Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iodine Discovery. Greatest of Age s * . That South Carolina had the richeat trucking section in%the world because of the recent discovery of an abundance of iodine with the only barrier interposing iUelf to its development was the people themselves was the sense of a statment made recently to Dr. William Weston of Columbia, chairman of the South Carolina Natural Resources commission, by the noted health qpecialist, Doctor Copeland, declared Dr, Weston yesterday to about 00 members of the Sumter Council of Farm women in attendance at a meeting at the First Baptist church. A'very interesting and educational meeting was held yesterday followed by a picnic dinner at the Club market on Harvin street. Doctor Weston made the chief talk of the meeting, telling of the wonderful future that was South Carolina's if it * " 11111 1 -1 1 i f ? took advantage of the recent iodine content discovery. > "This is the greatest discovery of the century," said' Doctor Copeland at a meeting between he and Doctor Weston concerning the iodine discovery of South Carolina products, In his talk Doctor Weston said that one of the largest food concerns in the United States was investigating the situation with the idea of buying thousands of acres of land ir. this state for the production Of truck crops and especially asparagus. This company already owned thousands of acres of land in California on which asparagus Is being raised and since South Carolina came into prominence over ' lhe iodine discovery this concern wm* making a thorough investigation, preparatory to securing the acreage in this state on which produce that they can could be raised.! inquiries also had been received from colleges in this state as to whore car- j Toad lots of local grown and canned iodine product* might be secured 1 I pi with * view to securing these to feed c the students on in the various college mess halls f Doctor Weston said that Mrs. Cy- c rus MeCormick had a dairy farm 1 near Chicago where she kept many * fine milch cows but due to her da- 1 aire for her cows to produce a well 1 rounded milk rich in iodine content 1 for growing children she has Import- ' ed such ingredients as fishmeal, sea- < weed, and kelp to be used as feed 1 | for the cows in order that the milk ' might have a greater percentage of iodine than is common in that section where the goiter is so prevalent. In spite of this importation of ingredients the milk produced at hor splendid dairy had only 300 parts of iodine to the billion while milk in South Carolina under normal cojjjdh tions contained over 1,000 parts to the billion. . Doctor Weston declared that It would take four $100,000 canning plants alone to supply the canned io- < dine vegetables that Columbia would .1 1 , "i 1 j'.".' 1 'ganaja onsume *11 running at full capacity. 1 The demand Is steadily increasing or vegetables in bulk and also In ans raised in this state and it was he idea of those working in the inerest of a proaperous South Caroina of the future to get co-opera;ion from all concerns in this state 10 that these concerns would sell South Carolina raised vegetables and :anned goods right at home and keep the money at home that usually yrent elsewhere for canned goods.?Sumter Herald. Guy Fawkes day was celebrated by the popping of many firecrackers throughout Kngland on Tuesday, the 8&lth anniversary of the frustration of Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up King James I and . the members of the house of Lords and commons. James Hellams, 19, of Dials township, Laurens county, is in the Laurens hospital suffering with a broken back. JI?' climbed a tree after a 'possum and fell. Thief Kills Cow in Broad Daylight Concord, N. C., Oct. 24.?Luring* a fine milk cow frdm its grazing spot near the home of ita owner, Hurley Kiminer, in No. 6 township, an unknown party killed and tie-hided the unsuspecting beast Wednesday afternoon in broad day-light and then .packed the meat into a car or truck and carried it nway, according to information received at the office of Sheriff H. W. Caldwell this morning. Pieces of the cow's hide were found strewn about the woods by Mr. Kimmer when he went in search of the animal early Wednesday evening. He and his household hud been at work in the fields all afternoon and therefore had caught no glimpse of the bold thief. The perpetrator of the daylight outrage left no clue as to\ his identity. Fresh tracks of a motor vehicle on the road near the woods tolJ a mute story of how ho had made away with his prise. The cow was valued at more thau flOO by its owner. County authorities are making every possible investigation in the hope of apprehending the thief. Washington university, coed instU tution, of St. Louis, Mo., has put a stringent ban on smoking cigarette by the students. [The Bert Purgative for Colds mu?ves / the congestion, reduces complications, hastens recovery. 1111111 1 1???? 1 ? I ? V . . fi;. < ' . < ' ' ... , ,/j > ** * *?*? V J " ( C \Ye asked an even thousand motorists a . single question ? - . * f; ''WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A GASOLINE TO DO?" 1 >>' A thousand different replies?but they all boiled down to these six composite requirements:, . < o' "To start quicker" "T -J I n lo give quicker pick-up ___ "To supply the greatest possible a Yy amount ofvsmoother power "To reduce knocking" "To lessen gear shifting" ? "To possess high -test qualities at d.1 . // vance in price 3 AND THEN WE PRODUCED THE NEW-PROCESSED "STANDARD" GASOLINE.. AN IDEAL ALL-ROUND GASOLINE . More efficient. A fuel designed, deliberately to give a wider, more flexible performance range. The best* popular-priced gasoline on the market. To make it, our experts installed a new cracking process. In itself the very latest word in refining methods. In all, it took almost a year of patient experimentation and v/ork?countless laboratory and road tests?before a single drop of the new-processed "standard" was put on sale. The laboratory tests were excellent. But the road tests are truly amazing. We knew iFwas a good gasoline. But we didn't know how good. And now we want 'YOU to find out for yourself its superiority. Test it on any one or all counts against any other "non-premium" gasoline on the market. Regardless of weather conditj&n?,, qf ropds, traffic, long or short trips, we want you to try it. We know you will find this a truly remarkable "smoother" gasoline. On sale today. Everywhere at the "Standard" pumps. No advance in price*. BLAST FURNACES?so hot they would wither your hand in an instant ""heat the raw stock before it passes into these huge towers to be literally wrung clean of its pure, crystal-clear high-test gasoline. 1 CAREFULLY Lr- aLfor your protection,"Standard" tank cars con not bo opened nor their cargoes tarrpered with while in transit. TRAINLOADS OF SUPER POWER leave the "Standard" refineries every hour. Although "Standard" refineries cover 2,950 acres "Standard" popularity Keeps these groat plcnts running day and night. STANDARD G AS OLI N E NEW-PROCESSED HIGH-TEST - . 1 - - .r-? .... . t??r"+iz~ *' - * -i.