which the latter
lost 20 killed Is reported In messages
from Cilicia, Asia Minor. forwarded by
the Constantinople correspondent Of
London Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

1920, 100000. the net gain through i'm
portation in the first five months of
this year For eight consecutive
months imports of the metal have ex-
ceeded the exports.
Owing to adverse trade balances
with the Orient and South America,
the United States lost gold. in 1919 and
the early months Of 1920, with the
result that our stock Of gold was re-
duced to s2,G46, 900 on May l. 1920.
This represented a: reduction of s475.-
100000 from the stock Of the metal
held at it's previous maximum three
years earlier. In the subsequent thir-
teen months, however, we have in
creased our stock Of gold to a record
total ON June /, 1921. Of s3.175,O00,00o
The recent accumulation of gold in
this country through importation is to
some extent reflection Of the made
duate provision Of credits for financing
our export trade. In the interest OF
this trade, every reasonable effort
should be made obyiate the necessi-
ty Of foreign countries to dispose
largely of their gold holdings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05
LEAGUE Is COSTLY
Figures Show it Has Already Cost Ma
tions 81, $4,000.

Obligatory use Of two languages.
French and English. in al its trans
actions and the high cost of living at
the headquarters in Geneva, are given
by the special committee investigating
the workings OF the League Of Ma
tions as an explanation of: what has
been considered in some quarters as
the excessive cost OF the organization.
The expense for last year. as already
reported was about S4.150, 900, relates
a Geneva, Switzerland dispatch.
There can be no doubt" says the
committees report, that rightly or
wrongly the League Of Nations has
the reputation of costing too much
The report then goes on to explain
how the compleXity. diversity and nov
city of the work undertaken necessar-
lily costs heavily, particularly since 1t
is in the hands Of n comparatively
young institution that lacks eXper-
ience.
The dual language of the League
requiring translation and duplicate
publication of all documents alone
accounts for one-third Of the entire
expense, the report says. then points
out that the location Of the headquar-
1ers Of the League in Geneva accounts
for a good deal of the excessive out
lay.
Since the main purpose Of the COM
mission of inquiry Is to suggest every
form OF economy" the report says; "lt
feels bound to point out that at that
moment, Geneva is-and so. far as it
is possible to forsee will remain--a
city in which the cost of living is
comparatively higher than in almost
any city in Europe and where the
rate of exchange is, at the moment
Of writing, the most disadvantageous
for the great majority Of states men,
bers Of the league"
The report suggests that were the
league headquarters located at Brus-
sells, Fontainebleau, Turin or Vienna,
or almost anywhere else, an immed-
late economy would be effected that
would be appreciated by all members
of the league and particularly by
those whose exchange is deprecated.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05
A REAL LAZY MAN
Band Manager Given Distinction by
Jury of Women.

Sdty VI "OU'Git
NJ. +. Mott, band manager, has
been voted the LATEST man in Saline
County as the result of q trial In
which women qualified as jurors and
which packed the courthouse and yard
with u highly excited crowd, relates q
Harrisburg, ILL.,, dispatch.
Mott, on two previous occasions,
had been declared the LATEST man, in
the county, but his title this year was
contested by H. n. Finney, an attor-
ney. In a trial last week Finney de-
feated Mott by sixty-fve votes and
Mott filed a contest.
1t was proved, in the trial just con-
cluded, that Mott had never done a
stroke of work in his thirty-fl years
and that while Finney was lazy enough
TO suit the most fastidious, he had
gained the title by unfair means
bribery, in short, and with Motifs
money. Evidence was introduced thnt
l'inney had bought the contest.
Mott proved by Finney's own
Witnesses that money had been COL
lected on the fair grounds to be voted
for Mott, but that through corrupt
practices these votes had been cast
for Finney.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05
"HooDoo" WORKER BARRED
Negro Appears to Bring III Luck t.
Ships.

Negro Appears to Bring III Luck to
Ships.
The crew Of one of the ships Of the
United States Shipping board now in
port in. Savannah. threatened to walk
out last week, If John Eagle. negro
man known as "Hoodoo" was given 4
job. Their determination not to sail
any more with "Hoodoo" seems to
have the backing Of experience. Eagle
got his first job with the shipping
board two years ago on the steamship
Earnstabc. The boat went ashore off
Tybee, he came back to Savannah and
landed on q wooden ship which, went
Oh Il reef Off Cuba. He came back
to Savannah and was booked for Key
West. The ship he was on went
aground During the recent labor
troubles he was sent to CHARLESTON on
the steamship Brasher. All the strike
breakers received a severe drubbinS
from strikers except "Hoodoo," who
FASTENED back to Savannah. He got a
job on the steamship Lake Fanbush.
The boilers went bad after all hands
had signed up and the Fanbush was
laid up for repairs So yesterday when
"Hoodoo" came aboard shipping
,oard vessel to go to work the crew
rebpllcd Today "Hoodoo" Is out OF a
job.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05
HELPS RULE. TREASURY
Although He is Not Vet Thirty Years



Not yct 80 years old and Under
secretary of the United States treas
.ury.
Such is the record of S. Parker
Gilbert, of Bloomfield, N. j., whose
nomination for the newlycreated
treasury post has just been made by
President Harding.
AS Undersecretary, Mr.. Gilbert be-
comes the ranking officer Of the treas
ury next to Mr.. Mellon.
Here are few Of the important of
fees he will superintend: The Fed
eral Farm Loan Board, the office OF
the comptroller \, of the currency, the
office of the, treasurer Of the United
States, the office Of the director of the
mint, the register Of the treasury, the
division Of loans and currency, the d.
vision of public moneys. the secret
service, the government actuary, the
commissioners of the public debt and
the commissioner OF accounts.
Graduating from Rutgers College III
1912, Mr.. Gilbert entered the Harvard
Law school, graduating there in 1915
with high scholastic standing. He
then joined the firm of Cravath and
Henderson, of New York city, where
he was so successful that R. c. Left
ingwell then assistant secretary Of the
Treasury, Communicated him for serv-
ice with the war loan staff during the
war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

Proof Positive.-One bright morn
ing a would-be hunter aiming his gun
at i bird pulled the trigger. When
he ran to pick up the bird he saw
nothing but tree toad hopping away.
i"Prettv good: pretty good.' he said.
Though ] didn't kill him knocked
off all his feathers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

Hitting Baek.-"Why gentlemen"
thundered n Parliamentary candidate,
my opponent hasn't Il leg to stand
on"
"All the more reason why he. should
have 4 seat" came Il voice from the
rear.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

Lancaster News, July 1: Miss Mary
Wylie Lindsey was married to Thomas
G. Smith Wednesday, June 20, at high
noon, at the home Of the brides sis
ter, Mrs. Charles King. the Rev. r. w
Jopling, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. The bride is the
Youngest daughter of Mrs. Annie
Crawford, of Lancaster-----.......Ca Cards
have been received in the city an
nouncing the marriage on Monday,
June e. of Kennedy Crawford Billings
to Miss Claude Shell, at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Jennie o.
Shell, in Grey Court. The bride was
a teacher in the Lancaster public
schools last year and has a host OF
friends who will welcome her return
to Lancaster. They will return from
their bridal trip. July S and will make
their home in this city, where the
groom is engaged in business-...---...--
The News linotype power plant went
down Wednesday afternoon during th'
storm, the blowing Of q fuse causing
the motor to get hot and this causing
trouble inside that could not be re-
medied this side Of Charlotte. Tne
motor was taken 10 that city yester-
day morning by automobile and at six
o'clock last night was back on the
machine running. These little Things
are common in q newspaper Office, the
newspaper business being generaily
one thing after another, and more or
il Charles Stack, Of Lancaster
and Miss Minnie Belle Horton. ol
Kershaw, were married in Camden
Thursday, June 90, by Probate Judge
w. L. McDowell......--.The deatn oi
Soulee Gregory, oldest son OF MT. ana
Mrs. T. J. Gregory, of kershaw' oc-
Cured Yesterday afternoon at the Fen
nell inflrmary, Rock Hill, where ne
was taken yesterday morning 1or
treatment. He is survived by ms wire
aid two children. Funeral services
will be conducted at the residence III
kershaw this afternoon............ln haru
fought game OF ball between Heath
Springs and McBee on the Heath
Springs diamond yesterday afternoon,
the McBee team lost by a score OF
m Cousar Williams, colored'
who was shot by William Myers also
colored, at a negro church east or
the CITY Sunday morning, died at
Rock Hill hospital Thursday nlght
where he had been taken Cor treat
ment The body was brought 10 Heath
Springs yesterday and an inquest he'''
bv Coroner Caskey. the verdict De"
ing that Williams came to his dealh
from a pistol shot by william Myers
MYERS who was out on bond, has sur
rendered to the sheriff and is no" IN
iail The Charlotte road was Gun
siderably damaged by the heavy ram
Of Wednesday afternoon. the sides De-
ing washed badly and making the roau
The county authorizes
however, had some shovel gangs
work Yesterday and the damage Is
hardly noticeable now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

Cleveland Star, (sheIby) July u
Officers of the county captured hFe
stills in n single day Tuesday ana yet
tberc Was no concerted roundup.
Sheriff Logan, Officers Jim Hester III"
Claude Harriil found n 80 or Az gallon
outfit down on Miss Belle Gibson ,
plantation in No. 3 township Tuesday
night and had hot chase after the
operators, but the moonshinerS were
long winded and faster than the OIL
ccrs and made their getaway. The
four men were at the still at the time
The raid was made. Marshall Moore
deputy in No . township found two
stills at the home OF Bill Goudc tcnl-
ored) and brought them in. one was
n big branch outfit. while the "liier
WAS a newly ordered copper outfit o.
small capacity for Use in nome.
Goode was arrested, tried before Re
cnrder Falls and given II months on
the roads. Mack Poston OF KINGS
Mountain captured a 40 gallon capa-
city copper outfit on Mrs. Jane Hrrn-
don:s land. This was Il fine still and
in the raid Mr.. postOn brought I'm two
gallons Of whiskey and reported that
he destroyed 500 gallons Of beer. jeff
Davis. u white man living on Mrs.
David Wehb's plantation near Shelby
was arrested 10y Bob Rhyme at Il Still
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

public highway near Leeds while on
her way home from the fields to escape
the approaching storm. and five others
were knocked down, one Of the num-
ber having an arm badly inJurcd........
Married Monday, June II, 1921 at the
Chester Sanatoriun, Chester, S. C., by
Dr.. D. G. Phillips. Mr.. j. c. Steven
son and Miss Mary G. Brice. both OF
Avon. Married in Charlotte. N. c.
yesterday afternoon Miss Clara Dale
Pryor and Mr.. Edmund Hamrick. two
of Chesters most popular young peo-
ple. Mrs. fIamrick is the youngest
daughter of the late DR.. and Mrs. ;.
w, Pryor, and Mr.. Hamrick IS the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Hamrick. Both
Of the young people have hosts OF
friends, whose best wishes are extend
ed on this happy OCCASION .....:...The
marriage of Miss Marguerite Hood.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Hood and Mr.. Joseph James Murray
of Charleston. S. c., was solemnized
at the beautiful home of the brides
parents on Center street on Wednes-
day afternoon at half past five o'clock.
County Director L. NJ. Wootan,
County Engineer Fl. H. Kester. and
Col A. l.. CASTOR appeared before the
Railroad Commission in Columbia
yesterday at hearing in reference
10 an agreement that the Southern
railway wants the county Of Chester
to sign, and 10 which the county de-
murs. The Southern railway wants
Chester county to admit in writing
that the public road from Chester to
Blackstock is on the railroad right Of
way at places, and to agree to vacate
when the railroad gets ready'to double
track. or wants this strip of ground
for other purposes. The county con-
tends on the other hand that the pub
lie road was in existence long be-
fore the railroad was built Or even
thought of, the latter, therefore, is the
trespasser. The county will submit
counter agreement.