The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 29, 1932, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Fall Potatoes
Require ('are
clem-on College, July lf>. --An important
factor in the live-at-home activities
of many gardeners is the
growing of u fall crop of Irish potatoes,
says A. K. -Schjlletter, extension
horticulturist, whose suggestions
for success may be briefly stated as
follows:
. Select as moist, well drained and
fertile piece of soil as jwssible. A
branch bottom clay loam apll is probably
the best. Break the ground
? thoroughly several weeks before
l>lunting - time, and harrow every
week or ten day?.
I^ay off deep rows three to three
and one-hulf feet ajmrt, using a turning
plow or a shovel. Put 800 to
1,200 pounds of a high grade fertilizer
in the drill, and with a bull
tongue mix thoroughly with the soil.
Plant July 10 to 30 in upper .South
Carolina, July 20 to August 10 in
middle South Carolina, August 1 to
20 in lower South Carolina. It may
be necessary to vary these dates some;
depending on weather conditions.
The Lookout Mountain variety is
the (best to plant except in those sec-1
tions where other varieties have proven
better for the full crop.
If possible, plant seed that has
been carried over winter in cellars or
cold storage, but spring grown potatoes
may b% used when the other
kind are too high priced or unavailable.
When small potatoes of the spring
grown crop are used, plant whole
potatoes, but sprout them beforehand.
To do this, dry tohem in thin piles
on ground under a tree and cover
with three to five inches deep with
straw mulch, and water often enough'
'to keep wet but not drenched. 'Still
another plan is to spread the potatoes
out thinly and cover with an
i_* * ? ? - .
inch or two of sand and keep this
moist. When handled properly,
sprouts will usually start in two
weeks. Plant as soon as the sprouts
are an eig-hth to a fourth inch in
length. Treating with ethylene chtyrhydrin
will also cause new crop potatoes
to sprout rather early.
Plant big piece* (about twice as
hi# as is ordinarily used for sprint?
planting,' 12 to 15 inche* apart in
drill. Plant on a cloudy day if possible
in a deep, freshly opened furrow
so that the potatoes may be put
in moist soil, and covered at once
four to.iix inches deep.
Cultivate across rows with harrow
before seed come up if a crust forms
or weeds, and grass commence to
grow. This is important, because a
good stand cannot be secured if the
potatoes must tight their way through
a hard crust to have to scrap with
weeds as soon as they show their
heads above the ground. Cultivate
immediately after plants are up and
often enough thereafter to keep down
I weeds und grass and to prevent a
I crust forming.,'
j Woman Comes of Killing Stock
Beatrice Ferguson alias Snipes, ,
slayer of Klliott Harris, comes from
fighting and killing stock, according
to folks in Fort Mill who know^tbe
family. According to one informant
her father's name was Kd Hilton. A (
number of years ago ho killed a ne- j
gro in Rock Hill and was tried at the
April term of the court, lBpl, the
jury returning a verdict of not guilty. ,
A brother of the Snipes woman,
Otis Hilton, killed a negro in Ches- '
ter county a numiber of years ago and
was sentenced to serve two years in <
prison. He was later pardoned or pa- i
roled and moved to North Caolina, ,
and there he killed a white man, and
shortly afterwards died by his own
! hand.
Spencer Morton, Rock Hill man,
who was with Snipes and thu Fergu |
son or Snipes woman when Klliott
Harris was killed Sunday afternoon,1
had been in trouble on numerous oc- f
ionand has more than onee faced '
the court for various offenses.
Only a few years ago he was tried
in connection with the killing of "
Hock Hill nogro, John Bull, at a tilling
station operated by Sid Parrish
on the Hock Hill-Fort Mill road. He
was freed by the court, the defense
being selfsdefense. He is the son of
the well known and highly respected
Southern railway engineer, who had
stood by his boy in all his escapades.
?Yorkvill^ Inquirer, July 19.
Seven men were injured, three of
them seriously, in an unexplained outbreak
in a restaurant at Evarts, Ky.,
Saturday night. There were IB persons
in the restaurant operated by
Asa Cusick, former police chief, under
indictment in connection with a
labor fight in which four men were
slain a year ago, when the fight
started Saturday night.
The drivers of a truck from 'Burlington,
N. C., loaded with/ artificial
silk, valued at $40,000 were kidnaped
ami the silk taken away in the city of
New York at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning, whi^p the drivers awaited
the opening of the .plant where they
were to deliver it. The drivers were
carried into a remote part of the city
and released, while other members of
the gang made way with the truck
load of rayon. The kidnapers spoke
a Southern accent and are belierved
to have followed the truck (from North
Carolina.
John Hughes Curtis, recently convicted
in New Jersey for obstructing
the hunt for the kidnaped Lindbergh
child, and now out on $10,000 baiJ
bond pending an appeal, declares that
he wants to continue hi? search for
the kidnapers, buf, is 'handicapped for
lack of funds.
Essex Terraplane Sedan
Detroit, Mich., July 27.?The Hudson
Motor Car Company, one of the
pioneer motor car manufacturers of
the country, today stimulated automobile
activities by . announcing the
' ' introduction of a new tyj^o and kind
of automobile having, r engineering
characteristics of the tfirplane, and
named the Terraplane because of that
fact.
The Terraplane is a six-cylinder J
Essex which will sell in the lowest
price class. Quantity production of:
the Essex Terraplane has begun, according
to the announcement, and already
an additional 10,000 Hudson j
employes have returned to work,
thereby greatly relieving the Detroitunemployment
situation.
Representing an entirely n e w
thought in automotive engineering
the new Essex Terraplane has attracted
the interest and attention of
such famous engineers as Orville j
Wright, inventor of the airplane;
Paul W. Litchfield, of Akron, builder
of Zeppelin airships for the United
States Navy . deans of engineering
colleges and other technological experts.
I
The new cat is the achievement of
a goal long sought by automobile engineers
in the power to weight ratio.
In addition to unusually rapid aoceleiunuti,
uic new car aneau\ nas oeeit
given 200,000 mile road test, and has
rect ived the acclaim of the engineering
world for its rema-kable hit!
. limbing ah.!.ty. >;:-tamed running.
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ra*"<t!'r.g a*' t it- gen cm; marinh:!:! v.
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til1 * i -.1. i-' a ' ' t, r. ?-?- < >i" nea ? \ a i) t < l?>??i
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t*v>' . i ". v* 1 ? ,i '.'..UiP, t h.
me: g." :* - i;. av i ?ha--.- ha- h-en
ae?a>n?.. - >:. ; f. t!.-- tit -' t m?^< n a
product '? ar ?! >:,.:e. the a nr. .nr. < ment
-ta'ei. Fh. -ante e--.r,g
which forms 'mr wch if the frame.'
giving it a ng.d.'y rrvrr before accomplished.
is a:-1.' the bo*' in i o-ajre
of the body, making the car an actual
single unit structure. j
"The Essex Terraplane," said W. J. '
McAneeny, president of the Hudson!
Motor Car Company, "represents a |
step in engineering achievement
which answers the wish of every automobile
driver for a high-powered,
compact, efficient, steady and enduring
low-priced car."
The Terraplane has a higher propulsive
effort per pound of car weight
than any production car now on the
market in this country or abroad and
because of its smooth operation is
said to give the driver sensations
heretofore felt only in high class aircraft.
Low and trim the Terraplane has
deep, comfortable upholstery, luxurious
fittings, a natural-grip steering
wheel, substantial control levers* and
a beautiful modern instrument board
with airplane-type instruments.
There are eleven body types, consisting
of a standard sedan, coach,
J-passenger coupe, 2-passengcr coupe,
roadster, special coach, special sedan,
"-passenger special coupe, 4-passenger
special coupe, special roadster
and special 1-passenger convertible
coupe. ,
A six-cylinder motor has been selected
for the new ear because of the
fact that this engine is in absolute
mathematical balance. The actual
developed horsepower is 70 with a
compression ratio of 5.5 to 1. The
combustion chamber is scientifically
designed so that it is not necessary
to use a premium fuel in spite of
the high compression. Rubber mounting
is- used throughout the car, particularly
in the susjK'nsion of the engine
and other important units and
the carrying of such accessories as
the j-xhaust pipe line. The engine is
rubber-mounted with the pneumatic
rubber mountings of the vortical type
at the front of the engine and with
;he )? *! .if ana engine putted it.
i ibber just forward of the trav-mi-housing.
Ic.or. a*.on - by the du"!h> n stoma*
: -y-Vm which ha- been ;>.
.. llw.l-.-n .... i a he c. i umbo
\car- and \\\a*. ha- to .< :
;t - ? !:* tony and agar, :r. act tin! <>wn.r
- ei vice.
Another rllyr-::: fa " - r. the
perform.'!':. ? of the mg r>- .- t he ,. m
piete sy-'.em i.f d-.wr. draft .arbureoon.
Fu.l air...ma* < gnttton iu-eti.
The :!;-1 r:but. .- mounted at
the rear of the eng.m where :t :fully
protected from moi.-ture ar..i a.ivantageously
positioned for reduction
of electrical losses, thereby contributing
to the spark efficiency.
The clutch is of the cork disc-in-oil
type, having an oil-cushioned single
plate with modulator hub. The synchro-speed
transmission is a rapid,
internal gearshift design, particularly
developed for this model. The width
of the gears is as great as on cars
equipped with engines developing
more than 100 H. P.
The brakes are four-wheel units
with cable control. A new feature on
these bra'kes is the weather-sealed
construction which keeps moisture
from the brake lining by centrifugal
force. This contributes materially to
the braking ease of the car in damp
weather and is a safety factor as well
as influential in increasing the life
of the lining. The Terraplane brakes
have the same braking power per
pound of weight as provided in higher
priced cars.
The instrument panel is straight
in front of the driver and risible
through the steering wheel. On the
right of the instrument panel is a
capacious glove and package panel.
In place of the often disregarded oil
pressure gauge is a red jewel telltale
light and the ammeter also is
replaced by a similar tell-tale which
indicates when the charging rate is
not ^sufficient. A gasoline gauge is
provided as well as an engine temperature
indicator. The car is
equipped with a windshield wiper.
The all-steel body construction employed
in this car ties in with a remarkably
rigid steel frame to f< rm
r.v.'.Ksh!v the mrs-:? ur.iflnd eha-is:-? r.r i
body construction ever produced.
Practically every part of the car
or chassis acts as part of the structure.
Kverything contributes to {? .
.-tiuctural .-strength of the cot. II..:.
toe da>h panel ts a rigid cross member.
W 1 has been avoided
turally throughout the entire
The aii-staei l?ody i* buii' j
:? b'-x type frame i.f skysc: a;.i : .
- 'iter.. I: . - this type -
( uh.ii h sui?nor'< --ic -
::r.gs - the Km;.
New York, t r** tallest :r. -?
..... ,, t
t r.e tleorge Uas.mngt r. L;?
'her masterpieces r.f the -*
r? I ' The s i eel sheat iiir.g ;t
: h s bc.x f arr.e e:.<
pants of the ear :r. A b u
ptacticallv .s armored again.-' ' -}
feits of collision. At the -am. -v.,
because of the insulating ma'.
used in the bottom pan, a- u. aon
the door flashing, and m the doo-<.
the body is noise and fume-pr ?<>f.
Today's announcement climaxed
months of engineering activity and
gave to tbe country one of the most
talked-about automobiles ever pro- "
duced.
a' ' "' 1 --MERCURY
DEPOSITS
FOUND IN ARKANSAS
Metal 1# Now Employed in
a Thousand Ways.
Washington.?Discovery of deposits
of mercury In Arkansas adds another
Important metal to that state's list of
mineral resources.
"New domestic mercury deposits
are Important because more mercury
Is used In the United States than In
any other country, and njore than onethird
of the domestic consumption now
must he Imported from Kurope," says
a bulletin from the Nutlonal Geographic
society}
"Mercury has been known for at
least 2.A00 years, but Its wide use Is
a development of recent centuries. Today
It Is employed In about a thousand
ways.
"A thin stream of the silvery liquid
metal sealed In a glass thermometer
tube has long been man's aid In determining
temperatures; In barometers,
weather forecasters depend upon
It to foretell changes In weather; In
altimeters, it aids aviators to determine
how high they are flying; and
marine engineers use It In meters to
estimate the flow of water
"Mercury often does Its best work
where man least expects It. The life
of many a sleeping voyager is guarded
t>y huge lighthouse beacons that revolve
on floating mercury beurlngs,
and many toothaches hnve bqen avoided
by gold or sliver amalgam teeth
fillings made possible by mercury. The
life of dry batteries Is prolonged b#
cause mercury protects their zinc
plates.
Aids Beauty, Cleans Boilers.
The golfer plays on velvety greens
and the farmer harvests healthy crops
because a smnll qunntlty of mercury,
mixed with fertilizers, kills Insects
that attack plant roots. The ship owner
cleans the scale from the boilers of
his ships with mercury and covers
the hulls with paint containing mercury
because it thwarts the rapid
growth of barnacles. When fashion
decrees that felt hats should be 'nappy.'
the bat manufacturer produces the
desired effect with mercury.
"In many ways the metal loses Its
Identity In various kinds of mixtures.
It Is In milady's rouge box nnd lipstick
case, where It" Is available to
produce synthetic pink cheeks and red
lips. The 'silvered' mirror Into which
she peers to apply her cpsmetlcs Is In
reality, a 'mercurled' mirror.
"About one-third of the world's supply
of mercury Is used in the drug
and chemical Industries. It helps to
produce soda used In the manufacture
of artificial silk and is nn ingredient
of some dyes.
"It is mercury that produces the
green lights and helps to produce the
blue lights in colored light advertising
signs. Because It Is dependable
In maintaining even temperature during
oil distilling operations. It Is nn
Important 'tool' of the oil Industry.
"As n safe, dependable detonator for
explosives. It was one of the so-called
war minerals during the World war.
In peace times Its detonating uses are
legion. It helps to blast tunnels
through mountains nnd gouge cuts for
rnllronds nnd highways, razes tree
stumps and stones to clear land for
many purposes, loosens limestone,
granite nnd barbie from quarries for
new buildings, and dislodges minerals
from mines.
Spain Chief Source.
"Radio programs nre amplified In
American living rooms by radio tubes
In the manufacture of which mercury
had a part, nnd many electrical devices
used In modern buildings were
produced with the aid of mercury. One
of the most outstanding recently developed
uses of mercury Is In power
plants. The new plant uses mercury
vapor Instead of steam.
"Now nnd then mercury Is found In
Its liquid metal state but more often
It nppenrs In a red mercury-sulphur
ore called cinnabar, from which the
metal is extracted hv a roasting
process.
"Mercury Is known to exist on every
continent but most of the world's supply
comes from Spain and Italy, with
Spain lending In production. The
mines which give Italy second rank
among mercury-producing countries
are situated near Trieste and In Tuscany.
The United States Is third on
the mercury production list, with Unitrornia
leading the 'mercury states'
which include Oregon, Nevada, Washington.
Texas, and Arizona. The
metal also Is mined in Alaska, Mexico,
Canada. China. Russia, Czechoslovakia,
Austria. Algeria. Japan, Rumania. New
Zealand and Australia. Peru once was
nn important South American source
of n.woucv hot production oeascd several
\eurs ;igo."
107,744 Italians Go
Back to Old Country
Ron.o A total or 1<>7(7 I 1 Italian la
Itot t : v returned *o |tal\ from abroad
in 1; 1. (>f tin' number, 22.Mfc't re
iirneil from ; h Untied Slates; P. t'.l
from 1-'ranee; 17 .4 Jo from Switzerland;
11 " v i f in \ rg"t!t itie am! the balance
'ran other South \nieriean and Kurope.'iti
rountrie*. Italian census figures,
re\ is?-ii from \pril. 1P21, give the populaiioi^.i*
.tk',7 as of January 31,
1032.
Bell Ring* 147 Ye?ri
Lossiemouth, Scotland.?"Lady Gordon."
a hell weighing over a quarter of
a hundredweight, first started ringing
In lTSA and can still be heard nt Ramsay
MacDonald's Scottish boisa, the
Hillocks, as It rings In its turret st
Lossiemouth railroad station.
*
Ancients Named r.okes
Well I'nown to Anglers
Few llshei'.ueit have ever given
thought t?> the derivation t?f the names
of ihe.itshea wiilcji Ltiey \y\m *?> w4'11There
ar? a l?*?^t of fishes named uI
or the animal* they resemble, such ?*?,
the dogfish anil outrtsth. The derlva-*
tlou of the names suntlsh ami blueglll
i* obvious, but where did the word
trout come front? , . .
Trout was originally tructa, which
In turn Is lost In a very olil Greek
word, meaning eat or gnaw, says William
Heebe In bis book "The Log of
the Sun," Torch harks back to the
Latin perca, and the Hoiuuns had It
from the Greeks, among whom It
meant spotted, The Hoinans said mlnutus
when they meant small. ?n<l
nowadays when we speak of any very
small fish, we say minnows.
The pike Is so named from the
sharp-pointed snqut and long slim
body, bringing to ntlnd the old-time
weapon of that uarae, while pickerel
meuns doubly a little pike, the "er
and "el" being diminutives. Smelt
was formerly applied to any small
fish and comes perhaps from the
Anglo-Saxon- smeolt, which meant
smooth. Salmon comes directly from
the I^itln kJtlmo, which meuns to leap.
Sturgeon comes from the Saxon stliIga,
literally, a stirrer, from the habit
of the fish to stir up the niud at the
bottom of the water.
Intricate Problem. Is j
History of Mankind
Five hundred years may not seem to
'be many If put against the years of
which man h&s left written or pictured
record of himself. The first we know
of him In that way Is of a certain King
Menes of Kgypt and of the first dynasty,,
who met an unfortunate death
In an encounter with a hippopotamus.
The date of this tragic accident, singular
as the first record In man's history,
was no further back than 4,400 years
before the Christian era?say, 6,000
years ago. But what Is that In comparison
with all the years that man
has been a reasoning, problem-solving
creature on the earth? Worked flints
have been found In strata of the end
of the Pliocene period, at a date reckoned
by geologists to be about 000,000
,B. C. A creature that could shape
" those flints, adapting them, as we have
to suppose, to a preconceived end, Is
surely to be complimented with the
name of "man." The few years for
which man has left us any records
other than his handiworks, the tools
nnd artistic things that,tie has wrought,
and, especially, those great edifices and
tombs made ,for bis dead, are, therefore,
almost as nothing in the entire
story's length.?Horace G. Hutchinson
in London Qunrterly Review.
End of "Charter Oak"
The Charter Oak in Hartford, Conn.,
was blown down In a heavy windstorm
at a quarter to one on the morning
of August 21, 1856. A rough shell of
stump was left standing about 10 feet
from the ground. On the following
day people crowded to see it and a
guard was placed to preserve It from
"relic hunters." Colt's Armory band
played dirges and patriotic music over
the fallen monarch for two hours at
noontime. At sundown all the bells in
the city were tolled. A few years later
Charter Oak avenue was laid over
the site. The remaining roots were
dug up and a simple slab was placed
In the retaining wall by the avenue.
"Missouri Compromise"
It is quite true that Henry Clay
was not the. author of a first Missouri
compromise, passed In 1820, although
he is given credit for a suggestion
which was. utilised by the senate In a
bill to admit Maine as a free state
and Missouri as a slave state. A a a
result of this controversy a Joint j
committee was appointed which
agreed to admit Maine and Missouri
separately, leaving tthe Thomas
amendment to the Missouri bill, which
prohibited slavery In all the remainder j
of the Louisiana territory north of 38
degrees and 30 minutes north latitude
(the southern boundary of Missouri).?Washington
Star.
The Devil's Marks
In many parts of the Emerald isle
there are to be found traces of the
devil. In beautiful Wicklow is the |
IngR of Old Nick's tall when he failed
to lure a fair maiden from her convent.
In Tlpperary Is the Devil's bite
?a huge bite taken out of the mountain
range and spat down to the plain
below. where it still stands as the Rock |
uf tJaKbel. Then, of onur?e, tn Ktilar- 1
ney is the Devil's punch howl?but all j
it contains~in these days is pure water. 1
Joy in Work
Is there not rot her a li-rah-nri as
we grow older to lose our enthusiasm,
to get a little dull, a little blunted,
j. and to sny thai we have sobered
! down? Vet how a Joy in work carries
a man on! It drives him forward in i
the nloorhing pursuit of an ideal, j
through the rough and smooth places j
of the world, forgetting all else tint !
the object of his search, in invention, j
In labor, in art. nnd?yes?in holi
ness?Canon Now bolt.
Pure Oxygen
Pure oxygen, except under pressure.
Is not harmful t?? the human ! ?!>.
Those experimenters who aire eugugeO
In energy metabolism studies, tn which
oxygen wlrti little air Is consumed for
A period of frots- It) to 15 inliurn. will
welcome this opinion of a doctor writlag
for Hygela Magazine.
Pickens Bank ^ I
Robbed By Bandits I
Pickens, duty 21, Four meft 8
afternoon robbed the South Ceroid
I State bank here of $26,000 HtMj *
caped in a large automobile tow.^ 8
Punkintown and Caesar's Head ^ j
The four men drove up to the bank
in a big automobile. While two Z
matted in the machine and kept th 8
engine running, the others ent?rsd
the bank, deserted except for tht2 I
employes,
j One of the men coveml the man- 8
ager, assistant manager and book,
keeper with two revolvers while the
.other scooped up the available money.
Then, with leveled revolvers, they I
backed out of the door, sprang into I
the automobile and roared away.
Bank officials had not completed a
chpck and could not aay definitely 8
just how much money was obtained. I
The robbers fled down the main
highway, and are believed to have t
gone either in the direction of Lib- I
erty or Easley.
Armed officers are in pursuit.
Prank McPall, manager; James
Hoggs, assistant manager and Mb* I
Bettie Npwton, bookkeeper, were the I
only persons in the bank during the i
noon hour when the robbery occurred.
W. E. Findley, ex-senator from
Pickens county, walked into the bank 8
just as the robbery was staged. The I
bandits promptly took charge of him
and relieved him of $50 in his pock*
A check this afternoon placed the I
amount stolen at $26,000. The rob- i
hers overlooked about $9,000 hidden f
in the vault.
(Sheriff John D. Craig, of Piokens I
county, together with police from! I
Easley, Pickens and Greenville, are in I
pursuit of the robbers who are be- j!
lieved to have taken a side road and I
gone toward Punkintown and Caes
ax's Head. j
Four senate investigating commit- I
tees will do much work during the j
time from now until congress con- {
venes in December (for the short ses- I
sion. One committee will investigate I
the treaty signed this week by Can
ada and the United (States regarding I
: the proposed St. Lawrence waterway;
j the New York stock exchange com- 'I
I mittee will continue its work, while I
the other two committees will inves- I
tigate the affairs of the Reconstruc- rm
tion Finance corporation and the I
farm board. - > =9
(alotaLs I
For lazy liver, stomach and !
kidneys, biliousness, indi- ' I
gestion, constipation, head*
ache, colds and fever* . I
10/ and 35l at dealers* . I
#' 1 1 " '! " 11 . Mljl
NO-MO-KORN I
FOB CORNS AND CALLOUSW I
Made in Camden And For Sals If I
DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 91 I
i ROBT. W. MITCH AM I
Architect 1
Crocker Building, I
Camden, S. C.
* KERSHAW LODUB No. Jt .
ff\ A. P. M. =
n Regular communication of
this lodge is held on tso
first Tuesday in each monta
at 8 p.m. Viaiting Brethren are ww* /
corned. W. R. CLYBURN, /J
J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Mart
u... Secretary l-14rFfrft..
Jt DeKALB COUNCIL No ^ j
Junior Order U. A. M. j
Regular council second ana
' ^ ^ fourth Mondays of ea^
month at 8 p.m. Visiting Breth,T!!? J
are welcomed. J. W. THOMPSON,
L. H. JONES, Councillor. .
Recording Secty.
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EYES EXAMINED !
and Glasses Fitted I
THE HOTFER MMMJIV I