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[ The Camden Chronicle ! goLUME XXXIX. . CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROI .W^l ..,MP J ' I vjr rmuAi, junt 1W7. NUMBER 13. ?OgJs{EIX INVENTED TURBINE mgth Carolinian Failed, However, To 1 f Recognise Its Importance fryoi<, N. C..-?-The advent of the Bjrbine, that email but high epeed i Kce of machinery that makes pos* < Kit- the present day general use of 1 Kctricity, was delayed more, than a ? undred years because a South Caro- < as mountaineer /ailed to recognise 1 Ke importance of his indentions. By j Ke same token the Gosnell family of I* upper part of Greenville county < K short hundreds of thousands of dol- ( Irs it would now have if its ancestor J ad recognised the future in His dls- < overy, for one of the Gosnells, his s Irst name has been forgotten, built a 1 lerfect turbine to run his grist mill < bout 150 years ago. I The mill wfts fifund recently by < lirveyors in Blue Ridge Forests, a I louth Carolina mountain resort of 8,000 acres, and the attention of en ineers called to the system used to ' btain power from a fastfalling ranch of the North -BaltSdaYiver. Inquiries among -the older inhabitants If the mountains brought to light the I let that the mill was built by a man < lamed Gosnell nearly a hundred and I fly y?ars ago. Old timers can re- 1 lumber when it was still ruif by a ^ losnell. Most of them, however, ] lidn't thought of the mill for years. i mTta ancient Gosnell selected a place 1 Irbuv the Saluda branch runs sharply Wtwn the mountain side and con- 1 Bnicted a small one-room mill. Not 1 piece of metal was used in building > Be structure except two iron bands 1 round the drive shaft, which is of 1 ood, and pieces of iron in the 1 wbuckets" of the turbine. 1 I Doors, still hanging, can be moved mith a single finger, so perfectly dc * the wooden hinges work, the hard 1 locust withstanding the elements for ? more than a century. " ' 1 Not a belt or cog-wheel was used by.Gosnell in his mill. Seekjng the ^ maximum amotfnt of jpower, he die- ' covered what Earned' engineers found put years late*. He knew that the lonventional undershot or. overshot or tvershot wheel was limited in delivery jSower to the diameter of the wheel. To get much power and high fceed, one must have a large wheel id many belts and cogs to increase e revolutions of the mill. Gosnell gan to work on something more mplicated to the present generation t what probably appeared simpler I him. Gosnell placed a wooden ^meel flat on the ground and inserted Ion buckets around the inside of the Bn. The wooden shaft in the wheel ran straight up to the millstones, liminating belts and pulleys. I Hew long it took him to figure, out4 Ic decesstary ratio -m buckets will Bur be known but' he had a perfect Bii g piece of machinery that did Bttome into general use utitiUtiie Badypart of the twentieth century. ' A prominent engineer* looking at ta mill a short time ago, declared But so far as is known there is only B"e other mill in the country like it, Be ot^er is i*1 the Smithsonian InBtitute in Washington and is regarded B* a '^markaWe piece of machinery. Bosnell is not the. only one *Aio had Bhe idea, but neither profited. I Since it was discovered, the mill has l* n visited by hundreds of persons. B is on th? Blue Ridge Forest-Green hie road apd can be reached by motor or bridle paths from "Die Blue K'dg^ Forest fclub house on the top Bf Hogback mountain... . ll . .1 ! I Useful Monkey aft Penitentiary Prisoners at the . South Carolina B?iitentiary ip Columbia have taught pet monkey to perform useful servThere are hundreds of pigeons B? the grounds of the penitentiary Bd most of these hatch off their ,n the roof of the old prison "Wing which i* in a dilapidated * of repair. The prisoners have BtHt. the monkey to climb into the hring to Shem squabs which ^Bjfwise could not be captured. Last *ngus H. MacAuley, member B the board of directors of the TeniBj#*ry, said there was a monkey in B?ter which he intended to send to " penitentiary to keep the prison " Pkey company.?Fort Mm Time* Quarterly Meeting / Woman's Ifissionary Union of Association wiU hold 4ts meeting with Bethany J/6. on June 80 open* In th 10:80 o'clock. Every church association is gsM_io send whether they lave a U. ar not. . * - " .31. -:V7> ' * -V .T NEED NKH MACHINES U* Woedo ttuyn M?.t Have Smaller Consumption of Gas Home, June 20.?The time is ripe or the serious organization of trans- < >ceanic aviation lines on the basis of i the transoceanic journey being divided into several laps, in the ppinion of -ommsnder Francesco da Pinedo, Italian long-distance aviator, as expressed in an interview with Tribune. The use of machines like those of Charles A. Lindbergh, Clarence D. Chamborlin and Commander Richard ?y**d is impracticable because of tha ipoquent necessity for lengthy waiting for favorable atmospheric conditions, Commander de Pinedo was quoted as saying. This was not true of the Santa Maria, in which he crossed from Newfoundland to Portugal by way of the Atores, he said. All three of the American planes mentioned are equipped only, for ; slighting on land, while the Santa i Maria was capable of making sea 1 landings. T-^It is necessary to split up the trip into several laps and to await the I construction of a new machine capa- I t>le of greater mobility and a more ! limited consumption of gasoline, permitting the carrying of freight and passengers," Commander de Pinedo said. "This machine will certainly be auilt." The construction of midatlantie stages, such as suggested by Lindbergh, would probably be so enor- , mously costly that by the time of I ;heir functioning it is likely aviation vould have progressed so far as not i ;o need them in the opinion of the I Italian flier. ( pe Pinedo asserted that there was 10 reason to believe that Otto Koenificke, the German pilot, will not be luccessful in his projected attempt '? fly Aom Berlin to San Francisco. 'Considering the progress of aviahojV why camrot we admH-the-poirdb$ity within a year of non-stop* flights of 20,000 or 30,000 kilometers, 12,500 to 17,500 miles," he continued. Referring to his own plans the Italian aviator who has just completed a flight that carried him over four continents, 6aid that his fondest dicam would be a flight around the world, but that there was nothing definite decided. "It- is necessary to buid a land machine with a cruising radius of 30,000 kilometers using the most limited amount of gasoline," he said. "I am convinced that this will soon be built by Italians who now lead the world in this direction." South Carolina Press To Meet The annual meeting of the South Carolina Press Association, will be held Wednesday, Thursday , and Friday, July 20, 21 and 22, at Happy Hours, the Pee Dee community center, with the cities of Florence and Darlington acting as joint liosts, it has been announced by Harold C. Booker of Colombia*' secretary of the association. It was originally planned to hold the meeting this [year in Cuba but after consideration the executive committee decided. to postpone the trip one year and to hold the meeting this year in South Carolina. An interesting and attractive pro'gram is being arranged. k Two Captifred on Lynche's River;; On Wednesday night, June 8, Leroy Blackwel! and his brother, Carvin Blackwell, were arrested by Sheriff Grant and officer Tiller on the banks of Lynche's River, charged with violatiftg the Volstead law. . After, a long wait on Wednesday Ijiight the officers say they were rewarded by seeing the Blackwell boy arrive in A car and load a still on a boat, which was transported across the river to Kershaw county. After waiting some time'the boat returned, occupied by both of the young men and three .gallons df whiskey. f While Officers w^re busy with their p^soners, some one unseen hy them, tod* \h$ boat back aoTdss the' dreeki Mr. Tftler swam-the creek and found the boat, locating the still shortly afterward, which he found running, but untended. \ The 8tar touring car in which they were riding was confiscated and later turned over to the Darlington\Motor company who held a first mortgage against tt.?Chesterfield Advertiser. V" ?1" r*??- urta , Federal officers are looking for Louis Randall, posmaster at Hlaleah, Fla., until last Monday. He is charged with etotbetsling $48,000 of postal funds. He has been succeeded in office by Mist A. E. McKinsle. BIRTHDAY DlNNKK Mr" ? M P-re* Bnt*rt?lna Honor of Birthday of Mrs. TillerI At their country home south of Camden, Mrs. B. M. Powce was hotb- I ess to a large number of friends sad 1 relatives of Mrs. Elisabeth Chap** j t iller, the occasion being in celebra- j tion of the eighty-second anniversary ? ot Mrs. Tiller's birth. ( These annual gatherings have beta 1 held with members 0f th^ fa?32 tor a number of years and hi* | been voted most happy occasiomfo Idler is from Chesterfield and her anniversary fell on Monday. 20, but the dinner was held on SuiMt ay, Jane 19, the long table being i spread out-of-doors under the stud* < of trees. A large birthday cake with t he eightytwo candles decorated the1, table, along with many good things to eat. Representatives af fodr g*n- l era tion a were present?coming from t the counties of Chesterfield, George- i p?Ti' !Cershaw? Sumter, Florence, < Richland and other places. I Among those present and register- , mg for the occasion were the follow- j ?gLMr\M' E' TilIer' MrsRobeson, Robert Richardson, Mr. snd ] Mrs. George K. Laney, Jean Douglas, p ul !, P* Pearce' Mrs- Mamie i Britton, Mrs. W. J. Tiller, Sam Britton, Rex Britton, W. J. Tiller, Thomas Tiller, Miss Alice Britton WJllis Mima Tiller, Miss Sara Tiller, Miss Bernecia Britton, Chesterfield; Mar- < garet Pearce, Alfred, Pearce, B, C Pearce, Jr., Miss Thelma Pearce] Miss Nancy Pearce, Miss Mary Lindsay Pearce, Mrs. W. H. Pearce, Miss Sara Robeson, J. Chapman Pearce, Camden; Mrs. Mary S. Chapman, Miss Etting L. Chapman, Billy Chap- ; man, James Chapman, Timmonsville; Mrs. Nettie L. Humphries, John Hen-; ry Humphries, Hugh C. Hpihphrie*! Miss Louise Humphries,'^ Andre#! Humphries, Sumter; Billy T^ler, j Tiller, Georgetown; Mrs. Lloyd Q. Vickey. Barnwell; Mrs. W. S. Minis,! Blackville; Miss Alma B. Humphries,> Florence; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Owens and Dickie Owens, Hamlet, N. C Death of a Baby' W. Lambert DePass, Jc>, 3-monthsold son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lambert DePass, Jr., of Camden died at 7:30 ' Thursday night at the Columbia hospital. Mrs. DePass was before her marriage Miss Frances Wannamnker of vSt. Matthews. The body was carried to Camden Thursday night where services will be held. The parents have many friends to join them in their grief.?Friday's State. ? j Services at Wateree Church j "Lindbergh crossed the great ocean! without a human soul with him; but' says Rev. T. L. Willingfaam, pastor! of the Wateree Baptist church, "he had with him more than that. He: had his mother's prayer. Friend," continues Dr. Willing-! ham's invitation, "you are now cross-1 ing the sea of life. Have you the1 prayer of your loved ones and/riends and have 'they your prayers? We want your prayers. "The Wateree Baptist thurch is holding an old time revival. Pastor Evangelist Taylor of Florida is preaching plain, good old-time Gospel sermons. You will enjoy them. We cordially invite you to attend and bring your friends. J^ng service begins promptly, at 7:45 p.m.*' ' Rev. Taylor, according to Dr. WilIinghnm s statement, will accompany the pastor to Beaver Dam church and the visiting evangelist will there deliver the sermon at 8:80 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Second Week Criminal Court Jurors * A. B. McLaurin, Bethune; Henry Taylor, Kershaw; D Dabney, Camden; L. T. McDonald, Bethune; Roland McCoy, Camden; J, L. Truesdale, Westville; ,B. F. Copeland, Kershaw; W. A. Marshall, <?smden; T..H.S .Elliott, Cassatt; 'W. J. Stokes, Locknow; L. M. QuUmi, Bathune; C. Kv Brown, Camdebp-.-Geergi Logoff; .EL S.. McCaskill, Bkrfhune;1 T. W.-Watson, Blaney; Mendel Drake-, ford, Oamden; ?."14. Roberts, Kershaw; B. K. Rose, Blaney; W. M. Kirklfnd,' "Logoff; E. W. Rabon, Lu-. goff; X F. .Baker, Bethune; L E. Hill, Camden; David Wolfe, Csmden;' Abram Sheheen, Camden; Ernest Ellis, Camden; L. T. Hornsby, Camden; R. W. Vaughn. Bethune; CUud Bell, Kershaw; J. M. Workman, Camden; R. W. Huggina, Camden; R. A. Bruce, Camden; R. Hf. Tru?j?dsle, Westville; G. B. Gardner, Csmden; B. T. Rabon, Logoff; Fred fcotcley, Camden; Adolphus Rose, Blaney. f II I III VKTKKANH SHOULD ACT NOW Y1 ^ omw.ndrr llndsl Points Out That 1 Reinstatement Period Closes Soon The ('hronicle has been requested >y Hughe y Tindal, commander of the oeal post of the American Legion, ? call the attention of all ex-service men to the fact that the time ex- 0 ??rea Jyly 2 for either reinstating or 1 on verting their war risk government * ifa insurance. * If tny ex-service man has allowed ? ds insurance to lapse he should im- , mediately take steps to get it rein- r i^ated before the time expires. To t le this ho may obtain an application 1 >Wnk either from the United States * veteran's Bureau at Columbia, S. C. 1 ,r Washington, D. C., or he may write t he state service officer, Mr. Capple- ( man at Columbia. t To reinstate insurance that has r Af?PP d, it is only necessary for J :he Veteran to pay one month's back k premium and one month's premium r J" the new converted policy. This r government insurance is about twenty 1 per cent cheaper than ordinary insur- J ance due mainly to the fact that the entire administration expense is paid J by the United States government. 1 This insurance has disability fea- { Lur^s which in some ways are superior ^ ^ <o other insurance because of the fact c that disability benefits will be paid 1 ffgaidlcss of the age of the insured Jkhereas most policies will not pay { disability paymejjts after the insured i becomes sixty years of age. It pays t dividends, has cash surrender values ^ and ail the other features of regular insurance. The government offers a c variety of seven different policy J forms including ordinary life, thirty Pay life, twenty pay life, thirty year > endowment, twenty year endowment, * endowment at age sixty-two, and a i five years level premium policy at a . very cheap rate. j t ?? ? ' t B. ^. I'. L . Meets Thursday |1 - .The Baptist Young People's Union ! of the Camden Baptist church meets jJ on Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock.') Last Thursday Mrs. Julian Graham! ' had charge of the program,'the topic!1 being "Can We Always Forgive?"/ Those taking part in the program' < were Misses Helen Baker, Inez Card- i ner, Lois Elmore, Mary Graham, j Laurie Campbell. A piano solo was 1 rendered by Miss Annabelle Watts. V - The Bible quiz, directed by Miss ' Mary Graham, was helpful and inspir- I ing. v | ] The program for this week will be led by Miss Martha Oglesby, group'! captain of No. Two. The topic fori' discussion is "The Book of Esther."! The topic for Bible quiz is "Heaven.", Couple Not Known Here - ' An Associated Press dispatch from. Miami, Flat, dated June 21 says; j "Mrs. James W. Albert, 52, died at a local hospital last night, a few! hours after the death of her husband. Both were injured in an early morning automobile crash yesterday in which foui; others were Hurt slightly. The Alberts came here three years ago from Camden, S. C." A search of the city directory and careful inquiry fails to find the name of any family of Alberts residing in this section and these people are not known here. T? Preach For Colored Methodist. Bishop Ernest G.^ Richardson, resident bishop of the Atlanta area, Methodist episcopal church, has accepted an invitation to preach for the Trinity M. E. Church, Rev. B. F. Bradford,, pastor, Sunday, morning, July 3, at 11:80 o'clock. This will be Bishop Richardson's first visit to j Camden. He will arrive in Camden Saturday afternoon and will leavt for Atlanta Sunday at 4 >20 p,m. , The pastor aqd members of Trinity church are elated , over the privilege Of having their bishop to preach for! them and they are planning to make hl* viitea great occasion. Invitations If* being sent td, the other ^rehaa of the denomination in Camm m vicinity and it it thought that a large number of people from these! churches will take advantage of this opportunity to hear, the bishop's sermon. ' ' ' ? At night a musical, program will be given by the choir, ? It is expected that this service also will be well attended. -SL.-- t .j / ' .. Miss Boone Dead Miss Nancy Boone, aged about 7? years, a native of the Westvflle section of the county, died Tuesday at the Camden hospitaL The. funeral and Mai occurred at Hickory Head church near Wesiville on Wednesday. BBTBUNE NKW8 NOTK8 I feppenings of Intercut HH ?|'0|g |j- .. Our Regular CorrrHpoadrut Bethune, Juno 21,?A number of eople from Bethune attended the ilcnic at K-|iworth orphanage last c 'riday, which was given by the Meth- h dials of the Sumter district. A 1 ountiful dinner was served out on n he grounds and it proved to be a de- ( ightful occasion for both children W >nd visitor*. Miss Gladys Baker and the Rev. h * * ' Hucks are attending the sum- ? ner assembly of Epworth leagues of ' he South Carolina conference of the c Methodist Episcopal church, South, < vhich is being held at Columbia colege this week. Work on th6 new electric light sys- * em which is being installed by the i Carolina l'ower and Light company r egan Monday, A number of workmen have arrived and more are to , ome later. The people generally are inthuaiastic over the idea of having * food lights with a current day ana < ught as the electric current which f iow furnishes the town with light# s turned off usually before eleven . > clock in the evening and L& very On* latisfactory. * I The gVove opposite the home of Mr. j c^aurin is being cleared up i ind will be used this summer as a * dayground for the children of the own. This is a very attractive place vith nice shade and with a little work * :an be made an ideal resort for the f ciddies. o Mr. and Mrs. C. H, Walt drove over i Tom Sumter last Wednesday. Mr. Yall returned Thursday but Mrs. Wall remained for a few weeks' visit ( o her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. 1 Ward. . Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Sherard and v imldren of Columbia have been reieni of the Rev- and Mrs. 1 I. D. Hillhouse. Miss Ruth Watts is attending sum- f ner school at the University of South a .arolina. : v ? Dr. J. C. Guilds, president of .Coumbia college, made a very imiressive talk to the young people at ' -he Methodist church on last Friday .'veiling. Miss Lizzie Mae Riley of Orange- * mrg has been the guest of Mr. and 1 Mrst Loring Davis. Miss Riley taught 1 music in the Bethune school for the 1 oast two years and has numbers of < friends here who are always pleased { -o welcome her to the town. Miss Riley will teach music in Kershaw luring the next school session. 1 Mr. Raymond Clyburn of Norfolk, t a., is spending several weoks with i relatives and friends hero. Mis. G. B. McKinnon of Lancaster was the guest of her parents, Mr. 1 ind Mrs. W. A. McDowell, last week- * jnd. Mr. Flynn Kelley is spending some t time at a sanitorium in Asheville, . N. C. ' Mr. Baylus Smith ,of, Columbia sj>ent the week-end at his home near ' town. ( Miss Ruth Baughn is the guest of Misses Maggie and Rosa Lee Fields. Miss Katherinc Ward, who has ' been attending a Y. W. C. A. conference at Blue Ridge, N. C., returned home last Friday evening; Miss Carrie Yarbrough and' John Edwin King are in Clinton attending a conference of the Christian Endeavor organization which is being hejd at the Presbyterian college this week. ?#? , Competing at Winthrop Miss Carolyn Richardson and Miss Phyllis Carrison, pupils 6f the Cam-, den schools, will compete this week with students from the schools of the state who meet at Wlqthrop college in the music memory, contest. On Thursday the High school' students compete and Miss Richardson is Camden's representative. Oii Friday the students of the Grammar schools hold their contest and representingOCamden in this* is Miss Carrhion. These young ladles are pupils under Mrs. Fsfrak W. Chapman and Miss Isohel Bunkley, music teachers in the city schpols. ' -i * > A New Feature Each Week M The Chronicle has made arrangements AVlth Gee McGee* the Anderson Daily Mall's humorist, to + furnish each week one of. his humorous articles. For a long while he' worked exclusively for the .Anderson paper, but recently he hat had his Srticles copyrighted and through sn arrangement with this Writer we will be able to reproduce each'week his best writ, ings. We have published his writings in pset numbered The Chronicle and We have been told that many of our readers enjoyed them. In feet one of our subscribers in a distant state who works for an immense manufacturing concern, tells US that it had been a race with him and the preeident of the' company to sea which could get MeGee's humor first. We believe our readers as a whole will enjoy Mr. McGeeV witticisms. Consumptives will be Interested to : that physical work, even "hard work" in reason, is beneficial, not harmful, except in extreme eases. .lNDBRRGIl GIFTS ON DISPLAY j 'ttktni to Flier Include Two Automo- y ,\ biles tmd Diuiuond Airplane - ?*? ?- jM St. Louis, June 22.?An exquisitely ut diamond uirplune, patent fish- ! ,ooks, a silver loving cup, soaps, lo- 'J ions, toy airplanes, liniments, gold > ied?ls and scores of other gifts that ,.v | )o\. Charles A. Lindbergh has recelv<}.. were being opened today. ;j The colonel this morning accepted lis second gift automobile a sport* ;,'|B edan. He previously had accepted a oadster, painted silver gray, the color *|| >f his ocean-spanning .monoplane, the Spirit of St. iAjuis, ? Jjj Valuable gifts were being unpackad n the safe deposit vaults of the Missssippi Valley Trust company, to be daced on display, under heavy guard, | X Jefferson Memorial building in :,11 porest park. The other gifts, recelv- ? _Jq d in the mails at the chamber of -*?* ommerce, were held there until the Her could look them over. - ^3 Two armoured trucks were ordered b haul additional gifts still at the joatoffice. Because of the great variety and 4 lumber of gifts, it was not possible o place a monetary valuation on :hem. The intrinsic and historical,-ralue of many of them, however, is . freat. A valuation of $16,000 was ' ilaced dn the gifts sent from Paris .jjj ly express. In Colonel Lindbergh's mail wera ^ tandy, books, pajamas, overalls, re- f:|| igious medalB and toy airplanes. Of'ers of gifts included several from -k >rick manufacturing firms of mater- v;; /v| als to build a home. Children and others with a talent;,^||| 'pr drawing sent paintings and fetched of how they imagined the Jfctrit of St. Louis looked in its flight ;, '~|g icross the Atlantic, and there were nany drawings of the colonel. Among those who wrote Lindbergh vere United States senators, gov- :'M?M (mors, prison inmates, hospital parents, Itoman Catholic sisterhoods, postoffice employes and school chiliren. Included were scores of appli ations from young men and women !or the position of secretary to the .olonel. The comparative absence of "mash lotes" was noted. The great majorty offered congratulations in a diglified manner, and only in a' few :ases did girls ask for dates. Included in the gifts to be on view it Jefferson Memorial are the decor- , itions that the flier received in the United States and France, England and Belgium, a gold key to the city : of London, a cup presented by the . London- Daily Mail and the diamond airplane, presented by French fliers. The med&ls, which will be dls- ! , played, include: Hubbard medal, high* est atyard of National Geographic ...JM society; British air force cross, awarded by King George; gold medal of Royal Aero club of -Belgium; ^ cross of the Order of Leopold, presented by King Albert of Belgium; medal of the city of Paris; the great medal of gold of French Geographical society; cross of Legion of Honor of France; gold plaque of honor of the Lafayette flying corpa, presented by Mirabel Foch; aUtingpisbed flying cross, highest United States award to fliers, presented by President CooHdge; New York state medal for valor; medal of city of New York; etoss of honor of United States Flag association; grand golden sport medal of German Auto club-r gold medal of Sjty of Brussels; Hospitallers Sauveteurs French medal; medal of chamber df" commerce of Valenciennes, and gold medal), of city of St.Utoila. ^ Women Killer To Die Jackson, Miss^ June Bl.?Waltar Barley, negro slayer of two women* tonight waa being transferred to an unannounced destination to be held until July 22, when he will hang for | criminally assaulting one of .-the women. - ' ??; Burley, convicted in Hinds county - -Sw circuit oourti;hefW today aftd* onw minute ahd thirty seconds of deliber- > > aticm by the Jury, waa brought, to trials in a courtroom around which a cordon of National Guardsmen had been thrown while machine guns frowned down upon the curious,from nearby points of vantage. Ten Witnesses, Including the husband of one of the slain women and brother of the one who waa attacked and alaln by the negro, testified ih H the trial from which not only the general public but newspaper men were barred. ^ ^ ^ In JwdMD. Alwkfc nlw i single men to every aintfe gfewge.,./