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PRESIDENT FINLE'S ADDRESS. (Continued from page six.) the abandonment of this system and the payment of all road taxes in cash. The want of efficiency under the sys tem of working out road taxes has been due, in part at least, to lacx of -.omprehensive plans and intelligent djrection. In my opinion, this cani ibist be remedied by the employment by each county of a competent road engineer to be in charge of road con struction and maintenance through out the county. I am convinced that the money paid to such a man would "be more than saved. The question of -how road improvement is to be fin anced in any community is necessar lly one that must 'be settled by those who are directly concern-ed.- It is my personal view that it will generally be found more advantageous to secure -the necessary funds for. road con struction by issing bonds, rather than by attempting to raise ' the entire amount by .current taxation. The benefits derived from a good road are not temporary. They will be shared by your children and your children's children. It is 'not improper, therefore, that their cost should be distributed over a series of years an;d that current road taxation should be limited to the amount required to maintain the roads already built and to pay interest and provide a sinking fund that will take tare of the 1ponds at their maturity. Another suggestion that I would make is. th at a,aarfss ocCMRDLNUcmfwy is that, as far as practicable, convict labor should be employed, in the im 'provement and iaintenance of the country highways. Thisf affords a method for the employment of coli -viets in such a way that they will not come into competition with free labor, -In industries and agriculture. A re 1atively small body of convicts, by be ing1kept constantly at work upon the roads,' can poduce ve'ry substantial results in -the course of a year. Not less important than highway construction is the maintenance of the roads after they have been built. It is :particularty so when they,are built with the proceeds of a bond issue. In this'.respect a country highway is very similar to a railway. If it, is to be ept up to a 'high standard and is to -be a~ factor in maintaining tihe higher proiberty values donsequent on its im * provement, it must be: watched con * stantly, especially after rains, and it will by -found to be economica-l to make repairs as con as ruts or holes begin to appear. On some of.your roads I' have no doubt that effectiv'e work can be done very economically by the use of the split log drag. Where, condi -tions are favorable for the use of .this sJiriible and ef'fective implement, after' a road has once been rounded up it car be kept in very good condition by *dragging it af-ter every.rain., You" country highways are a part of your jtransportation system. They ~suppe'mnent your railways. umon which you inuat depend for the carriage of your surplus products to markeits in our own country and to the ports for export. Each -individual in this comn munity. whatever mav he his htisiness or occupa.tion, is, therefore, personal ly a.nd vitally interes.ted in t;he rail ways uuon yhich you must derend to carry 'your 'products to market and to 'bring to you'the surr'lus products of1 other regions which can not he advan - tageously produced in this. locality. Itt is to your interest that your railways I sho'uld prosper and should be sustain -ed. by an adefluate margin of gross earnings over the mosts of oneration -so that their credit may be strength ~ened and they may be able toprvd the additional capital needed to in drease 'their facilities and improve itheir service. .As highways to which every indivi *dual is ent.itied to have access on equal terms and over which he is entitled to h ave chimself or his property carried -at ^ites that are not unreasonable or exorbitant. as measured by the ser vice performed, railways are properly subject to governmental regulation,. but. while they are public 'highways. they are, at the same time, the private1 property of those who have provided he funds for their construction andj operation. Investments in railways are con- I trolle 'by' the same economic la ws tat control investments in other busi ness enterprises. A man will not put ~is money into a farm or a factory unless he believes the result of its operation will be profitable. It is equally true that men can not be ex pected to invest their money in pro viding railways for moving tihe traffic of the country unless they can be as sured that the business of transporta tion is to be performed under just laws which will insure to them such profits as they may be able to earn. Therel seems to be a more -or less prevalent idea that the owners of a railway should be permitted to earn a certain tixed amoun~t on the capital invested. I believe that a fewv moments' serious consideration will demonstrate the factory can have nC assurance that he will earn a certain fixed return, and he would probably be reluctant to invest his money if he were served with no tice in advance that no matter how ef ficient his management might be he wouldn't be permi'tted -to earn above a predetermined rate of profit. It should be the same with a railway. So long as its charges are not unreasonable as measured by the service performed, and so long as it abstains from unjust discriminations between individuals, comminities or commodities,, its own ers should stand on the same footing as the owners of other business en terprises. If, by reason of unfortunate location, inefficient management, or any other cause, the railway fails to return a profit to its owners, that i their misfortune, and it would be un economic and unjust to require travel ers and shippers to pay higher rates in order to make the ventureprofitable. If, on the other hand, by reason of fa vorable location and efficient manage ment, the owners of a railway are able to secure substantial profits, that Iis their good fortune. They are entitled to the use -and enjoyment of those pro fits in the same manner that the owner of a farm or -a factory is entited to everything he can 'make out of it. While it is unjust and uneconomic for the public, acting - through its gov-' ernmental ;agencies; aTbitrarily to ad vance or reduce railway charges to adjust them to some predetermined rate of income on some particular line of railway, it is essential, not only to he prosperity of the railways, but to the prosperity of the people wto must epend upon them for tr'ansportiation irvices, tbht the general level of rail way charges. should always be high enough to. yield an average rate of net income approximately equal to the rate that may. be obtained from capi ta,l invested in' other enterprises. If such return can not be obtained, the flow of capital to railway in'estments will be stoppedz and the business of the country will, in time, be restricted Ind hampered by inadequate transpor tation facilitips and inefficient service. There is another reason why the general public is interested in railway prosperity. That is because, to a.viery large extent, the business of the Unit Christmas Before buying your Christn inApples, Oranges, and Frt oto see me, I can save yon 18 lbs. Granulate< First Patent Flour Every Sack guaranteed. I have'a large and complel will sell at a reasonable price. YOURS FOE G.W. Ki1 PROSPER I have just received a car 1< that will meet competition. 'Highest price paid for Cott< DullSeas' Every Artcile Priced Wa Trade. Take Advanta Purchase Your Fai a IYou WILL ? Te Short Cotton Crop ward. We for'ce pri ALL OUR FALL AM were bought before oth~ of going North. We market value and Not) Quality. The first ch< chaser. This is YOUE Come! We need mn owe. A cordial greetil e! States is dependent upon the main tenance, of railway wage-paying :and purchasing power. Millions of men en gaged in the. construction and opera tion of railways, in the building of cars and locomotives, in the mining of coal for fuel, in the cutting of timber for ties and bridges, and in the manu facture of the long list of materials and supplies used by railways, are de, pendent for their ability to purchase the products of our farms and fac tories upon the money paid to them, directly or indirectly, by the railways. ft follows that railway prosperity is a highly important factor in- the gener al prosperity of the United States. I am very glad, Mr. Toastmaster, to have this opportunity of meeting so many of the leading men of your pro gressive city, one of whom has just been elected to the high office of gov ernor of the State. I extend to him my sincere wishes for a highly suc cessfil administration. It has been my good fortune to spend the past three weeks in South Carolina, and to become better ac quainted with the splendid people of this State and better informed as to the progress they are making. In this' connection, it is particularly pleasing to me to address a South Carolina audience so soon after the verdict ini the court at Columbia has sustained the constitutionality of the legislative act under which important parts of our lines in his State were united to the Southern railway system. That verdict, the justice of which I believe will -be generally recognized, means much to the Southern Rail-way com pany. It means much to the people of this State. It means tnat you are to con-tinue to have a thfough highway under a single management from the South Carolina Piedmont to the coastal' region and to the sea at Charleston. It means that our- large interest in the development and prosperity, of South Carolina is not to -be circum scribed within relatively a small area, but is to be practically State-wide in its scope. We rejoice in this, Mr. Toastmaster, and look' forward to a future of ever higher prosperity in r is State inibringingi about which we shall hope ts bear a part and in the beno fits of which we shall hope to share. Buyersi as Supply of Candiks, Raj. its of all kinds, it will pay money. I Sugar for $1.00 'at- .$5.20 e stock of Fireworks that ! SBUSINESS, N A RD, I TY, S. C. ad of HULLS and MEAL n Seed. -- w yDown to Stimulate the e of Our Low Prices I d Winter Goods Now ~AVE Money will force prices Sky ces DOWNWARD. D WINTE GOODS er m'erchants dreamed bought below present ing but the BEST In ice to the early pur .opportunity. ney to pay what we g to all. ~ttner I FOLLOW THE ucic BUILD IP IN PROSPI 'THURSDAY, Ii A T 1O23O .O'CL( A portion of the Simpson La Lots.. Well Located,J~ Don't forget the date and di place for' a comtortable Suitable Terms Wy * New South Real1 E AGENT FOR OWNER SATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,_ ____ COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James I. Campbell, Maggie G. John-1 son, Mary D. Trammell, John Butler' Campbell and Robert C. Cajmpbell, a M0 Plaintiffs, Against Foot nna R. Campbell, Janie Mayer, Smith rebla Connor Campbeill and William C. ~Up if St] Campbell, Defendns. Should By an order of the court herein I Feet tha ill sell to the highest bidder, before fu,o e te court house at Newberry, S. C., on i onday, salesday, January 2, 1911, I your ithin the legal hours of sale, all that to our ece, parcel or tract of land lying and an ak ing situate in Newberry county, ate of South Caro}ina, con'taing five ) acres, more or less (except about ben' st aside for a graveyard) now mnuided, as follows, to-wit{ On the / ~ V arthr anid east'ly landi 'of Mma. alu A. Aull, formerly of Dr. Richard ark; on the south by a public high ay, known as -the Beasley road; on made flexi the west by lands of. William S. Dob - It has SOl' ns, the same being the land cdnvey- women to ed to the said Minerva Dallas Camp- The sole. it ell by Thomas M. Chapwan by deed C2Sin. Th< eaTing date Septesmbetr 6, 1879, re You'l orded in the office of the clerk of the. cort of common pleas and general .ever slippe sesions .fx N ;wbarry county. s. C., a Southeri nBook: AAA, at page 411. reputat10D Te'rms of saie: One-half of the pur- ?fade ia hase money to be paid in cash, the CRAD J alance on a crd:it of twelve months, with in.terest fr-om day of sale, to be scured by the bond of the purchaser________ nd a mortgage of the premises sold,I with leave to the purchaser to anti pate the payment of the credit por ion in whole or in part, and contain g a stipulation for the payment ofNO 0 per cent. attorney's fees in case the N O redit portlion is collected by, an at rney or is put in the bands of an at rney for collection. Purchaser to Ihr ay for papers and for recording theIhi" ame. H. H. Rikard, -HERALD Master. Newberry, S. C., Dec. 7, 1910. The Call of the Blood r purification, finds voice in pimples, of ... ..... boils, sallow complexion, a jaundiced oo, moth Da'ches and blotches onl th skin-all signs of liver trouble U dei t Dr. King's Nerv Life Pills make rch red blood: give clear skin, rosy. name be d BAND TO THE Re .al/ Fp IG LOTS RIT. C. ECEMBE )CK A M. mds will be sold inSuitable eli Drained and Close In. in't iiss tese. Just the home in a Live Town. 1 Be Announc. tate andy Trust C@. GREENWOOD, S.: C. ~yas - nuscles that being bound ff shoe leather iever be forced. t fret make work, en rest, im~possible. ~ feet are sensitive, go ealer in your town, o beshown SHOE $2.50 le-made with all the stiffness taken out. ed the shoe problem for thousands of whom new shoes are simon-pure torture. solid and tough, but it bends like a moe vamp is of kid,'soft but tough as a board. vote this shoe the most comfortable you 4 on. Style-all you care for. Wear-irs "Girl and the Southern Girl shoe has a in that line. a #r ot all sye-lpespmslc n utnbos ERY CO.,' LYNCUBURG, VA. [NATION COUPON. by nominate, as a candidate in THE AND NEWS contest Mr., Mrs., or Miss no circumstance will the nominator's vulged.