The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 13, 1920, Image 6
ARE BR01HERS IN (REICHtRY
American |idi?n ?t Hie Woret, ?nd
the Hun, Shown to Have Quel
? iiiee In Common.
Tin; German I* not the originator
of tho ^Knmerad" ru*o. a.coOrdlnjc to
Ed Houston, h farmer living north of
Junction City, Ktui., w li?> followed nil
account# of buttles In fiio t?i? war
very cloudy,
Alt', Houston s?,vh that tin: Indian
was tin adept (it crying "Kamerad."
In his own tongue, of course, long be
fon> the (ii'iinnn empire was formed,
41 tit) cites an experience of Ids own
to pi'OVO It.
Mr. lloUMtoii wa* u member of
Troop tJ, Seventh cavalry, the regi
ment commanded hy the gallant C'ol.
George CJuster, for eight years, Un?
dor Captain Kdgerly ho went to the
H'ccno of the I'lno Itldge troubles. The
troops lined up to disarm a hand of'
Indians that had given themselves up.
They Included the chief, Big Foot, and
a large number of braves, as well as
women and children.
The captives were horded together
and soldiers formed a hollow square
around thetd. IOach Indian wore bis
blanket draped Over his shoulders,
and, with arms folded across the chest
io the customary Indian posltlou,
maintained a stoical silence. It was
known that a number of the Indians
carried guns, but no treachery was
suspected.
Suddenly, apparently without a
given signal, one Indian opened fire
on the surprised troopers. Instantly
all of tho other braves followed suit,
and even tho squaws and older chil
dren Joined In tho attack upon ^tho
soldiers.
Little Indian boys with sawed-off
shotguns fought until killed and the
battle was a bloody affair. It ended
when there were no more Indians, be
cause the soJdJers, angered at tho
trickery that had boon shown, gave
no quarter and the Indians asked for
none.
The following day the Seventh went
to l>rexel Mission, where another bat
tle took place. After the I'lno Illdge
trouble had been stamped out, the
regiment returned to Its station at
Fort Itiley, where Mr. Houston con
tinued in service for a number - of
years. .
Gull Gets Into Ashpit.
"It's crying like a baby and fighting
like a devil.," shouted Engineer JameN
McQuade of the state steam tug Gov- j
ernor Irvln, lying In the slij> between !
piers 18 and 20, as he ran waving his
arms toward police officers, ."John Mal
colm and John Maloney, on duty at the
piers, writes a San Francisco corre
spondent.
"(Jet Captain Syinon on the phone?
tell him something awful I* aboard the
Irwin," said McQuade as he came
alongside the oflieers, but the olllcers
thought It better to Investigate before
communicating with 'apt. James Sy
nion. superintendent of the state tugs.
"There's something In the ash re
ceiver, right under the smokestack of
the Irwin," McQuade said.
The olllcers hurried back to the tug
with the engineer. Ash-pit doors were
thrown open and there, gasping for
breath, lay a seagull that had llown
down the smokestack.
"I started working Its wings with my
hands and blowing down its throat,
and Maloney fanned It with his head
gear. and In a few ininutes.it began to
breathe all right, and flapped Its wings
to be off. nicy were scorched badly
and It Hew a little wobbly as It made
away toward Verba Duena island. I
bet that bird will remember this day,"
said Malcolm.
Why American Publishers Are LiHted.
Turn back to the magazines of 'JO or
30 years ago and compare them with
what Is thought good enough for us.
T was looking through such a maga
zine recently and found a poem by
Swinburne, a prose romance by Wil
liam Morris, and much else of a qual
ity you would no more think of looking
for In ft current magazine than for
jpnltn tr'es In Whitecbapel. It Is dif
ferent In America; In spite of gross
business instincts, ??*- because of them,
they do turn out magazines which are
good to look at, and very often good to
read ; for American editors think noth
ing of paying a sum for a short story
which, to mention to a> London editor,
would make him feel :ix If something
snapped in his head He wouldn't un
derstand. The consequence is the best
English writers send their wares first
to the American market, where they
are better displayed and net a better
price. ? I.union Nation.
"First Families" Win.
Seven out of ten first prizes In th?
bird puzr.ie contest. conducted last
spring by l))?? Allmqnennie (lame Pro
tective association. were <Milled 1'Vny
by I 'uehlo an'? Nii-vajo Indian children.
The contest was open to u 11 schoolchil
dren in New Mexico. i>t' which1 the na
tive Indians f..nn l>ut a nmall fraction,
hut the superior hrM hand knowledge
of the \oung rednien made tliern easy
winners over nil other f-ontcMants. The
contest consisted of ??? ipie>tlnns on
native New Mexico birds, arranged to
bring ""t knowledge ot* their habits
and an understanding of their value te
HgrI(Hj!t are.
Medical Science.
I think it 18 not an exaggeration to
My that medicine, surgery, obstetrics
? nd (he many medical ?pec!altleR have
made more progress in the 72 years
from 1846 to 1!?1S than in as many
centuries before. I am also quite will
ing to believe that the next 70 yearn
will fce pa fruitful n.s the last 70 hftve
?H*?n.?JlnJ. W. W. Keen, id th? VaJ#
&?vlew.
FERTILIZER SITUATION
OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL
PLANT FOOD IN SOUTH
Prices Net So High Ah They
Were, But Materials Are
j Reported Not Equal J
I To Demand
Atlanta, fin.?A survey of the fer
tliizi i situation by n????e familiar with
It indicates that there may bo u short
age of commercial plant foo<l Id 1920.
The reasons assigned for this are prin
cipal that strikes have interfered
with the production of materials. Ip
addition, there htm been aome diffi
culty in obtaining shipments over the
railroads.
To bo more specific, the long drawn
out strlUe of miners in the rock phos
phate finds of Florida prevented a^
supply of rock phosphate being ship
ped to the factories. This and the dif
ficulty of getting prompt shipments
vhen the mines resumed work, it Is
claimed, has put the manufacture of
acid phosphate more than three
months behind, besides redutiv ? the
possible supply.
As to ammoniales or nitrogenous
materials, it is pointed out that the
coal and steel plant strikes greatly
reduced the possible output of sul
phate of ammonia. Tankage and cot
tonseed meal are so much in demand
as feed as to be unavailable or too ex
pensive to use as fertilizers. Ni
trate of soda is being shipped in larger
amounts, but not as cheaply as a .s
expected. It seems that the demand
for nitrato of soda in the orient, oti
pecially, has kopt up the price higher
than was anticipated.
As for potash, there is going to be
a fair'supply, the first time since the
European war began. A considerable
amount of potash has been shipped
from (Sermany to France, whije there
is quite an accumulataion of stocks
of desirable American-made potash on
hand.
The Soil Improvement Committee
of the Southern Fertilizer Association,
with headquarters in Atlanta, is send
ing out information to southern farm
ers urging them to order their fre
tilizer* early and for immediate ship
ment. The reasons given are that
there is going to be great difficulty
In supplying the demand, and the
sooner it is known how much the
farmer wauts, the sooner the manu
facturer will know how big a job he
has on his hands and how hard he
must work to accomplish as much of
it as possible.
It is also ?tated that the rairoads
are an-xious that fertilizers be ordered
early so that they may be able to pro
vide cars, else there will be a serious
difficulty in getting fertilizers deliv
ered on time. Th? railroads are also
insisting on full carload shipments,
which make* It necessary to have or
ders early so as to consolidate them
into full carloads.
It is stated that the indications are
that there will be a heavy demand for
fertilizers throughout the South this
year on account of the promising
prospeets for southern crops. It is
stated, also, that the orders coming
in to the factories reveal that the
farmer is now wanting higher grade
fertilizers than ever before.
POISONING BOLL WEEVIL
What in claimed to be the most ef
fective method yet devised for com
batting the boll weevil Is that of poi
soning it with calcium arsenate. The
method was perfected by B. H. Coad
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, at the Tallulah, La., ata
tion, after several years of experi
menting. The weevil is poisoned by
dueting the cotton at night or while
the dew is on. using a dusting ma- !
chine to apply it. The material poi
sons the dew on which the weevil de
pends for his drinking water. The
weevil is killed, but there is another
generation hatching out. so that the
poiBon must be applied three or four
times at a week or ten days intervals.
Experiments show that the weevil
can be kept down to such an extent
that they can not do Herious damage.
The cotton waved is worth far more
than the cost. ~ 1
It is important that the right k'.nd
of calcium arsenate be used. There
art' different kinds, made for differ
ent purposes The wrong kind may
be too weak to kill weevils, or too
strong and Injure the cotton plant.
There is no use to b^gin dusting
the < otton plants before about ten
out of every 100 squares are punctured
by the weevil. it will be a waste of
money to undertake to >}>r<i> a field
thoroughly to wh ^n there are fewer
weevils In the field While it will
kill practically all that are alive, the
new hatch will hare to be taken care
of by subsequent > prays It in not ad
vised that any one undertake to dust
the plants with anything else than th?
regular dusting machines The pole
and bag methods has not proven sue
cessful
Th? p' materiel will coat fo
foui applications from $3 to $4 pe
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REPUBLIC'S TWO (iREAT DAYS
lcu?4or Twice ? Year 0?1?brat?i Itr
Freedom From the Domination
?rf the Spaniard.
The republic ?>f Kcuador celebrate*
two nailonul holidays. and. strange to
say, both are "Independence days^
lioth are observed with the same en
thnsiaxm mid patriotic fervor that la
displayed hereon the anniversary of
the adoption of the. Iinuiortul declare
Hon, according to the i'un-Amorican
Union.
The liberty-loving patriots Inid to
ahoot two holts at Spanish domination
before they succeeded In gaining per
manent Independence. The ttrst time
they bad a quiet hut determined revo
lution In Quito, the present capital of
the republic, the patrlota assembling
at the house of Manuela Canizarea, a
brave and beautiful wotnau, on Au
gust 0, 1800, when they prepured their
declaration of Independence and chose
the officials who were to compose the
provisional government. That night
the conspirators guthered their forces
In different parts of the city, und Cap
tain Salinas, who commanded the two
companies of regular troops antd
guarded the city, sent to their bar
rnckSt read to them the declaration^
and won them over to the cause of
the patriots. They overpowered the
bodyguard of Kulz de Castllla, the
Spanish governor, early on the morn
ing of August 10 and thus established
the first republic without shedding a
drop of blood. It lasted only about a
year, when Castllla succeeded In over
throwing the patriotic government and
again brought the country under Span
ish dominion.
p The fires of liberty hnd been kin
dled, however, and the Ecuadoreans
kept up their heroic struggle notwith
standing many reverses, until 11j 1820
the people of Guayaquil, the loading
seaport of the country, succeeded In
rebelling on the 9th of October. With
the aid of Gen. Simon Bolivar, the
greht Venezuelan emancipator, and of
his compatriot* Gen. Antonio Jose
Sucre, the Ecuadoreans after many
bloody battles succeeded in complete
ly annihilating the Spanish forces and
established freedom In Ecuador for
ever. Therefore it Is that the Ecua
doreans celebrate two, "Independence
days," the 10th of August and the 9th
of October.
New Male Garment Planned.
Cot ready for next fall, follows, for
the blanket cape. For you are going
to have your appearance changed. The
new sartorial style Is really a capo and
blanket.?whlch will be filing over many
a pair of masculine shoulders. Just
how many It will hnng over Is yet to
be determined, but If the Interest the
Invention moused at the concluding
session of the semi-annual meeting of
the American Designers' association In
the Martinique hotel is sustained the
garment will acquire considerable
?vogue, writes the New York corre
spondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The blanket cape consists of an army
blanket with a few holes and buttons
and a detachable collar. When the
owner Is asleep the blanket cape per
forms its primal functions oif keeping
the sleeper warm, and nothing more.
When he awakens he removes a cir
cular bit of cloth buttoned to the mid
dle of the blanket and unbuttops a
slit about a foot long that starts at
the hole. This gives him plenty of
room In which to insert his head. A
Napoleonic storm collar Js then at
tached to the hole collar and the two
dies that fall over the arms.vare con
nected Into sleeves by concealed but
tons. And there he stands. In a smart
looking poncho that gives him lots of
room to get Into his pockets and keeps
nway the cold also! It can be any col
or or any cloth the wearer chooses,
but these details are left for the author
of "What the Men Wear" to have a lit
tle fun with.
Stamps of 1918.
"Another yonr comes to a close with
far more than 500 new postage stomps
having been Issued," writes Kent B.
Stiles in ills department, "Stamps," In
Boys' Life. "The chronicle at this
writing shows a total of 511 varieties,
but It will be several months yet be
fore American collectors can gain In
formation regarding many issues re
ported abroad, so that the record for
1018 may tell of as many as 000. In
1017 there were 000 varieties.
"These 511 varieties were put forth
by nations and their possessions?such
as islands, protectorates, colonies, de
pendencies, occupied territories, etc.?
to the number of 88 governments. Of
the 511 varieties 388 were due to the
war alone. The United States has Is
sued more than fifty varieties, Includ
ing shade and die varieties due to in
ferior dy est tiffs and to worn plates,
but the British empire leads the list
with nearly 200 varieties."
Mexico Market for Tractors.
In the fiscal year 1018 the United
States shipped almost as many trac
tors to Mexico as to all other Latin
American countries, Mexico's share
lacking only .34 of the combined total
of the others. The leading position of
this neighboring country In our export
trade in tractors is due to the action
of the Mexican government In stimu
lating agriculture by exempting farm
ing Implements from Import duty, and
even by Importing such machinery /or
sale at cost to Mexican farmers.
Makes Money From Muskrats.
By trapping muskrats on his farm
near Prime Hook Neck, Del.. Ilnrry B.
Roach has made enough to pay for his
farm and will have some mon#y left to
help put It under cultivation. He get*
$1.35 far black hide*, 88 cents for red
one* and 15 cents each for th? meat
Be fcaa made more than $1.10(Ji
A BRIEF
TELEGRAM
By VICTOR KEDCUFFK
: ? ?
(Copyright. N?w?p?pcr UnU>o)
Wheij Robert Penwell called at the
Burrow* home Km oldest daughter,
Madge. wondered why. It vvuo a con
tinuance of regular visit* made when
her younger siste> Allda whs there.
Madge whh thirty-two, h continued
spinster. and never for a moment al
lowed herself to Imagine that Robert .
had any peculiar Interesi in herself.
- "He acta lonesome, mother," who ob
served. "1 always thou if 14 ho and
[Allda were mutually attracted, but
Allda never mentions Ids name in her
! letters and 1 do not think they are cor
responding."
Allda Burro.ws had been the life of
the house with her sprightly, interest
ing ways. It was her beauty and pop
ularity that had depressed Robert Pen
well, who felt that she wan not likely
to favor him amoyg a train of ad
mirers. He wa? deeply in love with
her, but had never dared to tell her so.
That last evening when Allda was at
home Robert had In his pocket a letter
he had written, telling all. There were
a great many of her young friends
present and he could scarcely count
upon being alone with-her, but she j
was most friendly towards him.
It reposed there now, two weeks
after the departure of Allda to Chester,
where she was to teach a little country ;
school. He cherished the privilege of
calling rpon the other members- of the
Burrows family, all of whom thought a
good deal of him. Madge was kindly
ami sympathetic. More than once Rob
ert had been on the point of making
her a confidant, and Madge herself, sus
pecting the situation, was ready with a
pleasing smile to encourage him, b'ut
his boldness oozed out before he
reached a definite action.
One evening Robert arrived nt the !
Burrows home to find all of the mem
'hers of the household, absent except
Madge. She invited him in with her
Utlial cordiality, but klttlf apologeti
cally.
"I am In the midst of *on>? spec-tut
work, Mr. Penwell." she nahl. IndlcaN
Inir a doaen or more IItrie parcels on
the tatye done up in tissue pa|>er. each
otic having a card attached. Reside
them wan a large, stout pasteboard
hox. "Perhaps you will help me In my
packing. You nee. next Tuesday la
"Allda'p birthday, and we of the family
?re sending a few little pres?nts."
Robert was delighted to assist in a
function that had Alida for Its aim and
end, and told Madge 90, It waa quite
? Ph-'a<?ant tank and hour for him.
White Madge aorted the packages ax to
size, lie placed'them snugly Uvthe box,
and when they had finished their tank
Mini had spread several sheets of tissue
over the top, she retarded his intention
of setting the cover In place.
''Walt Juat a moment, please." she
?poke. "I want to put In a few of
Allda's favorite flowers. The pansles
?re In' lovely full hloom and she will
treasure them greatly,"
She left the room and Hohert was
?lone. The thought that It had been
1 his privilege to touch gifts that would
?oon be lu the hands of Ida one and
only love, had kept his senses thrilling
?nd of a sudden suggested an auda
cious thought. Why not send the let
ter? What better medium than these
offerings from the family? What bet
ter opportunity for Its favorable recep
tion. than when her emotions would
naturally bp tender and graoloup?
Rbbert drew forth the letter and
slipped it under the top layer of tlssip
juat as Madge reappeared. She spread
out the pansles she had gathered, |
placed the cover on the box, then en- j
cased It In wrapping paper, tied It with
string and addressed it
"All ready for shipment," she an
nounced In a pleased, satisfied way.
"Would you mind walking with me as
far as the express olttce, Mr. Pen
well?"
Robert was nervous, fidgeting, alter
nately filled with hope and fenr when
they returned from the stroll suggest
ed. lie felt that the Juncture was mo
mentous. fie did not sleep thait night
and the days following were passed In
anxiety and suspense. The first eve
ning of the following week he called at
rh? 'ttirrow* home.
?l hop# your stater was pleaH?t
h??r birthday Kltts." he Anally vem?2
nni'^ously
?"he unai h'eful thing r dgfei
Mud '?? i) simulated i?>ih|??'i "i^hi>T3l
uaMv hart 'he nurtndt v to wrftf ^
back that she would not even op*,, J"
tiox until I redeemed iu> p^nnIm*
ooitlf and *"'?* her You ?<?>,. | ...
plftltrc- myself ro he wlt^ ht>r ?n JJ
hjrtbday bin I wouldn't arrange ?>m
until next week."
"Ami >!'?'?? -ye*. I see | s?^? *
inured Robert in so extraord'n*iy |
flutter that Madve regarded Mm ^
derlngly "You'll open i?
that Is It. Isn't It? If?If-." \,9 ,Jjl
bled i?n "you find ilmi I*. if j g
iiiciiilonV'l. you'll bring me word. ^2]
you? I must really uo; I only xie|>ptf
In to auk If you had heard from Mifcj
?I mean Miss Burrows."
After that Robert Pemvell couuJ
the hours, Everything was now in^
hands of f?t* ?nd won he w?
know "the worst." He dared not hv
for the best. Two itiornlnga lat^1
telegram arrived. It wan signed
Madge and contained n hrlef but
mentous message.
. The box had been opened, the
had beer read, and Alldu had i
one *? u. hut obi 10 precious,
?olumoa:
?'Conn*!**
Breaking It Gently,
Kind Old Lady (visiting penltc^
tlary)? Ah, my poor fellow; you 1*4
like an honest man. Why did they p*
you *bere?
poor. Fellow?Ter right ; It ?H|
shame, leddy. They put me here )*
fer tryln' to open up 0 little huMln^
Kind Old Lady?Why, that wm M
outrage 1 What kind of a busln*
was It?
Poor Fellow?The little business*
the front of a safe.
Saw Another Chance.
"Say. that lot you bold me Is tbrtt
feet under the water."
"Is It?"
"Yes. If Is. and 3'ou know It."
"V'e , it's a good thing you told
1 can let you have a. bargain h*|:
canoe.?Kausns Olty journal.
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Fine Metals Make a Fine Car
As a car is 98% metal you can readily
imagine how great a part metals play in its
quality. A Maxwell is made of fine metals?
extra fine metals; otherwise it never could
have survived those 1,500,000,000 miles that
oSvners are estimated to have driven it.
These metals had to be of the finer grades
in a Maxwell. ; For a Maxwell is light?2130
pounds. Lighter metals had to be used but
lighter in weight only?not in strength.
Such metals are the extra fine metals that
the great science of metallurgy has produced.
They are high priced. But they have won
countless friendships for Maxwell, developed
a gr^at family of owners approaching 400,000
in number.
Th is vast number is growing daily at the
rate of 100,000 per year.
Carolina Motor Co.
(Incorporated)
Camden, S. C.
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