Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SHE MAY BUILD BRIDGES. New York Girl, a City Employee, Is Studying Civil Engineering. Whea Lord Byron woke up one morning and found himself famous his feelings must have been some what similiar to rhose wih.ich Miss Elsie Bittman, of Brooklyn, is now experiencing. Miss Bittmans' recent appointment as a topographical draughtsman in the bureau of high ways made her suddenly famous, a circumstance which was wholly un expected by her, and not altogether 'o her liking. "I really cannot see," she said to a reoorter in her office at the bureau of highways the other day. "what I have done that people sho,l be so interested in me. Of course women don't usually go in for civil engineer ing, but I am not a civil engineer yet, and the possibility of my ever building bridges or tunnels or sky scrapers is so remote that I have hardly thought about it. I should like co do some practical engineer ing work, of course, and I will have to before I can get my degree in civil engineering from Cooper Union; but everything is very hard for a woman, and I don't konw that I will ever get the opportunity. "I never really have had any defi nite aim in the study of engineer ing. I was always fond of mathe matics and when I was graduated from the Brooklyn high school, in ;goi. I looked around for some way c contnung .tese studies. The civil engineering course at Cooper Union seemed to offer the best op por:unity. -No, I wasn't the only woman in the class. For a while I was alone. but afterward a couple of women en ered. They had no idea of making a: :)ractical use of their knowledge. They only wanted to teach. I am not quite sure whether, if I really do become an engineer, I shall be a pion eer or not. I have been told that there is a woman engineer practicing in some western city-Chicago, I think-but don't know anything defi nite about her. There is a woman in the department of taxes in Brook lyn who is .doing much the same work as I am." Miss Bittman took the civil service examination for topographical draughtsman last January and was tihe .only woman among 135 candi dates. She will receive the degree of Bachelor of Science from Cooper Un ion 'n 19o6, after passing a final ex amination in such alluring subjects as dynamics. hydrostarics, electrici ity and physics. But she cannot get her diploma as a eivil engineer until she has been engaged for two years in practical construction. While studying at Cooper Union Mliss Bittman was earning S75o a year as enlograp)her in the tene ment bi .se dIepartment, and next ;vinter s2e will go on s:ndying and ate: lin cas'ses at nigh:l while The earns a:the rat of .200 a year in "Of oure. hatis hard work, and takes all my time." she said. "I have ntiefroc p2ieasures whl SCh1oo las. nd I u a io:td of fun as a::yhody el;e. in 5pite :the contrary: but like my wvork. : 'o ad her will he timne e oough to .t.e: ..:lie h'asa nhad :he effect of ma.king her lL.k any older. Her mathematical ability she inherits from her father, Henry H. Bittman of the bureau of highways. a .d it is shared by tra.e whole family. Her brother, Walter Bittman, is in the employ of the American Bridge com pany, and her two younger sisters are both exhibiting an unusual taste and capacity for mathematics. THE AGENT DIDN'T KNOW. A Story Of An Editor And a Life In surance Solicitor. World's Work. There are today some thousands of varieties of life insurance policies, each of which has a technical name and t= capable of being made quite unintelligib le to the average man. Some :mnscrupulous agents trade on stand the meaning of the 'terms them selves. but have learned their les son parrotlike, and most of them ap in plain English to those about to in sure what they are contracting for. The result is a mass of mis-informa tion and confusion about the whole subject. For instance, an agent was trying to insure an editor on some new plan. The editor had a theory that any fact could be put into plain, everyday English if the man behind the fact really knew what he was talking about. After listening to an involved flow of "premiums," "deferred divi dends," "cash surrender values" and "optional choices" he said gravely: "See here, I don't understand what you're talking about. But I'll tell you wh.t I'll do. If you'll write that proposition out in plain English so that an ordinary man can understand it I'll not only take the policy, bu* I'll publish the explanation as an ar ticle, and pay you a hundred dollars for it." "Will I? Sure I will," exclaimed the overjoyed agent, thinking he had indeed struck an easy job. And he departed adjuring the editor not tc forget. A week passed by. The agen1 called up on a telephone to say that he was working on the thing. There was less exultation in his voice. Two weeks more elapsed. The editor had forgotten the whole thing when the agent's card came in one day followed by the man himself. "Well," said the editor, "got my article?" "N-no," said the tagent siheepishly "The fact is, I guess I can't do it the way you want it, after all. Let's call it off." It is hardly too much to say that this is typical. German Students And Drink. German students are awakening The following is a translation of an appeal just issued by the Deutsche Verein Abstinter Studenten: "For some years a great change has been taking place in the relative status of civilized people in reference tc drink. "While the Latin nations, especially tih.e in-earlier-days-temperate French are sinking deeper and deeper in the alcoholic epidemic, in Teutonic lands a manly fight has been going or against the degenerating drink cus toms, and already have the powerful activities of our Anglo-Saxon and northern neighbors attained greal success in this direction. "Germany has as no other land furnished the scientific weapons fox tihe war of emancipation from alcohol. But in a period in which Sweden and Norway have reduced their consump ion to one-fifth par:t of the earlier consumption and in which the Finns and Canadians have become the most nearly alcohol-free of all civilized peoples, in Germany the consump in Ihas enormously risen and almost as rapidly as in France. "Brothers. we acadlemic youth must hear a great part of the blame for the alcoiholizing of our people. From xsfows the false poetry of the beer drinking student societies into all strata of society. "Therefore is it not more and more a call of honor to German student iealism to take its place in the burn ng iigi.t which is con,ing on? A cen tury agot d.). German studenJ ;he.'pi -ee -h zir land fro'm an op;ee:r. :her times. other coni:icts. The canab:e ccntestamts and~O mn 'f higih culure. Only a deficient sense ofi social duty will keep anyone inactive. "True vigor in the place of impo tent beer-heroism which makes us a laugihing stock in the world-true and ideal joys in place of the intel lect and health-destroying, unclean, drinking club life--these are our aims. "Contemporary German student so cial life is in a state of mental im poverishment. It forces individuals against their better tastes into worn ruts. Therefore the adherence of all the thoughtful is needed in order to break the traditional bands. Fin er new habits must replace the old worm-eaten ones. "The vigor now paralyzed in alco hol narcosis must ~be brought into happy and noble activity in fields of phscal exercis.., the enjoyment of nature an dart, and in participation in the great qunestions of German life. "Comrades! Help us break the shackles in which the past and the tyranny of custim 'hiold us. Join with us in the fight for abstinence. "A vigrous joyousnew- time will then emerge into the light for the German people. Help us break the way!" Run Away From Home 128 Times. Skinner Quinlan Schoven, champion boy runaway of Chicago, received six cents the other day to buy meat for his two dogs, Tige and Jack, and remained away for three days. When he returned it was with torn clothing, eyes blackened with fighting, and no shoes, but he told the officers of the Juvenile court today that he had had a "bully time." At present his "wanderlust" is somewhat cooled. "He began running away when he was three years old," said his mother, "and he has run away 128 times since." He lacks two months of be ing ten years old. Judge MsEwen decreed that the mother should take him home and deprive him of his clothing for two months, andthern he would be sent! to the Glenwood School for Incor rigibles. "I don't believe taking his clothes away will stop him," said the mother. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By John C. Wilson, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, John L. Thomas hath made suit to me, to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of David Thomas. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said David Thom as, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry on Wednesday, August 23rd, next after publicacion, thereof, at ii o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my ha:1d, this 7th day of August, Anno Domini, 1905. J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. Owners of dogs in the town of Newberry, who have not paid the li cense tax on dogs for the current year, are notified that the policemen have been instructed to summon them before the Mayor's,court for trial for violating the license law. Geo. B. Cromer, Mayor. NOTICE. The undersigned have been duly qualified as the executors of the last will and testament of Mrs. S. E. Turnipseed, deceased. All persons indebted xto the estate of the said Mrs. S. E. Turnipseed will make paymentc at once, and all per sons having claims against the estate of the said Mrs. S. E. Turnipseed will present' the same, duly probated, at once. Notice is also given that we will make a final settlement on the estate of said deceased, in trhe probate court for Newberry county, on July 19, 19o6, and will immediately thereafter apply for a final discharge as executors of said estate. . George Joh:1stone. Joseph H. Hunter. Executors. Newberry. S. C., July 28, 1905. Sheriff's Delinquent Tax Sale. State of South Carolina,) County of Newberry. { B Y VIRTUJE OF AN EXECUTION to me directed by Jno. L. Epps, I will sell on Monday, the 4th day of, September, 1905, (Saleday) .at New berry Court House, the following prop-; ~erty, viz: Lot in town of Helena, assessed to~ Nancy Edwards, bounded by lot of Nancy Edwards, in Helena, bounded by lots of W. S. Langford, M. L. Wicker, Desoine Bates and Geo. Maffett estate. Tract of Land in No. 3 Township, containing thirty-six acres, more or less, assessed to Laura Prince, bounded by lands of S. P. Crotwell, Richard Thacker, Tom Tete, and Dry Creek. TE RMS OF SALE-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. Sale of personal property for delin quent ~taxes will be advertised later. M.M.BUFORD,I Sheriff Newberry County. Sheriff's Office, Aug. 14, 1905. RECORE SOUTH CAROLINA OF EQUITAI FOR THE FOUR MONTI New Business actually Premiums Collected - Excess over the same p( Death Claims paid - - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, _ COUNTY OF YORK. Personally appeared before me J. H. Miller, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is Cashier of the Branch Office of the Equitable Life, at Rock Hill, S. C., and that the above figures are correct, being taken from the books at the close of business May 1st, 1905. J. H. MILLER, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 11th day of May, 1905. C. L. COBB, Notary Public. MORAL: Insure in th 1T1 R "The W. J. Roddey, Mana R. C, BRUCE, Special hiskey Morphine H abit, Habit, - CUred_bY Keeley Instit 329 La dy St. (or O. Box 75 )Columbia. S. QUIT COUGHI There is no Lungs out, v tie of Murra lien and Tar A few doses of this Househ< !-,. A positive cure for In Ts.roat. Anti-Spasmodic in HE MURRAY DR Out of Date Pi Plumbing fixtures ar installed some years at that time, but so many impre jin sanitation that an old plumbi but is a menace to the health Iwhich it is still in use. Is Your Plumb Let us examine the conditi correct defective piping and in~ tures made, namelyr oAtag 'tadad" Ware is guarantee< be healthy and more comfort Home Plumbing." SCCDAVS''"I. OF THE GENERAL AGENCY THE 3LE LIFE IS ENDING MAY 1, 1905. paid for - - $973,548.00 . - . - 179,126.48 riod of 1904 10,949.79 - - -. - 133,029.20 Under date of May ist, 1905, Yice-President Tarbell Writes: "The number of policies issued by the Society for the month of April, 1905, is more than one thousand in excess of the num ber issued in April one year ago. Our actual paid business thus far 4 this year is almost exactly $5,000, 000 ahead of the paid business of the first four months of last year. Equitable Life, Strongest in the World. ger, Rock Hill, S. C. Agent, Newberry, S.C, Cigarette All Drug and Totacco Habit, Habits ate of South Carolina. C. Cc unfidental correispondence solicited. need of wearing your rhen you can get a bot 's Horehound, Mu! 1d Remedy will give immediate re nuza, Bronchitis and Diseasses of Crup. Jc CO., nbing is Unhealthy d systems as made and ago were very efficient (iV ements have been ma~de recently ng system is not only unsanitary, of the occupants of the house in ing Out of Date? If so, the members I of your household are constantly risking their health. Degetive plumbing generates germ-bearing s e w er gases which pollute the atmosphere and cannot help but be breathed by * the occupants. Sewer * gas is dangerous and the S strongest constitution , cannot long withstand its ill effects. )n of youi plumbing, in order to tall the best and most sanitary fix-t Baths and One-piece Lavatories. 1. If this is done, your home will ble. Ask for booklet "Modern D E53" ewerry.S.C. /