The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 28, 1939, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Work Begins on Santee-Cooper Project
The above is a view of a piece of machinery
in operation on the eastern leg
M the Pinopoli* dam, which U a part
of the $40,000,000 Santee Cooper
liydro-clcctric and Navigation Project
building near Charleston, South Carolina.
R. M. Cooper, General Manager of
the South Carolina Public Service
Authority, that is building the Project,
says that the development is progressing
satisfactorily and that the Author
ity and it* allied organizations now have
working some 1,000 employees. These
employees will be augmented rapidly as
contracts are let and work starts on
the clearing of the basin.
There will be two lakes in connection
with the Project, one the
Pinopolis and the other the Santec, with
a coverage of 225 square miles of water.
The power house will have an installed
capacity of 171,000 horsepower and will
generate 700,000,000 kilowatt-hours annually.
PALMETTO STATE LEAGUE
All tho teams are maintaining tholr
positions la the loaguo race, with Sumter
Gamecocks aiul Chester Cards
keenly battling for second place, while
Hartsvllle's Sonocos are two games
out in front and strutting like a peacock.
W L Pet.
Hartsvlllo 11 3 787
Sumter .. .. - y 4 *>93
Chester # 4
Lancaster 7 7 500
Camden 4 **
Kershaw 1 I4 0?7
The Palmetto enters Its ninth week
of combat starting Tuesday when
Chester trips over to the Lancaster
Red Rose garden. Then on Thursday
Hartsvlllo gallops over to attempt to
tame the Sumter Gamecocks and the
lowly but brave Kershaw Rebels trek ^
to the Camden Bulldog's lair. (
Saturday laincaster comes to Chester,
Sumter to Hartsvllle and Camden
to Kershaw.
Thursday results: Hartsvllle 5, Cam- J
den 1; Sumter (5, I^ancastor 2. (
Saturday results: Hartsvllle 9, Camden
0; Chester 14. Kershaw 0. (
Errors Costly In
Saturday's Game
Hartsvllle defeated Camden here
last Saturday in a Palmetto league (
game by a score of 9 to 0. |(
What promised to be a close game ^
for the tlrst few innings turned out to (
be a runaway for Hartsvllle when the
Camden players began to boot the ball
around Two runs scored in the first
inning on a hit and an error. One in
tin- fourth on a hit and error, two in
the fifth "U two lilts, one ill the seventh
on an error, three in tin- . ighth
on a hit and two errors.
Marvin allowed only four lilts to
Caind- n and kept these well scattered j
He was hacked by sensational fie hi-1
ing. !
Stew art. Norwood and Parker se-j
cured three hits each for Hartsvllle. !
Tie- Camden ll? Idiufc was just about
as ragged as ever wWne.->srd on a lo-j
<al diamond, while Hartsvllle pla>edj
errorless ball. 11 a r t s v i 1 le s center-1
fielder made .1 most sensational cn:< h
of a long drive
Tho Koore: R- H. E.i
1 la: tsvllle 9 12 0
Camden * 4
it.It tot io< Hartsvlllo. Ha r v 111 and
n, o t' i m !< ti Taylor and Co\
Sonoco Socks Camden Chiefs
lt.ifSV ille. .Iul> 2't Sonoco d.'f'Mt j
ed Catiul-tt hove toda> iti a w. ;i-pla>,
,) cane , ' to 1 Clifton, pit, htng for
SoTltu , kopt hi- hits Moll .-mattered. .
stj.% ing on' tit': eon i\|glor. w ::h twu|
for four, and Moo:,-. w:th one for
t h. foe, led ('.linden a* bat. Cmidson.'
wi*h two for hve. and Clifton, witli
two for ' nr. led Sonoeo's hitting
C.m,T ii 1 9 ft'
Sonoco " s b
M or,, and Con': Clifton and Parker i
UNITED STATES SPENDS $32.00 |
TO ABOUT $10.00 PAID IN'
Wnshing'on. July 21.?The federal
government spent an average of $32,-,
097.99S and took in an average of,
$9,738.637 per day in the first half
month of the new llseal year, running,
up a deficit of $335,390,499.
Treasury figures for July 15 showed
that both expenditures and income
were running close to comparable llgures
of a year ago.
Income of $146,079,4 71 compared
with $148,932,860 a year ago. while expenditures
this year, amounting 10
$481,469,973 we-re about $41,000,000 j
larger than last year.
An Increase of $172,583,255 since
the new fiscal year began July 1.
^ brought the public debt to a new high
$40,612,115,666.
SIX-MONTH TOTAL8 8HOW
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DEATH8
Six-month totals of traffic accident*
and deatha in South Carolina for 1939
show an Increase in accidents from
1,506 in 1938, to 1,651 in 1939, In
deaths from 206 to 233. according to
the regular monthly summary compiled
by the state highway depart
ment.
Increased severity of fatal accidents
is also revealed, said Wilbur S. Smith,
traffic engineer. Two hundred thl.iythree
died In 198 fatal accidents in
the first half of 1939, 206 In 192 accidents
in the same period In 1938.
"More thorough accident reporting
Is. no doubt, an important factor in
the increase In accident and death figures."
said Mr. Smith, "but the added
knowledge of the seriousness of our
accident situation should make everv
driver and pedestrian resolve to help
reduco the number of accidents.
Drastic increase in deaths made the
lune summary notable. A 15 per cent
Increase in accidents was reported
over the same month laBt year.
Thirty-five persons died in 266 accidents
reported to the highway department
during the month.
"Traffic deaths usually drop in
June." Mr. Smith stated, "but last
month's fatalities not only exceeded
those of June, 1938, but also deaths
from M&y accidents."
Pedestrian accidents killed 16, thirpen
males and three females. Ten
[lied in non-collision accidents, six in
crashes between two or more vehicles,
im? each in collisions of vehicles with
;i motorcycle, bicycle and a fixed obM
Fourteen hit-and-run accidents werej
reported, the largest number recorded]
?inr,. December. 193S. and twice as j
ma?v as in June. 193s. Four of these
proved fatal, four resulted in personal
injuries. All of the hit-and-run accidents
occurrred on state highway-.
Nine of the thirty-three fatal accidents
occurred on Sunday, sixty-two
,,f the total of 266 accidents.
"The Sunday figures are significant
when contrasted with those for Saturday."
pointed out M r Smith Duly
thr.e or fifty-five accidents reported
;,s happening on Saturday proved fa
t; 11 " I
Violations of traffic rules by more
,han ha]f of the di ivers involved in
1 41,,1 a.a blent- were reported. Of these
thirt \ nine driers. t-n w.-iv said t--j
1?. driUng too fast for conditions fiv.'
on the wrong side of the 10.o. a.i? j
e,,ir pas-tug rtiprop" r.> . :
Thtrteen drives - we:, a-b-.p a- t:>time
of the accidents in whi. h they
>v ., ?-d. * wo of w !i uu w ec op
. rat ;m: v.-hi. h-s in fatal 1 rashes This
.ooi-us-is high number of sleeping
driven is over one third of the total
reported during all of l', v I-tuiiP's
for 193v show thirty-seven drivers
asleep, only three in fatal accidents
During the comparable period. June |
U36. only two drivers were reported ,
a-h^'P. neither of whom was In a U
. o 'don'
Na/i ijuarters said tills w-ek that,
the Kcv Martin Nieinoeller. evangel:
t a I church pastor and World war submarine
hero, had been given a physical
examination at Snchsenhaus.-n
< onceiitrat ion .amp July It Nienioeiler
was suffering from a nervous optica!
ailment, but was otherwise 'entirely
b<-al'by." it was said. He was
arrested July 1. 1937. after long vigor1
011 s campaign against nazifiratioti of
I the church.
! A 125-rar freight train mn over 10i
year-old Robert Robb but he lived to
tell his experience Ilobbly dropped
! his bathing suit Tuesday at Pittsburgh
I while he and a playmate were walking
derven the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks toward a swimming hole. He
said he stooped to pick 1t up and
that's the last I remember"
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Heyday of Valentines
Was During 19th Century
The heyday of valentines us we
know them came during the Nineteenth
century During its third dec- ,
ade printers both here and in England
had so perfected their methods
of printing, of embossing paper ami
of die-cutting it in lacy patterns
that they could produce those elaborate
and ornate valentines which
now interest collectors with a fond- ,
ness for items of the Victorian period.
In fapt, these intricately wrought
pieces of paper made for use on a ,
ingle day in the year, St. Valen- j
tine's, bear a distinct relationship in
elaborateness of pattern to s contemporary
product, lacy sandwich
glass, writes Agnes L. Sasscler in
"American Collector." Consider the
minute details of both the valentines
and the glass of the Cape Cod
factory and you will And that the
spirit was the same. Both were
products of the romantic movement
which permeated Europe, England
and the United States, influencing
literature, art, music and architecture.
Applied to decoration, it hus
come to be known as early Victorian.
But the idea behind the custom of
sending these decorative missives
on February 14, stemmed back to
an old pagan practice. Just how
the name of a Roman bishop who
perished during a persecution of th?
Christians in 170 A. D. became associated
with this feast is not clear.
There is a tradition that the Emperor
Claudius, finding married men
loath to leave home to wage his
wars, decreed that no new marriages
were to be performed; but
Valentine ignored the mandate and
continued secretly to marry the
young couples. Whereupon he was
beheaded.
Whether this is fact or fancy, February
14 became known as St. Valentine's
day early In the Christian
era.
Dresses Made From Corn
Suggested by New Patent
Women soon may be wearing
dresses made from corn. This is
suggested by a method for preparing
a new, strong, water-resistant
artificial silk from corn meal, described
in a patent (No. 2,156,929)
granted to Lloyd C. Swallen of Terr?
Haute, Ind.
Corn meal is the source of zein, a
protein-like substance, and it is
from the zein that the artificial filaments
are spun, much like a silkworm
spins real silk.
The zein is extracted frsm the
corn meal by a suitable solvent and
while in solution is forced through
tiny orifices from which it flows as
liquid filaments. These plastic filaments
are led into a coagulating
bath, a solution containing ordinary
formaldehyde.
The formaldehyde hardens the filaments
so that they can readily be
withdrawn from the bath. Now the
filament is heated to evaporate the
water and to bring about further
reaction between the formaldehyde
and zein and give the filaments
their final tough structure.
Zein filaments can be twisted together
into yarns and then be woven
into all sorts of textile fabrics, it is
indicated. The artificial silk made
from corn can be dyed to any color".
A feature in the use of zein in
making artificial silk is that there
is no need for "ripening" the zein
solution before it is spun, as is necessary
in the case of artificial silk
made from cellulose and cellulose
derivatives. This is said to save
time.
Silver's History
Originally a trading post colony of
the Netherlands, New York's first
silversmiths were mostly of Holland
! Dutch birth or heritage, and al- '
though by 1660 New York had be- |
, come an English colony, the silver j
made by its craftsmen retained the
Dutch flavor, both in design and or'
namentution. Gradually tins was
modified by the influx of English
I and Huguenot craftsmen. The re:
suit was pieces of silver with a dis!
tinction all their own. Ir. form and
ornamentation they were a mingling
! of both the Dutch and English trad.tions
with slight touches of the
French, reflecting the presence of a
; tightly knit though small group of
. Huguenots. Because of these three
influences, New York silver until the
| middle of the Eighteenth century
! and, in some cases, almost to the
' outbreak of the American Revolution
varied distinctly from that being
made ui the other English colonies.
Marble Table Tops
From Elizabethan England ccme
records of marble store table tops
j in 1588, although it was not until
the early part of the Eighteenth century
that marble appeared as an important
furnishing feature in England.
Its use in Italy most probably
predates this, since the natural
resources there and the architectural
character of the furniture
would both encourage the use of
marble.
Giants' Causeway
There is no natural phenomenon
anywhere to compare to the Giants'
Causeway, on the flnrthern coast of
Ireland, with its piled masses of
hexagonal rocks, a gigantic and fantastic
honeycomb in stone It is one
of the wonders of the world. No
highway by the sea surpasses in
gTandeur the magnificent coast road
which leads to it.
What, When And
Why Are Dog Days?
' 1 H'K Days" tlio term applied to
ih.it unpleasant, hot and sultry season
ot mid summer occurring in July and
August Popular belief has lent credence
to numerous superstitions about
this season. The most widespread is
that It Is the season when dogs are
most likely to contract rabies and go
mad and that is the reason for iho
name There is no foundation of tact
lor this belief, and more cases of rabies
in dogs occur In the early spring
and late fall than during mid-summer. |
The name "dog days" originated
with the ancient (Jreeks and Unmans,
wlio applied it to tlie heliacal rising
I of Sirlus, the Dog Star, tho brightest
and largest of the stars In the heavens
Heliacal rising is the time when
tiie star, after being practically in conjunction
with tiie sun and Invisible,
emerges from the light to be visible
in the morning before sunrise. The
ancients counted the Dies Caniculures,
(dog days), twenty days before and
twenty days after the rising of the
star. At that time the period was approximately
between July 3 and August
11. Greeks, Komuns and Egyptians
of ancient times believed that
tlie appearance of this star was the
cause of extreme heat, drought and
pestilence. On account of the procession
of the equinoxes, Sirlus, the Dog
Star, no longer rises with the sun
during this period, and "dog days" are
not assigned any definite dates. The
term is generally applied now to the
forty days of the hottest season of
the year.
Only by mere accident did the rising
of the star coincide with this season
of hottest weather In ancient
times. The time of rising depends on
the latitude, and occurs later every
year in all latitudes, owing to precession.
Eventually the Dog Star may
rise in mid-winter.
Another prevalent suporstition is
that snakes go blind during dog days.
There is some foundation for this belief,
as temporarily Impaired vision
occurs In snakes when they are Bloughing
their skins In summer, but the
same Is true when they slough during
other seasons. The eyes of snakes
acquire a milky appearance shortly before
the slough is cast, due to the
separation of the outer layer of epl-j
dermis from the cornea, and this results
in impaired vision. Ordinarily,snaked
slough twice In a season; once'
after hibernation, and " again about J
mid-summer or later. Young and!
growing snakes shed their skins more
frequently.?The Augusta Chronicle.
Funds sufficient to operate the Herty
foundation laboratory In Savannah,
Ga., for a year on tihe same basis as j
during the past year have been arranged
for, it was announced this,
week by Elliott Reed, secretary-treasurer.
The laboratory has made several
successful experiments In the
manufacture of newsprint and other
paper products from Southern woods.
$300,000 TO BE PAID CONFEDERATE
VETERAN8 AND WIDOW8
Columbia, July 24.?Warrants have
been Issued from the Comptroller
General's office for Confederate pensions,
which are being paid to sixtyseven
veterans and 1,397 widows. The
total payments approximate $300,000.
After planning originally to mail
the warrants directly to the pensioners,
Comptroller General A. J. Beattie
decided to go back to the former method
of sending the money to the
county probate judges for distribution.
This was decided, Beattie said, because
of the changed addresses of
many pensioners.
The total 67 veterans is believed
to be approximately the number still
alive In the state. There were a few
who never applied for pensions.
A check of the list of veterans
Bhowed that Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun,
Hampton, Horry, Newberry and
Union counties have no veterans receiving
pensions. There are still widows
in every county of the state,
however, since many of the soldiers
married women much younger than
themselves.
NOTICE
The Hermitage Hake commission
has asked us to confine the use of
our cabin, boat landing and bathing
beach to our club members and families.
We, therefore, request all who
have boats and have been using our
landing and beach to discontinue doing
so and that all boats other than
those belonging to members be removed.
We expect to cooperate fully
with the commission's request.
C. H. YATES, President.
RE8OLUTION8 PA88ED BY
8TATE H08PITAL BOARD
Columbia, July 17.?The following
resolutions were passed by the Board
of Regents of the 8outh Carolina
State Hospital at Its regular monthly
meeting Thursday, July 13, 1939:
Whereas, the official reports show
that on this day the South Carolina
State hospital has 4,459 patients, and
that during the year ending June 30,
1939, 1,603 patients were admitted, and
Whereas, In spite of the increased
facilities at the hospital which have
been made possible by acts of the
legislature and loans and grants from
the federal government, the institution
Is now overcrowded, and
Whereas, it Is recognized by medical
and psychiatric authorities that no
single factor militates more against
I the recovery of mentally sick patients
than overcrowding, now, therefore, be
it
Resloved by the Board of Regents
thAt the upwintendent be and he is
hereby directed to limit admissions to
the State Hospital so far as possible
Further, that he send a copy of this
resolution to those agencies in the
state concerned with the commitment
of patients asking their continued cooperation
in meeting the problem
which now confronts the hospital.
| Be it further resolved, that in order
that the citizens of the state be fully
acquainted with the situation at the
hospital that a copy of these resolutions
be furnished the newspapers of
the state.
Family Mourns Passing of Father
The bereaved family of the late
Thomas A. Ross wish to thank all for
the sympathy rendered during their
sorrow. The many deeds of kindness
were very consoling. We sincerely ap
predate the companionship of our
dear friends, who so well understood
the grief caused by his departure.
HIS CHILDREN.
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