The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 07, 1916, Image 1
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14 MORE DAYS UNTIL LANCATER COUNTY FAIR ,, 14 MORE DAY4
The Lancaster News 1
Vq'L. 12, NO. 8, SKMI-WEEKLY. . LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOV. 7. ]i)1<> fl.50 A YEAR. S
VAN WTO FAIR
SPIENDIO SUCCESS
MANY FINE EXHIBITS
Business Very Active in Progressive
Community?Box
Supper Next Friday.
/ Van Wyck, Nov. 6.?The fine'
weather continues and the farmers
/are making use of it in gathering
their crops and in sowing grain.
Some complain that the land is too
dry and hard to put grain in as it
should be, but there is an old saying
about "dusting wheat and smearing
in oats." If this is a true saying the
wheat crop will be put in right, as
there has been -dust for some time.
THa pn rlv unu/lno nf nofo la 1 rxnlr I * ? ?
fine?a good stand but we have noticed
a good many Hessian Fly working
on it and if the dry, warm
weather continues much longer the
early oats will be set back by the fly!
saping it.
The Van Wyck community fair
was a great success and surpassed
the most sanguinary expectations of
its promoters. The officers of the
fair wish to express their thanks to
all who aided with exhibits, and in
Nother ways, to make it so successful.
Without the co-operation of the
community we could not have had aj
fair worthy of our enterprising com
munity. Now, as we have been successful
with our community fair,]
lets all join in and help to make our|
county fair a success. We have the
exhibits and we should have Van)
Wyck community well represented
at our third annual fair for Lancas
ter county. The other community
fairs of the county are arranging to
f have their exhibits there, and Van)
j Wyck must not be behind in this
movement. Why not Join in, in a
real co-operative spirit, and let Van
Wyck lead?
Some of our Van Wyck people a*-,
tended Carolina Institute community
fair in Mecklenburg county last
Friday. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Masse?,I
Miss Kva Massey. Mrs. J. A. Hyatt,!
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Yoder, Miss Bes-j
sie Cunningham, Mr. J. D. Griflin^
ana mibbob l,ouise Vaughan and
Kathleen Bates were among those
who attended. The exhibits were
good, showing that Carolina com-1
munlty is progressive and an up-to-l
date people. The horse and mule ex-J
hibit was especially good?the,
chicken and cattle Industry was n.i
evidence but the hog exhibit was.
lacking. The fancy and household
departments had tine exhibits and
show that this community has some
experts in these important lines.
On last Sunday morning there was
a little commotion among Van
Wyck people when it was reported j
that a horse had been stolen from th- j
stables of Mr. J. H. Crenshaw. The!
horse and the bridle was gone and|
the lot gate standing open. Parties,
followed the track of the horse to a,
point near Osceola, where they weroj
informed by a colored man that he!
found the horse wandering about and
put it in one of his stables. The con-j
elusion was that some one rode th*
horse to Osceola and there abandon- j
ed the hourse perhaps boarding aj
passing train. The horse was.recov-|
ered and seemed none the worse for
his night's outing.
Mr. Jim Oraham is shipping some
very fine aweetgum logs from Van
Wyck. These logs are being cut ana
hauled out of the Twelve Mile Creek
bottoms. The dry weather makes the
hauling of these logs comparatively
an easy job. as the land is like ai
paved road. There is some fine tim-i
ber In Twelve Mile Creek bottom. <
some elm, sycamore, ashe, birch-'
wood and other hardwood, and the|
> only time it can be handled to advantage
Is during a dry spell. 1
Mrs. J. V. Davis and little daugh
ter, Ellen, and Miss Lethia Haywood
are visiting relative* and friends at
Rockingham, N. C. Ttfey will attend
the Rockingham fair while
there.
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Mary Hlcklln, an antebellum col
ored woman, the type that Is so rap-'
Idly disappearing, died last Saturday
near Van Wyck and was hurried
at White Oak cemetery on Sunday |
Aunt Mary must have been nearlng*
her hundred mark If not already!
past It, and w?h an interesting old
person.
There will be an oyster and box(
supper at Van Wyck school house
next Friday night, Nov. 10th. Ev-j
erybody is cordially Invited to at
MAYOR .
R]
In A Voluminous ai
Chief Executi
To The Lancaster NeuA: a
In your issue of October 25th, i
1916, taxpayer R. E. Wylie has a f
communication in which he contends c
that in view of the pending cons id- t
eration of the matter of supplying the a
Lancaster Cotton Mills with one mil- a
lion gallons of water per month the
city council should be sure of two ^
things, First: Whether such a con- t
tract would give the city a reason- i
able profit and second, whether the t
present source of water supply, con- t
sidering the future growth of the t
city, is not thereby endangered, and t
calls upon the city council to give t
the public the benefit of such facts, f
figures and estimates as they may f
have upon the subject. i
The Lancaster News in its issue or '
October 31st followed up this sub- '
ject with an editorial and expressed *
its understanding to he that tjie cost (
of supplying the water to the cot- '
ton mills would be $100 per month *
for every million gallons, aid that '
the city council would be generously ,
giving the cotton mills $30 per !
month, and advised caution unon the
city council. In this editorial stress '
was also laid upon the hazard of
undertaking to supply the water to 1
the cotton mill in view of the water <
supply upon which t.h'e present and 1
future needs of Lancaster citizens i
depend, and increasing the fire i
risks and cost of insurance protec- <
tion, and suggests that the taxpayors 1
do a little investigation on their own i
account, and urges the limelight of >
publicity to be thrown upon the I
matter.
Then again in the Issue of Novem 1
ber 3rd the editor of The News 4u t
grfrat nolmnlty in view of the? mag- 1
nitude of his fear that the city council
was about to do something ruin j
ous to the interests of the citizens,
addresses himself to the "Gentlemen ,
of the City Council" and calls at- (
tention to a rumor that the city j
council have decided or are about to?i.
decide to furnish water to the Lancaster
Cotton Mills and again wants
to know whether the city wouid g?n
a reasonable profit and whether the
source of water supply would not be
jeopardized.
While somewhat veiled in expression,
the purpose of the communication
of Mr. Wylie and the editorials,
all eminating from the same source,
and combination in hostility to certain
members of the city council and
to Col. Leroy Springs, as president of
the Lancaster Cotton Mills, is manifest;
and the design is not to honestly
serve the public, but to insinuate
that there is something rotten
in the scheme engineered to give the
interests of Col. Springs some advantage
at the expense of the public,
which calls for exposure, and to suggest
to the public that there is no
one in Lancaster more qualified to
protect the public interests tha\
those paragons of virtue, private and
civic, represented in the persons of
R. B. Wylie, Luther Kllison, and
their associates who egg them on to
hurtful insinuations against public
officials.
nut. in tntn communication. I will t
assume that the inquiries are honest I
and Intended to serve the public ann $
make answer in like purpose, espe- i
cially since some friends, whom 3 |
trust, deem it wise and proper to air
this business proposition In the public
prints, although any taxpayer or ,
citizen can get all the information he <
needs by proper Inquiry at the office {
of the city council. It would seem
that the fact that the city council is (
composed of men of good business!,
capacity and experience and thor-j]
ought? 'devoted to the .Interests of
the- city.iwould warrant a presumption
at least that they would not
jeopardise the Interests jof the citizens
who honored them,, aiid trusted (
them. . * (
First. Ad to the Status ?( the Matter. |
No contract'has been made to supply i
Lancaster Cotton Mills- with water ]
and Col. Leroy Springs, president,
has not sought to securef water of the
city council. As a matter of fact our
information is that the cotton mill
has an ample water supply obtained
from deep wells and the overflow of |
the city water darj. and is installintd
flifiitilWiiiriii
JONES RE
ECENT A1
tid Cynical Communi
ive Discusses Water
Citizens Will, No D
.dequate water reservoirs without h(
egard to obtaining water supply lil
rom the city. Our fear is that the til
ity may lose the benefit of a valua- w,
>le contract because of t*he captious
ind foolish hostility belne fomente<I
ind exhibited about the matter.
It may be that such a contract
vould avoid litigation In case the a
:lty should in the future attempt to d,
ncrease the height of its dam and
hereby destroy or materially reduce p<
he overflow of the stream's water to
o the mill's reservoirs. It may be't^
he city may want to raise the height jtn
)f its dam as a precaution against I f\i
tny possibility ofa diminution of the 1 di
itream of water, but in doing so it! w
night have to consider the possihll-1 w
ty of an injunction, or damage suit p<
n case a reasonable use of the if)
itream water was thereby denied th' ; pi
otton mill. Wouldn't it be.rather|ai
jenerous in the mill authorities m
ihould they be willing to pay the city
or water supply rather than litigate
vith it for depriving them of the ren- cl
lonable use of the stream water?
'Fools rush in where angels fear to lt,
read." L,
I have said tnat the proposition foi
he purchase of city water does not w
ome from the Lancaster Cotton el
Villi, but as a matter of fact it origin- t,
ited with the city council which, /t u
nay be, has a longer head than sonm |
>f its publicity critics, who blunder Jf
n and in gross ignorance hinder th? ()]
accomplishment of a contract most J)(
r'nluable for the Interests of the city's (
future water supply. t)
The News' Wgntd the minuted "of w
die city council. Very well, here ai
hey are, disclosing all that lias |>
ranspirhd on *4he subjects
In the minutes of July 27th, 11)16, ni
S found thin tolnmont' ?
...... .. . .
"The mayor called the nttenTion of r*
he council to the fact that the Lan-/1
"aster Cotton Mills were contemplat- p
ng putting in a water system at the
nill village and that it might be ad- tc
disable for the city to endeavor to
jell water to the mill -ns we had.c'
Plenty of water and needed the,01
uoney. On motion and after discus- J'1
jlon, the mayor was authorized to **
nake a proposition to the mill offerng
to allow the mill, at its own ex- R1
>ense. to connect with the city mains
ind to furnish it water at the estab-i''1
ished rate of seven (7c) cents per ni
'.housand gallons. The mill to fur-1**
lish the meters." |c'
There was no opposition to this
proposition, and John D. Wylle, '
ton of R. E. Wylle, and A. J. Greg- ^
>ry. son of W. T. Gregory, all asso;iated
with Luther Ellison in the "
usurped control of the Lancaster
S'ews, voted for the resolution. Can
it be doubted that Messrs. R. tE.
iVylie and Ellison knew of this ac- ^
Jon of the city council? These minRes
were read and confirmed at the
neeting of August 9th, 1916, with>ut
any opposition from John 1). 8<
Wylle who was present. At a later n'
meeting John D. Wylle and A. J.
Jregory did express some oppoHition w
o the proponed contract but the P'
ouncll has not changed Its view as n
o the matter. This proposition has c<
seen communicated to Col. Lerov
4prings, president, but so far it ban 4s
lot been accepted and we have no information
that it will be accepted. w
\h to the Cost Per Month of Sup- 1
plying Water. '*
Salary of engineer $ 40.00
Salary of superintendent . . 33.00
Salary of Clerk 15.00
\lum 38.50 u
311, etc 3.0o l(
'foal (30 tons at $3.50).. 106.00 N
Repairs (based on 8-year 4,1
average) .. 4.64 P1
t!
Total .1 . ,$23*47 tl
The plant is equipped with two n
compound non- condensing high 4t
icrvlce pumps with a gauranteed ca- 14
parity of 600 U. 8. gallons per mln- .
ute each. One pump therefore will C
produce for each ten hour day: ,k4
500 gallons per month. j?'
30,000 gallons per hour. |d'
300,000 gallons per day.
9.000.000 gallons per month. j*4
The engineer says he is now
pumping from.gix to eight hours per
lay, which WgWill average at 7 c
PLIES TO
CTICLES ]
ication Addressed T
Question?Much Ir
'oubt, Appreciate.
>urH per day, and to be more than i
teral we will assume that he is get- i
tig only 80 per cent efficiency, s
hich will produce: 1
400 gallonR per minute. 1
24.000 gallons per hour. 1
168,000 gallons per day. t
5,040,000 gallons per month,
nd by dividing the monthly pro- 1
iction of 5,040,000 gallons into (
139.47, the totai operating expense 1
>r month wo fio.l Oio ?? '
?, .. v .luvt vuv |/? unuui 4JUML '
i the city of putting the water into '
le houses of the consumer to be
le sum of 4 3-4 cents per thousand
ill capacity for seven hours eacn 1
iv the cost per thousand gallons (
ould he onlv 3.8 cents, and if the"
\
ere run at capacity for ten hours
;r day the cost per thousand gal- '
nes would be even less, but for the '
upose of these figures and to leave '
liple margin we show the present 1
aximum cost, based on only 80 pei 1
>nt pump efficiency, to be 4 3-4
nts per thousand gallons, and J 1
lallenge contradiction.
At my request Supt. R. S. Harper, !
?s recently made a test run of the
ant and I have in my possession hi.^
itimate of the present cost of the '
ater. based on 80 per cent pump !
Hciency and a seven-hour day run
i be 4.08 cents per thousand gallons.. '
frhctlon less than my estimate.
<
No sam? and unbiased man will
>r a minute argue that the interest
a city bonds is an operatihg ex
?nse. That interest must be paid re ^
ardless of whether or not this conact
is made, and must be ff'.d
hethef "the plifnt 'stah'ds Idle, operles
one hour or ten hours a day,
ut if the ipterest was a prope.
iarjre**toNijmratinewest- thcrfity aslore
than compensated for that ex
emliture on account of free hydranr
sntal, insurance rate reductions
ee water for sprinkling streets and
ublio drinking fountains. If arItrarily
the $175.00 per month in
rest be added as an operating ex
enso and the plant be run at capaty
for ten hours per day the cost
f the water would be about 5 cents
f?r thousand gallons. Assuming tha.
lis proposed customer, the Lancas
Cotton Mills, will use one million
iillons per month It will take less
inn 1 1-2 hours extra pumping per
ay or to be exact 41 2-3 hours per
lonth to supply that amount of wail
and the additional cost to the
ty to furniRh this million gallons
ould be?
xtra fuel $20.83
xtra Alum 7.5<?!
xtra oil 58
xtra repairs .92
' ? ,
Total $29.8o
r 2.98 cents per thousand gallons,
es, the cost would be even less as;
would not take all the extra coal
gured for the reason that tire is
ept banked in one boiler all the time
j as to start the pumps on short
otice in case of emergency.
This extra million gallons that
ill cost the city less than 2.98 cents
er thousand is offered for sale at '?
?nts per thousand gallons to any
insumer ustne nr ~ '
TO UBB |
rie million or more gallons, and thi^
the same rate fixed and published
y the Water Works Commission, of
hich I was chairman, in December,
H08, and on that same schedule of '
ites the Ice Plant, Oil Mlll/L. ? C i
ajlroad and every other manufac j
iring plant is now paying.
Allusions have been made as to
le Cotton Mill being outside of the ,
>wn limits. The editor of The
ews, Mr. Wylle, and other crJPScs J
ave either through ignorance or
rejudice not taken the trouble to (
lorohgtily inform themselves as to |
le attitude of other cities in. fur- (
Isbing water to nearby manufactur- ,
ig plants. For instance, I am re- {
ably informed that the city of Ches- (
sr is furnishing water to the Wylle
otton mills, which is two miles out- {
de tbe corporate limits, at. the rate (
r 7 l-2c a thousand gallons, and no ,
oubt they would gladly rurniah the t
urekn Cotton Mills, which is out- .
de the corporate limits of said (
>wn, on the same basis. I
It is the general custom of all ,
Itles to furnish manufacturing
m
A . . \ JT
I
IN NEWS
o The News, City's
[formation The
>lants with water at the minimutr
ate, whether they are inside or out
tide the corporate limits for tb<
eason that they recognize that the:
ire trie nreniood, not only of th<
own but of the surrounding eoun
ry.
The sale of our surplus water t(
manufacturing plants, business con
cerns for automatic sprinklers, am
.0 out-of-town users is what kept thi
plant from operating at a loss before
the sewerage system was installed
The foregoing shows that there Is ;
"reasonable profit" to the city
ihoulri it be fortunate enough to el
actuate this contract.
As lo Sufficiency of Water Supply.
There is, in my opinion, absolute
ly no doubt of the sufficiency of tli
water supply now available to tak
"are of the growth of the city fo
many years to come, and stil! hav
many million gallons to spare.
Hefore the proposition was mad
to the mill. 1 personally asked Mi
II. S. Jaudon, the engineer who in
stalled the plant, whether or not h
would advise such a contract and h
unhesitatingly recommended it, stai
Ing that the city would have a ha nr.
some profit in it at seven cents pe
thousand gallons and that we ha
plenty of water to supply the need
of the city and take care of such
contract.
Should the flow of the stream ii
very dry seasons materially diminisl
the amount of water ordinarily hob
by the dam, ample reserve for all tli
needs of the city and the mill couh
easily be provided for by additiona
reservoirs which may he made a
comparatively small cost. The las
constructed reservoir, of nhmii ti~
tk.mos the capacity' of the origins
one. cost approximately $700.
The foregoing shows that our \va
ter supply is more than adequate fo
the present and for possible neett
of the future.
Incidental Benefits from Proposed
Contract.
As to fire protection, the interlock
ing of the city system with the mil
system w.ould greatly enhance th
power to control a eonflagratio
within our limits, for the reason tha
the mill system has two pumps wit
capacity of 1000 gallons, each, pe
minute, twice the capacity of the cit
pumping plant; the mill further ha\
ing reservoirs and tanks, complete
and contemplated, with greater ct:
pacity than the existing reservoii
of the city, all of which combine
power of reserved water would be a
command to fight a city conflagra
tion. Such a system would doubtles
tend to further lower insuranc
rates.
Furthermore, the mill village wit
a population over three thousand i
right at our door, and we are an
should be vitally interested in thei
health and welfare. We have abac
lutely pure and palatable water i
large quantity and if it be possibl
to put such water in the homes o
these worthy workers whose labor
are contributing so much to the up
budding of Lancaster no good cltl
zen should object.
The Springs Interest a Valuable .\?
set for Lancaster.
Is the presence of Col. Lero
Springs and his business enterprise
properly appreciated in this com
munity, and is it wise to encourag
the constant nagging to which he i
subjected by jealous and enviou
men who would like to drive hint ou
of business leadership so that the
might play a more important role
He and his interests contribute, mor
taxes than any other in the. city an
county, and many persons can testi
ry as to his generosity and charitj
Should he shut down his cotton mb
ind other enterprises here the gras
would grow in the streets of Lax
caster, many families be thrown ou
of employment, many homes vacate
md many business houses closed, an
h wail of regret would be heard o
svery hand. Other coromunitie
would gladly wecome him and bette
appreciate his worth as a cltizer
The citizens of Fort Mill would we1
come him there as shown by the fo
lowing resolutions adopted by tbei
(Continued on Page f)
"gregation gathered at the mee^
' The next association goes to T*
^ haw.
"I A candy stew given on Thurw
' night at Mr. P. W. Twitty's, in ll
L" or of Miss Lena McWhorton of .
s beville county, a former teacheq
the Caston school, was greatly
1 joyed by the young V>eople li^.
community. (
81 Mrs. John Clyburn, v\bo
' her daughter, Mrs. J. (1 Stut
Sundav, returned to her
li *
Hartsville, Monday aftemoc . j c
s Mr. W. D. Ellis and sor!l ^ i
" Rnd Messrs. Wallace and 1st &
1 all of Hartsville nelghborhc |
*' tored to the Flint Ridge co || # ^
" Thursday to visit Messrs. ^ I
'V'Crimminger and P. W. TviCl s
'* thwir
*i Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Twitty att^j
the funeral of Mr. A. D. HiH
1 Mrs. Twltty's brother, at Lannw
Friday.
'* A very helpful meeting, of
School Improvement League IB
y,held at the school house^rldajj
s ternoon.
i- 'Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Caskey an<|
o Brown of Bethune were gues
? Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Mohley Sin
s Mrs. Caskey will retnain at her\j
t er's for several days,
yj Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. TVjtt
t Rock Hill visited the former's J
e:er, Mr. P. T. Twitty, Sunday.
rt| Mr. Preston B. Black mon of,
I-j caster spent Sunday with his da
r.,ter, Mrs. R. S. Watson. Mr. B
li mon has reached the age of 68 if,
i? and says his health was nerer,
i- ter and even seems to Improve li
it [grows oldisr. '
iaj Mr. Irby Cauthen of Rock Hil
u the Sunday guest of his parent
n and 'Mrs. A. Cauthen. L&i
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mohlay I
< children motored to Korphaw ;
L. day to spend the day wltiit 1
I- Hicks Morgan. t I
Mr. W. B. Twltty was gu j
n Mr. Henry Haile at J
(Oontlnaed oa
HEATH SPRINGS HEMS
- DURING PAST WEEK
MEETING MUCH SUCCESS
h
Interesting Game Results i?
Favor Home Team?CandyStew
Enjoyed. Heath
Springs, Nov. 6.?Eva SaV
i'lie, the only daughter of Mr. and
- Mrs. Lonnle Cauthen, died at the
? home of her parents at Pleasant Hill.
f Thursday night, Nov. 2. Her death
3 was unexpected and came as a great
- shock to her parents and friends.
She was three years of age and a
> very attractive child. Intermteni
- took place at Salem cemetery Fri*
1 day afternoon, the services being
? conducted by the Rev. W. W. Boyce,
3 pastor of the Pleasant Hill A. R. P.
. church.
*1 Lilliie Mae Adams, daughter of Mr.
' and Mrs. Cameron Adams, died at the
- home of her parents near Pleasanl
Hill Saturday nieht. Nov a
[illness of six weeks with typhoid
* fever. Everything that physician
nurse, parents and other loYint
hands could do was done to save th?
' life that hung in the balance m
e long. Lillie Mae was seven years o
age and was a beautiful and obedleit
c child. The little body was laid t
rest in Kork Hill cemetery Sunday al
' ternoon at 3 o'clock, the pastor, Kej
15 T. A. Dabney, conducting the funewl
e services.
Dr. H. D. Stalkner was called t
' Southern Florida Saturday night t
p
see his mother who wus ill at lit
homo there. A report saying tty
she died Sunday wab received hel
Sunday night. The sympathy ?
many friends here will be extended '
n Dr. Stalkner in his great bereavi
1 ment.
[1 Mrs. Hasel Vaughn returned h*
Friday morning from ^harlesto
A where she has been visitiug her
'band at Fort Moultrie. ,
The meeting of the Sunday schn
f association of the First Distrl
'' hejd at Pleasant Hill A. R. |
^.church Sunday, November 6, wa4
pronounced success in every wl
" Mr. W. ('. Ellis of Heath Spring*}
' president of the association. Mn,j
* T Green of Lancaster, president!
the county association. Miss Ravel
of Spartanburg, who is superititel
: ent of the elementary departopff
" and other speakers, were present;!;
' made interesting and helpful tan'
1 A bountiful dinner was spread by.l
"i Pleasant Hill people, to which a
' justice was do%e by the large 0}