The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 28, 1932, Image 2
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Group of OH Wella In Texas.
(PrcV*rcct bv Nntlonnl OeoKi'Aphtc HocUty,
Washington, I), O.)?WNU 8ervloo.
WIIILK sclent ists ai-o penetrating
the black depths of. caves
In Texas to trace the lives of
their early occupants?among i
America's oldest Inhabitants?the Lone
Star state syviftly marches In the opposite
direction toward modern progress.
Texas Is so big! So big that some
one said the people of HI l'aso Jeer at
those of Galveston as being effete
easterners. In terms of people, area,
animals, crops, and natural wealth
she Is so big and her regional Interests
are so diverse that she has out\
grown her very constitution, as a boy
outgrows his pants. Laws good for
east Texas may he bad for west Texas.
States policies agreeable to the'natives
on the lower Klo Grande may
cause grief and pain to those hundreds
of miles away In the vast Panhandle.
Merely to confound the newcomer,
the native himself takes delight la
mentioning casually that his stale |
could swallow tip more than 213 Rhode
Islands and have a large* area deft
over am] that It Is farther from HI
l'aso t<? Beaumont than It Is from New
York to Chicago, ller governor rules
more territory than any king or
premier of Hnrope has In the continental
limits of his country, Russia
alone excepted. Were Texas at? densely
settled as Massachusetts, she'd have
more than 1 111,0<)0,000 people. In
Texas mere native Americans, starting
only with hard hands, strong wills,
and great energy, have built tip. a vast,
rich and powerful commonwealth.
The human tide to Texas, so far,
has been steady, but never In any
sense a ~ great migration.? WhcnStephen
F. Austin founded his famous
colony on the banks of the Brazos, a
little more than 100 years ago, the
Texas population, Including Mexicans
and Indians, was probably not more
than 8,000 op 10,000. In the next quarter
of a century the state had only
100,000 white inhabitants and 35,000
slaves. Not till railways began to
spread, In the seventies, was Its
growth at all rapid. In the last 20
years It has gained more than 2.000,000.
.. From the Middle Western states,
since 1020, more than 100.000 people
have come each year to settle in Texas.
Of these Immigrants, 8(1 per cent have
settled in towns and cities. The remaining
1 I per cent, going to the cogtT^
try, have put close to 2.<HHi,m>o acres
of new land Into crops. Since the end
of the World war, it Is estimated that
propnhly oon.ono people have settled
on new farms in the vast Panhandle
region.
Less Than Half Cultivated.
The enormous agricultural potentiality
of Texas is shown by the fact
that, although less than half of her
amide land has been put under cultivation.
ybt In s good year she produces
a billion dollar crop.
More than a billion dollars' worth
of oil has'"been produced In Texas in
five years and the state probably has
more lignite, or brown coal, than the
whole famous Ruhr region of tier- j
many. Her deposits run Into billions
of tons. No one knows how much, i
Her industrial population, though long
of minor consequence, is now increas- I
lng fast.
With her abundant oil, gas lignite. J
Iron ore, and other minerals, the re- 1
suiting gradual increase of trade and
Industry is bound to bring substantial
growth 1<> certain Texas cites
( ?n the maps ?>f the I'nit, d States
used b.v fJi 1 general staff at Washington
certain lit'lc l!ags rro thing. Tlo'.v
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of t rat.-; : t. ami lo r a. o-? to
vast tneaf. grain : n I natural gas -up
plies-, is a strategic may spot whereon
j{ j$ easy* to visual.7.e a grc~.it southwi
stern city.
Already Houston is conspicuous. Tt
Is the greatest spot cotton market In
the world. On its ship canal it has
huge storage for export oil and grain
?grain sent from Iowa. Kansas and
Nebraska for Liverpool and Hurope.
Fed by 17 railways am! served by
numerous steamship and tanker lines.
It trades with the world. Its de>tiny
is one of large possibilities.
Biflfler and Better Cattla.
In all the kaleidoscopic industrial
transitions that are sweeping so much
of our South. uwl West, nothing has
changed more completely than the
Texan cattle ranches. Today the original
high-speed Texas Innghorn, that
streak of hoofs, horns and yellow hide
that used to ran with the deer and
wild mustangs, Is practically extinct.
Vet, In his'' time, he was the basis
of vast fortunes.
With the banished longhorn there
also passed from this wlld-cattlo arena
most of those rollicking, hard-riding,
quick-shooting heroes whose names
still live in the old cowhoy ballads.
When barbed wire was Invented, romance
and adventure died?op the
Texas plains. Freedom was no more.
As to Texas, the .climatic, geographic,
floral fact remains that she Is still the
biggest natural cow pasture In the
l.'nlted States At this very minute
millions of bulky hovlnes are quietly
feeding and fattening Inside the wire
fences of Texas.
Rigger and belter meat-bearing animals
that Is the modern Texas cowman's
slogan. Gradually building, up
the herds no yearly ipn h Is but constantly
improved. To get a hti-kv.
fever-resisting beast for the low coast
lands, the canny Texans have crossed
their native cattle with the great
humpbacked I'.rahmr.ns -of India In
good years the Fori Wortlt market
alone will receive more than I.Onu.tKlO
cuttle, as well as, perhaps, l.'JoU.OOO
calves, sheep, and hogs
Measured In dollars and cents,
Texas cotton Is above cattle. Cotton.
In Texas, Is above everything.. Hut
nothing Is above cattle In the sent I
merits and memories of Texans. To
keep alive and spread the fame of
Texas cow kingdoms, 311 historic cattle
brands have been carved on the walls
of Harrison hall, newest building on
the camups of the state university.
When Cabeza dp Vaca crossed Texas
In 1535 the Indians gave him gar- ]
meats of cottohr- From the few plants
of those early days there has developed
n production of astounding magnitude.
At times Texas' crop has
amounted to more than 40 per cent of
nil cotton grown In the United States.
In the record year, 10120. It reached
the amazing total of 5,030,831 500pound
bales.
Taking a leaf from the book of
North Carolina. Texas 1s beginning to
build up her most obvious Industry,
the cottoli mill. She enjoys three of
the most vital factors for their profit1
abb- operation: adequate labor, cotton
I "at the gate of the cotton patch." and
I fuel for "power. *
Developing Its Resources.
Like North. Carolina, also, Texas Is
setting nhour methodically to make
the most of all her natural-gifts. The
newly formed Society for the Scientific
Development of Texas Natural Hesources
Is Just what Its name implies.
Vast as many resources of Texas
are known to be, further surveys must
yet he made to determine the best
local Industrial use of the many miners!
deposits which exist. Already the
nnnual mineral production,"exclusive
of oil. Is valued at $70,000,000. Take
potash. A thorough survey of the
Texas deposits may reveal enough of
these salts to make the United States
forever Independent of the present
French-German potash monopoly.
Texas produces $50,000,000 of net
surplus wealth each year. It Is the
aim of the Scientific society, by publishing
freely the results of its surveys, to
aid this home capital In the developj
merit of mining and Industry,
j Texas, never a territory, entered
' the Union on her own terms. Shrewdj
l\. she kept title to her own public
1 -ml- J l;>!f tie- \.i?t domain >!i ? g:s\e
i to l,i r s. 1 . 's. 1!i r- \:r. \ osi: \ reIved
tnoj-p Men f\vo r m-'-es.
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I like M g: oat b.,rr.a,en. of I'.r.I
handle, "f the S..ti'a II- bo a gorge In
! UreWsti-r e.'tinti. are wild and pie
j tiin sque ('res- c.-untr.v train trippers
. killing time at bridge between Kansas
j City and I.os Angeles, see nothing of
those rougher, w iider regions. I.ike|
wise, by hundreds of miles, they miss
the verdant, fruitful, subtrople Gulf
1 coast, with its palms and beaches. Its
j pleasure resorts, and its busy, grow1
Ing tourist traffic. From all over the
- Middle West Increasing numbers of
I visitors go now each winter to Gnl|
veston, Corpus Christ!, and other Gulf
; towns.
Farther south and alone the Rio
Grande, between Laredo and BrownsJ
vllle, has developed rapidly a vegetable
j nnd citrus-growing region of wealth
i and Importance.
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Exhibit of Mummies in
Crypf of Dublin Cljmrch
Dublin is perhaps the only city outside
of Egypt that has Us own mummies.
They are rather a ghastly sight,
hut no visit to the city would he complete
without a trip to the crypt of St.
Michun's church, where they may he
seen.
Some odd property of the air In the
vault underneath this edifice has pre
served the bodies of tuuuy of those
who w'ere hurled there centuries ago.
You may see them now, for the weight
of one collin piled upon another has
caused some of them to break and
arms and legs protrude. It Is strange
Indeed to ho taken Into a dark dun
geon and to see In thu (lash of a light
held by your escort a hand hanging
out. And It Is a hand, too, and nut
Just a network of bone. For the skin
has been preserved through all the
ages and has jukon on the appearance
of leather.
The sexton tukes great pride In
showing these remains. Some of them
are lords and some are common folk
Many of them have been dead Ave
centuries, which is a long time In any
Country. The one he Is proudest of.
perhaps, is that of a Crusader. You
know- he Is a Crusader, for he was
hurled, as they all wore, with the legs
crossed.?New Y'ork Evening Cost.
Finest Feelings Last
but One Brief Moment
Each hud flowers but once and each
flower has but Its minute of perfect
beauty; so In the garden of the soul
each feeling has, as It were, Its flowering
instant, Its one and only moment
of expansive grace ami radiant king
ship. Each star passes but onco in
the night through meridian over
our headland shines there but ah instant;
so in the heaven of the mind
each thought touches its zenith but
once, and in that moment all its brilliance
and ail its greatness culminate.
Artist, port, or thinker. If you want
to ilx and immortalize your ideas or
your feelings, seize them at the precise
and fleeting moment, for It is their
highest' point. Before it you have
vague outlines or dim presentiments
of them. After It you will only have
weakened reminiscence? or powerless
regret; that moment is tho moment of
your ideal.?Am ell's Journal.
Early American Missionary
It seems a far call from a little Island
in the Mediterranean, and from a
very little village on that Island to San
Francisco In California, but Soller is a
lovely spot cupped in a valley under
the peak of I'ulg Mayor. The Sollerites
are us clean as the Dutch or clearver,
and their houses ure spotless.
Their polished tiles and white walls
light up cheerfully as you enter their
ever open doors. It's so sunny and
fine In Soller that no one even dreams
of closing iPTIoor. From Soller visit
the coastal heights of Miramar, where,
in 1270, tho Franciscan mystic. Raymond
Lull, founded the first school of
Christian missionaries, whence later
wont Fro Junipera Serra to found the
mission of San Francisco In California
?Washington Star.
These United States
The name United States of America
is really an evolutionary product, a
name which begun to develop as soon
as the Colonies handed themselves togather.
Some of the old local coins
refer to the "Unity States of America."
The Declaration of Independence
asserts "that these United Colonies
arc, and of Right ought to lie
Free and Independent States." It
also speaks <>f them as the United
States of America. So do the Articles
of Confederation and the Constitution.
The "authority" by which the
name is used is that of the people, as
delegated to the Continental congress
and the other bodies which shaped the
form of our government.
Touchy About Wrinklet
When Queen Elizabeth's wrinkles
waxed deep and many It is reported
that an unfortunate master of the
mint Incurred disgrace by n too faithful
shilling, said an article in the
Quarterly Review in October, lv_8.
The die was broken and only <ne
mutilated spec1!men is now in existence.
Her inc.i?N ?f honor took the
hint and were thenceforward careful
that no fragment of looking glass
should remain in any room in the
palace. In fmt. the lion heart, d l.t ly
had not lo-art t<? l--ok herself in die
<*\. e f t ' e !:i M '.'II M'.irs of III r i.e.. ?
Do! I'eit \ ' W s.
Sweet Papa
A e. rt.e!. ..lib li.ol lej.bleed !'- bi.
. ; ,.- h .-.=,it e I ser\ Itors t it
vouitg. .tied ^c/,i?t*L,pretty. w iiti
Mo- f the old die-hard :... :ntiers
w he had strongly oppose ! the
idea arrived for lunch.
! low 's the dm k today?" he gruu.ed,
glowering at the girl who came to
serve him.
"Oh, I'm all right." said the waitress
perkily, "and how's the old pelican
?"
Fly in the Ointment
Tire venerable musician put down
his beloved Instrument with a sigh.
"I've but one regret," he said. "1
canna take my Addle wl' me when 1
*o- *Lr
"After all. tbnt won't matter very
much." his visiter consoled him.
"You'll have u harp, you know
"Aye!" snld the old vtoliniro. fl,-rt-e
ly, "and wha's gaun tue learn the
hairp at my ago?**
BEDLAM BKKAK8 iJfrOSE
What would happen in your city, in
a given week, if newspapers were to
bo abolished? We loam from
Portland (Ore.) Journal what actually
happened recently at Butte,
Montana, when the two daily newspapers
of tho community did not appear
for two weeks owing to a wage
controversy.
One rumor spread through tho
town that a,/terrible murder had been
committed i\p the suburbs.
Another report carried the dismal
tidings that .the bonus men at Washington
had blown up the White House.
A third terrifying rumor, widely
spread through the city, was to tho
effect that President Hoqvor had ibeen
assassinated.
Crowds milled about tho streets in
front of the newspaper offices, reading
brief news bulletins posted on
tho windows. Newspaper telephonos
rang incessantly as subscribers begged
for stray bits of news.
A messenger boy carrying exchanges
from the postoffice to one of the
Butte newspapers was stopped on the
street and offered as high as 50 cents
a copy for the privilege of reading
one of his papers.
Theso things, or worse, would happen
in any city of this country, in
like circumstances. Life would bo
made perilous. Business and orderly
routine would suffer immeasurable
harm and violence. Bedlam would
break looso.
What the American press contributes
to organized society as a regulator
of thought and conduct is little
understood or appreciated by the rank
and file. There are stupid men in
certain communities, sometimes pos- j
ing as local leaders, who do not hesi- j
tate to break the usefulness of their ;
newspapers at every opportunity, j
They sot us such trashy substitutes
as shopping give-away advertising j
sheets, silly radio contraptions which j
can only distribute news bulletins, at i
best, though claiming all of th,e rights j
of the free press, and otherwise seek j
to embarrass responsible journals of j
real news and honest opinion.
Harry Chandler, publisher of Los
Angeles Times, not long ago said:
"Take away the newspapers, and this
country of ours would become a scene
of chaos." That is literally time.?
Editor and. Publisher. i
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The Dyspeptic Candidate
During the late campaign, Repre- |
sentative Champ 'Clark, of Missouri, j
and a minister who had dyspepsia, j
but who was helping out in the prohi- !
bition cause by making speeches along
on Clark's trail, met at a farm
house and stopped to dinner. The j
farmer's wife bustled around and
fried chicken, fresh ham, pork chops, |
steak, vegetables and three kinds of
pie. Mr. Clark was eating everything j
set before him. The minister sipped j
a cup of hot water.
"Won't you have some chicken?'*
asked the host.
"No, thank you," replied the min- I
ister.
"Won't you take some steak?"
"Thank you, no."
"Or some ham or pork chops?" persisted
the farmer.
"Na," replied the minister.
The youn^ son of the house leaned
over to his father and whispered
hoarsely:
"Maybe he'll suck an egg, pap."
WHY MISREPRESENT? 1
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A man who deliberately misrepre- ,
sent* another has committed a grave \
offenee. However, there have always
been people in every community (who ,
delighted in leaving false impression ]
concerning some one or Home busi- ,
neso, etc. ?
Some people will misrepresent their
competitor, thinking that they will be ^
the gainer, ahd might be for a while, j
but it will eventually become known, j
and when it does it always rebounds \
on the one who has thus acted. , (
We have seen Innocent people suf- ]
for on account of a misrepresentation (
of their character, and in various ,
other ways, all on account of some t
misstatement of some envious person. (
There is a golden rule which it, would ,
be well for us all to follow: "If you
can't say something good about your
neighbor, don't say anything."
You take most campaigns for office
and there are always a few who
will stoop to misrepresent their opportent.
This is wrong and one reason
why we have nev^r had any desire ,
to be a candidate for office. You will
hear one felldw speak, and .you would
think his opponent was crookedest
fellow in the world, and ho will come
along and tell you about the other
fellow and you just don't know which
one is telling the truth. In such
cases we wonder sometimes if they
both are not right in their assertions.
If they are, then both should
go down in defeat.
Occasionally you will find a business
man who will misrepresent his
competitor, thinking ho^SjNl get business-that
his' competitor has been
getting. He (might succeed for a
while, but when you find a fellow
like this He will finally lose the conI
.
idence of the people; and -when he I
Joes ho i? going- to got i hard fall- |
nid he deserve* one end has it ^
ngiLet
us be uquare -with each other
ind when we a*y anything about any! I
tx>dy\ let it be the truth.- <S?lUsaw
(Okla.) Democrat American.
I >avis Van Noy #rai\h, president of I
the building material4 company bear
mg his name, at Charleston, had been I
n business there for 48 years before I
his death this week. He wa i 60 y^ar, I
old and born at Newberry. For the I
last 43 years he commuted between I
Oharlesrton and his home at Summer. I
villi', by train for 38 years and by av I
tomobile for the last five years, trav. I
eling thus a distance equal to 20 1
times around the world.
The first use of trucks instead of I
locomotives in South Carolina will be I
that of .the Seaboard between Hamlet I
and iColumjbia, and between Columbia 1
and Gambit. The road has madt I
formal application to the state rail- I
road commission for permission to op- I
erate this truck service during the I
last two months of this year and thQ I
first two months of 1933. The trucks I
will handle only parcel post and ek- I
press matter and are intende<l to ira- I
prove the passenger train service, the I
road says. It is* operating the same I
sort of service between Hamlet and I
Norlina, N. C.? I
Another tragedy because ho did-' I
n't know it was loaded occurred Sun- I
day night at Spartanburg, when I
Ralph Sistar, 18 years old, was killed I
by a shot from a pistol in the hands I
of J. R- Fouche, On the way home
from church, Sistar asked Fouche to I
buy a pistol and while Fouphe was I
examining the gun it was discharged. I
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ATTENTION
Seed Loan Farmers!
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We
are in a position to store all government seed
loan Cotton and advance 80 cents per hundred pounds. f
| Our receipts will be accepted by the Department of
Agriculture. Take advantage of the 9 1-2 cents per ?
I pound on your loan. Store with
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Mutual Warehouse Company *
F. M. WOOTEN, Manager, Camden, S. C.
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| HELP THE RED CROSS TO HELP THE NEEDYT~|
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The 1932 posW of the American Ksd Croaa Roll Call for members.
EVERY year, beginning with the
World War, the Red Cross has
Issued a poster calling attention to Its
roll call for membership, which in
held, traditionally, from Armistice Day
to Thanksgiving Day. Many famous
artists have painted these posters.
v
Usually they center about the figure
of a Red Crosa nurse, which carries
sentimental recollections of her service
during the war, and of her service
in disasters in peacetime, as well as
in the paths or public health.
The poster this year is a timely re
minder that the Red Cross needs help, a
J it ih carry on helping othei*_a
Every one who joint u a member ?* m
the Red Cross chapter In his rotf M
munity will be helping this hurosn* 1
tarlan organisation to help the need/ M
throughont the patios-- I