Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

State Board of Puglic Weifare ^ Reports Almshouse System Wholly Inadequate. "The present South Carolina sys tem of almshouses, poor houses, coun ty homes-or whatever they may be termed-is an inadequate and expen sive method of attacking the problem of teh institutional care of the indi gent poor of the state." This statement is made in a re port just issued by state board of public welfare after an expensive study of the conditions that exist and contributing factors that govern the opreation of "poor houses" in the Palmetto state. 29 Almshouses; 392 Inmates ; The last complete reports received by the state board of public welfare show a population of 392 in the 29 almshouses of South Carolina. The character of the population is practi cally unchanged from what it was ten years ago, nearly all of the inmates being defective or physically infirm or both. The few that may be classed as able bodied are, almost without ex ception, f?eble-minded or harmlessly insane. Happiness and Two Meals. The present almshouse population of the state is cared for in two Charleston city almshouses, the Ash ley River asylum and the Charleston City home for whites, and the follow ing county almshouses: Abbeville, Ai ken, Anderson, Barnwell, Cherokee, |1 Chester, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fair field, Florence, Greenville, Green wood, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, 11 Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Sa luda, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, "* York. Four of the 29 almshouses are * constructed of brick or cement. The * permanent plants of the other 25 con- c sist of a group of frame cottages 2 with very primitive equipment and I almost no conveniences. Two of these r institutions serve only two meals per 1 day. 1 An Interesting Alternative. An interesting alternative for the . present system is suggested in the * welfare board's report which contem plates the establishment of District r Hospital homes, a group-of contigu- e ons counties, four or eight in number s combining for the purpose of provid- v ing care for their indigent population. S ' Such a home, says the board, should exist for the care of the aged infirm t of the counties concerned and should t maintain in connection with it a gen- a eral hospital for the treatment of in- a digent sick and crippled, the nursing 1 and medicad facilities maintained and y .the general equipment and manage- t ment measuring to the standard of r other such institutions. The site I should be selected as near as the cen- r ter of- the group of counties as pos- r sible. 1 "A Melancholy Proposition." The report compiled by the board * of public welfare states that: "A se rions inadequancy in the system is a the lack in our almshouses of facili- 1 ties for employment and recreation c and the absence of any home atmos- ' phere. The fact that the inmates of c an almshouse are not able to work on a a farm does not mean that they do ^ not need occupation of the right kind c or that they do not need proper re- * creation. Employment and recreation r suited to the physical and mental condition of the patient are essential * to even a reasonable degree of satis- * faction with existence. Says Dr. Hart, of the Russel Sage foundation, who made a survey of South Carolina in stitution during the war : "The alms houses which I visited in South Caro lina were a melancholy proposition and the old people who were resident there were sadly neglected. For ex ample I think it was true in most of these places that there was no pro vision either for religious services or for recreation-; and these people led (a dismal and melancholy life.' " Superintendents and Farmers. "The average number of inmates per almshouse is 13.5," says the re port. "Such a small sized population does not warrant the necessary over head expenses required to secure a competent and trained staff. No re flection is intended upon the present staffs. In the majority of instances the superintendents are just "what they are employed to be-excellent farmers. But in the fact of his abili ty as a famer and his duties in con nection with the farm lies the neglect of the inmates. What is needed is a man whose business is to run an alms house, not to farm. He may farm on a very small scale, as a part of his occupational work with his patients, but his chief aim will be to run the almshouse. Such men demand com petent salaries.-The State. Ford Cars. We have two Ford cars for sale. .One stripped runabout and one 1920 touring car with starter. Price very reasonable. LYON BROS. Don't Overwork the Apron Strings. Use the veto power on your hus-| band sparingly and then only in pri vate. Men have more courage in busi ness ventures, but women are more cautious and more opposed to changes. If more men would listen to their wives fewer of them would fail in business. A man covets the ad joining farm; he wants to keeps more stock; he gets into more things than he can carry through. Here the wife who knows as much or more than the husband about the family business can be a real help-a balance wheel. Business judgment, a sense of values, a grip on details, methodical habits, power to ?read character, ability to handle ?help, courage and caution these and many oth?rs-fine traits that j help to make a successful business ca-1 reer do not depend at all on sex. Some men have them, some do not; some women have them, others do not. All the brains that you and your husband combined can apply to your business of getting wealth out of the soil will be needed. . ' It embarrasses a man dreadfully if j me neighbors get the impression that j ie is tied to his wife's apron strings. The husband ought to appear publicly j md privately as the representative | )f the family. However, I know one luccessful old farmer, noted for his ihredness, who can never be drawn nto any deal of importance in a hur ry. He always says, "I'll see what she ;ays about it." Many a wise man ;ays, "I'l think it over and let you enow in the morning." That short lentence means: "I want to go home md talk it over with my wise wife vho is as true as steel every day in he year to what she believes to be he best interest of me and my chil-j Iren-the' faithful life partner who igain and again has shown a finer >rudence than my own; the dear wo nan who not only has given her dow- j j y, but herself, soul and body,' to naking me an honored and successful nan." That short sentence, 'Til think ? t over and let you know in the morn- } ng," means in the mind of a good ( lusband: "I will make no important; nove that involves our common prop rty without her knowledge and con ent. She always advises with me; I j nil play fair and advise with her." ^ ?pend Your Husband's Money Wisely Sit down and talk things over. It akes time for the simplest proposi on so to sink in that it will result in j ction. The larger policies as to stock 1 nd crops you ought to understand. ?he rotations your husband is using j rou should master. Have him chart he different fields and then name or | lumber them. The very fact that he las to go carefully into detail in these 11 natters will be a real help to him, naking him dp good,?sharp thinking. The questions you will ask will make tim think through all sides of every iroposition. The farmer is usually landicapped by having to do his work done. Most business men have a part ier or partners. When one member if the firm wants to try out some hing new he must convert a skepti al partner, who will put him through t cross-questioning that will show the peak spots in the policy. Two points ?f view are always broader and safer han one. What he fails to see you night see. You are the principal spender of he family income. The clothing, the ood, the furnishings of the house, he repairs, are for the most part left o your judgment. Convince your hus >and that you are conscientiously put ;ing in your time and best thought to nake every cent he earns go as far is possible and he will trust you more ind more. If you can show him in de ail where the family income has rone and can tell him ahead just what ind when other expenditures are :oming you will put heart into him. Ie will not feel then that he is work ng away in the dark. I have known a lumber of homes where the income .vas turned over to the wife arid she tept the books and looked after the purchasing. It was a practical division if labor. The firm-the family-was just that much more efficient. Much jf the work of the average farm wife ioes might be done as well or almost as well by a hired girl, but the place of the business wife no one else can ever fill.-Australian Farmer. Relieves Rheumatic Pains. "I am subject to rheumatism and when I have a spell of it one or two applications of Chemberlain's Lini ment relieves the pain and makes rest and sleep possible. I would not think of doing without it," writes Mrs. C. Owsley, Moberly, Mo. WANTED: Men or women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed ho siery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 ?ents an hour spare time or $36.00 a week for full time. Expe rience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Every Fly an Enemy. Is it pleasant to think that the fly which may swim' in your gravy or bathe in your coffee has carried with it a record of association with out houses, pig pens, garbage cans and other filth? Is it pleasant to realize that this same fly, though it may get out of the liquid and regain its health, has carried on its feet little particles of offensive matter which it may leave behind and create all sorts of dis orders? It is not necessary to have the fly wash his feet, but the trouble will come when he walks over other victuals. Now we have a sure condi tion of affairs that will prevail when the fly gets into the house. The next question is to plan a warfare on both their breeding quarters and the live individuals when they appear after settled weather. ? Busy in Spring. At the first signs of spring the blowfly gets busy. It is fairly burst ing with eggs and ready to deposit them wherever there is a favorable condition present for hatching and developing the larvae. It appears rea sonable then, to suppose that such places as outhouses, slop barrels, rot ten straw and manure piles should be sought first of all for such purposes. It, will be well to look around for all such breeding places and see that something is done to put a stop to the increase of the fly. With no en couragement to multiply the fly will not bother your premises; but with plenty of foul odors, which it will fol low unerringly, the fly question be comes a formidable one. In all cases where nothing is done to prevent the laying and hatching of eggs and the growth of larvae, it is almost useless to make a great ado about sticky fly paper, fly traps, etc, for at the mo ment you are catching one alive there ire very likely several maggots grow ing rapidly and eggs being laid to take the place of the grown one. So it is all first a matter of keeping the premises clean of decaying matter, >f making the outhouse flyproof, and my number of other things that enr :ourage. the existence of flies. With io place to lay eggs in, the fly is sim ply up against it. The housefly, the stablefly and the lornfly all have certain characteris es that agree. The housefly's mouth s adapted, for sucking up its food vhile the others are fitted for biting ind piercing the skins of animals from which they such the blood. The ?ousefly, therefore, is otherwise om livorous. All three of these flies have similar habits during the larval static ind all select pretty much the same naterials for incubating the eggs. CVhat can be done to check the egg aying of any one will be sure to be igainst the operations of the others. Swat Every Piy. Every fly that buzzes in your kitch COE-MO QUALITY FI For Cotton, Cc ?J Grain, Peanut QUALITY in plan QUALITY in aval QUALITY in mee QUALITY in big j QUALITY in prof Dry and drill Analysis as j Prompt, court THE COE-MORr Subsidiary of The America* Charlean FOR SA EDGEFIELD WARE] Edgef ie W. P. CASSELLS SAWYER & JONES, QaaazBssxegBssseD I Barrett & g (INCORP* ? COTTON Augusta en should be looked upon as a real en emy. Fight him there as you should ! fight against his egg-laying. Screen all your windows and doors and keep traps and fly paper on hand. You can buy good fly traps ready made or you can make some yourself. With many forms of screen traps the presence of some sweet substance like sugar or molasses is necessary .to coax them in. Rooms k Dt dark through the day will encbur' flies'to stay out and if they get ther? y will not like the dark ness an< < ape at the first oppor tunity ae necessary curtains up you ii t> the flies out. Do not think the housefly will con fine his activities to the house, for he is sure to be found wherever man is and so for that reason he is just as apt to be in the orchard as in the 'field or wood. Certain forms of fruit and leaf blight are said to be due to houseflies. They peddle round the hav oc-producing germs on their foot pads and from that instant the trou ble starts. The annual loss from flies in one way or another surely reaches many thousands of dollars. At any rate let no efforts relax toward keep ing up the war against the pest. It may be impossible to annihilate him entirely, but you can keep down the increase of an innumerable host ,by watching every avenue by which the fly tries to gain a foot-hold.-Farm' and Ranch. Teachers Notice. The next regular teachers' exam ination will be held Saturday, May 7. Notice is hereby given that only certificates issued by The State Board of Examiners are valid, and no teacher will be paid next school year without such certificate. Any teacher holding a temporary permit that expires June 30, 1921, must take the examination. A valid' certif icate must be presented with first pay-warrant next term. Be sure that you can qualify before you accept a school or begin work. White appli cants will report for examination at the Edgefield High School building; colored applicants, at Macedonia. W. W. FULLER, Co. Supt. Educatioon. Notice to Taxpayers. All persons who have not paid their taxes for 1920 will take notioe that the time allowed for payment with three per cent., penalty added will : expire with the night of April 30. On and after May 1 the penalty will be seven per cent. ?fter the night of May 15 the books will close and, as provided by law, will be turned over to the sheriff. ) J. L. PRINCE, County Treasurer. April 19, 1921. RTIMER UTILIZERS ?rn, Tobacco, . s and Truck t food content lability. hanical condition, fields. itable farming. t lable goods, guaranteed, eous service. OMER CO., Inc i Agriculture! Chemic*! Co. m, S. C. LLE BY HOUSE COMPANY ld, S. C. , Johnston, S. C. Ridge Spring, S. C. M i r: M VfflEWSfflSSf? P 25? mi Company DRATED) FACTORS ? . - - Georgia aaaiamaisgaiem Large stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber on hand for Immediate Delivery. Woodward Lumber Co. QUALITY-SERVICE Comer Roberts and Dugas Sts.y Augusta, Ga, Consult Your Own Interest fry Consulting Us When Buying 1 ? Metal or Composition Roofing Mantels, Tiling. Grates Trim Hardware Wall Board Doors, Sash, etc. FROM Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Company 635 Broad St. Telphone 1697 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA ARRINGTON BROS, & CO. I Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. IT S NOT WHAT OU MAKE OU SAVE THAT COUNTS Cosyricht 1909, bj C. E. Zimmerman Co. -No. 66 EVERY DOLLAR that you spend foolishly, every proportion ate amount of money that you earn that it would be possible to save and do not, is only money that you have to work for again. On the other hand every dollar you put in the bank is money that is going to constantly work for you. Which is the best; money always working for you, or you always working for your money. Come in and start that bank account. Don't put it off another day. ..?i..-.*'; BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, President; A. S. Tompkins, Vice-Presidentr> E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard,. Thos. H. Rainsford, John Ransford) M. C. Parker, A. S. Tompkins, J. G. Holland, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen,