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Push, Progress, Prosperity, Peace and Plenty in August!
VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
3y MRS. WHITLOW LOGAN.
Only in late years has the good
; c.ads movement come into pomi
i. te, foelors that people seemed to
accept had roads as a matter ot
course, j ust as t.he.> did small-pox
mi o;her filings considered to he
\i.-itations ot Providence.
Probably no on: thing has done
n cie toward awakening people to the
situation nui alleviating it than the
; tctnobilc. I i til the motor car
(i.ino into general use there was :»o
n d ot main trunk highways, tlie
, iti roads needed being those lead
ii. from i griculutial districts to the
inies or nearest, shipping [joints but
■ dll t ie automobile came the neces
sity hi thorough roads going from
dm sta <■ to .mother and connecting
citij.i. It lias also made it evident
that the old principle of road building
was inadequate and that merely build
ing a good ro id is ( .setting the tax
payer and that some provision must
he’ made tor maintaining it or in a
few >ears the ronununit:-' must again
nay lor an entin I.- new highway.
Bring man- thousand of visitors
and tourisis to this section each year
This section, the pioneer in good
loads development in the South.
There is nothing that, so improves
end modernizes a community as good
roads, in some sections i: is impos
sible tor a fanner to market his pro
duce except at certain seasons oT the
- car and in many instances this puts
Idm at the mercy of middlemen.
I,ook at the community connected
by smooth, well drained roads; how
I rosperotis, happy and wide-awake
they look as if living in ihe country
were a privilege and pleasure. On
the other hand consider the mud road
full of stones ami chug holes and it
b his type of road that always goes
with tumble down buildings neglected
a, abandoned farms and forlorn peo
pe. What hoy is going to stay when
there is any chance of escape to the
city. Tile greatest needs of the farm
today are conditions that will so in
ti rest anil apeal to the hoy that no
foreign attractions can entice him
II way.
In many states a dust preventative
is included fn the original road build
ing plan: notably in Massachusetts.
This should be done everywhere as
there is no economy in sacrificing the
health of a community as you surely
do in allowing the roads to tie germ,
dispensers. Why not plant trees,
even though small ones, along our
highways that man and beast may
U •v el iii as much com fori as possible
and that the appearance of the coun
try may be more pleasing.
Tlie construction of good roads will
c> be undertaken properly and car
ii-d out. satisfactorily until the peo-
P av.aken to the fact that good
1* ;u’s and good schools are tlie, prime
1 euifitos of prosperity, just as ig
:■< iv" nd grafting politicians are
WESTERN WHEELED SCRAPER CO.
Factory and General Offices: Aurora, Illinois.
Manufacturers of the Celebrated
WESTERN AIR DUMP CARS
It is agreed among contractors that the
WESTERN car will stick to the rail better than
any other dump car in the market, not only while
being dumped but in running between pit and
dump. The Western Air Dump Cars were
extensively used in the building of the Panama
Canal and on other of the largest and most im
portant work in the country.
They have been used, endorsed and reordered
by many of the leading railroads in the country
which, we believe, speaks for itself. They save
WESTERN WHEELED SCRAPER CO.
AURORA, luLINOL EARTH AND STONE HANDLING MACHINERY
the curse of progress. Some public
officials swear to do great things for
their state, county or city but have
the viewpoint of that London clerk
w.io calls a position a berth because
he considers it something in which
to go to sleep. Seldom do the voters
What Augusta's Big Canal Means to the
Industries of the Cits Power, Pay-
Rolls and Prosperity
Tlie Augusta 1 anal is and for many
years has been one of the principal
factors in the industrial prosperty of
the city. It furnishes 12,0 HS horse
power which is used by 14 different
concerns, including the city itself
which uses an even 1,000 horse
power.
The largest single user of canal
power is the John P. King Manufac
turing Company which has 2,928 horse,
power.
The various industrial corporations
which use canal power employ a total
of 2,802 people and the annual pay
rolls foot up to an enormous figure.
The actual cash money paid out week
ly. semi-monthly and monthly foots
up to a yearly aggregate of more than
$1,300,000.
The demand for power from the
canal has been so great that every
available particle of it was contracted
for long ago and should any one of the
Present users for any reason decide
to discontinue it there would be many
anxious concerns ready to secure the
power.
The city keeps books carefully on
the <anal, Mr. Chas. A Maxwell, su-
“The Time Is Rotten Ripe* 9
New times demand new measures and
new men;
The world advances and in time out
grows
The Jaws that in our father's day were
best;
And, doubtless, after us some purer
scheme
Will be shaped out by wiser men than
we,
Made wiser by the steady growth of
truth.
The time is ripe, and rotten ripe, for
change;
Then let it come; I have no dread of
GEORGIA’S RECORD
First to bestow degree upon women.
First to have a sewing machine.
First to codify the English law.
First to pass the "married women’s
consider road building as a business
requiring the ability and modern
methods so necessary in any oilier
business that would succeed. When
we stop harping on party politics and
put into office only experienced men
of ability, energy and sound princi
ples o honesty instead of men who
are failures in everything but petty
politics, then and not until then will
we get something for our money, be
sides a lew badly built str-.itciios ot
road beginning at. some city and moat
probably ending at the front gate 01
some public official.
perintendent of water works, having
official charge of the matter
Extremely low water in the river
sometimes causes the water power
power furnished by the canal to be
considerably less than the maximum
of 12,4)65 but these periods do not come
often and are usually of short dura
tion.
The following is a list of the users
of canal power, the amount each uses
and the number of employes:
E lll -
H. P. ployes.
Sibley Mfg. Co 1,650 900
J. P. King Mfg. Co. .... 2,928 *75
Singleton Mills 50 so
Augusta Factory 1.253 400
Enterprise Mfg. Co. ... 1,246 520
Globe Mills 206 150
Sutherland Mills ,319 125
Clark Milling Co. .... 181 37
Nixon Grocery Co. ... 110 10
Augusta Lumber Co. .. 105 125
Lombard Iron Works . . 92 225
City of Augusta 1,000 6
Georgia Iron Works .. 36 75
A.-A. Power Plant .. .. 2,829 2t>o
Totals 12,015 3,808
what
Is called for by the instinct ot man
kind.
Nor think 1 that God's world would
fall apart
Because wo tear a parchment more or
less;
Truth is eternal but tier affluence,
With endless change, is fitted to tlie
hour;
Her mirror is turned forward, to re
flect
The promise of the future, not the
past.
—JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
act," the right to manage her own
property.
First to discover ether anesthesia—
Dr. Crawford \V. Dong, of Athens and
Jefferson.
First to send troops to the confed
erate service—the Oglethorpe Light
Infantry of Savannah.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
LON DICKEY LUMBER COMPANY
™ INCORPORATED 1 —
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
Yellow Pine Lumber and Ties
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
We are prepared at all times to give prompt
delivery on all orders—-no order too large for us
to handle.
A. J. Twiggs & Son, Augusta’s leading con
tracting firm has used our lumber in many of
their large operations and do not hesitate to say
our lumber is always as ordered and our service
prompt
as high as 50% in the handling of material.
Dump the load clear of the track and pull out at
once. Invaluable for hauling of all kinds.
Illustrated catalog and complete details gladly
upon request.
A. J. Twiggs & Sons, are using the Western
Air Dump Cars in their different construction
work and unhesitatingly recommend them.
These cars are being used on the levee con
struction work and are not only saving money
but time as well.
“AUGUSTA IN 19J