Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-40 !*j M fjj '* ' '* ' ' : Hi""* .. Blp?ii, wSS3^? S, p. FRIDAY, January 10:00 A. M., Rain or Shine fa ? MUSIC BRASS BAND i . |i 'I" ' n " M ii i i i1 I . J i . 1 1 1 l S F?EE ! ?ll?ti hne Choice Lot. Bag o? GoM end SH vpr ami $S60 in Valuable Presents. OWN YOUR OWN HOME v----? 1 Choice L,ot, a bag of gold and silver and #300.00 in valuable pres ents and souvenirs will be given away free and whether a spectator or a buyer, your chance at the presents is the same, if you are on hand prompt ly at 10:00 A. M. This beautiful Tract, formerly the Latimer property, in the heart of ?f?ltbn, is now being subdivided anddeveloped in a high class mannell and has been consigned to us to be sold to the highest bidder ABSOLUTE LY REGARDLESS OF PRICE. ?^?kl;estate is the root of riches-the safest investment one can make ~-it bu rn ii*** csn't bl?v/i'2.,z,,a;" ih4ev^c C?i'**^ ??reaV in nicht and steal ?t|^^MS^UND TO INCREASE TN VALUE. ThepopuHition of South Carolina is increasing rapidly every day, ?ut there is not any more fl ' real estate being made. But what we wish to call your attention to is: That Beitonr South Carolina's Bright Spot, is the best town of its size ll inv ouuv, Tri?t Belton's population is increasing faster than homes can be provi ded for the increase ; That Belton real estateis increfc$mg;iri value by leaps and bounds; Ifi '^'Th?t?ach'?nd every lot we off er will be soldi to the -highest bidder, . ||Bfe.?LUTELY REGARDLESS ?F PRiCg. -li ^^HM^^^P^hr?, Situated as.it is, ori.the electrlct line ne4r^heheart ^to^i?ri?;b?^n?fpincrease iir.yalue; ' .;:(-.j',/"r ' ll -That within the* next l& months, ^Moore Wood^ofWMnto | ??miT* *< r^any ,r?andsom0,norM?S; ^T^i?wtTept?iui important ,memt? That We want: y?? to be one of ito fortunate owfet? XS.^f / urantltie ts to be aoll of tho settloi VV KJ^JUO, . !JAJ(B L8|E8 QEF. OB tho soils of That each and every lot we sell is studded- with:CtJS?SS^ SS ?^SS? it would take 30 years to grow j ^ ^e river o^,*1 That those who stand quiet and seethe other fei^f?t ?D? SonP?r lots five years fr?m, now will be crying-that old, old io?w potato ?HS. for local cqmom bought Real Estate in Moore Woods see what I'd be f^^^^J; S ?Sf JSTSiS WATCH ??LTON GR?Wj departoiom not j The Marshall slit i crops from tb? ?ont soil of the But will you stand and watch the other fellow ? nut ?nu prob- just?tiy te** mm Get in on the ground floor arid reap some Of theharves,^T:^^,,,,, *0,? ?r 7h???T? tO the Wise investor. - tboujrh it ?loi* ,totvup?antf?agai mi Bermuda or - MEET US AT THE GRAND AUCTION SALE, iT??J?Z u ."?*.?.? 23rlOfO0 a. m. ?ttdrftear Col. J. E. T. Bowden, the Faienoite or ^?VtWtw? at the?ipf ra rkitwt?: ?vVe ?eel that we have a pro'Si?JS ^ ?? every man's consideration. ^ ss,?,-?-^ ?M JO MII^W J*' - ? ^ partaient, ?m liw ' . bnrwiu nf.ujrrl- bte Is tbe Qom SPECIAL PRIZES FOR THE LAD?"??;"F"\'K$; fig^jf {?L / ?alDst potatoes which soon took j Ihe federal bor- to tab* mi he coi T? W 'W ? . tsT^ find that tb? risk tare. He M prc 1 ? ^'Lrv^rJ| fl ml jCtl jj-h r^"*^ ?"s^fy1*6 OUCb lHrKat Hmoi ^^^llJItvI? ?JMSS?! Enplish "?attl. n?inu a Th* aewtary . A ? .r* .ll." O? ??Hprovldeo?,. ^'^L0'^"' SOS^encaii H?T? T o, T, WAUAA?E, S. a-WALLACE, Jifer^?tJa Generai Mana?^ ^?^?g^?^r ,? >.* .-.-j-- - * **r *^t?^? . <til?f*< a??T>?aj?f? ai :* v?'? . J?; avr> ?V?' . v-/*?-;v .f*9s*'?m **f ?U*.* * ? 1 r?inriu iiinncnnii riunriu ?IMIMN POLICY BF ll The New President, In HU First Pul Beautiful Tribute to the Dead, T< Great Road and Pledget the So? The Southern Fuallway Includes,} 10,000 miles of railroad on . which 59,000. officers and employees perfonn public services, In return for which more than 100 millions of annual revenue ie collected. These are big figures and, in a country in which there has always been a pride in big. things. In which every community has been wont to boatt of tliat which it has which is the biggest, such a big thing aa the Southern Railway System should be. and. 1 believe ts a source of pride, to the Koa th, but exactly 'n proportion a it IR a big also in its public service and faithful in tts public trust. The administration of such a va*t machine, Affecting, as rt does, the comfort and well being of the people of a large territory, ls therefore Itself a large public service. The time has passed w?cn it might be exploited fer merely. private and sottish ends. The lawyers used to tell ?a that a railroad waa .a quasi public institution but today, happily, it .might better he dscribed as u quasi private institution It ls private still In the opportunity lt presents for the exercise. o?. individ ual ; intative ad competir? fi?rvieo but Ia practically every other sen: o lt ls now-recognized that it. is public It ia a matter of sincere regret to every railroad manager that rallros tl neuritics -~ n.orr ?nnnMiiir directly and immediately, In the .communities which the railroad serve. The lack of auch holding deprives him of a powerful and sympathetv. ally in the relation of public opinion to thia p-rpblems. The time was when, the railroad . clocks were owned immediately at home, and by the peo ple who were mcBt Influential in shaping public .opinion, but today, while-railroad stock* are generally held hy the Sniuo kind ot people-by those who ? through, the exercise of nrudence^ind'-vTr and courage have laid- by " a.--^f#' v.'tense. :and by the wefmen .aird ';,en. fcrt-.wbom they worked-rHSUC?. JL*vf-stot^now do not as a class resale ., t?e. territories }n walch they na*? made their Invest I monta. . , : . . - The eacplansiSemof rhis piienomr-non -BO well, known tor^ns-?ll, but still a phenomaaciy-ls.-part Of the finan cia' hi^tr.T-" - ' - IT";?",I dt.(a< K i? the fact-baa glv?.a rise to a feeing among many of fhrrt who use roads dally and come into Immediate con tact with their IUUHBBVUICU?J, that the railroads belong to some mys terious, remote and foralga power, to irresponsible potentates, wno bear, In popular imagination tl.c generic name of "Wall Street." We rs?d lu la^i?vJ?^? and Cewa papen? o? ?.he roma~itVc )?vss stir .huted to a few Individuals wiho are sup posed to "oontroV' the defines r-r? whole communities by possession and. exploitation of the instruments uprni .jrirtob auch communities depend f^r there necessary transportaran, who "fir'* rates and arbttrarHy detcrnifvoj conditions of service and so "tax" the people they ought to serve, withdraw ing money earned In the sweat of the brow from ihn communities, where lt le earned 'in the ?weat of ,ilo brow from the communities IP extravagep?. uncut,T* abtwro* ttiBPiJH&Wtoi cr of Che group ns y most extemdvely de ine, beat e??frly truck a. * the-glacial and loca ls grown the bulk cf crops of the country, ire by far the largest ut of any .of the rnlab the greater nor* ala directly produced ptlon and export the .od In the production r meat supplie?. Dal i Important Industry, ion m ls the principal country and la only, irtant for the prodoc d ls also sn excellent rctlun of oats, alfalfa, r beets. mino Method?, estera Pennsylvania fil at sellinig hts peas trice, decided to can t<> tin? method sCvo .">-'.'.!. ogvicuitttTsi de* ..?.nniilti^ of Vegeta ?.." Hw used the or n* a <.<..?talner. He ie ti? 'i fatal ??tore, ill ht? hud and nan**! lid furn heit io th?? fu .paring tu ' put up M int nazt year. ? to tte Admitted. nf ng-lpnlrere. st the Itixh nmbaxunder. an font ?nd mouth dis tilo M heep and ww j ne i!?rt livid Pentland hil? nod th.-?t protiil irloti .rtntion of, tttese unl n?red ,.'J!'- ? 2Sc POCKET Containing At Showing the ton at any pi W A ^ BOCK M??ffi itVJllS: When you need ally want the be price. Right herc both, aa well aa graduate Optrom< two yeera sxperi entirely free. OK. ?rt UK.4 Eje-Slgbt Orar ?rm&* F?a // r ' ; i nun mi-A i uuiunto JTHERN RAILWAY ?lie Utterance, After Paying ilk of the Pert. .?ty of Hil it to th* Peo. * rth sense thc Southern Railroad belongs I the people of tho South. It is not' only their highway, to market, but Hs j fiscal operations are part of the life of tte communities along ita lines. ! At some rink of tropnas upon your attention, 1 venture to support thia claim with a brier argument from statistics. They record a condition which ls astonishing and I confess astonished mo when I saw how far they go along .thc lines of a tendency which I knew to obtain. Of one hun dred and three millions of annual revenue colectod last year hy the railways included in the Southern Railway SyBtcm, there was Immedia tely paid cut-again along its line at least seventy six millions, an amount sot far short of Ute total colectod from ike people of the South; for approximately twenty two millions of tho total revenues were collected from people, outside of the .South western States-a fact not often taken into consideration, the explanation of which is that an appreciable port bf the passenger traffic of the system consists of the transportation of residents of other localities traveling in the South, and furthermore, that to a large extent freight charges on Southern products shipped to other localities ore paid by the consignees. What Becomes et Hie Revenue. TV hst then, bscomes of n???o croai revenues collected in the South? Are they hurried away to some cavern -in Wall street? Ko. The fact iB that all ih? moneys collected in the South aro deposited in Southern banks .whioh drawn upon frbm time , to time only as funds are needed for proper fiscal purposes. The funds o: the system thus become an importan factor in strengthening the banks o tho territory, and so*re at all tim ;s at the service cf the Southern people T have said that those tunde (tro withdrawn from Southern banks ?rom time to time only as needed for proper fiscal purpose1-, hut even in- tba .operation, to a large extent, tho moneys collected for transportation norvico on our lines, arc not -with drawn at al from the Southern c/.-rmnunitloH in whi^h they ar; col foutcd Thia can be demonstrated by ... : : iy??a of ?o t-i.ern Irnilway Puch analysis shows that, of even* dollar disbursed, 41.?1 cents, went to the payment of waxes, substantially all of which are paid along the lino of tho road, and so remain in the Southern banks. a disbursement which for the Southern Railway prc per, -averages about two million dollars a'month. The , purchase of materials and supplies used 20.30 cents, and under our policy of buying aa far as praoticablo from Southern pooplir 19.12 cents of this was ex p end c.;!- in the South and only 4.18 cents in other localities. Mlscellonous operating expenses required 6.09 cents all spent In thc South. Taxes as paid : m the ?uuth . required 3.66 cents. Interest, rentals and other miscellaneous paymant? accounted for 20t&3 cents add the ho'ld?rs of.the1! Company's prefexred. - ?tock received 4.42 cents, lt la '.unfortunately 1m practicable' to d?*?rmine tba proper*; tlon cf'interest and dividends paid to Southern owners of Southorn-rollway ?*-'. rities. I wish it was all paid, to Ihern people: but leaving these HUll CCI a ??e| If S I ?Ll Thirty ?ere-Field of Cotton,* ^.HNY'S Fertilise? Mr. To?linon ? ?lM8hr dealer for our ??oda and accei st an? A, Ijetter .FerttUser will prod' ! la w rt planters In your own county th the i IT *8?w?*?egsiale, JPrigtMr. ence' miau Mercantile Ce? Kesley. KT tl! ' **??? Greenrllle. gy#c5 I msfty1 ptbor dealers la Anderea u, ? enta?fo at Anderson, Mr. R, EL ? roted to the Upbuilt inity, and ag a Med mg News and Adv? entirely out o* juwkimt, U tm? *<w^>ni that at least 70.57 cents out of every dolar expended by the ?cu'hein Hallway remains in or is brought loto the South. It m?y ?a? addAd tliai those f'.Kures do not take account or expenditure* for additions and pet term PIILS amount lug last year to three millions mid a half and tn ten years to t wetly seven millions ot which tho major part, expended on roadway and structureb, was practically ell pnid out along tlie lina of the road. We may then take? lt as established, that what the Southern people pay. the Southern linea fox. transportation remain*' in or la brought into the South. Additions and Betterment .1. . It may be added that lhere figuro* do not take.account of expenditures for additions and bctseiuionta amount* lng last year three millions r nd a half and In ten years to twenty seven million? of which thu major part, expended on roadway and structures waa practically all paid ou', elong th lino of the road. We may then take it ns established that whet the South ern people pay the Southern railwny for transportation romaine a part of the working capital of tho Southern people; but lt ls interesting to pursue the thought a step further to t rel ?ration of what these dletursementa by the Southern Railway In the Sooth mean In the life, and growth of tho Southern people. Of the total ol RC vont y six mill lona paid, out along the Southern Raliway li?es last 'year approximately forty three million dollars went to tho army of G9.00O employees, and thuB, on the conven i ticnol baals of five to a ? family, | directly supported about 205,000} Southern people, or about six and one half times, the population of! Chattanooga'at the date of-the Mist I censiiH, ,T ' " : ' I have spoken of our / preferred I r.lcokholdera. hut the real preferred i stockholders of the Southern railway f System, In the matter of priority of j clalri, are the, political governments ' gf Bt.t.a counties, BX*d *tMtm I along Its Unes. Their claim upon j railroad revenues cornea ahead even of that of employees and t?iey work I $3J43.704.39 In the luis fiscal year,' It i ls hard to grasp the significance of figures aa large aa thia; what our tax payments really mean to .tho communities along our lines can ha better understood by an illustrative analysis of our payments on account of p?u?oi ?ues end road and bride.' taxes in tho Southern Staten. In' 1012, our school, or an average of twenty eight hundred dollars fori each county traversed by our linea, j At the average annual conpen nation ? of school teachers In the Southern States as reported by the United ? ? States Bureau of Education,, thia would moro than pay. for ten teachers in each county. It represents 10.64 out of every 'flO? of school taxes paid fa these States md amounts to in the States traversed by our llae? Every dollar paid to the Southern Ballway for transportation charges thus Includes a substantial contrlbu tlon to th9 maintenance of tho system of public education lu the South. Payments by the Southern Railway I directly assessed for public roads bFHge-2 ffia$*?t?? Vi ;u,"?i>.C3, or *a average of $1,571.81 for each county along our '-es. F.very ao?ar paid to the SoutV ..a/Hallway for .trans portation charges thus Includes ?lao a substantial contribution to thc maintenance of the public highways or the South and is" an Indirect bat none the less real nubile support Of System in the same year? of taxes the progressive* ino vernon t for good and better roads. I have referred to tho Impractica bility of dcteisnmtng the amounts of interest and dividends paid to holders of securities living ?tong li e linc of the road. We know, howevar, that a large .percentage of our .popul- '.'cn .have a very real though in ii* jct personal interest In th?se- ?ec*et'.f*ea ?? TV .?'?.?ii -..?U.^u.w,^j on farmo^jggjt, e't?aa of the pt n BoubetUut*. SM a better crop. "UNION BRANDS" 1 elr Giipsrior "crop producing ' Qualities For Salo by v Hannie n Mercantile Co* Pledasrt. Vicia*- Mercantile Oe?, TTUllaajitaa. TL Boulh?t, ?fandj Sprlnif?. a^o&e?urUte and Pijikens counties. Foi ?BpWi?rm UNION QUAftO COMf ing of Belton. md.L tum for Commun ?T See the val- " uable pres ents to be im rr-?xriavi 2 v*r? tr at the auc tion sale in " FRIERS?N'S window. eve> though they mnynSve? have see*' . a railroad bond ot ?tock curttflc?t?.' There &re ?..few tamUtes <a> the1' South who do not hold an -ueureaB? policy or some sort; either ea ?*>' surance on life pr against the flftk o? rire There are few families l??'t&fr ' South who.do not hold an inunranf?j policy of sonie sort; either att ^iW? ' assurance oh life or against the risk of fire. Thc invested funds of th?, groat* insurance companion are, there fore matter of vital coae?ro Vo^VmL Ebuthern people, and in large meaSurs ?r? tu?u* O rr n n?^xTt? u?iu T8t ?r?H??TiW" their benefit. .fte, ?nd bhat! the chief insurance companies report their holding of securities of the, Southern Halfway System, lnpludiUR terminal bonds on which thia Southern 'W a" io?-4 guarantor, aggregating wibr? '.ghty million dollars. Belongs to the People. fsim"to^h?3?%^ . . < ititon are full jwgnant for ta? . eL.;m that in a very real,sense *h* Southern Railway bslo?g?; to th> people of the South; so much so that its annual reporta mlgt? moro properly be addressed "To the. People, ' ' ? ? cf the Booth" to advise you' of ^$a property, for today lt beings ^rs^^S'.. : , you thou it does ^3^^H those who were not boirj^^H have been here long eaaaWBW mm; identified with our inMX^^^H our pecula.rities, our reaponalbi' and our inspirations as a people; theg talk ??he same .language as .tba rpep?J| of the South. I look forward to (he tims when there maj" be moen Soutnern men sitting on ^vtt-'l?ar8jpj|f ' Directors, where I know that th?) xrtll be welcome. AT an organisation then tbs Souls* (Continued on fourth page.) GOOD, COMP AGAIN. Lonie Billson of tJelton writes bs The intelligencer: "Wc finished up U**. sart*JWB>^f*asW Arithmetic Friday. Our teacher Kal? wo' might send cur report to t derson IntelllG?becr." Please lt Lonnie Elliso?, ISO', 1 100; Ruby Ellison, 99; lsd 1-2; Lucile Deane, 1 Hhsiir ?ALl-?S, . tue*?- -?^nteie^1^ lave demonstrated to many of tba Jgg Ask the man who ussa thsss^jSEj Belton ??rci??I* ??*?w*u Empire Mercantil* Co, WOUn^tea. further Irtfcxmstioa wri^jnar.j^ ' tV?V. Wiuston-Salwa, M. CL ?