The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-09
COUNTY BOARD MEETING,
BOARD SAYS MIR. EDWARDS MIST
PAY FOR REPAIRS ON
COURT HOUSE.
Dr. Il. La5ruCe Ward Wants Hook
Worm Treatment Tested in This
COunty-New Roads Wanted-Pe-
uti0n for EX-COnfederatc Pension.


The county board of commission
ers met Tuesday morning in their
regular monthly session and during |
the course Of the day they transacted |
some BUSINESS which will possibly in |
the future prove Of great Importance.
All OF the members Of the board were
present in the Supervisors office.
The principal business transacted
was the appropriation Of $50 for the
treatment Of hook worm patients in
this county. DR.. j. LaBruce Ward.
one OF the members of the State
Board Of Health and Director Of Ru-
raj sanitation, appeared before the
board TO ask that as much as $50 be
appropriated by the board to cover
| the cost of treatment Of hook worm
patients. He said that treatment
| could be made at an approximate cost
OF lo cents for each application Of
! the treatment, each case recurring
from one to four treatments. He said
| that the object in doing this was to
get the county board to see the good
effects experienced from the treat
! ment and to have a dispensary for
| the treatment of hook worm estab-
| lished in this county in the future.
n far n; f,,l
with DR.. Ward. He stated that the
! same plan had been tried in other
| counties and had worked admirably.
| The State Board Of Health through
him had succeeded in getting several
Of the dispensaries for the treatment
of hook worm established in different
| counties and all of the counties in
| which they had been established
were we'll pleased with the results re-
ceived. He said that If, after the
county board saw the results Of the
| treatment, they were not satisfied
| with it they might drop the matter,
or, if they were we'll pleased with it,
| they might make an appropriation
for the dispensary and establish it in
| any part Of the county they saw fit.
| Upon this view Of the matter the
I board passed a resolution to the ef-
l feet that they would make an appro-
priation Of as much as $40 to be
paid for the 500 trial cases Of treat
ment. Dr. Ward said that as there
were great many counties asking
for this same thing which were
ahead Of Sumter he did not think that
he and his associates could reach
Sumter county for the treatment un-
til some time in October or Novem-
Der. sw.~- --,.
| letter from Architect Edwards
was read to the board. He stated
that he did not see how The board
could expect him to pay for the re-
pairs which he had ordered at the
solicitation of the board. He went
into details as to why the damage
was suffered, stating that he did not
consider it his fault. The board,
however, stood it's ground and re-
fused 20 follow out Mr.. Edwards
wishes in the matter. It took the
| same ground that it had taken for
| merly, that the damage to the court
house was due to neglect on the part
Of the architect in not seeing that
| there was proper facilities for venti-
| lation and that the cost OF the re-
| pairs should therefore be paid for
by him. The clerk was instructed to
inform Mr.. Edwards Of the action of
the board. $50
A petition from citizens asking
that public road be created to run
from Privateer station on the A. c.
l.. railroad to a point on the Sumter
public road near Old Ford, Cane Sa-
vannah swamp. was read by the
board. The matter was referred to
supervisor Pitts and Commissioner
+. q. Thomas for them to investi-
gate and report back to the board,
before the right Of way should be
accepted for the county and the
road created.
Henry Scott asked that his name
/ be put on the EX-Confederate pen
sion list. Action was deferred in the
| matter until the clerk to the COM
missioners could correspond with the
Lee county clerk and secure informa-
| ton from him in the matter.
Citizens Of Concord petitioned that
| the county board would create a
new public road to run from Brog-
don station to point on tho Plow-
den's Mill road near the Clarendon