The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 20, 1920, Image 6
COMFORT AT LITTLE COST
Inventor Telle of Idaa Which fnablaa
Him to Hava Hot Bath at Prac
tically Ne Ixpenae.
Dr. Alexander Graham Hull. In*
ventor of the telephone, speaking of
the Importance of little thing;**, In l*eo
ple'a Magazine, tella of one of hia own
home-made devlcea,
"Speaking of comfort In the home,**
ha Maya, "I've thought about tho hot
water problem. I do moat of my hard
eat work lute at night and In the very
early morning; and 1 like to have 9
hath between 2 and 8 a. in. Hut, as a
rule, the water heated by the kltehen
stove has cooled in the boiler by that
time.
"I got a zinc tank and put It Into a
wooden box much larger, ao that there
wan u npace of three or four Inchea
between the outade walla of the tank
and the Inside of the box walls. Thin
whole apace I filled with wool. Hot
water, poured Into the zinc tank, I
found, kept Ita heat far longer under
those circumstances than In a con
tainer unprotected by the wool?along
the lines of tho therthoa bottle, you
"But how to heat the water? And
without wastoT Ah I I was wasting
heat every night, watting It dreadful
ly I Think of how It poyted from the
chimney of my student's lamp I I ran
two plpoa from the alnc tank Into a
'hood* over the lamp's flame, thua es
tablishing a drculaton of water. I then
proceeded with my nlght'a work.
"Next morning the water In the tank
waa a little warm, but not warm
enough. I found, however, that In the
evening when I relit the student's
lamp there waa still warmth In the
water from the alnc tank. Sol It be
came a cumulative process, and in u
few nights I had the water In the
tank too hot for me to hold my hand
In It
"That tank Is now in the attic of
my Nova Scotia house, and ita wa
ter, heated by my student's-lamp Idea
and protected by Its wool covering,
gives me a nice warm bath every morn
ing. The only difference Is that I get
the heat from n straight pipe run down
the Inside of the chimney to my open
flre In the study."
Billion* of Pine and Noediea.
Fourteen billion ordinary toilet
pint are produced by American fac
tor I r.s annually. American mother*
hIko And it im-< c.ssary to purchase
720.000,000 Mlf*?y pfna every year.
The yearly CfOp of metal hairpins
In h billion ntni ti (jiuirter.
Needles of all kinds aggregate 28.V
000.000 ovory 12 months. The value
of ttalif pin and needle crop Ih $18,
000.000 at the factory. Forty nine
factories arc engaged in the manu
facture of the articles, the total capi
talization being $0,424,000.
In 18f>0 there were only four pin
factories In the United Ktatoti, hav?
ing a combined capital of |1ft4 IMM)
and a combined annual product of
207.MO pins. It will thus be seen that
the growth of this industry in Mome
thlng tremendous.
A Place for everybody,
MYes," proudly announced the ex
captain who Is now manager of the
new $10,000,000 hotel, "all our em
ployees are former service men?eyery
one of them. The desk clerk Is an old
top kicker, the floor clerks have all
been noncoms In charge of quarter*,
the chef was a mess sergeant, the
waiters were all permanent K, P.V
the house' doctor was a haute hospital
surgeon, the house detective was an
intelligence policeman, the bell-hops
were dog-robbers."
"And have you any former M, P.'a?"
he was asked.
"Yes," he replied. "When there's a
good stifT wind blowing we use them
as outside window washers on the
eighteenth floor,"
Anoient Grains Do Not Qermlna**
The United States department of
agricultural gives a hard knock to the
stories about the germination of
wheat und other cereals found
wrapped with ancient Rgyptlan mum
mies. It says that close investigation
proves all such reports to be fictitious.
French te*fs show that grain more
than a few years old will not ?erml
nnto. Tests Indicate that when seeds
are kept under Ideal conditions, wheat,
baric*/ r?id oats may germinate up to
eight or ten years, but few If any
grain*, are alive after "JO year*.
Carrying alon a Mile
for less than a Cent
Freight rates have played a very small part
in the rising cost of living.
Other causes?the waste of war, under-pro
duction, credit inflation ? have added dollars
to the cost of the necessities of life, while
freight charges have added only cents.
The average charge for hauling a ton
of freight a mile is less than a cent
A suit of clothing that sold for $30
before ? the war was carried 2,265
miles by rail from Chicago to I^os
Angeles for 16& cents.
Now the freight charge is 22 cents
and the suit sells for $50.
The coat of the suit has incrtutd 20 dollar*.
The freight on H baa Increased only Sj cent*.
Other transportation charges enter into tha
coat of the finished article?carrying the wool
to the milla and the cloth to tha tailors ?but
these other chargaa amount to but a few centa
more.
The $10 pair of shoes that used to
tell for $5 goes from the New Eng
land factory to the Florida dealer for
a freight charge of 5% cents?only
one cent more than the pre-war rate.
B^ef pays only two-thirds of a cent
a pound freight irom Chicago to
New York.
American freight rates are the low
est in the world.
<7fiis advertisement is published by the
dissociation of Railway &xecutix>es
7V>#? sU*ir\*? iA/o+~mat4?>* O&nc-ti'iibkf th* raiiroic. m ??
oiUa??* lit+raturi by irriJimf to 'I"hi AM*oc\>itinn of
Km4cyU*c*t, 61 Broad\rciy,
CHIVALRY K'.TJr.-X TO HIM
P mv? Act <f Virginian Seldisr' In
Fran' ? Ha t Its Counterpart In
Oeed of General Lee.
v /'.A ; ? ?/?.*"?* ' ?
Ii whh? ii?*t (tftjtn that the soldier
buy i;( u -ii of thote days
In Krunrr. but inn1 evening he hud
H'llliii; ttlM ?UK'le and some of
|b6 Imlh v\l??? had dropi*>d lu< of tho
rufcut? of I'urade Best.
Parade Kent was tlx? company'*
mascot. a rather nondfserlpt dog. of
iio marked Intelligence hut devoted to
iiikI beloved by ihe ImiJ'h, who had
?<lv<?n him Ih.'s S4)hrl(|m't becuuso of
position in which lie always stood.
with ono foot turned out. oii? day
at ('bateau Thierry he had been left
behind In u dugout, but hud followed
the boys, and at u inonmnt when there
was a lull In the advance, there, a
tempting turget for the onemy, sllhou*
etteil against the glare, stood Parade
Itest.
"It doesn't seem much to tell now,"
the soldier said, looking over the quiet
little group on the home porch, thou
sands of miles away from that battle
field, "but it was some stunt. My
buddle dashed out among the falling
ehrapneP apd bursting sheila and
seised Parade Itest so quickly we
couldn't tell how it was done."
"Where was your huddle from?"
Inquired one of the boys In the group.
At tho answer "Ktoin Virginia," the
soldier boy's uucle smiled, ? reminis
cent, comprehending smile.
"lie was ouly repeating an act of
one of the greatest of Virginians, my
lads," tho old man began, and then the
little group remembered that here lu
their midst was a veteran of that war
of the Blue and the Gray.
"For one day, during the'long siege
of Petersburg, General Lee, In his
effort to encourage his men, took up a
most dangerous position on the front
lines. But having been cautioned and
later besought, ho retired to the rear.
Only a few mlnutCH later, however,
seeing some fledglings full from their
nest to the battlefield, he rode out
Jvmped from his horse, and restored
Ihem to safety. It was done veiy
quickly hut not so quickly but tlmt
the general, on his well-known grey
horse, was visible to the enemy. But
the enemy did not fire upon him In
that net."?Christian Science Monitor.
Running No Risks.
"According to the testimony of the
witnesses, you were 'caught just as
you were getting out of the window
with the contents of the till in your
pocket. Now. what excuse have you
got?" said the Judge, fiercely, to the
prisoner, who stood, wth a Jaunty air,
in the dock.
"I know It. your honor. I shall al
ways be grateful to the man who
eftught me. When I have these som
nambulistic fits I am In danger of fall
ing out of windows and hurting my
self."
"That never occurred to me," re
marked the judge, pensively. "That
being the ease, I will direct the offl
efals?"
"To turn ine loose?"
"No; but to have an extra bar put
across the window of your cell so that
there may be no danger of your fall
ing out."
Baits for U-Boats.
Cnptnln Campbell and his associ
ates of the British mystery ship Dun
raven paid as much attention to de
tails In their ships as In their personal
appearance*. The shin's wash did not
expose the flrtfitfels that are affected'
by naval men. but the dungarees that
are popular with merchant sailors.
Sometimes a side of beef would be
hung out In plain view; this not only
kept un the fiction that the ship was
an Innocent tramp, but It served as
r ''Mini'in" ba't to the not too well fed
crew of the submarine. Particularly
tempting cargoep were oenslonally put
on deck. One of the ships carried sev
eral papier-mache freight cars ?of the
small European type, covered with
legends which Indicated thnt they were
loaded with ammunition and bound for
Mtxvino'n'n'fi '? easy to Imagine
how eagerly the Hun would wish 'to
"to.?Admiral Sims In the
World's Work.
Mixing Ya rns.
By force of Industrial circumstances
an odd and Interesting kind of Inter
nationalism appears In the report that
Hongkong factories are knitting with
a mixture of .Tapnnese nnd American
yarns. An estimate for the current
year Is thnt American yarns to the
value of about one million gold dol
Inrs will come Into Hongkong nnd go
out again all over the fnr East In
knitted nrtleles. the bulk of them
made of American yarns but a consid
erable pnrt of American and Japanese
yarns mixed. People In North China,
ttie Dutch Knst Indies, the Phllinnl.TCS.
and In smaller number in South
America nnd Europe will thus be go
ing about In what might be called
"Amerlcnn-.Tnpnnesc hosiery 'made In
China.' "
Orator Not Dependent.
John Bright'* notes for a speech
were written on a visiting enrd. Lord
Asqulth Is the authority for this state*
ment. but If does not appenr quite to
harmonize with Brlght's recorded prnc
tlce of using several half-sheets in the
cns<> of Important speeches. Fie cer
tainly was not dependent on his notes
however, being always able to repeal
verbntlm any of the sentences whleh
owing to the npplnuse which greeted
fhem. had been inaudible to the press
On one occasion the wind played hnvo?
with hi* h'tlf-shccfs. which he had lab*
of to hl? hnt. But h? picked Ihen
up. sorted then> unconcernedly,
wtut on.
Columbia Automotive and Merchants Trade Week
at Columbia, March 22-27
When you come to Colum
bia to attend the Auto Show
and fashion week, March 22
and 27, you will want to sec
South Carolina's best exhibit
of fine furniture.
We have arranged.to exhibit an unueuai display
of tasteful designs in Chippendale, Heppelwhite, Sheri.
tan, etc., by Berkey & Gay and other famous maker?.
The best showing of fine furniture ever offered in
South Carolina.
"Lifetime Furniture"
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Wash Lipscoamb, a well to do negro
farmer who lives within a few miles from
GafFney, had his son Oscar, arrested
Tuesday, on a charge of ^ taking and
using his father's ear without the father's
consent.
Money to Loan
on improved
Farm Lands
in Kershaw County
- Easy Terms
M.M.J0HNS0N, Attorney
CITATION
State of South Carina,
County of Kershaw.
By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Pro
bate Judge,
Wlieroas, Mrs. Nannie J, Blackwell
made suit to me to grant her Letters
of Adtninie.tna.tion of the Estate of and
effects of Willfiaiu Henry Blackwell.
These are, Therefor/' to cite and ad
monish >all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said William Ilenry
Blackwell deceased, that ' they be and
appear before me, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Caundeu, S. C., on
Marcih 3rd next after publication t'hereof
"at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to* show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should n<H be granted.
(Jiven under my Hand, thus 18th day
ot February A. 1). 1020.
/ w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County.
Published on the 20th and 27th days
of February, 1020, in Che Camden Chroii
i<ile and posted ait the Court ILouae
door for the time prescribed by Jqyv. ^
Dr. L. H. Snidet
VETERINARIAN
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