The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 14, 1925, Image 8
Wanted Human T\t*Bit
to Top Off Potk ieatt
Wow (Julnen cttUR'liulfc. ? ppiireiii ly,
ho ye n low ? ** u ?s ?.? of I n j ? . ' .i?, sa>s
Merlin Wool#* 1'lflofi in the wide
World, lie nny? fhwt the mountain
folk* it nil Uu'y prolvlded the utuul
feast. hilt ? hen their guests arrival
they ht? ?i been seized u'ilh the de*ire
to i #*|? olT iheir gluttonies \* 1 1 1 ? it hit
of hinnur flesh, und accordingly ut
taeketi a \ tailor,
111* life \vtt? Mttcd by lib; ftllttw
villagers after a tivi furaU fight,
w) lerenpon i nion h I ti I fleet'*, although
disappointed, indued on a resumption
of H?v feanf,
j In Kwv CJuinea all mountain hurnlet*
?re built upon tlw tops of peak* which
'offer a good view of the surrounding
country, "so that our approach was
?etui long before we got to Kepollpoll,
the place where the fea.st had been
,l?e)d. The Ke|u>llpoll people, natural'
being nouetoo easy In conscience,
thought no large a body intuit he an
avenging party, and accordingly we
walked Into a ' neat ambush. The re
coition committer consisted of not
only the Kepollpoll warriors, hut all
their friends from near-by hamlets,
?i' "We bad descended a small ravine |
and were following a well -defined trail
?long it when the trap wa?| sprung.
One moment we were alone in the
Jungle; the next the hanks on each
aide of us were covered with armed
natives. Fortunately for lis, they did
not attack without warning, or our
actuation would have been hopeless.
Prohahly the tight of white men !
stayed their hand*."
Hard to Find Meaning
in Noite of Intect s
The plaintive love-song of the crick
et, and all the other insect sound* that
are heard on a summer night may
hove no moaning ut all to the Insect*
themselves.
Judged by human oars, the lent In
?eot musicians of today belong to
rather primitive orders. The more
advanced groups, such ?h ante,
t/eetlei*, files and butterflies, make no
sounds that we can hear, or else, at
moat, only sounds that seem to ua to
he nothing more than ftdnl Mpieakv,
buzzes-, hums, or clicks. Whet iter the
Insects themselves hear these sounds
haw not been determined beyond
doubt. It should he remembered that,
in man's nffairs at leaat, many sounds
are made without Intention, and even
contrary to desire ? for example,
sneezing and snoring.
If the sounds made by Insects are
merely Incidental to friction between
parts of ihelr body, then those sounds
have no biological significance, except
no they may betray ihe Insect to its
enemies.
Useful Wedding Pre$ent
"iJJdn'l know von had ? boy, Mr.
rvnah,'* commented the hardware man
nffably ?k his customer and neighbor
?elects u romplele kit of carpentering
tools, choosing for (he most part tlie
Implements of the smallest and light
eat slKep.
"Nope,/ agreed the customer, "thin
la a wedding present." *
"Are you Joking?"
"Not a bit of If. .\ly daughter's
ting married. Asked her what Khe'd
like for u present and she told me a
tool chest. Keeping house for herself,
ahe claims, ahe Is going to have the
equipment to do'' her own odd Joba
without using the poker for h hammer,
the scissors for a saw, a ml her hus
band's raror blades for a Jackknlfa."-?
I>e(rolt News.
Historic Mutiny
Tlie Bounty nailed from England In
?1787, hound for the Society lalanda In
the South Pacific-. A* the result of a
mutiny <"aptaln Bllgh and nineteen of
'his men w ere ?et adrift near Anna
riiookti, one of ihe Friendly Islands, In
?n open boat. After being at sea 46
. flayfc, the Utile bund rem hed Australia.
Optain Hllgh on his return to Kng
land published an a< count of (he mu
tiny. Some of t b? mutineers were cap
tured and tried; of these six were con
denned to death and three eie- uted.
KJgbt others colon zed f'ltcalru s ;s
landa In 1789. and reaialned there un
known to the world until 1814, when
they were a> < idetit ally discovered. ?
Khiu'ih (1t.\ Timet*.
A 4 any Worked on Vatican
The \aticnn la not the worL of one
architect. It was built and added to
during a period of many years. i'ope
S.TmniafhoK mrh the first to build a
residence on this s.te. Nicholas V
(l447-3f)> began a systematic policy
of Improving ihe Vatican and this was
continued by ihe succeeding F'opes.
'l'he palace covers about 1.V<j acres
ar;d la bald to contain over I KKi room*.
'Hie building* are of different at>!es
nod epochs and were joined together
by mau\ architect*. Among the moat
noted ar?hite.ig and artists represent
ed are Kapha*-!. Michelangelo, Bra
nsnte. Bernini. S:in Uallo, Peruflno,
1 'a Yoiterra, \a?ari. \ uret-t ?nd Fon
ts na.
Nov Rule
A teacher tn one of th?- Indianapolis
h'xh aehooN attempted, one day, to
ii.Kiiij' i lier ii^hnmn ctasa in ihe an
of punctuation. One colored boy a fv
pear??i unusu*ily perplexed, Thlnkinj
to fee oorage I1 e ihe fiflif
?'/?'in ?i \ erv ea*> fjuostion: ''John
should I use a period*'" John nteji
ta:ed a few moments, then, after he
,h*!i rolled bi? r\r* r.heut helpie.vil,
? and had shifted hi* feel in some de.s
juration, he manszred to stanujer '*ut.
"Well ? you ? can dot your Tr' ?lih
? I?wRaJU>p r*5s News.
Various Une? Found
for Wood of Cypre$$
In-Mime ?i.:ui;4>rn ??! t i ?*<? lieuty ??y
{ire tit pit: til.* it re u*?ed f or atrcoi cut b
lh|. Agrlcult i;nil Implement arid ma
chiuery manufacture rn male *"ed
box ?* of It, wagon maters einp>oy It
for bed*, a ll <) ea IT la J.'e builders wul'W it
Into panel? for hne hodU *. Automobile
Qiakerx |>ut '? to *vi lit * ' u f Use. |t*
plight tendency to warp 1 1 it k cad* d it h
?l&pjny no iii | . \ hni.'dciM <>t Iri uh.,l< r?.
Car shops uyr it ' frolghtcar "Wing.
piano mamifacl nrfi m lonke shipping
botes of ,U,. and It is h material both
for coffins titiil the boxe* in w tijoh
<. ? ? I ? ' 1 1 s art*
M. ift's, st?n uu't i>, and yacld* are oc
casionally finished In cypress, and
many of gaaollne inuuchea
are *afd i.<> Im- using cyprtas e*< lu
iilvely for hull plunking. It ulno
make** handsome church pew* and
benches. Telephone boxes und twitch*
boards of ? \|.ic , io . otnlntf Into oe,
and speels Tor com*? purpose* are
turned front i In* ivouij. Apiarlals em
ploy It for li?;(?lihi'*; fishermen for
seine floats; furniture makera for
*too!s, tn I>1cm. wild curtain poles ; mold
t*rH and machinists u*e It for patterua;
merchants for boxes.
Church and Businetg
Make for Longevity
Statistic* which have reached the
Labor department have Indicated that
French clergymen and business men
live longer than men In other prorat
ions, their average helug OS years
for clergymen and 04 for men In busi
ness. Next come i he farmers, with
an avtwage of 01 yearn of life, while
soldiers, lawyer* and workers, though
living under entirely different condi
tions, average fi7 years. School teach
ers and physicians show the lowest
average, 52 years. This is explained
by tlia fact thai educators, from the
uni\ej'Hity professor down to the coun
try Schoolmaster, are underpaid. The
report do?*s net seem flattering to the
government. It says: "Officials are
as underpaid as the professors, hut
while the latter have to furnish .stren
uous mental effort, which should be
supplemented by better food aud less
material worry, the- former lend a
sedentary, careCreo existence aud ma
terial worries do not short* n their
11 ven."
Worth-While Furniture
Gradual buying of worth-xvhile fur
niture Is no much more sensible than
hasty selection of a panorama of pieces
that do nothing more than relieve a
home of utter barrenness. Apparently
It ne*er occur* to Home people to huy
part of it handsome suite when they
can't afford the suite complete. They
crowd n room with tawdry matching
piece*, ignoring tiie future of their
home entirely, when they might hap?
plly combine a lovely new dresser with
the simplest hed,. until their matching
pieces can be bought. Mahogany and
walnut Mulsh go well together, walnut
and certain finishes of onk combine
agreeably, but mahogany and oak will
not male friends. ? Family Herald.
Evidence at Hand
An American tourist In Italy was
somewhat embarrassed by learning of
the custom in vogue in the Italian post
office, where ii seems, one cannot ob
tain possession of a registered letter
unless some post office employee
knows you. The Tour tut came out of
the post office iu despair, as she knew
no one In the totfn. Suddenly a man
lounging outside came up to her and
asked if she wanted "a witness to iden
tify her," and said that his charge
would he trivial. He took her back to
the post office, swore that he bad
known her since childhood, likewise
her parents and grandparenta, and she
got her letter.
Love'g Fundamentals
To embrace the whole creation with
love sounds beautiful, but we must be
gin with the individual, with the near
est. And he who cannot" tove_lf?a^'
deeply, Intensely, entirely, how should
he be able to love that, which is re
mote and which throws but feeble rays
upon him from a foreign star? How
should be be able to lo\e with any
feeling which deserves the name of
love? The greatest cosmopolit es sre
generally the neediest beggars, and
they who embrace the entire u if i verse
^vlth love, for the most part, love noth
ing but their narrow self.- Herder.
Queen Was Thrifty
Is?Ne ia. the trngV queen, wife of
Edward II. w?h apparently a thrifty
queen, for in the records at the Brlt
Ish museum may be found her budget
book, in which she rectn*ded among
other things lhat *he had paid 'JO
shillings to a pour man whose house
bad been burned down and other
items, such as paving for the binding
of a black carpet and the lln'ng for
her chariot. Most homely of all
charges Is the one showing a sum paid
out f<?r repair to the bath. She was
extra vagent in Mime respects and quite
generous to the poor and unfortunate.
Sneeze Sign a
In tf.e ancient da\n of <i.eece and
home, n *n?er.e w?s supposed to bear
In its train fur growler portents than
a inere < old. ?
To su?e.e ?l.n?< ri*.ng from the ta
Me or bed won ps'd to indicate ap
proa< hln* death. Vet to sn?>eze be
iweeu nitddx) and midnight under fa
vorable planetary conditions ni uM au
augur? of nqpplues*
Again. If the OreA ?.t rtoman turned
10 the right while ?neezir>g, tt was
regarded its a bappj omeu.
T tapper Made Sudden
Change in Fight Vieut
Tradition . link tt that utoti <>| im
early trapptt'a operating, thro <gh the
lto<-ky mountains were serious ? bar
acter*. Such is f?r from it?i> case,
rhfcngh. Many t>f f liern took great
pride Jn . exaggerating accounts t.f
what they had encountered on their
trips. A few ?Vfm had a slant on life
that would make a Mark Twain eu
vlous, saj* a contributor to the Fron
tier.
Joseph I.. M?-ek vvua out- ol lit' In /,
known of theae frontier humorUta.
One of Iwa experiences which Is g<*n
entity credited concerna an attack
made on Ida party by a band of hos
tile Indiana. While stopping for a
rest the Indiana were sighted aa they
were in the act of charging the trap
pera. The redaklna were but a few
hundred yards away and mounted. The
whites lost no time In mounting their
animals and heating a hasty retreat.
Meek, however, encountered some
trouble with bis mule which refused
to budge.
"Hoys, stand your ground, boys I"
be screamed. "Stand your ground 1
We can whip 'em. Ntand your ground 1**
Hut the trappers failed to heed
Meek and put all the territory pos
sible between themselves and the on
rushing Indiana. About that time
Meek's mule, seeming to realize ft*
own danger, set Its pedal extremities
In motion. Witldn a short time Meek,
astride the mule, had caught up with
the rest of the party. Another min
ute he passed them. Then he. (urn.ed
In his saddle and shouted hack over
his shoulder, "Come on, boys! We
can't light 'em. Come on, boys! Come
on r
Many Put in Work
on Bamboo Carving
When you gaze upon a beautiful
piece of bamboo carving, which is to
be seen generally In the Oriental sec
tions of the museums, you are behold
ing the work not of one man but of
many. Each workman has his spe
cialty and when he does his share of
work he passes the piece over to nn
otner, who does that part which he is
especially trained for. The man who
does the Chinese characters does
nothing else. Another does mountain
sqenery and if there are any animals
Introduced into the landscape they are
cut by another, while portraits are
taken care of by a workman who does
no other kind of Work. Before the
wotk Is laid out, the surface of the
hamhoo Is treated by a rubbing process
which proceeds with the aid of a
brick of fine, clay and the operation
lakes place under water. After it Is
Carefully dried It Is turned over to the
artist who marks out the design from
one workman to another as indicated
above.
Land of Hot T amalet
Americans traveling In South Amer
ica soon bet ame acquainted with the
"hot tamales-' bouiJi of theJllo Grande
They are of the maize-apd-meat va
riety, put up In corn husks. Hut "the
elder brother of all tamales" is the
Mongolian rloe tamale. In America
it can he found only in Chinatown.
It is wrapped In rush leaves and Is
made like a miniature pyramid of rloe
pulverized with pork, pinon not* and
chestnuts.
The largest tamale kuowri in made
In South America in the region of
the Orinoco and the Amazon. It Is
called aliaka and Is composed of
minced chicken, cldck a peas and pep
per. well rooked and rolled up In
banana skins.
Early English Boxer
James I 'ij:g was the Hrst recognized
bpxlng < ht'.ic|dou of England. No date
of Flgg's 1*1 i t li is obtainable, but It Is
supposed 10 lutve been about ItiiJA. Flgg
weighed about 18f? and stood close to
six f<*et. II#- "a* born at Thame, In
Oxfordshire. England. He died Decern
her 8, 1794. Previous to 1710 Flgg
waf> known as a first class swordsman,
cudgeler and boxer. He was consid
ered more adept as a back swordsman
than a pugilist, hut later he took more
to boxing, defeating a\ cry man he met
in stand-tip fights.
Great Writer* ? Nickname
The nickname "The Bricklayer" was
given to Hen J on sou by his contem
poraries. His father died a month
prevloua to Hen's birth, and bin mother
subsequently married a master brick
layer. Jonson entered the I'niverslty
<>f t'amhrldge in his sixteenth year, but
on account of straitened clrcum
Manccs wh8 obliged to Iphvp c-ollege
and H?si??f bia stepfather for a time as
mason and bricklayer. It is suid (hat
h*? worked f< t the building of Lincoln's
inn with a trowel ;n bis band and a
Oook In bin pocket. ? Exchange.
Taxing It Calmly
Thej approached ei\cU other? one as
pale ???? a ghost, the ofii# r blushing red
hi u cherry. Indifferent to the count
less Inquiring e.v?i? that were upon
them, they each other.
Suddenly a u.an strode forward, Hnd
before anvoiie i miM prevent It, he
struck k sharp blow with .'he nick he
carried, and tie pale ^ne rolled over
and o?er.
The other neither res met) nor
fainted. billiard hall* h re used to that
I sort of thing.
A Good Hunch
Father? My son. :t given n,r much
pleasure to present uu ^ith t hie fv'i
for jour go?N| behavior.
Son ? IVbj don't you give roe ft ft j
borka and h?v? mo awful goo.i Hrx>??
Out Where the Paving Ends
Ever noticed the cars you meet in
out-of-the-way places, approached
by narrow, twisting trails, or rough
country roads ? Tney are Fords ?
nearly every one.
To the Ford car no going is too hard .
Every road is open to it? by-ways
and highways alike. It is so fight it
rarely ever 44 mires in", so powerful
that it can pull through wher>s
heavy cart mutt balk.
Take your Ford this summer and
explore. There are delights await
ing you away from the beaten path
that few know. Leave the crowds?
and the highways behind you. It
cost* but little?and It will be a
vacation you will never forget.
Runabout - - $260 Coupe - - $520
Touring Car - 290 For dor Sedan - 660
On open car* demountable rims and star tar are HI aatra
Pull alEa balloon tiraa ?15 aitra. AUprUm* f. o. *. Dmtrmit
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Tudor Sedan
.*580
? F. O. B. DrtroU
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AUTOS TAKE TOLL.
Fifteen Were Killed, Many Injured
During Month of July.
Fifteen persons were killed, 39 were]
seriously injured and t57 received mi- 1
nor injuries in accidents occurring on
state highways during the month of
July, according to reports made to the
highway department. All toldjjDg. ac
cidents occurring on state highways
were reported to the department du
ring that month.
"There were 34 collisions between
motor cars," the monthly report of
the department says, "one of them
being parked, four with other vehicles
and nine with other objects."
The report for the month of July
says:
"Thirty cars were overturned, 31
were driven off the road, TJ were seri
ousJy damaged, 22 were slightly dam
aged, and five vehicles were damaged.
"There were five accidents at rail
way grade crossings, four at public
road crossings, and eight on or at
bridges.
"Forty-four of the accidents occur
red in the day time and 4G after dark.
Fifty -six were on straight roads, 28
on curves, nine on paved roads and 71
on unpaved roads.
"Thirty of the accidents were re
ported as caused by careless driving'
35 by speeding, 20 by recklessness due
to liquor, two by dazzling headlights,
five by no lights or poor lights, two
by skidding, nine by defects of the
car, and three by defects of the road.
"Two persons were killed in two
collisions with trains, three by collis
ion of moving cars, nine were killed
when ears overturned, ami one was
killed by collision of a car with a
tree."
Harp Lotes Eminence
Thi-:;'* ruiliiHl* 1?hi?i is tiisuppe* ring
and be>omii?K but ? lufim ry. At
the recent Pels < Y?*H at Dublin, lie
festival t own '.eh Lrelunri'a budding mu
sician* ? oiiif- Hun-iih.i.v io submit il.em
selves to tect? vrt by eminent adjudi
ratio's ? I here was only on#* entraut for
the harp coujpet i t !t? n h i. ?] only one.
Hldi, iii the rompet Jfion for a song
with harp accompaniment. It is r\
plained that ihe harp is at a disad
vantage as compared with Lhe violin
and other Instrument* of smaller bulk,
since it is not easlfy portable for pri
vate entenaiument*, aDil being essen
tially an Instrument of the Indlrlduol,
It ran never hope to And a place as to
Item of hounehohi equipment 18 does
the piano. But whatever the reason,
the fart remain* that the harp la be
coming almost hi eitinrt in Ireland as
are the snak?s (mulshed by St. Patrick.
Dr. Hinder, eminent sociologist,
says spanking: is the ideal punishment
for disobedient children; that other
forms of corporal punishment soon
Jose corrective effect, and that ver
bal catrtigatron and threats are more
harmful than any form otf bodily
cftiMtisement.
Two hours after a safe in the Gulf
Refining company had been broken
into and robbed of $125 early one
morning last week, \V. C. Mayo and
Cliff Jolly were in jail in Spartan
burg.
The books of the National Asso
ciation of Credit Men show that
Americans are using the installment
plan for purchases totaling more than
$3,000,000,000 a year.
In 1922 the privately owned cen
tral electric light and power stations
were valued at $4,229,367. They have
increased enormously in value since
that time.
Thomas Jefferson invented the
swivel chair. . v?
E. M. Martin, Magistrate at Swan
sea, Lexington county, has been
served with rule to show cause before
Governor McLeod today why he
should not be removed from office
and to answer charges of "conduct
unbecoming an officer of the law,"
specifically, as alleged, that the mag
istrate had been found intoxicated.
| .Stephen W. Thompson, 31 years of
age, attending the American Legion
convention at Charleston, was drown
ed while bathing in the surf at Folly
Island last Thursday. He was a resi
dent of Florence. The first to reach
the drowned man was the neiwly
elected commander, John G. Gafl
braith of Spartanburg, who, however,
was too late.
You Have An Interest
In This Big Task
HE telephone organization in South Carolina is
performing a big task in which the* public has
more than a casual interest. This is to be a year
of construction and expansion to care for the pres
ent demand for service and provide for the needs of
the immediate future.
During the five - year period, including 1925, our
plans require an expenditure of $3,460,600 in South
Carolina. Practically all of this is new money, which
must be secured from investors.
There is no difference in interest between the tele
phone subscriber and the telephone stockholder. If we
serve the owners of the property wisely and efficiently,
we shall render the largest benefit to the public.
We must have rates low enough to enable every
person who ought to have a telephone to have one, but
sufficient to pay the cost of producing the service and
earn enough to attract capital to take care of this
growth. . 4
That is what your telephone organization is trying
to do.
MORGAN B. SPEIR. Carolina* Manager
"bklj. system
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
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