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.

Entered at the Postoffice at New ferry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 21, 1911. If you are an anti-Hoke Smith mai you probably think Mr. Smith ough to go on to Washington. and begin hi, duties as senator. If you are a Hoki Smith man you probably think that h ought to continue as governor unti after the session of the legislature. Greenville Piedmont. It about sizes up the situation cor rectly not only in Georgia but every where else. We notice that it is probable the in. ter-urban will build to Laurens. Th( matter is now being considered -y the authorities. It seems to us that i1 would be a good time for Newberry t< get in touch. Some time last year, the chamber of commerce had special committee or this subject. If that committee is noi still in force, it would be a good plan for the president to appoint anothei committee. The Lexington county farmers pass ed a resolution, asking the legislaturE to provide that one-half of the fertili zer tax that now goes to Clemson be given to the common schools of the State. There is no doubt that Clem son could get along with about one half of the income, which is now re ceived from this source, but if any part of it is to be divided why not lei t go to the support of Winthrop. 0 course, the common schools nedd mor( money, but we rather doubt the wis dom of a direct State appropriatiot fior the maintenance of the commor echools. We assure the Wateree Messengei 'that we are pleased to note lts state went that Major Richards will not be a candidate for railroad commlssloner if he should become a candidate for governor, and that if elect4ed governoi he will resign as trustee of Clemson We can see no more reason for resign ing the trusteeship if he is eleted governor than for reigning when he was elected railroad commissioner. Or, to put it differently, we can see nc reason why he should not hold on to his trustee job as governor just the wame as he did after he became rail I If any argument were needed tc show the importance of changing the public road between Newberry arnd ~.Prosperity so as to avoid grade cross ings of the railroad what stronger one couid be presented than the statement 'of the facts resulting in the killing of a mule and the smashing of a wagon and the narrow escape of Mr. Cook only a few mornings ago. Mr. Cook is a careful, prudent farmer, a mani of judgment, and discretion and yet he was hemmed in in such a way. an'l the trial came on him so suddenly, that ther was no way of escape. As population increases and trains mul tiply the risks are going to increase. How any good citizen who uses this road at all can not be enthusasticaliy in favor of relocating so as to avoid these grade crossings we can't under stand. In fact it is beyond compre hension. The Georgia legislature has before it for consideration a State highway commission. "Good roads have been symbolic of high civilization since the days of old. Nothing adds so greatly to any community, county or State as good highways." It's coming. The day is dawning. The good roads move ment is gaining impetus every day. We are delighted to see it. We have long been a strong advocate, and when we began we had few followers. "The farmer is now a business man and the question of time is of as' much importance to him as it is to any body. More than that the average city man is interested in farming and in rural development, consequently there is a decided interest in the work from every source."~ And just to think as long as we have been writing on this subject and urg ing its importance Newherry is not question. She should lead. If she will not, however, we are pleased to see other communities waking up and do ing something. It takes money and labor, but every dollar expended and all the energy put forth in the build ing of roads is a good investment and will pay large and immediate divi dends. ANSWERED BEFORE IT WAS WRITTEN. There is very little to reply to in the card of Mr. J. H. Wicker, manager of the Farmers' Oil Mill, published in The Herald and News today. Mr. Wicker must have either not careful ly read the editorial in The H!rald and News to which, as he mientions the name of the editor of The Herald and News, we suppose he is attempting to make reply, or he must have failed to understand it. Let us take up Mr. Wicker's card by sentences, and see what it con tains. Sentence No. 1. "As there is so much said about our ice, I think I am due the public to make this state ment. The Herald and News cheerfully gives his statement space in its col umns. Sentence No. 2. "1 give you my word, that there is not a drop of wat er that is used in making ice, that is not distilled, whether City or Spring water." .. A careful perusal of the editorial in The Herald and News, even a mi scroscopic or a bacteriological exam ination, will not disclose any state ment or any intimation to the effect that the Farmers' Oil Mill uses in iaking ice evle"z a drop of water that is not distilled. We did quote medical aUthority In Newberry to the effect that in distill ing water contaminated witjh: that group of bacilli to which the board of hiealth says the typhoid germ belongs that "It Is altogetherpossible for the contamination to slip In." Sentence No. 3. "If we use water fr6m the city, that water although pure, we take and pump into oub boil ers, then boiled uLntil it goes to steam, iIs then caught and condensed back to water then rebelled and filtered, is then conveyed through pipes into a storage tank and then into the ice There Is not a word in thle editorial in question which even intimated that this was not the course pursued by the Farmers' Oil Mill. Sentence No. 4. "Now if there is any way to make water purie it is by distilling the water, that is done by boiling the wa.ter, and we boll this water not once but twice." There is no doubt in the world that, "If there is any way to make' water 1 purie it is by distilling the water."i There was not a thought in the edi torial in The Herald and News in j question that even intimated a sug- 1I gestion to the contrary. But if, in, the interest of the public health-the < health of the men, the women, and , even the little children of Newberry, 't we may be permitted to repeat an in- 1 niry contained in our former editor- a ial, we would, in all humility, ask, as a we asked before: "Why distill contaminated water 4 when there is pure water at hand in s abundance?" Whly use water which It is neces sary to purge of bacilli to which the a board of health says the deadly ty phoid germ belongs, when' water I which is naturally pure is at hand in abundance? We have waited in vain for a reply. t Mr. Wicker's card does not answer the - question. Sentence No. 5. "You have my word that the water we use for making ice ,is pure, you have the word of the c board of health that it is pure, you a havie Mr. Aull's word that the ice is not pure, you can believe the one you f want to believe." We are not willing to believe that 1 Mr. Wicker intends to misrepresent i ahat The Herald and News said. Buti listen to what The Herald and News r; did say: "The recent analysis of theb distilled water from which the Far- a mers' Oil Mill manufactures its ice ii shows this distilled water to be frj C' from contamination." But we did give a medical opinion, from two as good doctors as the State affords, which not even Mr. Wicker, in his wisdom, has seen fit to controvert, to the effect that "the possibilities of contamination, even though the dis tillation of the water entirely purifies it, present an element of danger which should absolutely condemn the use of any water in the manufacture of a city's ice supply, unless the water should be free of contamination." There is no question of veracity in volved. There is absolutely no per sonal issue about the matter. Per sonal issues are entirely too small and insignificant to play any part in a question which even in the remotest degree concerns the health of a com. munity. Sentence No. 6. "I will make this assertion, if you will select three or rive mien that are my enemies and if they will come to the mill and show me where we use any but distilled water for making ice I will resign my position." We sincerely trust that Mr. Wicker has not three enemies, or even one nemy. We do not know why he should have. But why he needs to make this "assertion" we are at a loss to understand. The Herald and iews has never said that the Farmers' Dil Mill used "any but distilled water for making ice," and we have not seen ar heard the statement made by any Cme else. Sentence No. 7. "There is a lot of kicking being done by those that want something to kick, and if you will call their names I will point out to you why they are kicking, it is not the ice." This sentence would seem to insin uate that there is some ulterior mo tive on the part of some one, or may be on the part of several, or maybe >n the part of a great many-we don't know exactly what it does mean. Whatever the insinuaion iAtended, or :he idea intended to be conveyed, we Thve no diesire to cloud the issue by i discuission of it. We haZe the con cousness of knowlig The. Herald tnd News had no ulterior motive. We re gratified in every snees whicb :omes to the Farme:rs' Oilf Mill.: We were gratified when it wag built, and e are gratified that It Is now hexie Lnd is prospering. This, however, 4is mtrely aside from the question, and t is too infinitestimnally small a mat er to have any place, however indni estimally small, in the discussion of L mattev that conicerns .the public iealth. Sentence No. 8. "Ice cannot be. ade purer than we are making it." That Is a broad assertion, world ide In its scope, but that is a mat ;er of opinion, and we do not claim o ble an expert on the making of ice. ['he most casual glance at the editor al to which Mr. Wicker's card seems o be directed will show that the point ye tried to stress was that medical piiion, which has not been contro erted, was-An the words we used, L hat "the possibilities of contamina ion, even though the distillation of the' rater entirely purifies It, present an lement of danger which should ab olutely con#emn the use of any wvat r in the manufacture &f a city's Ice upply, unless the water should be I efrom contamination."11 Now for the postscript, as to the how: "I will have a block of ice ] aade from water from the city, and It ne made frcm distilled water on the ~ orner at Gilder & Weeks' Friday( aorning if the council will allow me bis privilege, for your inspection. I ronder if Mr. Aull will look at it." 'a f We hasten first relieve Mr. Wick r's "wonder." We assure Mr. Wick r that Mr. Aull "will look at it." We t onfss, however, that we do not ex tly understand whether or not Mr. y Vicker means that hie is going to e rieeze the city water without vapor- C tng it. If Mr. Wicker thinks The [erald and News ever thought of urg 2g that the Farmers' Oil Mill makei e from the city water without va-i t orizing and distilling it, we again j asten to relieve his distress. So farJ s we know, or so far as we don'r no 2;::g and distillation may r ~ BL be c-cesary i the a facture of ice. We never had any idea that distillation would make the city water impure, if that is the impres sion under which Mr. Wicker is labor ing. The whole purpose of our edi torial was in the interest of the pub lic health, and the whole matter against which we protested, after seeking medical opinion, was the use in any manner, shape or form, of water in the manufacture of the city's ice, no 'matter how many times dis tilled, which the analysis showed con tained "positive bacterial indications of contaminations"-which contained, according to the analysis, "coli-group bacilli," to which, says the board of health, the typhoid bacillus belongs the using of such water, in any way, no matter how many times purified, when there was at hand in abundance pure city water, which might be had at very small cost, and which could be used for the making of ice, as it is now partly used by the Farmers' Oil Mill in the making of ice, after vaporizing it, or distilling it, or put ting it through whatever process is necessary in the making of the ice. We assure Mr. Wicker we never had any intention of distressing his mind by urging that he use the city water without putting it through the neces sary process. The chairman of the board of health inforined us on Tuesday morning that the board of health had condemned the spring at the Farmers' Oil Mill as a source of supply of water for the making of ice, saying that the board. of health did not believe there was any danger, but had condemned the spring in view of the pratiest which had been made. Mr. Wicker may be right; the opinion of the board of health may be right that there was no danger. On the other hand, the medical opinion cited by The Herald and News (we are willing to rest our ease up it) may be right, tha.t there is an element of danger. -But why de cide to wall in the spring *lf thele was no danger as there was? The main question, however, Is: Why take chances with the health r,f an entire communityT And we have not yiet had an aixs wer -to our, question: "Why distill contaminated water when. there Is pure water at hand in abundaneV" We had no initention of again writ [ng of this matter at such length, but we felt. that the tone of Mr. Wicker's s,ard called for a .statement. It will do seen, when Mr. Wicker's card is aken up in sentences seriatim, that it was really answered before it was written. Beauty and Business. May we take it for granted that city youncilmen and civic leaguers have mfe and all read "The Awakening of The Cities" in The World's Work? We trust so, especially the second iumber i*n the July issue of that mag Lzmne. But, as a matter Qf fact, this article leserves to be read more especially by what are generally called "business nen." For their particular benefit we wish to present this extract: "A Wisconsin furniture manufac urer and the writer happened to ride *nto Memphis on the same train. The nanufacturer was looking for a South ~rn city in which to etablish a branch actory. He stepped down from the ulilman with his pockets and mind oaded with information, facts and sta istics. He knew how 'many millionI eet of 'hardwood timber . there were vithin a certain radius of the city, he new all about freight rates, and about he hundred and one things that di ectly concerned his business. He hook hands with the two Memphis itizens who met him and said at nce: "'Now let us hop into a machine nd go out and see how you are fixed or parks and boulevards and public uildings.'" The Memphis men were puzzled by his unusual request but complied and1 r'hen the inspection had concluded r'ere gratified that the visitor ex laimed: "Good! That's line. Now we an begin to talk business." The secret of this strange conduct, or such it may seem, was duly re ealed. The furniture manufacturer, a response to the natural question as D his interest in parks, exclaimed htat it was not merely a love of the~ eautiful that prompted him to make b.e inspection, but a very practical' eason. "I make furniture," he said. I must have plenty of good, steady; elp to do it. No city is a good city for the man who must have good, steady help unless it has kept step with other cities and provided places for the help's sane and healthful re creation. Tnat's just business." But that was not all. "There is," he con tinued, "also a new day in the making of public buildings; and if a city hasn't kept step there either, and hasn't started a movement for fine, artistic civic buildings it is a sign that some thing is wrong with that community. It isn't on to its job." There is a good deal more of sound sense and philosophy in this article in the World's Work, but the extract we have made is most appropriate for Co lumbia right now. We would like to refer-and perhaps we will at another time-to what is said about a civic centre for a city; about planning a city and adhering to the plan, about how many overgrown cities have been compelled to make themselves over, at great cost, when the work might have been done earlier at no expense whatever. Sanitation and beautification go hand in hand. Health and recreation and comfort, good water, fresh air and attractive surroundings aake for a stable, progressive citizenship no less than do good schools and good gov ernment.-Columbia Record. Respectable Coloreld Woman Dead. Laura Whitener, a well known and respectable colored woman of New berry, died W'ednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. INTERURBAN MAY BUILD TO THE TOWN OF LAURENS May Vote $20,000 Worth of Bonds for Stock in Trolley. Laurens, July 19.-It is understood here on good authority that the in terurban trolley cotpany, which is building a line from Greenwood. to Charlotte, is again considering - the advisability of running their lipe to La'urens. Information was received to that effect by one of the leading busi 'ness men of the oity yesterday and immediate steps were taken to agitate the question of turning the line this wa. The old petitions which were circulated last fall for the, election on a bond issue of $20,000 to go towards the city's subscription for capital stock were again circulated and enough'signatur'es'of free holde:.s were secured to call an election on tha que.s tion. 'There is little .doubt but that the election w'ulI .carry with a big majority. In addittati to this amuunt the Watts mtll last fall voted.25 cents a spindle towards the purchase of the stock, this ' amounting to about $10,-. 4000. Individuals have already sigai fied a willingnese.to subecribe to the capital stock so It can be safely Isaid that if the trolley people give Laur ens a show in the stter they will meet a hearty reception. 'Ihe survey, which .was made last year showed an .excellent line from Greenville to Laurens by the way of Fountain 'Inn and Gray Court. The line runs along a ridge almost the en tire distance and would be built at a very low cost per mile.' The line could connect here with either of the two lines running into here or could continue on, to Clinton' and connect with the Seaboard. The -latter plan would in all probability be followed if the line were built in this direction. GOY. BLEASE REFUSES TO GEANT REQUISITION! "Joe Brown Is NJot Governor of the State of Georgia." Columbia, July 19.-Gov. Blease re fused today to consider g. requisition from Georgia for a man now in this State who is wanted at Dublin, Ga. The refural was based, it was ex plained, not on any unwillingness of Governor Blease, if such unwilling ness exists, to honor any requisition at all from Georgia, but on the fact that the paper bore the signature of Joseph Brown rather than that of Hoke Smith. "Joe Brown is not governor of Geor gia," said Governor Blease. "He has not been governor for some weeks.1 Hoke Smith is governor In his place. I can not honor a requisition from Brown when Smith is actually the gov ernor." The officer who b'rought the requisi tion, Deputy Sheriff Raffield, of Laur-1 ens county, Ga., was told that if he would bring a requisition in proper form from Governor .Hoke Smith, it would be taken under consideraltion. TO CHANiGE BANKEUPTCY LAW. 1 Object of Bill Introduced by Congress. man Byrnes. Washington, July 19.-Representa tive Byrnes, of the Second South a Carolina district, today introduced a I bill to amend the bankruptcy act to this effect: 'Provided the judge, at any time before final distribution in any case, shall, u.pon hearing, after such note to the truste as the -indge may j3 deem reasonab.. allow proof of claims to be made afz r h period of one year, if te judsg shall. upat such hearing, fin: ti0it It <ill not unreason ably delay the distribution next to be made. Hitch Your Horse in the Shade. , Knoxville Journal and Tribune. With the temperature away up in the 90s, the man who leaves his horse standing in 'the hot sunshine when a shade might be had, is guilty of cruel ty to animals. NEGRO PAROLED FOR THWARTING ESC Columbia, July 19.-Gov Blease tonight paroled Alvin colored, serving 50 days on th well chaingang for petty larc vagrancy, because the gran recommended that he be pardo because Tyler according to Su Morris, prevented the escape white men, one charged with n and the other with criminal and of three more negroes, one whom is charged with murder. TURNS DOWN OFFER FROM CHAJTAUQUA C Columbia Record. Governor Blease declined Wedn day an offer of an engagement from chautauqua bureau for a series of lee.. tures. "They hold put pretty good inducenients," said the governor, as he signed his letter of refusal; "they are wiling to pay $150 for a Sunday lecture." Governor Blease said he was too busy with official duties to consider any lecture tour. The Cause of Eezeea. is germ life that burrows under and feeds on the skin. The way to cure Eczema is to remove the -cause by washing away with a clean, peuetrat ing liquid, the germ life and poisons that cause the trouble. We have a preparation that Will do this. The 1nrst application w511 stop the itching ant r'ie prompt relief to an ~irritated, itching or infamed skin. If' you are a sufftrer from skin or scalp erupt .i in any form, try one bottle of this clean scientifio prepara tion, we are condtdent you *w!l be. pleased 'with the result' from the use of this , standard 7preparatio,a for eczema.' Good for Infants as well as green persons. Mayes Diu 'Store. r r~ diarrhoei in #$ild en al ways give Chamrberlain'solic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy and castor oil, and a speedy cure Is certain. For sale by all dealers. ,' UNIVERSITY OF SOUTI CAROINA Scholatsulp EramnMtfn The Uuuiversity of Soilth Carolina *f rere schiolarships in the schofr of edn cation to one young men fronm esed county. Each schiolarship is worth $100 In money, and $18 term tee and !ree tuition. Examination will' be 'held at the county seat July 14, 19li. Emena tion of students genermily for admiu' sioni to the niversity will be hold at the same time. Write for information to 8. 0. Mite shell, president, Cohnfnbla, 8. C' 5-16-13t. Never leave home on a journey with Dut a bottle of Chamberlain's' colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and can not be obtained when on board the cars or steamships. For. sale by all dealers. Wife Got Tip "'op Advice. "My wife wanted me to take our boy to the doctor to cure an ugly boil," writes D. Frankel, of Stroud, Okla. "I said 'ppit Bucklen's ,Arnica Salve on it.' She did so, and It cured the boll in a shaort time." Quickest healer of Burns, Scals, Cuts, Corns, .Bruises, sprains, Swellings. Best Pile cure on 3arth. Try it. Only 25c. at W. F. Peiham & Son. Sprains require careful treatment. Keep quiet and apply .Chamberlain's iniment freely. It will remove the oreness and quickly restore the parts o0 a healthy condition. For sal'e by all Lealers. A.Happiest Girl In Lineoln. A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, " a ieen ailing for some time with chronio ~onstipation and stomach trouble. K >egan taking Chamberlailn's Stomach Lnd I1ver Tablets and In three days K r'as a'ble to be up and got better right Liong. I am the proudest girl. In Lii ~oln to find such a good medicine." ror_sale_by_all_dealers.___ Now Is the time to subscribe to The lerald and News. $1.50 a year. Falls Victim to Thieves. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has 4 justifiable grievance. Two thieves tole tis health for twelve years. They v'ere a liver and kidney trouble. Then )r. King's New Life Pills throttled hem. He's well now. Unrivaled for onstipation, malaria, headache, d39. epsia. 25c. at W. E. Pelham's. Look! The Herald and News one me for $1.50.