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tin CODICIL MEETING. mw ?it of MAM of health 05 THE UKW f.ii \(.f 8Vstem kfc KivKii \s inntMA tiox. Use \pplkwtton, ?>f the Telephone Curupnny for PermliMiini to In? rniH,. Ol? Rain* for NeeklefH'e Teleplion*? Dana?nil Hut Xo Deekled Action Take*?The Drainage of Saratoga B?"?<1i to be Undertaken at Once --It Witt be a BIk lob ami Will Im? prove Health Condition* In That Hectlon of the City. City Council met In regul?r session nt I 10 last night. Mayor Pro Tern Lhjoa calling the body to order, but resigned the chair to Mayor Boyle, who came Immediately after prayer, whl i area offered by Clerk Hurst. Ptnutes of meeting of June 24th were read. On motion of Mr. Llgon the synopsis of the sewerage system report of City Engineer Lee. which free Incorporated In the minutes, waa expunged, and the clerk wee directed, to make the complete report of En? gineer Lee a part of the minutes. Chairman Bar nett reported for the finance committee that the report of Clerk and Treasurer for June had beea examined and found correct and that all bills en Ale had been examin? ed and ordered paid. He also re? ported that the leeeee of the Opera House to again In arrears and that the ancaes committee would recommend that the lease be annulled. The mat? ter was lie sums a generally. The clerk stated that Mr. Oeo. D. Larry had ached htm to say to council that he was wilting to take over the lease and carry It out. Mr. ft F. Hayns? worth snored that the lease be an? nulled and that hide be advertised for. liceaiig by Mr. Llgon. This motion free withdrawn, after discussion, end - a motion of Mr. ttubbe that the clerk be cwsotci to notify the leeeee. Mr. J. Ik Am Ithdeel. In due form, to va Mr. M. C. Hayrurworth. for the street eemmlttee. reported that the CM sol Improvement werk to still pro gr seal eg mismfclorily. The claying of lower Church street has beea com? pleted, cany sidewalks hare been laid en Maynewueth street, work is being procccctcd ea Wright street aad na? hem arcane, and that clay from the ocwocege trenehec to being saved for pun an Strusen. The committee met with the mayor end after due consid? eration had isotisd to place the stern ef draining Saratoga branch* hi the heads of the city engineer and that edhsee had been directed to take shergs of the work aad proceed with M. The engl near had found It impos? sible to hare the work done by con? tract, %nd he was t hero fore now or gansstng a force to do the work un? der the supervieion of a foreman and at his dtnrctton. It will be necoeeary to purchase a number of shovels, mat? tocks end axea for the use of the hands thus employed and the com? mittee recommended that council au? thorise the purchase of needed tools Mr. Berne? raised the queetlon of the eeet of the proposed work. No one eppeared to have any Idea of what It would cost to drain the branch, although It was stated that the probable cost would be three to four hundred dollars. Mr. 8tubbs ventured the opinion that the city would pay out It00 for this work be? fore the end of It was reached. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth said he and the street committee were under the Im? pression that council had ordered the work done forthwith, regardless of the ultimate cost, and the committee had proceeded on this understanding to carry out the instruction of coun? cil. Mr. R F Haynsworth discussed the neceeslty of the work as a sanitary precaution and the Improvement It would be to that section of the city. The report was accepted on the mo? tion of Mr. Llgon. Mr. h C. Haynsworth brought up the matter of the Improvement of Bast Calhoun and Bast Liberty streets; mid he had hoped to be able to present at this meeting an esti? mate of the cost, but City Engineer Lee had been unable to get up the flguree. He dwelt with considerable eemee4ne?ss upon the Importance of the Improvement of these Streets and also upon the fact that little work had eeer been done on the Important out? lets of the city. He also called atten? tion again to the liberal offer made by Mr. I. A. Ryttenherg to give brick bete for foundation for the macadam, to haul the bats, and the offer of oth ere to furnish labor and teams to aestat In the work. On motion of Mr. Llgon the matter was referred to the street committee and the City Engineer to ascertain the cost of the work proposed to be done. The clerk wee directed to correspond with par tlee who furnish rock for macadam work In reference to prices of rock delivered In Humter. Mr. Llgon stated that the police gemmlttes had not met since the lust aeeeton of council and he had no re pert to make tor the committee. He stated an a matter of Information that the dog ordinance Is now in ef? fect, and that there Is a noticeable Improvsnient In respect to the num ber of dogs to be seen on the streets. A U??g catcher has not ret bttn eni plo\. i. Bi Itigg Ited th t ths mem? bers of the police force be required to wear a uniform hat when on duty. This suggestion was referred to the police committee with power to act. Mr. R. F. Huynsworth stated that the special committee appointed to Investigate the telephone situation and make a report on the request of the Sumter Telephone Company for permission to Increase the rate for residence telephones had not pre? pared a report and In fact was not prepared to do so. He and other members of the special committee were under the impression that Mr. T. B. Fraser had, on a former occa? sion, rendered an opinion that it would be Inadvisable to modify the telephone ordinance in any particular, inasmuch as a modification of the ordinance in one section would ren? der the whole ordinance of no effect. This Impression had been found to be entirely erroneous, Mr. Fraser stating In a letter to Mr. Wright that he had rendered no such opinion, and that the granting of the petition of the Telephone Company would not vitiate the ordinance. This being the case council could do nothing but grant the request of the company, provided the subscribers for tele? phones petition council to grant the company the light to increase the rates for residence telephones. A lengthy discussion followed In which all members present pa. tlcipat sd. Mr. Llgon In the oourse of his remarks, stated that In the event the right to Increase the rate for resi? dence telephones Is granted the com? pany will probably voluntarily re? duce the rate on business telephones to It a month. He also referred to the greatly Improved and largely as tended service the company is . now giving its subscribers and at no higher rate than when the system waa less than half as large and the service much Inferior. He thought the re? quest of the company reasonable and that It should bo granted. He also colled attention to the fact that the patrons of the company are receiv? ing free service In connection with Bishopville. Manning. Summerton and other nearby towns having telephone exchanges, when as a matter of fact the Sumter Telephone Com]>any could, were it so minded, make a charge for every message sent through one of theee out of town exchanges. This statement waa challenged and the as? sertion waa made that the 9 umter Tel? ephone Company la prohibited by the ordinance from making any charge for service within a radius of SI miles. The fact la, however, that Mr. Ugon was right In his original contention, as aa examination of the telephone ordinance will prove. The company cannot charge subscribers of the Bum tor exchange who live within SI miles of the city any greater rental than la charged residents of the city, but there Is not a word In ths ordinance to prevent a charge belni made for every message transmitted through the Manning, Blahopvtlle or any oth? er exchange with which the local ex? change connects. Mr. Wright moved that the Sumter Telephone Company be granted per? mission to increase the rate for res? idence telephones to IS per month, provided a majority of subscribers agree. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth opposed this motion vigorously. He was unwill? ing to agree to the change In rates un? less a majority of the users of residence telephones agree to the Increase. Lengthy discussion followed. The matter was disposed of for the time by the adoption of a motion made by Mr. R. F. Haynsworth that the Sumter Telephone Company be requested to put Its proposition In writing for the consideration of coun? cil. The report of the Board of Health on the sewerage system was received and read as information, as were the accompanying communications from Sewerage Engineer W. W. Lyon. After discussion of the sewerage tangle In several of Its phases, the whole Issue was remanded back where It belongs?In the hands of the sew? erage commission, which is solely re? sponsible for the success or failure of the system and must ultimately shoulder all the blame or receive all the praise, as the case may be, irre? spective of what City Engineer Lee or the Board of Health may say when called in at the eleventh hour to give in opinion. The matter was disposed of by the adoption of a motion made by Mr. Stubbs that house conectlons ?)?? made with the Eastern section of the sewerage system as soon as the sewerage commission shall authorise such connections. Mr. Finn, who came In late, owing to a misunderstanding as to the hour of the meeting, reported for the Are department committee that needed repairs had been ordered mnde on the wiring In the ho*e wagon houses. A leeter from the Cameron Septic Tank Co., of Chicago, notifying the council that the said company hobln basic patents on septic tanks and that he erection and use of the sep? tic tanks for the s*. werage system by the city of Sumter would be an Infringement of the patents of the I' Oompanya and thut such Infringement won) l not be permitted to pasi un ?:??:'? ns?e?i. The communication was referred to the sewerage commission. The report of the Water Works Commission for June was presented, showing receipts of $973.S2 and bal? ance of $ 2 y T?. 4 7 after paying ex? penses. The report of the Sewerage Com? mission showing expeditures for June of $6,109.50 was received as informa? tion. The resignation of Mr. C. O. Row nd as a member of the Sewerage ommission, on account of Illness, as presented. A motion was made nd adopted that Mr. Rowland be requested to withdraw his resignation nd continue as a member of the commission. Council then adjourned. Board of Health Report. Sumter, S. C, June 29, 1908. The Honorable Mayor and Aldermen, City of Sumter. 8. C. Gentlemen: In accordance with your request that the Board of Health examine your septic tank and advise your body regarding the same it is the sense of this board that we have no jurisdiction in this natter at this stage of the proceeding. Neverthe sss in deference to your request we have examined carefully - this tank and find it of first class construction throughout. We think, however, your method of disposal of sewage while grit chamber is being cleaned out will be very unsanitary and will even? tually have to be condemned by this or succeeding Health Board. As to disposal of sewage after passage through septic tank, In view of in? formation we have been able to secure, It Is our opinion that that this septic tank without service of filter beds, or procession of filtration, will not be sufficient to secure the comunlty gen? erally against disease by contamina? tion as the ditch Into which It emp? ties would not be sufficient to take care of the percentage of unpuriAed sewage by precipitation. We enclose you for your Informa? tion communication from Mr. W. W. Lyon under date of June 28th, which was carefully read and considered by this board at our meeting this morn? ing. Tours very truly, E. S. Booth, President. By order of the Board of Health. E. I. Reardon, Secretary and Health Officer. Mr. Lyon's Letter. Sumter, June 28, 1908. Honorable Board of Health, Sumter, 0. C. Twenty-two years ago. In partner? ship with James J. Powers, sanitary engineer, Brooklyn, N. Y., I construct? ed my first disposal plant at Coney Island, N. Y. Since that time I have made a specialty of sewage disposal and purification plants. We have sev? eral patents on disposal plants, dating back to the time when we used chem? ical to obtain the results that are now accomplished by nature. The purification of sewage. At Tallahas? see I constructed two septic tanks with dosing tanks and bacteria Alter beds. The bacteriological investiga? tion of this plant made by order of the State Board of Health of Florida, as I remember, was as follows: Liquid from sceptic tank 20,000 bacteria In each cubic centimeter. This liquid after passing through the Alter beds contains 6.000 bacteria in each cubic cultermeter. The fact that the ex? amination has shown that the water of the septic tank contains 20,000 bacteria in each cubic centimeter demonstrates that the action of the Septic tank alone is not always suf? ficient Jfor the complete or high per cent of purification. To obtain 90 per cent or 95 per cent purification requires the use of the Septic tank and Alter beds. At Tullahassa ow? ing to the fact that we had no stream to empty the sewerage into It was necessary to obtain the highest purification possible. I therefore constructed Dosing tank and bacteria Alter beds. Filter beds 25x100x3 Ail? ed with coke breeze, which I consider the be*t material for Alters. The dosing tank Is 37x37x3 and contains one dose or the same quantity that one bed will hold. In my dosing tank are placed three alternating siphons Nos. 1, 2 and 3. No. 1 distributing the sewage In bed No. 1, and No. 2 in bed No., &c. This giving each bed a rest of twelve hours, enabling It to areate and purify Itself before being culled Into action again. In the Alter beds are placed 20 mlnute timed siphons, allowing the sewage to remain on the beds 20 min? utes before being discharged into the outfall pipe. The action of the septic tank fa? cilitates the oxidizing action of the filter beds ami makes the whole pro? cess more economical and ef? ficient. By the action of anaerobic bacteria Iti the sep? tic tank from 90 degrees to 95 pep cent, of the solid matter contained In the sewage Is converted Into liquid or gaseous compound, and about one half of the albumenold ammonia is changed Into harmless matter. The effluent, therefore, contains mostly easily decomposable nitrogenous mat tcr, Tin anaerobic action which oc? curs In the Alter beds completes the process of purification by the oxida? tion of the organic material left, and thus we obtain a higher purification. The process going on in the tunk is preparat ?ry to the oxidation which occurs In the filters. Scientific re? search along this line has been unani? mous in considering the action of the disposal plant as sufficient guarantee against the pollution of water supply. I have constructed the septic tank for Sumter so that at any time filter beds can be constructed without dis? continuing the use of the tank, or making any change. Owing to the high per cent, of purification I am getting from my septic tank at Gainesville and Lake City, which tanks are constructed without beds, and the perfect satisfaction they are giving notwithstanding that the sew? age enters into a stream only one-half the size of Turkey Creek, has led me to believe that our tanks without beds will give us the same results we obtain there and will prove perfectly satisfactory, and at the same time save the city between five and six thousand dollars. If, on the other hand, after all our houses are connected and we have about four hundred thousand gallons of sewage we find we are not getting as high a purification as we desire, then the beds can be added without change; but It Is my opinion that that time Is far distant. I enclose you a telegram I received from W. W. Hampton, chairman Board of Public Works, Gainesville, Mr. WrWIght Indorsed pracilcally I am desirous, gentlemen, of giving you the best system in the South, and If I did not think the tanks would do their work without the beds I would say put on the beds regardless of ex? pense. Trusting that I have made this matter clear, I remain, Tour obedient servant, W. W. Lyon, Consulting Engineer. Sumttr, June 27, 1908. To W. W. Hampton, Chairman Board Public Works, Gainesville, Pia. Is the septic tank designed by me giving satisfaction? (Copy.) W. W. Lyon. Answer, Gainesville. Fla.. June 27, 1908. Wm. W. Lyon, Sumter, 8. C. Septic tank designed by you has given perfect satisfaction up to this time. W. W. Hampton. Honorable Sewerage Commissioners, Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen: In making my report to this Board of Health, I neglected to mention the grit chambers, and the method of cleaning the same (which they objected to). My experience has been that the grit chamber only wants cleaning out about once in three or four years. I have therefore planned to let the sewage that comes Into the sewer flow out upon the ground dur? ing the one hour that It takes to clean the grit chamber and then cover the sewage so collected with the washed sand from the grit chamber. If It was necessary to clean the grit chamber every month or so, I would have put In a by-pass and two 22 lnch gate valves, but as the times for cleaning are so few and far between, I decided to save this extra expense, ($500) and construct the same as I did at Gainesville and Lake City. I trust you will agree with me In regard to filter beds. My septic tank at Gainesville and Lake City are giv? ing entire satisfaction without beds and both have their outfall into smaller streams than Turkey Creek. I can see no reason why our tanks here will not give the same results, if not better. If you should decide to put in the filter beds as provided by plans, it will cost you several thousand dollars, and additionally several hundred dol? lars a year to maintain, as against nothing to maintain the tanks. Yours very truly, Wm. W. Lyon, Consulting Engineer. War Against Consumption. ?All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that claims so many victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of con? sumption. Do not risk your health by taking some unknown preparation when Foley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. Siberfs Drug Store. Another Cleveland car has been blown up with dynamite. The excite? ments of getting a 3-cent fare were not greater than those of riding at that price.?New York Tribune. ?Plneules for the Kidneys, 30days' trial $1, guaranteed. Plneules act di? rectly on the kidneys and bring re? lief In the first dose to backache, weak back, lame back, rheumatic pains, kidney and bladder trouble. They purify the blood and invigorate the entire system. Sold by Sibert Drug Co. 7-l-2m ?Operation for piles will not be necessary If you use MarZin Pile Remedy, guaranteed. Price 51 0. Sold by Sibert Drug Co. 7-l-2m A LONG SWIM. FYunk Leecsnc Summ from Ciiaric* ion to Sullivan's island. A swimming feat Which has. per? haps, never, certainly not in recent years, been performed in Charleston harbor was undertaken and BUCCess fully carried out last Saturday. Two athletic young men of this place, Messrs. Mrank Lesesne and William Grimball, started from the Yacht Club wharf and both of them swam as far as Fort Ripley. As this was the place to which it had been agreed that they should swim one of them, Grim bai, here allowed himself to be ta? ken Into the 4boat which was following them to render any assistance which might be necessary, hut the other was so well pleased with the "feel of the water" that he continued his swim and arrived safely at the government wharf on Sullivan's Island. This makes a distance of about five miles which he traversed, and yet he ar? rived in shape to have swum even further if it had been necessary. The time of leaving the city was 6 p. m. and the island was reached at 9.30. Neither of the participants had undergoing training for the event, and this circumstance renders the feat all the more remarkable.?News and Courier. A DANGEROUS MISTAKE. Sumter, Mothers Should Not Neglect Kidney Weakness in Children. Most children have weak kidneys. The earliest warning is bed-wetting Later comes backache, headache, languor. 'Tis a rii8take to neglect these troubles. To blame the child for its own dis? tress. Seek to cure the kidneys? Save the child from deadly kidney ills. Doans Kidney Pills cure sick kid? neys. Sumter parents recommend them. Mrs. E. A. Nesbitt, living at 414 Council St., Sumter. S. c. says: "My daughter suffered from kidney and bladder trouble for a long time. Her secretions were highly colored and contained a dark sediment. She al? so suffered from backache and had dull pains through her loins. After doctoring and using several remedies without receiving relief, she was ad? vised to try Doan's Kidney Pills. She procured them at China's drug store, and they proved of more val? ue to her than anything she had pre? viously used. The backaches and pains disappeared, and the kidneys are stronger, and act In a normal manner. She has gained in weight and is stronged than she has been in sev? eral months. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and lake no other. 73 The annual output of more than a quarter of a million pianos by United States manufacturers justifies the claim that we are becoming the most musical nation.?New York World. Help Those Who Hove Stomach Trou? ble. ?After doctoring for about 12 years for a bad stomach trouble, and spend? ing nearly $500 for medicine and doc? tors' fees, I purchased my wife one box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which did her so much good that she continued to use them and they have done her more good than aU of the medicine I bought be? fore.?Samuel Boyer, Folsom, Iowa. This medicine is for sale by all drug? gists. Samples free. Sfr Thomas Lipton will challenge again. Mr. Bryan need not think to take the prize for perseverance with? out a competitor.?St. Louis Globe Democrat. It Can't Be Beat. ?The best of all teachers is expe? rience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, N. Ci says: "I find Electric Bitters does all that's claimed for it. For stomach, liver and kidney troubles it can't be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicine." Mr. Harden is right; it's the best of all medicines also for weakness, lame back, and all run down conditions. Best, too, for chills and ma'arla Sold under guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. One great trouble with the Shah of Persia is that he has no Taft to calmly sally forth and settle matters without causing hard feelings anywhere.? Chicago Tribune. A Revelation. ?It is a revelation to people, the severe cases of lung trouble that have been cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. It not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs. L. M. Ruggies, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I had consumption, and I got no better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hem? orrhages and pains In my lungs and ey are now as sound as a bullet." bert's Drug Store. Spartanburg Is beginning to push Greenville for first place in the Caro? lina association. ?The function of the kidneys Is to strain out the impurities of the blood which Is constantly passing through them. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes the kidneys healthy. They will strain out air waste matter from the blood. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy and it will make you well. Sibert's Drug Store. ?One application of ManZan Pile Remedy, for all forms of piles, soothes, reduces inflammation, soreness and itching. Price 50c. Guaranteed. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 7-l-2m THE DENVER CONVENTION. MENTION or m:ih:askan STARTS BIG DEMONSTRATION, Fight A gat?I Guffey rinally Success* fill?Ccuxciitioii Sustains Action bA* Credentials Committee in Unseating; Eight of the K*f SCnu State Dele? gation. Denver, July 8.?The convention 1b now marking time so far as the nom? ination of candidates and the adop? tion of a platform is concerned and is passing through the stages of or? ganization and the throes of frenzied demonstration. Today has been marked by turbu? lent demonstrations and the bitter strife of party leaders, the essential developments of the day being the.?e: Two sessions of the convention were held, the first, at noon, produc? ing a Bryan demonstration breaking; all records In duration, and the sec? ond, at 8 o'clock tonight, being the culmination of the struggle over the credentials of the Pennsylvania dele* gatlon and the supremacy of the Pennsylvania leader, Col. Guffey, who has been denounced by Mr. Bryan. Outside of the convention the com I mittees hav<? proceeded with the se? rious work of preparing the way for convention action. The credential committee unseated eight of CoL Guffey'8 anti-Bryan Pennsylvania del? egates, thus reversing the complexion of the Pennsylvania delegation from anti-Bryan to Bryan and precipi? tating the intense controversy which is being fought out before the night session of the convention. The platform Is still in an incom? plete condition and will not be pre? sented until tomorrow, but its essen? tial features are agreed upon, and little remains but the details of phrase? ology. The early meeting of the conven? tion today was productive of little practical progress as the special com? mittees were not ready tto report f But It had the effect of explosion of loner pent up Bryan enthusiasm, whlcM took the signal from Senator Gore's* , I eloquent reference to the Nebraska leader and burst into a whirlwind of enthusiastic applause, lasting one hour and II minutes, with seven min* lutes more of the expiring echoes of I clamor, establishing the convention? I record of an hour and 2? minutes, or [full 39 minutes in excess of the Rooee Ivelt demonstration at Chicago, which! I held the record until today. It wee ? decisive exhibition of the overmas? tering strength of the Bryan column. I and one of the most dramatic conven Itlon pictures ever presented as the I standards of the States were torn) I from their moorings and borne I through the hall, until they stood" (together on the platform, like an I army of banners, proclaiming their I united allegiance to Bryan. Amid1 I this storm of Bryan demonstration* I the six standards of New York, New/ I Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, Minneso I ta and Connecticut stood rooted on I their places, the rallying points of I little groups unmoved by the fren? zied scenes about them, while the deafening roar continued, ebbing and flowing intensely, women joining witn I the men In bearing the Bryan stand? ards aloft while the whole assemblage I of 12,000 people joined in the tumul I tuous demonstration. The early ses? sion lasted three hours and therr? I worn out with exertion and lacking the material to proceed with busi I nc8s, the convention recessed until to? night. At the night session of the cenrren I tion after an hour of speecbmakingr the committee on credentials reported* on the Pennsylvania and other con? tested cases. A minority report on* the Pennsylvania case resulted in ant hour's acrimonious debate, after which the convention rejected the mi? nority report, favorable to the GufTey/ faction, I y the decisive vote of ?15? to 387. The convention adjourned until It o'clock tomorrow. MOONLIGHT PREVENTED WRECK Engineer Saw Ties Which Had Ree? Placed on Track Near Rennet!*-, vllle. Bennettsville, July 12.?An *Kort was made last night to wreck the passenger train on the Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad near Madeline, ? station about five miles west of Ben? nettsville. Croeetles had been put o? the track, but fortunately the moon? light enabled the engineer to see then? in time to bring his train almost to a standstill before running into them. He slowed up. and when the ties were* reached they were pushed off the? track. The conductor and sevenaut passengers got off and two negn/ftf jumped from their place of hiding very near the track. They were fired at. but wire neither wounded nor rec? ognized. Efforts will be made to capture !bv guilty parties. 25 Cents Is the Price of ivavi ? ?The terrible itching and smarti:;sr. incident to ertaln skin diseases? it* almost h tantly allayed by applying; Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25c. For sale by all druggists.