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?vantage of drainge vi^ ( MBU molds HI TO M M I I K - 111 M TU Wot of Sumter Hoard ol Health ds tin \bW? Paper on Subject M iMMtf < IuiimIm r of Com? er. <ey Creek Is the n itural main n for the entire Eastern section nrUer. with W.i-'ilnlgc ?n street i! ? dividing line l. et WOO* the ?ctlons; ami Turkey Creek also that section of the city West shlngton lying between North igton and Church streets. So ils canal Is the outlet for all i drainage for not less than ourths of the city. Turkey t'reek empty miles Of drains, Including open ditches, round pipes, and surface draining many miles of and hundreds of acre* of ids within the city, this same canal empty also riles of open ditches along the roads outside of Sumter, draln ny miles of public roads and ids of acres of low lands out the city from a distance of les north of Sumter to several ?outh of Sumter, as far as the Farm. imt It can be easily seen that Turkey Creek Is kept In a con erhereby there will be a con nd rapid flow of water at all ibsolutely unimpeded by ob n In this canal, the entire drainage system of three of the city of Sumter is to a xtent useless) or the drainage of the city Is rendered very' ate because the great quan ' water carried by the lateral 'rom three-fourths of the city carried away as fast as It be and the unavoidable result the water Is backed up In teral drains for days, and some ?r weeks, and furthermore a rge expanse of territory within below North and South liar ets. and in a direct line from Marren street intersects North looking East Is frequent with water from Turkey / because this canal Is ? nough to furnish sufll Mf wide enough to eat quantities of water hing Into the canal du / rain. able results of these * acres of land not only Ity, but Immediately ad o outside of the city nant waters for a sufTl of time to breed mos millions. The woods In outside of the city are ng places of these In? lands overflowed by Tur 'anal, or holding water drainage facilities of e insufficient to properly ndreds of acres of low it to this canal. Idea of the difference In the land between Tur inal anJ the portion of i is on ligher ground it ertalned by a elvll en he bottom of Turkey ty four feet lower than street at the A. C. I* %n? ;>ot. an be easily figured out pidity great \,jBhses of hree fourths of Sumter this canal after or du iln. and shows how the ced up In the lateral inriv days md BSJOOMSJ ng place for mosquitoes. Uch Turkey Creek plays ant question of surface learly demonstrated to will Investigate almost eral drains or low iands 1 section of Sirnter and ear Turkey Cieek ftlfjjl another feature In con his problem aside from %ge. That Is the lm f underground drainage Important bearing up 1 mdltlons. e absence of any sewer >r many years Sumter the unsanitary but only lod of sewage disposal cess pool or "dry well" inately for Sumter the nub-soil has acted as a vage and drainer for -Is taking off most of >*. Hut after all the thrown around the dls :e by the cess-pool sys dei! upon a constant re ? water level around Is which would pre\ent ie ? ess pools. <ey Creek regulates riot Iralnage. but a great pon this main drainage underground drainage t have Turkey Creek to ie surfac e drainage we bad fix. but almost of re Is the fart that un s canal to take care of ewaKe by underground ould also have a soil from < ess i oo| sewage nt that the atmosphere >uld be contaminated by emanations brought up by ground air. as It is a well established fact that the earth breathes, and it ha/ I.n claimed, by way of Illustration, tliat women have contracted puer? peral fever from contaminated soil oondtfttoni near their bed rooms, the j .itmospheiv which was inhaled hav? ing been proved to be contaminated by soil polutlon near their bed room windows. While this is an extreme case, and possibly the menace to gen? eral health from soil contamination is not so great in Sumter. owing to ?>ur soil conditions, nevertheless we can impose upon nature to such an extent that she will soon, r or later rebel. So that if we seek healthful condi? tions we must necessarily have sur? face and underground drainage to avoid soil notation and atmospheri? cal contamination. Turkey Creek is now also the out? let for disposal of the sewage of the eastern half of our sewerage sys? tem. While it Is true that this sew? age passes through a process of puri? fication through what is known as the "septic tank" process before it emp? ties into Turkey Creek, nevertheless It Is a grave question of whether the average percentage of purification by what is known as purification by bac? terial oxidation, supposed to be ob? tained in the septic tank Is sufficient to guarantee using a small stream like Turkey Creek as the ultimate source of disposal unless we are as? sured that the effluvia from the sep? tic tank is doubly subjected to the purifying process of what is known as "purification by precipitation." In order to have purification by precipi? tation we must have a constant flow of water per minute greatly in excess of what Turkey Creek now affords owing to its filled anl choked up con? dition. If we empty the effluvia from this septic tank in even a greatly re? duced state of contamination, and do not provide sufficient rapidity of ve? locity to aid purification we then gradually contribute by our neglect towards the creation of a big incu? bator for bacteria In this canal be? cause millions of bacteria are lodged In the sour, soggy, damp soli of the lower edges of the ditch for miles, and the damp soil, decomposing veg? etable and unmacerated animal mat? ter of this canal together with the heat of this climate act as a medium of culture or fertilization for the propagation and multiplicity of va? rious disease bearing germs. If we keep Turkey Creek flowing rapidly and carry away our surface nnVl underground water, and the residue from the purification tank we do a lot towards safeguarding our health and our comfort by doing away with mosquitoes and millions of disease bearing germs. The danger we incur from a canal contaminated with disease bearing bacteria lies In the throwing out of the contaminated soil which must be done periodically In order to clean the canal. Flies light upon these soils and millions of germs cling to the feet of flies only to be transferred to something we eat or drink. We must therefore keep. Turkey Creek In the very best open condition to secure rapid disposition of all waste waters and storm waters from our city. The "hook worm," a parasite which Is rapidly assisted In Its process of evolution from the egg to the full sized Insect finds its most prolific in I of existence and multiplication in damp soils. Therefore this scourge alone which about equals the mor? tuary rate of tuberculosis, and Uli consequent material loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars caused by disease, death, lack of earning power, etc, from invalids should prompt us to do everything within our power to get at the quickest possible date the very best and most up-to-date system of dr ain.life, which will match up with our unexcelled water supplv, our sewerage system, which places within our reach the correct facilities for sewage disposal, and when we ha\e gotten rid of mosquitoes, pre? vented our atmosphere from contami? nation by total away with stagnant water, sour low land, avoiding soil pollution, and these together with pure fresh air to breathe, an abun? dance of port water to drink, and pure food, we will have made great strides towards more healthful con? ditions and have also turned into fer? tile fields for agricultural purposes thousands of m res of ground which may be lived upon with perfect safe? ty, anil widt h will be utilized as fac? tory sites, trarohOOati railroad and sawmill sites. We not only InoroaM our till kancy of sanitation by drain? age, but we also add to the commer? cial Importance of our city and coun? ty by putting Into service hundreds of acres of land now of very Uttlt value as tax bearing lands, or commercial ValOO to owners, compare I to what eouM be don< with these very 1 >w lands. \ Ii Ml I V PROTECTION, 'Everyone knows the after effecti of Lj| Grippe .Me often moie danger? ous than the I I I Bo often It leads r i pneumonia) whit h a weakened hoar! action makes fatal. Lai Grippe coughs that strain and weaken the sys? tem ybdd quickly to the healing and strengthening qualities of Foley'a Honey and Tar. Slbert s Drug Store. The Scientific Man. Dr. L. H. Bailey. The scientific man never sets out to prove anything. He starts out to find what is tr*ie, He divests himself of all preconceived notions as to what Iii?' result Is i? i l?e. He merely wants to know what is the fact, and if the fad that he discovers today contra? dicts the fact that he discovered yes? terday, or even contradicts his own public statement of yesterday, he is the first man to acknowledge and to publish the contradiction; and he flu da as much joy in the discovery as if he had not made an imperfect con? clusion on the day before. I knew an fxperimenter not far away who wa*> very much disappointed that his ex? periments did not prove his theory. ;aid he, therefore, discarded hll ex .'cnments. it is a rare quality In a man that he is able to withhold his conc lusions until he has the evidence. I am afraid that most of us draw our conclusions and afterwards begin to p?ove them. That we prejudice, or ere controlled by prejudice. Anyone who has attended courts of law will know exactly what I mean. A Inrge part of the debaters of the world are really sophists, more Interested in the processes of their reasoning and of their argument and in their own per performance than In the accuracy of their premises, or in the final justice of their results. Our type of mind determines our attitude toward the world in which we live. Th^re are very few of us, I am afraid, who have a perfectly ra? tional and natural outlook on the world of nature. We are Inclined to look on the forces of nature as In an? tagonism with us rather than to put ourselves directly Into line with na? ture and try to work with her rather than against her. It Is Interesting to catch this note through all the his? tory of mankind and in our literature. Fcrces of nature, as the thunder, the lightning, the storm, the wind, have been thought of as forces which are I y nature opposed to us and with which we must necessarily contend. This Idea whether consciously or un? consciously, has entered Into our cus tomaiy attitude of life and Is express? ed in out dogmas and in our creeds. Knowledge That Is Power. The world is full of people wh:> know a great deal but cannot use their knowledge. They are weighted down with unavailable facts and theo? ries, says Orison Swett Marsden In Success Magazine. You have often met people who seem to know so much, who are so encyclopdic in their gre?edy absoi ption of facts, that their general knowledge Is like an enor? mous pack on a soldier's back, which exhausts his vitality and Impedes his march. It makes them heavy of foot and clumsy In everything they do. They impress you as not being large enough to swdng their loads or to carry them with ease. They are like children tugging away at great ptsoei of furniture which they can scarcely lift. It is not the ability, the education, the knowledge that one has that makes the difference between men. The mere possession of knoweledge is not always the possession of power; knowledge which has not been digest? ed and assimilated and become a part of yourself, knowledge which can not swing into line in an emergency, is of little use, and will not save you at the critical moment. To be effective, a man's education must become a part of himself, as he goes along. All of it must be worked up into power. A little practical edu? cation that has become a part of one's being and is always available, will ac? complish more in the world than knowledge far more extensive that cannot be utilized. HAPPY RESULTS. Have Made Many Sumter Residents' enthusiastic. No wonder scores of Sumter cltlseni grow enthusiastic. It is enough to make anyone happy to find relief after yeari of suffering. Public statements like the following are but truthful rep? resentations of the daily work done In Sumter by Doan's Kidney Pills, William Burdell, UU Church St., Sumter, s. ('.. says: "1 suffered from backache >nd sharp, shooting pains through my loins for some time. I could not rest well and In the morn? ing my back was very lame and stiff, I was alsu eaused much annoyance by too frequent passages of the kidney secretion, Doan's Kidney Pills were finally recommended to me and I pro? cured a supply at China's Drug Store. I can truthfully say that they gave be great relief. I have since been free from backache, and my kidneys have !?? on normal. 1 feel so much better In everj way that i can highly recom m< nd Doan's Kidney Pills to an) per? son suffering from kidney complaints." For sale by all dealers, l'rlce &Uc. Foster-Jdilburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-?Doan's?? t.iUo no other. No. 19. About Father. According to current literary com? ment In a popular magazine a Kansas man complains that since his daugh? ter has taken music lessons, which he paid for, she is insists upon playing only classical stuff. When he comes home tired and asks for a little tune, he gets nothing but musical gymnas? tics. The whole femine part of the community, he thinks, is in a conspir? acy to uplift him, and he docs not want to be uplifted. It is just like father to make a com? plaint like that. Father never did take kindly to certain sorts of culture. He sits disconsolate in the drafty kitchen, while daughter's Browning circle meets in the front room, It is moth? er's idea entirely that he put on an uncomfortable collar in the evening and hear a missionary lecture on Bor? neo. Father's taste for music stops short at "Suwanee River," and he knows almost nothing about the mi? nor poets and the pre-Raphaelites. His art ideas are derived from the illus? trated Sunday supplement; he will not sit in a Louis XVI chair, and he cares not a whit for the pottery of the an? cient Chaldeans. Shirt sleeves and carpet slippers are his conception of correct evening dress for gentlemen. There is little hope that anything permanent can ever he done for fath? er. When the millennium comes, he will still be found reading the news? papers, smoking up the window cur- , tains, impeding progress?and paying the rent.?Greenville News. ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invariably bring relief to wo? men suffering from chronic constipa? tion, headache, biUousness, dizziness sallowness of the^kln and dyspepsia. Sold by W. W. Sibert. - William G. Bretenstein, manager of the Columbia league baseball team has been engaged to coach the South Carolina University baseball squad. An Awful Eruption. ?of a volcano excites brief interest and your interest in skin eruptions will be as short, if you use Bucklen's Arnica Salve, their quickest cure. Even the worst boils, ulcers, or fever sores are soon healed by it. Best for burns, cuts, bruises, sore lips, chap? ped hands, chilblains and piles. It gives instant relief. 25c at Sibert's Drug Store. A. J. Stelnkuhler of Chester was bitten by a dog supposed to have been mad. He was taken to Columbia for treatment. ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tableta are safe, sure and reliable, and have been praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by W. W. Sibert. The testimony in the case against Secretary Ballinger shows just how spoils politics can be used to despoil the people.?Dallas News. ?Good health is impossible when there is any derangement of the di? gestive organs. Foley's Orino Laxa? tive is a natural remedy for stomach, liver and bowel troubles. It aids di? gestion, stimulates the liver, and cures habitual constipation. Sibert's Drug Store. ? IMIIIHnillllBIHMIIIMIMB THE FIRST NATIONAL, theIl^eliable: * Once you open an account with this bank, the same is 3 is seldom closed ?for we give you the best facilities to be ? had for the handling of your banking business. 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Hazel and Chestnut Sts., 7 room house 14.00 Four 5-room houses on Haynsworth St., each 7.00 No. 9, S. Blanding Ave., 9 room house 15.00 Two 5-room houses N. Salem Ave., at 8.00 We have several nice houses for sale close-fn. SUMTER REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE GO,, Sumter, South Carolina. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING 'COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST. We Want the Attention OF EVERY LOVER OF HORSE-FLESH, EVERY PERSON INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, EVERY MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD INTERESTED IN THE SANITA TION OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. We are the direct representatives of Dr. Hess & Clark, -of Ashland, Ohio, manufacturers of the CELEBRATED STOCK FOOD, POULTRY PANACEA, INSTANT LOUSE KILLER, DR. HESS* DIP AND DISINFECTANT, HEALING POWDER, WORM POWDERS FOR STOCK AND HOGS, COUGH AND DISTEMPER CURE. t This is the season for general cleaning Up. Give the animal his regular food with some of Dr. Hess' Remedies and watch the result. 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