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Lid Escape* fkriwiH Injury. Jack Floyd, ?on of Mr. and Mrt. T. J. Floyd, came near meeting with moat aoriou# injury one day l**t week. While he was with hi* father at the griat mill of J. F. Hammond and was in the act of dipping meal from the bin, one of the grind roeka jumped out of pluce but by junpping back quickly he escaped having hi* leg badly crushed. The rock atruck hi* leg a glancing blow and fell upon hi* left leg, scraping and bruising it right badly, The rock had to bu Hft?d off big)Jag*-?Kerahaw Era. Albert Bacon Fall, convicted foriher secretary of the interior, will -serve hi* term of a yaar and a day in tho old atatf prison at Sante Fe, New Mexico, Only a pardon by the president can save him from being the 'first cabinet officer ever to serve a '-sentence. Philadelphia wan visited by tho worst electrical and windstorm in years Tuesday night, theNvind attaining a velocity of 57 miles per hour. Property damage in estimated at $1,000,000. The lower floors of many houses were inundated. In one section of the city automobile* were floated away. A lightning rod, the invention of Ben Franklin, saved an institution ho founded?the Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia?during an electric storm in that city Wednesday night. A bolt fttruck the cupola of the ancient structure and was deflected by tho lightning rod. Police of New Orleans are invest!-., gating the murder of Karl Miles, sportsman, who*e decapitated bodywas found on a deserted plantation ten mile* from Baton Kouge. It 13 the theory of the police that he was murdered because of his recent marriage to an Italian girl. President Hindenberg of Germany has clamped down a strict censorship on all newspapers in the country to prevent the distribution of alarming stories about Germany*** financial condition. Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior," convicted in Washington on charges of malfeasance in office, has begun his sentence of a year and a day in the prison at Sante Fe, New Mexico. Hickman Price, formerly a $50,000 a year New York executive, now operates a 211,000 acre wheat farm in Texas with headquarters at Tulia. He expects this year's harvest to be 500,000 bushels. The stock of gold of the United States treasury reached its high peak on July 13, when there was a total of $4,905,000,000 in gold on hand. The increase since July 10 a year ago was $417,000,000. A Chicago judge rules that a dog has an inalienable right to bark even in the middle of the night, if his master's property is being disturbed, despite complaints of a .neighbor who was disturbed thereby. George Alford, of Holly Springs, N. C., and 21 years old, an employee ?of?the?Southern?Power?company, made contact with a wire carrying 44,000 volts while at work at the Osceola mill at Gastonia; He was badly burned on the chest, but will get well. Mother t'*tvur? Provide* Protection for Insects Muny bird*, ll .li umi lust'cle ure shaped ujnl' toured by1 nature iu , tucli a way u*( tu ptpteet, litem fr,<Jiw their eiie/nlt*.- Tty* Riui*?lnu*. pro vlaloii 1* ut lt> Wat hi some new tfroup* af stick I meet* and l*uf Bisects which recently arrived at the xpq. Tin* stick Insect a hove come frmo the Eu*J Indies, Hf)<l liny m|h of it lltflit green Ish brPwuIsh color, measuring froui il inches to 4 or,<1 Inches in length. They are very thin, indeed. ?nd they are ho touch like tiny mi#* or stick* that It la aiinoht Impossible to distinguish them front their surrounding*. They Imitate the twig* exactly, folding'their lender leg? close to their bodies, and banging front the smaller branches Just like leafless stalk*. Leaf insects are of a bright green tint, and' are shaped exactly like leaves, their wings being folded over one another and marked with veins, Even their six legs are shaped like smaller leave*; Hnd'flff they hunt among the foliage of trees for the smaller insects they feed upon, they ure quite safe from the birds, which think they are merely leaves.?London Answers. Pilgrim* Attracted to Historic Swiss Church The wanderer In .the liehrt of the "Frunconlun Hwlty.erolnd" sees from afar the two towers of the "Church of the Pictures of the IToty Trinity," which celehraied Its two hundredth anniversary recently? It Is one .of Litemost famous goals of ptlgrlms In Europe. For two centuries these have' heen coming to pray tfefbr?' Its wonder-working picture of.. the Virgin. Most of the pilgrims still wear the 'costumes of an earlier day When one "of the Frunclst-nn monks of the church dles'"the body Is tied to a hoard and carried through < JoBswelnstelp before being placed In a small niche In a catacomb-like cftve dug into a ell IT. The place In tlosswelnstcin Is said to have served Itlchurd Wagner as a model for (lie Grulshurg In "I'arslfnl." Youth's Zeatful Day The r.est of life does riot endure forever. The days of pursuit pass and the duys of reflection come, and the man who has singing through his memory what Is noble and stirring, who can turn with Joy and relief to those perpetual friends of his bookshelves, ha* laid up fo> himself true riches. It Is a great thing for anyone that, before being plunged Into the exacting work of his life, he should have had time In which to make himself familiar with some of the great things In his own history and literature, and with actings of deep minds on problems where the search Is the reward.? Principal It. BruCe Taylor. Summaries! Year The year 1810 Is popularly known as "the year without a summer." Of course this term Is a misnomer and Is not to he tuken literally. But in the northern Rtates there were frosts In every month of the year, and similar adverse weather conditions prevailed In Great Britain, France. Spain. Italy, and other parts of Europe. Data collected by the weather bureau, however, show that the worst features of this summer were exaggerated bywriters, and only n few of the less hardy props nnd plants snffproA from the cold during the summer of 181C. ^ " Lest I \ The minister having failed to appear at the hour for service at a church In a Highland glen, one of the elders, a sheep farmer, entered the pulptt to conduct the service. He got through the preliminary exout the text: "I am the good shepherd." Three times he repeated the words "I am the good shepherd," but could proceed no further. "No, no, Donald, you better come dooft," said a member seated In a front pew; "you're Just a common sheep like one of ourselves." Tee Prslss|s4 ss Esysriesat Somerset Maugham, playwright and movtilst. says that the wtttieet afterdinner speech he has ever heard was made by an American at a London dinner party. To the visitor had been allotted the toast of "The Ladles." He began by saying that a distinguished man of letters had suggested that marriage should be on the basis of a seven years* lease, renewable at the option of both parties. Followed n pause. Then?with sad deliberation : "Now, gentlemen, seven years Is n very long time."?Kansas City Times. Rsvsrsini the Route Two workmen were having n quiet chat. "Who's that chap over there in the blue overalls?" asked Ted of his com panion. "That's the boss' son. He's working aa a laborer." came the reply. "I aee," ventured Ted; "starting at the bottom and working his way up." "No." replied his companlcfa. "He. started at the top nnd they pushed him down !" * Trusting Mothers When woman says, "My daughter t?ll* m? everything," you know that tfc^Jlttlo.glrl Is putting something over OB "mother. because no human soul ver entirely disci ones itself to another. unless it la mentally defective. ?\Vomnn> Home Companion, * ?- . - * * *. - W' ! '! ' " Special Excursion TO t^f w aa a *+ ? in ^^ r? rwavaiiv* A BALTIMORE RICHMOND NORFOLK and VIRGINIA SEASHORE Friday, August 7th, 1931 From CAMDEN to Washington $12.50 Baltimore 14.50 Richmond 9.25 Norfolk 9.75 Old Point Comfort .... 9.75 Virginia Beach 10.25 Good 5 days from date of sale. Proportionate fares from other points. i Consult Ticket Agents. Southern Railway Seashore Excursion TO Charleston, S. C. FOR ISLE OF PALMS SULLIVAN'S ISLAND and FOLLY BEACH Friday, July 31?t, 1931 Round Trip Excursion fares from ] Camden $3.50 Kershaw 4.00 Lancaster 4.50 Heath Springs 4.25 Excursion tickets sold for all trains except Crescent Limited, Friday, July 31st, also for train 16 from Columbia 8:55 a. m., August 1st. Good returning to August 4th, 1981. Consult Ticket Agents. Southern Railway -?v , MAN 'DEAD'16 YEARS IS WELL AND RICH Disappearance Staged When j, , His Firm Failed. ; Memphis, Tenn.?Jo* Martin, a cot-' ton broker, whose hat nnd coat were found. upon the bank of the Thames river In London during the World war,1 giving, rim to theories of either awl'clde or. robbery and drowning, ha*' been found after an absence of sixteen years. . Martin, scion of an old and aristocratic family, now Is a millionaire chicle and gum Jobber In Mexico. Tills couics as good news to kin and heirs of the vast Martin estate, which Is Involved to some extent In a chancery court partition suit, Martin's reappearance will have a decisive effect?upon the tlnul adjudication of the estate and hasten a division of the 'properties. Urge Him to Rsturn. N. ,11111 Martin, brother of the innn whose sensational disappearance sixteen, years ago wrecked the eotton flriu or Muftin-l'liilllps company, and, his Attorney, Hid M,,Neely, have been advised that tie missing man Is alive apU well. Their Information enrne from C. 11. Kldrhfge, a former cotton planter of ill 11 house, Ml**. Message* have been sent Martin through Kldridge, nuking film to return lioipe, and assuring him that there are no court in/llcfments or nth<*r legal processes against him. ^Thftt In so far as criminal prosecution on charges existent years ngor there will be none, hh all {he debts he left be-' hind :hav4 been paid by the family and put of the estate. 'The slate is clean. No Charge Against Him. Allegedly forged bills of lading and debts to the nmount of $?K),000 were reported following his disappearance. Tyler McLnJn, state's attorney, told the family that he had looked up the records. "I found that three bills of indictment had been presented to the grand Jury,** the state's attorney said, "but they were Investigated and returned as non-true bills." He told Martin's kin there was nothing against hint. For months after Martin stepped Into oblivion, there was a great hue and cry for his indictment on felonious grounds, but at the* same time the powerful'Influence of the most prominent people was massed against it. Insurance companies refused to pay policies or\ him, claiming that he was still alive, and no satisfactory proofs of his dentil could he produced. Flyer* Must Be Bicycle Riders on Alaska Route Seattle, Wash.?Piloting an airplane Isn't all a man must know to fly the Seattle-Alaska route of the Alaska Washington airways. He must he an expert bicycle rider. Planes flying from here to Ketchikan nnd points north must stop at Alert bay. on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, and the pilot must visit the customs office to have Ids papers signed. It's three miles from the dock, where the seaplanes land; to the customs office, and Canadian officials have provided a means of trnnsporta?Hon n?hlcyclo for?the?a Irmon. The usual procedure In the flight to the northland is this: The plane Is flown from Seattle to Alert bay and taxied to the dock. The pilot climbs out, hops on the bicycle aud pedal* , over the rough three mile course, ha* hi* paper* signed and then starts back to hts plane. Some of the pilot* have remarked .thy the moat hazardous part of the Jaunt. There has never been a forced landing of planes, but pilots have had several forced landings from the twowheeled bike. London Crime Records Shame American Cities Washington.?Compilations of crime records In all the Important cities of the world. Just mide public here, serve to emphasise the la* enforcement of the law in the United 8tates a* compared with foreign center*. The police commissioner of metropolitan London's 7,000,000 population reports 18 murders In London during a period of twelve months. Eleven of the murderers were convicted nnd punished. The other seven committed suicide. No murder mysteries were carried over to the next annual report. New 1 ork lu the same period reported 401 killings and Chicago led the list with 408. T|ilrty American cities, for which records were compiled by Collier's Weekly, reported altogether 2.387 homicides. Born in Two Countries, Man Has Voted in Both Traverse City.?Albert Dumont. fifty-four, has the distinction of being born in two countries and his birth registered In both. His father, Dumont explained, was a Belgian and his mother was a full blood Indian. On October l, 1876, the two were crossing In a ferry from Windsor to Detroit. Midway on the short trip. Dumont was born. The captain Informed his father that they were Just crossing the international line. According to law, the birth was registered in Essex county, Ontario, and Wayne county Mich. Dumont recently stated that ha* since voted In both countrle> without naturallaatlon in either. Old Testament Writer# Not Botenicelly Exact Perhaps It I# Dot to be wondered at tjmt the Old Testament writer# writing Id, or #t. least of, a remote anJlqulty, ahould not be extremely exact id tbeir botanical or olbt'r nutural dilatory nomenclature. 1 In early duy# men were not very particular about the naming of tbe tree# pf tbe field. Tl?ere seems to have ^feii a tendency tben, us now, to place ail tree# In two classes, those tbat fi^ed their leaves each -autbrnn und those which do not. Jubt as wfe roughly speak of tbe first* class us bardwood and the conifers with their perennial foliage as soft wood. Under tbe generic term fir, or It may. be gopher wood, they classed the cedar, th<) fir. tbe cypress, the pine And tbe hemlock, while the wood oak covered a variety, possibly most of tbe trees of the hardwood or deciduous kind. The sacred writers, we must always remember, were not concerned about Imparting scientific knowledge or names. Thai#' one great aim wq# to (||spluy t lie progress of Clod's rev el a' tion to bis people and their attitude towards him. and Ills revelation.? Montreal Herald. f ?, v Ancient Burial (ground 0 Uncovered in Ireland While digging for gravel In a field -..?t'rlhtMlnuscadden, Ireland, .a workman discovered an uuclont sepulclier ,iu an excellent state of preservation. Inside the feepulcher there was un urn which t*0!itulhed the ushes of the deud lying uttidng some snowy, charred- bpnes. The sepulclier has a flat paying stone roof and base, and bujlt up sides with a 'strobe front. The interior was approximately 2 feet wide by 18. Inches i deCp." The urn, which ,1s slightly cracked, appeurk to be made of clay. It 'Is 4 Inches high and 18. inches In | diameter and half an Inch (hick. It Is adorned with several rows of indented markings. About 14 years ago a farmer found a similar vault less than 20 yards from the above. The vase, or urn, In this was broken by a fall of earth. It is believed there are other vaults In this field, as when the ground was prodded with a crowbar in various places a hollow sound wps beard. c ' Grant's Correct Nam* President Grunt wus numed Hiram Ulysses, but by a curious error he became knoWn in history as Ulysses Simpson Grant. When he was about seventeen years old he received his appointment to West Point Military academy through Congressman Thomas L. Hanier. Grunt had been familiarly known b> his middle name, and Hauler, who was sufficiently acquainted with him to know that, guve tfiFyoung candidate's uume as Ulysses S. Grant. Simpson was the maiden name of his mother, and also was borne by one of his younger brothers. This circumstance was probably the origin of the erroh Jerusalem Chamber At the foot of the Wren towers of Westminster . abbey Is a low. gray stone building known, after certain tapestries which used to hang on Its walls, as the Jerusalem chamber. It was built by Abbot Lltlyngton In 1376, and In It the abbots of Westminster entertained their guests. Here died Henrv the Fourth and here Henry the Fifth became king. Here the committee for the revision of the Bible worked for four years. - Here Addison and Sir Isaac Newton lay in state. This beautiful chamber Is cedar-paneled, and contains fine ancient glass and a contemporary portrait of Richer* the Second. Lake Ontario, while smallest of the chain of Great Hakes, is one of the most Important historically and commercially. Its area is 7,200 square miles. It was discovered by Champlain and probably by Brule in 1015. the former at the east and the latter at the west end ojf the lake. It was also known as Lac dea Iroquois and Lac St. Louis. Both Cartier and Champlain had heard of M from the Indians. Father Le Moyne ascended and later explorers landed on its shores and navigated Its length. La Sella Seems to have built the first boat on Its waters. Identifying Hsrttlf The theater queue had had a long, long wait. But at last they began to shuffle slowly forward rs the early doors were opened. Suddenly a young flapper rushed up and Insinuated herself behind a stout and elderly gentleman. A keen believer In fair play, he turned upon her. "How dare you push in there?" he demanded. "That Isn't your place." "Oh, yes, It Is!" replied the girl, pertly. "I only went off to get some candy, and I put a cross on your back wjth my lipstick so that I'd know my proper place when I came back. Take your coat off and see for yourself!" Net QviU the Seme A maid In tbe home of a well known 8pringfleld Individual caused a sensation In the kitchen recently when she announced that the head of the house had just Informed her that "he wanted beer for dinner." 81nce the man was known to be an ardent total abstainer, before the order wm complied with a cautious inquiry was instituted. This disclosed that what was really aatd by the man was: "I won't be here for dinner."? Springfield Union. * V* --A A.-. \.v": i %. ? I Telephone 47 fl Save steps in this hot weather. Stay where it is cool and let m l deliver your Groceries. Just tell ephone us. Prompt delivery. 8 R. S. Williams Store | LOOKING BACK WARM Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year* W0, THIRTY YEARS AGO j VJuly 24, 1901 Camden Water and Light company offers $50 reward for parties breaking electric arc lights. Thirteenth annual statement of Bank of Camden shows total resources of $189,885.87, with deposits of $104,974.00. The statement is signed by C. H. Yates, cashier, and notaried by C. W. Birchmore. H. G. Garrison, W. M. Shannon and A. D. Kennedy attested to its correctness. Another freshet in Wateree river, the eighth of the season, which totally swept away all crops in the lowlands. Dr.- Rhett, noted physician, of Charleston, dead. W. R. Bruce, former citizen and representative in legislature from this county, died at his home at Alton, N. C. He was a brother of auditor P. T. Bruce. Joe Myers, of the Mt. Zion section, died of typhoid fever. He left a wife and nine children, eight of whom were ill with typhoid fever. New railroad being constructed from McBee to Sumter by way of Bishopville and Wisacky. Severe hailstorm damages crops around Kershaw and Westville. Mrs. David Wolfe and baby visiting at Norfolk. Ernest Truesdale goes with S. N. Sowell and Son as salesman. J. C. Hilton, who is in the lumber business at Dalzell, visits Camden. Robert Wilson, Jr., M. D., Bacteriologist of Charleston, advises Mayor E. O. MoCroight that Camden water and ice is pure. , Judge M. L. iSmith goes to Portland, Oregon, as a delegate to the national convention of Knights- of Pythias. Prof. A. L. Humphries states he will i*o longer be connected with Kei^ shaw public schools. . Kershaw business men on to Camden to express their willingness to do their full share towards rebuilding Wateree river bridge. The labor department at Washington expects to deport 20,000 aliens this year. fifteen Years a<h> | : July 28, 1916 I Check up on damages from f]^H last week shows that sevt^H bridges throughout the coimty^^B Resolutions in congress call /o? propriation of $800,000 relief flood sufferers in Southern gtst^H Wateree mills of Camden It charter with a capital of $300,00?! Large force of railway worko? ^york to replace Seaboard trestll Camden. James Whitcomb Riley, llg? poet and friend of children, del? Indianapolis, Ind. C. (). Cooper, of Camden, from Lanes to Georgetown, a distaff of 36 miles. At some places hel| to wade through water to a d<? of shoulder high. Free boat service for foot pis? gers across Wateree river to be op? ated by merchants of Camden ? citizens of West Wateree.* Boat*I be in charge of S. H. Twitty ? David Perry. 1 Emanuel Threat, of Great Ftl married to Miss Neita Tidwell, I Camden. i Mrs. Minnie Cantey Ancrum <? at the home of her daughter, M? C. C. Moore-in .New York City.? T. J. Fletcher, white, Alonzo P? nash and Joe Williams, negroes, efl ployed at Seaboard trestle, droin? when a lighter capsized in Wats? river. Body of white man mow? at Ancrum place, many mile* Via? Camden. . Miss Meta DoLoache, of Otri? named on Winthrop faculty. ? . Miss Mildred Goodale recupera? from operation at Camden hosp? L. A. Wittkowsky goes to St. L? to attend National Building and L? association meeting. - ..Id?' [_ After being organised .agdj?| uoning successfully as ~a' cnurca"* 200 years; St. Paul's Lutheran che? in N^ewl^ary county had ita fl? night sermon last Sunday night? recently got a new and young p*? and installed electric lights *or ? first time. Annual Mid-Summer II VACATION EXCURSIONS 1 To. I New York J Washington .] Chicago I Mountain and Seashore Resorts 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th, 1931J Good 21 Days I Following Round Trip Fares apply from Oatmden principal points. Proportionate fares will apply V many other points. iN?w York $24.40 * Atlantic City 24.75 Philadelphia 22.25 Baltimore 18.00; Pittsburgh .:.j 27.15 Niagara Falls 82.75 . Montreal 88.40 Washington 16.25 - Ashevtll? ..7.55 JEfcicihmond $ 12.0V ' Norfolk ' j? ?,?? ?. Chicago 3S.?1 Detroit 32J| Cleveland STJ; Cincinnati 29M feJWMaiil: 2^1 Wavnesvilla ... M* Proportionate excursion farejTfftAtjl) other poifl?1! in South Carolina. 1 J ^ tel Attractive vacation fares to' many ttestinatioTW 9 meet the wants of fcverybodyrl ^jjjgsg xg^Ant I Convenient train, service. Pullman cars?a*0* j Day Co aohee?Dining Cars. 1 CONSULT TICKET AGENTS j SOUTHERN RAIL WAY SYSTEM j r * ' I # - J'{- --- i ^ ^ ^>1 two??