The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 17, 1925, Image 8
Scianiific InUmt in
Excavation* at Kith
la ? letter to the l*oodt>n tttKM of
January 22, Professor Langdnu. writ
ing from Mr^oi.oUiu!*, gives ><n ac
count of the results to dot* of this
w>a?oi) \ ercavsrtons st K I Among
an amount of pearl and ItNieHbtf m
laid work discover hI 1q a mound ? uu
?trui ie<i entirety <-i ? onvei
It ricks, characteristic of the oldest
Humerlan aruittecture, uhn a rectan
IttUr tablet of >>iste whitti ?)h?wm a
king of K1i?h smiting his Humerlan
?oeinlea Tlrelr (lively sluics heads,
cheeks h till upper lips, but long hear (is,
indicate a date earlier than l-r-Iia
gash, c. HI'Hf H. C. Taken with oilier
pearl !>??>. da found here, this dlltKKM
of the theory that the Send tea ocCU
plod K'ikIi Id the prehistoric period.
Ttoe dlacovery north of Inghara of two"
targe Kmtierlau building* In a mate of
?*Hiiplete preservation hat made poa
nlble Hie ??? epa ration of the only
ki???u plan of a large Humerlan pal
m-e. Below the plano-convex hrlck
pavement. w hlcli <abuot >>? later than
8100. H. C.. Man an accumulated de
posit of 1 r, feet, representing at least
1MM? to Itssi .tears' previous occupa
tion, arid therefore going back to
?bout f-tnai It. C. A complete sequence
of pottery from the earliest Kuinerisn
period down to Nebuchadnezzar ha*
been established, sud a nerles of Hue
cop|?er Implements has he?*i foqnd.
The general result of the excavations
brings Into prominence the enormous
?stent of the rutus. which, If grouped
contiguously, would cover 1110 acres,
the very great antiquity of the site,
and the priority of the Humerlans.
Rich in Albumin, Lupin
Saad 1 9 Mad* Valuable
Not only in the Medlterrsnesn re
jd?n, but also along the western coast
of America, there grow freely tall,
handsome spikes of Ijlue- white or yel
low flow-era that form entrancing hltt
of color in the landscape during the
oeason for blossoming, and are no{ In
frequent It used as a garden flower.
It Is the lupin, which belongs to the
ffcmlly of leguminous vegetable*, tt
which mankind owes much, and which
Include* bean* and peas an well as pea
nuts, saya the Literary' Digest.
Aa In other members of the family
the fruit or the lupin consists' of seed
bearing pod*, but no attempt hafc beer
made to use them either for forage bt
for human food until recently, says th?
Detroit News. * It Is now announced
thst by a ftermxn process, the 1'ohl
method of extrsctlon, said to be quit*
Inexpensive, the needs <?? u be insde tt
vleld an uncommonly high percentage
of albumen, which, addqd Jo yye ?0t
other flour, makes an ??ltreinel.t nutil
tloua food.
This new bread if likewise adudra
bly fitted to form part of a diet of cer
tain (presumably diabetic) patlenti
because of i he tunsll amount of stsrcl
It contains.
44 Jazz" in Dictionary
The word "Jazz" has already found
Its way to the scholarly dictionary,
where It la defined as "a form of
ayncopated music played in discordant
tones on various Instruments, mm the
banjo, saxophone, trombone, flageolet,
drum and piano." Bnt this definition
to Incomplete. In ihe J ? Hit hand there
are kettledrum*, cowbells, kitchen
i>a?s, tin whistles, Itahy's rattles, etc.
'l*he "music" is full of shrieks,
?creams, moans and explosions. The
leader usually adopts u suitable idiotic
attitude. With cap set on one side
of his bend he prances around, rolls
lils e> es ami twist* his face into'1?ll
kinds of simian contortion* The In
spiration fur all lhik wus found ttUiuUg
excited savages.
Like Time and Tide
An **ldei \ woman, ? he Iihm llT?d
iikiM of hoi life hi Franklin. I > u t who
now live* willi h hiu ?i l ('liioagw, has
obtaining much on.l?.M m**nt from
hi* radio Rot,
Kflrlv f ve rv morning >>he luntc lu
nod listen* to program* of rntjflc,
weather foiecHMs, and oilier mk h mut
ter thrust ? ? \ ?- r the l?rnH<i< niilfrs. Hp
eentlv ?- 1 1 ?- inne<l :nto h station that
mat, l.roatJ. iivl inp ;e*Jp?*. Onv of
the r?*i ipe?- ?- 1 h 1 1 f ? 1 cvi l H ? if It rili>:ht
l;#> good.
"JtiM witlt k I i i , i. J t ?- will you, til!
] get p? IX ,1 hll'l p a p** r ? " silo M*k??<l.
W'hfii >he i?n.e !<? h moment ! ?i I ?? r th*
Kfation "h* ng < f7 ? Ind anapoila
N>? ^ i
To Halt Shifting Sanda
? ?'i i Is !i?? i liK ?*-*?<; I ? ? pi e \ I'Tll xa nd |
*r on >?*?' r>v ?'rifin? (?> the wind m ? r ? ? s j
M.e ! rii ?* ? -f th?- ? ?? ej^.n Wn nip nj;'< n ;
liii'.JiVhiJ ?!??! igati. n ? r? ii : n ?
? no 1 1 *j j i >. ?? \ ?- 1 ? pre\ fni i n g ir?f
f? l'.?ne? nrar tfe tr?i ks ;ti t f.e < nl
? 1 1 h : rt r . v ?- r \ h . ! ? > are v j . . ; : \ ??<J w ' ' h
< ruflo \+ I rot e i.m ! ? N t>?*en heat
?d ?<? :\9 io *e< u ?- the required fluid
'ty A t!. n material
tl.?n fni rtiv ? n l.e v ,i r. d at.d ?<> pre
\eni? t * ?- ?" f ' n a ?? r'}-. ? ? ?n<
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i ri(J 'n stiino '< ; ? t *? 'or h >? n * r. \ hi
two < ? r three
More Autot in Europe
l he n*e i f !T)"t<.r * . >, ?-v , |n
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1 '-it '.a-- 1 8. CftntrWi ft42 371
rt <1 .'*.*?> i alia 130. Prance ?fan<l?
r.? tlie Brltifli oniplrp, with 4C0,
2?-^- -Absolutely
A x^nn*!* tenfonry to five adrlr# U
Ir? Jnvrnv nrtt?r to hi* trtrfllty to mtad
I .* mfn liuiur:e*?.? IkMrtM Trftam-rteC
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(Krorn Th<* WlttYvl (iauxfKt?) ]
The Wateree Mills Band is
now two years old, having first
organized at about this time
in 1923.
At that time Rupert Small,
night overseer of spinning,
JKred Baxley, Lewis Anderson,
Mr. llallett, H. F. Cobb, John
Sanders,- Ervin Hunter, Ralph
Barnes, Nettles Lindsay, Chas.
Davis, B. T. Davis, Ed. Barnes,
Clyde Baker, G. C. Davis and
a few others met at the Club
House to talk over pittas for
organizing a band. The meet
ing was very enthusiastic and
plans were immediately start
ed. Mr. Small . was elected
president and Ralph Barnes,
secretary-treasurer.
A number of meetings were
held following the organiza
tion but nothing could be done
until instruments were secured.
Through Mr. Howland of
the Purchasing Department at
Walpole, Mass., instruments
were finally secured and
things go^ under way toward
actual results.
Mr. Ted Jacobson of Cam
den was secured as instructor
and stayed with the band
about four months. With his
resignation things looked dark
but Mr. Cobb jumped into the
breech and kept the organiza
tion together and acted as in
structor until the following
July when Mr. Helton was
secured. 1 ^
Since Mr. Helton's arrival,
the band hdfc gone forward in
leaps and bounds until now
they are considered a first
class band due to Mr. Helton's
conscientious work and untir
ing efforts.
With 6ne or two exceptions
the band is made up entirely
of men who had absolutely no
previous knowledge of music
until this band was organized.
1 Today the band plays all
grades of music and are very
liberal with their services at
ball games, evening concerts
and also at church.
They also put on the famous
"circus" that so many people
enjoyed last November. -
Through the kindness of Mr.
Kendall and Mr. Llewellyn,
uniforms have been secured
and now the band makes a
splendid appearance in their
natty uniforms.
The Wateree Mills band is
a strictly Wateree Mills . or
ganization of which we all may
be proud.
SCRAPS AND FACTS
Interrsting Note** (fathered From
M?ny Sourcen.
(ilista Ernestine, Cornell's- great
Holstein cow which died last year,
left n world's record in lifetime pro
duction by giving in her sixteen years j
of service 202,005 pounds of milk. j
Like the teeth of a horse or the
rings on a tree can be used to tell ,
the a?e, so the percentage of lead |
that minerals contain can serve as .a j
key to tfc* age of the minerals.
Dr. 11. II. Donaldson recently es
tablished the fact that tall persons)
have heavier brains than do short .
ones, the difference often amounting'
to as much as 18 per cent.
Thu. word "thoroughbred," often j
confused with pure bred, is a term
properly applied only to a breed of
light horses that wei\e introduced |
into America in 1730.
At the present time gifts to
American universities are eighteen
times as large as those for Hritish, !
and even in 101.'} they were fourteen1
times as large. j
At the last census in India, taken!
four years ago, only one in 31 of the)
inhabila his of Chota N'flgkur "Tind ever \
traveled by train.
A new method of bread- making
that will preserve freshly baked 1
bread for a period of two years ha?
l>een invented after ten years -
experiments' by Mr. Jean Matti, a
Swiss baker.
The la^t survivor <>f the original
"covered wagon' train" that left
ShelbyvilJe, Missouri, in IX 17. re
cently passed away in Spokane, Wash
ington.
The con>umption of porridge in
Scotlajtd has decreased by more than
fifty per cent over that of twenty
five year- ago.
It is said that S.i Douglas Haig
temained healths fi<?m the beginning
of the World War t ? > the end because
he -p?-n? from three to five hours
r\c!> af??inoi<n in the saddle.
}? i u, people ;n India know how
i ' hes are. having little interest 1
.r, thc.r own age or that of others.
New F.ngiand has no whalers to
iia>'. the last of the old-time ships of (
X i u Bedford having been lost' at sea '
in August of last year.
Before 1 1*7 the ('ape of (iood \
Hope was called the "CajK* of All'
Storm*," there being ? ?t^rm thore !
alm??>t every day, n<> sailing ship 1
ever having been able to pass it he- |
f<?re the time of Diaz.
There is an average of from one
*... two earthquakes .:n Japan every
c i a \ .
Th:e?- fourths' of the 20.000,000 au
| toinobiles made in this country in
the last 20 years are still in use in
the country. 1,000,000 having been
exported.
Mahogany brought from the Philip
1 pines alone into this country mea*ur
| ed more than 2,000,000 feet one month
recently.
Aluminum shoes with w<
are being made in Germany. |
Lake of Epsom Salts
The world's greatest deposit of Ep
som salts is being mined froman
ancient lake, "bod in the mountains of
the extreme north central part of the
state of Washington. Under a 12
foot covering of mud, itself testing
55 per cent Epsom salts, is a layer
of from 18 to 28 feet of the product
which assays 95 per cent pure.
Development was recently started.
Tunnels have been run through the
solid crystal formation, dynamite be
ing used to loosen it, after which it is
shipped 10 miles away for refining.
LittJe Girl Killed
Lancaster, July 12. ? Little Belle
Baker, live-year-old girl of the JLan
caster mill village, suffered a frac
tured skull when knocked down by a
car driven by, it is alleged, James
Gardner on Brooklyn avenue late Sat
urday evening. The child ran out
from behiud a loaded wagon and was
struck by the fender, the accident
being unavoidable, it is said. She
was lushed to Memorial . hospital,
where an X-ray disclosed a fracture
of the skull. She never regained con
sciousness and died early Sunday
morning,
Tis said 25,000,000 people in the i
United States have defective eye
sight.
. During the yi-ar 1923-24 ninety
four school district* either voted or
increased the levies in their districts
while only three districts decreased
their levies.
One of the sunken gardens at San I
Antonio, Tex., was formerly an aban
doned quarry, while a bathing pool
formerly was a dumping ground.
So sensitive that it is said to re
-pond to the heat of a candle placed
several miles distant, an instrument
ha< been devised.
Nearly $7,500,000 was paid in death
duties on the'estate of Sir Kmil Rop
ner, a British ship owner, who left an
estate of $18,000,000.
Because confetti battles and min
strel troupes were barred from the J
streets of Hastings, a charity carnival |
was called off last summer.
The average salary paid white !
teachers of South Carolina during
1923-24 was $885.1(3, compared with !
$834.7 1 for the year 1922-23.
Alaska has a yearly mineral out- '
put of almost $20,000,000.
KernhSw County Get* Share
According to a report issued by
Chief Game Warden Richardson a
total of $61,872.27 was earned last
year for the state ?anie department
from the sale of hunting licenses and
fur tags. Of this amount Kershaw
county will receive $1,027.35- frtom the
sale of hunting licenses nnd $33.02
from the sale of fur tag.v The money
will be used for school purposes and
the figures are over and above the
upkeep of the department and pay
ment* made for law enforcement.
James Sheorn U the local officer far
this department.
WOMAN SOLDIER DEAD
Mr*. Lucy Kenny Followed Arntiett of
!.*?? and Jackson
|
Xuholft, Ga*~-*-"8he foughi like .t
man soldier ? and a gentlehian di.ed."
That is the epitaph which may be
placed upon the tombstone of Mrs.
Lucy Mathilda Kenny, the only Con
federate woman who fought through
the civil war and who died rtowntly
at tier liUif home here at the age of
112 years.
3oan of Arc was no more a real
soldier than Mrs. Lucy Kenny, When
her husband enlisted in the Confed*
orate army in 1861, she put on men'*
clothes and went with him. As ''Pri
vate Bill Thompson" of Ooippany D,
18th North Carolina infantry * she
fought side by side with her mam
until he was killed in the seven days
battle around Richmond. Then she
took ~ftls body home, burled it. g^ye
up her uniform and became once mbVe
just Lucy Kenny.
Mrs. Kenny's story deserves a place
Wjth the annals of Madame Butch
hareva's . Russian batallion of death,
the ..exploits of Mollie. Pitcher, and
tho deathless tale of .the Maid of
Orleans.
Lucy Mathilda was "uwrn in 1812
near Bladensboro, 'North Carolina.
When she was 17 years old-ahe weigh
ed 105 pounds, could ride like a cow
boy, hunt all day without wearines?
and was one4 of the rifle shots in
her county. She had been married
only a short time when the Civil war
broke out. Her husband enlisted and
she went along. Lucy . Mathilda cut
her hair close to he{* head, took up
some of the slack in one of her hus
band's suits, got down her squirrel
rifle, and under the name of "Private
Bill Thompson," boarded a train with
him for Virginia. /V
If the officers of the company, Cap
tain Robert Tate and Lieut. Willey
Sykcs, knew that "Private Bill" was
a woman, they kept it to themselves.
The thing that Tttattei-ed to them was
that she was the best sharpshooter
in the company, that she had a clear,
sweet voice, and that on long marches
her singing-did much to keep up the
spirits of the men.
From the first battle of Manassas,
where she was wounded", until the
seven days battle where her husband
met his death, the woman endured
every hardship borne by the men.
She marched shoulder to shoulder*
with them, slept on the wet ground,
and took her place on the battleline.
During the bitter winter campaign*
in Northern Virginia "Private BUl"i
was one of those* whose half bare
feet left blood tracks on the snow.
After the death of her husband.
Private Bill sought her company com- j
mander and begged a permanent fur
lough to take the body home. The
journey home was through a toun
tryside torn by two urmies and filled
with deserter*, wounded men *mt|
camp followers, but the woman oyer
rame all difficulties and buried her
! husband near the home he had 'loved
so well. !
Her fighting days oyer, Lucy Kenny
put on a homespun crinoline, allowed
her cropped hair to grow, and ^jyent
back to weaving at the loom and to
working in the fields. ''After the war
closed, she moved to Savannah and.
there married a second time. Later
she moved to Nichols, Georgia, where
she died'. -
Infant JMen In Wreck ,
Cheraw, July 13. ? At about 11 ;30
o'clock Saturday night as Charles B.
Carroll, Sr., of Greensboro, N. C.,j
and family were motoring to FIor-1
ence, he had tire trouble on the Rivet)
Hill. While fixing his tire a car!
came up and the ladies got frightened
by it. Mr. Carroll attempted i^Q. ^un |
his car to one side but nan.it oyer1
the embankment, turning the ..ear
over and killing a three-months-old
child, Charles B. Carroll, Jr. '^Xhe
mother was also hurt but notorious
ly. Mr. Carroll telephoned to his
fittends in Florence who came 1 for
them and carried them to Florence.
? ^ ^ i. :>,;?!
Cave Man Visits Civilization .j
Omaha, Neb., July 14. ? Hifcnry i\
Morris, wTio Jtas dwelt in a cave in
the midst of a large forest south of
Omaha for thirty years, '/.has paj^i
his first visit to this city Whfeh But-1
falo Bill conducted his wild
shows. An Omaha newspaper Broti?Kt
the hermit to Omaha where he found
cause fo? wonder, and also alarm in
his first sight of automobile's, the
elevator and motion pictur^s.^ M^orrte
expressed disapproval of
and when the evolution controversy;
was explained to him place<J_tus.v?e
lief in the old fashioned Bible which
he had studied religiously itt hif cave*
? ?**'
In Spokane, Wash., a woman oper
ates a meat packing plant, which she
helped her husband to start 10 years
before his death two years ago.
MAN MBETS TRACK: DBAThT"
Four Companions Fall
Mountain Side ill Automobile
Lawrence R. Campbell, *on M(
and Mrs. Wade Campbell, of
?Cr?,ek township, wafc instantly km^.
['in an automobile wreck Monday
.morning "near Hot Springs. in
western part of the state, The car
in which he was riding with four
other men, plunged- over an embank
ment on the side of a mountain to 4
distance of T5 feet. The fun, other '
mep were batfly injured, these being
C. E. Kistler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jaj )
Yandore, Cheater, S. C.; Joe Cannon,
BennettsviUe, S. C., and Robert Hare
Chester, S. C,j and thejr were taken
t9 a hospital at Newport, Tenn. The
?arty came to Albemarle Saturday
?night to spend fourth, of July holi
day, Mr. Campbell going to his par
?nts for a visit. They were in the
employ of the Phoeni* Utility Com
pany \md were ^hastening back to
their work, and Che accident occurred
at 4 o'clock Monday morning. Mr.
Campbell was instantly killed, the
back 6f his head being crushed and a
thigh broken. Kistler was the least
injured and he managed to crawl up
'the *75 foot embankment where he
lay in the road three hours until he
was seen by* passing motorists. They
.found all the others pinned beneath
,tfie wrecked car or lying unconscious
.nearby. Help was summoned from
Hot Springs and the victims were
first taken to that point. Mr. Camp
bell was 25 ye*r& of age, and an ex*
.coilent young man, the company for
pfhom he worked , regarding him as
?one of their most trusted employes.
A Mr. McNeill accompanied the
body to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
<jam{)bell and remained until after
.the funeral. ' He stated that a ser
vice was held Monday night at New
port, Tenn., just before the body of
?Mr. Campbell left for home. All busi
ness in the town of 2,000 inhabitants,
was suspended for the time being.
-The company secured a handsome
qasket and fellow employes donated
beautiful flol&l tribute costing $100.
Mr. McNeill 'said it was most unusual
the demonstration of the town over
th'e young man who had lived there
a short time.? -Monroe Enquirer.
American felt hats are the "most
popular type of headgear for men of
th# Philippines during the rainy sea
son that is now on.
\ ' ?
THERE is something verv ^substantial about
"Standard" products. A business-like simplicity
that is a sure sign of honest merchandise. No frills* No
fancy containers* No farfetched Inducements to buy.
Why should there be? They are products of long stand*
ing, of accepted merit. They are bought by people who
know quality and appreciate it. They are made by
men who have been in the game all their lives and
whose fathers were in it before therti.
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey)