The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 24, 1925, Image 2
HOW TO AVOID BOLT.
Expert Mrterologist 8aya (?et I nder
(Oovm During Storm.
About this season, as the old al
manacs used to nay, expect thunder
storms. Inevitably they bring danger
to human life hut the hazard can be
diminished considerably if the advice
, of men who have made a thorough
fctudy of the electrical discharges of
'the atmosphere are followed.
One of these experts is Alexander
Q. MacAdie, director ?>f the Hlui* Hill
observatory, Boston, and professor of
meterology at Harvard university. In
the little build ing. on the wind swept
ftummit of Blue Hill, the highest point
iu eastern Massacuhsetts and in the
?iidM of the Blue Hill forest reser
vation, he has spent many years in
watching and analyzing the action of
the elements. He has made a special
study of thunder storing and some
time ago he formulated a net of sug
gestions to help people take care of
themselves during such disturbances.
Since that tiirtfc he says experience
has borne out the value of these sug
gestions and science has not devel
oped any new means of safeguarding
a person against lightning discharges.
Get under cover, is his first rule.
If you can't do that lie down. About
10 lightning flashes it) a hundred
come down to earth in a straight line
and the person who stands out in the
open when such Hashes are seen in*
vitus serious trouble. Bqt getting un
der cover doesn't mean seeking shel
ter beneath a tree because that will
bring you in the direct ' line of the
?discharge and Professor MacAdie says
more people are killed by lightning in
this way than probably in any other.
The doorway of a barn or the win
dow near a chimney also are danger
ous places to stand, because lightning
follows to some extent any draft of
air, especially warm air. When the
flashes are heavy and numerous keep
away from chimneys, trees, flagpoles
or metal clotheslines, and cut out your
radio.
You are safer indoors than out. The
probability of a person in an ordinary
residence building being struck says
Professor MacAdie, is very slight,
and virtually safe. He defends the
lightning rod, once so popular, but
now largely fallen into disuse, as
serting that if a house is provided
with good lightning rods there is lit
tle to fear.
(ioing to bed doesn't do any par
ticular good, but standing on {flags,
rubber, a woolen blanket or any
other good insulator will give one
a little more security. The observa
tory director advises pasKcngera in a
trolley ear to sit tsill if lightning
comes in and burns the fuse# because
with the roar and blinding flash the
danger is over.
He urges that every effort bo made
to resuscitate n person struck by
lightning, It seldom kills outright,
usually stunning the victim in such a
way that artirteia) respiration will re
store him to consciousness..
For the protection of livestock,
which are often killed by lightning
while at . pasture i he warns against
tyiljig them near a wire feiu-i .
Mules and liarn Hum.
Bishopville was visited early Mon
day night by an electrical storm,
made up largely by rain. The stdrm
was prfctty general over Lee eourity,
judging from reports reaching Bish
opville. ?
There was no damages resulting ?n
Bishopville except perhaps those
whoHe nervous systems became ex?
cited by the bright lightning and
sharp claps of thunder.
Two mules were either killed by
the lightning or burned in the fire
that destroyed a large barn on the
old Reames place about three miles
from town which was consumed by
Ham<<* during the storm. The build
ing was the property oY John F.
Reames, while the mules and a build
ing filled with oats were the property
of the negrd tenant, Jerry Menu.
Neither hail any insurance.
Reports also reached Bishopville
that St. John Methodist church at
Spring Hill, was struck by lightning,
tearing away one corner of the build
ing and doing much damage to the
plastering. Details of this are lack
ing.
There may have been other dam
ages In the county, but no reports
have reached Bishopville. ? Bishop
ville Messenger.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank each and every
one for the kindness and Sympathy
shown us during the recent illness
and death of our > loved one. And
wish to express our appreciation for
the beautiful floral offering. We
pray that the dear Heavenly Father
will bestow upon them all his richest
blessing.
K. T. Estridge and children.
THE BIG SPRINGS
JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY S
FINEST PLEASURE RESORT
EXCELLENT HOTEL SERVICK
COTTAGES FOR RENT *
SPECIAL RATES TO SUNDAY SCHOOLS,
CAMP EIRE GIRLS AND ROY SCOUTS
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS ADDRESS
THE BIG SPRINGS
BETHUNE, 8. C.
A Bank Is a Better Place
The family stocking for the family
cash is not a good bank to take stock
in.
Loan & Savings Bank
CAPITAL SI 1111,00(1.011
1 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits
Whitman's Candy and Confections
PROPERLY KEPT IN AN ICE COOLED REFRIGERA
TOR CASE. niKSH SHII'MKNTS SEVERAL TIMES
MONTHLY.
W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store
Phone 30 Delivery
KODAK DEVELOPING
ADMIRAL WILLIAMS DEAD.
Wn Commander of De?troyer See*
tion of Jfleet.
Charleston, July. 17. (.jeorge , W.
Williams, U. S. Nl, died just after
midnight today at the naval hospital
at the Charleston navy yard from an
infection of the throat. He was 53 ,
yeafa old, and at the time of his death
was commander of the destroyer!
section of the fleet.
Admiral Williams was brought to
the naval hospital early Tuesday
morning on the destroyer Sturtevant,
having become ill at sea en route
from Panama, the destroyer making
a very fast trip in order to get the
admiral into a hospital. It was pre
viously announced thaf he was suffer
ing from tonsilitis. ,
His mother, Mrs. Mary Williams of
Columbia, was at -his bedside, His
wife had been ' summoned and is on
her way here from Philadelphia.
' Admiral Williams, who has been in
the Pacific maneuvers as commander
of the destroyers, was on his way
North with the destroyers when he
became illgn He had planned to put in
to Charleston, on/a destroyer in order
that he might visit his mother at Co
lumbia. He had planned to go North
from Columbia by train. He expected
to reach Charleston about July 16, but
when he became, ill the Sturtevant
quickened its time and reached Char
leston Tuesday.
At first the physicians at the navy
hospital did not consider his condition
alarming and expected that he would
be able to leave the infirmary within
about ten days. Thursday, however,
he had a turn for the Worse and it was
found that he was suffering from se
rious infection of the throat. His con
dition became critical in the after
noon and early in the night little nope
was held for his recovery.
Judge Admits Bias
York, July 18.? Judge J. K. Henry
today continued until the next term
of court the case against Paul R.
Bratton, prominent young man of
Rock Jiill, who is charged with vio
lating the prohibition laws, because,
he said, his friendship for both grand
fathers of the defendant might bias
him. Other cases against C. |S.
Spencer and Lloyd Wallace were put
over for similar reasons. They in
volved alleged violation of the liquor
laws, also.
Bratton, who is a grandson of the
late A.sbury Coward, was arrested
some weeks ago as the result of a
raid on the Red Wing tea room near
Winthrop College. He and the pro
prietress of the tea- room were releas*
ed under $500 bonds at the time.
All three cases were ordered con
tinued until fhe September term of
court.
Shot While In Melon Patch
Spartanburg, S. C. ? Jim Carter,
22, of Woodruff, a mill operative was
s'hot. through the right side ami prob
ably fatally wounded last night on a
fai'm near Woodruff. Carter alleges
that Hard Rogers, a ^farmer of the
'Woodruff section fired the shot, ac
cording to L)rs. J. B. Cash and I). C.
Bennett ^vho dressed "the wounds at
the General hospital.
According to a story told by Car
ter to Drs. Cash and Bennett, he and
two or three other young men of the
Woodruff section entered a water
melon patch belonging to Rogers
about 11 o'clock last night. While
Carter was stooping over to lift a
water melon from the ground, Rogers
shot at him with a shot gun from
the edge of a corn field about 30
feet away, Carter said. Carter clear
ly saw Rogers who was described as
an oid man, he told the physicians.
About Bad Checks.
Down at the .post office one evening
t'ni.4 week a prominent merchant
opened a letter from his bank. "1
wonder whose bad check this is?"
said he as he opened it.
"Laige amount?" I inquired.
"Oh. only SI 1.50." ?aid he with a
sigh.
"Do \?'U gel many i hecks returned
marked 'No funds?' " I asked.
"One or two about every day," said
the merchant.
"\Vi;i you cvt r get the money?"
"Perhaps I will and perhaps I will
rut."
Now. )V?:ks, the man who had the
I bad i hei k ;s not conducting a rash
bu v . nes * . Only receut!\ I heard this
: same man's competitor >tfy, "I am
going ln^e J."i per cent <?!' the charge;
account* on my books that have been
running a year or more." Why, in
the name of common sense don't'these
men get twgethe: and stop a bad
prat t ie? Why not cut out the dead
beats entirely which would enable
them to .sell goods for less, thereby
giving good pay customers the bene
fit ? If th.s was done old Monroe soon
wou'd he on 'he map as a trade cen- '
ter.
Let us remember our town is like
unto a big corporation, with its va
rious department, and <>ch (Mpujs^
ment prospering as the wfiole pros- j
pers. < om petitory live in another
Town, or are tne m??l ord?-r houses,
J&vho, by selling for ca*h, may under
sell us nnd t^u-'get the business to
which n-r entitled. Monroe Kn- '
quirer.
Alaska, does an annual export and
import business in excess of $100,
000,000. j
IS PERMANENT MIRAGE
Arctic Land, V Any, Li?a Between
Pole end Alaska
If any new , possessions are added
to the United States by the Mac
Milla'n-Navy expedition, which in
volves no special of fort to reach the
North Pole, it is believed the land
must be found somewhere between
the pole and Alaska, says a recent
Chicago dispatch. But in previous
explorations mirages, soundings and
tidal conditions have been the only
encouragement th^at something other
than ice exists in that region.
Admiral Peary on his polar trip
stood at one far northern point and
saw what he believed to be land
some fifty miles away. He called
it "Crocker Land". Commander Mac
Millan on his special Crocker Land
expedition wiped this spot "Crocker
Land" was supposed to exist, it was
as far away as when he started. ;
\UcMillan returned to the point
from^'ttfiere* Peary had sighted this
supposed land and he, too, BeHeld
this imaginary country ? rugged hills
and wooded stretches. It appeared
to be a permanent mirage, off his
maps, because after traveling 150
miles across a field of solid ice to a
point well beyond where Mac Mill an
took a number of soundings in the
territory, however, and the current
indicated* there might be land. Tidal
observations taken at Ktah and Cape
Hubbard, checked with thbse taken
at Point Barrow, Alaska, showed also
that the tide at Point Barrow ar
rived four or five hours late. Some
obstruction causes it, according to
MacMillan.
The ice formation also favored the
presence of some huge block. Up to
150 miles the ice was as smooth as
a billiard table, but after that it
?fvas almost impossible to travel over
it because of its roughness. Mac
Millan described it at that distance
as resembling a group of city build
ings which had been squeezed by
huge hands and jammed together.
Oldest Indian Squaw Passes
Gradually the race of v the Red
Man, who once roamed Undisturbed
through the depths of majestic for
ests, who led his tribe to victory or
defeat, followed the hunt with keen
eyes and sure arrow, and thought,
above the curling white spirals of
smoke from the peace pipe, of the
Great Spirit and the Happy Hunting
Ground, is disappearing. What few
forests that are left are his no long
er, and he is forced to live in the
cramped quarters of reservations.
His former roaming freedom is gone,
gone with his warlike* prowess. Now,
one by one, and seemingly in swift
succession, the straggling few In
dians of the reservation are being
gathered to their fathers.
Seven o'clock Thursday morning
marked the passing of Mrs. Emma
George, the oldest tribeswoman at
the Catawba Indian Reservation. The
aged squaw was born in 1843 and
spent almost all of her life at the
reservation. She was widely known
in and around Rock Hill and. the
stories She told of the early days
have long been told and retold by
the members of her family anrd race.
Mrs. George has witnessed the
participation of the United States in
four of the major wars. When the
War Between the Sections was waged
she was a girl of 18. She is reputed
to have outlived the greater num
ber of her children. Had some of
them survived they would now be
nearing the allotted three-score years
and ten.
Surviving the deceased are one
son, M. J. George, and three daugh
ters, Mrs. Dovey Harris, Mrs. Rachel
Brown and Mrs. Davis Ayers.
Funeral services were conducted at
the reservation at 3 o'clock Thurs
day afttynoon by Klder Blue, and
she was laid to rest in the reserva
tion cemetery near the spot where
she had lived since the memory of ;
the oldest of her tribe. ? Rock Hiilj
Record.
flay At Antioch
There will be a paly given "Mothei |
Earth and Her Vegetable Daughters"
by the club girls connection / witj)
the School Improvement Association,
at Antioch High School Tuesday '
afternoon, July 28th at 3 o'clock, j
The public is cordially invited to at-i
tend. Admission fret*.
"Whipping Boss" Goes I-'ree
Cross City, Fla.. .July 17. ? Thomas j
Walter Higgirrbotham, former Dixie :
county lumber camp "whipping boss"
today was found not guilty by a t
circuit court jury on a second degree
murder charge in connection with the
alleged slaying of Martin Tabert, :
North Dakota youth.
A year ago Higginbotham was
found guilty as charged but a new
trial was granted by a Supreme Court |
decision.
He Changed His Mind
Mr. Sapp: "I've a great mind to
rock the boat and frighten you."
Miss Sweet: "Once before, a young
man like you tried t)\pt with me and
the boat upset."
Mr. Sftpp: "And what did you do?"
Miss Sweet: "I swam to shore ami
notified the coroner.*!
The rat population of Britain if
aa numerous aa fta human population.
The murder rate in the United
State* is forty times as high as that
of .Switzerland.
CLAIMS PASSED BY THE COUN
TY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
J1TY7, 1925
E. L. Bowen, salary member
board Co. Directors $60,00
A. ('. Rose, tractor repairs
and parts . . 11.70
Blaney Mercantile Co. supplies 530.40
W. K. Taylor, salary second
quarter 100.00 1
1). M. McDonald, gas and oil , . 1.65 ,
1). M. Kirkley, salary member
Bd. Co. Directors . . . , . . 50.00
Kershaw Lumber Co, lumber * ,463.36
R F. Gregory, salaries and I
wages, main force . . . . 214.00
S. R. Kirkland, salaries and . I
wages . . . 449.45
WiR. Taylor, .salary magistrate 16.65
F. B. Truesdale, supplies . , . . 6.69
Catoe Bros., supplies- . . .. .. 681.82
J. H. Sowell, salary member
board Co. Directors 50.00
W. W. Cauthen, blacksmith
work . . ? ? ? . 27.50
McDonald Service Station, gas
oil, etc. . 29.71
C. M. Mahaffey, salaries and
wages, hired gang .. ., .. 556.75
A. T. Huckabee, blacksmith
work . . . . 1 1.60
S. B. Kirkland, work at jail . . . . 6.00
G. vE. Hinson, salary magistrate 50.00
T. M. Keith, salary and expense
conveying lunatic .... . . . 53.00
L. T. Gregory, M. D., lunacy .. 5.00
L. P. Thompson, salaries, self
Xnd F. B. Floyd 100.00
DeKalb Pharmacy, medicines, etc. 6.30
C. A. Branham or bearer, salary
magistrate, 3 months . . .. 50.00
A. R, Collins, two coffins . . . . 20.00
Mrs. W. J. May field, vice-chm.
nurse approp. .. 800.00
J. E. Copeland or bearer, salary
3 months and supplies . . . . 130.00
C. W. Birchmore, publishing
and T. W. Tablets 141.75
J. W. Sanders, salary and ex
penses 83.3 1
G. W. Monroe, repairs at Court
House . . . . . 14.00
Kershaw Merc, & Bank. Co. ..>19.50
Camden Wholesale Grocery,
hay and oats 68.9 1
Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co.,
2 gross pens . . . 3. GO
W. L. McDowell, salary and
lunacy 36.66
Walter Jacobs, salary court
house janitor . 40.00
The R. L. Bryan Co., 1 gross
pens and postage 1.57
Camden Chronicle, advertising 141.75
Newton Kelly or bearer, service
board of regis, . w .. . . .. 12.50
Speedway Filling Station, gas,
oil, etc 84.81
G. W. Huggins & Son, blacksmith
work 24.80
W. L. Stokes or bearer, salary
and expenses 155.00
City Filling Station, gas and
oil 80.53
D. M. McCaskill, court vouchers,
salary and post . 522.35
Sam. Nj Nicholson or bearer,
salary 75.00
O. T. Gardner or bearer, ser
vices bd. of regis. .. . . .. 25.00
W. L. Marshall, salary for six
months JL 00.00 1
W. A. Branham, salary . . . . 50.00
B. E. Sparrow, salary and
S. V^*tkin?," iala'ry' and ex, 57 55
penses . . . . ?? ,f , . , , k , , 155 oa
L. W. Fletcher, salary constable 5q<K
J. H. Clyburn, salaries clerk,
elwsk to clerk, etc 4*1 u
T. Of Fletcher, salary .. . . 50 00
W. F. Russell, salary and post. 42*15
J. H McLeod, salary (June) .. 10000
L. B. Otfburn, salary bridge
keeper 100 00
G. C. Welsh, salaries sheriff,
and kerosene . . . . * 104 rt
Standard Oil Co., ga s, oil,
jail janitor and jail fees .. 284 2(1
Standard Oil Co., gas, oil and
kerosene ,, 104.13
K. A. Jenkins, repairing and
parts 103.80
M. H. Deal, salary (June) .... ioo!oo
G, F. Cooley, salaries and
| wageq, etc r,l5.50
Gulf Refining Co., gas and oil 246.00
S. II. Mickle, salary (June) . . i2f>.oo
, L. T. Hornsby, salaries self
| and J. L. Thorn 175,10
G. R. Clements, services bd.
of registra 12.50
S. C. mr^eadale, gas and oil . . 15.44
S. W. ?ose; salary bridge
keeper . . . , . . . . . 100.00
Camden Hospital, 3rd quarter
approp. .. 1146.18
Park View Filling Station,
gas, oil, etc 37.47
*3. K. Lee, steak, sausage, etc. . . 6.00
J. L. Kirkland, Sr., 15 bu, corn
at $1.50 . . . . ; 22.50
City of Camden Water and Light
Plant, water and lights ... . . 6.75
J. M. Moseley, salary briUge
keeper . . . ; . . 100.00
Threatt-?Carson Co., hay . . . . 43.41
DeLoache Motor Co., repairs'
and supplies .. .. .. .. .. 27.30
The Bank of Camden, drafts
pai4 ...... . . . ? .... . . 849.50
Laurens T. Mills, pauper fund 150.00
Laurens T. Mills, salary Co.
Atty., $150., salary clerk of
board $50.00 . . . ? 200.00
Farmers Grocery, 14 bu. corn
? at 1.65 . . .. . . . ...... . . 23.10
H. G. Garrison, salary chm. board
less materials purchased
through county . . . . ? . . . 83.93
J. B. Zemp, freight* . . 5.84
Lewis and Christmas, groceries 162.00
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.,
tel. rental .. 19.00
Lorick atid Lowrance, merchan
dise .. . . .. .... 35.00
Burns & Barrett, supplies . . 125.94
Puritan Chemical Co., supplies 73.17
C. L. Mays, gas and oil .... . . 82.98
Carolina Motor Co., Inc., gas,
oil, etc. . . . . . . ...... v 200.48
R. H. Hilton, Master, type
writer and stamps'.. ?? ?? 102.00.
W. L. Huunicutt, salary, mile
age, etc ^ 96.75
W. J. Dunn, M. D, medical
attention, etc . . . . 66.90
R. & Williams, groceries, x hay
and oats . . 237.02
MackeV Mercantile Co., supplies 66.45
J. B. Zemp, freight .. . . . . .. 27.72
W. O. Hay, welding .... . . ? ? 8.00
Gulf Refining Co., gds and oil 315*79
L. J. Whitaker, overalls,
shirts and sox. .. .. ?? ??
Standard Oil Co., gasoline . . 7.06
Elizabeth DuB. Boykin, salary,
travel and short course ? * . . 176.36
Laurens T. Mills, copy act Bank
Dep. fjfend call in re. same . . 2.35
TotaV .. . .. .r. $13,452.08
L. T. MILLS, Clerk.
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE CAR OF
Galvanized Corrugated Roofing
t o" ,
We have a very large stock of black and gal
vanized pipe.
Large stock of rubber belting.
American steel split pulleys 3 in. to 50 in.
diameter.
Oil cups, lubricators, injectors, pumips.
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C.
Those first twentydays!
(when baby chicks win 6r lose)
It's no trick to raise. chicks three weeks old. ? It'3 the first
twenty days you must be careful! Baby chicks need baby
food. Coarse, careless mixtures are very costly . Prattft but
termilk baby chick food ]s always a saving ?a saving in
baby chicks.
Th cre's no imagination in the amazing health and energy
of chicks fed this food. There's no mystery or magic about
it ? it's what they get in this perfect baby chick food? the
purest, sweetest qualities of grains and feeding stuffs? and
the buiiermi/k! It is a complete food. Baby chicks need
nothing else ? and should receive nothing <Mse those first
critical days. Your dealer will tell you!
Buttermilk
&oM mt%d gumrmntmmd by
SPRINGS & SHANNON. Inc., CAMDEN. S. C.