The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 31, 1916, Image 7
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Mole Muu> tt score t?f WOllt
r??ui rimrlM^W y?itoffd?y to iw.?k at
fjjp - hodte* **t Um? tell Whale* ?'?Ht lip
oH iho north beach of Folly Island.
it was definitely determined tlutt t lio
< a rnt *-<??* were whales, of the si?eeles
known to MSifarltiK men MS blackllsh.
I |?- M'ieulitic iih lilt* Is KlobiiHopbnlio.
,u,?|a>i The Urgent (,f the Mi?N wan
from seventeen to eighteen feet long
and ahmit twelve foot In jftrtb at the
lurrffsit p,u,< teu were very much
of a slise, with l wo exception#, which
wore smaller.
The niinmcr In which the whales met
their dealh remains a mystery. l*rof,
I*;i |)| >| Kca, dlreotQJ' of tne Charles
ton .Muwuiu. who confirmed the he
II,. f tluil they wore of the hlack tlsh
ppeclcs after n visit to Folly Island
vcsto'rdiiy afternoon, said that he was
puzzled to explain In a plausible man
nor lx>w the tcu denizens of the deep
had died, practically Mlmultaneously,
ami. .he believed, about the time the
boilies were cast on the beach,
The tlrst party from Charleston,
1 which Included^ reporter for The
: \Vws and Courier, reached Folly Is
l.ind early yesterday afternoon. The
absence of what was expected to ho
an unbearable odor was the llrst thing
that was noticed. While in the close
vl. lnlty of any particular whale It was
easy to distinguish the smell of <Je*
rayed tlsh. but at a distance, although
a person was to the leeward, in a
strong Iwoao. there was no odor,
The bodies were about half-embed
ded In sand. Wight of the ten were
stretched out in a line, at intervals of
twenty to thirty yards, covering a dis
tance estimated at an eighth of a mile,
flj two miles down' Hie beach from
the |M?lnl of Folly Island, opposite the
Morris Island light. The two other
hoilles were farther down the beach.
It was remarked that of the eight in
the same general vicinity seven of the
whales had their heads tainted in the)
same direction, northeast. The eighth
was stretched mil In the directly oppo
site direction.
The process of decay had not pro
ceeded to any ureal extent. Prof. Ilea
said that he (lid not believe that the
whales had been on the beach for
more than a few days, basing his Judg
ment on the stage of the deeomi>osl
tlon. lUizzards had attacked the Car-''
< -asses, but they were Intact, with the
exception of a few holes, apparently
made by the beaks of ^h? vultures.
The tough ski tiff of, the.'w^^?j$' Tm be
lieved to have' tot d ^^{eroort.s of
the buzzards, and IJ,vls c^usrajbred like
ly that the cari'ljjn* -shii'd^k. wTtT devour
the bodies when the proww&pf d|jconi
pusit i? ?n has witched /inch W^UjlfcftiPit ,
the skins are v 1 1 1 n ^
The whales on Folly IshiffififlFro
blunt nosed .siHH'les. Their jaws are
set with rather small teeth, .^>t apart
from each other by spaces approxi
mately one inch long. The eyes are
small. The skins are hlack, except
when- the oil, oozing from the bodies,
and the effect of the elements have rt?
sulteil in dlscolorations.
Measurements taken ywtonliy of the
largest whale in the group were: Dor
sal flu, friuu base to tip. ? rt \ In oho
HlplH'rs or swimming finds. each. forty
inches loug, ami Intl. from tip to tip.
across, live f?H?t llirw htolu**. Tin*
tail I* In two division*
v. As fur u* Uh?. trnmriT: iTieVe
win bo no effort to >avo t he <ill or
skins fnnii I ho whale* for commercial
uses.
Tin1 Full) Island enrcty&soN i'ouiptwc
tho largest school of whales that has
over been roiKU'ted a*hore in waters In
this part of tin* country. From (lino to
time, at rare Intervals, seaman have
report I'd see i t m one, two or as many as
fonc of i In* Mark fish., hut no record
of a school consisting of ton lueiuber*
holm: re|>orted. won nt soil, has boon
located,
Hefore an examination was made of
Iho condition of (ho bodies of tho
whale#, It was suggested that tho
school had Ix'on caught by t|io heavy
seas off this coast ahout two weeks
ago, and cast on the beach at that
time, lint tin* good state of proserva
Hon of tin* remains of the whales has
made it seem Improbable that tlmy
have been dead and exposed to tho
weather for that length of time. Then,
the fact that .lt was not until Monday
that the bodies were d I Hoovered by
Mr, 1 1. H. Brluglowo, kipper of the
Morris Island light, al^o seems to be
ovldenoe that the disaster to the school
Is of more recent date.
With favorable weather and sea con
ditions prevailing today, the chances
are that there will be more people to
visit Folly Island today than yester
day to take advantage of an oppor
tunity that lias not been presented
here before, according to old citizens.
Yesterday, some parties went directly
from tho city by boats, while others
wont to , lames Inland by automobile,
and .wont from there to Folly Island by
boat,? Wednesday's News and Courier.
Chameleon Gem.
Heliodore 1b the newest gem, and It
differs from all others in its remark
able faculty of changing color.
Heliodore is a brand new discovery.
It was accidentally unearthed by Ger
man prospectors searching for other
precious stones in (German East Africa.
No one knew what the gem was when
it was first brought to light, but it did
not tak& long to learn that they had
added a new star to the bright firma
ment of gems. It is the first new gem
discovery that ha3 been made in mod
ern times, and ipRny have thought that
there were no more new gems to dis
cover.. f
Si^pips ot the stones were sent
pomgfftin^b ago to the kaiser, a$d he
Seli&.hted wltfi them^?ie> had
'soV?ijp tfeliodor^ sft>neB4? sef^fth dia
rnotjitls and pearls and made into a
^rosB for the empress. The predomi
nating color of heliodore in daytime is
a brilliant golden yellow. In artificial
Ught it changes to a beautiful green.
In scmidarkness it shines like a dia
mond.
In The CmmU
A tatter to Tho t'lmuih U- from \li
IV C. Xeiup, who has boon stationed ??i\ ]
the .Mexican lamlvr us u member uf j
tho I'Jtti Cavalry, tolls u* that he ha*1
L'liui trimwf^hnf < %????>?? i, hmnnw, its j
t In* ( 'a ilii I Zone. "* . J
Tried to Drown Crle?.
That in point of harmony a talking
machine Is superior to a fretful baby j
and that tho owner of the machine!
kas the legal right to operate his prop
erty In opposition to and In defense j
of t l?o baby la the aubatance of a do j
cision rendered by a New York mag
1st rate. He dismissed the summons ;
obtained by the mother of the. baby,!
compelling the appearan.ee tn euvM't of j
a woman neighbor to futTawer to u com i
plaint of having . Endangered t ho j
health of the baby- by continuously op
erating a phonograph near the child's
nursery window. The defendant plead
od guilty, but claimed extenuating cir
eumstances. The baby, sho said, cried
frequently for hours. In desperation
she Anally cranked up tho machine in
readiness for each outburst, and the
discord in the "two flats" was tho re
suit. Other tenants corroborated her,
professing a preference for tho ma
chine as against the crying of the
baby.
To Heduce 'Number 6T Drugs.
It is practically impossible for the I
avorage physician to familiarize him
self with the four thousand or five !
thousand drugB and drug preparations
In everyday uso In this country. The
number of such aubatanoea also mill
tates against -their intelligent use by
the practicing physician and their cor
rect preparation and dispensing by
pharmacists. In order to meet this sit
uation, a committee of tho American
Medical association some time ago
drew ap a list of about four hundred
and fifty drugs and preparations, se
lected on account of their wide ubo,
with a view to concentrating tho atten
tion of .everybody concerned upon
theso important medicines. According
to the public health reports, a revi
sion of this list has just been under
taken, and criticism of the list is now
constituted is sought by the American
Medical association.
Nothing Unusual.
"So girls are making ammunition
now in England. But are they not
afraid of explosions in the powder
works?"
"Not "St all. Girls, you know, are
used to handling powder puffs."
Pocketbook War.
Bill ? I see tho warring nations are
spending 96 per cent of incomes for
war.
Jil! ? Perhaps General Shorman was
referring to a pocketbook war when
he made his famous remark.
To The Camden People :
IT IS OUR DESIRE THIS SEASON TO FURNISH YOU THE BEST ICE DE
LI VERY SERVICE EVER GIVEN IN CAMDEN, AND OUR ^DEA IN INSERTING
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS TO ASK YOUR CO-OPERATION AND HELP TO
THAT END.
BECAUSE OF THE SCATTERED CHARACTER OF THE RESIDENCE DIS
TRICT, CAMDEN PRESENTS A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM IN ICE DELIVERY,
BUT THIS CONDITION CAN BE GREATLY OVERCOME BY THE AID OF ICE
PURCHASERS IN NOT KEEPING THE WAGON WAITING LONGER THAN IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, AND BY REPORTING TO THE ICE COMPANY
PROMPTLY ANY LACK OF COURTESY OR INTEREST ON THE PART OF EM
PLOYEES. WE WANT YOU TO GET FULL WEIGHTS, AND ASK THAT YOU
CALL US IN EVERY INSTANCE IN WHICH YOU ARE SHORT - WEIGHTED.
EACH WAGON IS FURNISHED WITH ACCURATE SCALES, AND IT IS YOUR
PRIVILEGE TO-MAKE THE DELIVERYMAN SHOW YOU THE WEIGHTS GIVEN
V?U. OUR ONLY WAY OF KNOWING THE CLASS OF SERVICE THAT YOU
RECEIVE IS BY YOUR TELLING US. ALL COMPLAINTS WILL BE RECEIVED
COURTEOUSLY AND THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
OUR PLANT WILL COMMENCE OPERATION ABOUT APRIL 10TH. ICE
MANUFACTURED BY US IS MADE FROM THE SAME CITY WATER FURN
ISHED YOUR HOMES! BUT IS THOROUGHLY FILTERED SEVERAL TIMES BE
FORE FREEZING, MAKING IT PURER THAN THE WATER YOU DRINK.
OUR CORPORATION IS A CAMDEN ENTERPRISE, PAYING TAXES ON
LARGE PROPERTY HOLDINGS IN THIS CITY. WORKING CAMDEN MEN, AND
TURNING LOOSE IN CAMDEN A VERY NEAT S?M EACH WEEK IN PAY
ROLLS AND SUPPLY BILLS. WE FURNISH SERVICE ALL WINTER AT A LOSS
?N ORDER THAT YOU MtfAY HAVE ICE. ''WE FEEL THAT WE ARfe ENTITLED
TO YOUR CONSIDERATION.
Ik Carolina Ice Company
R. M. KENNEDY, JR, Manager
Saturday, April 1st
AT THREE O'CLOCK
THE big event for which hun
dreds of Camden women* are wait
ing will take place. Mr. M. E. Walker,
an expert from The FREE Sewing Ma
chine Company, will be here, and when
he does come ?
There Will Be Something Doing Every Minute
f* " ' *
He is going to tell the story of
that wonderful invention that is replacing the old style sew
ing machine wherever it is shown.
It is a perfect sewing machine, so wonderfully improved that it has double the ef
ficiency of the <>ld style sewing: machine, and yet at the same time is a t'U-ly beauti
ful piece of furniture.
? 1 1 ? ? 1 i ? ? ? -
AT 3 O'CLOCK WE ARE GOING TO GIVE AWAY one of these Sewing Machines
ABSOLUTELY FREE. We want to give you a coupon. Call and get a coupon, and be
at this store ?t 3 o'clock Saturday. You may be the holder of the lucky number.
: i ;
During the demonstration s?le we will buy your old machine at a liberal prjfce, and
apply it on ine specially reduced price of this wonderful new model "The Fpfe."
CAMDEN FURNITURE COMPANY
Telephone 156 Camden, S. C.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THRIFT
Notable Examples of Men Who Were
Celebrated for Looking After
Candle Ends.
In his own day, Thomas Guy's econ
omies were so famous that folk went
to consult him, and, with others, a
notorious miser, who felt his own
cheese paring outdone by the master.
He found Guy writing by the light of
a farthing dip, and stated his errand.
"Oh, is that all?" said Guy; "then
we can talk as well in the dark," and
blew out the candle as a first practi
cal lesson in the art of saving. "
The statesman who gavo most
thought to small economies as well as
great was undoubtedly Gladstone, who
was as thrifty in the public household
as in his own, the London Chronicle
observes. So he appealed to the for
eign office for a retrenchment in fly
leaves and thick folio sheets used for
docketing only* and the same for mere
covering dispatches without descrip
tion; for, as Lord Morley says, "all
these had to be bound, and the bound
books wanted bookcases, and the book
cases wanted buildings, an<T thfc" 1T
braries wanted librarians."
When on the mission to Corfu, Glad
8toi_e made his staff scratch out the
address on the parchment label of the
dispatch bags and use the same la
bels in returning the bags to London.
A supremo example of thrift was
Rev. Hobert Walker ? the "Wonderful
Walker," who gained appreciative
mention in the "Excursion." His wife
* brought him a fortuno of $200, and on
the Interest of this and his $26 an
nually Walker reared a family of eight.
When, after 20 years, his stipond was
raised to $90 a year he contrived to
save. And not only did the family
"live well, though plainly," but as he
declared with justifiable pride, his
children never lacked any of the nec
essaries of life and were given an ed
ucation to fit them for any rank" of so
ciety, the boys, indeed, going to one
of the universities.
WON HIS ITALIAN AUDIENCE
Maeterlinck Tells How Jules Destree
Made Friends for Belgium's Cause
In City of Naples.
Maurice Maeterlinck, the great lit
terateur of Belgium, tells in London
Everyman's of visits which he paid
Italy In a propaganda conducted by
two Belgian deputies, Jules Destree
and George Lorand, and describes Ital
ian audiences. He says the Italian
Is generous, courteous, hospitable, ex
uberant, enthusiastic, but very proud
and touchy; that he knows his worth;
that he knows that his is the oldest
civilisation, and ha recognizes the
rlfht_of no other ruction to teach him
his duty. Describing a mooting ut
Naples, ho says: "At tho last moment
wo had been warned that, though we
might speak of Bolgium and her Buf
fering, any definite allusion to war
or overviolent attack on the people
from beyond the Rhine would excite
controversy and only damage our
cause. Being myself no orator, I had
only my miserable written address,
which, of course, could not be
changed the last moment, and might
prove dangerous. It was necessary
to prepare the land. Dostroe mounted
the platform and In a masterly im
provisation began by establishing a
long, patient, skillful parallel between
Flemish and Italian art, between the
great painters of Florence and Venice
and those of Flanders and Brabant;
and from there he glided almost in
sensibly to the actual distress in Bel
glum today. He was applauded; the
barriers were broken through. Nothing
was to be added to what he had said,
but he could have said anything to
them then."
One 8ide Later.
L?ou Guernsey, who has been a tele
graph operator for the Pennsylvania
lines at Columbus for 25 years, had
an unusual expedience Just because
lome freight cars hopped the track
and blocked traffic for a while. Guern
sey started to shave, becauso all of
the trains had been dispatched, and
he knew ho would have some spare
time on his hands, rfo had com
pletely bared the north side of his face
of whiskers when* the telegraph instru
ment began to clatter. Guernsey hast
ily put down his razor and an-*
swered the call. For nearly four hours
he was kept at the key, sending and
receiving messages. Tho lather dried
on the south side of his face, but he
t could not think about that because
' there was more Important business on
hand.' By the time ho got through
with the hurry-up work and started to
shave tho other side of his face, it is
said the beard began to show up on
the side first shaved. ? Indianapolis
News. I
Joffre of Peasant Blood.
No definite information Is available
as to the ancestors of General Joffre.
In one account he is described as de
scended from the hard-headed "rough
and ready" raco of Catalonian peas
ants who have lived for ages along
the Mediterranean hinterland on both
the French and Spanish sides of the
mountains. It is supposed that he has
some trace of Spanish blood in his
veins, while he is said to speak the
Catalonian di&lect quite fluently.
Kumtor expecets to s|>end $225,000
In street Improvement work.
Helen Kellar, the famous blind girl,
wHl speak in Charleston April 19th.
1
Alwoys Ready to Oblige,
Gruff Policeman (to tipsy old p?rty
, who is singing In tho car) ? You must
I either stop that noise or accompany
mo.
Tipsy Old Party ? Accompany you?
Why, certainly. Just hum a tune first;
we can then go ahead togother. ? Ne
braska Awgwan.
Johnny Knew the 8ex.
Father ? Whore Is your mother,
Johnny?
Johnny ? She's out In the back yard
doing a whittling stunt.
Father ? Are you sure Bhe's whit
tling ?v
Johnny ? Of course I am; she's try
lug to sharpen a pencil.
Good Roads and Bicycles.
Tho expected revival in the popu
larity of the bicycle is here ? perhaps
as ono result of the general improve
ment in roads. Last year -400,000 bi
cycles were sold In this country, the
larger! number in any year since 1896,
when the wheel reached Its greatest
popular favor. ? Youth's Companion.
Old Horse Well Fed.
There is an old mongrel horse of the
pavements living as luxuriously as any
blue-blooded, fast-stepping racer, In th?
niltmore hotel. He occupies one ol
tho best rooms in the hotel. His daily
duty is to drag the Ice-scraping ma
chine over the Ice in the Blltmore ic?
gardens. Tho men and women whe
come to skato and idle and drink tea *
feed him tidbits and scratch his head
or pat his neck, and the horse, clumsy
? and unused to those carresses, pati
his carefully wrapped hoofs on th?
rugs and swishes a time-bitten tall
Ho drags tho ice machine carefully
as if realizing his responsibilities, and
ho goes gently through the corridors,
and Is quiet in his room, never keep
ing- late hours or leaving the light
burning. When the spring comes th?
poor old skate will go back to the
workaday world, a dray and prob
ably a harsh whip and harshei
curses, but Just now he's living the
life. ? New York Times.
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8aves Home to Aid 8tork.
Mayor Sebastian was called early
in the afternoon by a woman living
along the arroyo near Avenue Forty
Xbree, who said that the stork Is ex
pected at her house soon, and she
was afraid the flood would sweep her
house away before the interesting
bird arrived.
"I know you will do something fot
us," the woman said.
And the mayor did do something.
He called Commissioner O'Brien of
tho board of public works and within
an hour a gang of men had attached
cables to the house and thrown up m
temporary embankment yrhlch divert
ed the flood from the little oott*gs.?
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