The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 03, 1919, Image 13
Jtamn MORE
Li ol Roman Dignitary Has
I Finally Disappeared.
?.v,r H?? "?*"< What " 0n"
Effect# of th0 F''onch Rovo
0nn .-><1 Domination of
Napoleon.
_ .ireel? of l'',v"Vh re*?1""?"'
N""
, siroi??i v J?y Germany than
j* n'?:Lr nation >vltt! tt>e ?*eop*l?n
writes Albert Karrett
iiiliouiih tlu? changes in Iftfiy
?fcmVthemselvc? great. Italy hod
^ .Srll'lM*'1 owr ,,ml ?vt,r agL!il1;
lr wfore Had Germany .had
R?W# -f fal,lMi? u,,lUip " f?'"
br?VuHnif thlft period tit.it the
, 1 ",er of tl? Vugs and the Old ideas
Lhha(i been hohi so long came ai
i 1-r to ?n gpd. T,m Umm^ em"
ISSfoe kingdom Of Germany were
p lushed even in name. Germany
mTS- ^e8t Of the Rhine,
EvAuitrta ^,st ,,u> Netherlands.
Furthermore. Napoleon called himself
JjUnr of the lands In Germany he
Napoleon began to call
uLlf emperor of the French, the
nn?of Hungary and archduke of Aus*
Si. being the emperor-elect of the Ro
Ei ?Ued to distinguish between
S ancient title and the new title
Sen Dv the "upstart." So bevelled
Lelf" hereditary emperor of Aus
X In n short time his "empire" and
dtle came to an t*nd.
Mnnv of the German princes had
led' Napoleon. They began to as.
L lot higher titles than bad hpen
Z\r< So they called themselves king
Of Knvnrin. kin* of Wurttemberg, and
?? forth. They then made themselves
Into the confederation of the Rhine,
which whs not under Napoleon's pro
tection. and they Increased their poa
Melons much as they wished.
fjijs took place In UWO. and In the
-me 'year the Austrian emperor for- ?
ntnllv resigned his title of Roman em
Lror and no Roman emperor hus
since been chosen. Thus for the first
ilnie since the Christian era began
there was no Roman emperor. *The
Roman empire had In name? as well
as in reality? come to an et)dg$t last.
Bv his rise from an lunnbtflpresldent
of Corsica to tne position of emperor
of the French and the virtual mas
tership of western Europe, Napoleon
destroyed the lust lingering supersti
tion about the Roman empire. We
mu?t add this good thing to the Hiany
others Napoleon accomplished. One
of the causes of war was thus swept
awfty.
Of course, when Napoleon fell, even
his claim to the kingdom of Italy,
which he had managed to enforce for
many years, fell also. He had previ
ously agreed that after his tlpie Italy
should not he joined with France, so
' we see that even he felt that a new
order of things was about to dawn
In Europe. Italy, o.f c<?urse, was the
worn! kingdom of the old Roman em
pire.
The third kingdom of that ancient
order .was the kingdom of Burgundy
Tins was riot wholly forgotten, for
all of it was either a part of France
or under French control as a part of
Switzerland. And so the last of the
ancient parts of the Roman emnJ'
had disappeared. Thus we see 1
the name of emperor and even
old names of the kingdoms that oi
had comprised the Roman empire wei
now forgotten.
But the simple name emperor has
oot disappeared. It was still retained
hy the man who called himself em
peror of Austria. And his success*'"
Have since done the same O1'
Other rulers of other states
held that name. BTit it neve' .
meant what It once did. . - ?
Bonfires as Warning Signal.
A little over n hundred years ?
bonfires nn Scottish hilltops were lh
recognized wanning signal for tlr
threatened invasion of the French
There was no more enthusiastic vol
unteer than Sir Walter Scott. The
feat novelist writes that "the neces
'Ity of the present occasion (180.3)
has kept almost every Individual,
however insignificant, at his post. God
has left ns entirely to our own mean*
of defense, fur we have not above
one rotrinn t:t of the line In all our an
cient kiriL'"!' in. In the meanwhile, wo
ar" (lolny ilp host we can to prepare
ourselves f,,r a con Test which is not
far ilistMiit.. \ heacon light communi
^atlrit' ui l. that of Edinburgh castle
i* Just ?t.-. f.-d in front of our <tUiet
?^tfnee M \ field equipage Is ready
anrl 1 w:"nt nothing hut a pipe and
*criur fr, convert me intc
? enmpi.-?.. i
Uhil.. s... ] | ntKj j,ls wort
on h v! - ?r : i xcursion to tlie lake dls i
tri'1' :i imi.", tti?' heacon fires wer< J
nee,]!..*^ ; jM(.() ,,0 ro(lp fu?y 1(X
ui"' . -t hours to the place ol
ret!<!e/\ * ? r 1 1 v to find that the alanr
had M i ' v ? ,.r
An Inquisitive Bird.
S'>tn?- > r,|v. S)ro awfully curious ant
*ftn- t,. k ? 1 1 . w what is Kolng on.
!f 'he\ .. . human being In theli
McM...r> they will come close t<
bvK- jr,',. .,p,| perhaps to scold, sn<
on< (.< ft,,..,, birds Is the Kentucky
*ar*,l..r .;|Vv. t h?- American Forestry
**v?r J-, ,, Washington. This blr<
?'! ?fnce for woods which an
,nu *nri dam}?. and ordinarily keep;
**'1 within the depths of tangle*
This hlrd, which rang*
eastern United States
i*s winter In northern SouU
DR. S. A. ALEXANDER
Graduate Veterinarian
Geo. T. Little's Stables
Day Photie 169 Night Phone 23
Dr. C. F. Sowell
DENTIST
(Office^Over Bruce's Store)
CAMDEN, S. C.
LKK COUNTY NEWS
Itew of Interest (lathered From lllsh
opville Vindicator.
Kev. J, IV Ddniby, who was principal
of Fair IMa.v High Sc\jo??| last year, has
been elected principal of Hickory Ilill
rural graded school and has accepted.
This school is eight miles north of Ilish
opville in the heart of the bevt fanning
section <rf Lee County., The school is
not far from Cedar Orcek church, of
which Kev. Dendy Is pastor at present
and he tvijl f?rt- another year serve this
chuneh, continuing to Rive half time at
a good increase in pastor's salary.
A meeting of the cltix/cns of Lee
county interested in the cotton Associa
tion way held here last Thursday to or
ganize the Lee County Association. Ow
ing to. the fact that it was not generally
known, there was not a very , large at
tendance, but the necessary preliminaries
were taken and more than $2<\000 sub
sx-ri'bed, committees were appointed to
canvass the county and to arrange for
a permanent organization.
The Hisliopville Ncluxds opened Tues
day of last wwk most auspiciously.
Every teacher was in 'place and in readi
ness to begin the year's work, which
promises to be the very best in the his
tory of the .school. Never before have
teachers and pupils^one right into their
work with the earnestness nnd zeal as
have been manifested in the pas-t few
days or since school opened. It is in
NO use arguing about it, or making chin-music in a
minor key! If you've got the jimmy-pipe or ciga
rette .makin's notion cornered in your smokeappetite, slip
it a few liberal loads of Prince AlbertI
Boiled down to regular old between-us-man-talk,
Prince Albert kicks the "pip" right out of a pipe!
Puts pipe pleasure into the 24-hours-a-day joy'us class!
Makes cigarette rolling the toppiest of sports! P. A. is so
fragrant, so fascinating in flavor, so refreshing!
Prince Albert can't bite your tongue # or paiyji your
throat ! You go as far as you like according to your smoke
spirit! Our exclusive patented process cuts out bite and
parch ! '
Toppy red bags, tidy red tint, handsome pound and half-pound tin
humidors ? and ? that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with
sponge moistmner top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition.
i f, *
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.
deed gratifying to the school official* to
observe this splendid, earnest ^pirjt on
the part of teachers and pupils.
The .revival meeting <*ondu6ted here
for the past three weeks by evangelist
Andrews and his singer Curry closed last
Sunday night. Much interest was shown
throughout the entire meeting au<l many
new muuubers were added to the three
churches la town and it in hoped much
good will result <fn*m the meeting.
uMr. T. M. Muldrow's cotton house
came very near burning ui> last Monday
afternoon. He had just weighed up the
cotton -picked that day, locked his cot
ton house and .started home when one
of 'the migro ?boy? shouted fire. He turn
ed and saw n bale of old cotton that
ha<l boon ou tho front porch of bis cot
ton houKe rfor snore than n yoa r was
on tire. There wore ,'{5 other bales be
side* 8 bales in the weed, tmt only one
was on fire. It wa? quickly rolled off
the platiforfh and tire put out. A negro
boy lit a cigarette and threw the match
too near the -bale. He ran off and has
not 'been found wince.
NOTICE!
To Those Who' HaVe Orders in for
JL'
? Hupmobiles and Chevrolets ? ?
' *SBS!
We are in position to
make deliveries soon
GEp. T. MTTLE
Quaker State Oils, Hartford Shock Absorbers,
and Goodrich Tires.
*
Wanted At . Once
I have several applica
tions for small Farms.
Write me at once what
you have to offer - -
L. A. McDowell
CAMDEN, S. C.
Want all the farmers to know that
we have as our agents in Cam- ?
den and surrounding
territory
Baruch-Nettles Co.
j
who will be glad to have you give
them a call and a chance at your
seed, whether in w-agon load
lots or car lot. We will al
ways pay the highest mar
ket price.
Scales and Warehouse in Rear of Their Store
*
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.
PHONE 22
SAVING 0113 BACON
Origin of an Ancient Colloqui
alism in Connecticut.
Expression Used When Debtor Gets
Best of 'Creditor# by Question
able Methods in Basi
ns*^. Dealt.
Distribution and salt* of tho govern
ment supply of bacon brought to the
minds of many who are ftftjuftltltwl
with old sayings the ancient colloqui
alism, "Saving one's bacon." Tho
thrifty housewife, laying in a store of
tho smoked moat, assures ^her near
neighbors that she In "saving her ba
con." The housewife, of course, is toll
lug the truth, but as she repeats the
ancient colloquialism site falls to use
It In Its proper sense.
The housewife who Is ho gay over
"saving her bacon" would be horri
fied and Justly provoked If her neigh
bor would reply ? "What ! You cheating
your creditors?" And that Is Just what
she mean* if she employs the term
properly. The story of the origin of
th?**colloquinIlsm Is credited to Con
necticut, according to tho Hartford
Times.
In the (fays when the Charter Oak
Was green, and Sir Edmund - Andreas
was, more green, New^ London boasted
of a citizen of the name of Fltz John
Winthrop, Ho was a sailor, and more
over of literary tastes. These tastes
were more distinctly commercial. That
Is, while ho Was quite a bibliophile on
his own account, and had a goodly
store of books, he was In tho business
of collecting books for others. Prob
ably because he was something of a
connoisseur, the colonist who coveted
foreign published books engaged him
to obtain them when he was In port
on tho otheraslde; or, knowiuif their
ftuls, he would, of his own account,
make the purchases, and bring them
over, disposing of them at a fair profit.
Among *th? customers was a lawyer
who was also Interested In shipping,
politics and several other things which
In our later day might ro by the name
of speculations. At the time when he
was flush with money he would invest
in books, and depute Capt. Fit* John
to obtain them abroad. Among, other
works for which he had something
of a penchant were those of Lord
Bacon. He managed to have quite a
sizable importation at different times.
On one occasion, when the captain
came Into port and brought him a
bale of books, he found the lawyer In
financial difficulties? of s shady char
acter. On the following day the prop
erty was to be "distrained." Under
the colonial luw among other things
exempt from the claws of the. creditor
was meat of various descriptions and
quantities. Bewailing the fact that his
books must go under the hammer, he
was disconsolate when the captain
came( with the additional volumes. He
hpd a decent sdpply of wits and he
and the lawyer, working industriously
by night, managed to stow away a
[ good deal of the library in meat bar- ?
rels In the cellar. Oft top of each was
a layer of bacon In coarse salt. The
following day, when the sheriffs clerk
came with his red chalk, he scrawled
his "X" on each of the barrels, and
the contents were exempted* It must
have been some time later when Capt.
Fit 7. John related the story, and man
aged to add, "Leave It to any one If
them bar'ls didn't hold Bacon I" And
so when a debtor got the best of his
creditors by questionable methods, the
proceedings got to be known as "sav
ing one's bacon." ~ 7
The Fathead.
It surely would be Imprudent to ad
dress that formidable creature the
swordflsh as Fathead, yet the term
would be quite appropriate. The heads
of 100 average swordflsh will yield
sixty-five gallons, of an oil that has
high market value. Refined and sun
bleached. it Is Indistinguishable from
whale off, and fetches the same price.
In fact, commercially, It is whale oil.
Whale oil Is obtained -on a much
larger scale from halibut heads, which
are.treated in the same way as the
swordflsh heads ? I. e.t cooked to u
pu)p with- steam and pressed. A short
ton of them will yield 40 gallons o(
oil. Boston and Gloucester (Mass.) '
annually produce 12,00(J gallons of re
fined oil from halibut heads.
Awny back in the seventies some
body discovered that salmon heads
were rich In oil, and since th6n the
production of it has been a consider
able Industry in connection with {be
Pacific salmon fishery. By 1805 the
annual output had risen to 50,000 gal
lons.
Force of Habit Only.
"Billy Youngdad's baby is beginning
to talk now." said Jones to Smith, the
other day. .
"Why, has he been^borlng you with
'stories about it?" said Smith.'
"No, but I sat near him at luncheon
, today and I heard him say absent
mindedly to the waitress, 'Dlnpme a ?
Jlnky water , p'ease.' "-^London Tlt
I Bits.
* A Cure.
Mrs. Upp? -Doctor, m* complexion la
something awful. What would yoti
anggest? J - ?
Doctor ? Tou win have to diet,
Mrs. Upp ? Oh, I never thought of
that. What color would be most be
coming?
' * -r i- ? 1
Broke.
"Cheer rip, old man I. There** other
~ flfh In ffce sea."
Rejected Buitoi* ? Yea. teat tfca last
ana took all my baltl-^blfa.
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