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Sulphuric cAcid Story Was
Only A Flash In the Van
Examination of Ground
Show* Fi»li Could Not
Have Been Killed By Any
Acid From Seminole Mill
Tank. Look* Like Trump
ed-up Yarn.
Widespread comment wan occasion
ed a few days ago by a report, '-mi
nuting from around Langley, H C , to
the effect that the Seminole Mamifnc.
turlDK company had poured a large
qnanlty of nulphurlc acid In Horae
('reek, causing the death of thou
sand* of fish The matter was brought
to the attention of the Audubon so
ciety ot Aiken county, which la quite
an active organization. with a regular
ly employed attorney, and through
Game Warden Claude Shaw, an Invc*.
tlgallon wa* Inaugurated
According to the report* circulated
the Seminole Mill* had a large quant
|ty of acid on hand when the blench
ary wa* converted Into a cotton mill.
In disposing of the old property of
the hleachery the hlg lend tank con
ta<nlng the sulphuric add wa* sold
along with other material, but there
was not enough acid to sell The
report of the affair stated ttial this
stuff was dumped Into the creek and
consequently the fish were all killed
for several miles
A cate was Bled against Supt A II
MeCarrel and Master Mechanic W. H
Magee before Magistrate K S Ice, of
Langley. Attorney t'roft, of Aiken,
who represent* the Audubon society,
w»* on hand to push the prosecution,
hut the defendant* waived proltmlmi
rlea and the case will come up for
coniitdciatlon In October
(examination Into the detail* 'if the
affair show a widely different view of
the situation from that depleted hy
the report*. Supt. MeCarrel did not
empty the tank of acid, but Instead It
wa* put up In large size bottles and
Is now tinder shelter at the mill. The
tank was washed out, hut the sedi
ments wire directed to n lime hole
HIM) feet awgy ftoni Iho creek and
every particle of the stuff was ah
aorhed before It reached a distance of
ten feet, consequently It wt» Impoasl
hie for any of it to reach ’he creek
After title operation was concluded
a big volume of water was turned Into
the 'ank to thoroughly rinse It out,
but none of tills matter reached the
waters of the creek and It It had. the
aolutlon was too weak to have any of
lect, according to expert calculation*
as It was not more than one fiftieth
part acid and when It reached tin
creek II would not have been as much
is one thousandth part acid
Msgtstrate Lett, or Langley, before
who the case wss brought, catue
down in the mill and examined Into
the matter. He stat'd to Maps’ that
he wa* sure no harm lytd been done
and If the company nS.-d. d any wit
ness in th< circuit court cuae they
could summon him It seems quite
probable that the matter *1)1 now he
dropped as there I* really no evidence
to wotk on
SURE NO FISH
WERE KILLED.
Rev. ,1 R Dinkins, who la alan an
operative at the Seminole Mill, wus
one ot the witnesses summoned by
the prosecution, hut lie states that h«
doe* not sec how any auch reports
rould have been originated as he It
quite sure no (tab have been killed
PAY DAY
What Does It Mean
to YOU?
No matte? »hat yt*ur m ~\»v
he erhethet .U« tel* .« c4Vt. e
wvMkei, if you aie t« that 4*s. vn ra*isl
hoe ol men «ho set the urn. pitu *
oath after week tHtho. l j'M*p*>t >*<
anrthiaa hotter it is time v»>»
•IfSiiN to the let rrnsMoMl l oftf
;• ■■tea Ktkodl p» i« )*em
tkai have tern qoalifvme .tnsati r *»•
warhars to* Urttsi iH>*uotn and
hmher salat tea
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are. they Via rOV lot .j Ke#r*»
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•are for earne t men It puts >«hi
under no oldtKatloa t.» *n«l out how
we can half row Simply mark and
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! Mr. John F. Middleton, one of the ma-;
i ehlnlsta In the mill, has a home about ,
| a mile down the creek from the mill
] and has occasion to pass along th«
way at least tw ice a day and he state* j
! 'hat he failed to Bud any dead fish,
! or any otic who had seen any.
H. L. I lodger*, engineer for the j
company, states that there Is no
foundation to the story and summing!
up the evidence obtained In a aeries
of Interviews it seems that the whole
story Is on a baseless fabric and
will not stand
It Is believed that the whole mat
ter originated In ihe discharge of one
of the employes of the mill, who b
seeking to make trouble for tbo com
panv Mr MeCarrel, |s superintend
ent of the Aiken Manufacturing corn
party at Hath and the Homlnole Msnu .
faeturlng company at Clearwater, and j
he Is much disturbed over tho tin
reasonable reports. He has been hard
at work for several years In trying
to make the two towns the moat, do
slrable mill settlements In the Augus
ts district and to have such siorieH go
out Is something akin to hard luck.
In his estimation
MODEL MILL
COMMUNITIES.
as a matter of fact the affair Is
one of the deplorable kind that can
not he avoided with some people, lint
serordlng to the general belief Of the
host people of the community It wll’
he dropped where It stands The
mill authorities arc anxious to keep
up good Mshltig as this Is quite an
Inducement In securing help for the
mil I h and they would not think of do
lng anything detrimental to this feat
tire of the surroundings
The towns around the mills are a
demonstration of the care used In giv
ing the operatives the best possible
attention and care. The lowns ara
not Incorporated, but are under the
management of the mills. Artesian
water Is furnished, a splendid sani
tary system used and elegant streets
and pretty houses, with large grounds,
make the villages attractive.
The story ot the KtilphuriO acid Is
the first of Its kind to ever go out
from the little town and no doubt It
was calculated to do harm and keep
away operatives However, the ob
ject will probable fall as Mr.' McCar
t-f-l and his assistants are thoroughly
In touch with the people and all have
an Interest In common, which pre
vents any rupture being mad'- by
some disgruntled cltlxcns of the coin
munlty, who, it Is stated on good nu
thorlty, frequently dynamite the best
fish holes In the creek In violation of
the law. and take their spoils home.
Possibly a few dead llsh may have
been discovered front this source, but
so far as esn be ascertained none
have been found In tlie section As a
conclusion to Iho Investigation It It
quite certain that the matter will now
he dropped
Effect of Light On Health
SECOND ARTICLE
Among those who commented upon
the article In lusl Sunday's Herald
regarding the too great prevalence
of light In the south 111 the summer
for either health or com fori, (here
were inline who thought ihe wilier
wav wrong In making It appear that
because ol what In In reality a tropl
ral heal with ua Augusta la not a
healthy place In Ihe wanner months
fills Impression was not intended to
he glvcfi. ll l» rather dealred to lay
sires* upon Ihe lact that 100 dlreot
exposure to the still here or else
where’la Injurious, and that In or
der to make this part of the south a
desirable place of residence In the
summer grealet care should be ox
cried to avoid the too areal Rlare ol
Ihe sun ll la far from hetaa In
Ihe south alone that this rare must
he exercised. Psrtleulutly noticed
ha\e been the neryotia irritability or
soldiers, officer* and women In the ex
treme northern army posts tn suny
mer which could not he accounted for
except by the excewatve light stlmula
tlon, as the Weather was cool enmity
H Is said that In the Arctic re*tonc
Ihe effect of the extreme ll*ht ts si
bad. that It 1* frequently necessary
to close Ihe houses early in Ihe after
noon and Itcht the tamps, the yellow
rays o( which are most welcome after
the Rlare of the outside world
It Is necessary to luce such facts
In order that we may prevent tllsas
trou* results tn the city for the health
el which every ctllsen I* Mwponslble
The first Important step I* the plant
lur and the preservation of shade
tree*. The necessity for this I*
proven by the tact that men who are
accustomed to the comparative shade
of the country and migrate to the
city suffer slightly from neurasthenia
while 1 heir children are markedly ef
fected They an* feebler, more nf
vous and shorter lived than their
cousins on the farm which was the
paternal home
111 his thouKht-compolltiiß hook on
this subject Major Woodruff ay*
"City life he lor suited only for
those dark, swarthy people who hav«
been city dwellers since the days ol
Chaldea. It is public pulley to tiiaka
tt heller suited to the lightei brunet
te* who must live there, and It Is
even possible tn shield the unsutted
blondes more than we do Wide
atrveta and plenty of shade treea are
the two necessary cendliiona, with
here and there a park full of large
treea tor we tnuat have more shade
Kven the Orientals have sailing* com
pletely over every street European
el'lea are waking up to the necessity
and are widening the streets, plant-1
Ing tree* and here aud there buying
up a blisch ot houses for a park VII
these are neceaaary If (hey would
dare to cloae the parks of London
there would he not* and perhaps
worse Hut look a' ua the richest
nation, and yet niggardly Chi.add l
Teas
Special blend mixed tea at
50c a lb.
Unsurpassed for iced tea,
25c will buy one pound of
Republic Coffee, positively tho
letat coffee In Georgia for the
price.
PHONE YOUR ORDERS.
E. J. DORIS
Phone 533 1302 May Ave.
A GENTLE REMINDER
OF END OF THE WORLD
Hanging on the wall in the office
of Mr. Louis Sayre, secretary to the
mayor of Augusta, there Is a simple
little eard with the date April 25,
I30!t, as the only Inscription. Behind
Ihe word and the few figures there
lurks Ihe story of the greatest tra
gedy In the history of all the world,
If the prognostications of the man
who sent It conies true. A few years
ago a man tij) In Pennsylvania sent
the eard to Augusta and In a long,
long letter advised Ihe authorities to
endeavor to prepare the people of the
city for a great calamity as the world
was corning to an end In April, ISO9I
In his letter he recited a long list of
reasons why such conditions might
he looked for and finally concluded
hy Imploring that every possible
means he exerted to Impress upon the
people the sad fate sure to come.
The years have rolled hy and day
by day the fateful date Is approach
ing. Nobody Is Inclined to believe
Ihe story told by the Quaker, but It
seems as if the simple little card
stands out predominant at times over
the more pretentious and Important
adornments In the office. The lime Is
rapidly narrowing down, but people
here have no Ides that Ihe world is
coming to an end. The city authori
ties are preparing to build a city hall
calculated to stand the ravages of
time for centuries and the public are
busy making great materia! Improve
ments If Ihe end of the worlq Is In
sight there Is no use In all this work,
for one blast of Gabriel s horn will
level all the accomplishments and the
work of many men will come to
naught.
HER STANDBY.
"You know,' said the lady novel
ist, “I like the exclamation point, and
It gets me out of lots of trouhle."
"How?" asked a sympathising lis
tener.
"Punctuating Is not my strong
point," replied the lady novelist, "so
I fall hack on the exclamation point.
It Is my Old Point Comfort."—-Bal
timore American.
pla's greatest crime to Itself was the
location of Its municipal building on
Its Central City park, and the people
of Washington have lost two paces*
ary parks for the Carnegie Library
aud Pension building ll ts a great
blow 10 the city dwellers ami especial
ly to the blondes In them to obliterate
their parks anil d- -troy their shade
trees. Every park established in a
city means some family preserved;
every tree planted Is probably it
baby's life saved. Instead of such
deadly exclusive economy as closing
s park II would be cheaper, and save
: lives, to buy up blocks of houses here
and there to make new parks for the
babies which never see a tree Tfllj
is the plan now being executed in
I all progressive cities and It ts money
well spent."
It Is from Major Woodruff also that
we obtain most excellent advice In
' regard to clothing to be worn in warm
cltmale* In the summer. He thinks
hat da\ clothing should be opaque
and for this purpose color Is tnv
j material If tl does not transmit the
, -boner light waves and ihe ultra vlo
, let. It has been said that the long,
-talk rays are absorbed by all colors
hut taking the whole spectrum Into
, account heat ts absorbed tn the sot
- low ing ord- r black, pink, yellow
gray and white. Hence the outer day
clothing should be white, gray or yel
low that Is it the wearer is to lie
| exposed to the direct ray* of the sot
like a white-robed, dark skinned Arab,
lint white eloihtuß freely transmits
the light waves, xml Is not only dan
s
men. hut this transmitted light has
: been blamed for much Of the skin dls-
I ease of the blondes The undercloth
, log, therefore should be npa-pic, and
! black will do. This combination
of black underclothing and white
, outer garments for the daj Im
itate* certain animal* which have
: white hair aud black skin. It
j reflects most of the heal and light
| and allows few acttnlc rays to pene-
I irate and experience prove* the com
; htnatton to hi- very eomlortsble
Then we do ourselves harm with
the cold baths we take They are
stimulating to a nervous system that
we d< not want situmltcd auy further.
The Englishman accustomed to hts
cold hath has long ago found out
that he is In far better health in lit
i dta if he confines hlntself to the more
; soothing tepid or warmer baths
There is just one more Important
i point to he made, and that concern*
our diet. Physicians are now almost
1 unanimous in declaring that the old
; doctrine that we should cat very tight
ly .ot animal food In warm countries
Is a very j*« rnlclous one It Is In
hot weather that 'he svstem Is meet
tn need of nitrogen, and therefore we
shouut eat nuu- meat tn summer than
in winter, popular Uym-.-n theorjr to
1 lildl t'XkUU dUTfc ruu iik>|an*(lua
THE AUGUSTA HEKAIiJLf.
THUMB-PRINTS
“In Comptroller General Wright’s office at the State Capitol in Atlanta are
books containing the records of insurance companies doing business in Georgia.
One of these books mutely tells an interesting tale. Open it and page after page,
unsoiled by the touch of man, greets you; but finally you come to a page on which
the sworn facts and figures of the STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., of
Rome, Ga., are recorded- The margin of this page is worn to a frazzle, and a Ber
tillon thumb expert could not unravel in a lifetime the mystery of the myriads
of thumb prints it bears. Every print is an indication that it has been the target
of many a close scrutiny.... yet not one statement therein recorded is open to
question—not one word or one figure has been successfully assailed or contro
verted.”—(From the Atlanta Georgian and News, May 23, 1908.
i
Detective work is not necessary to determine who made those thumb’ prints.
D is well known in life insurance circles that they record searching investigations
hy numerous agents of Northern Life Insurance Companies and other competitors
of the STATE MUTUAL LIFE, who arc astounded and panic-stricken at the mar
velous record made by this Young Giant of the Insurance Field and who have
thumbed and figured, and figured and thumbed, iu the vain hope of discovering a
mare’s nest, or at least Some vulnerable point of attack. ... - ,
The net result of all this investigating and thumbing and figuring is ab
solute and uncontrovertible proof of the following OFFICIAL FACTS AND
FIGURES CONCERNING.
FACT NO. I.—The STATE MUTUAL LIFE
ban In two years put $40,000,000.00 of Insurance in
force on its books. This is a world's record. Re
ports of other companies show It has taken them
from seven to thirty-seven years to secure this
amount of business. According to an official state
ment from the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New
York, "The greater the relative amount of new
business, the smaller the proportion of risks and
the more nearly the Company approaches an ideal
condition."
FACT NO. 2.—The STATE MUTUAL LIFE
has, in two short years. accumulated assets
amounting to $1,338,142.00. The official records
show that It has taken other companies from five
to twenty-six years to accumulate this amount
FACT NO. 3.—The 14,000 policy-holders of the
STATE MUTUAL LIFE have been accepted as
healthy risks within the last two years and the
mortality is and will continue to be surprisingly
small. According to accepted mortality tables the
STATE MUTUAL LIFE saved its policy-holders
$150,000.00 last year in the payment of claims.
FACT NO. 4.—The official records show that
the STATE MUTUAL LIFE carries ihe reserve for
tho protection of its policy-holders required by the
laws of each Htate in which it does business and
In addition has placed on deposit with the different
State Treasurers sueh amounts as are required for
additional and entire protection. So much for its
financial soundness.
The South is Back of the State Mutual
No wonder the representatives of Northern competitors arc sitting up and
taking notice: No wonder they lie awake nights and thumb records and circulate
misleading statements in a strenuous effort to “save their bacon,” —aud retain
their strangle-hold on the South, by fair means or foul.
I’heir methods ot warfare, however, are meeting with the defeat they justly
deserve. Notwithstanding the fact that they are backed by mighty combinations
of Northern capital, they are discovering what it means to fight the Southern
I‘apple, when the Southern people have determined, as they have in this struggle,
to rally to the support of a Southern institution and to defend it with all the en
ergy of which they are capable. /
Official Facts and Figures Do Not Lie
and when statement are made by agents of competing companies derogatory to the
STATE MUTUAL LI EE. all that the STATE METEAL LIFE asks is—Consult
the ottieial tarts: Consult the official figures: and learn the exact and official
truth.
STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
C. R. PORTER, President. Home Office: Rome Ga.
GUV C. HAMILTON, Manager, 418 Leonard B’ldg.
The State Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of Rome, Ga.
FACT NO. s.—The officers of the STATE MU
TUAL LIFE are administering the affairs of the
company with the smallest percentage of expense
of any Life Insurance company in America. On
page 18 of a r e cent searching examination of the
STATE MUTUAL LIFE, made by the insurance de
partment of the State of Georgia, is the following
sentence: "its salaries and other office expenses
are reasonable and subject to no criticism.’ There
is no "frenzied finance" about th e conduct of the
affairs of the STATE MUTUAL LIFE.
FACT NO, 6.—The STATE MUTUAL LIFE
Issued last year in Georgia $3,000,000 more insur
ance than any other company and in the other
Southern states in which it does business its record
was relatively as good as in Georgia,
FACT NO. 7.—The enormous amount of busi
ness secured by the STATE MUTUAL LIFE is at
the expense of the big Northern Companies who
have been levying a tribute of nearly $60,000,000.00
per year on the South for the payment of life in
surance premiums. This tremendous sum has been
invested in the North instead of remaining among
and aiding me prosperity of the Southern peopis
by whom it has been earned and saved.
The STATE MUTUAL LIFE has determined
that this stupendous annual drain upon
Southern resources shall b P stopped, and their cam
paign for the accomplishment of this end has so
far been a continuous series of magnificent vic
tories.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2.