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Washington Letter.
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"Prolixity, Uncertainty and Con*
fusion."
Secretary of State Hughes told the
American Law Institute the other
iUy that a serious weakness of the
nation exists in the “inexpertness"
ot the expression of authority of
government in the laws of the land.
Through these laws, he argued, "we
are the victims of prolixity, uncer
tainty and confusion.” Mr. Hughes
was once a Justice of the United
States Supreme Court—and even if
he had not been, no layman in the
land would dispute this diagnosis of
the victim citizen. Secretary Hughes
tells an old story when he refers to
the grinding machinery that manu
factures more laws at Washington
and in the States than they do Fords
at Detroit. To the confusion of our
laws there is added “reports” on
court decisions and interpretations of
laws. There are law libraries in the
United States, with no duplicate vol
umes on the shelves, that are so
enormous that no single human being
living the span of a Methuselah,
could read more than a fraction of
them, or even know what the major
ity of them is about.
“Simplifying The Law.”
Early lawyers followed the single
book of statutes and relied on their
"horse sense.” Learned members of
that profession today possess more
eubtle qualifications, and it is little
wonder that the “smartest lawyers”
know so little of the “prolixity, un
certainty and confusion” of law that
they are content if they win a simple
majority of the cases they take into
court.
Last year the American Law Insti
tute was the beneficiary of a large
endowment to be expended to “sim
plify the law.” For the next ten
years, according to the program, a
group of eminent lawyers will work
Industriously to make the laws un
derstandable. Meanwhile several
thousand State and National law
makers will be engaged in making
Additional un-understandablfe laws,
And if in the race the “simplifiers”
keep up with the “prolixity” group
they will be doing very well.
Laws are expressions of authority
of the Government that cannot right
eously go beyond the demands of the
national well-being, Ii this old
"horse-sense” doctrine wa3 follower,
traffic regulations and rules of per
eonal conduct would be simplified and
Jn harmony with the popular appre-
i ciation of right and wrong. In Vir
ginia there is a speed regulation for
Automobiles upon some trunk high
ways of twelve miles an hour, made
Asphaltic Concrete Base
Type of Road Pavement
On the Pacific coast there has been
widely developed over a period of
twenty-five years a type of pavement
and foundation which Is the acme of
resiliency and flexibility and the ability
to resist the encroachments of water.
This pavement Is known as the asphal
tic concrete buse type. Its more com
mon name Is that of “black base.”
This type Is not patented or controlled
by any company or Individual and Is
laid at a moderate cost.
It is simply a foundation of three
or four Inches of mixed stone and as
phalt on which is placed a wearing
course of the recognized sheet asphalt
or asphaltic concrete that is laid In
the East. This gives a total thickness
of five or six Inches of pavement and
foundation, which has been found
ample to meet the heaviest and most
varied traffic known to California high
ways. In Visalia, Cal., Is a “black
base” pavement that was laid In 1896
and which Is today in excellent condi
tion. The Visalia pavement Is offi
cially reported by the city engineer to
have cost nothing for maintenance.
Where the subgrnde Is unstable it Is
good practice to lay a thin Insulating
course of four Inches of broken stone.
Engineers familiar with this type of
construction claim that It Is the only
type which will successfully refclst the
bombnrdinent of heavy traffic and is,,
therefore, destined to become standard
In eastern paving prnetlce within a
comparatively few years. In the bor
ough of Manhattan, New York city,
the practice lias bqen adopted of re
placing foundation cuts in Fifth ave
nue with this type of asphaltic base
wherever an opening in the\pavement
becomes necessary.
The feature of prime Importance in
this question of design of new pave
ments Is that the field la a very wide
one, that there are very many types
of pavement, thnt the engineer and
the taxpayer can conserve the Inter
ests of good engineering and wise tax
outlay by taking fully Into account the
possibilities of these various types of
paving nnd avoiding any policy that
Involves placing all the eggs In one
basket.
in carrying out the theory of officials There are
Big Loads on Highways
Is Scored by Auto Club
Should one-third of one per cent of
the motor vehicles of a city be al
lowed to carry loads heavy enough to
ruin the highways for the remaining
99 2-3 per cent?
This question was answered In the
negative by the voters of Los Angeles
through a referendum Initiated by the
Automobile Club of Southern Califor
nia. The city council pnssed an ordi
nance Increasing the load limits for
trucks to 26,000 pounds, which Is 4,000
pounds more than allowed under the
state law. The exhaustive engineer
ing Investigation recently conducted
by the automobile club demonstrated
clearly that excessive loading contrib
uted largely to the breaking jlown of
roads.
Arguments presented against the
26,000-pound load declared that In Los
Angeles only 36 vehicles out of every
10,000 could benefit by excessive lond-
that "every time we want to arrest
A feller, we’ve got him so he can’t
kick on being fined.” Under the new
"dry” laws the limits of duties oi
officials and the rights of citizens are
confused, or at least open to dispute
And as a result the cause of prohibi
tion has suffered. In the experiences
of life every person can pick out
many instances where, they have
been the victim of unreasonable laws
that neither expressed the intelligent
Authority of Government, nor
strengthened the Nation and the
State that passed or enforce 1 them.
hide owners An the city of Los An
geles alon* paying a tax of two cents
per gallon to Insure the highways be
ing maintained.
Inquiries from all parts of the
country Indicate that the action of the
Automobile Club of Southern Califor
nia to protect the roads Is being
watched with keen interest throughout
the United States.
The person who’s reputation or
standing can be injured by a little
honest work hasn’t much to start
with and need not worry about the
damage done.
Now everybody’s attention is turn
ed to gardening. The bright sun
shiny days just naturally make us
want to stir the soil. To that extent
we are truly a nation of farmers.
It is Baid freight rates on some
commodities, such as hay, are as
much or more than the initial cost
In the Western markets. But that
shouldn’t worry ^he farmers of Me
Duffle county; rather, it should give
them an urge to raise that stuff on
the farm and pocket the difference
A land owner told The Progress
this week that he intended prosecut
ing the party who set fire to his
woods. Let the good work proceed
Something has got to h> done to
wake up the careless and indifferent
to the necessity of respecting ether
people’s property and the value of
young growth.
' The Philosopher on the Links.
Walter Camp says: “In golf, as In
life, the attempt to do something In
one stroke that needs two Is apt to re-
Ault In taking three.”—Boston Tran
250,000 motor ve-
JURORS DRAWN
FOR SEPT. TERM
Gqand Jurors.
C. F. Hunt,
W. Boyd Rivers,
C. L. Christian,
Will R. Guy,
W. H. Fluker,
Sam F. Neal,
Sam W. McCorkle,
B. F. Henslee.
M. W. Farr,
Jno. B. Montgpmrery,
J. Foster Young, Sr.,
R. L. Hadaway,
Ernest W. Reese,
R. «k. Kunnes,
Lawson Lavigno,
C. P. Watson,
17. H. Wiley,
18. Joseph B. Ivey,
H. Tom Langham,
R. Lee Moore,
W. W. Edwards,
Jones Arnold,
G. G. Farr,
E. B. Lazenby,
J. Marshall Ansley,
J. P. Waller,
R. P. Morgan,
A. M. Huff,
Joe Farr,
B. F. Johnson.
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Traverse Jurors,
John S. Boyd,
Harvey W. Hall,
A. T. Luckey,
J. S. Megahee,
J. C. Cliatt,
T. W. Rivers,
J. R. Farr,
E. Chas. Hawes,
W. II. Culpepper,
W. J. Perry,
J. T. Pate,
J. E. Guy.
J. C. Langham,
Leonard S, Lockett,
B. Proctor,
W. T. Fluker,
H. C. McCorkle,
Cliff Edmonds,
M. A. Culpepper,
Ed T. .Pounds,
J. W. Blanchard,
Ben F. Fuller,
Jno. S. Boyd, Jr.,
L. B. Whitaker,
M. L .Mathews,
R. S. Pounds,
A. H. Thrasher,
E. H. Burnside, Jr.,
H. A. Price,
Willie C. Rogers,
L. G. Reese,
S. M. Dyer,
Claude M. Bussey,
B. R. Wall,
Ef. H. Burnside,
E. C. Geer,
Wesley W. Smith,
Walter’ M. McGahee,
C. L. Bussey,
F. E. Holtzendorf,
W. S. Mobley,
D. W. Fuller,
Grover C. Hunt,
Jesse Ivey,
E. M. Miles,
Ed E. McCorkle,
J. M. Harrison,
Chas. Whitaker.
YOUR FIRE
INSURANCE
By J. Q. West.
A TOT.NADO IS NOT A CY
CLONE, according to the nest in
formed people. However, it is a very
bad proposition, and very destruc
tive to property. A cyclone is tech
nically defined as a system of wind
currents that may prevail in several
sections of the country and cause no
damage whatsoever, but a tornado is
a twister, shaped like a funnel, with
the little end down. It covers^very
little territory and- spreads death and
destruction in its wake.
TORNADO INSURANCE is cheap,
(only $3.00 per $1,000.00 of insur
ance), and should be considered as
much of a necessity as fire insurance.
Tornadoes may occur at any time of
the year, and in any section of the
country. Thomson has had some
narrow escapes, when we remember
the disastrous tornado of 1875 that
struck two miles North of Thomson
and the small one that struck a few
hundred yards of Thomson in the
year • 1923. No kind of building is
strong enough to resist one of these
twisters if the twister hits it full in
the face. The safe plan is to take
out a TORNADO POLICY to cover
your buildings, and feel that you have
done your duty .
We can issue combined policies
that cover the risk of fire and torna
do under one policy. Just drop me
a card and say that you want such
a combination policy, and I will in
clude the tornado feature when I
renew, with an increase in premium
of only $3.00 per thousand.
(To be continued.)
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SALEM NEWS,
By Cutie.
$35 All Wool Suits $35
Now is the time to get an all Woolen Suit at a greatly reduced
price; all the latest imported woolen designs and patterns to select
from, cut and made to fit you by the experienced tailor.
G. B. GAVALAS
305 Ninth Street. Augusta, Ga.
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IN MEMORY OF MARY ELIZA
BETH JOHNSON.
Good Roads Soon Pay for
Themselves, Says Expert
Tests recently conducted by A. B.
Cutter, city engineer of Everett,
Wash., to determine the effect of
different road types upon gasoline con
sumption showed that on modern con
crete and bltullthic asphalt roads
there Is no difference In gasoline con
sumption. On gravel or waterbound
macadam roads In good condition gas
oline consumption Is from 10 to 35 per
cent greater.
“Under modern volume of traffic,"
says Mr. Cutter, “good roads rapidly
pay for themselves In economy of
gasoline consumption and the same
holds true in economy of tire and
other automobile wear and tear."
The tests were made on roads In
Washington, Oregon and California.
They provide a distance In each test
of 100 miles of continuous operation
In order accurately to record the gas
oline consumption nnd produce a fair
average. It was required that the
tests be made on road surfaces in good
condition after three years’ practical
use nnd that a uniform speed of not
less than 20 nor more than 30 miles
per hour be maintained.
One Car, Ten Persons.
How directly the highway touches
the lives of all the people Is shown
by the fact that there Is now more
than one motor vehicle for each ten
people. By just a little crowding the
whole population could be taken for a
ride at one time.
On Wednesday morning, February
27th, the death angel crept quietly
into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jap
A. Johnson and stole from them their
little daughter, Mary Lizzie, to dwell
forevermore in that home on high.
This little jewel was tlje sunshine
and pleasure of the home and a
favorite of every one. Why this lit
tle flower was so suddenly taken from
us we do not understand, but the
memory of her bright and sweet lit
tle face shall always be a sweet
thought for us.
Mary Lizzie was taken sick with
measles and developed pneumonia.
She was four years of age. She
leaves to mourn her death with the
sorrowing mother and father two
sisters,Florine and Zelma; four little
brothers, Clinton, Henry, James, Jr.,
and Edgar; her grand-parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jno. W. Johnson, and her
maternal grand-mother, Mrs. Mary
A. Johnson, all of Thomson, besides
a number of uncles and aunts.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. C. C. Kiser at the home of
her parents Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock, interment followed in West
View cemetery.
Angels guard her, watch her slumber.
While our hearts are left to weep,
Fold your precious arms o’er our
darling fast asleep. \
AUNT ROSA.
To Dlstributo Sodatol.
The United States bureau of public
roads Is to distribute 18,000,000 pounds
of sodatol (u surplus yrar explosive)
for road building nnd land clearing
purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. May spent Sun
day with Mrs. R. T May.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ivey, of
Tignal, spent Sunday with Mrs. G.
W. May.
Mr. and Mrs. Dozier Rogers wera
the spend-the-day guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Ivey of Wrens Sunday.
Little Miss Virginia May spent
Tuesday with Miss Iris Rowe at the
home of Mrs. Dozier Rogers.
Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle, Nina Me- j
Corkle and little Iris Ellen Rowe i
spent Saturday afternoon at Bone- j
ville.
Mrs. R. T. May and children and
Mrs. Andrew Ivey and children spent
Thursday at the home of Mrs. G.
W“. May.
Misses Ruth Norris and Maude
Montgomery were the spend the night
guests of Misses Mirian and Marie
Smith Wednesday night.
Messrs. Roy Reeves and Domingus
Mathews and Misses Miriam and
Marie Smith attended the movies in
town Saturday night.
Mrs. R. T. May and children spent
the afternoon ■ with Mrs. Gertrude
McCorkljp Monday.
I wonder if the little boy has
caught any more rabbits on Sunday ?
How about it, F. F.? Be careful.
Mrs. J, O. Rowe, Iris Rowe and
Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle were the
dinner guests of Mrs. Dozier Rogers
Tuesday.
Those four school girls that were
to get the whipping last week are
still waiting for it, they say. Don’t
think that they will be the ones to
take it, so spur up little girls and
when you make a jump be sure you
are jumping the right one, under
stand.
Mrs. J O. Rowe and Mrs. Dozier
Rogers and little Misses Iris Rowe
and Virginia May spent Tuesday af
ternoon with Mrs. W M. Rogers.
Mrs. Will Smith and children were
the spend the day guests of Mrs. L.
R. Rhoden Tuesday.
O, yes, Pineville, of course I am
having a grand time. How could
I have any other kind?
Nina says she still lives in the
same place; she hasn’t moved, and
she is still waiting for that message,
and is sorry he forgot where she
lived Sunday and had to ask the way.
When You Want Good Work Get a Mechanic With Tools—See
Chas. L. Macmurphy & Son, Contractors.
HOUSE MOVING AND REPAIRS A SPECIALTY
Special Attention to Country Work.
Office, 443 Calhoun St. Phone 1645. Augusta, Ga.
Everything in Drugs and Toilet Articles at
MARKS & EDMUNDS
Successors to King’s Pharmacy.
We solicit your patronage/ We fill pre
scriptions and return by mail same day.
For service phone 615.
Broad and 13th Sts. Augusta, Ga.
None of ’Em Safe Today.
“Bunco Games to Beware Of," says
a headline. They would seem to be in
thnt respect like all the rest of the
bunco games.—Boston Transcript.
Limited Mental Work.
.Some people seem to limit their
mental exercise to jumping at con
clusions.
Rues Back to Farms.
Recent statistics prepared in Rus
sia Indicate a surprisingly rapid
shrinkage in the number of workers
employed in manufacturing and min
ing. Today little more than one-half
as many men are employed as in 1921,
and but one-third as many as In 1917.
The figures include all those employed
In industries by the state or under
state control or those leased by the
state. The total employed In all In
dustries excepting small shops was
less than 2,000,000.
WANTED—FOR CASH, AT ONCE.
Beef cattle, mutton, kid and veal; poultry
Df all kinds.
Expert meat cutters to serve you at all
times. The best meats, poultry. Best gro
ceries at'wonderfully low prices. You are
cordially invited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prescott’s Market and Fancy Grocery
1503 Wrightsboro Road. Phcfne 3182
Augusta, Ga.
Stripe Down Center to
Make Paved Road Safer
If the road authorities would have
a four-inch stripe painted down the
center of our concrete pavements It
would be of great help tQ-autoists and
probably prevent some accidents. A
man driving on a twenty-foot pave
ment with nothing on his left to guide
by, is always trying to see both
sides of the road at once. He wants
to keep to the right as far as possible
and yet watch the other fellow and
see how far the approaching car will
miss him. He can’t do both at the
same time successfully.
If he doesn’t watch the approach
ing car a reckless driver may hit him.
If he does watch him he may be forced
off the pavement, with no chance to
prove who was in the wrong. With
a stripe down the center of the pav
ing there Is a much better chance of
tracking straight and avoiding col
lisions or swerving off the road to
keep from getting hit.—R. A. Bradley,
Mechanical Engineering department,
Colorado Agricultural college.
Cancer Kille Many.
Statistics show that 180,000 persons
died In this country from cancer dur
ing the last year.
Completion of Highway
Celebrated in Virginia
The cempletion of the Virginia
state highway between Orange and
Madison, known as Route No. 16 in
the state highway system, was cele
brated by the people of Orange and
Madison counties. Members of the
Orange county chamber of commerce
and a committee representing Madi
son county arranged an old-time bas
ket picnic and barbecue on the farm
of Mrs. Annie E. Carpenter, near Mad
ison. Music was furnished by a brass
band from Washington, and short ad
dresses were made by residents of
Orange and Madison counties.
Ball Game.
“Who are those frantic enthusiasts T’
"Tired business men.” — Louisville
Courier-Journal.
IRON HILL NEWS
By Rose and Buttercup.
Miss Allene McGahee, of Augusta,
spent the week-end at home.
Miss Willie Mae Green spent Sat
urday with Mrs. Verma Harrison.
We are sorry to report that Miss
Lucille Reeves is on the sick list, but
hope to see her back at school soon.
Miss Lucille Fuller spent Monday
night with Misses Maude and Willie
Mae Green.
Miss Ola Lee Kelley spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Sadie McGahee.
Mrs. Mamie Spear and Misses Mary
and Clyde Spear and Beulah Rey
nolds spent Saturday near Wrens.
Mr. John C. Adams called on Miss
Lucille Fuller.
Mrs. Belle Green visited Mrs. Rosa
Green Tuesday, who is very ill.
Messrs. Mack Lazenby and Orin
Johnson called on the Misses Spear
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mollie Culbreth spent the day
Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Eulie
Gay.
Miss Ruth McGahee and Bob Mc
Gahee spent a while Friday in Thom
son.
Mr. Earl Green spent Sunday with
his uncle, Mr. Ed Green.
Miss Eula Mae Williams spent
Thursday night with Miss Willie Mae
Green. *
Special prices on liv
ing room suits. See us
before buying.
Boyd Furniture Co.
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