The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 03, 1920, Image 9
.ion of tN Best of Mark
Train's Humor. ,
, h, Aib'rt Blgtlow p?|n?
??., Humeri#^ ??< *'?????
?A? " o"u*r
" agricultural
mmIov HIM. wm B
Sw?BlO? ?f Mmk
?L- ?).? *?*? ''ls "<? ","1
ff*?:,, Ma letters, tins now gone
* wrlltus" Ot l""""rlKI
i u<o cl.ulcoat bit" Th*?
'KlstilleU ? l?ll<?? ?t muoy vol
'.Jim* biviiKl't out I" ?
1 -MomoutH Will. Mock
? The following extract. "How
, i .mi Agricultural 1'aper," !h
% m written in
" halt tin hour *11 old gentle
1 ' u h a flowing beard a?d ? ttne
?UKtorc face, entered, and
&atiny invitation. Helmed
something on W? ?u n^ He
1 >ir his bat and set It on the floor.
1 0[ out a red ?,lk handkerchief
ot our paper.
nut the paper on his lap. and
? L nollshed' his spectacles with
iSlirchlef, he said, "Are you
lidltor r ^
jJJ'yow ever .Milted an aierlcul
i Lnpr before V"
- l ?ald, "this Is niy first at
? If
vlrv likely. H?v* y?u haU any ex'
nce in agriculture, practically ?"
y 1 believe I have not."
_Jlt. instinct told me." said the
Sleuiitii. putting on his ?pectn
,L looking over them at iue with
irity wlflle ho folded his paper
t wnvenifiit shape. "1 wish to
V0U wftri't must have made me
/that instinct. It was this edi
il Listen, snd see if il was yon
wrote it:
?Turnips should never be pulled ;
res tlieni. It la much better to
abov tip and let him shake the
vJv, wliit t do you think of that? ?
really suppose you wrote it."
hlnk of it. Why, I think It Is
1 have no doubt that every year
Hions and millions of bushels of
nips are spoiled In this township
t Ijv helnjt pulled In a half-ripe
Ution, ? lieii it they had sent a
; up to slink'1 thr tree
Shake your grandmother! Turnips
n't grow on trees !"
h. they don't, don't they? Well. |
said tlie.v did V The language
Intended (?? be figurative, wholly j
mrative. Anybody that1 knows any- j
_jvili know that I meant that ,
jv should shake the vine."
n this oitl person got up and tore
paper all ln to small shreds, and
Biped on them, and. broke several
with his cane, and said I did
I know as much a* a cow ; and then
fit out and banged the door after
i. ami, In short, acted In sneb a way
I fancied lie was displeased about
Jdng. But not knowing what the
>if vrn*. I could not be any help to
Forest Figures.
quantity oT lumber cut every
ir in the United States Is three
the natural growth. At the
nt rate of destruction the forests
have disnppenred In less than a J
Deration. The center of the lumber
riots has been pushed rapidly
iwril until today It has reached
stete of Washington, and Is np
chlng the Pacific coast. Every
' tome 80,000,000,000 cubic feet of
fid Is cut In the Toiled States, the j
valued at nearly $2,000,
MOO. The most serious drain upon
forest resources Is for railroad
, anrt the demand Is constantly in
t^iog. In spite of the apparently
Hwr?^ use of coal for heating, the
litetl Strifes still burns up In the
'<? "f a year 90, 000, OtXK- cords of
I. There nre at present upward
!2(J00OO,ono -acres of land set aside
oitlonnl forest land In the United
*tw. Alaska and Porto Rico The
mneiit appropriates more than
0,000 a year to protect and eultl
tliese forest lands. ? Boys' Life.
QUAINT OLO ENGLISH CUSTOM
Dv*tllert in Cornith ViiUyc Maintain
Thair Right to took on Statue
With R?var?nce.
lit La u aces i oh, hh ml I town in t %oc\\
wall, om* imago ami 094 <?ui o^dom
have remained in spit? of the i'urt
tans. says u contributor to London
Country Life. relate# u curious
survival of the oh! days when Oliver
riomwell and his ln?i?u?* Kinashlnu ttl
tilers ruled Ritgltiiiid. Perhaps it was
because the Cornish did not take kind
l.v to the I'urltuu spirit, continue* the
Writer, hut the Mugdnlcn of Launcea
loii remains and thepooploot taUucw
ton Htlll hollove In her power lor gotnl
and evil. The figure, which rests in
n canopied niche between t he center
of the three w indows at the east end
of the parish church, is a little less
than life size. and represents the Majf
dalen as lying down in an atti
tudo Of grief. By her side Is what U
descrihed as a skull or the box of
ointment.
? What ts still inert' UitoresUng is the
largo number of stones, pebbles and
pieces ??f slnte always to he seen scat
tered and untidy nn the bark of the
ttgiire or upoh tin* sill of ibe window
wahove. They repre.swni^ihe triumph oi'
custom or superstition. 'The people be
lieve ilia l If you. cii^-t a stone up at the
Oiiurt and It remains upon h yon will
net your reward, if you treat th * suit
ue with disrespect you will Milter.
The stones on the window sill repre
sent tnlUtre: those on the figure',' suc
cess. The people of I.Muneeston are
i v 1 1 1 < ? I rn io uti.? !?1mi(ii this belief of
;heirs. If you its''. they will half shyly
loll th.it fhe .bildren believe if.
and .hat n>e.\ reini'iuhet: .that when
they w oi?* children tl.-ey ihrew h stone
up when tl toy wanted a ne>V pair oi i
boots or a ireut of some kind.
"'.Mid did you get it?" > ou ask.
You will generally bo told. "Vox." j
If you witti.h. you will .see. that* tin
-hlldrcu still believe it. and that sonw
? the "'children" have long since pass ;
ed school age. The atones are always i
there. alweys increasing <?f the 'many I
sjtories I heard of the Magdalen of
Lituncuston one wars of how the nai
to tor, when a boy. many years ago '
( auie r mining home from school and.
passing the statue, .jumped at it to hit
its face, lie told nio that it might
have Iktu that or it might not, but
before he wus out ot the ehrrehyard j
he slipped. sprained bis rnkle an<l was
in bed for innny nays. No one stems
to know how old tlx* cu* loin is, but the i
si a I tic Itfself is noi old us eocles'nstl
cal figures count rtge.
Power From Gas.
The question of l innsinit lug power
long dis'-a tiros* t?y means' of gas made
in the coal Ne'ds i< r;i^sttl^-4u the en
tf in oert ni: su pp1 '*ii: cu t of :i Bvll'slt pa 1
prr. One of f.h" objects sought in
erecting the piopo?>'.' capital power
stations in KneJend and d'strlhuiing !
electricity from tbeni. 'is to save the r
cosf of A'onveyiuK coal to Individual
factories. It is possible thai !he same J
advantage would be realized b.v trans- ;
milting gr?s insteai1 of electricity.
It is ^uufceKted further tluH the gas ?
now nu.de In a multiplicity of gas !
works scattered nH over the country j
could l?p generated on modern lines in j
large works on the coal fields. The j
writer calculates that the moony spent ;
on the carriage of one year's conl by j
one of ihe London gas undertakings j
would aloue suftb.e to pay for a main |
large enough to bring from Yorkshire
all the gas It makes in the year. ? New
York Post.
Nitrates From the Air. j
When Thomas Kdison was asked r<*' 1
cent l.v what lie considered the great
est inventions since the electric lights,
he mentioned first wireless telegraphy
a nd second Mv? American process for
making nitrogen from the air. Be
fore the war we depended upon fJer- i
many for our supply of nitrogen, and i
especially for the fertilizers which |
inside our farms so productive. The j
Corai-ins had deposits which they only J
need dig out of the ground to sell at ,
enormous prices. Today there are |
great plants in the south whe-e the i
nlr is put under pressure and frozen .
to a liquid fortn from which In turn '
the nitrogen Is extracted. The sup- j
plv Is of course absolutely lini'iles**. !
By harnessing waier falls to these j
plants the work Is done very cheaply, j
Fr*m ?
t aAtm rw Mr. K.tf/i
k?mt,
Nnu Ytrk City. I
Before buying that
OCnv*5 phonograph
Rachmaninoff has not
only made Re -Creations for
the New Edison. He has also made
recordings for one of the standard
talking-machines.
We are glad to announce that
these talking -machine recordings
r?ay now be heard. We want you
to hear them ? and compare! De
termine for yourself which gives
you the real Rachmaninoff.
Let us play Rachmaninoff's
Edison Re-Creations for you.
Mark how clear, how true the
piano tone. See how every'' note
in his runs, every accent in his in
terpretation, every shade in his
pedalling is perfectly Re-Created.
This was proved by a test made
at Mr. RachmaninofFs home in
New York City. He played the
Second Hungarian Rhapsodie
(Liszt) in direct comparison with
the Re-CreatIOn of his perform
nnce by the Wl'W Edison. The
absolute fidelity of t he Re-Crkation
to the artist's original peformance
astounded the listeners.
Make the Rachmaninoff com
parison. It will guide you' right
in selecting your Christmas phono
graph.
Ash a ho
aboat our Budget Plan
It brings your New Edison for
Christmas without squeezing your
pocket book. Remember, too, that,
in buying a New Edison now, you
are virtually buying a before-the
war-value with an after- the-war
dollar. The price of the New
Edison has increased less than 15%
since 1914, and a portion of this
increase is war tax. "Edison stood
the gaff" to keep his favorite in
vention within the reach qf, eveiy
one who loves beautiful music.
THE CAMDEN FURNITURE COMPANY
Telephone 156 ? Camden, S. C.
a
ntu NEW EPISOW'aTsea*
Hold Your Cotton and Insure
Rates Are Especially Cheap on Lots of Ten Bales or Less
WE GAN INSURE YOUR COTTON IN THE SEED, BALED, STORED OR IN THE OPEN
WILLIAMS INSURANCE AGENCY
R M. KENNEDY: PRESIDENT
The Oldest and Strongest Agency in the County
PHONE 52 j. k. shannon. Manager