The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 22, 1911, Image 4
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FOE OF ADULTERATORS.
Dr. Wley. Against Whom Efforts
Are Being Directed By Enemies
of Pore Food Ij?w.
New York Times.
Dr. Wiley has wielded more power
for many years than almost any oth?
er subordinate official of the Depart?
ment of Agriculture. He was the
prime mover tn all the pure food leg?
islation that has been placed on the
statute books, and has been charged
with the execution of the law under
tbe direction of the Secretary of Ag?
riculture ever since the passage of
tbe law. Practically single-handed
be has waged a vigorous fight against
every form of adulteration of foods
entering into domestic and foreign
commits and has presented an un?
compromising front to every at?
tempt to tvade or let down the strict
letter of th% taw. He has consequent
If been under fire for years, and haa
maintained his position against all
odds with sn ability and fearlessness
that has won for him the highest
praise.
He had the co-operation of ?Pres
tdent Roosevelt In the earlier stages
of the contest against adulterators
of food products, but at times his
position wss so radical that no other
alternative was presented but to
over-rule him. With the incoming of
tbe Taft administration a distinct
understanding was insisted upon by
President Taft that the activity of
tbe author and executor of the
Purs Food law should be limited to
existing laws and no steps should be
taken to enlarge Its scope or juris?
diction. Under Dr. Wiley's unmiti?
gated persistence in running down
violations of the law hundreds of de?
cisions have been secured In the
courts all over the country wheYe
by manufacturers have been fined
heavily and their reprehensible prac?
tices absolutely stamped out.
Pr. Wiley has been connected with
the Department of Agriculture as a
chemist for 28 years, and haj a re?
cord for driving adulterators of
fosd out of business existence. He
contributed largely to the success of
the best sugar Industry In Its Incep?
tion In this country. He haa ac?
complished many valuable works In
tbe chemistry of the soil, and by
tbe conduct of extended experiments
in digestion with so-called poison
squads has given to the seientlllc
world a vast fund of practical infor?
mation In regard to the maintenance
of health under the modern condi?
tions of living In the large cities.
Personally Dr. Wiley has been a
most picturesque figure in the official
life of Washington. He is a member
of numerous cluos. and is recognised
wherever he goes as a wit. His meth?
od of popularizing his theories has!
been to give cut Interviews in hin
bright, facetious style. hereby at?
tracting favorable attention In every
quarter where otherwise he might
have been met w.th downright indif?
ference and neglect. He has endeav?
ored to teach th.- American people
not to sat too much, and not to eat
meat If th?*y een g??t olong with sorno
other cheaper foim of protein.
His latest propaganda has been di?
rected ai.nlixt the use of to*\n - <?. and
ofr years he ? us rrged total gbatW
nence. At t u *??me time hi* expert
knowledge of tin* li itiors has been at
th* sjsetrtes ad th? Oessnos Club, his
favorite re.eart in Washington, in the
Inspection and punha?e of Its stock
of wlms and o t h?T drinks, and the
most popular beverage in that happy
resort of the scientist* and lltera
teurs bears bis name, a prominent
diplomat not long ago. on ?pending
sn evening at the club, heard Dr.
Wiley speaking French, find naked
who he was. I ?n iotng told, he , x
I lalmed:
"1 though he was a Prent hrn.tn.
but I hn\? heard everybody roar me
tonight saving 1 Wiley 1 ieotcb.' and
yet you sav he Is an American."
Dr. Wiley has always I? . n it his
best before committees of Congre*.?,
where his art of telling stores and
emitting witticism his gradually er,
larged his department by increasing
its annual appropriations until it is
one of the largest SClsntlflC l>uroaus
in the Government service. At a hear?
ing before the House Agricultural
Committee a few years ago, just be?
fore he was to begin a scientific dis?
sertation. Mr. Wadsworth, then chair?
man of the eimmittee, said:
"Doctor, before we begin, will you
be kind enough to tell us what a
scientific agriculturist is0"
With pleasure," replied the rosy
do<?ton, "A scientific agriculturists is
one who makes two dollars grow on
an appropriation bill where before
was hut one."
It is a matter of history that the
appropriations for the department
were increased that year by several
hundred thousand dollars and mom
besr of the committee have always
said it was due to that joke of Dr.
Wiley's.
Of late Dr. Wiley has turned his
attention to farming and has estab?
lished a tine home in Loudoun coun-;
ty. Virginia. He has also planted a
tine orchard on another farm up on
the Blue Ridge and has Invested In
a large rich farm In Montgomery
1 county. Mr.. and is contemplating the
purchase of one of the largest and
finest estates In Virginia. After a
long life of single hlessednesj he
married last winter Miss Nan Kelton,
one of the beautiful and accomplish?
ed daughters of the late Gen. J. H.
Kelton, of the United ?tatCf Army.
Miss Sumter Entertains.
On Wednesday evening at the resi?
dence of her parents Mlsj Beatrice
Sumter entertained In honor of her
k'o?r, Miss Nell Kendrleks of Ashe
vllle. N. C.
After all of fie guests had arrived
cards were produced and the first
part of the e*. enlng was very pleas
an;ly spent in plaving bridge. Later
the game wa.? changod to that of
progressive hearts and after this
game had been played for some time
the roam was cleared and the rest
of the evening was spent in dancing.
Upon the counting up of the score
it was found that Mr. Bentley Gib?
son had made the greatest number
of points and he was awarded the
first prize. Miss Emma Baker, with
the second highest score, was award?
ed the second prize and Miss Ken
dricks cut the consolation prize.
Refreshments were served during
the evenng by the hostess.
"Uncle" Jim Still on Payroll.
Old "Uncle" Jim Jones, a former
slave of Jefferson Davis, has long
held a position as "laborer" in the
chamber of the Senate of the United
States. As he Is now 80 years old
and not worth much for practical
purposes, the Republicans In charge
of this part of public business want?
ed to turn the old man adrift, but
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
became wrought up not only to the
point of eloquence but to the cli?
max of tears and. as a result, it was
finally voted to leave tho aged ne?
gro on the payroll.
Senator Dodge said the negro could
not tarn his wage and it was ques?
tionable whether the Senate could
enter upon a system of civil pen?
sions. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho,
ridiculed the "sentiment" of John
Sharp Williame, spoke very offen?
sively of the "infamous" Confeder?
ate cause, and Intimated that the ne?
gro's loyalty to Jefferson Davis was
Just cause for his dismissal rather
than any sort of argument in his
favor. But the Mississippi Sena?
tors eloquence caught the crowd."
aa the vote of 37 to Ll showed.
No doubt Old "Uncle" Jim is con?
vinced that Mississippi is a more
afithful friend to him than Massa?
chusetts or Idaho or any other Re?
publican state could possibly be.
In the Police Court.
Lewis Spann, carrying concealed
? ?? ipone, sir? or 2r. da)a
c. c. Woolen, reckless running of
automobile, discharged.
William Drnyton, riding bicycle at
night without a light. 93.04 or I
days.
i It is a good thing for the small
boys of the city to enjoy themselves.
and nobody Wishes them any harm,
when they set about doing so, hut
When they dig hobs in the sidewalk
in their games, thus endangering the
limbs, if not the lives of Ihe people
of the city by s ? doing, it is time for
somebody to put a stop to their
sports, On West Calhoun street at
one place I crowd Of small boys may
I.Otlatently found playing marbles.
I In on ? of their games of marbles the
boys have dug small sised holes In
( the sidewalk and if something Is not
j done twoarda fining up Ihe holes it is
t quits possible that some one will be
Injuisd by stepping In the holes
while passing that way at night.
I Kven If the city treasury is almost
depleted, the streets ?d?o\v ? her" most
I
of Ihe money went and it was not ?
bad thing to have expended It as if
|| d Spent.
GOOD ROADS MEETING.
MIL T. G. McLEOD OF BISHOP
VII.LE SPEAKS To VOTERS
AT CAIN'S MILL.
other Speakern Are Messrs. P. M.
Pitta, iL c, Hayiuiworth, and H. it.
Pelser, Win? Show Ilie Advantages
of (...?>,i Roods,
Ths tifth of the series of good
roads met.tings was held Thursday
at Cain's Mill with Mr. S. I >. Cain.
former county superintendent of ed?
ucation, presiding. The speakers for
Ihe Occasion were: Hon. T. G. Mc?
Leod of Blshopvllle, who spoke on
the advantage of good road*. He
spoke In his usual inimitable style
and was heartily applauded by his
hearers at the close of his speech.
Mr. H. C. Haynsworth spoke on the
savings that resulted from having a
system of good roads, Mr. p. M.
Pitts, county supervisor, spoke on
why the roads were needed now and
how the county board intended to
build the.m. Mr. R, B. Heiser again
went over his convincing statements
of facts and figure* showing c in?
clusively that now was Sumter coun?
ty's opportunity to get some roads
that were roads and not simply, pub?
lic highways.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr. S. D. Cain, who made a short
and pointed talk. He said that the
good roads which were to be built
would mean much for Privateer. He
was glad that all of the county would
get the ben*?flt3 of the roads, for hith?
erto Privateer had been sadly neglect?
ed when it came to the building of
roads by the county. He understood
that this was a movement for good
roads throughout the whole county
and, if everybody got good roads a.s
they were assured that they would,
he thought that everybody ought to
be and would he satisfied.
Mr. P. M. Pitts, the energetic and
hard working supervisor of the
county, came next with a few prac?
tical remarks on why all of Sumter
county did not have good roads now.
He said that all of the people living
now would be in their graves, which
would be overgrown with grass before
the roads were built throughout the
entire county, If the present system
of buidling roads is kept up. It
was a practical impossibility to keep
the roads which had been built and
to build more roads with no more
funds on hand than had been em?
ployed for that purpose formerly.
He said that the county hoard of
commissioners hud discussed the mat?
ter fully and had decided last year
upon the issuance of $50,000 In bonds
for the building of good roads. Since
that time the hoard had taken up the
matter of construction and had found
that the work of building the roads
could be done better and cheaper
by contract, so they were now try?
ing that system of building roads
with the portion of the $50,000 to be
used this year. He then went more
fully Into the explanation of how the
sand clay roads were being built.
The cost was approximately $4 50 a
mile for the building of the roads, al?
though It varied considerably accord?
ing to the character of roads which the
building was done on and the dis?
tance from suitable clay. He said
that the roads must have proper
grading and drainage and the coun?
ty board intended to build only roads
of this character. He said that a
change which he had to propose was
that instead of using the present sys?
tem of six days labor that each voter
Should pay the sum of $2.00 to be
used in the road fund in addition to
the present poll tax.
Mr. H. C. Haynsworth then took
tip the ball and kept It rolling. He
started off his talk with the state?
ment that a great senator had once
said that there was nothing more im?
portant at this present day and time
than Intercourse by means of good
toads, except Christianity. He sajd
that undoubtedly the most important
question before the people of the
country at the present time was that
of good roads; no other Issue being
nearly so important. He stated by
way of illustration that the rural
delivery of mall demanded that the
roads should be In good condition
and that tiny should be kept in
such condition. The good roads were
a means of Intercourse that brought
the churches and schools ( loser to?
gether and the City and town nearer
to each other. If the roads are good.
much time will be saved In traveling
from one place to another and the
time saved In going from the coun?
try to town was so much money sav?
ed by the farmer, and was In fact so
much In hi* pocket.
He said that it had been estimated
that it cost on an average of SO
cents per bale for the farmers of
! this county to carry their cotton to
town. Thi* was more than U cost
to . urry the same bale of cotton
from the station, a distance of n,
l>00 miles and land It In Liverpool.
It was farther estimated that with
good roads p would COSI |U8| l?> cents
?one-half as much as at present
to put the cotton or the local mar
' ki t, Thl* estimate accounted only
fur the time saved and did ru I take
into account the wear and t,-ar on
the wagons and horses. The sav?
ing In the hauling of fertilizers and
produce <>f all kinds would be in the
same proportion. He said that we
pay this heavy tax when w^ have
sandy or muddy roads. indirectly,
hut we would save it if the roads
were in good condition. it was be?
cause the tax was indirect that we
did not mind paying it. but if it were
made a direct tax. although the tax
Itself was not half as much, there
was bound to be some kicking right
awr y. He then went on to tell about
the roads In the county, why the
money to put them in good condition
should be borrowed by the county
and why it was so much cheaper
that way.
Hon. T. G. McLeod of Bsbop
ville was next on the program. He
said at the start that he had for?
merly been a resident of this COUn
\\ and had commenced his career In
this county. He was a taxpayer so
he would have to pay along with the
other tax payers. He said that If
you study the history of any civiliz?
ed nation, you found that they have
always set about establishing the
most permanent things. These gov?
ernments early in their history al
A?ys built mighty system of reads,
many of w hich still exist. ,V? have
just passed through an epoch when
the procession was from the e.ejn
liy to the town. Now the tide has
turned and the cry k? "bac't to the
country." The reason of this is
that the country is obtaining every
possible access to the town. No coun?
try can he successful unless it has
a highly developed system of farms
and roads. The very highest type
of citizenship comes from the coun?
try and it is the boys who grow into
j men in the country who make the
groat men of the country. This is
because the boys of the country are
closer In touch with nature and with
the things of nature than those of
the city. For this reason everybody
should do all he can to make these
things accessable and to put the
country and town as near each oth?
er as possible. The country needs
ready access to good rcbools and
churches and to the town and the
town needs to be kept close to the
country and Its prodncts.
Sumter county is facing a business
proposition just now that ought to
be looked at from a purely business
standpoint. The dividends from th?
$150,000 should be counted before
the voters go to cast their ballot at
the polls. Perhaps the profits were
not all direct ones from the system
of good roads, hut the indirect pro
tits should also be :aken Into consid?
eration. When the people of a coun?
ty get used to bad road3 it is hard
to arouse them to the necessity of
having good roads, but when they
once get used to a system of good
roads they will never have any oth?
er kind?no matter what the good
roads may cost.
In old Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, under the old system of
roads the cost of hauling was great.
Only two or three bales of cotton
could be hauled at one time. Now,
since the system of good roads for
which the county is famous, has been
put in operation, six or eight bales of
cotton can be hauled over the same
distance on the same wagons In
half of the time. Just think of this
enormous saving, was it not worth
while? The dividends returned were
something like lOO per cent, if not
more. The road building made near?
ness on ? <?f the items that had to be
taken into consideration, ami it wa?
nnt a small item at that. It had also
helped Increase the value of the
land. Recently a firm bought ; large
tract of land near Georgetown. Vhe
first thing that was done after tbe
land had been purchased was the
building of a system of good roads
through the winde area purchased
and tile dividing of the tract up in?
fo forty or sixty acre farms. The
j land was also drained) and where it
had been purchased at a cost of
I $3.00 an acre it was now sold for
from $26 to $35. If it paid a cor?
poration to borrow money to build
UP good roads and put In a proper
system of drainage, it would certain?
ly pa> tin county to d<> the same
thing when it could borrow the mon?
ey at a greatly reduced rate of Inter?
est. These financiers had realised
the necessity of good roads and had
gone ahead and built them. The
voters of the county, as good business
men. ought to realise Just as fully the
benefits that would result to them
and to the county from a system of
good roads. When at the expense of
a few dollars you might benoflt your
land from IT? per cent to 100 per cent,
would that not be a paying propo?
sition'.' As the highways are built the
laws regulating the traffic on these
highways will be made and enforced.
Mr. McLeod closed his address by
saying that no one except those who
had driven through roads six Inches
In sand or full of mud holes and
highly unsafe for public traffic would
ever appreciate the real meaning of
good roads until they were obtain?
ed. He said that we worked hard
? for our children to have something
to enjoy when n e were dead end
gone, but ere also wanted to enjoy a
few of the good Dung of lif" while
We wer*' living. And if we U ft a
few -mall lial ilitie-s our < hildren and
a large amount of assets, the chil?
dren ought not mind us leaving the
small debts. He said that as for
him, people could talk of enjoying
the future life all they wan ed to,
but he also wanted to enjoy a .small
portion of the good things of this
life as well.
Mr. R, 13. Heiser th;-n came In for
his usual talk. He clearly defined
the status of the bond issue and
showed why it was needed at this
time. He showed the benefits that
would result to the farmers and the
county from building up a county
wide system of good roads and why
the bond issue was th.> best plan or
the building up of that system. He
told how many miles of roads there
were in the county and how they
were to be made into good roads.
All of the speakers were well re?
ceived and heartily applauded.
One of the pleasurable features of
the day was the fine dinner served
by the people of Privateer to those
who had assembled for the good
roads meeting. All of those who
went to the meeting stayed for the
di " and heartily enjoyed it.
GOOD ROADS RALLY AT REM
BERT.
sixth of Series of Meetings to Be
II hi at Remherf. July '27*.
The committee in charge of the
good roads rally which Is to be held
at Ilembert, July 2"rh. have Issued
invitations to the pubffe to attend
the meeting at tha: place. The
speaking will eome off at 12 o'clock
and a number of good speakers have
been secured for the occasion. Af?
ter the speaking a free dinner will
be served to all.
The committee who have charge
or the program consists of Messrs J.
L. G?lls, T. J. Brown. D. V. Keels.
J. H. McLeod, C. W. Sanders and C.
W. Young.
10 DAYS MOTHER-IN-LAW LIMIT.
Magistrate Rules That Is Long
Enough For Visit.
New York, July is.?Magistrate
McGuire, in the Flatbush Court to?
day, fixed 10 days as the limit for
visits for mothers-in-law.
The case in point was that in which
young Mrs. May Coyle, of 31 Carlton
avenue, Flatbush, had summoned her
mother-in-law, also Mrs. May Coyle,
a resdent of Boston, to court on a
charge of disturbing her domestic
peace and happiness.
Harry Coyle, son of Mrs. May
Coyle, of Boston, sat in the rear of
the courtroom and never opened his
mouth. His prety young wife did all
the talking and painted her mother
in-law as a killjoy and Ocarina.
"She came rlowr. from Boston 10
days ago," said the younger Mrs.
Coyle, "and took charge of every?
thing. Every time I opened my
mouth she squelched me. I didn't
know how to cook; I didn't know
how to wash; I didn't know how
to do this, that or the other thing.
She broke all our rules and made
new ones, she told us how they did
things in Boston and that that was
the only right way. Finally, she
turned my husband against me and
I had to take myself and my baby
home to mother. I telephoned her
to go home, but she refused."
"Ten days 1.5 long enough for any
mother-in-law to hold possession."
replied the Court. "Ten days 3hould
be the limit for all mothersin-law."
Qood Advice.
Keep thy heart apart from sorrow,
and be not anxious about trouble
which is yet to come.--Girdaust
Doing One's Best.
it is a very great thing for us to do
the very best we can do, Just where
and as we are.?Babcock.
F'astor to His Flock.
"When I look at you fellows,'* said
the Jail warden, who was something
of a humorist, '1 somehow feel that
tbe Lord didn't make good."
Consolation In Defeat.
The defeated candidate is like the
old bachelor who says he once feil
in love with a bet.uLful young lady,
but abandoned all idea of marrying
her when he found that she and all
her folks were opposed to the match
Cough Cure.
If you can stand the odor, a bad
cough can often be cured by five drops
of kerosene taken on a lump of sugar.
If this sounds too horrible, much the
same effect Is achieved by swallowing
vaseline.
Difference Pointed Out.
"Things equal to the same thing
are equal to each other," remarked a
man seated at a cafe table by way of
proving what he bad said. "Oh, well,"
returned hla friend, "that's true
enough, algebraically, but?did It ever
occur to you that there's a whole lot
j of difference between l>elng shot and
being half shot twico?"
LEADER IN ROAD IMPROVE?
MENT.
Commissioner E. J. Watson ( om>
menu* on Sumter County Good
Rondii < ampalgn.
Thursday next well .*ee the end of
the noteworthy canvass made in Sum
tor county in favor of a county bond
issue of $150.000, to be used in per?
manent Simultaneous highway im?
provements. Commissioner E. J.
Watson of the State department of
agriculture, commerce and industries
will deliver the principal address at
the final meeting. ' If the bond issue
carries," said Col. Watson. "Sumter
county will be the first in this State
and the second in ihe South to adopt
the policy of simultaneous permanent
improvement of roads by bond issue.
Mongtomery county Alabama, has
had great success with the plan."
CoL Watson goes to Sumter from
Pleasant Valley in York County, near
Fort Mill, where he delivers next
Wednesday an address at a big gath?
ering of farmers.?Columbia Record.
< HAMBER OP COMMERCE KOTES.
Telephone 200.
The Retail Association will meet
at the Chamber of Commerce Wed?
nesday of next week ai 6 p. m. 37
retailers of the city have now signi- j
fled their intention of joining thi i
association and co-operating with the
Credit Bureau which will soon be
organized as a branch of the retail?
ers association. The work of the
Credit Bureau has bet n very effective
in otheT eitie-? in placing the general
credit system on a sound basis. Every
retailer of the city should attend this
meeting. It Is hoped that by next
Wednesday night the list of retailers
co-operating in this work will num?
ber at least 50. Those who have
signified their intention of joining ^
since the last list was published are:
Sumter Hardware Co.
Ducker and Bultman,
Shaw and McCoflum.
K. W. V?gel,
J. Z. Hearon.
D. M. Campbell.
Stubhs Bros.
The "Ad Club" was organized Tues?
day afternoon. 3Tr. H. G. Osteen
will act as temporary president and
Mr. A. V. Snell as temrorary secre?
tary until a regular meeting can be
had and officers elected. Tb? efub ,
will be represented at Bost
good work will be accompli.*
that city for Sumter.
MAINE BTJRED C
Serious Problem Confron
gineors In Charge of
Ill-fated Bartleshfp.
Habana, July 18.?The process of
removing the water surrounding the
wreck of the Maine was practically
completed this afternoon when the
water level in the coiYertiu*m had
been lowered 18 feet, leaving the
wreck surrounded by islets of mud.
The water remaining can be re?
moved in a few hours, but it is now
apparent that the engineers are con?
fronted with ?n infinitely more se?
rious problem, the removal of the
mud in which the remains of the
battleship is embedded, from a min?
imum of 37 feet to a depth thsn can
only be conjectured.
The good roads bond election is
<>f more importance to Sumter
county than the bi-ennial election
for governor and other State officers
and there should be as much interest
maniiefirted and as large vote polled
at the good roads election as at the
regular primary. Beery qualified elec?
tor in the county should turn out
and vote for good roads and prog?
ress.
The Alcolu Railroad will run a
special train from Alcolu to Olanta
? n Saturday August 21 for the ac?
commodation of those desiring to at?
tend the Old Soldiers picnic at ?Han?
ta that day. The train will leave
Alcolu at 10.20 a. m. and returning
arrive at Alcolu at tf.4u p. m. This
schedule will permit of residents of
Sumter attending the picnic, leaving
here on the 9:35 a. m. Atlantic Coast
Line train and returning on the train
arriving at 8:25 p. m.
Mr. 11. T. Jdens. wh. has just re?
turned from a two day's au; n*ol j<,
trip through Sumter. Lee, Darltngtoij
portons of Chesterfileld, Florence.
Marlboro and Clarendon counties
reports that there is a bumper crop
In all of those counties where he
went along. He says that ?n s oi ?e
the corn Is not fo good, but every?
where the cotton crop bids fair to
make an excellent yield.
Licences were Issued by the Cleric
of Court to the following negroes on
Tuhrsday: Joseph Pack and Winnie
Pa< k of Sumter and Henry Pair of
Charleston and Rosa Williams of
Sumter.
The Sumter County Rummer
School for Teachers will .,. \i
dar July 21th.