The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 17, 1936, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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? 11!) 1 -1 -I?LLJ*S Scientist T^ExpIo'res Hot Springs Mystery For scores of years' learned scientists have been intrigued and puzzled by tlio <au?o or Yellowstone 1'urk's spectacular hot springs, but 110W the mystery Iihh been cleared up. During a period of seven yearn Dr. Arthur D. Day, distinguished physicist of the Carnegie Institution, of Waahlnguini Pr. k T. AII#gi? his right hand man, and severui assistants Tiaye'' devoted continuous study to the strange natural phenomenon. In the course- of their invesilgalions they examined many springs and more than a hundred geysers in ' their gttompt to determine their physical and chemical behavior, their i sources of heat energy, their relation to rainfall and drainage, their mineral content, and the dissolving effect they have on the rocks from which they emerge. Upon completion of the unique study the results were formulated by the investigators and published by the Carnegie Institute of Washington. They explain some unushal facts. The Yellowstone Park, situated In the northwestern corner of Wyoming, almost entirely surrounded by mountains, the highest peaks rising, to elevations of 10,0<?0 to 11,000 feet above se.a level. A portion of the Northern v Rockies, these mountains divide the waters of the park, hot and cold, between the two great oceans. The thermal s-prlngs, outstanding features of (lie park, vie with those of Iceland and New Zealand "as tlie most remarkable examples of their kind In the world. Of all sizes, front insignificant dimensions to. hirgo pools as much as 360 feet in diameter, they arc scattered over the elevated plateau, dotting a territory 60 miles long and an average of fifteen miles wide. The springs divide naturally into about 1 up groups each, including a number anywhere from u dozen to many hundreds of springs each. Although the areas embracing these groups or hot springs are of varying aspect, they are almost always .strikingly barren, blenched white tracts, often contrasting "sharply with the dark green coniferous trees -which give to the landscape its dominant color. C/impared wlllp KuropefTn springs of the same nature those in tlie? Yellowstone Park are much liott'Cf", renclnngv. almost always t'-tXV degrees Fahrenvlicit, while dii 38 gg^ps 194 degree!^ Fahrenheit or li^glt^r has been recor^ ,(l' ^ Springs ehn^^^rzetrby rf^cr-nqM-. ed water sljow^spjg&ofrf AaVvingjffi&j at one oiwrfjp^e h<p?ji5<fuce whery tlie water dhipkuys aHptripuS" turbuK*ncj^ boiling c biitinnalXy.^, but biw'STTkig at intervals into a ti, of foAdi^ with a noise between a hiss5 and a roar. A hiuutf^ of dry sa.iH|2 tossed into the wajter aggravates this behavior. At the (iiantess Geyser, a striking example of the kind, the watcher Is sometimes startled by sight of this superheated water which I leaps up suddenly in a seething niasH to tlie height of four or live feet. The cause of the phenomenon Is City Hat Ten Papat San Frahclsco, July 13. Students of the city directory have Just discovered tiiat San Francisco has ten Papas, three Mamas and seyoii Souh. However, the directory contain* tlie names of 83fj,4G4 resident* with olh.er namea.i found in the depth of the springs and in the fact that the temperatures kicrouse from the aurface downwam. At a dentil of 73 feet In the bfoh (ley .1 a emperni uro or 253 degrees Fahrenheit waa found, 30 degree* ?<uti grade higher than the boiling point at the surface. m turn hotter mratum Doijtng is go tie rally prevented by the pressure of water above it, but owing to ita lower density the hotter water ml* grate* rapidly upward, moving in considerable maaaea until it reaches tlie aurface. There, deapite conaiderable cooling on the \yay, the water haa a temperature higher than the boiling point. Superheated water naturully occurring hue never been reported anywhere elae In the world. Regarding the cause of theae mysterloua aprlnga, geologlata have divided iuto^ t\yo principal achoola. One holds thai the water ia derived from the rainfall like that of cold aprlnga;. that the dissolved mineral matter is from the adjacent rock, and that the heat ia acquired by conduction from a deep-seated source. Some believe that the earth gradient applies to the problem, \yhile ojhern, impressed by the volcanic enj vironmerit of many such springs, have j spoken plainly of volcanic Imat. The weakest point in tlrfc theory Is the ! supposition that elements like carbon, J j sulphur, and, chlorlms which form a large part of the-, dissolved mineral 1 matter constantly carried away by , waters of tlie mysterious sprftigs. are j derived from a rock that contains 1 these elements only in traces, j This difficulty lias been met by tlie j other school which maintains that not only the heatT but also all of the water and much of the dissolved material are derived from tlie same deepseated source, whence they are . brought upward by a process of diejtiliatjbn and subsequent condensation 1 before the surface is reached. A noteworthy modification of this conception^, more recently proposed, assumes J that the spring watot*;," ready-formed, is , qa pel led from its source by the ? A press.urr' of steam which aeconipanAr* ft**5-.*' j*#* "" * TjrpflZr height of water erupting koni 1 raisers vnidOs^from a few inchoytirj yfyft -H* . The hlgpestj jrtit/wn -Jet;f%j^l^vstoTiie"Park reachiictually tneasii^f|| duiVng an el'ttyj^fi of the -fit;eh|^^m^j4?so. it is doubtful If as JOM-V/y ih^^ellowston^/geysers^rc^ ^k#?play tfy^T^eighjt qfc-itto feet. F*, has beengenerally supposed th&t fflff waters of .geysers are all of a single type. Tfife great majority of thrill ('o. in fact, belong to the deep circulation group, high In chloride and bicarbonate but a few in the Yellowstone Park are of the shallow sulphate type, which mixed waters are ejected by a number of geysers in tlie Norris Rasin. ROCKET SHIP SOARS 7Q0 MILES AN HOUR Expert Wor!<? on Plane to "Send to Moon." NV?tal?In^lt?r>.?-.1 ult^H Verne'* fantastic story of m trip lo flip moon l>,v rocket imiy he lion tor reality than many he ilcved. Or Robert ||. Goddard, who lm? wurtrerf UY years mi it ttqutd propnllnnt rocKt'i,^ rwiori^ii thin IiIh experiment--' ?l KhJ|)? liml 'reached a top Speed of 7<mi miles an hour and that he hoped lion io surpass thf* record. Ills work was ho exceptional in mis previously neglected field thai1 three yearn ago Col. Charles A. Undbnrgh helped the Clark university physicist obtain a grant from the Guggenheim ( foundation. After experiment* la a specially-coiiHiructed laboratory at Roswell, New Mexico, Doctor Goddard broke a wdMiupoged *lleD.ce to discuss hi* proccHH to date and the problem* yet to be solved. Beats Plane Record. AJreudy Doctor Goddard ha* attained a speed whlfh is more than double that breath taking record set by Sir Malcolm Campbell when he blurred across the flats near Salt !,ake City. Utah,' at slightly better than ROC) miles an hour, The fastest seaplanes, stripped down to tremendous powerhouse motors with gnntdlke wings. Still have to streak along at 500 miles an hour. Yet fellow scientists ate not certain that tills extraordinary speed of 7<xi mile* an hour can dle maintained long enough In thrown rocket nut Into space where the earth's gravitation wnuld noj pull )t hack again. The motor" used by Doctor Ooddnrd Is powered by u combination of liquid oxygen and gasoline. Discussing the chamber or "motor" of the rocket ship. Doctor Goddard said I lie one decided upon was C>% Inches In dlaim't^ii?and. weighed five pounds. The maximum lift obtained was '-'81) pounds and the period or .combustion usually exceeded 'JO seconds. 'I be lifting force was found to be steady. Problems which still have to be conq tiered before .Infes Verne's fantasy can come true Include stabilization and construction of a ship that is lighter than the present experimental ' rockets which weigh from*' OS to SO | pounds. Use Small Gyroscope Rest results so far have been obtained by inserting a small gyroscope In the rocket. This Is the same device that Is s<M>n in some children's [mechanical* toy* or on ocean liners T^nr^nttempt to overcome the roidnq , uioyfon --' "Inasmuch as the rockets started slowly, the tirst few hundred feet of jfeJHght reminded one of a Itsi. swim In a vertical direction." wrote wDoctor Goddard in a section .l--nlh [ling actual test flights. "'The continually Increasing speed of the rockets, with the accompanying steady roar, make the flights very Impressive. In two flights the rocket left a smoke trail and had a small. Intensely white flame Issuing from the nozzle, which ut times nearly disappeared with no decrease In roar or propelling force." The white Hashes below the rocket, he said, were explosions of the gasoline vapor In th?> air. Doctor Goddard said that the greatest height obtained in any of the tests was 7.500 feeh - Hp said lie wanted tie work out certain -fundamental construction problems -before attempting a celling record. Resides the Guggenheim foundation, Doctor Goddard's experimental work has been supported by Clark university. the Carnegie institution of Wash Ington and the Smithsonian Institute. " eaf Spots" Are Erased by New Amplifier Device I-os Angeles.?Success In giving 05 per cent perfect hearing to half deaf persons was announced by researchers seeking a scientifically ideal car amnlllior. Delighted smile* of persons hearing toe high notes of an opera for the first time In their lives are rewarding the researchers. I'rof Vern O Knudsen. ami two graduate students. Nor man Watson and l.mhvlg Sep my e who have spent a year and a half o. the project at the 1'iiiverslty of Call fornia. ' r l hey seek to place mechanical hearing aids on the same' proscription basis a* eve glasses, promising great relief to. the hard of hearing, who are estimated at IDUXUMO in the United States alotle. Discovering that most of such afflicted person* hear some notes perfectly, but are deaf to other*. Doctor Kumlsen built an amplifier that win pick out a certain range of lone and amplify that alone. Minnesota's Timber-Cut Sets a Seven-Year High St. I'atil.?Twenty thousand axes are ? making.* miniature thunder in MioneK.?ta thi* wfnrer, with tjio timber bt?*iI cess better than ?t has neon in seven years. Ho* temperature has touched 50 hei low zero: swamp* and tote roads are strong i n nigh to hear the tractors In th's modern wtmdfc raid. M. T. Thornton, state surveyor gofteml, estimated that fiO.OtltMlPO board feet of timber will be takei. 3.71* per cent Increase over the average cvl of the last five year*. ' -a - j- '1 ..i"i i i ' ij.jhsw TOPOGRAPHYCAUSE OF RECORD FLOODS ? ' Deep, Crowded Valleys Helpless Victims of Rivers. f, 4 Washington,?"liecord floods, caua Iiit> enormous property damage In western Pennsylvania and western Mary* land, call attejiYlrin to the peculiar topography of these regions, where the industrial and commercial sections of. the hVrgest cities are crowded along steep river hanks In narrow valleys," suya the National Olographic society. [).. "When excesslYfi r^Lnfali mid melt-, t Ing snow raise the. headwaters of the principal stream*!/floods follow with terrifying suddenness In such closely walled rivers' as the Monougahela, Youghlogheny, Allegheny, Heaver, Conemaugh,. the upper Ohio, ur>d the upper i/Potomac, "With no lowlands and almost no Islands to spread upon and lose force, flood waters quickly attuln destructive velocities that sweep everything before them. Hrldges, houses, and even fair-sized buildings often become water-borne battering rams to knock down other bridges, houses and buildings. Industries Near River. "In the Pittsburgh, district, In particular, floods are dreaded because most of the important electrlc-llght, woter-purlfylng, and gas plants are crowded close to the rivers, and essential services often break down when rising waters Hood basements, extinguishing boilers or crippling machinery. "Nearly all the largest Industries, including steel, tin plate, and aluminum mills, glass works, packing, fuel oil, and Coal storage plants; have their properties on the river hanks or. very close tn them. Shutdowns mean loss of employment and of Income to thousands of workers. "Experience has taught the railroads to raise their rights-of-way higher than valley floors, hut tn a few places they are low enough to he reached by such floods as that of the past week. In pioneer days the chief turnpikes of western Pennsylvania were built along the crest of ridges that mark the level or the original plateau, hut recently many important roads have been built In the valleys, sandwiched Into a narrow lodge between railroads and steel plants, or on slag fills at the very edge of the streams. These fills have further narrowed the rivers, and Increased flood hazards. "While the newer residential districts of such cities as Pittsburgh, Johnstown, McKeesport, Homestead, East Pittsburgh. Hraddock, Morgantown. and Cumberland are in the hills, the business districts, and the crowded older residential districts, are all within the reach of flood waters. About once a deende basements are flooded arid river shipping endangered. The principal menace, even in times of minor floods, however. Is to health, because rising river waters back up the sewers and sometimes contaminate drinking whter Thickly Settled Valleys. "During a flood about ten years ago a newspaper In McKeesport, Pa., had to put reporters, linotype operators, and other employees to work hurriedly removing huge rolls of newsprint stored In the basement. If the rising water had reached this paper, the roils would have swelled and wrecked the building. "One of the contributing factors to floods in western Pennsylvania Is the growth of towns and cities, thus diminishing the number of trees* and shrubs that help the soli to retain moisture. Whole hillsides along the Mononjjnhcla. also, have been nearly denuded of verdure by overcoming and by constant clouds of acrid fumes and smoke from Industries In the valley. The valleys, are thickly settled, and rainwater flows rapidly from roofs and paved streets Into sewers and rivers. "Although, there are u number of government dams In the Ohio. Mfmort-' guheln, and the Allegheny, tlyfiy are low structures, used principally to provide a sufliclent depth for the heavy barge trnfllc on those streumy:'' Professor Presents New System of Stenography Palo Alto, Calif.?Hased on what psychologists call "kinesthetic percep tlon," Dr. J. Edgar Coover, professor of psychology at Stanford university, has Invented a new shorthand and typewriting system which he believes will ' revolutionize present day stenography. The new shorthand, which will be known as "notescMpt," Is made up of consonants with dots and dashes for the vowels. While not as short as systems now in use. Doctor Coover declares, tests have demonstrated It can be translated rlcolty from code without difficulty. The typing system Is based on a sense of position rather than" on sight and touch. The student learns a different finger position for each key before he touches a typewriter, and when actual practice, starts his Angers.fall " naturally into position. Doctor (loover. declares the svstem " Is applicable to ail Individuals, regardless of physical differences. Canary Singing Tourist; Takes a 14,400 Mile Trip Fremont. Neb.?Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Morehenc! had nothing hut praise for their canary as a traveling companion after their return from, a 10,400-mile motor tour. The bird."they reported; ng all the way and even entertained guests at restaurants where they ? topped. News Of Interest In And Near Bethune . Bethune, July 15.?Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Graham and children, of Baltimore, have been recent guestB of Mrs, A. B. McLaurin. Mrs. Bettle Clyburn, of piermont, Fla., Is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Foster attended the funeral Monday afternoon of the Rev. J. J. Brown, Rock Hill. Mr. Brown is the father of Mrs. J. H. McDaniel who has for years been connected with the Bethune schools, and haB the sympathy of her many friends in this community. Miss Annie Belle Mungo went to Charleston last Friday where she will take a course In beauty culture. Mrs. A. K. McLaurin has gone to Niagara Falls, for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Mitchell. Miss Ruth Louise Wilson, of Columbia, is spending some* time with relatives in Bethune. - ^ Circles one and two of the Baptist Missionary Society met Monday afternoon with Mrs. S. B. Padgett and Mrs, David Holley, respectfully. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bethune and daughter, Miss Susanne, were Sunday guests of the .John Bethune family! Miss Hannah McCutchen, of Florence, spent the week end with her sistdr, Mrs. J. T. N. Keels. Mrs. Leonard Yarborough, of Hartsville, is spending some time here with relatives. Mrs, Charles V. Rivers and little daughter, Katherine Ward, of Chesterfield, with Mrs. M. O. Ward, whom they1 are visiting, spent Sunday at Wa rd? Miss Mary Arthur is spending some time with relatives in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Mrs. Edna McNaughton, of ftUmjii, Fla., stopped over with her jj&e, Mrs. J. E. Copeland en route to NeW York. Silas Ritter and Robert O'Neil, of Hamlet, N. C., have been recent guests of Travis and M.- C. McCaskill, Jr. Mrs. L. W. Stevens, of High Point, N. C., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Outlaw. Miss Georgia Lee Dantzler, of Elloree, spent last week with Miss Arlene Wages. Miss Hettie Hough, 4 of Edgefield, -mid Miss Mildred Bradford, of Abbeville, have been recent guests of the D. M. Mays family. Miss Frances Smith is visiting her sister, Mrs. Higbe, in Cblumbia. J. D. Linton, Jr., has gone to a CCC camp in Pickens. Billie Best is spending some time in Columbia with his sister, Mrs. M. D. Marsh. Mrs. J. M. Clyburn returned home Monday after several weeks' stay with her daughter, Mrs. H. H. McCollough, in Baltimore. BANDIT KNOCKED OUT OF CAR BY DRIVER'S FIST Greenville, July 8.;?This wa$. one time the hitchhiker lost. Motoring up from Anderson, Ralph James, athletic 25-year-old Greenville salesman, paused at an Electric City filling station, took the proprietor's word for it. and picked up a "nice looking" thumb artist. When the fellow tried to stage a holdup with a handkerchief covered iron bar, the Greenvillian pitched into him, socked hard enough to' knock the hiker out of the car, and drove off "xxrith the chap's fake iron pistol. Today, in Anderson, he swore out a warrant for the holdup hiker, and went around-to the filling station to tell the proprietor wjiat he thought of his "nice fellow." Death Of Lawrence Davis I*awrenee Davis dbed at his home 1n Cedar Creek section of Lee county, Tuesday, July 7, at 12 o'clock. The funeral services were held Wednesday at Cedar Creek Baptist church at 5 o'clock. The services were jointly conducted by the Revs. P. B. Blackmon, pastor of the church and J. T. Wttlejohn, of Bishopville Baptist church. Mr. Davis was 64 years of age and leaves as surviving members of his immediate family, one son, Washington B. Davis, of the Cedar Creek community, and two~ daughters, Miss Sallie Davis, of Cedar Creek, and Mrs. A. E. Wood ham, of Washington, D. C. ? Bishopville Messenger. ^ A I I BM ikk I Black Hand Politics Spartanburg, July jabs?!?, Byrne. (D? S, C.) ?a!d today |,e hu aakod the poatofflce depart moot to in vestlgate the mailing o( anonym ,, postcards In Charleston terming the Democratic party "The Roosevelt-Nlv ger-Democratlc Party." Mayor Burnet Maybank of Charle#. ton advised the senator that a number of the cards had been received in Charleston, forwarded one oi them. The postcard said a vote for Roosevelt and Byrnes was a vote for racial equality. Death Of Jessie Brown Jessie Brown, age 44, aon of the late Presley Brown, of Browntowu, died July 1, and was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist church the following clay. The funeral services were conducted by lils pastor, the Rev. p, r. Blackmon and was assisted byHhe Rev. J. T. Littlejohn, of the Bishopville Baptist church.?Blshopville Messenger. NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT The books of enrollment are now open and in the hands of some club members at each precinct. It is not necessary for one to enroll this year if his or her name was on the roil in 1934. Persons becoming of voting age since 1934 will have to add their names to the list and persons moving from one precinct to another eince 1934 will have to have their names added. The roll books will remain open Nuntil midnight Tuesday July 2?, 1936 when they willl close. ) J. H. McLEOD, County Chairman. A. W. HUMPHRIES, M. D. Secretary. ? ' M FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on July 30, 1936, Mrs. June Raley will make to; the Probate Court of Kershaw County her final return as General Guardian of the persons and Estates of IJpry Raley, Faith Raley and June Raley, and .on iliS^ame date she will apply td the said Court for a final discharge as said Guardian of Mary Raley, Faith Raley and Bernice Raley. N,. C. ARNETT, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Camden, S. O:, June 30, 1936. NOTICE TO CREDITOR8 In the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District ot South Carolina in Bankruptcy. In the matter of: Anna Karesh Schlosburg, Camden, S. C. BANKRUPT NO. 4216 Notice is hereby given that the above named bankrupt has filed a petition for discharge and that a hearing has been ordered to- be had upon the same on the 30th day of July. A. D. 1936, before this Court, at Charleston, S. C., at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; at which time and place known creditors and other persons In interest may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioners should not be granted. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clert 14-17ab. NOTICE TO CREDITOR8 In the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District ofSouth Carolina IN BANKRUPTCY In the Matter of Carl H. Schloshurf. Camden, S. C., Bankrupt. .i Notice is hereby given that the above named bankrupt has filed a P* titlon for discharge and that a hear: ing has been ordered to be had upon the same on the 27th day of July. ^ D. 1936, before this Court, at Charleston, S. C., at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place known creditors and other persons i* interest may appear and show causa if any they have, why the prayer' of said petitioner should not be grantee. RICHARD W. HUTSON, CIF* 13-16 sh. NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CAMDEN BEEF CATTLE FARMS Notice is hereby given that a ing of the stockholders of CannF*Beef Cattle Farms has been caiw? and will be held at the office of a** corporation, Ldgoff, South. Carol"* at 12 o'clock noon, on the 28th day* July, 1936. Said meeting is called"; the undersigned President and ^ owner of more than twenty pe* of the capital stock of said rcrryy tlon, for the purpose of conside^ a resolution that said Camden ? Cattle F/arms go Into liquids^* wind up its affairs, and disaol** any other matters that may pfgj come before said meeting. Logoff, 8. C., this Jnae *5* *!!&i ? U L QUIOKSC President and Stockholder of OBS^ Beef Cattle Fai* ^ I Now is the time | I to buy a farm^, I I I HAVE SOME FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN, and i j SMALL RATE OF INTEREST. A GOOD WAY To I INVEST YOUR BONUS. I |H | See me at Hotel Camden any Tuesday I H. G. BATES, Sr. I Greyhound Makes Travel Dreams Come Tr ue! 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