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VOL. IX. - NO. iq .
SAND-CLAY ROADS
By M. O. ELDREDQB
About 1.894, an *gcot ot the of
fice ot Public Roads found several
■tiles of natural road near Cape
UuiUt ou the sandy shore of east
ern Vtrgiuia which were smooth
and Arm throughout the >ear. An
examination of the material devel
oped the fact that tbe surface was
composed ot a mixture of sand and
clay. Au expert ot the Office, a
few years later, while attending a
roaajQteetiug in Maitou Couuty
Florida, touud that toe road officials
of that couuty were making excel
lent roads by surfacing the oid saudy
roads with a day and aaud mixture
obtained uear Bartow From these
obaurvatiwu, the wiigiu 01 thesaud
ciay road may be traced-
Comparatively little, if any, saui
clay road had bceu constructed
previous to 1894, but, since that
time, expei is ot the Office ot Pub
lic Roads have beeu studying aud
cxpeiiiucuiiug with this method ot
aud advooAiug its
use. with the tesult that, leu years
•Iter the first observation was made
aloug this tiuc by tbe Office, there
" were 5,975 miles ot saud-clay roads
in the douLh, distributed as lollows:
Mile*.
>outh Carolina 1,575
XJeorgia - 513
North Caionua 438
-Florida ; 435
Alabama 12
At the preseui time, there ate prob
ably twice as uiauy mi.es as IU 1904
its populatuy liciug due to the lacis
that it is cuaap, comparatively fiiui
and durable, easy lo construct aud
repair, aud that, the materials out
ot whicn it is built arc pieutiiul iu
mauy sections ot the couutry.
TIM saud clay road is made by
mixtug the aaud and clay in sucu a
way tuat Uie grains ot aaud touch
each other, tue spaces between tue
giatu- beiugcuuicly hllcd with ci«y
which acts a» a binder. Tue ap
proximate mixture ot saud aud cay
may be determine! by fihiug a ves
sel with a sample ot the saud lo be
used, aud auothcr vessel ot the
same size witu water. Tue watei
is poured caiefuily luio the sauu
Unttirt readies the poiut ot over
flowtug. 1 tie volume of water re
moved from the second vessel rep
resents approximately the propor
tion ol clay uecded.
The proper proportion of sand
and c«ay can best be deteimiued,
howevei, as the work progi esses,
as some clay will coutain more
sand than others. In tact, clays
ale Very Irequcutiy touud which al
ready couiaiu about the right pio
portiou of saud. This is true ot
ECHO, No. 4232, Coach Horse Register of France
■ Imported French Coach Stallion,
►wn; foaled March 25, 1904. Bred by
tine. Department of Calvados. Sired
Qovernment Stallion Quotiden, dam
llis by Ris Tojjours, 2d dam Solfice
lerus. The blood of this Stallion
ick in unbroken strain to 1732 to
Arabian.
£•"*, * ' *
Celebrated Breed of
orses is Noted for En
durance and Good
Temper .
vice by Iruurai:e, $35.03; payable
lire is kiDvVn to bj with foal.
For Service at r" >
N_UVe-STO£K -WS STABLES
Williamston, N. C.
. Owned by ___* •
the B irtow city, above refrrrrd to
TW* CLAY OK SAKD ROAD. „
If the road to he treated is sandy.
*
the serface is first leveled off aod
crowned with a road machine, the
crown being about to the foot
from the center to the sides The
clay h then dumped on the surface
and carefully spread, so that it will
be from 6" to t" in depth at the
center, and gradually decreasing in
depth towards the sides. A layer
of clean sand is then added, which
i-ijhoroughly mixed with the clay
either by traffic or by means of
plows and disk and tooth harrow-'
The best results have been ob
tained by t ioronghly mixing or
puddling the materials when wet.
For this reason, it ia desirable to
do the mixing in wet weather. The
mixing can be left to the traffic af
ter uiateirals have been properly
placed, but this involves a whole
winter and spring of bad road, and
even then the mixing is not always
satisfactory. In all cases, it ia ad
visable to dress th« road with a road
machine or split-log drag after the
materials have been thoroughly
mixed, and to give it a crown of oot
more than l" or less than )(" to
the foot from the center tothe aides.
A light coating of sand mav then
lie added.
THH SAND ON CLAY ROAD.
If the road to 1>« treated is com
jHised of_clay, it should be brought
to a rough grade with a road ma
' hine; the surface should then be
plowed and thoroughly pulverised
by harrowing to a depth of aliout
4" after which it should be given a
crown or a'ope of about %" to the
foot from the center to the sides It iv.
then covered with from 6" to •"
clean sharp sand, which is cpeid
thicker in the ceuter (ban at the
-.ides, TIIE materials should then
be mixed with plows and harrow*
while they are comparatively dry,
after which thev are finally puddled
with a harrow during wet weather.
If Clay works to the surface and
tbe road becomes sticky, more sand
is needed.
The road should be shaped,
crowned and ditched in the usual
manner with a road machine .This
should be done when the surface
is soft, yet stiff enough to pack
well under the roll or the' traffic-
Wide but shallow ditches should bt
provided on both sides f the road,
and culverts or cro»s drains should
be placed wherever water flows
across the road, for it isexceeiiiug
Iv important that the sand on cla\
road he well drained
sjj t (Jutapri »t
WILLI AMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, tgoß
After the clav on saifd. or the
sand on clay, road is completed, it
should be carefully maintained rjn
til the surface becomes firm and
smooth. The construction of this
tv pe of road is bv no means a quick
operation. If soft. aiicky place
appear, more sand should be added
and if loose, sandy places are found.
more clay is needed It is just as
important to attend to these small
details as to sny other part of the
work, for, if they are neglected, thu
road is liable to fail.
It requires approximately t cubic
ytrd of clay to surface 1% tunning
yards of road ia' iu width or about
1173 cubic yards to theemile. From
to t cub'c yard will make a load
for two horses ou a dry clay road
The cost of the road will therefore
depend largily upon the distance
the material is hauled, the average
be ng from S3OO to SBOO per mile.
A road built uuder the direction ot
the Office of Public Roads st Gaines
ville, Florida, 1 uuleloug, 14' wide
and having 9" of sand clay sur
face, SBBI per mile, or ten cents
per square yard. Another sard
clay road built by the Office at Tat
lahasse, Florida, 16' wide, 7" thick
cost $470 per nine, or about five
i cents per square yard.
Fwr Siru
Fever sores and old chronic sores
should not be healed entirely, but
stioukl be kept'l n healthy condition
This can be done by applying
Chamberlaiu's Salve. This Salve
has no superior for this purpose.
It is also most excelle t for chap
ped hands, sore nipples, burns aud
diseases ot the skin For- sale by
All Druggist! & Dealers iu Patent j
Medicine.
A Sicilian Child'* Amulets.
In Sicily old time superstition* are
still general. The constant dread of
the peasantry la tbe evil eye, and all
wear charms to ward It off. When a
child la bora (our amulets are hunt
about Its neck—a little born of coral, a
cockleshell, * Hey aad a tiny sack of
salt—the horn to keep away the evil
aye, tho ahell for aafe keeping, tho key
to enter paradise and the salt for wis
dom.— Peixotto's "By Italian Baas"
A tickling cough, from ativ cause,
•s quickly stopped b> Dr Slioop's
Cough Cure. And it is so thorough
ly harmless and safe, that Dr.
Shoop tells mothers everywhere to
giVett without hesitation even »o
very young baoes. The whole
some green leaves and tench r stem*
of a lung-healing mountainous
shrub, fur.ii->h the curative pmper
ties to Dr. Slioop's Cough Cure. It
Calms the cough, and heals tile
sore and sensitive bronchial uieiit
brau *s. No opium, no chloroform,
nothing hirsh nsed to injure or
uppress. Simply S r ttsii|>U'« pi int
•-Strict, thit hel Hi lieil selling
'nngs The Spaniards call this
-hrub which the D tctor use , ' The
S'Crefl Herb " Alw ivs demand I)r
Shoop's Cough Cure. S. R Bixgs.
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
THANKS TO PE RU -NA
Friends Were Alarmed-
Advised Change of Climate.
Miss Mildred Keller, TIS IMh street,
H. W„ Washington, O. G., writes■
"I oan aafely reoomraend Peruna far
aatarrh. I had It for years and It would
respond te no kind of treatment, or if It
did it waa only temporary, and on the
altghtoatprovooation tho trouble would
some beak.
"I was te sac* • Mtmtm that my
Mend* were alarmod about mo, mad I
was adrtood t s Jaare tk/a climate.
Tboo I triad Porvaa, aad to my groat
toy toual It bolpod M from the tint
dotal took, aad a low bottloa turod
mo.
"It bettt ap my oonstttutton, I re
gained my appeUto, aad 1 leal that I
am perfeatly wall and strong. "-Mildred
Keller.
We have on file many thousand testi
monial* Ilka the above. Wa oan give
Onr readers only a slight gllmpee of the
vast array of unsoliottwl endorsements
Dr. IlorUnan la reoelvln»
Goveinment by Commission,
Virginia cities arc turning to the
T sas plan «»f msMioiir 4 1
tu nt. S >me weeks ago the coin
iii' 11 couiict of Lvuchbu'g aln|>tel
a conitnit'ee r*.port favorable to it
The B'alllltoil council has adopted
a similar commiitee report extep>
that acc. rltng to tbe Rich mot d
New* Ieider, the Staunton pro|M>
sition giKs furthet than it has Ixen
carried 111 Texas It lecoiniiieml
that tht control in>l managenn-ni of
the cit \'s execnt ve and adiutuis 1..
tive aff ills be placd in the hand
ol oteni m, to b s I ctel In ill
council, to lie IwMWtt as gener I
manager to l>e ad qnately pind in
lo give Ills entire tt uf and tit nigh
to the ci'y'- set vice " Ami out
Coiiteinptirary sa\ s 'a plan look in .
to the s ime general end but follow i
ing more closely ihe methiMfs oftli
T xis cities is under serious con 1
sidetation iu Richmond "
Municipal government by com
mission has proven successful
wherever it has been inauguraled.
even in so large a city as Des Moines,
lowa. Ibe idea is spreading and
it would not be surprising if the
near future should witness its gtu
eral adoption in the towns of the
country and the cities also except?
i"g those of great size Chailo te
Observer ,
Heip your CarrUr
Postmaster Mobley desires toca'l
attention to the practice ot some
patrons of rural delivery of placing
loose coirs in their lioxes each time
they desire to dispatch letters in
stead of supplying themselves with
p stage in advance of their needs
This practice imposes undue
htfrdship on rural carriers iu remov
ing loose coins froui boxes and de
lays them on the service of their
routes. —-
The postmaster, therefore, ur
gently requests the patrons of ru
ral delivery provide themselves and
keep on hand a supply of stamps
consistent witk and in advance of
their ueeds. It is also very desire
able that rural patrons place in (heir
mail boxes small detachable cups of
wood or tin iu which to place coins,
when necessary, in purchasing sup
plies of stamps.
It depends upon the pill you take.
DeWiU's Little E trly Risers are
the best pills known for constipa
tion and sick headache. Sold by
S. R Biggs.
Personally
Conducted.
By ARTHUR BOLTONWOOD.
Copyrtrhted. 1907, by J. 0. Reed.
5 A
"It baa b««n very much Ilk* a
J ream," the girl waa saying earneatly.
'Of course 1 bail pictured It all out to
myself. liut I never Imagined It would
be anything like this. It haij been"—
the paused as If seeking a proper ad
jective— "heavenly," she said at leugth,
with a little reminiscent High. "The
only trouble IM that It ends all too soon.
Day after tomorrow we aall for home."
Lancaster looked at the pretty, eager
face betide lilm, and the pathoa of It
touched him. He was trying to Imag
ine how the word "heavenly" could
apply to the. dull, coloutasx wanderings
of theHe "persona I lyJHfclucted" tour
ists. lie glanced thwEfljjtbi door iuto
the next room. TherfejjlP' ivere, gath
ered about a tired lOnEing guide who
was using his umbrella as a pointer
while he explained nasally, "This, la
dles ainl gentlemen. Is un excellent ex*
ample of Rem lira ndt's later work."
They were a weary looking lint eager
group, anxious evidently that nothing
aholilil escape them. Tliey lifted their
tired e.' es to the picture Indicated by
the umbrella and stured at It dully
while the droning voice reeled off Its
stereotyped phrases like some school
boy reciting a well learned lesson.
_ "We mint go baclt." aald the girl.
glancing uneasily at a tfny ißVtr
watch. "We are missing a lot" fi* r I
"You had better rest awhile." Us
caster counseled. "We'll take It J «U' ta
by and by. | think I know this dkllerj
quite as well as the., guide doe*. HI
show you a Vandyke that
miss entirely. We'll take our tlnpMtoi
go back to the hotel leisurely." jj
The girl looked at him tiarrnw|J>. '
"Then you've been here beforeF" aha
-asked.
Lancaster nodded his assent. *. .•.;
"I've been watching you slue# >Oa
Joined us at Cologne." she ssld. "Meat
of the time you've been very jaeoeh
bored. I concluded you had sqM It
all before."
Lancaster said nothing. He *aa
wondering If some suddeu InnMttM
had given her an Inkling of the truth.
"If you had taught school lu lowa
as many tonus as I have." salj aha,
"If yon had slaved and saved aud
"AIIU VllU (H)INO HACK TO low A TO TIACI
scm IOU ?'
ed forward to thla, perhaps you W4OM
et\Jo t v It as I do. Hut you've been Aw
fully kind since you've Joined- •B,
You've shown me lota of thliMp;!
wouldn't have missed for worldjKfcf
that I'd never have seen but for yottr
thoughtfulnosH. Oh. I knew you MM
huve traveled this country jultf eflt
tenslvely."
She looked nt him with an lfjitfe.
ness that was rather dJaroucertlti^HK;
"Tell me." she salit "why
you, knowing all these things as y«u
do. cure to travel with uaV"
Lancaster regarded her for a time In
thoughtful Silence. Dare he tell JMr
the truth? He looked Into her clear
gruy eyes and decided to risk It W
"Bl|all I tell vou the real reason?" ha
asked.
"Why, yes, of course." she replied,
with a little uote of Murtirlße la bar
voice. H
"Well, then," sold Lancaster sturdi
ly, "It was because of you."
The color deepened In her chaeke.
"Ob!" she said, with sudden i'oaqi|%»
benslon. Her eyes fell She w4a (b
--tractedly pulling (her gloves to Co*ar
her embnrraßsnierit.
"You remember that eveulng at the
hotel In Cologne." Lancaster went on,
"when you a,ml I were partueif at
whist? I Joined your party the next
morulnjj. I wanted to be with jnm—
Just to lie ilea, you."
"I—l rather wish you hadn't; tOM
me," she said uneasily.
"Would you rather I had flbtidfc po
litely?" he asked.
"No-o," BIU> replied slowly.
"You see.' - ljiue'uster explained,
been poking about the continent all by
my lonesome. nnl. to tell
not been bar fag a very dirlnrions time
of It. And that night at Cologne""# tf#
paused.
"Yes. that night nt Colognet*% alia
prompted.
"It aeemed," he wild very (rMr,
"as If you fitted Into n nlelie IB Biy
life that hiid been made for VDO and
tlint hnd always IKTII waiting far
you."
Bhe was still nervously | . uiug bar
gloves. The personally eoudgatad
(lock, beaded by the guide. swinging
bis umbrellu like a shepherd's cfgok,
were tiling out of the room beyond,
bound for the hotel.
"Are you going back to lowa tofl|£fe
school?" Atked Lancaster.
"Yes," she said quietly.
There was a rather painful alienee
for a time.
"Is teaching school in lowa ll)p|
thing very, very desirableV" he pur
sued.
"Not always," she confessed.
"I was thinking." said he, "that aft
er we got home I should like Wpy
much to come to lowa if you'd let n%
and then I'd like ,to bring you back
here for a little iiersonail.v condflHH
tour all our own—Just yours and mlna.
I haven't showed you a tentb part of
what I'd like to show you then
Just you and I are lu the party.")
He leaned nearer her.
"I want that personally conducted
tour to go on forever," he added, j
I He spoke quietly, but wits ear
naatnesa that the hot blood crept avui
to bar temples. He noticed tbaft bar
bands ware trembling and that-***
breath bad qufeliened.
"It would be no end battar thnu.thla
tour." said be. "What do you tyiinlc
of itr
Very, deliberately ber eyes were lift
ed to meet his. He read In their
depths ao answer that aet bu pulaaa
bounding.
"Oh. It would be"— she begun,
"neayenly." be auggested, with %
gmj ' : _ „
"Yes, heavenly," aba aaU softly am
bla hand cktsed over beia.
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