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PI RJ IC lto\l?s. ?rtr BrnHIcliiI LVMSfct und How In Vit 'in I Ii. in By Hr. Joseph ITatt, State Geologist ?>f North Carolina. (Continued.) Another advantage that lmpro\ed road* will give to a community Is that farmers* will be able to take ad? vantage of market fluctuations In buying and selling; and to take ad? vantage of nny demand that may arise for any eg their product*. An up-countrv town needed fruits and vegetable* It supply its market. which wus bare, and such stuff was selling at a high price. Farmers living within only a few miles of this town hsd apples, potatoes, cabbage, etc.. which w?ue spoiling on their hands and they were greatly in need of all the money they could get for these products. And yet; It was Just about as hard for the farmers to car? ry their goods to market over the boggy clay hills as It would have been across a wide river with nothing but a little birch bark canoe to cross In. Who suffers In this case? The consumer suffers Just as badly, as the farmer. Roth have to pay the penalty for the bad roads. This is not the only instance in which both lose; it Is so nearly every year. A few years ago a cotton grower held his cotton for a predicted ad? vance in price. He was .instilled in doing this as cotton went to twelve cents but the cotton grower was un? able to take advantage of this good price as he was unable to haul his cotton to market on account of the muddy condition of the roads and he was not over five miles from town. What he lost would have been suffi? cient to have paid not only his roao tax but all his taxes for many years. There is a third practical resvnt from good roads. regarding whl h moat of our people have paid but llv tle or no attention, and that is the saving In the wear and tear on horses, harnesn. and vehicles, and the saving In time of both men and horses, which is lost on account of poor work. One who has not esti? mated the cost to our farmers In the repairs to harness iml vehicles, due to hen\v. rough, and muddy roads will be surprised at the enormous sum to which this amounts. Little thought Is given to how many days In the year we have to leave our horeee and mules standing in the stables on nt of bad roads. Tie following estimates regarding this less In North Carolina has been made by the Geological Survey of North Carolina, * Lops on account of the cost of feeding, and loss of time by the 131. eeo country horses and mules dur? ing four weeks of impassable roads. e?r.?.fl.fiOO.OOO Loss, on account of bad roads, of the time and expense of mainten? ance of 210.000 coun'ry horses' ard mules; 105,000 wagons and horsei?, snd wages of 105,000 logmsters, dur? ing one month.|3,948,00'> Loss, on account of bad roads .of the ?ervteea and expense of feeding 25.0???? town horses, and ser\u es gl 12.50?? teamsters, and wear and teat on 12.500 wagons and harness, all of which could be saved by having good lo.ids and streets.. .. $ l 10,000 Total.$10.519,00 These estim ites were made some years ago and the i?.ss now Is tin douMedly at least II l,00t?.0o0 paT yesr. Th. aggregate of these Several Item* Ki\e* ;, _;rand total o?' over ten million do tars, Which sum the peo? ple of the State of North Carolina lose annual!;, on account of bad roads, and which sum might be saved an nuu!l> to the State by a system ??f int? er d roads These estimates will apply Just as man n to any other southern State. * Wi?h the graded roads ther* Is no ?over-stralnlng of horses, there Is a minimum amount of wear and tear on harness ami wagon, and there is no day in the year but that the roads can be traveled. The fourth benefit which ??ur ru? ral communities will derive from im? proved public road:, is in regard to education. This advantage that the people ol a county win derive from goad roads cannot I too strongly emphasised. Every filr-minded man desires to give his children and the Children of his gotghl.rs sotisr advantages than he himself snjoysd And where ver g.I ioo|h in .ke it p..- it is MOW entirely feasible to substitute for a little ho.dhouse of on., r.i und one -a lor. a consolidated or graded school with half a do/'n rooms and half a dozen teachers. The s? hoolho'ise ?,f om room and one teacher was good, hut the grud gd ? hoo| of half a doOOg rooms and half a doxen teu< h?-rs is xasily su? perior, gad We WSJ!! tO secure that for the children In all our counties. It d???-<n't cost \* much to build a ggggsellM i el half a denen rooms as It does t ? build s|\ sehoolhouses of on- room Si\ tea'hers working Jpgsjtther csn do vastly butter work f,,r the children Ihnn one single it u ii? r who huM to teach children of all aSJSf from the cradle to the vot? ing age. Instead of having twenty. { thirty or forty children of different ai.vs In one sehol so that tin- com munlty spirit is an impossibility among them because of the diversity "t Sgl and of the difference In alia in ?tents, hnndredi of ohlldrsn onn gather into this graded school, WhSfS clesi spirit and oommunlty spirit will thrive and good teaching abound. In the larger school there will be the library and many of the people of our rurai districts who na; long- j tr>g for good literature will be able t<> obtalr it. The consolidated or graded school I is dependent Upon good roads. RdU eatloa and good road> are two prop? ositions th.tt mark our advance in civ ilization. t 'lie begets the other. Bdocati people and they will build good roads. Build good roads and tin- people will educate themselves. Rural fret delivery will be ex? tended as good roads are constructed and it is practically dependent upon good roads, for with th ? construction ?f good roads there will be an In? gres ss in population and of the earn? ing capacity of the adjacent farms, which will mean a greater amount of mall matter to be delivered. This is emphasized in a report of the Post? master (Jeiural who said: '"The re? quirement precedent to the estab? lishment of rural delivery Is to be a possible patronage of 100 families on i standard routs of ^t miles, that the road be kept in good condition un- j Obstructed by gates and with all streams fordable at all seasons of the year." Many routes have been threatened with discontinuance if the road< OVef which the rural mail car? rier had to travel were not put In beth r condition. Hut few who have iad the benefit of rural mail delivery A'ant to see the routes given up and ? bos. who do not have rural delivery want it. It must be remembered however that the routes will follow good roads. Another way in which good roads WfU be of great value to the real es? tate situated on or clone by a mac? adam or other improved road w ill , enhanced In value and in manv instances properties which could noi BS sold even at a h?w llgure have found a market when they have been connected with the neighboring town or city by a hard Surfaced road. Oood roads will add more to the value of farm property than all other public Improvements put together. The Improvement In prices at Urhteh lands are selling along im? proved roads wherever they have i.n built is from 3 to 10 times their former value. If this Is so, or If we ire sure property will even double in i,ue. should we not Improve our principal highways at the earliest i ssstble day ? The states are Interested in in ? a sing the earning capacity of farm binds as it means greater revenue to the State. Railroads are also Inter? ested In the construction of good roads in our agricultural districts, because they increase the facility by which the farmer can keep in touch with the real of the world commer? cially. Just a Word, in regard to this in? creased value of lands that are on Improved roads. The value of a farm Is dependent upon the Income that can be derived from it. and It is a well established fact that the farms on Improved roads can derive In? comes from 1 1-4 to 1 tinn s SS much farms that are Isolated from good road OOnnsctloni with town and mar? ket, and in a number of Instance! when the improved road has been constructed by the farm, the farmer has been able to raise an i market products that it was absolutely lm posslble for him to do before the road was constructed. Tourists, capitalists, investors, and ; others vlsping any section of the south will be much more favorably impressed with the financial possi? bilities of any manufacturing enter? prise, or the commercial value of any farm or timberland by driving to them OVSF good roads. If these same places have to be visited over poor roads, they will loose more than half of their value in the sight of the prospective investor, as his thoughts havs been SO entirely taken Up with the bad road over which hs has I.n compelled lo travel. i To be continued, I i i III RA I- si rm Ml CtH'RT PK? ClftfOX. Columbia. .June ?Should the Mate carry to the Federal supreme Court its contention that Qov, Brown of Georgia ought lo ybdd up Thomas i*.. Felder upon requisition from Qov, 11 lease, reliance would likely be plac? ed upon a decision found today by Attorney llolman of the state dls i.try i ommission, The < a sj is that of Sheriff Btrasshelm of Cock County, lllnols, ngalnsl Milton Dally, Dally was .barged with bribery In bis d Salin gl With Illinois State of? ficers over the sales of machinery, Extradition was refused by Ihe Gov? ernor of Michigan und on nppeal to the Federal Ruprem.urt, thai body ? od-red Dully delivered up to Illinois, MANY MATTERS OF SMALL IM? PORTANCE VCTED CPOJi BV "PATHERS < IF * ITY.M Sewerage Work Almost Completed? No More Work on Turkey Creek < anal?To Secure lmi> ror Fire Ap immlui?Building Code lo be Ad? opted, City Council met Tueaday evening In the Council Chamber for one of its regular talkfeets. Alderman Mc ham.n, Qlenn and Wright were ab? sent. Very little butlneai of Importance was transact d. Alderman Wilder was authorised to secure bids on the parts of the tire apparatus needed ami to gel parts of the harness which were necessary, it was decided that no more work should be done on the Turkey Creek Canal at this time, save to Clean OUt the sand which was washed in by the recent rain. It was decided to have a building code drawn up for the city. The in Sting was called to order by the Mayor shortly after six o'clock. Mr. W. M. Graham stated for the pro? perty owners interested in the clean? ing out of Turkey Creek Canal that the work had not been done properly, or that something was the matter with it. for since the recent rain, wa? ter had been banked in the street and it was lying there stagnant. He ea'd that he had told the property owners that the whole canal was to be cleaned out and that this would do much good to the property as well as preventing much sickness. He was In an embarrassing position now that what he had expect< d to be don.-, was not done. The matt? r was later taken up and it was shown that the canal had been cleaned out to Its original depth and width. The lower part of the canal had not been cleaned out as it was not necessary for it to be Cleaned* The object in having the ' anal cleaned was to relieve the pre m nt bad conditions and to give the land owners in that section time to form a drainage league. The league had not yet been formed. It was stated that the cleaning that had been given to the canal was all that was necessary, and that the sand bar3 which had formed at Calhoun street should be cleaned out when necessary. The clerk was instructed to let Mr, Graham know of this decision of Council and to aak him to turn in a check for one-fourth of the cost of ? leaning out the canal by the next meeting of Council. The total cost of the work was $4114.35, which was to e> be sharer' between ' the county. the city and the property owners?the county paying one-fourth, the c ity one half and the propety owners or.e ! ourth, Mr. R. I>. ECppi appeared on behalf of the board of health and asked tb it some ordinance be passed so that the board of health could regulate the use of surface privies. He stated that there was several In use within lire limits which were more or h*s of a nuisance, according to the way In which they were kept. Council had passed an ordinance making it man? datory upon ail property owners In the tire limits to connect with the sewerage system, but not prohibiting the surface privies. He wanted to put the matter up to council so that council's attitude could be learned In the matter, and to give council a chance to arrange an ordiananoo so that the matter would be in the hands of the board of health. The matter was later discussed by council and it was decided to Instruct the c ity attorney to draw up an or? dinance giving the board of health authority to do whatever it thought best, either to abolish any or all such privies as thought advisable. A discussion arose as to ths pay? ment of a bill to the Bumter Hospital for hoard of a patient who had been < arrled there, the money having c ome from the Toumey fund. After the matter was discussed for some time it was dropped Without anything be? ing done as the bill had already been ordered paid. The matter of exempting the build? ing and loan associations of the city from taxation, which had been brought up at a former meeting, was again dlsCUSSCd, and it was decided upon motion of Mr. Wilder, to ex? empt them from taxation. Mr. Hurst read a letter froth Mr. F, H. McMaster, state insurance com? missioner, which stated that there was a considerable quantity of ac? cumulated trash and combustible material at the rear of several stores In this city, Mr. Wharton having found this to be the c ase i| ;l recent \\isit and he advised thai some ordi? nance be pissed lessening the danger of tire frotn this source. The clerk was Instructed to take up the matter with the chairman of the police com? mittee and to ask him to see that tin present ordinance was enforced, The report of the light and pollc< committee was read and received n information. I? was moved apd seconded thai n< work whatever should be allowed 01 the utreetfl hereafter unless the per bon doing the work should iir>t Be I cure a wrlttei permit from the city clerk, Mr. Booth stated thai tho contract j for th.- laying of the storm pipe on Main street hoi been let, the price being rents a running yard. This price was very cheap and bad >een accepted out of the three bid* for the n ork. The work < n Calhoun street was Still going on. although it was pro? gressing slowly. Mr. Thomas Wilson asked that the erossing east of the A. <'. L. station be changed, but no action was taken in the matter. Mr. Booth stated that the siding in? to Harby & Company's warehouse was laid above the level of the street ami asked that something be done about it, as it prevented the water from running off. The matter was referred to the street committee. Mr. Lee reported that the work on the new sewerage system was almost completed and that it would be thia week, lie stated that several hundred feet of the oid line which was taken up was found to be in a state of deterioration. Mr. Booth stated that he had pur? chased more cement at a slightly less cost than that paid formerly. Mr. Lee reported that the Main street paving contract had been pre? pared and sent to Mr. Geo. W. War ing, the contractor, to sign. A note was made of the fact that the pave? ment was to be of the Standard P.es . mer block. A bill for repairs on Street Super? intendent White's bicycle was or? dered paid. Mr. Wilder asked that a police? man be required to go to every lire, which request was put in the form of a resolution and passed. A long discussion as to the needs of the tire department and the nec? essity of securing an automobile fire engine was held. Mr. Wilder made a Statement of what was needed by the lire department and repeated the BUbstsnce of a conversation which he had had with the agent of the Southeastern Ta.lff association, to | the effect that insurance rates would not be lowered should an automobile engine be secured now. This gen? tleman had stated that the principal trouble here was with th water sup? ply and not with the fire apparatus, although it was in an extremely bad condition. Mr. Wilder was in? structed to get bid.3 on what was needed by the fire departmen,. The discussion lasted quite a long time and considerable information as to Sumter's status in the insurance world was brought out. SCRUGGS WON'T (.KT MONEY. Claim for si.oho Dismissed by Dis? pensary Commission, Columbia, June 27.?Tin- S. W. Scruggs claim for $4,000, of which it was said $1,000 had been paid un? der the previous administration, was disallowed this afternoon by the dis? pensary commission, In session here today and tonight. The chairman of the c ommission announced this even? ing that the commission had decided not to pay the Scruggs claim. s. w. Scruggs, of Spartanburg, claimed that the Attorney General and the old commission owed him $4,000 for sen ices, which he says he rendered In the "Lody" Charles mat? ter, by securing Charles for a witness and paying Charles' expenses while I living here. The commission Is tonight, at a late hour, going over the voucher mat? te!*, receh ing the report of the ex? pert accountant employed. It was i announced thai there will be some interesting matter from this report. John v. Wallace, of Charleston, is presiding over the commission's ses? sions. The dispensary commislon is in session at midnight, and Will be In session until past 1 o'clock in the morning. The commission is work? ing on the vouc hers. Chairman Wallace announc ed that nothing would be given out as to the vouchers until all had been examin? ed and a summary prepared. All the commissioners are lure, save Mr. Stack ho use. The commission will be in session tomorrow and probably Thursday. The ?lession may extend! further. RACES IN < Ol.I MM V Columbia Comes III First for Silver Trophv ami Marion Takes Second Place. Columbia, June 28.-?Following the street parade, the state l-'reman's Association pulled off several races this afternoon, Columbia winning Ihe trophy cup in the principal event, a hose wagon race, b\ making the fastest time in Ihree consecutive years. Marion only l-10th of one second slower gol first money, $200.00, and Darlington and Xewberry also won prlxes, these being purses of $150.00 and $75.00, Other contestant were a second team from Darlington and tennis from Union, Bl diopt IIb?, Lau rens and 11 irts5 llle. Cnlon was dis? qualified when the nozzle blew off. In the Long Run. In depositing n* n. wltl us at interest ?h?re is more profit in the l??ng run than with the average form of loan for with us in? terest Is continuous, without interruption, while the usual loan is paid off and the money Is Idle. THE PEOPLES' BANK. We Loan Money It is a part of our business to loan money. We aim to do this conservatively. We do not ask unreasonable rates nor take undesirable chances. \jo you need money ? Have you ample security } If so we can accommodate you. Call in and talk it over with .is. The talk will be con? sidered eonfidental. We would 1 ike to handle your loan, and the only condition in justice'to ourselves and to our de? positors is that the security is sufficient. Our rates are low and our terms of payment reasonable. We would like to have your business in this as well as all other banking lines. If we can be of any service lo you come in and tell us in what way. Not next, week, nor next month, but now. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. CLEANING UP. We have been cleaning up?Yes, since Cleaning up Day in April we have been renovating our Banking House. We admit we needed it. It has been a good steady job, but we are finally through for the time being. We believe the results have been apparent to our regular cus? tomers who visit us daily. To others we extend an Invitation to drop in and see our improved appearance. We think we look better?we know we feel better and are better able to give our customers a more efficient service. The Bank of Sumter Established 1889 WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR MONEY ? YOU* CAN F?LL St BUCKET your BAN K ON L DOLLAR A DAY?$6 a week. This sum and the interest on it, will in twenty years, make you a com? fortable fortune. The interest on this fortune will support you the rest ot your lite. Make OUR Hank YOUR Hank. We pay liberal interest consistent with safety ^ Fir^i National Bank, SUMTER, S. C. Broad Street Property. The future of Broad Strcel Property 1- pcood, This mnUIou I* lag to be the resident section of the city. A ?treet railway *y*tt*n? Im ttound to come in Hi-next fouror?v( year*. nr.d wltli Its oM>miei;o.i Broad Ftrcel I'ro pert v will double si d I reblo is n slue. The T. W. McOaltum property, i*on*l*tlng of s sU room booae. icrvsnl liout*. barn*,'at aide*, all neee**ary out-bulldlass ?n<l* 1-8 seres of land.is OIM. 0f tliu most utt r *ettve propositions In near-in property In thai ?ectlon. Kor the neM 30 day* we i*an offer i special price its th?t property. < ;m you rvullxv :m opportuidSj when it ;> offered, or only after it la passed 5 R. B. Belser Co. Real Estate Brokers Sumter, S. C. \. it. i - nt $200, S>o", $800, $1,000, $1,500 and ?2,000 to oan Oil real estate.