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The Sewerage and Cess Pool Question. Questions For Physicians to Answer. Too following communication bat b?eu re? ceived, and it ia published entire io that it maj cone at once before tbe physicians to whom it is directed. We shall be {lad to receive and publish aar repli?e that the phjii. ciaos maj desire to make. The.qoestions are .leer ana to the point and tbe replies, if any are made, should supply a fond of informa? tion that is greatly needed by the large ma? jority of those who ere now discussing tbs questions that tbe City Council will bars to settle at the next regaler meeting : Mr. Sd i tor : Will you not oblige e seeker * after reliable information by submitting the fellowing questions to tbe physicians of Sum? ter rod publishing tbe answers obtained ? This question of sewerage and the cest*tnina? tion of tbe water, that at least 70 pur cent of oar eittsens are forced to ase, by tbe cesspools of the 75 or 100 citizen! who ere ebie to afford sueb civilised luxuries, is a serious one and we need all the light and information that eeo be c v<vv;? from those who bare asad? health sod sanitation a study. 1. Do ce?s pools, with un cernen ted sides and bottoms, that are of sufficient depth to penetrate the water-bearing stratum, contam? inare the water supply of wells sod pumps in the vicinity-say 500 feet ? 2 What diseased are most likely to result frons water ce 3 t^mir ated by the seepage from COPS pools ? 3 Is tbe absence of taste, odor and dis coloration regarded as conclusive proof that water ts pore, wholesome and uncoatami noted? 4. Granting that it is impossible st ibis time for the city to construct a sewerage system for the disposal of waste water, and foecal matter frota water closets, is it not of oven greater inportance that the ase of dry wells be dtscootioaed, to the end that the natoral water ?apply be not farther contami it sated ? Dr. Van Telburg Hofman Gives Valuable Information on the Safcgect of Water Contami? nation, Tn reply to tbe shore communication, which was published io the Baily Item of last Toorsday Dr. Yan Telburg Hofman bas prepared tbe subjoin?d 'answers to the ques? tions asked: Iditor the Sumter Daily (tem : Referring to communication in Thursday's Sumter Baily Item-, respectfully submit tbe following answers to questions submitted to physicians. Respectfully TOOT?, Yan Telburg Hofman I. The contamination of welis and pumps is caused by tbe prodoets of animal and veg? etable decomposition, and the presence of specific bacteria causing contagious diseases. Thc wholesomeness of tbe water is inversely proportional to the degree of saturation of j tb? soil by the products of decay. It has been found by experiment that, when organic satter, large!? diluted with water, is allowed to percolate through soil, it undergoes a g ra? da al decomposition in the presence of certain minute organisms and nitrates and nitrites aro formed at the expense of ammonia and other organie combinations. If however, tbe soil is saturated with organic matter in ex? cess and in a state of concentration, pst re? faction takes place, and tbe conversion of tb organic matter into nitrates and nitrites is retarded. Hence,' the drainage of dilated sewage throagh a stratum of porous soi), not already saturated with putrefying matters, eran if tbe liquid should reach a well used as a soaree of drinking water, may not have an especially bad significance, as it is possi? ble that by the time tbs liquid portion of the sewage reaches the well, it may have arrived at a point when it could truthfully be termed pare water The purification power of the soil cannot be relied apon if tbe sapply|of sewage or asher animal or wageitable impon tas? too abundant or if specific bacteria of contagi?os di ?eases are present H. (a.) Derangements of digestive or? gans from water coo laminated with decaying .tgaoie matter, (b ) Diseases due to the presence of specific bacteria as typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery, or perhaps yellow fever, "'malaria, scarlet fever, diphtheria. Water which may be anfit for drinking or other domestic purposes through the presence tc. pt organic detritis of various kinds, sewage, decomposing aoimal or vegetable matter, re? fuse fross manufacturing establishments may, rhowever andean, not ba prejudicial to health. (Dr. Emmerich, of M a ni cb, io bis practi? cal lest by drinking daily from oce to two pints of very filthy water, in fact, nothing fess than sewage which was both chemically * ned physically exceedingly impure, seems to show that the products of animal, vegetable decomposition taken lato the body with driokiog water free from specific bacteria can oot be looked npon as certainly harmful ) HI. J?o. Water of good taste, odor and transparency may contain quaoiities of min? eral and organie matter or evan living or? ganisms, as bacteria and ora of tape worms not visible to the naked eye ?Y. It is a ouch-disputed proposition whether poisons sueb as cause typhoid, chol? era, et:, originate de-aovo in cess pools, sewers, and soil polluted Dy the products of animal or vegetable decomposition. Sat ooce carried there from typhoid defections from pre-exietiog cases, the germs develop in the cess pools, sewers aud soil, are carried io tbe sewer air from place to pince, undergo devel? opment in toe soil, whence they are carried through the wails of leaking cess poola, as? cend through boejirs wita the ground air or .'drain into weil? and pollute the drinking water. For this reason alooe, if not for others, the j ase of dry wells should be discontinued No Ri*** Co Ugllneea. The woman who is lovely in face, forra and -temper will ?1 ways have friends, but one who woe ld be attractive most keep ber health. If ehe is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she bas constipa? tion er kidney trouble, her impure blood will eau se, pimples, blotches, skis eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate, stom? ach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood It gives Ftro?jg nerves, bright eye.*, smooth Velvety skin, rieb complexi?n. It will make a good-looking, charming ?oman ?f a run-down invalid. Only 50c at J. F- W DeLornie's Drug Store. 2 Mr. Brnnson Discusses the Sewer- j age Question. Iditor Daily Item: We have reached that point in the history of our city where tbe question of sewerage anos ld be discussed in .a reasonable way in ord-r to a/eert<?if* just j what is best for the whole city. It is unfor- j tanate that meo, when tbe whole community is concerned, should engage in tho discussion ! the apparent desire to have rheir own ! prevail, and, right or wrong, try to ?a their position with mero as3er;ioo or Keele. We are agreed upoo toe necessity removing certain foul matters from the tv and should seek to find th? best method for* i ts accomplish meot. From tbs large number of cities cow using the sewerage (Yatta, it it reasonable to sup? pose that to bo tbe bsst bomen wisdom bas jet devised. However, tbera are maoy seri? ?os objections to tbe system. There wi!l be leaky joints, traps that sipbon themselves, poor ventilation of sawers and sod pipes, all ta rn ic g back into the dwelliogs tbs sewer gat-tbs very thing we seek to get nd ef -the sewer, as if some great living monster, breathing through the vents made iu cnr dwellings. Col. Geo. E. Waring, an author? ity on sanitarv science, says of tbe sewers of Philadelphia, New York and Boston ; they are "highest at tba lower end, biggest at the little end, receiving branch sewers from below and discharging st their tops ; elon? gated cess pools, half filled with reek ins filth, peopled with rate and invaded by every tide ; huge gasometers manufacturing day and Dight a deadly aeriform poison, evet seeking to invade the booses aloog their eoorse : reservoirs of liquid filth, ever oozing th rou th defective joints aod polis ting the very earth upon which the city stands." Having goad sewers properly laid aod au abundant water supply to flush them often, tba aext serious qaestioo is the disposal ot the sewage. Most large cities which have adopted'tbe sewerage plaa, have tbe 6ewere to empty into a river, asd even with a river lowing by the city, great trouble arises where the sewage is swept op the river oy the tides. Shonld Sumter try to dispose of ber se wago by emptying it into Gre Swamp, tba probaoility is, it would, in a short time so clog op the little stream, wbicb is at times almost a dry bed, as to leave the sewage io bolk about the mouth of the sewer. Open? ing '.he stream would be of little benefit un? less tbs quantity of water in the stream could be vastly increased. Tr oe, there are other methods of disposing of sewage, bot all very expensive. Cesa-pools, if properly made, are absolute? ly tight-without leak, and ventilated so as to permit tbe sewer air to escape as the sew? age enters ; otherwise, et each entry of water, or other refuse matter, from the bouse, s like bulk of sewer gas is forced back through the water seal io the trap and ioto tbs dwelling Of course, these cess pools must be cleaned out often. I do not know bow many cess-pools there are in the ci ty, but I do know that unless properly construct? ed and cleaned often they are a source of greater daoger to those living io the dwell? ings witb wbieb they connect, than to any? body else. Perhaps you do not smell it and therefore think you have none of it in your house Prof. <3 -F. Chandler, who made a special study of tbe subject, says : ' It would be a blessing if sewer gas stank so that its presence woold he noticeable wherever it gained an entra oce. Mature usually raises some Clanger signal te waro people of the presence of ev4l ~ bot in tbe case of sewer gas there is often DO sigo to make its proxim? ity known. Underlying tbe city we have one stratum of about three feet of sand, then another of three to five feet of clay ; cutting through the clay we enter the water bearing stratum of sand, li may be tbat some of these cess pools have nothing in the bottom to keep the j fifth from percolatiog through to the water ; bearing stratum ; er perhaps, have bee? cut through the clay into it. If such be the cage, the owner of BOCO a cess pool would commit no greater offenes by emptying bis sewage] ioto hts Dearest neighbor's open well. AS j only soout 30 per cent of our people use the city water, it is easily seen what a fearful imposition such cess-pools would be witb ] their open bottoms constantly pouring their j filth into the opeo weils of the 70 per cent of the people of the city. ] What is known as tbe dry earth system, first recommended by Rev. Mr. Moule, an : Englishman, bas boen "extensively used witb excellent results. Its simplicity, economy and convenience are readily appareot " The serious objection to tbe dry earth system is that it leaves a part of that wbicb should go into the eewer to be removed in some other' way. Still, it can be adopted at ooee, and it will help os very much to bave the larger part of our sewerage, and that which is most dangerous to bealtb takeo away. Should we fi*nd that we can open up|Green Swamp so as to make disposal of tbe sewerage, and we can spend seventy-five thousand doliars to have the sewers graded and laid, and we can ob? tain a sufficient water supply to flush tbe aewere aa often aa necessary ; why, theo we can, at little coat^discontinue the dry earth system. Io the meantime, let those who have cess pools properly constructed clean them thor? oughly at short interval ; let every improp? erly constructed cess pool be cleaned and filled op at once ; and let us adopt the dry earth system and ose it amil we can do something better. Joel E Bronson. To remove a troublesome eora or bunion: First soak the corn or tunion in warm water to soften it, theu pare it down as closely as possible witcoLt drawing blood and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily; rub? bing vigorously for five minut?e at each application. A coro plaster should be worn for a few days to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness aod rheumatism, Pain Balm is un equaled For sale by Dr A J China. Thought They Had Bill Dixon. Wt really seems tbat, like the ghost of! Bacqoo, the reports of the capture of Bill Dixon will not down. Last Satorday after? noon abouts o'clock Intendant W. E. Brown i received frota tbe Intendant of the town of Mayesvilie a. telegram announcing that a negro answering the description of bill Dixon wes being held and to ssod some one over immediately to identify bim. Intendan' Brown communicated with Sheriff Bradham at once aod at tbe Sher ff e request, wired tbe Mayesvilie Intendant ''Hold man, sheriff will send immediaiely to identify bim " The sheriff and Mr E. ? Gamble left on the Sun? day morning tram for Sumter, Mr. G*mb!e went from Sumter tb Mayesvilie t>y privat? conveyance and tbe eberiff communicated witb the authorities dom Sumter by telephone, j When Mr. Gamble confronted the man under arrest, he found that be was a yel lew negro about six teet tall and did not io any way aoewer the description of Bill Bixon, and be also teamed that the fellow was raised about Mayesvilie aod that bis name is Dixon Davis, {t seems the chap bad been oo a drunken spree, and steamed up with fire water. He gare bis name as Bill Dixoo, expecting that woeid have the same effect as war paiot oo ao Indian. Tbe Mayesvilie authorities did tbe right tbiog to notify the authorities when they bad some ooe they thought was wanted here, especially 8ucb a notorious, and dangerious character as Bill Dixon, but bow tbey could be so badly deceived, to mistake a six foot yellow nejrro for a short black chunkey negro, and be too, raised about Meyesville we cannot see. tbe description of the arrested mao doo not compare in any way with the much wanted Bill Dixon nor do we believe that Dixoo is within 100 rn i iee of this place - ; Manning Times Nov 21. Volcanic Krnptlone. Arc grand, bur Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them ; also j Old Running and Fever Sores, Ulcer?, Boils, Felons, Corns, Wart?, Cuts. Bruises. Burns, Scalds. Chapped Hands, Cbilblaios. Best Pile Cure on earth. Drives ont Pams and Ache*. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. tSold ky ?. F. W. D'Loroae, druggist. 3 ? - ?-??^e Whits ibis lot lasts, crepe tissue paper st 82 a roll. H. G. Ostees m Ck). Oct 25-4t VIEWS OP TWO DISTIN GUISHED AUTHOR? ITIES. Dr. T. Grarjga Simons and Sur? geon-General Wyman 18 Montague Street, Charleuton, S. C , Nov 25, 1900 E 1 Reardon, Esq, Secty and Health Officer Board of Health, Sumter, S C Dear Sir : I have received a letter of the eiroie purport as yours from Dr Jobo 8. Hugheon I would have preferred to have had more time for a reply ou a subject of such import? ance, and would have been more concise if time allowed me to be more explicit I will send the same reply to both of you The authorities all are unanimous in condemnation of the dry well and privy, and advocate sewers as the only safe method of disposing of household waste. As chairman of the board of sewer commissioners of Charleston, I have been impressed with the great dangers to our com inanities from the use of dry wells I and leaky privy vaults, for with a porous soil and slight ele ration above tide water we have stored up the foul contents of these cess pools, and as a result our wells and cisterns are polluted with sewerage and ! human eiecre'a, and thus disease is engendered when such human exe creta has the typhoid or other disease bearing germs The water seems pure, but from laboratory investiga? tion shows the presence of bacteria from the human intestines You ask for suggestions Of course the construction of a good system of sewers with au abonbant supply ol' pure water to flush them and all bouse connections and thus remove tho household waste before deco m po sit ion occurs, such sewerage is comparatively innocent of danger, and clean sewers are free from gases and foul odors Your water supply is, I believe, from driven wells, but bow remote from the town such supply is derived, and as to the nature of the soil of your water shed, I am cot familiar, bot with a porous soil and water beariag co quick sand as you call it, 10 to 12 feet below the surface. I cao weli understand the danger of your dry we'?s penetrating to this depth p >chargicg their contents into thi ?trata If the dry well was not so deep, this danger would perhaps be lessened, but not remov? ed, for filtration to be effective should be intermittent, so that proper aera? tion of tlie soil car be performed ; also that the chemical processes of oxidation and nitrification may also contribute to the proper purification of the water. Bot with populous centres saper saturation of the soil most resait, and through this filth no prope r purification of ground water cac occur. If your source of water supply is remote from habita tiona and can be brought to yo? through well built water mains, and if DO wei 8 are used in the town then the danger from dry wells of the leaching sort is lesseoed, aod even this would be rendered less obj ec tionable by the use of tightly built dry wellis, made of vitrified brick laid wita hydraulic cement, and cemented on the interior with Port? land cement ; theo a proper ventila? tion should be made to the well by a vent pipe of two or more inches calibre, and a soil pipe of good cast iron four in diameter, running well above the roof aud away from the the windows, all boose connections should be separately trapped near each fixture and each back air vent arranged so as to avoid syphonage or breaking of the water seal. Even these water seals are of sewage and are miniature cess pools and are often broken by the discharge of large volt mes of hot water into the pipes, for the expanse of hot air ie immense, and thus few water seals remain The dry well should be ofleo disinfected, emptied and cleaned I admit that with no sewers the problem is most difficult to solve, and the choice between leaky privy j vaults an5 dry welts ia but small; soil and water pollution must ensue from both, but the tight dry well, as described. is the safest in the absence of sewers I will now try and answer the queries eeot me by the secretary of the Board of Health. As several of them are embraced in the above, I may not follow them in exact se quence. 1. Do cess pools, with uncement ed sides and bottoms, that are of sufficient depth lo penetrate the water beering stratum, contaminate the water supply of wells and pumps in the vicinity-say 500 feet ? W. S Gerbard, in "The Disposal of Household Waste," in speaking of the leaching ces? pool, says "the cardinal process always to be ob? served is to avoid etagnation of sewage and ?he accumulation of putrefying1 filth in or near our premises ; it is a nuisance itself, and will unavoidably and invariably pollute the; water supply, and pollute the air by its exhalations " Kitchen re?ase, wheo mixed with orioe, foecnl muter, bath tab waste, grease, aod soap, sooo reeder the soil impervious and DO filtrattoo can Cake place, and from each a oes?? pool, unless freely ventilated, tba gases mau aceamaiatc, and foree seal and traps, and enter oar apartments. If such foal receptacles of filth have carried ioto them fecal matter charged with disease bacteria, the danger of the contents being carried into ?ells aod cisterns adds to thc danger. As to the die canoe, auch contamination may be carried, no definite opinion eau be given. Some authorities claim that the typhoid germs cao be water borne through porous soil or along hard strata of rock or marl for over ose mile ; Experiments with ohemioals ?edio, flour and sale plaoed in springs or wells, wheo tested at long distances, several hundred yards, the ressponse to tests have shows that such agents have passed with the grouod water or .streams from springs to long distances. Mason; tn "Water Supply", Chap viii, Ground Water, says : It is hopeless to depend upon the purifying ?Lfloenoes of intervening soil to protect wells from privy and cess pool fouling, because soil filtration, in order to be effective, must be intermittent, and that after a dose of sewage has been added to the soil, (and the dose most not be large) opportunity for thorough aera? tion of the soil must follow or the second dose cannot be purified. With a constant flow of polluting material the purifying prooess of soil quickly ceases/* 2. What diseases are most likely to result from water contaminated by the sepage from cees pools ? Diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid fever, cholera are the communicable diseases that are most likely to occur from use of sewage contamination to drinking water. Many examples of epidemics of cholera and typhoid fever are reoorded from use of water polluted with sewage. The germs of these two diseases more rapidly perish wheo dried, but live for long periods in damp soil or water. Experiments show that the spirilium of cholera, wheo plaoed in sterlized soil and kept moist may survive for 33 days. The bacillus of typhoid fever io dry soil perished in 2 to 4 days, io wet soil was active for 45 days ; Surg Gen Sternburg, U. S. A. states that the typhoid germs will survive at a i depth of from 4 to 6 feet uoder grouod io summer and in wioter at 9 ft. 3 Is the abseooe of taste, odor aod discoloration, regarded a9 conclusive proof that water is pure, wholesome and uncontaminated 7 io oo way cao water be thus judged as pure. W. 8. Mason, "Water Supply" p. 315 states: "It is a fatal error to fancy that because water has a bright, sparkling, olear appearance and a pleasant taste that suob water is pure and wholesome Carbonic acid gas is what causes the brilliany and refreshing taste of grouod water aod to the solvent action of that gas is due the clearness of many waters that hold orgaoio matter io solution. Carbon io acid gas ie one of the products of sewage decom? position." 1 The dangers from the use of water polluted with sewage although they may show the presence of nitrites free and albuminoid ammonias chlorine, toa dangerous degree when subjected to chemical analysis yet persons may aod have used suob waters without harm beiog showo aod the water may be most palatable, but as soon as the cese pool that contaminates suob water receives tbs excreta from cholera or typhoid fever theo will suob diseases be most liable to break out among those who use such polluted waters. Io very dry seasons when the grouod water is low then by gravitation will the contents from the privy vault and dry well be drawn to (he weil and cracked cisterns that are deeper. Nor can we dereel tho prt'eooe of such disease bearing organisms by chemical analysis, these conditions eau only be detected by the bacteriologist after oarefsl cul? ture and laboratory examination. 4. This I have answered fully in discussing dry wells aod their dangers and bow by construction of tight receptacles or cess pools with proper ventilation aod house plumbing the dangers cao be lessened bot not remov? ed. I regard the danger from privy vaults as great almost as from leaching ces? pools. I have endeavored to give euee in? formation as you both desire. The I matter is one of deep interest and con? cern to me aod one that must contioue to cause much trouble to all of our communities until the wisdom and economy of having a proper sewer sys? tem is apparent. The death rate bas been reduced to such a degree in all cities after introduction of sewers and the figures are sbowo io all works of ! (sanitary engineering, and medical works teeoo with statistics as to the reduction of death rate fro? filth engendered or preventable disease. It almost seems criminal for municipal authorities to withhold such life-preserving measures. If I can be of aoy further service I will be glad to aid you. With the short time given me for a reply, I have not had time to condense facts, but have given them to you perhaps too long, but it requires talent to write a short ooodcosed statement io a short time. Yours siooerely, T. Grange Simons, Ch'ro Ex. Com S. C. State Board of Health Treasury Department, Marioe-Hospi tal Service, Washington, Nov. 24, 1900. Mr. E I. Reardon. City Health Offi? cer. Sumter, S. C., (Through Dr T. Grange Simons, Pres ident State Board of Health, Charles ton. SC) Sir : I am io receipt of your com m.micatioo of the 23rd November, reqaestiog me to expr?s* aa opinion apoo the probability of the contamina? tion of wells by the use of oneemented eess pools for the disposai of water closet wastes and kitchen slops Io reply I hare to ic form y OB that it is my opioioD that there it every probabilitj of the contamination of wells by a state of affairs snob as described by yoo, sod I am of the opioioa that soco contamination woald be particularly dangerous at this time, owing to the widespread existence of enteric fever throughout the country. Respectfully, Walter Wyooao, SoTgeon-GreDeral M. H. S. PISGAH NEWS. Piegah Nov. 26 -A heavy wind blew hsrs all of Sunday afteruooo aod eight. A good rain fell also, in the night. Today is quite io contrast to last week, aod .he cold weather will enable our people to kill all bogs that are fat enough at this time. Oats look wellt Qot much wheat planted. Cause high cotton. Mrs. Thomas D. McLeod has typhoid fever. The Drs. are on the go all the time. The contents of tbe December Magasine Number ef The Outlook are varied. Among tbe special articles will be found the fifth installment of the autobiography of Booker T. Washington, called, "Up Prom Slavery ;" tbe final installment of Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie's"WilliamShakespeare: Poet, Drama? tist and Man," which bas now been publish? ed by the Macmiliacs in sumptuous book form ; elabarate articles reviewing the ablest books of the season in the departments of art, biography and fiction, witb many portrait illustrations; and, most prominent of all, a series of brief article by such men aa James Bryce, Henry van Dyke, Edward Everett Hale, President Hadley, of Yale, and haifa dozen others, giving their opinions in reply to the question "What Are tbe Greatest Books of tbe Century ?" ($3 a year The Outlook Company, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York ) Powder Mill Fxploslon Removes everything in sight ; se do drastic mineral pills, hut both are mighty dangerous. Don't dynamite the delicate machinery of your body with ealomel, croton oil or aloes pills when Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are gentle as a summer breeze, do the work per fectly. Cnres, headaches, constipation. Only 25c, at J F W DeLorme'8 drug store. 2 There ls no pleasure in life if you dread going to the table to eat and can't rest?t ngbt on account of indigestion. Henry Wil? liams, cf Boon ville, Ind, says he suffered tbat way for years, till he commenced the use of Kodol Dispepsia Cure, and adds, "Now 1 can eat anything 1 like and ali I want and sleep soundly every night." Kodol Dyspedsta Cure will digest what you est. J S Hogbaoo <fe Co. Quarterly Conference. The Fourth Quarterly Conference of Sum? ter Station M. E. Church South was held in the church last Sunday night, Rev. T. J. Clyde, P. |E , in the chair. Official report? showed that all claims bad been made and that the affairs of the church were In an improving condition. The following- were elected stewards for the ensuing year: J B Roach, JD Craig, R O Purdy, A B Stuckey, Dr J A Mood, W B Bums, D J Chandler, W A Brown, J M Knight, L W Folsom, A R Flowers, L D Jennings, C M Hurst, Jr. Resolutions of regret were adopted relative to tbe departure of Presiding Elder Clyde from Sumter District. He bas served in bis present office for tbe full term allowed ander tbe laws of tbe church. He carries with bim the confidence and esteem of bis people all over the district. GRANT WILLIAMS BE CAP TUBED. He Did a Bushing Business While a Fugitive. Grant Williams, who escaped from the chain gang about a month ego was receptured at Rim i B? last Wednesday aod was brought back by Mr. Sam Newman, overseer of the chalngang, who went after him next morning. When-captured Williams bad $38 in cash, a fine pistol and a lot of clothing, a part of which he stole from tbe cbaingang guards when be escaped. While at large be bas committed several robberies and other crimes. He was arrested once at Copes, Orange burg county, but escaped and made bis way to Rimini. Oo Tuesday night be knocked a negro down and stole $60 and a pistol, and it is supposed that the money foaod in bis possession when captured was a part of his last bani. When bis term on the gang bas been served out be will be turned over to tbe authorities of Clarendoo, or Oraogeburg enanty to stand trial for bis crimes committ? ed while out on bis stolen holiday. New Passenger Coaches, The Atlantic Coast line bas received four new passenger coaches from the Puilmaa Car Works in Illinois. They are a part of^a re? cent order for ten cew coaches. The order was placed on accouot of the Coast Line shops not being able to supply the present demand from shops here. Two of the new cars will be used between Wilmington and Colombia and two between here Pinner's Point. The coaches are ali for first-class passengers, with tbe usual compartments. They are of tba standard Pullman make, and ere sixty feet loDg and will comfortably accommodate seventy-two paseengers They are consider? ably larger than the average siza passeogers coach-Wilmington Star. December Ladies' Home Journal. The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal offers a superabundance of literary and artistic fea? tures io most attractive form. Among its nearly two score contributions are Mrs. Lew Wallace, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Charles Major, William Berrine, Clifford Howard and Elizabeth Lincoln Gould, while A. B. Frost, W. L Taylor, Reginald B. Birch, Henry Hutt, George Gibbs and as many other illus? trators supply its pictorial features. Apart from ibe articles having special holiday time \ lines of interest, the notable features of the Christmas Journal include "The Innkeeper's Daughter bWo Dissolved a President's Cabinet," "What Mav Happen in the Next Hundred Years," "Jerusalem as We See it To-Day," "Two Women's Gifts of Twenty Five MiHioas," "The ?Little Men' Play," a dramatization of Louisa M. Alcott's delight? ful story ; "Where Children See Saint Nick," "The Fourteenth Mao," "Two Christmas Days at Rock Farm," and "TheSuccessors of Mary the First," "The Story of a You?-.j? Man," and "The B!ue River Storiee," wh>"h are continued. Edward Bok bas a tbougbful article on Christmas celebration, aod there are various articles on women's wear, Christmas presents and edibles, while various other practical, helpful themes are ably pre? sented. By The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. Out dollar a year ; ten cents a copy. Court Convenes, The special term of coors convened at 16 o'clock Mo Dd ay mopoing with Jodg'.Gary on tbe fceceb. Stecograpber Tillman who vas sick daring tb? last term aod Mable to be present was oo band. The ease cf R. C. McManoe vs. tbe Atlantic Coast Lice R. R." two cases, for loss of cattle ia shipments to Richmond, Ta., occupied the ceo rt OP til tbis morning, a Dd resclted in a verdict for Beltana* in each case, $180 and $275, respectively. Another railroad damage ease, Wesley G. Gastf, as Administrator, vs. the W. C. ? A? R. ft. Co., was begee about DOOD to-day. Board cf Education Meeting The City Board cf Education met at ? o'clock last Wednesday Dight with Chairman Marion Moise and Com mi Bei on era ' A. B. Stuckey, Neill O'Donnell and 1. C. Bayos worth acd Supt, Edmonds present. Tbe miantee of October 29th were read and (ap? proved. A letter was read from Miss M. H. Girar dean, teacher in tbe white Graded School, th a oki D g tbe board for tbe increase, in .ber salary. Hampton Lewis, jaoitoi cf the White Graded School was voted an increase cf $2 per monti, in salary after the following letter was read : ' To. the. Gen treen t9 acd Members off tbe City of Sumter School Board 1 yoor wertb ery Serrent fiere-by Rite to Ask yonall to in Cress my Salry to $2 more oq ike Moot and my Resen for Asking for more is that this School is A furet Class Scboole acd is. Sec? ond to None ic the State and A font Class Sop tender and All soe teachers and All soe Scolere and 1 feel, that yon AU wood lake to Have A fnrst Class Janitor and. I. father More Save that it Coast BB m lie g to feeept up that and All ways Bast to meet visters from time to time and Strangers and 1 Dont lake to meet them lake A tramp And I Am Net so Panickier io Having wepgtes to .Give me Beef Stak i very Day Nor Roes Beeff Bat. I. Wood lake to Bave my Corn Bread* and ?ackond Bat ose coese God Prom to Man Brad and water Bot Be means if A man woork in A ornish waye that Be wood Ade All others things and that Bas been my life to those that New me and I Ral j Need this Request if Not I wood Not Bother yeo Jent men No more A Boat is and Please Con Sider tb? matter to Dae ail yen Can fer me No more to eaye I Remine yoes watbery Ser? vent . . B. Lewis Sr. ?'? Nov 12 19G0 Mr. Edmonds reported that Mrs. Cr?os bad started a free school at tbe Cotton Mill with 34 papils, to be incorporated in the enroll? ment of the city sebools and that she desired that a part, at least, cf the taxes coming from this additional enrollment sboald be paid on the expenses of this school. On motion of Mr. O'Don cell it was resolved that all the tax from this sooree shall be devoted to tbat school. Mr. Sdmnnds recommecded tbat the honor roll system prevailing io the school be abol? ished for tbe present year, ard presented in writing bis reasons for the saggestion. Tbe matter was freely discussed and on motion of Mr. Baynsworth it was lift to Snpt. Edmonds to act as bis judgments may dictate, and report resolta to tbe board. The board tben adjourned. The report of Sept. Edmatde, in reference to tbe honor roll, is too lengthy to be publish? ed at this time, bat as it is of very deeided interest it will be given in fall in the rear future. M A YOB'S COURT. The police are on to the gamblers and a clean sweep is to be made of all cf the-pro? fession who gather in bach lots and shoot craps for pennies. Friday there were six little negroes on tbe mourner's bencb, all of whom were proven guilty of shoaling craps that day. Two plead guilty and Jim James paid $1 as it was bis first appearance, Walter Peterson, $1.50, as be bad beenup before, and Albertos Elliott, Prank Miller and Benry Carter $2 each, for lying aboot play? ing with the "Dones " Nooe of them appear? ed to care at all and treated tbe matter ae a joke. Thomas Sbolock paid $5 tor being ?reek Friday, ' . ". There was a large attendance at the Mayer's Court Friday, a lengthy trial and a collec? tion of fonr hoes of $3 eacb. Charles Jones. Bezel Jones, Drayton Jones, Ed Cain and Archie Porter were indicted for creating a disturbance, attempting to fight W. B. Eagerton, and carrying concealed weapons at the Cotton Mill on Wedoesday night. The testimony showed that Ed Cato and Arebie Porter were ia co way responsible for the disturbance and took no part in it. Tbe offense of the three Jones boys was not of a serious character, according to the testi? mony, acd it was not proveo thal they bad any pistols as charged lt was proven that they offered to fight Eagerton and cursed. By Eagerton't own testimony it wee proven that be also need profane lang o ape, therefore the Major found Edgerton, and the three Jones boys, guilty and imposed a fine of $3 each. Cain and Porter were discharged. Dan Davis was before the Mayor Monday morning for public drookenness OD Saturday night. Be was found guilty and paid a fine of $5. Miogo Ballard and Jake White were op for creating a disturbance at the corner of Main aod Canal streets on Saturday night. They j were found guilty and sentenced to paya fine of $2.50 or work 5 days on the streets each. Ballard paid tbe fice. The Mayor's Court was fall to overflowing yesterday. Tte foliowing is a transcript of the docket. Willis Mosea and Peter Tindal, cursing and creating a disturbance, $2 each or 4 days. Jeff Clark, cursing oo Main street. Not proven. Pink Bradford and Alfred McCoy, fighting. Not guilty as to McCoy, gailty as to Brad? ford, $3 or 6 days Lum Maible, public drunkenness, $2 or 4 days. Land Surveying. 1WILL GIVE prompt attention to all calls for surveying and n'attire lands. BANKS fi BOYKIN, Oct 10-o Catchall, S. C. Onion Sets-leading varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars. Large line of fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLonne's Drag Store,