The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 23, 1920, Image 15
\s LUDENDORFF CAR
caco Man Now Has Maohlne
in Daily Use.
Imous'te Wa# Selaed for General
While Owner Was Touring
, Gormany.
Chicago, HI,H8W. LudendoifTs gen
?ol headquarters motor caY, with the
line black body and sloping duck
>sf. thnt carried the military luad^fj
e German armies over Helgfyn and
rtMich road* while Ita occupant was
eking to annihilate the Ulli**, can bo
4ii nlmoHt any day ou Chicago's
reets and boulevards. - a:
Hullet-scarred and battered after
iveling more thau 00,000 utiles us the
ii I page of the German commander,
t limousine baa returned to peaceful
ittulte and civilian service.
la the aummer of 1014 C. I*. Wllley.
Chicago lumber merchant with hi*
fe, was touring Germany In the mo
cur. The war flamed up and the
tomoblle was seised by German of*
ials, despite Its owner's protests, be*
miDg the official property of den.
idendorff.
Somewhere In its war actfvfty the
iou8lne was the target of well-aimed
ichlne-gon Are from the allied air
n and lta roof waa perforated in
my places.
rhrougfr an American consul Wiliey
>uglit about the return of the auto*
bile. O. I*. Wllley died In 1010 and
j car it how used dally by hie son,
B. Wllley,
i"?ni' .mm/1/"!'!*'! 11 i *i y.'-,j'r :?
:C0RATED TWICE BY ITALY
rgt. (Jaterlne Philip* of New York,
nerly of the Sixth battalion of Ar
W88 decorated twice by the Itak
government for bravery. He lias
unusual distinction of talking to
rlele d'Annunslo, while he was,
oned at Flume. He arrived re
ly in New York from Palermo,
INTERVIEWED THE BABY
Neperier Qets Itory of
Railroad Wreck In Five
Words.
w Angeles, Cal.^Howard Rogers,
len months old, a survivor of the
hern Pacific wreck At Acton and
>f Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Rogers, who
lers from Sacramento, is believed
> the youngest person ever success*
Interviewed under such olrcum*
fes. Asked If he would tell how
iccident happened, the bright lit
pllow responded Immediately with
statement of the sequence of
|s, telling his story In Just five
Here Is what Howard said
ned and the way it occurrsd:
tJ^oot! Choot Chool Bang!"
Protected by
Law, Disturbs Law
Chelsea, Mass.?Residents in
vicinity of Chelsea* have
in disturbed nights by an ac
but elusive screech owl.
little marauder starts in hl?
ttur??ance between 9 and 10
^?The police have been
t<*d to capture tUe bird. Dtir"
the day the owl flits from
| chimney to another in an
>rt to escape capture. The
Ice have given an alibi that
Is against the game laws to
>t the ?wl.
IANS CROWD TO COLLEGE
iltles* Enrollment This Year is
41^100 Greater Than
in 1014. . V
41,000^ore
[ajtbiM In the universities
iny dk^b In 1014. In th? year.]
rats enrolled, while In J
approximately 01.000, This
1 ?n increase of nearly 2.000
Mrh Of (he
to 11 terintad school, tooro
la 1814
PUT IT UP TO GRANDFATHER 1
Pour-YearOld K<rpt Her Pennle*
While Elderly Relative Wee
Forced to MDlg Up.*
, Grandfather le a verj^ dignified, re
tired minister, But still, with all bit
dignity he regularly takes Ida four
yfar-old granddaughter to Sunday
school because ho thinks that she
should have this religious training
while she Is yet young*
The othor Sunduy It was Mary Wl
ten's fourth birthday and she. after the
custom of the school carried with her
four penuleS to irtaee In tho birthday
basket. Everything went nicely and
the tot went to the frout, her little
face happy above her Sunday finery.
Still smiling ehe stood lu row with
the other birthday children and watt*
ed while the basket was passed.
When ft was taken to the others and
she saw them put their pennies Into
the bSsket Mary Kllen became dis
tinctly uneasy. She seemed about to
flee; then to reconsider and stayed,
But when It reached her, Instead of
dropping her. pennies luto tt aa the
others had done she held to them
tmj tightly Indeed and said: "No,
I'm going to keep thera myself. If
you want any odera you tan tall my
grandpa up, He bad a whole handful
this mornln'."
And grandfather. In order to "Keep
his reputation freftrfrom having any
of the talnta of a piker, had to rise
from his seat and come forward with
four pennies. Then was the amuse*
merit of the congregation not only seen
but beard as well.?Indianapolis News.
LAST OF GREAT MONOPOLY
I ;J"i'v. ________ J
Three Million Acres ef Hudson's Bay
Company's Land to Be Given
Over to Farming
-r?When Itlng Charles II. made a grant
?f land In America to "The Governor
and Company of Adventurers of Eng.
land Trading Into Hudson's Bay"?be
generously turned over to them about
three-quarters of North America, an '
empire which time has diminished un
til now the Hudson's Bay company Is
selling, to settlers the rich acres which
It still retained after susrenderlag Its
authority over Its Canadian holdings
to the Dominion government, fifty years
ago,, for an Indemnity of $1,600,000.
Little enough did Charles, in 1070,
Imagine the future history of the?trad*
Ing company he hsd established; still
less could he have pictured the chain
of retail department stores In the
twentieth century. Over 3,000,000 acres
Of?fertile land* the., last substantial
fraction of King Charles* grant, Is be
ing sold.,to farmers; and as It has lain
uncultivated since the days of the In
dians, it Is pleasant to think that the
farmers will soon be husy on It.
Bits of SecrSt Far Eastern History.
The after-dinner confidential chat of
a British naval officer with a French
bluejacket at a Sydney b^U in 1853
cost the British empire New Caledonia.
Our French friend had for many days
ca&t longings eyes on Captain Cook's
discovery of 1794. So had we. But
the hint given of our Intention to an
nex enabled our rivals to land and
take possession three hours before wa
came to the scene. Thus we lost not
only New Caledonia and the adjacent
Isles, but the loyalty group and the
New Hebrides; for It Is an open secret,
that* the throat of the Impossible New
Hebrides condominium will soon be
cut and France will gather In this gem
of the pacific. It ip6y bring balm
to remember tliftt as the French beat
us on the post for New Caledonia so
we beat them by a nose for Maorllani
In fl almost exactly the same way.?
Sydney Bulletin.
I ? ..." ... / "r - -' ? ' - - A
Eleotrlc Fire Legs.
Electric fire logs, which have been
used on the rftage for several year*,
' are now available for other usee.
These fire logs are made of imitation
wood, consisting of three or more logs
naturally grouped for Interior flre
places and outdoor campfires. The log*
are of translucent material and as
bestos, re-enforced with metal, tod are
made hollow for the Insertion of elec
tric bulbs. The bark ?nd cut ends
of the logs are artistfeaily designed
and hand-painted toWre the natural
appearance of partially burned logs.
By; shading the translucent and
opaque parts properly and providing
for reflection from below, tl\e legs,
when Illuminated, glow with the nat
oral bright and darker shading of j
burning wood logs. The Are logs can
also be obtained in the form of a
large wood log with imitation ^asb
heap, for large old-fashioned fireplaces.
Grain Qradlag gshssh 1
la Portland, Ore., a new kind of
school has been started which haa no
truant officer, gives no degrees and
Is attended by young and old?college
graduates as well as some who didh't
go through high school. Ifs not a large
school?only 86 at last reports, who
meet once a week for an Intensive
course in grain grading, because they
are interested la grading grain under
-federaKataadartfe* administered by Ike
United States department of agricul
ture. The school la held once a week
outstd* of busineta Hours In tji* offlca
of the federal grain supervisor. Among
the stftdgnts are grtfn .dealer*, dock
superintendents *and foremen, an!
state grain
"Prohibition will not prevent the
full." remarked an>
xswfMM
Have
MUSCLE SHOALS |p
NATION'S BULWARK
Big $60,000,000 Nitrate Plant
a Defense tor Future
Generations.
INSURES NATIONAL DEFENSE
' it' ?; ?
Assurance of Abundant Ameri
can Explosives a Reason
Why Germany Quit - \
?By GARRET SMITH.
One. of the chief fortresses of Amer
tot's new military defense system
which developed out of the World
, War is the Ammonium Nitrate Plant
at lfuscle Shoals, Alabama, on the
| Tennessee River, over three hundred
mile* from the scacoaat capable of
| turning out 800 tons of high explosives
a day. It assurea to the United States
for all time an abundance of ammuni
tion without which an army Is a help*
lees encumbrance and It has made
thla unlimited supply of exploslvea
available without resort to Taw ma
terlal from outalde of the country.
The essential Ingredient of all mod
ern military exptoalve* In nitric acid.
Before the World War, America waa
entirely dependent upon Chile for the
aupply of nitrate of soda, the only
chemical from which nitric add can
be made. In cast this country became
Involved In war with any nation that
could control the aea our foe would
have us at her mercy, for she could
cut ott our essential means of striking
back. ^
Other nations, however, were
equally dependent upon the Chilean
nitrate supply. Germany waa pur*
chasing one third of It 8he had ex
pected to, hold the aea with her sub
marines bu? falle<V9 But a process
for extracting1 nitrogen from the Air
rajid been obtafned by Germany'some
I.Wars before from Italian chemists.
This process had been successful In
producing a high grade nltrsgapons
'fertiliser from ...which ift turn could
P$? extracted atrmonlum nitrate. Cwtej
many, therefore, fell to manufacturing
ammonium nitrate from the air on a
large scale.
Americana Buy German 8ecret.
In 1007 an American company, head*
ed by- Frank 8. Washburn, had secured
the American rights to this process
from Germany and had gone into mag^J
ufacturing the fertiliser on the GOBir
dlnn sldo of the Niagara Falls. When
America found herself In the World
War the Ordnance Department turned
to Mr. Washburn's company for'hefo
The Air Nitrates Corporation was
formed, with Mr. Washburn at Its
head, to build the Muscle Shoala plant
It was assisted by |everal other well
known corporations, such as the West
tnghonse Church Kerr Company, which
put up the plant buildings, the perma
nent city and utilities; the X G. White
Corporation, which designed and con
structed the power plant; the Cfaeih
leal Construction Company, which d#?
signed and built the nitric acid plant
and (he M. W. Kellogg Company, which
furnished the piping and built the
chimneys.
Beginning workln November, 1017,
the big plant and new city at Muscle
Shoals was completed within one
year's time. Had the expected spring
drive of 1019 materialised this oat
supply IS per cent of all the high
explosives used by all the Allied
mles on all fronts during that drivji,
and the United States was secure for
*11 time to oeme against an ammuni
tion shortage.
WJhen the arrangement was finally
made for building the big air nitrate
plant work was beouf on a power
dam at the same pqlht This worklij
being conducted directly by the Unit
ed States E&glneerlng Corps. It will
not be completed, however, for two or
th(?a~more years. It was necessary,
therefore, In order to Insure lmine
| dlate operation whea the nitrate plant
waa completed to construct a fl0,000,
000 steam power plant one of the larg
est steam plants for the production of
continuous electric power In the world.
It is pointed out that even had tjj|
" water-power plant been completed dur
ing the war It would have been neces
sary also to haye constructed a steam
plant to Insure the nitrate plant work
ing at fii" capacity at all times dur
ing the year.
Plant Worth All It Cost
New, this entire job cost the Govern
meat $60,000,000. It was put through
at a time when the priees of materials
and labor were at their summit It
waa built at record speed, and speed
cpata money. The question naturally
arises, then, as to, whether Uncle Sam
got his money's worth.
Teats' msde after the plant was in
operation showed that ammoniumJjM
trste of standard specifications could
be produced st this plant at a coat of
less than <w?e-balf the standard fixed
price paid by the government for a*
monlum nitrate produced by the older
methods. This costJs only about ooe
fourth to one-fifth the cost Of other
high explosives of equal strength.
OoSspared with the older process for
. unfiwxtmtnm nitrate tllSSaV*
logs made this plant would have
paid for the entire plant in shout one
l;^axi<i one half:g*?ar? of operation. ?s
v Til AWf value of the Muscle Shoals
plant, however. wBl Itata dcfait<s te
j' ii wpgwpw?m ?p? pn?yp?
ttiOM Fk a ll?|,
r ,NiA?lwvlUe. JaL? Ju.. 1A.?CUtef*
Hi.-I, a <||*tted l*oli?ud Chlu? hof, ?o|?l
today for $35,000, This in t rewnl \trtc*
for one hog.
U#t rtttjr muhom. ?- ^ -f |
NV* York* J1111/ 14.?John Dodfo of
IMroit, ?iut?unol)ilo iiiMuufHotun>r, Uktl
hero tonight fixxn ptmiuionla. lfo left
? fortune of fifty inilltoua.
A grtftt wany formers b?v? a inlaUke*
Idea that blrda aw the former** enmolev
? ml yet bird* kiU tbouftaiuU of lu#*'
ttnd rwb'Ut pent* and Ihoivby apvo tbou
?amb? of <\olUn? wortb of cropa.
mMake*
XWs Bridge Strong
like
ti>?
The bridge is strong because it is supported in
every direction by sturdy diagonal braces that form
diamonds everywhere.
The battery is strong becauie its plates* like the
bridge, are built on the Diamond principle.
That is why the plates do not buckle nor lose
their active material. That is why the battery is
Guaranteed for Eighteen Months
That it why we are the official Phila
delphia Service Station.
Expert battery re-charging and repairing.
Free inspection?any battery?any make,
any car, any time. Drop in today and let
ut look at the condition of your lottery.
W. 0. Hay's Garage
^ South Main Street
Camden, - South Carolina
C HA NDLE I? S ( X
Famous For Its Marvelous Motor
ire
Thousands Choose The
'w> ?' ' ?
Chandler Dispatch
TV/TANY admirers of the Chandler Six chopse the
IVJ. Chandler Dispatch. For two years this model
has outsold all other cars of the so-called sport type.
Its popularity is one of the high spots in motordom.
The new series Dispatch is a snappy, handsome
car, seating four adults in perfect comfort. It is of
most beautiful design and finish; mounted on the
standard Chandler Chassis, famous for its mechanical
excellence.
You are asked to pay much more for cars which
might perhaps be compared with the Chandler. And
cheap cars sell fbr but little less.
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Four-Passenger Dispatch Car,41978
jssenger Sedan, $299$ Four-Passenger Coup*, $2795 Limousin*. $3395
(All prices /. o. b. Cleveland)
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