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-ROAD ? BUILDING PACIFIC COAST GOOD ROADS Interest Centers Particularly in High way Extending From California to Washington. (By HERBERT NUNN. Stat* Highway Engineer of Oregon.) The Pacific coast is particularly In terested in our national highway ; that ls the Pacific coast highway extending from California to Oregon and Wash ington. This when completed will have approximate length of some 1,400 miles, and the large part of it Is now completed or nearing completion. Mr. Fletcher of California stated to me that his state had completed 525 miles, extending from Los Angeles north to Sacramento, and we are now under contract to complete the roap\ Oregon now has under contract on this road some 400 miles of construction, all of which will be completed by the middle of next year, 200 miles of which will be paved and the rest macadam or gravel. Washington has completed this road to Seattle, and next year its entire length will be complete. I am unable to say at this time Just how much money was expended dur ing the year 1919 In the three states, but In Oregon approximately $7,000, 000 was expended. The three states, however, are pretty well fixed finan cially. California has a new bond Issue for $40,000,000 and previously bas ex pended some $33,000,000. Oregon has some $32,000,000 available and roads to cost $19,000,000 to $20,000,000 under construction. Washington has less money. They failed to carry the bond issue there this year, but have between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000 available for next year. The eastern connections with the Pa cific highway are the Santa Fe trail, the Lincoln highway, and the Midland road. I think the Santa Fe in pi^tty well cared for. It connects with south ern California. In Oregon we are con necting with the southern highway and with the Columbia river highway. Labor conditions on the Pacific coast are about the same as In the East. Improved Road in Oregon. The pay is about $4.50 with $7.50 for teams. We doz>'t expect better labor conditions next year. Material condi tions are better. In Oregon we have sufficient local material and don't re quire much rail transportation. Wash ington is fixed similarly. So is north ern California. Southern California is in worse condition as to transporta tion. MOTORTRUCK IS INSISTENT War Brought lt Into Prominence as Commercially Practical Form of Transportation. The value of the motortruck as an the war, sprang into prominence as a commercially practical form of trans portation and while the fighting has ceased, the need for the motortruck re mains with us, more insistent than ever before. Within certain limitations the freight car of the highway Is more efficient than the rail carrier, and, be cause it Is, It may be taken as a per manent form of transportation and one destined to have a large Influence on the movements of trade in the future. PUSH GOOD ROADS BUILDING Construction Work Retarded by War Should Now Be Resumed to Fa cilitate Transportation. Good roads construction retarded by the war should now be pushed vig orously and nothing should be per mitted to Interfere with the expansion and development of these important arteries of transportation aud trade which can serve to materially reduce high living costs by facilitating the movement of foodstuffs from the farm to the table. Significant Auto Fact. Observers are said to regard lt as significant that the states which will spend most freely for better highways and which manufacturers depend upon to buy the most motortrucks in 1920 are states In which farming is the predominant occupation. Value of Motortruck. The value of the motortruck as an aid in marketing farm products ls now well established. In bringing this about Improved roads have been an essential factor. In Time of Need By ALVAH J. GARTH (?. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.) Morris Davenal stood spellbound viewing a scene that seemed so lovely, yet filmy, that he almost deemed him self under a delusion. He had been camping on the banks of a river, occu pying a rude board shanty, and had cut across what seemed to be the ex tensive grounds of a great, gloomy mansion. At the edge of a glade a flitting figure had crossed his range of vision. It was "nearly midnight, and the moonlight filtered down in a silvery flood and showed a form girlish, full of natural grace, and a face the out lines of which were perfect. She drew within the shadow of a towering elm tree and stood motionless, her ear bent, her gaze fixe?. She made a gesture of keen disap pointment as no one appeared. Beyond the tree a man, evidently a worker about the grounds, suddenly came into view. He halted, applied a whistle to his lips and blew an echoing trill. The girl hurried in the direction of the house to be confronted by a sec ond man, past middle age, who regard ed her with sternness, almost anger. "You will not be warned!" Davenal heard him say, and there was the venom of menace In his tones. "Please stand aside," spoke the girl in Icy tones. "I will return to my room." "And stay there, If you are wise," observed the man. "You are trying to play me false. Be careful-you know the penalty!" Davenal delivered a deep breath like one seeing an entrancing picture fade into nothingness. The scene remained Imprinted on his memory all the way to his temporary home near the river. He entered the dilapidated old shack and sat for an hour lost in meditation. Finally he aroused himself and walked over to a cupboard. "Again !" he muttered, as its shelves came into view, and the puzzled excla mation expressed' his wonderment that, for the second time within twenty four hours, someone had entered the place and had made away with food In the cupboard. Davenal threw himself on his couch, but memory of the fair girl in the moonlight remained for a long time. He finally slumbered, to rouse up at early daylight as a groan disturbed him. It was repeated, apparently from an attic overhead. Davenal went to a corner where cleats were nailed along the wall, ascended these and glanced about the confined space under the roof. A human form was stretched out upon a heap of old rags, moving uneas ily, with closed eyes. Davenal fancied this must be the despoiler of his food supply. He noticed that one foot of the intruder was swathed in a bandage. He touched his arm. Instantly the other, a young man of presentable ap pearance, although he looked haggard and distressed, awoke. "Who are you?" challenged Davenal. It was only after persistent question ing that Davenal was able to gain the confidence of the stowaway. He helped him below, prepared a meal and at tended to a bad cut on one foot, the result of falling over a keen-edged scythe. Finally the stranger told his story. He was Earle Wilton, and his visit to the vicinity was to secretly meet hi? sister. Adrienne. She was a captive in the power of an unprincipled guardian, who hoped to gain her fortune by forc ing her to marry him. "I received a letter concerning the situation of affairs," Wilton told Dav enal, "but had to proceed with caution. Wolfe Dubrow's hold on my sister was his claim that he had proof of my com mitting a forgery of my father's name before he died. It Is false, but he has the power to imprison me. In sixty days Adrienne will be of age and can defy him. "If I were not thus crippled I could convey her to a safe hiding place." ' "Let me help you," eagerly pleaded Davenal, at once divining that Miss Adrienne Wilton was the fair girl of the moonlight episode. An hour later, appareled In his most commonplace attire. Davenal strolled by the Dubrow place. The man with the whistle of the night previous hailed him. Was he looking for work? Was he willing to put in a forenoon's labor on the lawn for a dollar? and soon Davenal had located the room which Miss Wilton occupied and had also spied a long ladder In the barn of the place. Then he went back to the river shack, planned with Earle Wilton what they should do, made arrangements to have an automobile on hand after dark, had Wilton write a note to his sister, and at midnight helped the startled and excited girl captive down the lad der, hastened to the shack and they were miles away before daylight. Davenal accompanied brother and sister to a retired village, saw them comfortably settled and left them filled with gratitude for his helpful atten tion. Twice he revisited them during the next two months. The day when her coming of age released her legally from the care of her guardian, Adrienne Wilton wrote Davenal of the fact and asked his ad vice and co-operation as to her further action In regard to her estate. Davenal secured a lawyer and the baffled Wolfe Dubrow was compelled to relinquish his evil schemes. By that time Davenal and Adrienne had be come swaething more than friends, and ere the end of the year she had t lifetime guardian. MOTORISTS ?f\ KNOW THE MILEAGE nj OF THEIR GASOLINE W ^more"Milea&" per Ton of Fee Two third9 of a ton of Purina O-Molene will go as far as a ton of corn or oats, Make a comparison and you will see that it pays to feed mules and horses a properly balanced ration, just as it pays in dairying or hog raising. O-Molene is good ground grains, balanced to get more work from work animals. No medicine or stimulants in it. It's all real feed. It's your move. Get a checkerboard bag of Purina O-Molene and see how far it will go. Sold in checkerboard bag* only, by S. F. LOGAN, KNOW THE "MILEAGE0 OF YOUR FEED Keep Well and Be Happy. li you would be happy you must keep your bowels regular. One ortwo of Chamberlain's Tablets taken im mediately after supper will cause a gentle movement of the bowels on the followering morning. Try it. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIEDD. Charles Cochran, Plaintiff, Against William Cochran, et. al.,-De fendants. Pursuant to a decree in the above entitled cause, I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bid der before the Court House, Town of Edgefield, County and State aforesaid, on Salesday in October 1920, the same being the 4th day of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following describ ed realty, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, ljing and being in the County and State aforesaid, containing Seven" ty-Six and 31-100 Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of C. C. Fuller, Edgar Reynolds, Ches ter A. Stevens, Willie Stevens and others. Terms of Sale Cash.-If purchas er at said sale shall fail to comply with terms thereof, within one hour from the time of said sale, said premises, upon direction of plaintiff, or his attorney, will be re-sold on said day at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. H. CANTELOU, Master, E. C., S. C. Sept. fi-4t. Executor's Notice. , State of South Carolina, County of Edgfieeld. Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. Amina F Ouzts, deceased, will1 make payment to the undersigned. And all persons holding claims agaist said estate will render all accounts of their demands duly at tested to the undersigned. ALBERT G. OUZTS, Duly Qualified Executor of the Will of Mrs. Amina F. Ouzts, dec'd Sept. 8-3t. LOMBARD Foundry, Machine? Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc. Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875,360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information yon maj desire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING 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 co un tie? of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Edgeficld, Laurens, Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C.. J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A O. Grant, Mt Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, 3. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1920. Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. Executor's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. Under and by authority of an or der of the Probate Court. Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of September, A. D., 1920 at Elm wood, at the residence of A. G. Ouzts, at 10 o'clock A. M., I will proceed to sell all of the personal property belonging to the estate of the late James T. Ouzts, deceased, consisting principally of household and kitchen furniture. Piano, iron eafe, two-horse wagon, top buggy and harness, black smith tools, plows, and all other personal property belonging to said estate. Sale to begin promptly at ten o'clock A. M. Terms cash. A. G. OUTZS, Executor of the last will of James T. Ouzts, deceased. August 25, 1920.-3t. Spend Your Vacation -IN "THE LAND OF THE SKY" - AND - "THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY'' i -OF Western North Carolina A THROUGH SLEEPING CAR BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE-SEMI-WEEKLY Leaves Augusta Tuesdays and Fridays Leaves Asheville Wednesdays and Sundays -VIA Southern Railway System READ DOWN ' READ UP 7:05 p. m. Lv. Augusta Ar. 10:40 a. m. 8:05 p. m. Lv._ EDGEFIELD Air. 9:45 a. m. 8:35 p. m, Lv. Trenton Ar. 9:20 a. m. 5:15 a. m. Ar. Tryon Lv. 10:10 p.m. 5:50 a. m. Ar. Saluda Lv. 9:40 p.m. 6:30 a. m. Ar. Henderson ville Lv. 9:05 p. m. 7:30 a. m. Ar. ASHEVILLE Lv. 8:00 p. m. Connects for Lake Toxaway Branch, Brevard, etc., at Hendersonville. Connects for Waynesville, Black Mountain, etc., at Asheville. Summer Tourist Tickets Now on Sale To the Ideal Vacation Resorts of Western North Carolina-The Land of the Sky. Golf, Horseback Riding, Mountain Climbing, Tennis, Boating, Fishing. Ask for Southern Railway Summer Resort Folder. For Fares and other convenient Train Service, apply to or Phone, G. W. CARTER, DPA., J. A. TOWNSEND, Augusta, Ga. Edgefield, S. C. You Can Now Buy Your FLOUR, MEAL AND FINE FEED -FROM THE Edgefield FlourMill E. S. JOHNSON Opposite Southern Railway Depot Edgefield, S. C. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits - - - $190,000.00 Total Resources Over ..... $800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open your account with us for the'year 1920. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds1 of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. Distributors of Marathon Tires and Tubes. None better, but our pri?e IS ?6S9* YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED tJ?F* See our representative, C. E. May.