The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-02-12


will sound as IL written by their
elders. We want the childrens
stories, not the teachers.
LOSS IN CITY ADVERTISING.
How much more profitable it would
be If all the money wasted by
different cities OF South Carolina
in individual advertising could
be thrown into lump sum and
and used in advertising the resour-
ces Of the state as whole. That
such cooperation would be more
profitable than the present method
of aimless and disorganized adver-
tising must rbe admitted by even the
most enthusiastic advocates of the
present methods. Whereas now each
city in the state Is engaged in battle
against all Of her neighbors and gain
ing in wealth and population large
ly at the expense of her neighbors,
cooperation would mean prosperity
for them all. Increase In wealth and
prosperity of any city in South Caro-
lima means today largely decrease in
wealth and prosperity of some other
city This is evident when we think
of the fact that South Carolina Is
gaining in population but little from
immigration and that increased pro-
ductivity and consequent increase in
wealth Is dependent largely upon
this Therefore, and shifting of
population means shifting OF
wealth and when one center gains
another must lose.
Thus we have great scramble in
South Carolint to get hold of what
Is already here rather than to secure
population and wealth from the out.
side. One city spends thousands of
dollars trying to draw citizens and
trade from its nearby neighbor and
this neighbor does the same thing
in return. In the contest of forces, the
advertising energy from both cities is
largely wasted the results gained by
either being questionable. Thousands
and thousands Of dollars are being
spent for city advertising, providing
juicy plums in most cases for "civic
engineers" when half of the money
would bring manifold results If used
In advertising elsewhere the resources
and agricultural possibilities of the
state as a whole.
BETTER RAILROAD FACILITIES.
With the approach of spring and
the passing of the depression conse-
quent upon short crop, the busnese
men are beginning to forget the past
and to think of the future. The
best evidence of this is shown in the
number Of agitations for building
new railroads. Announcement was
made several days ago that Asa G..
Chadler now behind movement to
construct railroad across the noun
tains from Greenville to Knoxville.
For several weeks and, in fact,
months The Anderson Daily Mail
has been agitating the question OF
railroad from Anderson TO Hartwell,
Ga. 1t was suggested at one time
that this railroad be built on through
to this point and thence to Union, con-
Meeting with the Southern railway
there. The latest developments in
in railroad building took place in Co
lumbia several days ago when a con-
current resolution was introduced
into the house of Representatives by
MIR. w. G. Irby, Jr, Of this county, to
allow bill to be introduced to in
corporate the Palmetto Railway com
paDy whose object is to build an in
terurban railroad from Columbia to
Greenyille, and authorize elections
to allow the people of the counties
through which the road Is to pass to
vote bonds with which to build it.
All of these railroad schemes are
of the greatest interest to the city of
Laurens. The building of either or
any of them would prove OF immense
benefit to this place. The Greenville
& Knoxville road would give us
more direct line to and from the mid
die west and would make possible
the lowering of through freight rates.
The building of line from Hartwell,