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VOLUME XLIX, NUMBER -.3 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY 1S, 1911. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR. alyses of M And Ice Water is Pure-Milk S nation Which Board of J died Distilled Water c Spring Water Coni till To the Citizens of Newberry: Several cases of typhiod fever (al though nothing like an epidemic) aying been reported to us, and con icting reports as to the source of in fection being prevalent, we forwardei samples of the city water, distillet and spring water used in the manu 'facture of ice, also samples of mill from Wilbur's and Williams' dairies to Dr. F. L. Parker, Jr., of Charleston to ascertain if the Infection came fron any of these sources. The followinj reports were received from Dr. Par ker: i 'Sanitary Water Analysis No. 670, of - sample of water received July 13, 1911, from Dr. F. D. Mower, board of health, Newberry, S. C., marked "City Water," from standpipe. Bacterial Analysis. Bacterial indications of contamina tions, none. Remarks: Free from contamination. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. L. Parker, Jr., M. D. "'Distilled Water" From Ice Factory. .Sanitary Water Analysis No. 668, of -sample of water received July 13, 1911, from Dr. F. D. Mower, board of .health, Newberry, S. C., marked "Dis ttilled Water," from ice factory. ., Bacterial Analysis. Bact rial indications of contamina ~ ions, none. *Remarks: Free from contaiition. Respectfully Submitted, (Signed) F. L Parker, Jr., M. D. "'Spring Water" From Ice Factory. ?Sanitary Water Analysis No. 669, of ample of water received July 13, 1911, from Dr. F. D. Mower, board of health, Newberry, S. C., marked "Spring Wat -en," from ice factory. Bacterial Analysis: Bacterial indications of contamina tions, positive. Remarks: Sample contains coli -group bacifli, indicating that sameI has been contaminated by faecal mat ter of some kind. Conditions causing contamination should be removed. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. L. Parker, Jr., M. D. Wilbur's Dairy. Sanitary '.VIlk Analysis No. 672, of ample of milk received July 13, 1911, mDr. F. D. Mower, board of health, wherry, *$. C., marked "Wilbur's airy." Bacterial Analysis: Bacterial indication of contamina ons, present. Remarks: Sample contains coli Oup bacilli, indicating that same has contaminated -with faeces of some nd. It may be possible that the con mination is due to cattle faeces. In case, the contamination is not so gerous as human faeces. Findings )ate that there has been careless ss in the 'handling and distribution fthe milk. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. L. Parker, Jr., M. D. Williams' Dairy. Sanitary Milk Analysis No. 671, of sample of milk received July 13, 1911, 'rom Dr. F. D. Mower, board of health, Newberry, S. C., marked "Williams' Tater, Milk Supplies of City howed Evidences of Contami ealth Says Has Been Reme rt Ice Factory Pure But aminated Before Dis ation. Bacterial Analysis: - Bacterial indications of contamina tions, present. - Remarks: Sample contains coli - group bacilli, indicating that same has I had access to faecal contamination. It I1 may be possible that sample was con - taminated by cattle faeces and not hu man faeces. If contaminated by cattle faeces, contamination not so danger ous. Findings, however, indicate that there has been carelessness in the col lection of the milk for distribution. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. L. Parker, Jr., M. D. It will be seen from these reports that the city water and ice are free from contamination. The milk from both dairies shows the presence of the coli-group bacilli,. to which the typhoid bacillus belongs, and could be the source of infection. The typhoid bacillus was not isolated, as this is a very difficult matter, but the finding of the coli-group bacillus shows that the milk has been contaminated by either human or animal faeces for "in the normal intestinal tract of all human beings and of many other mammals, as well as associated with the speci fic disease-producing bacterium in the intestines of typhoid fever patients, is an orga.nismn that is frequently found in polluted drinking Waters (or milk), and whose presence is prof 'pasitive of pollution by either normal di= dis eased intestinal contents, and thoughi efforts may result in. failure to detect the specific bacillus of typhoid fever. ,the finding of the other organism, bac-. terfumi coli commune, justifies one in expressing the opinion thiat the water (or milk) under coMifderation has been polluted by fuitestinal evacuations from either human beings or animals.|I Waters (or milk) so exposed as to be liable to such pollution, should never be considered as other than a continu- ] ous source of danger to those using: them." We have visited and inspected the dairies, and found them in good sani tary condition. The only 'point in'1 which they fail to come up to the re quirements of.,the model dairy is that the bottles are not boiled before being 3 filled with milk to be distributed to 1 the public, and this fault has been C remedied. From our investigation, although we have not been able to positively trace t the source of infection, we are of the I opinion that the water, ice and milk I are now as free from contamination I as it is possible to have them. Respectfully, Ic F. D. Mower, M. D.,!3 Chairman. i Jos. H. Hun.ter, Harry W. Dominick, C. L. Havird, W. H. Hardeman, Board of Health of Newberry, S. C. POSTMASTER AT WHITMIRE. David Dancan Appointed to Succeed ~ K. B. Hargrove. Washington, July 13.-It was an nounced here today at the postoffice;y department that David Duncan had ni been appointed postmaster at Whit- n mire, Newberry county. He .takes the place of K. B. Hargrove, who recently I DEATH OF MR. J. M. WHEELER. Gallant Soldier, Talented Busines Man and Good Citizen Goes to His Reward. Prosperity, July 17.--Mr. J. :1 Wheeler died at his home on Sunda; at the age of 74 years and 10 mo:ths Mr. Wheeler had been in ill health fo: some time, and while his death wa not entirely unexpected, the loss t his many friends and relatives is non the less deeply felt. Mr. Wheeler was a very active mai all of his life until sickness cut shor his business career. He was a Conferedate soldier, serv ing as iieutentant in Company G, 13tl South Carolina regiment, until wound ed at Sharpsburg, when he came home Remaining only until his wound heal ed, he again answered the call of hi: country and joined the cavalry, wherE he remained until the end of the war Coming home from the war he set tied down and became a prosperous citizen. Showing that same fervency in business he had shown as a soldier, he soon rose to the head of his profession as all know who remember the power Wheeler & Moseley were in the mer cantile business,' he being the senior member of that well known firm. He was an active member of Grace Lutheran church, having been an elder for years, and which position he h,eld until death called him. He is survived by his wife and five children-Mrs. H. H. Rikard, Newber ry; Messrs. J. S., J. P., W. W. Wheeler, Prosperity, and B.. L. Wheeler, of Co lumbia, and three brothers, N. B. Wheeler, Little Mountain; D. B. Wheeler, Silverstreet, and A. H Wheel.er, Concord, N. C. NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Election of Cotton Weigher for Pros perity-Annual Meeting Stock holders Farmers' Bank. Excelsior, July 17.-Have had fine rains the past few days and crop prOs pects are niuch brighter. Mrs. Walter Lake went to Colum bia Friday night to spend a week with relatives. iALte Miss Mazie Kinard, of New >erry, has been visiting relatives in his ectidal. Mrs. H. G. Crouch, of Saluda, spent riday night with her brother, Mr. H. . Kinard. Mrs. J. M. Schumpert spent the past eek with her son, Mr. Lee Schum, ert, of Cannon Creek section. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Rikard spent atu:-day night with her brother, Mr. Mrnelius Counts. All the cotton growers around Pros erity and all others who may feel in erested will meet in Prosperity next saturday afternoon to talk over and rrange plans for the election of a ~otton weigher at said place the comn ng season. After this meeting a comn ittee will advertise in the county apers an election to be held to elect cotton weigher for he coming season. Remember the barbecue at St. auls on July 28 by the Messrs. Rich rdson, as this will be the choice 'cue f the season. The annual meeting of the stock olders of the Farmers' bank at Pros ~erity, was held on Wednesday. At .is meeting it was found the bank as done a good business since it was rganized, and is in fine shape. The tockholders elected the following di ectors: E. M. Cook, W. B. Boinest, . W. Kinard, F. 0. Koon, C. J. Pur ell, WV. P. Counts, Rev. Ira S. Cald ell, J. C. Neel, E. W. Wallace. The directors re-elected the follow ig offiers: E. M. Cook, president; . B. Boinest, vice president; E. 0. ~ounts, cashier; E. S. Blease, attor ey. Masters Augustus and Lentnar Hoe r, of Columbia, are up spending sev ral days with Master Clyde and J. .Wheele:'. Misses Julia and Louise Shealy, of ~itte Mountain. have been on a few ays' visit in the neighborhood. Sigma. Pulaski Lodge. Pulaski lodge. No. 20. I. 0. 0. F., 11 meet in Klettner's hall Friday ight, July 21, at 8 p. m. Let all embers attend. J. Y. Jones, . G. Peterson, Noble Grand. * THE IDLER. ** * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * I wonder how many people obeyed . the order to observe July 12 as clean y ing up day? But then the delightful rain came and saved many household r ers the unpleasant and laborious duty of cleaning up. The beautiful rain came down in torrents and just wash ed all the germs and microbes right on down into Scott's creek. I don't know what the people who live below t and whose cows drink the water will do about. I suppose they can have the water distilled two or three times and that will end the germ. Anyhow the rain was great and will do. lots of good in a great many ways. I told you the rains would come in good time and that Nature and Nature's God would do things right and do them at the right time. There is no need to worry) about the weather and the things over which you have no control. The thing for -you to do is to do your duty and do it every day and everything will work out right. -o By the way, I am told that the old burned building near the union station has ben torn down and a beautiful and substantial railing has been put along the sidewalk to keep pedestrians from falling down the precipice. Now that is very nice of Mayor Langford. There are several other things which I have suggested which I hope he will undertake and put through just like he did this, only I want him to do them in less time. There are two or three of thes old eyesores tanding jn Main street that should be iemoved and they1 can be removed just as easily as this one Was '6iy it ghould take less time. Then, Mayor Lanfofd, suppos- We go to work-you and I-I rekobn that is good grammar-if it is not just so we know what we mean-and put down some permanent paved streets. Especially the public square. Sup-! pose you. put the old town in debt, wha dl Zerence does that make if we have something to show for. it. Better I do that than to spend $25,000 to $30, 000 a year and have nothing to show for it except the fact that the money has been spent. Of*course there will be -knockers, but what difference does that make. .You know they-these same old fellows-knOoi when it rains! because it rains too iuh, afid they knock when it doesn't rain and Are going to starve to death. They 'don't know what they want. Same about permanent work. it is cheaper in the, end and in the beginnfng. I see from the papers that the little town of Florence is going to have a "white way" and they are going to pend for installing $2,500 and 'for maintenance $1,20 a year, and theyI will have 364' 42-candle power lights strung up,.. Just think of that, Mayor~ Langford, and your city council. Now, I have not counted the lights of New berry's "white way" but I do not thinkj we have over 500 and I am sure they~ are not over 50-candle power. Well, 50-candle power is all right, only we should not confine this "white way" to so small a section of the public I square. Why not extend it up andr :own Main street? The following fr.om a Spartanburg' n aper. The same down here: i "It is against the law for automo- I1 iles to smoke in New York and many c ther cities. Down here the average r river of a benzine buggy don't think Ia e is going at all unless his car is a smoking like a cotton mill smoke- a tack." C And in Greenville an ordinance has t. een passed -to prohibit the use of tI uffler cut-outs, exhaust power whis- fl les, or signal operated by exhaust ti ases from the engine. And $50 or li hirty days is given for violation. Now,o don't know what all this means, but- S suppose it has reference to the sup- ti ressing of the great clouds of smaoke t hich you sometimes see coming from o: he rear end of one of these machines t( and the unearthly noises which some F f them sometimes make. I saw one It f these two wheel automobiles going up the street the other day and it was U naking more noise than I ever heard rom a regular four wheel machine, nd ther is one of them that has a histle or horn or something that'i ounds like the fire distress signal. It tU ..............) is awful. But then Newberry has nc ordinance on the subject. --0 I was seriously thinking of buying me a touring car, but when I read of the great number of accidents and the various ordiances and laws on the subject interesting with the per sonal privileges and rights of the owners, I have about concluded to go away off in the country and buy me a farm. I want to get far enough away to myself where I can enjoy genuine American liberty, the kind that my forefathers fought for-the right to do as I please so long as I don't inter fere with the happiness or the proper ty of my neighbors-and in order to do that I suppose I will have to buy up all the land that adjoins me. There are so many laws and ordinances now that one does not know what to do, or when he may be caught for violat ing some one of them, and, you know, some judge has held-or may be it is an axiom-4that ignorance of the law Is no excuse. You may be ever se Innocent so far as intention goes, and yet be guilty of violating the law, and if the authorities want to bring you up they can do it. And then you may go on violating the law and the ordinances and if the authorities don't want to bring you up you are never seen. That is what you call, some times, having a pull. __ But what has all this to do with The Idler's park. Who is getting busy helping me. It would be a nice time now to begin the planting of shrub bery and making ready for a beauti ful place. Some one in Spartanburg has offered the city twenty acres of land for a park. I was hoping that some one in Newberry would make a donation of something like that, but I am afraid to suggest it, for if it were done it might cause paralysis or heart failure or pellagra or some other ter rible disease. Mr. Buton has made i nice donation. A sinilar 6ne froni twenty other good citizens would fix the thing all right, but when some of our leading financiers will tell you a park is a great thing and Newberry ught to have one and then they come across with the measly sum of $50 what are you going to do about it. Why we are going to build the park ~is poor people--and then we are go ng to be generous and invite our rich nes to come down and enjoy the enings with us-that's what we are oiflg to do. We are broad-minded, we1 se, and if we had the money that~ ome of these stingy old rich folk have ve would make a town out of this. The Idler. Mr. Holloway is Thankful. I Newberry, S. C., July 6, 1911. . McGowan Simnkins, Esq., Edgefid,I S. C. , .' My dear sir: I thank you for 'your rticle in the News and Courier of yes rday. It is .all right, and while it oes not pretend to give the entire peech, so far as it goes it is a true presentation of some of the thoughts pressed. I heard that one of the tate officers feared that the speech as an attack on the mills and the egro labor. You know it was no such ing. I attacked nobody as you will illingly testify. I tried hard to show e difference between the business ethods used by other organized bod s, and from that I tried to draw the ~ssons for our farmers that to suc ed they would have to adopt busi ess methods in the conduct of their ffair; which I still contend is true, d that does not mean or imply an tack on auf9b'dy or set of people, or ass of people. It is absurd to say at because one points his fellowman )a better life and a more correct ode of J'ving, that is an -attack on e d'o11. It is indirectly, for every e that is tettered by such counsel is e less for the kingdom of darkness. > every farmer that I can get into is organization and he will carry out e teachings of that order, will he ie less victim for the predatory 11. ~rests, all of which are combined. om the farmers standpoint, I think y position is impregnable. I thank you for your kind words; ey are well writi en. Your friend, J. B. O'Neall Holloway. The Herald and News-the paper r at gives the news while it is news.t TERRELLL TRIES TO GIVE UP JU0 But Gov. Smith Won't Accept Sena tor's Resignation.-Wants Gover norship Awhile. Atlanta, July 14.-Governor Hoke Smith this afternoon received the res ignation of Senator J. M. Terrell. In a formal reply, the governor declined to accept the resignation and request ed the senator to continue to repre sent the State, at least during the present session of congress. "I cannot, in justice to myself nor to the State, -whose credentials have been placed in your hands, unoerta a to assume a responsibility of such im portance as appointing a senator," said the governor, in reply to the resignation. "I hereby resign the senatorship of Georgia, to take effect this day," was the substance of Senator Terrell's let ter. In declining to accept Mr. Terrell's resignation at this time, Governor Smith points to precedents established Ia the United States senate,, showing that Mr. Terrell is the recbgnized sen ator from Georgia, until the commis sion expires, which he presented to that body. The governor cited several cases. Not Ready to Don Togs. Continuing, Goverpor Smith said: "It is not my purpose to send my cre-. dentials to the United Statee senatif during the present session of the leg islature, and, therefore, you, during that period, will be still one of the representatives of this State in the United States senate, unles? you insist upon your resignation.....As I am so situated that it is impossible for me to leave at present,- I beg that you will not assume the responsibility of de priving this State of one of its repre sentatives when votes are had upon important questions," A overn6t Smith deellned toiight tct state What steps wbuid be taken to -ins sure two votes in the senate during the present session in the event that Mr. Terrell insisted upon his resigna tion. Mr. Terrell declined to make any comment. Terrell Makes Hot ,Bejoinder. Atlanta, July 15.-"My resignation is with you and it is irrevocable. The people will decide upon the proper ness of your action." Thus said 3. M. errell today. The above statement sums up the situation tonight in the controversy etween Senator Terrell and Governor oke Smith, who has just been elect M6 United States senator to succeed Mr. ['errell, who was the ad interim ap ointee following the death of Senator Cay. Following the governor's statement f last night, in which he declined to ~.ccept the resignation of Mr. Terrell, he latter replied late today in one of he warmest political cards ever issu d in a political contest in Georgia. Says Problem Easily Solved. In his letter, Mr. Terrell declares ~hat it will be presumptuous for him o return to Washington as senator, ~fter Governor Smith had been elected :o that position by the legislature. He aserts that under no consideration ould he continue to discharge the uties of that office. If it is impera ive that Governor Smith remain .in teorgia as governor, Mr. Terrell says, ere is a way in which he can accom lish that desire and still provide for e full representation of the State in e United States senate. "The general assembly can elect an ther senator at once," he declares. Tells Smith How to Proceed, "If you feel that you must stay here, otify the general assemly that you rill not accept the senatorship, to tich you have been elected by it un er the assumption that you would go > Washington at once. Then let the ~eneral assembly fill this vacancy, hich it can do by Tuesday next. "If the senator so elected wishes to .o so, he may relinquish the discharge fthe duties at your call, as you wish e to do, and you may then give up e governorship after the adjourn ent of the present session of the leg ~lature." "I'll bet they are bride and groom." "'Why ?" "I overheard him ask her if she'd inud if he smoked a cigarette."-De oit Free Press.