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rm tandari VOL. XXX. \\ ALTEKBORO, S. C, JULY 22. iqoS. NO. 49 A PERPETUAL CONTRACT. a Colleton County Pays One-Half the Expense of Operating *> the Town’s Waterworks. Mr. Gruber Explains- PROFESSIONA BALL ADAMS RUN LETTER. | PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT. For the purpose of putting the people of Walterboro in possession ■of the facts in connection with the waterworks enterprise, The News has secured from the present water works committe a copy of the report presented to council bv Mr. Gruber, the former chairman and herewith publish it in full: To the Town council of the Town of Walterboro. Gentlemen: As chairman of the waterworks committee, heretofore appointed by the town council, I desire to submit in connection with the corresplndence and contracts en tered into by the committee, the following report: TOWER AND TANK. The contract for a steel tower of 75 feet in height, and a steel tank of 30.000 gallons capacity, has been awarded to Tippett and Wood of Phiiipsburg, New Jersey, for the sum of $2318. This steel tower and tank Tippett and Wood guarantee to ewct within 60 days from May 12th, k the date of the order. They guaran tee that all material shall be of first class quality, and that the same will be erected according to standard methods. The terms of payment are, 50 per cent, upon the arrival of the material at Walterboro; 25 per ■cent, when the work of construction has been half completed; and the other 25 per cent, to be paid on the completon of the work. Of this amount, the county of Colleton will pay one-half, and town of Walter boro the other half- The town and county are required to build the foundation according loathe plans and specifications as furnished by Tippett & Wood. These plans and specifications have been furnished by them and are in the hands of the county supervisor Mr. Moore, has who has been instroucted by me logo forward at once with the work of building the foundation. From such information as I have before me, 1 think it probable that this founda tion will cost about $200 or $225,. PIPE AND CASTINGS. With the Georgia Supply Co., of Savannah. Ga„ we have entered into contract for the purchase of 2.300 feet of 8-inch cast iron pipe, »nd 400 feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe, at $27.20 per ton; 5,280 feet of 2-inch black iron pipe at $11.90 per hundred feet, 2,640 feet of 3-inch pipe at $25.20 per hundred feet; 3.200 pounds of calk ing lead at $4.92 per hundred pounds; one lot of special castings at2-7-9 cents per pound. In addition to this we have ordered of them a lot 4fT’s, caps, reducers and L’s, at prices stipulated in the correspon dence herewith submitted. We have also ordered of them two 6-inch -hell connection fire hydrants at $26.50 each, and 8-inch bell-copnection hy drants at $28 each. We have also instructed them to furnish us with one tapping machine, provided they do so at a price not to exceed $75. AIR COMPRESSOR. We have spent considerable time id investigation in determing what method was best adapted to elevating the water to top of the tank. As a result of our^lnvestigation we are convinced that the best method to be* used for this purpose would be the air compressor. Having reached this conclusion, we wrote to the Harris Ait Pump Company, of In dianapolis, md., giving in full detail .all the information required by peo ple engaged in furnishing and in-' gif compressors, and invited of them a proposition to furnish and i*n air compressor for us to the ccniHions required. Upon of this letter they wired us, frrttm «w» MhH .M air comprenor such as we requir ed guaranteeing us 60 gallons of {^Tdinute. for the sum df lOL We thereupon wrote them, the eontraet. and r<h*t the eoBjeeeier wWhl nhsieminn-T ^ them, rtetl.nr thet they tad delivering the water to the surface of the ground, and not to the top of the tank. This con clusion on their part was so utterly at variance with the correspondence Game Scheduled for Friday Afternoon at 5 o’clock. ■ ■ , ,1 An interesting ami unusual game of ball will be play0U Fri- 1 More Anon, One , of Our Live Correspondents, Writes. EDITED BY Jas. E. Peurifoy and W. W. Smoak, Jr. men and the np-town bosiness , the front Patfc t<x>. encourages me to we had had with them that we be^-^nren. N G Morrall is Captain conie a ? a * n - an< ^ tell the dear pub- came dissatisfied and have put our selves in communication with other parties. We have addressed quite a lengthy letter to Tippett & Wood, who are to furnish the tank and | tower, explaining the situation, giving all needed information as to air compressor, and begging that day atterno«*:i at 5 o’clock be tween the down-town business Editor Press and Standard: — A column and over of news and put on of the up-town team and P J Lucas $of the down-town team. John M Klein is to umpire the game; W W fcimoak, Jr., will ba official scorer. Each team is confident of sue cess. They are in fine trim, un- BY FRANK D. 5MEETS—COLLIER'S WEEKLY. Our town is a city of abont 45,000. j You will find it on the map of III. lie of our “comings and goings", nois, in the County of W iaoebago- though I know I am trespassing on almost due west eighty miles Chicago, forbidden ground. Still I guess the! It has two churches each of the dear candidates are so busy attend- Baptist, Catholic, Congregational, ; ing picnics, and studying the politi- and Presbyterian denominations; five cal situation, wondering if they can of the Methodist Episcopal; one each count on A. or how B. -stands, that of the Christian, Evangelical, Liberal they won’t even peruse our paper; an d Lutheran. All the foregoing t* a a V'Vratifs* VkMTAsa t caaiv* cS 0 1 eS v - - — — rs they will immediately forward copies the ru,e9 *’ hich re <I ulre that until after the Primary, so personals are English-speaking. It has Baptist or our letter to reliable concerns no player who has played auy will do as well as anything else. Lutheran, and Methodist Episcopal with which they are doubtless ac- kind of hall for the last two quainted, asking that they wire us years will be eligible. Any propositions. We -have also com municated with Allis-Chalmers Co., of Atlanta. Ga., and have invited a proposition from them. Replies to these several letters^are likely ho ar rive at any moment, and upon re ceipt will be turned over to any member or members of your body whom you might appoint. As al ready noted, the county of Colleton will pay one-h »lf of the cost of pur- player who does not make au error will be immediately put out of the game. The umpire will enforce ti is rule without fear or favor. It is no use to kick at his decision. The game will be called at 5 o’clock, sharp, all business houses are requested to close. The medical iraternity are iu- chasing and erecting the tank and I vited lobe present with a full tower. It will also pay one-half the client of tiieilii iuo and bandages, cost of erecting the foundation for the tower, and one-lu!f of the cost of the air compniss >r, or such other machinery as may 4x* u-ed for the “Bug? h.yiiioud” Glover and Frii p are to pitch. Wauds, thus covering the most thick- pursose of elevating i e wa'er to the ly nsidemiul streets of r.*quired height; t 11. will aN, pay the L ' ini quunt ity of piping of operating one-half the expe.:.-** and maintaining the steel tank and tower hereafter. These are the terms of the contract existing be tween the tow n of Walterbjro, i.nd the County of Colleton, and I here with submit a duplicate o. su* h con tract, and recommended that y* u have the same recorded upo.i your record books, if the same is not al ready so recorded. I have made no exact calculation as to the aggregate cost of these va rious matters for the reason that such an exact calculation at this time would be impossible. By going over these figures, However, you will find that the same will aggregate approximately five thousand dollars. The town treasurer has on hand at this time to be paid over to his suc cessor. I am informed, about $5,100. This amount will probably lack a few hundred dollars, five or six hun dred, perhaps, of being sufficient to pay for all of the material ordered and to be ordered, and the work of putting the same down. If there exists such deficiency. I apprehend you will have no great difieu'.ty in realizing this amount from some of the town’s resources. Jn order to realize the amount now in the hands of the Treasurer, it became necessary for us to borrow from the Colleton Banking Company the sum of $2,500 and to pledge for the payment there of the next installment due on the license fund, payable November 1st next. It may pot be out of place, in con nection with this report, to lay before the Council, by way of sug gestion, the plans contemplated by the committee in connection with this important enterprise. Yon will note that we have ordered twenty four hundred feet of 8-inch cast iron main and eight hydrantato be put down in connection therewith. We contemplated laying this main from the well of Court House Square down Main Street to Hyrne’a Store. We have also ordered four hundred feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe and taro hydrants to be put down in connec tion therewith. We contemplated laying this mein on Water Street, connecting the 6-inch main with the 8-inch main at corner at Terry A Shaffer’s store. These two nudne, together with the hydrants, will town protection in a large gainst the danger of fire. In ditien to this, me have ordered < half mBe of il-faKh black Iren gndonemOb of Unit Mask Tide milt anf a half cfpt tompktodputtinrdeam< Street i Apropos of politics: There verse in the Holy Book which reads , ic librarT< „ Favor is decitful, and beauty is bane." which the candidate would do well to l>ear in mind, then if he 13 a Swedish speaking churches. It has memorial hall, public schools, and an up-to-date high school. It has a number of meets with d.saptwintment he wiU |«rj l*^ factories for the msoufsc- be prepared for it-for my exper-i tur ‘ of furnllurf ' P un0 ' ience is where you expected support ; ^fricultursl implements, gas-stoves. (favori it failed you, but I didn’t P nm P*» bolts, screws, locks, cotton quantity ol piping will not i>e aufiicit it to reach all of the homes in to«n. bur.it will be sufficient to i eact., peiiiaps, eighty or nirt ty jc. ».ent of these people who w-uld probably desire to have water in their homes, and those who are not thus reached will be at no considerable distance from some of the mains thus put down by the town, and could, by co-operation with each other, bring the water to their homes. In the event that this is done by one or more of the cit izens, we would suggest that it will be but equitable to give them credit for any amount or amounts paid for putting down pipes in the streets, such amount or amounts to be cred ited on their water rental. No ordiance has been passed regu lating the use of the water thus to be furnished by the town to its citi zens- This we regrrd i»s a matter of vital importance. A reasonable water rental, it occurs to us, must, of necessity be charged, for tworea- j sons: first, the town having furnish ed its citiE* ns with water by ine erection of an expensive plant ougt.tl to provide itself with a fund for keeping up. improving, and develop-; ing this plant from time to time; second unless a water rental is char ged, the amount to be paid accor ding to the quantity of water used, the citizens would be under no re straint in the use of the water, auu under such a lax system, an adequate water supply for all practical pur poses might become totally Inade quate on account of its being wasted by the people. It seems to me, therefore, that the Council ought, at a very early day, to pass an ordiance regulating the use of water, and providing a reasonable monthly water rental, the minimum charge being not less than $1.60 per month. This would furnish the town with an income of perhaps $2000 in addition to the $3000 now being realised from the license, aggregating $6000 annually. Such an annual income would guarantee in the very early future some other public improve ments of a vital character, ail o* which would be paid, for without bring burdensome to any of our people. Very respect! ully, W. B. Gruber, Chairman, Walterboro S. C. May 29,1908. After presenting the foregoing ril replies begin this to discuss politics or the policy of the voters, so I return to my dots. u There was a picnic Thursday at the Hall, given in honor of the visit ing l«dy Miss Edith Oliver, of Beuna Vista. Ga, The amusements were skating, dancing and music by the graphophone. Capt. Jack was out in the automobile and, of course, Mrs. Humph. It w-as a very pleas ant affair, indeed, and gave the voting people an opportunity of j being together. Mrs. Ada Barnwell, who has been visiting Pinopolis, Mt. Pleasant, and Charleston, has returned home for a brief stay. Mr and Mrs M. W. Brown left last Satuday for Hot Springs, Ark., for an indefefinite stay. We hope the trip will prove beneficial to Mr. Brown’s health, for he is universally popular and his many friends miss his gay bon mots. Miss Annie Ravenel left Wednes day for Pinopolis, and later on for Asheville, N. C. Misses Emily, Eliza and Claudia Legare’represented our town at the Rockvill'' dance. Mrs. E W King also attended the dance. Mi<s Cliff Gray, of Varnville, is visiting Miss Annie Larsen. • Mr Frank Barnwell is visiting his brother, Dr. Barnwell, at Rockville, ,S. C. Miss Fannie Willis returned to her tume at Cottageville Saturday. She was accompanied by Mrs H D Dodd and Miss Nonie Dodd, who remained until Tuesday. Mrs H D Dodd spent Monday in Charleston. Mr Jones Avant has returned af ter a brief visit to Lodge. Mrs. Newton and children‘have returned home after a visit of some length to her daughter, Mrs Madi son Warren, of Stokes. Miss Nancy Newton is spending this week with relatives in Dorches ter. Miss M Smetzer returned to Charlestons Thursday morning. Mrs Sam Fitzsimmons visited Charleston Wedneseay. Mr and Mrs Marten W Clements are ^pending the week end at the Isle of Palms. The ’Skating Rink” still holds its im—moat fun for very little money. Some have gotten from the creeping period to the walking stage. Prof. Bellinger has left us fora brief period. We miss him and so do the girlawpedally, but no telling tales out of school, eh? We have a local phenomenon here, or soma where in our community. raper* to the town rived from' been eddremed by inviting proposit r,eo*< Air 4 4 tet STHOX .Vj .1(1 I* v* “I >* out the spot, but the devotee at the •brine of burinae, who hea ao long dfleua fortune end laughed at at lest to the little God, aedtofe gold and bank atockara Potatoes and Now machines; harness, hosiery, sewing machines, mirrors, brass and iron castings, etc. It has six banks, with an average in their savings acoounts of about $60 per capita, estimating the {>opu latiou at 4^,000. Many of the population are wage- employees in the different factories. Oue ward is almost entirely Scan dinavian. Swedish capital and brains control the furniture business of the city. FIFTY THREE SALOONS With this general and introduc- torv statement concerning the type of the city, we oome to the “saloon in our town.” There are fifty three licensed saloons. Their proprietors are unquestionably superior to the average (Chicago) saloon keepers in ther intelligence and respect for, and obedience to, the law. There is little complaint of tbeir breaking the closing and “minor” ordinances They are probably the best saloons to b j found in a city of 45,000 in all tue State of Illinois. Let us consider: ^ 1—The credit side of the city ledker, that is the amount of money the city of Rockford receives from the saloons. ’ (1) They pay as license money into the city treasury: 53 saloons at $1,000 each annum $53,000, (2) They pay as wages to two bartender and one cook: 159 men at $720 each per annnm, $11,480. (3) They pay as rents for 58 stores at $1,100 each per anoAm $58,300. (4) They pay for li^bt and heat for 53 stores at $500 each per annum $26,500. Total $262,280. The above estimates are made on the most careful information attain able. The amount credited as pay ment for light and beat will un doubtedly cover the personal and real estate taxes paid by the so loons. In addition to the above, there ought to be credited th* amount paid for the free Inneb, the bar glassware, and the expenditures of the proprietors and their families. WHAT THE CITY PAYS It will be seen that the saloons ad mittedly, pay Hircetly to the city $53,000 and indirectly $199,280. Of course, it is very apprrent that the amount of $199,280 will be re duced by the sums received for rental oi the buildings now occupied by the saloons, if the saloons are made illegal, and by the amount paid for wages, to the total that the saloon employees receive in other busimwi m which they engage. On the pre sump,ion (permitted by the ex perience o( other anti-saloon terri tory cities) that the buildings used as saloons will be rented, where they are suitable, tor other busmen and the proprietors and saloon employee* wi 1 ! find other oocnpations, it is scarcely fair to credit the saloons with anything more than tbeir direct payment for their licenses to do businese. The only possible difference of opinion as to the foregoing will arise as to the probable rental of vacated buildings and the employmnt in other vocations of saloon employees Let us consider: II—The debit side pf the city ledger, that is, the amount of money the city pays to the saloons, directly and indirectly, to get from them the $53,000 they pay as licenses and the $199,280 they pay for wages, rentals, etc. it is apparent, jp order to pay their license money, their employees, and their rents, that the saloons must sell enough liquors, at a profit, to earn ehe money thus paid; vis, $252, 280. Allowing that the saloon in dustry pays a profit of 50 per c^nt (if it does not then of course, the sales must be larger) it will be plain— (1) That the city of Rockford pays into the tills of the 53 saloons $604,600. For 5u per cent of that amount is $252,280, which the saloons pay for licenses, etc. But no Allowance lias been made for a profit on the capital invested in the 53 saloons and for the ex penses of the saloon proprietor and his familv. If this Amount is estimate 1 at $1,000 for each saloon, or $106,000 for the 68 saloons, it will be plain— (2) That the city of Rockford pays into the tills of the 63 saloons an additional $212,000. For 60 per cent of that amount is $106,000, which the saloons pay their proprietors for profit, that, is: (8) The city of Rockford pays directly into the tills of its 63 saloons per annum $716,660. This amount it pays to reoeive directly $68,000, and indirectly (if it does] $199,280: (To be concluded.) PROHITION MEETING The next meeting of the prohi bition executive committe, town ship chairman, and committee men will be held the first Mon* day in August at the office of Peurifoy Bros. A full attend ance is desired as matters of im portance will be discussed and acted upon. book of the American vis pretty good evidence, and when a man visits the tailor and barber and comes home looking like a new man, then boards the train, actually buys a ^ . , . ticket and leaves . do, exactly, to point ^ .trf to full iwsy in his Crops until his return, you may safely put it dawn that he has gone to sing’’Louise” to some body’s daughter, and ’’burinem before pleasure” is no longer his. favorite Sr let me < * Ackerman-Hiers. A very quiet, but pretty we riding took piece in Cottageville Tuewlay, July 14th, when Mim Jennie Lee Ackerman was married to Edgar T. Hkrs, of CentreviUe. The wedding took place at the home of the bride’s father, J. D. Ackerman, of Cottage title, andtheeeremoey was perform ed by Rev. Vaughan, of the Metho dist church, after which a racepden »» \ l J SfeB j •> ?- ’ A <1