The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 24, 1936, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Many J uncos ,
Handed in Year
More than 15,0<>0 Juncos, one of themost
abundant of North American ;
hirdh, were banded by volunteer, an- j
paid cooporaloi'H lust year, says the
Bureau of Biological Survey. From
iiie harmless metal bandu that carry
individual numbers and tlio legend
"Nolify Biol. Surv., Wash,,.!),' C,,"-the t
TTureau adds Tb lt? lrnowtortgp or btrrt
migrations information of especial
value In dOlormiuittK hunting regulutioua
for game birds.
.JuncoH are Hinall American finches,
found from the Arctic Circle to filiate,
mala, often ip large llocka. They breed
in northern or lnountulnoua loculitieH.
The common Junco of northeastern
America is the, slate-colored snowbird.
The Carina Junco la i'oupd in the
southern Allogliynles, Among western
and lioeky Mountains species are tin?
Oregon, ShiifeUJt'H and white-winged
juncoH. The re<mm?'ked Junco is found
in Houtliwestern States and Mexico.
Jhit Jiincos were only one of the
378 species tagged, l() of which worn
on the list of handed birds. The 249,829
birds tagged included 42,427
waterfowl, 22,315 common terns, 2,000
herons of 10 species, more than 1,800
hawks, owls and vultures of 30
species, and more than 2,000 shore
birds of^lid^/HpocleB.
1,300 PER8ON8 MEET
DEATH IN WINTER 8TORM8
New York, April 14.?Nature, attacking
with every means at its command
In one of its greatest offenses
in years, has caused 1,300 deaths in
the United Stutes since January I.
An unusually cold winter took n
heavy toll, and spring thaws brought
heavy Hoods which drowned hundreds.
Southern tornadoes completed
the disaster roll.
As Associated Press survey showed
ni least 542 persons died from causes
related to (lie severely cold weather,
548 from tornadoes, gales and lightning,
and 214 from floods.
Tornadoes at Tupelo, Miss., and at
(iainesvllle, Cia., and the floods at
Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Pa., and at
Wheeling, W. Vu., took the heaviest
toll.
The American Red Cross estimated
that besides lives lost, major and minor
disasters Injured 4,*>24 persons,
affected 022,606, destroyed 0.583
homes, and damaged 44,029. Properly
damage ran into hundreds of millions
of dollars.
Only live states Arizona, Louisiana,
Nevada. New Mexico and Texas
did not report any deaths.
The toll from wave after wave of
subzero weather and blizzards early
in tin.4 year ineludod deaths from ex
, posure, some automobile accidents in
which snow or sleet figured, winter
sports, heart attacks induced by shoveling
snow or lighting a way through
storms.
Several persons died of carbon monoxide
poisoning in automobiles stalled
In snowdrifts.
The freighter Iowa was wrecked in
a gale off the Oregon coast, with 34
members of the crew losing their
lives.
KNOWING YOUR STATE
What do you know about the early
history of South Carolina? What do
you know about "first" facts pertaining
it* the state. Whal are some of
(lie tilings that have placed the state
in, a unique position and eaused it to
stand out differently in many resperts?
I o refresh your mind on such questions.
or to give information that you
lid not know, these facts have recently
been compiled from the library of
the Cniversity of South Carolina
For example, how many people in
rhis state know that the tirst ship
loiilt to cross tin Atlantic from an
American sbip>ard was at Port Royal
in 15G2.
I hat the tirst municipal university
was tto- i allege ot Charleston opened
in 1790.
The first fire insurance company
was established In 1735 at Charleston,
it was called "Friendly Society for
Mutual Insurance of Houses Against
Fire."
The tirst building of fireproof construction
was raised in 1822.
The first cremation was performed
in 1792.
The first earthquake of consequence
took place in 1886.
The first government Independent
or the American colonies, 1776.
The tirst library whs opened In 1698.
The first public museum to be organized
woh in 1773.
The first rivetless cargo vessel was
launched in 1930.
The first medical summer school
was opened in 1853.
Tho ilrst tea shrub was planted In
1802.
The first city manager plan was
instituted in 1912.
Mary Joaimo McKay, 20. president
of the student body of the Florida
State college for women, declares the
average southern college girl Is more
Interested in "dates" than she Is in
presidential elections.
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Bows and Arrow# Old a#
Firat Men ori This Earth
Bows and arrows iire almost as old
MM tillin. Ii'ii >:? )f. Tills form of vveiip
on, tjxed u< n method of offense and
(IiTcmikc mill for liiriU'if before history
tvns |1 rj?f nroi-.l.-tl, long ago wax
superseded by improved forms of
web puns. Tli^ how :jimI hi row 1* now
11lit 1 lily used in iIn- sport of np'hery.
Only <i few 11 hn::!- inh s t day use
llils weapon in warfare Mid for limiting.
? Tinuuglmul.-llm iilts Hie h"W a?'| ,
arrow has reiniiii'il prnetleally unchanged
In .general . fuou. >v 1 fit ojifi.
notable exeiption which was made hy
the Chinese centuries ago.* This Intio(
viillon consisted of- making arrows that
would wldsllc while In tight.
Just why wich an Innovation ever
was made, is tint definitely known. A
twine making arrow surely give# warning,
which, apparently, would greatly
impair Its elllcloney as a weapon. The
Kiinllc, "us silent as an arrow in Its
flight" certainly does not apply In the
case of the whistling shafts once used
hy the Chinese.,
The Chinese whistling arrow Is one
of the rarest forms of weapons. This
typo of arrow has a head made of Jade
which was fashioned Into a whistle.
The rush of air through the whistle pro.
dueed a lopir-drawn sound which was
sure to attract attention.
A peculiar type of how was employed
in shooting the whistling arrows.
It is known us the "reverse
bow" and Is said to have been used
tiy (Jhengls Khan and his followers,
who conquered ancient Asia.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Says Molecule Cannot Be
Solid, Liquid, Gaseous
A single molecule can he neither
solid, liquid, nor gaseous. These ere
properties of molecular aggregates, declares
Dr. Thomas M. Deck, In the
Chicago Tribune. In a gas the molecules
are moving through space almost
Independently of one another. In
a lii|iild they are 'closely packed, but
still able to move around. In n cryst.alliu>
solid they are solidly fixed' in
an orderly arrangement, like soldiers
In formation. In n gummy solid they
also have fixed positions, but the arrangement
is disorderly:
When a crystallite solid changes to
a liquid the change is-usually abrupt
and definite. There 1st no interuwdiale
stage between Ice and water. But
when a gummy substance, such as
asphalt. Is heated, it gradually softens
and melts. At a low temperature it Is
definitely solid. At a higher temperature
It is liquid. Io Ic-tween it cannot
be classified as either.
Moreover, there is no hard and fast
line between the er\ staline and gum
my solids. As a matter of fart, there
are no such things as perfect"* solids
er perfect liquids. The terms solid
and liquid are merely relative ones,
like rich and poor.
Playing Card* Are Old
Playing cards as they are used to
day are said to date hack nearly rsv?
years, says the Springfield Republican.
The place of their Invention Is given
as France, half a century before the
discovery of America. Their ultimate
origin Is thought to ho the Fast, and
their Introduction Into ICnrope Is supposed
to linve followed the caravan
routes. The names of the cards vary
In different countries, the four stilts in
Spanish and Italian decks being known
as cups, swords, money and clubs. The
Remain suits were hearts, leaves, hells
and acorns. The Hindus, on the other
hand, gave the cards names taken
Tom the animal kingdom, calling them
ioose. birds, camels and horses. The
lour stills have derived their distinctions
from varying ranks in society.
Hearts is- a corrupt inn of a French
word meaning clergy. Spades repre"iit
soldiers, the term being derived
Tom ;i Spanish werd signifying the
-w onl.
The Michigan Area
?r._dii;i'd\ settled b'\ the French and
ken from tln-in by the British, the
Hi' liig.in area became on paper'a part
the FniTrd State s a- a result of the
B ar of the American Revolution. The
tee.: did Hot actually become a part of
the i n.t,-,I States until 1." yt in s after
toe w.?r. J.ow.vcr, when the British
dually yielded the border posts. The
opening of the War of lspj was
-.narked by the recapture of tin* Michigan
area by the British. Rewoti by the
Americans in 1 SiII, through Oliver Hazard
Perry's victory on l.nke lCrie and
William Henry Harrison's successes on.
lnnd, the territory struggled for two
decades toward statehood.
Second Large*! City in Peru
On the west coast of South America,
Arequipa. the second largest city In
I'oru, lies 7,700 feet above sea level in
an amphitheater of mountains turreted
with three towering peaks, including
F.l Mlsti, a snow-crowned cone of
about is,r?00 feet in height. It Is on
the route to Puzo, famed for its Inca
and pre-lnca ruins, and to Lake Titlcacn,
loftiest navigable waterway in
the world. Beyond the lake Is La Paz.
Deportation
American horn citizens cannot he do
ported, but there are cases cn record
?.f the deportation of natural zed citizens.
In these cases the action Is
taken only after a court trial. Aliens
of course, can he dep tried for certain
crimes. Illegal entry, anarchistic eniteavorj
or If It can be shown within
live year# after at rival that the aliens
became public charges from causes exsttng
prior to arrival.
Famous Scientists Guide
Great National Academy
The National Academy of Hcl*
encc*. founded in 1 H<;:i during tin? ('residency
of Ahrahum l.lnculn, Is u selfgoverning
liiMtltutlon of America's
leading scientist* charged with the
responsibility of making studies for ,,
the federal government. It Is uiso empowered
to receive and distribute funds
to facilitate important research undertakings,
In I Old. at the request of
the {'resident, the National Kesearch
cnnncn wnsrTon ntTPCI, Hit dbr tlwTTTia rL'r
of the National academy, for "the promotion
and co operative eo-ordlnntlon
of scientific research." The council engages
actively in research promotion;
it publishes many sclentlllc monographs,
and it maintains a number of
research fellowships, the funds for
which tip to June 30, lO.'k), amounted
to more than $8,000,000.
The government itself engages directly
In research activities to an extent
not generally realized. The bureau
of standards holds a key position
In this respect as It Is responsible for
the supervision of the national standards,
upon which are based the thousand
and one measures of industry and
science, besides acting as the government's
official agency for stunduflzatIon
and Industrial research.
m
Light Velocity Measured
by Astronomer Roehmer
Light velocity was llrst measured by
the astronomer Itoehmer in the Seventeenth
century. It had been known
for some time that a particular ipoon
of the planet Jupiter underwent eclipse
at Intervals. Presumably it revolved in
its orbit at a regular rate, observes a
writer in the. Chicago Tribune and
therefore Its eclipses should occur regularly.
But astronomers had observed
that the time Intervals between these
interplanetary time signals increased
for half the year and then decreased
at the same rate back to their original
value.
itoelimer explained tills fact as follows:
As n result df tlie earth's annual
Journey around the sun, linlf the
year we are moving away from Jupiter
and the other half we are approaching
It. Consequently the light from successive
eclipses must travel progressively
Increasing distances to reach us
during half the year, and decreasing
distances during the other half, and
requires respectively Increasing and
decreasing times for the trip.
M exico'i History
Mexico's history lulls into three ep
oclis. The country was annexed to the
Spanish crown by conquest in l.r>21, and
for three centuries was governed by
Spain through G2 viceroys from Antonio
do Mendoxn (lo.'lo-looO) to Juan
O DonoJu (1S2L-1S22). From 1822 to 1911
was the second epoch, abounding in
movements and events shaping the national
life. After three-quarters of a
century marked by stormy events the
country settled down in 1870 to n long
and quiet regime under the presidency
of General I'orflrlo Diaz, who died July
2, 1910. He ruled the country with the
exception of four years (1880-1SS4) until
May -0, 1911, when he presented his
resignation to congress. Then began
the third*or revolutionary epoch, starting
with strokes of state and civil war
and culminating In bold social and economic
experiments.
Battle of Wounded Knee
The battle of Wounded Knee was
fought at Brennnn, S. D., on December
29, 1890, between the warriors of Big
Foot, a Ilunkpapa Sioux Chief of Cheyenne
ltlver reservation, and a detachment
of United States troops of the
Seventh cavalry. Big Foot and about
300 Sioux of all ages tied from the reservation
after the killing of Sitting
Bull In the autumn of 1S90, intending to
Join tiie hostlles in the Bad Lands.
They were Intercepted by the troops on
Wounded Knee creek and surrounded,
but In attempting to disarm the Indians
a conflict was precipitated, resulting
in an engagement In which almost
the entire hand, including l'.ig
Foot, was exterminated.
Wren* in Our Garden
The house wren is one of the most
economical birds we have, a friend
to be cherished In any orchard or garden.
He feeds entirely upon Insects
and if ever one did any harm It must
have been a mistake. They rear two
or three broods of four or live babies
each in a season. Daddy and Mother
Wfen both work", taking turns sitting
on the eggs or feeding the young. For
a few days after a brood lias hatched
the father Is so proud and happy that
his song tumbles all over Itself. Then
he cools down as his duties become
more arduous.
AfTec tion
11 is the nature of affection to be
ever ready to render service to everyone,
to supply the evident needs of those
about us. to divine their hidden needs;
In a word, to remove or alleviate the
sufferings of others, even at the expense
of our comfort and repose. Affection
Is composed of little attentions,
delicate kindness, considerate forethought
; It may be translated by the
simple words 'giving pleasure."
The State of Ireland
Ireland has a higher percentage of
unmarried women than any other country
In the world. Of the women between
twenty-five and thirty years old*..
62 per cent were unmarried at the last
census, compared to' 41 per cent in
Kngtand and 28 per cent in the U.ilted
States.
V
AN UP-TO-DATE ME AT; MARKET AND GROCERY* I
Interior view of J. K. Lee'* up-tc-date Market and Grocery now located In new quarter* at J. K. ifl
Lang's old stand on Main Street, where the choicest lines of Native and Western Meats and Grocer^ vi^l
ies are handled. They use the Allied Store Utilities Huseman Lig-O-Nier Refrigeration, of 8t. Louis 1 ^
with plants at Ligonier, Indian ia,?Advertisement.
Ha mm Kidnaping
Virtually Solved
Washington, April la.?Justice department
agents chalked up the $100,000
William A. Hamm, Jr., kidnaping
as virtually solved today with the arrests
of three persons, one a postmaster.
In connection with the June, 1933,
abduction of the St. Paul brewer. J.
Edgar Hoover announced his agents
had arrested Charles J. Fitzgerald in
Los Angeles. Jack Pfelffer in St. Paul
and Edward C. Bartholiney in Bensenville,
111., where he is postmaster.
"I think we have solved the Hamm
kidnaping at last," Hoover said, adding
that "there may be more arrests
soon."
The bureau of investigation chief
said it was in Bartholeftiy's home that
Hamm was held until his $100,000
ransom was paid.
Figuring in the case is Alvin Karpis.
rated as "Public Enemy, No. 1,"|
since the day John Dillinger was shot
down in Chicago by justice department
agents. Hoover named Karpis,
former associate of "Ma" Barker in J
the notorious Karpis-Barker gang, as
one of the actual perpetrators of the!
kidnaping.
The arrests today added another
notch to the mounting list of "G-Men"
victories, in battling kidnapers and
gangsters which includes the arrest
of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the
Lindbergh kidnap-murder; the killing
of Dillinger; conviction of sixteen persons
in the Charles F. Urschell kidnaping
at Oklahoma City; arrests and
conviction in the January, 1934, kidnaping
of Edward G. Bremer at St.
Paul.
Hoover's latest computiiHon scored
his agents with the solution of 62 kidnapings
since the Lindbergh law was
enacted in June, 1932, with 136 convictions.
The only three., cases remaining
to be cleared up entirely he
listed as: ?
Alvin Karpis, wanted in the Bremer
and Hamm kidnapings, and Harry
Campbell, wanted with Karpis in the
Bremer kidnaping; William Mahan,
wanted in the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping
for which Harmon Waley already
has been sentenced to 45 years in
prison; Thomas G. Robinson, Jr.,
wanted in the $50,000 kidnaping of
Alice Speed St oil, I>ouisville, Ky.
Hoover said all the suspects arrested
today are now in St. Paul or en
route there,
Also involved in the Hamm case,
be announced, are Byron Bolton, now
in jail at St. Paul for the Bremer kidnaping,
/Elmer Farmer, also convicted
in the Bremer case, Arthur "Doc"
Barker, nerving sentence in Aleatraz
Island, California, penitentiary, Fred
Barker, killed by federal agents in a
battle at Oklawaha, Florida, last year,
and Alvin Karpis, "Public Enemy No.
1," still at large.
. The actual perpetrators of tha 'kidnaping.
were, named by Hoover as Alvin
Karpis, Arthur and Fred Barker,
Fred (Shotgun Zetgler) Goetz, since
killed, Fitzgerald and Bolton.
Hoover said "there may be more
arrests soon." He added that all those
arrested today had been charged under
secret warrants on April 11.
The investigation chief said that
Hamm this morning identified the
home of Batholmey as the house in
which he was held while the kidnapers
awaited payment of $100,000 ransom.
Hamm was kidnaped about 12:45
p. m., on Thursday, June 15,,1033, im-1
mediately after he had departed from
his office in the Theodore Hamm
Brewing company for luncheon. He
was taken to a hideout where he was
held until June 10, 1033. He was released
at a point near Wyoming,
Minn., after payment of the ransom.
Hamm was president of the brewing
company.
Three men have been trapped in an
abandoned gold mine near Moose
River, Nova Scotia, for. ten days and
all efforts to rescue them have been
without avail. The men are being
kept alive with food and other suppiles
sent to them through a tube,
and they say that they can live for six
months in that waj^.
License Plates 1
Expire April 301
Columbia, April 11.?Approximately 9
140,000 card applicationH, to be used I
by South Carolina motorists in par- I
chasing license plates for the second I
half of the year will be mallei out 9
April 15, A. W. Bohlen, director ot I
the motor vehicle division of the high- I
way department, said Thursday.
The director said the number o! I
cards to be sent out was equal to the j
number of one-half year plates sold i
during the first half. '
The department was busy Friday 9
in preparing the application cards, 9
one of which will be sent each South 1
Carolinian who purchased a half-year 9
plate at the beginning of the present s
license year. Half-year plates now in 1
use expire April 30.
The scale of prices for renewals Is 1
carried on the back of the cards. This 9
scale is as follows: Class A, $2,60; fl
Class B, $3,35; Class C, $4.10; Class 1
D, $4.85; Class E, $5.60; Class F, 9
$6.35; Class G. $7.10. 9
Quituupiets were recently born to a 1
gypsy mother near Bucharest, Hu- 9
mania, but they were so badly mal- 9
formed that they all soon died.
FINAL DISCHARGE I
Notice is hereby given that one 9
month from this date, on May 6, 1936, 9
I will make to the Probate Court of ,*9
Kershaw county my final return as 9
Executrix of the estate of Ellen Bran-]
non deceased, and on the same date
I will apply to the said Court for a J
final discharge as said Eiecutrix of m
qnlfl Pfltfltrt ? f . '^1
(Signed) MRS. DAISY CAS81DY |
Camden, S. C., April 6, 1936. 9
lit
is the time to plant Cover Crops and thereby get _ 9
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I Soy Beans Crotalaria 9
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