The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 06, 1923, Image 3
Harlin McCoy of Columbus, Ohio,
14 years old, has been declared the
marble champion of the. United States
us the result of a tournament held at
Atlantic City, N. J. He won his local
tournament over 2,800 contestants.
German marks dropped to the low
est record point Saturday on the New
York exchange when $1 would buy
marly 200,000 marks, having a before
thfryw*'1 value of 47,600 dollars.
Mr*. James C. Kivkner is held in
jail at \ 1 1 1 1 1 m i > 1 1 , A'..,, charged with
killing her husband, Lieut, James C.
Hick nor at Camp McCiellan Friday.
No reason is given for the killing as
the prisoner refuses to talk.
Seventy-f?ui divorces were granted !
by the superior court in session at Au- 1
jvusia. Georgia, Saturday in the space !
of two and a hulf hours. None of the !
citii's we ve contested.
The real reason
for buying Columbias
? they last longer
The largest laboratory, devoted to
dry cell research, experiments contin
uously to make them "last longer."
Columbia "Hot Shot or Columbia
, Ignitors are "right" for your needs.
That's why people have the habit of
asking for Columbias.
Columbia Dry Batteries for all purposes are sold
by hardware and general stores, electrical and auto
supply shops, garages and implement dealers.
F?hnrrtock Spring Clip Binding P o?U
on Ignitora at no extra charge
CEVENTY-FIVE of our students placed in
** good paying positions since March 10.
Draughon students have first call because
our national reputation for thorough training
is recognized everywhere by leading business
houses. Largest and best equipped commer
cial school in the state, Make reservation
now and be ready to accept a good paying
position tins winter. For full information,
write today. * ^
DRAUGHON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
WM. LYKES, JK.( Pres. Columbia, S. C.
F. W. LYKES, Sec'y- Main at Lady. .
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Downy Comfort
Prepare for tomorrow by
sleeping tonight.
Restful slumber is assured
on a COTTON jjDWN Mat
tress?a satisfactory mattress
at a reasonable price.
GholtUu Spring 4k MiHftM Co.
Muafectotn ? Alluta (1)
v. * For Sal? B?
CAMDEN FURNITURE CO.,
Camden, S. C.
OWES MUCH 10 SEA BREEZE
Hlgh-Wlnd Movement Prevent* Damp
n?M and Sultrinea* on Part of
tht Texae Sea Coaet.
The wn breeze at* Oorpufc ChrleMj
Texas, attains unusually high veloci
ties, It hatf been found by the represen
tative of the weather bureau. United
States Depart meat of Agriculture, at
that In marked contrast to
some of the southern sea coasts, whero
stagnant conditions are frequent, at
Con mi-, christl the breeze become* a
fresh, at l ong southeast wind In the af
ternoons, blowing 20 to HO ipllea or
more an hour, and sometimes contlnu
lug all night. Debilituting oalius are
relatively few on the Corpus Chrlstl
coast, while the high-wind movement
prevents the dsmpness and sultriness
?o dreaded in -other 'subtropical re
gions.
The cause of this unusual sea breeae,
which it the swiftest and steadiest oo
the Texas coast, is explained by the
weather bureau as due to the topojg
?raphy of the hinterland of Corpus
Christl and the contour of the coast
line at this point. Darren plains, de
void of marshes, rise gradually behind
Corpus Christl bay, extending Inland
for 80 miles. The curve in the coast
line at Corpus Christl aTlows the pre
dominating southeast wind to strike
the shore at Buctl an angle that it
nlpets with virtually no resistance from
| land surface before reaching t lie
coast. It therefore comes over Corpus
Christl with practically tho same ve
locity It has on the open ocean. The
hented air- of the plain back of Corpus
Chrlsfl tends continually to rise, and
the cooler sea air flowing In creates a
continuous breeze. Although the In
creased sea breeze causes a diminution
in the rainfall, it has its compensating
features In the fact that a more com
fortable climate Is created. ' .
Robots in Folk Lore.
Karel Capek has dramatized In "R.
U. R." an idea tlu?t has fascinated man
since the beginning of labor, A curi
ous version which points M. Capek's
moral of the dignity of- work is an old
Oteutral American folk tale that
Charles J. Finger hag discovered. Ac
cording to this legend a maker of
magic whittled for the lazy Inhabitants
of a tropica! valley 20 little wooden
servants apiece which were wound up
by a wooden handle that resembled a
tall. The people were delighted that
there was no more work to be done,
but finally they tired of the mechanical
servants. The little wooden men rose
, In revolt and drove the inhabitants
Into the wilderness, but they, soon
fought among themselves. The hungry
dogs and cats fell upon them, atid
drove them to the forest where their
descendants became monkeys, Jibber
lng among the trees and clinging to
the branches with their long, handle
like tails.
The Elusive "Amparo."
Use of the "amparo" as a legal re
course In Mexico is to be restricted
In a bill which the government in
tends to present to congress. Abuse
of the measure Is the reason. Pres
ident 0bregon recently declared that
In many - Instances persons arrested
have" already provided themselves
with "amparo," which secures their
Immediate release without bail.
- ? Tlu; "amparo" is one of the most
generally, used and at the same time
the most complex procedure to be
found in Mexican courts. It is a sort
of Injunction and writ of habeas cor
~ pus combined, and is employed either
to restrain a court from acting or to
secure the release of a prisoner from
custody. Attorneys here admit that
an exact . definition of the word 1s Im
possible, and point to the fact that
books have been written about it,
with its specific meaning and origin
still obscure. ? New York Tribune.
8hows. Exact Size.
The exact size of a loaf of bread is
determined by a new 'Machine, shown
In Popular Mechanics Magazine, and
designed by the Department of Agri
culture while making tests to fix the
standard volume of a loaf. A funnel
Is filled with flaxseed, and the loaf to
be tested Is placed In a container, of
known cubic capacity. Immediately be
low. The flaxseed Is then allowed to
pour in until the loaf Is completely
Immersed. Any overflow will fall Into
pans, placed at the sides for this pur
pose. At the bottom of the container
Is a small valve, which, when opened,
permits the seed to fall Into a narrow
graduated container. . The measure of
the seed in this container subtracted
from the known cubic capacity of the
larger container, gives the size of the
loaf.
Fur-Bearing Animals Increasing.
An appparent increase in all va
rieties of animal life in Alaska, aid
ed by e general respect for the game
protection laws, is noted by Governor
ffone in his annual report to the sec
retary of agriculture on enforcement
of law, made public recently. Many
fur-bearing animals particularly were
said to be showing an Increase despite
the depredations of wolves, coyotes,
eagles and hawks, which also are evi
dently growing In numbenr.
Then Plant Mora Tress.
Engineers report the carrying power
of a stream is increased 64 times when
Its rate of flow la doubled, says the
American Tree association in advocat
ing mors tree planting. Tf the flow Is
apcedeA?np ten times, the, raging tor
~ rent win be able !o carry 1,000.000
times as much foreign material as It
did wtaan It was ftowiag at a normal
ratV of speed, causing Inexpressible
damage sad destruction of life Md
CHANGES CAUSED BY PLOW
Agricultural Implement Made Revolu
1 tlon In Agriculture Farming Pram
the First T,ln>? of IU U?c.
Primitive women had no plow, only
the digging-stick. tt?e agricultural Im
plement of the Australians. I.uter they
learned to make a hoe, sometimes out
of a line of deer's horn, sometimes of
ttfone or other material, sometimes
half way between a hoe and u pick.
With sueh uit Implement a fair amount
of soil could be broken up nml well
stirred. When domestic animals were
Introduced Into Africa the plow fol
lowed only In the eastern regions, all
through the rest of Africa the hoe-cul
ture held 1 1 h own/ ....
When the plow was Invented ninny
vegetables formerly cultivated prob
ably became less profitable or attrac
tive, and were given up. A revolution
took place In agriculture. Probably
the plow was at first dragged by wow
en. it Is Impossible to Hay Just' when
It was first Invented. It was used dur
ing the ttrome period, for It Ih repre
sented In rock-carvings of that ajce.
Some stone plowshares may bo Neo
lithic.
" Studying European neolithic agri
culture In the light of the methods of
(ravage and barbarous peoples, or even
of our pioneer ancestors, we Imagine
them living on t ho border of the for
ests which furnished food and wood
for buildings and Implements. The
(list step was to burn and clear a place
where the undergrowth was not too
heavy, and to. break up the soil with
pick or hoc. llere the patch of grain
was sowed. . ..
The primitive plow was hardly more
than a pointed stout branch or stub of
? tree, whoso longer fork was fastened
to the yoke. It made a furrow tri
angular In cross-section, broad at the
top and narrowing to an edge at the
bottom. It did not "turn" a strip, and
between two furrows a long ridge was
left unbroken. Even in Itoman times
cross-plowing was common or usual.
Even this rude culture needed the
strength of cattle to draw the plow.
The plnw Is associated In our mind
Mth oxen, and the first man who
made his cow. Instead of his wife,
draw the plow was a great benefactor.
? John M. Tyler, In "The New Stone
Age."
National Forest Addition.
President Harding has signed a proc
lamation adding more than 250,000
acres to the Lemhi National forest in
Idaho.
This addition, according to a report
of the forest service, United States De
partment of Agriculture, is the result
of petitions made by associations in
the state of Idaho who asked for pro
tection in the use of the stock ranges
which were being overgrazed and de
nuded bjr nomadic bands of sheep
driven In from distant points.
The petitions resulted In a special
act of congress on March 21, 1021, au
thorizing the inclusion of certain de
scribed lands found by the secretary
of agriculture to be chiefly valuable for
the production of timber or the pro
tection of stream flow.
FlfsTFarcel P?o RT
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, wife of
President Cleveland, received at the
White House In 1887 the first article
ever sent t>y parcel post, according
to an old record discovered In the
flies of the Post Ofllce department.
The article was a feathered fan from
the Island of Jamaica.
Although the date of establishment
of parcel post Is generally fixed .at
1913 (the year of Its adoption for do
mestic mails), the system actually
started with the conclusion of parcel
post conventions by the United States
with foreign countries, says the Post
Office department, the first of which
was negotiated with Jamaica In 1887.
To celebrate the " adoption of the
treaty Jamaica officials sent the
featheged fan to Mrs. Cleveland.
New Ice Cream Container.
Ice cream may now be shipped with
out being packed in ice and salt IX a
specially designed dry container la
utilized. This container is a double
walled metal vessel which has two
Inches of cork composition between the
walls, and a cork-insulated top that
clamps firmly Into position. After the
Ice cream is placed In the container,
t*9 metal disks filled with a cooling
mixture that has been frozen to a solid
state, are laid on top of the cream can.
Just under the tlght-flttlng cover. This
outfit Is said to keep the Ice cream
solid for periods ofelghteen to tl>'i"ty
six hours. ? Popular Mechanics Maga
zine. r"
Horse Power.
The horse power of a boiler is often
spoken, but the term is a loo.se one,
without nay definite significance, be
cause the horse power that can be
realized from a boiler depends to a
very great extent on the engine that
Is used to develop the power, and
again how hard the holler Is forced.
The centennial commission adopted,
as the definition of a horse power
(when that expression is used in con
nection with a boiler), the "evapora
tion of .30 j*ounds of water per hoar,
when the temperature of the feed wa
ter is 100 degrees F. and the pressure
of the steam is 70 pounds per square
inch, as read front the gauge."
Ih Fighting Trim.
The. coasting was fine and Tommy
was angry at having to stay home and
"tag ji; uuumii nr
I their mother went shopping. . When
?he returned she inquired : "How.
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KHIJC ft tfl IT Tlfff w P'Wr f-?I ITTW
brother to sfeeftT* * 7*
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Lynching Record for First Six Months
Tuskegee, Ala., July 1. ? I send you
the following information concerning
lynching* for the lirst mix months of
this year. I ftnd according to the re
cord* compiled by Tuskegee Institute
in the Department of Record* and
Research, Monroe N. Work (in charge,
that in the tfrst six months of 1023
there were 15 lynching*. This is 1 5
less than the number 80 for the first
six months of 1U22 and 21 less than
the number .'Hi for the first six months
of 15?21.
Of those lynched, two were whites
and thirteen were negroes. One of
the latter was a woman. One o?, those
put to death wan charged with the
crime of rape. The other offenses
( ? - i 1 ? r%- _ *
of the law, 2; no charge reported, 2;
assisting man charged with rape to
escape, 1; trying to pass for white, 1;
resisting posse searching for man
charged with rape, 1; participating in
depredations connected with railroad
strike, 1; cattle stealing, 1; trying to
act like white man and not knowing
his place, 1.
The ?.tate* in which lynchings oc
curred an({ the number in each state
are as follows: Arkansas, 1; Flpri
After
Every
Meal
A universal custom
that benefits every
body.
Aids digestion,
cleanses the teeth,
soothes the throat.
WRKLEYS
& good thing
to remember
Sealed in
its Purity
Package .
THE.
FLAVOR LASTS
<la, 7; Georgia, 2; Louisiana, 1; Mis
sissippi, 2; Missouri, 1; and Texas, I.
Dorchester county had tio hotnuidrs
during the year 1 021.
Progressive
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must play an important part in the
f uture economic growth of this city.
We are serving many of the most
progressive business concerns in this
city and have ample facilities for
servipg more. We offer an extra
measure of Service.
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posit than in the First National Bank,,
where every courtesy, assistance and ad
vice will be gladly accorded you.
NOTICE!
f ?
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stock of Nitrate of Soda at an
attractive price.