The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 21, 1933, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
Fifteen Iowa farmers pleaded
guilty to charges of participating in
the disorders growing out of mort- . (Vj?
gage foreclosure sales in that state
last spring, and were given suspended
sentences by the court at Primghar.
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