The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 28, 1900, Image 3
TW Suerage and
Gm Pool Question,
For Phy slot ant to
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Tba MWwIaf eoesaooioetloo hu bees re
jtiHt, M4 It M pobliebed eotlro to that it
ta?J SOSM 01 OOft btttll Its physttieot M>
It It d?reeled. Wt shall M f lad tt
tad aotwtU eov repliea ?bat the phyel
tMt stay tealre to make. Th^oeetiooe aro
tatst tod tt IM poaet aad iM repliea, If toy
?it tiadt, oboe It MM)ly t foot of leforwe
tJto SMA It groaily aoatod b? iM terse me
Jtrtty of Skews vto aro aow tteeeeaiag tba
tjssstieee ibet tM Oiiy Coooeil will Mrs tn
M ttjo aast re* olar meet! eg :
stv. tdtie*: Will yo? aot obligt a ssoksr
rettet* tofermetioo by eobmittieg tba
SjMHtst to tbs pbjetetaee of 8om
tabtsaMsff tM answers sttatoed T
TboaeaatkM tf sewerage and tbe oeatemtoe
Owe tf was warn, ibat at Isast 10 par toot tf
tsjf ttttssea Mt fortod to ass, by tM sasspools
tf sw Tt St 100 stutaas who aro ab It to
tfbra fOtb eUtltaad loaaHts, It a serieet oos
oa4 we Mtd all tM ligbtaad teformertea
abas ata m aateteed frees tboso who bare
sas4t Maltb oe4 eeottatiee a stady.
I. Do sow sooIt, wlib aaeasMBtW altos
aoi Mtaawe, sbM aro of lofteteet depth to
?taattata tM wo tor boo H Of stratass, ooataev
batst tba watsv supply of wslls sad pom, ? .a
tba eistet ty-*?y too foot T
t Wbot dbwaeee aro ssost liboly to resell
frees wastrtaststMaaiod ay tba seepage fross
? Is tM oMaoes of taoto, odor sad 4is
M aweoleetve troof tMt
tt tore, wbolssesn sod eeoeeuwt
I
4. Qtat Oaf tbat h Is I? jceeibk st ibis
aa tar ft a arty to towttraot a sewerage
sW tM OttfoMl of wasto watsv, oad
fross waits eloeeta, to It aot of
tbat tbs ?ss of dry
ttsaootiaoot, to tM eew tMt tM
watsv safply M aai fartbor eoetami
I'
Wtm Tatbon Hofoaoo at* so
o Iafbrsnettoa on Iba
a* Vtisr Oootamt
mmmn. ,
f> fa reaiy la tM abas* tetamotieatlee,
woata wow ptbtbjbil I? tM welly I loss of
?sat fbaiiltj sV Too Tolborg ttofmoo baa
frsjsaaswto tfte Maja Is id >ee?ero to tM Ratt?
lar Dali? I toss : sWbrrlag
la Tboredey't 8a? tor
t tM follow tea
ba patsMsst Mbtslttod to pbysicteoa.
sWeesttelly ywart,
Tea TolMrt Hofaaaa
TM taalosjsioatloo of wslls aot pomps
aad by sM Mttotwj tf aalssal oad v eg ?
, aad tat arssstss of
aa aaaOaf Iom tteeeeee.
tf im wosar Is la far sol y
to tat tog roe of r%iarat<oo of
>v eM peeweettef Meay. It Mo
ttaod by es per I we et ?bat, wboa orfaal?
, larftlf dilated aitb watsv, It allowed
frrtaao tail. It ooseegeeo a gre
la tM preteeos of otrtala
tad aitraist e?4 tilrtttt
at tba et twees of astSMoia aad
b) tatjblttittti. If bewever, im
BtMtereie4 wtlb orgaoio ssattor to St?
aad la a staSB tf soeeeatrailoe, potre
pUee, ao4 tM oooversioa tf tbs
too tits to to oltratot aad ettrttet It
iM drsiaaaa tf diluted
a strata at of f orooo Mil, oot
4 wtlb peVefyieg es?tiers,
im Itoatt aMaid rtoab.a well oasd
a SO wise af Ortekleg wabw, stay oot bate
tsatofclty bad sif slBceaee, as it is poesl
tjss tMt by tba Hsm tbe he,jit portion of tbo
ttosajt Tsostos tip wall, h eaty bore ettived
to a aseni wboa M sewta watarolty m tressed
saw waist1 TM por?sellee power tf tbo
aast Massy M raited a poo if iM sopplytof
M ttbar otieaal or oofettablo Import
isitaa oboowaat or tf tMolte Mattrtatf
(a ) Dofoagtsaooto of digestifs or
fvott wo tee osetawlaata4 witb dotayiog
?to saattor (b ) Dteeaeee 4ao la tM
HMO af spowtio Metorta as typhoid rover,
4ytoaetry, or porbapo jollov fever.
Its its! fever, dipt (bens
M aalt for drlokiog or
pwrpooao tbroagb tM presooes
Ooirltw of vahoos klods, eewage,
loa aolstal or fagstsbto wetter, re
fross ??tttstitriof eslabrlobmoots may,
aotleoa, act b? prfjodieial to Maltb.
(D? swasasvssa, of Moaieb, io bit peacti.
st StPt ay drtoklaf dally from oeo to twa
its tf vary liiby vatsr, to faev, sotblng
sowofo wblob woo Mtb obomloolly
ao4 twtsieaJly etoooilafly laapore, teemo to
tbat tM ptsdottt of ooitaal, vagotable
Maa taboo toto tM M4y wltb
dflablag attar free from tpeeitt Motor la coo
aot M losM4 aatw oo toftololy aarssral )
III V?. watsv tf good taoto, odor eafl
may eootalo tjoaotitlet of mio*
ile ssotier or tvta Iviag or
aaotttto, ao Matstio aot ovo of tape won
tot obablo to tM oobod oyo
IT li sv a woot diopote4 propoottloo
wMtbei poooooo soao ao oaoas trpboid, ebol
oros tot, aabjlooto aa-oovo io oast pools,
aot seal paUatsi^y tM protoots of
M oofoiablo tsMwpselMoa Bot oore
tboro from typboid defrotioos froi
ftt>oawOof easoo. tM gorme develop io tM
satt Mass. Mworo oe>4 Mil, aro earned io tbo
tev from p4oeo to pUco, ooOorgo terel
st tM seal, wMmo tber oro earrte4
tM woilo of mabiof arts paalt, at*
ibroagb booset wtlb tbo grouo 1 air or
*<roio to to woilo oo>4 pollau iM tnokiog
oJom, If oot for otMro, ll
of dry woilo sfessid M 4iooootiooe4
fM tblt roaooo ale
two of dry woilo a>jt
? ? tWojtj?
M Vojll
wbo le lovaly la faoa, form ai
will olwoye bavo Meede, bvl one wbo
M Oitrootivo ???( ??op bar h??11S. If
Sboss ml, sloblp aoi tfl rwo towo, abo will
M ooeeiei oat Irritable If obo boo oontilpo*
Ooo) or airway weBBfs. tor laapora blood will
atotlos. bliiebes. atia oroptloos aad a
od ooosploalwB. Iloatrio bittere I? tbo
bees mOatSSM !? tM world to rogalato, ttoi
oob, lloor ood bidooya aot to parify the b'.ood
ll ftooo ftroif a*irM, brigbt eyon, toiooib
Miowty tale, rlob eeejpleateo. It will wake a
gsod .oobiag. aboraiUg voaaoa af a ran -di
eovalwL Om\j ste at J. y. W DaLarwo'e Drag
Mr. Bruosoti Dtaouaaoa the Sower
af a QuottioQ
Sdltov Dally liest : We bars reorbei Ibat
pofot Io tM history of our etty wbere tbe
tjoooitoB of sowofBfe stooid bo diecusoed 10
? rtotaaobos way io ord<r to a/o?rtaio just
r o#j| * boat for tba ?bola <-wy. h Io oofor*
I baaaes tMt moo, wMo tbe wbole eoaoaoity
, oboe Id eogoge Io Ihr d'jcuaaloo
pjfjsj sjSMSjtfjat tool re to bare heir owo
prevail, ood, right or vroeg, try to
? tM?r poiMloa wltb more aosertloo or
w We trt ofrood epos tto oeceoslty
viog tor la It fool mat iota from tM
tod oboold stoa so led the boot method
yratt tot svft |tmbor af titles sow a stag
the eowtrege eyetem, i? It rennneeble to eoa
poee that ta be tbe beet b?u wisdom bet
yttdevteed. Bo?ivir, ihtrt at* many tor I
eeo ebjeetleoe to tbt eyetem. There will bt
Itehy jolott, treee >h*1 etpbon taemetlvee,
poor voatllatloa of eewero aad soil pipet, all
t a rot eg book iota Um dweliiogt too Htrer
gM?tbt vary thlog we toak to gtt rid of
?too eewer, ea If some groat liviog monet?r,
breethleg through tbt ?tote mode lu oar
dwellings Col. Ooo. M Waring, aa author
Ity oa aeeltery tcitaaa, taji of tba aewera of
Philadelphia, New York aod Bottoa ; thry
ara "hlgheot at tba lower aad, biggaat at tba
little aad, receiving braocb eewtre from
below aad diaobargiag at tueir topt ; aloe
gated aaaa peole, half Iliad with reek
lag lUk, peopled wlih rale aad invaded by
every tide ; b?ge geeometera manufacturing
day aad eight a deadly aeriform poison, ever
eaekiog to ievedo the boaeta aloog tbeir
eoaree : reeervoire of Ilfeld filth, ever ooaiog
tbroofb defective joloio aed polluting tbe
very eertb apoa which tbe oily ataoda."
Having good aawera properly leid aed an
abeedaet e>eter eupply to laeu tbeai often,
tbe etat eorioee qeeetioo ia tbe diapoaal ot
tbe bewege Moat largo ettiee which beve
adopted;iba aaweroge plan, beve tbe aewera
to empty into a river, aed evea witb a river
iowiag by tbe city, greet trouble ariaea
where tbe aewege ta awept ap tbe river oy
tbe tidea. Seoeld Senator try to dlapoae of
ber aewege by eaaptyiag it iato Qrtee Swamp,
tb* probability la, it woold, in a abort time
to elog ap tbe little etream, wbieh ia at times
elmoal a dry bed, aa to leave tbe aewege ia
balk aboat too mootb of tbe aewer Opto
tag tbe etream woald ae of little beoeflt on
lata Iba qoeotity of water in tba etream eoold
bo vastly laoreated. True, tum are other
metboda of dttpoaiag of at wagt, bot all vary
eipeeeive
Cane-pool a, If properly made, ere absolute
ly tight?without leak, ead veotileted eo ea
to permit tbe aewtr eir to eaeape ea tbe aew?
ege eatera; otherwise, et eaeb eoiry of
water, or otber refaae matter, from thobooae,
a like balk of aewtr gee la forced back
tbroogb tbe water eeal ie too trap aad iato
tbe dwelliag Of oooree, tbeeo oeae pooia
eat bo eltaoed oot oftee. I do not know
bow aaaay aaaa pootc tbeie ere ia tbe ait>,
bat I do kaow tbat ooleee properly coostroct
eod aiaaaod of too they are a eoaree of |
greater deeger to rboee living ta tbe dwelt*
tage witb whieb rhey ooaoect, tbeo to eoy
body alee Perhepe yoo do oot email It aod
therefore lb.ok yoo have noae of It ta your
w Pr it O .9. Oboadler, who mode a
apteral etady of tbe to eject, aaya : 'it woald
be o bleeang w* eower gae ataak eo tbet tta
pieeaaoe woeVd be noticeable wherever ill
gained aa eoueooa Katars aaaelly reiaea I
tome dee?sr aigoal ta ware people of tbe
preaaeea of eedl; bat ta tbe aaaa of ae wer
fee there ta often eo atgo to make tta proiim
ty kooa n.
Uodor lying tba ally we have ana at re tarn
af aaoat three feet of aaod. then aaotber of
three to tee feet of alay ; eattlag tbroogb
tbe elajr we enter tbe wnter hearing stratum
of aaed. It may be tbat aotne of tbeee eeaa
noola beve nothing In tbe bottom to keep tbe
?fib from pereoletiog tbroogb to tbe wnter
bearing etreeam ; ar perbape, have been eat
through the eley iato it. If aaeb be tbe cue,
too owner of eneo a cone pool woald commit
?o greater of tone ay empty leg bia at wage
tain hia aearaat neighbor a opea well. Aa
oaly eeeen to per cent of oar people ana thai
city water, it ia neatly been what a fearful
impooittoo auch enea-poole would be wirb
ibeir opwa bottome oooateotly pouring tbeir {
8Mb leto Ibe open walla of tbe 70 per oaot of
tbe people of the city. I
Wbaiiakoowo ee tbe dry earth aystem,
?rat teoemmeoded by Bee. Mr. Moole, ao
logllebman, boa bjaea "eiteeaiveiy need witb
excellent results Ita atmplleity, economy
ood eoaweoieoeo ere readily apparaet M Tbe
aerioaa oejtctioo to tbe dry eartb ayatem ie
tbet it leevee a part of tbat wbieb abonld go
Iota tba eower ta be removed ia name other1
way. Bull, It oaa ho adopted at ooee, aod it
will help oa very aaaah to bave tbe larger
pert of oar neweraga, ead tbat wbieb ia moat
daugtrout to beeltb takeo away. Mhoetd we
(fad tbat we eon opto apyOraeo Swamp ao aa
lo make dioaoaal of tbe new trage, aad we cau
tee ad eeveoty five tboeeubd dollere to beve
the aewera greded end laid, and we oaa oh
ute a enmoitot water eapply to ?neb tbe
aewereoa often ee eeeaeeary ; why, tbeo we
oaa, et little ooet^diaoao?aaa the dry eertb
ayatem.
la the meantime, let tboee who bave oeaa
aoole properly cooatroeted eleee tbem tbor
ongbly et abort lotervel; let every improp?
erly eooetrueted oeaa pool be cleaned end filled
op at once ; aad let ua adopt tbe dry eactb
eyateaa aad ana it aotil we can do tumeibiog
bettor Joel S Bruneon.
To remove a troebleeome earn or baaioa :
Ftret eowk tbe oara or baaioa ia warm water
lo eoftnn It, then pare It dowa aa eloeoly ea
aoeaibie wiiaoit drawing blood ead apply
0 bomber InWe Pain Balm twloe doily; rub
blag vlforoaely for five ml a a tee at each
oppltoatioo. A oora plaeter aboald be worn
for a few deya to protect It from tbe ebon.
Ae o general liniment for apreina, brnmaa,
Isvooooeo ead rheomntlam, Palo Balm ia aa
equtled For aale by Dr A J Obloe.
Thootat Thoy Had Bill Dlxon.
w?It really eeema tbet, like tbe gbeet of
Beoqao, the reaorta of tbe eaptore of Bill
Dixoo will not down Lett Saturday after?
noon oboet ? o'clock leteodent W. B. Browo
received from the loteodaatof tbe towo of
Meyeeville a talegrem aonoaeolag tbat e
oegro eaewerteg tbe deeeriptioo of Bill
Diioo wea being beM aod lo eaod aome one
over immediately to identify him. Ioteoden*
Brawa onmmenteeted with Sheriff hredhem
nt oaee ead at the Sber ff a reqotet, wired
tbe Meyeeville loteodant ''Hold man, a?eriff
riil eeod immediately to identify bim " Tbe
eberiff aed Mr B. at Q am fie lett on tbe Boa
day morn tog trota far Somtor, Mr. Gimbte
weat from Heater to Meyeeville by prlvete
eonveyence eod the aberiff eommuoieated
with ibeantborttitefiom Sumter by telephone.
Wbeo Mr. Oamble oaafroated the man under
arre.i, he found tbat be wea e yel?
low aegro about six teet tall aod did
aot ia eoy wey aaewtr tbe deeeriptioo of
Bill Biaoo, eod be eleo learoed tbet tbe fellow
wea reined oboet Meyeeville eod tbat bia
oame ie Diioo Devla. It eeema ibe chop bed
beeo oo e droaken epree, aod ateemed op
with fire water. He gave bia name ea Bill
rttnoe, rxpectieg that woald have the a?me
ittet aa war paiot oo ae Indiao. Tbe
Meyeeville eutborinee did tbe right tbiog
to ootify the authorities wbeo tbey bad aome
ooo tbey tuoogbt wea waoted here, eapecleily
aacb e aotormoa, eod dengeriona character
ee Bill Dixon, hnt bow tbey coold be ao
bodly deceived, to mitteke e oil fool yellow
negro for e abort blacb cbuokey oegro, aod
be too, reined about Meyeeville weceooot aee.
the dteoripttoo of tbe arreeted meo dote
aot com|>ere in any way with tbe roach
waoted Bill Dixoo nor do we believe that
Dixoe Ie within COO milee of tbia place ?
Maooing Tiaee Nov 21.
Volcanic Kruptlona.
Are grand, but .'-km Kiuptiont rob life of
Jay. Bucklen't Arnica Salve eure? them ; alto
Old Banning ead Fever Sorot, Uleor?, Bolle,
Feloot, Orot, Went, Ceta, Breitet, Barns,
oVeldt, Chopped Hands, Chilblains. Bast Pile
Care ee earth. Driest oat Paint aed Aches.
Oely II elt. e boi. Cere gaereeteed. t>o!a
by ?< F. W. DeLorme. druggist. I
? ? ? ? ? -mumm-.
While tble lot teete, crepe tieaee paper at
?a a rril. H. O. Osteee ft Oo Oat IS? it
VIEWS OF TWO DISTIN?
GUISHED AUTHOR?
ITIES
Dr. T Grange Siuons and Sur?
geon General Wymm
18 Montague Street,
Charleston, 8 C , Nor 26, 1900
S 1 Reardon, Esq. Seoty and Health
Officer Board of Health, Sumter,
S 0
Dear Sir : I bare reoeired a letter
of tbe s a cue purport as yours from
Or Jobo 8. Hoghson I would have
preferred to bare bad more tiae for
a reply on a subject of auob import?
ance, and wonld hare bean more
concise if time allowed me to bo
more explicit I will send the oame
reply to both of yon
The authorilies ?11 are unanimous
in condemnation of tbe dry well and
privy, and adrooate aewera ao the
only safe method of diapooiog of
household waste. A a ohairmao of
tba board of aewer oommiaaiooera of
Charleston, I hare been impressed
with tbe great dsngers to oar com
muni ties from the use of dry wells
and leaky privy vsolts, for with a
porous soil aod slight eleration
above tide water we have atored op
the fool contents of these cess pools,
and as a result oor wells and cisterns
are polluted with sewerage and
human execreta, and thus disesse is
engendered when such human exe
orets baa tbe typhoid or other disease
bearing germs The wster seems
pore, but from laboratory ioveatigs
lion shows the presence of baoteris
from tbe bumsn intestines
Ton ask for suggestions Of
oourse the construction of s good
systsm of sowers with so abunbant
supply of pore wster to flush them
aod e!l boose oooneotions and thus
remove tbe household waste before
decomposition occurs, such sewerage
is comparatively innocent of danger,
and clean sewers are free from gaoea
and foal odoro
Toar water supply is, I believe,
from driren wells, but how remote
from the towo suoh supply is derived,
and aa to tbe nature of the ooil of
your wster shed, I am oot familiar,
bot with a porous soil and water
bearing on quick sand as you oall it,
16 to 12 feet below the surface. I
can well understsnd the danger of
your dry wells peoetratiog to this
depth and discharging their contents
into this strsta If the dry wall was
not oo deep, this dsnger would
perbsps bo lessened, but not remor
ed, for filtrstion to be effective should
be intermittent, so thst proper sere
tion of the soil can be performed ;
slso that the chemical processes of
oxidation and nitrification may alao
contribute to the proper purification
of the water. But with populous
centres super saturation of the soil
most result, and through this filth
no proper purificstion of ground
water can ooour. If your source of
water supply is remote from hsbtts
tiooo aod oan be brought to yoo
through well built water mains, and
if no wells are used io the town then
tbe danger from dry wells of the
lesobiog sort io lessened, snd eren
this would be rendered less objec?
tionable by tbe use of tightly bailt
dry wells, made of vitrified bri?k
laid with bydraulio cement, and
oemented'on the interior with Port?
land cement ; then a proper ventilla
tioo should be mode to the well by a
vent pipe of two or more inches
oslibre, and a soil pipe of good osst
iroo four io dismeter, running well
abore tbe roof and away from the
tbe windows, sll house connections
should be separately trapped near
eaob fixture and each back air rent
arranged oo as to avoid syphoosge or
bresking of the wster seel. Eren
these wster seels sre of sewage and
ore miniature cess pools aod are
ofteo brokeo by tbe discbsrge of
Urge rolomeo of hot water into tbe
pipes, for the expense of hot air is
immense, snd thus few wster seals
remsin
The dry well should be often
disinfected, emptied sod cleaned I
sdmit thst with oo sewers the
problem is moot difficult to solve,
sod tbe ohoice between lesky privy
?suits snd dry wells is but smsll;
soil snd wster pollution must ensue
from both, but tbe tight dry well, os
described, is tbe safest in lbs sbsenoe
of sewers
I will now try snd snswer tbe
queries seat me by the secretsry of
the Bosrd of Health. As serersl of
them sre embraced in the above, I
may oot follow tbem in exsct se
quence
1. Do cess pools, with uncement
ed sides snd bottoms, thst sre of
sufficient depth to penetrste the
wster besring strstom, oootsminste
tbe wster supply uf wells snd pumps
in tbe vicinity?soy 500 feet ?
W. 8 Gerbsrd, in "The Disposal
of Household Waste," in speaking
of the leaching cess pool, ssys "the
osrdinsl process slwsys to be ob?
served is to svoid stagostion of
sewsge snd the accumulation of
putrefying filth in or near our
premises ; it is s nuisance itself,
snd will unavoidably snd invariably
pollute the water supply, snd pollute
tbe sir by its exhalations "
Kttehen refoss, when mixed with
urine, fosesl matter, bath tob waste,
greise, aod sosp, sooo render the soil
impervious and oo filtrstion eso take
plaee, sod from saoh a eesss pool,
oolsss freely ventilated, the gasss sou
sossmolste, sod fores seal and traps,
and snter our spsrtmeots. If suoh foul
rsssptsslss of lltb bavs ssrrisd iats
then fecal matter oberged witb disease
bacteria, tba danger of tba oootenta
beiog ocrried ioto wells aod cisterns
adds to tba daoger. As to 'fit dia
taoae, sueh contamination may be
earried, oo definite opinion oan bo
giren. Some authorities olaim tbat
the typhoid gerne oan be water borno
tbroogb porous soil or along bard
strata of rook or marl for over one
mile ; Experiments witb chemicals
iedio, floor and salt plaoed in springs
or wells, wbao tested at long distanoes,
several hundred yards, tbe ressponse to
tests bave abowa tbat enob agents bave
passed witb the ground water or
.streams from spriogs to ioog distances
Mason; in "Water Supply", Cbap viii,
Ground Water, says : It is hopeless
lo depend opou the purifying influences
of intervening soil to protect wells from
privy and cess pool fouliog, bsoense
soil filtration, to order to be effective,
mast be ^intermittent, and tbat after
a doeo of sewage baa beeo added
to tbe eoil, (aod the dose mast oot be
large) opportunity for tboroogb aera?
tion of tbe eoil must follow or tbe
seoood dose oaooot be purified. Witb
a oonstaot flow of polluting material the
purifying process of soil quiokly
ceases "
2. What dieeaaes are moot likely to
result from water oootamioated by the
sepage from oeea pools ?
Diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid fever,
oholera are tbe oommooioable diseases
I tbat art most likely to ooonr from use
\ of sewege oootamioatioo to drinking
water. Maoy examples of epidemics of
cholera and typhoid fever are reoorded
from ose of water polluted witb sewage.
Tbe germs of these two diseases more
rapidly perish wbeo dried, bat live for
long periode in damp soil or water.
Experiments show tbat the spirilium of
oholera, when plaoed to eterliied soil
aod kept moiat may eorvive for 33
dayo. The baoillua of typhoid fever to
dry soil perished in 2 to 4 days, in wot
soil wes active for 45 days
8org Goo Sternborg, U. 8. A. states
tbat tbe typhoid germs will sarvive at a
depth of from 4 to 6 fast ander groaod
ia sammer and in wintsr at 9 ft.
8 Is tbe absence of taste, odor aod
discoloratioo regarded %as oooolosive
proof tbat water is pore, wholesome
aod ooeootamioated T
lo oo way eao water be thai judged
ae pore. W. 8. Mason, "Water 8upply"
p. 816 states : "It is a fatal error to
faney tbat because water has a bright,
sparkling, olear appearaooe and a
pleasant taste that snob water is pare
aod wholesome Oarbooie aeid gas is
what causes tbe brilliaoy aod refreshing
taste of groaod water aod to tbe solvent
aetioo of tbat gas is doe the elearoess
of maay waters tbat bold orgsoie
matter io solution. Oarbooie aoid gas
ie ooe of tbe products of eewage decom?
position. " '
Tbe dangers from tbe ose of water
polluted with sewage although they
may show the presence of nitrites free
and albuminoid ammonias chlorine, to a
dangerous degree wbeo subjected to
ebemioal analysis yet persons may aod
have used aooh waters without harm
beiog showo aod the watec may be
most palatable, bat as soon as the eess
pool that contaminates such water
reoeivee tbe excreta from oholera or
typhoid fever tbeo will snob diseases be
most liable to break oot among those
who age eaob polluted waters, lo very
dry seasooa when tbe groaod water is
low theo by gravitation will tbe
oooteots from the privy vault aod dry
well be drawo to the well and cracked
oieterno that are deeper. Nor eao we
dereet the presence of each disease
beariog orgaoisms by obemieal aoalysis,
these oooditieao eao only be detected
by the bacteriologist after eerafel col
tore aod laboratory eiemioatreo.
4. Thie I bave aoewered flaity in
discussing dry welle aad their daagere
aod bow by construction of tight
reoeptaoleo or ceee pools witb proper
ventilation aod boose plumbing tbe
dangers oan be lessened bat oot remov?
ed. I regard the daoger from privy
vaolte ae great almost as from leaobiog
eeaa poole.
I bave endeavored to give each in?
formation as you both desire. The
matter ie ooe of deep ioterest aad con?
cern to me aod ooe that must continue
to cause much trouble to all of oor
communities until the wisdom and
eeooomy of having a proper eewer eye
teen is appareot. The death rate has
beeo reduced to such a degree in all
cities after iotroduotion of sewers aod
the figures are ebowo io all worke of
sanitary engineering, aod medical worke
teem with statistics ae to the redaction
of death rate fron? filth engendered or
preveainble dieeae*. 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 yon. With tbe short
time given me for a reply, I bave oot
bad time to coodenee foots, but bave
giveo thorn to you perhaps too loog,
but it requires talent to write a short
ooodeosed statement io a short time.
Youre siooerely,
T. Orange Simons,
Ch'ro Ex. Com S. C. State Board of
Health
Treaeury Department, Marine-Hospi?
tal Servioe,
Washington, No?. 24, 1900.
Mr. E I. Roardon. City Health Offi?
cer. Sumter, 8. C,
(Through Dr T. Orange Simons, Pres
ident State Board of Health, Charles*
ton, SC)
Sir : I am io reoeipt of your com
mtnioatioo of tbe 23rd November,
requesting me to exprees eo opinion
opoo the probability of the contamina?
tion of welle by the use of uneemeoted
eeee poole for tbe disposal of water
I aloaet wastes aod kitoheo slops
Io replj I base to inform yon that it
tt DJ opioioo that there ii every
probability of tbe sootamioation of
arella by a slate of affaire sooh as
described by yoo, aod I am of tbe
opioioo that soeb contamination would
be particularly dangerous at this time,
owing to tbe widespresd ezisteooe of
eoterio ferer throughout tbe country.
Respectfully,
Walter Wymao,
Surgeon-General M. H. S.
PI8QAH NEWS.
Piegah Not. 26?A beery wind blew bere
all of Sunday afternoon aod night. A good
rain fell also, in tbe night. Today is quite
io coo treat to last week, aod the cold weather
will enable oar people to kill all bogs that
are fat enough at this time.
Oats look wel^ DOt much wheat plaoted.
Gaoee high cotton.
Mi's. Thomas D. McLeod bss typhoid ferer.
?The Drs. are on the go all the time.
Tbe contents of tbe December Megasioe
Number of The Ontlook are varied. Among
tbe special articles will be found tbe fifth
installment of the autobiography of Booker
T. Washington, called, "Up Prom Slavery ;"
the final iestsllmsnt of Hr. Hamilton W.
Mabie's "William Shakespeare : Post, Drama?
tist and Man," which bae now been publish*
ed by the Macmillans in sumptuous book
form ; elabarate articles reviewing the ablest
books of ths season in the depsrtmsots of art,
biography and fietioo, with many portrait
illustrations; sod, most prominent of oil, a
series of brief artiele by sucb men as James
Bryce, Henry van Dyke, Edward Brerett
Hale, Preeident Had ley, of Yale, aod half a
doaeo others, giving their opioions in reply
to tbe qsoitioo "What Are tbe Greatest
Books of tbe Century ?" (S3 a yesr The
Outlook Company, 287 Ponrtb Avenue,
New York )
Powder Mill Fxploalon
Removes everytbiog in sight; so do drastie
mineral pills, but 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 aa a (immer breeze, do the work per
fectly. Cures, headaches, constipation. Only
26c, at J F W DoLormo's drug store. 3
Tbers Is no pleasure in life if you dresd
going to the tsbls 10 sat *?d can't rest at
ogbt on account nf indigestion. Henry Wil?
liams, of Booovills, Ind, ssys bs suffered that
way for years, tilt bo commenced tbe me of
Kodol Dtspopsia Cure, aod adds, "Now 1 can
sat anything 1 like and all I want and slsep
soundly svsry night." Kodol Dyspsdsia Gore
will digest wbst yoo est. J S Hognson k Co.
Quarterly Conference.
Ths Fonrth Quarterly Conference of Sum?
ter Station M. ?. Church South wss held in
tbe church list 8oodoy night, Rev. T. J.
Clyde, P. |E , in tbe obair. Official reports
showed that all claims had been msds and
that ths affairs of tbe church were In an
imprnving condition.
The following* were elected stewsrds for
ths eosoing yesr: J B Roach, J D Crsig,
R 0 Pordy, A B Stuckey, Dr J A Mood, W
B Bums, D J Obsndlsr, W A Brown, J at
Knight, L W Folsom, A R Flowers, L D
Jennings, 0 M Hurst, Jr.
Resolutions ot regret were sdopted relative
to tbe departore of Presidiog Elder Clyde
from Sumter District. He bss served in his
preseot office for tbe foil term allowed ander
tbe laws of tbs church. He carries witb him
the confidence and esteem of his people all
over tbe district.
GRANT WILLIAM8 RECAP?
TURED.
He Did a Rushing Business While
a Fugitive.
Grant Williams, who eecsped from tbe
chain gang about a month ego was receptnred
at Rimini last Wednesday aod was brought
back by Mr. Sam Newman, overseer of the
cbaingang, who went after him oext morniog.
When eaptortd Williams bad $38 io cash,
a fine pistol sod a lot of clothing, a part ol
which bs stols from the cbaiogaog goardi
when be escaped. While at large be has
committed several robberies aod otber crimes.
Ho was arrssted once st Copes, Orange?
borg county, but escaped and made bis way
to Rimini. On Tuesday night be knocked e
oegro down and stole $60 snd a pistol, and it
is supposed tbst the mooey fouod in bit
possession wbeo csptared was a part of hit
last Saul. Wbeo bis term oo tbe gsog bei
been ssrved oot be will be turned over to tbe
sutboritiss of Glsreodoo, or Oreofsburg
county to stand trial for bis crimes committ?
ed wbils oot oo hie stolen holiday.
New Passenger Coaches.
Tbc Atlantic Coast line has received four
new passenger coaches from tbe Puilmsa Car
Works io Illinois. They are a part of. a re?
cent order for teo new coaches. Tbe order
was placed on account of tbe Coast Line
shops not being able to supply the present
demand from shops here. Two of tbe new
csrs will be used between Wilmiogtoo and
Colombia and two between bere Pinner's
Point.
Tbe coscbee sre ali for first-class passengers,
witb tbs ususl compartments. They are of
the standard Pullman make, and are sixty
feet loog and will comfortably accommodate
leveoty-two paseengers Tbey are coosider
ably larger than tbe average sisa passengers
coach?Wilmiogtoo Star.
December Ladies' Home Journal.
The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal offers
a auperabuodaoce of literary aod artistic fea?
tures in most attractive form. Among its
nearly two score contributions are Mrs. Lew
Wallace, Elisabeth Stuart Phelps, Charles
Major, William Berrinr, Clifford Howard aod
Elisabeth Lincolo Gould, while A. B. Frost,
W. L Taylor, Reginald B Birch, Henry
H?tt, George Gibns and as many otber illus?
trators supply it9 pictorial features. Apart
from tbe articles baring special holiday time
lines of interest, tbe notable features of tbe
Christmas Journal include "Tbe Innkeeper's
Daughter bWo Dissolved a President's
Cabinet," "What May Happen in tbe Next
Hundred Years," "Jerusalem as We See it
To-Day," "Two Women's Gifts of Twenty
Five Millions," "Tbe 'Little Men' Play," a
dramatisation of Louisa M. Alcott's delight?
ful storv ; "Where Children See Saint Nick,"
"Tbe Fourteenth Man," "Two Christmas
Days at Rock Farm," and "The Successors of
Mary tbe First," "The Story of a You? <j
Mao," and "Tbo Blue River Stories," wh-^h
are continued Edward Bok has a tbougbful
article on Christmas celebration, and there
ere various articles on women's wear,
Christmas presents and edibles, wbile varioua
otber practlcel, helpful themes are ably pre
eeoted. By Tbe Curtis Publishing Company,
Philadelphia. Ooe dollar a year ; ten cents
a copy.
Court Convwoea.
Tb? special term of court convened at 10
o'clock Monday moec'.og witb Judg? Gary on
the bench. Sieoogropber TiHman who was
aick during too lait term and ?nable to be
present wae oo band.
Tbe com of R. C. McManoe ve. ike Atlantic
Coast Line RR, two eaaee, for lose of cattle
in ablpmente to Richmond, Va , cccopied tbi
court nptil tbie morning, and renolted in n
verdict for McManna in each caee, $180 and
$215, respectively.
Another railroad damage ease, Wee let G.
Gaels, as Administrator, ve. tbe W. C. k A.
R. R. Co., was begon about noon to day.
Board of Education Meeting
Tbe City Board of Education met a; 7
o'clock last Wednesday night witb Cbairmnc
Marion Motae and Commissioners A. B.
Stockey, Neill O'Ooooell end 1. 0. Heyne
wortb ncd Sopt. Bdmenda present. Tbe
miaute? of October 29th were rend and {ap?
pro ?ed.
A letter wee read from Mlae M. H. Girar
denn, teacher in tbe white Graded School,
thanking tbe board for tbe iocrrnte, la bor
salary.
Hampton Lewis, janitor of tbe White
Graded School woo voted an increase af f 2
per month in aalary after tbe {fallowing letter
wna read :
1 To. the. Gentmenta and Membors off tbe
Glty of Sumter Bcbool Board 1 yoor wertb
ery Servant Here-by Rite to Ask yooall to in
Cresa my 8alry to $2 more on tbe Moot and
my Reeen for Asking for stove la tbnt this
School is A fnrst Clam Scboole nod is. Bee*
I ond to Nona in tbe Btate end A fnrst Claas
Sop tender nnd All soe teachers and AU aoe
I 8colere and 1 feel, tbnt yoa ill wood leke
I to Have A fnrat Close Janitor tad. I. fetber
I More Saye that it Coast Burnt eg to keept ?|
I that and All waya Beet to mev* vietere from
I time to time and Strangers and 1 Dont lnke
I to meet them lake A tramp And I Am Kot
I eo Poriickler in Having weggiee to Give me
Beef Stak Bvery Day Nor Roes Beeff Bat. I.
I Wood lake to Have my Corn Bread and
Backond But one coaae God From to Man
I Brad nod watrr Bat He meaea if A men
I woork in A orniak waye that He weed Ade
I All others things and tbnt Hna been my life
I to tboae that New me end 1 Rely Need ibis
I Request if Not 1 wood Not Bother yoa Jent
I men No more A Bout it and Plea'se Con
I 8ider tbe matter to Dae all yea Caa for me
I No more to aaje 1 Rcmine jooi watbery Ber?
ten t i . B.Lewis Sr. I
Nov 12 ltGO
Mr. Edmunds reported, that Mrs. Crane bed
I started n free school et the Cotton Mill with
I 34 pnpils, to he incorporated la tbe enroll
I moot of tbe city schools and that aba desired
I that a part, at leaat, of tbe teaee coming from
I tbie additioaal enrollment sfcoeld be paid on
I the expenses of this school. Oo motion of
Mr. O'Donoell it wee resolved that all tbe tar
I from tkia sooree shall be devoted to that
I achool.
I Mr. Edmnnda recommecded tbnt tbe boner
I roll ayatem prevailing in the school be ebol
I isbed for tbe prctent year, nod presented ta
I writing his reasons for tbe auggretion. The
I matter waa freely discosred and oo motion of
I Mr. Hayoaworth it waa lift to Sept. Bdmaada
I to aet aa bia judgmvnta may dictate, and
I report results to tbe hoard.
I The board then adjourned.
Tbe report of Snpt. Bdmaada, la reference
I to tbe honor roll, ie too leogtby to he pubiieb
I ed at thia time, bat aa it ia of very decided
I tntereat it will be given in fnll in the tear
I future.
I MAYOR'S COURT.
Tbe police are on to tbe garnb!era and a
I clean aweep ia to be made of all of ibe pro
I feesion who gather in back lots and shoot
I crape for pennies. Friday there weie atx
I little oegroea oo the mourner's bench, nil of
I whom were proven guilty of tboeting crepe
I that dOy. Two plead rjuilty and Jim James
I paid $1 aa it waa bia flret appearance, Walter
I Peterson, $1.60, aa be bed been op tefore,
land Albenub Blltott, Frank Miller and
I Henry Carter $2 each, for lying abont ploy
I ing witb tbe "booea " Nooe of them appear
I ed to care at all and treated the matter as a
joke.
Thomas Sbolock paid $5 for being drank
I Friday,
I There waa a large attendance at tbe Mayer's
I Court Friday, n lengtby trial and a collec
I tioo of four fines of $3 each. Cbarlee Jor.ee,
I Basel Jones, Drayton Jones, Bd Cain nnd
I Archie Porter were indicted for creat;,og a
I diatnrhance, attempting to fight W H.
Bagerton, and carrying concealed weapons at
tbe Cotton Milt on Wedoeeday night. Tbe
testimony showed that Bd Gain and Arebie
Porter ware in oo way reepooeible for tbe
I disturbance and took oo part in it.
I The offenen of tbe three Jonea boya was not
I of n serious character, aeeordiog to tbe testi?
mony, nnd it waa not proven that they bad
any pistols aa charged It waa proven that
I they offered to fight Eagertoo and cursed.
I By Bagerton's own testimony it w&e proven
I that be also need profane language, tberetore
I the Mayor fonnd Engerton, aud the three
I Jooea boya, guilty aod imposed a fine of $3
I each. Cain and Porter were d ecbarged.
i Dao Davis waa before tbe Mayor Mooday
morning for public drookeonees oo Saturday
I oigbt. Be waa fouod guilty aod paid n fine
of $5.
' Miogo Bollard aod Jake White were op for
creating a disturbance at tbe corner of Main
aod Canal streets on Saturday night. They
I were found guilty aod sentenced to pay a fine
of $2.60 or work 5 daya oo tbe streets each.
Bollard paid tbe fioe.
I Tbe Mayor's Court wae full to overfijwing
yeaterday. Tbe following is a transcript of
tbe docket.
Willis Moses and Peter Tiodal, cursing end
creating a disturbance, $2 each or 4 days
Jeff Clark, cursing oo Main street. Not
proven.
I Pink Bradford and Alfred McCoy, fighting.
Not goilty aa to McCoy, guilty aa to Brad?
ford, $3 or 6 daya
! Luna Maibie, public drunkennesa, $2 or 4
daya.
Land Surveying.
rWILL GIVE prompt attention to all
calls for surveying aod platting laode.
BANKS H BOYKIN,
Oct 10?o Catcball, 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 ia invited at