The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 27, 1927, Image 2
TWO DKATHH IN FAMILY
Father Killed in Trolley Wreck;
Mother Dies Hamr Day
Greenville, May iy. Hy a crud
twist of fate the father and mother
<>f a Greenville family were today
claimed by death, violent and peaceul,
each without knowledge of the
other's passage to the Great Beyond
Homer T Nix. 37, street car motorman,
died early today a few minutes
after the trolley which he was operate
g ran wild down Fast North
street hill and careened off a trestle
into Kkhland <'&)< A negro woman,
the sole pasaengift of the car at the
time, was hardly injured The car
was completely demolished. '
Mrs. Nix, who had been ill for some
time, was not told of the fatal tragedy,
lest the shock .prove too great.
However, late thU afternoon, she
quietly died without ever having
earned of her husband's death.
hour small children survive the
puir.
Ves, Tia ? Mystery, But Many Do It
I can understand some tilings and
some things I can't understand," -said
i well known Yor4 man to Views and
interviews a day or two ago.
He is a man who is well known iri
own and over the county, and he
as a reputation for being a steady
worker, and also he is known to be
earning pretty good wages, though
some people might call the amount
J. salary; he has been holding his job
quite a while and likewise some people
might call his job a position. Hut
anyway he went on like this:
I put in every day in the year
with very few exceptions. My pay
envelope is pretty fair in ?ize, but
-here are some which are larger. I
ive within my income and I pay my
debts, and my credit is very good, I
"Inve, hut it keeps me streaching
" keep up with the game, and yet I!
tee people all around me who, I am
:>ure, do not work at their jobs nearly
is hard as I do, and I am satisfied do
cot draw as much in salary or wages
ws 1 do, and who, 1 am told, owe neary
everybody around that will let them
we them, and y et those people seem
be getting along just as well and
' ' rhaps a~ little hotter, judging by j
?ppeaian. es, as I do I can't under0,1,1,1
'" * 'bey can get by with it.
,''1 a' dne.s | |l(l,i myself being
''t u ' i\ jdaj t he game just
,l' ' et lolhiw . who >eem to
f v" ' '.-v. appear to he working
1 am - lj r. they riot getting by
"''-"i.-t ;,n> <'\,ess of hrains that
'' ' . *ir, it is not
' :A"- ,"1' 'g ' by With t they do,
,j 1 ?: .in-' wondering how they
^ ' k \ , : < 1 .1 K | U !.' r :
I > rich \eg ro in Missouri
H-ncgaho .. .V o , May W,|!
" ' ' ?,gio, was lynched hero
' i;:1' ail a.leg.sl crtminal
'^au!; on woman Sh.rod was
rung uu L> th? hand.-, t. r ,i u-mpor'
'' a t! >!d m the. town square and
' ' 1 with about | 'J hul
b"b' ' I. M" aged -111 v car-, c.-n
with the Sou-he: r i.ij|vva\ for
. >' a 'I led at the ( iluiii '
' ' >a',udit> morning after
e i a 1 w i11 h > I a
' ""'be: of years Mr. ;M w a . > < (>:;.
" "r :: -'in ' olumhia to .la k-mrivi lie
' : u ' - '> known by r he travel
C pu h) a . . *
' r:rv' !;ters if New London.
' ' U a~ "" Wednesday elected
1 11 '' h'< ' a ot the Son s of th<'
A,p,''n';i: N hitler: at the final ses,>n
j-1' hirty eightli annual conh'
?'ss hi 1 j : |;ich mm I. Ya.
THINGS WORTH KNOVyjNG
MihcrllanrouH Itemn of Jntorent Gathered
from Many Source#.
One thousand cubic feet of gag,
states a gas company, will cook 18
in e a la for 8 persons, heat shaving
waU?r for 1,000 days, light 2 cigar* a
day jfor 500 years, roast enough c#ff?e
ty ftrake 2 cups daily for 70 years,
hake 1,700 three-quarter-j>ound loaves
of bread, boil 276 gallons of water,
broil 7 three-pound steaks, barbecue
ham for 1,700 sandwiches, and do the
work of two hens in hatching eggs.
An order on a local barber for a
permanent wave was the prize won
by Thomas Mooney at a New Jersey
church social. Mr. Mooney is bald.
The annual number of divorces per
1,000 marriages in the United States,
according to census statistics, wua 85
ill 1870, XI in 1000 and 145 in 1024.
Nevada has the highest rate?1,087
divorces a year and only 1,070 rnar
riages; the lowest rate is in the District
of . f Columbia where there are
only 26 divorces annually per 100,000
of population.
Originally purchased for 411 ,<>00, the
sixteen-acre plot of land on which the
White House at Washington stands is
now appraised at $10,600,000.
A meter to measure the force of a
swimmer's stroke has been invented.
Instead of imposing a jail sentence
on drivers for traffic violations,
Berkeley, Cal., has adopted the plan
of locking up the rh-ivers' cars for a
thirty-day period.
| A recent claim against a Connecticut
insurance company was marie by
u father who said his ribs were broken
by bis daughter's embrace.
That wheat 4,000 years old will
grow has been proved by a New
South Wales farmer, who obtained
from Kgypt some of the grain which
had Iwen buried with mummies. In
due time after sowing, green blades
appeared, grew to exceptional height
and developed seven-eared wheat.
India, with one-half the area of the
United States, has a population three
times as great.
Some Chinese still hrfld spectacles
in superstitious reverence and it is
considered correct to remove them
when greeting a social superior.
By a unanimous vote of the 1'e.xas
legislature the mocking bird was recently
adopted as the official song
bin! of that state.
I he Klgiti I >i-tric! Asylum n Scutland
has discontinued the u-c of the
word "pauper" in it- records. It now
refers to penniless lunatics a- "nonpay
tug patients."
Frar.ci- If. Richard-, sever.' > -six
year- old, of Stamford. Conn.. is
I idioma- A. l idisoli's doses' rival for
the title of the World's most prolific
inventor." basing nearly l.oou patents
to his riadit. Mr Kdi.-on ha- pa'entd
-one- 1.21M) devnr.-. Klihu Tl. mp
i i". 17. (. narles K. Scrdmen ? i7.
George West Mlghoust- ".10, .?!'. i Kdssaid
W.ston 'J'.r'.r.
Frequent whipping of children was
advocated in lx.'.o by an author who
declared it a healthful pra ' ice beau-c
it stimulated the hi 1 and
made tin -kin tingle.
t.?n of corncob-, s'c.enlly distilled
at the University ..f Minnesota,
pi opin ed ...Si 18 cubic lent of comhu
s line gas, 7r'?.2 pounds of acetic'
a. el, L'1 pounds of wood a cohol. lit)
1 p 'Unds of wood tar and 022 pouruls
f . hal cal.
Human being- and nearly ad animal
have but two eyelids Bird.- and
some reptiles, however, have three,
two that move up and down and a
third that moves from the inner corner
over the eyeball.
To the query "do you prefer
blonds"" only 87 out of 600 students
at h moi I niver-ity, Georgia, re plied
"yes."
TRIM TO LEAD
BAPTIST FORCfcS
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DaHttn Pastor l? Unanlmourf
Choice of Southern Convention
for President
This Year
PROGRESS IS REPORTED
Promotional Work of Convention
Continue,d With Slight Revision
In Personnel?Largo Objective
Set
Dr George W Truett of Dallua,
one of the heat known Jlaptlat* in
the world, was (he unanimous chtfce
of the Southern ItaptiHt (Convention
for president at the recent session at
l/oulsvllle, and be eatered upon hit
new relationship by challenging tha
people and churches of his denomination
to a deeper spirituality and j
a fuller consecration to the task of
extending God's kingdom in the
world
Despite the fact that the floods la
the Mississippi Valley curtailed the
year's collections somewhat and tbto
civil war In China halted the operations
of tha foreign Mission Hoard
L?n. GEO. W. TRUETT
New President Southern Baptist
Convention
there during much of the year, reports
that were gratifying to a 1 urgo
degree were presented by 'h.' va".ou?
agencies and .n^titulions of the Convolition.
Missionaries Do tffective Work
The Foreign Mission Bpurd re
ported 521 American missionaries
and 2,64 1 native helpers in its emoloy.
A total of 12,n85 baptisms
wn-re had <>n the foreign fields dur.iig
lie year Today the Board rejv?r s
1.215 churches with 140,488 memb-ra
ind l.Sls SundMi schools with 76, hi
pupils on The foreign field i,
ilong with 2.247 preacliing stations
ith?*r than ehureh?*s and nine h
pit a Is In which 62,'.82 patients were
treated during the year. Tin- hir>
gn Mission Board believes order
will Im restored in China soon and
hat larger mission opportunities
!um have ever existed betare w,il
?iti he presented there
By tiu* Home Mission Board *'22
missionaries were employed dnri-g
the year These reported 26.222 a 1ditions
to the churches. th.*
/ition of 168 new churches and 106
:o w Sunday si bonis, and the build
ng or repair of 27S h >uses of worth
P
Fmni us current receipts of ?!,il?5
1 1 6 27. the Sunday School Board
las able to put $444,028 41 into a ;i
val d -t:"n national work, while s
'.dm a*.i.iti.il Department repo: d
".t.145 teacher training awa .is
: ivon to Sunday school worker > ar.d
lie Arch.'ertural Department g ve
ass.stance m 1 47 *. churches in p ' tuning
their buildings.
Aid in the -urn of' $156,252 "7 wis
given to aged or disabled prca. 1. s,
ir dependent members of :! .r
"families by the Relief and Atiti y
Board, the total number of ficiaries
carried bv the Board now b>
lug 1,145.
The promotional work of the Con
vention for the support of Its m sslonary.
educational and Jjenev. ent
interests was continued, though under
the direction of a somewhat d fforent
and enlarged personnel Members
of the new executive contni.ttee
will represent the several states
on the promotional body; the s ate
and general secretaries are retn ned
as before, while the editors of th"
several Baptist state j.apers ti e
idded to this group this year T. e
otal financial objective set h\ ii .pveral
s'a'es for 1227 is '
I md if th.s amount Is real ?.? I in
1 .strlbut able i-rsh it wid net appi xlI
aately $2.8^7 for the various . b
i i.o'ts of the Southern Baptist (' n.eti'ion.
the remainder going to he
I I is "'a'" entcrpri-es Of Die .ir
mi n.i'ion livery effort w 11 be ; it
Mth 'o a' in this total . e
I
Exirrs*s V i 11 Be Controlled
*
In a, ' :.. brii g the 11 . al
;' ii -s of i ti\ e tl ui Into !> t t
.p tli > . ..ui voted to -: :?
i '. ; . T budget c ' vol,
:. r. ,\ - b 1 and ag ;i y oi
< i 1 h requi r d t c
: 1 g ; > ?-\ ; : ores each at
- . . . i . m\s Dius -
t. ' on u u.' .on of debs
ir. ! .org ' u pre g; o - v -u th - x
i! < i : in < during the past a - >
v- ihe report of : n3
. ';-t.. ai i- a mer.t snows 26- .1
e S : h . ti ; . : churchi s h
,-ai c. '. rro'tobe- * "7
.'.day s. ho ?; - W h 2 72 1.267 ; ; s;
77 5 B 5 1' I w i h _<i
nib- : s 2 1 W M I . . .?
ons wi;!< .1 trade > UtTlbu' .
he sum o' $? 1 1 't x" r,o | f.i; ;-f-h
-rperty w h 'a vn";.T:n f' t,
j 10 287 ?r-l ' v. 1 n: r j' - : or
i ae yea > ?-ii u . via in Uie mui
of $ .u, 1 v j.v a 2 .11.
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EXPLORING ANCIENT CITY
Herrulnnrum W*m I>*i?troyed More
Than 1800 Year* Ago
Kesina, Italy, May 16.?A labor
| that has defied human Ingenuity for
1,818 years was begun today under
I the auspices of the Italian government.
King Victor Emmanuel officially
inaugurated the work of excavating
the ancient Roman city of Herculaa!
cunt, which, with its neighbor, Pompeii,
was buried in 70 A. I), by an
eruption of the neighboring volcano,
Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii has been
1 excavated, but it is hoped that Her|
culaneum will prove an even richer
grove of archeological treasure, since
it was a summer resort of the rich
instead of being a commercial town
like Pompeii.
The king came to the opening ceremony
today in regal style on board
the royal yacht, accompanied by four
destroyers and receiving salutes from
all sides. A great throng welcomed
him on his arrival at Portici, built
partly over the ruins of Pompeii.
Many of the gathering came from
families that in time past have suffered
loss and death through the
wrath of "the mountain," whose
smoke-crowned heights formed the
background for today's ceremony. All
the crowd were in holiday dress. The
buildings and fishing boats in the
harbor were decorated, and even Vesuvius
was declared to be smoking
a little more freely.
Herculaneum, buried about a hundred
feet under lava and mud,
stretches up the slope of Vesuvius
from the Hay of Naples. It lies partly
under Resina and Portici and also
under some of the vineyards that pro-,
duce the famous "Tears of Christ"
wine.
An exact picture of conditions of
life in Roman times is expected to
be found in stone-encrusted Hercuj
laneum. Moisture destroyed the papyrus
manuscripts in Pompeii, but since
! Herculaneum was overwhelmed by
! lava instead of .ashes, directors, of the
1 excavation assert that it holds the
: w ild's last hope of finding unknown
I < 1: eco-Roman manuscripts. Besides
1 various illuminating facts about the
i daily life of the Romans, the excava'
tors contemplate the possibility of
; discovering the library of some Ro;
man gentleman that might contain
i copies of some of the popular Roman
j comedies, which have been lost except
for allusions to them by the
j classical writers.
Although the excavat: n< were i.nj
augurated officially 'u-iay, t'nev have
j been going on for son.. *ime. In fa t.
| the excavators wen able today to
show the king an in: i atelv-de-igm-d
I
mosaic floor about ten yards square, I
which they found recently.
At a given signal this morning a
group of workmen began digging with
picks while others sent Americanmade
drills burrowing into the vol
canic tufa surrounding the excava- ,
tion. Incidentally, this is said to be
the first archeological enterprise in
which such modern excavating methods
and machinery were utilized.
Excavations will proceed rapidly,
and the debris will be carted away
until a point ten feet above the buried
city is reached. I
After that the work will be continued
by hand, all material being
carefully examined and care taken to
avoid breaking the precious objects
sought.
Tunnels like those in - coal-mines
will be constructed, with piles supporting
the roofs of the tunnels,
which will be strengthened further
with boards.
The part of the city already opened
consists of one main street, several
hundred feet long, as well as several
side streets. Everything has been
found remarkably well preserved, indicating
that little was saved at the
time of the fatal eruption. It is expected
that the baths and a number
of houses will be uncovered this year,
but completion of the undertaking
will take many years.
Sevi n bandits in two closed cars in j
New York on Wednesday held up a
pa\master <>{' the Interboro Transit
eimpanj ami got away with a payroll
of $'.1.01)0.
Boy Kills Brother I
Tuesday morning about 7 o'd^B
Oscar, the little four-year-old togl
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Knight, ?!
almost instantly killed. As toldwl
1)wight, the seven-year-old brother]!
Oscar, the accident happened as (4!
lows: Th<- two boys were in the vr!
Oscar told Dwight h<- was going]!
shoot him and went into the ho^H
and was returning with tho gjl
Dwight going in, tried to take fl
gun from Oscar and in some way|
gun was discharged, the loud of tjl
hitting the boy on the left side oil
face, tearing it away. Two finger!
each hand were shot away. At|
time of the accident the mother!
in the field near the house while!
Knight was away from home,?
land Journal. |H
NOTICE
TO THE PUBLIC
Xotige is hereby given the public that the
recent ordinance passed by City Council
requiring removal of all dry clfisets in the
City of Camden, by October first, irill be
enforced.
Qctober first was considered ample time
in which to give the public the opportunity
to confor mto this ordinance. In orIder
to avoid penalty for non-compliance
this notice is published.
CAM HE Y CITY COIWCIL. 3
r. r. I)uHose, I
Mayor.
//. Haile,
City Clk. and Treas.
I WHY PAY MORE
I for USED FORDS elsewhere when
I you can buy them from us for less,
I Our down payment is very small,
I our interest charge is very reasonI
able. Eight per cent interest on
unpaid balance.
I REDFEARN MOTOR COMPANl(|
Week-end excurs/w /
^PICKETS /
NOW) ON SAUL I
Fridays and Saturd&yi \
To V
MOUNTAIN AND I
SEASHORE RESORTS
Good returning Tuesday!
following. Economical Recreation
fo'r -week-endi!
Enquire of Ticket Agents
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SYSTEM
*
When gasoline
is as good as
"Standard T any
radical improve'
ment is out of
the Question.
"STANDARD"
GASOLINE
in South Carolina
STAMOARPI