Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EVERYBODY IF everybody had a savings ac count, everybody would be hap py. Don't rail at rich people but 'start to c;et rich yourself by O J ?/ saving your money. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN. S. C. You Pay No More for an USCO than for an Unknown Tire The USCO BALLOON A linruNomr, nturily h.illoon tiro *t n luw price. Fl f, hi|<h shout' dcrctl treptl. Strong, flexible cord construction sdvlnu full l>.illoon cushioning nntl lonKMrvlcc. Cac rlr? the name, truth* nmrlt antl full warrant v <?f the Unltctl State* Kubbcr Company, USCO Tires are made by the United % States Rubber Company ? the world's largest rubber manufacturers and owners of the largest rubber planta tion in the world. usco Balloons, High'Pressure Cotds and Fabrics are made to give the man who wants a moderate priced tire all the value that can be built into it. Every USCO Tire carries the stand ard warranty. And they cost no more ? in many cases, less ? than tires of un known origin and doubtful value that you may be offered as "bargains." For Sale By DeLoache Motor Company City Filling Station UNITED STATES TIKES Alt I GOOD TIKES WILSE W. MARTIN HARNKSS ami SADDI.K MAKKR N\ h'tlcH-iio i>n?l Shon Kinrlin^n \ nil. l o? Maker niul Itepnirnr illl/H DF.AI.KR 111 1-1 45- 1 f* Hampton St. I'hitnn ftflZft COIdJM HI A. S. V, FARM (JOSSIP The (food farmer keeps his mind . j busier than he keeps his hotly. j Soils with plenty of humus don'* j have to sing "How dry we nre!" evei j in arid seasons. : Frank Farmer says: "I believe in! , rayer but I know that I must apply j the calcium arsenate if the Lord is to J i kill the boll weevils." I . ; I ' From labor, health, from health I contentment springs." .fames Heattie. | i Paint left in cans does not. hel|>\| to save farm buildings from decay. | A Grand Canyon Marve Where the Grand Can yon Is Gr .tii Jest 11 ("Id's Premier Serine He (/ion Suddenly Pro di ires a \eir I )e lelopment of the Creole s I Ero t.nmie Interest 1:> the /Entire A<? U. "fe. benaio^ Cam t >n Hy JUDSON C. WELLIVER 11 K Oram! Canyon of t li . ? Cr River, widely re si arc' as the world s most impos: natural wonder. has sudde. taker, on a now and startli A t'--w years ai-o. vh<-n it was as| ;? ><?.-? - Mr- as <?!'? North I'nlr*. .) < i V. ? i'ltwcll Wi'ii fair.ii by niaki I' ll. iivs: trip through it. A li'tle la < / it'ioth* r ad venturer com. < ivcd ? ? ? ?< 11 11" a trail front th ? canv. n's rini down t.i t : . ? ? rii'-r. a mile In ] iw It :-e> it ? d g ? o'.esi|IH'. hilt 111" I - tiossi 1)1'" was .'< | coupli-hed. and Its accomplish:!! at j h ts made lit ? canyon'.- i rc-rmost w in-1 ()? rs acccxs'ble to thou ttuls of to itv ' i>ts each year. They come from all' y : triers of the world every season i t ! p- at'.'f numbers to traverse the. Hf 'jslt t Ante! Trail. That trail is ! trr.Sv a xti r?:? itn* it t to ih ? da inn and devotion of its * hnilder. 1 1 *.? worl.ed ( itt it for ten yearn, almost without h . or fi: mr'.al hacking, at one per v! , flpt'inJjtR almost half a :? ear alotw in. the vast gorge. Hut today Ralph ' Cameron. hnilder of the Bright An tcI , Trail, occupying a seat in the Cnl'ed Sta'es Senate voted to him hv the prople of Arizona. has his reward Greatest Artificial L?ke Mat' the conquest of the canyon had] hardly been realized when the err.' | neers discovered a new use for it. A". ' Roulder Canyon. Arizona, the great >sl dam in the world, a third of a n~. : ? ? high, should Impound a lake whi h. spreading over a great area in Arizr n ? and I'tah, would he. next to l^lc; Michigan, the largest fr< sh water b< iy , entirely within the 1'nited States. ! Harnessed to mighty turbines, the wa ter, falling hundreds of feet, would produce a power greater than Niagara, and irrigate an area several times thai ot the Nile Rasin. which served for ? uncounted centuries as granary of the j ancient world The Houldcr Canyon dam has not j yet been built, but the people of the Southwest are .-is confident of its cm , struel Ion as that the Colorado wi!l continue to (low between Its giant walls. Now comes a new chapter in the romance of the Colorado. The in trepid "wildcatters" of the oil ind'ts try, scouting for new sources of petro letim. have brought in an oil well right in the canyon! Drilling from a nar row shelf at the gorge's bottom, th -v have overcome unbelievable obstacles : Perpendicular -walls of rock grimly for j hade construction of road or trail to' transport machinery and supplies from the river a succession of ro'-k 1 walls riso itt gargantuan terraces to a hoiRht of .1,000 fee' The "Great American Desert" The little Mormon town of Mo?b, eighteen miles upstream. Is Ihe near est supply base. Mur Moab is not a railroad town; a drive of forty miles is still required to i t h ? 1 ? e Denver Sr. Rio (Sr:tnd<> inHroid Salt f.ako City is 250 miles away, to th" northwest Standing at ito- foot of the derrick which marks .:*e of lite now- nil well, one's l>,:'k is fairly airalns/ an vnf) foot (-'rfi', which is matched by an other i ?n nted i ? I f- 1 v across the river Knroll now if you expect to vot< r.oom ici lot; Derr ck ?i Hat-bo*: i boat down ,\|. ;i" I; wa> . : u::ij p, ri'.i a:u fo> i.,r. stivavi ? ? . ^ , . . n r . i : ; t . i. ?1 ?i?ri to, k-? .III. I '? ?*?]!:.? bars ado 1 :!?> ? 1 ? Mien !t ies. ;i :t - i la, .-a 'lyon'.- j> ??? i" :''l 1 ni;?r \v.i!N th: ? \u , l( v. r rk. ir t was done M.i : ?.?rials >v, -e i nil...', a ? i ?-!*!' i i k roared. liia.'iii ? v ll !l >a:iip built .Hid (1 ,1 1 ni; i.e. Now, with oil tlowiug from a t) ? ;i_. !i i i U'.u;::, f ?*??t . the Crane Cr? 'A ' ? ' nly t lx ? ? wo ruler of . o *1< iTir-'riiio'intain country. A Maze of Difficulties about a year from the box n :? :''-* ? ?f drilling the well began to flow, \ th I'vcry indication that when t:i? *?? "^*s somewhat deeper into t ie I ' ? * * luring sand it w ill be an itn [?ntai't producer. For the prese.it. drilling 1ms been suspended, awaiting provision tor taking tin* oil away. Ii i< doiihtfiil if in all the history of He C rO.iem w i- 11 s that h lvu be-'ii drilled in this country, lai"eiy in regions dtfll cult i ! access, any one has ever pre S'-nti (I sueh a category of obstacles this canyon well in Utah. How i o.l will he transport! d to i refinery s ill sheer j," less work, but a way will be tound. for the ingenuity and re sources of the oil engineers hn\v n-ver failed The "bringing In" of this well illus trates the dilllcnWy of petroleum de velopment Convinced that the geo logical structure was particularly favorable, the projectors determined ' o gamble STa.onO on (frilling Reff-ro ? : y go; o.l they had spent more than t '? ice that. ???ir years wells have boon drilling ii. various parts of the state? fully in all- -at a co.-t of probably S.i.oo'i.tieri. and this canyon well Is the first real producer! It is only by dint of such persistence In coping wi-li nntnral obstacles and financial bazar Is that the country's supply of oil i maintained The (irst oil well in Western Pennsylvania became a pro ii cor at the depth of 00 U. ror-t Nowa days wells a mile deep are not uncom '"on, mid they have gone down as far as a mile and a half Every Well Is a Gamble A large proportion of wells prodii nothing whatever and represent total loss Ii was recently estimated tbit i n the last twelve and a half years $ 1 ,2oo. oitii, mm was Mink in wells which were failures respite every effort if science, engineering and long expert ence, and notwithstanding the stupca dons depths now reached, 2"> per cent of wells last year were dry. The "wildcatter" is the Columbus -if oil He is to petroleum, to gasoline, to the fuel supply of the country * 20.000.ftna automobiles, what the oil time gold prospector was to building Ihe empire of IV far west Ife Is c* sentially a gambler ; rood loser or good winm-r 'I be Jure of enormous winnings keep* him tirelessly search itiL*. and sometimes be duds hts re ward Milt in the aggregate, offsetting till winnings against the total cos* of this < ti r. loss i n c y ?mble, it |q not jjI(. probable that all the oil that has bei n taken from the soil .if this country from the beginning cost more than Its producers got for i ? A World in the Miq Game Hut th"ir lingo gamble Is the basin on which the whole industry rests The icebmrid Arctic and the fever fe lering tropic jnn -|es alike attract the haidv "wildcat! t " To them the world owe* its newest and best in transport by land. ?? a and air They help light its homes and streets, pro vide an iistonishinR sbtire of Its |?"wer. furnish an endle?? ! } ?- 1 cf iipcih sa^In which are byproducts of pel ril*>im The "wildcatter* I-; well n'"l IV \tlas of this modern me<- l.n a '/??(' world. Time most up, :? 7 1 1 ? last day. l! <i. A. Cuiunaril |)it*?s Suddenl> Ci. A. (.!ut>rnar<i. :"?).? years a A-.u' business man ? t C -lunibia ami m<>. spirit in the development of tin died suddenly about 1:20 u'lcock terday morning at h:s home m I., on county, just beyond New M? and. Saturday Mr. Uuijrnard -? as well as, or better than, he had 1 sincc u si'r.uiH illness hi' cu!'ft*! 1 year ago. Kven late at night he hatting jovial!\ wiin h:s fan ' hortlv bt fore ! n k he wa> ; 0 call by a si.- . , . Ca:\ui:<t (, nard, who finding hi-.i appa . : ? reathing with difficulty, adm;n ?d treat ment rescrihed b . ph\ j n ca-e of emergen w . Dr. i ? tJuignard. another vi>lr, ;i..,| , ng physician in Columbia, w a - i .> it once, along with two other d<-. but the end came a few minutes Hr. (]uignard arrived, treatment a\ ing nothing. Death was peaceful ipnarently without .-uffennr. i hers of the t'amdy saying lie did -eeiii to real ::-:e what wa> bat . -:r.? Mr Cuignard wa< or minenCv :? i'.'vd with practically e\ cry oi,a the ' "! the community cotiime! e ?;'? t: - and social liis effort < hi-, tof.uiu ? w ? re put to the '.rd:; :i:.- of Columbia and South South ( i" viuch dew!.. meat hi- v. w a . broad and hi > fait !: u:ib 1 He was at t me of death a men ! the ve-iry of Trinity church, hv en junior u .,n|, ? .(qi| v'; a- 'lively interested in all ehu:-,-:. v- 'll to..;, an active nart o; . ?ne'-ts I or progrc-s or charity in the .'"d in I.i-\ini;ton. <i.ibri-.-l Alexander Cuiunaid was born .lanuai y I 1 -.(id. the of John (iabriel and .la:., iiruce Salley lium nard. at the home of h.s maternal grandfather. m ( Mangehurg. II" "P' I' I'oyiiood o:i a farm in Ail.cn c'-utity t . which his fattier had moved" from C-dumbia, where his family had been j or gencrat ions. C. A. Uuignard cann- to Columbia Ifom the Aik.-n county farm 11 years ago as a young business man and took up the ope; at inn of the brick work-. \vh eh had been started by his great - W ' aiuil at la r and abandoned. His man agement was highly success fu., and the enterprise grew and yielded oxcel lent returns. The greatest ? art ol these profits, Mr. liuignard converted into real es tate or put into numberless business enterprises in Columbia. Meanwhile he did not forget the Pool- of the community, and numbers of families probably owe their very existence to his bounty. He also sold t? farmers who wished to own their own soil, jarge numbers of small U<icts cut from the lands he acquired. I' or a number of years Mr (luignard was president of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, known as the State Fair society, and the last year of his presidency, due lai gely to his personal eflorts, was a monpr the few that the association was on a firm financial basis. The fair was one of the things in which he was vitally interstcd. He purchased the old fair grounds at the price he claim ed it to be worth against the opinion of other members of the com ni ittee, and with these n?>vceds the associa tion was enabled to obtain the new quarters. It was also due to his ene rgy that the ?teel building; was obtain ed. I he structure was originally tlv Pocahontas buildim' al the Jamestown exposition and was sold to an enter prise in Creensboro, X. which fail ed, .Vr. (iuignard making a deal with the former owner in his own name. He also too|< great interest in the Lexington coun! y fair, and was other wise rominent in the affairs of that county. The State, I -c t h inst. notk r or r.u:< i ion or uo\ ds 'I'o THK C A 1 d I- 1 1*] I ? VOTKKS KK SI HI NO IN SCHOOL hlSTCHT NO. OF KKRSHAW COI'NTV: TAKK NOTICI-;, that on l-'rida., July, 'J.iid. between the bonis of 7 o'clock A. M . and I oYlock I'. M. an election will be h'-ld at the store of i:osi:i'.oi:oi:on i:ijf >tii i;ks in ih. town of I.uiroff, School Histrict No. 2:?. Kershaw County, S. C. for the pur lose of voting for or ai'auisl the is vuance < . (' bolide of said . chool |)is t:ict in I he sum of SIXTKKN TllOb'S AND DOId.ARS ( S' | r;,()i i< i ) the pro ceed of the sale of said lionds to b< ?sed for the erection and equipment d a while school and a nejfro school within the said School District No. 'SM I hose desiring to vote mii I ? rodm-e it said election (heir certificate of rc i; i v- 1. ra t i i n ami also proof of the pav ?neiit of all taxes, including poll tax, 1 i-^m-iI airainst him and tfdlectible 'ut i'i|<- t be yea r 1 qi'o I'ltCSTKCS S< IIOOI, DISTRICT NO. A I , M X S III-; V WARD, II. A. RAI'.ON, IICOII McOAIdJM July I h, I WJ\. ' '?!?. 1 h<- farmer .ho tonl es his laiitl ' " ?' o;.,.' ( bance to inak" hims'df rich ? uei, nion -y if hi m smoke a? a r'"iili f inevcn?able forest fires.