The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 23, 1920, Image 13
IliTH CLAIM HONOR
Jspute Over Location of Firat
Press in Northwest.
[tlnneiotj and South Dakota Each
Firm III th? Bella# That Thsy Are
In poaseualon of Mlatorlo
Old Rallo.
The location of the first printing
[reus III the Northwest Ih being dia
(ut'ed by two states Minnesota and
louth Dakota, nays a dispatch to the
pinneapolls Journal.
The historic printing press, an old
Washington hand-press, which, It Ih
[aimed, printed the first newspaper In
ie Northwest, Is now In the hands of;
ie Minnesota Historical society. The
[innesota contention as to the history
f the press It substantially as fol
y *
*Its active career began back in 1886,
hen John King of Dubuque pur
based It -In Cincinnati. He arrived In
ubuqv'e with the new press on May
, 1830, after s tedious trip On a river
teamboat. His first issue of this pa
er, the Dubuque Vlfeltor, appeared on
lay 11. It la said that the Visitor was
u) only paper north of St. Louis and
rest of the Mississippi river at that
Inie.
?The press, In 1843, for some reason
r other, was sold to three represents"
tves of a stock concern, J. Allen Bar
er, Daniel BenfiU and Nelson Derby,
rho latter was to become Wisconsin's
rst governor. These men took the
ress across the river to Lancaster,
?ls., to print the Qrant County Her
ld. of wlilch L. O, Bchrader was the
rst editor, vzi r:
"The Herald passed finally Into the'
ands of James M. Goodhue, a lawyer ]
y profession and a lighting editor of
lie old school. Goodhue In the spring
f 1849 shipped his press up the river
p St. Paul, Minn., where he founded
be rioneer, which years afterward b*
anie the< Pioneer Press.
"In' 1856 the press passed Into the
ands of Jeremiah Russell, who took It
d Sauk Rapids to use In printing an
ther pioneer venture, the Frontlers
jnn. After that It changed hands fre
uently. It printed among other pub
Icatlons the Sauk Valley Press con
ucte<l by Herman Muhlenberg, state
djutant general. ,The material of this
ubllcation was later sold to the tilnd
trom Citizen, a Swedish newspaper,
hortly after this old press found Its
ist home In the state museum. In St
'mil.
"Gov. Samuel J. Alright, associate
ditor of the St. Paul paper, purchased
tie press In 1868, carried It 400 miles
cross the prairies to Sioux Falls, Da
eta Territory, where, July 3, 1859, he
stabllshed. and printed the Dakota
>emocrat.
"During the , Indian hostilities of
802, Sioux Falls was abandoned and
be Indians took possession of the
lace. They found the old press and
roke It to pieces. The settlers found
tie fragments but could not put it to
ether again. Senator R. F. Pettlgrewr]
f Sioux Falls Is understood to have
ecured the plate and made from it a
nor stop. ?
/The South Dakota story has been
erlfied satisfactorily so far as the
outh Dakota department Is con*
erned, by Governor Albright, who
Tote In regard to It that 'It was so
tated, so understood and, I believe, ho
uwished upon its removal toJPakota.'
"But, on the other hand, In Ifce Mln
esota museum stands a press which
i claimed to be the one In dispute..
Ills one is simply constructed/ and ]
rotn Its appearance might have print
8 every pioneer newspaper In tl*e
forthwest. Whatever the true story
f the Identity of the prtss may be, It
I well worth contention.*'
The Right Man.
[One day as Dan Was going up
n> elevator In tlie high VIaUtod bulld
Ig In New York city at the rsar of
10 car was a messenger boy with his
pros flKed with a seore of bundles all
the same size.
Peering over the top of the ambus
ide, he fixed his eyes steadily upon
r. Beardr~Tlre nattonal ~BCinit~ C0iiF~
Isstoner of the 400,000 and more Boy
Mats of America knew the signs well
kongh to realize that something was
ksslng through the boy's mind. He
Iked the lad what he was thinking
out.
The boy .replied: "T was just
Inkln* that yJti look like a friend
mine." a-- ~
"What's your friend's name?" asked
\e man who Is the- frleud of, all
ys.
"Dan Board," said the messenger.
"I am Dan Beard," replied the com
Isalonar with a smile.
Gosh!" was the only reply of the
tonfehed .boy, who dumped his b|in
es under the feet of the amused pas
tigers and brought his right hand
to a stiff salute.
Aerial pellet for Oermany.
[Oehnany has a network of aerial
?lice patrols organized -to prevent the
Igratlon of capital from Oermany,
addition to fighting against orlm
uls generally. A landing place for
Alee airplanes is already being laid
t on the Swiss frontier. Similar m
bllfthments are planned for Hmn
rg. Breslau and other towns.
. aoA -DemamL i|
Th? great question now before us,!*
n the ponderous constituent.
e*ve, got more questions on hand
now titer we really need,** Inter*
M - iSenator Sorrhum. - - - "Corns
HE mt> fc* <> #
holy city jmow forgotten
, Established by Mormon? on Island In
! L?ko Michigan, It Wat of Con*
slderablo Importance. . ^
! t -M
The Wisconsin Stat* Historical ao
dety In preparing u history of the
Mormons who settled la uui] around
the state during the middle of the
j nineteenth century. The history will
contain much now mutcrJul concerning
tho early Mormons who settled In Illl
i noli and built their sacred city of i
: Nivhvoo, just above Keokuk.
^if(er the death of Joseph Smith,
leader of tho Mormons, In 1844, oue
of the claimants to the sWCCtlrtOtt wa*
James J. Strang of Burlington, wis,
who was converted to Mormonlsm lu
1843 by missionaries whti came to BuiS"
lingtoii. Strang soou gained a Itfoog
following and established a holy city
at Voroo* where bis followers made
their headquarters, sent out mission
arles and became successful rivals to
the Brlgham Young movement In
Utah. V-V1' . .
About 1840 Strang moved his follow
Mrs to Beaver Island la Lake Michigan,
where he built a new sacrod city, and
had his headquarters from 1849 to
1856. The city of St. James ifras the
most Important between Detroit and
Milwaukee. Strang met death at the
hands of two of his followers. He left
no successor, and the Gentiles, profit
ing by the confusion, descended on his
domain and looted It. The inhabitants
were forced to leave with such of their
possessions as they could carry, and
were deported by boat to Chicago and
Milwaukee. The church built up by
Strang was thus destroyed. It Is esti
mated that of this branch of the Mor
mons less than two hundred now re
main.
^UGAR FROM TREE AND FIELD
' . .
Years Ago People Qot Sweetening Ma*
terlal From the Msple and tho
Watermelon.
As long ago aa 1791 Dr. Benjamin
Rush put before the Phllpsophlcal so
ciety of Philadelphia sn earnest pro
posal to use maple sugar, pointing out
that "tor a great number of years
many hundred private families In New
York and Pennsylvania have supplied
themselves plentifully with thla sugar
during the whole y6ar."
The year before that the United
States had bought over 17,000,000
pounds of brown sugar, and more than
200,000 pounds of other varieties from
the West Indies. Seven years after
Doctor Rush made his appeal the
brown sugar Importation amounted to
nearly 07,000,000 pounds, and the loaf
sugar exceeded 20,500,000 pounds. At
that time somebody In Philadelphia
succeeded In obtaining sugar from"wa
termelons. getting half a pint of sirup
by gradually boiling the strained pulp
and Juice of a melon that weighed 14
pounds, This led J. B. Bordley, an ag
ricultural writer, to compute In a book
published in 1801 llmt an acre of wa
termelons would #T?T(T f 143 worth of
sirup.
Antl-Alrcraft Fire Control.
The army officer assigned to tlii
anti-aircraft artillery has hitherto been
regarded by his comrades of the line
as a mathematical prodigy, with head
full of figures, formulas, and mystic
symbols. Now appears a mechanical
apparatus prepared to do most of his
calculating for him, says the Popular
Mechanics magazine In. an Illustrated
article. Over a terrain board* hangs
an object which Is moved In .exact
correspondence with the flight of tha
hostile- air craft. From this objeot
cords stretch down to posltioua of
friendly batteries and searchlights.
Here the cords wind on registering
drums to show the range in yards from
each station to the target Similarly,
at each gnu or aearchllght station Is
a vertical quadrant, permitting tha
angle of. elevation to be read at a
glance.
?hi)>'s Remarkable Record.
Twenty years on a reef In Magellan
straits has In no way incapacitated the
four-master Alejandriaa. which has
? Jnst docked In New York with a cargo
of wool from Patagonia, vatued at
$1,500,000. For a score of years the
huge ftilk of the vessel lay on a reef
'at.the southern point of South Amer
ica, exposed to' all the elements, but so
well constructed that, after a 02-day
voyage from the graveyard to New
Tork, examination In dry dock shewed
her practically undamaged. 'The''tall
masts of the ship would not permit
her to pass nnder the Brooklyn
bridge.
Now In National Forest.
Congress has set apart 1,116,000
acres of iana in laano aflown Af the
Thunder mountain region as^ a na
tional forest land. This great tract,
difficult of accesa and having not over
one, per cent of lta area suitable for
agriculture, has for years been the
scene of destructive flres and devasta
tion due to overgrazing. It Is now to
he added to the Payette National for
^st. Whlch adjoins it on thewroth, and
west, and the Idaho National forest,
which adjoin a ft on the north rod |
west. ?" ??-?-t '. ? '* ^'v"^
Institution of Phonetics Planned.
The University of London Is plan
ning to build an Institution of phonet
ic* at a-cost of-#000,000, where sev
enty assistants would be engaged In
trch work on the 1^000 language*
of the British empire, The scheme,
wblcfe originated with Daniel Jones,
heatf 9t the phonetic department of tte
university, calls for the expend I tar*
*f *2*00,000.
SCHOLARS TO GET RFC' OS
Attendants 9t Welch Schaols and Col
leges Will Smbark in an In
teresting Kxpeflnunt.
x WmIph, throng t??*r schools. Is about
to Uliucll ttu experiment. SehoolS and
colleges tinvo Own Invited to make a
collection of nil the Welsh lle)?l. place j
ami ro?d ntunc.t. Including those of
lanes, hill*, wooOs, mounds and dykes,
and to mark on the six<lnch ordnance
map the spot* to which the name* arc
attached,
A fund hita been placed at the^lls
posal of tho Welsh department to
provide the materials for the records,
which will he collated by the hoard
Of Celtic studies In connection with
the univeralty of Wales, and deposited
In the Welsh library.
Each school Is recommended to re
tain a duplicate of the record, which
tan be added to from time to time.
Space la provided for supplemental
Information on such matters as the
existence' of rural Industries; the
survival of old or curious customs or
crafts; peculiar words or pronuncla
Hons; local proverbs or quaint say*
tugs; the use of old agricultural Im
plements; particulars of Interesting
local "characters" who may have
been distinguished by their oddlttee,
their benefactions, or their services
during the war.
Though It (s Intended for Wales,
there Is no reasou- why a similar
scheme should not be put into force
In the other parts of the United King
dom. The framers of the schejne have
hit upon a method of making the
teaching of history and geography a
very living thing, of great educational
and national value.?London Man.
CREDIT GHOST WITH WRECK
Devon People ?alleva Sight ef Spanish
Flag en British Ship Angered'
Admiral Orake.
Anyone -who knows the villages of
tlie west of England will be awnre
that they are a fertile soli for all man*
ner of superstitious beliefs. And the
process of creating new legeuds has
evidently not yet come to an end, If
we may accept a statement made at a
recent women's Institute meeting at
Exeter, at which yarious speakers re*
counted the traditions of their respect*
lve localities. A few years ago the
bhttle ship Montague was wrecked on
Lundy island as she was entering the
Bristol channel In a fog. The people
of the neighborhood, we are told, have
no doubt that she was lured to her
doom by the spirit of Sir Francis
Drake. She happened to be flying the
Spanish flag In honor of the marriage
of King Alphonso and Princess Ena..
Tills the proud ghost of Devon's great
seaman could not brook, and he made
her pay the penalty by running her
upon the rocks.?Manchester Guardian.
Easy.
"Now, children," the teacher said,
"suppose we wished to go^o Calcutta,
how would we proceed? You tell us,
Tommle?"
"I'd get on the train and go to New
York,"- Tommle responded promptly,
then paused.
"Yes?." the teacher encouraged.
"Then I'd get a steamship," Tommle
answered and sat down.
"But you haven't told us the route
you would follow,** teacher protested.
Again Tommle rose.
"Oil, I would not butt In on that,*'
he declared. "I'd leave that to the ship
captain, 'cause he'd^ Ukely have been
there*before, and, besides, I believe In
-leaving ill technical"matter* to ??
perta.**
r:J ;
Cat IVulee the Rmt,
(told Hill, Ore., has a cat that J*ft<
I the distinction of "ruling the roost.**
I Several montha ago a half-starved
and wild klttep made Its appearance
In a pen of chickens At a horns in the
suburbs ang fed with Inmates of the
enclosure. It has become quite docile
since but never comes within reach
of a person, still feeds with the chick
ens, which have a fond attachment for
It, aleeps In the nests at night and
during the daytime occupies the nest
while the hens are laying.
Recently the cat repelled a skunk
that attempted to Invade the hennery
and caused it to be treed by the house
dog, which held it at bay till morning,
when it was killed. l$e fur netted.the
Kby of the family |6.
Airplane Muffler.
?t Like all healthy youngsters, the air
plane is a noisy affair. Propeller and
engine uniteto produce a roar that al
ways make conversation difficult, and,
hi time of war, supplies to a keen-,
eared enamy a sure warning of Ijn*
pending danger.
to mitigate the evil, and ao.far, though
unable to deaden the "whir" of the
propeller, have produced numerous
featherweight mufflers to silence the
engine, exhaust. The attachment has
now passed the experimental stage,
says the Popular Mechanics Magaslne,
Jn an Illustrated article, showing a
French war airplane equipped with
a standard muffler.
The Chinese are gradually adoptiA4
the European style of footwear. At
the present time, almost 40 per cent
of the footwear In China Is reported
to be of European style. Domestic fac
tories which Canton -has twenty,.
Hongkong Ave and nearly every port
1 at farina stigasl one, srectilefiy for
the manufacture of the red leather
used for the soles of the native shoes.
The ?<?*ars at native shoes are pser
ally made from cloth or an inltatlea
box caif.
Tin Wonders ef Anrica
By T. T. MAXEY
?,? .
THE LIBRARY OF CONQRMt. |
AUHItAHY for w?? an un*
questtoned necessity. Consequent
ly, the congressional library whh found*
ed ubout the same time the government
WRI first established, or In 1800. It
was entirely destroyed by fli'e In the j
war of 1812 and alio suffered serious-j
ly from Are at a later date. Ho, con
gress authorlxed the construction of
a building that could not be burned,
llesult, the present structure, com
pleted In 1807, said to be the moat
perfectly adapted for the convenient
use uml storage of hooks of any large
library lu the world, likewise the larg*
?at, costliest and safest.
It consists of three stories, a base
meat aud a dome, covers almost three
and ohe-half acres and lias a totals
floor space of about eight acres. You
can better grasp the magnitude of
this building, when I tell you that It
contains 22,000,000 brick, to say noth
ing of the other materials, and hit*
60,200 shelves with a total length of
about forty miles.
It now houses considerably moro
than one million books and pamph
lets, which is the largsst alagla collec
tion on the pastern hemisphere. Ita
estimated total capacity Is about 1.
000,800 publications. Its more than
2,000 windows render It the beat light
ed library In the world.
The colorings of the reading room
are soft, quiet, rich and warm, being
conducive to the greatest comfort.
Tha walla carry many helpful and In
spiring Inscriptions. Ita conspicuous
beauty or charm, however, Is in the
wonderful mural decorative scheme, 11
balug. unquestionably, the moat gor
geously decorated public building in
America.
Francis James Oakes, who 'ban just
(lied in New York nt the age of SO, ofteu
asserted that he fired the first gun from
Fort Kivmter in defense of the union.
Wo wish to announce to our friends and the pub
lic that we have opened a grocery store on East De
Kalb Street in the building between Thomas' Ice
Cream Parlor and the C. W. Evan's undertaking par
or where we will be glad to* serve the public. We
have an absolutely fresh line of fancy and family
groceries, fruits and vegetables and are now ready to
serve you.
East DeKalb St. Camden, S. C.
?..2, Masked Men Rob Bank.
?Four masked robbers held up officials
nml customers of the Phoenli Oirard
Hank at Girard, Ala., Friday and escape
ed with about $30,000 in cash uiul se
curities. The men entered the institu
tion ho unobstruMively that the first thing
noticed was a flourish oi pistols accom.
punlod by one shot flred to intimidate
the victims. With an order to every
body bo throw up their hands the men
?procetded to work as though by prear
raugisnent. They had slipped ou masks
in the meanwhile. Because of the rain
there were few cuatomrs in the bi.uk.
The Widow's Spite.
The 1'iuMin?"Mr?. 8iuither? seeing
very cross with me?don't you notice she
almost cut me?"
The Friend?'Tea not surprised."
The Pam>u?"But Why?"
The Frieud?."Don't you rememb -
whou you were preaching her husband
funeral seraion you aald he had goue to
a better htwne?".?London Passing Show.
Majestic Today
D. Wv Griffith's
"BROKEN IH.OSSOMS"
MAXWELL
Has Won Its Following Through
ir '?
Its Quality
POUND for pound, the metals used in the
Maxwell chassis compare favorably with those
in the best cars that the world has produced,
according to metallurgists.
? * ? There is a deep seated reason for this quality in a
J* Maxwell. , - , *
For the fundamental purpose of the Maxwell is
to carry the same passenger ibadover the same roads
and at the same speeds as larger and more expensive
cars. .
Its particular mission is to carry this passenger load
4-? in an txtremety economical way.
Therefore the Maxwell had -to be light. But to
- make it strong as well As light only die very best of
~ materials could be employed."" s ~ 1 ?
Hence, the quality metals.
And it was through the quality of its metals that
Maxwell developed its following.
This is a following that began five years ago
with a foundation of 5,000 and new reaches
a mark of 100,000 in 1920. <
300,000 Maxwells now on the highways of
two continents are a daily endorsement of the
merit of this great car.
Utrt mlUt t*r gatlto
Miri miUl 0ft Um
Carolina Motor Co., fine.)
Camden, S. C.