The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 23, 1912, Image 15
\Y \STIN?; Ho.\|> MONKY.
Million* for ( obstruction, but Little
l'<?i Malnlriiaiiiv.
M the JI.250.Oim pjlltj of r..;l,i In
the I"nltvil State?. "iO per eent .ire un
KflpVfwed. bad at .ill tunes and often
nnpiuwMM.v ? >n thin great in ? ige
we are spending from ill source!
about $150.000,000 a fi u wlii' h in
about what England iandl to main?
tain Ita 150.000 miles of good roads,
writes Logan W Page. In the World's
Work. Hut tin re the cost of hauling
la lese than half what It Is here?
und the cost of aawltaf is every bit
as Important as freight rates.
More impel t int than the a. tual cost
of building ' >ads is a provision for
their continuous maintenance. In Ku
rop?> i road once built Is kept In 4 .
istant state of perfection. In our i
country, however, it Is rarely touched
after It is built. This neglect with us
ia not due to any lack of knowledge
in our engineers, but to the Ignorance
of the public, which prompts them to
limit their appropriations to construe
?ion only. If we would only adopt a
patrol system such as France has, by
which every five or six miles of mi'
Is under the care of one man, who 1:
held responsible for Its condition at
all times, probably not more than 20
per cent of our roads would require
actual construction We should,
therefore. begin our reform with
maintenance, and resort to construc?
tion only when investigation shows
that a harder surface Is necessary.
We can never hope to have all our
roads surfaced with hard materials:
auch a step would not only require
more money than we can afford to
spend, but would be unnecessary. For
about 20 per cent of the roads of any
district carry about 90 per cent of the
trafllc. If, then, we could construct
the 20 per cent of Important roads
as rapidly as funds would permit, and
maintain all roads by tlM patrol sys?
tem ?very requirement would be met.
Country Syrup BCfaVMt
During the past year It was real
hard to get any country syrup. We
have heard several people complain
about not being able to get any.
Syrup Is a fine article of food and gen?
erally finds a ready market. We
hope plenty of It will be made this
season. If those who have It for sale
would let people know we feel sure
they could sell lt.?Orangeburg Tlmes
at
The Hundred Billion Different Hub's.
In the November Am? rican Maga?
zine Albert \V. At wood writes an In?
teresting article about "The press
Bonanza.'* in which he shows the
olumslncei of the method! employed
bj the express companies Ml compar?
ed with those in the postofAcc depart?
ment Following |g an extract itlOW
ing the amazing complexity Ol that
pot of the business which ban to do
? th rate making and fate gusslng:
"In the division of express rates
and tariffs of the Interstate Oom
mere Commission there are eight:
shelves each about ||| feet in length,
or I."'" feet of Horary shelving. In- j
eluding place to place rates and the
. emblnatlon of rates which shipments
ff m one company to another pro- ?
dtice, there are no less than two hun.- j
ilted billion different rates, only one
Od w hich Is the right one on any giv?
en shipment. Compare this with the
postofllce system of rates which re?
quires less space than the palm of
your hand, or even with the schedule
of Parcels Post rates In Prussia which
requires but little more space.
" '1 suppose no man living knows
how express rates were originally
m.?de or could say detlnltely how they
are made now, Is the hopeless state?
ment of Joseph Zimmerman, general
traffic manager of the Adams Kxpress
Company. But at another hearing an
old official testified that formerly the
?Mthod "f making rates consisted
chiefly in sizing up the shipper. If a
man walked Into an express office
with a package and looked as if he
would pay $2, such was the cnarge,
and If he looked as if he would not
pay $2, then $1 was the charge. Of
course that was long ago, but one of
the chief reason why packages are
overcharged, double charged, missent
I and lest today is because the em
I ployees In the rush of the moment
' and never quite fully understanding
all the 'graduates,' 'classes,' 'specials,'
and other Intricacies of the vast rate
structure, guess at the rate which
should be imposed and often at the
weight itself. To protect themselves
they of course almost always guess a
little over rather than a little under
the exact amount."
Ho Did Not.
A young woman, according to a
Norfolk report, entered a music
store And said to one of the clerks:
"Have you got 'A Heart That Beats
for Me?' "
"No, madam, not on seven dollars
a week," replied the clerk.?Ex.
Full Fashion* for Men.
Vests will button up the front this
fall, says Tin* Richmond Tlmes-Dls
patch.
According to advanced itylci this
?< ison, nearly ell of the real nifty
trousi rs will have two legB. The watch
pocket will be In front, and the chew
Ing tobacco pocket behind,
The Hats will be plain this year, and
rer) few aigrettes or willow plumei
win be worn,
silk hats will be worn by gentle?
men Who are trying to burst into so?
ciety alec by com doctors and under?
takers.
Red flannel undershirt! have gone
out of style among the more particul?
ar dressers.
This Beats Cotton,
Mr. P, S. B, Wert/, who lives a
short distance below this city on the
old Charleston road, and who is one
of the best farmers In the county,
raised 100 bushels of sweet pot Uoes
on u little over one-fourth of an
acre of land. With such a yield as
this potatoes at 50 cents a bushel
would be a more profitable crop than
Cotton. Orangeburg Times-Demo
crat,
-^
Truths...
A man buys accident insur?
ance for the same reason that
he buys clothes- because he
needs it.
Oodles of men lose their
wages when they are sick or
hurt.
And doctors, nurses and
druggists must be paid.
Here's where an accident
policy gives the patient a
mighty financial lift?and
eases his mind.
Death is possible, Then
there are the wife and kid?
dies. All provideed for with
a legacy of $5,000, $10,000 or
$15,000.
What a big, broad, burden
bearer! And all for $25.00 a
year.
The Citizens' Insurance
Agency,
G. E. Haynsworth, Mgr.
^_
S?MTER IS MAKING
RAPID STRIDES 1
Sumter Dental Parlors and
a New Railroad Have re?
cently been added.
The Time -i'0-DAY.
Phe Place -SUMTER.
The Dentist?DR. C. H. COURTNEY
"A Word to the Wise is Sufficient."
DENTISTRY IS THE PAID PRINCIPAL THAT STOPS
THE INTEREST
Let Dr. Courtney examine your Teeth while in town to-day. He invites
you to his well appointed Dental office for this purpose.
Sumter Dental Parlors
Over Mrs. Atkinson's Millinery
Store
17 1-2 S.Main. Phone 536
Sumter. S. C.
O'Donnell and Company
ESTABLISHED 1S83
30 years of successful merchandising: justifies us in saying to those who expect to visit
Sumter probably for the first time on SEABOARD DAY that if they are looking for the big?
gest store in the city and the most dependable place in which to do their trading, this is where
they will find it.
Our stock of Clothing is complete in every department, the smallest boy as well as the larg?
est man can find what he wants. Men's Suits $5.00 to $25.00. Boys' Suits $1.50 to $8.00.
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT?The brands of Shoes we handle are well known over Claren?
don. Lee and Sumter Counfies.
In our Dry Goods Department will be found as complete a stock as any house in the inter?
ior of the State.
Don't fail to visit our Rug Department on the second floor. If you want to be comfortable
for the Winter carry home with you a pair of Tar Heel Blankets.
Fearing you might get lost in the city, make appointments with your friends to meet at
our store.
Our Motto is now as it always has been, "Sell as cheap as we can, not as dear as we Might.'*
We welcome you to our city and hope you will make our house your headquarters while
here.
O'Donnell & Co., m gss?c
South Carolina