Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Little Local Lines The other day there appeared on the streets an automobile bearing a Pennsylvania license tag and con, tainlng ? colored man and woman. Having exceeded the speed limit, the machine was overtaken by an alert officer, whereupon the occupants btcame indignant?the man demanding r< to see an attorney. The officer assured him that he was within h?s rights, and directed him to proceed, but aS a matter of precaution be was directed to the city prison and locked up, preliminary to the legal conference. Calmer moments followed, after which the uutomobilist, providing the requisite collateral, proceeded on his way, more cautiously if not joy* fully. '. . * Passenger trains arriving at Camden are nearly always exactly on time. Travel by rail is ho slack that no. occasion is given for failure to make schedules. * A citizen on the edge of town has ^lately been depending upon u wood-, pock or nipping upon the edge of the roof of the house to awaken him mornings. The bird, twing unaware of the 'act that the sun rises a little Inter each day at this time of the your, is losing out as to dependability, and the result will likely be the purehase of an alarm clock. * * The tower of the old opera house is undergoing repaid, some of the wood work having become badly decayed. The building is one of fluold landmarks of the city. + * While with motor travel so general, it is not such a great advantage, except for extended trips, Camden has remarkably good railroad connections. Considering the Northwestern ? of South Carolina as an operated branch of the Atlantic Coast Line, it is one of the few towns in the South and one of three points in this state touched by that road, the Seaboard and the Southern, the other two places being Columbia and Denmark. Camden is also one of the few cities in existence with three railroads and three different stations, a condition which should never have been permitted. * * * The fire apparatus was called upon to answer two alarms on Saturday, but no material damage resulted in either ca$e. The main excitement was the large number of automobiles following the engine out of curiosity. Penny Carnival at Mt. Pisgah If you want to enjoy life, come to the Penny Carnival at the Mount Pisgah high ^school building on Saturday night, 'October 7. The main attractions will be ten first class side shows, musical numbers, stunts, cake walks, auctions and plenty of real fun. We will meet you at the Carnival. Presbyterian Church Services Services Sunday, October Hth, at Hethesda Presbyterian church are announced as follows by the pastor, j A. Douglas McArn: Church school at j 10 o'clock; morning worship 11:15; ; the Lord's Supper will be celebrated ; at this service. Midweek service .. Wednesday evening at 7:30. The pub- j lie is cordially invited to these ser- j vices. I)r. Davison Talks at Rot avians' Luncheon Thu-sda\'s Kota-v in-i iv \\a n * , ?>f 'ohn T. Maokey, Jr. Mr. \'a, m \ had a> thm gu< -t sport'' Mr. < ar.l. -u: > rvi - of the / ( ( ( amp IL.'otf) near M am-v. Mr. ' .-na'?! gave an tnteie^titig de-. i ip'.i,r. ,!' . an-.p 11f? ar.>! told of I'm- -U \eh'pment of the young men, who came the ap a it .? tier, an I ma* > ot wh>m hod r.evt i done manual labor befote. and toda> l.av- ,i ve.h pe.i tr.io fir-- .-p<- .mens ot n.anhood and iar. work r.ow -'ripp-d ;lr:- waist and are brown a- her' Rev. John A. Da . i>or.. who l.ved in I arnlf'i -r\el-tern y- a-- :i: '' l>n a,i .d at the < a ndeh La:-:; : .. raibd upo" ? talk. M-. ha. -or, to!,: of :r........ j l-'.a- i d . * } Lf it \ y \ ; v ?. t * t. t . t :,-;eur. i* gave him t ru-- - nis .tru T-.ds. He i- now *.g at < ,rk-. I.e. T? n.. and for the k , I . , ? w r\ 1 * 1 ,1.... a .*e Map-! -. I f... -, h. T , v . -.?? - A- ' ' " 1 i: C Ma- re-. M -- ?1 \\ r.i't lg? . Miss Alice DePa-o. and M... (t A.i'd. of Allei.dal-. w ho -.: : t r. c ;n t .imden. Rot a*" an John U'll-i,,; * >,.:nt? i as .teiwii-u the met:.r.g. Mo-.il i.,- Hum- was r< , !v. d a- a IH'W lien ,,1 '.r.e a.? lit tile -1 mt et ing an-: wi.l hi us.-Hgrid to ore of ih . n.'ivi'. 11? i - a. a tut a re n;ec t ir.g. W. L. Courtney, highway patrolmen. was killed when he was forcedoff the road by a passing motorist 12 miles from Williston, at night, and his skull fractured at the base. His home was at Wagner, in Aiken county, and he was 27 years old. He hAd been a patrolman since last June stationed at Greenville. mm" <' /? ^ " | _ aloufC_>i^arettes e>'- \, ' <jvv Of all the ways in which tobacco is used the cigarette is the mildest form YOU know, ever since the Indians found out the pleasure of smoking tobacco, there have been many ways of enjoying it.* But of all the ways in ' which tobacco is used, the cigarette is the mildest form. Another thing?cigarettes are about the most convenient smoke. All you have to do is strike a match. Everything that money can buy and everything that science knows about is used to make Chesterfields. The right home-grown tobaccos?seasoned with just enough aromatic Turkish ? are blended and crossblended the Chesterfield way. Then the1 cigarettes are made right ? firm,' well. filled. Chesterfield uses the right kind of pure cigarette t> 'paper. There are other good cigarettes, of course, but Chest- ^ erfield is ** the cigarette that's milder, the cigarette that tastes better. Chesterfields satisfy? we ask you to try them. (Chesterfield * the cigarette that's MILDER the cigarette that TASTES BETTER ' 0 . c t ... o * o ? 19)). Liccitt & Myem Tobacco Co. Giraffe the World's e Tallest Animal If piraffes did not. exist, it would be difficult to convince unyono that such odd-lookinp creatures could live and move and have their beinp. Pictures of them seem more like an artist's caricature. These * African | animals have_ been known for a lonp time. Several of the aneioiU writers . mention them, and they are accurately outlined on the various monuments of ancient Kpypt. liefore the piraffe was thus named, it was known as the camelopard. The tarliot mention I can find of the yiia?|e under that name is that by a certain Buumpartcn, who in, t airo. ! .p\;it. in ir>"7. '\n the 2'th of 0 to Iter. in. that year, on looking out at a w.n.iow." observed "the Zirapluis,, the tnilc-t creature that* Fte e\er be in It. To the Arabians this animal was a zarata or zaraf. which become "piralTtV.i" or "p.ralTe" in most Iwiroptan languages. Thc-e singular io< king animal- are will adapted to the country in which they !!\'e and are conseiju- r.iiy well ' ihutci throughout tin- m'-.i o: S >uth A fra a. l'i.e herd* vai"> in | number^ :'r. m t waive to e\ :i thirty i and forty :..idua.-. but >.\t? en tu.-i.V . ':?< ;ak? a- tin- a?crap? I'h.e.-i 1 i :.er.: . < apt. t ummmg assert-"', "are; .r . 1 t i>:r. pi..-e ; it p.r a tie- >! vaiions sizes. :"r >m the young p. affr of r?:.e or tett t i i ,r r. ip'.'. t ' t 'ii uara e '-1 r.at . ..... ? .1 o.d bull of t he i i. W h IS" e\al:<d h? ad !w>r- above \ runt pt : A h? :ph* o up a . r. c. The ferna'e- art .>!' -Air - a .a. an! nn re delicately to n: i 'iat: males. t;,<> he. p.,: ? , ?; t am -1\t'-en to ?cVi n teen tret.". Their ma k.r.g-. . orsp.eu >u- in ( rt ef ?"U ? te?t ? *' tfi h < i' V - ' ? : e | n trcelc--" plain, a e what render them . inc(ui.?|ii."uaus in wuar nattv- forests, 'and arc a remarkable example of I what naturalists of today call "pro1 tcctive coloring,** or {he scheme of eoloring that renders art* animal not I easily seen in its natural environment. So well adapted to tree-graz- I inpr ta the giraffe that it can only i i? ? K. , ? . l-ySterii- > reach the g-wTss to crop it by spreading apart its front legs. The giraffe is a dainty and fastidious feeder, preferring the leaves of the Kameeldorn or cnrrtel-thorn (Aca-1 cia giraffae^' to any other. It most careftlljy rejects every thorn, and plucks with its tongue only the greenest and tenderest leaves. In captivity, when furnished cut-grass, it devours but one blade at a time, nibbling ,t daintily from tip to sTeni, and casting aside all hut the tenderest por.ion. It is alser* fed :hay, carrots,, mums, and other vegetables. Its ioi.g. slender, prehensile and contracthe tongue is admirably adapted f'>r >j retiring il-> favorite food. It is ?<< '.exible that the giiaffe can thrust tinip of it into a tiny hole. It1 is vt-ry on?t of cx'nvising its tongue, wh. .. onict inu s p: ovt .1 embarrassing in the lays when ladies adorned their hator bonnets with artificial flowed, .nit.- and vegetables, as the giraffe e.ze.i the ? objects. A giraffe i':< ?iuent.y pulls out a hair from th nane or tail of a companion and swa low- it inch by ir.ch -a rather ditT.111 * a. coiuplishnient as the hair of i nu-'opa'd is often four feet 'org. > .: .jimiu 1 Baker agree- with Can*. C.::i:n..;v* .n thot "there i- no anin-.a! ' ; . * ti: e - <!'.ie his native hauntU '"u: 11' inf.e-r.s u- that the k . a.- beautifully p: :>??: 11? n?-d a- ! >:' t m< -niu .le-t ga/.t lie arid his 1? ? .r Itv ivg- a1! short h.iCk give ; - I .< < 1 ai.: age f< r s; in! and er... j t r. 1 ut i.g pi:- fur It. These i' '? v f< t and pr ?port ionw ; . with a wall or bank of ... \ -. .err feet in height t> 1 ,r.;r th.in. \V; or. a giraffe break-oug'n the material covering the r ;. a -.o\ u i >n it- belly on this w.. 11, i- thu- -uspen'ctl. from the ? nrr-i po?stb*y csm; ?. I" meat is good, and the Hottent ts hur* the giraffe for its marrow wh:~h is c.-trcmed as n delicacy. Its skin , is very thick, and makes excellent leather. From the leaves on which j it feeds it gives off a scent which Capt. Cumming compares to that of a hive of heather honey. Gentle and tractable aa the giraffe i v&i, . -j is in captivity, revealing a real affection for its keeper, it is not helpless before its enemies, keeping its head high and raining such swift and deadly blows with its hoofs that even the lion shrinks from the encounter, unless able to catch the animal unaware, When its superior strength and ferocity overpower the giraffe. While the front legs of the giraffe appear to be so much longer than the hind ones, they are really of the same length. It is the great enlongation of the shoulder-bone which so elevates the back in front. The neck, though extremely long, has but seven vertebrae, the usual number; these however. are tremendously enlongated. The two horns which add to their grotesque appearance are not tiue horns, but bone developments, "somewhat similar to the bony cores on which the hollow horns of the oxen and antelopes are set." They arc covered with skin and each is tipped with a tuft of dark hair.?(Eliot Kays Stone in "Our Dumb Animals). Wylie Freed of Murder Charge Chester. Oct. 3?.Joe Wylie, 47year-old Chester county farmer, was acquitted tonight of the murder of his brother-in-law, Major .lames S. Mi Ki'Ottn, whom he shot to death on a street here June 3. Acquittal came after the jury deliberated but ten minutes. Testifying in his behalf this afternoon. Wylie, a weH-known farmer, told of remonstrances with McKeown hecau-e* of the latter's attention to his wife. Death (loses Long Career. Aberdeen, N. C., Oct. 3.? Death today closed the illustrious career of Robert Xcwton Rage, 73-year-old former hanker, lawmaker and business man. I'oge. who served North Carolina in congress for 11 years and Ion a i varied life in agricultural, stock, railroad ar.J lumbering enterprises, died at his home here at 10:45 a m. following an illness of' several months. Eleven desperate convicts, murderers and bandits, and all lifers, made their escape from the state prison at Michigan City, IikL, Tuesday. . -*r -* - * ' j By a court order this week, the reI reiver of the American I^nk and Trust company of Columbia, is to get an additional $25,000 bringing his pay to $04,000, and the Robinson firm of lawyers gets an additional $7,500, bringing their total fees to $35,000. The bank paid depositors 60 per cent in dividends. It closed June 25, 1020, and the receiver collected $1,700,000 of assets. President Bon E. Geer will be installed at Furman university on Oc ; tober 28, with the presidents of all I the colleges in the two Carolines and ! Georgia as invited guests,; and a ! large number of alumni present on ! home-coming day. That the Southern Bell Telephone : company installed 345 phones for | now subscribers in South Carolina in | the first 20 days of SeptembeT, as 1 against three in the month of Aug! ust is seen as a symptom of better j times in this state. 1 Welcome, Fair Week Visitors! | | (?i& ^>tnrk Jalr Hrrr | | Served Ice Cold in Bottles and on Draught < ! I OLD STOCK BEER SHOP ' If $ DeKalb Street ;| ^ Also Served at Fair Grounds j t CAMDEN BEVERAGE COMPANY - | ? South Carolina Distributors | WELCOME I FAIR WEEK VISITORS! ? \Ve extend to you a special invitation to try our Club {breakfast, Plate Lunch ami-SpeGiab- _J Dinner?Oysters, Steaks. Prompt _ Service. ? gj New York Cafe ! I Opposite Post Office DeKalb Street