The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 06, 1920, Image 16
WATER FED FIRE
Case Where Liquid Was of No
* Use tp Quench Flames.
? Metallic Sodium In Veaeel'e Held
Merely Blazed More f-ieicely mm
Streami From Fire Heae
Reached It.
It Is said thai, for the most part,
water If applied In sufficient Quantities
will eventually quench any tire. In
fome caaea. however, wates not only
proves Ineffectual but actually kindle?
and nourishes tile lire.
When a freighter, the Hardy,
ateamed out of Le Treport, France,
some years ago she carried, beaidea
the mineral water In her hold, a num
ber of small wooden caaea marked
"inetaMIc aodluin."
Now, the channel waa rough. The
.. vessel rolled and pitched violently.
^vhe captain aaw that the ahlp waa Hat
ing to port, and auapectlng that the
cargo waa ahlftlng, aent a boatswain
below to Investigate. Am the boat*
?wain entered the hold he aaw that
aeveral caaea of mineral water had
broken and that the water waa awlab
log about In the hold. Then auddenly
he aaw one of the wooden caaea
marked "sodium" buret Into flame.
Immediately he gave the alarm, and I
the crew rushed to their Are atatlone\j
The captain directed the tneu to turn
the hpae Into the hold. Aa the llrat
stream of water atruck the burning
case there were aeveral exploaion8 aa
package after package within the caae
caught lire. Bfr this time two other
caaea of sodium had broken open, and
their contents, as they came In con
tact with the water from th? hose,
burst into flame.
The crew could not Ixdieve their
eyes. The more water they poured on
the lire, ? tho more Intend grew the
con tl (ignition. Then auddenly two
canes flew Into the air, crashed against
the overhead beams and spread out In
sheets of Are, the smaller pieces drop
ping haek only to bounce and dance
about, huge halls of flame In the hnlf
swainped hold.
The superstitions crew was fast be
coming unmanageable, and the captain
saw that In any case he must abandon
the ship. He ordered the crew to the
boats not a moment too soon, for aa
the boats rmved away' from the blaring
hulk several loud explosions came from
the .hold. Then there was one mighty
detonation; the freighter broke In two
and plunged out of sight.
Japan and Baaeball.
Japan is one of the few nation* ef
the earth -that has adopted tho ''na
tional pastime" of the United States,
the game of baseball, which grew up,
In Its present form, in the latter coun
try. The game has been transplanted,
has taken root, and is thoroughly flour
ishing in the Island kingdom. Hut the
Japanese, according to one of them,
recently traveling in America, are
making all their baseballs by hand, not
yet having perfected any machinery
for manufacturing them. This so
journer, who Is a mechanical expert,
was much Interested, while on his trip.
In learning the method by which the
balls are made. The playing of the
game In Japan, saya this traveler, Is
widespread. A few years ago two Of
the Japanese universities sent teams
to the United States, where they en
gaged In competition with American
university nines. Their ability was
marked, and their sportsmanship ex
cellent. The common Interest of the
people of the two nations in this sport
has been recognized as n possible
source <>f Increased understanding be
tween th**m. -
Will Never^how.
Joe Hawkins of thc^Rfto Sales com
pany, Is a believer nrat nppenranee
Is 95 per cent of the game.
The other day ho was demonstrat
ing a very classy six-cylinder car to
a mah and his wife. The wife wan
very much taken with the appearance
of tlie car; the husband was still a
Ions way from being sold.
As they were coming down Merid
ian street one of the cj'llnders started
missing. Hawkins, trying to aj>olo
glee for the behavior of the engine,
said: "One of the spark plugs must
be broken for one of the cylinders
Is missing."
The wife spoke up: "That doesn't
matter much, the cylinders are all
under the hood anyway, nnd if one of
them Is ntfssing it will never show."
?Indianapolis News.
Something Mining.
"This catalogue is no good," said a
man visiting the art museum, accord
lax to a story that has reached us.
There ain't any prices on It."
"What," said his wife. "You weren't
thinking of buying any?"
"Certainly not." replied the com
plalner. "But how can you be ex
pected to appreciate pictures If you
don't know the price of them ?"--Bos
ton Transcript.
Parental Diffidence.
?T>op* your bny mind when yon
speak to him?"
"Yes." Miid Farmer Corntossei,
doubtfully "H?it he's got us so Im
pressed with his -H[**rior knowledge
that w f don't often venture to speak
to him."
A? to Alimony.
"Is there any ws.y a man can avoid
paying alimony?" asked the frtepd
who >vr. seeking free advice.
"Sure." replied the lawyer. "Ha
?*?7 slngl? or *tn) married."
FRENCH KING FIRST IN FIELD
W/ftli^i of ThfMM Paine thaw ThM
Htniy IV One* Contfiapiatarf
League of Nations.
a ?
wiiiYv l?n*ident Wllsoa, W?yd
George tod other *t Hemnf n are talk
luu of a league of n it loot the fallow
inf, taken from Thomas Palne'a 4*Tbe
Itighta of Man." la historical:
"It wa? attributed to Henry IV of
franca, n man of hii enlurgcd and be
nevolent linirl, Hint he purposed about
1910 a plan of ahoiuiiing war la Ku
rope. The p I it 11 con*l?ted In constrict*
log an European congress, or, a*
French authors BtyU> It, a pacific re
public; by appointing delegates from
the several nation*, who were %? fCt
as a court of arbitration In any dis
putes that mlyht arise between na
Hum and nation.
"Had tho plenbeeu adopted at the
time It waa proposed the taxea of Eng
land and France, its two of tfce parties,
would hare been at least ten millions
sterling annually to each nation less
than they,were at the pororaanearaent
of the French Revolution."
Here Is ntso part of a letter ad
dressed to Lafayette from I'alne, Feb
ruary 9, 1702 s
"If you make a campaign the ensu
ing '? spring, which Is most probable
there will be no occasion for, I will
touii and join you. Should the cam
paign commence,. I hope ft will ter
minate in the extinction of German
def-potlMtr and establishing the free
dpm of all Germany. When France
'rfhinl be. surrounded with revolutions
she} will be In peace and safety *$d
her taxes, as well as those of Ger
many, will consequently become less."
LAWS PRINTED IN GERMAN
Hew the 8tate of Indiana Catered M
tha Teuton Element in the Fiftiee
and Sixties.
Time was when the Indiana general
assembly directed that Its laws be
printed la German as well as In Eng
lish?but never more, observes the In
dianapolis News.
In 3S52 the legislature enacted a
statute that Ifs laws passed at that
session should be printed In German
and one copy distributed to each of
the clerks of the Judicial circuits. By
Joint resolutions of the senate and
house the session laws of the special
session of 1S58, the regular session of
3850, the regular session of 1801, the
special session of 1801, and the regu
lar session of 1.807 were printed In
the German language. The revised
statutes of 1853 were ordered printed
In German. **
Mrs. Edward Franklin White of the
law editorial department of the llobbs
Merrill company, believes the print
lug of the nets In German was no part
of the propaganda for "kultur," which
lias boen so exposed of late, but she
rather believes that Indiana was mak
ing a special bid for settlement by
Germans along with other foreigners
who were westward bent. She says
all vorts of Inducements yrtTQ held
out In the flftleR and sixties to attract
colonization In Indiana and cites, as
another of the Inducements, the lax
constitutional provisions (constitution
of 1852) for obtaining citizenship, or
at leasr the right to vote. ?- 1
Civilization Fata! to Eskimo.
Vllhjalmur' Stefansson,1 Arctic ex
plorer, to whom the Charles P. Daly
medal was presented by the American
Geographical society, for his Mvallia
ble contrU>utlons to science," pleaded
that no efforts bo made to civilize the
Eskimo tribes of'the faV North' All
such previous efforts, be stated, had
resulted disastrously for the.natives.
One tribe of 5,000 discovered In 182.r>
by an English explorer, he said, was
now reduced to only 40 persons
through adoption of a civilized mode,
of living, which was unsuitable for the
frigid clime.
Vehicle Market in Siam.
Owltlf to the low-lying and often In
undated plains of southern Slam, In
which most of the rice farming Is
done and In which road making is dif
ficult, and also the fact that transpor
tation Is easily afforded by the numer
ous canals which traverse the country
in every direction, there Is not likely
to be any extended demand for farm
wagons or other vehicles for the us#
of the Siamese farmer. It seems, how
ever, that considerable attention will
be given to road making in Siam'i
principal cities, notably in Bangkok,
and that therefore a line of municipal
vehicles will be needed in the near
fut ure.
Didn't Come Off.
In the belfry of a little church la
France the Germans placed a bomb
roenu'Cted with wires to the mon
strance on the altar. The idea was
that when the monstrance was mo red
the resultant explosion would bring
the church down upon the heads of the
worshipers. Fortunately Marshal
Foch's little paragraph In his armis
tice terms, to wit, that German com
manders would be held personally re
sponsible for all damage done by In
fernal machines, prevented this char
acteristically Teuton performance from
coming off.?Rochester Post-Express.
Rescued by Mother-ln-Law.
WWlam Olive of Rrldgewater. after
putting a new roof on a dog house In
his yard, was afraid the flog would get
rut on the nails sticking through, and
crawled In to clinch them on the In
side. When he had finished the Job
he fomid that his coat was caught on
a nail ami be couldn't get oat. He
mad* sll (he noise he cojild, and final
ly, after a long while, his motheM*
lav heard him.?Boston Globe.
14m m i N?k
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(Pufcttafcod bjr rtquwtj
ft c pre Kent I ng nothing on earth uow,
Aid naugfat io the w*t*r Mow it; ./!?:
A? a pledge of nation that'a dead and
gone,
Keep It, dear friend, and ?how lt<v
Hhow it to those who will lend ?u ear
To it: to t !*???? thU pa#er can tell _
Of liberty born. of the patriot's dream,
Of the Ktorm-eradled nation that fell. '
Too poor t?? i*??Het<?? the preofoua ores,
And too much a stranger to borrow.;
\\V iaiufid today our promise to pay
Which we hoped U> redeem on the morrow
Hut days rolled on and week* became
yoars,
White our coffcra were empty attU,
And coin ?o rare the troamiry quaked
If a dollar should dr<?p in the till
'Hut the faith that was in u? waa strong,
lodMdi ?
Ami our poverty well discerned,
And those little checks represented the
,.pay
That our suffering votunteera earned.
We knew it hod hardly a value in gold
Yet as gold our soldie in received it,
tt gqxed in our eye* with a promise to
AihI eAch Southern patriot believed ft.
Hut our boys thought little of price or
pay.
Or of the bill* that were overdue;
Wo knew if It bought us broad today
'Twrh the beet old country could do.
Keep it?tell its Mstory o'er
From the birth of Its dream to the laut;
Molest aud tyorn of the angel* of hope,
Like the hope of success, It haa passed.
?8. A. .Jones.
Iticlunoud, lHOTx. ""
The descendant* of the Aborigines lu
Australia are very fond of jewelry, but
they do not pay much for it. They uae
telegraph wire to make bracelets, ear
rings, aud noae-rings, and tear dovru
the telegraph lines for that purpose.
Legal Advertising
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FINAL DISCHARGE. *
Notice is hereby given ,thut one month
from this dfite, on Friday, February 27,
IDifO, I will make to the Probate Court
of Kershaw County mj final return u
Administrator of the eatate of Luther
Ualay, and on the aarne date I
will apply to the ?aid Count for a final
discharge a* satd Administrator.
W. M. HALEY,
Administrator.
Camden, H. C? Jan. 24, U>20.
A DM IN IttTKATOK'H NOTICE
All persons indebted to the estate of
J. ' \V. Freshley, deceased, are hereby
notifiin! to make payment to tin- under
sigued, and all parties having claim**
against -the eftld estate will present theiu
duly attested within the time prescribed
by law.
B. JO, FRE8IIIJ0Y,
Qualified Administrator,
Carndeu, 8. C\, .January 14th, 1920.
notice to debtors.
All parties indebted to t|i*> estate of
Miss Sunie Elliott, deceased, are hereby
uotlfled to mske pa.vment. to the uuder.
signed, and aM parties, If any, having
claim* against the said estate will pre*
sent them duly attested within the time
prescribed bar law.
ELLEN H. TIDWELL,
Qualified Administratrix.
Camden, 8. C., January 20th. 1020.
42-44
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
{Hate of 8outh Carolina^
County o# Kershaw.
A position signed by one third or mora
or th<> qualified electors and a* like pro
portion of the resideut freeholders oI
th" age of twenty one years having been
filed with, the (bounty Board of Educa
tion asking for an election in School
District No. 80 to determine whether a
special tax of four (4) mills shall be
levied on all tho taxable property for
aehool purposes and the petition having
been granted we the undersigned trustees
will hold an election at Thornhlll School
House on Friday Feb. 18th, 1020. After
giving notice of name for two weeks in
a newspaper and posting in at least
three public places in the district. Polls
will o^en at 8 a. m. and clone at 4 p. m.
Those who reside in the district and pre
xent their registration certificates and
tax receipt* will ibo allowed to vote in
this election. Election will be conducted
under the rtrtc* of general election,
(j. T. FA LK EN BERRY
C. L. FALKENBERRY '
HAGOOU WILLIAMS,
Trustees School District No. 80
43-44
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GEORGE' T. LITTLE
SPECIAL TIRE SALE NEXT WEEK
20 per cent off on all Tire, in Stock.
Pipe, Fittings, Pumps, Cylinders
and Well Points.
Due to strikes, in botb steel and cval (nines ami"other unsettled
conditions it baa been hard to secure material, but we have been
very fortunate in having a food stock of Pipe, FHtlttfg, etc. f
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
aaa west gervias st. Columbia, s. c.
FINAL, DISCHARGE
Notice is horoby given that' one month
from thiA date, on Saturday February
14th, 1020, I will make to the Probate
Count of Kerdhaw County my finril re
turn as Administrator of the. e?tate of
Mr* Ktam* Ji Atto'fr towwj,
the same date I wkll apply to t_,,
Court for a flual discharge us said
iniuist nitor.
b. D. ALFORD.
Canttlen, S. C., January 13th, 1920.
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