Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Charleston, S. C. A COLLEGE AS AN ASSET. Purely Commercial Value of a College to a Community-Site for the Presbyterian College. A number of communities in the " -State are now considering questions .such as these: What shall we do to .secure the location among us of the Presbyterian College of South Caroli? na? How far can we wisely go in potting our means into a site and -plant for such an institution? How ?re we going to get our money back? These are fair questions. They are important questions-important for . the community, and equally so for Ste college. The community has no Money to "put into a hole," as we ?ay. And, as l.tr'the college, in pro? portion as the people of a community recognize * its real value--even from tte commercial view point-just in "that proportion will they be willing to ?ive liberally to put it upon an ef? fective footing; for they will perceive that its dividendtearning power, if 1 may use such an expression, will de " .pend fergely upon the adequacy of its ^anaterial equipment, its plant, as we ! ?all it. Let me, then, ask the people j of those communities now wrestling I "with the problem of getting into shape a proposition for the location .of our college to consider the value ct a college merely as a commercial -asset. It is worth remarking, first of all, Stat there will be more danger of un? derrating than ot> overrating the mon? ey value of a college to a community. Vost people think of a college, as anything but a money-earning insti? llation. It never declares a dividend. Whatever comes in is consumed -either in current expenses or in im :pro\ing the plant Where then, is ?ere *any money in it" for a com? munity? Let us say frankly and at ?mee that, for those irving outside the -community in which the institution is -situated there is "money in it." If such " persons are not broad-minded enough ~"~ "ate see that there are other and more 'valuable returns than money divi ?fends to be had from a right invest r anent of their means, then it will be - . idle to expect them to give to the col -Sege. But it is wholly different in th* ?ase of those who themselves reside 1 SR the city or town having a college. STSiey get a fair money return, direct ^.r indirect, not only upon what they themselves put into the institution, upon all the money that the peo outside of the community give out ~ ?ff band to it. Another general remark is worth ~ wanaking. It is this: Let any one ask 'the people of Spartanburg whether "%K -not Wofford college has proved a .valuable investment for that wide make city; or the people of Green wffie as to whether Furman Univer is a negligible quantity in .its .merdai life; or the people of Due "West a similar question regarding the Xatheran college or Erkskine and see ?hat the answer will be. Indeed, one ^as only to visit these prosperous ^.'aces as the writer has done, to be convinced by his own eyes and ears JBtat a good college is a highly valua ~ftie commercial asset to any commu But let us be specific. I shall note -first of all some of what may be call? ed the indirect money returns made "hy a college to the city or town in ?Weh it is located. Its presence tends to draw to the .community a peculiarly valuable class of residents-namely, persons of intelligence and means. These people must either buy and build, or Tent. In either case their presence -tends to appreciate the value of prop? erty, especially in the immediate vi cmity of the college. Further, these new comers must live. This means -that they must go into business in the community. It means also that they -must spend money for the support of 'their iamiliis. One has only to visit ?iaMaBM'MB'MM'MMMMM*'' i -_ Security Life & Annuity Co. Mutual, Leg'eJ Reserve. HOME OFFICE. GREENSBORO, N, C. li. Guaranty Capital, $100,000.00. If Deposited With the Insurance Gommissioner of North Carolina. The SECURITY LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY has made a SPLENDID RECORD in North Cafolina, its Home State. Owing to the distinct advantages in higher interest rates in the South and economy in management the Com? pany is able to make a great saving for its policy-holders. The people show their appreciation of these advantages by buying its policies. The Company is selling more insurance in its Home State than any other company. It has sold over $2,000,000.00 of paid-for business in North Carolina since January 1st. We are in this State to do business. We have the most ATTRACTIVE POLICIES ever offered to the people of South Carolina, and we are going to sell them. The management is going to make THE SECURITY LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY the Home Company for South Carolina by investing and lending in South Carolina all the premiums collected on policies written in this State. THIS KEEPS YOUR MONEY AT HOME. Every policy issued, is REGISTERED with the INSURANCE COMMISSIONER of North Carolina, and bears the following certificates : / % STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 3 ^ INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. 3 ? ' Raleigh* .._.19 3 This policy is r< glstered and secured by pledge of bonds, stocks or ^ gE securities deposit .-a with this Department as provided by law. ^ ? (Signed) JAMES R. TOUNG, % E Insurance Commissioner. 2 This makes it as safe as a State bond. We want you as a policy-holder, and ask yor hearty co-operation in building up one of the strongest, most eco? nomical and conservati ve Life Insurance Companies in the country, and in keeping at home the millions of dollars that are sent our of this State annually to the north and west for life insurance. ?a We want men of character and ability to represent us. For further information write to UPSHUR & STOKES, General Agents, Sumter, S. C. Office, No 11% W. Liberty Street, opposite Postoffice Rock Hill and look over the parts of it that has grown up since Winthrop was established, to have occular de? monstration of the truth and the sig? nificance of the propositions. Again, ^"money saved is money made." Hence for families that have sons to educate, the presence of a well equipped college at their very doors has a distinct money value. The foregoing statement only im? perfectly represents the indirect money returns made by a college' to the community where it is situated. It will, however, at least serve to start reflection. Let us next consider what in the way of direct money returns a com? munity maj expect from a college. We will suppose that the institution t has an attendance of say 125. Of this number on an average 50, let us sup? pose, are from the community it? self, and the remaining 75 from a dis? tance. Then, if we take the charges of tunition, etc., prevailing at Fur man University as our basis of calcu? lations, we get the following results: 1. College fees of 125 students aggregating $90 per capita.$11,250 2. Board 75 non-resident stu? dents at $85 per capita_ 6,375 3. Board 50 resident students -at $45 per capita. 2,250 4. Clothing and other expenses of 75 non-resident students at $100 per capita. 7,500 5. Clothing, etc., of 50 resident students at $60 per capita. 3,000 6. Six per cent, interfest on $50,000 endowment. 3,000 Total $33,375 I It is easy to see that $33,375 means 6 per cent, on over $550,000. Further, I as the endowment of the college j grows and Its student body enlarges these money returns will steadily in? crease. If the above figures are approxi? mately correct it is obvious that even from a purely commercial view a col? lege is a good investment for any community. The people who are ^unwilling to lay out from $60,000 to ,$.75,000 or $100,000 to get back from year to year from $30,000 to $50,000 may be penny wise, but are certainly pound folish. The beauty of an investment made in a college is that the pecuniary ben? efits resulting from it do not accrue to any single class of people in the com? munity but are distributed among thc body of citizens as a whole-from the washerwoman who does the students' laundry to the bank that holds on de? posit the investment of the college. Every man with a boy to educate, a piece of property to sell, a house to rent, every butcher, broker, merchant and finally every taxpayer in the com muity comes in for a share in the money which the college distributes in the community. A word in conclusion. It is this. The community that devises liberal things in providing a site and plant for the Presbyterian College of South Carolina is simply providing well for its own interest. If a college is worth having at all, it must be a college sufficiently well equipped to attract patronage. The better its equipment, the better its patronage. The better the patronage, the bigger the money returns to the community. Let the wide-awake , prosperous I towns that contemplate submitting i i propositions to the committee of j which the writer has the honor of be- j ing chairman see to it that they do not submit a proposition so out of propor? tion to the value of the institution they are seeking to obtain as to sug? gest that they are eitther not so wide? awake or else not so prosperous as they are reputed to be. W. M. McPheteers. September 4, 1905. THREE JURORS CURED Of Cholera Morbus With One Small Bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. ?Mr. G. W. Fowler, of Hightower, Ala., relates an experience he had while serving on a petit jury in a murder case at Edwardsville, county seat of Clebourne county. Ala. He says: "While there I ate some fresh meat and it gave me cholera mor? bus in a very severe form. I was never more sick in my life and sent to the drug store for a certain chol? era mixture, but the druggist sent me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in? stead, saying that he had what I sent for, but that this medicine was so much better he would rather send it to me in the fix I was in. I took one J dose of it and was better in five min- J utes. The second dose cured me en- j tirely. Two fellow-jurors were \ afflicted in the same manner and one small bottle cured the three of us. > For sale by all druggists. Cause of Insomnia. ?Indigestion nearly always disturb; the sleep more or less and is ofter the eause of insomnia. Many case: have been permanently cured bj Chamberlain's Stomach and Live: Tablets. For sale by all druggists. mm ? ? ? - mm Burney Thames, of Wedgefield, has been awarded a scholarship in the College of Charleston. Cured of Lame Back After Fifteen Years of Suffering. ?"I had been troubled with lame back for 15 years and I found a com? plete recovery in the use of Cham? berlain's Pain Balm," says John G. Bisher, Gillam, Ind. This liniment is also without an equal for sprains and bruises. It is for sale by all drug? gists. Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. For many years it has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re? peated attacks of Indigestion inflames the mucous membranes lining the stomach and exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus? ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of the juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure relieves ali inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a sense of fullness after eating, indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet Bottles only. Regular sire. $ 1.00. holding 2% time? the trial sire, which sells for 50 cents. Prcp&rtd by E. C. 0?WITT * CO., Chicago, UL For Sale by all Druggists. Bishop A. Coke Smith, who has heen seriously ill at Asheville, N. C., has improved so much that he is able to be out on the streets again. It is now thought that he will fully regain his health. DEALERS IN ESS, SADDLES, LIP RODES AND WHIPS. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. ll East Liberty Street. May 17-M. v DR. J. H. unSIHP-: DENTIST. 105? N". Main Street, over Knight's Book Store. Hours 8 to 2.30 ; 3.30 to 6. Phone 210.