The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 22, 1927, Image 8
MADK VK1IY HICK BY t)YH I
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Bkin Turn# Black AfUr Ha?i*g
Khoea Blacked at Hhop t' ,
Ijiwrervce WaUon, nineteeii, son
of the well-known farmer by that
name i# tWi country, came near to
lotting hi* life and in a way that
wan out of the ordinary on Saturday,
June 15th.
The young man came in from hia
home on Saturday morning. Going
to one of the xhoe shop* in the town
he waited there while the shoe re- j
pairer changed the color of the ahoti ,
Lhat WaUon wore, putting on th*
Uitual black dye that is used for the
purpose.
The shoes with their changed
rolor were not left to dry, hut Watson
continued to wear thorn while
the dye wai apparently dry, but
must not have been judging by subsequent
effects to him.
After remaining about town for
a while he returned to h?? place
ixi the country. In about two hours,
or perhup* less time, Watson realised
that he was very sick. His skin
lagan to turn purple. He had
strange feelings such as he had
never experienced before. He was
alarmed and so were those who saw
the condition into which he suddenly
changed
He was brought to doctors in Conway
a* quickly n* this was done. He
was apparently growing rapidly
worse. Parts of his skin were not
only purple, hut in places had turned
almost black.
When examined by the doctor the
effects of poisoning were evident and
the first thing done was the emptying
of the stomach by rneuns of a
stomach pump.
In washing opt the stomach some
of the water fell on or in one of
his shoes. The action of the water
in connection with dye which had
been used in changing the color of
his shoes, for he was still wearing
those shoes, showed where all of the
trouble had come from. His system
had absorbed the poison from the
aniline dye un?*i in changing the
color* of his shoes. It had been absorbed
from the drying leather,
through his socks arid on through the
skin of his feet, and enough of the
poison had gone into his system
to change the color of his entire
system, more or less, an<^ this
brought the effects from .whicW he
was suffering.
About the time that the water
used in washing out his stomach
had dropped on the shoes and thereby
the attention of the physician
was culled to the dye on his shoes,
young Watson grew considerably
worse, l.'nti! that time he had been
conscious hut just after that he lost
all of hi? senses. He was stripped
of his shoes and socks, and with all
possible haste he was taken to the
hospital where he remained m an unconstit.u
state, being in deep coma
for a part <>f that time, before he regained
an\ part of his senses. .Conway
lb rait
A Prize Winner.
Following is the 2<)0-word article
with which Fred W. Vaughn, editor
of the People"* Advocate, of Fayetteville,
N. won the first u/ize, $100,
in a contest staged by the National
Farm News for the best article giving
a plan by which the farm problem
might be solved.
"Farming, like every other productive
enterprise, cannot be successful
without sound business management.
The lack of this is the chief
handicap of the great majority of
farmers. Inasmuch as the farmer
has to sell his products in an unprotected
market and buy his supplies
in a protected market, he must
overcome this difference as far as
possible by living at home. Thyit is,
he must produce on his farm to the
extent of his ability what he consumes.
He will thus have less to buy.
"The farmer must learn that the
price for which a product is sold does
not determine profit or loss except
When considered in connection with
the cost of production. He must
Rive due attention to the details that
come under the head of management,
such as acreage of various crops
choice of soil, selection of seed, methods
of cultivation, harvesting, and
last but not lenst, marketing.
"Intelligent diversification has
saved many farmers from bankruptcy.
The farmer must realise that his
crop surpluses may be converted into
milk and meat products through his
livestock. He must be brought to n
realization of the fact that organization
affords protection in giving him
a voice in fixing the prices At which
h s products shall he sold."?News
and Observer.
A survcy^-of~.4*a?. and coffee ir??-potts
shows that more than 73,000,000
persons in the l.nited States sre tea
and coffee drinkers. Per capita crnfcumptton
of coffee for 1026 was two
cups a day or Ft pounds a year, whil#
that of tea averaged one-half cup
evsry 24 houis, or, three-fourth of a
pound for 12 months..
North wood Guide
Uias Virginia Owens of Crawkr
ing'Roek Lake, Wis., is again is
the northwoods as guide for ftehing
and hunting parties?using her
earnings to pay her way through
the state university where sm
studies law This is her third sea*
sm*?and she hat never bona ksei
big families numerous
< hampion Mother Said to Have Had
69 Children
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Medical literature contains account*
of women having nearly fifty children
hut such cases are not generally
accepted ax authentic. About the
most notable*authenticated case was
that of Dr. Mary Austin, Civil war
nurse, who claimed forty-four children?thirteen
sets of twins and six
triplets. Despite this large family
she is supposed to have found time
to study medicine and get a doctor's
degree.
Just recently Anthony .Shields, seventy
nine-year-old negro preacher of
New Bern, N. C., hid for the father
championship by claiming forty-sqven
children by two wives. This was
after President Coolidge and congress
had acclaimed U-ander Gentle, father
of twenty-nine, as the champion dad.
Hut records of large families are
numerous. Mrs. Feod<fd Wassilley,
wife of a Russian peasant is said to
have had sixty-nine children. Dionore
Salviatl of Florence, Italy, had
fifty-two and David Wilson of Madison,
Ind., was the father of fortvscven.
Dpctor Has Mistaken
think Dr. Smithers knows
?* job I wo years ago he told me
' only had six months to live."
"Still, he's a rvice chap. It's a pity
not more reliable."_Lorulon
' assing Show.
during the six days of Jast week
"ginia potato growers shipped a
t'tdl of .{,.{21, carloads or titiS.OOO barrvh
Northampton and Acomac
fount u... are harvesting the largest
!?P of potatoes in their history, the
average yiehl being (If, barrels per
af?*. which at two bushels and three
'/l. ^ lhl' means close to
1 < > bushels per acre.
Fireworks Oust Martins
artms, birds somewhat smaller
than robins or starlings, sometimes
gather flocks by thousands just
before migrating and establish roosts
within small areas, where they beCnW0
fXceexlirrgly obnoxious.' Th*
no.se and filth they make and the
breaking of branches of trees where
they roost are very objectionable in!
residental districts. Although the
aw forbids shooting martins, it
generally possible to break up their'
roosts. t
Last year the townspeople of New-!
Port. Ark found themselves suddenly
th SCt Ky/en ?r fifteen thou-"d:
of these birds, and at first turned to
them ? Th |hC,P *ettir,ff r'd of
The police, however, were advised
by the Biological Survey of the
United States Department of AgrimirtinVharl
" ^ t0 ^ot
martins, and suggestions were made
for other methods of control. The
ilg the'T fr,ly S?attered b>' frnf,re
hos* o" them, by shoot"IK
Roman candle, through the tree,
a ter dark, and by firing black, pow-'
del- shotgun shells. The Roman can.
proved effective. Other place,
( Arkanaa, ,r?ubled by objectionable
o,t, were similarly treated.
Kill, Self WlthTljnTmi.c
Spartanburg. July IS.-_Lying up.
" h,'av>' charge of dynamite and
touching ,, off, 1)oc|< B,.a(||ey M
"he h T'r, ""ar ki""d h,m?clf.'
> icing blown to piece, today
"red " *rm" '< *? were ,cat.
tred over an atea of 30yard,
Member, of hi, family ,aid the act I
which occurs late yesterday
due to despondency oyer ill htalth I
A widow and five children survive.'
a^r'r ^bus^,
r?kor College, suffered such
Tuesday '" T*" "??d
ta ii ""? ncn- McBee on
the HarUvdle and M.Bee highway
hat physician, were foreed to ampu^
late .he member ju.t ,ho,e the wrist
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IHADLEVS TRAVELOGUES I
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After journeying through many
miles of beautiful Imperii) field* of
alfalfa, cotton, strawberries and lettuce,
we reached El Ontro. During
the trip cactus thorns penetrated a
tire, and we had to change it in the
hot sun, and according to th* thermometer
attached inside our car it
was 116 in the shade, and while
changing it we killed a ver> ambitious
Rattlesnake which objected to!
our being too close to his desert
haunts. We also saw some very
large Horned Toads. It's queer how
such creatures exist under the burying
rays of the sui), miles from sny
water, leaving El Centro we piloted
Old Faithful northwesterly toward
Nilahd," and branched off toward
Mullet Island; upon arrival
were greeted by Capt! C. E. !>avi?
who ho me steaded It; but no longer
is it an island since in past years silt
has washed into Salton Sea, which
has had its lines narrowed by evaporation,
until automobiles can drive
up to the very door of Hell's Kitchen
as the Captain calls his oddly chosen
'residence. Our Aneroid, i attached
inside our machine, indicated that ''
Hell's Kitchen is 250 feet bel ' sea |
level, and Captain Davis said it
was correct. Our thermometer reg
iatered 120 degrees in the shade.
Scientifically, several societies an<f institutions
are interested in the mud
volcanoes. They include the L'. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey, Carnegie
Institute, aikd the U. S. Bureau of
Mines. Scientific work is being carried
on by a Developing Company,
which has leased the place of Captain
Davis to ascertain the potency of
Nature's furnaces for the development
of electric power. Captain
Davis piloted us through the Volcanic
District, and we got a good impression
of nature's workings. Spreading
over several acres are mounds
of mud, from which steam arises
and spurts columns of mud and water
high in the air, accompanied by
loud gurglings. It's an awe inspiring
sight. Workmen are busy preparing
to drill test holes and tap
Nature's Great Steam Boiler hun- '
dreds of feet below, and utilize the
steam to drive turbo-generators
similar to a like project in Italy. 1
Captain Davis has been a Cod fisherman
off the coast of New England i
and has collected over 3,000 specimens
of marine life for scientific
purposes, visited Gaudalupe Island in
the Pacific and captured sea elephants
and guided naturalists on expeditions
to the far corners of the
earth.
Bidding genial Captain Davis good
bye, we gave Old Faithful the gas J
and sped over the highways toward
1 hoenix, Arizona, making necessary
stops at several little cities. While
passing through Gila Bend country,
we saw several Gila Monsters sun- j
uing themselves along the highway.
Finally our interesting tour landed
us in the beautiful city of Phoenix,
and upon looking at our Aneroid,
noted that Phoenix is located at an
average elevation of 1.075 feet,
and our thermometer registered 98
in the shade. We were pleasantly
received by Governor Geo. W. P.
Hunt; we had been previously invited
by the governor to call upon
him, and while comfortably seated
in his office he cheerfully conveyed1
to the writer data bearing on many
inteiesting resources of Arizona.)
We toured among the prosperous Salt :
River ranches; visted Roosevelt Dam
which impounds a great body of '
water which gives sustaining life to
a great variety of crops raised on
thousands of fertile acres of land.
This writer hopes, in a future time,
to take the readers of this enterprising
newspaper, on other interesting
tours to such renowned scenic
places as Grand Canyon, The Painted
Desert, The Petrified Forest; Cliff
Dwellers' Ruins, Yosemite Vklley,
Yellowstone Park, Mount Lassen, the
only active volcano in the United
States, visit various tribes of Indians
in their quaint villages, Carlsbad
Cave, with its sparkling .stalacitites
in an infinite veriety of shapes
and aizes. This cavern is the most1
magnificent known to mankind, and
although passages have been1, explored,
much is unknown. Other expectant
tours nve to Alasku, Hawaii,
Cuba, Old Mexico, and some inter- i
esting foreign countries. <
Wife a Poor Cook '
Wife; "Well, dear, I. shall have to
do the cooking now. Cook loft with- I
out warning this afternoon."
Husband: "Not exactly without;
warning. She told me this mofrning
I had better bring home some dyspepsia
tablets, but I didn't quite un- 1
derstand what she meant." West
Bromwich Free Press. ,
The foot of the modern girl has
within the last decade outgrown the
4B size which for generat'ons was
the average size of the foot of the
American woman. Athletic* and daBc?ng
are s? d to be the cause.
Jack Smith, a coHie dog o( Lincoln,
Nebraska, is a most consistent
churchgoer. Each Sunday morning,
rain or shine, he departs for church,
six blocks away, getting there in time
to welcome members at the door,
although he refuses to go inside.]
When services are over, he returns
to his home.
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Richard Grace, ..movie stunt flier,
who crashed an airplane in the Hawaiian
Island on July 4, as he was attempting
to ge? away for a trial at
reaching San Francisco, is determined
to enter the contest for a flight from
San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands
after August 12, when prizes
aggregating $35,000 will be at stake.
A bed of live claras wai unJ
by a steam shovel excavating I
side of a bluff twenty mile?
of Eureka, California, and abfl
same distance inland from thtfl
Ocean. The bluff was 120 fea
sea level and 80 feet above!
River. Placed in water til
exhibited unmistakcable sigil
COSTL'ME% WORN BY MARION DAVIES IN "TILLIE THE TOILER" WHICH COMES TO MAM
THEATRE FOR TWO DAYS, BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 25th
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