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HELPS FARM VMJiES aooD road; increase selling VALUE Or RURAL prop? ERTY. LARGE AND SURE RETURNS Improvement of Highways H Not Mstter of Expense, but an Invest? ment?With Good Roads the Farm Will Produce Greater Revenue. By HOWARD H. GROSS. There Is one vsry Important factor that people are apt to overlook, and that Is, the Influence of good roads on the value of farm property. There Is no fact that Is better established or of which there Is more abundant proof than that a good hard road leading from the farm to the market will In crease tbs selling vaiue of the farm fa. more then the amount of taxes .e quired to be psid by the farmer to build the road Hence when the mat ter Is analysed, It will be found that the building of good roads u not a matter of expense, but an Investment that pays a larger and surer return Two Mut? Orm?\n9 One Bei? ?f Cotton Ovar Bad Road at Jackton, Tcnn. Thlt ihowi the conditions down in the cotton btlL where at "_#k? aSf ?J*Hit Si Uam *nd SRtJ"era in harmony w'th ftj ? .am." r^dTm^.* JSSJ ??? a!!* V,rr0KUndln^"> ThaT?%yoat.how. m? ?am? rcaa a mil* n?*-?r town, after It has b?.en improved. than anything eise one can name. A progreeslve farmer will ext-etut 1 money on building food fences, tile his land, erect wind mills, barns, sheds, covers for hie machinery, plant trees, sod do many things to make his farm more attractive, more useful and more valuable When a man has spent sev? eral hundred dollars on some of these Improvement* he figures his farm Is worth more than the amount expanded over what It was before. He If will? ing to expead troney Inside of his boundary fences, bat whsn asked to go out beyond this to the public highway he Is apt to feel that the amount of money vu nt It an expense thst yields htm no direct return. In fact. In no k community so far ss the writer can ascertain, after a world wide study ex? tending over to years, was ths building of hard roads begun without the strong set opposition from those who were really to receive ths largest benefit. DC re predictions wars made that the property would be oonAscstsd by the f taxation, that '.he building of the roads eualil rutn rbe tax payer. But every sesnmunlty that has had ths ex perl ssos of building hard roads, using there and paying for them, has coatln ued to build rrx>r? and mom from year to rear They found that while It esJktfl for too expeodltmre of m^ney to saos* tbo Wl?? that It lightened their tssMsns rn many other ways, that It sands life better worth living, that there wss more aortal life in the eommaolty th? children wer?? better satisfied to stay upon the larm. and they onald go to market any day In the year tftey liked, and thus lean sdvao %aujm of the market Instead of the mar 1 hot taking advantage of thecn. It to within the gMMtaW of mil Ilona of farmer* thai they had grain or gee stock on hand ready to aoil, the price was right but the roe da were ao had they rould not roach the market A faw we*so later when the roada Im proved, perhaps there wee a drop In the market. The secretary of agriculture (and there la ao higher authority) aaya that ?en 1 us your Job work. food roads, usable every dav tn the year, so the farmers can take advan? tage of market conditions are worth two or tbre** cent* on every busho' of grain, and ten to thirty cents a hun? dred on cattle and hogs. HtnOO, with gcM roads the farm will produce a larger revenue, it is a more desirable place to live and it is worth more money. If one were to go out to buy a farm, anil when he alighted at the railway station, was met by the real estate agent, who tol l him he had two farms practically alike, one four miles east on a good macadam read, and tbo oth? er four miles west, on a dirt road, the chances are ten to one that the buyer would prefer the farm upon the food road and willingly pay more money to got it. One of the first things the owner would say if he cared to sell, would be that he could go to town any day in the year and haul a good load while a farmer eight miles west of him at times would not be able to turn a wheel. One county in Kentucky spent ovet $200.000 upon the highways. The rec? ord is that former values nearly doubled. The same Is true of Texas It is .Jso true of Indiana, and true wherever good roads are built. Dis tance Is measured by the time it takes to go from place to place. Ask how far it Is to a given point, and you are told it is about five minutes walk, or to another Inquiry, "it takr an hour by rail.'' Distance Is meas ured by the clock's tick, and not by the yard stick. j ?V, hard-headed German farmer at Sheboygau, in a very graphic and com prehsnslve way, told of the value of good roads as it appeared to him. He said: "My farm is ten miles from market. If it was only five miles from market it would be worth $1S an acre more. I cannot move my farm In. but if we can build a good road to my farm I can come in the ten miles with my produce easier than I could come in five miles with bad roads. Therefore to build a good road moves my farm in half way to town." The writer has ?raveled in many ststea and foreign countries and stud led the rosd problem. In every local? ity where good roads have been built the people are enthusiastic; they say they do not see how they ever could hsve gotten along so many years with ! out them, for they hove better schools, more social advantages, that the peo ' pie live better, dress better, and the people in town are strongly attracted to rural life; that where there was an op ' portunlty to sell a farm once with the Two Horm? Drawrinf Eleven Boles of Cotton Over Road Shown In Oth?i Plotura, After Improvement. T*4e is a mad aptondld constructed built by a SSWSfty bond Issue Before tha reoda war? butlt thare Was tlttls or no sate for rarma. afterwards thsy w-rs ln d. Staad at an advanca of from l? tn SO pan* SSSd .. ail on account of the good roads bad read?*, there were several opportu nlties with tb? good ones If any ?tat* or community will tak* up the building of good road* upon th' right basis, and spread the payment* OfSjf a aeries of years, they will And It is the beet Investment they could possibly make. More than one-half the HtwVf now sr* assisting the town ships to build good roads, by paying anywhere from one-third to three fourths the eoet To aid road build? ing the state A New York issued $50. 000.000 of bonds, and will spend 15,000, 000 per year for ten years upon the highways, assisting the counties and the states in permanently improving the main thoroughfaree This 1h a step in the right direction floore* ol sates are doing the same thing in s somewhat smaller way In SOSSS states the eoontle*. ur*? takln? up the pfopoal ?W?o, voting county bonds for this pur (ose. Wayne county. Mlchhan. last #end os your Job work. fall vote\ n bond issue of $2,000,000, to be spent upon the highways of Wayne county. The state will also help, and the result will be SCO to 300 miles of first class highways, covering the co: *y with Detroit as a center. By spreading the payraont over 20 years it is found the increase In taxation is so small as not to be noticeable. On nn average 80 acre farm it will be soine th;ng like $1.30 a year. Roads well built are permanent, Rivt n a moderate amount of attention and expense for maintenance. There is no reason why the present generation should carry the whole bur? den, nnd the future should be relieved therefrom. The plan of building a small piece of road every year by an annual tax, and exUnding the road a mile or two at a time is unsatisfactory in results, the cost is considerable more than it should be, and it takes a long time to get thl roads. If 20 miles were built at one time in a township, there would be strong competition among contract? ors and the tax payers would And they could get their roads from 10 to 25 jer cent, less money, that they would have better built roads and would have them to use at once Instead of waiting ten years or more to build them piece? meal, and have the first mile practi? cally worn out before the last one was finished. Of course there would be interest to pay on the bonds, but if the use of the roads is not worth more to the community than the interest on the bonds, it would not pay to build the roads. Money can be borrowed at four or five per cent,, and those In a posi? tion to form good judgment, will say that first class roads will pay for them? selves every five years, or in other words, that their use is worth 20 per cent, of the cost each year. One sometimes hears a farmer, who is opposed to the building of hard roads, say that he can raise no more grain or get a larger return from ths farm by reason of having good roads. Such a one will attempt to sustain his position by stating only part of the whole proposition. Of course It is true that the road has no Influence upon the productivity of the farm along which it parses, but it does not follow that the net results are the same, whether i the roads are good or bad. j Only a few days ago the writer was down In the corn belt of Illinois and saw four horses hauling a load of corn into town. It was all the horses could do to handle the load, although the country was core paratively level. Tht mud in the load was nearly a foot deep. No fair minded man will say that a crop can bo marketed undet such conditions as cheaply as when the, roads are good, and a single team can handle the same at twice the speed. The value of the farm does not do pend alone upon what the soil will pro? duce, but upon its acceesability to market, the environment and whethei the farm Is in every way desirable ai a place to live. We spend money foi pleasure and for comfort, and it it right that we should do so. Probrblj as a rule too little is spent foi this. Whenever good roads have been built, in any community, there hai been a sharp advance in the price oi land, because the farms are more ao cesslble. The writer has in mind a county lu northern Indiana, when about ten years ago a system of 2?i miles of hard roads were built, cover ing the main highways of the town shi]). About $85,000 were sp~nt upon the Improvements, the payment spread over ten years. Within a year aftei the roads were built the farmers wen asking and getting $15 to $25 an acr? more for their farms than they could have gotten before the roads wer? built. In some cases the advance wai even more. The increase in taxatior was hardly felt One of the prominent residents oi the township, in commenting upon thi improvement, said that the building oi the roads exerted a powerful influenci upon the lives of the people ?f th? township?everybody began to slick up, a new picket fence replaced the old tumble down board fence, the house was painted, walks laid out, and an air of thrift was apparent everywhere, Aleo following the good roads, a town* ? ship high school was built, and ar rangements made to carry tbe children to and from school. This was a t;reat relief to the Isolation the young people were placet! under before the roads were built. The new school be i came the social center and they found in that township that the building of a system of roads was the beet invest* ment they had ever made, and under no circumstances could they be in? duced to go back to the old way. It Is the same Btory everywhere; In every locality where any community ever be? gan to build good highways, and had the experience of building, using and paying for them, the community was not only satisfied but kept on build? ing more and more roads. In the last analysis It will be founi that the building of highways adda to the value of the farm served by ,em several times the cost, and this In? crease in farm values is only one o! tbe many advantages that grow out ol splendid highways. Good roads will effect economies in many ways; they will make life more enjoyable; they mean better schools, more social lifo and more protit, they mean progress and civilization. A Retflsh Viewpoint. Champ Clark, the Democratic leader, was discussing, at a Washington ban? quet, a measure of which he disap? proved. ??This measure," he said, "in a slga of narrownee* and selfishness. It re? minds me of the sc holar to whom hie teacher seid on tbe first of February: ? "Why was Ooorge Waehlugtcm a great manT " 'Decauee.' said the seholar prompt* ly, 'we dont bare no sefcool en bis Ja|rrhd?v,M_._ Pint] us your Job work. DE Ql'IT THE BUSINESS. <?\inu: So Free Advertising to Those Ahl?- to Pay. \\ ellington < Kan.) News. I Some time since s/s Quit giving ad-1 vertising to those who me able to pay. We have opportunities every day to give away apace, but a'i of those line chances: are now declined With thanks. Several fair associa? tion! have furnished us with enter* talning stories about their amuse? ment enterprises, asking that we kindly give them several dollars worth of space that others pay for. Also there would be snclossd two complimentary tickets, Now we have tried complimentary tickets, fried, stewed, on toast and Smothered In onions, but found them unpalatable in every style. Chopped fine they might make good breakfast foodi but we have no chopp< r. And at the end of the week we are unable to unload them on the pay-roll the obstreperous employes seeming to prefer cash. And so much of the time In days agone the help got all the money, leaving the boss to subsist on complimentary tickets and com* mendary resolutions. It's a poor diet, and we quit it some time since. A baseball team will pay rent for grounds to play on?hand out money f the drug store tor a ball?give the I ardware store the price of a bat? f rk over to the clothier the cash for ; suit?lay down the coin for a pair of shoes?and then ask the newspa 1 er to donate sufficient space to get i crowd out to see the game. A church society will give a chick? en pie supper, dishing up a bunch of antiquated hens encased in inde? structible crusts, and the newspapers ^ive sufficient free advertising to bring out a crowd of cust rners. Maybe they say 'thank you,' and may? be they lay down a couple of tickets. In the latter case it is nine chances to one that when Mrs. Jones sees the editor approach her nose cur's in? to a pretzel and she says, spitefully: 'Well, there comes deadhead Mr. Brown to spor.ge tw o meals off of the church*'" Hold your cotton, Mr. Farmer, un? til Senator Smith gets the fifteen cent schedule a-WOrklng.?Charleston Post. President Tuft's annual flesh re? ducing jaunt around the country may make him gaunt and emaciated, but odds are against such a con? summation. His chances for renom Inatlon might wear s bit from the strain.?Charleston Fest. Little dictographs should be heard and not seen.?Youngstown (Ohio) Telegram. Foot fashions change often and we make a study of what's next. You'll find all up-to-date styles In our shoes. We sell the Clapp, Crawford and James shoes?$3.50, |4, 15.50 and None better. Joseph M. Chandler, the Shot Man. S-193t Still, Maim- does not appear to be so very thirsty.?Chicago Nows. Pr. T. J. Strait, E. D. Blakeney and Stewart Heath had a Aght in! Lancaster tylonday afternoon. Thos. H, McCants, a rural mall carrier on Wadmalaw island, has been arrested and bound over for trial for tampering with the mail. B, K. Klrven, of Darlington, who killed a negro at Palmetto a few weeks ;o^,), was tried and acquitted at Darlington Tuesday. Says Uncle Ensn. "Dls world would run easier." said Uncle Bben, "if dar was some way ol holdlii' de investigations bsfo1 de trou? ble happened." Where the Sea 19 Most Salty. The sea contains the most Bait, gen srally speaking, .it points where * stiong wind is constantly blowing such bi the trade winds. Have d Purpose. it is not enougb to be Industrious* 3o are ants What are you Induitf? )us about??Thoreau For a Sprain. One dram oil uf wormwood did s gill of alcohol. Keep the Injun C part wet with it until the ;.;!:. ibaUj and the Inflammation la gone Fish as Brain Food. The saying that 4Lsh 1? tho best brain food comes of an old tongut windbag years ago saying: "Thought Is Impossible without phosphorus," fto a Swiss chemist, knowing that tlsh contained phosphorus, put two and two together, and brought forth l say* ing that will Dover die Courage nod Duty. To bo strong In dull and dreary duty Is almost tho hardest task a man con faco. It Is n nolle tldng to be bravo In tragic momenta, but perhaps there is something even nobler than thai It Ih to be brave and glad, and strong, and tender when the sky ll gray und when the road I? dreary.? George II Morrison RICE ALSO WILL ADVANCE. Prices Will (,o Up an Average ??i 25 i ents a Bag, According to Brown. Natchez, Miss.. Sept ID.?Hondu? ras and Japan rice will advance In price an average of 25 centa a bag on September 20, according t?> advices received by r. i>. Brown, president of the Mississippi River iiice Growers1 association, fr..m A, C. Wilkins, sec retary and general manager of the Southern Mice Grower*' association. For No. 1 grade, Mr. Wilkins an? nounces $3.25 will be announced, for Nb. 2 $3 und for Xo. 3 $J.70. The same ratio of increase extends to No. ?1. Which will be $1.90. Except in ths vicinity of Houston, Texas, and west of that city harvest prospects are poor, according to Mr. Wilkins. The Carolina rice crop has been practical? ly wiped out, he says, and calls at? tention to the high prices of the for? eign cereal. TRAMP COMET SEEX. Seeks the Limelight as Eagerly as an St. Louis, Sept 19.?Father Martin D. Brennan of st. Louis university has sighted a tramp comet which he terms a reai publicity seeker, as its tail may be plainly seen With opera glasses. The head Is visible to the naked eye, just to the south and west of the star Chuban. Which in nautical and lay parlance is known as the "tail of tbe dragon." The head is said to be much larger than that of llalley's comet or others which have been noted in recent years. Its origin and identity are un? known, according to tbe astronomer who accredits its appearance as sim? ply another one of the freak forma? tions of fiery nebulous matter. The comet is easily seen after S p. m. and thereafter through the hours before daylight GRAFT CASE TRIAL. Announcement Made by Attorney Columbia, Sept. 20.?Atorney Gen? eral Lyon announced yesterday that the "label case" will be called in the Rlchland county court next Tuesday morning. He Is confident that all the state witnesses will arrive in tune and that the trial will not nave to be postponed. All details i f the ease have been prepared by the attorney general and attorneys w ho have as- I sisted him. W. O, Tatum, L. W. Boykin, John i Bell TowllI, Dennis Weiskopf and M. A. Goodman, who were Indicted In 1900 and who have been under heavy bond since that time, will be called to answer the charge of conspiracy to defraud the State of $22,500. The case is one of the most Interesting of the so-called dispnsary graft, cases. It involves a deal whereby several million labels to be used by the State dispensary were bought. It is al? leged that the State was overcharge J in the deal. Bryan Causing Trouble. Mr. Bryan's savage attack on Oscar Underwood, his campaign against Harmon, bis persistent criticism of ths motives of leading Democrats, are not so surprising in the light of his admission in the Commoner that he wants no harmony in the Demo? cratic party. He declares that "tbe harmony program has alreadv cost the party dearly.'" and exclaims: ??what we need is not h irinony, but a straightforward fight r r prin? ciple in behalf of the public; such a t'.ghi will win! "W do not need a flghl for prin? ciple in behalf of the public; anti-Bry? an as well as Bryan Democrats are joining in such a fight, but they can? not win unless there is harmony in the party, and ih\< is why Mr. Bry an's surprising attitude is a menac ? to success. When he was a candi? date for president he desired nothing so much as harmony he regarded those \\b-> refused to support htm as traitors to the party. Now he himself assumes the role of disturber. We do not agree with those who assert that MBryan is the Republican party'a most valuable asset." He has an army of admirers: he has consider? able Influence: ha could be a valuable asset to the Democracy if he would unite with other patriotic Democrats, working with them for the good of the nation. But If he sets out dell beratet) to disturb ths harmony that prevails and to use bis efforts to dis? rupt the party, he will deatroy los Influence and find himself disregard? ed and discredited?Baltimore Sun. i>.i\o Johnson, colored, of New ber? ry ^h"t and seriously wounded ins wlfo and bab: Tuesday. What a lot "i" good post ure an? [onymous writers do waste, to be sure!-?Loa Angalei Tribune. Aspiring Politician. General Lyon. WHI N THE MAILS LEAVE. Latest Schedule for Closing of Mails Prepared for Sertioe at the Knau? ter Post * > Tho following schedule which has recently been prepared for ssnrlcs at the postoffli s will be of interest to the patrons of that office. Tho schedule shews when all mails arc closed for the various mail trains which take mail out from this city. This schedule was in effect Friday, September LS, I ill. Train No. 35, Florence and Augus? ta. v"ue lo leave 5.4 7 A. m; mail clos? es 9.4 5 P. m. Train No. 54, Wilmington and Co? lumbia, due to leave 7.40 A. m.; mail close?s 7.00 a. M. Train No. 4 0. Florence and Or? angeburg, due to leave 9.40 A. sL{ mail closes 9.10 a. m. Train No. 52, Greenville and Charleston, due to leave 9.41 A. m.; mail closss i*.l o a. m. Train No. o\ Gibson and Sumter, due to leave 9.45 A. m.; mail closes 9.10 a. If. Train No. 71. Camden and Sumter, due to leave 1.45 A. m.; mail closes 9.10 A. IL % Train No. 51, Wilmington ad Co? lumbia, due to leave 11.30 A. M.; mail close* 11.00 a. IL Train No. 73, Sumter an! Wilson, due to leave 3.30 P. If.; mail closes 3."0 F. If. Train No. 50, Wilmington and Co? lumbia, due to leave 5.55 P It.I mail closes 5.15 P. IL Train No. 09, Camden and Sumter. 1ue to leave 6.31 P. IL? mail closes 6.00 P. |f. Train No. 36, Florence and Augus? ta, due to leave 6.35 P. m.; mall clos? es 6.00 P. If. Train No. 53. Greenville and Char? leston, due to leave 6.35 P. m.; mall closes 6 00 P. IL Train No. 56, Gibson and Sumter, due to leave 6.50 P. If.; mail closes 6.00 P. If. Train No. 4 7, Florence and Orange burg, due to leave S.25 P. m.; mail 'closes S.00 P. IL ' Train No. 5 5, Wilmington and Co? lumbia, due to lea.e 9.30 P. m.; mail closes S.43 P. IL GEO. D. SHORE, Postmaster. Supporting ? Newspaper. _ I ????? ( I Greenville Piedmont. The Greensboro, (N. C.) Telegram has been forced to go out of busi? ness, the mason assigned being the lack of advertising patronage or rather the lack of an advertising rate, sufficient to enable the publish? ers to make expenses. In a card to the public, Manager J- T. Fain de? clares that the people of Greensboro expect too much of the papers and do too little for them. He states that the advertising rates are too low to justify a creditable paper being is? sued and yet the merchants will not I stand for a raise. At the same time I they raise a howl if the p?aper is not 1 a modern one in every respect. What Is true of Greensboro is true of many (her cities. The public de i. ands i metropolitan paper, yet is unwilling to pay for the same. They raise i strenuous kick if the advertis? ing ov Subscription rate is raised to a point where the publishers feel they would be justified In Issuing a real paper. Tho failure of The Telegram should be a warning to the people of Greensboro that unless they are willing to support their dally pspsrs they will soon And themselves with? out them. A town is Judged by its papers. Live newspapers would in dlcate that Greensboro Is a llvs town. Po? newspapers would tndfeets that it is a poor town. The same applies to every other town and city. a windstorm unrooted Illinois* state Capitol at Springfield, bnl U failed to lift the lid of ths Lnriraof "jackpot."?Mew York World. Now that thieves have taken to Bteallng old masters, the proper authorities should place ? guard ov? er "Uncle Joe" Cannon.?Cleveland Leader. The new Congressmen will cost the people 1400,000 i year In salaries, but nevertheless :t will be a great saving it* they give us tariff revision downward.?Houston Chronicle. if sugar goes much hlghor; tho country's only resort will be to pull Its sweet tooth.? Memphis Commer? cial Appeal. There arc enough Democratic Pros (dental possibilities to make a Strang mutual protective association if they ? arc to organise.?-Washington Star. it the steel Trust really prohibits its employes to use tobacco, how will the TobaCCO Tins! "Vet bt.k?" Now Orleans Item. Postal Savings Banks will bo es tabltshed at Hartsvllle, Bummervltle, Con way, b hnsh a and BsnoCl Octob? er 25th.