The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 24, 1920, Section One Pages 1 to 16, Image 1
P ection One~~
Section One
PagesPages i to 16
VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1920
COLE BLEASE !
IN MAN]
Defends His Pomaria Sp
Woodroi
My Friends:
On the 28th day of July 1917, at
the request of members of three Chris
tian churches of Newberry county, I
delivered an address at Pomaria and
in that address made certain remarks,
among which was that Woodrow Wil
son had ruined the Democratic party
and that at the first opportunity the
American people would sweep him and
his party out of power by a most over
whelming vote. I went much further
than that however, and made many
prophecies in reference to tire Amenri
can-European War, every one of which
has come true; and notwithstanding
the fact that some people wanted to
lynch me and others wanted to have
me arrested and cast into jail, yet that
speech stares them in the face today
as a prophecy as if it had come direct
from past events instead of events to
colie.
My fellow citizens, I have never
made great claims, to what I have done
as a church member but I am a Christ
ian and a student of the Bible and in
that Bible I read: "Whatsoever a man
'soweth, that shall he also reap"; tak
ing that into consideration with other
passages of that great book, I was
forced many years ago to inevitably
conclude that, that passage applied to
Nations, to States, to Counties and
even to Races as much as to Individ
uals. If that be true, why could you
not read and why could not the great
leaders of this Nation read the future
and see that war would plunge us into
the low depths which we as a Nation
have sunken, and why could not our
ministers instead of preaching and
prayiiig ior war pray to God that the
eyes of the rulers of the Nations of
the earth should be opened that they
might love the lord their God with all
their hearts and their neighbors as
themselves and instead( of declaring
war, ruin, death, destruction and Hell.
-rise to the height of the mightiest of
the mighty and proclaim to all mnan
kind, "Peace on earth, good will to all
men, glory to God in the highest."
I fear that my dear Southland has
not yet learned her lesson and that
she is still to suffer yet more from
her endorsemient o' thve who favored
war for truly it is written, "le, that
being -often reproved hardeneth his
neck, shall suddenly be destroyed and
that without remedy."
The North, the Eeast, and the West
have repudiated those who "kept us
out of war" but who immediately
thereafter rushed us in; while the
South has again given approval not
withstanding God's warning and the
Saviour's declaration, "Woe unto you
Scribes and Pharasees, hypocrits," for
ye compass sen and land to make one
proselyte; ai when he is made, ye
make him two fold more the child of
Ifell than yourselves" and his corn
mand, "Thou sha!t not kill."
Even the Columbia Record iii an
editorial November 12th, 1920, says:
"That is true, the essential "hell" of
war--the horrors of its visitations on
the women, the immeasurable woe of
its inflictions on the innocent child
ren. I-ow many millions of children
will rise ill) in the last day to point
their accusing fingers against the
great lords and the captains and dip
lomats, with stars and medals on their
coats, who decreed this thing ? How
many have died as a direct conse
quence of the war we do not know, but
here are other millions who endure
the pangs of hunger and face (death or
permanent disability from incidental
disease." What (do you think of that
from this great war clamoring follow
er of Wilson and Company? Hiis ayes
have surely been opened.
I also said at Pomarla fo whc I
was very severely criticised by certain
members of the press of South Caro
lina, "In my opinion the only way to
receive relief is to wipie out of political
existence the present piowers that he,
that is, all those who haye plunged
the nation into war andl I predlict that
they will be retired into political obli
vion at the first opportunity the Amer
ican people have. A result which
wvould be accomplished with honor to
the nation andl certainly without loss
of prestige to American arms." llow
true the predliction! The American
people have spoken very positively on
November 2nd, 1920 and have shown
that they were not "clamoring for
wvar" as was claimed by the liars on
the hustings andl the curltorialse in the
newspapers, by dlefeating eve ry man
that Warrior Wilson and his war lords
put up for public office. Trmly the
hand primaries that Ble qse held at
Pomaria, Filbert, Picke,?s. Chanin,
Manning and at other places which
were unanimous against w'mr voiced
the sentiment, not only of the people
of this State, hut the whole people of
the American Union that were un
trammeledl by primary election oaths.
Whr t, I ask you have we as a peo
ple or as a nation gotte' by our en
tering the war? In my opinion we
have as our reward thousands of iresh
madle graves, hundreds of widow wo
mn, millions of orphan children, dlebts
into the billions that wil not he naid
off when your grand children shall
have lived to be old men and passed
awvay; and worst of -all those, I fear
that many souls that were not pre
pared have gone into the "root Etern
ity possibly, (but I pray God not) to
mingle with the damned, and~ there to
lbe t~ouih'ed with the thought that they
passedl from this wvorldl into the n'ext
with murrlor in their hart,i te weap
POKE
ING SATURDAY,
)ech and Flays President
v Wilson
oils of death in their hands, struggling
to take the lives of the chilren of the
living God. When you think of it
seriously, was the game worth the
scandle; was what we have received
for going into the war worth the sac- I
rifice of our fresh young American
manhood. Was it not as 1 said atI
Pomaria it would be "an unwarrant
ed sacrifice in the sight of Almighty
God of fresh young American man
hood,"
Oh, but they offered us the League
of Nations as our Reward. Yes, and
I said at Wagner last summer "this
so-called League is'n farce and a fake,
the dream of an idealist and the
American people will repudiate it and
all who advocate it except possibly
lown here where the nigger bugaboo
is forever held up to frighten our peo
ple into submission to any kind of rot
called Democratic" so it went and the
people said to Woody "get thee be
hind us and go down and out."
The Democratic part was in pow
er. for thle first time ini many yearls
aInd received the endorsement of the
people in 1916 and had control of both
House and Senate, but not satistied,
dragged us into war and in 1918 the
people kicked out of oflice enough
Decmocrats to give the Republicans
control of both Houses and completed
the job) in 1920 by kicking out the
balance. The war did it and the
League issue was the death knell of
Wilson and his war policies.
More U. S. Senators died just after
the declaration of war than ever be
fore in the history of this country in
the same length of time.
Where is the Czar of Russia? Where
is the Elmperior of Germany? Where
are the Crown heads of Austria, Itu
mania, iulgaria and Serbia ? All
gone. France drove Clemenceau out;
Italy repudiated Orlaoilo and Venizel
los was kicked out in Greece and Lloyd
George can hear the voice ringing in
his ears saying, "Thou too shall beg
for Iercy, but must go."
Come nearer home, yes, to oursel
ves. What about our War Lords?
Where is Ben Tillnun ? Where is .1.
W. Ragsdale ? Where is D. E. Fin
ley ? Where soon will Whaley. and
Nichols be'? Lever seeing the hand
writing of the people oil the wall seeks
shelter in resigning and Dom iuniek
who voted against WAt has beeni
twice endorsed by his people and 'Cot
ton Ed" was oniy saved by the help
of those who took him as the least (if
the evils offered them.
I was so glad to see the following
in the Record of the 14th inst., "A
social meeting of the llypatian Liter
ary Society was heli yesterdiay Nafter
noon at the home of Mi.s Bessie Tay
IM' on PIndleton street. A bout twen
ty co-eds were present, who enjoyed
the reading by Mrs. W W. Ball. The
1uo.1L piece to be delivere' by Mrs. Jall
was Nora Perry's "tomance of a
Rose." This touching little poell was
recited with such expressioni andc)I feel
img that the audience was almost
mved S to tears. Delici'us refresh
ments were served at hf;.1' past five.",
That is what we need, a better feel
ing towards all mankind and I was de
lighted ait the success (if this daughter
of uti' former German Consul at Char
leston being able to "a)most move her
audiice to tears." Would to GoI that
she had spoken before the war and
not "almost" but fully persuaded her,
hearers and brought tears for ler
father's people and love for all man
kind. The .ew, the Gcriman, the Gen
tile, and all. Hut truly whein nation
r'ises against nation, andic k ingdomi
agaimst kingdom. "there'( shall be
fammines and pestilence'' for ''all these
arc' the beginning of sorr'ow."
I warn you now against extrav'a
giiil('(, scli'ial ly in the cx pemicdiftires
ot' your State and your' county. Your
Rtepresentatives have run wvild. Thle
Federal gover'nmnent this yean is c'ost
mug $90 a head for every im , wo'mani
and chiildI in the United S tes. Your
State government this ye ' is costing
$6,091 ,24 1.39 by cdiirect appropi'iation
besides the income from various
soui'ces of whiich the ordclinairy man
nieyr hearsq. In 1914 when I left the
Governor's office it was $2, I46,253.0 i
so you see how fast your' money goes.
II warn you further against the dia
bolical, outrageous and mercenary tax
scheme which the joint c'ommittee of
your.IHouse and Senate has been woi'k
ing on amid which nlow~ has been com
pleted to change your enitiire tax sys
tem, placing the p~owerm oif assessments
of your piroper'ty in the hands of the
enemies of the taxp~ayers and the
laboring people who pay the expenlse
of this government. This scheme,
I understand, is headed by a man
whose fathei' was the Captain of a
ne'gro compaiiy in the' Uion~i army
who fought your father and mine
with his negr'o ti'oops right her'e in
South Carolina and how our people
('an be lead by the son of such a man
into such a system is cone thinlg that
I can only understand by believing
that our peopile are kept in thle dariik
and are ignor'ant of this man's parent..
age, -of his enavironlment and his true
character.
II warn you fur'ther' against the at
tempt which is being made to fasto'
upon you a Government under the
rule of a fewv and not the majority. If
you will but look at the recent ses
sions of our Legislature and the law
which they have passed, you will fincd
that every law that has been passed
has been in the interest. of entralie
iovernmhent and that is putting all of
he power in two or three people. You
iave but to look at your tax commis
ion; your highway department; your
kealth department; your public school
ystem, to see that this is true. Only
few years ago I warned you against
ompulsory education. You were led
to it by fanatics. One of the re
ults is being most seriously felt
'ight now.
To wit: The high cost of labor.
'he white man could have kept his
-hildren at home and , helped him
rather his crop; or last spring when
t was so rainly, and he got so far be
lind with his work, he could have
ep them home and relieved the
lcaicity of labor; but the all powerful
mid mighty truant officer stood with
lis big stick and drove the children
nto school. The result has been that
he negro has taken advantage of it
mad giveln as his excuse as to why his
-hildren canl not work that. he is
.orced to send them to school. The
-esult has been that the cost of labor
as gone sky high and the poor man
,vho has been unable to meet the de
nand has been made to suffer where
le could have, I-' he been allowed to
lo so, relieved h..elf temporarily by
he use of his o n children and sent
hei to school when the rush was
>ver, and tile children would have been
'one the worse off for the change of
chool time and both parents " and
:hildren would have beel happier and
nore contented financially and other
xise.
I warn you against the tendency to
egislate more favorably for the Cor
>orations than for the masses of the
eople, and especially the election ot'
1. orporation Officials as Judges to pass
lpon great legal questions where the
nterest (of the individual or the peo
>le conflicts with the interest of the
-orporationl.
I warn you against planting So
nieh cotton and aldvise that you cut
vour crop at least 50 per cent for
1921. In 1914 the extrat session of the
egishiture passed the Warehouse Bill
which has heen so crippled by its
emies that it has not been allowed
o perform its full part and give the
Telief that it would have given if prop
,r legislation to perrect. it haId bee11n
)assed. That session also passed an
tereage law that Manning and hi
lenwilnell hastened at the regular ses
;ion two mllonths later to destroy prov
ing by this and other acts of theirs
is I told the people iln tile 1911 cam
paign that "Man"ingr and his gang
were (10eemies to the laboring people
if South Carolina."
I have heen isked why is it that the
people hatve not confidence ill the lead
nrs of the Cotton Association, the Imn
port Company Ni-anningtll i *hl in
ulid like concerns? We have but to
1ook at past events and present con
litions and the quystioln is at once an
iwered.
The farmfer us. t rga ls ni z and
eave out the "Planters" who sit in
the Cities 6nd let the other fellow (o
Lhe work, and take in the men who
Actually work and produce-not the
'Big I" who consimes ind produces
lot but the working man. As I said to
my friendl Mr. G. E. Sawyer, "if you
anIl have a meet lig of the Farlmers.
that is, len who ale farmers a141 not
what the Big I's call planters, I be
lieve something cai be accolplished
1110 that what you suggest is a splen
lid foundation to build on- and if such
I lleetinjg is called, it will afford -mn
much pleasure to attend ani1d assist in
Filly manner that I call, and to go any
where Or dto anything withili ljy POw
1r to help. I have little confideInc in
m1en who are work ing for selfish pI
poses and who are simply tryinc to
provide lileals by which to get rid of
their own cottoin (which was grown by
nther people) at a high price at :a
Inter <hi te possibly llext spring, while
the poor farmer, the man who is ill
lebt , is forced to sell now.
lIn my opini onl, wha~it we nleed is re'
l ief, and1( relief now, and not nIlt
spring for the rich plan ter t anl n
help for the farmer , that is the maln
who actually muake's the erop) at thlis
time."
Above it all my friends: attendl to
v'el' r l ownbs iniess and qul(it trlust ingl
it to tmen01 vl wot mke thleir liv inig from
tirawVing div idlends flom hank and
faictory sitock and1( other corp~orat e Iin
terest- --hotw dot youi expiect thema
wyhot 11akes hiis big salary and1( lig dIi
v idleids altd htighi rates ofC illter'est onl
hjis mtoney from Itiw price ((itton andl
huigh price goodls to helIp you rai se the
it is wrlittell, "for where yiour t reasurIe
is, there will your heart lie also(."'
I hope lmy friends that iln these few
rtambling remarks that I have saidl
40ometh ~ig to make y'ou sit dlowni and
hinik--think of your family; youir
I'ellowmen; your counllty ; your) state;
vourl nlationl; yoiurself and~ your' GOD
ome1t "Rig I" oflicet hlohjer or corpora
fion head think for' you-thlink for
yourse'lf and your o1wn biest initerest
'tdt atct on your' own brain an~d quit
rtolloiwin~g "'strange godts"' andt those
''ho cont inull y call out aloud, "'I am
the Iiliht tol low me"' and0 lead you
'eeper) in1to darik ness, ill deblt ini
roulek, iln tcrimed w11~ henl you get.
here, thien ht'dler aIs they ar'e doing
'' we donil't know what toi do"1 and)1
rollowi men w~ho (d0 know what to do(
td who will do0 it.
Then and nott until then will vonl he
!1r'osperouiis, hip'1y and1 iln the fillI
m'ljoymien~t oif te lssinIgs t hat an
ill wvise God inlt(lee for you andi
VOurs'.
NOTICE
Tlatrmnt~y Pr1esbyteial Auxiliar'y will
rioldl~ a' "one' day Presb5lyter'ial ICon fer
m~ie" at K ingstree November 30th I,
1920. Ladies of all chur~ches inl te
aiuxiliare'y nin urgent to mathi
MR. C. ALLEN McFADDIN DEAD
Died at his home in Manning last
Saturday morning a fteI several
months illness, Mr. Charles Allen Mc
Faddin, aged 44 years. The deceased
had been a long sufferer, but never
didl he tebel, but always looked on the
bright side of life. lie knew his days
were numbered, and was ready at any
time to meet the inevitable. Mr. Mc
Faddin had been doing demonstration
work for the government for about
eleven yvyrs, and when his health be
came so bad he resigned this position
and accepted a similar position with
the lome Bank and Trust Co., in or
der to remain at home. In the death
ofI this gentleman the county loses one
(of its be.t citizens, the church a de
vote'd and life-time member and of
ficer and the helreaved family one of
its most.loved ones. The funeral ser
vices were held in the Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon conducted
by his pastor, Rev. L. B. McCord. This
Divine spoke most feelingly of the de
eased; saying in the heginning that
ttlere was no language at his con
m11anid by whichl he could fittingly por.
tray the sincerity of this man's
Christian character, and4 in the ex
periince of several years he could
safely say, he never met one who
seemeld to more nearly wallk hand in
hand with God. lie was riot only a
Ch ristiani, but he was an honoIrable
gentleman, inl the h ighe4t sense that
term implies.
The deceased wa a mason, and by
this lod te he was laid to rest. Th'e
funeral was one of the largest we have
ever seen in Mainning. The chulrch was
fled to over-flowing and the gallery
\\Is crowded with colored people who
hI known and loved him a life timti.
The flowers were many and beautiful.
Mr. Mcl+'addin leaves a widow, who
was Miss Margie A ppelt, several
brothers d sisters, :I numlber of rela
tives and friends to mourn his 'death.
---0
lil1llG E MEl'TI N(;
:I-st Flriday a mteetilig was h''ld to
discuss the project of building a
lidge over Sante' rivet at Pinek
ney's I.anding. 1. 0. Black. presilent,
Columnbia ch a m her of commerce. Chas.
II. Mooreiield of the state hiei hway
Conunitlissiol, la'vine l'. Blelser of Co
lumbia, and It. B. Blelser of S.amter
were p111 1It.
The nuitter. was discu1,ssd fr-om
evervy angle and after tiet addlIresses
a roun11d table diseussion by all pres
ent "veied to collside r the proposi
tion a feasible one and that it would
benefit not only this sectionm (of tihe
cou.t rv, blt. theIa ent ire siale. It Was
decided to) postinol thet Solicitation ilf
stock subscrliptions uil th'. Ii n.
erini conlditionl imlpr-oved4, but not to.
allow the matter to drop and to con
tinue a campaign of edu11cationl :mdl'
g. iptation of the )mItter' until act ive
wVOtrk coui1 he Iinl.
CIVICW 1AlE10.6Mizii(
Thei t'ive LC i .c t Met .\l iday Ift
eI'lolon. Novieii r 22nd. wit tIen
nwmber~ws preiiSen1t. The minutvtot' the
liast nieting were rea(l andl approved,
and tle reIIports of the comm1101ittees:
wt'ere given. An appeal was made in
behalf of the charity comittee for
clothes, (ir ftor :it.ny kind of aid too help
some poor t:anilie's in distross. TLis
comm11ittee rep~orted Somle osiwor~k.
A resolutitn wa a1ssed for the
Leagueio to-spenld ten! dollar-, forlr.
rerIies for family 'ecnv tly m-le d.
stittie by fire.
It was dcided to IostPonIe the pt v
ing 1111il Spr ing, becatuse of the vast
sumll involved. The genervial 41pinlion
wa.,s that by that timeif, the l'vague
coul have the wor~k dome for les.4
llon. A -fter ti le::soi in Citizen
ship v'hieb was veryV .n Iilgh1tening, te
met ad ojourn-led.
I(e::p f urlIly .subillitt'r,
Irm Wci,'einbertg,
Secret ary al'lTreau ua.
WI ).\ A N W A N'lTS Fit~ Il1)( )M
(Cincinniati, Nov. 22.-. Mrs. Annm .\l.
fitrst btasetmati If the CAicinnal~ti andl
the alleged fixing of thew 191!h wtori'
Mrts. C hase ill hetr petition states
t hat they' wer'e tmariied on May 27,
,113:. She chari ges (lhas e wtith atso
e'intinig with other' womlen;a with spendii
inig monley ini goamh tg and d issipat
ing. She says thlat slht lef't him soy
('ra1l times but always returnted to
him on his pr'oniise to (do hetter. She
says that he has g iveni her1 $1 sinc'e
last Mar'ch.
WIllISK EY' S11l,1,( 'AIl'tR )
A 15S golloni still was capltured'i yes
terday afternlootn at abotut 5 o'clo(k
he' I )-lntv Sheriff II. G. McKagan
singleh~anded. The still was fotund on
Ma'. Styles' place about 5 mlliles frIom3
Souter in the ,Jordatl neighbor'hood~
Six gallons of cornt whliskey, five gal
h' 'is of syrupl and about 25 gallonis
of tmash wer'e found with the still ald
de(stroyed. Thle party ownling anid op
escailpe, btut lhe is knw and~ 11( will soon1
A I the titme of the cap~tur'e of' the
I' I Iihere were'i four per'sons ftrom
Smte in t' immedlC(iate? vicinlitv oft
tho' s'm blut tnoneI olf them prof'essedI
knowing anything abiout a still being
inl 'h1is nleighblorhood . A ft ert the et1l
wt a taken thIey help~ed offier Mce
ii' -1<t roy the still, whiskey andl
ma151h --Sitoet Item.
$5,000 DUROC BOAR
.PHIOTOGRlAPHED A ND1
SOLD IN CO(LTMHIA
A five thousand dollar Diroe boar,
the son of a $32,000 hog, .jia kson
Orion King, was sold by the Bradham
Duroc farmi of M annging, today to the
Fairwold farms, near Columbia, of
which A. E. Gonzales is president, Mr.
- Bradham came to Columbia to deliver
the hog and bis photograph was tak
enl onl thle Capitol phaia. The immenst
aninual attracted considerable atten
tion. when he was taken from his
e1crate .4n1d postd before thle camliera
I'he boar' is two yeal1 Old and weigh"
MO0 poullds.--Columbia R'cord of Nov
19th.
Jack;on King 4th, 154021, owred by
Bradlhum Duroe Farm was sold to
Fairwald Farms:, Coitumbia onl Novem.ji
ber 15th for $1V,10.00. Jackson l ing
4th is a son of Jackson's Orion Kiny
th'. Boar II. L. White of Colum cbia
who paid Jackson $32,000.00. That
youlng, boar was two years Odl Sept'm
ber 8th 11120 aind weighed 852 pounds
le is large, full of type that thc
breeders Want. Before selling this
boar Hrm.tlham Duror Farm bred hin
to a number of sows for their Dt'ea
her 25t h sale. Fairwal 1d farnis bouight
this Ir i to help their herd. We ark
proud to :( Clarendon county produe
ing the kind of hors that deimand .
1p ice of this kind. This shows that
I Brt'adlhat m I Dur'ce Farm is cons idered
by tlh' bre'dinig world :L prom' tter'is
of he breI that pays. Their Decem-n
ber 2Oth sale will be featured with
fimmen'1'se sows. bred to Jack's Irierd
7th, Vtancy Orion Chief, Palmetto
.1nc'e Frieind al J:ackson) Kinr 4 .h
ItN\V.\ . SERVICES
A'l BAP TIST ClIIV'RC
It .- eird tip epe- at tlqx annlounce
mlent illule last wee-k concerniing the
serie s of revival .4ervices to be hIld at
the Mannini Baptist church.
i. W. 0. Carver oft' the Southern
Ha pit i ''heolog ical Senminarv at
Loui.svliev, Ke-ntucky, w.ill pre-ach t'wice
daiiy from November 2ithb to Decem
br 5th. h le will l, assisted by .1r.
Franlk E. .eCravy of Laureni-, S. C.,
wmho wkill leld mOth singpingp.
I b hlieve' tirit thet people of
.\a rl d % seinity wit) find thlt
erv1,;ifs coInducltedv by the.-- two menl
of . rat v'alu. Ii. Carver o a Bibh
scholhr 'f epiv lIarning and broad
symtpaithy. IHis insih' ilto the heart
of til Christ an faiti is unu1 sua Il. i
"speech&l i" siaph-, stra':igiat torard~t
and en icn . AIal hi.1t1 esin
.r. .\ r v i V IS ng o abilItv
wh' ..I i f I. w. il It uI rau t lch r
sight al wt hi s t i Solos.
Thtehours Of th Ow trvi n- 10
IA . .\1. ;.-i 7-::() 1'. .3t.. e t t a thu
.\lt I a ing V apisit t ('ar.b.l
It t It Ii to wIhen int n t.
ttnd' thn Soaot herI farmt gets p.
at til ant nI . a (tured nt. see
1t1~i ' f i I ' v. ' l t vi l It S
s ftit 1 ill e'li I bxtIi yc s i a re hod m1(t rt
Il Off11 lftttt(' it t ilt toff\ 11. fil Odt i
HI[tI~v~r 'l rn itr a11 (ns li o
tion iof tlhe tountry is u tmu bring.
hen vrztrikinigly thlt trtub (if tit
stttment if a New York ma who rt.
Itently It made a visit to South Carolimn
a otel it back to friend" i n thi
stat he aSouthr farai eh a rgets uIn
at thet o a im of a (onficticut'. lok
goittolls his t 1ica l. net'da s g i 'I ilr titI
1lb-1.1ifI ft ov ralIlIs, wa: hle. hits faer
wIith incinnti s foa i a .la h '
't'tl, t t.hfn t'to av Gt'rnd Rat-ybb
Trb Ah., Novh.c 2m..-e-at ld Idhiml
hons fnI in )z a r a lard o -it 8
tlow a hefarmyai cver'di n tO'it'hiomr
tae; hen t etie comt'' , hae rel~a
Hos~e'tot ad ys at prayer t.il wite it1
by 'aint out hr Cant rolim dat; theion
UP10 T TOWN OF
MANNING TO [NF0RC[
Eidtor of The ShmeTimes:
1in a recent. i--lsue of r ppe Ittr ywq
wonder if the town authorities art
roing to enforce the pIumbing ordin
ance.
I a woidering we saitme thing, but
incerly }inpe the will not. Not that
I au against sanitatlion, for I an,
back.g John %WesIey stinmig fin hi.,
clas.'e staternent that, "eleaniliness. i -
next to Goliness." bit tin acoliunt of
tlie present high cost oif plumbing fix
turs materials and work.
iPlumbing fixtulres and tra
have not fallen in) prive liko mlaii3
'dher coiniodit'es, but. are costinit
.uist tLh r00 tIi IS I much asI they die
in 1914. aidt as Aor lumbers' vh-trge,
they are out of all reason. They are
carging' V/.0 per hour, which wouric
nean $21(=. for a ten hour i py, the)
keevp tht' time. '.ith no dliution for
timel( Jwl-n piling aropund arnd smlok.
ing < garettes, but, for a wonier the
f uriish their own eigarettes. Wherc
Iuses areC widely separated like most
of houses in t Iii , town, it, is not. neces
sary for Yanitation that they hav
:i''ewer cin twetionsit', for w ith care such
Iiremi ises can h kept. sanitary with
out such crotos
My own preInises were kept just aL
IIean and free from wfor- beforc I
.iLt~l ptuming aLs they a1re now.
on tht other han:l one of the towr.
msi pectors! vodlunteere'd the informatiol,
that soeit. of the most unsanitary
plac'es in town were in tiit yards of
the wteib to d( peiople. I }n-.t'i no idet
wht tl.i were ;Is I did not purSu tith
lbjet wt hich lie birouiglt utp.
I van iadily see though how this
could by the case, with the spotless
-anitar plumbing arrantgementFs il
doors f ,: jsv of itthe family, and with
mirvants accommohiations, horse
stbIhles, cowstals, and hog pens in the
back-yard, is aything but a spotlemss
(condition. You enn readily see that
Such a plice, although plunibed and
sewer coneCted woubt make :in ide.al
hiome111t. for nonteii0rotus flits, which he
liteve ill early marriages and largc
InintiIie'-, alid whose thoughts never
r"Iln tolWards race suicide. Not only
this but. if every hense along the
slwer lints was connected I think
t110r'k woublil Still be at ullajority of the(
hotusesS m' town nlot Connected hercause,
they art. rot ()I s'eer lines. So you
.Sewir cn ctllio' ndo n4t in them
selvs garateesanit-irv conditions,
aid they art it availa .'or half of
tne hlomes ink thilt n S( some 400he1
- .hod i. necvwary if the town is tc
eke-pt cltean.
The' oly wy I enn think of is ti
have fr leit insllpe'tiions, ti yea
(0un, .111 lachres in tolwn, anll finc
heavily wxithoiut tear or favor all who
a;re. neglige_ nt inl keeping their premi
Si'' ltei anl d piracticaliy odotiless. Th
ins pectir Shoubl 1w. liable to come in
unlan', 01nneed at anly t il- like a1 bank
-:.aminei or a corpolration auditor. I
di not know however if aun adminis
tratica1 which did this wmooi su ''ved
itsIf in u'iei, as mny people do not
lik'' to It' nlII. iie (to keep clean.
Thi' alte sime houses alolig tli
Sewer' line )s cheap that it would cost
abhut . miluch as the tiose' and lot
are. worth. to buihdit a hth roomn and
etuill it will)t fixtures and pipe their
to the( sewer.
In the e-vent that this. 6nianei
impartilly enftorced, a sensible own
(r of such property vuulid dismiss the
tIllialts and ttr ltimiv th' :,hack in(,
phant litatoes (n1 th" griind, but
ioust's art Very .sear u' so It should
not lfo i to di this, eslit'lly as
i I . d
ft is lit n lt-i ryl', a lish t oi hit
tlt to iwi a )thuislk orinancel and tif
htil' hth'a nike hatot the poweri~i
dI ty :.' liiluti. r ize th e '. t eire.
thiei e hian::setions tt imade herilf
ditir ;iut htt corree ii in ani'y oth- ~
hIf eOths is doneli lni y el thet
ievery I) slit' was consiuenc whethei
ftccut'la owekr ofr t('a it wisb
onn el'i' whe workandsaterall.
ahm ai 1)iarnftary 'IC c tuteniei :n.
la1)01 pt of spiitdern~i home somfot
il rllt.r whiiL be wllingi tof the
a it reaol' advancitfor thlnem', but
f ir11) r turh'n It'wnrit fat rs tt ighf
the towntuin lketelayi'.h