The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 29, 1929, Image 8
New and Notes From |.
Boy Scouts of City
Two fko?t? Got Merit Hodge*
VV. A. Jthj?me,? assistant y scoutmaster,
?nd Scout George Rhame op
peared before the regular meeting of:
ihe Camden Court of Honor and rej
reived merit badge* in scholarship!
and bookbinding. Both theee scouts
are member of Troop 30.
Troop 30 wan formerly Troop 2 ofj
Camden, but under the new system
of numbering all troops in the Coun-j
cil will be numbered progressively.
All troop* in the Camden district are!
numbered from 30 to 30.
Member* of the Camden Ck>urt of:
Honor are: John M. Villepigue,
chairman, T. K. Trotter, Jamea DeLoache.
Jr., J. G, Richarda, Jr., and
Jaiuea IF Zemp.
The Court holds regular monthly
meeting on Cite iaat Monday of the:
month. I,
jtgJlllUi[ from the recent specializa-j
tion training program put on at'
Camp Jackson for acout leaders of
(Central South Carolina show tha^
twenty men successfully passed the '
'training requirements and will be
awarded the American Red Cross;
'standard first aid certificate. Among
these men are Scoutmaster W. F.;
Nettles, Jr., and Assistant Scout-,
roaster W. A. Khame, both of Troop1
30. < ?
, This training required fourteen j
hours of instruction and practice, fol-!
lowed by a written examination. j
The course began at 2 o'clock on
Saturday and continued "until supper(
time on Sunday. Camp was made a*,
the administration building at ('amp
Jackson and the leaders slept in camp 1
and were fed nt a nearby mess hall. 1
The instruction was directed by W. K. !
Vaughan-Lloyd, scout executive at
Winston-Salem, and expert Red Cross i
instructor. i
Fine Troop at l.ugofi"
The newly organized troop at
I.ugofT under the direction of Rev.
K. V. Best is functioning in line style.
About twenty boys are ready for enrollment
and nil completed in fine
style their tenderfoot requirements.
Commissioner John K. dclvoach assisted
in the organization of this
troop, which operates under the ( amden
district.
Two Spanish flyers, Ignacio Jimenez
and Francisco Iglesias, completed a
non-stop flight from .Seville, Spain,1
to the coast of Brazil, a distance of
approximately 4,000 miles on Tuesday.
WORTH
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Come in and look over
the splendid new assortment
of WORTH
Quality Straws ? you
can't get more style or
value for your money.
We're proud to show
Iyou these fine hats.
W. SHEORN & SON
Camden, S. C. '
I The Wateree
Wood Shop.
, j Is Now Ready to Take Order^ for
AH Kinds of Special Cabinet Work and Will
! Specialize in the Manufacture of
Beautiful Native Furniture
WITH SPLIT OAK OR CORN SHUCK BOTTOMS
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Phone 150 or call at the Barrett Building Material
Company.
Mexico Offers Varied
Scenery and Customs
Just now when the revolution in <
Mexico is occupying much of front
page newspapers over the country,
the "following will be of interest:
Many of the 2M itutri of Mexico
have been mentioned in stories of the
recent revolutionary outbreak, but
nearly all news stories agree in the
prominence of four: Sonora, i'oahuila,
Nueva Iamb, and Vera Crux.
A bulletin from the Washington, L>.
C., headquarters of the National
Geographic Society gives the geographic
xnd economic background of
these four states and of three key
cities, Monterrey, Vera Crux and
Tampico.
"Sonora, in northwestern Mexico,
which is the fountainhead of the new
rqvolutipn, has points in common with
our own Southweat," aaya the bulletin.
"To many Mexicans in other
states, the Sonorana are the "Yankee*
of Mexico," This is because of their j
alertness and activity and because
contacts with Americans have shaped j1
many of the Sonoran customs.
"Nearly every well-to-do family |
among the merchants and ranchers'
has sent its sons and daughters to1
schools in the United States, and it
is not difficult to find natives who
speak English fluently. There has
boon a stream of American goods into
the state, and in Sonoran homes
one is constantly seeing American
phonographs, sewing machines, baby i
carriages and brass beds.
"The state is primarily a mining
and cattle country. Rich silver, gold
arid copper mines have been operated
icince the coming of the Spaniards; ,
and there are treasures, some of the!
arer minerals, never yet worked I
commercially. In the southern end of
trie state lies the Valley of the
Yuqui River, home of the Yaqui
Indians. All> Mexican governments
have found these li^ilM?* an unruiy!
lot. and sanguinary wars have been!
fought with them.
"Sonora has several gateway towns'
along the American border. At Nogales
an important railway enters;
Mexifo from the United States, striking
south to Um Gulf of California
and thence along the Mexican west
coast for, 500 milek or more. Turning
inland, it reaches Mexico City.
"Adjoining Sonora on the east lies
Chihuahua, Mexico's biggest state,
which according to the early reports,
remained faithful to the Federal
cause. Immediately east of Chihuahua
is Coahuila, another center of
revolutionary activity. Coahuila is a
semi-arid region crossed by mountains
and with some desert patches;
but with considerable ureas on which
wheat can be grown and cattle pastured.
It was to this state that
Texas was linked when, a century ago j
that huge commonwealth was a part
of Mexico. Saltillo, in the southern
part of Coahuila, was a common:
capital, and to this remote town,
across deserts and barren mountains,|
the early American colonists of Texas i
had to go to present their petition?)
"Monterrey, capital of Nueva Leon, j
lies about l.'fo miles south of Laredo,!
Texas, and 500 miles north of Mexico j
City. It has a population of more [
than 100,000, and is one of the most
progressive and modern cities in
Mexico. Its chief importance from a
military point of view lies in the fact
that it is the railway nerve center'
of the Republic. Through Monterrey
' passes the main railway line between
. Mexico City and the eastern United
. States, crossing the United States;
Mexican border at I.4ire<lo, Texas.
I Two other railways from the border
j converge at Monterrey: one from
I Eagle Pass, Texas, and one from
\ Brownsville, Texas, near the moutjh of
j the Rio Grande.
1 "The spokes of the City's wheel of
! railways also include a line extending
i due west to Torroon and the Mexican
! Lake District, the main line south tc
i San Luis Potosi and Mexico City, am
a line southeast ward to the port ol
Tampico. Without this rail center
it will be almost impossible frtr thi
Mexican Government to malbthii
railway connection with the Unites
Sutss.
*Th# ?t?te of Vera C^s is a narrow
band of territory covering the
iower half of the eastern Gulf coast
of Mexico. About midway of ita
coast line is the cjjty of Vera Crux,
which has been the water gateway of
Mexico from the days of Cartes.
From Vera Cruz a railway extends
inland, climbing the mountain bulwark
that rims the central plateau on
which the City of Mexico lies.
"VeWiCrua is for the most part a
low-lying country given over to
banana, sugar and rice plantations
and the growth of other tropical
plants. There is no north and south
railway throughout the state, only
relatively short stretches of track up
and down the coast from the port.
This situation emphasizes the importance
in the affaire of the state,
of the city of Vera Cruz, the sea
gateway, and the eity of Orizaba, 60,
miles inland on tbe road to Mexico
City. The holding of these two cities
will mean control of the state.
"In recent years the port of Vera;
Cruz has slipped somewhajt from its
former dominant position among
Mexican ports,/Whi)e Tampico, 280
miles to the north, has grown rapidly
in importance. This advance of
Tampico at the expense of Vera;
Cruz has been due chiefly to two!
factor*; the development of petroljeum
supplies in the vicinity of Tampico,!{
and labor and employment restric-;
tions in S era Cruz that have dis
couraged importers and exporters.'
Since a r ailway has been in existence j
from Tampico on to the plateau at]
Sdn Lui> Potosi, an ever increasing;
stream of goods from overseas has;
flawed : ? Mexico City over this route, l!
This geographic and economic siuta-;
tion is of great importance to they
Federal Government at this time.1!
With Vera Cruz and Monterrey in the
hands of the revolutionists, the San!
Luis Potosi-Tampico route will give J
the City of Mexico its only avenue |
of intercourses with j the United j'
States. %
WORLD'S DEEPEST WELL
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Texas Excavation For Oil Now Down
8.525 Feet I
i
To prevent ihe deepest hole the"
world from being blown skyward, it J
has been found necessary to tie it(
down with giant chains and bolts.
This harness is anchored on a heavy;
frame-work of steel, says a dispatch
from Big Lake, Texas.
The well, which is 8,525 feet deep,
is daily being more and more of a!
marvel, especially in the rapidly increasing
volume of gas production.1
Its oil flow is alsp mounting daily.1
What is now feared is that the vast
volume of gas may get beyond control
and destroy the well. ?;
Should the gas flow decline and the
hole remain intact, as it is at present,
tools will be again lowered into the
well and drilling resumed. It is no
small job to let down and take up
the tools. On account of the great
depth of the well it takes nearly an
hour to run the cable to the bottom
j ;ft regular rate of speed.
It expected that the three, tests
which the company is preparing to'
| drill in the same block of 194,500'
acres of land owned by the University
of Texas, upon which the world's;
deepest well is situated, will not be
completed for perhaps eighteen
j months or two years. [
It took nearly two years to drill
this record-breaking hole, and ?o
serious obstacles were encountered.
The only delays were caused by the
burning of the derricks on two occasions.
This deep test cost approximately
$2Qg,000 to drill. Unleas
urvforseen obstacles occur, the hole
will ultimately reach a depth of more
than 10,000 feet.
During the last 80Q feet the drill
.
ing has been in black lime. The hole
is* nearly full of oil which comes
from three pay sands. One of these |
was encountered at the 3,000-foot j
level, another at 4,118 feet and the
third nt 6,250 feet. Should no oil be'
found when drilling can go no further
it is planned by the company to plug(
the hole back and give it a shot at
4,118-foot horizon, from which mostof
the oil and gas are now coming.
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One of the Coolidge policies which
Mr. Hoover is already carrying out is
silence.?Louisville Courier-Journal.
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The Oklahoma house ofwjM*oU?
tives last week began conpitoatM
of impeachment charges against
Justice Charles W. Mason o! ttot
j state. It is alleged the chief Justice
accepted a $4,000 automobile in re turn
for engineering a damage nit
decision in favor of two Oklsh?*
men, one of* whom was an automobile
dealer. ?-vrg-i
Seventeen motorists, unable to pey
their police court fines, were eentii
i prisons in New York last Monday.^
Spring Suits and Shirts I
25d? OFF I
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' SPRING SUITS in new fabrics, of I
fine Cheviots, Worsteds and Cassi- [
meres; in two- three-button models I
featuring , every favored shade. i
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One and two trouser suits in every
size for the man of fashion are also *> 4S
Offered at this Extraordinarily low 4
discount. . |^||
All colored Shirts, in
a wide variety of patterns
and in every size,
have been placed for
this special sale at 25
per cent, reductions.
Make your Easter toggery purchases where* | l
quality and value prevail , )|:|
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STATIONERY
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Be prepared for the bargain surprise of your life: We
are out to make history for our store?we are after our
(greatest volume of business?and we'll do it with these 9c
bargains?the greatest we have offered. All regular 10c
items reduced to 9c during this sale. Come Early!
MAVIS TALCUM
POWDER
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SHERBERT AND
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