The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 02, 1924, Image 10
"OLD SDL" ENDS 1
HIS HEAT STRIKE
Doctor Abbott of Smithsonian
Institution Says Sun is
Again Back to Normal
VVuhfn^t'Ui The ^tsri * strike la
endto.
'The "fct'l'ftr vara Hon." In *hf<h the
nun failed to provide the normal
quantity of h??t to vhe e?r-th 1* now
definitely over and whatever 1* the
mutter with thr ?eather :* 0< t due
to the "strike," ?ltlch wan blamed tor
freaky condition* of niany months.
Kn-ling of the ?uo strike wiia an
aouoced recently by I >r c. (i, Abbott,
?*trof>byald?t of the Smithsonian In
stitution
Abb.. it startled the lay and aden
Hflr world In the summer of 1 $22 with
ad announcement that the aun waa on
a atrlk?? that it waa supplying tb?*
earth with 4 per cent leaa hiNit than
normal. He suggested that the freak
tub weather then being ex perl eared
might be due to this condition.
Sunspou Coma Back.
From the day he enunciated hi*
novel views, he was plagued by a
horde of amuteur meteorologists, who
insisted that he be more specific. Now
that 1 1 h strike ha* ended, the aun I*
nMinufacturliiu Its uifcual quantity of
K?tlK|>Ot?. ?
In fore*, wearing long rang*- weather
predict I on a. Abbott baa Joined the rent
??f government scientists who study
the weather. They all atate that a
4H-hour prediction Is the maximum
they can rink their reputations on.
No real authority in Washington will
tin on record on?* way or another that
t4w? coming winter will be harsh or
aatld. * ?
In aeeklng some competent vlewa on
ibla coming winter's nature, however,
Hcnl Inveatlgators have loeated Uncle
Muirlle Trlvett, weather sage of the
mountain* back of Bristol, Va. Uncle
CViarlle predicts a long, hard winter
t*T the aouthern and e?atern part* of
the cured State*.
? I^na of Hard Wintar,
lie bases his view on the following
observations :
Squirrels hare stored away mora
not* than usual.
Tfce bark of treea la thicker.
Hornhuaka are more sturdy.
Insect a are digging their hole* la
the gronnd weeka earttor than usual.
Migratory birds, anch aa wild geese
sod dueka. are winging their way
Mouth about a month ahead of sched
ule.
Fur hearing animals hare much
heavier coata this year than usual
Mad are digging their dens deeper
iafc> the ground.
Capital School Children
Not Posted on History
Washington. ? School children of the
capital wprf recently shown astonish
Ingly ignorant of snllvnt points In
American history. Completion of the
tabulation of replies from 1.170 pupfls
of lh<* seventh and eighth grade
classes disclosed that only M.'j per
cent knew Abraham Lincoln wax the
author of the emancipation proelnmn
t Ion.
The acts of Jefferson cud Admiral
I>ewey were best known, tt?> per rent
giving the correct answers for ffcese
two. The total lint of names and the
number* of pupils ahle to designate
their places in history, follow :
Jefferson. (kr> per (Sent; i>ewey, tl.V
per cent ; Itopsevelt, fW.4 per cent ;
Lincoln, ."?4l 'J per cent; Perry, M.4 per
cent ; (Jrant. 40.,r> per cent ; .7ncks<>n,
?to per ( cut : HoiiHton. .t,S (J per cent;
linmllton. .11.7 per cent; Meade,
|K*r cent , I >ougla.s, J4. 1 per cent; I >?^
eatur, *J.'t.4 per cent ; (Jreene. L'l.'J per
' cut ; Taylor, Hi.N per ?t?nt
Aged Elopers Afraid
of Their Own Children
( uinheriand. Md William Henry
M?*< Mella n seventy five, widower, re
tired tanner and Mrs. Sarah Alice
Itlootii, Seventy, widow, both of Al
toon. i. I'h were married here recently
by Kc\. Howard L. Schlinke. pMMtor of
1 he l'ir.-t Methodist Protestant church
I'.oth are Mont and each walked with
,? cane ??n account of . rheumst Uni
When :r,ev : ??ke<l for the clerk'.* ofth e
iliev wen- tirsf directed to the orphans'
. ourt. iu . t w?ts inspected they wanted
? o file t liclr wills
While the groom t<> he was answer
ing the variouH ? ) n ? at !.???>? asked appll
? ?untK hi* companion smiled from he
neath her bonnet *n<l over her glasses
at him Aft<r getting the h.imir ? ! ??>?
asked that no children he g'vet, oe
hum' 'heir children and gra nd? ! 'idren
n Altoorja would !iki i\ *c-? , is < ' ^
Clown Finds Wife Ran Away
Cedar Kftpidst. la l.ife I ? | i,ot*il
i )<>k< it. Sam It.nlev . ? ircii*- clown, of
this < ' iwii wars I .? sloped
>?!th m :. "'een \e.ir old t,irl ..ml itmr
??!ed I ? I I ?? w.i.s arrested. hnwewr
h n't ? After :: fk-w months.
vn;.i r,i:i \ ,'t Uecei.f > lo- wm* >'h|i
ttJTed . i. . -> : ? I )U k (?> ja;' W hen h e
?eg* 1 r>- I ?' .\er>' | ),.?* wife
h?V" ; ' ' ' ? ' | /a ? j,,! (?'. >pei| * ! ? h
n
Mj' 3 sccvered
II ' . . . : . . i : t . -. . . ? y r*f
'? :< r - '!'??! ? : ? k h.t *
b?-? ? ? \| ,ick .r.iior ' s !.,i rhor
< |o?o- ; i ? , ' n; e I'.ret' r. J he value
'or Aie ? a purptiae# .? h.gfi Marl
;* to I .- found in ?ection? where l!uic
and g v p? mi <b-pos: ' s are a lln-vnt and
It* crop ?<. ?? ? rafne qunll'to In hearj
)?nd hi* t .???rr ? ndotis
SAY ASBESTOS IS
AS OLD AS i:aR rn
Strange Mineral Is Soft ai
Wool and Hard a& Steel .
Although on it seeing tmglie
CUOligb lu Uitil IU lilt tit'Hl of the llitntl,
w;il oiDt dI?M*olve c*vwu whttU
ej posed t< i temperature of 1 ,'AK) sic
grci'a K'ahrejihvll,
il cnn be made Uuoi material a* hard
a a .steel or u-i H<?fi ii.i the softest wool.
A single st mud. of it cau be spuu su .
iuie ii s iu weigh less than one ounc*
for i-very hundred yards of it* length.
A about It. train* could not move at
moie Hum a snail's pace, comparative
ly speaking. while workshop machinery j
of uii kinds wi^uld bo Infinitely lea* ef-'j
tlcleut . Theaters and cinemas "could :
uot b? safeguarded from (be danger
of tire. and the heating arrangements
of hoteia uyd other public bulldlnga !
v*u9ldM)B far less complete.
Not unlike molaatye* In appearance,
it looks good enough to eat Its libera
aro soft and feathery, yet In the mass
It la as hard and aa unwieldy aa the 1
rock frotn which It ia obtained.
Many people auppoae that aabeetos j
la a manufactured article? -?n "luven- I
lion" of recent times. Aa a matter of j
fact, it wan known nt a very early pa
ilod In hiatory, under the name of sAla- j
mander. A Mogul emperor la said to
have wiped hi* moustache on a aula
mander handkerchief, while Charle
magne once amazed Ida guests at a
feast by throwing a salamander table- j
cloth into the lire and plucking It out ,
again untouched by the flame*.
Aabeatoa 1m quarried from the earth. \
like atone. Blasting operations are i
carried on In deep pits. Into wfflch ,
men descend with amall hainrnera and
dislodge the exposed mineral from the
rocka. Where It la unexposed, the
rock 1* sent to the surface and crushed j
by machinery, which also extract* the
fiber*. Fifty tons of rock yield one
ton of asbestos. The best quality aa- j
best os comes from Cauadai
Scientists say that the mineral la 1
probably aa old aa the>arth Itself, and j
that It waa formed aa a result of the
terrific pressure that waa aet up by the j
cooling of the earth'a crust.
In the first days of steam locomotion
tow waa uaed In ruendlng a high-pres
sure pipe that had buret. Today aabea
toa has taken lta place. The 00 milea
an hour which some of our latest en
dues attain, la due almost entirely to
tho asbestos "vests" which cover the
boilers, preventing, even the slightest
leakage of beat or steam.
If we had no aubatance like aabestoa.
not only would our trains be unable to
run at anything like their present
Speeds, but our steamers would be al
most useless, while motor cars would ?
have no satisfactory brakes. Where i
ever friction or leakage of bent has to '
be combated, asbestos la the only j
really effective substance to counter- f
net either dofect, and Its value to the j
world Is certainly Incalculable. ? Lon
don Tit-Hits.
Our Toy Balloons Best
America apparently has ^captured
the balloon market of the world.
Despite lively competition the little air
craft made in America Is finding favor
over the foreign article. The American |
toy balloon Is proving the more serv- I
Iceable ; it rises higher than any other ?
and Is coifsldered rnflre durable. So !
conspicuous has been Its success that j
the American consuls lu five different ?
countries recently have made It the i
subject of reports.
Kurope formerly depended for Its .
supply of toy balloons on England i
and (ierriHuiy. Today balloons are
exported from America In large quantl- j
ties to all parts of F.urope, even to
Germany. This export trade Is handl- [
capped by the difference In exchange, j
but the American balloon Is bought
not withsf andlng. In some cases a
tariff Is <being discussed In order tn
protect the home Industries.
Had Lots of Company
l.nwsnn Purdy, secretary ? ? f thf
Charity < ?r^n nlzatlou society, said ir
no nddrrs.s on charity work in New
York :
"Sometimes when I want to appeal
to i: rich man fn r f">mc charity or other :
[ pave the \\n_\ by telling lilui a Htory.
"It's a story about a poor chap- ? a .
regular down-nnd out, you know ? wlio
railed one day at dinner time to see hii
wealthy b .i ' ?] i ?'! or brother. His brother
received hirn In the dining room, but '
didn't ask him tr> s:ny to dinner, am!,
:ts tliry tnikrd the servant brought In'
t beaut If ul fat roust duck.
"The poor brother s mouth began t<
?vHtrr at sigt.t "f the superb bird, and
1 ?? said, meaningly :
"''Are %" i t ? cat that 'bi< ;,
.I'uni', lit'or^f
?'?Mi, no.' (Jeorge answered. 'Witt
pen* l.id j>'tifoes and apple itko nnr!
i,,r? t'liiii;* ' ' ? I.u.s Angelas T.nu't
Turkish Capital
.! . s mi.' ..f the furious Iron e* of
? jv'..n u, ' i '..nMantinoplp, t?> tlu
j free w : i.f the Turks them.st-Iveb
s , i . ,.| be the capital of t!a
i;ir. Historians fuosidpi
?he ? !r re.rnrly quietly derided
? ,p.?r < r . \ t :n Import anre only t<
?' e ?' i ?? ! en ? '?>,.?fnntlnople dl?
pin - e. 1 ?? vi'eji'lv *vben ? '< n
, *?ai ' ' r-f. b;x ?. :?( <ll pltfll t tie re
< t u |i.? w :i 5 'tie ins? rnuipart
' | . ?, . ? ' J 1 1 II ? . \ hen ,'he first
? - , tl.-r.-.l If
Didn't Know
< ?v \\ i wit cost to ha',.
?? \ i r i \ " '
< '? 'l U'lnf't t n>sfl> r v?l'>
'I ?
"I dim tn??
1 1 n r * " ?' 1 '* x t
Curative Power s of iun
for Various Disease*
A correspondent wuutf ?y know
abiili Uiiul of llgtit iKitl Wl.at ; ? -i l >?f
the light ray urv capublr <>l curing j
tubwcuiusi* Of bul>Bh uuU gland*,
ticket* and aotoe other An
Information accumulate*, it t/rcojue*
plain thttt H^ti t whhh m dl* ;
?K lie huriAi To cite iiiii*
trutiou, when light l* used in a certain
way on hone (uhercoio*!*. curt- rc?uJt*.
The name light. used In the mme way.
oo a nisr of consumption witn (?vii
dot* harm. In replying lo thla corre
spondent Home of (be Inter discovered
fact* about light a* a retuedy will he
made available for, other reader* an
wall.
Wave* of light are measured in ml
cromllllcron*. Never mind the term; U
la bard to remember. Nsver mind the
uieauing of the term; that la harder to
remember. Let ua designate tba raya
by the mlcrotalUlcorn number, calling
thecn aimpia 800 raya or 400 raya, for
eaasaple. Tba 210 raya ara beat to pre
vent and cnre rlcfcet*. No ray longer
than tba 824 la of eervlee la preventing
rieketa. Tbe 802a and all shorter raya
ara eflolent. Ordinary window glaaa
Altera out all raya aborter tltajo tba
8}4s ; therefore, when a aun batb la
takes lo light that haa paaaed through
Sins no rickets prevention effect la
Mr ?'
The light from a carbon arc lamp
for purpoaea of cure la nearer like aun
light than any other. The vapor quarta
light la fairly similar to suhllgbt,
though It differ* In uome way*. About
the shortest raya which reach the sur
face of the earth from the aun are the
200. Therefore, on a clear, bright day
with uo fog, cloud or smoke, the aun
rsrya between 290 and 824 are curative.
On a foggy day, or one In which tbe
air Is filled With cloud*,, no ray* lea*
than 324 roach the surface of the earth.
While clothing keeps most of tbe 824
raya and shorter from reaching the
skin It does not filter, out all of them.
Black clothes remove. more than white
ones. Experiments with clothing of
different colors indicate that reda neu
tralise soma of the good effects of the
short raya. The last word In science
may knock red underwear. Into ? cocked
hat On the other hand, the last wan*
tn science may prove that, .while wear
ing red underwear may promote ridk
eta. It inay cure some other disease.?
Minneapolis Journal.
Watchful Waiting
"I think that children are not as 06
?arring a* tbey should be," ?a!d the in
spector to the teacher.
"I hadn't noticed It," replied the
teacher.
"Well, I'll prove It to you," and,
turning to the cla**, the Inspector
said :
"Some one Rive me a number."
"Thirty-seven," paid a little hoy,
eagerly.
The Inspector wrote 73 on the hoard,
and nothing was said.
"Will some one else give me a num.
her?"
"Fifty-two," said another lad.
The Inspector wrote down 25 on the
hoard and arolled at the teacher.
He called for another, number and
Jack called out : "Seventy- seven. Now
see If you can change that."
Plane in Lighthouse Work
The United States llghthouee serv
ice has Just found the airplane a
present help In time of trouble. It
was recently decided that. In the
cause of belter navigation, a beacon
ahould be placed ou Kaulu rock, the
top of an old crater, which juts out
of tbe ocean about twenty miles from
the island of Nllhau, Ilawall. The
rock presented sheer cliffs on all sides
?and wriB surrounded by open sens ao
tiiat nobody could land on It to locate
the best place for the light. Naval
aviators in a seaplane, however, flew
over the rock and took photographs
which will enable the lighthouse ex
perts to determine tbe best place to
attempt a landing and pi nee tbe bea
con.
New Alloy for Tool Steel
It wr* during the unr that there
\?as discovered in 1-^ngland a new al
loy for tool steel. The shortage ot
tungsten, It f?pi>enr8. caused the man
ufacturers to seek a substitute. The
np-to-date steel in a Sheffield product,
high In chrome and cobalt. It comes
to this country in pig*- A llriu here
melts the pigs and casts the metal In
the form desired. In molds that allow
ft>r shrinkage, at !n the caie of soft
rteel. The customer then machine*
the tool ? to th? dimensions that he
desires. 'Hie alloy comes In blanking,
drawing and forming dies, hot and
cold trimmers for forge work, milling
cutters, counter sinkers, slotting mwi
and bending rolls.
Traces Ship's Course
Disaster* UKe (hat which befell tli e
American destroyer squadron on the
Pacific cnp.?! re<*entiy will be made Im
possible. It is averted. by a new coarse
tracer, called the nantitfrsph, Invented
by I. lent Alfred Haul*. of the French
navy.
The Instrument i* *aid to indicate
instantly, without need for any calcu
lation, fho i"og1Mon ?>f the ship on thf
'-harf, the possible error not er< eed
In; one-flfteer.-hundredfh < f n degree
I.ieuter.nnt Hanlf has n:*> Invented
n device which record* the ship'#
speed, much as n speedometer dc**
<->n sii automobile. This has Neer
H iIa br the French nary.
What Mississippi Carries
If si: the material carried by th?
Mississippi rlvpr to the ifolf in one
year were placed on one square mils
U ttuJil be oearij 270 fe*? t hi?,h.
MANY DB8CKNDANT8
Clinton Man Ha* Twenty-Five Chil
dren and 81 Grandchildren.
Special to Greenville News:
Clinton, April 26. ? Twenty-five
children, till living and enjoying good
health; eighty-one grandchildren and
g? ? at -grandchildren, and he himself
hale and hearty at eighty-one years
of age, in a distinguished .service
record in the cause of Anglo-Saxon
supremacy of which Malachi Peavy
of this city boasts.
Mr. lYavy was bom in Marlboro
County, on September 10, 1843, en
listed in Company I), 3rd South Caro
lina Battalion under Captain Z. J.
Drake, and served until the surren
der at Appomattox, and he proudly
displayed his discharge paper to a
representative who called on him Fri
day. Mr. Peavy married immediately
after his return from the army at,
eighteen, and from hia first marriage
was blessed with fifteen children.
After his first wife's death he again
married at forty-five and from this
union ten children were born.
Mr. Peavy has a record of the birth
of every one of his twenty-five chil
dren as well as eighty-one grand- and
great-grandchildren, and these
records were brought forth to sub?
stantiate his statements and are j
there to be seen by anyone doubting
this statement.
During the years in which Mr.
Peavy has been rearing his large
family of children he has found time
to do a great deal of church work,
having served thirty years in various
localities as a local preacher, two
years of which he was a circuit rider.
Mr. Peavy has been living in Clin
ton for fourteen years and plans at
some time in the near future to have
a reunion of his family at his home,
97 Sloan street, Clinton Mill Village.
Mr. Peavy stated that he could run
a good size mill with his children and
grandchildren. He attributes his long
years and unusual health to the fact
that he had to care for an aged father
and mother while quite young and
that he never found time for dissipa
tion. Mr. Peavy requests that a copy
of this article be sent to the Presi
dent. The President shall have a
copy.
Federated club women planted
trees in many parts of the United
States Tuesday in memory of the
birthday of J. Sterling Morton, the
father of Arbor day.
CHKHAW KILLING DESCRIBED
8l?yer of Ballard Filea Affidavit?
Claims S?!f>r)<>friM(r,
Chesterfield, April 25.? rl)r. J. K.
Funderburk of Cheraw, who shot and
killed Henry K. Mallard, also of that
place, Tuesday made plain his cause
for the shooting in an affidavit today.
For the purpose of obtaining bail
Funderburk .states in his affidavit
that he left his office to go to bin
dairy farm out from Cheraw. He
went to a nearby store for a soft
drjnk and on coming out of the store
? saw Ballard sitting in a car parked i
near the sidewalk. Funderburk went
to the car and asked Ballard to pay
attention to Funderburk's pleas, ac
cording to the statement, and started
putting his hand in his right hip
pocket. Funderburk says he thought
Ballard had a pistol concealed in this
pocket and immediately pulled his
pistol out and shot twice, one of the
bullets taking effect in Ballard's left
eye and ranging backwards, death
' resulting instantaneously.
I Funderburk stated in his affidavit
that he had his pistol on his person
J for the purpose of carrying it out to
his dairy farm as it would be night
! when he would return and he had
| been held up by negroes on his re*
turn trip from his farm one night.
Attorneys for the defense went be
fore Judge Dennis of Darlington and
obtained bond for Funderburk in the
sum of $5,000. Attorneys for the
defense are: M. L. Smith of Camden,
M. J. Hough of Chesterfield, C. L.
Prince, Pegues & Murray of Cheraw.
For a Murder 40 Years Ago.
Quitman, Ga., April 24.? After be
ing a fugitive for 43 years, Foster
Green, negro, now ne,arly seventy
years old, was brought back to the
scene of his alleged crime today by
Sheriff C. E. Clanton.
Green is charged with the murder
I here on January 4, 1880, of R. W.
Wilkins, formerly of Columbia, S. C.,
who was slain with an axe while
working at a turpentine still.
The negro was found recently at
Tampa, Fla.
Two eye-witnesses of the crime,
two members of the coroner's jury
and three members of the grand jury
that indicted Green are said to be
the only survivor# of the drama ex
cept Green. !
Add olive oil to putty to kv-ep it
from hardening.^
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
Ten Commandments for the C*fl
of BuvinrHH Affair*. "
Some years ago there was a f**
preacher at the City Teipplg ,n /J
dun who was not only consult^
hh congregation in regard to ^
spiritual affairs but was utto,,
suited by business friend., m, ^
to their business problems untf flrj.
cial commitments.
It is not surprising, tlu Uljr
find that among the books hi- %J
was one entitled "Succens :'ul bJ
i>ess: How to Get it, Keep it; J
Make the Most of it." In this y
he sets forth ten commandments fc
business men which read much 1^
some of the sayings of Poor Kich^
Here they are:
1. Thou shalt not in any
boast, brag, bounce, or bluster, orth
wise nmn will' hold thee jn u
esteem.
2. Thou shalt not permit thy
to be living at the rate of two hm
d red pounds a year when businesij
not yielding more than one humirq
and ninety-nine pounds; nor $h?fc
thou withhold from her the busing
information which, as an helpm^
she is entitled to receive.
J*. Thou shalt not mock the un
successful man, for he may be riche
in his poverty than thou . art in th
boasted abundance.
4. Thou shalt net carry the count
ing-house, into the domestic circli
nor in any wise spoil the children
hour by recapitulating the ban!
ruptcies of the day.
5. Thou shalt not hob-nob wl
idle persons, nor smoke with tha
nor encourage them, nor appro
their evil life.
6. Thou shalt not keep compu
with an unpunctual man, for he *i
certainly lead thee to carelessne*
and ruin.
7. Thou shalt not forget that ?
servant who can tell lies for thee mat
one day tell lies to thee.
8. As to the hours of slumber at?
sleep remember the good old rule
Nature requires five, custom sevei
laziness takes nine, and wickednes
eleven.
9. Neither a borrower nor a lend*
be, but give, where well-bestowei
right cheerfully.
10. Be honest in copper, and it
gold thy honesty will be secure.
1 Thomas Ancrum to R. B. William,
1 lot DuBose Park.
You Cannot Prevent nor Lessen
the Damage to Your
Crop from Hail
Did you ever think that no matter how care
ful you may be, that the only way in which you
can protect yourself from loss of your crop from
hail is by insurance. Only a year or two ago,
certain sections of this county were so much in
want because of a hail storm that lasted possibly
a few minutes, that the Legislature remitted
their taxes. Other counties of the state have
been so badly hit, that it has been necessary for
the rest of the country to send in outside aid to
prevent actual want. Suppose that one of the
hail storms that visits this county every year de
stroys your growing crop, can you look forward
with composure to the result. Insure before
you need help. The rates are figured on the
growing season, and the cost per acre is the same
whether taken at the beginning of the period or
later, so why not cover from the time the crop
comes up. ?
The Williams Insurance Agency
Telephone 52
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