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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-02-13
HralA Leaks.

The man with hammer save lit
tie wood.
Human life is always quoted dow
ON the Industrial market.
The man who ia honest from pei
icy is dishonest in principle.
1t is always amusing to see a little
man swelling around in a place OF
brief Authority.
We would dearly love to know
what q baby really thinks abeat all
the fuss made over it
The real philosopher is one who
can think cheerful thoughts while
nursing a case Of the grip.
- Oranges are as cheap as lemons.
Why not hand out more of the for
mer and fewer of the latter
When it SHOWS the city man xho
doesn't know alfalfa from rutabagas
says, "It will help the crops"
Some people make the mistake Of
praying only for what they want, in
stead of asking for what they need.
The rain that keeps some people
from church is just enough to make
l.sp evening at whist real pleasure,
v Why does the telephone bell al
ways ring just as you are fairly seat.
ed at the table with a mouthfnl OF
good?
Our ideal man of foresight is the
k6ne who seizes on the first stormy
day of winter to sharpen the lawn
nower.
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DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salye is best for cuts, burns, boils.
bruises and scratches. 1t is especi'
ally good for piles. Sold by W. l.
Wallace, M. D.
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number of bacteria which is far in eX-
cess of that which should be found in pure
uncontaminated fresh materials. This en-
ormous bacterial flora, Is due to two
causes. namely. insanitary conditions Of
the dairy and factory and long keeping
of the product From this point of view,
therefore, a very large percentage of both
cream and Ice cream sold in the District
of Columbia is highly Objectionable.
1.-The manufacture of frozen dainties
containing more or less cream is a legiti-
mate industry, provided all the materials
used are pure and wholesome and no false
uct. A great many products which have
been made and sold as ice cream belong
to this category Inasmueh as ice cream
is prescribed frequently by physicians for
invalids and convalescents, and inasmuch
as it, is largely eaten by children and
othersN whose stomachs have not full
yigor definite idea of it's composition is
necessary to prevent injury and abuse.
Hence the term ice cream should be re-
served solely for the frozen product con-
sisting of pure. fresh cream, sugar and
flavor, while appropriate names should be
given to other frozen dainties in which
of milk SKINNED milk and conde nsed
milk in the manufacture of Ice cream does
not appear to be advisable or necessary.
These substances, when wholesome and
pure are food products of value and their
use under appropriate appellations is I'M
objectionable. Condensed milk diluted to
it's original volume would not be allowed
to be sod as fresh milk under the laws of
any of the states or municipalities con-
trolling the milk supply. There seems to
be no ethical reason why suoh products
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which enters into it's composition and pro-
crossing steadily through every step of
it's manufacture to the final cleansing of
the hands and garments of the employees
who dispense thisN easily polluted food
stuff Unfortunately for the good of the
country at large. and judging from a
cursory knowledge of ice cream manufac-
tories in general and the reported findings
of milk and cream supplies throughout
the country the conditions prevailing in
Washington cannot be accepted as
unique"
From a careful study of the data which
has been collected it is evident the fol-
lowing conclusions may be drawn. the
report says:
THAT the sanitary conditions of many
OF the localities where ice cream is manu-
featured in the District of Columbia are
not at all satisfactory. Radical improve
ments in such localities are necessary to
secure purity and freedom from con-
termination. 1t is a recognized fact that
many cases of violent poisoning which
arise from eating cream or ice cream are
due to insaniary conditions surrounding
the dairy or ice cream factory. the stor-
age for an improper length of time OF
these products. and the contamination
which they suffer by reason of insanitary
poisonous bodies. The development of
ptomaine poisoning in cream and ice
cream is entirely prevented by using a
fresh sanitary raw product. manufac-
turing 1t in perfectly clean surroundings
and disposing of 1t within a reasonable
length of time after manufacture.
1.-The meteorological examination of
cream and ice cream in the District of
Columbia shows that much of it contains
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should be permitted to be sold under the
name of ice cream. They should be of
fered TO the public under appellations
which disclose their real character
In concluding the scope of its invest-
cations the report says: THAT additional
regulations which would secure for the
District of Columbia supply of ice cream
of unobjectionable quality should look to
the restrictions of the materials used to
the pure fresh articles.
They should protect the consumer
against an undue expansion of the ice
cream during the process of manufacture
so as to make it occupy volume far
larger than is normal.
"They should restrict the time of stor-
age of ice cream to the limit of ordinary
needs of consumption.
They should SECURE absolute cleanliness
and neatness in the dairy and In the fac
tory where the ice cream is made.
They should exclude from ice cream
colors not authorized to be put in foods
by the rules and regulations of the food
and drugs act.
They should exclude from sale ice
cream containing a bacterial flora of the
enormous proportions exhibited by some
Of the samples which have been exam
ined.
by the adoption of these sanitary reg
ulations an ice cream of standard quality
can be offered to the consumers of the
District of Columbia so that any one pur-
chasing the article may know definitely
the character of the material he is buy
ing the amount which he gets. and may
be assured of the freshness and purity of
it's raw materials and freedom from in
lection during process of manufacture
and the time it is kept in storage"
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proper and fit condition for the handling
of milk. cream and milk products. no
matter how honest and thorough may be
the attempts of the tenants to do so.
I'm many cases." the report continues,
1.-The tenants have much to contend with
and report that their landlords are wholly
unwilling to make alterations or necessary
improvements and if such are. made it
must be done entirely at the expense of
the tenant. Sometimes, however the
fault does not lie exclusively with the
landlord. Very frequently the basement
of these establishmentssis used not only
for the manufacture of ice cream and
frozen daint .es, but also as Il storage
room for all the old waste which may
have accumulated for years past-old
broken furniture, scraps of metal, cast
off clothing, broken boxes, barrels. moth
eaten rugs, matting-in fact. one may
find just such worthless stuff as gen.
orally collects about the dwelling house
must, of course. pollute, and most
dangerously. any food products which are
brought into their proximity. and the ma
tllre of the bacterial fora found i'm the
foodstuffs manufactured in these insanl-
tary surroundings fully bear out the truth
OF the above statement While the prem
Uses are themselves of insanitary construc-
tioa an immense benefit would accrue to
the consumers of ice cream, charlotte
russes cream puffs. custards, etc. If a
general house cleaning on the part of the
tenants were demanded and enforced.
1.-THE Investigations" the report says
would seem to clearly demonstrate that
so far as the ice cream supply of the city
of Washington is concerned, there Is,
bacterially, a wide field for it's better
ment, beginning with the cream and milk
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been properly chained by the wrists and
ankles and accurately measured for the
rogues' gallery the newspaper men are
permitted to ask him to explain how it
happened that the great institution over
which he lately presided had S11 in assets
and S1l, 900 600 in liabilities. Gentlemen
says the prisoner, making vain efforts
to cross his legs and put his hands in his
observation-disclosures. the whole blame for
this lamentable condition OF affairs rests
with the President of this country. l
refer to the creature Roosevelt. There's
great feeling against Roosevelt, Larry.
among both the bankers who are out on
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count. The Snydes occupy one of the
handsomest homes on upper 9Th avenue.
| myself have the honor of a speaking
acquaintance with old Mr.. McGall's
youngest son. Percival Mike, a lovely
young fellow who plays polo divinely. and
is received into the best set in Newport
To indict such men as these would be to
strike blow at our most sacred institu-
tons. such AS the Millionares' Club and
the Meadow brook Hunt. ! move, there
fore. that the incident be closed.
And it Was closed, Larry. But what
difference three short years have
worked Money in large chunks now
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fails to inspire reverence. Side whiskers
and white pique vest on week days are
no longer things to conjure with BY the
time O'Rohrer. the Irish god of the day,
has REDEEMED the jocund east the grand
jury foreman is up in his pajamas and
down at the front door to get the morning
paper and see what bank presidents are
being prominently mentioned on the front
page. After which he reads a chapter
from his favorite author, Tom Lawson.
and Q O'Clock finds him at the courthouse
with his work for the day cut out for him
They're hard at it indicting bank presi-
dents in alphabetical order, when UP rises
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the interesting features of the equipment
of Capt Baldwin's factory in New York
state is the apparatus for boiling the oil
to be used in oiling the gas bag. A high
grade Of linseed oil is used. to which are
added chemicals which form a drying
preparation. The size of the gas bags in
the different dirigibles thus far construct
ed by Capt. Baldwin have varied consid-
erably The range has been between
capacities of 5000 and 10000 feet.
Capt. Baldwin has several times re-
vised his opinion as to the ideal material
for the triangular frame which Is sus-
pended from the gas bag of the ''diri-
gible." The keel of his first dirigible
balloon was a structure of steel tubing
1O5 feet in length that cost 500 and had
an appalling weight. The keel of his latest
sky craft is but 4S feet in length and is
constructed of Oregon spruce at a cost of
$50. Santos-Dumont has shown a prefer
ence for the bamboo frame in most of his
dirigibles. but Capt. Baldwin declares that
his latest discovery. Oregon spruce, is SUI
perior even to bamboo, being stronger
than oak, yet lighter and more pliable
than pine or fir.
\
For suspending the keel from the gas
bag Capt. Baldwin originally used nets of
cotton seine Irvine. but he has discarded
cotton in favor of linen. He was the
originator of the square-mesh net in con-
nection with balloon work, an innovation
that has been adopted by the leading
French aeronauts. The square-mesh net
keeps the airship constantly on an even
keel does away with one>third of the
weight and is infinitely stronger than
the old-style diamond-shaped mesh
In the evolution of his "dirigibles'' Can't.
Baldwin has changed the form of the
rudder half dozen times: Some of the
rudders have been six by eight feet in
size. but the captain believes that even
tually he will resort to inclined planes
for steering. The Baldwin type of con-
trollable balloon is very similar to those
constructed by the famous Santos Dumont
but there is one point of radical differ
ence. whereas the brilliant Brazilian has
the propeller at the after end of the keel
and pushes the dirigible through the air
just as a ship Is pushed through the
water. Capt. Baldwin prefers to place
the screw at the forward end of the keel,
and have it, by it's revolutions, literally
pull the craft through the air. The
charge in location was made primarily in
order to permit the use Of an air-cooled
motor, but has been found to possess
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many advantages aside from this conSid-
Grafton. Capt. Baldwin installs in his
dirigibles four cycle, two-cylinder. air.
cooled motors of 8 to 10 horsepower. that
are capable of whirling around at speed
of 20 revolutions per minute propellers
eleven feet In diameter with eighteen-inch
blades
Capt Baldwin, the builder OF the new
'dirigible" for our army, is one of the
most picturesque figures in America. AL
though registered among the bidders for
Uncle Sans contract as from Ham
mondsport. n. Y. (where the motors for
his aerial craft are manufacCured), Capt.
Baldwin has spent considerable portion
of his time of late years in California.
He is native of Illinois, and went into
the balloon business when only twenty
years of age. AS a young man he was
the originator of the parachute jump
from balloons and the inventor OF the
flexible parachute Later he was asso-
ciated with his brother Samuel in the
construction of balloons of the ordinary
type and naturally drifted into the more
advanced stages of the work. Capt.
Baldwin is now about forty-seven years
of age.
X
The balloon work at Fort Myer will be
under the personal direction of Brig. Gen
Allen chief signal officer of the United
States Army, but will be actively in the
hands of two young officers of the Signal
Corps who have within the past few
years won recognition in international
aeronautics Capt. Chandler took up the
work only last year. yet has already made
a most creditable record with captive and
free balloons. Meanwhile he has studi-
ously gone into the theoretical side OF
aeronautics Lieut. Frank p. Lahm, after
several years spent in study and OBJ
servaton in Germany and France, where
military balloonipg is to be seen at its
best has come home to take hand In
the prosecution of the important under
taking at Fort Myer That great things
may be expected of Lieut.. Lahm as aero
nautic expert of the United States Army
is atteSted by the fact that he won the
first great International balloon race that
started from Paris In September 1906.
II was because of Lieut. Lahm's victory
that the United States was the scene or
the international race last year, and his
friends believe that lac would have won
that contest also could he have been as
participant but unfortunately he was i'll
in Europe at the time. 1t will be remem-
bered that he contributed cup as one
of the prizes and that this was captured
by his brother officer. Capt. Chandler.
WALDEN FAWCETT,
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4 LIEUT. CHANDLER

states government. and are preliminary
10 the purchase Of airships and balloons
for the use of the American army. The
interest Of high administrative officials
IN this new sphere Of activity, as re-
fected in their desire to witness the In
itial performances, Is indicated by the Sc
lection CT Fort Myer as the scene Of the
coming experiments. Ultimately the
War Department expects to make Fort
Omaha, Neb, the scene of it's balloon
work, but for the time being this exciting
form of make-believe warfare will be
carried on at the Virginia post, where
the military authorities at Washington
can keep an eye on the proceedings.
The mere fact that the Wright Brothers
of DAYTON Ohio. will give at Fort Myer
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the first public demonstration of their
closely guarded invention would in itself
be sufficient to focus the eyes of the
world on the aerial practice zone in Vir-
gia.a. for the Wr!ghts are commonly be-
lieved to have devised the most success
full "heavier-than-air" flying machine yet
evolved Several foreign nations nego-
t.ated for it. but the price. proved
stumbling block. Now Uncle Sam is to
have for $4,000 the secret of the mys-
ferrous machine which made such re-
markabie flights over the sand dunes of
North Carolina. In the same class as
the Wright machine is dark horse"
airship which j. F. Scott of Chicago
through patriotic motives, proposes to
give to the government for the nominal
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Il grand juror who in his private capacity
runs a delicatessen emporium in West
2Slst street.
"'My fellow members says this juror,
I feel very keenly about this matter.
have 1851 tied up in the Solider-Than-
Gibraltar Savings Institution, which
closed the other day with loud crash
and which is going to pay out 3 per cent
on the dollar if we're lucky. 1 move that
we indict the whole lot of them in q
lump Everybody votes aye and the
jurors go home to dinner with the feeling
of men who have done their duty and
enjoyed themselves while doing it.
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up until few months ago my banker
could 60 to Europe with impunity and
come back again with even greater I'M
punity. But now as soon as he clears
Sandy Hook on the way out the grand
Jury begins taking notice of him. On
his return he is met at quarantine by an
enthusiastic party composed of deputy
sheriffs. county detectives. police ser
geants. blacksmitKs carrying handouts
and leg irons. lawyers, assistant district
attorneys, United States marshals.- re-
porters, special writer's. lady Journalists,
photographers, sketch artists, criminolo-
gists and Large. After he has
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kind ever made, and was prepared after
an exhaustive investigation into the gen.
erai milk situation under direction of DR..
Walter Wyman, surgeon general, public
health and marine hospital service.
The special report on ice cream, which
is included in the general report is not
altogether flattering to the manufac-
turers of this popular delicacy.
During the course of this investigation
fifty-three manufactures of ice cream in
Washington. large and small. have been
visited in order to determine the sanitary
conditions prevailing where this food
product is manufactured. the report
states. In 62.2 per cent of these places
the ice cream is made in the basement
or cellar. In nearly all cases they are
improperly constructed to meet the de-
mand of sanitary conditions. The ceilings
are low and generally show n gross col
lection of filth and cobwebs on the rough
joints overhead. Occasionally a cellar is
finished with a metal ceiling or plaster,
but even when such improvements are
noticed the absence of natural proper
light or ventilation generally makes the
place for the manufacture or preparation
of ice cream. Many of the buildings are
of old-time construction, and were not
originally designed for the present day
purposes. With such construction as they
show it is practically impossible to keep
the average basement or cellar in a
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None of these heavier-than-air sky craft
will be ready to go through their PAGES
In less than six months and the Wright
machine is not promised for seven months,
but in five months or less Capt. Thomas
Baldwin will have ready an up-to-date
drigible balloon, for which he is to re-
ceive the sum of $3.50, and the entry
of this cigar-shaped craft into the aerial
arena at Fort Myer will signal the be-
ginning Of p-etentious work in aeronautics
in the American army. The military es-
Establishment of this country has been so
far behind other nations, notably France
and Germany, in this branch of science
as to cause chagrin, but it is predicted
that once Uncle Sam strikes his gait at
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@@ HE summer and autumn of 1908
Will witness the most interest
ing demonstration of aero
III nautics that has taken place on
the American continent. The
superiority Of this coming meet of sky
craft over all previous gatherings of like
ct aracter is found in the fact that it
will be devoted largely to the exploita-
ton of new inventions. 1t is scarcely to
be expected that the coming event will
be productive of more picturesque balloon
ing than the international race at ST
Louis last year, but the results will be
immensely more significant because of
the novelty of the vehicles to be tried
out
The aerial flights scheduled for this
year are to be conducted by the United
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bail and those that haven't been indicted
yet.
THE outburst of applause which fol-
lows the mention of his name at a BAN
Duet of the Bankers Association sounds
like somebody passing under the lnflu-
ence of chloroform You'd be astonished
to see how many teetotalers are present
when they drink the toast to the Presi-
dent at a social gathering of New York
financiers.
"A bank. Larry, is something like a
lady It's above suspicion until somebody
whispers a word against 1t, and in forty
eight hours its reputation is as full OF
holes as the back end of a shooting gal
lery on a Saturday night. We gaze with
undisguised awe on the noble edifice.
with its marble pillars and its tesselated
floors and its night Waterman, dressed in
the fulldress uniform of a Brazilian gem
eral and carrying in his hand a mother
of-pearl dingus with which to slay the
errant cockroach that skins athwart the
onyx waiscoting. We contemplate hum
bly, a receiving teller who insults us when
he takes our money away from, us. ana
We bow before payer who Swears at US
when we want to draw out some of 1t.
I'VE peer longingly through the grating
of the gided cage where they keep that
frequent bird of passage. the cashier, ana
feast our eyes upon those rare old mas
tiers, the pictures on the hundred-doliar
certificates. We see small but naughty
messenger boys darling hither and yon
with kings ransoms in their careless
young hands. We catch the sound as the
porter Shoyels coin into the vaults down.
stairs with the abandon of janitor stok-
ing an anthracite stove. And we say to
one another: This institution is one OF
the few things which no storm can shake.
But tomorrow morning before breakfast
somebody starts d report that the presi-
dent has been detected In the act of SELL
ing off his automobiles. and by noon the
front doors are closed and some nine
thousand depositors are banked on the
sidewalk in front with their bank books
clutched in their hands, qualifying for
active membership in the I-Suspected-It-
All-Along Club. and looking for chance
10 lynch the directors.
II guess mebbe this banlin' business
is kind of give-and-take game, any
way" said the House Detective.
Eyes. but when the depositor does all
the giving and the bank does all the TAX.
ing it loses its charm" said the Hotel
Clerk.
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price of $1,000, and a flying machine for
which A. NJ. Herring of New York will
receive the sum of 10000 should 1t prove
all that is claimed for it.