Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-09-13
OUR GREATEST NEED.
(Rocky Mount Argouaut. J

While Eastern Carolina must
advance and change in many
things before it reaches the high
plane of prosperity for which ma
ture intended and amply pro-
vided for there is one subject
which is paramount above all
others; it is that Of pure water.
1t has been amply proven that
nearly, if not all, 1nalarlous dis
eases come from impure water,
not from impure air as has form
erly been ignorantly believed,
and that with the introduction OF
pure water all traces OF such dis
eases will disappear from this
country. Who then can overes>
innate the Importance Of good
water and the absolute necessity
of our people making an imme-
diate move to secure the same.
In regard to the benefit de-
rived by the introduction ofgood
water in districts where 1nalarl-
Gus conditions prevailed, Judge
Walter Clark has written the
following interesting communl-
cation to the Wilmington Star:
H. Nachman, Intendont May
orr of Lake City, S. c., just over
our Southern border, writes:
"Our city has five artesian wells,
ranging from I65 to 200 feet IN
depth. They cost on an average
So each and flow from seven to
fifteen gallons per minute. The
quality of the water is the very
best. We have had no sickness
of consequence since the flow of
water commenced. All Of the
wells are overflow and spout up
fifteen to twenty feet. Visitors
come for miles for the water and
it is shipped by the carboy even
to the billy regions Of the State
The water is as cool as flows
from any mountain spring"
DR.. w. H. l.. Goodman, OF
Franklin, Va. just across ou1
Northern border, says that his
town has twenty-five wells, aver
aging each flow of fifteen gal
Ions per minute and over 100000
gallons per day. The population
has doubled and malaria is I'M
known. The wells average I4c
feet deep, and the temperature O.
the water is 90 degrees. These
are all overflow wells, spoutins
I'D four feet above the surface
the size of pipe two inches. The
water is light and can be dranl
in large quantities without any
unpleasantresul The average
| cost per we'll was 500.
) The Patapsco Guano Company
have put in these wells to the de
cided Improvement of health, Sc
they write, at Augusta, Ga, ane
| in Colleton county, S. c. They
have a four-inch artesian we'll
400 feet deep, at their work;
near Baltimore, which they say
flows enough water to furnish
: village. The President, Mr.
Gramin, is now engaged boring
an artesian we'll on his splendid
l farm at Neal, Halifax county, n
| c. Water has also been reached
at Tarboro at 200 feet and y
= Hyde county at less depth.
S While at some points artesla1
water may not rise to tle surtac
and will require wind mills t.
pump it up, there can be no doub
that the renovation of Easter
North Carolina will be brough
about by rendering it entlrel..
S free from malaria i'll this method
D WALTER CLARK.
Can any one i'll Eastern Caro-
:, lima doubt after reading tn
y above facts that the time ha
e come when sinking artesia1
! wells all over the districts sub
. iect to malaria is a matter which
cannot be further delayed
y Bell Boyd diamond High
who calls herself the "Rebe
t Spy" and who knows less abou
), the Southern Confederacy tina,
/ the Khedive OF Egypt, came t
S Hot Springs about three month
/ ago with man, two women an
a boy, and left last Sunday with
| out paying their board bill
? Marshall RrbubHrnu.