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Booking backward f?ken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ajco jriPTKISN YEARS AGO July 19, 1918. James Hoyt 11-year-old son (,f Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jones, near Kershaw, killed by bolt of lightning. g l. Spangler, young white man, merely injured when he fell from a 1 *ffold while working on new bridge W.teree river. r?rolina Ice Plant of Camden advertised for sale <by sheriff to satisfy judgment of Palmetto Icb Co., of C*. fombja. \Mrs. Queen Hough, widow of the Jte Captain Moses Hough, dies in Timrod section; T. Gardner, prominent citizen of Bethune, dies suddenly of heart trouble. Mingo Dow Bracey, Oamden negro, dies in Richmond, Va., where ho was ^attending a seminary. Ten inches df hail stones fell at Holly Springs, N. iC., destroying all crops in its .path*. Dr. J. E. McLure turns , over Big Springs to be operated by American | Red Cross for war benefits, i Ten room, two-Story residence of Willis Sheorn, on Mill street, destroy[ ed by fire. Aviator William Plyler, of Ker| jhaw, captured when his pUnd . fell ; behind the German line. Archie L. Young, of Camden, marI ried to Miss Cleo M. Anderson of Cassatt. Bells tolled and business stopped for five minutes in memory of Massenburg Trotter, first man to fall in battle from Kershaw county. Benjamin Haley, 85, dies in Buffalo section. Edwin Guy and John K. deLoach leave by auto for trip into the mountains. .. Sir Henry Royce of London, automobile builder, left most of his fortune of $500,000 for research work to find a remedy for preventative of the common colds with which humanity is much afflicted. \ ? ' . _ r | THIRTY YKAR6 AGO July 24, 1903. Fire at Cantey Hill destroy# barn, < mule and fodder belonging to Mrs, A. 1 C. Watts. ( i E. F. Watkins sella his grocery business to Edward Salmond 1 and William Salmond. Kerahaw Guards, under command of Capt. 9. C. Zemp leaves for annual encampment at Isle of Palma, Mrs. W. J. P. Weeks dies at her , home on 'Lafayette avenue after illness due to typhoid fever. Bishopville to have a new bank, known as the Peoples Bank, capitalized at $20,000. pr. J. E. MoLure commences twostory brick structure at Bishopville to be occupied by Springs, Heath & company. Five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rush falls and breaks her arm. Dry, hot weather causing number of trees to die in Camden. Ernest Brannon, son of T. W. Brannon, dies of Jyphoid fever.. Chronicle asks, "Who will be the first man in Camden to own an automobile." Pope Iveo XIII is dead at Rome after an illi^ss of two weeks. Negroes, at Lake Butler, Fla., lynch negro tramp for assaulting a negro woman. Mob at Butte, Montana, storms jail and lynches two white men charged with wife murder. King Snake Has Big Breakfast Of Snakes Charleston, July 15.?A "three in one" snake stretched lazily in a Charleston museum cage last night as museum authorities awaited development of an X-ray picture to complete the story of retribution in the | reptile kingdom. > A southern hog nose snake, 18 inches long, swallowed a 27-inch garter snake, and soon afterward itself, was swallowed by a five-foot king snake in the museum.' -For some time, museum officials said, the hog nose and the garter had lived amic- j ably in the same cage. This morning they found the garter snake missing and the hog nose looked very full. An X-ray revealed the longer snake folded up inside. The hog nose was then placed in a cage with the king snake, which killed it and devoured it in three hours. An X-rpy was then taken of the king snake. Cotton manufacturers from eight Southern states met in Atlanta, Gav 1 Tuesday and gave their endorseiqent to the textile industry code, but would make no public prediction as to the extent that it would probably increase employment and wages in Southern mills. Cheers greeted the announcement of Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer of England, in the house of commons Monday when he said: "There is no doubt that the avowed policy of this country and the United States are closely parallel to one another." Vacations and : ? k Health * * By Dr. ERNEST H. LINES Kminmt Authority and Chief Medical Director N?w York Life lmu ranee Company CAMP LIFE CAMPING in the woods or on the shore of some lake can be one of '.he most healthful ways to spend a summer holiday. This is particularly (rue of city office workers who should aim to get plenty of fresh ft- and sunshine, and a moderate amount of exercise, during the two weeks va^s'mn usually allotted to them. | * selecting a camp site, go to or,<" tliai is free from mosquitoes, flies m ! 'her insects which arc not only ur,;.l>- ;sant but also disease carriers i prisonous. Then choose a spot el ground high enough to be dry if it ram*. Do not sleep on damp ground. An ;-.r>jMe supply of woolen blankets B>: nl i he provided, as well as warm ci"'h:ng and sweaters if you Are camping in ? place where the evening* Oav he cool. Ma'ehes, cigarettes and cigar stubs si iM not be thrown away carelessly * . n camping in the woods.' Campfir?s sViould also bo thoroughly exted whenever you leave the Forest fires, causing injury fi: ifa'h, have often been started hy -.rfiess campers. v and hatchets should be used w < nre, for it is all too easy to cut R hand or foot badly. Sterilize all cn'v particularly those from rusty n * 't old iron, to avoid lock-jaw or .. :,rr infection. Firearms The National Safety Council rtv P" bird of the deaths from ! rus occur between ages 10 and 1 1 ;n i another 20 per rent between 20 and 29. The hazard exists elm-fly nrnong boys and young men. firo-irms should be carried only a* >' img to the accepte<l fules. If }' u don't know the rules, learn them before picking up a gun and tramping through the fields and woods. Make sure that nobody is in range *hen you contemplate using firearms, And under no circumstances point a gun st another person. Your victim nay never live to hear the all too common ?nd weak excuse, "I didn't ^how it was loaded." Snake Bite* Find out what poisonous snakes are prevalent in the district you intend to visit, and learn something about their appearance and habits. Rattlers, copperheads, cotton-mouths or water-moccasins, and tho coral or harlequin snakes are dangerous. Riding boots or leather leggings give considerable protection. If a snake bite doee occur, don't lose your head; Apply a tourniquet just above the bite, remembering to loosen it for a moment every fifteen minutes. Sterilize the skin and cut a gash courageously just above the bite with a sharp knife. Suction by mouth will help draw off some of the venom, which - * ! should not be swallowed or retained in the mouth. Get a physician as quickly aa possible, and have antitoxin for snake bite given if possible; People going into localities where snakes are plentiful can obtain a supply of anti-toxin put up in small syringes ready for*use. Alcohol is not an anti-toxin for snake venom. Do not depend on it. I a This is the third of a series of 12 articles on Vocatipasjsnd Health. The fourth, on The Open Road, will answer the questions: 1. What should be done before starting on a long automobile trip?, X- Is the condition of the car more important than the physical condition of the driver? ' J. In driving far, how often should the driver stop for rest? (Cterrtc*w i*u. N.r.LL o*> r - ? Science Expert Praises Lizard as Good Mother An Intelligence tuul devotion lu the care of Its eggs equaling and, in acme respects surpassing, that of the nestlug barnyard bon wua attributed to the blue-tailed sklnk, a lizard common In this section, by a curator of reptiles and amphibians at 'the American Museum of Natural History, who told of experiments and research Into the brooding liablts of this and other lizards carried on at the museum. Although lizards are generally looked upon us cold-nutured creatures that abandon their offspring to the mercy of the elements, the experiments show that the mother sklnk broods her batch of eggs with maternal solicitude unex|>ected In a reptile and will even defend them ugalnst enemies many times lurger than herself, Furthermore, It was shown that, unlike the hen which will sit ou china eggs with apparent satisfaction and full expectations, the sklnk recognizes Its own, eggs by tasting them and refuses to wusto time on those of other families of lizards, no matter how similar. ?New York Herald Tribune. Newfoundland Got Out Stamps to Honor Cabot Ih 181)7 Newfoundland Issued a long set of postage stamps to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of its discovery by,.John Cabot, an Italian navigator In the employ of Henry VII of England, says a writer la the Chicago Tribune. Giovanni Caboto was born In Genoa, but bad long resided In Venice prior to removing In 148-1 wtth ids family to Ixmdon. He made several attempts to reach the."Island" of Bruzll and that of the "Seven Cities," supposedly soniewhero west of Erin, but only after Columbus returned from his successful voyage did he realize that ills ships had merely been coasting along the shores of Europe. Preparations were made for. a real voyage, and on May 2, 1497, he sq| out from Bristol, arriving at Cape Breton Island on June 24. Skirting the coast of Newfoundland on his return he naroe^, several capes as well as the island Ha, St. Pierre and Miquelon, now owned by France. Egyptian Cat The Egyptian cat Is a domesticated species of the African wildcat (says a traveler), and no doubt Its strange behavior and Its weird voice were the cause of its being regarded as sacred in ancient times; but although the old gods have been forgotten these many centuries, the traditional sanctity of the race has survived. Modern Egyp-_, tians think it unlucky to hurt a cat, and in the native quarters of Cairo and other cities hundreds of cats are fed at the expense of benevolent citizens. They say that they do this because cats are so useful to mankind In killing off mice and other pests; but actually It Is an unrecognized survival of the old beliefs. Mutiny on the Bounty At the end of 1787 Lieut. William Bllgh was sent to the Pacific In command of H. M. S. Bounty. His severity provoked a mutiny (April 28, 1789), as a consequence of which Bligh and 18 loyal members of the crew were set adrift. After a Journey of nearly 4,000 miles In an open boat they all reached Batavia safely. The mutineers returned to Tahiti, where some of them were subsequently captured. A party, however, migrated to Pitcairn Island and founded a small colony, which was not discovered until 1808. There was then only one survivor of the originnl crew on the island, John Adams, who lived until 1820. Sea Level Sea level is the average level of the oceans, taken as the mean between high and low water. There are slight inequalities in level In the different parts of the ocean. A report of the United States Coast and Geodetic survey giving determinations of mean sea level among the coasts of the United States, In relation to the lines of land levels carried across the continent, indicates that the Pacific is about two feet higher than the Atlantic. However, for all practical purposes, the level of the oceans may he considered uniform and it is from this standard level that the height of land and the depth of the sea is measured. Grau of Many Namei Kentucky Blue grass Is a native of all countries of the world outside of the tropics, being found in Europe, northern Africa, Siberia, North America, Australia, and the most southern parts of South America, says the Dominion Department of Agriculture. It has all sorts of names In the various languages of the world, and in the English language Is- known as li'.ue grass, June grnss. spear grass, English grnss, green grass, bird grass, and common meadow grass.?Montreal Herald. Great Engineering Feat One of the most gigantic engineering feats in history Is the reclamation of the Zulder Zee, 40 miles wide and 50 miles long, which Is about half of what the sea gobbled up 700 years ago. During the Middle Ages the Frisian islands were an almost continuous series of dunes which protected the low land in back from the encroachment of the sea. Even now they almost cut off the Inland waters from the North m 1 - i J J . ? i" , ' ' 1 * ""~ # , 1 General News Notes President Roosevelt has given his final approval to the first batch of federal construction projects under the $8,800,000,000 public works program. The first list of projects will call for the expenditure of about $100,000,000. Four men are in four different jails in Virginia, charged with plotting the kidnapping of a Franklin banker, Cecil C. Vaughn, HI. One of tho plotters talked. The plan alleged was that the banker was to be held for $100,000 ransom. A. P. Vaughah, 78, has retired from the faculty of the Rosedale high school, Rose<lale, Kansas, after a continuous teaching career of 66 years. The public works administration has laid oi\t plans for the expenditure of $115,618,000 and to create a million new jobs by the first of October. Angus 1>. Molajan, of Washington, N. 0? has been appointed assistant solicitor general by President Roosevelt. His office will be in Washington, D. C. because of the danger of starting forest fires, youths in civilian conser-1 vation camps in Colorado have been forbidden to smoke while on duty. roe bandits shot a policeman to! death and stole the $10,000 payroll of the Allied Kid company in Philadelphia, Friday. The policeman on guard was shot before he had time to pull his gun. Secretary Iekes of the interior department, taking charge of tho administration's $3,800,000,000 public works program, ordered a speeding ( up of the operations by which it is expected millions of jobs will be given to the unemployed. At the samo time he served notice that the government expected its loans to bo repaid and would not make advances to local governments where "ordinary current expenditures are not being brought within prudently estimated revenues." A negro witness was summoned to attend federal court at Charleston and had no money. He walked 122 miles to Charleston, without food, and was completely exhausted on his arrival. The negro was too shy to tell of his troubles until he had been in Charleston for a day, when thtf prohibition administrator secured for him two days pay in advance. When officers went to tho home of O. D. Stevens north of Handley, Texas, on suspicion of his being connected with a $71,000 mail robbery at Fort Worth last February, they found a cache of narcotics which they estimated as being valued at $500'000. The officers visited the Stevens home in a search for evidence which might lead to the finding of the bodies of two men, believed to have been slain because of knowledge they had of the mail robbery. Senator Smith has recommended the appointment of Walter S. Griffin. as chief appraiser for tho Home Owners' corporation office at Greenville and Representative McSwain has recommended the appointment of James H. Price as head attorney. Over 188 persons applied for positions with the Greenville corporation. Of these, 119 have applied for general office work, 48 for stenographic work, 'and 17 asked to be named chief appraiser. There were four applications for the position as. head attorneys for the bank. News of Interest in "and Near Bethune Bethune, July IK.?The daily vacation Bible school came to a close Friday evening with very interesting exercises held at the Presbyterian church. Teachers and nupils from the thrco churches in Bethune contributed towards making this one of the best daily vacation Biblo schools ever held here. The enrollment was over a hundred and more than forty children were given iblue ribbons Friday evening. Misses Ruby Norris of Newberry, Thelma Stroman, Orangeburg, Eloise Miller, Pauline, and Lillian Goodlett, Travelers Rest, who have taught in the Bethune school for several years spent the week end with Mrs. <2. B. McKinnon. Morrison Graham left last week to join a party who are motoring to the World's Fair in Chicago. There was a district picnic of the Order of the Eastern Star from Camden, Kershaw and Bethuno held at Big Springs last Thursday. M rs. Minnie Best is spending some time with relatives here. Miss Lorena McDonald is visiting friends at Mulling The Rev. J. N. T. Keels is attending the Presbyterian assembly at Montreat, N. C. Mrs. Ida Haley, Misses Nell and Mary Haley and Mrs. L. W. Carnes, of Greenville, and Miss Sue Coker, of Pelzer, were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hilton Sunday. Mrs. Carnes and Miss Nell Haley remained over for a longer stay with Mrs. Hiltoiu Mr. and Mrs. Gid Fowler and children have been recent visitors to Mars Hill, N. C. Alvi/}, Clyburn and Harold Copeland left Saturday for camp at Fort Bragg, N. C. Miss Marguerite Clyburn, of Kershaw, has been spending several days with Miss Lizzie Kate Davis. Miss Josephine Smith has been a recent visitor to relatives in Flor- j ence. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Atkinson, of Columbia, are spending several days with Mrs. Atkinson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Brannon. The Methodist W. M. U. met with Mrs. J. L. King Tuesday afternoon. . Circle One of the Baptist W. M. U. met with Mrs. Ixjo Hilton Monday afternoon while Circle Two met with Mrs.^lX L. Mel/eod. Refreshments were served at both places after the business mooting.' , The regular monthly meeting of ^ |rj the Baptist W. M. U. was hold at the church \Ve<lnesday afternoon'. A social hour followed the missionary program and business period in whicn ice cream and pound cake were served. In addition to the womon of the church several out-of-town visitors ? were present. y a Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church ' 1 There will be services at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church next Lord's Duy as follows: Bible school at 10 a. m., church worship at lb. a. m. ?**i The sermon theme will probably bo "The Revival at Pentecost." B. Y. P. U.'s. will meet at the usual ? hour. -We will make definite announcements next Sunday with regard to the annual evangelistic campaign which is to begin the 5th Sunday evening. The public is invited to worship with us.?Luther Knight, Pastor. Henry Stude, president of the American Bakers association, has reiterated this promfee to Secretary Wallace that the bakers would pass on to the consumers of bread no more than they are compelled to pay in || meeting higher wheat costs and the processing tax. 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