The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 21, 1923, Image 3
City Property
For Sale
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Property of Dr. John W. Corbett on
Laurens Street. Dwelling* has 7 rooms,
2 bath rooms, 2 screen porches. Open
fires and hot water heating plant. Gar
age and 2-room servants house on the
premises. Large and attractive lot.
For price and terms apply
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C. P. DuBOSE & CO.
REAL ESTATE
Camden, South Carolina
Home of W. Z. Hilton Burns.
On last Thursday evening, shortly
after 7 o'clock, the' home of W. Z.
Hilton was discovered to be on fire
on the roof, but notwithstanding the
quick response of many people and
the- fur department to the alarm,
there was no hope of saving the
building, the fire having gained too
rapid headway. The work of re
moving the furniture resulted in sav
ing only about a third of the con- 1
tents of the building. The homes of
?f. L. Sowell and Leroy Croxton, on
either side, were endangered by
close proximity, but were saved un
injured. except from- scorching the
paint. Mr. Hilton's home was k
large two-story dwelling and was
valued by him at above $6,000, with
only $1,000 insurance. There . was
only $1,000 insurance on the furni- ,
turc, which was valued at about
$.'{.000.
Mr. Hilton and family intended
moving to their plantation at Liberty
Hill last week but were delayed on
account of their house there not being
quite in readiness for them. They had
all furniture packed except suoh as
tiny needed for their immediate use,
and it was this fact, perhaps, which
contributed to as much of it being
!?aved as was saved. "The fire " was
thought to have been accidental and
is supposed to have originated from
an upstairs fireplace in a room
where ironing had been done -that af
ternoon. The fireplaco had not been
used /for some time. The family were
at supper, or had just about concluded
that meal when they made the dis
covery that the upper portion of the
house was on fire. ? Kershaw Era.
Election bets are being placed with
a New York brokerage firm. Odds
against A1 Smith, governor of New
York, are 20 to 1 .that Smith will not
be the presidential nominee; odds
against Iftram Johnson are 5 to one,
and the odds against Henry Ford are
3 /to I.
The people living along the Yukon
River in Yukon and Alaska bet when
the great ice break will occur. They
organize pools at Fairbanks^and Daw
son, Where large sums are won and
lost at the betting. A pole four
inches thick and twenty feet high is
frozen in the ice in the middle of the
river. A wire cable connects this pole
with an electric stop clock on the
shore, N set to Standard v time. The
second the ice moves the pole the
clock stops, and that moment marks
the record of (th^ beginning of the ice
Break and decides all bets. The usual
date is about May 10th.
CAMDEN ICE COMPANY
Thanks the people of Camden for their splendid cooperation, and
we have two favors to ask of our patrons; one of which is, if you
have a car, please drive down to to our plant ?on Sundays, and get
your requirements, as it is not our desire to deliver any Ice except
in cases' of emergencies, and this will be gladly done night or day.
The other is, please arrange to have the pro'per change with which
pay the driver each day, as thpy are checked up each night, and
we run no charge account with anyone. Some of our drivers are
i"Mng their jobs because of their inability to check in properly.
Now we have asked you to do these two things, and if there' is
anything that we are failing to do that we should do, won't you let
us know, for it is our * desire to give you a perfect service and a
square deal in every respect. f
op t
CAMDEN ICE COMPANY
TELEPHONE 18
The thrifty shopper says
ShoePolisH
NotkiivCi else 'will do
row get move /
and Bettor sK^tves
for your monffy.
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! FIRST OVER WIRE
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; Professor Morse's Telcgraphio
Message Sent in 1836,
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Record* Show the Words Were *At
tfntionl The Universe I By Klr>(>.
dome, Right Wheel t"
Referring to the historical appreda
tlon of Samuel F. H. Morse, Inventor of
the telegraph, printed In the New York
Evening Post, Woodman Morrison of
the bureau of public Information of
Now York university writes to the
editor of the Kveulng I'ost us follows,
according to u lute Issue that newsv
paper : ^
"I wonder how muny who read the
article by James D. Suyers In the Eve
ning I'ost of yesterday on the 'celebra
tion of the one hundred and thirty-sec
ond birth unnlversury of Prof. 'Samuel
F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph,
know that the first recorded telegraph
ic message hangs on the wall of Butler |
hull at New Y'ork university. The mea- !
sage Is not that famous one 'Whut
wonder hath God wrought* ? sent by
Morse over the forty-mile wire be
tween Baltimore and Washington In
1844.
"Almost ten yeurs before that Balti
more- Washington telegram was sent
this message was clicked over r wire :
"'Attention! The universe! By king
doms, right wheel.'*
"This message was sent over a wire
which ran from one class room to an
other in the old Gothic structure in
Washington square, which was the first
home of New York university. At
tached to the dot and dash transcript
of the message In Butler hall Is this
note of explanation :
" 'Sent aif<J recorded in the New ^York
university, January 24, by Prof.
S. F. B. Monte of ihe chair of art, and
his associates, Alfred S. Vail, of the
class of 1886, and Prof. Lewis D. Gale
of the chair of chemistry.' Underneath
the sign message Is a translation In?
dim pencil marks In Professor Morse's
handwriting, as follows? 'Attention!
The universe! By kingdoms, right
wheel !'
"As Mr. Savers points out 'In his
a article, Professor Morse was primarily
an artist and not a scientist. He had
established at New York university the
first chair of art In any American col
lege or university. The organization
which grew Into the .present National
Academy of Design was founded by
him, and Jie was Its president for the
first 10 years of Its existence.
"In his younger days Professor
Morse painted miniatures on Ivory for
$5 and profiles for $1. He was an asso
ciate abroad of the early American ar
tists, Washington Allston and Benja-,
mln West, and the London Adelphi So
ciety of Arts pave him a gold medal for
n plaster model of the 'Dying Hercules.'
"After his return to America he es
tablished the chair of art at New York
university and painted portraits of
President Monroe, Chancellor Kent,
Fltfc Greene Ilalleck, La- Fayette and
other distinguished men.
"His experiments with the telegraph
were carried on In the university, and
he definitely perfected his invention
there late In 1835."
Both the gopher snake and the king
snake of our Southern .states arc in
veterate enemies of Ihe rattlesnake
and are immune to his poison. The in
jection of the poison of a rattlesnake
into the circulation of a cobra, in the
Bronx Zoological Gardens, resulted in
the cobra suffering no ill.
OVERWHELMED BY BIO WORDS
No Wond?r Fellow 8allor? Couldn't
Withstand We?t )ndian Sailor1*
Remarkable Vocabulary.
If ever a man belled hi* name It
Was "Troubles" who hired himself to
me after overwhelming me with an
avalanche of polysyllable words, used
without reference to tueunlng. With
gorilla-like arms, a tlat head, enor
mous mouth and entire absence of
nose, he \va? The ugliest human being
I had. ever seen. Hut he was an ex
cellent sailor, a tireless worker and
aa good natured as he was ugly. Ills
favorite diversion was talking and the
other members of the crew, after one
I or two trials abandoned all .attempts
to out-argue him, for he soon left
them floundering with a voeabulury
wholly inadequate to cope With his
"ex pa adulations" and "superCU'ous
methodlcflons." On one occasion I
overheard a bit of argument between
him and a recent addition to the crew
?? for the older members Invariably
egged on new recruits to argue with
"Trouble."
X do not know what the argument
had been about nor what the new man
Jbfid said, but as he Was a French
mulatto from Dominica? or. as the
other Islanders have i It, a "patois
man"~I presume he had beeu refer
ring In no complimentary terms to
"Trouble.'s" native heath, Antigua.
"Yo' worthless specimen o' mis
guhh^d humanity 'yo'.!" . exclaimed
"Trouble." "Yo' Insignificant an'
fragmont'ry ? yaller element ! For
wherefo' yo' have de audacity to let
yo' Imagination dlrec' yo' to dat as
sumption? Who yo* tink yo' address
In' In dat hlgbfalutln', presumptious,
dictations manner? Ah desire yo' to
dlstlne'ly an' defnltely abKorbnnate de
eminon'ly interestln' an' Important In
! fo'matlon All's propounding an' If yo'
decllnates to preefp'tately reconsider
i*iv .n ul Uiii iU'J ,? U jub t.Vpt (Ul
at onoe an' immediately an' hereby
und irt witness whereof retrac' yo'
agservations once, forever, an' hence
1 forth, der's bonn' for to occur a rnsul
! ty an' a- deceased patois nigger, an'
. de gentleman Is goln' for to be eom
I pulslfled for to discommode hisself to
acquire another Incumbent for to All
de work what yo' lack o* lntellec' don'
fit yo' for."
Needless to say, In the face of this
dire threat?which to the fear-stricken
recipient savored of an Incantation by
i a witch doctor or "obeah man" ? the
| French Islander promptly and "pre
l clp'tately" reconsidered and retracted
whatever It was that had Inadver
tently brought on "Trouble's" out
burst. ? From "In the Wake of the
j Buccaneers," by A. Hyatt Verrlll.
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The grand jury of Horry county, in
vestigating the drowning: of live
persons several nights ago when their
auto fell into Wacama river, find that
the .<traw bridgu had been raised by
human hand.--. It i.< thought that men
f'.-eiivj from officers. proved the bridge
(..it of placc. t.i giv themselves time
ts enenpe.
'H-e American iYei^Hcj* American
American: Hawaiian ' line, caught
i n fhc at sea Monday and v.*jis eonvoy
Los Antics by the U. S. S.
N'jvtida, where the fire was extin
guished aft' :? five ho urn of hard fight
:: :\ Tht V.'aS $250,000.
1C7.fi 1 Ko.be i t son; on trial in New
Yo* k on a charge of murdering John
Brines, is being defended by Miss
Anna B. Hogan, 23, attorney.
To Hold Protracted Meeting.
A Protracted Meeting will begin at
Sunday; September 23rd, at 11 a. m.
Pservires will be held each day at 7:30
jp. m. the week following.
Captain J. L. Hancock, well known i
conductor of the Kingville arid Marlon
lines of the 8oolh?rn Railway will do j
the preaching. Captain Hancock la a
Layman of the Firat Baptist church
I i m . i ? !
of Blactaburj;, and has been very
active in Christian work both in
Nr>r<h*-f,gr>'?"i::--nTTrt Sonth Carolina". |
He if a member of the executive board
orf the Broad Rfver association, sec
retary of th'* Hiacksburg- High School,
District Number 9, Cherokee county,)
pre sident of the Eastern District Son
day School Convention.' The public |
is invited to attend these services.
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Columbia Woman Killed.
Mrs. Sarah Bryan, a lifelong resi
dent of Columbia, was struck by an
automobile driven by Mrs. J. I), Book
tor of Eau Claire Saturday afternoon
at (1:2(0, o'clock in front of the Caroli
na National Hank building, ami died
at ilu> Columbia hospital hut night at
Mrs. Bryan was 72 years of ago,
and was the widow of D. L. Bryan,
who was for years agent here for jthe
Southern Railway, She was before
marriage Miss Sallie McKoriaio,
daughter of the late John McKenzie,
well known candy manufacturer who
was at one time mayor of Columbia,
and was one of the Columbia alder
men who surrendered the city to
Sherman's army during the Confed
erate war. -Sunday's State.
Julius ' Uosenwald, president of
i?ears, Roebuck Co., say a: "Time
and again I meet people who insist
that in spite of what the farmer says
about his money losses he is prosper
ous. They point to the fact that nine
farmers out of ten own automobiles.
Ownership of an automobile is no in
dication of prosperity. The farmer,
by virtue of his vocation, needs some
kind of vehicle to take him to mar
ket. In the. past it was the horse and
r After
Every Meal >
Have a packct in your
pockct for ever-ready
refreshment.
Aids digestion.
Allays thirst.
Soothes the throat.
For Quality, Flavor and
i the Sealed Packago,
got
wagon, today it is the automobile.
That is nut a mark of prosperity, but
only a mark of progress."
The more good roads the more
progress.
IT'S a poor plough that leaves
no furrow, and a poor life that
has not accumulated money in
bank .
Loan & Savings Bank
CAPITAL $100,000.00
4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits
ACQUIRE THE
HABIT OF SAVING '
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Habit grow# ? for good or evil. It gets I
a grip on you to your sorrow, or to your
joy and happiness.
The habit of SAVING MONEY is a good
habit It is bound to be helpful and pro
ductive. It creates self-reliance and self
respect. It means future competency and
independence.
On the contrary, the habit of WASTING
MONEY is a drag-net to poverty, obscuritj
and pauperism.
Form the Habit of Saving. Open an ac
count at the First National Bank ? save
regularly ? and thus solve the problem of
self-acquired prosperity.
NOTICE !
We are booking NITRATE OF SODA
order* for- W. R, Graee-& Co, -
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