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PIKE'SftB?AK HIGHWAY OPEN fnrriCT^gffinitely Completed From Atlantic to Pacific-Last Link Hts Been Forged. The Pike's peak ocean to ocean high way has definitely completed an inde pendent alignment from the Atlantic to 'the Pacific coast, says the New York Tribune. The last link In the chain was forged at San Francisco on July 30, when the national officers, in con ference with representatives of various California routes, selected the Feath er-River Sacramento Causeway routes and established the Pacific coast termi nus at Oakland and San Francisco. With terminal on the Atlantic sea board both at New York city and Phil adelphia, the first prong passes through Newark and Morristown, N. J. ; Easton and Allentown, Pa., joining with the Philadelphia, prong at Reading, Pa., thence continuing westward along the William Penn highway through Harris burg, Tyrone, Altoona, to Pittsburgh; crossing Ohio through Steubenvllle, Coshocton, Newark, Columbus, Spring field and Dayton; Indiana through Richmond. Indianapolis, Rockville; Illi nois through Decatur, Springfield, Jacksonville, Griggsville ; Missouri through Hannibal, Macon, Chillicothe, St. Joseph; Kansas through Hiawatha, Belleville, Norton, Colby, Goodland; Colorado through Burlington, Llmon, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Hartsei, Buena Vista, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, Ride, Meeker; Utah through Vernal, Duchesne, Heber City, Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Brigham, Lucin; Nevada via the Overland trail through Elko, Winnemucca. Lovelock, Deno, and California through Port?la, Quincy. Orovllle, Marysville, Sacramen to, Davis, Benicia, Martinez, Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco. The completion of the western exten sion of the highway followed an official inspection of the trip made by Presi dent C. F. Adams, in accordance with the decision of the midsummer meet ing held on top of Pike's peak, July 10-11. following a sociability tour from Chillicothe and St. Joseph. The re ports made on the inspection trip indi- j cate that less than 10 per cent of the 1,000 miles between Colorado Springs and San Francisco is in poor condition. 1 Tile road follows streams, is through Road Through Williams Canon, Near Manitou, Colo. i inhabited territory with less desert or desolate country to cross than any oth- I er transcontinental route, and trav erses some of the most wonderful see- j nie sections of the United States. Vis-1 its were made at each town en route, to create new enthusiasm for the route, ! confer regarding highway development J and arrange for a more complete mark ing system. The average running time ?was 19 miles per hour. f An emphatic campaign ls now being conducted to complete the marking of the Pike's Peak trail from coast to 'coast. The national specifications re quire red and white bands, each 10 inches in width, at cross-roads, forks, . and frequent intervals between, these to be painted on telephone poles, fence Tposts, trees or rocks. In addition, a ' striking marker design in red and white 'has been adopted, and 1,500 enameled ."steel signs, 14 by 20 Inches in size, are .to be placed on individual posts at in tervals of not more than five miles be tween New York and San Francisco. 1 Highways In Connecticut The construction of concrete high ways is going on in 22 cities and towna In Connecticut, and when these con tracts have been completed there will be about 70 miles of concrete surfaced ?payment in that state. The highways !are 18 feet wide and cost $15,000 a mlle. Good Roads Indispensable. 4 The time has come when we must consider the roads an asset, indis pensable to the well-being of the farm er and his family. This being true, Is lt not every man's duty to do all he can to keep the roads in good condi tion? Good Roads. ! "More than $300,000,000 was spent on highway construction and maintenance jin the United States in 1916. Of this 'amount 18 Southern states spent ap proximately ^52,000,000. MONEY FROM EARTH WORMS Old Man Makes Living Gathering Night Crawlers and Other Crea tures Used for Fish Bait. The other morning early, during a mild shower, we stepped from our front door and looked down the gloomy street, and there saw an old man carry ing an umbrella and leisurely walk ing toward us, stopping every moment or two to pick up something from the street, and put it Into a large bucket that he carried on his arra, says the Ohio State Journal. We watched until he approached In front of our domicile, when our curi osity could stand it no longer, and so we went out and asked what he was gathering, when he held the bucket to our gaze, and In it was a gallon of fish worms that he had gathered from the asphalt street., While we were talk ing he picked up three "night crawlers" at the edge of the gutter stream. His eyes were trained to observe those angle worms, for Just then he saw one across the street, and hastened to put It in his bucket. We suggested that he had neglected the gutter in front of our house, but he looked back and at a glance said there were no crawl ers there. He said his business was fish bait; that crawfish was what he gathered mostly, but that night crawlers were always more or less in demand, espe cially for the less pretentious sport of fishing for blue gills. In the dim fu ture, when we are in the trenches shooting the Huns, we will remember this old man gathering night crawlers, and wish we were he. RETALIATIVE "Why is your father so glad to get summer boarders out from the city?" "Well, ye see, dad wuz gold-bricked in th* city last winter." Strategy. He told them he had been an officer In the National Guard in his home ?rnte, and the insructors nt the Re serve Officers' training corps camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison intended to make him prove it, says the Indianapo lis News. When it came his turn to command a company, he marched tho men back and forth for several min utes under the critical eye of an In structor. Several times he tied the company up in knots, but the Instruct or volunteered no suggestions as to how he should get them out. The climax came when the temporary com mander marched the force bang Into a fence, where perforce it had to halt The embarrassment of the stu dent officer by this time had become very apparent. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the Instructor, but said instructor was watching an un usual cloud formation. There was only one thing to do-continue to use his nerve. "Company, attention!" he shouted. "Get away from that fence-marchi" Study Gardening at School. A new course of study devised to educate the 250,000 school pupils of the city In the proper methods of gar dening and farming has been added to the school curriculum of Philadel phia. If It proves satisfactory the new study may be made a permanent part of the school work. Thirty min utes a week is to be set aside under the plan In all schools without gar dens for the teaching and discussion of gardening. How "Sammy" Arrived. Just as a matter of historical record it may be worth while to note that the name "Sammies" was bestowed upon the overseas sons of Uncle Sam by no less a personage than London Punch. It made the suggestion lo warning Londoners that all the Amer ican soldiers would not relish the titi? "Yankee." An Unambitious Fisherman. "I hear v-,c whale meat ls good to eat" "Yes," replied the man with o string of catfish. "But I don't see how lt makes much difference to me. Jonah was the culy man I ever heard of who tackled a whale single-handed, and be got the worst of It" CEDAR FENCES ARE PASSING Wood Rapidly Being Bought Up for Use in the Manufacture of Lead Pencils. Today, through many sections of Tennessee, Virginia and other states where cedar used to thrive, it is diffi cult to find any of the old-time zig-zag ( fences where rattlesnakes used to hide and woodchucks burrow and bob whites make their nests. Modern, clean woven-wire fences, with metal posts, take their places. The war boosted the price of steel and woven wire, but not enough to prevent making lt profitable to ex change new fences for old and the work is still going on. Probably in an other five years there won't be a foot of cedar rail fence left in America. When General Andrew Johnson moved to Tennessee, in 1815, the central part of the state was overgrown with ce dars. They were cut to clear the land and burned to get rid of them. Millions of feet of them were split into rails, the sort Lincoln split when a boy, and used for fenclng-off plantations, boundary lines, fields and pastures. These rails are sliced Into six-Inch , lengths on the ground, before shipping I to the factories, to facilitate handling. A two-inch strip, a rod long, will make 1,500 pencils, and as the fences have from six to nine rails and crossposts, one section will make enough two^JJQch strips for more than 1,500 pencil sticks. A rod of farm fence will retail for nearly $750-provided it is good cedar-and the woven wire fences cost no more than $20 a rod, generally less, -Philadelphia Press. AMATEUR GARDENING "Are you going to start a garden next year?" "I am not. Next year, instead of burying good stuff, I'm going to'eat^t." Mexican Bad Lands. We are accustomed to talk of Mex ico as a wonderful country, the treas ure house of the world, etc. Those statemonts are correct and, nt the same time, there ls as much poverty in Mexico as anywhere on earth. The reason Is that more than 90 per cent of Mexico is arid. Thc arable land Is not sufficient to support the popula tion in prosperity. There are few rivers in ?M?xico and there is a lot of desert land. WThere agricultural con ditions are good the yields are mar velous, but to the vast majority of the people life ls a desperate strug gle. It is possible by water conservation, by scientific work to reclaim much of the arid land, but the Mexicans neith er have the money nor the ability, even if they had the desire to do so. Most of the waste land ls In north ern Mexico. Most of the fruitful land is in central or southern Mexico. Someone suggested Mexico would know peace if It was split up, If north ern Mexico was separated from the rest of the republic. Perhaps that Is so, but the Mexican Is a proud person, and he'd rather be poor and have his pride than rich and prosperous. Financial America. Fitting Corners. When you put down new matting, do not cot It to flt corners, but wet It thoroughly with a soft brush, or cloth dipped IrT hot water, to which a cupful of salt has been added.. Whea thoroughly soaked the matting: be~ comes as pliable as rubber, andi can be turned under without breakings. This makes a neater finish than? cutting! and also saves the matting ?or uso ta a different Bhaped room. Cold Feet "What's become of your neighbor who was so strong for war a few weeks ago?" "He's discovered that we may have to do quite a lot of fighting to win and now he wants to back out" Miles of Rabbit Fences. The state of South Australia has since 1891 erected 29,148 miles of "ver min fences" as a protection against the ravages of rabbits. , Don't, t rior br somethi oughly ers. Tl "Quality has bee 75 yeal in Edge W. W. A Ca THE CC i W. P. CASSELS, nie Woman's Tonic **In a few days, she be gan to improve," Mrs. Cox continues, "and had no trouble at... Cardin cored her, and we sing xis praises everywhere. We receive many thou sands of similar letters every year, telling of the good Cardui has done for women who suffer from complaints so common to their sex. It should do you good, too. Try Cardin. E-77 Wr'? li ? FIRE INSURANCE -F o r This World ONLY J. T. KARONG OFFICE OVER Bank of Edgefield, S. C. >e misled into using infe ands of fertilizers. Use ng that has been thor tested by Edgefield fann ie Line of Fertilizers" n on the market for about rs. These goods are sold ifield by idams & Company L11 on Them for Prices IE-MORTIMER CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. Agent, Johnston, S. C., Phone 77 IME STRIKE IT RICH TOPUTAUT IN THE BAN VERY WEEK CooTitcbt l'-'09. br C. E. Z?<v>cnnan C0.--N0. 51 THERE is no doubt about money in the bank, it is sure and positive. Maybe slow, but there is the satisfaction that it is sure. Posi tive in every way, both that it will grow, and that it is safe. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nieholson, vice-President 2. J. Mirna, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTQiRS : J. C. Sheppard; Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C Fuller. E. J. Mirna. J. H. Allen BARRETT & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta Georgia S