The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 23, 1920, Image 3
M SEA FLiiraS
Htutial Exprettlont Common in
OU Nantucket.
my iNffl Somtwhut Odd t? th? VI*
rter, but Arc U.?d by th*
Without Thought of Any
Ineongruity.
The *MP? of a Newbiiryport
(,la? she had once brought hit ahlp
,7 port herself, when he was Incapacl
?t?i by Injuries revived In a typhoon
"wa* long the Joy of an old-fashioned
totrdlog ,,ou,,* other residents
ittt chiefly quiet maiden ladles, be
usf of her breezy manner, loudvolce
ud oddly nautical turns of expree
iton. She would Invite a fellow board
H across the narrow table to pass tha
totter In tones suited rather to hall
w the masthead in a gale, ipvery
grin* her store of foreign sweet
aeots, and Jsms and Jellies compound
d of queer tropical fruita, provoked
m irruption of small, red ants,
which would emerge In endlfess proces
,ion from the crevices In her closet;
U4 every spring she would shoot
iloud at breakfast her Intention to
?tw?b the hull place with lie of pen
nyr'yal and the<1 ca,k every dratted
^judje John C. Crosby of the Massa^
cbusetts Supreme court, an authority
oo the history and customs of quaint
jfiotucket, has recently given some
Interesting instances of the adaptation
there of nautical terms to landward
bjm. Whether or not the Inhabitants
of the Island are the salt of the earth,
their manners and speech are enjoya
My seasoned by the salt of the sea. - '
When a man goes to the mainland x.
jlf Is vald to "go tq America" or to
?the continent." This form of expreq
ilon Is In everyday use without any
consciousness of its peculiarity. - ~ ? ~
In Nantucket you don't rhlse an um
brella; you "set it" like a Jib.
A houjy blind does not work loose;
It gets adrift.
? "Everything Is drawing" means mak
ing the most progress. During the
last phase of the war you heard that
"the allies have got everything drhw
'Inf."
When one Is prepared to g6 anyT
there he Is said to be "hove short"
(that is, on his anchor cable) and
"ready to trip" (the anchor). Just be
fore the kaiser's flight I was told that
he was "hove short and about ready
to trip."
Instead of saying that a man Is used
up or ''all In," they say that he Is "fln
out" (like a djttfcg whald^t : "I was
nearly fln out with the influenza."
I once heard it said of an extrava
gant man on the island, who spent
?ore than his Income, that he had,
"two lamps burning and no ship at
m."
When Obed Macy, who wrote the
history of whaling in 1835, drafted his
*111 Id the year 1841, he Inserted the
following clauses, which are character
istic of the nfiutical expressions of the
natives: "Item. I have cruised with '
?j wife, Huldy Jane, since 1811^ We
signed articles in town before . the
preacher on Independence day. I want
her and my son, Jotham, to be captain
tBd mate in bringing' to port whatever
Heave and see that every one of the
trew gets the lay as writ down on
this paper. I put mother In commaftd.
I know sheel be captain anyway, for
lit months after we started on our
life cruise I found out that I was mate
ind ehe was master. I don't mean
that she ever mutinied, but I know
that whenever we didn't agree she al
ways mauoovred to wlndard.' ,
"Item. I want mother to have the
house on Union street till she goes
aloft. Then I want It to go to the
children in equal lays, etc."
fcot long ago the following notice
waa published In the local Nantucket
?ewgpaper : . ? ?
"The thief who stole a Jug of ollv
from the life-saving station on Great
Point on Sunday last Is requested to
return the jug to the place which he
took it and he may keep jhe oil to
Ufht his ^rime-stained steps through
Purgatory. And no questions will be
ttked by Caleb Cushman, superlnten
You th's Companion.
To Strengthen Steel. ?
Cincinnati is one of six places In the
world when* steel is strengthened, by
being boiled in oil. Recently mt a
plant In Carthage, a steel shaft weigh
ing 30, 00() pounds, the largest piece
ever subjected to the new meth'od,
went through the process of being
strengthened. It was a "hollow-bored
tumbler shaft" for use In dredging
told in Calif ornla, costing abou^ $17,
WO. The gr?*at shaft was first sus
pended In an upright furnac?| until
Seated to Just below the melting point.
A crane tlien picked It up and dropped
It Into a huge well of oil, where^lt
tolled and sputtered, throwing out
*loud? of oily mist.
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Some of the Rind.
An Indianapolis man says that-' re
^tly he took home some honey with
Wlte a bit of comb In It. .
Naturally tie smallest boy desired/
woe bread and batter and honey, btfi
asking for it, said: "I want' some
^ad and bmter and some honey, find
want iotnp of the rind, too." v
World's Currency.-' ' y
From oflW-inl data supplied by the
wector of the mint the monetary
?tocka of tifty-six of the principal
Cwatrle* of the world have bee? ??ti
nted la term* of American dollar*..
V* W- put a t?on shows the mouey of
wai approximately fOO^M^
DOGS ASSIST LONDON POLICE
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WtllTnlmd Animali Nave
Found of Qn?*t H?lp in Appro*
henalon of Criminals.
The present wove of crime hu given
?a Impetus In Great Britain to the
training of dogs for police purposes.
Police dogs were need to assist In
bringing tbe breaker of lawa to Juytlco
before the word police was ever known.
In older days bloodhounds were used
on tbe border* of Scotland In ccrtaln
districts Infested by murderers and
robbers, and a tax was laid on the In
habitants for maintaining them; also
there was a law In Scotland that who
ever dented entrance to one of these
dogs should be treated aa an accessory
to the crime.
The training of these dogs calls for
a lai^e amount of patience, intelligence
and resource, far removed from the old
Idea of dog breaking, which was usual
ly to beat the animal mercilessly Into
the observance of a few set rules.
It la step by step In his dally lessons
that a dog gradually becomes a track
er of criminals by their scent, pursues
escaping prisoners, discovers missing
people, or finds sus|>ected ones In cop*
coalmen t.
He learns fearlessly to seize and pull
down any aggressor whether his "ma
ter or himself be attacked, and to do It
with the least possible damage, ceas
ing at once when the enemy gives lQ.
xne popular conception gt the police
dog la a wild, savage brute, which prob
ably accounts for tile antipathy to his
use displayed in some/ quarters, and It
Is well that tbe public should realise
that the properly trained dog Is at all
times perfectly under control,.
ONE THING THEY OVERLOOKED
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British Military Authorities Forgot the
* ? - Humble -Printer In Desire to Pre
serve War 8ecreta.
The marquis of Hartington tells an
episode from the war days when the
spy scare was at Its height, according
to a writer In the Halifax Chronicle.
Certain confidential Information that
the military authorities wanted to keep
absolutely secret was sent round by
trusted couriers In locked dispatch
^boxes, with elaborate precautions of
signing and countersigning and check*
lng every Stage. No one below the
rank of major general was entrusted
with the knowledge, and even these
were bound by tremendous oaths of
secrecy.
After a time It was^found that these
weighty documents, which were circu
lated lh printed form, were being set
up by ordinary printers, who were un
der no obligation to preserve secrecy,
and, in fa<jt, took no precautions what
evec-agftlnst leakage. However, noth
ing did leak out, but the military man*
_darlns, lt_ls said, shnddprpd when they
realized the risks that had been run. -
Getting Ready, for Channel Tunnel.
The gigantic task of moving back
the railway station platforms through
out the Great Northern' system to -al
low the. passage of continental trains
when the channel tunnel is opened has
been hpgun, the Dally Mall Is In
formed.
work of making the stations
to fit the trains will take several
years." said iwi ottieial. "It means that
.every platform In both freight and
passenger stations will have to be al
tered." '
The distance the platfofms are be
ing set back Is two Inches. This will
a'llow a good clearance for the con- ,
tlnental sleeping ears, and also the
large freight Cars.
The "gauge" (the distance between
the rails) of the continental trains is
.rougfhly half an inch wider than the
British standard, but the shaping of
th6 trend of the wheels makes It pos
sible for .trains ef both British and
_ continental system to^rim on the same
track without risk of accident.
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When He Died, He Died Ail Over:
"Doggone!" said Jesse Eschbach,
chief examiner for the state boa^d of
accounts, a's he read one of the letter^
In hla mall. "Here Is.ohe."
' The letter told of a man who had]
paid his dog tax to the township as
sessor and the ungrateful cur had gone
and died. The dog died before the as
sessor had turned in his books to the
county assessor and the Inquirer^
wished to know whether there was any
way to get back the dog tax. i
"The cruel law," Mr. Eschbach will
reply, "states that taxes are paid on1
property owned March 1."
That'll raise a howl I" he added
verbally. ? Indianapolis News. ,
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Desert* Land and Desert 8ea.
A portion of the Journey between
Sydney, the New South Wales ca#Itaf,
and Broken Hill, the mining heart of
Anstralia, lies over waterless hot
country. Lieut. Sydney Pickles, who
has* shown the feasibility of an air
service between the two cities, saw no
landmark as he crossed the barren
stretch and so had to use his compass.
Describing the pioneer flight, he com
pared the interminable rolling land be
fore him to the gray lonely wastes of
the North sea which he had' patroled
In his seaplane.
Get Rid of Pestiferous Fly. ,
? Health authorities at Saranac.Lake,
N. Y., declare that this probably Is the
first "flyless town" In the world. De
spite the unusually hot weather of
last June and July, there were scarcely
any more files In the town than most
places have In January. It cost about
f 1,000 eradicate the fly nuisance,
which was accomplished by requiting
that manure be screened and frequent
ly removed* , ?
, . NOTICK.
N'othv*U hereby fiveu that Willie
1 41 who rne, who Is a minor, left my
home July 'JOth. Thl* U to notify
the pitblle not to harbor or Lit auy way
give employment to the mild Willie
).awhorue. i
(AMI'S LAWIIOKNE. |
Cassatt. s. f\, July 20th. 1020.
16-1S|mI
Whkkey Dealer P?)s Dividends.
**a?u Robinson, a dweller In the
statehurg section <?f the county. was
rounded up l?y officers Chandler and
Owens Saturday night, and In his pos
session the otllcers found three gallons
of whiskey. The boo*** was <xm Iterat
ed and Sam was lodged in Jail. Sam
is aroused of bctlnfl a wholesale dealer
In boose and, Is said to hAve had regu-i
lar customers. The chief asked him
to put up a bond of |49Q for his | I
pearanee In the court, which wa* done
and the bond forfeited. Rural Police*
man Norrls found Sam runulug a still
on Saturday and ran him In again.
This time the tine was made $100.
This also was paid by Sam to the
treasury of the city, out. Of tile 'undi
vided profits *?f the business. ? Sumter
Herald.
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"Nobody Killed."
( Sta tesvlllo La nd ma rk . )
One man met another one day and;
said, "I hear there was a railroad
wreck last light. W4s anybody kill* I
ed?" The other man replied, , "No
there1 was nobody killed, just the eu?
gliKH'r. and fireman."
A long freight ttfaln eased along
the winding track down the mountain
through the rainy night. The head-,
light of the engine fell In two whin
ing bars oit the wet rails ahead. The!
big ;*? mountains loomeil : startllngly
close at hand. And the lonesome
bkrst of the whistle reverberated |
through the dim valley. It was three
o'clock In fhe morning.
Hack In the caboose the conductor:
was poring over his report. He was
studying the- uumlicrs-that- meant - the^
cars making up his tcUln. As lie studied
he told the flagman just how low In
his estimation raided ti e railway com
pany that ' would thrust on n hard-!
working conductor twenty cars of cows;
and fifteen cars of coal on a night
like this. As for, the flagman he !
slopt. Curled up on a locker he slept
peacefully, oblivious to the rainy night,
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| the steep mountain road, the twenty
cars of <kwo, the fifteen ears of coal
and t 1m* grumbling conductor.
About midway of thf > train a brake
man ma t morosely on top of a eat tie
car. lie hail tightened a brake, and
j too melancholy to tratifcPou the ?ttflue
or back lu the caboowe) he sat elad in
lils allckpr, In tlu> rain Oft ? ? ?i? of a
eattle oar. Ho had been summoned
by the call boy to take this extra run
just aa he was going to bed, and he,
was very unhappy. He wanted the
rain to pour on hliu. The uncomforta- '
ble drop* trickling tuslde hi* collar,
\n *-?>*' In keeping with hla mood. Ue
wa? going to sit there In the rain, get- '
mi.; dumper and unhapplcr. He would
alt there till morning If he wanted to
and defiled any railroad to make him
get off that car. |
i The fireman eat lu hit* place at the
left window of the engine ahd stud
ied the night.
I lie t<?ok a fierce Joy in a trip down (
the mountain on a might like this. He 1
loved the swaying of the engine, the
ru tabling of tj>e train through the I
mountains. the rfcln driving agaiust
the shine of the headlight, the big1
shadows of the mountains and the dlm-j
iner shadows oi the valley. HIh mother
had not wanted him to follow the road,
, but he was a born railroader. Jle mpst
always have the road and t ho big en
gines. Then lie fell to dreaming of that
day when he should have an engine of
his own; ? ft ?hottkHieHiie most beaut I- 1
ful engine on the division. When he
got his engine he was going to marry a
pretty girl who was always worrying j
about i lie dangers of railroading. He
smiled in remembrance of her -prefcloua
fears. He looked across the cab to
smile at his engineer. But the engi
neer was staring ahead at the two|
' shlnliig bars of light.
! The engineer was staring mechanl
j tally ahead, fie was thinking about
j his Imhy. ' That night when he left
he went to the little white bed and
watched his eon, Such a chubby lit*!
tie boy with his arm* thrown over his
head in sleep. The big engineer was
pondering on the sweetnass of his lit
! tie boy. He made a comfortable living.
| Arid hlw boy must jbaYC-fln education
| :iiud settle on some safer .profession
j than his fatbcr had. The little son
must never know the fbtfclnstUon of j
J this railroad game. He must always
j have :.he best in life, that chubby baby
I asleep lu his white bed. ^
k There was a iHH'ullnr serapirfg noise
land tlx* cab shook violently. The en
' glncer reverent! his engine. He looked
ttcroHM tUt? <*ab *it the fireman aud the
.vuuiucer tuau'a eyae wvru aa afraid. He
a cheery goodbye to the boy.
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p" K --v:?' yrSLr^v- JR. % PL,.
'I'lu'u tbe (mix i at* left the track.
, "Nobody wa? killed ; Just the eogl
iiwr aad fireman."
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No. 473
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION'-QF
THE BANK OF LUGOFF
Located at Lugoff, S. C. at Th? Clo?? of Bu.ine.. June
30th, 1920
Resources
I /ohiik mihI DWeount*
Overdrafts - V- .y * < 282.44 .
FurOtltur? and Fixtures
- -,r.r 1,430-*W
I?u>> fixnn Hanka ami Banker* ...... 8,617.27
Currency \ .'t.osi.oo
8llver and 0t|?p Minor IVdu ... ? ?,... 419.80
('htH'Ifctt ?tl(l (>*h ItttM* . . ? -#,*->? ....... ^.. . 1,416.8ft
Tutnl , - 3- $07,90<fc>2
Liabilities ?
Oa|>ital l\?id Iu f 25,000.00
Undivided Profit* Leas Ourr*i>t K*i>eust?rt ami Tax*** I*uUl 1,587.75
Due to Banks am) Banker*, -
Individual Deports Hiibjeot to Obet'k Ul.iU4.Wl ;
HaVinips Popowits ' ,* .,-4,101.44
IThjM Certificates of Deposit ? 1--- -9,515.00
Cfesbier'a (toeek* 07.18 v v 84,008.58
Note* ami Hills Bed Iscoun tint .J ^
Tut a I ..... - $07,000.02
st air of 8outh Carolina, County of K?r?haw.
Before Has dame J. B. Wallacs, 0(i*hier of the above named bank, who,
beiiiK <H*ly sworn, as y? that the abov> apd for ego in* statement is a trua
condltiou of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank.
J. B. WAIjLAOK. ,
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Swyru to and ?uU*L>ribed before me tills lOtli day of July, lOSOr?
8, N. McDowell, Notary Public S. O.
Correct Attest
J. J. Bell
; Jaunts Team * Director*
B. W. <Jettys -
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be not prohibitive. She can have
them by trading at this grocery.
We have solved the problem of
low prices. 01 ve us a trial order
and you'll And our solution per
fect. ' 4
Phone 90
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Furthermore?
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Even the tiniest tots?
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