Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J; soAH'S LANDING PLACE. >K. Ararat, Famou# Peak, Recently V, Became Battlefield. Mt. Ararat, Christendom's * most famous peak, where, aeording to the Biblical narrative, humanity had its second start after Noah landed his Ark, has become the world's most recent battlefield. News dispatches tell cf clashes on the flanks of Ararat between Turkish forces and Kurdish raiders from across the Persian border. The mountain is the subject of a bulletin from the Washington,. D. &., headquarters of the National Graphic Society. Because of the wars of th? past MASTER'S SALE. ~ State of South Carolina?County of Kershaw?In the Court of Common Pleas. N'adine Dabney Zemp, Executrix of the Estate of Frank M. Zemp, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. B. .W. Sasportas and M. L. McLain, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Order of Court made in the above entitled case and dated the 18th day of July, 1930, the Master for Kershaw county will ilfer for sale at public auction, before the Kershaw County Court House Door, Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first- Monday, being the 1st day of September, 1930, the following described real estate: "All those. certain pieces, parcels or lots of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Camden, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, or. the southern side of Walnut street and designated as lots Nos. Fifteen (15), Fifteen A (15a) .Sixteen (16), Sixteen A (16a), on a plat of subdivision as appears of record in Clerk's Office for Kershaw county, S. C., in Plat Book No. Seven (7) at folio' Seven (7). The said described lots each front twenty-five (25) feet on Walnut Street and extend back Southwardly of a uniform width to a depth of One Hundred Thirty ^130) feet to North on Walnut Street and : are bounded North by Walnut' Street: East by property formerly of r. M. Zemp, now of E. C, Sasportas; South by W. C. Pettus and'-West by property of M. L. McLain." Any one desiring to bid at said sale, other than the plaintiff hqpein, shall first deposit with the Master as an evidence of ^ood faith, certified check or cash in the sum of Fifty j Dollars ($50.00). At the conclusion of said sale, the Master shall return to the unsuccessful bidder any sums so deposited. W. L. DePAiSS, JR., Master Kershaw County. ' August 1, 1930. century, Mt. Ararat has been a sort of fugitive mountain," says the bulletin. "It has not moved as Mohammed would have had his -mountain move, but its change of jurisdiction has been just as effective by the simpler device of shifting boundary lines. "Before 1878 Ararat was shared by Turkey and Persia, with the main peak, Greater Ararat, in Turkish territory; and the smaller eminence, Lesser Ararat, six miles to the southeast, marking the Persian-Turkish border. Then came a further southern advance of Russia that made the Ararat mountain mass a three-way boundary mark. From that time until the World War the mountain marked the southern boundary of Russia. During the war the Muscovite line surged back and forth over Ararat, only the Persian border remaining fixed. "The Treaty of Sevres, signed in 1920 , which attempted to fix the status of Turkey and adjoining territories, created an Armenian Republic which included Ararat and pushed the Turkish boundary approximately 100 miles to the south. But the same year the Turks pushed the boundary back even beyond the point established in 1878, placing Greater Ararat entirely under Turkish sovereignty. This has been the status of the mountain since that time. "Ararat, capped with eternfrl snow, has a certain austere beauty from a distance, but on close inspection it discloses little to endear it to a beholder as 'the mother of the world,' as Armenians have called it. Owing to its peculiarly porous structure the water from its melting snow is swallowed up and does not produce a rill or torrent to water the lower slop$p"and near-rby plains. This is in ing contrast to other mountains of the general region. "Today the slopes of Arara are arid. A certain amount of herbage exists during the rainy season up to an altitude of 12,500 feet. Between that point and the snow line at 14,300 feet the peak is bare. The total altitude of Greater Ararat is 16,760 feet, and that of Lesser Ararat 11,680 feet Sheep graze on the lower slopes during the moist season; but when the dry season sets in and the sun beats down glaringly, everything is parched and the mountain becomes uninhabitable. Even the birds leave. "Ararat is difficult to climb and for ages the Armenians asserted that it y/as supematurally guarded to &reT vent any man from gaining its summit. When it was first scaled in 182*J by Parrot, the Armenians insisted that he was lying. A number of i fountain climbers have Bince reach- i e<l the top and in 1850 a Russian en- ' gineei passed five days there making , triangulation observations. "The mountain is volcanic and h*d 1 an eruption of considerable magni- 1 tude in 1840 from an old crater on ( the side. The village of Arguri with i 2,000 inhabitants, on the lowest, 1 slopes,- was destroyed. The Armeni- 1 iins looked upon Arguri as 'the oldest j village in the world,' asserting that it 1 was founded when Noah planted a 1 grape vine there. Vines did not find 1 their first renting place over-hospita-j \ hie. In the vicinity of Ararat they \ must be buried each winter to pro- ' tect them from the extreme cold. "The name Ararat, supposedly of i Aramaean origin, means 'superemin-; ence.' To the Armenians the moun- j tain is Musis, meaning 'sublime.' ; The Turkish name is Agri-dagh, or ( 'steep mountain.' The Persians alone j bear out the Hebraic and Christian tradition. To them the peak is KohiNuh, 'Noah's Mount.' i "Armenians, Kurds, and Tartars 1 live around Ararat. In the past the ( mountain was the center of a largo Armenian population. Now most of the Armenians have been pushed beyoi)d the Araxis River, about 15 miles north of Ararat, which marks the Russian boundary. The Kurds ar? scattered, but are in considerable concentration to the eastward across the Persian border. "North of the Araxis River, a short distance from Ararat, is one of Asia's strange lesser mountains Mt. Kulpi, a mountain of solid salt. This shares in the Noah legends; it is asserted that there Noah obtained the needed savor for his food. This salt, mine has been longer worked, probably than ahy other outside of China. In abandoned workings obsidian Rammers and other tools of the Stone Age have been found." EGG MONEY Clemsori -College, Aug. 2S?-Seventy-five poultrymen reported in July on their flocks which produced 50 cents worth of products per hen at a cost of 33 cents worth of feed each, leAYing a net profit of 17 cents per the month. The average egg frVbdFbdtion for these hens was 11.7 9g& eacb- This so ba<1' SPecia*" tjfc.yrhen one remembers that July is a jWi^rth of low egg production and also low prices. Herbert L. Till of Orangeburg had the best backyard flock, which averaged 23.4 eggs per hen. Mr?. Carrie Bragdon of Manning had the best farm flock, which produced 21.4 eggs per hen. M. B. Henderson i of Owings had the best commercial flock which produced 19.5 eggs per hen. *S. Among the calendar flock record keepers Mrs. O. G. Dorn of Oswego had the best backyard flock. Her birds averaged 20.8 eggs each during the month. Misses L. and M. Theilkuhl of Walhalla had the best farm flock, which produced 18.7 eggs per bird. <. * ^ s .. ; v A week ago Henry Bensofc, of Baltimore, Md., had a stomach ache and a gypsy woman told him some one had put a curse on him, but if he would bring her $4,000 she would make a plaster out of the money thatk would cure him. He a went to the bank ahd withdrew the money. The plaster was made and he was told to wear it Ave days and return. Tuesday he went back, but the woman had disappeared. The plaster was removed and nine $1 bills fell to tie floor. Police searched for the Gypsy while Benson went home tonurse a headache. When Your Farm Stock Is Sick, Look For Rats. Disease among farm animals don't just happen. Rats are carriers of dangerous plagues?hog cholera, foot and mouth disease and that terrible of all scourges?Bubonic plague. Farmers should throw around premises RA-TVSNAjP. It's sure and safe. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Zemp & DePass, Druggists, Camden, S. C., and Bethune Hardware Co., Bethune, S. C. A ' - w 1 m'-j.ju. Where Do We ( ? From Here? With thigs as they are, where do we go from here? The major portion i>f farmers are asking * themselves this Yery importunt question right I now. The form agent is asked the tuestion. The magazines are bom- ! Warded for answers to the same hought. Here is what I*. R. Noel says about ihis mutter in the 'Southern Agrieulturist of August the first: "While 'Humpty Dumptv' di(! 'IV1 full off of a very high wall so far oi arm prices are concerned, he fell off; ind it will take more thiin Washinginn conferences to put him back igain. Yet for those of us who have ived through more than one general farm price slump it is a situation to meet with faith and optimism. Farm lollars will be less this year than for x long time, some crops will not pay xpenses and often livestock will not pay purchase price and feed bill; but for those who can arrange to weather the crash a better day is just ahead. The next year's program will be mapped out on a different basis. Supplies must be bought cheaper or not at all in many cases. Agricultural prices must not be the only kind that :ome off. Farm supplies must come cheaper. Stock cattle will be lower as are stock ewes and in general uh likely will be feed for them. Faith must bo maintained in livestock. ."It is going to continue to be a good thing to milk good cows that are being fed mainly on homo raised feed, as it is also to produce quality spring lambs and to develop hogs on corn and legume pasture. Beef cattle are still a good source of income for the farmer that has the pasture to j spare and has sufficient feed for them. They have come down now so that profit cap be made from handling them if good judgment is used. "The need for good yields is emphasized when prices fall. Another season and the plow should not be started in thousands of acres of inferior land. This kind of land should be allowed to grow up in pines or to make lespedeza pasture for livestock. There is no hope for the man who will go ahead and make low crop yields habitually." Kershaw county has a lot of land that is being farmed at a loss year after year. These poor places should be either put into pastures and sodded with Bermuda and lespedeza or allowed to grow up in pines. If, however, these poor places are so arranged as not to best be put into pasture or woodlot them, they should either lay out or be built up with legumes and manure, advises Henry L). Green, county agent. Damage Suit Filed Columbia.?A suit for $5,000 damages has been filed againet the C. C. Pearce company by J. D. Lewis, administrator of the estate of John Albert Ragsdale Meyers, who was run over and killed February 26 by a truck belonging to the C. C. Pearce company and driven by James Scott, an employe. Father Of Waters Hard To Navigate Memphis, August 14.?Father Mississippi has changed from a roaring wet to a timid dry within a few months, much to the concern of those who depend on him for their daily bread. Back in January the old river got full when he wasn't supposed to, tumbled home to the Delta and left mud all over the place. . Now he is so low that his banks are parched and boats have a terrible time getting along with him. Dangerous at flood stages, the river is a terror to navigators when abnormally low. A long drought in the middle valley famished the Father of Waters and he dropped from more than flood stage at Memphis early this year to approximately 4.5 feet in July. That means the river was slightly more than four feet above the low water mark. The DeltfT section reports crops literally burned up and the old man, instead of rolling along, sneaks to the gulf. Navigation in surprisingly danger' ous. Most traffic on the river is^ carried on by Bteel bargee tied to. got her in tremendous tows. It is a hard job to get a big tow up or down river when it is running a good stream, but to get ono by at such low stages is almost miraculous. The remarkable part of it is not that a few barges get pitched on eand bars, but that any of them get by at such low stages. The lumber plant of . the Hyatt Manufacturing company, at Emma, N. C., was destroyed by fire Wednesday with a lows of $60,000 or more. Two women Communists are under charges at Elmira, N. Y., of having desecrated the American Hag by spitting upon it. | FINAL DISCHARGE I Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, September 29, 1930, 1 will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final returh as Guardian of the estate of William Gatewood Workman, aoaj on the same,"'' date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Guardian. D. A. BOY KIN. Camden, S. C., August 23rd, 1930. I graduates get jobs The recogniwd stand?rtlB of Drautfhon's cause many business to regularly emplo/ our graduates. . . . excellent positions. sl"'d coupon now for information. Draughon's Business College 1218 Sumter St. Columbia, S. C. With no obligation on my part, send full details to Your Name Address.. : 7 | N e w B usiness || I Is Coming! ? The state road entering your city is to W be paved. As a part of the new state 1 road system, this improvement will bring new traffic, new people, and new business into the city. Do your streets need modern, clean, , good looking pavements? Few things can make such a favorable impression on ft visitors as neat, well paved streets. I While the road paving contractor is 1 working in this vicinity, he can arrange to J! pave your streets at relatively low cost. !/ Take advantage ot this opportunity! {; Talk with your neighbors and city officials about it. Write us jorfree }j information about concrete streets. S PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION I Hurt Building ft ATLANTA, GA. J o/tf National Organization to Improve and Extend the XJses of Concrete PORTLAND CEMENT \ ~v* : w "v* Li ' 1 -? T . Dr. H. M. Padgett CHIROPRACTOR Second Floor of Fashion Shop Building Office hours: 3 to 6 p. m., Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week. * , * ' i r " . ^ I NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS A*ID CALLOUSES Ma4? la CannWa Ami For Sal* By DeKilb Pharmacy?Pharn M it n '.JJI'UJ.. '.. .Li. .'i.u? .. . 'ji_ " L- 1 . .! They Go Hand in Hand It has bo en the experience of every one who has gotten ahead very far by bis own efforts that 'hoping and planning and working go hand in 'hand. Plan to save and you can save. Loan and Savings Bank , CAPITAL $100,000.00 1 | | " 11 j V p </ * * V * For Your Old Age or v * For Lean Days i > - - - ? - Make a strenuous effort to Save a part of j ! your earnings, no matter how small. Few there be who do not sometime-in life's journey meet old man "Hard Times" or slackened earnings. SAVINGS are the one way to protect | against want. Start a Savings Account with this Bank. The First National Bank Camden, South Carolina I ?_ i..:: m _ 'j-. ~ - |r_r-....- iB-^"