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WHERE ASPHALT COMES FROM. V*" 1 . .r> \ Trinidad Furnishes Greater Portion of World'sjiiupply. The pavements of city streets cry to the cloop of horses' hoofs and the whir of automobile tires, 'Trinidad', in tribute to the island's'asphalt deposits. Radio and telephone wires reverberate the refrain. Even the walls of j houses shut out these sounds, aowell as the cold, with the world ' famous product of this emeriald island of the southern Carribean." says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of " the National Geographic Society. ? ~r T, "The most southerly island of the West Indies and the largest of the British Islands in the Carribean with the exception tying jufsTi" few hundred feet from the Venezuela coast. Trinidad ships yearly to the United States more asphalt and bitumen than all the. other countries of the world combined. Our 80,000-tdn importation ^from 'Trinidad, tjpwever, if only about one-fourth of the quantity used in the Uhtyed States. Much of our road material is a .by-product <>f the petroleum and coal tar industries. * "When Sir Walter Raleigh stopped on the shores of Trinadad to 'pay' his iii ^ ' ? a ? ,, yessels with from the famous 'lake', he declared that there was' enough of the substance for atf the vessels of the world for centuries to come, and even the demand modem civtlizatioit has put upon the supply has scarcely changed the truth of his statement. "About a mile from the shore, near Le Brea, the peculiar /phenomenon, which has been variously termed an 'inferno,' a 'Stygian pool,' and 'the fountain of Styx,' is located. Had Dante known of it^ existence it probably would have Berved to stimulate his imagination to still more fantastic flights. However, the lake, about which ga mai^ 4nteregting stories have been told does not deserve its reputation. A man who contemplated suicide in its black depths would die of starvation before the ooze dragged him in above his knueeB. "The sensation produced by walking over its surface is much like that of. treading upon some great beast whose flesl^gives beneath the feet?it.is soft, blood warm, and the wrinkles over its surface in the bliding lijfht of the sun seems ..to rise and fall with hS3 breathing and the water which gathers in the- furrows suggests that the animal is perspiring. - "It is said that the area of the pitch-bearing^lake. is 110 acres and no ini H?win nii? one knows how deep it is. There is an utmost uncanny feature connected with the removal of the aspalt from aria. Kails and sleepers have been built out into the lake and each day the laborers dig up chunks of the pitch, which break off with dry, bluettintllk<j fractures and throw into s car which runs on rails. Kach day they make a trough along the sides of the track with their picks and when they return the next morning the trough is Ailed again levtfl and solid for them to dig up?a furrow t^at is never finished. ^ "Like the Burning Bush, the lake secerns never to be consumed, and like the daughters of Danaus, who had to catch water in * sieve, the men never see the results of their labors. At night a great gully runs across the horizon and at dawn the surface is level again. "About every three days, however, the pitch swallows up the rails and the sleepers and they must be raised and readjusted on the surface. Although about 100,000 tons of aspalt are being taken from the lake each year, the little track heed never be moved; the pitch comes to the rail-- way. "The subtle movements of thip queer pool have produced some 'spooky' effects?islands wander like lonely ghosts from shore to 6hore; '.sometimes a tree trunk sticks up out of the surface like the arm clothed in white pamite which bore 'Excalibur', points its warning Anger, and again is drawn back into the Cimmerian depths. "One writer has estimated that at least 10,000,000 tons of the mixture have been turned into asphalt by gas during the ages in Pitch Lake, which is known as Devils Cauldron among : the natives. About 4,000,000 tons have been removed and by 1920 the surface of the lake had fallen 15 feet below ft8 former level. Once during . its history the viscous .fluid overflowed 'its banks and made its way to the sea near La Brea. Now thif world's sup-, ply is shipped from Brighton, which fairly reeks of its stock int trade. Asphalt boulders, stick up out of the sand along the shore like mysterious | black sea worms, the pileB of the piers , are caked with pitch, the pavements | are of the same material, and the | black children of the island play with dolls whose little black faces and : .'bodies are made of pitch, "The island is really a beautiful . resort, its roads are excellent, and it is easy to reach from 'the Venezuela | shore, its.green trees towering on the sky line from far out at sea." On hfs third voyage Columbus saw its three mountain peaks, which gave it its ! name, rise out of the sea on JglyJJ, " 1498. At the foot of these hills clusters the group of buildings which form the capital city, PortofSpain, a rajher nondescript modern town which has grown up o nthe . charred ruins of the old Spanish city. "Though the island has been British since 1797, it is as polyglot as Zanzibar, negroes, mulatoes from high yellow to gingeT, French, Sjpmiardp, Venzueli&ns,, Chniamen, East Indians, Tamils, "Americans and English loiter in its strets or hang over its balco* i? ' nies. .? -tv* -> . Dcngero Arising From Starvation of Spirit > The body., hm most person* know, re * quire* u certain ? mount of Iron for its .Well being. When the supply of iron bodily repair cannot go oh, and a condition Mris In resulting tu low ered Vitality, if not In death. ygm There In, however, a hunger of the mind which Is Ins* understood hut no: leva dangerous. A little*limtighi given to character study ledds to the conelusion that among persons In everyday life, itutby thmights arise from a eorl of starvation of the spirit, and its adjustments, Just as bodily weak -nesses aria# from the adjustment of (hd body to Its conditions of disrepair. Kor Inatauce, the atruggllug author,, who tells her friends that she cfcn sell everything she writes for big prices? the schoolgirl, who says ehe doesn't core If iieople say her hair isn't curly ?curly hair Isn't In fashion anyhow? the woman who tells her acquaintance* .that she was Invited to a party, and didn't accept, when she was never Invited at all. All these are cases of unconscious attempt to compensate for an imitttsr fled spirit. It la the aaiue narrowing force which fogtera the spirit of carping criticism. Great people., are usually., broad-,. minded, aud accessible, unless they have struggled too long, going, so long without pratao or recognition of a merit they know they have, that their starved spirit can never be redeemed Into gentleness. It ia the little people who are still afraid of themselves, who surround themselves with form * and cerempny, weigh their words, and try to impress with their importance. All ^ human belnjfs need a certain amount of companionship, love, recognition, and praise. (Vhen they don't get It, or get it too late?beware. The luu<b'Kt drivers of others are those who have risen through the greatest hardships, from the ranks. Altogether .-too little importance is attached to.. tfle power of a cross Word, or a criti- ; cal phrase iu nations, families, and? business relationships. Even of the Importance of cross looks, and sllenoe. They have a great power, even U?e power of producing criminals and in* efficients, ^here-ls suicide of all degrees of plcuvness, and instances not rare of Those ^vho have been driven to deeds of desperation by some little Ill-considered word which capped the climax. Hague Law 'Atkdemy The Hague academy of international law has proved to be a great success. Last year 879 students of ln-_ ternatlonul law, representing 35 na-| t ion nil ties, among whom were Americans, attended the course. The greater part of them are university men now In the diplomatic or consular service, and this year the number ig> expected to be larger. Twelve countries are supportttrg, fliraTrctalty am)", otherwise, the 'acagpmy, .which was' founded with the collaboration of Jhe .Carnegie endowment for- Internet Ion-. ll'pBHWr ; Tl\e "Dutch govern inent has created 5 scholarships of 400 guilders each for foreigners desiring to attend J^jromv^-^Chlcsgo- News* ' v ' 1 ^ Old Roman Fyrmhoaam A great jRoman farm establishment, the rural villa of a colonial gentleman of the Third century, H|-' being unearthed and explored .near Cologne by the Wallraf-Rlcliartr museum. The principal building had a length of more than fifty yards and contained thirty rooms. An outstanding feature is the bath establishment, patterned after the luxurious baths of Rome, with elaborate water supply and drainage systems. There Is no evidence' that the place was abandoned becausb of a fire; apparently the owner aim* ply, decided to move away to ? safer pbft4T when the barbarian tHbee beyond the Rhine became too restless, about the end of the Fourth century. , Increased Use of Wireless WlrbllWt^tasistital between Sweden and the United States are steadily increasing and the first year's income of the Grlmeton station on Sweden's yregt' coast, which communicates, direct with New York, was twice the anticipated amount, according to the annua) "report .recently filed with the royal board of telephones and telegraphs. A year' go. this service was officially introduced by King Gustav and President Ooolidge with an exchange of messaged The same station also sends messages across Russfg and Asia to China and Japan, and countries adjoin-^ ing Sweden use It for tlielr foreign telegrams. t ' 1 1 * y ----Plane as Life-Saver Arrangements have been made with a nearby airdrome by the beach lifesaving guards of SantA Sfonlca. Calif, for airplane assistance. When a bather ventures too far <mt to be reached by guards in time*to save bis ltfb," a special telephone tipe cqp*< nectlng direct^ tWb'- Jhc dyers re^ liltH IttTl quleiriligbt above the spot,: 'tghere a'life preserver is dropped. The procedure has quickly Justified Itself, j ! officials said, a number bf calls Itnv tnjrbeen successfully handled already J this summer. T" " a l > J * . Wild Animal "Preserve*" Australia is sbout to follow the example of the United States and Canada In the farming of fur-bearing animals. The skins of many Australian animals, notably opossums, native bears, kangaroos, waltabys, and other marsupials, are in keen demand In the fur markets of the world. The nW fur farm Is In (he state of Tasmania. Him sn^biemenmhaveht^n -made for the tanning of opossums and native bear^-|pngg^gjglAxTfjjJji *-1? LL-^. , . -? " Not To Employ Liquor Heads (Columbia, Oct, 7.?Liquor-drinking law officers will not be tolerated during John G. Richards' term of governor. In a statement made public today, the governor-nominee lot it be known thif be witt -muire every applicant to definitely comrhit himself to total abstinence. "Idonot propose," "Major Richards said, ."to appoint any one to the law enforcement department of the government Who takes a drink of liquor of any kind as a leverage." "I intend to enforce all the laws of our sta^vigordusly^and'.with.all the rMWn, nf w>u nnmmanit ' . iVV"f " WriMf , . f>l>^ - , y j*.'' m I "The "man who drinks must of necessity make' it himself or patronize the one who does. In either ease, he is unfit a* a la& enforcing officer. All applicants for these appointment! sssSF^v;-' I I I I I I I, I.I III I . " v. who are seriously^ considered will'be . asked the direct question if they are willing to subscribe to these conditions, and if appointed, they must strictly adhere to them." P S 4 . j?? Isadore Roberts, laborer, and father of seven children,, of StanbUklge, Quebec, on Mpnday beat his ivife to death end then cut his own throat be- ? ciuse tin? wife would not give him money that she had earned. FINAL DISCHARGE ' . Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday, November 18, 1926, 1 will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County ' My final return as Executor of the estate of Mina Team, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Executor. ; JOHN "LAW'HORN, Executor. Camden, S. C., Oct. 9, in 11 Jjst>\ ?Ji I consecutive Tears T A l Ml J J 1 I I For the ninth consecutive year I I Buick has won first choice .of ) 1 I space at the National Automo- 1 V bile Shows. J This Is Leadership! For this . honor g|0 i annually to the member of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce with the year's largest vplume of business. For any other car to equal this would mean retaining continuous leadership until 1936?almost another decade. The Industtdal history of America records no more brilliant achievement than these nine successive years of Buicl * I. dominance* APRODUCT OF GENBRAL MOTORS ' V:;i:'.V>. ... ' I LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY T. 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It is foolish to I wait to have your cleaning done when almost any I morning now you'll* need your heavier coat. || Camden Dry Cleanery I . E. N. McDowell. Mgr. p Two Telephones?No. 17 and 566