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POINTS FROM CANADA RULES FOR IMPROVING AND REPAIR ING HIGHWAYS. < ntin<llnn < ommInnlonrr a n Ailvlrr For KpppInK I p (iood lionet wit) »—%ll Work lo Hr Done With n \ Irw to I'rrinniipncp unit lln rn till It y. A. W. f'atnpbcll, provincial highway commissioner of Ontario and one* of 1 lie alili-Ht exponents of g ssl roll da on tin' American continent, loot fnrimilat ! ixl a Met of rnlcH which could lie follow- | ciI with jirollt hy highwiiy com mission-I I ts gciicl'illl.v, Miya till* Auto Advocate and Country Honda. Thcac lilies arc printed In Ills annual report: First. Every good rood Iiiih two es aelitlal fcaturea: mi A thoroughly dry foundation, do A smooth, hard, waterproof snrfite* rovtrlnif. Refund. The foundation la the nut nnil subsoil, (lie dirt road, which uniat In* kept dry lit good drainage. Third. -'Flu* surface covering la gen ■■rally a coating of gravel or broken alt which should lie put on the road in such a way that It will not In wet weather la* churned up and mixed with the earth henenth that la, It should fiirnt a distinct coating i-T>iirtli. I o accomplish this dll The aravel or hrnken stone aliouhl iiinlaln very little mind or clay, II Nlmuhl he clean. (In The roads should lie crowned or rounded In the ee|iti i so hh to ailed the wiiler lo the open drain) (ci Itiils Should not he allowed to form, as thn prevent water from passing to the open drains. nil The open drains should have a anfTt dent full anil free outlet so Unit tin- wa ter will lint stand In them, tint will tie ■ nrrleil away Immediately. (e) Tile open underdrnlns should tie laid wlierovor the open diulns are lint miiMI- ■ lent and where the ground has a moist nr wet uppearanee with n tendency to nl>- sort) the iiruvel and rut readll) liy this mesne the foundation Is made dry Fifth Do not leave the gravel or atom* JiiNt iim It drupa from the wagon, hut spread It ho that travel will ut once pass over nnd coiiHollilate It before the fall ruins commence. Hlxtli.—Keep the road iiiaterlal raked or acraped luto the wheel or horse trncka until consolidated. Hovcutb. tirade mid crown the road before putting on gravel or atone. Eighth. If a grading machine la available, grade the rond which you In tend to gravel before the time of slat ute labor and use the statute lulair aa far as possible In drawing gravel. Ninth. A fair crown for gravel roads on level ground la one Inch uf rise to each foot of width from the aide lo the center. Tenth The road on litlla should have ii greater crown than on level ground, otherwise the water will follow the wheel irucka and ereate deep ruts In stead of passing to the side drains. About one and one fourth Inches to ttio foot from the side to center will he milttcleiit. Eleventh. Repair old gravel raids which have a hard center, but too little crown, and wh|ch have high, square shoulders, hy rutting off the shoulders, turning the material outward and ptue lug new gravel or stone In the renter. Do not cover the old gravel foundation with the mixture of earth, him! and lino gravel of which the shoulders are com posed. The shoulders can lie easily cut off by means of ii grading machine. Twelfth. A width of twenty-four feet between ditches will meet most conditions, with the central eight reel graveled or metaled with broken stone. Thirteenth. Wherever water stands on the roadway or hy the roadside or wherever the ground remains moist or Ih swampy In the spring and fall hot ter drainage Is ncisled. Fourteenth. Look over the roads tin der your charge after heavy rains and during spring freshets. The work of a few minutes in freeing dratiiH from oh slrm-tlon or diverting a current or wn ter Into a proper channel may become 1 the work of days If neglected. Fifteenth. Surface water should lie disposed of In small quantities. Great accumulations arc hard to handle and . arc destructive. Obtain outlets Into! natural water courses as often ns pos : slide. Sixteenth Instead or having deep open flitches lerdraln the rond and dry the foundation, use tile. gevi uteentli. tllve culverls a good fall and free outlet so that water will not freeze In them. Might In taking gravel from a pit sec that precautions arc taken to draw only clean material. Do hot let the face of tin* pit la* scraped down, mixing clay, sand and turf with good gravel. Nineteenth, c I ravel which retains a perpendicular face In the pit In the spring mid shows no truce of slipping Is generally III lo use on the road with out treatment. Dirty gravel should he screened. Twentieth.—Plan and lay out the work before railing out the men. Twenty first. When preparing plans keep the work of succeeding years In view. Twenty second.—Call oul for each day only such number of men and teams ns can he properly directed. Twenty third. In laying out the work estimate on a full (lHy's work from each innn mid sec that It Is per formed. Specify the number or loads of gravel to constitute a day's work lflvery wagon box should hold a quar ter of a cord. Twenty fourth Make early arrange rneuts for having on lln* road when re- i qulred anil In good repair all Imple meats and tools to he used In perform ance of statute liilinr. Twenty fifth. Do all work With a , view to permanence and durability. A BOON TO SETTLERS WHY GOOD ROADWAYS TEND TO DRAW HOME SEEKERS. I*arcti*Nc« of Many Fine Place* In a California i nnnfy Were One to a Ldrse Fitent to Hard nnil tloatlrss 111*01*11(1. Tin* vnluc of good roads to n commu nity is thus treated by Die Santa Rosa (t'nl.i Press; As an abstract proposition most peo ple are, of course, "In fuvor of good roads." Yet as a matter of fact com paratively few stop to think how much well kept thoroughfares really mean to a community. They not only Hilmu late travel, popularize the sections traversed, Increase land values, at tract new residents and hullil up trade, but they also make life more pleasant nnil Improve conditions generally. No one appreciates the value of good roads more than the real estate man, who makes It his business to show prospective home seekers about, point out tin* beauties and advantages of tin* imtry and loente ns many desirable residents In his territory ns possible. When In* starts out over n hot, dusty road he knows tlmt tin* chances are against him to begin with. The way seems long, the country uninviting, and bis customer will nine times out of ten become disgusted and get out of the notion of buying before tin* ob jective point Is reached. The trip Is therefore a failure, and unless the agent Is fnrtyiiale enough to locate Ills man elsewhere he leaves the country with an unfavorable Impression and carries this opinion with him to lie Im parted later to his friends and ac quaintances In other plnces. not only to the Injury of the real estate business, hut In the detriment of the community | ns n whrtle. On the other hand, when tsiwllng along behind a spanking team and over a fine road, well sprinkled and free , from dust, ten or twenty miles are reeled off before any one realizes It, ' the good points noted on route are ills- oussed and properly considered, and the prospective customer Is very apt to And himself favorably Impressed with the whole country' and Is sure to reach the place he started for In n frHine of LOOKING TO WINTER. Antomnal Renovation of Heat and Apparition. It Is after vacation duys are ended that the real home life begins and we wish everything at its freshest and best for the season of good cheer that Is to follow. Merchants and manufac turers understand this, und inllulte pains are taken to have ready the lut- est findings and conveniences for the autumnal shopper. When the house has been thrown wide open to the sun and air after Its whole or partial closing for the sum mer the first thing Is to go over It care fully, taking account of stock to see what needs repairing or whnt should Is* replaced. And Just here It should be remembered that It is the poorest kind of economy to put a large amount of money Into the repair of something that Is 'not gissl of Its kind or that has long since served Its purpose when a little additional outlay will replace It with something far better This applies particularly to tho plumbing and beating. There Is no middle rotnl between good plumbing and had. If there Is the slightest doubt as to Its Integrity, have it attended to at onea Itiinio* Mini Furnace. Arc the pipes damp and rusty of either furnace or stove? Replace them now ere the cold weather comes on and the notice front the "priestess of the kitchen” on some cold winter’s morning that "the pipes Is bu'sted on me an' the fire won't burn" brings widespread consternation In its wake. Is the lining to the kitchen range all right? Do the various drafts and dampers do their allotted work? Does the stove smoke or the oven full to lmke? Consider It carefully. If the cracks can he closed with cement or u new lining he put In with the assur ance that nothing more Is needed, well and good. If, on the contrary, you ure running the chance of being Inconven ienced all winter long, economise on something else and get a new, first class, guaranteed stove with all the latest Improvements, If the old fur nnce Is out of repair, now Is the time to replace It with one that Is now and not liable to leave you iu the lurch In the dead of winter.—I-ailles' World. THE CHRISTMAS RUSH I At the Big Furniture Store was terrific, but we were equal to the occasion and supplied all who came with the right things in fur niture and house furnishings. Every customer went away pleas ed with the goods and prices, and everyone will remain a satisfied patron of this store, because the goods they bought will hrove em inently satisfactory in the home. The Christmas rush is ov.er, but the tide of New Year’s business is beginning to flow in. Join the timing and come to the Big Fur niture Store. DEPOT 8T. E. O. REESE, NEWNAN, GA. Newnan Marble Works, J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor. -Manufacturer and Dealer in- All Kinds Marble and Granite Georgia Marble a Specialty. All work guaranteed to be First Class in every particular. Parties needing anything in our line are requested to call, examine work, and get prices. OFFICEIAND WORKS NEAR R. R. JUNCT N. NEWNAN, GA. DR.T. B. DAVIS, ItoHldi'iii'u 'l’linni' 5-threo rid In. DR. W. A. TURNER, Hostilem-e 'Phone Small Cilrln* Frock*. A charming school frock of green check tweed for a girl of nine appears Uooil Hoads For Indiana. , The Indians of the Choctaw tribe. In Indian Territory, have formed a good roads association. A Resolution for 1906 If you worn not niimboi'i*d w it h mu'elisl nmni's in UKIfi, you tiro cordially invited to enroll your name on our books for HKMI. Why not resolve to trade at this store this year, giving us a fair opportunity t<> demonstrate tin* elli- oioney of our service, to show the quality of our goods and the reasonableness of our prices? \Vi> find sun* we can bold your trade indefinitely if we cun induce von to giv* our store an impartial op portunity to serve you this yi-nr. Think about this matter and resolve to give us a chance at your business. C. P. STEPHENS S CO. The Prompt Service Grocers. To Publishers and Printers. We have an entirely new process, on which patents are pend ing, whereby we can rcface old Brass Column and Head Rules, -t pt. and thicker and make tItem fully as good as new and without any unsightly knobs or foot on the bottom. PRICES. Refacing Column and Head Rules, regular lengths, llOcts each, " L. fc>. " and “ Rules, lengths 2in. and over 40cts. per lb. A sample of refaoed Rule with full particulars, will be cheer fully sent on application. adelphia Printers’ Supply Co. MANl FACTURKRS OF Type and High Grade Printing Material, 39 N. NINTH 8T.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. PTiRAHANT IMPRESSIONS PROM A (IOOD . ROAll. mind where he will at least give the arguments presented by his guide due eoiislderatlbu and attention. An an Indication of what this means let us look at tin* Kenwood and (Ren Kllen country, In Sonoma county, Cull- f<>rnIn. where the sprinkling of roads with oil was tlrst Inaugurated. Many of the roads In that vicinity had been neglected fur a long time. Aroused to tin* necessity for notion, the residents and property owners of that section organised a “good roads club." A "guild roads convention" was even held there, with delegates from many dis tant points, and, in short, the matter was agitated In every possible way. The natural result followed. During the past few years more real estate has changed hands In that vi cinity and more desirable new resi dents have been brought In than In any similar period before. The Improv ed condition of the roads alone may not have Drought about this result, It is true, but it lias, beyond doulit, con tributed very materially to It. The Henry Rolle place, for Instance, has boon purchased hy Warren English; the Jewett estate has a new owner in the person of Rudolph Spreokels, who Is making It one of the show plnces of California; ex-8euator Kerens, the Utah multimillionaire, has bought the greHt Los Gullleos rnnch, for so many years the property of William Hood; i Judge Carroll Cook Is now the pos- ' sessor of the Tarrant ranch, where he mnkes his summer home; the Gluella | ranch has been bought by W. I>. Rey nolds; several small tracts have been sold off the old Holder property; the Clark place Is now owned by L. II. j Sly; the ltoss property, purchased long 1 ago by Mrs. Smith, lias again changed j hands, the new purchaser being Mr. Schubert; Louis Kutule recently bought the old Shaw place; the beautiful home of Mrs. Yost also changed hands not long since, the new owners being W. R. Stearns and M. E. Johnson; the old Warfield ranch is now the home of Will L. Ashe. • These are only n few of the more Im portant real estate changes that have taken place in the Kenwood and Glen Ellen country during the time referred to. but they serve to Illustrate fully the truth of Ute assertions made at the beginning of this article. Propoa.-tl HUrhvray AIoiik the llndaun There has recently been considerable talk of building a state road from New York city to Albany and from Albany to Buffalo, a distance of about S00 miles. A part of the distance will con sist of a tunnel under the Storm King mountain. The route up the Hudson it It proposed to make a part of the Pali sades driveway. IllllliH I-ROCKS. In the cut. The skirt Is prettily plaited and the bodice piped with white cloth and trimmed with pearl buttons. The other attractive frock, in brown and navy plaid, has a kilted skirt unit a box plaited bodice finished with a smart leather belt. A Lovely Winter Hlnomer. Primula obcoulcu, a relative of the Chinese primrose, is another most de sirable and reliable winter flowering plant of the very easiest culture. Seed ling plants can be procured in the fall. Give It a soil of light, spongy nature and use water liberally. Tills plant lias a multitude of fine, fibrous, thread like roots which take up the moisture of the soil with great rapidity. Give It the same amount of water that you would give u geranium, and your plant would soon die. In color this primula ranges from almost pure white to rosy- lilac and bright pink. It blooms con stantly from November to May and Is generally one mass of bloom above lta pretty, spreading foliage. — Kben E. Kexford. DAVIS & TURNER SANATORIUM, Corner College and Hancock Sts., NEWNAN, - - - CEORCIA. High, central and quiet location. All surgical and medical cases taken, except contagious diseases. Trained nurse constantly in attendance. Rates $5.00 per day. Private office in buiding 'Pho ne 5 two calls. Davis & Turner Sanatorium. Merck & Dent A Regular Smash-up points a straight finger to this place, for the very good reason tlmt here un- wReeled, generally bat tered up vehicles can get hack to business at small cost. One word and that is the end of it: We do carriage repairing and charge you only just what’s right. BUGGY BUILDERS Little Hu left of Health. A thorough dally alt-lug of each room. I jet clothing be shaken every other ; day at least from an open window, or, ' better still, an upper piazza, and when j feasible let It be brushed out of doors. Dally airing nnd occasional heating of mattresses and blankets. Open war against the feather duster. A dry cellar at all times. * ’ ' Autumn Salad. Pare apples and cut Into cubes. Out up an equal quantity of crisp, tender celery and the same of hickory nut meats. Mix and dress with a mayon naise and serve In polished, red cheek- id apples which have been hollowed out for the purpose. Set each Im promptu dish on a brilliant nutumn leaf. Clam Cocktail*. . Mix together three tablespoonfuls each of mushrooms, catchup and lemon Juice, fifteen drops of tabasco sauce, three-quarters of a teaspoonful of salt and a dash or two of paprika. Add three dozeu small clams, and divide In six glasses. * Mock Daclt. When a slice of round steak Is spread with u dressing of breadcrumbs, any herbs you please, salt and pepper, rolled up. fastened securely and baked. In a moderate oven. ^rlth frequent bast ing. It la called mock duck by some cooks. I Good Mm*. Legal Blanks A stock of all kinds of Legal Blanks will be found at the NEWS OFFICE. The stock in cludes Notes, Mortgages, Deeds, Bonds and all blanks used by business men, as well as those used only by justices, constables and i attorneys. All of these blanks are regular in form, and the paper and printing are exceptionally good. In fact, no blanks printed in the State look better or will give the users better satifaction. Prices” are the same as other printers charge for blanks. THE NEWS solicits business in this line; Good mac* U orange yellow and |and guarantees that users of these blanks will transparent. Inferior mace la a dark j red color and baa very itttie taate. be entirely pleased with them.