The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 08, 1938, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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csmc ^IstHw h* n *aub ?o r I b ? r **(*$? to mmw, Kepressuted In New Yoiw by ths A?#rlnu> Ptcm Association and Isewbws by ill reliable Advertising As?"oJe*' . w* accept no advertising of a doubtful nature and try to protect our patrons from misrepresentation by Advertiser#, No Liquor Advertisements accepted %t any Friday. July 8, 1088 TEAR DOWN ADVERTISING A declaration destined to bring results in terms of farm home beautlflcation la suggested in thin significant message from. Miss Lillian Keller, home Improvement speciallHt of the University of Tennessee Extension Servicer "During 1038 one of the major objectives of the better homes movement is to carry on an Intensive campaign to remove signs from farm foue>es and barns. No city home owner thiuks of allowing anyone to tack an advertisement on his garage or fence, yet farm people have their premises covered with tin, paper, and cardboard signs. ' These do not add to the attraotlveneBB of either the farm, home, or the highway. Our program calls for elimination, so far as possible, of this ever-increasing flood of cheap, unpaid advertising that lineB our highways from town to town, and tto beautify the approaches to the towns and cities with grass, shrubs, and jiatlye tr^ss." The above program is one that might well be carried on in every state. Such signs are not only destructive of beauty but may be actual traffic hazards, often obstructing the view of a driver and leading to accidents.?Mrs. Sallie P. Hill in The Progressive Farmer. ^ j BEGGING FOR VOTES To hear a bona flde President of those United States actually bogging for votes In the coming primaries this fall Is something foreign and distinctly distasteful to the American system of suffrage. To be brutally frank this matter of calling for support of his liberals in the coming primaries has never boen done before in the history of this great Nation?at loast until Franklin I"). Roosevelt and his "New Dealers" took over the rolns of government. No other President has stooped to the point where he actually begged for votes for his henchmen. It Is entirely un-Democratlc, as Is 85 per cent of the many things tried to be crammed down the throats of a liberty lovJng people, and Is a distinct blot on our Institutions of free speech and freedom of action. No, we Americans don't have to be lead to the ballot box and told to take a ballot already prepared for us. We don't want any President, regardless of his alleged party connections to tell us we should vote for Governor Olin JohnBton in. this state In preference to United States Senator Ed Smith, who, my friends, happens not to be a rubber stamp, but rather a man of some thought and with sense enough to decide for himself fyow he hi!! vote to keep faith with the constltutents who sent him to congress. Monday is the Fourth of July? sometimes It Is called Independence Day. but la it actually a day for rejoicing In our Independence? In many ways we are Independent and It happens that in many ways wo are not, but when It comes to casting our ballot at the polls and expressing our preference, then every election day la Independence Day for the people of South Carolina and of these United States who have no debt to , pay to any party leader or group of politicians. Wo are not on WPA rolls?neither are we dependent on the government for a living, and we vote like we d please. Many new things the New Dealers have tried to play on the taxpayers, but don't let them ever make the sad mistake of having the President telling voters which way they ought to be casting his or her ballots. That might be the proper thing for the 19,999.999 persons on government relief rolls, but for the other 51 per cent its rather risky business.?Sumter Herald. Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic fleet, Is contemplating an Inspection trip up China's great Yangtze river, which was closed to foreign shipping by the Japanese six months "ago." Admiral Yarnell plans tentatively to leave June 23. ye ^ A Scot applied^for a position as patrolman on the London police force. Here is a question they put to htm in Scotland Yard and his answor: "Suppose, MacFarland, you saw a crowd congregating at a certain point on your beat, how would you disperse It quickly. With the teaat trouble?" *1 would pa* the hat." News Of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, July 6.?Ulia Margaret Hearon, of Durham, N. 0., spent the week end with her parents, the T. B. Hearone. She had as guests, Miss Maudlin Davis and CaH Harrison, ah sq, el. Durham. Mr. and /Mrs. Mayo Davis ami little daughter, 111 I lie, of Perry, Us., are visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. George Sedley King and small daughter, of Obarlestou, were week end guests of the D." M. Mays family. ~ * Mr. and Mrs. Crowell Bethune. of York, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. John Bethune. Th.eir daughter, Betsy Ann, was the guest of Rita Davis for the day. Emery Parker, who has beau at CCC camps in California, and other western states, has returned home. The Uov. F. M. Llndler, P. W. Best und M. C. Mason attended the funeral of J. C. poster's brother at White Stone last Friday. Recent house guests of the W, A. Outlaws were: Mrs. Lester Stevensou, High Point, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lawhprn and children and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde MoPherson, all of Charlotte, and Mlse Myrtle Harvell, of Rock Hill. , Mrs. B. W. Brannon spent several days lust week in Columbia visiting her daughters. Mrs. Wade Atkinson and Miss Mary Braunon. Mr. Brannon aud B. W., Jr., joined them for the week end. The Rev. F. M. Ldndler and family spent Monday in Bamberg, where they wont to attend a family reunion at the home of Mrs. Sandlfer, Mrs. Llnd-| ler's grandmother. J, M. Clyburn, Jr.. who has been with the state hlgliway department In Georgia for some time, is spending the week at home. Mrs. C. C. Gardner, Mrs. Eva Morgan and Mrs. Frank Bee visited Mrs. Maggie I*ee at Monroe recently. Miss Frances Smith la spending some time in Columbia with her sister, Mrs. U W. Hlgbe. M. C. Mason is attending a district conference for agricultural teachers, which is being held In Columbia Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Speight Bird have returned from their honeymoon and are at home with the former's parents, the J. L. Birds. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Best have been visiting In MeCormlck. They were accompanied homo by Mrs. Best's mother, Mrs. Emma Smith, who will be here for some time. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Estridgo and daughter, Carolyn, of Rock Hill; Mr. I und Mrs. Grler Gordon and children, of Charlotte; and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Gardner, of Salley, were week end guests of the Z. P. Gordon family. kmi-Jtra HfmkftH Parker, of North Carolina, have boon visiting the former's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Parker. Miss Athulee Mungo spent Monday In Columbia with her sister, Miss Myrtls Mungo, who is a patient at the Columbia hospital, and Miss Sue Hilton spent Wednesday with her. Friends will bo glad to learn that M^-tls, who underwent a foot opera| Hon Thursday of last week, Is getting on nicety. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Easterllng, of McColl, spent the week end with rela-j tives here. Mrs. Claude Lpney, of Camden, is' visiting the R. L. Waters family and other relatives hero during the week. Story Hour club met Thursday afternoon at the regular time at the library. In the absence of the president. Lore Munn, vice president, presided. Eighteen members were present. The contribution is being saved to purchase a book for the library. Prizes for the best stories of the hour were won by Eva Josie RatcllfT and Francis Llndler. Eliza Jackson, librarian, read a chapter frqm "Eight Cousins," by l^ouisa M. Alcott. She will continue this at each meeting until the book la completed. Fancy wrapped candy was served the children. Charles and Chester Gordon, of Charlotte, are spending the week with their grand parents, the Z. P. Gordons. "STOP SQUAWKING!" A large Chicago department store advertising a plea to the publiA to end the economic slump by Intelligent, optimistic action and urges people to "stop squawking like an Infant." It may be a little free advertising for Henry C. Lytton & Sons, but it is worth the space If some of our readers can catch the optimism and the the faith that these words express: "Congress ham adjourned. We all know that every member has tried to do his best according to his own beliefs. While some of .us might not be satisfied with the legislation that has been enacted, let us remember that nothing is perfect. Let us remember, too, that most of our business and government leadership Is right?in its ideals. "Let us stop 'squawking' about the small part which Is wrong-^ln the faith that we will eventually arrive at the happy state of a social system that will bring about the greatest good for all." The Idea Is not bad and the appeal is timely. Americans should be optimistic and expect the ultimate triumph of. truth and righteousness. To bring it to pass, they should be willing always to adjust their social, economic and political affairs In the interest of Justice. To protect and defend the existing order, when convinced that evil exists, is to perpotuate wrong and Invite disaster.?Orangeburg Times-Democrat. Aj rainfall of one inch brings down 113 tons of water on each acre of surface. The ring-tailed cat of the Southern United States la not a cat, but a relative of the raccoon. : ? ? - - - -? j v WHY Early Morning I# the HPim for ? Walk, f ; V Walking In cool air hastatff the interchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, the moat necessary ?I all the bod)ly functions. In thil action it resembles the ingestion of protein foods, which immediately increases this interchange, and keepa it at an increased pace for several hours. This is one of the little-known facts of food> chemistry, and ope of the real reasons why the eating of protein foods causes such an increase of the feeling of comfort. It Is not entirely stomach, by any means, although it begins there, according to an authority in the Washington Star. , Walking in pool air la much letter from all standpoints than the same exercise in air which comes within 20 to 30 degrees of approximating that of the human body, kept constantly at 08 degrees and a fraction. Probably the best temperature for an average walk of two to four mile* is 45 to W degrees. This means that at first one will have to step out, in order to warm up. . ." It also means that early morning is the best walking time. Why Columbia District Residents Do Not Vote The Constitution provides thpt the presidential electors and members of Congress shall be elected to rep* resent states. The District of Columbia is not a state, nor a part of any state, and its citizens do not have the right to vote in the presidential and congressional elections any more than do those other citizens of the United States who live in the territories. That there wdtild be no conflict of authority, it was provided that the government of the District of Columbia should rest in Congress. In former times Washington and Georgetown were provided with municipal governments, with elective officers, similar to those of other cities. After a period of extravagance and civic neglect, congress established, in 1874, the present commission form of government, administered by appointive, rather than elective officials. Since then the citizens of the diptridt have been without a vote in local as well as national affairs. Why Red Lights Appear Dim Why do red lights seem less bright when traffic is noisy than they do^wheirit is quiet? The answer to this question has been found by Prof. S. V. KravkovK head of the Central Institute of Ophthalmology, Moscow. He has proved conclusively that sound affects the eye's sensitivity to colors, the effects varying in character for different colors. He has shown that on receiving auditory stimulation' a normal ejye becomes mQre sensitive to green and blue and less sensitive to red. Why It Is "Corned" Beef Corned beef is so called because it is beef that has been cured for several weeks in a salt brine that may contain several other ingredients?such as sweetening and preservatives. The name apparently has nothing to do with the cereal corn, but comes from the former way of dry-preserving with salt grains or corns, to use the AngloSaxon word. Why Volley Is Fired The custom of firing three volleyf over the grave of a soldier is derived from the Roman one of casU; ing earth over the coffin, calling th4 dead by name three times and th?f saying "vale" three times. The word "vale" is the Latin word for farewell. The firing of three volleys is saying farewell to the deceased. Why Fire Was a Mystery | Men were puzzled by fire for ages; It seemed to be something apart from earth, air and water. One rea-< son why Are remained a mystery so long is that people thought it was a substance. They believed that it was a hot material that poured out of things as they burned. * Why Coffee Grows Stale Coffee grows stale because of the action of oxygen on the aromatic^ fatty substance in the coffee beans;! which is responsible for their delicate flavor. The process Is someM what analogous to the spoiling oIf butter. Tests on coffee marketed in* vacuum cans showed that this methM od of packing affords only partial protection. Even wtyh the best of such packages there appears to be enough air left in the can to start < oxidation. Why Spurs Are Used in Coronation The gold spurs with which the king is presented during the coronation are laid on the altar of West-: minster abbey by his majesty to show that, as head of the armed I force of the realm, he places that force at the service of God. - - Why Dust Takes Fertile Soil Dust storms take the most fertile soil because it is lighter. The coarser grains pile up in sand dunes or move from place to place along the ground. Why Stars Twinkle Stars appear to twinkle because of disturbances in the earth's atmosphere. Why Colon Is So Called Colon is the Italian form of Columbus. '-'HI ?w??? ?rmmmm?? mi? . * ABOUT THE GOPHER STATE , ' * ' > I1H1.1 m u i? i i ,MH#' Minnesota Mail Boxes Bide Hi|b Because of Snows. Minnesotans Boast of Twin ^ ? ' J Cities and Mesabi Iron Mates Pr#^?^M*(!3fiV,SSrcvR2:.lttyMinneapolis and st. Paul, grown virtually into one city, provide the chief mart of Minnesota, St. Paul for animal products, Minneapolis for grain, St. ?aul also is a major railway terminus. Dominated by descendants of the early German and Irish settlers, it is famed today for such various things as its meat packing and beer, its state fair and its printing business (especially legal books). Minneapolis 1b dominated by. its . Scandinavians?the jokes do not err. It is said that if the cry comes "Paging Mr. Johnson!" in a Minneapolis theater, half the audience will rise. The city has become one of the world's important grain markets; it is also famed for its lakes? several large ones within the city limits?its picturesque mills which make the artist reach for his brushes in a happy daze, its knit underwear, its university, and its renowned orchestra. Linseed oil, base of paints and inks, is a very important Minneapolis product; the oil is pressed from the flaxseed of the Red River valley, and by-products are returned to the farmer as valuable feed. Thus these twin municipalities have a wide variety of things to boast of, including a population of almost a million people. The rivalry of the two members of this one body is proverbial. St. Paul taunts Minneapolis with being a "nine o'clock town," for it is true that that city's Lutheran vie*vs dictate a stricter decorum than the more worldly-wise city bothers to maintain. Minneapolis retaliates thus: "Yes, we're thinking o! incorporating both cities in one, to be called 'Minnehaha,' 'Minnie' for Minneapolis and 'ha ha' for St. Paul." The good-humored sparring involved keeps moss from growing between the toes of either. Iron Deposits of the Mesabi. Toward the end of the Nineteenth century the Mesabi iron deposits, of which Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton, had been ignorant when fixing the boundary, at last were discovered. The discoverers were a family of seven brothers named Merritt. Timber cruisers and woodsmen of the most expert sort, they were also amateur prospectors. With a faith almost unreasoning they explored the mosquito-infested swamps and forests of the hill country behind Duluth. This wild-goose chase was rewarded with a goose capable of laying truly golden eggs: their dipcompass charts located the first of those vast pools of soft ore Which, soon exploited, built the ships, bridges, railroads, machinery, and skyscrapers that a lustily expanding nation hungered for. With incredible energy these same brothers surveyed the railroad to carry the ore to port, and then, brushing aside the mining engineers who were thumbing their whiskers r and trying to think how to sink the , customary shafts, they turned a primitive form of steam shovel loose in that flaky red earth. The Mesabi mines saw the development of this new contraption, the steam shovel. In the process a series of "the biggest holes on earth" were dug, all the way from Coleraine to Biwabik, with the big' gest of all at Hibbing. A j Duluth, Minnesota's third city, i Was not slow to respond to the stimI ulus the ore traffic provided; she i grew rich and great. Squeezed between a perfect harbor and a barj rier of hill that hangs a natural "Tbclr garden above the very chimneys of the skyscrapers, Duluth is i one of the most oddly placed of cities. But the placing was inevitable. L Here is the natural terminus of ^ Great Lakes traffic, the key point in its connection with the huge area of | the plains beyond. Dnlnth's Big Steel Mills. ? Since it is as easy to bring coal to Duluth as id take.ore to Pennsyl\ vania tot smalting, steel mills have i- sprung up near the city, supplying the needs of a western market. These form picturesque sight of the St.. Louis river estuary, that maze of islands, some green as salads, others black with industry, thatwind inland from the harbor. Spidery coal hoists and drawbridges, grain elevators as massive . and stately as Old World cathedrals, the vast hulks of ore docks make a picture of unresting enterprise along those calm waters. The harbor itself is all that a harbor should be, ample, safe, protected from the lake by a bar so narrow that a small boy with a slingshot could put a pebble across it., Labor for the mines was recruited from south Europe. The range towns are peopled by Italians, and by Yugoslavs and other Balkan folk. They form a kind of racial island in Minnesota's Teutonic sea, an incongruity in a land so uncompromisingly northern. But with them came a people who are eminently at home, the Finns. Nowhere have Finns settled in such numbers as in Minnesota's Arrowhead country. It is like their own Finland, rocky, wintry, laced with countless lakes; they know without any textbook guidance how to be happy and prosperous in it. They dry their hay on racks of poles, and saw the poplar, birch, and pinewood that their Finn stoves devour?-metal cylinders reaching to the ceiling?with Finn saws, sinuous blades of steel strung across rigid metal bows. At log-cabin building they are the master craftsmen. And as athletes they are famous; such names as Reino Kylmala or Arvo Wopjo on a hockey team are just so many danger signals* Finns Have Their Baths. | The skis they carve from birch- J wood painstakingly seasoned over the cookstove are a treat to the eye?exquisitely long, narrow, and I arched, like the eyebrovfrs of some distractingly pretty Hollywood star. I In the same classic tradition are their Finnish baths, when first the men, then the women, gather in log I bathhouses and swap thfe week's news in high good humor. A torrential sweat, a luxurious soaping I and rinsing down, a breath-taking cooling process outdoors in the snow or the frigid water of lake or riv- I er?this is the ritual of the famed Finnish bath. It limbers up the joints wonderfully, and sends a man | home whistling tunes as loudly as ! a locomotive, for he feels good. I The Mesabi iron range is merely the most spectacular mineral re- I source of the state. The Vermilion iron range supplies high-grade Bessemer ore, steadily in demand; the Cuyuna range's vast resource of I heavily overlain manganese ores I has not yet been worked to the same extent. There are also important non- I metallic minerals, for instance, the I pottery clays and filter sands of Red Wing. Plenty ef Building Stone. The building stones of Minnesota serve as a basis for an important I industry. They are widely distribut- I ed in location and character: the | jasper of the Coteau des Prairies, I Kettle River's sandstone, the widely | used pink-dappled Kasota and Man- I kato stone, the richly patterned I gneiss of Morton used from coast to I coast in cemetery memorials, and I the granites of St. Cloud, which ri- I vela Barre, Vt., as a producer of granite. The mechanical advance in these I stone-working industries has been revolutionary in the last fifteen I years. A visitor at some such van- I guard establishment as the plant at I Cold Spring, in the St. Cloud district will see Minnesota's stubborn, water-resistant granite sawed into slabs perhaps a mere inch-and-a-half in I thickness, these slabs brilliantly pol- I ished, then recut by carborundum blades whirling at such speed that I they move in a path of fire despite I the water jets that play upon them The pipestone quarry, famed in legend, near Pipestone, is unique It I can be worked only by the Indians In one of the legends the soft red 1 stone of that quarry is the flesh of the whole Indian people anciently drowned in the flood. Thev hart fled to the- Coteau des PrairTea as ^?J^ter8?rOSe' but were there drowned, all except one girl Car I iSH by thle*?!,rin? War EmW I he became his bride in the .A, U7^^ ?rldh,W"n Wh? repoW- J |t-4 . .7 . - ? . " . tUPPORT YOU* LOCAL PApEr i The local nawa paper la the objm of much Jeat iir almost every communlty throughout the nation, it ^ ^ verely criticised If It misses a story makes an error or prints a story that treads on tomo prominent resident, toes. , Yet wfawwrtr an Individual organisation or any group has a pro! Ject 111 Which it la particularly inter, eated and wants considerable "free publicity," that individual or group always goes to the local newspaper drat to enlist Its co-operation. At otfc. er times, individuals or groups desire to have something in the community* remedied, but do not want to take the Initiative themselves to start the "ball rolling." Straight to the local J newspaper they hustle with the sug. gestlon that here Is a fine subject tor an editorial. They want the newep*. [per to bear the brunt of their ^ [pfclgn. And many times, these imlt. viduals or groups who do the moat running to the local newspaper ara "dead beats" as far as support for ' the local paper la concerned. In many Instances they are not even paid su?>scrlbers, on which the paper must depend to get its advertising revenue. And when they have a desire to do some advertising, these same persons usually get out circulars with tholr advertising appropriation. Just the other day, a local business man urged this newspaper to wage a campaign, but did not want his name mentioned. Returning to the office, we found that . he was not a regular subscriber, antT ~i that his name has not appeared in our advertising columns for many months. This newspaper haa been disseminating local news and waging editorial campaigns for projects it believed to be for the best Interests of the towns people for fort^ years.' It Is deserv- ? ing, we believe, of the support of all local residents and business firms In order that It may continue Its efforts. ?J A local newspaper Is not a philan- j thropic enterprise. It Is a business proposition from beginning to end. If it lends its support to an enterprise, it Is only fair that the individual or group In back of. the movement re- ] clprocate by supporting the newspaper.?Canford (N. J.) Citisen-Chron- H icle. '?* ?-J The roars of howler monkeys can J be heard at a distance of two miles under favorable conditions. "Catgut" really comes from the Intestines of sheep. Wants?Fer Sale FOR RENT?Three furnished rooms, ' ! with connecting bath. Private entrance to apartment, Address Mrs. M. H. Deal, 1601 Broad street, Camden, S. C. s 17sb ,_j WANTED?Girl for office work. Must have some knowledge of bookkeeping. Small salary to start with. Address "X" care of the Camden ^ Chronicle, Camden, S.v C. 16sb FOR RENT?One large furnished single room. Reasonable rates. Apply to C. O. Stogner, 1216 Broad ~ Street, Camden, S. C. 17pd. FOR 8ALE?One brand new Seven Tube Auto Radio. Original price $49.95. Will sell for $26.00. See tt at " the Wizard Filling Station, DeKalbStreet, Camden, S. ,C. .... 17 pd. FOR 8ALE?Two story frame house, thirteen rooms, two oaths. Can be ' bought for $000 cash. Purchaser to remove same from property. House in first-class condition. Ap- 7 ply Miss Ollye Whittredge, Real ^ Estate Agent,'''Camden, S. C. .- ?16-17sb rOR RENT?One seven room houBe at corner of torttleton and DeKalb Street, now occupied by Kornegay Funeral Home. Possession given August 1, 1938. Phone J. C. Oil lis _ at 70, Camden, S. "C, :"v 15-17sb HOMES FOR RENT At 712 Lafayette Avenue, five rooms and bath. Close In on paved street. Very reasonable rent.. The Wallace property. Broad street, one block north of postoffice. Three floors, freshly renovated Inside and out. An opportunity for some one. Also A very desirable seven-room home, 1505 Littleton street. Interior entirely re-decorated. ' Best residential section. - v. Also A five-room cottage, 124 Union street. Very desirable in ell respects. Available soon. 0es SHANNON realty company Phone f Crocker Building buildinq lots for SALE?flome very choice lots for sale E excellent neighborhoods and very reasonably priced. See Shannon Realty Company, Camden, 8. C. "1Mb APARTMENTS FOR HINT ? We have several apartmepteof various sizes. See us. Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Camden, 8. C. I6sb ~ HAVE YOU Moro houses needed for'rent. We have many desirable tenants applying for houses. List yours with Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Crocker Building, Camden; 8. C. ^ 8HOE8?For shoe rebuilding and rov pairing call at the Red Boot Shop, next door JCxpress Office, 61# Rut* ledge street, Abram M. Jones, ProSrletor, Camden, 8. C. * ? v ME8 FOR SACS-Stany desirable _ homes in all sections of *>wn. Q* 4 our prises and terms. Be wise and buy now while prloea are low.' 8** Shannon Realty 'Company, Thone 7, Camden, S. C. 4Mb FARMS for SALE*?We have valuabUtoarm lands In all* auctions ot the county at most reasonable Prices. 8offie reST GtxgOBl amonf them. See Shannon Realty pany, Phone 7, Camden, Si C. --