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THE FORT HILL TIHES.; Democratic ? Published Thursdays. B. W. BRADFORD - - Editor and Proprietor bDescription Rates: On* Year ?1.26 Six Months ................. .66 Ths Times invites contributions on live subjects Bat does not sirree to publish more than 200 words n any subject. The rifrht is reserved to edit VSrjr communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. Telephone, local and loner distance. No. 112. Entered at the postofllce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as mail matter of the second clnss. THURSDAY. JULY 31. 1913. i The Effect of Good Roads. The direct effect that changing bad roads into pood roads has upon land values and the general economic wellfare of a community is shown in several concrete illustrations gathered by the national department of agriculture. The department has just issued a statement on the subject, based Upon the mass of information gathered by the office of public roads, which is making a special study of the economic effect of road improvement in the country. According to datfj gathered where good roads reulnce bad ones, the value of farm lands j bordering on the roads increase to such an extent that the cost of road improvement is equalized, if not exceeded. The general land values, as well as farm values, showed marked advances. following t.he improvement of roads. Among the illustrations cited by the department are the following; In Lee county. Virginia, a farmer owned 100 acres between Ben Hurr and Jonesville which he offered to sell for $1,800. Ip 1908 this road was improved and, although the farmer opposed the improvement, he has since refused $3,000 for his farm. Along this same road a tract of 188 acres was supposed to have been sold for $6,000. The pur- j chaser refused the contract, however, and the owner threatened to sue him. After the road improvement, and without any improvement to the land, the same farm was sold to the original purchaser for $9,000. In Jackson county, Alabama, the peoDle voted a bond issue of $250,000 for road improvement and improved 24 per cent, of the the roads. The census of 1900 gave the value of all farm lands in Jackson county at $4.90 per acre. The selling value at that time was $0 to $15 per acre. The census of 1910 places the value of all farm lands in Jack son county at $9.79 per acre and the selling price is now $15 to $25. Actual figures of increased value following road improvement are shown. As the roads in no way effect soil fertility or quality of the farm, advances are due essentially to the decrease in the cost of hauling produce to market or shipping point. Farms an; now regarded as plants for the business of farming, and any reduction in their profits through unnecessarily heavy costs for hauling on bad roads naturally reduces their capitalization in values. With reduced costs for hauling, profits are increased; with the result that the farm plant shows satisfactory earnings on a higher capital value. The automobile also has begun to be an imuortant factor in in creasing rural values where good roads are introduced. Immigration is particularly marked where road conditions are favorable; in fact, the figures of the department seem to indicate that good roads indirectly increase the demand for rural property; and the price of farm land, like that of any commodity, is ruled by the relations between demand and supply. We presume there never4 was a newspaper in any locality that j^ave all the local happenings. It is often that someone comes or goes about which the reporter does not know. It happens that the family is missed several times. They get the impression that the editor does not care tc mention them. This is a mistake. In most country towns the local work is the hardest work connected with a newspaper. A man may be a good editorial writer, but a flat failure in the local work, and vice versa. Editorial material is obtained by study, by reading newspapers, sometimes by using the scissors. Personals and local happenings can't be read and clipped from other newspapers, not by a jugful. It takes physical as well as mental exertion to get out four to six columns of local matter in a town the size of Fort Mill. Most people take a local paper to get the local happenings. Don't be afraid to tell the editor or reporter that you have friends visiting you. There are lots of people who are interested in your friends. You owe it as a duty to them to let your friends know of their doings. Perhaps you think the paper shows partiality, but just see if the paper doesn't treat you right it you give it a chance. Mowing the road side is compulsory in some States, but the law that makes it is so seldom enforced. A man ought to have pride enough in his surroundings to keep the weeds down without a law that tells him to do so. Of course times may be close and the outlook discouraging, but a country that spends over $300,000,000 in attendance upon moving picture shows isn't on the verge of bankruptcy. The Supreme Court has ruled that pedestrians have the same right at crossings as automobiles, but the difficulty is to induce seven passenger cars to stop and argue the matter. ? | Last C I Summ ^ Everything that looks I go, regardless of cost or v Lots of Dress Goods, Come early and get y L. J. IN E3I Ell IE=3F= At Red Rac This I A pretty line of Ladies' C A beautiful line of Embrt different colors. Some Embroidered Silk E A line of Ladies' Skirts tl An elegant line of Import Come and see them. Red Rac Fort A r=ii =" ii i - t-w-. ? , . ' *' ;>s / *?* v>- '' n HELP WIN TH Best Medicine for Colds. When a druggist recommends a remedy for colds, tnroat and lung troubles, you can feel sure that he knows what \ he is talking about. C. Lower, Drug, gist, of Marion, Ohio, writes of l)r. Ring's New Discovery: "I know Dr. King's New Discovery is the best i throat and lung medicine I sell. It cured my wife of a severe bronchial I cold after all other remedies failed." It will do the same for you if you are suffering with a cold or any bronchial throat or lung cough. Keep a bottle , on hand all the time for everyone in the family to use. It is a home doctor . Price 50 and $1.00. Guaranteed by Fort Mill Drug Co., Massey's Drug Store and Ardrey's Drug Store. [ (Advertisement.) ONE CENT A WORD MINIMUM CHARGE. 25C. WANTED ?Some of your butter, more of your eggs a <d all of your young chickens. L. A HARRIS & Co. FOR SALE?A auantity of dry Oak and Hickory Wood at UOcts per cord, 8 to 10 foot length; also quantity of White Oak, Red Oak and Poplar tree tops, green, that will make good two foot wood at ROcts per cord. W A TP WO Air K'aoa* Osmond Barber, Prop. School Tax Election. Notice is hereby given that an elec1 tion will be held at the school house in | South Fort Mill, School District No. 4, | York County, on Friday, August 8th. ' 1913, for the purpose of determining j whether a tax of two (2) mill* on the | Hollar sha'l be levied for school pur, poses in said district. The trustees will act as managers I and the polls will open at 7 o'clock a. ! m. and close at 4 o clock p. m. B. F. MASS FY, J. F. LFF. BOYCE BENNETT, ! Trustees School District No. 4, York County. Notice. AP land owner*, or their airents, in [York county are herebv notified to reI move from the running streams of J water upon their lauds all Trash, Rafts ! and Timber during the month of AugI ust. Any landowner neglecting to attend ! to this matter during the month of ! Aug .st, 19lo, will have to pay the exj pense of cleaning nut his streams', and I this t xpenae is made a first lien on his land in preference, to all other liens, i except debts due the State. THOS. W. BOYD. Supervisor York County, S. C. To The Public. We offer the service of two Registered Jersey Bulls, fee ?1 in advance. Aiso offer the service of Berkshire Boar. L. A. HARRIS & CO. >?*? ( LM'? ?S THE OKLY cemuVnI fi arucA SALVE KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS ! The Pills That Dc Cure. all For I er Goods 1 like Summer Goods must I alue. ? Hats, Etc., at half price. N our share of the bargains. ? /lassey. I Igi Ell II lEi the ket Store Week. 'oat Suits at closin^-out prices. W >idered Coat Suit Patterns in fet for Pretty Dresses, tiat are pretty. ;ed Dress Goods. ket Store, Ml, S. 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