The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 14, 1916, Image 7
^ER CALIFORNIA
5par?ely Settled Region
f Republic.
" 1 1,1 ci j4,lv i ????????
lla nJKHU wlllcll tllt'lV llHVtr
J <xMilllcUug reiN>Nt? since thv
jrt Ul?uvn U?e t'lilttMl Slab's
{Jro ivached a crisis, is I ho sub
g war geography bulletin Issued
I KNtional Geographic Socicty
yiilogtoa, Conc^rtitng this um
territory of MexJoo. whns<?
or Is reputed tn have declared
f neutral with, resjHH-t to the
?uMk* mihI ?i*<1 wttblux 'or
JJn, t<? tiif United States, the
ii wi)s:
M?r California, onee a land of
roiiutii*^' ami thrilling adventure,!
of the most sparsely settled re- I
nf the Moxlcau republic. It has
t <orreH|>oiidlng in sliso to that
Atlantic Coast peninsula of
hut with nearly 700 miles more
Huts owing to It* extreme length
miles. Florida has more than
os hx ui any people. I
ryhig hi width from .'10 to l.TO
lower California Is a rugged, |
| strip of land with a mountain*
Lckhoiie largely of volcanic orl- j
fror yearly two hundred years'
Its discovery by the Spaniards It- J
lioiiK'lit (o ho an island. I
> southern |>ortipn of the ]>euin
?* aeuie rain, but. the northern
!js dry and arid, producing cer
4mm), k ni lKks, cassava and hu
iic only after being thoroughly
Hi. The mineral resource* are
Mind varied. Gold, silver, lead,
salt, gypsum, turquoises, op
id garnets are profitably mined.
Iver mines of La i'ez were work
the Jesuits as early ar 1700,
years after the famous padre,
lerra, started the first )>erma
panlsli settlement In the land.
fcer California owes it? early ax
on at the hands of Cortez* lieu
tenant* to the fact that ttu> region was
NllplMMOd to. l?e the llUUIC of H WOnder
fill race of aircns and amoaons whose
majestic cities were paved with k'??id.
In writing to hla sovereign In HVJi llui
conqueror of Mexico said: 'They tett
me i|Mt CiHUatlU Is an island lnhaldi
ed by women without any men, altho
at certain times the.\ are visited !?>
men from the mainland, and if the
women bear fem?le children they are
protected, but if males . t i??*y are driven j
from society They alst? t *?l I me that
it 1h very rich in pearls apd gold, re
s(>cctlng \vhlch 1 shall lnhor to obtain
the truth and give your majesty a full
account of It.'
4 ?The nauie California is derived
neither froin Clguatau. hy which the
region was known to Cortex, nor from
Calhla Fornax (Hot Oven), the apt
descriptive phrase employed hy some
of the early explorers. The name was
used In 'Las Sergus do Ksplandlau,'
a widely read Spanish romance v of
Cor to*' day, to designate 'an island bn
tin* right hand of the Indies very near
the terrestrial paradise.' Home com
mentators suggest that this name was
adopted In derision, for the barren
"shores and desolate .black mountains
of the peninsula could hardly have sug
gested clyslan Ileitis to those seeking
fertile valley and treasure cltlcs.
"The magnificent Magdalena Hay, on
whose protected waters, forty miles
long and twelve miles wide, the Pa
cific fleets of the American navy have
conducted their target practice In re
cent. years, was discovered by Francisco
de Ullo In 1039 while on a voyage of
exploratlou seeking the {tcarl* and gold
of the a masons.
MJU>wer California has two capitals
? ? La Kusenada. with a imputation of
2,000, 05 miles by sea from San Diego,
Oal., and La Paz, with 5. BOO people,
many of whom, earn a livelihood from
the port's i>eaii fisheries which are
among the most imi>ortant In the world.
"In addition to Its pearl oysters,
the waters of Lower California yield
sponges, tortoises, speriu and gray-back
I oil '11 want to hear this new record
I of "Listen to the Mocking Bird"
You know this charming old
ballad-? the song * of your school
days which enabled you to dem
onstrate your whistling abilities.
Once the most popular of American
songs; and now it is revived by the
Victor in a most attractive form.
Alma Gluck gives a most de
lightful rendition, with some real*
/nocking-bird calls by that famous
"Nature Singer," Charles Kellogg.
Victor Red Seal Record 74468. Twelve- inch, (1.50.
| The "Lucia Sextet" and the
'Rigoletto Quartet" on one record
You'll be interested to know that you can now get these two
imous operatic masterpieces on one Victor Double-faced Record.
I hey are the nuiubers which have heretofore been available
inly on single-faced recWds. Sung respectively by the Victor Opera
lextet and the Victor Opera Quartet. In this new form they are
ne of the most attractive combinations ever offered.
VWter tSUm Let*} Record 550M. j .. .1 . ? r jgfig. .
Two popular concert ballads
by two instrumental trios
ITie Neapolitan Trio (violin,
ute, harp) and the Venetian Trio*
nolin, 'cello, harp) are two organ
lations whose sweet-toned and de
ghtful renditions may justly be
ronounced perfect examples of
ure music. The two well-known
umbers now presented ? "I Hear
fou Calling Me" by the Neapolitan,
nd 'Little Grey Home in the
Vest" by the Venetian ? seem es
ecially attractive in instrumental
>rm, and show to advantage the
till of these players.
N? pollUn Trig
Victor DouWf.ced Rtocd 17079. Tm-M* 78 ??U.
These three recorda are among the
New Victor Records for May
Come in ami hear them ? get a complete descripti\e .
he numbers. And while you're here, ask to hear any nu
ippeal to \ on. We will gladly play them for you.
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Phone 30. Camden S. C.
iVOFFORD COLLEGE
SPARTANBURG, S. C.
Pounded in 1854. AChristian
fcndards and ideals. Lo crated llffu courses. -
|ue Ridge Mountains. Offers full and o Library.
fxi session opens September 20th, 19> . _
id special information address Hatufy
Wofford College Fitting School
i A high grade preparatory school for tow.
\\ attention. Careful moral training. *oin<me an(^
*xt session opens September 20th. For ca
ecial information address
I HEAD MASTER, SpaMkurf. S. C.
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uaiois un> ii(> found,"
GO\> UX4>K WOKH
rOR MH TH < AKOI JN.\.
h TT"' 'any not I** the
'T' 10 ,M> H Houn
01 otherwise p, Hjuynr at advantage
tilt l?C? |{?, l|s j| ,.r s,?v<>ssf(l, , ?
Man lit* Is stM-vh.K his State well
of 1 hi hotahle evidence
tf this Is (he f?,.t (1)411 }?. , J J
wived by the National < lover nment
III V au,/>[,u* of aiOie than oxv
In* ui id long past due hy this State be
tiuiso of the loose ways or the Nation
H ml1.111 of Sout,? ^'nroitim.
I his <ici>t when -.Mr. Mauulm: came
Into ofttco was $1ti|,ooo, lie has sue
?ve<le?l In get 1 1 UK It all removal from
the b,M?ks. This debt was not the fault
of the present administration j1( ,hJ
Adjutant < Jeheral's otlhv, for Mr
Moore has a tickler for system in
ert \! In iVr0<.,m :>f ^"VTiiiiiwir prop
< n,\ In the hands of t ti?> Nat hum I
mml, a, Hi ?tr?lrs ,??i !|
the nnniwnkw 11 r ?? Miik k, i,| III ?
business-like way.
thSSJr & "ff ;>r^?ho many l.ljc
Sat 1?'?* .done for the
tuiinii'ii 1. V! a "tMV methodical
Hi. r o" ?? ?'?<' Nfate Hospital
?0,, ,W"S. S,msl 1,1 1,M% a
ui nearly as much as the IJoveruor
l?K2lIC ?,V<>(1 for <?uard.
liv reminding the bonded debt of the
able atee.* 'm ,IUIMU,,t of voider
and^f'h!, !h,S rvi<UM,<v <>f economy
II, v1 r,Uass ??<*?"?. ???s opinments
"S ^ a,v#,,,ak,?? a ?'i? fuss over
ta creating of new offices" as it is
;????! (.rami Juries for the Increas
of tho efficiency of the offices that
put ytMVfrTWwMUI ,H' tho ?^tler way to
Ml/Vni '?lPt> nQt, t,u> who make
for I'M* H TV tUo vt'vy who !
Mars op|K>se<l eompulsorv attend1
ZT U,Km S(;htX,ls? AW they not the
\or%\ t ones who have opposed medical
inspection of sehool children? j
Arf hot the very ones who ai>
rn^nmiJ? foriu<>r Htlmlu 1st rat Ion for
mai.uniiUin* practically ail of the
prisoners at the Penitentiary?
The State board of charities, which
seems to ?lve greatest offense, Is doiinr
a quiet and effe<?tive work in the State
I to Improve the coutlltinns of Jails and
prison j>ens. That Is why their work
s recehed with execration, i>erbaps
because some persona muy not wish to
see removed the causes which give ex
cuse for pardons by the wholesale. If
an efficient board of charities had/been
at work in this State for the last fif
t,u' Ihiprovement in i>enal
conditions would have been such that
there would have l>eeii an entire ab
pence of excuses for pardons of many
who were set free. And who will at
tempt to argue that freeing prisoners
was not an economic loss of tens of 1
thousands of dollars to the State?
As one of his opponents, Mr. Des
( humps, said at Anderson, the ]>eople
w S"ut,h Carolina do not understand
lr. Manning If they fall to appreciate
the really big and certainly useful
things that lie has endeavored.
His administration has been busv
It has been full of jolts. i? addlthin
to the ruts and rocks and roots al
ready in the road some jieofile were
ever busy muktng new obstacles to the
safe and comfortable passing of the
car of State, and not one of his oppo
nents ever once went to the driver and
saldj "F/ook out for the bad places
the road, just around the corner."
That road was badly worn by fac
tionalism. was dangerously cut up by
prolonged reckless political driving,
was full of weather-worn pitfalls ami
leg-breakers.
It would have been easier If Mr
Manning bat! lightened the load, b?l
lie has undertaken the big job of try
ing to make a road and carry a load,
all at the same time, and uncomplain
ingly. Who comes behind him will
have a smooth way and few Jolts.?
Editorial in Columbia Record.
Epidemic ^kmong Children.
There is very great concern in New
York and in the country surrounding
because of an epidemic of infantile
paralysis, centering In New York and
spreading throughout the country.
There have been about 250 deaths in
New York sinCe June 1. This many
have been reported : hut there is r?j#tej
son to believe that there have l>e<?fll
many deaths that have not been jge
I>orted. The public, health services ftf
New York and of the Federal govern
ment are giving the matter most in
terested attention." The medical ex
pert# are most concerned to know how
tl*e contagion is being spread and they
are working on that problem. Quar
antine of the city has been consider
ed ; but has been abandoned as im
practicable. The physicians have ad
vised the keeping of the children away
from picture shows and all other gath
ering places and adults have been ad
vised also to hold themselves aloof
from contact with other people.
Woman (Jets lxmg Sentence.
. Harrisonburg, Va., July 5. ? Mrs.
Margaret Sipe, 58 years old, was sen
tenced to five years in the State Pen
itentiary today for sending poisoned
Cindy to young women at Grottoes,
Va., who she claimed "exerted an
erii influence" over her four
Mrs. Sipe confessed that April ? 1
fhe sent the poisoned candy to a Miss
Kyger and Mr. Hattie Kyger Baugher,
A younger sister was made desperate
ly ill, but the Intended rictinis cs
caned.
4? ?' ?
Mr. J. N. Poyell, counsel for the C.
C. & O., died in Spartanburg Sunday.
Knocked Oat.
A youthful physician had been sum
moned as a witness In a cam which
depended on technical evidence, and
opposing counsel In cross examination
asked several sarcastic questions about
the knowledge and skill of so young
a doctor, relates The Pittsburgh chron
icle Telegraph.
"Are yon," he asked, "entirely fa
miliar with the symptoms of concus
sion of the "brain 1** :
"Then I should like to ask your
opinion of a hypothetical case. Were
my learned friend, Mr. Banks and my
self to Wink our heads together, should
we get concussion of the brain?"
"Mr. Banks might," was the dls
coocerttaf reply.
BIRDS' NESTS A DELICACY |
Edible Dear to Chinese Constltutea an
Important P+ri m the export " j
Trade of 8?am.
Au Important Item In tho export
trade of Slum consUti of edible nests
of Hwlfts, or swlftlets, as they are 1
alao cull yd. The principal markets
for this trade arc China, Hongkong
and Singapore. In Hongkong. It la
aald, tho demand often exceeds the
aupply. and price* range from $15 to
$25 per pound, according to quxllty.
The tirat nests constructed In the !
soason which are composed of pur* [
saliva, are held auperlor for eating ;
purposes. They are gathered on com |
plot ion before the eggs are laid. The ;
birds then build again, and the sec
ond nests. in which the saliva la mixed j
with rootlets, grass, etc., and often j
shows traces of blood, from the ef- j
forts made to produce aallva. are alao |
taken on completion. A third nest la :
then constructed of extraneous sub- |
stances cemented together and the 1
whole fustened to the wall by a little
saliva, the How of which seems to be
practically exhauated. The birds are.
allowed to rear their young in these
nests, which are afterward deatroyed
by the nest gatherers, ao as to compel
the construction of fresh nests the
following year. tCdible nests of swift- j
lets ure found In the Malay archipel
ago, Austrulla, and many of the Facltlc
Islands. In northern Borneo certain
caves inhabited by theae awiftlets pro
duce $25,000 worth of nesta every year
and show no diminution, in the quan
tity, despite systematic robbery for
seven generations.
FOUND PATIENT A PROBLEM
Authorities of New York Aquarium
Will Admit That 9oa Cow Was a
Hard Proposition to Handle.
The big manatee or tea cow, which
disports in a 20-foot tank for the edi
fication of visitors at the New York
aquarium, has been troubled with a
salt water rash which cfjled for treat
ment by the fish doctors. That was
.easier said than done. The manatee
weighs 900 pounds and is as strong as
a horse and far more difficult to han
To scoop the sea cow out 6f the tank
with a landing net and a derrick did
not seem practical. To treat the big
patient In the water was equally im
possible. So they let all the water
Out of the tank and, while the manatee
flopped helplessly at the bottom, the
doctors went to work. The treatment
was a success and the 12-foot exhibit
is now as well as ever.
The sea cow was caught in the wa
ters off Florida and brought to New
York. It is a fastidious eater, show
lng a prefereuco for eel-grasa and let
tuce leaves. It haa no Tront teeth.
Its strength lies in its beaverlike
tail. ? New York World.
Primitive Christian Hyn\n Book.
A fonous English scholar. Dr. Hen
del ffarris, has discovered a venemble
Syrlao verslan of "The Qdes and
Psalms of Solomon," a collection of
ancient hymns that are almost as old
as the books of the New Testament in
their present form, and in part even
olden In speaking of his discovery,
Doctor Harris said:
"In this little book, if my Judgment
is correct, we have for the first time
recovered a book of hymns of the ear
ly Christian community, and these
hymns are marked by all the charac
, teiistics that we associate with that
great spiritual revival that marks the
early Christian church. They give us
a key to primitive Christian experi
ence, just as the rediscovery of the
Olney hymns, or a volume of early
Methodist hymns, or Saint Bernard's'
Latiq hymns ? supposing any or all of
these to be lost ? would help us to
i understand what really went on at the?
Methodist revival In England, or in'
the great monastic revivals of the
middle ages.
"The little book In its first form can
scarcely be later than 150 A. D., and it
may be earlier. It may bo as early
as the uucanonlcal but very valuable
'Teaching of the Apostles.' In any
case, It brings us so close to the dfcys
and the spirit of the New Testament
writings that when we read them, or
sing them, we are in the aureole of
the first and great confession. ?
Youth's Companion. .
Gold You Can 8ee Through.
Gold, which becomes so Important
in war time, is an extremely inter
eating substance In many ways.
It can be beaten so thin that 126,000
leavso of ft pBid on top of one another
would only reach an inch in height.
When beaten Into the thinnest possi
ble sheet It becomes transparent.
Gold, too, can be drawn into the fin
est wire of any metal. Michael Far
aday* the great British chemist, once
calculated that he could make a gold
wire from four sovereigns long enough
to go around the earth.
It la because gold oan be beaten so
thin that tobacconists are able to uee
real gold for tipping cigarettes, and
yet mot charge an exorbitant price,
for tkan.
?r ; OM Illustration.
Th# Bachelor (after the proposal)
But are you quite sure you betters la
second love? .
The Widow ? Certainly, ay dear.
Ifow euppoee a woman buys a pound
of ?tpir; it is sweet, isn't It?
Tha Bachelor? Tea, of course. But?
Tha Widow? Well. when that's gone
she naturally wants another p^und?
and the second pound is just as sweet
as the tat, isn't It. H
S(|( Alts K>K MAKKIST.
? V. * * , ? ? * - . ,
riemspn caUetst'., s. July rjvr?
'file production of Mjualts j'or market
rc tnCToa^Hrii . r^tnaTy * throughout ' I li*v
nlHie, ami pivaitaido jvturm? are. iv
l?orled. The main reason f?u' tUiH In
creasing ifiterest (a M|iial> hiw<l.fujf It*
tlwtt all | a have lettined where
Mie be*t markets me uwated and ?\\
Id prepare squabs fur these market*.
1^*11 1 1 recently. what piteous were
not $ohl tn Hiatal pairs for hreedtiiK.
were sold a live to a linn In rhlcajto
who purchased live white pigeons for
millinery and fotnl purpose*. A inuwh
more satisfactory market has now l?*yh
discovers!.- The sipiahs a iv kl IUm I at
four weeks ohl, before they leave the
WV*t. and their feather* are tviitnvwl,
The\ aro not drawn, as they -are starv
ed over night and their crops ami lie
testlnes a iv empty. They are I'lidl^l
hi hv water for several hours. then
packed In boxes and shlp|?cd hy the
evenluu express to Now York. The
boxes nh> lined with heavy |mi|hm', af
I t??r whh h alternate layers vof" n arked
| lee and squabs mv paeked.
The lop price In New York .lnl,\ 1st
; was $ for one do*un squabs welult
liitf ten pounds. I leereastnu prices are
paid for squabs weltfhluu eight, seven
ami six and one half pounds jkt doxen,
It has heel i found more profitable to
ohtaln for breeders, pigeons that will
produce squabs weighing about a pound
each when ready for market.
Two popular broods aiv t h$ NVMilto
Kings 4ihl tho Oarnoau*. Th*w |vro
Huee (?Miii heavy, \vhlte-iueatw1 Pln?ai>
w|\>nl?s llttt tirtror top T\n?^s, at al,
what. b oqnally Important. tho\ tu...l
as many squall a yoa v ax any of tho
*unillor breed* who, n given similar
troafiuout.
Tito old ou?dout ? ?r allowing pltroons
l ?? fly at llhorty and gather what food
they could from the tlo|dx is no humor
lu voum' among breeder w ho w Ish to
make money from plgoonw. They will
breed factor, produce |thutt|N*r squabs,
ami can ho kept without hl*a from
their unmoroux. ohomlos In wired -In
tt>lng ikuis attached to Inexpensive
hoiix?'s.
This subject of squalt raising will
ho studied at (ho summer school at
( 'Iouimmi. l\?lloge July III to August
5, to whh'h all mon ami women are
Invited. Tho oxponso Is nominal ami
no thaw Is ma do for tuition. Any
who cannot attend the summov school
mil obtain full Information by writing
tho I'oultrv l>lvlsh?n. Clomson College,
S.,<\
Mrs. Mattlo Nplnucr, a widow of
oiympla, Columbia, has- fohr sous In
tho National Ouard al Camp Mooro
autl one lu tho regular army of tho
Culled States. There aro a number
Of parents throughout tho stato who
liavo two ami three won* lu tho Na
tional (5uard.
A watch is intended to tell you the time of day. Unless
it does this accurately it is worse than useless, for it7 is
like the man you cannot depend upon. Many a man has
twenty-five or thirty dollars tied up in a watch which is
worthless when if he would invest a dollar or two for
having it?- repaired he would get the full value of it.
Often a watch which does not keep proper time needs
regulating for which we make no charge. If it needs re
pairing our prices are more than reasonable, and our
work is guaranteed.
G. L. BLACKWELL
Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C.
?.V? t ;V > "v W- ; \ . V !% .v".- .r' :? ? t *
You can get your Chmro-Cola
"In a Bottle? Through a Straw*9
at Soda Fountains and other
Refreshment Stands.
Everybody knowe it
by its name