The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 24, 1931, Image 8
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.
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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 !"
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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.
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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
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MAN 'DEAD'16 YEARS
IS WELL AND RICH
Disappearance Staged When j,
, His Firm Failed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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