The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 23, 1910, Image 7
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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.
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IF you desire to make a change see us. We offer
the following desirable residences at reasonable
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No. 204 West Liberty St., 8 room house, mode'n imprvm'nt 20.00
No. 24 Haskell St., 8 room house 20.00
No. 504 W. Hampton Ave., 10 room house 20.00
Corner Salem and Hazel Sts., 4 room house 7.00
Hazel St., near Salem, 4 room house 7.00
No. 107 W. Liberty St., 4 room house 8.50
No. 101 S. Salem Ave., 7 room house, 18.00
Cor. 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.
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