The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 20, 1922, Image 4
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1922
WT5 A CLEANING UP.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you've got
a pretty little town, but you've got
a very filthy little town, so filthy
that 1 am not going to tell you just
kow low you register as measured
by the sanitary laws of this state
and nation." This is the scathing
indictment passed upon the officials
and citizens of Kingstree here last
Friday by Dr. Hayden, of the South
Carolina health department, after he
had looked over the town in an effort
to locate the cause of an epidemic
of typhoid fever, prevalent here
since the first of the present year.
Dr. Hayden went further and told
us that we were guilty of criminal
negligence, inasmuch as we maintained
no active board of health and
had practically ignored all of the
iuI.'s and laws of the state and federal
health departments.
Dr. Hayden was sent to Kingstree
in response to a request sent the
. state department of health for an
expert to come here and mvestigate
the sanitary conditions of our town
and determine if possible, the cause
of the eight or ten cases of typhoid
fever tl at Las occurred since the beginning
of the year 1922. He arrived
here Thursday night, just in time
to witness an operation, performed as
a List resort upon one of our citizens
stricken with the disease. The man
died a few hours after the operation.
The ravages of the disease had been
too great and tco rapid for medical
or surgical skill. Thanks to a benevolent
providence that there have been
no other cases of such a% malignant
nature. But as Dr. Hayden pointed
cut, any one of us is liable to just
such an attack so long as we permit
the present filthy, unsanitary conditions
to exist in cur midst, conditions
that are as bad if not worse than
they were at any time prior to the
installation of a public water and
sewerage system, about ten years
ago.
The health department expert was
net slow in reaching a conclusion as
to the cause of the prevalence of
typhoid fever. He pronounced it due
to the open closets that infest the
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These being permitted in violation
of ordinances that should have been
enforced years ago, but were neglected
simply because it did not suit
some individuals, owners of premises,
to install a sanitary closet or because
the old method was good enough forj
him and could be maintained at a
nominal or no expense. Unfortunately
there are people in 'every
community who think only in dollars
and cents; of the expense of a thing,
and too frequently risk their own
health and jeopardize that of their
neighbors for the sake of a few
paltry dollars. In this progressive
age and in every civilized community
health is vital. It is, or should
be placed above everything else and
when the potency cf this is realized
the yellow flag will cease to serve
.as the danger signal. One of the
first and perhaps the most important
steps to be taken towards the extermination
of typhoid fever is the
eradication of open closets and the
house fly which acts as a disseminator
of the disease by carrying typhoid
germs from the closets, on its
feet, to your kitchen where per chance
he deposits them in the food we eat,
wacer or milk we drink.
The County Record is gratified to 1
learn that Mayor Scott intends to ;
wage a relentless war upon the unsanitary
condition of Kingstree and
especially upon the obnoxious open
closet. He not only has the ordinances
of the town as his authority 1
in an aggressive and effective war <
upon these nuisances but he has be- <
hind him state and federal laws that 1
forbid their existence. And if the *
officials of Kingstree continue to allow
o flagrant disregard of these 1
sanitary laws whereby the health of i
the community is endangered, they
are dangerously liable to prosecution,
rhey have been informed as to their
responsibility along this line by Dr.
Hayden, and a word to the wise is
sufficient when pestilence is rampant.
Mayor Scott wants and requests the
cooperation of the citizens of Kingstree
in his efforts to clean up the
town. Those who continue to disregard
health regulations and ignore
the towns ordinances with respect to
keeping their premises in order will
be arrested, in which event they need
r?ot expect leniency or pray for mer-1
cy.
The wedge is entered and we mean
to have a cleaner, happier Kingstree.
Our position just now is somewhat
l;ke that of the old colored minister
who met a big black bear: "Lord, I
aint got no time to pray, you just
look after that bear and I'll go, kase
it r.int no sin to run when you gets
scared."
We've all been scared, Dr. Hayden'
scared us by telling us in plain, unvarnished
words of our negligence
and our danger.
We need a cleaning up.
We Mean to Clear Up.
manufacturing: enterprises.
There arc very few such establishments
in Williamsburg county even
cf the smaller variety. There are
four in Kingstree that will call to
mind at*the moment: The Williamsburg
Liberty Milling Company, the
Kingstree Sausage Factory, Kingstree
Electric Light and Ice Co., and The
County Record. Now then the question
arises are these enterprises receiving
the support to which they are
entitled? We have doubts about it,
especially so far es the Milling Company
and The County Record are
concerned. Mr. Miller, proprietor of
the Kingstree Sausage Factory, tells
us that he is receiving a very liberal
support; that he is finding purchasers
for all the bologna sausage he can
manufacture at the moment, but that
is not sufficient to make the business
profitab'e to himself. He has
gone to quite an expense to install
necessary machinery and a cold storage
plant in order to give the people
of Willi*.msburg a market for
their cattle ana nogs v.-nicn ne manufacturers
into an excellent grade of
bologna sausage for sale to the trade
in this and adjoining counties. Since
he has been making some success in
competition with the bfe Western
packers and manufacturers the latter
have taken to their old tactics of
jrice cutting in order to freeze out
the local manufacturer. Usually as
soon as these big fellows squash the
little fellow they raise prices again.
Too often our people fall for this
method instead of loyally supporting
their local manufacturer to whom the
loss of> one dollar means more than
the loss of several thousand does to
the bie Western manufacturer. We
have an idea that the same thing will
apply to the Milling Company's meal
and grits. Our local dealers do not
take into consideration the accommodations
a local plant gives, the convenience,
etc., nor do they consider
the expense to which he has gone to
provide this convenience; nor that he
is a tax payer, a citizen, always doing
his bit towards the progress and
welfare of his community. By patronizing
a local manufacturer or
dealer, we are helping our town, our
county and our particular community.
We arc keeping our money at home,
in a measure, to be circulated by our
employes. We beiieve in reciprocity.
On the other hand we have little patience
for the fellow who will throw
out his chest and tell you that he
takes a New York or Pennsylvania
paper and can't afford to take his
county paper. The dealer who refuses
to buy bologna from his local manufacturer,
of equal or superior quality,
because he can get the Western product
a cent or so cheaper, or orders
from a big Western mail order house
instead of patronizing his home merchant
is standing in his own light,
or whacking off his nose to spite his
face. The fellow in Chicago does not
1 nln l?nan un aiiv vaq/1c? a?/1 pauaaic
1 UVvy VU1 1VMUO UViU OVllVVlOi
He gouges us for whatever he can
as long as he can and is apparently
as nice as pie until we ask him a
favor, then we learn that with him
its "C. 0. D. or cash in advance,"
and that it is against the rules of
the concern to contribute to outside
Sunday schools, good roads funds or
church extension.
Patronize the home manufacturer,
or the home town merchant. His
price may be a little higher, but you
get it back in the long run, besides
you are not investing in a blind pig.
You see what yo" arc getting and
usually get the best so far as he can
supply you.
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Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Lea W. Dennis and children
wish to thank their friends for the
expressions of kindness shown them
luring the illness and death of their
lusband and father.
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the public? If r.ot, try a. Record j
idvertiserr.cnt and see +iie resolt. I
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Slave Owners in Williamsburg in 1790. *
2
(By William Willis Bodflio.)
Williamsburg was called Prince
Frederick's Parish, Georgetown District,
in 1790. It is so denominated
by the officials who compiled the First ?
Census of the United States in 1790. 2
The First Census shows the names
of all heads of families in the Parish, J
the numbers of free white males of ?
16 yea-s rnd upwards, free white ^
males under 16, free white females, *
all other free persons, and slaves un- 2
der their control. J
In 1790, the Williamsburg commun- J
ity was a tattle raising section. The <
men produced so much com, cotton '
and vegetables as were required for *
use on their plantations, but little 2
for market. Whrn they w; nted some J
money, they drove a herd of cattle J
over Brown's Ferry to Georgetown, <
or over Murray's Ferry to Charleston, J
where they found ready markets. 4
When the cattle did not bring so *
much money as they needed, the plant- J
er sold a slave. However, there were J
seme men along the Santee and the <
present Georgetown county line who J
planted cotton for market. These J
lo?Mct clotro nimere in t.hp I t
WCIC WUC 1U15VOW OAWfV v?>?v?w ?..v
Parish. But few slaves were required
for herdsmen.
Theodore Gourdin was :n 1790 the
largest slaveowner in the territory
now known as Williamsburg. He had
150 slaves of his own and 13 belonging
to the estate of John James.
Stephen Ford owned 98; Moses Murphy,
87; John Baxter, 83; Anthony
White, 73; William Goddard, 70; Benjamin
Porter, 67; Allen McKnight,
58; Susanna McCrer., 52; Hugh Montgomery,
52. Christopher Gadsden had
90 slaves here, but he v:as not a resident
of the Parish.
James Snow did not own any slaves,
but he had 77 free persons under his
control. The term "free persons"
then included those bound for a term
of years to service, and it is very
possible that Mr. Snow sold his slaves
and was experimenting with indentured
labor. Evidently, there is much
interesting history connected with this
matter, and I shall do my best to
learn it.
While the herdsmen of Williamsburg
in 1790 needed but few slaves
and the large majority owned about
five, these men had twenty, or more:
Joseph Birch, James Blakeley, Jr.,
John Burrows, John Boone, Paul Bernard,
Thomas Boone, John Brocking- <
ton, Sr., George Burrows, Robert
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tJoone, jonn ^aiium, wnnam jamts
Cooper, James Commander, John
Cheeseborough, Mary Cunningham,
Chovin & Collins, John Dickey, Robert
Dick & Jonas Winn, Patrick Dollard
& John O'Bryan, John Ervin,
Robert Frierson, Sr., Francis Green,
John Green, William Heathley, William
James, Jane James, Simms Lequieux,
James Lacey, John McKee &
Thomas Seabrook, James McKnight,
Thomas McKnight, John Mathews,
Isaac Mathews, Robert McConnell,
Roger McGill, Tliomas McCrea, Paul
Michau, Manassel Michau, Robert McCottry,
Peter Michau, John McKee,
Moses Miller, Letitia Nelson, Samuel
Nesmith, Francis Port, Robert Pais1?
II 1 r> 4. DaMO
ley, ADiaiidiii jrcirci*, xiiuiuaa x utw,
Peter Roberts, James Scott, Joseph
Scott & William Reed, John Scott's
estate, Nelson Savage, William Snow,
Gavin Witherspoon, John Perry,
James Witherspoon's estate, Elizabeth
Witherspoon, Thomas Williams,
George Wilson, Robert Wilson, James
Walker, Jchn Witherspoon, Gavin
Witherspoon, Jr., and Robert Winter.
Appalling Condition in Armenia.
"Two days travelling about and observing
generally the conditions of
the refugees in the city of Erivan,
Armenia has been more than sufficient
to convince a' field man, long
familiar with relief work, that it i3
not disease which is killing off the
inhabitants of Erivan?it is plain
hunger, starvation and exposure.
"Outside one of the Near East Reliefs
soup kitchens I saw shivering
in the cold and snow hundreds of
starving children who cried bitterly
from hunger and exposure. They
kept coming in from everywhere all
day, presenting a heart-rending picture
in their scanty rags and socksless
feet. The impending end to n^any
of their short lives was plainly written
in their glassy and staring eyes.
"All possible relief is given to those *
onnltnA/v nf f h? "VT no * ITnpt TP nl ^
appx%viii^ UL wiu iicai uaoi ivciici 4
soup kitchen, and abov/l of soup or
boiled grits is given out to each child
'*ntil the kettles are empty. Dreadful
as it may seem, it is absolutely
necessary to turn away many unfed j
owing to lr.ck of supplies. !
"The number of orphans keeps in-;
creasing to such an extent that the
Near East cannot hope to properly
care for all and many are dying
every day in Erivan. Fifteen victims
of starvation were removed from the 4
district of the city yesterday." ijj
Send your contribution to? j?j
Mr. William W. Boddic, Chairman,12
Near Erst Relief, Kingstrce, S. C. j3
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| been holding back
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x the old stand of t]
if tiire Co., to our i
(street and not alio)
opportunity to pu
the stock.
We want most
fhio 10 nnf* tine
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I vertisements have:
i| pelled to vacate t
; | Hampton Avenue,
if May 1, be located
f front store on Mai
I after April 22 no ir
| offered at the price
| sale, but until that
g in both the old sta
* Furniture Co., on t
x at our Big Yellow 1
| street will be offere
i the greatly reduced
| You have until Api
!; at 9:00) to take adv:
I! tunity to buy furi
li longer. Regular m
| after that time.
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sported that during ;;;
urniture Sale we have
the better class of j; j'
ock, moving it from
he Kingsfree Furni- ;Ij
new store on Main i|
ving the public the
irchase this part of & **
emphatically to state a
; case. As our ad- |
stated, we are com- i;i
:he big building on I;I
and we will, after i;i .
in the big yellow
n Hnwpver.
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lore furniture will be ill
is advertised for this j;j
time every item in jj
nd of the Kingstree l\
lampton avenue and '
Front store on Main $
id to the public at i|
prices as advertised. ;5
il 22 (Saturday night j!l
antage of this oppor- |i
liture-positively no
larket prices prevail il
irniture Company |j?
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