10 H-hH"t HMtt ASON 1LJ ff - rm - H - . - FRANK BONNER, Second Base. pkter HAGAN, TT x Left rield. i Ono fact is worthy of particular notlco In looking over the teim tint will lepre pent Sctanton in tin- Uistcni league this i oar: There is not a position on the Held without a candidate who Is porminently Mated for tho place, and there is not among all theso players a single one about whom there Is any uncertainty regarding his ability to till a particular position. This statement, of course, e epts a few of the pltchcis, hut that feature is always found In tho early making up of any base ball team. A further Important fict to bear In mind Is that the Infield has an averago batting percentage of .333 per cent, and tho out field an averago of .331 per cent. This makes Scranton tho heaviest hitting club in the league and is In a large degree re sponsible for the opinion current through out the league that the team will finish among tho first four clubs. As to that vital department, the pitch ers', there is no occasion for alarm. There) are seven of thim and of these Haipet, GUVon and Morso ha.o been positively se lected to begin the season's work. Two more will be chosen from nmong lleanej, Yorkes, Wellnerv and Tallon. It Is not unreasonable to say that w hile some other JACK O'CONNOR ON THE BATTING ACT It Is a Natural 01ft and Is Not Acquired. PRACTICE AMOUNTS TO LITTLE If o Player Hasn't the Ability to Hit, Ho Cnn't 11 o Made to Hit by All tho Coaching on the lManct--Sccrnl of O'Connor's Kxnoricnccs ... If n I'laycr Has a Good Trait Ho Ought to Nurso It. Jack O'Connor of tho Cleveland club waB recently asked: "Is the science of batting: natural or 1b it an acquired art?" "I should say that It is a natu ral acquirement," replied tho gteat player. "I have never known a. weak batter to develop Into a great slug ger, but I have seen great hitters de teiiorato through age or from other causes, such as dissipation, failure of the eyesight or Injury. I never have seen a miracle woiked by which a weak hitter developed Into a killer of pitchers. "Now, I do not mean to say that a player may not Impiove in batting or that he can not be taught something that will help him. Such is not the case: Theie aie very few of the young players who come up to the big league who have not batting faults that must be corrected. But they are minor ones. The chief qualification of a good hitter are perfect eyesight and what is known to players as a good eye. The term good eye covers the en tire case. It not only means good eye eight; it also Includes good judgment, proper arm action; In a word, every thing that goes to make a good and buccessful hitter. A good eye tells a man when to hit at a ball and when not to. "Now, given a man with a good eyo you can mako a hitter out of him. If you see a young fellow that picks his Imll well, that never hits at a ball that Is not over tho plate and between his shoulder and his knee, you know that ho Is the possessor of a good eye. If he is not hitting as he should you will know that ho has some fault, generally In the position he assumes at the bat. HIS POSITION WAS DAD. "When I first Joined tho big league I was with the Cincinnati Club of the American association. I was account ed a pretty fair hitter In the Western Association whero I had played tho previous year. Imagine my surprise when one day Frank Fennelly, who at that time was captain of tho Cincin nati team, came up and told mo that I would have to chango my batting position It I proposed to stay with the MM) 9 The Scranton Ffase Fall Team, 1897. tttt. 0 m - Hf t -M- THANK BOYD, Catcher. STANLEY YDRKE& Pitcher. club has ono pitcher perhaps better thir. the best one on the Sci anion team, no club can bo said to possess three w ho v 111 i cr ago better than H.irpoi, Glllon and Moiho. Scranton will havo the benclU of the management of a tiled and competent base ball expert It the wotd Is piopu. Manager T C Grltlln, known throughout base ball as "Sindy," is a player himself, and an intelligent, pr.ictlrul business man. and ono who has a thoiough knowledge of the game and of the details peculiar to his profession He Is a total abstainer from the use. of both tobacco and intoxicants and Just tho m in who should commind tho itspect as well as obedience of his players and encourago them to win. Tho team is well fortilled with catchers. They are Boyd, O'Neill and Gimson, tho latter at ptc-ent holding out for an extra inducement to feign his contract. He has been offeied tho salary limit and has no posslblo chance cf playing elsewhere. Ho must catch foi Scranton or not at all. Uoj1 has caught for Brio ('3D, Hlmlra and Buffalo (ii), Cleveland and Buf falo (-91), Detiolt Cffi), Itoehestcr ('). Ho owned and mamged the Fiank Un team of tho Iron and Oil league In ISM until tho league's dlsbandment club. He said: 'Young fellow, you have the niak'nr of o great plaver In you, but j ou must stand up at the bat and get out after the ball. You crouch too low and you step oft to the i ear with your right foot instead of stepping off to tho front with the left. In other words, you are'retreat ing ftom the ball Instead ot going out to meet It with a swing, which has with it nil that power ot jour body.' Then he gave me a lesson and made me practice hltthig every day. I did as he bade me and improved dally until It leathed what I think was its maxi mum excellence and past that point I have never been able to advance It. "I do not think that lnstiuctlons from a competent man and constant piac tlce would do a plajer any good unless he has tho geim of a good batter In him, and If he has that it will surely be bi ought out of him when In tho Na tional league Oood managers never overlook a bet and If a new man holds forth any ptomise they leave no stone unturned to develop any latent talent he may possess, particularly In a bat ting line. "I know men who never will bat any better than they do now If they had all the practice and Instruction in the world. Then I have seen men whoso batting ability withstood the ravages of time, tobacco and rum for years, I do admit, however, that to be a good hitter a man must practice continually. Good batters like Hurkett and Dela- hanty nie always hitting. They have a bat in their hauds all the time, and whenever they get on the diamond they have somebody pitching to them. INDIVIDUAL PLAYING. "I feel, however, that this is a trait of eery man who excels In any de partment of tho game. If you are a great pitcher you will want to be pitch ing all tho time. A good fielder will not be satisfied unless he is catching Hlea and an lnflelder is -eager to dig them up out of the sand. Even good throwers, who ought to save their arms, delight In throwing and take many a chance with their salary wings, So it is all along the line, I have heard that it is the samo way in the other lines of business; tho excellent men In any department are eager to practice those arts in which, they excel. "Of course theie are men like Hughey Jennings who arc? stars with the wil low, Jennings, when ho was with' Louisville, could not hit a Hock of barns. Well, ho went over to Louis ville, and In a year or two he was one of the greatest hitters in the business, Now, I did not pay any particular at tention to Jennings' style when he was with the Colonels, but it is perfection nowadays. Ho hits clean out with the wrists and cracks the ball through the Infield every time. , "On the other hand, there Is Tom Brown, of Washington, one of .the grandest ball players I know, lie la also one of the brightest men In the business. He can play the game all through. A ball player who Juts PFfK Ji lLlu THE BOKAyTQN TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 18f7. t c oriitin, Manager. I'ATIUCK MEANBY, Pltehci. john J. o'iminN, v Bxtrn, Player. In August, wncn ho went with De troit. Boj (l is only 2s yeais old. lit is temperate and well educated. Catcher O'Neill Is u. Minooka lad and has created such a good Impression by his phi) Ing that he will be put behind the plate and with out an) misgivings if Gunson falls to re port. Pitcher Georgo Haircr Is conceded ono of the. best pitchers In the league. Sctan ton secured tho loan of him a pait of last year from Brooklyn, which club bought him fiom Kochtster. His release from Brookljn was purchased outright by Scranton last winter. He Is a quiet, un assuming phi) er, thorough!) conscientious and to a peison who didn't know his pro fession he might bo thought a doctor or lav)er. Tommy Glllon was bought from Itoehestcr last )ear nnd was Scrailton's. most successful pltchtr He is the small est pitcher in tho league, but one of tho most strategetlc and cunning Ho is 23 )cars old and has pitched for Port Scott, Kan : Montgomer), Ala ; Nashville, Ba3 ton, St Joseph, Mo , Memphis and Rlch mond. Moise pitched for Lowibton, of tho New England league, last )car. Ho was signed on tho recommendation of somo of Manager Grltlln's personal friends in btains nnd who knows how to use them as a fielder and a base runner Tom cannot bo beaten, but ho has never been a strong hitter. "Take m, for instance, I am rated as a pretty fair hitler, about .330 Now, I am on the same team vv 1th Hurkett, the champion hitter of the vvoild. Why cannot I hltns well ns he' Simply be cause: It was not born In me. If I thought that an) amount ot practice would make me as good a hitter as Hurkett, ou bet your life that I would get theie. . ALWAYS AT THH TOP. "Y'ou notice that the natural hitters stay there nil the time. Now and again the may hav o a day, a vv eek, a month or a )ear off, but in the end tho until! al hitter comes out on top. How Is It that gii)s llko Turner, Huikett and Stenzel do nil the hitting, while the college-bted nun have to take a back seat? And a college man does more stud) Ing at base ball than a dozen of us fellows ott the lots." WHO WILL SUCCEED FITZ ? Dcnrtli of Championship MntcrinI in tho Pugilistic l'iohl. Assuming that ritzslmmons will keep his woid and retire fiom the ting, the interesting question arises. Who Is to succeed to the heavy-weight champion ship of the world? Of coutse it is doubtful if ntzslmmons can success fully resist tho temptation to enter the ring again, but with Fltzsimmons out there are no coming men. If Mahel and Sharkey weie to make tho match they have been talking about the win ner might deserve a right with Fltz simmons If Fltzsimmons changes his views. Maher today has no claim on Fltzsimmons for a fight, and with the Austtallan out he cannot succeed to the title. The same statement anplles In every way to Sharkey, who Is de servedly unpopular. Ho Is of the old type of the slugger and his reputation Is unsavory, Jackson, Mitchell, Sulli van and Goddard are "nas beens" and will not do. Steve O'Donnell Is Inca pable of rising to tho championship stcndaid. There is a hope left In Kid McCoy, who, however, Just now Is not heavy enough. Ho has tho height and frame, but lacks weight and muscular power. Ho has all the cleverness of a finished boxer and for his weight Is a hard puncher. Billy Madden is in earnest in wanting to light Goddaid, but recent advices were all to the effect that God daid Is physically unable to copo with Fltzslmmons.FltzsImmons cannot make much money out of tho theatrical busi ness. He has never been a good draw ing card, although now that he Is tho champion of tho world In two classes he would bo ableo make money on the read for a year at least. Fitzslmmons, if he wanted to, coula pick up many bundles of soft money by accepting the Jackson, Mitchell, Sullivan and God data challenges, Philadelphia Hccord. iWP Tiff Ml fhr fill 1 W7t CIIARLDS morsi:, Pitcher. JOHN O'NniLL; Catcher. tho base ball void. Ho Is u left-hander and has rtnurknblo speed for a south wing. Pat Miany is too well known in Scran ton to need detailed mention Tor six or seven )cars he has pli)ed professional baso ball, nnd has been with Scranton since tho middle of 1893. He is an out fielder but has Ditched with remarkable success at times, and it was Intended to have- him try fol that position this )ear. Ho does not want to go in the box, how iver, and it is not certain that he will be forced to elo so as he Is a heav y and miro batter and is good trading ma terial. Wellner is another candidate for the box and Is looked upon to be success ful Ho is now nursing a split hand that will keep him out ot tho gamo for pos sibly ttn da)s Ho pitched last year for Austin, of tho Texas league, and has pla)ed with Chattanooga, Maysvllle, and Mlama college. In three gumes last )ear for Austin of the Texas league, nnd has pla)ed with Chattanooga, Ma)svillo and Mlama college In three games last )ear he held clubs down to , 2 and 1 hits. The latter was against the Paris team tho scoro standing 1-1 at the end of tho eleventh Inning. Pitcher Yorkes, like Wellner, is a OPEN GOLF TOURNEY ENDS AT LAKEWOOD One of the Best Affairs for Hospitality and Management. GREAT PLAYS BY TYfsQ AND TOLER Tjng Is tho Morris County nnd Toler the UnltMirol Champion Tolor Do lontcd in tho l'ninls for the Laurel. Prio nnd Brown Hnndi cnp'.rortv.four Cards ltctitrncd in tho Lust r.vcnt-.Tlio Scorci. Lakowood's three-day open tourna ment on the Golf club links ended Sit uiday with the finals in tho two cup events and a special handicap. It was one of tho best managed alfaits ever held at Lakewood, says the New York Sun, and, besides the details of tho play, the Golf club made a iccord in Its hospitable treatment of visitors. The llnals for the most impoitant prize, the Laurel-in-the-Plnes cup, brought Tyng and Toler together, tho solo survivors of the forty-six who fin ished In the prelimlnaiy lound on Thuisday. Tyng is the Morris county and Toler the Haltsurol champion. They are home-bied golfers, and havo for the past year shown the most con sistent foim of any of the Eastern amateurs, with the possible exception ot Fenn and W. II Sands. Tyng made only one mistake In the match, at the thirteenth, hoe, of 13J yards. He made It in two the Hist round, driving with an iron. The wind had Increabed, &o he tried a brassey, but sclaffed slightly, going to the left ot the green, and ovei playing the green on his approch. Toler was dead for three, and Tyng lifted. When ho made this hole In two, Tyng drove within six feet of it, Toler laying him a stlmle. Tyng made a curving put, drawing the faco of lila club, one of tho bent putting cleeks, well across the ball and putting It to tho left, eo that It twisted safely from the stlmlo and Into the cup. It was a great spectacu lar stroke. A HAD STROKE. Ho was four-up at the eight hole, and played tho odd for five on the ninth', which would have given a recoid of thirty-seven to him for tho round. It was only a two-foot put, but Tyng's ball went pass the holo and a foot be hind Tolor's ball. Tyng's attempt to loft tho stlmle overran. Toller won tho holo In five, Tyng lifting, but as he was playing It Is safe to approximate tho homo holo for him. at seven, mak ing tho round thirty-nine. The loss of the thirteenth hole felt OLLIH BBARD, Captain and Shortstop JOHN WALTBUS, Center Field. THOMAS GILLON, Pitcher. big tall feMow. He first pitched for Mart) Swift in Scranton in 1&9I. He has pitched for Carbondale, Lancastci and Pa tucket. He is only 2G )ears oM. Fallon, the seventh Scranton pitcher, is a local man on trial. If he is not deemed ex perlencetl enough he will be fanned until next spilng. Of Scrantr-Ts Infield, only First Base man Mahsy and Third B iseman Ma gulro weie with tho teum last )ear They and Bonner, second base, and Beard, shoitstop, are u quartette of sluggers, who will make It decidedly Interesting for op posing pitchers, Beaid vv ill captain the team. He was with Rochester last )ear and stood sixth in hitting In the league, and ranked second among the shortstops Massey had a hitting percentage of .337, a high raMng consldeilng that he Joined the club toward tho close of the season and after six weeks of Idleness, following tho dlsbandment of the Carbondale club of the Penns)lvanla league. Bonner had a batting average of .337 with Wllkes Barre, whero he played last )car as a furmed Uiookl)n player His release from Brooklyn was purehited along with that of Harper In J inuaiy. Magulre's flist season In a major league was last )ear Tyng only two up. A long drive, fol lowed by a splendid brassey shot that cleared tho bunker, was the feature of Tyng's play lor the fourteenth hole. On this and the fifteenth green Toler putted the odd from the far edge and was down each lime In live, leaving Tyng six-foot puts to halve In each case. T) ng's nerves were tested, but he made tho stiokes needed without a ti emor. Toler made mistakes on the second hole by topping the drive, at the third by hitting a tree on the drive, at the sixth, where h used a brassey Instead of a. cleek on the second shot, and on the twelfth, whero he failed to chop up the ball with ft mashlc. Each of these sent his ball into a bunker, and tho four llukes vveio Toler's only errors ot the watch. The cards: T)ng 3 4 4 2 C C 4 5 7-i9 Toler 1 C G 3 4 7 1 'S S-iij T)lig t Gl5 G 5 1 0 0-dJ Toler i 4 7 3 B 5 0 0 0-33 Approximated. Toler gave up cond, thild, eighth and twelfth Tyng gave up thlrtentn, B)es not played. The summary LauicI-ln-the-Plnes Cup Plml Round. T)ng beat Toler, 3 up and 2 to phi). OTHER EVENTS. Lnrocque and Bowers had the hot test sort of a match in the llnals for the Consolation Cup Summary follows: Consolation Cui Semi-final Round La rocquo beat Ken, 3 up and 1 to play; Boivers beat Murdoek, 2 up and 1 to play. Pinal Round Larocque beat Bovvers, 1 up. Bower's card counted in the handi cap, 94, 3, 91. Larocque had lifted nt the second hole, and, although he played out afterward, this disqualified him. Including Bowers, forty-four handed In full cards, fourteen falling to make returns. Tyng won tho Laurel-In-the-Plnes Cup and a gold medal for the best gross score In the preliminary round. Toler's winnings were a silver trophy, second prize, and the silver cup of tho best gross score In tho handicap. La rocque, Bowers, Brown and Home each won a prize. IN OLD ENGLAND. They Have Good Bonds Thoro 11c cnuso Tliev Koop 'cm Uood, An English writer eays that the ex cellenco of roads In that country Is due to their constant and good supervision. Every county council has a standing committee on roadjj, which takes charge of the highways and keeps them In repair. Tho committee la divided into subcommittees, each of which is assigned to a division, with an Inspector for each district, who em ploys a force of road menders and holds each responsible for tho portion ot a road assigned to him. The road mender lives la a cottage on the lino of the highway, whlcli ho Is required to keep In order. Ho goes over tho road every day and removes in a bar row everything that is unsightly. ill . m - H - - K ML .tt.n.t - Ktff. - WILLIAM MASSEY, First Base. I.V JAME3 DALY, Right Field. with Scranton He had previously been In tho New Y'ork league, and wns the only good thing found by McDeimott. He bat ted out 301 per cent., a good showing for a llrst year outside tho Mnallest of small leagues. His arm is said to bo among the best In the business. Centerfleldor Walters has the highest hitting percentage, 374, on tho team, but It was mado with the New Bodfoid club of the New England league not nearly as fast a leaguo as the Eastern, and so Wal ters' record will hardly stand comparison with that of Rlghtllelder Daly. Tho latter hit out .319 pel cent, with Rochester In 115 games Walters has pla)eel with sev eral clubs In the old state league and tho old cranks remember him well. Ho Is a tleet runner, and a good fielder and these qualifications with his hitting should mike him a valuable man. One good trait possessed by Daly Is hid ability to hit when hits are most needed He uses good Judgment in fielding Peter Eagan has, with Meaney, been the longest time on the team It Is woitn almost the price of a game to see nlm covering left field territory. He came here from Harrlsburg in 1&9", and has slnco then been ono of the most reliable play- GOSSIP FROM THE BICYCLE WORLD Current Facts ot Interest to Riders of tbc Silent Steed. SIX PRI?E RULES FOR NOVICES They Din) Ho Useful, Too, to Riders Who Aro Not UeRiiinern--IIow to Test by n Simple Process tho True ness of the I'rumc--Leal.!ige3 Often round nt tho Valve hut They ill ay liu Easily ltemcdied--CciiMis of tho Hicjcio Business in Chicngo. An Kngllfeh publication, announcing a prize foi tho six best lules tor c)clo be ginners, decided the following to bo tho list submitted: (1) When in tho sad dle do not grasp the handles too tightly. Sit upright, allow tho head of the m. ehltie to move freel) , have confidence. (-'.) Look a few )ards ahead. Shun staring about until )ou aio prollclent, or you will "wabble" needlessly. (3) In Pedal ing, It Is necessary to pi ess during rtio whole revolution. A slight, even pres suro when tho pedal U defending Is suf ficient. (I) When inclined to fall, turn tho machine gently In the same direc tion as that to which )ou uto falling, othcrvvlo tho fall will bo Inevitable. (5.) Avoid dismounting while tho machine U moving fast Allow it to como almost to a sttndstlll, incline it slightly to the loft, then dismount, (G ) When tho legs feci weary from the unaccustomed exer tion, dismount and icst them by walk ing a short distance. On leaching home rub them well with a lough towel to pie vent stiffness. Thero aro somo riders who cannot tell w hen their f ramo Is out ot true, unless tho case bo an exceptionally sovero one. Man) collisions occur in which everything '. thought to como out all right, so long as tho wheels contlnuo to i evolve. Very often tho front forks nnd tho whole head of tho wheel Is pushed back an Inch or a fraction of an Inch, but this Is ucvci no ticed. An easy way to determine this is as follows. listen a string to tho rear part of tho diamond, of the back stay rod, about six or eight inches above the hub of the roar wheel, thou carry the string aiound tho steering head to the other sldo of tho wheel, and fasten the other end on the back stay rod, exactly the samo distance abovo the hub an on tho other sldo. If the framo Is true (ho string on both sides of the saddlo post tubo should bo equally distant from It. If tho frame la twisted, this will not bo tho case. Many tires show the loss of nlr, and glvo the rider tho impression that there Is a puncture somewhere, when In reality such Is not tho case. Tho wholo trouble Is at tho valve. After pumping up a tire be sure to return tho valvocap, which should bo put In place with gontlo pressure, not turned too hard. Whllo It docs Bomotlmcs prevent a leakago of air. Its main func JK liN&f4 wA 1 rrt - H - - H - m 29. H - - H - H - Ht (WILLIAM WELLNER. ' . Pitcher, " JAMBS MAOUIRD, Third Base. ers on tho team In his work In tho field. on the bases and at bat His batting averi age last season was .329. "Jack" O'Brien is tho last, but by na means the least, player to be mentioned. It Is doubtful if any club posicsses a pla)or who can so successfully fill an)" position In tho outlleld and Infield, pitcher nnd catcher exceipted. Ho played with Rochester early last year and llnlshed In 63 games for Scranton, pla)ing ilrst, sec ond and third bason, shortstop, center Held and rightfleld No regular position has been assigned him, but he will bo carried as a valuable oxtra jilayer. O'Brien batted .298 per cent, last season, not so bad for ono who was so shifted about. This Is a rather Incomplete pencil plc turo of tho club, individually, as it ap pears on paoer How It can finish a, very pronounced loser with so much hit ting material and intelligence among tho pla)crs, and with such competent manage ment nnd captaincy as Griflln and Beard, respectively will give It, it more than can bo figured out There Is In addition the satisfaction of working for generous, prac tical and popular business men, and that, too, la a point In favor of the Scranton club. tion is to keep dust from the valvo Itself, and when scrowed down tight, spread tho plunger washer, which becomes af fected and refuses to properly work. Thl4 Is evidenced sometimes when It Is found to bo extremely dllllcult to get air in tho tire, tho plunger having spread and not working, A new waher will remedy tho matter. Another fulluro ot the tire to hold air can bo traced to the valve In somo tires a nut Is screwed on tho outsldo to keep the tubo In Its proper place. Tnli nut should be screwed dow n as tightly ns possible, though If not looked after It r-ometlmes works loose. This iglves ni play to the whole tire when In use, nnd tha air Is forced out. If tho nut Is kept tightly In place this difficulty will not occur. A census .was recently taken unofficially of tho blc)clo business of Chicago. Thero are twelve firms who do a general manu facturing business on a large scale, turn ing out fiom a few hundied to ten thou sand or more machines annual!) , Till Includes thoso In the city proper and Chi cago suburbs. One on the south sldo gives employment to 450 men and boyjt, two at Boufh Chicago employ 73 to 150 men ea-h, according to tho teuson; three In the west division find work for nearly a thousand person, while half a dozen situated on tho north sldo and in the northwestern, suburbs have need of the services of 1,900 persons In nil thero are abput 3,sno per sons engaged In the manufacture of bU) cles In Chicago. Theso emplo)es receive In wageH ncaily $13,000 weekl), or un ag gregate each year of $2,371,200. Besides theso there aro 137 stores at which blcy clse on sale, while moro than a thousand establishments keep them as a side line. A moderate estimate places tho number of persons engaged, solely or pilnclpally In the sale of wheels at 2,200, whoso sal aries will foot up to $1,7jO,000. Does tho uso of nickel in tho composition of steel have a tendency to strengthen Itf This Is a question that has been studied by experts, and It would xetm as though they havo reached somo conclusion In tha matter. In our navy most of the armor used for the piotectlon of ships has a, pait of nickel In Its composition. In Germany when the reorganization of tho military was effected tho gun metal waa changed, and a portion ot nickel added to tho eteel to reduce tho liability of burst ing when In action. While the uso of nickel may add to safety In Implements of war, the question now agitated la whether the use of nlckel-steol tubing strengthens tho frame of tho wheel to any considerable extent. By many it it claimed that the quality of tubing now used by most of tho manufacturers ot high-grade wheels Is plenty strong enough to withstand tho weight and strain that It Is known to tie subjected to, and that tho strengthening of the frame Is not neces- sary, especially whore tho weight can not bo reduced. This Is ono sldo of tho question. Tho other sldu takes an en tlrcly different vlow. North Caiollna Is working for good roads In a manner that might be profitably emulated by other states, particularly In tho South. Prom a recent report thd fact appein that $100,000 has been ralsit by taxation for road Improvement pur poses, ono county alono having- created a fund of $30,000, another ono of $12,000 and a third ono ot $9,800. Somo of the work; has been dono by convict labor with sat-, Isfactory results. About thirty) counties havo levied a road tax, sW sSfc fSn
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