The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 21, 1934, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Friday, l>ecrmbrr 21, 1934
CHRISTMAS (iRKKTINGK
"It seems to me, 1 do not know, I
maybe roought be wrong;
That folkara ought to dance a little
when Chi?4m*a cornea along "
Crude, perhaps, this old Folk jingle,
but exprenaive nevertheless. The
great and small, tfre rich and poor of
every Christian Clime want to spread
joy and gladness at Ohna^nss time,
and though many .of tut make carnival
at this season, there is benenth it all
the knowledge within the heart* of
all of us that we are commemorating
the coming of the Christ Child into
this WftrM, and so long as the expression
oT^ur joy is harmless and lends
no offense we think it right and proper
th^t,happiness should prevail. We
note fepbn the faces of those we meet
more gladness than we have seen for
the past several years. We noted
much improvement last Christmas,
but the spirit and morale of the people
are so much better this year as
to be truly remarkable. Conditions
had improved a great deal Inst year,
but recovery has been very much
greater this year, and one only has to
mark the happy faces as he passes
along the street to know that this is
true. We do not mean of course that
we are definitely out of the woods,
but we do mean that in the last two
years we have gone far toward recovery
and that the future looks
brighter every day. It is hard to be
happy when we are down and out,
but now when most of us are able to
properly feed and jlothe those dependent
on us, and still listen to the
jingle of a few coins in our pockets,
we can smile a little broader and
celebrate the g'-eat day with lighter
hearts.
Christmas always brings to us
afresh the exemplification of the
great truth that the surest way TOi
find happiness is to make others happy.
lx>t us not forget that there are]
many about u.-> less fortunate than!
ourselves, and after the different relief
arvi charity organizations have
<k?m- all they ran there will still b?* in
< u mid.-t b'lni*- that will not be hup*
py and little children who will ..dt
know Santa Claus. bets each of
fin i such a home this Christmas a'd
bring joy to it. for
"Fo'.kses ought to dance a little when
Christmas comes along."
CAMDEN'S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
We wish to commend and congratulate
our City Fathers and our efficient
Superintendent of the Water and
Light Department for the lovely
Christmas lights that have been erectod
on Main, DeKalb and Rutledge 1
street*. These lights, carefully ar- I
ranged to blend with our street lights i
make an artistic and beautiful sight. !
A.s one tops tho hill from the Nor.h
coming down Main street the lights
burst into view and it is an inspirirg (
sight. We mean no disparagement
to the Capital City when we say that
Camden's Christmas lighting display
is hs beautiful as Columbia's Christma-'
light*. Not only do these lights
add greatly to tin* appearance of our
city, but they encourage the Christmas
spirit and are a valuable advertisement
to our city. Many visitors
have remarked on their beauty.
Owl Captured In Trap
C. C Watson of the Sand Hill community
caught an owl in a trap
which measured .r>l inches from tip
to tip of its wings anil weighed 4
pounds. Tho marauder had been invading
his chicken coop and carrying
away his fowls for quite a long time.
? Kersnaw Kra.
DON'T ill FIRB TURN CHRISTMAS
JOY TO SORROW
There waa a atmosphere of Chrietmas
everywhere in the Sanford home,
where pretty decoration* of quickburning
material# hud been used profusely.
The gift* had been opened,
and heaps of paper ami tissue had
been left near the tree. Sound* of
festivity filled the house, and in childish
glee little Alice donned a paper
costume.
Snap! A vicious spark from a short
circuit beneath the tree ignited thin
tisapre! The flames leaped instantly
to Alice's flimsy costume and she ran
shrieking from the room. Then people
woke up. Uncle Jack stuck out
his foot, neatly tripping the child
onto a rug, into which he rolled her,
snuffing out the flames as he protected
her face and hair. Dad and
Unyjftj Ar* reappeared with ftre extinguishers
that made short wwk of
the fire.. But the room was a wreck,
Alioe had some painful burns an J the
holiday spirit was considerably dampened.
Nevertheless, heart-felt thanksgivings
went up from the San'ord* as
they realised what might have happened
to their child and home! Thcywere
lucky folks, indeed! Kvery
Christinas brings reports of fire-? that
did not end ao fortunately. Four lessons
are pointed out by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters from this
incident:
First is the importance of purchasing
standard wire, fuses, plugs, aockets
and sets of Christmas tree lights
?that is, those bearing the approta'
label of Underwriters' Laboratories.:
In addition, have all extra wiring
done by a licensed electrician, detach
appliances when not in use and don't
hang wires over nails.
Second is the folly of using inflammable
decorations for trees and
rooms. (Incombustible decorations
are now on sale.) All paper and '.issue
wrappings from packages should
also be disposed of at once.
The last two lesson* stand <? the
credit of the Sanfords: They u<ed
the correct method of puling out
flames in clothing and they kept fire
extinguishers handy. When clothing
latches fire, the person should never
run, but always get down on the floor
and ro:i in a rug or blanket, V-.ting
W tighten bout the neck to protect the
face. Fire extinguishers many times
will st 5p a fire before it getsVlangerous.
Still other essentia! precautions
are:
l instruct children carefully in tlie
use of toys, especially electrical ones.
I Avoid toys requiring an alcohol or
ker >s ?ne lamp. Flimsy motion picture
machines sho> Jd be avoided as
; children may borrow or rent inflammable
film and attempt to use it.
In rooms decorated for the holidays
and where excited children are
playing, smoking is apt to be dangerous.
Considerate smokers will use
another room.
Never use lighted candles for decorations.
They are especially hazardous
on trees, and on window sills
where curtains may be blown against
them.
Set trees up securely and a* some
distance from lighting and heating
fixtures. A new type of stand, which
holds the butts in water, keeps trees
greener. Otherwise, the heat of n
house dries out a tree and soon makes
it a real hazard. A good precaution
is to take down the tree and dispose
of it a few days after Christmas.
Don't let old Kris Kringle himself
i>e a fire hazard. Oftentimes his cos unu*
or "whiskers" would burn fur;ouj?!y
if accidentally ignited. This
t woe id hardly be fair to the pld genii,
e man. Costume and cotton beatd
can be made safer if sprayed with a
I solution of water-glass, which is ob
tamable at all nrug stores.?Industrial
News.
SILENT NIGHT. HOLY NIGHT
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright!
Round yon virgin mother and Child!
Holy Infant, so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake r.t the sight!
Glories stream from heaven a-far.
Heavenly hosts sing Al-le-lu-lia
Christ the Savior is bom,
Christ the Savior is bom.
Silent night! Holy night!
Son o?<?od, love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, I-ord, at Thy birth,
Jesus. Lord, at Thy birth.
A KKMINDKK
"Here" said the Master opening the
morning mail, "are the Christmas
health seals. I'll send a check as
soon as I get to the office. And 1
think I'll take some of the seals to
the office, I'd like to use them up
this year. We hardly ever do."
"Certainly we must use them up,"
agreed the Mtstress. "Take some to
the office and put one on every outgoing
piece of mail from now tiH
Christmas. If we need more we can
get them. Every one used right does
double duty. It reminds every person
that sees it to buy some,"
And, of course, the seals that are
bought early, the more that will be
sold altogether. And the money is
needed; needed to epread knowledge
and to scatter more and more reminders.
To remind that people don't have
to die of tuberculosis?if they only
know what to do and do It in time;
and to remind that this disease still
claims more Uvea between the ages
of 15 and 40 years than any other.
And this more particularly, seems a
year for reminders. The little picture
on the seal, itself, is just that?? reminder
of the first, certain, step that
was taken in the successful march
against the awful "white plague."
More than 50 years ago it was
thought that a patient who had been
diagnosed as tubercular had heard
his death knell. No one knew anything
to do about it. But, 50 years
ago, Doctor Trudeau built the little
red cottage in the picture on Saranac
Lake, New York, and sequestered
himself there to see if it were not
possible by rest and fresh air and
food to cure himself of tuberculosis?
and learned that it was.
This year, Doctor Trudeau?son of
the pioneer doctor?speaking at the
50th anniversary of his father's great
discovery, pleads for the spread of
knowledge. "Progress against tuberculosis
has been made," he says. "Science
knows enough to wipe it out; but
the only effective weapon with which
to fight is the spread of this knowledge.
Knowledge, first, of the presence of
the plague?for it is insidious in its
beginning. Curiously, it beguiles its
victim with an hopeful state ,of mind
that inclines to disregard the loss of
weight, the sense of fatigue, the feverishr.ess,
the dry irritation of the
throat?that are among its early
symptoms.
This, probably, is the reason for the
increase in the number of victims in
a certain field?girls and young women
between the ages of 15 and 25
years. And if, to their youth, early1
marriage and motherhood be added, j
the hazards in favor of tuberculosis I
are greatly increased. For this di-1
seas? is a devilish thing?it shows no
quarter to the defenseless. It attacks
while the victim's attention Is
greatly concentrated upon things or
people other than himself; ami. too
>ften, is impregnably entrenched before
its presence is suspected. And,
therein lies the strength of the disease
and the weakness of those who
would wipe it out.
Over and over they plead, "Go to
the\doctor in time!" But still too
many do not hear in time; do not
learn the necessity for being in time
until it is too late.
In this connection it is good to see
the announcement that a portion of
the funds from this year's seals is to
>e used for the establishment of places
for diagnosis in the rural sections.
In addition to their value to* human
life in finding the disease in its incipient
stages while yet it can be made
to yield to treatment, these diagnosis
stations will be of incalculable value
in sounding a warning?in spreading
the knowledge that a deadly enemy
lurks near.
For pitifully, not only are the ignorant,
themselves, sick and suffering
when?quite often?they need not
ha\c been, but they are spreading the
plague to innocent and unsuspecting
others.
Who, as he looks at the little red
cabin on this year's seal, can fail to
be grateful in his heart for that brave
doctor who tried out his theory upon
himself and, in his snowy loneliness,
kindled the fire of hope for humanity
in a place where, before, there
had been no hope.
Certainly there can be no disagreement
with the sentiment that the little
sea] that gets going early will
render yeoman service by causing
other little seals to circulate in the
great cause of healing. And, just as
surely, considering all the thousands
of open air treatment camps that
have sprung up in its train, the" replica
of that little red cabin?its color
symbolizing the courage that attacked
the deadly white waste against which
it fought?should be, of all things,
the most effective reminder.
Buy Christmas Health Seals.?Columbia
State of December 9.
Wicked Charleston
Columbia, Dec. 20.?There was a
ram of frogs in Charleston in 1*95,
according to a copy of the New? and
Courier in the South Carolma collection
in the University of South
Carol inn. The wicked life of the P?k>- '
pie of that time was named as the
cause of this phenomenon by one
woman of the city. "It's just like
the plagues in Egypt," she said.
i
Tillman Shaw
Killed By Car
Hartdville, JUec. 16.?Tillman Shaw,
) 7, of near McB^e ju hutantlT ktfk
ed by Nng run over by an automobile
driven by Chief Thomau H. Boyle
of the naval air station, Norfolk, Va.
The accident occurred late Saturday
afternoon on the Cheraw-McBee highway,
a few miles north of McBee.
Young Shaw waft running across the
road, apparently not seeing the approaching
car.
Chief Boyle turned hi? car over In
an effort to stop it.
A coroner's inquest was hekl at
MoBee &doday afternoon and the verdict
waa unavoidable accident. >
Shaw is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Hester Shaw. His father died
only a few weeks prior to his death.
Also surviving are three brothers and
four sisters.
Funeral services were held at the
Shaw residence Monday morning oonjducted
by his pastor, the Rev. D. O.
Spires, of Patrick. Interment was in
the old "Scotch cemetery, near Bethune,
at 11 o'clock.
WHITES WIN OVER YELLOWS
One of the fastest a?vd hardest
fought i>olo gaimes of the season was
played here on No. 2 field Sunday
afternoon. A crowd wan on hand, not,
only Camden and winter residents
'but a number from out of town.
The recent return to the game of
two former players, Joe Bates and
Mat Ferguson, strenthened the teams
considerably. Six, seven and one half
minute chukkera were played with
one goal being made in each of the
first four periods. The fifth and
sixth chukkers exhibited the fastest
riding and best play. The ball
raced up and down the field with
three goals made in the fifth and
five in the sixth.
The final outcome was 7 to 5 in
favor of tlhe Whites. The bei^t playing
was by the following: For the
Yellows, Ancrum Boykin and Ralph
Little; for the Whites, Charles I)uBo.se
and Kirby Tupper.
Yellows: Mat Ferguson, Charlie
Robinson, Charles DuBoee, Ancnmt
Roylan.
Whites: Buck Smith, Ralph Little,
Kirby Tupj>er, Henry S'avage, Joe
Bates cut in with Henry Savage tor
the Whites.
Referee, Charles Little; timekeeper,
Ancrum Boykin, Sr.
Forest fires swept 43,889,820 acres
in the United States last year.
Mental diseases are as prevalent as
ail other diseases combined.
Hell hath no fury like a woman
when you track mud into her house
right after she has scrubbed the floor.
One out of every four Americans
gainfully employed is on a public pay
roll?federal, state, county, city or
town.
More than 500,000,000 pounds of
cheese are produced in this country
annually.
The total cost of government (federal,
state, county and city) in this
country this year is estimated at
$15,233,000,000 and is expected to go
above 20 billion next year if unemployment
insurance is enacted.
Bamboos grow to a height of 50
feet or more in four to six weeks.
Taxes in some form or other now
take approximately 30 cents of every
dollar Americans earn.
Persons apparently killed by a lowvoltage
electric shock may be revived
by another shock from a current
with higher voltage.
Numerous stone tools thought to
have been made about 8,000 years
ago have been uncovered in New
Mexico.
Dr. Gilbert Lewis, of California
university, believes that new earthly
material is constantly being created
by the action of cosmic rays on meteor
dust.
A new theory of thinking is that
it is the ability to control and recall
memories.
Stumps of huge cypress trees of
an Ioe-Age forest were uncovered recently
near Annapolis, Md.
It has been found that there are
15 per cent more earthquakes when
the moon is nearest the earth than
there are when it is farthest away.
A new idea on whale has been
brought forward. It is that they
withstand the great pressure encountered
deep in the sea by filling
their lungs with water.
SCARFS |
$1.00 to $3.95 I
1 In Silk and Wool
Make him happy Christmas I j
morning with one of these at- I t
tractive, warm Scarfs. I
W. SHEORN & SON I
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Police of Sen Iflrtamliati, Spain,
searching homes for concealed firearms,
reached the home of Bueebio
Vergara, and with it a barred door
and windows and further secured with
chains. They broke' into the room
and discovered a daughter of the man
who ha ad raited he"hatf-kept a prisoner
for eight years H-'%0fcOuae he did
not wish her to leave home." (She was
removed to an insane asylum and had
to t>e artificially fed, ae ahe could not
swallow. ',>
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Thus mental caeee have increased
100 per cent in number in the United
Suites in the last 26 years.
ANNUAL MEETlNc"^ I
The annual meet hi* of the Share-1
holders of the Camden Loon and Re* I
First National Bank of Camden Jan. I
xi*ry 8, 1835 at 6 o'clock p. m. I
6. W. VAtf DANWNG3IAJM, TreaaJ
38-41 ?b.
ANNUAL yEETING
The annual meeting of the Share-1
'holders of The First National Bank!
of Camden, Oamdssx, fi. C., will be I
held in the Director'* Room of tl?l
Bank January 8, 1936 at 4 o'clock I
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I Martha Washington Candj- or Norris Candy I
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