Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Uncle Sam Billed For Falkland Islands Washington, 1 ???C- 2# Tho revival of Aigentina's claims against Great llritalit for dominion of the Falkland i Islands recalls tl??t Argentina once \ demanded that the United State inV iloninlty her for the loss of these U>**1 lands In lS.il the Islanders seized vessels ,,r ? United States Halting Hoot In neighboring waters and President Jackson dispatched the sloop of war, Lexington', to enforce. American rights. As a result of this action, Argentina, reviving In 1885 the long dormant question of dominion, died a claim for the islands against the United States, attributing their loss to tho breaking up of the piratical colony by the Lexington'. Great Britain hail reocdipled the Islands in 1833 after expelling the few Argentinian soldiers and colonists Remaining, President Cleveland refusW^ttT consider tho claim. "Ljlng In the south Atlantic, almost '{on mile's oast of the Straits of Magellan. ilie Islands consist of Fast Falkland. West Falkland and about ion Islets* They comprise a land area about equal to that of Connecticut. "They are as far south of the Kquator as IfOndqn is north, but, lacking (julf Stream, the Falklands have a much colder climate. Against this cqld the 2.391 Inhabitants must annually Import about $35,000 worth of coal, coke and fuel oil. The soli is mostly peat but constant moisture has prevented its use for heating It rains two out of every three days, the rainfall averaging about 26 inches a year. "High winds blow almost constantly, and hail storms are frequent. Neither corn nor trees can grow. Even cabbage have been uprooted by strong blows. The land is covered with a coarse grass that grazes more than 600.000 sheep, the principal source of wealth Over 4.000,000 pounds of wool Is exported annually, together with tallow, hides and sheepskins. "Tho Islanders must Import lumber, paint, hardware and other manufactured products. The largest importation is In provisions, exceeding $100,000 a year. "For years tho United States purchased nothing from the Falkland Islands Then in 1937 commerce reports appeared $1,769 under the classiflcation of 'hooks and printed matter'; postage stamps, explained the U. S. customs l^ast year. this Item doubled. $3,485; and In addition 1938 imports included several thousand dollars In wool, lamb and sheepskins. "Mall connection with the outside woritl is maintained only by a monthIs steamer service, yet the post office does a striving business. "The inhabitants are largely of Scotch ancestry. There also are some Scandinavians. The one ^government savings banks has nearly $1,000,000 or about $400 for every man, woman and child on the Island. With mostly pastoral pursuits, the islands have had neither industrial depression nor unemployment. "For almost two centuries explorers and privateers reported under various names what may have been the Falkland islands In 1690 the tlrst landi:m on the Fluids was reported by John Strong in command of the British ship Welfare*. The crew added [>.-!!tinin- .it: is > and geese to the -hi;> - m.-u'i I'h" :ir-- -i tilement was by the F: ' '!! Canada under Louis An-] i.a .coiu\ille in 1756. Ten ', , L <u-a tn\ille disposed of ; ......... Spain, most of wiling to France. M .,ioi .: : Mi itish. unaware ... th-nieiit, had estab. *-i another island a .i war with Spaiu. a. nt was restored 1 . 1,1 1771. but It was \ : rv oi i:;' 1 mied three years i.r ; oi- nineteenth cen North Carolina Has Wild Ponies Torra ftrma is distinctively not the word for the serpentine outer banks which skirt the coast of North Carolina for 200 miles. To the inlander, accustomed to lire on "the good earth", everything about the banks seems trunsitory uud detuohed. Extending northward from Cape Hat terns, once feared by sailors the world around, the hanks embrace an area of wild, untamed beauty, says a writer in Ford News. Flanked by a poaeoful sound on \one side and the roaring Atlantic oh the other, the mile-wide bar is replete with historical and scenic interest. To this strand came the first English colonists to the New World, founding tho "City of Raleigh" upon picturesque Roanoke island. On a sand dune Just a few miles north, Wilbur and Orville Wright gave wings to mart with tho first successful airplane flight. Great hulks of wrecked ships, cast up on tho banks, remain -as grim monuments to the struggle of men who sailed ships against the wind and tho sea. So violent are tho storms oft this | "Graveyard of I^ost Ships" that tho waves devour, tho boach lu bad weather and rebuild It in good. Tho hardy fishorfolk at the little island towns at Hatteras, Rodanthe and Ocrocoko live on the back of a yellow dragon that seldom respects their Idosires. With rare philosophy they accept the^ geographic Instability much as Inlanders accept tho changes of the weather. Travel between the island outposts is hazardous indeed. Some day, the outer-bankers hope, they will have a road, and tho national coastal park now authorized by Congress will bring many visitors to the beach. At present, however, that isolation is quite complete, for the cutting of timber and depredations of the wild ponies have given the sand and sea a new start. By constructing brush fences, planting beach grass and dogwood trees, the United States park service is trying to anchor the banks with vegetation, so that a road can bo built. The ponies have long been a foe of the park service Voraclous>in appetite, they will eat a beach-planting project faster than It can be put: down. Yet When a pony hunt with highpoWered rifles recently was proposed, public sentiment rose in wrath to their defense. Today they nibble peacefully at the scanty grass, unmindful of the controversy they have raised. Tourists with a flare for unusual travel may reach Hatteras by ferry from the mainland and driving over the sands. If the tide is low and the sea is calm, one may drive along the beach, a beautiful and inspiring trip. The "inside" Hatteras trail leads over a pair of wooden "tracks along tho sound. One' enters them after riding across an enormous stretch of firm, level land. Because the tracks do not constitute a road, the islanders are exempt from State license fees. The average motor vehicle is estimated to have consumed 731 gallons of gasoline In 1939 as compared witfe 704 gallons in 1938, due to Increased highway travel. The 1940 New York World's Fair will include a more complete aviation exhibit, with a larger collection of ships. Ij. It. Grosjean of Watklns Glen, N. Y., sculptures In rock salt, making even salt shakers It Is said that Jerusalem derived its name from a word meaning "abode of peace". Roman senators were appointed for life and expelled from office only tor some dishonorably cause. also abandoned tho islands. British settlers returned in 1833, ami claimed never to have relinquished soverlgnty over the Falklands. Meanwhile Argentina also continued to claim them." m- ? ? mi ibi I I , I. AmateUrs Tolrl Hirv To Make Telescope Plate Glass and Knowledge of Optics All You Need. PITTSBURGH. - Two pieces of plate glass, some rouge and an ele-, mentary knowledge of optics are all you need to build your own telescope and scan your way to fame. That's ifrhat Russell W. Porter, "father" of a national amateur telescope makers' organization and former Arctic explorer, says. The 67year-old consulting engineer* now engaged in work on the 200-inch telescope at Mount Palo mar, California, inspected the new Buhl Planetarium here and met local amateur astronomers. , i, Porter became interested in astronomy while he was a member of expeditions to the Arctic. From i 1894 to 1911 he niade 10 trips into the Fpr North. In 196 he was aboard the Perry . Cook ship when it sank, stranding all aboard for more than 14 months. When Porter was married he gave up exploring and became interested in amateur astronomy groups, a hobby with him. "I found the study of astronomy so interesting it was always my regret that the equipment was so expensive only a select few, could afford it," he said. He wrote a book on amateur telescope making and organizing a club. Now the clubs have spread across the continent and have a membership of 15.000. V For the simplest type of 'telescope only two pieces of plate glass are needed. The glass is polished with rouge and oxide of iron until it is ground into a lens. Painstaking work is required, since the rouge and oxide have no apparent effect on the glasfe, but slowly the grinding molds the surface Into a rounded lens. Then the amateur is ready to search the heavens, he says. 'Desert Ice Box' Still Favored by Old-Timers PORTALES, N. M.?Hardbitten old-timers sniff contemptuously when they hear of modern refrigeration methods, and declare the "desert ice box" their idea of the ideal tourist food preserver. "Those new inventions art all right for modern homes," they explained, "but for tourists and campers, nothing can beat the desert ice box." The old-fashioned but practical cooler is operated on the evaporation theory. Constructed of a pine box, the chest is surmounted by a stool or chair. A canvas or pourous sacking is stretched over the conical . frame ~ and stretched taut. After reservation is made for an opening to the box, the shelves have been installed, the frame and covering are doused in water. Next a watet-fllled bucket is placed on the chair or stool at the top, punctured by several holes to allow the liquid to trickle down the covering. Slow evaporation and a resulting cooling effect can be ob- j tained indefinitely by replenishing the water supply, the desert men maintain. Tropical Wood Found in Digging at Grand Coulea GRAND COULEE, WASH.?Remnant of a prehistoric era in the Pacific Northwest, a 25-pound block of tropical hardwood has been uncovered by excavators at work on Grand Coulee dam. , The wood block, with a grain resembling that of rosewood, was buried more than 100 yards deep in clay near the dam. It was found by workers constructing a tunnel as a slide-control measure near the mammoth man-made waterfall. The discovery adds weight to a theory that the Pacific Northwest at one time was in a tropical clime. The wood block is believed to date back tens of thousands of years. Strasbourg Show Places Are Now in New Setting STRASBOURG, FRANCE.?This old capital of Alsace has found a solution for the problem of what to do with its old houses, especially those which are famous and beautiful. It tears them down and builds them again in a more appropriate atmosphere. With heavy heart the municipal authorities before the pressing needs of modern traffic called the house-breaker in and ordered razed some of the city's most ancient buildings. To save them, Strasbourg ordered these houses set up again in one of its old quarters. 48 Years' Separation Ends for 2 Brothers SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.? Paths, separated for 48 years, crossed here when two brothers were reunited. Francis M. Young, when he was born at Fairview, Utah, February 14, 1891, missed hia first opportunity to meet an older brother. Brig' ham J., because he was born one month after Brigham had gone to Fairview for his father's funeral, j When Francis returned home train work, Brigham was waiting 'to greet him for the first time. 1 Pioptr Respect of Flag Important to Americans jjhe question of proper respect for the American flag gives an interesting slant on national life in the United States. Respect for the flag may be shown, first of all, by piaking no improper use of it. No other flag should be placed above it or to its right; it should not be used as a drapery or decoration; no lettering should be placed upon it not should it be used for advertising pui'pose8; it should not be allowed to touch the ground or the floor, or trail in the water; it should not be displayed in a torn or much soiled condition; it should not be dipped to any person or any thing. Respect is also paid in the formal salute, under the circumstances and' in the manner described in "The Flag Code!" "During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering thb flag, or when it is passing in a parade or in a review, all persons present should face the flag, stand at attention and salute. Those present in uniform should render the right hand salute. When not in Uniform, men should remove the headdress with the right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Women should" salute by placing the right hand over the heart. The salute to the flag in the moving column is rendered at the moment the flag passes." The code also describes the use pf the flag at half-staff; "When flown at half-staflf, the flag is hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the halfstaff position; but before lowering the flag for the day it is raised again to the peak. By half-staff is meant hauling down the flag to onehalf the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. . . . On Memorial day the flag is displayed at half-staff from sunrise until noon and at full staff from noon until sunBftt; for the nation lives and the flag is the symbol of the living nation. As a signal of distress the flag is displayed upside down. Hudson River Discovery Was Result of Accident Henry Hudson, English navigator/ in 1609, undertook for the Dutch East India company his third voyage to find a passage to China by either the northeast or northwest route. With a crew of about 20 he left Texel teland in the Half Moon on April 6 and by May 5 was in the Barents sea. Some of his men, disheartened, became mutinous and Hudson >met their demands by alternate suggestions of going to Lumley's inlet and following Way mouth s light or of sailing to North Virginia and seeking the passage in about 40 degrees latitude, according to instructions sent by Capt. John Smith. Adopting the latter plan they turned toward the Chesapeake?rand. China ?but an accident off Newfoundland compelled them to put into the Kennebec river. September 3, they entered the Bay of New York and followed the Hudson river for 150 miles to near the present site of Albany before becoming satisfied that the course did not lead to China. They left October 14 and some three weeks lat^r arrived at Dartmouth, ~ England. -*?- ??? ?* Old Printing Press Among the most interesting displays in the State house at Monterrey, Mexico, is an historic printing press which several times saved the life of its owner, Samuel Bangs, the first printer in north Mexico. An itinerant printer, Bangs contract? in 1817 to print manifestos and handbills for the small group of Mexicans who were trying to continue the revolution against Spain. When the enemy forces captured him, his life was spared because he was the only/ man who could operate the press. He willingly went to work printing propaganda for the royal army, and later was several times traded off with his press to other Mexican governors and groups of soldiers. The press he used eventually came to Monterrey and is now carefully preserved. Another Judas Fear that fellow prisoners would take vengeance on him because he had betrayed his fellow partners in crime caused John Strong to hang himself in his cell in Pentridge jail, in Melbourne, Australia. Strong was serving a five-year sentence_for complicity in a daring holdup..^ At his trial he was branded as a Judas who had sold his fellow criminals for 20 pieces of silver by betraying the others to a detective. This so prayed on his mind after his conviction that he asked 4ha Jail officials to protect him from the other prisoners. This they did, but his nerves t became more frayed each day until . he could stand it no longer. tg f, ????? ? Transplanting Animals The federal game authorities have been quite successful in "transplanting" animals from districts where they are numerous to places where they are scarce, asserts the Country Home Magazine. By the use. of "catch-'em-alive" traps, even fullI grown elk and antelope, have Joeen transplanted. Just last fall, seven beavers were moved into Kentucky, I whe^e none have tyeen seen for a long time. This may not seem | enough to repopulate a state, but the I many thriving colonies now to be found in New York all came frbm 17 U beavers which were brought there , frem Yellowstone park in 1907. ' ' ' ' *N* O ?r? * News of Interest In And Near Bethune o Bethune, Jan. 4.?The Bethune citizens could hardly believe their eyes when they awoke New Year's morning to find everywhere blanketed with the first snow of this winter. It is said that some flakes begun to fall as the New Year was ushered in. A slow rain began falling during the day and .the snow auickly melted. New Year's night was the coldest of the season. Much of the ground didn't thaw at all on Tuesday. The school resumed work on New Year's day. The attendance was very low, due to the first snow' of the winter. The school teachers and college students have returned tfx their various sohools after their holidays. Mr. and Mr*, Q. S. King and children,* CirarleBttm, , were week- end guests of the D. M. Mays. B. W. Brannon has purchased th3 Hester home wWch has recently been vacated by F. M. Helms. Mr. Helms and family have moved into the Cpjfc sady home in whlph Mr. Brannon has lived. Mr. and Mrs. James King and Lester King were guests .of friends In Walterboro Sunday. "They were accompanied home by Miss ? Elizabeth B^ach who teaches here. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Barr spent New Year's day in Oilbert with relatives. Miss lx>rena McDonald is teaching In a school at Buckston, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Mark King and son, Mark, Jr., of Neeses,- visited relatives here during the week end. Mrs. Louise Etheridge, of Columbia, and Rob King, of Florence, spent the wedk end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mays. M. E. Parker Is a patient in Camden hospital with pneumonia. Mrs. Parker is also quite sick with 'flu at the home of Mr. Parker's mother in Camden. ... A most unusual occurrence took place on December 28, when C. W. Jones and a group of friends from this place went on a deer hunt in Darlington oounty. Mr. Jones went on this date last year and bagged a deer. He chose for his stand the same tree. Much to his delight ho found the Bame luck that he had last year. Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis and daughter, Rita, spent the week end in Perry, Ga., with Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis. MIsb Lois Watts, who is dietician at Grace Covenant hospital in Richmond, Va., spent the week with her mother. Mrs. Maud Watts. J. C. Foster and family, of Landrum, spent Thursday with Mrs. Daisy McLaurln. '/ Mrs. Jake Beam is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Gordon. Mrs. Virginia Cain spent the week end with her parents in Lynchourg. Mrs. L. D. Robertson has returned After spending the Christmas holidays with her son, Hamilton Thomas,* In HartsvUle. > - Charleston, Dec. ft.?Frederick L. Johanna, connected with the Charleston poetofflce for 40 year* and assistant postmaster since 1920, will retir* Monday. * Triplets, delivered by a Caesarian operation, were borti to Mrs. Harold Fallon In Los Angeles, Cal. Veteran obstretriclaas\aald !t was the first time in their knowledge that triplets have been delivered by this method, j -i/a va'.Hk-.-,: /> Mrs. Goff Dies j At Blaney Home ? Mrs. Ola Mae Goff, forty-one, wife of E. C. Goff of Blaney, died at 4:30 ; Thursday afternoon at her home after an Illness qf six weeks. * J ' She had been a lifelong resident of the Blaney community, where she was a member of the Highway Pentecost*/ Holiness church. i, Besides her husband she is survived i by three, daughters. Miss Leona Goff, Miss Naomi Qoff and Miss Doris Goff; i one.son, Hilburn Goff, all of Blaney; her father, C. H. Rose, also of Blaney, Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 Friday afternoon from Highway i Pentecostal Holiness church by tfc* pastor, the Rev* 1a M. Goude. Inter ' m?htwa?lntlwrehurohya*d.~.^^ Lake City Woman J | Is Instantly Killed Lake City, %Dec. 25.?Mrs. Ida Brock! ington, sixty-nino, was run over by al train here Friday, December 22. Deatkl ( we instantaneous. The accident ocl curred almost at the center of tbtl , Main street intersection of Lake City! j According to eye witnesses, sb?| fell as she was crossing the' trackfl and was not able to regain her foorl , lng after attempting several times Iff avoid the approach lng,'locomotive- I j The engineer saw her pretfioamestl j and made a vain attempt to stop thai Train but was unable to do so. 1 | Mrs. BrOckington lived in Lake CitM [with her son-in-law, Edward Turntfl j and his family. She was a life lon^a resident of tho community and.a me#! ber of the Presbyterian church. King George VI declared in J . Christmas war broadcast, that hH people were "prepared to sacrifice er-I evgrytbing in order that freedom otu ' spirit may be saved to the world".! His address went to ail parts of tfen empire of 600 million people, and ttfl Britain's fighting forces. ' Dry ice has a temperature of llifl degrees F., below sero. I CITATION I ??-. V * * w The State of South Carolina County of Kershaw By N. C Aro3t^bate Judge! Whereas, John G. Heath made ?? to me to grant unto Mrs. Mary Branham Letters of Administration *1 the Estate and effeots of Heart! Heath, deceased. * M These are, Therefore; to- cite admonish all and singular the Kfj dred and Creditors of the said Hera Heath, deceased, that they be and ?fg pear before me, in the Court of FJ bate, to be held at Camden, S. C** Saturday, January 6, nest, after W ilea lion hereof; at 11 o'clock in forenoon, to show cause, if any M have, why the sajd administrate - should mjt be granted. Given uhder my hand this 27th *4 of Deoember, Anm^DomlbL Judge of Probate for Kershaw Ce^J I I FEEDS GAINES DOG FOOD STURDY DOG FOOD SPARTAN DOG FOOD PURINA FEEDS AND MASHES SPARTAN FEEDS AND MASHES RACE HORSE OATS TIMOTHY AND CLOVER HAY RYE AND WHEAT STRAW WHITAKER & CO. / Rutledge Street Phone 4 * ? 1 , . ? a , / Charter No. 9083 ?? Reserve District Nofl REPORT OF THE CONDITION Or THE * FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEB IN tHE 8TATB OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF " BU3INE88 ON DECEMBER 30, 1099 Pnhlfabe<| fa resnopsp to q?1) mad* by Comptroller of the Curron* under Section 6211, u. S, Revised Statutes. A88ET8 Loans and discounts , $102,57^* United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed ,, 22tt,46l'(S Obligations of States and political subdivisions 167,088* Other bonds, notes, and debentures 97,yi$jH Corporate stocks, lnoludlng etook of Federal Reserve bauk .. 6,200* Cash, bflanoes with other banks. Including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection 440,124* Bank premises owned $26,261.10, furniture and fixtures $1,588.67 27,789* Real estate owned other than bank premises > 6,one* TOTAL ABBOTS , $1,074,1S2nl \ LIABILITIES * Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 9622.718 J Time deposits of lndlvldufcls, partnerships, and corporations .. 316,647* Deposits of United* States Government (including postal savings) 6,006* Deposits of States and polltioal subdivisions i ov.uI Other deposits (certified.and cashier's checks, etc>) 871* TOTAL DEPOSITS ............ $976,746.16 TOTAL LIABILITIES $976,741* CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital Stock: . \ (b) Class \R preferred, total par $6,000, retlrable value $6,000.00. * (Rate lot dividend* on retlrablo value is 4%) (o) Common stock, total par $60,000.00, 66,000* Surplus 25,000.* Undivided profits 6,827.* Reserves v 1<^?0.* TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS r .?8,437.1]1 TC^AL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS . $1,074,182* MEMORANDA jl Pledged aasota Cknd. securities loaned) (book value): (a) United States Government obligations, direct and guar* I an teed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities $ 35,000.01 L (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities (Including notes and bills rediacounted and securities sold under repurchase agreement) 66,000.01; ..... (t . _ !. . ? ^ ..." ..V?V.: -v'-l." .. (e) TOTAL-s mm,, .... V..,...,.. $101,000 00 Secured liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to reQUlre- ...J ments of law ...... 4 92,564.65 (d) TOTAL ... ................ $ 92,664.65 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw,^**? I, S. W. VanLandingham, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 4 S. W. VanLANDINGHAM. Cashier A Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January,'1940. r s. C. CLYByRN, Notary Publlo -? | My commission expires at the will of the Governor of South Caroline Correct?Attest: .. . . C. J. SHANNON, .JR.,, - ? J M. H. HEYMAN ??... ? LEWIS L. CLYBURN --- y - Directors ?? ?J I