The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 03, 1939, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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Djibouti naval base
N?v?i Bam Which Guards frMSh
Somallland It Important.
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TWO warships from Prance have
steamed Into the beet harbor on Africa's
northeast coast^-DJlboutl, capital
of French Somallland. Their arrival
established a uew naval base lu this
smaJl colony on one of the hottest
coasts In the world.
Troops also are reinforcing the relatively
small garrisons, which bold
their patch of Afrl6a for Prance. They
are responding to the governor's appeal
for aid, sent out after rumors
that Italian troops were massed along
the border which the Prenoh colony
shares with Ethiopia,*
The role of a naval base adds one
more to the long list of Djibouti's
uses, says a bulletin from the Washington.
D. C? headquarters of the National
Geographic Society. It is the
only good port On 2,000 miles or more
of northeast African coast. It is the
terminus of the Franco-Ethiopian railroad,
which taps the rich commerce
of the Ethiopian highlands. It was
the sole outlet from that region until
new Italian highways were completed.
It is the center for administration of
French Somallland. The only northeast
African port comparable In usefulness
to Djibouti is Italian Massaua.
400 miles to the northwest In Eritrea,
and 'that has no railroad extending far
inland.
The French Coast of the Somalis,
Is what the French call their small
colony, and Indeed It Is little more
thau a bite into the coastline. It reproseuts
only one-tenth of one per cent
of the African territories under French
rule, which amounts to almost half of
the Dark Continent.
With an area of 5,800 square miles,
French Somallland Is the smallest by
far. of the three portions Into which
the realm of the Somalis was divided
by European powers; the British protectorate
is ten and a half times as
large, the Italian 33 times as large.
Throughout the French colony there
is no river of importance to refresh
the parched land. Temperature is high
humidity low. The seasons change
only from "bearable" to "unbearable"
as the monsoon dies down and its
freight of scant rainfall ceaBes to relieve
the unbroken bake-oven heat.
Few gardens are productive except
those underseas; fishermen search the
gardens of black, red and white coral
for iish to accompany their fermented
bread of durra (grain sorghum) meal.
For France, however, he barren little
share of Somaliland plays a big
role. It stands guard on the Strait
of Bab-el " Mandeb, the dangerous
"Gate of Tears" where the Red sea
_ narrows to .100 miles and. commerce
could be easily strangled by a hostile
hand. It Is the only patch under the
French tricolor on the entire coast of
northeast Africa, the only one between
Tunisia in the Mediterranean and
Madagascar in the Indian ocean over
5,000 miles away. Djibouti is a coaling
station for shuttle ships that
weave Madagascar, French Indo-China
and distant Pacific possessions into
the empire^ tapestry with Marseilles
and the motherland.
Moreover, French Somaliland is the
sole safeguard for French Interests In
a part of Africa turbulent with native
Teuda and the conflict of European
ambitions as well. Italian conquests
in Ethiopia have cleared a broad band
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of "Roman Empire" across the Eastern
Horn of Africa, from Eritrea to
the Italian Somaliland coast, and
crowded France and Britain oat to
the tip. Only four years the tiny
French colony ceded 309 square miles
to Italian sovereignty in Eritrea.
' Of the 46,000 inhabitants, fewer
than 2,000 are European. Only half
are Somali natives, and a fourth are
Danakil, of the tall and boney black
tribe whose members dominate the
coast to the north as the Somalia do
to the south.
Since the French laid claim to the
now abandoned port of Qbock. across
the Gulf of Tadjoura from Djibouti,
as early as 1867, they have made little
efTort to colonize or to exploit the
hard-baked country. A few bales of
cotton, some coffee, the few hides and
skins that black nomads of the desert
interior can spare from their meager
flocks?even irrigation has been
able to extract no more from the land.
The water is more productive. Pearl
divers defy the sharks, with hopes of
a fortune In the next oyster. Salt has
been mined since 1912, and the salt
lake of Assal, blue in its black setting
of volcanic hills, is one of the few
-beauty spots.
The landlocked harbor of Djibouti
was made Into a port after 1888. Ten
;years later, after an agreement with
Menelik, then Negus of Ethiopia, the
railroad started its slow pentratlon of
the hinterland, replacing the camel
caravans by which the wealth of Ethiopian
highlands, had been transported
by night through the menaced' area
of. desert heat and native bandits. By
.R902, the rails had reached Dlredawa.
By 1917, they reached Addis 'Ababa,
the capital. " . J
v. Trains now operate over the 486mile
track -with 'Wiling*" twice weekly
in each direction, making the trip
trcm DjAoutT'tnAddis Ababa in 68
hours. "Expresses" improve their
schedule by running at night Others
atop for meal time and bed time at
stations. T^e, sleeping can have a
variety of naattrees-oovered easy
chair's instead of berths.
Inoome from the railroad and the
Indrt of Djibouti to the chief wealth
that French Somaliland yiudUf;
HI#' in the railroad were granted
jhf ftsMt to Italy in 1925. ' j
Firestone Designs
" New Champion Tire
lulr^ucetl to the motoring public
a few weeks ago, the new Firestone
Champion Tire, a product of years of
apeedway exeperleuee and laboratory
research, has already won the recognition
of American motorlata as one
of the truly great safety contributions
in the .history of the motor car, according
to J. C. Glllls, manager of the
local Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Station.
"Although smartly streamlined and
ultra-modern In appearance, with a
revolutionary new Clear Grip tread
pattern, most of the major structural
advantages of the new Firestone
Champion Tire are uot outwardly apparent,"
explains Mr. Oillis. "Headlining
these new structural features
is a revolutionary new type of cord
called "Safdfy Lock." It Is constructed
of fine quality cotton fibre, tightly
twisted by a new process into strands
of high tensile aU-eugth. Treated by
the famous Firestone patented process
of Gum-Dlpplng, the "Safety
Lock" cord is still further strengthened
and each fibre Is locked In every
cord, each cord is locked In every
ply and the plies are. locked together
to form the body of the tire. The result
is a much stronger tire body that
provides the utmost in blowout protection.
In addition, the new Gear
Grip tread is Inseparably locked to
the Safety-Lock cord body.
"Because of the stronger cord body,
tread thickness has been increased
without danger of separation. This
feature, aided by the use of a new
and tougher tread stock provides a
substantial increase in non-skid mileage.
The Gear Grip tread of the new
Firestone Champion Tire is distinguished
by a "gear-toothed" design and
has six circumferential tread bars.
Each tread bar has 576 sharp-edged,
angled shoulders of safety to counteract
skid tendency In any direction.
Every revolution of the new Gear
Grip tread bring a total of 3,456 of
these sharp-angled non-skid elements
Into play on each tire. Thus, the Gear
Grip Treads on a Bet of four Firestone
Champion tires brings a total of 13,824
non-skid angled edges in contact
with the highway, during one complete
revolution of the wheels.
"Even after thousands of miles of
tread wear, Firestone Champion Tires
retain their superior non-skid qualities,
Insuring maximum protection
against skidding. The scientific design
of the Gear Grip Tread also precludes
rhythmic contact of non-skid
elements with the road surface and,
consequently, provides a new degree
of silent operation. Road noise even
when traveling over worn brifck pavement
is negligible."
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Is preparing a guide book on
trade-In values of second-hand airplanes.
Seal Sale Four
Cents Per Capita
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Twelve tuberculosis cases from Kershaw
county were admitted to hospitals
last year. Eleven of these went
to the South Carolina Sanatorium for
treatment and Instruction. Because
the sanatorium at State Park serves
every county In South Carolina that
does not have its own tuberculosis
hospital, the general rule of the iustltutlon
Is that p&tlenta either leave
the hospital at State Park at the end
of elghten months care or begin to
pay at the rate of one dollar per day.
Very few patients are able to meet tbla
expense because of lengthy illuess
and the financial losa the family has
sustained because of heavy expense
or reduction in income if the patient
has been one of the family's wage
earners.
Four Kershaw county patients now
at State Park are due to return hoine
from State Park sometime during this
XfifiT .because the eighteen months'
period provided by the state will have
transpired.
Bet's consider what will become of
these four people when they do come
home. In case the recovery has been,
sufficient, there will be a chance tcf
do light work if a suitable Job can be
found. No doubt some will still -be
unable to work for many months so
these will have to remain in the home
with family or relatives. Should the
patient still be a spreader of disease
germs, the members of the household
will need to use precaution to prevent
the spread of infection, and this is
one of the instances when the Kershaw
County Tuberculosis associa-^
tlon's program can y be of service
through teaching. It would be much
safer for the family as ^yell as fori
the community if the county had a J
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custodial homo wIntro cases that coutiuue
to bo spreaders of disease ovon
after prolonged treatment could bo
cared for. This Is one of the dreams
of the local Tuberculosis association.
Until Kershaw county has adequate
facilities for the care of tuberculosis
cuses who are either on the waiting
list for udmission to the sanatorium
or have returned home because their
time has expired, the program now
being carried on by the Tuberculosis
association is invaluable 'aud this explains
the reason that In each issue
of the paper, the two hundred or mpre
persons who received Christmas Seals
In the mall and have not yet been
heard from, either by a contribution
or the return of the seals to do something
about It right away, If possible.
It Is almost time to make the ttnal
report to the State association. At
present the gross seal Bale figure Is
thirteen hundred aud ninety-two dollars.
The goal was two thousand.
While this amount Is not yet reached,
the president of the association, Harold
Funderburk, takes pleasure In announcing
that the sum on hand Is
about seventy-two dollars ahead of
what It was this time last year, indicating
increasing Interest in and appreciation
of the program. You wiy
also be Interested In knowing ''that
Kershaw county is among those whose
gross sale Is four cents por capita.
Richland, Georgetown and I^ancastor
counties have raised five cent per Capita.
Darlington and Charleston counties
have reached six cents per capita.
The Kershaw County Tuberculosis association
is wondering if there are not
enough Interested citizens who want
Korshaw county to be at least in second
place to J^rlng our total up to
Ave ceuts per capita. One dollar from
three hundred people will accomplish
this.
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PI8QAH NEWS
Pisgah. Fob. 1.?On Jauuary 23, W.
j F. 1 taker was -Riven a surprise birth|
day dinner. The guot^p were his
i brothers and sisters wKh their, families,
his children with thoir families
1 and tils mother-in-law. Brothers prosout
were C. L. Daker, of Sumter; A. L.
and I* It. ltaker, of Bishopville, sisters
present were Mrs. Mamie Hatfield
and Mrs. H. L, Robert son. of
Bumter; Mrs. H. W. Hawkins and Mrs.
10. B. Price, of Uishopvlllo. One sister,
Mrs. C. H. Ives, of OJub, Florida .was
abaout. Three of Mr. Baker's children
were absent. Roy and Carl whose families
were present and Kva, a nurse at
the Veteran's Hospital at Long Island.
Children present were Mrs. R.
C. McLeod, of Rembert; Mrs. J. H.
Campbell, Jr., of Stateburg; Mrs. S.
O. l#enelt\ of Herathv; Llla, CU J.,
Furman and Thomas. There were
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t Hona-lu-law and two daughtors-ln-law,
and five grandohildren and more than
twenty nieces and nephews, two sisters-in-law
and three brothers-in-law.
Three Plsgah girls were recently
honored at Hillcrest High School. Lillian
Shivar of the ninth grade was
elected vice-president of the Dunbar
Literary Society A, and Lila Baker
of the tenth grade secretary of soclety
II. Society A la com pound of members
of grades nine and eleven and
Society II Is composed of members
of grades eight and ten. Anna Llese
ltoss, a senior and Llla Baker, a Junior
were made members of the "Beta"
club. Only members, who have attained
a high average of the tenth
and eleventh grades are eligible for
membership in this club.
Mrs. J. J. Hatfield spent last week
with relatives here. She was a guest
at the birthday of her son-in-law, Mr.
W. F. linker.
Mrs. J. T. Md^eod, of Boykln, spent
a few days of last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dennlin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Baker and child
ren with Mr. and Mrs. S. O. L<euotr?
of Horatio, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Hovey Hoberson and fainITyT
srxoiroorir. ??
There was a deacon's meeting at
the home of Dr. Moore on Tuesday
night.
A shipment of 262 pounds of vaccine
and serum left Miama, Fla., Saturday
for the earthquake striken areas of
Chile, on board a Pan-American clipper,being
given preferance over other
express and passengers.
New
LOW COACH
FARES
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Effective January 1&th
Example farea from Camden, 8. C.
New York $12.62 ;
Philadelphia 10.87
Baltimore 8.00
Washington 7.05
Portsmouth 5.20
Richmond 4.95
Jacksonville 5.25
Tampa 8.45
St. Petersburg 9.00
West Palm Beach .... 9.76
Miami ...i..v. 10.80
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\ Stalnleee Steel Ooach Train.
J. L. CARTER, D. P. A.
Arcade BuIldlnf, Colombia, S. O.
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We give the utmost care in filling your prescriptions j
?using only what the doctor orders. Two competent
Pharmacists. Prices Reasonable. j
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Stronger Cord Body
[More Non-Skid Mileage
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FLOYD ROBERTS
1939 National Raca Champion
Champion mm drinn, wham wrf Una
ad wmmm of victory depend on dra
safety, (mow (in conitructlon and that la
why they aelect and bay Flraatooe Tint
for their racing cars.
TRIPLE-SAFE CONSTRUCTION
FlRESTONE triumphs again! This time with the new Firestone
Champion, the tire that sets the safety standards for 1939- This new tire
provides a combination of safety features never before built into a tire.
It is a completely new achievement in safety engineering.
From the experience gained on the speedways of the world and in
the Firestone laboratories, Firestone engineers have developed a *
revolutionary new type of cord body called Safety-Lock, which provides
amazingly greater strength. This outstanding achievement makes
possible the use of a thicker, tougher, deeper tread which assures
much greater non-skid mileage. Because of this dew Safety-Lock Cord
body and Gear-Grip tread; the modern streamlined Firestone Champion Tire
establishes completely new standards of. blowout -protection,
non-skid safety, silent operation and long mileage.
> The Firestone Champion Tire embodies the famous Firestone
Triple-Safe construction?you get the exclusive and patented Firestone
construction features of Gum-Dipping, two extra layers of Safety-Loch
cords under the tread and Gear-Grip tread design. Never in all the
history of tire building has there been such a triple-safe combination
to protect you against the dangers of blowouts, punctures and skidding.
5 Come in today and. equip your Car with a set of hew Firestone
Champion Tires ?* the only tires node which are safety proved on the
speedway for your protection on the highway, .
Lhtea # Tk? Vole* of Flrotteae with Ktckard CtmAi,
Mfryoral Spook* ond Alfred Wotloostola, Monday
ovoafaf* ^rer Nationwide N. f. C. Jtod Network,
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Mtfefcett Interflow* a Chomplo*- ftnwf ooeli week
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