Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-40 ?I?,... .? -. ? -40 Moore Woods'1 - rh "rn-"'^hi _. FRIDAY, January 10:00 A. M., Rain or Shine MUSIC BY F?N? BRASS BAND B ::f " ' FREE ! lififil IHM BM* GoW und S,! y/er and Itt Valuable . Ti un H Jij'i, 1 OWN YOUR OWN HOME 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 ??lton, is now being subdivided arid; developed in a high class manner, and has been consigned to us to be sold to the nighest bidder ABSOLUTE LY REGARDLESS OF PRICE. Real estate is the root of riches-the safest investment one can make it won't;burn up, can't bl?w away, thieve can't break in at night and steal uVand.it IS BOUND TO ?ISCREASE IN VALUE. The population of South Carolina is.increasing rapidly every day, but there is not any more real estate being made. But what we wish to call your attention to is: That Belton,. South Carolina's Bright Spot, is the best town of its size in the state; That Belton's population is increasing faster .1 han homes can be provi ded for the increase; That Belton real estate4s increasing,in value by leaps and bounds; Thai each arid every lot we offer will be sold to the highest bidder, l?BSOLUTELV REGARDLESS ?F PRICE.. property\ squated ?as,it is^ ori the electsfict line rW#-?he heart ^towri? is ife?un'd to increasei ni^alue; %%- I .. r That within the next 1? months, "Moore Woodi lany handsome, bornes ; : I hat we want y?? to be ?heof th? fortunate ow WOODS; That each and every lot we sell is studded with i it would take 30 years to grow; y That those who stand quiet and seethe other fel lots five years from now will be .crying^that old, old i bought Real Estate in Moore Woods.see what I'd be > WATCH BELTON GROW! wut wm yuU ? tit nu 4 nu wiiitu mo uui.c?? rei^w Get in on the ground floor and reap some of the harves to the wise investor. MEET US AT THE GRAND AUCTION SALE, 23^0fpo a. rn: an^hear Cpl. J. E. Ti Bowden, the Fat at tHeSa|?pf % a* pi^&^>'ty:Q ??^tut??at .we have a pr? every-man's consideration. corrui oprrpc t?nx> TUT I AH? The United Real SOSAmericanTrust Bufldins.'Sirr % T, WALLACE, . General Mana?e? WALLACE, r.,F Ad\iei?tis<ng: Manager . . . * * 'i ? W? Si : M**rr*jtv* vit ? BELTON CAlomv UlDDl?fll i niiiifiA imnnidur POLICY OF .50 The Now Pr?sident, In Hu First Pu Beautiful Tribute to the Dead, T Groat Road and Pledge tho So .The Southern railway Includes! 10.000 nines of . railroad on which 59,000, officers and employees perform ' public services, in return for whien more than 100 millions of annual! revenue is collected. These are big figures and, in al country in which there has always been a pride in bis things, in which every community has been wont to' boas* of that which it has which, ls tho biggest, such n big thing as the] Southern Railway 8ystera should bo. and I believe ls a source of pride to the South, but exactly in proportion a it is a big also in its public service and faithful in its public trust The administration of such a vast machine, affecting, as it does, the comfort and well being of the people of a large' territory, is therefore Itself a large'public .service. The tune bas passed w?on it might be exploited ffcr merely .private and selfish ends. The lawyers used to tell us that a railroad was a quasi public institution but today-.' happily, lt .might better be ds?ribed as a quasi private, institution It ls private still in the ORPortnnl?y lt presents for tho exercise of individ ual r intatlve. .. ad oompetive s?rvico but in practically every other sento it is now recognized that it. ls publi?. It is a matter of sincero regret to. every railroad manager that railroad securities afc not more generally he'd directly and, immediately. In the communities whick the railroad ?erve. The lack of such holding deprives him of a powerful and sympathetic ally in the relation of public opinion to (his problems. The time was when, the railroad . etpeks were owned immediately at home, and by the peo ple who were most influential In shaping public opinion, but today, while railroad stocks are generally hold by the same kind of people-by those who . through- the exercise of prudence^ industry and courage ba>u laid- by ft- cqmp-iience, :ond by thc wotoen and' ch?deen for whom they worked-rr-isuph investors.now do not as a class resale inj .-.tbe.ternVtortos in which they have ./nade their invest monta. . ir;-- i . The ejcplansiHemof rliis phenomenon -so 'weHk'imowa ttrTin. ail. but still a> piienoui{ju(JT>-ii.'pan. ?T c'uo Hua ti dal history, off th o'United ?tates, but the fact has given -rise -to a feeling among many of those who oise roads daily and como into immediate con tact with their managements, that the railroad' belong to some mys terious, remote and foreign power, tb irresponsible potentates, who bear, in popular imagination the generic nemo of "Wall Street." Y.'e read in mig?tinej? and rews papers of tho romantic lives attributed to a few individuals who are sup posed to "control" the des* hies rf whole communities by possession and exploitation of the instruments uprn which such communities defcad t*r tbero necessary transporta^n, who "fix" ratee and arbitrarily dptermi'jo conditions of eervtce and sp ''tax" the .people they ought to serve, withdraw. tog" money earned in tho sweat of tee brow from rim communities. when? ii la earned in the. sweat of ,$e brow from the communities in oxtravagont follies - . ^ _.Such a.YUM?J^' *?$**??? De' Vi< cati niiTiiurn uu i un co ITI Ul alic Utterance, After . Paying elb of the Personality of Hw ? it to tb? People of ' nth sense the Southern Rnllroau belongs the people of tho South. It is not onl> their highway to market, but its fiscal operations are part of the life of tte communities 'along Its Unes. At some risk of. trespas upon your attention, I venture to support this claim with a brier argument from statistics. They record a condition which is astonishing and I confess ar.tonistu.-d me when I saw how far they go ulong thc lines of a tendency which I knew to obtain. Of one hun dred and three millions of annual revenuo colocted last year by the railways included in the Southern Railway System, there was immedia tely paid Out' again mung its line at least seventy six millions, an amount not far ?hort of the total colected from..Ute people of the South; for approximately twenty two millions of the 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 part ' of tho passenger traffic of the system consists of the transportation of residents of other localities traveling in the South, and furthermore, that to a largo extent freight charges on Southern products shipped to other localities arc paid by the consignees, What Becomes of thc Revenue. What then becomes, of these great revenues collected in the South? Are they h ur ri i;d- away to some ca vern in Wall street? No. The fact ts that all the moneys collected in the . South aro deposited in Southern banks I .which drawn upon from time to time only as funds are needed for proper fiscal purposes. The funds ot the system thus become an important factor in strengthening the banks ot tho territory, and so/are at all times at the service of the Southern people I -....1.1 ?UM* .IMU.? *-? - withdrawn from Southern banka from time to time only as needed for proper flsccl purposes, but even in that operation, to a large extent, tho moneys collected for transportation service on our linea, are not with drawn at al from the Southern communities in whteh they ? ar i col-j Kided This can be demonstrated by) v ; i .-.y?if>v or io t'i.ern iro?ina/ .?.rpisod'.tnrcs for XV.- last ?scat-year j Such analysis shows that, of every! dollar disbursed. 41.71 cents went to j the payment of wages, substantially all of which aro paid along the Ima of the road, and ad remain in the Southern banks, a disbursement which for the Southern Railway proper, averages about two million dollars a month. The purchase of mat?riels and supplies used 20.30 cents, and under our policy of buying aa far as practicable from Southern people 1?.12 ccntB of thiB wa* ex pended in tho~Bouth and only 4.18 cents in other loc*lit?e,s. Miscollanous! operating expenses required 6.00 j cents all spent in the South. Taxes id in thc ; f.outh required 3.6& cents. Interest, rentals 'and othor miscellaneous* payments accounted for 20,83 ce?tB and the holders of tho Company's preferrod ?tock received 4.42 cents. It ls Unfortunately. Un practicable to determine th? propor tion cf' interest and dividends paid to Southern owners of. Southern-railway Irit?e*. I wish it VraS all paid to ibero people: but leaving these Thirty act's rield of Cotton ? ,NV8 Fertilisers Mr. Toll ison i pr dealer for our goods and ?cp?l A better Fertiliser wtil^rodv ?I J>?j?il??fc ut Jw?T OV? COuiTty tu jidgess & Rugsdale, JPelr*r. anett Mercantile Ca? gsa?*. F .Cox, ?reenvltli*. ' 4 k thMby pthor dealers in Andsrsoi tentative at Anderson, Mr, R, ?*. S roted to the Upbuill inity, and as a Mern ng News and Adv J * / i t ? M entirely out of account, it has aeennl timi lat u-a?t <v.i>Y cents out or every ? dolar expended by tho :-'cu*henil Hallway remains In or 1B brought intel the South. It may be added that these figures I do not take account of expenditures fl for additions and betterments amount- fl lng last year to three millions andi a half and lu ton, years to twenty I seven millions of which tin.? major fl part, expended on roadway audi structures, was practically ell paid I out along the lino, ot the road. Wo I may then take?ll gs established, that fl what the Southern people pay the I Southern lines , Holt transportation I remains in of ts brought Into the! South. Additions and Betterments. It may be added that Utero figuras fl do not tuku uocouut of expenditures B for additions and betterments amount*I lng luBt year three milllonH r nd a half I and in ten years to twenty seven I millions of whloh the major part, expended on roadway and structures was practically aU paid out elong th line of the road. We may then take lt as established that whet the South ern people pay the Southern railway for transportation remains a part of the working capital of the Southern people; but it is Interesting to pursue tbe thought a step further to a relization of wihat these distursements by the Southern Railway in the South moan in tho life and growth of tho "Southern people. ' Of tho total of seventy Bbc millions paid out along the Southern Railway linea last'year approximately forty three million dollars went to the anny of 59,000 employees, and thus, on the conven/ I donal baals of five to a ' family, I directly supported about 295.000 I Southern people, or about six and lone half'times the "population of I Chattanooga at the date of tbe ?Bt I census. I have spoken 'of our / preferred r.tockholders. but the real preferred ctor.kholders of the Southern railway System, in tho matter of priority of claim, are the. political governments of the States " counties, and cities along Hs lines. Their claim upon railroad . revenues comea ahead even I of that of employees and they work I $3,7<VJ,704.39 in the last fiscal yearv lt I is Itu rd to grasp the significance of I figure.? ns large aa thia; , what our I tax payments really mean to .tba : i-ommuni?es along bur ?lhea cad be I better understood by an Illustrative j analysis of our payments oa.account I of school taxes and road and brides I taxes in tho .Southern States. Itj ? i. ' i ~, o vi r BC??GOi, cr ??* ?vc. u?v w4 { twenty eight hundred dollars for I each county traversed by cur lino*. I At tbe average annual conpenaation I of school teachers in the Southern I States as reported by the .United States Bureau of Education.. thia would'moro than pay. for ten. teaches* in each county. It representa tf$* out of every $100 of school taxes paid in these oiaitxi and uuivitu?? w fifteen.dollars for each school building in tho States traversed by oar lines. Every dollar paid to tho Southern Railway for transportation charges thua Includes a substantial conirlbu tlon to the maintenance of tho system of public oducatlca lu the South. Payments by the Southern Railway directly assessed for public ronda bridges amounted to fU.96d.G3, or an average of $1,071.31 for each county along our linc-. . Every dejijx ?r*d to thc Southern Railway for trans portation charges thus includes also a substantial ^contribution to tho maintenance of gie publie.highways of the. South and ls an indirect but none the leis real public support of System' in the same year , of taxes ibo progressive' movement for good and better rogda. I haws.referred Uv. the impractica bility of dete?nlnfng "tho amounts of interest and dividends paid so holders ot securities living along U.c Hue of thp road.; We know.' 'howevor, that a large /percentage ,oj^ our , 4?pul' v';.n have a very real though ir.J!viet personal interest In these accus?es i 1 nwr"!ITTB?' aaaaaa TlMiT i a I ai n i ? ? ;>t a aoubatltute, ba a'b?kter crop. "UM?VBRANDS" joli ?iijrcriu? "t?'/y y u V Ul ijioiiiu?! L.V.. : . ,)iV. **a** ?i ? . Hampton Wavcnutilc CM^jrtefattaL ' <f. TU Pouthft- ftsp-iy Spring*? rt. Greenville and Pickcna counties. B^o tur risa o* address UNION GUANO ?QK See the val uable pres ents to be ?M given away at the auc tion sale in " FRIERSON'S window. ?.rr I x S?* ev^n though' they amy :?^f?T?iav? see* ' . a railroad bond or ?tock carttfieat*; There, aro a few iamlUfee in . tlss* South who do not hold an insuraasi* policy or Bom? ?ort; either to tts surance on lite or against the t?ik, of fire. Thorn are few famtl?ernPwOr Bouth who do not hold an taawfeftfitf '. notley - cf some sort ; either ' assurance on life or against thCftt* ' ?' of ( fire. Tho Invested fuuta of tia, groat- insurance companto?'?^/*?li?H^ fore, matter of vital coa**m*' tttftMC ? ? Snutknrn furnia, ona in. IO?M m*?iiiw aro their own assets held to ttn^irH^ their benefit. Wc ?nd ttt?;<ha 4rt? ? insurance companies report thain holding of securities of the,Southern. Halfway System, including termina) bonds on which the Southern ia ft' joint guarantor, aggregating sxorqt than eighty million dollars. Belongs to th* ?eopla. \ assert with ?oaftdaac? t??t ine facts to which I have called rear: ..cition ar? full warrant for~ Uta ' cija *hat la a rory rcal-stass soutuern Runway belongs iojfinrassi people of the South ; so much eo that i ito annual reporta might '?t?t? properly be addressed "To the faopl^ of the South" to advise you t? I tfcsj, j toteroats^r we' r are mostly Southern those who were not born lt; hare been here long ?aowp^H| como identified with our our pecularltlea, our responfMbtfAMI and our inspirations as a people; thai talk the eame language as ^tha^neop!g ol'tho South. I look forward to tn* time when there may be mora Southern men sitting ott oui-war*^ Directors, where 1 know that 4tiffi Vi Ul uS T5"o*COa*iv. As an organisation then thsL8friitk? (Continued cn fourth peg?.; GOOD, COM? AG?IW. - ' txmle Billson of Belton -?tHntr-te? The intelligencer: "Wc finished up the seventh grajBH Arithmetic Friday. Our teacher J^^B wc might send our report to IL derson Intelligencer.- i lu: mers v*stag < thesis ^fttoils^^^Bfe are demonstrated to ?a?ay of. tbs |$r. . ii* ih" maa who uas* tat? Belton H>rw?l* l>? Bedsit. t further information step* our .r?t* F ANY, Wlastt>u-&?lata, ?i.