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DISCUSSES BOARD'S ACTION. ft I. REARDON \slis THAT PHY Nlcl AVs TAKE IP COUNTY HEALTH SURVEY PLAN. Says Public In Interested In Matter, but I'nwtlllng to Take up a Matter They Know no Little About ? Want* Public Meeting to Discuss Nam Editor Daily Hem: Uke you, I have waited patiently, but. in vain, for some other citizen of Suinter county to accept your kind Invitation to discuss in your columns the action of the board of county commissioners in refusing to appro? priate tv > thousand dollars to supple? ment four thousand dollars offered from the Rockefeller Foundation and the State board of health tor a com? plete county health survey. The fact that no one has expressed hlmttelf or herself, however, in your enterprising paper is not due to lack of interest. I assure you. Permit me to inform you that your two very Intetestlng and logical editorials con? demning the rejection of this oppor? tunity of a lifetime aroused unusual fcntsrest. If I am to Judge by the num? bers of Sumter men and women who have come to my office or approached me on the streets to agree with what you wrote. And to urge me to keep up the fight for that county health 9 survey and the two thousand dollars nwssmry to secure same* Rut the average man and woman nutumlly loath to enter into the pub II- prints to discuss public matters w\th which they are more or less ig? norant. Few Sumter people, compar? atively speaking, understand what a complete county health survey meuns. what It will do for humanity. Hence the hesitation on the part of the gen? eral public to take Issue with the county supervisor and county com? missioners. Then again, Mr. Editor, you mus. consider that any man or woman af? ter having read what you had to sa> In your two editorials must have felt aa 1 did, and do now, that there re? mained absolutely nothing more to be said. Tou had expressed the truth, and the sentiment so clearly forcibly, and feelingly that if Su? pervise? White didn't feel that it was worth vhlle calling his county board together In special session for recon? sideration of the proposlton, there wan nothing that any one elts could write, ety, or do that would cause the county authorities to change their BrfltrnTTi sonWthlng, however, that has occurred to me. I noticed In to? day's Columbia State where the Or angeburf County Medical Society ha* gone aft ?r the two thousand dollars necessary to secure four thousand dol? lars for a complete county health survey for their county. It seems that the Orangeburg phy? sicians woke up rather late as they have just sent a delegation to Colum? bia to try to get their legislative dele? gation to appropriate two thousand dollars In order to grab that four thohmnd dollars to save human lives and human health. But it is better to awaken late than not to wake at an. Doubtless learning late of the splen? did opportunity that was being of? fered they hastened to try to get a county health survey that would save hundreds of human lives well worth more than two thousand dollars each to their county. It seems to be my tough luck to have Orangeburg get what I couldn't Indues Suinter county to accept. Di? verging for the moment from human lives to livestock life and health. I want to soy that I aucceeded In get? ting Dr. long of iemson College to alve Sumter countv the flret chance at that packing house proposition that Orangebug accepted In two hours. Bi t Sumter turned down the offer, and Orangcburg got tho bacon. Now the connection between the two opportunities Sumter rejected and Orangsbur* sccepted. I Just wish to say Is that I am quite certain if there was an epidemic of great pro? portions occurred among the hogs, cattle, or horses and mules of Sum? ter county and Dr. J. A. Hayne had said that fi?ur thousand dollars would be appropriated to stamp out the epi? demic and save the lives und protect the health of Sumter county hogs mulea snd cows, provided Sumter county appropriated two thousand dollars, it Is a cinch that the two thouaand dollars woul 1 have been forthcoming In a hurry. And furthermore. Mr. Editor, if the public spirited ladles of the Sum? ter Civic League, and tho U '? poor lonely representatives of the fd of health and Chamber of Commerce who appeared before UM commis Bioners on January 4th. (ever me? morable day in our humble lives) had been aeeklng an appropriation of from two to ten thousand dollars to save the valuable lives of hogs, cows, mule* and hordes of this county, v. tr ws would have" had more than two hundred farmers, merchants, doctor , hankers, and lawyers in a big m is. meeting in the county court room OH January 4th. But we were there, and there-without the backing of a single local physician of Sumter county, there trying- to do something to save human lives, the lives of hundreds of poor little innocent, helpless children who can not speak for or help them? selves. There without one business man except Mr. S. O'Qulnn, and we were kept waiting so long on the out? side before the ladies and gentlemen were given a hearing that M i. O'Quinn had to leave to go to his place of busir *s before we were asked to go in anu .... ie our business. What I want to stress is this: I feel quite sure now that if we had had one representative of the Sum? ter county medical association of Sumter county to say that the Sumter county physicians approved of the county health survey, as they did by resolution months before, if we had Just one leading business man there to say what the business men think of saving hundreds of human Hvefc perhaps the humane and patriotic women of the Sumter Civic League who were there and gave one and n-half hours of their time to ask for help to rave human lives and health, perhaps the commisioners might have been more impressed with the value of Dr. llayne's magnificent offer. It might not be too late yet to se? cure that four thousand dollars if Sumter county could Just muster up one local physician sufficiently inter? ested in the public health to call a meting of Sumter county men and women to demand reconsideration of the rejection of this splendid offer for a twelve months campaign of education. One little three-teacher school costa two thousands dollars a year. The two thousand the Rockefeller Foundation and Jhe State board of health asked for to supplement their four thousand dollars would have ed? ucated every boy and girl In Sumter county's rural schools about the most important phase of human ex? istence, how to protect their hoalth and the public health. This two thousand dollars would have caused many thousands of men and women to learn who have never and will never have the opportunity to learn how to save human life and prevent much needless suffering. As you well stated in your editorial, the commisioners were willing to en? dorse spending millions for good roads. Good roads help their horses and mules, protect their limbs and prolong their lives. We will vote for good roads, permanent highways, the kind Mayor Jennings' resolution adopted by the Sumter Chamber of Commerce called for.. Not dirt roads that last three years. But good health is what every boy and girl is entitled to and the right to know how to preserve their health and prolong their lives. It is as much the duty of Sumter county to pro? tect the lives and health of its citi? zens by educating the ignorant how to do so as it is the duty of the com? missioners to take care of the poor, drain the highways, and police the county to protect property and main ta n order. But I write too much, this I know. But this Is my last word In the news? papers. I Just wanted among other things, as the leader for an almost dead movement, to tell you that jrour editorials were well worth the l.nie you used in writing them. That thou? sands of men and women appreciate { the stand you took, and the manly way you expressed yourself on an Im? portant public Issue. An editor doubt? less appreciates being apreciated as much as,any one else. I will not wait until you are dead to tell you what people think of you. In con? clusion, and with one forlone hope, with that characteristic "never say die" Sumter spirit, I wish to add that it would be well worth just one more trial, well worth just one, If not more local physician's time, to phone Dr. Hayno and ask If there is still fl. lighting chance to get that four thou? sand dollars. If there Is we ought to hold a public mccl.ng to express public sentiment as I know the .sen? timent Is in favor of a twelve months campaign of education for the beg gaiMy little sum of two thousand dol? lars, and demand reconsideration. The people have rights they OUght to maintain. The people ought to rule In this county. I do not doubt tbt well meaning Intentions of our coun? ty commissioners. They have sim? ply made a-grave mistake as most humans are likely to do. But having erred we ought to have tho grit to tell them they are mistaken. If we save* only one little child's life it would be well worth the effort. I have been defeated so far In my efforts, but I die hard, Mr. Editor, believe me. K. I. Reardon. New Building and I<oan Association. Columbia? Jan. IS.?The Darling? ton Building and Loan Association baa been chartered with a capital of $l#(tto, Th<- officers are. n. Hyman, pn tldent; C, C, Vauajnan, v'('? pres? ident and w. C. Edwards, atorotar: and treasurer. Mr. T. K. Lide, of Chicago, arrived in the city yesterday lo Nisit friends at.d relatives. I have ten fingers and ten toes. I can count that much, but I just can't count all. my good friends down South feere?they are far too many. And Pm mighty proud of them. The men who make me, say you can tell real quality by the com? pany one keeps. Blood will tell. A good name and good breeding count most of all. And that same, I reckon, applies to cigarettes, too. More and more gentlemen of the South are smok? ing me, SOVEREIGN, every day, because they know I come from good old Virginia and Carolina stock?the finest, grandest stock in all the world. Quality is the thing, friend?you can't deny it. And I stand for Quality. YcuiFolks of the South KNOW good blood! You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco! That's why I am so loved among you all down here. So I am proud to say? I am guaranteed by *? ^^^..^-Buy me. If you don't like me return me to your dealer and get your money back. I have said it. A Southern gentleman is known the world over for keeping his word, and I have given you mine. FOR THE GENTLEMAN OF THE SOUTH "JCimp fffiL&m/ CLC& *' WINTHROP KOST TO SOLONS. ! - LBGUflATURE MAUJOS ANNUAL i I Tltll? TO ROCK HILL. NiiiiiIht of Senators aiul Hcprcsonta tlvs Du Not go oa Excursion, bat Crowd Is llig One, x Kock Hill. Jan. 19.?Winthrop col? lege was the host today to about 300 people who Came here on the "legis? lative special." A large number of the senators and representatives did not make the trip but there were plenty of other people who were anx? ious to visit Kock Hill and the great college, and they came and had a good time. Winthrop college invites the general assembly to Bpend a day w ithin its walls evei y year and today's trip was the annual inspec tion excur? sion for It] 7. Winthrop college gave the visitors a royal welcome and a royal enter? tainment. The programme consisted of a tour of tho landings and grounds, a trip to tho farm for those who cared to go, a turkey dinner, a gymnasium demonstration and a cone? rt. When the legislative special arrived it the rear entrance of the Winthrop grounds, tho Visitors were mot by a student committee and directed to the Administration building. Escorts were provided to show tl.j guests al out the grounds and buildings, The gymna? sium demonstration, given in Win throp's handsome new gym, was a fine credit to the institution, especial- j ly to the teachers, Miss AghOS Wey man and her assistant, Miss Mary I Frances Cobb. a delightful turkey dinner was served for about 1,500 persons, after which there were toast. by Lieut. Gov. a. J. Bethoa, Senator George K. Lancy, Speaker James A. Hoyt and Senator Alan Johnstone. A telegram was read from the govern? or, expressing his regret that he could not attend because of a death in Mrs. Manning's family, and Repre? sentative J. T. lilies was prevented from attendance on instruction of his physician. a number of Winthrop girls, who had leave; of absence for the week? end, went in Columbia and way sta? tions on the special tonight. < >n mo? tion of Representative Toole of Aiken the dinner assemblage asked Presi? dent l>. is. Johnson to give tho stu? dents a holiday Monday as today, Which was to have been a holiday ?anyway, was in part taken away from the young women. This Dr. Johnson did. Winthrop'* splendid plant was the subject of much deserved praise and the legislators and their friends on Joyed the day Immensely, Moultrie, Ga., Jan. 20.?The thrc year-old daughter of Ho well Bast, n Weldon, was burned to death this morning. Her clothing caught whil< sweeping in front of an open grate. THE STATE TEACHERS' MEETING - I Will be Hold In Colombia March 15 17?Two Thousand Teachers Ex- , pet ted to Attend. I Rock Hill, Jan. 17.?The next | meeting of the State Teachers* Asso? ciation of South Carolina will be held In Columbia, March l", 16, 17. 'Two thousand for the Columbia Meeting," has boon adopted as the slogan and a campaign is now be-I ing put on to secure that number. The attendance last year was the largest in the history of the association, nearly 1,600. Teachers are urged to begin now to plan to go. Boards of trustees are asked to allow the teachers holiday to attend, as it will be worth a great deal to them In their work. Special rates have been granted on all the railroads. Hotel and board? ing house rates will be most reason? able. President W. C. Bynum of George? town is arranging an attractive pro? gram, ltaving already secured sever? al strong speakers from outside the State. In addition to the general ses? sions there will be meetings of fol^ ; lowing departments: Colleges ami Secondary Schools; Superintendence ; I Uural Teachers; Primary Teachers; I Grammar Grade Teachers; Industlral Education; School Improvement As j ociation; Home Economies; Teachen I of English; Teachers of Science County Superintendents; Language Teachers; Kindergarten Teachers; South Carolina Peace league. Each Of the department presidents has ar? ranged a good live program for his department. Membership dues are $1.00 for men, and f>0 cents for ladies. These should be sent to W. E. Black, treas? urer, Lexington. Copies of the con? stitution may be secured from R. c. Hurts, secretary, Rock Hill as well as other information about the associa? tion. < TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS. Harold Langtry of Rcinhcrt Chosen President of County Association. Harold Langtry, principal of the Rembert graded school, was elected president of the Sumtcr County Teachers' Association at its meeting today; J, A. Tuten, principal of the Wedgefteld school, was chosen vice President, and Miss Cecil McKagen of the DuBose school was named as sec? retary. The feature of the meeting was a very excellent address by the Rev. J. I\ Marion on the duties of the teach? ers in training the children placed in their charge. At the ?lose of the business meet* ing refreshments were served by tho teachers and girls of the high school under the direction of Miss Julia Ohenschain, instructor of domestic , science in the high school.