The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 07, 1930, Image 8
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Hither Makt'H or Breaka IIim
Robert Qui Men in Fountain Inn
Tribune*.
A wife* cither make* a. rnan or
break? bin)? -which is another way
of xaying tbut a woman either make* !
a fool out of u man or a man oul ;
of a fool. About twenty yearn ago
J ha<l in my employ a cheerful youth
who let nothing interfvre with his
duties. He came to work on time,
May ex I on the /oh until the whlatle
blew, and cheerfully returned after
* upper when night work wuh necessary.
No employer could have asked '
for more. If he had kept the pace j
he might have qualified for a better;
job in a larger town ami won such
measure of success ae live printing
business affords. Rut he married the
wrong gii.l?a pretty little thing, unbelievably
dumb, who had no conception
of the importance of anything
exeept her.self. She regarded
business as a horrid nuisance that
should he ignored as much as po?-1
sible. If she wanted Her man dur- !
mg working hours, to open a can or !
clean tin- giAHc 01" kill a chicken, shtf'
called him on the telephone and or-!
dercd him home. When there was !
night work to do, she threw a fit
or contrived a headache to keep him j
at home und_ I worked ulonv, Thef
|H>or youngster wore a dazed and !
helpless look and lied man-fully to i
hide shin shame, hut he never worked
up sufficient courage to rebel and j
eventually he resigned himself to the
fact that the boss he had married1
would forever outrank any boss who
might employ him. 1 had to let him
go. ile wasn't dependable in a pinch.
1 never knew when my instruct/ions
would be cancelled by his wife. Perhaps
I should have said to him: "You:
poor sucker, come out of your tranci j
and spank that, silly wife of yours
and try to be a man again. You'll
never get anywhere by neglecting
your work to please her. If she has-,
n't sense enough lo quit interfering '
with your efforts to mak,e a livingfor
her, send her back to the asylum
and save yourself while you can."
It might have done some good, hut
, I doubt it. He was in love and she
enjoyed showing her authority. He
was a goner. Ami he's still drifting
from one smull-bore job to another,
hopelessly saddled by a female simpleton
who won't give him a chance.
Hi- case isn't, unique. Then* are
scads of wives in America who cancel
in-t ruct ions given t heir hu-bumland
think it their sight t<. decide
whether and when the poor boobs
shall work. They say in effect:
"That boss of yours may pay your
w aires, but I'm the headknocker and
you will obey him when I say so and
not until them." The right wife
pulls in double harness ami .helps her
man ! > become a winner, but no man
can annum', to a hill of beans if he
picks the wri ng one?and stays with
her.
Declaring that "we regret that
_)4vU -.1 cge-m?y+Hftli??wmt+d - -alltrw?the?
F.vil One to lead them To commit
such a crime," a conference of the
Beulnh Baptist church 'congregation
unanimously decided to press charges
againvt three boys in their 'toe.ns who
recently <u?t off bin-sting pmvdoT to
damage the church near (ongare/, in
Richland county. Horace Stroud, J'J,
Wallace Northcutt, 17. and Henry
Steadmnn. H'. t lie boys, are held in
the Richland jail under Federal warrant
for stealing the explosive from
the <'amp Jackson powder house.,
Stead man is a high school !x>y of Columbia;
the others are sons of llorn-11
Hill farmers.
The ushers of the Maplewood Methodist
l\piscopal church, of Maiden,
Mass., who scandalized the congrega- I
tion by whistling while taking up |
the collection at the 80th anniversary |
service of the church, were restored
to good social standing Friday when
the pastor explained their strange
behavior. The pastor instructed the
ushers to whistle, every -time a dollar
bill or more was dropped into the
plates. They whistled exactly 105
times.
Mrs. James Robert McKee, only
daughter of the former president,
Benjamin Harrison, died early Tues j
day at her home in (ireenwich, Conn.
She had l*een ill since the middle
of February when she underwent an
operation in New York. She was tiU
years old.
Five robbers escaped with $100,000
in currency in the holdup of the
largest bank in Ijancaster, Othio,
shortly after noon Wednesday. Two
bank officials and a patron were
slugged with pistols when they refused
to obey the orders orf the robbers.
Duel of (,enero?ity
Merchant?"Ix>ok here, you've been
owing me this bill for a year. I'll
meet you half-way. I'm ready to
forget half what you owe."
Debtor?"Fine! I'll meet you. I'll
forget the other half."?Kennebec
Journal
im&'fSms
Typical "Row Houoc" of Rural *lcelantl.
( I'm [irtr.jfl l>y Mih N'litlohal <? ?> rrtt phlo
Kn< I. I>, WloOilllgton, J? 1 )
I' T-I.A N'l ?'S celebration this sum
iiht of tin* ili'KiMjnnIth it11111 \ersnry
if ilic organization <.f her | m >| mi I it r
asvrmhly; I lie Althing, finds a
'"'"infry llial lias udvaimed like Hit*
rest nf tlM' world in Its chief city, hut
has retained the simple life lit Its rural
districts, Ao simple Is rural life
thai In many purls of the Island llm
villages and farms are not connected
hy roads; only trails exist, and all
travel is done on pony hack.
I hi' island's one si/.alile city Is
Key k |n vi k, the capital, of the 101. .
non people in Iceland, ahout Jo.iJtXi
live ill Key k Ja v Ik.
Politics was responsible for the tir>t
settlement in Iceland. and tisli brought
tlliout its development. Ingulf and
MJ'ir.eif, two disgruntled chiefs of
Norway who refused to acknowledge
11 a raid I laa fa^er, the first Norwegian
king, settled on the .southern shore of
the inland it) S71 A. It. When the
v alue of i lie lb lung grounds found hy
these pioneers heenine kl)own, a IIUIIIher
of P'eandiiui\jatl settlements came
Into exis|cure,
I or Initi'lreds of years Reykjavik
was only a small tlshing village and
trading post. I 'tit the village had the
gopd l"i t nne to In- .situated on one of
the I" t available harbors. As the
population "t I< land in teased and
comuie'co grew, ibis s[.:oioi|s harbor
beiaiue a popular haven fol" trading
vis1' Is, and steadily the < it y grew
To tin1 v ;s:ior apprise h.ng by water, '
Key k j..v ;i,'> . .uI aspect t on '
l e:ib all i'V idem ' of the fuel t hat '
Ibis i ;. y has In en the eapital of Ice- |
land v 'V | s i h i and its seat of learn- j
iog. Stores id' I i -King era ft ami cotnllier
all ves-.il>, h.dp-red by the sea
an I in I'e.J ,d' paint, no! i to' a in hor
are. The f11! ty > ate lited with ware
horn 's and ! i "" ami th'We . 'on _ - a,. ;
s!.<>} are to i.g gro'intls. white i
w.fti >' i!-> o! I. p. Am i -red v i.?r|s ;
may !>- >i-< n tilling ll.eir ln'-i* with i
al'er.| aJt li'efs ot t'lfh t.. b and salt,
th'.;> preserving Ike t i -11 for a tpiick
trip to lie; t hi i li lijir.'p.ain ports.
Scenes in Reykjavik.
Alter one lands, however, and enters
i he city, coin iiuti e is no longer tlomi- |
mint. Kroad streets are lined wills |
rather gaudily painted wooden and :
corrugated iron houses. Along the {
streets American automobiles dart.
The Ast hi v ollura. the city square,
is the renter tit' interest in Reykjavik, j
hilling it is the great stone house in ;
which the I lonisaiel y ear old Althing !
Hints every two years. ' ?n another i
side is the cathedral, built id* stone. >
bit: wiili a tower of wood. It was '
bllil t in 117 111 the cell I e|* of i lie
square is a statue of Thorvabison. Pinions
sculptor of Ireland. This statue i
w a> a gift from the city of ( 'open- j
llS'gen in ls7 I.
In another part of the city are the
buildings of the Ireland university,
which was only recently established Kill.
In the same section arc the mu
sen in and library, the latter housing
sd.'HMi books and manuscripts. In the
museum Is a collection of Icelandic
antiquities, geological specimens, and
objects of Industrial art.
A unique feature of the capital city
is its public laundry of naturally heated
water from hot springs that were
once geysers.
I teen use of the lack of roads in
ninny parts of the island mJI the travel j
is done on pony hack. Hut out from
Reykjavik, Akureyri. and even smaller
towns, roads are reaching further and
farther; and Icelanders vision the day
? many ofthem'not without sadness?
when the potty will lose his all impork
tnnt place in the Icelandic transportation
system, and when automobiles
w II bowl along over a network of
highways that | cnetrates even the
scared volcanic wastes of the interior
Panning and fishing are the cliiet'
! Industries. I'orty-seven thousand SbetI
land, ponies are raised, chletly for ex
port, and the sheep number about IKR).j
ix>0. I wiring the short summer season
many vegetables can be raised, but
the potatoes grow only to the size'of
walnuts. The grass Is usually cut by
hand because It Is so short, and ttie
whole family takes part In the haying
process.
Its Ancient Sagas.
Iceland Is the land of the Sugus,
the oldest literature of Europe, of
which Sir Rider Haggard says: "Too
ample, too prolix, too crowded with
detail, they cannot vie In art with the
epica of Greece; but In their pictures
of life, simple and heroic, they fell beneath
no literature In the world, save
the Iliad and the Odyaaey alone."
Tli?? language in use today Is liic
name ?ix toe ancient InTighitgo of alp
Senii< 11 rut \ ?i countries, the Icelander*
ulone Ii;i v i jiu preserved It. eh it* fl,v due
to llic ii'iiiiiii'iu*)!)) of Ihoir Island.
Sine I iccciiiImm- I. IlliS. IcuJnnd has,
been rerogni/.ed us nil independent
Male, nulled wiiii | ictiiiiiirk only
through tlii* identity or the sovereign.
Tin' island is about, .** 1 <? miles long
from cast to west and 1 fxi inTles wldy
from norili to south, with an area of
MUXM) s(|iiarc mlhs.
More ihaii one eighth of the island
Is covered wiili glaciers, and an e<|uul
area is covered Willi old lava fields.
An aiiloinohIIc trip over one of these
fields of desolation shows a picture of
destruc tion d tlic u!l to describe.
In the small country villages the
'"eal < are excellent, iiut the hosts
are very apologetic for being unahle
lei provide vvh.it thi?j think the visitor
would like to eat. Naturally the
IJnned food whic h is a luxury'to them,
and to which travelers are more than
accustomed, can very well he omitted
In favor of their fresh chicken, excel
lent haddock, ami fresh-water salmryi.
In helanjl. as jo Norway, many
plants and flowers are grown indoors,
and some especially large geranium
hlooms are in he seen.
Historic House Rebuilt.
l or Iceland's millennial celebration
an early Icelander's house that was
burn. 11 s?i ve ars a::e> was reconstrneted.
I he how liotp.e c | i.p| jeal cs, as
tic.irlv as | ce -ihle. the hi-toric home
"I one of Iceland's gcyo i c^t htvvvers?
N.ial. lie was lea i iieil in the volutinnous
ami technical law of Viking lee
land I iefoi'e William r!:e I'ompicror
brought I lie I ITh jury ^v^iem to
I -"eland c>n the eiel cm a Normati
spear.
Ic eland has rebuilt Njn! s itome he
cause the fame of Ids le :a ci ill. t..
get her vv n h i he story of |,N cj ath
-miicl ie seei.e . has hot n
preserved in .-ne of I he moo . her
ished of lee!;1 nd's sagas, '|"ne Siorv
of Iiiirut N ial." The saga came into
being eleven vears after l.ief Trie
son s jog rue \ from Greenland to Afaer
icah shores, which was in the vear
I Ot K I .V* It. :
rl lie appearance of many Viking
houses resembled a street of modem
row houses in eastern Tinted States
and seaboard cities. The triangular
\ iking gable ends ranging in a line
suggested a series of cottages shotll
der to shoulder, hut each Viking gnhlP
roof usually sheltered a single room
The whole sprawling Viking house of
many gables was connected by a narrow
hall that linked the rooms in the
same vvav that covered passages link
up the many buildings of a New Kng
land farmhouse. Turf often roofed the
Viking's house, and In spring lie lived
beneath a carpet of wild llovve;
Interior of the Residence.
Tending men of the island, such as
Njn^ usually had one liiglii oofed.
large hall in their houses. This hall
had three divisions lengthwise; a nave
and two low side aisles separated bv
low- stone walls. The high roof of the
navt> was supported by two lines of
wooden pillars brought over stormy
seas from Norway In the small Viking
ships. This hall was a sleeping, eat
Ing and living room for the chief bud
his retainers. Some of these halls,
! which served as eating, living nnd
sleeping rooms, were very large. One
in Iceland was "JOO feet long and (V<)
feet wide.
Town the center of the hall was one
long IIreplace. The smoke from the
lire found its way out through holes
cut high up in the roof. Itenches for
tie fa mil v. servants and retainers ran
al"tsg each s;de nf the long fireplace.
In *? e low roofed aisles parallel to the
h>r,g axis of the hall were hunks for
sleepin :. These hunks usually had
.swinging doors which locked on tin*
insole so that the sleeper could lock
himself In his oonmnrtnient.
Such a house was burned down
over NJul's head. N.jal had- been too
successful in the Icglund Warts. Hp
knew Icelandic Hnv so well he could
repeat It all from memory. s?? he. higi
sons, and his friends and servants
were attacked by a rival gang. With
spears and battle axes tliev heat off
the attneke-s who filially set tire to a
haystin k which In turn tired the house.
Women and children were permitted
to go out safely, except Rergthora.
NJnl s wife, who chose to stay with
her husband. NJal himself wan to
j old to tight so he and Itergthom lay
down together, covered themselves
| with an ox hide nnd nwuited their
'fate. ,
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Pay Debts And Huy x
Now Advises Governor
Co'umbia, Oct, 2K.?"Pay your
dcjA* with cash and then use your
surplus cash for sane,4 constructive
works," Governor Richards said Tuoa*
day in advising people of South Carolina
to turn their eyew toward business
prosperity and to lend their of- .
forts to bring about that prosperity (
in the near future.
"Debts already incurred," he said, j
"should be jmid immediately. Doing
this is more important than additional
buying-. If everybody in
South Carolina would settle their op- j
en accounts with the grocer, the bak
er, the' stores, the salesmen and the ]
banks, a decided upturn in business,
would result.
"J am very mudh interested in and .
proud of the efforts of Philip H.1
<icd,sdt*n, a former Soyth Carolina I
man, to stir up cash and put it into j
circulation*. I am in favor of the
movement arul 1 am glad to add. JDV
voice to it, emphasizing the poini to ..
settle present obligations and then
go ahead with liberating surplus cash
in conservative spending and buying."!
The governor was referring to the 1 ^
"buy now for cash" .campaign insti- j
tuted in Philadelphia by the chamber
of commerce of which Mr. Cadsden
is president. As Mr. Gadsden ,
and the other men who have coiiir ^
mooted on the campaign, the governor
feels that unemployment and ,
financial depression will be dissipat- j '
e<l by the movement.
"The ideas advanced by Mr. Gads- ' 1
den for Pennsylvania are commend- ,
able and with modifications to sui: I
local conditions would be applicable <
to South Carolina. 1
"I want to warn, however, against
extravagant ami yrfnvi.se spending. ;
Just because ywl have money in the 1
hank is no reasoH for your spending
it freely and without thought for tomorrow.
Judiciously expended funds
are essential hut wasted money does .
no good."
The "buy now for cash" movement
is, in line with several others supported
by the governor recently. A short
time ago he issued a proclamation for '
\
the Dions club on better business.'
Marly in the fall he urged imniedi-1 '
ate highway construction work as a
part of a plan to relieve unemploy-;
moot and to place in circulation readv
. I
money. Later President Hoover and
other governors made similar statements.
I
"This new movement is slightly
different but it ha- the same principle,"
the gowjnor said.
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The Juggernaut Bus # i
Governor Fi-hcr of Pennsylvania'
came to the re>?-ue of the little 1110- '
torists in his state by declaring determined
war on those big buses
which go racing over the highways
in excess of the .'JO-mile limit and
are exceeding the size restrictions
so as to hold more fares and hog
more of the road. That sort of thing
has got to stop, he announced.
"It is becoming dangerous for the
average motorist to operate a vehicle
on the highways with the careless
1 driving exhibited by some bus drivers,"
remarked the governor, which
is no news at all to thousands of
working people who get out the modest
car to take a little fresh-air spin
on Saturday afternoon or Sunday.
Those mythnal pygmies in Africa
who used to battle with the cranes
were alway- m danger, when they
sallied forth, of being stepped on by
that fearful giant Aneaeus who lived
in their midst. And they had cause
for rejoicing when Hercules came
along and slew the giant after a terrible
fight. Come on, Governor Fisher,
and bring ofr*some more governors,.
The pygmy cars are calling for
help.?The Pathfinder.
Yegg men, some time between the
closing hour Saturday night and the
opening hour Monday morning, cracked
the safe of Efird's department
store in Charlotte and escapecK with
a considerable sum of money, probably
several thousand dollars. The
robbers poured a heavy charge of nitroglycerine
behind the safe door on
one side then set off the explosive
with an electric current from a lamp
with a cord. The concussion was so
powerful that one of the swinging
doors was blown to pieces. Blankets
draped about the safe muffled the
detonation ami incidentally prevented
the shattered door from being scattered
around the store rooms.
Fighting deadly after-damp and
handicapped by debris, rescue crews
are continuing their efforts tx> reach
, lower levels of the mine d? McAlewter,
Okln., where a blast Wednesday
entombed 2b men And killed one man,
who was working at the mouth of
the mine.
Boyd Johnson, 16, of Greenville,
S. C., was killed in Philadelphia Friday
morning when a heavy .track
backed over him as the boy lay ttnder
a pile erf straw where he had
sought a place to deep.
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LOOKING BACKWARD!
Taken From the File# of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirfy y J0
THIRTY YKAH8 AGO
November 7, 190Q
( apt. L. K. Peebles, of Rochelle,
ja.. on u visit to his old home in this 1
;<>unty. 1
Mrtp H. J. Mtttm, aged 62, die<l at
hm home at DeKalb. <
(lipping from New York Workl
tells of "Uncle Noah" Raby, of Pis- <
. ataway, N. J., being (hale and hear-ty
at the ane of 12b. Ho w'aa born. 1
in Katonton, S. C., in 1773, and had 1
never imp-pied.
John Mt'Caskill married to Miss (
Ada Boykin at Mispah church. I
Luther Moaeley married to Miss I
Nellie Britton at Smithville, Rev. T. <
H. Thaokston, officiating.
B. M. Hudson married to Miss ,
Maude Bell of West YYateree,
Profits from disjjensary'Mn sale of (
liquor for month of October amount?d
to $1,395.60. Town of Camden
fets orve-<haif of this amount.
City having ditches ardhed with
hriek at corner of Church an<l Rutledge
streets, thus <ioing away with
upkeep of eight wooden bridges.
Arc lights being extended to Seaboard
passenger station up Campt>ell
street.
Monroe Belvin died at bis home at
Spring Hill.
Mob fights twenty policemen in
Chicago in an effort to lynch Harry.
Evans, a negro, charged with assault.
In t/he general election Kershaw
county cast a total of 935 votes?910
Democratic and 43 Republican.
Kershaw county had 72.6 miles of
railway paying a total tax of $5,501.01.
FIFTEEN YEARS AG(T Wfi
November 12, 1915 \ /
K. M. Watklns, superintendent B I
.arwa.-.h'i cotton mills, aild
sy a negro named John Mcllwaine I I
W. .T. Jeffers, well-known eitiiw 1 I
Jied at his home near Blaney. ' pjf
E. B. Buddin to build residence oa 1%'
Chesnut, street.
Mrs. Jas. L. Irby and Miss BeuU l|M',
Trippott U??v4? for an extended trip ~llf
through the west. ;jgj|
John W. Ii?gram, of Kershaw, r?. B|
ceives .three car loads of thorough- pl|
bred Roje Angus short horn tattle to ftl
introduce a better grade of cattle in |fif
community. , I
Vernon book returns to Kershaw 11 j
after an absentee of three years spent If !
in Germany^ Obtaining the Ph. D. 1,, i
degree. j-Mi
Fire destroys News and jObseryer Ijf
jiTant in Raleigh, N. C.
The Consolidated Farms Cowpanj i
of Kershaw County, organized with 1 f
F. M. Wooten, L. A. Kirkland and 1:1)
John S. Lindsay as petitioners.
Leonard Rabon and Miss Jaitie B, \
Watts, of Logoff, married in Cawden.
| ;:irj
L. I. Guion exhibiting fine beef I I
cattle at fairs being held in Char. llL]
lotto and Augusta. j I
Sam Cash acquitted at term of
court on a charge of murder. i I
J. H. Watson acquitted at court
on a charge of murder.
Dr. W. J. Dunn, Dr. A. W. Burnet, | |;;
M. Baruch and John T. Nettles purchase
defunct Mower company stock
at Newberry.
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ODI) INSURANCE CLAIMS
Baby Broke Daddy's Teeth With
Milk Bottle
A chapter o>f strange accidents almost
bizarre enough to cast doubt on
he immutability of the laws of
chance is reported in a recent announcement
of the National Safety
Council, based on 1029 accident
claims vf an insurance company.
One man losit his front teeth when
the baby broke them with a milk
bottle. Another man was injured
lifting a horse onto the operating i
table. One policyholder swallowed a1
tack, which chanced to be in his I
mouth when someone hit him on the
hack. Another swallowed his false i
teeth while asleep. Still a third |
broke his foot by kicking a mad pig.'
A fourth was scalded when a hot- i
water bottle got too full of steam |
and exploded.
A man broke his ham! by pound- I
ing too emphatically 011 his own desk. I
Aitether?rtrpped o# the sidewalk, (
broke his fLask and cut two arteries 1
in his leg. One man was hurt by |
the explosion of his glass eye. One I
injury was due to a moth that flew j
into father's ear while he was walk-'
ing the baby and had no extra hand
to brush the invader out.
The cause of another accident is
described as "insured's daughter pok- !
ed a sardine can in right ear." Two [
men had ribs broken during the year i
by being hugged by girls. A third i
twain sat with n young lady on his !
lap until his le>gs were numb. When '
he got up they gave way under him '
and he sprained his ankle. One mas- .
culine ear-drum was lost when a pin !
in the hair of the girl when its ownen
was dancing slipped in and pierced
it.
A man and his wife saw the household
dog about to steal a roasrt.
chicken. Both grabbed simultaneously
to save it. The wife had a carving
knife in her hand and cut off the
husband's finger. Perhaps the climax
of the year's bad luck was a
man who received a sharp electric I K
shock while in the bathtub, slipped IvJf
and fell out of the window.
Jersey Lighrtnin', the only white I :f
mule in the army, broke her own I ?
neck Thursday, at Fort Hancock, N. I
J., whiile in the stocks to be shod. 1 j;
01<1 campaigners, who had long con- H
sidered her the meanest mule in ex- |
istence, swear she did it deliberately I
out of pure cussedness. Jersey Light- I
nin' achieved publicity recently when J
she was led out to be shot by i ? ,
squad of wondering soldiers. Col. J. H
C. Johnson saved her life in the
nick of time by explaining that a
typewritten order should have read
"shod" instead of "shot."
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CAMDEN, S. C.
City Tax Notice I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PENAL- H 1
| TY OF SEVEN (7) PER CENT WILL BE ADDED ON J
ALL 1929 CITY TAXES REMAINING UNPAID
AFTER DECEMBER 1. PAY YOUR TAXES BEFORE
THAT DATE AND AVOID THIS (PENALTY.
City Council of Camden, S. C.
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