The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
HOW ABOUT THE WELL
What Sort of Water Are You
Drinking This Year.
In II Pure, Use Plenty of it Inside
and Out and You Will Feel and
Look Better.

Look Better.
What sort of water are We going
to drink this year." is a question that
concerns every reader Of this paper,
for upon the water we are going to
drink depend the health and even
the lives of very many Of US. We
commend the following extracts from
. letter written to the Progressive
Farmer by DR.. H. F. Freeman on the
subject OF drinking water:
THE water we drink goes to make
more than two-thirds Of the blood
which flows through our veins. The
blood has about four functions to
perform. This stream Of blood is
the medium which receives from the
outer world the different matters
which go to make us we'll Or sick.
As 1t passes through every part of
the body, the various tissues Of the
body take out Of this rudy stream
the materials necessary for their
nutrition and health. 1t Is the med
ium which takes up or asorbs the
dead or refuse matters from the var
ious tissues and carries this poison
Gus or dead matter to the various or
gans whose business 1t Is to throw
of and out Of the body this dead ma
terial. 1t warns, moistens and in
vigorates the whole body when
healthy.
Now you see the need Of pure
water, for the water you drink Is
making two-thirds of the blood from
which so many fever and ague germs
come. How about your drinking
water? Is 1t pure? Many hundreds
Of cases Of sickness and death have
been traced directly to contaminated
water. Are you concerned about it?
Do you know that this water you
drink is carrying into your blood
the germs which 1t contains? That
is Just what Is being done. And II
1t were not for natures forces while
strong and vigorous, you would soon
be sick. But let some of these nat
ural forces get wrong, a screw loose
or a tap Off, and you are sick at
once and the doctor has to come and
tighten things up and set these forces
to going again. This costs more,
though, than 1t does for you to clean
out your we'll.
1.-THE time to clean out a we'll is
not when the water Is lowest, but
-hon Tho u,oJI 10 full RI o~uorhowin o
When the water Is low IN the we'll 1t
then should be the purest, as it all
comes from deep down in the ground.
But when the well is full Of water 1t
has run in from all the little water
drains and especially through those
nearest the top Of the ground, and
many times 1t gets In from the top
Of the ground. Now this rush of
water from the top and through the
earth's pores carries along with 1t
all the impurities in reach. Many
times the death germ is taken into
the well this way. Now when you
draw all this water from the well
when 1t is full, you bring out the
germs carried in by this rush Of wat
or. We drew all ours out a few
days ago and left a pure stream Of
water rushing in near the bottom.
Clean up about your we'll and raise
the earth around it so the water will
run off. Don't have pig holes and
chicken holes about the well.
II know Of an incident or two
which happened not so far from here.
A tenant had a nice horse when he
moved to q place where the well
water was bad. This morse Dol at
ter began to look bad and to get
in bad condition generally. This
continued during the year, and the
man moved to a place where the wat
or was wholesome and good. The
horse 500 got back to his old self
and remained so afterwards. This
was true also Of the family.
my friends, when your COW,
horse, pigs, or chickens are not doing
we'll, examine your water supply, and
make sure that Is is all right. I was
called to see a sick member Of a
large family. I at once advised the
man to clean up around his home
and fill up the puddle holes. He paid
no attention to this advise. Several
of the family were sick and one died
during that summer and fall.
"If you feel bad and look bad, ask
yourself what kind of water you are
drinking. Have you done anything
for the last three or five years to
supply your family and stock with
pure, sweet water? There are a
great many families who look pale
and bad all the time. Much Of this
is caused by bad, germ-laden drink
Ing water. All Of you readers who
have not been in the best of health
now for sometime, just look into the
condition of your drinking water.
Then after you know it is pure, use
a plenty of it inside and out and you
will feel and look better"