The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 10, 1916, Image 7
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if tiM>\ had a chape?. would
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flsons saying almost every
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futures If ?"ly ??>e were frlven
many., ooousionfl
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v..u ili"l f??' ??e a uaUiral.
r?H? Kin without arrcvla
^mannerisms: a tflrl wbo In win
[Ipv. who liven wltb her i>ar
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rJou.nl the most remarkable girl
* r . ,vv III lug her to me. We
ia. i Ion* end adequate tent to
' is. i' prevails throughout
rttiiat vouth, beauty and grace,
by *.??< l>l?y?.
Hrst magnitude out of a girl or
Jfiubllr has never heard."
e (\),irl(v Is -the tfirl who an
i, all of these descriptions.
home If I" Host on f ?he was born
rtimrton. 'sl|e l? youuKr beautiful,
the beaut v and loveliness of the
pttkfoni who llrst attracted
-a attention throughout the world,
{us been mistaken for Miss Plek
nherever she went In her native
ioiiljui habitat.
irlng the world's series baseball
lu Boston. June Oaprtae ap
^ at the pune In place of Miss
'onl and as Miss Plckford, and
tvildlv rheernl by NO, 000 fans ,was
fattpbal for the newspapers and
?viewed by the reporters of a score
ities without one of theia ever sus-.
iijj that lie was not talking to tlid
little Mary of tllinland. ~
lere is a ?irl of whom you hnvO
rer heard before. ? ^ _
10U will now have the opportunity
see the (irst public appearance in
,?hotodrama. "Caprice of tlie Moun
_m,*' in wllleli she is starred ? a real
ir? with Harry S. Milliard, the hand
lie movie actor. n
?IKTnmnfTnnjrns notlrtngTnryetr+mt'
n lieauty means much already. At
Ibc Majestic Monday. 'Nov. l.'lth. -
(Jovernor Mantling has appointed
ip following members of a comm^s
(luii to consider and recommend an in
uram-e code for the state of Mouth
'iimlinH : F, H. McMaster, chairman;
taiw K. Iianey. l>. I). Moise, iiright
KilliamMat. Jiiini l). littrriit,. J VY.
jtastnn. A. Kurniaii. K. P. McCra
[py. Lawrence M. Pinckliey.
Wood's Seeds.
Seed Wheat.
The Seed Wheats we offer are from
the beat and mo8t productive crop?
frown in the finest whept-growing
lections of Virginia, and are carefully
iwleaned by us to remove all impur
ities and small and inferior grains, so
u to supply our customers only with
plump and ? well-developed seed
wheat, which should yield considera
bly more per acre than ordinary
wheats imperfectly cleaned. All of
our Seed Wheats are seleoted from
good yielding crops, which with our
wpthods-of cleaning, makes the Seed
Wheat which we offer very much
?uperior to ordinary seed wheat.
Write for s
YVood'is Crop Special
?giving full information and prices of
|S?*d Whtat, Seed Oats, Wlpitor
USSf' w seeds for Fall
Prices and Samples of any
K *eda desired, mailed on request.
I T.W.WOOD Cs sons.
1 StHtSMEN, . Richmond, Va.
W. O. HAY'S
Automobile and Machine
Shop
Camden, South Carolina
lU*HU the Eqpl to iair to the,
1 _ ' -
make any kind and riM ^
ppring, i^est vanadium ateel used,
[,nd guaranteed,
h**H* Batteries charged with
|we very latest motor 0on?r?tinjS ^
[?t a saving of time and money.
1 A*U
All. proptllor ?h?fU mB.le
urf guaranteed to ecpurt the factor!
M?ct in every particular.
. Caries and T?fc? vulcanised?
Itll work. guaranteed.
PrwU-Ute RxfheW? ayrtea B
|*nd R cylinders alwaya on bana.
Flsk Urea and ttbes
?took. W? WU personal UJ**
T<w are satisfied with oar service
?f we do not want your xno*ey?
0\y -Acetylene WekH??--Cwgnf*
of all kinds of metal* a specialty,
thanking y<m a tftOf m?
1*8* support given me since going
to business for myself, I *m,
Yours respectfully*
W. O. HAY
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THIS WORLD'S I Alit l s i (iTY
^ ^ tr TwiiM^Wir Ware in Me\tr?r!
and Im <*??:.?! Namnprpn. j
tCuUliqUlpU, iti liW r-trttt* ?rf <*h.it\IU
htm, Mexico, hi.- tho distinction of'
botllg the largest <b\ iu he worM. j
Its site elvers nit nroi of H square
miles, or approximately ivros
Its OXUft, hoUtUlHrl H l.l?i\ l)l>: ivt'i: I: > j
ed souiu 300 years a^i by it charter1
from the then kbig of Spain, \ hoi
gave the land tn.M?nu' eoinuUu from j
Castile
Til# greater pirl of the city site, |
however, is nil mil It upon. and as re |
gards the built over ikmiUmi. many of
sun drlnl brick, are lu ruins.
Next to Nanilqui|?a the bluest city I
of either undent or modern times j
whs undoubtedly ltahylou. Recent ox
eavatlons have uncovered the old walls
and they art* found to have measured
fifteen miles each \va>\ inclosing t lu?
city In tho form of a perfect square.
An easy arithmetical calculation shows
us that the area of ltahylou Inside the
walls, therefore, was 25.1 square miles,
or 144,000 acres.
Compared with such figures as these
llliiulngham with 8,430 acres, Norwich
with 7,172 acres and Clasgow with 0,
111 acre* are almost iu the nature of
small villages. Yet these are the three
hittucst Hrltlsh cities? that is to sji.v,
they contain within their clvle ImiuiuI
arlcs the Idlest area of ground.
The city of London proper contains
no more than about 040 acres, ap
proximately one square mile.
IMRIIKK POLK SIGNS
Have Hnii Painted on Southern Kail
' way Crossings to Avoid Accident!*.
Atlautu, (in., Nov. 7. "Barber im*!?"
signs have been painted on all South
ern Hallway crossing gates In a further
effort to attract the attention of reck
less automobile drivers and so prevent
accidents at crossings.
Kxperlenee has shown that many au
tomobile drivers dash across railway
trucks without regording the "Stop,
liook, and Listen" signs uiul some of
thein have even crashed through gates
provided for the protection of cross
ings.
The new device painted on crossing
gates Is lu accordance with the stand
ard rejx>mmended l>y the* American
Railway Association and consists of
alternate black and white stripes, eight
Inches wide, running at an angle of
forty-five degress, which gives the fa
miliar "barber pole" effect.
It Is hoped that by making this de
vice the standard for all crossing gates
it. will become recognized as a danger
sign, so as to command tho resi>eot of
even the most heedless driver of a
motor car.
One Way Out.
First Politician ? 1 supi>osc you have
'said thihgd rn?r*7W wmrimrry : for?
Second ' Politician-? Oh yes, hut I've
always nuttinged to show that I was
misquoted. ? Philadelphia Bulletin.
Newton Wildon Edwards, a .baby,
was baptized at Lander College, Oreen
wopd, last Sunday. The water used
was from the river Jordan. Dr. Wil
son Wilson brought It with him when
he returned from Palestine some years
ago. ~
The limit of the carrying poWcr of
thunder ,1s about 15 miles.
AGAIN IN SEED MARKET.
Ti^tho People of Kershaw and Adjoin
ing Counties:
I wish to state that I aui again as
sociated with the Buckeye Cotton Oil
Co. for the coming season as their
agent for Kershaw, and a part of Sum
ter and Lee Counties, and take this
method of thanking those j>eople who
have seen fit in the past to give us the 1
liberal patronage that they have, and
trust that we merit a continuance of
their confidence, and promise to l>e ever j
alert to your interest as well as our
own.
And to those who have not seen fit
to have any cotton seed business with
us In the past, we ask you to give us
an opportunity and we assure you that
we shall do everything in our power
to make any transaction with you both
pleasant and profitable.
We fully realize the shortness of the |
cotton crop over the entire territory,
thereby making competition keen, and
feel safe in. saying to those not giving
us an opportunity to bid on your seed,
.that you. will lose money and trust that
hall will at least do us thUr favor. J,
? Again thanking yon for the busfhess
in the past and asking a continuance
of your confidence, T am
Respectfully,
, v R. L. Moseley.
FIRST WEEK JURORS.
The following is a list of petit jurors
to serve at the Fall term of Court of
General Sessions and Common Pleas
for Kershaw County which opens at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, on Monday, the
18th day of November, 1910, with Judge
S. W. G. Shlpp presiding:
H. 0. McLendon, Camden, Rte 2.
J. i?. McDonald, Cassatt
J. E. Rabon, We8tviije, Rte 2
0. K. Taylor, Camden
? J. W. Owens, Westville
R. R. Team, Camden
J. B. Creed, < 'an toy
L. J. Brazell, Blaney >? * ?
K.. M. Huckabee, Bethune ' i c
JoSin.Whitaker, Camden
W. H. Gladden, logoff
W. T. Truesdell, Camden
, W. Paschal, Bethune t ,
W. C. Horton, Camden
W. H. Owens, Westville
:S. B. Hall, Bethune /?;
IJ. M. Jones, Kershaw
F.'B. Campbell. Camden
J. H. Sinclair, Camden
G. 0. Bruce, Camden
?i T. J. DuBruhl, Camden
J, R. West, Cassatt
J. R. Dlnkins, LugofT
H. E. Williams, Kershaw
*.W. M. rx>llia, Camden
W. M. Butler, Bethune
J. B, Marshall, Camden :
? W. J. itanton. Camdep
J- C. Cassady,
' W, B. Taylor, Kershaw
; J. W. Sbeorn, Cassatt f
W. R Watklns, Camden
M. H. Horton, Bethune
&.R Workman, Westville
W. M. Gay, Kershaw - i
Wi M Brannon, Bethune
SOLVED IN A CURIOUS WAY.
Two "Armchair" Scientists, Who Never
Set Foot In tht Dark Continent.
Worked Out tho Problem of Where
tho Gr??t Stream Entered the 8e?.
The Niger Is i ho third greatest river
in Africa anil tbo eleventh I" rauk In
tho World A ceutury ago nobody hud
found whore tho Nlg^r river reaohed
tho sea. and as tho mystery grew the
thoory became popular that the Kongo
or Zaire river was tho lowor part of
the Niger.
The nu??t Impreaslvo faet known
about tho Kongo was that tho majestic
flood It poured Into tho Atlantic fresh
ouod tho sea several mllos from the
shore. It certainly was a great river.
Mung?> Park, the splendid and in
ttvptd young Scotch man who Inaugu
rated the modern era of African ex
ploration. was largely responsible for
the thoory that tho Kongo might be the
outlet of the Niger, llo was enthusi
astic over the Idea, lie wrote that if
the theory turned out to be true the
fact. In n commercial sense, would be
second In importance only to the dls
covery of the Cape of Good Hope.
Tho German geographer Relchard
became interestoil In tho problem of
the Niger, and, gathering all. data
available with regard to the waters
In the equatorial regions of West At
rica, he came to the conclusion that
the Niger must find Its way to the
ocean through the streams of a dolta
and that this dolta was probably on
the const of the bight of Benin, where
a large number of small streams were
known to enter tho Atlantic.
The emlneiit geographer hit the uall
on tho head. His theory told t^o truth
The problem was solved In an afro,
chair, but the English gentlemen, who
at that time were organizing the Tuck
ey_ (Kongo* expedition, laughed to.,
scorn the German hypothesis, declared
that Relehard's deductions were "en
titled to very little attention" and that
his data were "wholly gratuitous. *
James McQueen was another arm
chair Investigator, but the books he
rend were hundreds of black slaves
taken to the West indies from the Nl-V
ger river region. Ho had read Muugo
Park's fascinating story of his Jour
"rieydowir~iYrcNlg^
miles and thought it very strange that
no explorer hail ever found where the
great river reached tho sea. McQueen
began to question every native of the
Jower Niger ho could llnd and kept ac
cumulating this testimony for Qvo
years before ho was ready to publish
his results. " , _
In 1821. wheu he had solved the puz
zle to his satisfaction, be Issued a book
in which he announced as a fact and
not as a theory that the Niger reached
the sea through a wide spreading delta
In the region of the "oil rivers. As h
fact, tho delta front Is exactly where
McQueen said It was.. The oil rivers
are the delta streams of the Niger.
McQueen's book made more fun for
the learned geographers than any
comic newspaper. The Idea that au
obscure "trader in the West indies
should dream that his confabs with
ignorant slaves bad solved the Niger
mystery was a . most amusing Joke.
McQueen lived to see the day when his
Joke was recognized as a solemn geo
graphical fact
The Niger delta, one of the largest In
the world, stretches 250 miles along
tfie coasi Most of ita streams are
small, and, skirting the coast one can
hardly observe them, so completely
are they hidden In the dense region of
mangrove swamps. Explorers soon
found that they _ might struggle for
weeks up a stream only to prove it a
blind alley, for a peculiarity of the
Niger is (that not a few independent
rivers form between tthe delta branch
es and have no connections with the
Niger itself. Most of the delta Is a
network, difficult to enter or to retreat
f,AJl nature is hideous there-tbe,
brown waters lazily coursing, the ev i
odors of the slime and ooze, the repul
aive animal life from crocodile to
pythons, lnrking in the shadow for
their, prey, and a choice collection of
insect plagues, including the anopheles
mosouito, with its poisonona sting.
These terrible conditions, persisting
for about forty miles Inland, are then
succeeded by solid earth, noble trees
and sweet air. bnt t the swamp rerfOB
of the lower delta la one of the most
forbidding Parts of Africa
Bichard Lander at -last, .In 1830.
Abating down tha N10r? was taken y
natives into the Nan branch of the
delta and descended it to the sea. The
Niger problem waa aolvofl.
England gave the Niger a www
berth till after 1860. It was thought
tQ b* a plague atricken region from
which no good wonld ever come. Its
terrors have fled today before the ad
?ance in knowledge. Large vessel*
ascend the Forcados branch, carry ,
lng commerce to and from the far in
terior of Africa, and Nigeria, a com
tag empire of Industry, with its great
cattle, cotton, ftto mines and other re
sources, Is Joined to tbe_ sea^both b* ,
rail and river.? Cyrus C. Adams
American Review of Reviews.
Diplomacy.
? "Pa^ what Is diplomacy flV '?Z
"Diplomacy, my boy. Is the art of be
ing disagreeable .pleasantly.' Detroit
Free Press. .
Plea nan tho fountain if you would
purify the stresimfr-Alcoit.
A Hjavtal agent of the New Ywk
ttrrttincl^mt ir*?. tw < VilttwMa
day ?m his vvh> to New York. lie
has hoon at Ahhevllte fur several days
invent l^ut lug the lynching of i li?> netfrh |
Craw turd, llo njis.se* I off an a ja'iw*- 1
iioi thf laud huye.r and Interviewed
many cltlxcus of AhhcvMlc istmity. Ho
will w rite a story of t ho lynching for
The Nvcnlnu Post.
i hie ninth of the car i?wiu?r^ ??f * *??
luthhla wore charged with oMvedlun
tho s|hvsI limit during the month of
October.
TAX NOTICE.
Office of Treasurer, Kershaw Co.,
Camden, S. C:, Sept. 20, lOlti.
J ' - 1 w ?
Not lot) Is hereby given thut the books j
will ho open for collecting State, Coun
ty ??ul School taxes from October lflth, 1
1U10, to March 15th, 1017. A penalty
of 1 i>0r cent. will he added to all
taxes unpaid Jan. ltd, 1017; 2 per cent.
Veb. 1, 1917 ; a i?er cent. Mareli 1, 1017. j
The rate i>er centum for Kershaw j
county is as follows: ?
Mills
State taxes OVi
County taxes . >
Special taxes I 11
ltond taxes )
School taxes 3
Total 20 M,
The following school districts have
special levies :
HiH'ciai school tax District No. 1 0
Special school tax District No. 2 4
Special school tax District No. 4... 4
Special sciiooi tax District No. (1 4
Special school tax District No. 7 4
Special school tax District No. 8 4
S]MH>tal school tax District No. 0 4
Special school tax District No. 10.., 5
SjKH-ial school tax District Na 11 5
Special school tax District No. 12..> ? 7
Special school tax District No. 13 4
Special school tax District No. 14...,..,.$
Special school tax District No. 15 8
Special school tax District No. 17 .3
Special school tax District No. 18 4
Special school tax District No. 10 4
Special school tax District No. 20 4
Special school tax District No. 21 2
S|H.*clnl school tax District No. 22 7
Spechil school tax District No. 23 8
Special school tax District No. 24 4
Special school tax District No. 25 4
Special school tax District No. 20 4
Si>eclal school tax District No. 27....G
SjKK'ial school tax District No. 28....0
Special ^dhool tax District No. 20....4
SjHH'ial school tax District Ma 30....2
Special school tax District No. 87....2
Si>eclal school tax District No. 31. ...0.
Special school tax District No. 82....4
Special school tax District No. 33....4
Special school tax District No. 34... .4
Special school tax District No. S5....4
Special school tax District No. 36....4
Special school tax District No 4d-.il
Special school tax- District No. 40....8
Special school, tax District No. 47....4
The poll tax is $1.00.
? "ATI ahie-Tto<!i?i wale persons from
(he age of twenty-one (21) to sixty
(00) years, both inclusive, except resi
dents of the Incorporated towns of the
county shall pay $2.00sns a road tax,
except ministers of the gospel actually
in charge of a congregation, teachers
j employed In public schools, school trus
I tees and persons permanently disabled
j in ttoe military service of this State,
ami persons who served in the late
War between the States, and all per
sons actually employed lp the quaran
tine, service of this "State and all resl
t <lents who may attending school or
! college at the time when said road
j tax shall become due. Persons claim
| ing disabilities must present certificates
; from two reputable physicians of this
I county.
i All information as to taxes will be
i furnished upon application.
D. M. McCASKILL,
I County Treasurer.
K- T;r~ -*-? . ? v' ? /" *? ; ' ?*? ? *? ?
Liberal Advances Made
ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS OF STAPLE
AND UPLAND COTTON
We make a specialty of handling
EXTRA STAPLE COTTON
and secure best results for our customers.
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Consignments handled on commission only.
PORTER SNOWDEN CO.
Cotton Factors and CommUtion Merchant*
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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|FWe will
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I m our ......
National
Batik
MEMBER jftMTtM/E'SOTOTW
Just because ours isa National bank is no reason why
we cannot make you "feel at home" when you come in.
Try it. "7
We are happy over being a Member Bank of the Fed
eral Reserve System of banks. We can take our securi
ties to our Central Reserve Bank when we want to and
get money.
So can you come to us when you want to and get
your money.
Put YOUR money in OUR bank.
We pay 4 per cent interest.
The First National Bank
QF CAMDEN, S. C.
Who's Afraid ot Chills?
The wind can howljat the eaves, and the
frbst spin traceries on the window panes?
but not a single chill gets near the youngster'.
For his bath, beside his crib; ^our own dress
ing, a cosy breakfast table-~get a Perfection
Smokeless Oil Heater. - . \
It's quick to heat, durable, dependable. Inex
pensive to buy and to use. As easy to carry
about as a work-basket, and good-looking
wherever you l$ave it. The comfort Insurance
today of more than $,000,000 homes. Ask any
good department store, furniture or hardware
L dealer.
V? Almddin Security Oil? for b**t rmmult*
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(NrwJeriMsy)
BALTIMORE
fasMnctoo, D. C.
orfolfc, V?.
Ichmund, V?
Charlotte, N. C.
CharJe?toh, w, V?.
Charleston, 8. C