The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 05, 1910, Image 3
SEWERAGE WORK WILL BE DONE
HD Ol* HKK4.II \l'S * M<) FF ATT
^ AOCKPTKD AT $10,?SO. ON
CONDITIONS?KKPTIC TANK TO
III ILT SEPARATELY.
by Alderman Glei
PrrvaJU \rn>r a l?n| Seeaton.
Thi? Pslly Item. Ott. 1.
After discussing the question of
ipttna* or rejecting the bid of
Ha us A atoffatt for two hours.
Csssncll last nicht at 11 o'clock came
ts ?v rots on a motion put by Mr.
Otssm. deciding by a vote of five to
I wem to accept the bid upon conditions
L that certsln changes snd stlpula
?gnu to the contrsct were sgreed up
Bk. Those pressnt were: Mayor
W Jean Inge. Aldermen. McKelver.
IMdtf. Glenn. Wright. Booth snd
Osjttlno. Absent were: Aldermen
urln snd Hhams. Those vot
ln favor of accepting the bid
were: Aldermen McKelver. Glenn.
ScsjttlDO. Wilder snd Booth. Mr.
Wright being the only member pres
snt who was opposed to accepting.
Tim Mayor did not vote.
The adjourned meeting of City
Cwonetl met lsst night a few minutes
.alter l:St and Immediately got
^itwit on the question of whether ft
was their duty to accept the bids
far the sewerage work, or whether
It were better to reject sll bids sl
handed in and call for new
Before the matter of the bids
\m up Mr. Booth, of the Street
mam Ittes announced that he was
to msks his report on the
of the gas filler thst Mr. Ep
?n had requested to bs allow?
ed to put up In front of his ware
fcesjss. Hs said that he and Mr.
anentelver. the other member of the
fssnmlttee. had Investigated the mat?
ter and that the tank would not be
In ths way of persons passing along
ths sidewalk, that It was a fixture.
In the way of a public benefit, and
nans he thought that it would be ad?
visable to allow It to remain Mr.
?pnttlno asked If It could be placed
?en the side of the walk Just inside
mi Mr. Epperson's warehouse. Mr.
nfdKetver said that he had taken
special notice to see If this could be
done but thst that plan would not
be practicable. At this point Mr.
^ Glenn brought up the point that it
was against a city ordinance to dls
ptsjr goods for sale on the sidewalk
and that he thought that this prop?
osition would come under this hesd
asm he was against violating the city
sttflfeanc* It was then brought up
? tamf ths council hsd the right to lay
^ setde any ordinance that It might
osAoes to and that It had done so
before when It was considered best
fsr ths public benefit. Mr. Wright
nssaight that this gasoline filler was
In ths line of progress snd that the
petition ought to be granted. After
The Stupidity
Of tome people is due from de?
fective eyesight. Don't neglect
this important matter. Come to
ten?we are exceedingly careful in
examining and prescribing. A
few dollars with us will perma
| nently cure your trouble very often
All work guaranteed. Graduate
optician in charge of our optical
parlor
W. A. Thompson,
f Jeweler and Optician.
6 S. Main St. Sumter. S. C.
tn you buy furniture?buy
future.
where you get the oppor
of best selection in both
and prices?buy here,
re showing an unrivalled
bi choice period furniture,
pieces, suites, cabinet*, side?
board*. cMm closets, etc.
In handsome woods to match
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better shop now for best choice.
VVitherspoon Bros.
Furniture Co.
I coaalderable discussion It was d.>
cJded to allow the tank to remain aa
; It waa until the next regular meet
Inf of council, especially aa several
of the members had not aeen the
tank and were unwilling to vote un?
til they had done ao. The council
I waa In a hurry to get to the all-ab
aorblng matter of the sewerage blda
and get them through with, aa some
of the members wished to get back
to work that they had to do that
night.
The report of the Street Commit?
tee was called for and on Its be?
half City Engineer Lee said that
Mr. Berghaua had come over to
Sumter in the morning, that he had
taken him over the ground and that
he was willing to take the work with
a reduction from fifty to twenty
, five cents per cubic yard on the fill
and that he waa willing to deduct for
two manholea which ahould go in
with the bid for the aeptlc tank,
amounting to about $300. The
original bid of Berghaus & Moffatt
waa 914,430 and with thoae two de?
ductions, amounting in all to about
$?15, the bid would be $13,605. He
said that Mr. Berghaus was willing
to leave the septic tank out of his
bid and fthat the city could build It
or get some other firm to build it at
a reduced price. He thoupht that
the bid for the aeptlc tank waa very
high and that he had had an offer
i from Mr. W. A. Weathers, of thia
i place to build the tank for $2,500.
and that Mr. Weaton, of the firm of
Weston & Brooker, of Columbia, had
told him that he was anxious to get
the Job, that they had their own
granite quarry at Columbia, and that
they wore In hopes of getting a sub?
contract for the tank from the firm
which got the work. At thia point
Mr. Cuttino moved that all of the
work be given to one reliable firm
and that only one firm be employed
In the work. Hi stated that he
thought that this ought to be done
as a matter of precaution so that, If
the work went back on the city or
waa not done properly, the city
. would know who to go to. This
motion had no second so it fell
through. It was then mowd that
the bid of Berghaus & Moffatt be
accepted with the changes he had
made orally to the Street Committee
and Major Lee, leaving out the septic
tank. There was no second to this
motion and after it was discussed for
s?>me time it too was dropped.
From that time on for about an
hour different phases of the work
were discussed and rediscusaed. It
waa plain that all members of coun?
cil were anxloua to get through
with the subject as aoon aa possible,
but they also wanted to find out
what Is right and what tl*ey ought to
do before they did It. Mr. McKelver
said that he knew aomething about
the building of concrete tanks, that
the tank had no connection whatever
with the rest of the work and that
the building of the tank was the
simplest part of the Job. He said
thia in explanation to Mr. Cuttino,
who waa against granting separate
parties parts of the work. It was
suggested by Mr. Booth that Mr. lie*
I Keiver take the Job at a bid lower.
I or as low as any that had been of
I fered. but he was against this be
I cause he was on council and, while
I he thought that at $2,560 he could
I clear good money, he would not un
I der any circumstancee do any part
I of the work.
The City Engineer explained, in
I reply to a queatlon aaked as to
I whether the material In the old tank
I could be used In the new one, that
I it would be best to leave the old tank
j as it waa for various reasons, and
I that the labor employed in taking
J out the material from the old tank
I would bo equal in cost to the ma
j terlal for erecting the new tank. He
I stated that he had examined the
j work on Salem Avenue and that he
I had found that the earth there, and
I elsewhere, had not been properly
I pacKed around the pipe when the
I pipe was placed. Mr. Booth asked
I If this was because the work had
I Ml been done properly and, If so,
I was It the fault of the engineer. He
j then went further and asked if the
I work they now had in mind was 1m
1 properly done would it be the fault
I of tho contractor or the fault of the
J ?-naMneer and to whom would the
j town go to in case the work gave
I way as the other work had done
I that had Just been completed a few
J months ago. In reply to these ques
I tions, Mr. Lee stated that It waa tho
I fault of the engineer, that the work
I had not been done properly, and
I that In case this work now conslder
1 ed was not done properly, it would
1 !>?? the fault of the engineer and not
J tb" fault of the contractor. He did
I iu?t think that the engineer who had
I reeeatly done the work on Salem
I Areaut had known or understood
the work tb:it he was doing, for he
I (Major Lee) had heard him ear that
it did rot matter whether a cracked
pipe waa mended or not ai the aarth
j v.ouid eoyef it jinil prevent its break?
ling further, which, in his Judgment,
I waa entirely contrary t-? what should
hers been done,
The disease! on after this wax rath?
er heated for a few minutes, the
mnviir saying that if the company
that did the work would not furnish
warranted bond for the work to
stand for a certain number of years
that he thought that it would be best
for the council to reject all bids and
let the city Itself do the work. He
asked that some one make a motion
to this effect but no one did so. Mr.
MeXelvaf said that he was a contrac?
tor himself and that he did not think j
that any contractor would be wil- j
ling to allow an egineer to super- !
vine his work and then be willing
to give bond for tho work to stand j
for a required number of years. Just :
here Mr. Glenn said that iie wanted)
to bring the matter to a head one J
way or the other; ho did not caret
whether council accepted or rejected '
the bid of Berghaus & Moffatt. al- j
though he was in favor of accept- i
ing. He moved that Berghaus &1
Moffatt be notified that their bid
would bo accepted if they would j
agree to the changes which Mr. j
Berghaus had told the City Engineer;
that he was willing to make, these |
changes being a cut on the price of
the filling from 50 to 25 cents a
square yard, and leaving out the
septic tank, and on condition that
(they put up the proper bond as an
I agreement that the work would be
dono properly.
Mr. Booth seconded this motion.
It was then discussed for some time,
Muyor Jennings being opposed to
grant the contract if the contractors
could not be made to furnish good
bond. The status of the contract
was looked up and ^t was found
that it did not call for a bond after
the work was completed, but only
while it was going on. Tho ques?
tion was then called for and the mo?
tion put to council. All of the
Aldermen present voted in favor of
accepting the bid of Berghaus &
Moffatt except Alderman Wright.
Mr. Wright was opposed to accept?
ing the bid on the ground that it
was excessively high and, while he
was not in favor of the city doing
the work, he thought it best to re?
ject all bids and call for more and
then, if the city should not get the
work done cheaper, he thought that
it was best for the city to do the
work for itself.
It was then decided to hold all
bonds until Berghaus & Moffatt
were heard from, when it could be
decided whether they would be re?
jected or not, that depending upon
whether Mr Berghaus would bind
himself to a contract such as coun?
cil desired and had bid to accept.
( APT. JOHN C. FOSTER DEAD.
One of Lancaster's Most Prominent
Citizens Passes Away?Veteran of
War.
I^aneaster, Sept. 30.?Capt. John
C. Foster, one of Lancaster's most
prominent and universally esteem?
ed citizens, passed away today about
11:30 o'clock at the home of his son
in-law, Clerk of Court Paul Moore,
on White street. He had been in
falling health for several weeks.
Capt. Foster was a gentleman of
the old school, a graduate of the
South Carolina college, a soldier of
tho Confederacy, with an enviable
record, and a citizen who was ever
loyal to the best interests of his
country. He was born and reared in
the Waxhaw section of this county,
was a son of John Foster, and was
about 78 years of age. He is surivv
ed by but one child, Mrs. Paul
Moore, of this place. Ills wife, who
was a Miss Hood, died many years
agr>.
Dillon has voted $15,000 in bonds
for the erection of a new electric
light plant.
The Senate committee may decide
that Lorimer Is an Innocent man,
and that there are plenty more in
the Senate Just like him. anyway.?
St. Louis Times.
The death rato in the United States
may he the lowst in history, but
notwithstanding this there are sever?
al dead ones in national affairs.?
Atlanta oJurnal.
Jim Lever, a negro Immigration
agent, said to be employe of the
Seaboard Air Line, has been brought
from Roeklngham, N. C, to New
berry and will bo tried for violating
the law against soliciting abor.
Lern Held, a dry goods salesman,
of Abbeville, died Sunday from in?
juries received by jumping from a
buggy when tho horse was frighten?
ed by an automobile. His head
struck the curb and his skull was
fractured.
Filtering the air to be breathed
in public school buildings is one of
the later experiments In St. Louis,
and Is said to result In greater mental
alertness and activity in the pupils.
The suKkr?'sti<?n has been advanced
thai the text-books in use be filtered
next, f"?- tii'> reason that mental ae
tlvity Is wasted In tackling the trael
with which too many arithmetic am
grammar publishers have flooded tht
country. There Is no doubl or real neei
for reform in many of the booke nou
in tie- m hooli Qaffney Ledger.
THE RECKONING HOUR
Matthew 25:14-30?October 9
"Bia Jx)nl naid unto him, Well done, thou
good and faithful tervant; thou Ao*f been
fatthful over a fete thinga, I trill make thc?
ruler over many thlngt; tnUr tliou into the
ioy of thy Lord."
/?^?HIIS study follows the one of
SA, last week. It also illnstrates
the fact that Messiah at his
Second Advent, before appearing to
the world in power and great giory
and in the time of trouble, will be
present amongst his consecrated peo?
ple and many of them will know of
his parou8ia, or "presence," In this
time. He will do amongst them a
judging work?deciding their rewards
lu proportion to their faithfulness. It
is well that we keep In memory the
difference between the parable of the
pounds and the parable of the talents.
Both represented money. But a talent
Is sixty times as valuable as a pound.
In '.he parable of the pound each serv?
ant got one pound, but in the parable
of the talents the numbers given va
rled. In some respects all of God's
people have one common footing and
common privilege of service, as repre?
sented by the pound. In another re?
spect their opportunities, privileges
snd advcnfrt^tMi vary, as represented
In the present study, the parable of
the talents.
This Is another parable of the King?
dom. The Great Teacher himself went
Into the far country, even heaven; but
before departing he delivered unto his
servants certain blessings, privileges,
opportunities?"to each according to
his several abilities." The beginning
of this parable was in the days of the
Apostles when Jesus ascended up on
high and at Penecost shed forth In
the Father's name the holy spirit, com?
municating a blessing upon each one
of his followers, as represented In the
talents and opportunities of each fol?
lower. All through this Gospel Age
these servants have been making more
or less use of their privileges and more
or less wisely exercising themselves to
serve the Master. Some traded with
their talents, or used them in preach?
ing, teaching, etc. And others hid
them in the earth, perhaps under cares
and responsibilities. After a long time
EACHINO-, BIBLE CLASS. ONE
WAY TO INCREASE ONE'S TALENTS
EACHING H15 FAMILY". ANOTHER
WAY TO DOUBLE ONES TALENTS.
the Lord of these servants coineth and
reckonerh with them. This long time
is this Gospel Age, and the presence
of the King in the end of the Age to
hear the report of his servants and to
reward them represents the parousia
(or presence) of Messiah and his test?
ing, sifting work In his Church. We
should distinctly note that this testing
and proving is not of the world, for
Christ never recognized uny as his
servants, except the consecrated. Many
Christian people believe that we are
now in the time when the servants of
the Lord are rendering up their ac?
counts, and when he is saying to some,
"Well done, good and faithful servant;
enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord,"
and when he is saying to others, "Thou
wicked and slothful servant ? ? ?
take ye away, therefore, the talent
from him, and give it unto him that
hath the ten talents." All of this test?
ing and rewarding of the servants of
Christ is manifestly prior to any out?
ward manifestation of the King in his
glory*, because the worthy ones are to
share With the Master in his glorious
manifestation and this testing must
demonstrate the worthy ones, in ad?
vance of the revelation in glory.
The one who had received five tal?
ents and used them wisely, energetical?
ly, faithfully, loyally, doubled them
and was invited to share in the Mas?
ter's joy and glory. His reward would
be to sit as a ruler of many. In other
words, the service of the present life
is but an insignificant one In compari?
son to the glorious service which awaits
the Lord's faithful people in the fu?
ture?when they shall sit with Messiah
in his Throne and, as kiugs and priests,
bless and instruct and uplift and con?
trol Israel and all the nations of the
world. The approval of the one who
was given two talents and who was
equally faithful, was in equally kind
and benevolent terms. He also was
a good and faithful servant over a
few things; he also would bo sot as
a ruler over many things; he also
might enter into the joy of his Lord.
The servant who failed t" use his tal?
ent was branded oa wicked and sloth?
ful, lie knew In adeanoe that the tal?
ent was given him lor use and because
he had professed to be n faithful serv
nnt. His failure to use the talent
I Tic that plants thorns must never
j expert to gather roses.?Pilpay.
proved hlrn disloyal, unfaithful. lie
lost the talent. It is not for us to say
that the I?rd will have no blessing
for that unfaithful servant. He was a
servant all the time. He respected the
talent lie did not lose it. But he
did not use it properly, ne seems to
represent a very similar class to the
one described in our study of a week
ego ns the foolish virgins. This class
will fail to get into the glories of the
Kingdom, but will surely get Into the
time of trouble and its outer dark?
less, disappointment and chagrin, with
which this Age will end and the New
Age be ushered In. The Lord grant
that this lesson may help some of the
Lord's consecrated servants to be more
helpful, more careful, in the use of
their consecrated talents, that they
may glorify the Lord and hear his
"Well done" in the end!
One difficulty with many of us In
the past has been fear of the Master.
We should have gotten better ac?
quainted with him. We should have
learned more respecting his real, true
character and his purposes. If now
the eyes of our understanding are open?
ing, if now we are seeing the beauty
of our talents and privileges of service
as never before. let us quickly dig the
talent out and wash It free from all
?oil of the earth and use It earnestly,
realotisly. vigorously, for the praise of
our King, redeeming the time, know?
ing that the days are unfavorable.
Even now we may show our Lord that
we are getting awake to the great
privilege and enjoyment of being his
?ervants tnd mouthpieces and that
we will delight, at any cost, to show
forth tho praises 'of "him who has
called us out of darkness into his mar?
velous light."
LAUNDRY CHANGES HANDS.
Two New Families Move Into Town. I
Sumter's population has been In?
creased by two families in tho past
week, Mr. J. T. Brightwell and fam?
ily and his brother, Mr. L. O. Bright
well and faimly having moved here
from Virginia, and purchased the
Bumter Steam Laundry.
So quietly and unostentasiously
have these gentlemen come in that
few people knew the laundry had
changed hands. Mr. Brightwell was
loath to make any announcement as
to his plans for work until he could
completely overhaul the entire plant
and could get in shape to turn out
work according to his standard. Al?
though at present the work is a lit?
tle better than has been done, Mr.
Brightwell says It will be two weeks
before he can get everything in
shape to suit him. At that time he j
will have an announcement to make j
through these columns to tho pub-'
lie. I
These gentlemen are not too
young to be responsible, are full of
vim, are hustlers, and will no doubt
make good citizens according to j
Sumter's standard.
Dr. J. Suoniers Buist Dead.
Charleston, Sept. 29.?Dr. J. Som- I
era Buist died here today a few min- j
utes before noon. He was one of the |
best known physicians in the city, j
where he had practiced for many
years. He i3 survived by his vtlft
and six children.
Jim Bennett, white, of Willlston
got drunk on blind tiger liquor Tues?
day and was robbed of his cotton
money by a negro whom he met in
the road.
You're in very
select company
with a box of Nun
nally's Candies.
They're the highest
grade, the top-notch
in purity. And al?
together delicious !
Capt. Bogardus Again Hits the Hull's
?This world famous rifle shot who
holds the championship record of
100 pigeons in 100 consecutive
shots is living a* Lincoln, 111. Re?
cently interviewed, he says: "I suf?
fered a long time with kidney and
bladder trouble and used several
well known kidney medicines, all of
which gave me no relief until I
started taking Foley Kidney Pills.
Before I used Foley Kidney Pills I
had severe backaches and pains in
my kidneys with suppression and a
cloudy voiding. On arising In the
morning I would get dull headaches.
Now I have taken three bottles of
Foley Kidney Pills and feel 100 per
cent better. I am never bothered
with my kidneys or bladder and
again feel like my own self." Sold by
Slbert's Durg Store.
Work has been commenced in
Greenville on $200,000 worth of
municipal improvements, including
street paving, new streets and a new
I bridge across Reedy river.
?Hoarseness in a child subject to
croup i3 a sure indication of the
approach of the disease. If Cham?
berlain's Cough Remedy is given at
once of even after the croun cough
has appeared, it will prevent the at?
tack. Contains no poison. Sold by
W. W. Slbert.
It never rains, but it pours! After
all its hard luck the Republican
party must put up with Col. Bryan's
statement that he won't run again in
1912.?San Francisco Chronicle.
Good results always follow the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They contain
just the ingredients necessary to tone,
strengthen and regulate the k'.dneys
and bladder, and to cure baciache.
Sold by Siberfs Drug Store.
Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner
1 of agriculture, has not yet announc?
ed whether he will accept tha po?
sition offered him by the Federal
Government.
A Reliable Medicine?Not a Narcotic
?Get the genuine Foley's Honey
and Tar in the yellow package. It is
safe and effective. Contains no opi?
ates. Refuse substitutes. Sold by
Slbert's Drug Store.
W. W. SIBERT.
Eye.
IF YOU LIKE RIDING
You'll be delighted with our saddles.
We have both the regular and side
saddles and also those for ponies.
They are well made and are comfort
bale for both horse and rider. They
or as high-class and low priced and
our other harness, and we could give
no higher prMs-e.
THE S. M. PIERSON COMPANY.
HEED DOR DaH
SER SIGNAL!
^top puttinp your funds in
Stocks and bonds, ban):* efee.
where they are at the mwj
practically of the management
of the company or Institution.
Put your funds where they wlH
earn a substantial return ,wi?h
?bsoluts safety, viz :
No. SOU South Main St.. Lot Th) by US, Sight reom dwelling, all mcdern Iccn
ventences*good ">arn and stable.
No. 211 S Main St.. I/rt f?0 by 208, S room dwelling, all modem OMIV tttewees.
Tills is Main Stre? t Property and very CIOSS in.
No. 381 W. Hampton Ave., alee six room dwellinp.
No. 9 North Salem Avc., nice Six room cot*a>:e.
We have some very choice country property formale, that is wortbl latest i
gatlng would be pleased to >li<?w you any or all.
l'f.." prices and terms, apply to
SUMTER REAL ESTATE i INSURANCE CO.
Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. Bids.
Sumter.fS. C