The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 23, 1929, Image 3
BIG FKRB TOWBR
ft f Be Conatrueted i* HautfcXsi'Near
Magnolia CludeM
[^rl?eton, S. C., Aug. 17-?South
fimt forest ft re tower, conycted
by the Cooper River Timber
openy in cooperation with state
rttry commission And the United
ties forest service, has Just been
npleted on Uods owned by the tiracowpany
near the SummerviUeuieeton
highway, not far from the
pwlia and Middleton place fwr<h?
tower is of ateel construction,
I i? 100 feet high. It is equipped
h an iqpide trap door at the top
* cabin aeven feet square. The
,er walla of the cabin are of galaxed
ateel and in each of the four
1U are two large windows, providan
unobstructed view in every dition.
be cabin is equipped with a map
the surrounding territory on which
re is a machine for the detection
exact locations of flres. By sightover
the cross bar of the instrunt
and getting a bead on the Are,
machine wilji register the exact
ition on the map.
i telephone connects the tower
h the residence of the caretaker
the property, who, in case of fire,
sound the alarhi to the crew of
i whose duty will be to protect
area.
ranee produced 892,410,000 gali
of wine in 1926.
P*-RELIE^^S
| REFRESHING 1
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^ Thedford's Black*
^ Draught for years
I I in our family. I can
highly recommend
^ it for many aili
Bmenta. We take it
^^for colds and for
constipation.
I *1 have four chil'^Bdren,
and 1 give it
'^ to them. When my
r<^Bittle girl gets bilir
'^Hous, or complains of
^Bneadache, I give her
^ a treatment of Black-Draught, M
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digestion ftom improper eat- H
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II 613 Rutledge St. I
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MAY (M'I'OBIS SHBALY
(iov.rn? KJchardA M.j, s?.k <Mh?r
0?l? >t KiphmUon of Term.
Columbia, Auguet 18?Rumon that
Governor John O. Richards will oppose
J. w. Shealy, commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industry
in the imp primary gained consider'
awe credence among politlciana at the
"tate capital during the pust week,
and ^>td in Charleston on the
occasion of the opening of the Cooper
riv$IV bridge.
The breach which occurred between
Governor Richards and United States
Senator Ble&se in Columbia during
the session of the General Assembly
Hat March, ia believed by some astute
followers of political destiny to have
>een less serious than was believed
by closp personal friends of the two
officials at the time, and in Charleston
there was said to have been noticeable
evidences that such a breach,
if there really was one, was on the
mend.
If the breach has healed or is in
the process of healing friends of Senator
Bleaso believe that this fact, if
no other, will serve to nullify any ambitions
which Governor Richards may
have had to oppose the junior senator
in his campaign for re-election. But
from unofficial sources it is learned
that Governor Richards has other
reasons for entering a race for an office
which may be considered to be of
less importance than that of goverHe
i? acutely interested in the
program of the natural resources
commission, which was bora and is
being developed during his tenure of
office. He wants to see that the
state ns a whole prospers from the
discovery argued originally on the
floor of the House of Representatives
by Dr. Patterson of Barnwell county
that South Carolina grown fruits and
vegetables will prevent and cure certain
types of diseases.
When the natural resources comi
mission was in process of formation,
Commissioner Shealy was invited to
participate in discussions had at the
various meetings, but if his interest'
"was ever otherthan iukewaTtrt, tt'^as
not apparent to those who attended
the meetings. As chairman of
the natural resources commission,
Governor Richards has had part in
directing the policies of the group, he
knows what persons have given of
their time and labors unselfishly to
advance the commission's programs,
and he is said by his friends to be of
the opinion that he, better than Commissioner
Shealy, can advance these
programs to advantage of growers
and packers and for the economic
good of the state as well as the physical
good of humanity in regions
where at least a portion of citizens
are afflicted with goiter or other
thyroid ailments.
Other reasons have been advanced
by friends of the governor why he
should run for, commissioner of agriculture,
commerce and industry. Rendering
unto Ceasar the things that
are Ceasar's, it cannot be denied that
he cemented many old friendships and
made new friends by the way in
which he handled the labor strikes in
the state, particularly * at Ware
Shoals. Organized labor in the state,
speaking generally, approved his actions
ultimately.
There is talk of organization of a
state department of labor to handle
such differences between capital and
labor, and to assist in executing the
provisions of a workmen's compensation
bill, which will be introduced by
Senator R. M. Jeffries, of Colleton
county, at the 1930 session of the
General Assembly.
There is also a possibility that the
people of the state may elect a governor
to succeed Governor Riohards
who will not be so keenly interested
in the work of the Natural Resources
Commission.
Gets Fortune For $50
Ola, Ark., Aug. 14.?Cheetel Law,
of Kingston, took a chance. He purchased
for $50 three boxes sold for
storage charges by the Pacific Express
company.
Opening' them he found $9,800 in
bonds^ stocks and notes which are
negotiable in addition hundreds of
valuable trinkets, rings, bracelets,
some diamonds, amethysts, turquoise,
cameos and minerals of some' value.
- The boxes Law purchased were left
fct the express office fifteen years
ago by Charles Baker, a mining engineer.
He left instructions to ship
the boxes to him when he gave directions
but he was never heard from
gain. Little was known of him except
?fcat his wife and child are dead.
Riohmond, Vs., police last Wednesday
arrested, three men on suspicion
of theft of an. automobile. It has
since been learned that the automobile
was stolen at Birmingham, Ala.
The three men are also suspected of
being^Batpanalbie for tfaa burglary of
a store at Florence in this state, when
a bag contai?h? $150 in coin was
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MAGAZINES EXPLOIT IODINE
Southern Banker and Public Health
Journay Both Carry Articles
Columbia, Aug. 14.?South Carolinian*
will be interested in two article*
upon th^ iodine content of South
Carolina foodstuff* recently appearing
in out-of-the-state magazines.
One is by Henry S. Johnson, secretary
of the South Carolina Bankers'
association, which appeara in the
August issue of The Southern Banker.
It goes into details of the organization
and work together with the. <
results being achieved by the commission.
The other is an editorial which appears
in the last issue of The American
Journal of Public Health as follows
:
"An interesting study which has
great possibilities is being carried on
in South Carolina by the departments
of physiology and pathology of the
medical college of the state (the field
force of the state board of health),
and several physicians.
"In 1928 the legislature created a
commission anc|( provided funds for
studying the mineral elements of
foodstuffs growing in the state. The
prime mover was Dr. William Weston,
a pediatrician, whose interest
was aroused through the problems of
nutrition. The analyses are being
done by Professor Remington, of the
medical college.
"While similar data for the entire
country are not available for comparison,
it cab be said that the vegetables
grown in South Carolina contain
from twenty to thirty times as
much iodine as those produced in
California and Oregon. An unexpected
finding is that the vegetables from
the Piedmont region are somewhat
richer in iodine than are those grown
in the coastal belt. The green leafy
vegetables show the largest amounts
of iodin?> and nre also the richest ill
vitamins and iron. The root crops
are also rich in iodine, but grains, regardless
of where they are grown, are
poor in this element.
"It has been found that the river*
water which showed the highest content
of iodine is some 150 miles from
the coast. This particular stream did
not contain other salts, which would
indicate that they were derived from
wind borne spray from the sea. These
findings are contrary to the former
theory that iodine and other salts'
were obtained from the ocean through
wind-blown spray. Another theory
seems to have been disproved by the
analyses as far as they have gone.
Nitrates from Chile have been used,
to a considerable extent as fertilizer,
and some have -supposed that iodine
was derived from this source. However,
Chilean nitrate contains only a
few hundredths of one per cent of
iodine and the section of the state
which shows the highest goiter incident'
land the lowest amount of iodine
in the foodstuffs is that in which
Chilean nitrat^as been most largely
used over a number of years. On the
other hand, such vegetables as peas
and beans, which contain large
amounts Of iodine, are not fertilized
with nitrate.
"The examination for service during
the World war showed that those
drafted in South Carolina had an incidence
of simple goiter or 0.25 to
1.00 per 1,000. The findings, so far,
indicate that in "South Carolina, at
any rate, the vegetables are a more
important source of iodine than the
water supplies.
' Certain preliminary analyses indicate
that those foods which are rich
in iodine are also relatively rich in
iron and manganese. It has already
been pointed out that the vegetables
which arO richest in iodine are also
rich in "vitamins and iron.
"The sturies are to be continued
with feeding experiments. The results
are interesting and important,
and we hope that they will serve to
broaden the investigations on endemic
goiter from a study of waters, to
which they have so far been largely
confined, to the elements concerned
in nutrition."
In a recent issue of the Journal of
Commerce of New York the workT of
the South Carolina Natural Resources
Commission was called attention to
also, and the article in the Journal
of Comiherce has caused numerous
letters from canners and packers all
over the United States to be written
to the Natural Resources Commission
- ^
The newspapers of the goiter re- ,
gions arc giving large apace to the
work of the commission as are also
the newspapers in other regions
where capital is seeking investment
in the South.
Last of Po?y Bxpreaa
" Sacrementb, Cal., Aug. Ik?Thomas
J. Reynolds, 81, believed to be the
last surviving pony express rider, la
dead. Reynolds helped carry the
news of the election of Abraham Lincoln
to the Pacific coaat
OFFICERS GET BIG STILL.
Coetly Out At Taken On Ballard'* Hill
On Sumter KoU.
Chief of Rural Police Saule and
Of Accra J>ollard and Tiadaie captured
a large and unusually complete whiskey
atill near the fo*>t of Ballard's
Hill on the Camden ixxid this mornit*.
The atill was located in a little ravine
through which a stream of pure
spring water rum. From this stream
the bootleggers had been drawing
their water with a gasoline engine
pump.
Twenty-three 600 gallon vats of
mash, part of it ready 'to run, were
ranged around the still and a section
of Are hose was arranged so that the
maeh could be drawn from each of
the vnts as the mixture finished fermenting.
A big ten horsepower boiler provided
the steam for the operation of
the still and 27 sack* of cok? were
piled nearby ready for use.
The boiler was fired up whon the
officers arrived and it is believed that
a run had been planned for today.
The outfit wns capable of producing
about 200 gallons of whiskey a day.
Other materials taken in the raid
were 51 cases of empty fruit jars, 14
sacks of wheat shorts and rye mixture,
a small quantity of newly made
whiskey, three tents and a complete
cooking outfit, a set of setters tools,
a gasoline water puipp; 400 feet of
copper piping .rtfcngin? from an inch ;
to four inches in size and 300 feet of
iron pipe.
Situated on a hill rising abruptly
from the site of the still towards the
north the distillers had built a. lookout,
from which a man could pee any
moving object approaching from any
direction, making it impossible for an
officer to slip up unnoticed.
All of the equipment worth anything
was confiscated by the county,
while the vats and barrels were broken
up nnd made useless for-further
operations.
The value of the outfit and the materials
seized was placed by the officers
at approximately $2,500.?Tuesday's
Sumter Item.
Whooping cough cases reported t->
the state healtl^officers for the week
ending August 10 totalled 209. Influenza
came next with a total of
126, and typhoid fever cases reported
2br the state totaled 76.
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THEE MEN SLAIN |
Filling Station Man KIIIh Two Ban*
ditn but I/Oses Own Life.
Sanford, N. C., Aug. 14.?Olu and
Iiee Birdsong, of Louisville, Ky., and
Gaither Edwurds, Sanford filling station
operator are dead and Mrs. Edwards
is in a hospital seriously
wounded as a result of a battle at
the filling station early today. The
Birdsongs are alleged to have tried
to rob Edwards who resisted.
Mrs. Beulah Montgomery of near
Ft. Bragg, N. C., who, with her 18months
old baby was in the automobile
of the Birdsongs is in the Lee
county jail pending investigation. Her
baby was turned over to a nurse.
Mrs. Edwards told officers that the
Birdsongs had approached the filling
station at about 3:30 -o'clock this
morning. When Edwards appeared
they attempted to hold him up. Ed- j
wards drew a pistol and started firing.
The alleged bandits returned
fire.. Edwards fell mortally wounded
but killed both of the other men
instantly. Edwards died before help
could be obtained. ?
The Montgomery woman told officers
that she had been offered a
ride from Kentucky to Ft. Bragg by
I
I the Hirdsongs. She .stopped a pussI
ing motorist who took Mrs. Edwards
| to a hospital and notified officers.
' Mrs. Montgomery said she knew
nothing of the Hirdsongs' plan and
that she was not implicated in the
robbery.
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! Men worry a lot about their hair?
when it's half g?,ve.
The Chinese wall la 1,250 miles
long.
Your tongue
tells when you
need
(alotaDs
m TRACK MARK ftKO.
Coated tongue, dry mouth,
bad breath, muddy akin,
groggy nerves and sour
stomach suggest fits use.
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NOTICE!
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Use of Bridge Tickets and Passes.
The public is notified that the rules with regard to
the use of bridge ticket books issued for passage over
the Wateree River Toll Bridge will be strictly observed
as printed in the said books. No tickets will be accapL?ed
for passage if detached and the books and tickets
are not transferable. The passes that have been issued
to ministers and officers are good only for the passage
of those to whom they were given on official business,
and on proper identification.
The bridge keepers have been instructed to carry out
these rules to the letter and the public is respectfully requested
to cooperate in this matter as the abuse of these
rules is causing loss in the bridge revenue and calls for
prompt and positive action by the County Board of\ Directors.
By order of the Board of County Directors,
LAURENS T. MILLS, Clerk
August 6, 1929 ft
Free From Worry I
The man who has money ahead and has learned that by keeping
, a bank account Qie can make his money work for him is free from I
?i worry for the proocnt and anxiety jor the future.
The First National Bank
v v Of Camden, South Carolina I
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ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTY |