The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 06, 1920, Page 7, Image 7
i WORLD'S GREAT DEBT TO OIL
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As llluminant, Fuel and Lubricant, It
Is Indispensable to the Progress
of Mankind.
It is 60 years since the first oil well
was drilled in Pennsylvania, thus inaugurating
the era of oil. The discovery
was at once recognized as possessing
great value, but there could have
been but a slight appreciation of the
mammoth proportions to which the industry
was destined to grow. Hailed
m as an illuminant supplanting candles
f and whale oil, the business has
widened beyond any possible dreams
of those who were active in the early
days of oil. The center of the industry
has long since departed from the place
of its origin. The southwest and the
* Pacific coast, almost unknown lands in
the infancy of the business, now prol
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inal oil region's one. Oil is still used
as an illuminant on millions of farms
and in isolated places all over the
world, but that is no longer the chief
product of crude. Gasoline, at first a
troublesome by-product, is now the
main result sought. The millions of
motor-driven vehicles that have come
into existence in the past score of
years would not have been possible
had we not had this desirable product
to provide an' explosive to drive them. '
Yast quantities of the crude product ;
are used to drive locomotives and
ships. The war might not have been
> won had not the allies had access to
the fields of Mexico and the United
States. And not only as fuel does the
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greasy product enter into the world's j
commerce, but as a lubricant it lessens !
the friction of bearings, from the sew- 1
ing machines to steamships. The byproducts
even ienter the realms of medicine,
and while the limit would seem
to be reached in utilizing the'waste
from the refineries, it is possible that
further subdivisidns may yet increase
the number. The story of oil is a romance
that equals the tale of steel,
yet it is an infant in point of time compared
with the metal that has brought
^ such wealth to Pennsylvania.?Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times.
Indomitable Cheerfulness.
That a man can remain cheerful
though imprisoned for a crime he did
not commit Is proved by some of the
lottoro +hnt"\fr O "FTenrv wrote to his
little girl while he was serving his
unjust senteitce. They are quoted in
the Boston Globe.
"Hello, Margaret !" says one playful
missive. "Don't you remember me?
My namejs Aldiberontiphostiphornkopohokus.
If you see a star shoot and
say my name 17 times before it goes
out you will find a diamond ring in the
track of the first blue cow's foot you
see go down the road in a snowstorm
while the red roses are blooming on
the tomato vines. Good-by! I've got
to take a ride on a grasshopper."
Again he wrote: "I hope your watch
runs all right. When you write again
be sure to look at it and tell me what
time it is, so I won't have to get up
> and look at the clock." And in- another
note: "Be .careful when you are
on the street not to feed shucks to
strange dogs or pat snakes on the
head or shake hands with cats you
haven't been introduced to or stroke
the noses of electric car horses."
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Two Rivals of the "Spud."
Two new vegetables have been
propagated at the Missouri botanical
garden at St. Louis, it was announced
* by Dr. George T. Moore, director of the
garden. j
One has been named the "arraca- i
cha" and the other the "dasheen."
Both resemble the potato and are said
to be about equal in food value to it.
Doctor Moore explained the arracacha,
when cooked, as a bit darker than
tiie * sweet potato and tastes like the
parsnip. It is a rapid grower, he said.
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L/USHCtMlS, ija vivuu,
) like cauliflower, and when baked have
the flavor of a roasted chestnut Doc- '
tor Moore amplified. They are related
to the Egyptian taro, commonly refer
red to as the "elephant ear," Doctor
Moore said. .* I
The announcement was made to del- ;
egates who attended the convention of |
the American Association for the Ad- j
vancement of Science, which ended
recently.
Made Good Use of Hairpin.
Dr. Arnold K. Henry of Dublin, who
was a surgeon with the British expeditionary
forces in France, relates in a
letter to the Lancet several instances
of using a hairpin when called upon
to perform an operation without the
proper tools. In one case he horrified
J the mother superior of a French convent
by using a common hairpin, bent j
as a retractor for an eyelid. In another '
he extracted with it a foreign body j
from the ear, which syringing had fail-!
ed to remove. Once when he had to :
perform tracheotomy on a baby, with i
i- * no instrument but a knife, he bor- j
f rowed a hairpin, bent it, inserted it !
into the wound in the throat and util- ;
ized the projecting ends as^ attach- 1
ments for tapes around the neck.
Cost of stvle. ?I
?|y Mother?Why do you wear that thin !
blouse?
Daughter?It's stylish.
"You must be cold."
"I am."
"I should think you'd shiver.*
"No, it isn't stylish to shiver!"
fk "So.nething Like Cheese."
) A small hoy came to the Brightwood !
A library and solemnly asked for cot- j
tage cheese. The librarian thought a I
i moment and asked if he did not mean I
the book, "Scottish Chiefs." "Yes," he
A said pleasantly, "I knew it was some|
thing like cheese."?Indianapolis News.
HERE TO REPRESENT PERU
Frederico A. Pezet Is the First Ambassador
From That Country in
the United States.
Peru has been added to the list of
Latin-American states maintaining embassies
in Washington, states the New
Tork Tribune. The first ambassador,
Frederico A. Pezet, has arrived in this
country and the state department
seems inclined to annul for his benefit
Its famous Costa Rican "house rule,"
to the effect that no diplomatic recognition
can be given to a Latin-American
government coming into power
through revolution. President Leguia
assumed control in Lima by force last
year and exiled his predecessor, doing
sn r?r? fhp ?rrrmnri that hp has heen
elected president by the people for a
term to begin a few months later and
that the administration in office was
planning to count him out
Mr. Pezet will be welcomed as the
representative of Peru, a state which
has always had the most friendly relations
with the United States. He
served here formerly both as first secretary
of legation and as minister. He
knows this country thoroughly, speaks
English as well as he does Spanish
and enjoys in an exceptional degree
the esteem of government and other
circles in Washington, in which he has
long been at home.
SEEK FOR TRADE IN ARCTIC
Boston Capitalists Form Organization
Something Like the Famous
Hudson's Bay Company.
Word has just come out of the North
of a rival to the Hudson's Bay company
that has sprung up. It is an organization
backed by Boston interests
and its aim is to get a share of the
trade that the "Ancient and Honorable
Association of Adventurers" has monopolized
for over a century. Last
spring Capt Louis Lane of Nome,
Alaska, was sent into the Arctic to establish
a string of 28 trading posts for
the Boston body.
The expedition went into the North
via Calgary, Alberta, with eight carloads
of goods, of an estimated value
of $240,000. In addition to this they
sent in a river power boat for operation
on the Mackenzie river. The vessel
was sent in sections and assembled
on the big river. *The party worked
slowly down the river, canvassing and
exploring among the tribes and only
reached Fort Macpherson when winter
came. They will stay there until spring
opens the river and allows them to
proceed further. The company intends
locating its posts by the pioneering
party, and will then keep them supplied
by means of ships from Nome
during the short summer.
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Reasonable Expectation.
"Ah, how do you do, sir?" saluted
the suave salesman of enlarged crayon
portraits, as the householder opened
the door. "I am offering?My stars!
Is that revolver loaded?"
"I reckon," replied Gap Johnson of
Rumpus Ridge. "Leastways, 'twas, the
laoi Ulll^ JL UVtAVVVft*
"Heavens and earth, man! What do
yon suppose will happen if you permit
that little child to continue to
amuse himself with the weapon?"
"He'll proba'ly break the hammer
oiFn it on one of the other children's
heads. I've told 'em a time or two to
quit letting him have it, but you know
how children is."?Kansas City Star.
Schooldays.
In a physiology recitation during a
discussion of the organs of breathing,
a sixth grade girl, when asked
what the diaphragm was, replied: "It
is something that if we didn't have
we'd go all out of shape when we
breathed."
The teacher in .assigning a lesson
in the fifth, grade geography ended by
saying: "The question need not be
answered by written answer; the answers
must be in your head." There
was a general laugh when a boy raised
his hand and asked, "Must I hand it
in?"
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Girl Mines Coal.
Pittsburgh lays claim to ~ne only
girl coal miner in America and probably
in the world. Miss Ricka Ott is
her name and she is just twenty-one
years old and very attractive. But
she is a coal miner, and is proud of it.
In addition, she is a coal operator,
truck driver, farmer and general "jack
of all trades." Back in the hills of
Mount Oliver, a suburb, she was discovered
merrrily wheeling her black
diamonds from the little pit in the hillside.
Filipinos Take to Athletics.
Since our soldiers in the early days
of American occupation held their first
athletic contest in the Philippines the
natives of the islands have taken an
active interest in many forms of athletics
and sports popular in the western
world. It was not, however, until
rivalry between towns and provinces
was created that a deep general interest
in every form of sport was developed,
the majority of the people
considering this indulgence a useless
waste of energy.
Ludendorff and the Germans.
Representative Fess was talking
about Ludendorff's memoirs.
"Ludendorff's present day attitude
toward the German people and the
German people's attitude toward him
are pretty clearly shown in this work/'
he said. "It reminds one of the lawyer.
" 'I'm sorry I couldn't do more for.
you,' the lawyer said to his client.
" 'Don't mention it,' said the ctlaat.
Ain't eight years enough? "
An Efficient
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Poultry Association
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Service to Members and the
Public Brings Success to the
South Carolina Poultry
Breeders' Association.
Clemeon College, April 26.?The
continuous growth of the South Carolina
Poultry Breeders' association is
a typical illustration of Che fact that
helpful associations succeed, while
those that do not profit their members
are doomed to failure. The
nreuont At a to Prailtrv ASHPrvrlfitirtn W 2M
organized in Columbia four years ago
to bold an annual State Poultry
how, to enable poultry men to buy
poultry supplies and food through
the annual meeting and banquet, and
to create a greater confidence in the
poultry business and those engaged
Jo. it.
Saventy members were enrolled;
the first year and the association toot:
oyer the management of the poultry
department of the South Carolina
State Pair and conducted the firef;
State Poultry show. The success of!
the show, which placed the name of!
the owner of every bird on its coop,
and had printed cards filled in witlt
the selling price of all birds for sale,
was immediate. Owners profited bj'
the advertising they obtained, whii?i
the visitors profited by knowing who
owned the chickens they admired and
whether or not they were for tale.
! So successful has this system be!
come, that last year $1,500 was paid
: exhibitors for birds soli during the
' show, auid- Judge Nixon referred to
i the South Carolina State Show as the
| best managed and best selling show
I h? had over attended.
! la contrast witn tne seventy members
four years ago, fifty-four new
Bwmbws have joined the Association
: ia the eleven weeks since the first of
January and the members for the
year will not be less than 250. While
the South Carolina Poultry Breeders'
association offers the members several
hundred dollars in sweepstakes
and cash specials at each state pouttry
show, this inducement is not the
primary one in securing and holding
a large membership in the Carolina!
and Georgia.
Confidential letters mailed to the
members mention the kind erf Ineubators,
brooders, poultry supplieo,
foods and poultry magazines that eaa
be recommended after thorough investigation
as suitable for South Carolina
conditions. In some caeee a9
great a discount as fifty per ceat i?
< offered the members of the State
Poultry association, and the earing
made by a member on one transae- .
tion will usually i>ay for many year*
the annual dues of one dollar. To 4
! show his appreciation erf the South '
Carolina Poultry Breeders' Assoeht- ,
tion a member in Charleston recently
sent in the applications of twenty erf
his poultry-raising friends whom he 4
induced to share the benefits of thie <
co-operative buying.
Lists of members, together with
their addresses and breeds of poultry
raised, are mailed from time to tinee '
by the Secretary-Treasurer of the ae- .
sociation, Professor F. C. Hare of
Clemson College, S. C., to all the
1 members of the association, and buy- '
1 tag and selling between fellow-mena- hers
is encouraged.
Of ?ourse, no expense W spared 1*
put en the State Poultry Bhow successfully,
and to guarantee a sqnaie '
deal to each exhibitor and visitor. <
The State Fair association will toy
1,000 new wire coops for the StaJ*
Poultry Show, f>ctober 25-2#, lfrg('5
the poultry building will be improved 1
and Judges Card of Connecticut ui ,
N:ixon of New Jersey hare been already
engaged to hang the ribbon ?.
Tie former judge i? the secretaiy '
and OTicial Judge of the Rhode !?
j land Red dub of America, and i? tt*
| greatest living authority on this popular
breed,
j The l<r*r membership fee of $!.(& 1
mailed to the secretary by anyone
w'b? keeps ohickens and wishes m
obtain greater success with theia,
pays up the dues to September 1, '
1121, and enables the u ember to taten <
advantage of the service which hoe ,
proved so helpful to ether poultry
breeders in South Carolina. Thoso
who breed pure-bred poultry are ad- 1
vised to state their breed or breeds. ,
ec> that these can be listed on the
I membership sheet which will be dlaj
trfbuted to the members and ?th<w '
buyers.
UNPACKING 135ES.
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i Do not be in haste about reraor- ,
ing the winter packing. At Clemsoii
eolleg? we unpack on May let in order
to fee sure to escape late cold
spells. If you failed to put on fuH-,
story or too shallow supers at tinee
of packing in the fall these can be
; added during the warm part of the
S day by remeviag the peaking suffij
ci.en.tljr to put them on and then replace
the packing. Do not epen hires
I in chilly weather. A temperature of
| 57 degrees T. or below is too ooW
! for the brood and beee. and if any
handiietg is necessary it should fee
j done during the warm part of the Aofr.
I The success in gathering the fleet
honey flow, whtoh is of great kapsrt
anca ill ^his state, depan4a en the
strength of the colony about Mag ^
when this flew hegias.
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