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DEMAND FOR BETTER ROADS
No Reason Why Portion of Tax Shoulo
Not Be Used in Putting Highways
in Better Condition.
There is a growing demand for
more and better road making during
the autumn months. In many locali
ties the roads become filled with deep
ruts and the wheel tracks so de
pressed during the summer that they
collect rains which soon wash them
into gutters which soon ruin the roads
for heavy loads and comfortable travel.
There is no reason why a portion of
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A Durable Stone Culvert.
the road tax should not be used for
putting the highways in good condi
tion for travel, says Northwestern Ag
riculturist. The split log drag and
other road-making implements should
be put to work before the ground
freezes. The outside of the roads
should be brought into the center of
the track which will establish a crust
that will shed the water, rather than
retain rains, which are sure to occur
during the late fall and early spring
months. Roads having a full-high cen
ter are quite sure to remain in good
condition during the rainy season of
fall and spring. Steep hills, where wa
ter is apt to collect in wheel tracks,
should be provided with open gutters
on each side into which rains may be
adverted with an occasional crest oyer
which water cannot pass. Approaches
to bridges and culverts should be so
filled with earth that vehicles of all
kinds may pass over them without
serious jolts and jars. Roads are much
Improved when covered with gravel.
This is a season of the year when such
work can be accomplished at a mini
mum expense. Every township should
own gravel pits from which road-ma
king material can be cheaply obtained.
Concrete roads will soon become pop
ular. The same material only should
be used in making small bridges and
culverts. A good quality of sand and
gravel is necessary to make service
able concrete. Every farmer should
have a special interest in all roads ad
joining his premises and leading to
market.
INCREASE THE LAND VALUES
Strong Argument in Favor of Good
Roads Is That They Enhance Value
of Bordering Farms.
It takes all kinds of arguments to
interest the numerous types of men
found in every community in public
improvements. One man will sanction
and work for good roads when he is
convinced that they will shorten and
expedite the haul of some special crop
that he produces. Another will assist
because he owns a motorcar. One of
the most effective arguments is that
good roads will enhance the value of
farms bordering upon them, says
Breeder’s Gazette.
j Several real estate dealers in lowa
have begun To advertise land as lo
cated “on the Lincoln Highway.” Ex
perience has shown that this is a
strong “talking point.” Os course
the great national road is not fin
ished, but it is already famous, and
since it will steadily increase in his
toric interest many properties abut
ting it will probably acquire an aug
mented selling value. Unfortunately
only a small percentage of farms are
located on the Lincoln Highway, but
that thoroughfare marks the inaugu
ration in this country of the old-world
attitude toward convenient and pleas
ant highways and byways as a means
of socializing and upbuilding a large
hearted, broad-minded citizenship.
Age of Progress.
The age is progressive. Fifty or
sixty years ago this country began to
build railroads, and now we have more
than nearly all the rest of the world
together. In place of crude industrial
facilities, we have the very best on
earth; yet we are behind other civil
ized nations in the improvement of our
roads. We are beginning now to do
with our highways what should have
been done long ago.
The spirit of good roads is hered
itary
SMALL COMFORT IN PROMISE
Parson Readily Agreed to Preach Fu
neral Sermon, but Insisted He
Must Speak the Truth.
In preaching funeral sermons cler
gymen often have a hard course to
steer, but here is an instance where
it was all plain sailing.
The Rev. E B , who flour-
ished in a rural district in the west
of England a good many years ago,
was a strictly honest but painfully
frank old man. One day he was
approached by one Bill M , a
man of doubtful reputation, who
said:
“Look ’ee here, pazzon, I want to
make a request of ’ee, an’ ’tis this:
I want ’ee to promise you’ll preach
my funeral sermon, if so be you out
live me.”
“Why, certainly, Bill—certainly.”
“An’ I want ’ee to preach it from
the words, ‘An honest man is the
noblest work of God.’ ”
“I’ll do it, Bill—l’ll do it for you
with pleasure,” replied the parson.
“And I’ll add that I’m sorry there’s
such a very poor specimen in the
coflin.”
HOLDS CABBAGE REAL ESTATE
Pennsylvania Judge Renders a Deci
sion That Seems to Border on
the Ludicrous.
Wonders never cease in American
law, remarks the Pittsburgh Press.
Here comes a judge in our own state,
trying a case of a man who entered
his neighbor’s garden and pinched a
head of cabbage. The judge decides
that it was not larceny of personal
property at all, and hence not a basis
of criminal action; but the cabbage
heads are real estate, and that the
neighbor’s remedy is to bring a civil
action contesting title. We have
eaten garden truck—spinach and let
tuce, for instance—which tasted like
real estate. But we never knew be
fore that to steal it was not theft.
And after a cabbage head is eaten
what good is the title? Now, if it
had been a franchise or an election
that was stolen, it would have been
less surprising in the law to let the
culprit go free; but who would ever
have thought that the science of ju
dicial hair-splitting would finally be
successfully invoked to protect a
plain, every-day cabbage thief?
GLASS UTENSILS.
A New York glass manufacturer
is experimenting with the making
of cooking utensils of glass. Already
glass percolators and stewpans have
been made which, although they rest
on the flames, give no evidence of
cracking and have proved heat-resist
ing and nonexpansive. These uten
sils are apparently not affected in
any way by the intense heat under
them or by the contrasting tempera
tures of the articles which they con
tain. Glass is for many reasons su
perior to either enamel or aluminum,
being affected by none of the acids
or alkalies formed or used in cook
ing and not subject to the insanitary
cracking which is characteristic of
most enameled ware.
A FLIMSINESS.
“What are these shadow skirts
they talk about?” asked Mrs. Mc-
Gudley.
“There’s one,” said the saleslady.
“H’m. It doesn’t look like there
was hardly enough to it to cast a
shadow.”
THE CONTRARY RULE.
“Money makes the mare go.”
“It is quite the contrary if the
mare happens to be entered in the
races.”
CATTY.
“There is nothing put on about
that girl.”
“She does put it on so well that
you can’t notice it”
MEAN THING!
“My, there is a lot of hens’ cack
ling going on about here I”
“There’s a club meeting just over
the way.”
THE MAIN POINT.
She—This race question is a very
serious proposition.
He—You bet it is if you don’t get
the right tips.
THE REASON.
“Can you tell me why so many
musicians affect long hair?”
“On account of the natural affinity
of keys for locks.”
iV:rran Calls Jog Home by
Telephone.
Worcester. August 29. —Mrs. F. A.
Partee's pet dog. Dick, visited the
home of Mrs. Elmer H. Darling, two
miles Hom Pattee’s. in South
boro. Dick stayed all day. Mrs. Pat
tee grew lonesome and called Mrs.
Darlington the telephone.
"Put|the receiver to Dick’s ear."
she said. Mrs. Darling did so.
“Come home at once. Dickie."' said
Mrs. Pattee.
Dick rushed to the door, barked
until it was opened, then he dashed
straight home.
Miss Jeannette Evans, one of
Gainesville's girls, goes to teach at
Fitzgerald.
Whenever You Need a- General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
One of the formidable features
about tbeJßussians invasion is that
the Cossacks can live and fight in
conditions which other armies
would [perish in. ~ They are used to
cold and a bowl of rice a day is
enough food.
Stop That First Fall Cough
Cheek your fall cough or cold at
once—don’t wait —it may lead to se
rious lung trouble, weaken your
vitality and develop a chronic lung
ailment. Get a bottle of Dr. Bell’s
Pine-Tar-Honey to-day; it is pure
and harmless —use it freely for that
fall cough or cold. If Baby or
Children are sick give it to them, it
will relieve quickly aud perma
throat, lungs ■ and air’ passages.
Loosens Phlegm, is antiseptic and
system against colds.
fFsurely prevents cold germs getting
a hold. Guaranteed.* Only 25c, at
your Druggist’s.
j®\ FOR SALE.
100 largej®Dry Goods Boxes for
holding (grain, shipping household
goods, etc. HOSCH BROS. CO.
posmvTpßdoF
Should Greatest Skep
tic inaGainesville.
Because it’s evidence of a Gaines
ville'citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement oi
merit.
The best pioof. Read it:
Mrs. W. K. ()w<n, 65LW. Myrtle
St., Gainesville, says: “I cannot
describe how greatly I suffered
trouble. The diseast
fastened itself worse ali the time.
The kidneys were irregular in action
and the kidney secretions caused
me annoyance. My back was pain
ful and often sharp knife like twigs
darted through me. I couldn't
stoop or turn in bed and I was made
miserable by dizzy spells. 1 seemed,
to have lost all ambition. I tried
different remedies, btr nothing
helped me and 1 was in bad shape
when Doan’s Kidney Pills were
recommended to me. I got a supply,
and after I had taken three boxes I
was without a sign of kidney trouble.
I now feel like a different person.”
CONFIRMED PROOF.
On April 30. 1914, Mrs. Owen said:
been over a year since I
have found it necessary to take a
kidney medicine. I recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills «ome years ygr.
in return for what they did for me,
and all T then said still holds good.
Yon may continue to usemy endorse
ment.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills —the same
that Mrs. Owen had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
TAKING~CALOMEL ~
IS A BAD HABIT
So Powerful If Shccks Liver atid leaves
It Weaker Thau Before. Dcd
son’s Liver Tore Is Better.
Nearly everybody who has never
tried calomel has found that it gives
only a temporary relief. For calo
mel is such a powerful drug that it
shocks and weakens the liver and
itjisless able afterward to doits duty i
than in the first place.
This is one of the reasons Dr. J.
B. George guarantees Dodson’s
Liver Tone to take the place of
calomel. Dodson’s Liver Tone is a
pure vegetable liver tonic that will
cure constipation quickly and gently,
without any danger of bad after
effects.H guaranteed to do this
with a guarantee that is simple and
fair. If you buy a bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone for yourself or your
children, and do not find that it
perfectly takes the place of calomel,
then return to the store where you
bought it and get your money back
with a smile.
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Ifs Hard to Choose !
Where everything is so beau-1
tiful and artistic, but there is i
one satisfaction in purchasing
jewelry here: It is that what:
you finally select from our
very large collection, your,
choice will be a good one. To'
see our jewelry is to admire 1
it To know it by use is to
respect it as well. We strive
to please. Give us a call and
be convinced. Our prices are
within the reach of all.
Watch and Jewelry Repairing
a Specialty.
GEO. E.TEDERER |
JEWELER
Near Singer Sewing Machine Co.
GAINESVILLE : GEORGIA?
For Rent.
My place at No. 85 West Washing- i
ton street. 9-room house, newly I
whitewashed and painted inside, j
tiled sidewalk, city water conven-I
ient, only a short walk from public'
square, S2O per month. See this |
place before renting elsewhere. Ap- |
ply to — A. R. BAKER,
at State Banking Co s.
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Private School.
Mrs. G. R. Bickers will open her i
private school at her home on East 1
Spring street Monday morning Sept. !
7th. 8.30 o'clock. Phone 296.
For Sale
Store house in Murrayville; 30x60; •
new. .J. H. ELROD,
Gainesville. Ga.
SALE DA]
at 9.30 a. m. I
And Continuing* Each Day Until the Lcl
is Sold! I
I Will Offer for Sale 1,000 Yards ol
25c. Dress |A'
Goods at | *
All New Clean Goods
This Los and Hundreds of Other Bargains will Now be Off
in the Mysterious Sale. (There is a Reason.) Come
Early and Avoid the Rush.
D. D. JACKSO!
Alamo The!
TODAY!
“ALLAH NO. 3311” I
IN 3 PARTS ■
A Drama of Romance, Adventure, and Intrig®
TOMORROW |
EORD STERLING in “Love and 1.1
A Comedy in 2 Parts ■
Robt. Leonard in “At the Foot, of hl
Drama—Rex I
SATURDAY I
“KATE WATERS OF THE SECRET S|
Detective Story in 2 Parts— Powers I
“ALL AT SEA” I
Comedy—Nestor I
MONDAY?
“OLANA OF THE SOUTH SEA
A Drama produced in Honolulu —In 2 P;
“AN AWKWARD CINDERELLA
Comedy —Rex
TUESDAY:
WARREN KERRIGAN in “Out of the
Western Drama—Victor
“A WILD RIDE”
Sterling Comedy
“WHEN DEATH RODE THE ENGI
Spectacular Drama—Eclair
“THE LOVE VICTORIOUS"
An Allegorical Drama in 3 Parts
With Cleo Madison and Geo. Larkin