The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 12, 1898, Image 3
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THE CHRISTIAN FLAG!
VALUE OF GOOD ROADS.
IMPORTANT FACTS FOR RURAL COM-
MUNITIES TO CONSIDER.
A rlUlinctively Christian flag will
Boon be adopted by a large number of
churches throughout the country with
out regard to denomination. Buttons
on which the flag is conspicuously
shown are already being worn. Last
rally day at Brighton Chapel, Coney
Island, a well known Christian worker
had been announced to make an ad
dress. The chapel was well filled and
when tho time for the address had
come the speaker failed to appear.
The superintendent of the school, C.
C. Overton, after apologizing for the
absence of the speaker, was obliged to
take his place. The subject of his talk
was “The American Flag.” On the
platform was a beautiful flag, the gift
of James H. Perry Post, G. A. R. Mr.
Overton dwelt upon the principles
for which the flag stood, the devotion
of its followers, the loyalty, fidelity
and constancy which should bo shown
by Christ’s followers. The want of a
Christian flag impressed Mr. Overton,
and as he told the writer, “the Chris
tian flag appeared to bo floating in the
air as I was speaking, and I gave the
Word*
^AJtNT J. CROSBY.
T MJlJ.VIsW.
thorough knowledge of tho matters
under consideration.
The averages o/ these estimates
should give—and they probably do
Why Not a Masculine Virtue?
Ed. Howe has commenced a crusade
In behalf of the male sex. He de
clares that for centuries men have
give approximately—the consensus of j grieved because Faith. Hope, Temper-
audience a description of it then and
there, as it stands upon our platform
to-day. I believe it was an inspira
tion from heaven of a banner that
should wave triumphant over the
world.”
The flag is most symbolic. Tho
ground is white, representing peace,
purity and innocence; in the upper
corner is a blue square, the color of
the unclouded sky, emblematic of
heaven, the homo of the Christian, also
a symbol of faith and trust. In the
ceutre of the blue is the cross, the en
sign and chosen symbol of Christianity;
the cross is red, typical of Christ’s
blood. Every sect of Christ’s follow
ers can indorse the flag, and it is
equally applicable to all nations. It
stands for no creed or denomination.
Miss Fanny J. Crosby, tbo Christian
poet, has written the words of tho
hymn and R. Huntington Woodman
the music here reproduced. Neither
tho flag, hymn nor music has been
copyrighted and all are dedicated by
Mr. Overton to the followers of Christ
the world over.—Brookln Eagle.
Metle V?
tBUSTIb'CTOS VOftSUAX.'
The Chn«M*n FU S ’- b* . kaM it, Ani tifil «
The Christ-lan Flag! un - furl it. That *-»
The Chrltt-Un Flag! God bless Hf bow throw it
And let the roles of util • Uons.
Tbs ^ hlesd stainederoi* of Je • ans.
And may it ware tri n* • phant
The J#y - fa! strata pro-
Who died td make un
Oat land and din • tad
God
speed Us Cjo - fiems
mis-sion.
With
e*r • nest hearts we,
pray.
Oh.
may it bear the
ces. sage
“Good
will and peace to
men.}
And
*U the world a
d • ted.
Our
lov.jng Siv - lotO;
praise.)
The Christ-tan Flagibe
• hold it. And kail', 0
And let the voice of
Uons Tkt
joy • Xul
drain pro * long.
Li-
Conclusion* otProfessor Lattn of Purdue
University, Indlnun, na to the Monetary
Worth of Improved Highways to Pann-
ers — A Most Convincing Statement.
The following paper upon “The
Value of Good Roads to Farmers” was
written by Professor Latta of Purdue
university, Indiana: That good roads
have a money value to farmers will be
granted by all. That the money value
of improved highways is alone suffi
cient to justify the cost of their con
struction, will be confidentially
claimed or raadily admitted by many
farmers, questioned by others, and
denied by not a few.
In view of the financial and many
other advantages of good roads, a ma
jority of the farmers of the state would,
doubtless, favor their construction as
rapidly as practicable under some ef
ficient, economical and equitable sys
tem of highway improvement. But
there is a considerable proportion of
the farmers—doubtless one-fifth and
possibly one-fourth—who have little
knowledge or appreciation of the bene
fits of good roads and who, therefore,
object on account of the great cost of
highway improvement. The farmers
of this class know what they will have
to bear their full share of the burden
of such improvements; they discredit
(not wholly without reason) the state
ments and conclusions of many public
writers as to the losses and gains to
farmers from poor and good roads re
spectively; h&toi'e they view with ap
prehension the general agitation in
favor of improved highways. Ignor
ing or undervaluing the educational
and social advantages, as well as the
comfort and enjoyment of good roads,
or feeling unable to pay the price of
such benefits,' these farmers regard
with distrust and disfavor measures
for highway improvement; and they
are likely to oppose efforts for the bet
terment of our roads unless they can
first bo convinced that good roads will
prove a paying financial investment.
Speaking, therefore, In behalf of those
who for any reason are not influenced
by the higher considerations in favor
of improved highways, I raise the
question. Will it pay the farmers in
dollars and cents to improve their
public roads?
Before attempting to answer this
question, let uo consider in what ways
permanently good roads will prove
financially benofidal to farmers. All
will agree, rTEn* That a good road
will—
1. Economize time and force in
transportation between farm and
market.
2. Enable the farmer to take ad
vantage of market flnetnations in
baying and selling.
8. Permit transportation of farm
products and purchasing commodities
during times of comparative leisure.
4. Reduce the wear and tear on
horses, harness and vehicles.
6. Enhance the market value of
real estate.
But while it is easy to enumerate
the ways in which improved roads
will be financially advantageous to
farmers, it is very difficult to esti
mate, in dollars and cents, the benefits
to accrue therefrom. Distrusting my
own judgment in the premises and
fearing, also, that my opinions would
have little weight with others, I sought
the advice of the farmers themselves.
Letters of inquiry were sent to sixty
of the most intelligent farmers in forty
counties located iu the central and
northern parts of the state. The sub
stance of theag. letters is given here
with:
1. About what proportion of the
public highways in your county are
now good gravel roads?
2. Please estimate the average in
crease (in dollars and cents) in the
selling price per acre of laud through
out the county, as the result of such
gravel roads.
3. If all the public roads in your
county were convirted into improved
highways, how mhch, in your judg
ment, would it increase the average
selling price per acre of laud through
out your county?
4. What would be a fair estimate
of the cost per min of converting our
common dirt roadi as they now exist
into good gravel jroads, provided, of
course, the work i ere to be performed
economically und r some competent,
general supervis »n, and not ham
pered by legal res rictions?
5. Supposing that your county
were divided into 00-acre farms and
that the average d stance of each farm
from market werepve miles, what, iu
your judgment, w
annual cost (in dl
each farmer of ou|
ways?
In answering
please take into
loads, increased t
tear, and loss in
to deliver produc
is best.
Over forty repli|
were received. A
from the differem
{»ad distance from]
is a wide range in
different correspi
the estimates ar
' guesses, while
opinion, held by the ipost intelligent
farmers of the state, as to the cost and
money value of improved highways
and the loss due to poor roads.
The approximate averages for the
forty counties are as follows:
First—The average estimated in
crease in the selling price of land due
to existing improved highways is
SG. 48 per acre. The estimates from
which the average is made refer in
most cases to lands near the improved
roads; but in a few instances they ap
ply to all the lands of the county.
The average increase, therefore, of
$(>.48 per acre is lower than was in
tended for the lauds near the improved
roads.
Second —The estimated average in
crease per acre that would result from
improving all the public roads is $D.
Third—The estimated average cost
of converting thecommon public roads
into improved highways is $1140 per
mile.
Fourth—The estimated average an
nual loss, per 100 acres, from poor
roads is $76.28.
If these estimates are even approxi
mately correct, they furnish a key to
the satisfactory solution of the ques
tion of highway improvement from the
money standpoint. On the basis of
the last mentioned estimate the aver
age annual loss per acre from poor
roads is over 76 cents. In five years
the losses would aggregate $2432 for
every section of land, and this sum
would construct two miles at a cost of
$1226 per mile, which is $70 per mile
above the estimated cost given by the
farmers themselves. The present road
tax which, under existing laws, is
largely thrown away, would, under a
proper system of road maintenance,
doubtless keep improved highways iu
perfect repair.
If the foregoing statements are a
near approach to the truth, it follows
that the losses and expenditures w hich
farmers actually incur on account of
poor roads would also secure porma-
neutly good roads. Can any sane mind
doubt the wisdom of exchanging the
losses, delays, accidents and vexation
of spirt, occasioned by bad roads, for
the comfort and other advantages of
good roads when the cost is the same?
But there is another side to this
question, viz, the increased value of
laudf from highway improvement. As
already stated, this increase is esti
mated by the farmers consulted at $P
per acre. This would enhance the
value of each section of land $5760,
which is more than double the esti
mated cost ($2292) of the two miles of
improved highway, which constitutes
the quota for the section. Just here
the objection may be raised that the
improved roads would not increase the
productive capa< ity of the laud, while
the e ihaneed commercial value would
incieise the taxes. Let us, for the
sake of argument, grant this plausible
but fallacious objection, and then find
what it amounts to. Let us quppose
the increase in appraisement for taxa
tion to be $4 per acre, and the tax rate
1 1-4 per cent. This would mean an
annual increase in taxes of five cents
per acre, or $5 j er hundred acres.
Would not our objector, after enjoy
ing the benefits of good roads, be very
willing to give therefore the extra $5,
if necessary? Would he keep the
money and go back to the thraldom of
mud roads? If so, ho has the option
of selling his farm at an advance, ac
cording to the average estimates of
his brother farmers, that will more
than doubly reimburse him for his ex
penditure on highway improvement;
aud he can then remove to some native
wdld whose quiet waters have not been
“troubled” by the spirit of progress.
I am aware that many intelligent
farmers will not accept the estimates
of their fellow farmers os to the money
value of good roads—many who will
even deny that improved highways
rave any appreciable money value. I
am glad to know, however, that many
of these very same farmers favor good
roads,and would aid in their construc
tion for the same reason that they
would build for themselves com
fortable and even luxurious homes.
In view of the very general recog
nition among farmers of the necessity
and benefits of good roads. I am en
couraged to believe that a very large
iroportion of the farming classes w ill
leartily join with the people of the
cities and towns in an effort to devise,
adopt and put into execution some ef
ficient, economical and equitable sys
tem of highway improvement.
ance, Justice ami all the other virtues
have V~*n represented by statnes of
women. “Did any one ever see the
figure of a man cut In marble to repre
sent a virtue? Can any one name a
virtue that's* not represented by the
figure of a woman? The men have
some good traits, and one predomin
ant one should In? selected and a
heroic figure of a man chiselled out to
represent It. Men look better In art
clothes than women do. anyway.
What is the matter with a men repre
senting Innocence, for instance?”—
Kansas CHv .Journal.
An Overworked Itraln.
From the Record, rierceton, Ind.
Determined to rise In his chosen pro
fession us an educator, Ernest Kemper, of
rierceton, lud., overtaxed himself men
tally and physically. He was ambitious,
his mind was always on his work. From
early morn until late at night he contin
ually pored over his boo ts.
Few persons, even with the strongest
constitutions, ••an keep up uudur such a
strain.
In addition to his studies, Mr. Kemper
was teaching a school some throe miies
from his home. Finally, his excessive study
and the exposure of going to ami from
school iu all kinds of weather undermined
his health.
He was taken to his bed with pneumonia
aud Ills overworked brain almost collapsed.
For several weeks he was seriously 111.
Catarrh had taken root in his system and
his mind was In a delicate condition. He
was sent to Coloradowhere he
spent three months without
xeceivlag
nny benellt.
Thou a not
ed specialist
from Cleve-
,/ land treated
him without avail,
and then a hospi
tal in Chicago wus
tried, but all abso
lutely without
benefit. Finally
his physician re
commended Dr.
Williams’ Pink
Ovcratudi/. Pills for Pale Peo
ple and from the first box he began to Im
prove. When he had taken nine boxes he
was completely cured. This famous blood
und nerve medicine had accomplished what
all his former expensive treatment failed
to accomplish. Mr. Kemper says his ca
tarrh has entirely left him; he is strong
again aud weighs nine pounds more than
he ever did. He gives the pills the entire
credit. He is starting teaching again and
feels abundantly able to continue the
work. To prove that the above Is true la
evefy respect, Mr. Kemper made an afll-
dn git ns follows:
, gwhsertbed and sworn to before me this
the loth day of September, 1HU7.
11. P. Watt. Rotary ruhhe.
We doubt If these pills have •« equal I
all the range of medtolne, for budding up a
run down and debilitated system.
The French onght to read the American
papers on General Miles.
I'rayer ami ITol iiilt*
are ail right In their proper places, but If too
have Tetter Or Enema, or 8alt-R!i«um. or lilug-
wotm, tiett-r aave your breath aud buy ••Totter-
Ine.” 50 cents a box at dm* storeo, or by mall
irom J. T. Bhuptrlne, Savannah. Ge.
poker
Tho long nights in Alaska gives the
player a good show.
B. B. B. Has Stood the Test.
For CO years. It’s a sure cure for Rheumatism,
Catarrh and Scrofula, tl.ou per large bottle, il
for tXAO.at druggists, or lent for price, express
paid, by lllood Haim Co., Atlanta,Ca. IHook*
of wonderful tures -ent iroe.
Hpaln doubtless wishes that Columbus had
never disoovei ed America.
The Asheville Dally (iazette
Is the leading newspaper of Western North
('arollns. Terms: a year or cents a
month. Complete telegraph service. All the
news of the Sitte and e-peeially of the moun-
tdn region. Weekly edition on trial gScenU
for three months.
Tho Ohio Bmmtorial investigation appears
to have melted on the sidewalk
Lund utid » Living
A’e best and cheapest in tho New Fouth.
Land $3 to $o per acre. Easy Terms. Good
schools and churches. No blizzards. No
co'd waves. New Illustrated paper, “Land
and a Living,” S mont'is, for 10 cents, in
►timps. W. C. KtXEAitso.v. G. P. A., Queen
k Crescent Route, Cincinnati.
Koroe men without any monevgivo employ
ment to a groat irany—bill collectors.
To t ure u Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Brom i CJnln ns Tablets. AH
Druggists refund money if It falls to cure. 2&0.
When a political boom Is launched It fre
quently comes home to roost in the shape of
n boomerang.
Oh, What (Splendid Codec.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes}
“From one package Salzer’s German Colteo
Derry, costing iSc . I grew 600 Ibe. of better
coffee than I can buy lu stores at 30 cents a
lb." a. c H
A package of this coffee and big seed aud
plant catalogue la sent you by John A.
Kalzer Heed Cc.. La Cross, Wls.. upon re
ceipt of 16 cents stamps and this uotle«\
Id be the average
lai's and cents) to
unimproved high-
e fifth question
ount the reduced
ie, extra wear and
,les from inability
when the market
to these queries
ould be expected,
in sqil, surface
vel beds, there
e estimates of the
dents. Many of
necessarily mere
s are based on
The Music of War.
The music of war may be traced as
far back into the past as war can itself.
Military music, properly so-called, be
gan to be organized by Louis XIII,
but it is from the French revolution
that the true beginning of heroic
music dates. The French conserva
tory was formed by a captain of the
National Guard who was also a musi
cian, named Sergrette. His little
orchestra first taught the “Mar-
sellaise” to the troops, who in tarn
tanght it to the world. Of all national
songs, the “Marsellaise” is the most
heroic. This lies in its rhythm, which
is of a marked peculiarity, starting as
it does with an upward beat. All the
impulse of the composition consists
in its peculiarly accented measures.
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After six years’ suffering I was cured by
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