The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 02, 1915, Page FOUR, Image 4
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K?NGSTR?E, S, C.
c. w. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Entered at the po3toffice at Kinpstree,
S.C.as second class mail matter.
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seem to be very perceptible throughout
the year, but more plentiful, of
course, during the summer months.
Mr C W Wolfe, late editor of The
Record, was strongly convinced that
the septic tank, which is located a
short distance from his late residence,
was a breeding place, and
one of the main causes of the in,
crease in mosquitoes in that community.
The second year after the
septic tank had been put in, Mr
Wolfe's premises l>ecame so infested
by these pestiferous little insects
that he had to have his home thoroughly
screened, and later was compelled
to put canopies over his beds
in order that he and his family
might be free from their attacks.
He called the attention of the authorities
to this apparently new*
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oorn nuisance, ne citeu mem to me
septic tank and the hundreds of
thousands of mosquitoes that were
then swarming about the outer walls
^ his house. He had an official of
/ the .State Health department come
. hereto look into and determine if
i possible Hie cause of so many mosquitoes,
hut in this particular inI
stance the.>*eptic tank was exOftor-1
ated from afl blame and that was
about all there was to the investigation,
yet there wa? and has been no
abatement of the mosquito nuisance
.in Kingstree.
vOn the other hand it has grown
wrse, at"? wi? continue to do so
unless something is soon done towards
their extermination and their,
.breeding places done away with. ,
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Why So Many Mosquitoes?
That the mosquito nuisance has
been growing and increasing in
scope in Kingstree during the past
four years no one who has lived here
during such a period can gainsay.
In the fall of 1911 there was
scarcely a mosquito to he seen in
the town and without the use of
screen doors and windows one could
feel perfectly safe and free from this
pest in homes where they now
abound to such an extent that one
cannot secure himself against their
depredations with screens, because
they are usually swarming so thickly
on the outside that some are
bound to get in every time a door
is opened, while others, perhaps,
squeeze through the window screens
in their persistent efforts to enter
a sleeping room and reach a slumbering
victim.
What is the cause of such a great
increase in mosquitoes from year
to year?
In certain sections of town no
longer than two years ago not one
of these infernal Dests was notice
!
When Dr Paul H Johnson of
Washington, 1) C, a representative1
of the health department of the
I'nited States, was in King-tree recently
and delivered an address on
health and sanitation as a feature of j
the Radcliffe Chautauqua he gave1
the people of Kingstrce some valuable
information and advice in regard
to the mosquito Dr Johnson
made his address on Thursday, our
publication day, and we did not
have a chance to hear him, or to
tiilk with him personally, so we
wrote him, requesting an outline of
his address here on the ISth ult., especially^
that part of it which dealt
with the mosquito. I)r Johnson is
an expert in this line of work and
we place a high valuation upon his
judgement regarding the mosquito
situation in Kingstree and publish
his letter to us in full in another
column of this paper.
The second number of The Johnsonville
Progress, a newspaper recently
started up in the live little
town of JohnsoiiVine, nas mane us
appearance on our desk. The Progress
is owned and edited by Mr H J
Gasque. Its advertising columns
are indicative of the progressive
spirit of the citizens of Johnsonville
and thte management of The Progress.
To Improve the Public Service.
Editor County Record:?
Accepting the invitation of "Taxpayer"
in your issue of last week,
for a discussion through your columns
of reform and improvements
in certain departments of our county
government, I wish to suggest
that our legislative delegation call a
mass meeting of the interested tax
payers of our county at an early
date for the purpose cf discussing
any issues of importance to, our citizenship,
with a view to improving
conditions through our delegation.
While we wait we would suggest for
thought and discussion, the advisability
of making all our public road
beds at least twenty feet wide, with
plans for ditching both sides of the
road and letting out all roads, in
sections, to progressive farmers
throughout the county who shall
drag the roads when needed with
split log drags to be furnished them
by the county.
As to our educational system we
can say little, but we feel sure if we
had a committee whose duty it
would be to get in touch with the
best educators of our country and
whose object' would be to recommend
for adoption progressive methods
no matter where found, our
system could be improved. We
think this same committee might
handle the matter of hiring all
teachers employed in the public
schools of our county. This would,
we think, largely eliminate disagreeable
and non profitable conditions in
places such as where Miss Jones
teaches because she is aunt Sue's
daughter and Miss Smith teaches in
the next school because her father is a
friend to two of the trustees. Let this
committee have but one idea before
them: competent, progessive teachers
for our schools. Where railroad
and other property of a public nature
now places certkfn bonded
school districts at an advantage over
others let there be some provision
made by which this cannot be repeated
and continued, and as soon
as the present bonds are paid off let
taxes from public carriers be carried
to the general school fund and prorated
to all schools of the county
alike.
We would have a committee appointed
to look into the matter of
salaries paid our public officers. We
think it would be a step in the line
of progress to place all public offices
on a salary basis, eliminating
all commission features. This has
been tried in other States and proved
& jnoney saving system to the
taxpayers'."
For the enfoF<tefn?flt of Jaw and
order there might be a watchman
appointed in each school district
whose duty it shall be to ftfport to
the nearest Magistrate,to the Sheriff
and to the grand jury any matters
in his district of a nature that
should be reported. All appointments
should carry with them compensation
for services and punishment
for non performaance of duty.
There are other matters too numerous
to here mention that should
be looked into. Let us hear from
the delegation.
Taxpayer No 2.
Cades, S C, November 30, 1915.
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Parents Should
This Sp
Simple Laxative Compound Helps to
Correct Constipation in Children.
With all children there are times when
the bowels fail to act naturally and
it becomes necessary for the parents
to administer a remedy. Cathartics
and purgatives should never be used
as these agents afford only temporary
relief while their violent action
shocks the system unduly. Mrs Eva
F Gaff, 517 10th St, Washington, D
C, says that her little girl, Marie,
had been subject to constipation,and
that she found Dr Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin the best remedy because of
its mildness, and now always keeps
a bottle of it in the house.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a compound
of simple laxative herbs, free
from opiates or narcotic drugs of
any kind, and is an ideal remedy for
children because of its mild action
and positive effect. Its use tends to
strengthen the impaired bowel actinn
anrl rp?torp nnrmal refrularitv.
It is important that parents should
know of a dependable remedy with
no unpleasant after effects, griping
A LETTER FROM DR JOHNSON
With Reference to the Mosquito
Nuisance in Kingstree.
Editor County Record:?
I was delighted to receive your
very earnest letter of the 20th inst,
which showed your intense interest
in bettering conditions affecting the
health, comfort and prosperity of
your community; and I am very glad
to give you such information as I
am able, regarding particularly the
mosquito nuisance in Kingstree.
One of your physicians took me to
see the septic tank where the city's
sewage is purified. It seemt to be
excellent for that purpose, but unfortunately
it is also breeding mosquitoes
in large numbers. These are.
of course, an intolerable plague to
your town people, but more important
than that, they are a serious
menace to your city's health,because
mosquitoes (and nothing else but
mosquitoes) spread malaria, ague,
chills and fever.
At three of the four outer corners
of the septic tank there were foullooking
pools of water. One of these
contained thousands of young mosquitoes,
or "wiggles," as they are
called, which look like very small
wiggling worms. The other pools
had a slight current ot moving water,and
so had fewer mosquitoes. I
believe that during the warm weather
there were very much greater
numbers of young mosquitoes in
those pools.
The immediate remedy is kerosene
oil; one quart of this, poured
over the muck and water of each of
those pools, would kill practically all
of those mosquitoes before they are
old enough to leave the water and
fly about, and it would prevent others
from developing. This oiling
should be done at once.
The next thing is to get rid altogether
of those pools of water. I
think that this could be done by
simply hauling in more broken stone
at those points, and by covering the
whole tank with three7 inches of
coarse gravel, to prevent mosquitoes
4 a f Ua hfo fa ? f A lot?
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their eggs on it. If possible, however,
obtain the opinion of the engineer
who constructed the tank.
Third, clean up all brush growing
about the septic tank; and not only
there but in all vacant lots, house
yards, along roads and along the
Branch?in fact, everywhere within
the town limits. I kicked a pile of
de^d brush at the septic tank and a
swarm of mosquitoes flew out of the
brush. Piles of brush and trash furnish
a safe retreat for the full grown
mosquitoes, where they hide in the
day time from birds and other creatures
that would destroy them, and
where many of them probably pass
the winter,well protected. All brush
should be burned after it is cut.
One of your physicians told me
that the street drainage pipes have
a trap beneath each surface opening.
These should be investigated, and, if
found to contain stagnant water,
they are in all probability breeding
mosquitoes In warm weather all
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trirougn uic luwn, .? *iv?v
your houses. They should be oiled
with kerosene after each rain and
once a week during' droughts. As
this would be expensive and easily
neglected, the best plan Would be to
fill the ta* s up with cement and so
do away with them. Your sagritary
engineer should be asked for his
opinion, if possible.
Drainage ditches should be broad
at the top, with sloping sides, so that
earth will not fall down and dam up
pools of water in them and so make
them mosquito-breeders.
Lastly, let every citizen see to it
that there are no collections of stagnant
water on his premises, in tin
cans.bottles,buckets or roof gutters.
Energetic [efforts, with patience
and persistence, will surely bring re
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MARIE GAFF. I
or strain. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
costs only fifty cents a bottle
and can be procured at any drug
; store. To obtain a trial bottle, free
iof charge, write to Dr W B Caldi
well, 454 Washington St, Monti'
cello, 111.
j suits,and Kingstree ought to become
| as thoroughly rid of mosquitoes as
many worse-plagued cities have become
by using the same methods
that I have outlined here.
I have written very fully and perhaps
at too great length, but I wanted
you to have all the information
at my command. I wish you complete
success in your efforts, and
when once your citizens thoroughly
understand the situation, I am sure
I they will back you up heartily.
Paul B Johnson, M D.
Washington, D C.
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