The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 20, 1924, Image 3
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Sister I* Home /tgoin
AfU'i more iH& 140 yt'iii'ii uf wiiii.
derlug, IU*? desk at which Hetty VVukJi
higton U W 'st of Ueorgo W; di
lution. *ai ivjlti penned the courteous
epistles of Iter d?y hus-come buck to
her old home, Kertniore, fc-rvdericks- ,
hurt,', Vjy(, i'or nioiv than a u ,i ilu
women svho have iift'n aunggiiug to |
h?ivo Keuhior'e ?.s on?, of tin* M*forle
slrin< s In America, have been shuU
lug out 1 1 1 ?i'u i u re, describing ihe j
j h> ho' of the keumore u8K0etutl<)lY. to
i tic yiiriouS 1>. A. It, chapters, s;i\
Detroit News, One of These up; tea Is <
reuchcd the regent of Hit' Old TriiHs
chapter in Minneapolis, Mian >? !m
communicated; with tlio registrar of
Ihe .Vya^lilngion l.ewls chapter at j
Fredericksburg, t el Hiik Of the old {
desk.
After leaving Ken more the ma
hogany desk i)rst 1'ouhd a home with
a son of Colonel Lewis at Munition,
one of the best-known of the coloului
place* -In' Virginia. Next it went to*
Alexandria, then to Washington, 1). C.,
from there parsing to New York city.
Finally it found a place among the
possessions of Mrs. Maurice Alnsworth
of Minneapolis, who kept it until she
knew that it would be restored to Its
rightful surroundings.
Digging Machine That
Uee9 CompreBMed Air
An unusual digging machine that
combines the processes *of shoveling
tun! loading Is finding its way into
hundreds of mining and construction
Jobs. It ifi* opera ted and driven entire
ly by compressed air.
The speed of the loading can be
controlled so as to throw the material
to the farther end of a long car, or
merely to drop It Into a short one.
The mechanical shovel will dump
its load into the center of the car
from any position, even extreme right
or left. It Is claimed.
Compresspd-alr power Is applied
through direct-thrust cylinders. Three
?control levers successively crowd, dig
und dump the shovel.
The two noddle cylinders, acting a*
one, which do the main digging, are
provided with cataract oil escapement
plunger pistons. This arrnngente^ Is
declared to give a steady and con
trolled but fast movement, from the
first of crowding to the last of dump
ing, permitting no building up of
pressure and consequent Jumping, or
throwing out of the load. ? Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
New Mint Plant for America
In Mentha citrata,. a plant belong
ing to the mint family, the United
States Department of Agriculture ?be
lieves it has Introduced ' a new crop
which, under suitable conditions, may
bring an acreage return eqjiial to that
now obtained from other cultivated
mints. During the past year the crop
was* grown at Arlington farm. near
Washington, on a scale large enough
\ to give definite indications of its pos
sibilities. The yield of oil from the
plant when distilled was at the rate of
80 pounds to^the acre. The oil Itself
is very fragrant and when., fraction
ated yields 50 per cent of llnnlyl
acetate, a compound extensively used
by manufacturing perfumers.
Huge Output of Pig Iron
The output of pig iron In the United
States in 1023 was neurly 40,000,000
tons, an amount that surpasses tTven
the war-time production of 1016; yet
the exports of steel and iron wer?
much lower than they were in 1013,
and the lowest in the history of the in
dustry in America if compared with
the quantity produced. Hpw long will
it take American blast furnaces,
keyed up to war-time pitch, to supply
the demands of home consumption!
Or has home consumption so Increased
that it can keep this great Industry
going ot its present gait? ? Youth*!
Companion. ' "
Plana Hothouse for Human t
Human hothouae plant* will be more
tbun ? figure of speech If a Chicago
engineer ran carry out a project that
he 1b urging. He wants to build In
some city a residential section per
haps half a mile square, put a glass
roof over It and have one central heat
ing plant for ltr He promises to pro
duce nn Hawaiian climate all the year
round, roses In winter, no rain on wash
days, and other alluring advantages
He thinks that the cost of the super
structure would he offset by the lower
cost Of building Inside the enclosure J
and by the lessened expenditures for
heat. ? Youth's Companion.
Clerk Sought to Please
Father, accompanied by his little
flock/ walked into a hotel and
sought speech with the tlerk.
"Can yon nrrange for accommoda
tions?"
"House \ ery full, sir. Ue*t we can
ghre you is a telephone I ooth."
"Don't spring that old gag on me.
My wife and two daughters can't l!vf
.n a telephone booth."
"(Hi, p -t to that, we can give yoc
four boojhs and will also insert a para
graph in the society papers to the ef
feet that you bnve engaged a suite."
The Materialist
Old Siuuer ? Ciood morning, parson,
had only u sumll congregation last
night, I MIeve.
ttmhg ,CJ#ff3rtjwn? BSSH congrega
.Una. >**, m fbe church ' wn?
! wi 'i nnr^n nnd nrchnng .??*.
*'>n, ???*yb?;
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BIG. SAVINGS MADE
THROUGH RESEARCH
Modern Laboratory Supplants
Garret Genius.
Herbert il<fmer'? recent nssertJou
that dlseov ej*y ami Invention niv no.
luuger Ihti function of the guiTit
tfCM.iiiiK borne out by ( lit* 4,f
una.iepu uceord.lui? to ih%
.\ ,,n i icjtM Oht^tnicnl sjx U'tv, a\- l ? i ? h ifis
assembled <liifn showing nnttniml
rlehment throuju'h organised research.
Kuguj.v vvni.er supply. brvud making,
X'i'ii.vs, electric lighting, i ? ?- 1 ? ? uuitc
riuj nod artificial silk are spheres In
which research has earned iia^ divi
dends. it is declared.
MTlie life of l??courotl,ve hollers has
been . lengthened sevenfold and the
coal consumed in operation reduced by
many millions of tons per year through
the application of research to water
supply on our railroads," says the so
ciety la a summary , of American
achievements In research. "The life
of a locomotive tirehox costlirg $1,700
on a certain had water was two years.
After treating the water properly to
prevent Corrosion the steel lasted 14
years, making a saving of more than
$700 per locomotive per year.
"Waste utilized to prevent other
waste Is often the result of research.
Ten tons more cane an acre, equiva
lent to one ton ra\v sugar, and 50 to
70 per cent less labor In the field, has
followed the use of a paper made from
waste cane bagasse In the cane fields
of Hawaii to preveut the growth of
weeds.
"Organlxed and continuous research
on the lighting problem has produced
types of lamps with which this coun
try's lighting bill In a single year is
$1,500,000 less than the cost of the
same amount of light If the best lamps
available less than 20 years ago had
been used. This represents a saving,
among other things, of 25.000,000 tons
of, coal.
"Through research wood pulp and
other cellulose materials valued at ap
proximately 5 cents a pound have been
converted Into artificial silk valued at
an average of $2.50 a pound. The
value of the artificial silk produced In
the United States Is now about $45,
000,000 a year.
"The modern efficient X-ray tube Is
distinctly a product of research, and is
becoming more and more a tool for
further research. Its uses In treating
disease, In watching the functions of
the vital organs In the human body
and In dotectlng foreign substances in
living and Inanimate bodies are well
known. The use of X-rays In deter
mining the constitution of matter
(space arrangement of atoms In the
molecules) Is still In Itrf' Infancy, - but
results already achieved indicate that
future accomplishments In this field
will be of extreme importance In the
solution of this problem."
Four generations of rats have sub
sisted normally on a new bread prod
uct developed through research, It was
said. These rats are far more robust
on this "complete diet" than another
group of rats fed on the bread of pre
vious processes. : Experiments on hu
man beings are now In progress.
Another triumph of" research, says
the society, Is a food for yeast con
sisting of a mixture of mineral salts,
which, It Is claimed, prevents a yearly
waste In the fermentation process of
200,000 barrels of flour, 30,000 barrels
of sugar and 15,000,000 pounds of
yeast. The total savings aggregate
$5,000,000 annually. - r
Deaperate Case.
"The medical student was listening
to the conversation of two hospital
surgeons.
"After the crash," one of them was
saying, "I ran over to where It lay on
the pavement, and when I raised It up
I saw at once that several ribs -were
smashed, while a gaping hole was torn
In the?"
The student was keen on accident
<ca6es and here he broke in;
"Excuse me, doctor," he said, "but
If you have no objection I'd like to
take a few notes of this case."
He pulled his notebook out of his
pocket and asked :
"Was It a man or a woman?"
"Neither," the surgeon Informed
him. "I was tulking about my um
brella."
Fair Warning to Muskrats.
Fur fashions will keep muskrat trap
pers busy again tills season on the
south Jersey marshes, as prevailing
high prices for pelts will he an Incen
tive for natives to set many trap lines
when legal catch eg are permitted after
November 15. The trapping season will
be shortened by a month. Under the
new game laws It will close on March
1. M>adow Hnd marshowners are muk
lng their leases to trappers at annual
rentals that exceed the profits from the
best of their field crops on high land.
Several of the trappers clean up from
$2,500 to *4,000 in the winter. ? Phll
adelplila Public Ledger.
Haiti Eradicates Rabies.
When the American sanitary service
j found Itself confronted with an epi
demic of rabies In fort au Prince It
went to the heart of the matter by
going after the dogs, the numberless
dogs that fafest the city street*, and
remind -wotyd travelers of C <m
stantlnople. so. they tell as. The cltl
sens were give? doe notice, and the* a
liberal supply of poisoned meat was
distributed throughout the city. Tbe
rceelting mortality met I he o*>*t-ea?
gntoe expectations, l&d the meascv mi
Locals Ship* at Set
by A few Radio Method
A description of h means of locating
the position of a ship at sea by the
eiljlhfitui of a radio "dash" simultane
ously with th? tiling of a email charge
In lit*- seu Is contained In tlio "Pro
ceedings" of the Physical society, says
the Scientific American. A station on
shore records the arrival of the radio
! signal and also of the explosion wave
at a number of hydrophones suitably
disposed In known positions on the
sea bed. Tho times of travel of the
explosion wave, and hence the dis
tance from the charge to each hydro
phone, are Indicated by an Klnthoven
galvanometer photographic recorder.
J Although great accuracy Is attainable,
j for navigational purposes It Is sacrl
! flced to speed ? it "being possible to
give a ship her location within a radius
of half a mile inside ten minutes from
receiving her r&iuedt for a position.
This method hasl>een thoroughly test
ed under, service conditions and h.a*
been found absolutely reliable.
A nine-ounce charge can be located
at a distance of 40 miles. In hydro
graphic survey work the method baa
been tested successfully in fixing ac
curately, the positions of certain buoys
and light vessels. The possibility of
screening and distortion effects pro
duced by sand banks has also been In
vestigated.
Synthetic Food Would
Put End to Farming
Now we know what's to become of
the farmer. The word Is passed along
that J. B. S. Haldane, an English
scientist, predicts chemical synthesis
of foods within 120 years to a degree
that will rate agriculture a luxury,
and mankind will be completely ur
banized. A hard fate for the agricul
turist and a hard living, for poets and
artists If such thera be in that distant
day, says the Nation's Business. And
what of the gardens tilled by subur
banites and commuters? Ill fares the
day when no seed catalogue may pro
claim man's kinship with the soil.
Chemistry thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt.
But Invitation to choice is only
empty fealty to courte^ when meals
hold a single course. Jf ttie doctor
had his crystal in good kelter the folk
who are up and about when this fore
cast falls due may as well take their
oslorles from a needle. And who Is to
take old Judge Palate's place? "Dame
Science," you say? Well, well, so it
goes, so It goes. Poor old fellow, he
made mistakes, but no one can hope
to please all tastes.
"Good Old Days" Club
The good old days. The feverish
round of daily existence leaves us but
little time to reflect upon them. And
'tis pity. .
At all eyents. a JittJe group of Vien
nese appears to hold this opinion, for
a club l as Just been founded there
Which does not lack originality, if we
may Judge by its name, the Club of
the Good Old Days. ?
There are two main" qualifications
for admission to this club. First, the
applicant must be not less than sixty
years of age. Second, he is formally
forbidden, tinder pain of expulsion, to
speak of any.'hing that has happened
since August 1, 1H14.
The Viennese are trying to forget.
Of course, we Trench have not quite
the same reasons for wishing to for
get as the Viennese. ? Le Petit Parla
Electric Power Development
Interest in projected super-powe?
development in the northeastern
states, with high ? tension. electric
transmission lines running from im
mense power plants at the coal mines
to the great Industrial centers, has
overshadowed the real progress to
ward super-power development which
has been made In other parta of the
country. There are now only four
gaps with a total of twenty-five mllea
in a continuous electric power system
along the Pacific const from British
Columbia to Mexico,. a distance of V
400 miles. Five of the southeastern
states are included In another super
power development which flurntshee
hundreds of thousands of horse power,
and extensions are projected Into
neighboring states.
Liberal Tip , If Found
A mean man ate a good meal at a
restaurant and then, when he had fin
ished. dropped a half crown on the
floor.
j ? "Walter," he said, as he paid his
bill, "I Junt dropped two half crowns.
Find them for me, will you?"
The waiter disappeared under the
' table and In a shprt time emerged
very red In the face.
"I've found^one of them, sir," he
?aid.
"^Iianks," said the mun as he pock
eted the coin and rose. ' "When you
find the other keep It for yourself ? tip,
you know."
I Contradicting a Proverb -
"You can't get something for noth
| Ing," remarked the ready-made phi
losopher.
''Maybe not," answered Mr. Duatln
Star, "but I'll say the man who took,
my good money in exchange for forged
masterpieces came very sear it."
Force of Habit
Tfbtm?1 That barber la * fa re bird.
Jetts ? Why throw the spotlight <m
hlmf '
' ir Mum Hm
?elf. tm can't atap untU *? hte
#alf !?(? a halrcvt aatd * afaampao
Many Killed By Explosion.
San Pedro, Cal., Juno 12, ? Two pre
mature explosions killed three oft'i
ceis and 15 men of the battleship
Mississippi today and injured a score
of others, and the. menace of death
still hounded the crippled dread
naught tonight as she left her dead
and injured behind ami headed out. t?>
sea to pjoteet life and shipping from
the effect of a third blast. A shall in
one of the I 1 imh nuns of the ship's
No. li turret exploded prematurely,
according to semi-official information'
given out * from the U. S. S. New
Mexico, flagship of division four of
the licet. Nearly a score more were
injured by the flare back that carried
the 'terrific charge through the breech
of the gun instead of out through the
muzzle. The gun crew were prepar
ing to fire as one unit in the great
*t*a - fighter's powerful broadside,
when a sailor ea lied for the electric
ity to be turned on for the charge.
The switch was thrown on to ignite
the shell before the breech was locked
and in another moment the interior
of the turret was littered with dead
and dying. The big ship was hurried
to port , and just as it passed the
break-water, another "hand fire"
went off, causing some injury though
the shell fell harmlessly into th? soa.
Sam E. Henderson, who dis
appeared from Greenville on Wed
nesday of last week was arrested in
Danville, 111., yesterday ort a telegram
from Sheriff Carlos Rector, charging
forgery.
Sanitary Water Anal) sis.
Charleston, S. C? J vine H, lUU l
Sanitary Water Analysis No. o$56
of water received June 8. 1021, front
Municipal Water & Light Plant,
Camden, S. ('.
Puvt.s Per Mill in.))
Color ^ . r.,00
Chlorine 0.00
Free Ammonia ....... 0.02
Albuminoid Ammonia 0,02
Nitrogen as nitrites . . ... ..... 0,00
Nitrogen an Nitrates , 0.00
Total Solids 05,00
H A GT E IU A I. A X A LYSIS
Uacterial indications of omtaminn
l ion-- -Negative. '
Remarks Analysis indicate water
to be of good quality and free fron)
t outainmation, #
iiespert fully submitted,
F. I., l'AKKKK, M. 1).
TUB CITADEL*.
THE MILITARY COLLEC E OF
SOUTH CAROLINA
VACANT SCHOLARSHIPS.
A vacant scholarship in KershDW
County will be filled by competitive
examination to be held at the eounty
siat ou Friday, July Uth. Appli
cants must be at least sixteen and not
more than twenty years of ago, and
must meet the educational require
ments for admission to the Freshman
cluss, which is a certificate from an
accredited four-year high school cov
ering fifteen units, or an equivalent
examination.
This scholarship covers tuition,
board, uniform, hospital, laundry and
room.
The Citadel is a liberal arts col
lege, offering electives in civil engi
neering, sciences, language and liter
, ature. It has a splendid new plant
I with modern laboratories ami equip
ment.
It has an excellent military sys
tem, having been rated by the War
Department continuously for many
Baby's Colic and
Distress (lone
"If r.u->i}Hr#i ntv?> Toethina to
their l?i?bh<s I a hi hui?> it will sav?
t jnuvh tumble nr. well as ?uf
? w Mr; .1 10. Mv-Klnnoy,
Hovilv :<?< .Hry.rnouiv Twvts. ,
"I iiuv. t u <i In t )?> nr ??>; i?hd Iboy had
ct'lto, cniiiif; . and J.??u i.l uonMe. 1
ifiiv; them Ti'iihioii w li it tlm r?jtu|tH
ami they n r<y bi?1 li li vely an?J bea-lthy
as you pKai-t'.." .
Mrs. M?Klti??y if I ? 1 1 1 oi>e uinotig
housaiulH ot grate ful mothers all over
the Imul who. kU\UI> t oh I j fy to the
HtorlliiK ?(ualitU r. oV 'Toothliut. In ro
Ucvli?K .Piillt autl distress imldtuU to
babyhood. Ttolhina Is i?? 1 1 >? val
uable for use during; toothing to roduca
inflaiwjpSailon ?> t' tlx; gum^ and fuv.orn
lfih conditions.
, Teetbioa In sold by all druggists,
or ?end^"iUc^?t?> Moffett laboratories,
Columbus, (in, for package ami
FREE BOOKLET ABOUT BABIES
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It provides thorough physical train
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cncourages all athletic sports.
An Inspector says of it: "It is so
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be classed alone."
For catalog and blanks, write to 4
COL. O. J. BONI), President
The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
Miller
Rhoadj
s?
Helen in the Gift Shop
buys prizes and gifts
TTELEN glanced at her shopping list and remembered
IT! that she wanted to get' a few little things for the house
? some neckties for Tom, a wedding gift for Winifred and
prizes for her card party. While Helen went off to the
housewares department in the down-stairs store, Louise went <
to the information desk on the' niain floor to mail a letter
and incidentally to look up the drains for Helen.
Helen was having a perfectly glorious time shopping.
She marveled at the broad, roomy aisles, and the absence of
crowding. , She was intensely happy in this great, big
beautiful store. There was something new, something to
please and fascinate her on every side. The salespeople
were pleasant, willing and helpful, and, after all her shop
ping, she didn't feel a bit tired.
In the housewares department she found just the things
for Winifred's wedding present ? a set of water glasses
beautifully hand-decorated, of very thin glass and blue stems.
Winifred would be pleased beyond word, she knew, because
these were the very latest in table appointments. Louise
met her again at the Gift Shop nea,r the Sixth and Grace
Streets entrance.
In the Gift Shop there was every imaginable sort of thing
suitable'for gifts and prizes. There were charming costume
beads, pretty and inexpensive, from Czecho-Slovakia; leather
novelties from England ; beaded bags from France ? an
almost endless variety of articles, nearly all of them done
by hand. Helen selected a small flower-holder for the ladies'
prize and & leather match-box for the men's prize, and her
shopping was done.
It was five o'clock. The last train home was to leave ?i
five-thirty ? but Louise and Helen hadn't half finished
their visit. Louise wouldn't listen to Helen's going away
like that. She insisted that Helen stay over at her house
and return home the next morning. Helen agreed and
decided to send a telegram home. This was attended to
without leaving the store. It was a convenience appreciated
' by both Helen and Louise to be able to send a telegram
directly from the information desk on the main floor.
So Helen ended a day of adventures in shopping. Helen
is just one of the thousands of women, some of them in your
own community, who do their shopping at Miller &c Rhoads
while in Richmond. ^