The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 23, 1920, Image 10
CALLS TOR WAR ON RATS
United State* Department ef Agricul
ture Qlvee Figure* ef D?pr*da?
tjen* That Are Astonishing.
The rat la the worst animal peat la
the world.
From Ita home among tilth it visit*
dwellings ami store rooms to pollute
and destroy huiiiau food.
It carries bubonic plague and many
other disease* fatal to man and liae
been i. sponsible for more uutlmely
deaths among human beings thau all
the warn of history.
In the United states rats and mice
each year destroy crops and other
propfrty valued at over 9200,000,000.
TM# destruction Is equivalent to the
gross earnings of an army ^of over
200,000 men.
<?m mn My ? farm, If the grain eaten
and wasted by rats and mice could be
soid, the proceeds would more than
pay all the farmer's tares.
The common brown rat breeds six
to ten times a year and produces an
average of ten young at a litter. Young
femalea breed when only three or four
months old.
At this rate a pair of rats, breeding
uninterruptedly and without deaths,
would at tha end of throe years (IS
generations) be Increased to 350, 700, *.
482 individuals.
For centuries the world , has been
fighting ruts without organization and
at the same time has been feeding
them and building for them fortresses
for concealment.
If we are to tight thoin on equal
terms, say specialist* of the biological
survey of the United States depart*
ment of agriculture, we must deny
them food and hiding places and inuat
organize to rid cow tji unities of them.
The department lias devoted a great
deal of study to the problem and Is
anxious to help In rat extermination,
not only by supplying bulletins and
other printed matter, bflft by supply
ing the advice of specialists In specific
esses
Built an Insulated House.
With ? house built. on t lit* princi
ple of a refrigerator, its walls In
sulated to keep the cold out, a new
Idea In construction of residences Is
being tested In t Iio cold country In
Canada. 'be Ohio State Journal re
nmrka; Tito residence has been used
for ii year, being occupied l?y the de
signer and Ids family; It was tested
severely during the past winter, when
temperatures ran to 40 below zero, but
it Btood the test and ' whs heated
throughout with electric beat during
file hardest winter. The walls were
designed to keep the cold out and ap
pear to have done so.
The walls are 'hollow, the outer
walls being cement plaster on metal
|alh, wllh a top coat of stucco. Hack
plaster Is placed between the metal
laMi ii fid the studding. The outer wall
Is a sheet of concrete one and one
half indies thick. The inner wall Is
of two layers of asphalt paper with
wood lath and plaster on top. The air
tight space In the wall Is filled wlth<
Insulating material, granulated cork
with a mixture of planer shavings.
The theory on which It Is built Is'to
prevent the movement of wanned air
toward a cold surface.
The cost of construction was given
bs 10 per cent above ordinary methods.
Britain's Oldest Possessions.
The Channel Islands (Jersey, (luern
sey, Alderney and Sark are the chief)
are the oldest possessions of CI rent
Britain. They were formeWy an ap
panage of the duchy of Normandy and
were united to the English crown aft
er Uu? Xwwm) v\>?>?x iSy
William of Normandy, In HMUJ. The
Inhabitants of the ('hannel Islands pre
ferred to remain subjects of King John
at the period of the conquest of Nor
mandy by Philip Augustus, 1 1 MO- 1
To King John It has been i#> tl'i to
ascribe a document at one time re
averted to by t lie .( 'lurnnel Island people
as their Magna Charta; but modern
critics have vast very grave doubts on
Ms authenticity. Almost every war
with France Included a descent on the
Channel Islands, hut all to no avail.
The people, about Od.OOO In number,
adhere to their old customs, and with
in well-defined limits make their own
laws. They are not bound by acts of
the imperial parliament qnreSs special
ly named in them'.
Good Sportsmanship. \
If anything were needed to show
at niiii' ? i It the British love of out
door sports and the number of young
Knglishnten who were crippled by the
war. if could be found In the actions
of the British National I. awn Tennis
association In so nn?dlf>ing the rules
of the game tlmt h one armed player,
when he serxes, may toss the hall
from ids racket instead of with his
hand. To put a disabled player on an
equality with competitors -who are
whole Is the verj flower of sport s
tntin^hip. ? Youth's Com pan Ion.
Telephone Facts.
The telephone industry in 1017 gave
employment to L'd'J.tVJO persons, of
whom 171.110. or over <W> per rent were
women. The sum paid out in salaries
and wages amounted to $17.V?>70.449.
Those employees operated plants and
equipment valued at *1 4P*_\.TJ9.ftl,\
which yielded operating ami nonop
eraflng revenues of $391. 190..*?:n.
London's Fight on Prohibition.
The remodeling of London saloon*
to make them attractive forms part
of the scheme evolved as a counter
move to tlo* prohibitionists who have
sworn to make London dry. Brewers
and ilcena 'd vlctwalers have hired ?r
cblt.xt i to plan large, a^ry public
houses, where food as well us drink
can be obtained.
MOON. AS ALL> OF FARMER
AgrfeuNurlit AiMrU He Courts Mil
fweetheart and Plants Hi* Corn
by Luna's Light. ^ I
A contributor to the New York Trlb
ane. living In the country. Is alarmed
lest the scientists blow up the moon.
He (ftory properly says that the city
man doesn't appreciate the moon ; In
fact, he seldom aaes It. But out in the
country the moon aer\o* a real pur
pose, and If ought to be projected from
onslaughts from the rockets of the sci
entists. The contributor's letter Is ao
delightful, and as It contulns as much
wisdom as many other lettera we read
we quote at leugtb ;
?'Nobody knows what the moon la
made of. Maybe It's made out of some
kind of mineral tlmt will explode when
this flash powder goes off on It. And let
me tell you, Mr. Kdltor, that wouldn't
be a very fuuny thing for anybody to
have the moon blow up.
"Folks In the city don't know any
thing about the moon, whether It la
anything or whether it ain't, and they
don't care, Hut we folka that live In
the country use the inoon a great deal.
I courted my wife by tnooullght, and
my oldest boy Is doing the same thing
with his girl. I've planted my corn In
the full of the moon for forty years and
never had u poor crop. Besides, we use
the moon In lots of other ways. I can't
hardly think what life would be here
in the country without the moon." ,
Aye, aye, sir, we are for you? espe
cially alnce you seem to know how to
court. It bus been a marvel to ua for
years how a city boy managea to fall
In love with a girl when the light came
from an electric bulb Instead pf from
the friendly moon. ? Columbus Dis
patch.
PILGRIM WORTHY OF HONOR
Elder Brewster Gave Up Much When
He Abandoned Hla Home for a
tireat Principle.
Gone Is the ancient pear tree, and
no trace remains of the mulberry tree
plnuted by Cardinal Wolsey, tinder the
welcome shade of which Sir Kdwyn
Sandys sat In the Ions summer days
of 1T.75 at Scrooh.v manor, but Pilgrims
Ul EitgLond In 101JI) need not neglect
to raise their hats to the memory of
Klder Brewster at his one-time home,
because special arrangements have
been made for escorting parties to
the haunts of IMIgrIm Fathers during
the tercentenary year, All the-Fathers
made groat sacrifices, hut one will be
tempted to think that William Brew
ster made perhaps more than most
when one sees the ruin's of his pala
tial home he left. Traces of the moat
still exist, and some of the great
curved beams can he found In stables
and cowsheds nearhy. The size of
the house din be realised when It Is
remembered that It was large enough
to shelter Margaret Tudor and her en
tire retinue on her royal procession to
Scotland. ? Christian 'Science Monitor.
One Man Is Crew.
Itecent naval tests have disclosed
the remarkable characteristics of a
new form of miniature torpedo boat,
so low in the water that It has almost
the Invisibility of a submarine, ac
cording to a recent announcement In
Popular Mechanics Magazine, ac
companied by several Interesting*' Il
lustrations of the curious craft. It Is
operated by one man. It Is but 40 feet
long, and \felghs 8.J500 pounds with its
single torpedo. The entire forward
half of the boat Is the torpedo cham
ber, lyjd that jxirt of the hull Is U
shaped to conform to the big projec
tile, wKlle the' 'deck above Is hinged
along one side to permit the torpedo
to be hoisted In. To discharge it, the
whole rounded bow plate Is lifted tip
like a gate, flooding the chamber and
permitting the torpedo to go forth on
the power of its own propeller.
Catch a Freak Fish.
A freak tlsh, 11 feet long and weigh
ing 500 pounds, was brought to port by
Capt. Steve Massa of the smack Ardlta,
reports a San Diego ((<al.) correspond
ent. The tlsh was caught In a sea bass
net ofT Point Loma at a depth of 30
feet. The tlsh had a mouth two feet In
diameter, ^io teeth, purple eyes, a short,
blunt nose, with a sharp horn com
posed of sofid bone and a skin like h
rhinoceros. A. I,. Manahan of the state
fish and game commission and Capt.
\V. C Crandall of me California Blo
loglcal institute at I .a Jolla were un
able to Identify the piscatorial freak.
Photographs were taken of the tlsh and
were sent to the 1'nlversity of Cali
fornia In an effort to trace Its ancestry.
Again, Leather From the Sea.
Considerable interest I* at present
being shown in the possibility of utiliz
ing the skirts of .sharks and porpoises
fo i the making of shoe leather. The
bureau of standards has completed ar
rangements to test the comparative
durability of upper leather made from
shark and porpoise skins as compared
with that from calfskin and cowhide.
The cooperation of the National Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers' association
has been secured In the making of the
necessary slows for the test. It is be
lieved that the revolts of this investi
gation will l?e watched with consider
able Interest.- Scientific American.
Ray# of Light Cause Mirage.
Mirnsre K the name given to a cer
tain optical illusion en used ti.v fhe
bending ??f" ruvs of ltirht In the des
ert atmosphere. Mirages may ap[>ear
to the eye as takes, cities. ha*ait?C prec
tpVes. the hujre hcdjP of uatw
retro* ; the <?ye advances. Mi
rages are not uncommon In California,
Nevada arid Alaska.
Mr. K. B. Kollht* IXmiI
Ca?*?tt. S. 0? July 'JTJ. After nit
Illurn* , of were ml mouth* aud much
suffering. Mr. R. 13. Kolllua died at a
very early hour Wtulne^dny morning
July Htli, at 111 a home lu Ca ??jitt. .Mr.
IMItn* was nearly 70 years of age and
watt one of the ttrst settler* of id*
home village, lie iVa* married three
times flr^t to Mis* Henrietta, Stoke*,
of Luckuow. wh(? la survived t?,v their
<Htly child, Mr#. II? II. Maker. o^Cn?
w?tt. Ilia aeeoud wife wn? Mis* Julia
Hyatt, of till* section. He la survived
by hla last wife, who hnim MI>x I'llle
Vincent, of I.an<*n*ter.
In the presence i>f ? large eongre
gilt ion of aorrowUig friends ami rein
tlvea the funeral services were held
Wodneaday afternoon ?t High Mill
church near Lucknow. The service*
Ljr<i$ comlm-tcd hy IJev. H. H. Hey
nolds. Mr. Rollins had heen a faithful
mentor Of this church for several
years and will l?e greatly missed here
as well audi) his home a'd communi
ty. I'
ii & ^ ?
Michael W. Hester, ."Ml years old. of
Masley, S. C., died on a train at Alex
andria, Vn? as a result of helng tilt ten
by a dog seven weeks ago. He was
being rushed to Johns Hopkins hos
pital, Baltimore, for treatment, accom
panied by members of bis family and
doctor* Ponder, of ICasloy, and Chnrlcs
W. Gefctry. of C*reenvlllet S. l\
Traveling eomlltions In France have
become so bad that the women work
ers are demanding that a special car
riage on each subway train be reserved
for women. 9
Women are eligible for cleollou to
the Belgian I'arllinent.
, - ? .
What They Think of Cox
From The News and Courier. I
"When all is said and done, how
ever, flovernor Cox may lie expected
to put Into tills contest both speed
and power. Ho has shown .himself a
hard campaigner and a good vote-get
ter. -It is no ordinary office-seeker
? -- *?' " .
who c/gi win aud hold * Kepublleau
mmI in Ctiugrt1^ ami will thrlee over
the (inventorship <?f a leading State)
which 1h normally. traditionally and
famously ltepublh ?ii. It U no ordinary
administrator -who can coiuluct the]
bud lies* atYair* of that American i?oin
monwcaltfe term after term to the Mt
Ufaciintt of it* taxpayer* and voter*,"
These are taken not from
?(imo Democratic new#ipai?er. hut from
the New York Sun, the bitterest uewa*
ptljier antagonist of the DomDcritic
[l?ar(y and tlie most hidebound Kepub
Mean organ In the country, They
apeak vol U men. They constitute an
e\? cdlngly iiupreaalvq admission of]
the gravity with which \yell informed
Itepuhilean* view the prospect h of t heir. i
J>aHy In the COOBUjcMP CUHtAit with the
iH'uiocrats under the leadership of
Coventor Cox.' ; V.
Some of the reasons why Mr. OoxV
nomination wltU Mr. Hoowv^t as hlsj
running mate Is making (he (J. O, 1\
do some very sober thinking are em
pliaslxcd in t tie comment of ti e Ameri
can pre#* In general. Perhaps the
tuost Important of theiu from a , pratv
tieal point of \ie\V are summed up a*
follows l?y tin' New York World :
"(iovernor Cox Is a nominee behind
whom all Democrats may 'well' unite,
lie ha* given practical application to
principles of forward-looking liberal
ism in his leadership of the Ohio Leg
islature. He neither I* identified with
the Admin Latratoo nor opposed to it.
ills nomination waa not 'dictated.'"
The same thought Is even more com
pactly expressed by the Boston <*lobc
which Is.. an Independent In polltUwl
and which deefcmvs that |"*the 'San
Fr:im i>eo ??e.nveuHon lias made a
strategic nomination. It I? not prob
able that even the very delegates rec
ognized the availability of, the nomi
nee until they waked up after agree
v ,
lug, on liliu." rmloubtedly tills Is true
and UJs true not only of th.? delegates,
but also of the Democratic pre^s. In
the pro-convention perted there were
factors which diverted attention from j
the practical considerations which j
from the fir*-t undoubtedly pointed
strongly to Cox as a highly ''avail-!
"" : '? : v 1
able" num. utd as u result the ||9i?|i?
? .? I (I.U lil ? of liaUlljltf lit III VVMM
<$rttr looked !? \ maiiv <>f the mo*t in
flUoiltlal HCWSpaper* which had filed
Upon <4 live candidate* Now, how-i
ever. there It* among these newspapers
i . in ? rkul?It> unanimity regard J u if the
great strength of Mr. Cy$ a candi
date, and this opinion 1* evhlelhly
based upon Hound rea?ous vvbl?*li are
obvious the moment they tire Mated.
Tim* 1 1 if New York Time*, a strong
advocate of Mavis. and deeply iftihued
?
with the conviction that tbe forward'
lug of tbe great policies of Woodro.tir
Wilson, especially tbe league of iia*
tlOii*. should tie tbe prime mission of
tin1 Democracy, declares tlmt "tli?
I WiocratS enter tbe campaign ^v|fh a
candidate worthy of tbe uoftle and
couii>ellLiig cause which they are re
solved chill triumph through their
vh tory at tbe polls." Concerning tbe
nominee tbe 'IVinos sayaj
??HJovfrnor C^l oomMpi notable ele
ments of strength aa a candidate. He
is a man of the people, -that fine type
of tbe successful American man of af
fairs who hae risen from humble be
ginnings by his own unaided Industry,
native ability and sound judgement to
the possession of. a competence and to
high offices. In his own community, in
hi* own state, he stands well; there
U no better test of character. PolletU
calfy, his strength haa been demon
strated; carrying tbe -lmi?ortant State
of Ohio In elections lias become a
lmblt with him., Three times he has
been chosen Governbrj and lie has
Justified the confidence of his fellow
cltlzens by eiliciency in the adminls.
(ration of their public affairs."
Few comment* are as .yet available
from the West. The South, no matter
What may have been' Its p re-eon vent ion
pred ileet ion *, Is well satisfied with the
ticket. The Macon Telegraph is con
vinced that Cox can win and that he
YV.Jil inuke a potable record - in the
White House. The New Orleans'
I inies-IMcayune describes him as "an
a^ le standard hearer." All true Dem
ocrats, it declares, Should unite 011 liibi ;
and the New Orleans Item, asserting
that Governor Cox has been "a Wise
and -progressive State official," con
stder* hi in "worthy of tl? i
port of his party." v.. .
lUlltU'd, Is tl|e OIIIUIOQ of \L
stood Tinea i M-|?u i , i, *:
vllle Tenne?setiii regards
a* y the most bu?luvMl
ever nominated i>> la*?
HOW <5ov?'iiiui Mriiw
vbnjcl tn liU ov>? s
ferred from th*% Cleveland
Dealer?* comment. The Pui?
*gree? with what ii deofe*. *!
oonvlctlou or uu. doieg*^ ,JJ*(
was l he candidate ??!*?, 1
meet Warren 0. Hardlag |n ,h<
palgu and beat -?'-As
|iay? the Plain l>ealer, ^3
tie a director of liollek'*. |t '
A Cosi uituilnlslratii H fniUl
finish. As he
fear, as President lie wilt
\$t Nowhere In the pre*? cejmueut ,
we ha ve m?ii, t-ll lur Democnn,
BepnblUyin. hfrve we fyrtml tl|"
position either i<> deny Goveri m>r
fit liens for the office to which h
plre* or to dispute his strength
candidate. Both the luundiiilty
which In, both camp* hi* fltae^i
acknow ledged and the unlvenul m
liltlon, even by the Republic**,
hla availability as a candidate
in striking contrast to tlu> wlu
the. press comment <>n the
Mr. Harding.
As f<?r tin* Democratic ih?V m|
matter of the Vice Presidency,
Franklin I* Hoosevelt'a fclect||
accli; lined with one voice by the
ocratlc press. praj.M'd iuirt?sm.Mlj |
the independent newapiiM^, ?y
in It ted l?y those of Republic. m
cllvltles . to be the best choice
could have lieen made. Not oulj
warm, tribute paid to Mr. Roo?
character and abilities, but It 1?
nly.eiU as 'the Springfield Uepu?,
points out, that "with UoiMwit
the ticket. It would be Idle for the 1
publicans at this stage to ignore v
possibility, that New York a* well i
Ohio may be hotly fought."
Bad Weather
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Rats and Mice
Destroy Hundreds of Bushels of Good
Corn. Save Your Corh With
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Millions of dollars worth of good corn is Wasted or fed
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ire surely wasting farm products at a terrible rate.
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