The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 21, 1916, Image 3
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FOR CONUKKSN
VV, F. STEVENSON
' FOR SOLICITOR
W. H. OOBB ?
FOR SHERIFF
BEN P. DeLOACHJO
11, I). GOFF ?>
F. I* TRUESDEL
J. F, RATEMAN
It. H. WILLIAMS
c. wf1.su
W. W HUOK ?
J. It. BE1.K
~j>. (J. FLETCHER "?
S. H. MIOKLE ?
K. T, KHTHIDOR
It. B. HUMPHRIES
J. 1). SINCLAIR
FOR SITKRVISOR
J. RoBT. MAOJLL
M. 0. WEST
1?. M. KIRJvLEY
FOR CLERK OF COURT
JAMES H. 01, Y BURN
U. a SINGLETON
? FOR REPRESENTATIVES
D. T. BLACKMON
T. K. TROTTER
uKo. (J. ALEXANDER
J. M. MARTIN
NuRMAN S. RICHARDS
NEWTON KELLY
FOR SI'PT. EDUCATION
ALLEN B. MURGHISON
GRGVHK C. 0 ASK IN
L J.UfcKENZIE
THOS. H. YOUNG
T M. MeCA SKILL"
FOR MAGISTRATE
(DeKalh Township)
SAM'L. N. NICHOLSON
I>. F. DIXON
IL M. FINCHBIt
\V. H. (GARDNER
(Fpikt Division Wateree Township)
T. W. STARNES
< Flat Rook Township)
JAMES T. TRUESDEJL
J. E. CREED
G. W, ESTES
FLETCHER M. JORDAN
F. G. PERRYX,
< Ruffulo Township)
W. C. RALEY
J. E. SEVERANCE
J. E. COP ELAND
FOR TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER
(DeKalh Township)
D. S. TRAPP
1). W. JOY
W\ N. WEST
J. X. MeLEOD
(Flat ltock Township)
L. B. OGBURtf J _ ?
C. I AULKENBERRY
' Wateree Township)
J. M. PORTER
for coroner ;
1 G. L. DIXON
W. O. HAY'S
Automobile and Machine
Shop
Camden, South Carolina
Equipped (he Equal to any in the
South.
We make any kind and size of
spring. I>(*sf vanadium steel used,
and guaranteed.
Storage Batteries charged with
the very latest motor generating set
at a saving of tlms and money.
Axle and propeller shafts made
?and guaranteed to equal the factory
product in every particular.
Casings and Tubes vulcanized ?
all work guaranteed.
Presto-Lite Exchange ? Styles B
and E cylinders always on hand.
Fisk Tires and tubes always in
stock. We will personally see that
you are satisfied with our -.service
or we do not want your money.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding ? Castings
of all kinds of metals a specialty.
Thanking you all for the hand
.?<>ine support given me since going
in liu<ine*s for myself, I am,
Yours respectfully,
W. O. HAY
MAKING I ll(. II KXPMMIVKS.
Mill Win Of Hazardous
Work ?C Hopewell Plant.
War of4j?ra for ainimiuit Ion and high
eippHiv# for foreign nations af war
are being rapidly tl I and many con
tract# for ammunition an. I explosive*
that were mailt' a yea r or more ago,
Will wh)D expire, In the opinion of Mr.
PrCston Irwiiu n former Charlotte Imy,
who is at present in chaVgc of the gun
cotton laboratory of the Pul'ont works
at Hopewell. \ a. ^ .
Ml. Irwin l?*lieVe* that the expira
tion and completion of the llrst con
tracts placed hy warring nations for
ammunition and explosives, will soon
bo at band, and that there will be a
general renewal of contracts within tin*
next few mi^^lJUiiUKb there api?ears
froubt wiiether these contracts
will be as large as the llrst ones plae
ed. The Allies appear to be in better
position today to manufacture all of!
their beetled ainmnnltlon than t hey
were at the beginning of hostilities.
As Mr. Irwin told of the various pro- 1
cesses mpilrcd t ? ? make the finished
gun cotton, he was asked if there were
not great danger all the time in the
work. "Weil. I sin add say there Is al
ways danger," rolled he with a smile,
"but s?? many precautions have I teen
taken and the. employers exercise so
much care, and so many selentltlc
plans have been put in. use to take
away* the danger that J think the num
ber of accidents has lu>cn reduced to
a minimum."
In the Hopewell plant, it is ismslble
to turn out l.(HKMHM) ihuukIs of finished
gun cotton every 24 hours when or tiers
are sutlieiently rushed to demand a
full time o]>eration of the Immense
llopewell plant.
"While there were 25,000 meh work
ing at the H<?i?ewcll plant a year ago,
I should say , that the number now Is
not more than 15,000," said Mr. Irwin
today, "It is thus seen that the rush
Is somewhat over, and that the manu
facturers are now able to keep puce
with the demands upon them* better
than was |H>sslble a year ago. How
ever, I should say that on account of
the diittlcultles in shipping, that much
ammunition ordered d ^vear ago 1& Just
now reaching * Its destination among
the countries which placed their orders
in America.
"The Hopewell plant," said Mr. Ir
win, "used far above 1,000 hales of cot
ton or 1 Inters each day when running
?at top speed making gun eotton, the
sole product* of the great Hopewell
plant. It Is estimated that 100 i>ounUs
of cotton or linters will make 150
pounds of gun cotton. This is a fair
Imsls upon which to calculate. The
Hopewell .plant is capable of making
at least one million pounds of gun cot
ton every 24 hours. V
Wm. L. Kirkland
SURVEYOR AND CIVIL
v ENGINEER
Office in Crocker Building,
- Corner Main and DeKalb
Streets
CAMDEN, S. C.
Chestnut Park
Lodge
Waynesville, North Carolina
Open for Summer Visitors from
June 15th to October 1st.
This is one of the most unique
Hotels to be found in the
Mountains of Western
North Carolina.
Situated one mile from the Southern
Station right iq the mountains
Fine orchestra and a good time for
all. For rates and detailed
iiiforhitft!/>n apply to
E. G. GILMER
Wayoesrille, N. C.
? - r ? ? . I
Our Soda, Otitr Service
pL 0A . - ? \ ;
30 BOTH ?0D Phone 30
Rir k . ' "- : ~T", . . . T"
? pure products, cleanly put together, nicely served.
M ICE CREAM
? e from tested dairy products fir a sanitaryfactory.
W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE
a . T i c F A C t-O B *
DELI VE RY MOST. SATI&
THE bailey-lebby company
STATE DISTRIBUTORS
CELEBRATED G. & J. TIRES AND TUBES
MaDufaUuiad bf U. Si-TIRE CO.
VEEDOL OILS AND GREASE
A FULL LINE OF AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Mr. 1 ?*\n I it !^>]U JutMnwIlit^y of the
TTiln|Tncated processes UkimI hi milking
gun cotton, "StrAnue though U may
uveal, there 1? an almost uultclicvahlc
quantity of water U>*hI In itiiikinic gut)
colUm. Tliis is due iii (M?ri to tin* mini \
WffshlllfN, l>ath- and boililigs, to \\ It i? li
the tflUI cotton is subject cd 111 (llO ef
fort tu extract all surplus acids from
the mixture, ami to get the product as j
clear of all foreign matter as It Is i
jmsslblu to do- with modern acleutlllc
methods. After the llnteis or cotton
have I mm 'i i thoroughly cleaned uml
bleached, they are 1 1 i 1 1 1 ?? 1 1 Into
adds. nitric and sulphuric ?p helug |
used, unci this imparts to the cotton i
it* IIM essentia) qualities as an ex ;
plosive, In order to prevent the dcto |
uathig of the explosive^ the gun coi
t??n Is kept In a very moUt state all
the time, ami Is never allowed to In
come ilry, for that would mean client j
leal dOnnuiiositioii and possibly an ex
plosion, The KUII rot toil Is |>ackcd.
very moist. in air t l^lit boxes. ami J
thus the moisture In jlio cotton or lin 1
IMs Is retained and the danger of an j
explosion Is removed.
The Hopewell plant makes only gun !
cot ton, and if it 1~ desired to take. (his j
product and turn It Into the large or!
Sltinm main powder for hlx jjuns. tor
jiedties, etc., It is sent to other iini?-li I
lug plants of the Mut'ont (\?inpan> an<l ?
there uiulced into the pmiicr size. Tin* ,
gun cotton from Hopewell, said Mr. i
Irwin, Is sent away In the form of
pressed cakes or cubes. and has a white
appearance, and in this form It has
been subjected to enormous pressure in
the making of these oaken or blocks. j
These, of course, are highly explosive, ;
wJien properly detonated, hut Inodcrii
precautions ar$ such that there Is a |
minimum of danger in handling thin
product. In reducing these cakes of
gun cotton to iKi^iler, various process
es are used. The gun eotton powder
for the huge guua of the warring mi
tloiis, is very granular, the grains be
lug as hirgi> as plums, but very Irregu
lar, when Intended for the big guns.
The rifle powder from gun cotton Is of
much smaller grain. It Is hardly |>ossl
ble to detonate this jiowdcr by ordlna
ry hammering or jarring, ami' It Is only
when the proi>er fuse IV< attached that
this terrific explosive ;rets in Its dead
ly work. Often charges are used that
weigh from 200 to 400 |k)uik1s, declared
Mr. Irwin, when the largest guns of
war are fired.
?Mr. Irwin, who is in charge. of the
gun-cotton laboratory at Hopewell, has
the task of iiispectiug and testing the
manufactured gun 'cotton, and though
the work be considered very danger
ouh by the outsider, careful prepared I
ness against accident has rendered the 1
work comparatively safe.
The Hopewell plant represents many |
million dollars expenditure and was
one ot the most quickly erected plants j
<if lt> kind in the world. They big con
tracts for ammunition seem ort the eve
of slowing up now that the nations!
have better organized their home re
sources.
Mr. Irwin Is much Interested in the
plan to extract nitrogen from the air.
as he states that were the supply of
nitrates from Chill cut off. this country
would be without means of making am-,
munition, unless the nltrogen-from-alr
ju'ocess is made more efficient^ and
cheaper, though under stress this
source may be capable of meeting -the
demands, as it has done in Germany,
?which, says Mr. Irwin, is now secur
ing its i>owder material, so far as ni
trogen Is concerned, entirely from the
atmosphere. .This field Is a fine one
for ex|>eriment and much Is looked for
from this source in the near future. ?
Textile Manufacturer.
VERY FEW INJURIES
- ??
On Southern Railway lines During
Year Just Ended.
Washington, D.> July HI. ? Fair
fax Harrison, President of Southern
Railway Company. said today;
"During the fiscal year ended June
1910, Southern . Railway Company
carried nearly seventeen million 4tas
scngers. among whom there were four
fatal Injuries: two lii a rear end colli
sion at Salisbury, N. O.. on November
24, 1915, due to a human failure, the
disgrace of which the management
feels keenly; one at Jamestown. N. (3.,
on March 19, 1916. when a truck fail
ed under a freight car passing a paa^
seiiger train on double track. caualtig
damage to the passenger train; and
one at dtlco,1 Tenn., on May K, 15)16,
when a jmssengef, in violation of the
rules made for his safety was leaning
out from the steps of a passenger car
and was struck by the truss of a
bridge.
"It may be re|K>rted also that, tie
spite the greatly increased volume of
business (lone this j#?st year as com
pared' with the previous year, there
was a decrease of fifteen fatal Injur
ies to employees. While this record
is far from perfection. . the manajro
; inent Is encouraged to believe tTTtit Ita
earnest ahd "organised effort to pro
mote the safety of railway travef and
to reduce the risk of casualty in -rail
road employment is showing results."
GATE POST SECRETS
By O. A. D.
The rotted-out hollow in ait old i**t
that had l>oen holding up Its side of
a heavy Kite for so ma ny years that
It had to loan far l?ack to keep from
dropping its hnrden, offered a tempting
building site to a pair of bluebirds,
who had Just arrlvf*! from their win
der home. The bluebird, especially the
Temale, Is one of the most matter-of
fact business-like of all our feathered
neighbors. There Is not. a particle of
j*>?ftnee or sentiment In her make-up.
Their courtship Ik of the briefest, ?nd
all the devotion and love seems to l?e
oh the aide of the email blue-coated
male. He works himself into a rhap
sody of i>assion, as he flutters aritoind
the jobject of his attentions, but still,
he does not look lik? one who would
r/mimtt suicide if she should happen
to say "no." The little lady takes it
ail as a matter of course* and regard*
her im pet otis lover, as something to
be admired. When she glances in his
direction at nl L,. it htin the -m<*t lm
Iteraonal way; she appear* to find no
pleasure In tils s<>dety, and looks de
cfderiiy iiorsd whenever he is around
?he_knowa that to - the -eeonomy of
bluebird life, a man about the housdj
!-> .t hctvssa i\\ ?-\il, v.? she ivhutanl ly
gives her rolls, III. and lit once sets
out to 1) n? I a suitable place for the
Uest i hut |s to U>. 'rho chdliv sivuik
to lie entirely with her. though thr
bridegroom | Hit lout 1y tags ahum U*
hind. and Ri>viir omv allows her 'out
Of Ills w|g|lt.
Hi' applauds every thing she does.
1'iit < I* hvs not offer any li?>l |? ; he i ,
tlic ornamental lucutliet of the ilnu.
w Idle she attend* to the li|is|noss end.
She ilrst examines a last gear's wood'
|RH'ker s hole, hilt nhjtvls to it oil lie*
count of tlm p4?or ventilation ; then
she has half a mind to use, a corner
? ooni In Uu. plgoon h ou so, hat decides
that It Is too i?|H'n aihl drafty; hastily
l.Usp??ctlng it dlsrat'ded swallow's nest
undfli' (ho oaves hoi" eve faM^j&K.i lie
old gate post wUh i.4**WfrW,,w> lit
,,l?' lop. It lias a promising look so
sill' goes Inside, Huns round a few
times to see If || u big enough. hops
??'if. ami gives her luato to understand
that she has made up her mind, aial
that the matter Is settled, and that
they, will move In I hi iuih I lately. He
pops in and pops out without oven
looking at It.- and In Ids cheeriest
not t?s slugs out : "The finest over! the
llnest ever/' She at once tiles away
In sea roll Af material for the founda
t ion. elosidy followed h\ her orna
mental es<*ort. binding a dried grass
stem she tiles to ihe hole In the post,
and lays the onner stone of the blue
hlrd bungalow. The male goes In and
inspects the results, and entiling out,
nearly falls over himself with delight.
Then she doe* every hit of the actual
work, the male only acting as gener
al sii|>orvlsor, and honorary hotly
fcunrd, as sjie gathers material and
fashions the home. It must he said
to his credit, however, that lie never
??hjects to anything she does, neither
does lie offer the least criticism of her
work, hut applauds her to the echo,
lie is not the first hushaud who has
aeeomiUUlidd his helpinete <hi il tour
of house hunting, and arranging the
furniture, and he realizes 1iow foolish
he would lie to offer any mere man
made suggestions. /? ?
When the nest Ik finished and the
live little greenish-blue eggs laid, house
keeping settles down t ? ? a steady roipid
of duties. It Is at this time that the
small husband proves his usefulness;
he (hies all the marketing for the fam
ily. and there are few hours in the
day that he can. not he seen bringing
the fattest worms, and the reddest
herrles to the little woman as she
broods. When not feeding her. he is
lurched on some nearby twig, cheering
her with his latest songs. He is de
votion Itself, strange to say, as lie has
mighty little encouragement from his
Indifferent mate. She accepts his deli
cate attentions, with a nonchalance
that seems to say: "Well, what Is lie
for anyhow, If not to wait on me?"
If anything should hap]>cn to him at
this busy time, she docs not even put
on mourning, but promptly fares forth,
in her house dress of sky-blue, and
finds souie unencumbered heart-free
bachelor, who has been Overlooked in
the general spring pairing off. brings
him home, and makes him understand
just what she expects him to do. Meek
ly. he accepts the situation, but. with
out. any particular enthusiasm, devotes
himself to feeding tin* porky little
widow of less than a day. By the
time the eggs are hatched, the' little
Htejvfatlier. 1ms acquired the habit of
looking like lie was really Interested
In what goes on in the hollow |?ost.
"When the hahies are hatching, they
are almost black, and they show none
of the blue tints of their mother, until
they are nearly ready to fly. when a
blue feather, here and there, suggests
their heritage of. color. Two, and
sometimes three broods in a season
tax the mother's energy to tin* utmost,
and when October comes, she is |>er
fectly willing to take six months off,
and rest un^il spring reminds her that
another hole must he found and an
other brood reared.
It would be hard to get along with
out the bluebird, as his color seems to
add Just that touch that the green of
summer craves. His throbbing "Trii
ally trually trually!" is the bugle call
of hird-dom, telling us that the win
ter is past, and summer has come,
again. John Burroughs says, when na
ture made the bluebird, she wished to
propitiate both sky and earth, so she
gave the color of one to his back, and
the other to his breast.
Garbed iu the blue of the summer
sky, the hluehird seems to have in
( herlted thin calm serenity of that sky,
as he never loses his temper, or al
lows his nerves to get the upper hand.
He has no note expressive of hate or
anger; he may Ik* worried to death
over the loss of eggs or babies, but
you would never know It from the
tones of his voice. He is quite friend
ly with his bird neighbors, and can
get along beautifully with the orioles,
cat-birds, and eVe;i the blue Jays, hut
when It comes to English sparrows, he
draws the line sharply, and at onee.
The same neighborhood is too small
for them both, and if the sparrows
stay, you will be sure to miss the hlue
blrds. .Among the British birds, tiiere
are noti? who wear blue feathers;
while we have besides the bluebird,
the jay, the indigo bird, the kingfish
er, and the Mue * co>-ben k, nnd many
others that have a bluish tint to their
plumage. Maybe that is one reason
why the little gutter-snipe from Eng
land finds nothing In common with our
"rift from the summer skies."
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That's
the surest way to stop them.
The best rubbing liniment is
Good for the Ailments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qood for your own Ache*,
Pains, RheumatUm- Spmms,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Deslef*.
? . - - ?
NKttKO HAS WKKVll. ANTIIMITK.
C Im ims Me lla* Succeeded III Keeping
(olloii From His Farm.
,1 < tin i MclHittle, a Ue??ro planter, *1\
miles east of the city, has Worked ???)(
a novel and ??H'n>li*jfly certain mean'*
of eradicating ( lt?> indl wivvll. Ho has )
two hundred and fifty ??'?w of the I
tlm^t cotton probably In ? Ills* county,
which Is full *?f blooms ami nut' a sin
#ie weevil is t?> t?e found lu ,H. <b> ia?
Inu asked how lie killed them, be said |
he <lUcs not kill them, but prevents
their coining to Ills cotton. MePntlle
Is mi hitclllveul man and originated
the uioiIumI of running them hway hi ?*> -
self. If It Is u fact, iH Is claimed, he
has found tlm lung sought mot Iwd of
preventing the waste of mlllloustof tlol
lars In the south through the ravages
of this first Mexican evil.
The tnehoil I* simple. Meimitle takes
crude oil, tar and camphor gum. He
puts these lu ii pot and bulla them,
With KUlllclent oil in the mixture tu
make the Ihpihl, he wot* common em
kus sucks In the. mixture, then s<picc%cs
them as <lry as he thinks accessary,
lie says If too much of the mixture Is
used It will kill the youiiK cotton The
wet sucks arc fast ems I h,v a drag stick
attached to the plow beam. Hacli week
tin* crop Is plowed and dragged over
with these saturate) sacks, both shies
of the cotton ucttlng a touch from the
fumes of the mixture. t>u trolim down
one side, and then when the plow re
turns It touches the other able.
This method costs about It f toon cents
an acre Mclhittle says. He says he
used the method with success last year
and that he Will get live more bales
|km- horse this year by having the wee
vils out ol' the way. If t,t Is a suc
cess, ami it seemingly Is say those who
saw bis whole crop which stands to
show for Itself, this negro has solved
a problem that has confronted the best
brains lu the south for the past ten
years. -Montgomery (Ala.> Advertiser,
Kw Magistrate HuflftUo Townahlp. v '
W'O desire to announce Mr. J. K.
t\i**land mm a candidate for rtt-elttc
I tuli to the olllee of Magistrate at lie
tlmiie. Mr, Copolaml him made an
ewllent otlhvr ami iU^tvvs tho sup
jHift of , t]u> votera of thin township.
Voters of llnlYalo,
NOTK K OK FINAL IIISdlYKtl
Notice Is horcl^ jjcIvou tlml one
month from ihU ?lul?s Mopdajr, Anjjtwt
1 1 1 Ik, Hi HI, I will apply for letters dla
mlssory as administratrix of tho es
tate of I .owls I ?, .1 onos. iIihhiiihimI
KhN A K. JONKS,
Administratrix.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice Is hereby ?l\ou that Iniunt
K, Kid retire, tluardlau of Dorothy Kl<
drodtfo. Harlmra W I dredge and 10s telle
Kldfedtfo. minors, Inis this day made
application nnto me for a tlnal din*
oh a rge from his trust as (iuardlan of
tho art It) minors, and' the 51 h day of
August, 101 41, at 10 o'clock A. M., ut
llus I'rolwtte dtllee of Korslnlw County,
has hoen ap|Milntcd for the hcariinr of
t hi* said petition,
W. I,. MchOWKI.I.,
.Indue ??f Prnhate Kershaw County,
(ViiiiIoii, X. C,, .July 5th. Ill 10.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Not co Is hereby ulvet) that one
month from this date, on Saturday,
July JOth. 11)10, I will make to tho
Probate Court of Kersha w County iny
Una I rot urn as Administrator of (ho
ostalc of \ Morgan, deceased, autl
on tho same day 1 will aak from tin*
sahl Conrt it tlnal discharge aa
Admlnlst rator.
All parties, if any. having claims
against tho sahl estate will presout
them duly attested on or before that
da to or ho forever barred.
N. K. McKlNNON,
Administrator.
( 'amden. 8. 1*., Juno 21). lttlO.
HENDRIX
HOUSE AND LOT
on LaFayette Avenue
House has 5 rooms.
Good condition.
Two room Servant House.
54x250 Feet. Price $lf800
Terms Easy.
Kennedy & Workman
REAL ESTATE AND RENTS, CAMDEN, S. C.
Progressive men
conduct our
National
Bank.
MEMBER ffiRE-RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS j
We want you to do your banking business with us and
don't mind asking you.
The United States Government found oUr bank worthy jj
of membership in the Federal Reserve System of Banks. H
This enables us to take our securities to our Central Re
serve Bank and get . money any time.
When you put your money in our4>ank You4 can get it
when you want it. v
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
We pay 4 per cent interest.
The First National Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C