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' GOOD PAVE % ^ tfi*##** ^PF*& $J /^ I'lfei:; -. ~ "UFE. 15 WORTH LIVING OM A STREET 1 I luto practical et mi* xi cj j. rt I wonder that a Making the Streets Clean payable mud t? ! react unfavorabi and Attractive Starts an | an aesthetic vu potent In nwnke Endless Chain of lmprovement"* "Aesthetic "Wl at can yoi the pnvtng exr Value'' Soon Turns Into K/J" was thc; of her procrestu rs , his reply: taSn. "Approximate! 1 nhalt mriimwnl for bery this y asphalt street is PKEVIODS articles in this series pie want when have emphasized the dollars but is the best and cents value of good pave- administration meuts. good in street It is easy to appreciate the difference without fear of between living on an unpnved street i inK,on s awakei and a smooth, clean thoroughfare that ! Primaiily 'o tl ' . . I that was laid he Is never muddy or dusty. | leSf> cha,n of u It is easy. too. to believe how effec- lowod c)osoly tire are good pavements In increasing ments from yeal property values. Hfe worth llvinp But there are other reasons for in- i lngtonians pride slstlng upon street improvement?rea- one of the best sous almost as Important as those not- In the south." ed, but often overlooked. Better than n These secondary reasons for good *be awakening? pavements una that they increase the ments work wo health, beauty and general welfare of -V16*8 eiUtor'!1 71 Indiana papers: any community. People who are forced to live on Attains Repi dusty streets absorb more pernicious "Green Bay," * germs and Impurities In half an hour ^as atta on the front porch than they can keep trough out of their systems by a week's use of as;halt> wh, of boiled water, sterilized milk and verea,ly 9UCCes strict avoidance of the foods on which years it has bee Dr. Wiley frowns. seventeen miles We go through all the motions of present to the vl yunucuiipn una sieruizauon. rrom Dan- of attractive b lahlng the roller towel to Installing fll- surpassed in an tratlon plants, and then submit to "Green Bay h streets that are productive of a more nate In having unhealthy condition than anything responsible cor short of typhoid infected water sup- stand how to L ply can produce. And, besides the un- also in having health fulness of poor streets that can- natural or lake not be kept clean, the dirt and dust from Trinidad c from them ruin clothes, boose furnish- South America, lng, lawns and flowers and make life pavement wblcl a burden to the housewife. its entire use, v With or without a sewerage system, tertala, macada a good, smooth pavement can be drain- brick, have pn ?d so that It dries off quickly and. In failures and rec fact, keeps Itself clean because there or renewals at < is no place for the lodgment and re ten- "Where aspha Hon of dust and A 1th. cent has been e any street dnrin A Potent Factor In Pro0rees. ^nce this pavin Probably some of us are not greatly although many Impressed with the so called aesthetic paved have bee Influence of good pavements. But it Is e8t and beavief a potent factor In progress and liu yet these asph^J provement In every direction. Pave a fgot condition ai residence street and almost Immediate- Best |s ly there begins an improvement In tbe appearance of lawns and houses. I'eo- "he resu t o pie who were content with shnbbincss at a ^ ^ ?If they ever noticed it? begin to paint pavevaei f _ ^ Ihlfi Plfv la Mio ai.ti repair. IT'" Pave a business street and the store* " , y begin to freshen op Inside and outside. , * a ("8 with resulting advantage to trade " mo An article pohltabed In the Fort m^*J? ore tttr Wayne (Ind.) New* commeuta as fol- , ?l!v an<l low* on this very point: "Did you ever lpr*tuia*e<l ou notice a locality that had no paved 190 any m streets. was supplied with old fashion J*1 J**'""*. M ed brick sidewalks and that was poesl- ,-S My not provided with a sewerage ays- 4upo" ', tem? Have you ever watched the ? 1 change that came over a locality of Co,urter' this kind the minute new carnal aide- " j1" walks wans made and a new asphalt . treat had been laid? The change In y appearance la certainly marveloua The J* 1 ^ "f change iq advance of abutting proper tf*14*0* 5 ty la fhr more so There are streets and kocaltttea la Fort Wayne that are ? ..P*; today clean and attractive thnt a few w* Bt,onal1 years age were scarcely ever to be moT''">rn 1 found la the reel estate transfer col- an*.v. una." "The coat ef a materially redut Owe leprrviwott Leads to Anothsr. ceding ream. If this la aesthete's. the more the between an nap! better. What H means Is that prog- brick with nxpha Teas feeds on ttaelf and one Improve j as to be negllgll meut inspires another I *0 treatise the I Ou this subject so practical an Instl ' rally permanent, tor Ion ss the olHce of puh.h* runds of ty-flve years, at the deportment of agriculture says in property owner one of Its bulletins'. | mistake li ojjc "The aesthetic vslne of ronds well built and clean Is sometime* reluctantly coin filed or eveu dented by Individ- Man's ualfc It la noticeable, however, that Each man has Jh along Improved roads there is a visible the good things tendency to Improve the apiieurance of natural allowed homes uud Uui.uutKs in fact, lb* compass the presence ??f v?*hI roads wfmi many things ta by hli times to stimulate Intent self respect quisltloa of thu THK LANCASTER NK x UKE THVS 0 ^ V O IN A TYPICAL NEW cpresfiion. There is no <M W-H-M-M M t M-M-H-H-M b:>g of well nigh iui ;' ifore one's door shoulu !! D IT Q f\ I \/ IT T> . ly upon the entire fain ' KLoU L. V E* LP : yed roud not ouly hn.? .. That this community lue in Itself, but It is ; J . ning the dwellers along !! wants and is going sense of aesthetic val- * l0 gCl more good roundings." .. pavements. nCi6 Aw3K6nCO? ? ? a tell other cities about H Iterieuee of Lexington. juery addressed to one Is a resolution to wbftjb < ve citizens, and this Is I ery citizen cun subscribe. fl If we menu what we say ly 140.000 yards of as- shall get the pavements, hnve been contracted What other places have done t ear. So. you see. an i town can do. not only what the peo- i Good pavements mean increa* they know what It Is. ! property values, health, beauty a friend of a progressive j comfort and municipal progresslven that desires to make all along the line, building. I can say j Good pavements are no longer a It contradiction that I.ex- I ury that only big cities can enj nlng Is due solely or They are a necessity tbnt no progT lie first aspbalt street sive municipality can do without, re. Since then an end- We can't afford it? Oh. yes. we c nprovements have fol- What we can't afford Is to flouni >u the street Improve- around over rough, dusty, mut r to year. It has made streets. ? in ?,,r town, and Lex* What Qthep Towns Havs Done. > themselves ou having . . . .... . A. few years ago there seems to to paved cities for its size . ; been a concerted movement amt t . Iowa municipalities to pull themsel .ere asaertlous tbat lb ^ of th<j ,m](J N()w >Dy numUt.r ' s??n 1 ?.K00 t)ave" towns In that state have pavements nder. is such evidence as New York's or Washlngto, lis from Wisconsin and TheJe tew|w char|ea CUy ? 6,000 population, Webster City 5.( citation For Beauty. Wlnterset 3.000, Bloomttcld 2.250. the Gazette of that city dianola 3.5 . Boone 10.000. Shen ined a most desirablo 1 dooh 5,000. and Hamburg with o being a.beautiful city | 2,000 people. the extensive use here j Of course Iowa towns are not ch has proved so iml- , only ones that have palled themsel sful during the nine out of the mud. Oklahoma was a bi a used. The sixteen or to order state?that Is, it did not gr ot asphalt now in use slowly; It sprang into being?and wl sltoran unbroken vista do we find there? Euid. Tulsa, Shi igbways that are not nee. Cblckasba, El Reno and ot! y city of the state. towns with bard, smooth paveme us not only been fortu- such as are usually associated w always secured good, old, rich and populous cities, itractora who under- It would require a page of this pa| ay this pavement, but to catalogue the smaller communlt continued to use tho that have proved that where there 1 asphalt, which comes will for good pavements there Is a >r from Bermudez lake, a way to get them. This la the tea , It making an Ideal lng of an Investigation that has i has stood up during tended across the continent from R* vhlle other paving ma- Hill. 8. C.. through the little town m. tar macadam and West Plains. Mo., to Koseburg. Ore. >ved partial or entire . ? . _ ... * . . A Prime Essential In Progress. lulred frequent repairs " jousiderublo cost. No Unie was WMthd in big cities. It has been used not a | 11141 would have proved only what xpended for repairs on 411 lBOW"'that there good paveme g the entire nine years 4ro considered a prime essential g was Introduced here. Progress and always go along with of the streets now What was sought for whs evldei n subject to the hard- i 11141 no community is too small to it kind of traffic, and wel1 PavedIt streets are in as per- T1118 Investigation developed stor i when 11 rat lakl. ?f municipal uplift that do not get ti the Cheap ?t 1110 ?,nBazlnes< l*11 that are no l< f Green Bay', expert- 'nd ,naplr,D8 ?D that veil laid natural sheet j >tapt #t Rock um g c a ^ n- 8U,C* 88 ,W0 have 14 of 7.500 people. It had never had u mos ac ory ?n modem pavements until a year or t m?v ^ Thai, after a great deal of ta sanitary snd certainly ** 4QtJorHj0fi dec,dwl to 48k for 11 on asphalt paving for two or th . main streets. The owners of the ah be ftS that th* city *** we J? W. ...., ^ pOHHca.'iion of tkeso _____________________ . own Indnutrlotifl ae- |pl Ari ILLINOIS T< n.?Soufk. WS, ,UT<H'ST 3, 1915. t> r-> t> "rr* trsr traffic limits , i | VARIOUS ???77-r?ztttttt: :?-?' tmiiic 11 111 It ;i? ijikii TO.WIS * . yard Width per day. fie the surface woi . . 1 ' Of course some or them oojeeted. renewing every foui Ou one of the streets wus n piece of 's f1"0111 ''ve to ' property owned by two ladies, who 'sting on ordinary I made u regular campaign against the t',e United State ** ituprovctneut on the ground that they one locality, a bituni could uot aUord It and were so sue-' tncc seveu years oh | * eessful that the city and the contrac- 70.000 tons a yard tor agreed to pave up to their property. ! It is believed can be l'm skip it and resume the work on the . uitely under presen | other side Hut before this actually cents a square yard happened the ladies came down to the mate places the lift city ball, s gned a petition to have the . at eleven years und bt- street paved in front of their property I 000 tons per yard and joined the ranks or "asphaltcttes." I Greater uniformity < we In this same town the secretary ot er cost of mnintci the chamber of commerce had been of- j with tbe use of bl his fered a piece or property for $700 on than when other in one of the streets to tie pnved. After t,ou nru ?'n,Ployed. ,e< i the paving sras done lie found that the ~ ID ' price liad gone up to $1,250 add that ayin9 For ess j there was an cage, demand for the An investigation | same lot that had gone begging at $700 1" tift.\ large But this article Is not about the tn- faylng for oy. i , . . . , 1 by a committee of i crease of property values that good , . ?s- i , .... ... .. . I chamber ot comnier ; pavements tiring I hat will come later. . What we are trying to show now ts j 08 ? ?^3', j". tbut what other towns have done this ,\?W "V ' J? town can do Most. It no, all. of the c,tlc8 ,tbo Property ldy towns from which our evidence Is ^ut the P^lterty p drawn are smaller and less wealthy ? Pcr cent * le P1 than our community. than M Per.cent an ive Look, for Instance, at West Union cent except n one c ...? i . .. . i erty pays 80 per c? >ug la., a little place of less than 2.000 In . .. ^ ves habitants that never had any paving 0 1LSe ? 108 c of until 10H. Then ,t saw other Iowa ^Puvl^.-m 42 i as villages getting good pavements and ( . ? Pr?P?*" y n's. made up its municipal mind to have 11 0 Pr?Pt-r y I1 1th them in West Union Las, spring 80. Per Cent/be H)0. 000 yards of paving were contracted 0 per con an In- for. Upon their completion the people ce^t t ec ty p.tys^a an- were so well pleased that a boulevard Approximate > _ nly lighting system wus ordered, to be in J ia. a Keeping witn tut? pavement. " ""u the The merchants Hnd residents of the 0 C8 ? >L" u,a or town became Imbued with the lmailt provement Ideu. and stores and resi- __ Vln Ort ow dences began to freshen up. The lum 7. ovs o hat ber dealers, builders, carpenters and ' Bee" y?f " ? ?D >* painters sny that 11)14 was the greatest you; ?ts her year for business the town ever bad ! ou J*e 00 n* nts The fact Is that West Union has chang- ) y?u ?* yof are1th ed from a shabby, slow going country if.? ?n,*' .0l)e y' town to a well kept little city, busy. f " y 00 * pet" proud of itself aud with every resident * unless I mea Jes turned into a "booster." 8t t^-te. I neve 8 a mighty glad to sr ^ No TroubU Paying the Bill. well. You weren't eh. And all of this is directly traceable one time, were you ex- to good paving. The people had no I. Rut I feel fine yck trouble paying for it, for the share of never saw you lo of each was small and the time allowed glad you think I lor for payment long unough to make it you never know, easy for every one. ing first rate. A It is a noticeable fact the country you're well? or over that when an old town begins to Etc., etc., etc.?L wc lay good pavements and when a new utf | town starts oat with good pavements ? ir both cases the good work is kept up. ^ Have a G I In the case of older communities, n *11011 an<* ^rt ice I once started, they are never content wr'ting a practical h? j until all rho nrlnelnol trORHPn nnii ? I are paved. Tbe resident of the unpav- makes the following 68 I ed streets aees how Rood tbe paved "In furnishing a li ato street looks a.id demands tbe same should give most < 888 thing for bis street. the beds and theii ac" New towns and suburbs that start spend at least a th life with pood pavements rarely go bed, and it is wor backward. A man who bus lived on u that third pleasant t iny well paved street that is never muddy best mattresses ant or dusty, tbnt can be cleaned and that too good when o ? ' draln8 ofT Q",ck|y ,s never willing to strength for some w 108 go back to living on a street tbnt la the case with mo ** Inches deep in duat half the year and chases ^ best ar< ( . mudhole the other half. j e#t Jo tfae enA? jvvflwf ?.000 POPULATION WE C* 2i? ; ON < ? ; PAVEMENTS, t | ?.,. M...U~d ,n J It A Vl C 9 J joant. according to ; ^ WW W B + term, the amount iX ^ pavement will car- v X rs SSiSE^ CMAIfE QUAD 1 JlYlUlvL oilUl I ars to be n current i !*! i iter bound macad-!*^ ? . ? T; st two years with- I i. ~~~????????? ^ = S??H5iS CIGARS-TOBACCOS | or 00.000 tons per j ? | : for this typo of ^ * ?? Daily and Sunday pavement within : X T criterion 18 that | v ? t per tou inlle of .... ft V"m ft"l i e is the limit at + ft W I* ft M Bj If 7 >f a macadam sur- 4. La H* ft\ lomlcal. 1 t\ 1 Li IV VJ J ition macadam and j T appear to Irnve a + ???????^?? ? as 1,000 tons per i 4 '??? 4 under which traf- ! v Ol 1 O T zs s t ohoeshineo + ten times that ex- I i" Heavy t ratllo roads 4 T s. In England. In ijj ?? 4 inous concrete sur- -c ? . 4 1 bears a traffic of * My Cigars are f width a year and T mhlntained Indefl- ii . l |3 *1 ^ t conditions for 12 J tne Best, and are + a year. One eRti- | T Y * of this pavement , 1 *3 . 7 er a traffic of 120.-1 + IVept ttie Best. T width per year ^ +. i>f surface and less- T. ZZ! jv an nee are secured + ituuiinous concrete it rTlT^ ? ethods of construe T- I A I l^y M 4 \i , I Pavements. ^ I I I * 5 11 And You 1 Willi its has been made T ?the Cleveland (O.) 4 ITT A A TILT 7 ce The results are! J Au/UIl | J2 per cent of these 7 pays all; in G per + if ays 00 per cent; In 4 4 roperty pays more v d less than 100 per 7 w a MtWl A 4 Ity. where the prop- T | 11|^ ^ iti pays all. J I jrt I I l\ | per cent of these 4- * * ^ pay* all; In 10 per ?yi 50 per cent; In ?f> A TTTW^I >erty pays between A I A # I < >**0.01; to 40 per | l/H T IlJ l! i per cent of the + ir part of the origi- 4. ?!! 40 per cent of the ??? , ^ part of repavlng. ^ HOTEL ROYAL BUILDING, dtnalre. + >! you do? Haven't g time. How are 1. Yes. I'm well. ?. No need to ask CITATION. Yes. I've been well ou have. You cer- STAT.E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, o, I wouldn t a ay County of Lancaster. nt it. Yea, I feel By J. E. Stew man. Judge of Probate, r felt better. I'm Whereas. Maggie C. Magill baa e you looking so made suit to me to grant her letters feeling so good at of administration of the estate and ? No. neither was effects of John B. Magill. deceased, now. I certainly These are, therefore, to cite and oking better. I'm admonish all and singular the kind>k well Of course red and creditors of the said dei pmIIv am faaL ceased, that they be and appear be' . reei" fore me. in the court of probate, to nyb dy could sea be Lancaster on August 10th. 1915, next, after publication thereof, ife. ~frtr?" at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why ood Bed the 8atd administration should not >alde a contributor, Given under my hand, this 27th article about mat- ,jav 0f ju|y Anno Domini 1915, rovisions for beds, j. e. STEWMAN, ; general comment: Probate Judge. lome the housewife _______________________ careful thought to Notice to Dob tors and Creditors. r equipment. We All persons having claims against ird of our lives in tjie u. p,v Seal, deceased. th while to are hereby notified to file the same. l" JriJ0* inK B dulv verified, with the undersigned. I springs are none ne is storing up and lhose indebted to said estate will ork. Beside?, as is P^ase make payment likewise at household pur- MATILDA M. NEAL, ) really the cheap- Executrix Estate of s?id Deceased. July 2. 1915. n -rrr *>.. . > " ; ? - - if! HAVE STREETS AS GOOD AS THIS.