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■I. -I. AILXK!!, .Man;i,u-cT. Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 2:?. 1905. VOL. X-NO. 25 Dunns Rock Lo<tge No. 267 A. F. Jl. M. Met-t.s Fri(i:iy on of !)oU»f<^ tlie full tuo»)n i 11 fach montli, at ll ]). 111. \'isitiiiL;' -Mason." are i;il 1 v invited sptly Wm. Maxwixt.. Sa-'v. Conestee Lodge No. 237, Meets fvcfv Monday nij^lit at ^ *> t'lock. \isitin<^’ l)f(itliers are cor dially invited to visit us. D. B. HANCOCK:, G. Transylvcnia Lodge No. 143, Kniglits of Pythias Shall Brevard Have a Sewerage System f^Ianned by Ex- perts™a System that» Will i\ot> Require Rebiu!ding In a Few Years? i.ditot S\h.in\alle\ >>eus. |{)tH)])lo. The SG\va^''o of tho city Thearr;in<reim;nt of ;iso\vorii<j:(; !()r town consists of its refuse, j system is ;i dilticuU f)robleni for waste of all kinds. In genera! lany town to solv(>. but especially the s»!wa<ri‘s of all towr.s are Ifor lirevard.as it is necessary ;alike, hut on close (‘xaniination jfor the seweraofe to How from th(* j it cannot be found that the stnv- ;town in two or three directions. ■ a«,'-es of any two towns are alike. We mi,i2:ht to the fountain head | We must dispossess oui- minds of of th(‘'JilViciilties at t)iice andaskjthe common imjiression that j c-orpoi'atiotis can pollutoji stream j by sewa<re or otherwise without ! bc.in.ij: lial)le for drima^'es for any I injury caused thereby, j It is advisabl(! for any town ^both to consult the State l^oai’d I of health and to obtain reliable le- i.iTiil advice before tinally decidin^r I the (question of dis^iosal of sew- I Ui^'c. TIkj most important [loint I is To so treat tlie sewa^'-e that it j will lose its power for (nil per- h('adannually. Vrorcester. Mass., with a ])Oj)ulalion of 127.000, tr(>aline- daily Ki.000,000 ;;-alions of sewa.'j:*'. ptiritied its sewa<j:e in lOOl’ for (30 cents i>er h('ad. Law rence. Mass.. nine miles below Lowell on the Merrimac river, took its domestic water sup|)ly from the i-iver, and })revio’3s to filterin.ic the Vv'jiter, the d«‘alli rate frotn typrioid f<>ver ran as high as thirt(*r‘ii f(jr ev<>ry 10.000 lleiular eonvention ev- 'I'nesilay ni;:lit in .M a- sunie Hall. \' IS it i II Ixniyht*^ ;!'•».■(•< >rd ia 11 v iii- \ it<Ml to attend. WELCH GALLOWAY, C. C. Brevarii Telepficae ExchaR^e. iion.'s; Paily 7 n. in. to lU )>. ni. Suncii’.y to io a. in.. -1 to (> ]>. m. (.'ontral ()liii-e - NK'-M inn IJUn-k. Professic!\ai Cards. W. A. GASH. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Rooms 7^8, f;<cMinn BId’g, Brevard, N. C. VV. B. DUCKWOR.TH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Investisatic:; of Lend Titles a Spccialfy. Ivooins I ami ll. I’ielcelsinier ijuiklln^^. ZACHARY &. BREESE ATTORN EY?-AT-LAW Offices in [yicfi^inn Block, Brevard, N. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTORN EY-AT LAW. I’ra<‘tiees in all the courts Kooins and K*. McMinn Hjtx'k. oursolve.s if we have a lei^al or j moral riirht to turn the s(*wa,u<‘ [into the b^rench Hroad Iviver. i Several months airo the writor I {v.roto lo ilie State Hoard of IL'alth on tliis subjoct but has r<' c(‘ived no ri'[)ly. The leiral ancl medical ])rofessions of the town can pi’opi'rly answer this ({ues tion. While it is bi'inirdiscussed and answ<>ied let us consider an other problem. How shall we run the sewairf* to the ]-'\'ench l>road rivery In part of the smvaire which is of human excrement is alone dan gerous. for th(‘ reason tliat the kitchen waste.s have the same ])utrescil)le matter and in a state l(*ss easily rendered innocuous. The iirsi {low of stroni^; water from the .streets ijito th<3 sew<'r is vei'v often as offensive if not <iuite as dani,'’erous as human ex creta. I’rn.ssian and Knijiish eniri- neers havo lon^ held tin; vitnv 1 hat an increasi* in the amount of 1 manently. It i.s tin; duty ol thej po[»ulation in I'^iiO. tilterin; |eni.^ineer to educatci the public ;th<‘ water the d(?ath rate Vv’as conscienc(‘ in states that h;iv<‘ no !^ra<lually I’educed to 1.'. per 10.- I law i)ertainin.u- to this subject. 10(J0 in j The results ol a lon^ seu-ies o. at- i So far as tho v.’riter know’s. no j tempts in Lurope and America [ one is aljle to say to w’hat exti.mt ; to properly disiios('of sewa^^e at j dilution must ije carried to ren.- a prolit for the town is a faihirt'. Uler this sowaire innocuor.s. If lAirmin<^ham and othi'r Massa- (‘.husetts cities use their sewa,i;e as fertiliz('i- on corn tields. So far as the writer knows the best the body of wat(‘i' contains sufli- cient free oxyL'on to oxidize ail the sewage reachinij: it. the or- ,<,^■nlic matter will be very shortly results are obtainc'd by cities ! decomposed witliout olTense. a>id lu'ar desert or s;indy reirions | permanentiy its power fur whore tho sewera,£2:o is needed for ' (-^vil. irI'ig'ation. Pasad;.‘!ia. California. 1 Ordinarily sewa.ire does n' f has ^'•oiK! itito tlu‘ lousiness ex-! tulce kindlv to oi',iet. ])ure waie;-. tl.is D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER Koonis II and McMinn I’loek. lillFAWI’J). X. ('. open ditches across {)rivate prop I sew;ii:e by l ains. instead of di erty, or throu.irh sewer ])ip(>sy lf|lutin- the sewa-e, rendtM-s it it is decided to use jiipes hou’,still more iir.pure by the adiiition lar.ii-e shall the 1)1 p(‘s bt>-r As this! of horse dropp n-s and other I'o (] ue.st ion stands i t .set.'ms t o be a ^ j u s(*. i 11e (j i \'(■ !’.s; t v’ oI man u!ac• very simple one but in reality it 11 u iu<] iistrios makes the dis places before the reader one of | pos.al of a city’.s sewaire a serious th(' most ditlicult iiroblems of ar-i probltMii by llie eveeedinir dilu- ranij:in«r a sewer systeir;. Sli.-.ll ! tion of (],(.■ M'wa,L--e parts in the])i[)obe lar^n. (‘nouirh simply | looo beinu' wati'riof an aveiaire for th(‘sewaiife or shall i t b<‘la rue j A meri :-an cilv. Tht* avera'«-e enoui^h to carry the rain watiM' alsoy How much teri’itory shall bc'diained by each main sewers All of these and many otlu'r (ques tions can bo intelliirently an swered only when the town au thorities are in possession of a amounl (;f sewage in forty-two l^urop('an (aties is irallotis pei‘ [lerson per twenty-foui- hours, atid this a'mount is exceeded in some American cities. For ex am[)l(‘, Concoi'd. ]\Jass.. (i^ ions: Clinton and !Marlb(jrouirii. tensively and sold i s farm prod-! hut remains by itsoll\ For ucts in the yc'ar for ab(u.;t |i-i^'-'‘Va!je emptied i[;!o j .Si',.()')(). but when, the co.^t of ihe'u- stream, it should be al!ov>-('d to ' . . I jtarni was taicen init) considei-a- ienter the stroiia above ra])ids oi- ■ tion, there is no [irotit for tlie i town. ; The failures I'oft.'rred to a ov(> |a;-e not se.rprisinj;- wium we rt'al- i/'e the fact that the* x’alat; of one ton of sowa<jf(,‘ of the (,*ity of Hos- ! ton.. Mass . is onlv one cent. I ^ ! ^rhe state laws and the laws of ^•::;nitarv sciiMice are of \ rime im- portanc-e liut very ofteui on ac count of lack of fumis tin; en.i^in- eel' may bi^ oldiiii’d to tnakt? seri in ](_»! falls if ])oss:b]e. Authoriti '.- differ as to the amount of dilut!'’r; neces.sary to ]’e:ider .sewaii;’e ii.- nocuous, but it, is lisually placcti botVv'een l.GOO ar.d )j.0()() irall(>r.>. pot’ day pDr perso.'i contributini,'- to the sewa.L^e. In th<3 present stab^ of our knowh‘de-e \ve Nh(»!il(^ howcn'e!'. err on tin- sii’c i;!.' stilV.'iy. and i h<' I mere fact lliat cli./niic;*! ;iualy I fails to det<w-t, ii;jpui'ities sImi : i i not be accepte:! as a iruaranie*' is tit to drink. Miscellaneous. The JEthelwold Brevard's New Ik)tel—Modern A])- pointinents—0])en all the year. The patrona<:e of tlic traveling- pulilic as well as siminit-r tourists i.-> solicited. ()|)}>. Conrt Mouse. ]>revard. X.C. THE OLD RELIABLE McMinn Hotel M. B. WATERS, Manager. n'h(»rou'_dily renovatt'd troin Kitchen to Attic. Moderate i’i-ic(* u> ]>er day according to rtjoins. Good Table. Attentive Waiters. Clean and Comfortable Rooms. Main .Street—()))|)Osit'; Postollice. Brevard, N. C. To Road Overseers. Take Xcrrici:—It is herel)y ordered that all roads in i^rovard townshi{) must be ]nit in <.^ood order before July 1. 100;"). All overseers wiio neirlect or fail to obey this order will be indicted, J. J. Shii»man, Chti. Board Supervisors. ,irood map. a map not only of the i Mass.. bO <^'Tillons. villain' but of the suiToundin;,^ ■ Havinir this sewai^-e on hand, territory, sliowin^L; the water the tirst object is to dispose of it courses and the acrea<^H‘that is ' so it will not btn-ome a nui.^ance. drained by the ditferent str(*ams and the se(*ond is to deprive it that pass •throu.irh thi' villa<re. ' p(M-manently of its i)ower for Tht! mapof the town should show evil. Communiiies are like indi- ihe -rades (jf every street aiuL viduals. they v.’ill be ^ood when the^n'ad(M)f the sti eams or val- they have to be good. And it is leys alon^'- which it is pro[)osed at this ))oint that tho law ass(M-ts t(; run the sewa<,n> from the town itself (or should do so) and pro to the Irench Broad laver. '^i^he tects any community from a. nui- map should show not only the sance caused by another commu- streets within the coriioration. ' nity. Kn^land has national laws, but tlu'territory that is liable to j and Massachusetts has excellent be bnilt up within the next twen- ilawi? for this purpose, while some ty years. states <^ive no protection what- A comiilete map of any town is ever. The lo.i^al principles in absoluteljT necessary before ajvolved vary in different localities sewerage system can be i)roper- ;md with dilferent intei-pi etors 1,' iiiiangeil. Sucli a- ma[) in the oi the law, lr<.‘({uenllv' dependin*’’ possession of the Tow’n of I^re-: upon rulings ;is to what creates vard would be of service to the a nui.sance. A recent ruling ir town foi* all time to come. A the L nited States Supreme coui’t part of tlie expenses of making has included in the "(’reating of tho survey and map would be Nuisance'’the rendering untit l)aid for by selling copies of the for drinking purpo.ses watrtr ous com prom i.N'js. J.iattei I stat** ot putrescence is harniful ' ' ^ wale; I I ^ . : to human life if tak'en into the ^ ^ applies lo di'in!\ing water j system and volatile emanations , many varieti es ^ from such matter, when breathed | bacteria live in ice for montl;.-. I into th(‘ lungs, will lower the! There sevej-al im^thods of ^ tone of the constitution, and ren-1 purifying sewage befoi e the v.a- :dei- it moi-e susceptible to dis allowed lo ('nt(>r streainr, ease. jor ponds. The tirst is by sewage j The only ti-ue distraction to the Ibacteria beds; st^cond, by j dangerous charistics of sewagi> is j hroad iri’igation: tiiird. chemical 1 that effected by oxidation and by I • fourth, septic tan!: ; removal of the dise.ase <rerms. j* ‘^il <>f which c:vn be ex{)lair:ed ,n'ill detail if tlie readers of the Xews are interested. U. A. W. map. Investors, real estate agents and their iiatrons ar<; al ways glad to see a ma[) of a town which woukl otherwise bo used for drinking purposes. Tho Su preme court Oi Connecticut stat- that they are interested in. led in a recent ruling “The di.s- Large numb(M-s could be sold. 'charge .)f sewage and other nox- If Brevai-d has a legal right tf) ions matters into an inland turn its sewag(Mnto tho French ! stream to tho injury of a ripar- Broad Kiver befoi-e it is purified, j ian })roperty below, has been how long will that right continued i held to be an unlawful invasion How soon will the time come ^ of the rights of said property. when the state will fori>id the | In l''!iS the California Superior l)ollutioii of its streams and | court granted an injunction lakes? Massachusetts will not against the city of Santa Ros:> I In ])lanniiig a sewerage >yst (even it tho laws do mit. ref:uire j treatment) tho system should be i so arranged that li-eatinent can I be introduced at at any time in ’the future if t he laws sh<;uld re- i quii'O it. ! If the laws of the state and our regard loi' our neigiiboj'.s tlo not iiorbid, the ino.st ecou()i>iical ! I nietliod t(.) dis[)Or^e <j1 tla; s(;\\ai:o ! i is to turn it into some ri\er or i o(*ean. Tlio pi’oljlem requires se rious consideration. Souhj have claimed that it was a waste of fertilizing material to turn .sew age into a river oi- ocean. It is tru(} that land loses it for a time. I)ut the loss is only tem[)oici ’v. tl 0 W Jiiit ;siic First T.ady ( h rl: — There poe; ineanci^t woman in town. Second L::d.y ( icrl:— V.'ho i.> f-he? First !-:;(!y ( !• rk— i (;. j/t I):;t .«:he is ahv.'.ys ci'!;il;::,' lu ;\'.;;iid v. ;;’'i- intif sonu't l-.in;;' v\‘ Iu;vci;‘i ir.a.—Chicn.uo Dailv liecord. .;f If. St'a ain--’!’nt'r.- Is no hope! Tho ;-hii) is (uionudl li; ai; luiur we will :iii i;c d(. ai! I Si asick I’asser.{r(‘r—Thank Heaven I — 'rit-i^its. for organic matter in water Liiciis ('i ifii!-!. \ ]''rank .1. ('heriey makes oath tlint he is .stMiior partiie;- of tii(i lirm of J. C'heiiey iV ( o., doing luisinos iu the city oi’Toledo, county and Stat<^ fr».. .. • r j atbresaid, and that ^aid tirm will i>av iorms lood tor variou.s forms of) , . . as I tlie sum of Oi'.e iluiaheil Dollars Ibr er.cli ar.d eveiy ca.so of ('atarrh that Mlth-infusoria which serve food for ti.sih, and li.';h in tui n fii‘' * i j ’ i. ^ lui.i ijj -jijijnjt i)(. cured :>y the use o( lialTs man. If the laws did not lor-| (’atarrh Cui-e.—r';.*ANK J. (’iiKXKv. bid it would bo a common prac-j iSworn to belon* me and subscrilted tice to turn sewage into the near- 'in niy iireseiu-e, this (>tli day of J*e- est body of water but the towns I allow its streams or ponds to be polluted by sewage. Other states arc ]nissing laws looking to the safety and health of the from emptying its sewage into a creek. In the year 1900 the Vir ginia Supreme court decided that neither municipal nor private of '*Tassach usetts have found tliat it is unnecessary to pollute tin}’ j strt.'am witii sew^age. Clinton, a town of 14.000 population and i (Ska I.) A. \V. (iI.KASO.V, Notary Public. Hall’s i'atari h Cure is taken inrei - nally, and acts directly on the blood making from (L’e.000 gallons sev.'-1system. T , ; Send lor testimonials free.—F. I. ,a d.-y weather to 1,000.000 A Co., Toledo, O. Sold !,y lu wet weatuer, |n.nhes ils sew- an .st.,, 7.5,-. Take Hall’s Fam- cents per ily piu.«5 for constipation.
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