The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 14, 1925, Image 7
Viaw of Godthaab, Qr??nland.
(Pr?paiai< by the National Oeofrtptilo So- 'i
olely, Washington. D. C.)
GIU-JiONl^ANP replaces Spits
bergen In the public's Inter
est nines the summer explor
ation of the North Polar re
gions is being conducted from that
bleak continental Inland. The Mao
llillan expedition under the auspices
of the National Geographic society not
only li?s Us eblef base In Greenland,
at the fur northern Eskimo YlUage of
Etah, but the navy planes which are
accompanying the party will fly over
and map large areus of the interior
of the Inland, and In addition studies
will be made on the grotind of Green
land's old Norse ruins.
Greenland is aa interesting region
in itself apart from the scientific nc
lirlties being conducted t here this
summer. It Is the largest Island in
the world (if Australia be classed as
a eontlnent), has the land reaching
closest to the North pole, Is I he coun
try harboring the northernmost clvl
lleed eommunlty, and Is the one land
mas* where conditions of the great Ice
ape are now dominant.
Mereator of map fame has unwit
tingly confused the mind of the world
In regard to Greenland. Because the
sphere Is tlattened out on many maps
as though It's surface were stretched,
Greenland, vast as It Is. Is made to ap
pear* many .times larger. It Is , as
though the Island were reflected In one
of Hip mirrors set Up' at .country fairs
<o make the thin appear fat.
Rut viewed properly, the great north
ern I Aland bulks large enough to com~
itiand respect. If Its northernmost
point were placed at the Canadian bor
der In North Dakota, Its southernmost
point would reach to the mouth of the
Rio Grande, the southern extremity <>f
Texas. irs greatest width Is approxi
mately equal to the distance from New
?ork to < 'hlcago.
But though tl?e Island Is almost con
tinental. In aire, having an area of
about 800,000 square miles, it has only
16,000 Inhabitants, the dally popula
tion of a single huge office building In
lower New Yortc city. Tlte reason for
thin sparse population Is not alone the
far northern position of the country,
for the lower half of the Island Is In
approximately the same latitude as the
Scandinavian peninsula with Its 8.000,
000 souls. ~ But -while Scandinavia Is
bathed by the warm Gulf stream, and
Iceland, too, Is benefited by It, Green
land lies far from Its Influence and Is
washed only by Icy Arctic currents.
Buried Under Snow and Ice.
hxposed to the full effects of the
frosts of the Arctic, the great Island
which at one time in geologic history
^H'.l the cllmute and verdure of Cali
fornia, has been changed into a frozen
desert. The once green country has
heen hurled under a sheet of snow and
Ice.
' 'reenland's mountains are "Icy" as
'ho mi<M?i<, nary song has it. All moun
tains that are high enough are Icy
PVPn under the Kquator. But the song
missed the real point : , Greenland's
?allrys are ley? HI led solidly -full -of
? in fa^t. It Is doubtful If any
where else In the world such a tre
mendous ice sheet exists a? In Green
d. The snows of perhaps a doxen
or more millenniums have built up a
crystal blanket that. In places Is six
?r seven thousand feet thlclc. It has
uried valleys. hills and mountains
*'?ke. making central Greenland Into
* hug?? snow and Ice plateau, a single
tremendous glacier with countless ten
ta-'i-s that extend down into the coast
n"ds. f?v?>r feeding Icebergs to the
n"l\ j; narrow fringe along a part
of 'hp roast is free from the Ice cap.
and '-ven-thls ground U frozen In win
ter , oiered with snow. It Is along
th" fiords of these narrow Ice-free sec
of the coast that the. few thou
1-sklmos and the handful of
V* :;??h t ha t nutk?? up the population of
f?i<-en!and find a precarious livelihood.
I'Nr.nc the short summer the Inte
rl ,r of Greenland presents phenomena
>.?? found nowhere else In the world;
Hie i rozen wastes are Inaccessible
a.d only h few eves have l>eheld the
change* that take place there- when the
? it swings to rhe north. Great lakes
* ? " formed; mighty rivers flow be
^ "en blue crystal banks, their waters
o^er touching a stone nor a fragment
nr *??il until rhey Anally plunge down
?<?me chasm in the ice. GUcferf push
of the countless fiords, some dls
rh?rginf left into the se? at the rate
^ ?" "*> f*? ? *> i. ^ mi
Mo ^ snd Ilchehs and s few flow '
and
tke
Mam
radishes, turnips and lettuce can be
grown. The people of Greenland are
h1 most entirely dependent for food on
th? sea and on supplies brought from
outside.
West Coast Settlement*.
Greenland's history has been a his
tory of its west coast. The east coast,
although nearest Iceland and Europe,
is inaccessible. It has been dubbed
"the most Inhospitable shore In the
world." A broad stream of Icebergs
and smaller fragments of Ice Is con
stantly moving southward alouK the
coast, forming a barrier that is Im
penetrate by ships for a large part of
the year. Angroagsallk is the only
pennapept settlement on f the east
coast. Its population consists of sev
eral hundred Eskimos aud a mere
handful <>f Dane#? trader, missionary,
doctor and a few minor officials. In
the summer a considerable volume of
water flows oat from glacial rivers cen
tering at Angmagsallk, which tends to
make an opening In the drifting off
shore ice. It Is then that Angmagsallk
counts on Its annual coutaet with the
outside world;
Along the fiords of the west const
are the remains of one of the'most In
teresting colonies the world has known,
the settlement built up on the edge of
America by Erik the Red and his fol
lowers aud conducted as a Christian
community 500 years before Columbus
crossed the Atlantic. On the narrow
Ice-free strip of coast, several thou
sand men of Norwegian blood main
tained this colony, and another farther
north for several centuries.
Because of the inaccessibility of the
east coast, the flest Immigrants from
Europe to the Western Hemisphere
rounded the southern end of Green
land and landed on the southwestern
shore which Is Ice-free during the sum
mer. They settled In two districts:
the Eastern Settlement (more proper
ly the southeastern) about 100 miles
around Oape Farewell, near the present
Jullanehaab; and the Western Settle
ment (more properly the northwest
ern), nearly 300 miles farther up the
west coast near the present Godthaab. ?
Soon after the year 1000 these set
tlements with their 2.000 or more in
habitants were rated Christian com
munities. Twelve churches were built
in the Eastern Settlement atyi four In
the Western. About- 1110 a. bishop of
Greenland was appointed and there is i
a fairly complete record of bishops to
the end of the Forteenth century. A
monastery and a nunnery even were
maintained In the Greenland colonies.
The Nosse settlements in Greenland
were at their best In the Eleventh and
Twelfth and during the Thirteenth cen
turies. After 1300 they seem to have
sturted to decline. 4
What happened to the Norse coJon
Ists cut adrift in Greenland has long
been a mystery. Some tradition* have
It that they were destroyed by the ra?
klroos, others that the went westward
to other land. It is In the hope of
finding evidence to support this latter
tradition that the MacMUlan
dltlon is making investigations this
summer. " .
Now Ruled by Denmark.
Although the early settlers of Green
land were Norwegians, the country
Lter came under Danish control. This
occurred when Norway was combined
for a time with Denmark. A Danish
missionary who reached the southwest
ahorert of Greenland in 1721 was the
first to renew Scandinavian settlement
of the country. Other settlers fol
lowed and Denmark established a pa
ternal government over the Eskimos
of the. south.
Northwest Greenland was discov
ered explored and occupied a* a ha?e
for Polar expeditions by Americans
during the Nineteenth
tably by Peary and Greeiy. "When the
United States purchased the Danish
West Indies In 1917. as part of ^ pur
chase consideration It relinquished all
claim to any part of Greenland. Since
then the Danish government has ex
tended Its authority to the sparsely
settled northwest coast, and to nil other
Inhabited nectlons of the Island.
The town* of Greenland are fev* and
unimportant. Oodhaven of Godthaab.
the capital of the northern Inspector
nte. Is the chief settlement and yet has
only a few hundred inhabitants. Uper
nlvik, near latltnre 73 degrees. Is the
northernmost "town" in the world,
while Etah is the northernmost aet
tlemeiU- Jullanehaab, near the south
west point of the Wand, I* ck>?e to the
the settlement of Rrlk the! Red,
tB4 |n the vicinity ti* atfll to bn
rains of tll? j?sat
| kaOt in this legated
Pr re^hera* Sons ti igh
in World of Finance
I' l UlU U..?C (lUtUv- UvM lUif *U,.? oi
yvvuuiifl'i luive ei*j?ocU* budivpula
'au Hut uiv.il Huiy.f UlOUtfut O'
itU'Ui as 4ljeU* ul old lUvUgl'l oi
Ntt irnii thai n < couhi come
oui of them.
Of course this vli-a t'jk?v? li?>! never
been able to siaud up agalmu alUils
ii?a, t?ui whut eui? men (of Mausllea
when the) we u ti vin^ example of
the truth I
Nothing proves more clearly the vP
l&llty of error Hum t,he fan that
though the contrary a hot it preachers'
sons has been proved repeatedly, you
call never mention the downhill of h
preacher's sun without hearing some
GO? 8?y, "Well, you cau eKpeci noih
lug else from them, for preachers'
son# are generally had."
We have long since despaired of
avar overtaking this error with respect
to their morals, hut we would like
to call attention to their achievements
as moneymaker*.
Mr. Habson, than whom ther* Id no
higher authority where statistics are
involved, has been looking Into the
records of prcachers* sons, and he has
found that whether the preacher him
self Is a moneymaker or not, his sons,
nt least, have a ttne record In that
line. He says that 40 per rent tfftba
millionaires of this country and Can
ada are sons of preachers. Our popu
lation of 112,000.000, aud there ara
200 millionaires.
It follows then that It takes 9,000
preachers to produce one per cent of
the millionaires, while It tskes 1,863,
333 of the general population to pro
duce one per cent of the'mllllonalrea.
A little figuring will show that as
wealth-producers preachers' sous pro
duce 376 times as much ss all of the
other professions combined.
On ane side we place the sons of
the manse whose reputation Is not
above par, and on the other side, we
gather alt the financiers, doctors,
lawyer?, professional men, with their
big fees, and the great army of labor
ing men.
The sons of the manse are able to
accumulate as much as this great
mss<* of men.
As a certain eerea! beverage hss ft,
"There Is a reason." ? Presbyterian
Standard.
V*rni*h Preserve* Bones
The warning "handle with care"
'may no longer be so necessary In mu
seums and laboratories where valu
able bones of dinosaurs, masiodons
and men's departed ancestors are pre
served and studied, according to Prof.
K. C. Case of the University of Mich
igan. who has found that by use of
a varnish made from bakellte fragile
material may be preserved In a prac
tically Indestructible medium. The
usual means of making such speci
mens somewhat more durable has been
to treat tbam with shellac. As an
illustration of the success of the new
method, Doctor Case saya: "A human
skull was selected that the writer
could have crushed In his hands. A?t
er treatment is was dropped upon a
table top, cautiously at first, and Anal
ly from a height of 13 Inches upon Its
vertex without Injury."
Local Color
An Armenian pageant' was being
given. Several Bible scenes wera en
acted. One -of.. them represented the
nativity, with the scene, of course,
laid In a manger.
Just as the curtain was being drawn,
a rather distant automobile horn out
on the street was blown. An Imagina
tive woman with a party of friends
heard this and! a pleased smile Il
luminated her face. "Now, isn't that
clever of these pageant people!" she
exclaimed, In a voice heard several
feet away, "Having a cow moo off
stage, In order to net the proper at
mosphere of the manger !"
Planet Fight Peat$
Forest caterpillars which are threat
ening German forests tire being at
tacked by low-flying airplanes that
spray thousands of pounds of arse*
nated potash on tree tops, resulting
In the destruction of hundreds of thou
sands of the destructive worms. The
German department of agriculture la
continuing the battle with augmented
armaments. Sprays and gases are to
be used from the ground while the
airplanes attack from above. Similar
antlcaterplllar campaigns are planned
throughout the country. ? Family Her
ald.
Wolvea Come Back
Wolves have been Increasing for
w?veral years, especially In the north
ern states. When the price of wolf
skins ran as high as $.">0 the (tnimals
were hunted with enthuslatim, while
today, with the value of skins less than
half what it was. the wolves are often
allowed to Increase. The danger from
wolves Is especially great In Oanuda,
and these cross the border into the
United States in large numbers, prey
ing upon the cattle and sheep and do
ing great damage The gray timber
wolf is the commonest spedes.
Almost Frightened
John I). Rockefeller liken to tell a
story of an Irishman employed by him
who, In the early dayt of oil n-fining.
was standing near a big tank when
It exploded with a roar that could be
heard for miles a!>out. Afrpr J he
smoke had cleared, other worker* came
to gather up the fragments of - the
Irishman's body, only to .And him sit
ting on s..~pl)e of debris and slowly
his pftte. After fte rv*>4 tilled
'the lotMceo. fte
1)11. 1. ON ROOSTERS Hl'KT
'
Thrw; Injured When Returning From
Celebration at Charleston
; ? i
Throe of (he boosters front Dillon!
to the coastal highway conference '
in Charleston Wednesday of last
week were in a collision between
Kingstree and the SarVteo river
bridge. A letter. from Mr. Keaixton
in the Sumter Item say? of the acci
dent :
"I am just out of hospital ijn
Kingstree, where 1 was curried with
two others, Judge Joe Cabell DaviV
and Chief of Police R, Stuart, both
of Dillon, -ifom an automobile w reck
last Wednesday night, which occurred
just this side of Santee river swamp,
About twelve or fifteen miles from
Kings/tree. I was unconscious for ten
houns with badly bunged up nose,
forehead, jaw, dislocated left should
?r, cut right knee, bruised left side
and injured back and about eight o?
ten other minor, but nlme the less
pretty sore bruises. Judge Davis
suffered a seyere scalp wound and
chest injury, ami Chief Stuart was
badly bruised all over.
MWe were all three dead to the
world when pur ties in another car
of Dillon boosters came up and got
us into Klngstvee to the Kelley Sani
?torium for three days and nights
where we had the best of medical
treatment ami nursing and now we
are home Jbut so sore we can't hardly
turn ?verj or walk without hollering."
My left shoulder is in a bad condi
tion and my face is so bunged up
I look like I just walked right out
of hell.
"The hospital doctors and nurses
were the 'finest ever' urnd the nurses
are the sweetest and best looking
we ever saw. We didn't want to
leave that hospital but Mrs. Davis
came over and carried Judge Davis
home, and I thought I had better
co mo along too. Chief had gotten out
the day before."
Big Whiskey Catch
Palmer Sineath, a young white
man, w-as arrested ne?ar Luckivow last
Thunsday morning by Rural Police
man Grooms and -Constable Kelley,
who also iseized 'his automobile in
which was found 45 half-gallon fruit
jars, ?yia id to contain liquor. Mr.
Sineath w?us lodged .in jail, but later
gave bond for his appca'rance at the
next term of court.? Bishop vi lie Mes
senger. ;
scon ksi APES <; M.i.ow s
Jur> Declare Hint Insane and Will
He Set it la Mid 1 1 on no
Chicago, Aug. (>. Uusm'11 Scott to
ray \jon hi.^ lust t'.ight to escape the
gallows. I
A jury in the eeourt 'of Superior
Judge Joseph B. I >a\- it! found him in
sane.
j He will hi- committed at once to
A state hospital,
The jury which took seven ballots
reached it-- \erdict after deliberating
three hours and forty minUtes. Its
?first ballot was reported to have bee n
seven to five for insanity an I there
after the vote gradually swung to the
? insanity verdict.
Svx?t\ iniineiluitelx was committed
to tl\e Chester AsyUtm t\>r the In
j sane. 1 1 'j t .
i Seott fat tensely in hi> chair while
i the jury filed Into the box. He turn
j e<l eagerly to the foreman when he
announced to the court that a verdict
was ready and as the bailiff passed
the verdict to the clerk, Scott's eyes
followed the #llp of paper that might
moan life or death. ?
When tluj verdict was read, Scott's
mouth twitched nervously and he
shifted his position in the chair. He
sat motionless at the side of his at
torneys while the court enteral the
judgment on the verdict and then
was hurried out of the room us the
'bailiff adjourned the session.
Ms. Catherine Scott, the young]
wife of the prisoner, leaned forward
in an attitude of prayer after the
Vfcrdict was read. Scott's mother, at
his side, wept and embraced Scott's
wife, w'hile Thomas Scott, his aged.;
and crippled father, received the ver
dict without show of emotion.
Scobt, while going to the asylum
as insane, still faces death on the
gallows should ihe ever be found to
have regained his sanity.
Scott, convicted of (the murder of
Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk, was
saved from death three weeks ago,
six hours ?before he was to have been
hanged, by a weekVs reprieve from
Governor Small.
Two weeks ago tonight, less than
four hours before he was to walk
on the" ddath trap, ihe was again
saved from the noose by petition filed
before .Judge I>avid at 2 o'clock in
the morning, declaring him to t?e in
sane.
The hearing "which saved his life
was the sanity trial concluded late
today an d \v|\ioh ?terted Monday*
Had Seott been found suae, ho would
httvo been wntoiiced to onca
more, this time by tho judge who ptv
s Ided at the sanity hearing,
Baseball IMu.\er la Jail
tiieemyood, Aug. r>. J. I.. Thomas,
nego, sometimes alluded to as a base
hall player, is in the county jail, duo
to hi* heavy hioting in A game be
tween two country teams and thin
morn in# was busily engaged figuring
tho liuml.H r of omrs ho made <in tho
one inning he caugkt for. one of the
tO?ntS. ? ? i- ????'? -r ?
Thomas "won his own game" after
catching only one inning and on hun
first appearance at bat, Ho was liko
Casey; he struck out. This proved
Thomas <u> such an extent that he
drew an automatic rovolvor and in a
few .seconds was credited with ll? put
outs, both teams and the umpire scat
Jei irtfif to the wood* nearby. Tho
n?fO bud perfect control, eye wit
noises ?M?y ami his speed was dazzling
to the opposition. The game ended
abruptly and Thomas' only worry it.
over how many assists he will neeci
before getting out of jail.
Ernest Hull IMeaded (iullt)
Archie Hall, young white man wh.i
was urrcss ted last week by the police
as the companion of #he man driving
the oar w'hich crashed into the car of
K. L. Hebron, was released last Fri
day, after establishing an alibi. Ercie
est Hull was itaken into custody tho
same . day, and at .1 call session of
the mayor's court, entered a guilty
plea to the charges of speeding and
reckless driving, and paid a fine of
$100.
Walter S tokos, alleged by officers
to be -the man ^actually driving tho
car, wnd Who gave officers h go*>d
chase, came to town Monday and sur -
rendered. He was released on bond
pending a disposition of the charges
against 'him.
Little Rolund Hearon, who received
a bad gash in this forehead in the
wreck charged to these young men,
is doing nicely. ? Biahopville Messen
ger
Saucho Bacchus, negro transfer
driver was killed Friday night of last:
week by Police Officer Harvey C.
'Bothea, the negro having fortified
himself in a house after participating
in a fight and attempting when tho
officer entered to arrest him to strike
the officer with a chair.
The men who drill the deep oil wells, 5,000
feet or more down into the earth, are old
hands. They have been drilling wells all
their lives, always deeper, always in more
inaccessible places. They are experienced In
overcoming delays, in avoiding accidents,
in getting the job done on time or ahead
of It. It is largely due to the efficiency of
these men that the motorists of this coun
try can depend on a plentiful supply of
power whenever and wherever they want it.
>
So it is in every department of this com*
pany. In the executive offices, in the refin
eries, in the shipping and marketing de
partments many of our employees have
followed in the footsteps of their fathers,
carrying on their work with the accumu
lated experience of two generations. The
result shows in the uniform high quality of
"Standard" products. Hundreds of thou
sands of motorists will testify to it.
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