The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 09, 1934, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
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News of Interest In I
And Near Bethune
Bcthune, March 6,?Mrs. J. A.
Graham, of Smoaka, i# spending some
time with her mother, Mrs. John
P|pK McDonald,
Jotyj Kdwin Williams, student at
/ Furpian university, spent the week
'* end at home.
Miss Nancy Roger* of Waxhaw, i
N. the gueat of Miss Kliza King. |
Mi>s Louise i Tyburn, of Kershaw,
ha> been the recent guest of her sis,.
ter. Mrs. Loring Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. MeLaurin had
as their guests during the week end
Mr..,and Mr#. C. M. Wilson and childrt&dn
of Columbia; Prof. Iceland
BrockT^of Central; ami Miss Mary
Louise McLaurin, teacher in the
Greenville school#.
Miss Katherine Truesdale spent the
week end in Clinton.
U * w Mrs. A. K. McLaurin, Mrs. J. M.
C'lyburn, Miss Stella itethune, Mrs.
C. C. Pate, Mrs. G. B. MeKinnon, Mrs.
W. W. Mungo ami Mrs. S. B. Padgett
attended the annual inspection of the
Order of the Pastern Star at Korahaw
last Friday night.
Miss Katie Tolar, of Society Hill,
11 is visiting Miss Lillie Mae Mctjuage.
G. B. McKinnon and Loring Davis
have returned from a business trip to
Washington, D C.
Miss Mary King, student at Columbia
college,' spent the week end
j~--> here with her parents.
Dr. Shillman To Speak
An interesting program is scheduled
for Sunday afternoon, 3 p. m.,
at the Trinity Methodist church of
this city announces the pastor. Rev.
C. 0. Reynolds. Rabbi Samuel Shillman,
of Sumter, a speaker of note
will make an address.
An entertuining feature on the program
will be songs by the Community
Glee Club, led by Jessie Wright.
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General News Notes
The Colorado National Forest Service
provides shelter huts for travelers
in the Jtockies.
(jQ Paris political circles were strong
in their praise of the first year of
President Roosevelt's "New Deal."
The Southern railway has increased j
its working forces at the shops at j
Spencer, N. C? by 75 men.
Lynchburg. Tcnn., man is turning ;
back the tide. He ha? recently pur- I
chased a garage there and will turn ,
it into a horse and mule sales stable. '
The Dalton Furniture company's |
plant at High Point. N. C\. one of the '
oldest furniture concerns of the city, '
has been destroyed by fire.
The eleventh person to die as the
result of the railroad wreck in the
city of Pittsburgh. Pa., last week, was
Aa-xar,|i" Ray. -JO. of Cleveland,
Ohio.
France has decided that Hitler's >
reque.< f -r rearmament cannot be .
accepted unless adequate assurances 4
are given that r.ew arnurnrTcr.t 1;rr.. t - ,
shall be observed.
^ * at her bureau officials in Washington
are fearful of very high water
in the Potomac river due to heavy
ra;n.v and the melting of snow in the
... _ . upper valley:
France is considering plaru^for ad- '
ditior.ai a;r. land and sea defenses at i
a cost o' f-fc^hO'JO.OOO. the money to :
bo raised by bond Issues. * ^
The farm credit administration an- ,
rntunces that since last May it has
loaned to farmers $.">00,000,000
through federal lar.d banks.
The government has tiled tax liens;
against three moving picture actress- ;
e- at L>- Argcie-j f r income taxes
>; lie ->..? t'.'TJ
Kr;-:a\-tat? rient by Fob ral
Rc-cr\e bank -h.'W?d rt-e.pts of $'.3.J".
r. g .. -t. !. g. i. >v..tr.d
ard H . an !. .
T:>- 1 .. ;? .. but;. that
' a _'.,i"> .angtiagi - -un K.t r.
art n g f a : f
" :..i t a
An tart: ;t:r?Ke -ck h k ar. art. a
<>b ;." ?> m,le< al- r.g the Chilean
" f ?>' ' ' - n r.; r
e rt y ..a n ,ig.- -j. a - d- ne.
1 v v y.-. u-.r.g a v.opper wire '
for the.r '< ' tV. :'g. w ere killed at the 1
M?*thnd.-t i rphar.age at Britlor,, Ok.an<>nta
. -a tr.e Kite 'Aire r. ta c t<-< ? 1
a high ter.-. n electric wire. ,
The r. u-? -a- v :t-i f? - a thorough 1
ir.-. e-t.gat. \ if . r.y ;-regularities in
the arm;.'- r.al f. t\*.H-r,?:.may
v a't * t re a - ; e.
C.n.t ag '- *:ta;. r ha- .v-u>.-:
ban- -g " -:. wir.g (f a., r.ot.r.g or
n 1 - t - r. * reer - fat c.ty.
???.!>/ . 4 ' 4 ' HiHiytf \aj
I' g A - . r- ,.f M. :r.ph.-. T.r.r. . are
a- . te st, p w h .t a; r--ars to
:r. that <. .ty. Mary valual le dogs
ha . k ?i. ppeared tr. ere ,t .ate.
(?t r.era Hugh J'.?nr.s.?n d?-tlare>"i the
criticism- of Mrs. CiifTord Pinchot of
Per.nsylvar.a cf the administration of
re.ief and Cf?.ie.-> was "d.atrih>e ar.<i exaggeration."
Secretary of U'ac T>ern declarer
that rumprs to the effect that army
airplanes carrying the mail were the
victims of sabotage, are "fantastic
and absurd."
Telephone companies in we?tem
f Connecticut have suffered considerable
property loss this winter because
squirrels have been gnawing holes in
the lead cables.
I ^alc&ri Sslcutui
Steaming Falcon Island.
Prtpartd by National Geographic Society.
Waatungiwn, ?' C-^V.a' gerVU*FALCON
Ult^d, lhe that
never stands still,." Is on the move
again according to recent report*
It la doubtful If any land ban been
! built up and cut down so often with-.,
in the recollection of man as has this
island. Located in the southeastern
part of the Tonge. or Friendly group
of islands in the South l'a el tic, it has
appeared, then disappeared from sight
at least twice.. In October, 1027, an
eruption occurred which raised it high .
above the level of the sea and brought j
it to the attention of men the world '
over.
Since that time newspajiers of many [
countries have published articles con- ;
cernlrur its reappearance. Lavas have i
been reported Mowing down its sides j
and great clouds of ash and steam rls- '
ing severel thousand feet above it.
The location of Falcon island is '
latitude 20 degrees 10 minutes S. and j
longitude 175 degrees 2"? minutes W. If j
one could examine a geological map |
of this general region, he would find
that all the vole attic islands lie in a
straight line which runs In a north- ,
northeast and south-southwest direc- j
tlom. Beginning with Mount Kuapehu, j
In Nwui island. New Zealand, tlirough j
the Kermadec Islands, continuing <
through Ata (PyUtnart). Itonga Tonga, j
Falcon. Tofua, Kao. Metis. Late, and
Idljnialnl (Amargura), the volcanic
islunds of Tonga, and terminating in
Samoa, this line Includes one of the
greatest chains of active and dormant
volcanoes in the world.'
It represents a line of weakness In
the earth's crust and along it from j
time to time molten material is ejected.
The world is made aware of these j
ejections only when the material ;
reaches the surface and forms islands
or shoals. .
It is very probable, however, tliflt In i
many [daces along the line there are ,
submarine volcanoes of whose exist- |
ence no knowledge has ever been ob- '
tained. If one were to predict where 1
the next new Island in this part of .
th world would appear. It would be
fairly safe to say somewhere along
this line. Practically all the other
islands of the region are of nonvolcauic
rock. yhieMy limestone.
Growth From a Shoal. i
The island reveited its name when
11. M. S. Fa icon visited the spot in 1>?J."?
and reported a sh"*!. Twelve, years
later H. M. S. Sappho reported smoke
to be issuing from the sea at the
same position. In ISnI a submarine '
volcano burst suddenly into activity
and built up a mound which, after a *
year of intermittent eruption, reached
a height of at least 2fH) fet.
In bvi>, II. M. S. Kgeria visited the
Island and Mr. J. J. Lister, an Idngljsh
geologist on hoard, made some careful
observations. He found that dur*
Tag the four years since its formation
the action of the sea had removed a
large portion of the 1-land, and that
only about a "third of the original
n.outid remained. lie calculated vlo*
maximum Lc.-:ht of the island at that
p. be 1M; f<
1 r'.io-r ivM-rvii'./'i.s were made by
the I'.r <* :::?:r.t.:> in Aug >i is-h.
i . : e\ti ! i * < ' said- Hi a
hw atel 7'"
\ ;;r :- ;: a I. :u i. ** >-'.>? a,; a t. !" <
ti'-n. It ** ;;- i.oar.* < ;r<-ultir ;:i t rrt;
J ? :..* ?" toe: a u .p.-r.
!:, J-.,.*. l*d"\ .1 w.:< re; :'? ! I >
!.:\o d.-.: ; :: Ti'-l St vd SC ** SSS O. cap
o 1 b* st P?? yard- Hi i t
or. w the >>-a broke I..M* ;:* Thu<
it to. k the >ea. the rain, and lh?- w.n 1
: v ;rtjears to r:tu-e an inland
w .tii n mux.mum d.ame'er of about
two ui.i??s and a i.e.ght of 2P". feet to
d..-appear completely.
1 .ere .s a p 'j.u..,r misconception
that islands of th.- s--rt d.-appear b*
actual sinking. llo-.r d.-appearance,
how e* er, . s d'JO So.e.* to the le* ..!,g
action of the ager.t? > ' or--."!. Twu>
j ? a rs later. 11. * s.h . to w i. > h r a.o >n
..-.and ha! t" .*n r>"d? ? I **.,> sh-w.ng
Jo fo.t a!-.* f ' water a' the
t -rt .( ::: et.d ? ;r ' .' * tae r> - t of
wa.e act.on **: m-en;rated the
::..i ?-r a. t.> !< . .. ;. In 11..? ? u.d.t.
r, it w.i- . e n t * * ; ! above
\ -? r. s r r r e ??- 11! ?ert (ra d?* w * nds.
; ! 1 M > . ru: rat. r i
th..' the 1 t .. 1 d.-oppoV. d ?m e
s: re. i a. > t to t er . p
t. :. r. r- .rd o. "trr. J ir.
1P2T Frotn that p:t. ;
i nt. r:..:r* r er > -. >< ;?sf.ite<l t?*
[- r.o-ls of qsi.oo ia.'. ] a \ ? added
slight 1 j to the sure ??f the rs.outol.
Called "New Place" by Native*.
nat.* e r.arrie for f'aie in island
fs Forma F??o ( N?-\* Flai'e). It lies
> .'ai nt.ies t?> tt.?- northwest <?f
Nukualofa. Tong&tatiu island of tie
Tonga gronuji I he crater lies o:i
the 8<?utheast ct>a>.t Its location here
Is obviously determined by the southeast
trade winds, which during and
after eruption carry the tine material
to the northwest. The wares, driven
by these same trades, continue the
work and constantly eat Into ti esouthI
east aide, shifting the material to the
j northwest to build an extensive ahuul.
The eautcrn wall of tho crater has
the game profile a& the western wall,
but .Its gummlt rises only 200 feet
above sea level, On the east It slopes
gently to the top of the sea cliff,
while on the west it descends more abruptly
to the floor of the crater. The
bottom of the crater is elliptical in
outline and most of its surface is covered
by a boiling hike, shaped roUfchly
like a figure eight. ,The waters in
the seaward loop of the figure are a
deep, milky green, but In the landward
loop thi*y fade to yellowish
white. Steam rises yfrom the water
and clouds of it drift lazily up the
northwest wall. parts of the lake
boll Incessantly; other areas bulge
upward periodically, bringing black
sediment from below '
The crater rim is breached to the
southwest, where only a small hit of
the original wall remains. This remtnaut
Qis about *20 feet hig^j and Is
composed of bedded scoria and ash.
On either side of it the storm waves
have free access over a low. porous
barrier of reworked scoria, through
which the lake waters rise and fall
with the tide.
The lake is surrounded with ash and
sulphur flats, dotted with steam Jets,
the latter more abundant on the steep
western side of the cruter than elsewhere,
Around the tint Is a narrow
hand of gently sloping land, trenched
w itii \ -shaped gullies and grading
above into the steep walls of the
crater. These are vertically fluted,
and in the depressions many steam
vents issue. ^ These have deposited
quantities of sulphur and other !
substances, giving the walls a strange
appearance, bellow, Grange, or white !
g'loics alternate with the drab ridges. I
What the Crater Is Like.
The -crater lake and the vividly colore!
wails are the first impression re- 1
cei\e<] while standing on the eastern !
?A closer inspection shows that ]
there .ire really two craters, a younger
one wit!.. .p sides lying within an !
older oHie
? r..,. r wall is composed largely
of fine ash and scoria, but scattered
over its surface are numerous volcanic
bombs and blocks of solid lava.
Most of the bombs are small, but a
few reach a length of more than two
feet. Tliey are roughly spindle-shaped
and represent masses of lava that were
thrown out in liquid condition and
solidified while still in the air. Many
are exceedingly porous, owing to the
escape of inclosed gases; others show
a concentric banding made by uniform
cooling and contraction. Some
of tfie solid angular blocks of lava
exceed three feet in diameter. A few
are porous, others dense.
In most pluces it is impdsible to descend
the crater walls, because the
slopes of the poorly consolidated
scoria approach degrees. One may,
however, without great difficulty. slip
and slide down one of the sever*!
steep gullies to the crater flo<Jr~~fIere(
one unconsciously pauses before prtvh
ceding farther.
< >n all sides are sputtering and
whittling steam vents, which issue
fr..m walls that nr.* beautifully motted
in inanv shades n' yellow, orange
ar.d gray.
It i? rather a w.-ird experience to
wa.k out oti the d.-':,i that separates
the two of h.ke. The ground
N hot h.-veath tV;? ?e?-t. and o.T tf
l.-.ke Comes a Withefit-g hiast of fej; \
a.r Iia< h steam Jet has a hiss,
wh.-dlo, or sputter of its own. These
sounds do not earry far. and as or.e
walks across the flat they quickly replace
each other. A low. quietly sputtering
vent passes out of hearing ar.d
almost between one's feet.
Pumice ar.d fragments of lava lie
scattered everywhere. One expects
momentarily to break through, yet the
ground seems solid enough. The surface
of the delta Is incrested with
bri!! 'ant-y colored sulphurous deposits
at.-l tiny halls of greenish sulphur lit
tor the sur'aoe h?-!,,w with a line n'
p-:r:.ice that mark- high-fide level. The
wat.-rs of -he lake near the edge of
tie delta b.p nois.iy and have a r'.'e
ta-fe. Tlie n?'.?es. the odors, and tl e
heat oppress the watcher's mind with
a 'eel'ng o' It:.tending activity It with
a m id vgh of relief that one
rem hes the t..p of tfie crater w a |
w.:ho-.;t rni-hap.
The p-"< - r.t Pa'? ? n i-land ;k-s
frm -teamer lanes. Yet the wave,
have a' rv w .ched a n odd a.sM>r:
merit of foreign objects upon ;;s
shores. \W?oden lx>ards, bottles, frag
merits of glass, shells, bits of ?,:t
jveed. and coral are found mixed wi-h
the scoria of the lee shore. Prag
ments of coconuts are exceedingly
abundanL
Spark Photography
Spark photography is a system of
instantaneous photograph) operated
electrically. The camera's exposure Is
one two-hundred thousandth of a second.
Bullets are photographed as
though standing still and soap bubble*
are photographed in the act of ranisH1
Wooden Pistol
Whips Guards
Crown J'oint, Ind., March 3.-?At
the point of a wooden piafbl
whittled out in hU cell. John Dillinger,
America'* "most murderous outlaw,
broke out of the take county
jail today.
With the fake pistol, he forced jail |
attaches to surrender to him and a
negro convict accomplice, confiscated
two machine guns from the prison
armory, commandeered an automobile,
and sped away towards Chicago
with Deputy Sheriff George Blunt and
Edward Sager, an employe of the
Main Street Garage where the car
was obtained.
Dillinger had been held in the take
county jail, presided over by Mrs.
Lillian Holley, who had asserted "He
will never escape," for the murder of
an Last Chicago, Ind., policeman,
during a bank robbery.
Seventeen witnesses had pointed
out Dillinger as the man who killed
the policeman with a machine gun.
'^Prosecutors, said they had an "airtight"
case against him and that they
would send him to the electric chair.
: He was scheduled to go on trial
here March 12.
The escape was one of tho most
daring on recard. Eighteen extra
guards and six deputy sheriffs had
been detailed to the jail with orders
to kill Dillinger if he made the
slightest move towards freedom. ? i
Mrs. Holley, who succeeded her
husband as sheriff after he was killed
by a mad man, became hysterical.
She immediately telephoned police
at nearby Gary.
"Send all the police and guns you've
got?Dillinger's loose."
Struck By Auto;
Aged Negro Dies
Richmond Addison, colored, about
70 years of age, was killed in an auto
accident two miles K#st of Camden
about 8:30 Saturday night. Mendel
Mickle was driving his car East during
the rain and was blinded by the'
lights from a car approaching. As
, he pulled off the road he struck a j
I wagon. There were two wagons, one |
behind the other and Addison was
driving the front wagon and was accompanied
by several others and was '
on his way to visit a sister. He
either fell or jumped when the car
struck the wagon behind his and
landed in a ditch alongside the road
and died from a broken neck. The
wagons were put out of commission
and none of the other occupants were
hurt. Mr. Mickle immediately called
the highway patrolman and offered
every assistance to^the occupants of
the two wagons. Mickle was exoner- 1
ated by a coroner's jury Sunday
morning, the accident being declared
unavoidable.
1 Mr. Greed Thanks Voters
I desire to heartily thank the voters
of Ward Tw?T in Tuesday's pririiary '
for their votes and help. I led the
ticket over two competitors and am
placed in a second primary. I will
appreciate your continued support
next Tuesday. !
f Very respectfully yours,
GEORGE A. CREED. |
Card of Thanks .
I wish to thank each one who supported
me in the city election of last
Tuesday. Although not successful in
being elected I feel deeply appreciative
of the fine vote given me.
JOHN T. LAXEY.
Kemcmber The Club Market
c
To all who visit the Club Market
we let the market speak for itself.
But to the strangers we want to say,
"Come and see for yourself what delectable
home-made dainties you will
find to tempt the most discriminating
palate."
I The Kersha\V county housekeepers
cannot be surpassed and the one who
can look at the home-raised tasty
( meat, the rich and dainty sweets and
not get hungry had better seek adI
vice from one of ,our splendid doctors.
Not only will ^you find things to appeal
to the appetite but 'flowers and
; shrubbery to delight the eye. Come
once, you'll come again.
To Hold Singing Meet
The Lee County Singing Convention
, will theet with Pisgah Baptist church,
in its 99th session, on Sunday, March
11th, at 2:30 p. m? We extend a
warm welcomes, to all choirs and singers
to meet with us and take part in
the exercises.* A cordial welcome to
all:?L. A. Moore, President.
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If the entire New Deal program
could be handled by President Roosevelt
we would have no misgivings as
to the outcome. But he must necessarily
delegate lots of the work,
planning and directions to others,
some of whom are unacquainted with
conditions outside their home town,
while still others would take advantage
of -the emergency to boost their
pet schemes or feather their own
nests. A person may not agree with
some ' of President Roosevelt's public j
view^s, but there is no mistaking the j
man's sinceffty, unselfishness, open |
mindedness, good fellowship, and a
supreme desire to be of help to others.
?Exchange.
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Agricultural Boys I
Visit Cameron Hertl I
The agriculture class of Camden *
high school, accompanied by their 1
agriculture teacher, H. Grenade, viv I
ited the hog-breeding farm of T. C, fl
Morse, near Cameron* !S. C., on <Frl- I
day, February 23.
Mr. Morse is one of the South's fl
outstanding breeders of Poland-Chint 1
hogs. He has a number of swine cq fl
his farm weighing a thousand pounds fl
or more.
It was a very interesting and profit- I
able trip and the party consisted of fl
the following boys: John Flowery I
Norman Qonnell, Herman Jackson, I
Claude Jackspn, W. L, Jackson, Cju> 1
lyle Jackson, Elmo Brown, .Edward I
Holland, Hagood Kirkland, Matthew I
Rabon, Horace Rabon, James Graham, I
Hazel Munn, Elillee Pate, Harold Me- I
Callum, Nicholas Gettys, Robert 1
Rhame, Furman Stewart, Edwin 1
Miller and Theodore Rabon. |
Herman Jackson purchased two I
outstanding purebred Poland-China .1
pigs from Mr. Morse, to enlarge his - 9
program in vocational agriculture for I
J the coming year. fl
Club Meeting
Every older girl in Kershaw county fl
is invited to the Senior 4-H Club 1
meeting Saturday morning, March 10, 1
'at 10 o'clock. This meeting will be I
held in Miss Sadie Craig's office in the I
court house. Mrs. A. A. Shanks will 1
teach new stitches in knitting and 1
the girls are asked to bring knitting I
needles and thread for practice. ^Vny I
girl who desires may become a mem- 1
ber of this club.
An average of 1,000 tourists & I
| month now visit Mexico City.
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