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Thursday, May 22, 1930
McOORMICK MESSENGER, McCOUMlCE, SoutM CstgIImb*
Page NumEer TErai
Chevrolet Makes
v A Good Record
On Long Trip
After triumphing over fever,
bandits, adverse weather condit
ions and having blazed their own
trail over thousands of miles oi
mountain, jungle and desert coun
try, two courageous Argentines,
driving a Chevrolet touring car,
arrived in New York recently—the
first to pilot an automobile from
Buenos Aires *to the United States.
Adam Stoessel, 33, and his broth
er Andrew, 23, left Buenos Aires in
^bheir Chevrolet April 19, 1928.
•Their arrival in this country a few
weeks ago climaxed a two year
battle, covering 19,000 miles,
against terrific odds that had
caused the failure of every exped
ition that had previously attempt
ed the journey.
Enthusiastic < welcomes greeted
the daring South American pair in
New York, Washington v and De
troit. At the formal ending of
their hazardous trip at the bat
tery in New York, within view of
the Statue of Liberty, they were
warmly greeted by the Argentine
Consul aeneral, Alejandro Bellini
and his staff.
Proceeding to the national capi-
tol, they were greeted by Vice-
president Curtis and leading fig
ures in official Washington, in
cluding Dr L. S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan-American Un
ion and Dr. Enciso, charge’ d’ af
fairs at the Argentine Embassy.
Officials of the American Automo
bile Association and the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
also extended their congratula
tions.
• At Detroit they were welcomed
by V/. S. Knifdsen, president of the
Chevrolet Motor Company, who
presented them with a new Chev
rolet. Commenting on the brill
iant adventur#, Mr. Knudsen
pointed out that the Stoessel
brothers had made an important
contribution to the world-wide
enjoyment of the automobile and
had accomplished a very material
advance in bringing the three
Americas into closer union.
“The sensational achievement of
these boys adds a thrilling chapter
to , the romance of the automobile
and indicates that the long-her
alded Pan-America highway, link
ing the three Americas, has passed
the dream stage and within the
lifetime of many will be an ac
complished reality,” he said.
In showing the car to Mr. Knud
sen, the Stoessels were proud of
the fact that despite the terrific
punishment of 19,000 miles of ad
venturous driving, the Chevrolet
was still in good condition, though
its appearance gave mute testi
mony of the ordeal through which
it passed.
Though naturally pleased with
the success of their venture, both
voyageurs declared they would not
attempt the expedition again un
der any circumstances.
They speak Spanish and Ger
man but are unable to express
themselves in English. Through
an interpreter they described their
trip in detail. Asked what was
necessary to accomplish such a
joifcney, they were reluctant to
agree that it could be done again
under similar circumstances but
compromised with the require
ments of: A good automobile-
plenty of money and an uncon
querable spirit.
Twenty five thousand feet of
motion picture film taken during
the long jaunt served to bear out
the thrilling account they gave of
the journey. More than 6,600 gal
lons of gasoline and 43 tires were
used during the run. No check was
kept on oil consumption.
The trip took them through 14
countries and made it necessary
for them to conquer every type of
road and weather condition ex
perienced in automobile driving.
Though their parents and ten
brothers and sisters discouraged
the idea as too hazardous and too
unlikely to succeed, the boys set
out from Buenos Aires three weeks
after determining on the venture.
Having previously owned five
Chevrolets at various times, the
selection of a car was easy. They
picked tlr open touring model as
the best adapted to their -needs.
The holes at the intake of the car
buretor were enlarged to make pos
sible more efficient operation in
very high altitudes. Extra tanks
of gasoline, oil and water were
taken on. A shovel, an axe and
plenty of towrope were put aboard.
then following a dinner given by
the Automobile Club of Buenos
Aires, which sponsored the tour,
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Middle Life
Suffering
"Three years ago,
I was in bad
health,” says Mrs.
J. B. Bean, of
Kirbyville, Texas.
"I i was going
through a critical
time, and I suffer
ed a lot.
"My back hurt
almost all the
time, and my legs
and ankles ached.
P., My head hurt me
until sometimes I
would be almost past going.
"As I had used Cardui be
fore, and knew how much I
had improved after taking
it, I got a bottle and started
taking it. I continued to use
it for several months. After
awhile I regained my health,
and I feel that I could never
have gotten through that
awful time without Cardui.”
CARDUI
fffefps Women to Health
Take Thedford’s Black-Draught
for Constipation, Indigestion,
Biliousness. Costs only 1
cent a dose.
e-ieo
they set out on the adventure that
was to add new laurels to the
achievement of the aiitomobile.
Surmounting seemingly uncon
querable obstacles that beset them
almost at every turn in South and
Central America, they fought their
way over rocky mountain pas§&s,
across arid deserts and through
jungle thicknesses in many cases
never before traversed by a wheel
ed vehicle. ,
Except for an 30 mile stretch
between Carthegena, Colombia and
Colon, Panama, they covered the
entire distance by automobile. The
short boat trip was made necessary
because .of the impenetrable coun
try between these two places. It is
said that this territory has never
been traversed by man or beast.
In view of the fact that they
were moved to undertake the trip
partially as a result of a desire to
gain information that would be
helpful in the future development
'of the Pan American highway and
partially as a result of an adven
turous desire to see the world, they
made no effort to set a time rec
ord.
Although Chevrolet dealers all
the way from Buenos Aires to New
York co-operated in providing
whatever service was necessary,
the trip was neither inspired nor
sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor
Company. The Stoessels started
out on their own initiative with a
fairly liberal supply of funds giv
en them by their father. They were
able to defray additional expenses
by taking motion pictures and
showing them in various cities
where by agreement with the
managements of theatres they div
ided admission receipts with the
house.
The following log of the trip
shows the progress made by the
expedition and the countries
through which they passed:
Departed from Buenos Aires,
Argentine, April 19, 1928.
Left Argentine May 9, 1928.
Left Bolivia May 20, 1928.
Left Peru September 27, 1928.
Left Ecuador November 19, 1928.
Left Colombia March 13, 1929
for Venezuela. (Ill in Colombia.)
Left Venezuela for Colombia
second time June 6, 1929.
Left Colombia by steamer June
27, 1929. Arrived at Colon the
same day.
Le^t Panama July 17, 1929 for
Costa Rica.
Left Costa Rica November 2.
1929 for Nicaragua—were ill with
fever more than two months.
Left Nicaragua February 7, 1930.
Left Honduras February 27, 1930.
Left Salvador March 11, 1930.
Left Guatamala March 16, 1930.
Left Mexico April 8, 1930.
Arrived Detroit April 17, 1930.
Arrived New York April 25, 1930.
THINGS WORTH
KNOWING
Twenty-nine states now levy a
tax or four cents or more on gaso
line.
A sixty-five story bank building
840 feet tall, is being constructed
in New York. .
S. C. WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
A sportsman recently reported
that he had shot, during his car
eer, more than 50,000 wild ducks.
Recent reports are that about
2,000 natives from Africa are sold
as slaves annually in Arabia.
The following record of indus
trial activity lists items showing
investment of capital, employ
ment of labor and business activ
ities and opportunities. Informa
tion from which the paragraphs
are prepared is from local papers,
usually of towns mentioned, and
may be considered generally cor
rect.
Umbrellqs are regarded as signs
of dignity and authority among
natives of the Gold Coast in West
Africa.
Gourds that were used as water
flacks have been found in Egyptian
tombs dating from about 2200 B. C.
There are no railroads in Ice
land.
A new building in London is
made of polished black granite.
Turkey raising is attracting the
interest of Canadian farmers.
More than 1,000 Maoris of New
Zealand enlisted in the world war.
Airplanes in the United States
flew more than 70,000,000 miles
last year.
The historid towers on the walls
of Rome are being converted into
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studios for artists.
The city of Duisburg, Germany,
celebrates its 300th anniversary as
an incorporated town this year.
The field Museum of History
possesses the largest model of the
moon ever made, nineteen feet in
diameter.
A hundred years ago practically
the whole of Michigan was covered
with good timber; now 3 per cent
remains.
Chefoo, China, with a population
of more than 100,000, recently es
tablished its first regular moving
picture theatre.
Berlin has a dozen women taxi
cab drivers.
Four Swedish noble families
passed into extinction last year.
The only grass houses still to be
seen in Hawaii are those preserved
as relics. V
A Swedish radio system recently
broadcast the tones of the 700 year
old bell at Saleby parish.
Czechoslovakia goes dry the day
preceding an election and remains
so until two hours after the dec
laration of the poll.
A Rhode Island Red hen is said
by its owner. Mrs. W. S. Illsley, of
Yakima, Wash., to have laid eighty
eggs in eighty consecutive days.
Eyes examiii
ed. Spectacles
Eye Glasses,
and Artificial /lyes fitted without
Drugs, Drop& or Danger.
DR. HENRY J. GODIN
Optometristi
956 Broad Street Augusta, Gm.
Don’t blame a man for talking
to himself. Perhaps he wants to
hear someone he can believe.
The Belgian government has de
cided to set up a special radio com
mission.
t XT
At this season “pie plant” comes
into its own. The following re
cipe for rhubarb pie with a sug
gestion of orange flavor is from
the Bureau of Home Economics:
Line a pie pan with pastry dough,
and bake in a hot oven until del
icately browned. Meanwhile cook
3 cups of raw sliced rhubarb, 1
cup of sugar, 1-2 teaspoon of salt,
and I tablespoon of water togeth
er until the rhubarb is tender. Re
move 3 or 4 tablespoons of the
juice and when it is dool mix with
2 1-2 tablespoons of flour. Cut 3
slices of orange into small sections
and mix with the rhubarb. Pou
into the baked undercrust, moist
en the rim, lay a top crust in
place, and fuck the edges in care
fully so that the juice will not leak
lout. Bake in a hot oven (450 de
grees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
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Syrups left over from cooking
’fruits or from canned fruit may be
saved to sweeten punches and oth
er fruit drinks.
x — ■ —
Nutjieg on apple sauce snuu._
used only when the sauce is to be
eaten at once, if it stands it is
likely to make the flavor bitter.
X
A man may be as old as he feels,
but frequently not as young as he
tacts.
Walterboro — Contract awarded
to L. C. Mitchell for installation of
sewer pipe in Hickory Valley sec
tion.
Newberry —Offices of water and
light headquarters being remodel
ed.
Towns of Batesburg and Leesville
presented Clemson College with 16
1-2 acre site for permanent field
practice ground for juniors in civil
engineering. *
Columbia — Contract awarded
to John P. Wald Company, on bid
of $49,500, for installation of ma
chinery at State penitentiary for
manufacture of automobile license
plates and road signs.
Newberry — Sunday School an
nex will be erected on corner of
College and Johnstone streets for
Central Methodist Church.
Sumter — Carolina Ice & Fuel
Company plant on South Harvin
S-ftreet being extensively improved.
Ridgeland — Dr. A. Ritter will
open emergency hospital here soon.
Sumtqr — Local airport dedicat
ed.
Walterboro — Green’s Service
Station quarters improved.
Sumter — Cornerstone laid for
Citizens’ Annex of Tuomey Hospi
tal.
J. N. Johnston, right-of-way en
gineering of State Highway De
partment securing rights of way
for hard-surfacing of highway
from St. George to Walterboro.
Rock Hill — Plans under way for
enlarging Rock Hill Hosiery Com
pany plant.
Sumter, — Goodson Heating
Company, capitalized at $2,000,
filed articles of incorporation.
Union — Construction of two
tennis courts at City Ball Park
completed.
Westminster — Cream buying
station established here.
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Sumter — Sumter Garden Club
held annual flower and rose show
recently.
Latta — Clean-up Week recently
held here.
Walterboro — Snow White
Laundry installed additional equip
ment.
Dillon — Plans proposed for es
tablishing cannery here for pur
pose of canning all excess cannable
farm products of Dillon County
Truck Grower’s Association.
Walterboro — Crosby’s Cafe be
ing remodeled.
Pickens — Number of residences
under construction in this city at
present time.
Walterboro — Peoples Water
Service Company now occupying
new office on Walter Street.
Orangeburg — Orangeburg Can
ning Company installs additional
machinery. f
Dillon — Federal Inter-Depart
mental Board approved appropria
tion of $60,000 for erection of post
office building here.
Belton — Seewee Manufacturing
Company installed 30 new sewing
machines.
Dillon — Snow Kist Cream
Company started operations.
Campbell Soup Company con
tract to farmers of Bamberg
County for 10,000,000 tomatoi
plants.—Pageland Journal.
Easley — Local “Rogers” store
installed modem equipment re
cently.
Georgetown—Interior of George
town County court house structure
improved.
Ridgeland — New fire engine
purchased for this town.
Pickens — Citizens voted to sell
Pickens electric light and power
transmission system to Southern
Public Utilities Company for sum
of $55,000.
Pageland — Pageland Thread
Mills, Inc., filed articles of incor
poration.
I Georgetown — New Coco-Cola
bottling plant on Orange Street
now operating at full capacity.
I Newberry — Contract awarded
to T. M. Wells for erection ©f new
incinerator in southern section of
city.
Abbeville — Rectory of Catholic
Church on North Main Street be
ing razed. Grounds will be beau
tified.
Newberry — Office quarters oc
cupied by Newberry Building &
Loan Association extensively im
proved.
Columbia — Local airport re
cently opened.
Newberry — P. E. Way, Drugs,
Inc. installed new ice cream equip
ment.
Sumter —Roseknit Hosiery Mills
of this city received order for 2,600
pairs of hose for J. C. Penney
Company. '
Orangeburg — Edisto National
Bank affiliated with South Caro
lina National Bank group.
Greer — Raysor Floral Com-
fcany’s new show and service house
on Greenville road near Shrine
Hospital, opened.
Columbia — Adams Peanut Pro
ducts, Inc., established business on
South Main Street in this city.
IX!
Living to a ripe old age would be
much easier if it were a little less
expensive.
/Just Like An Ostrich
medical authority says that £*
person who tries to cover up skin r
blemishes and pimples with toilet
creams and powders is just as foolish.'
as an ostrich that buries its head in
the sand to avoid danger. Skin erup
tions are nature’s warning that con
stipation is throwing poisons into your
blood stream and weakening your whofe
constitution. Remove the constipated
condition and you will strengthen your
system against disease ana clear up
your disfigured skin. The best way to
do this is with a course of Herbine, the
vegetable medicine that acts natur
ally and easily, which you can gat at
STROMS’ DRUG STORE
Soda should not be added to veg
etables in cooking. It has an in
jurious effect on the vitamins.
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A western judge says the Osage
Indians will drink anything. Just
like white men.
X
High school graduates never
know what commencement really
is until they commence to look for
a job.
NYAL AND REXALL SALE
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
«. MAY 22, 23, 24
Double value for your cash. You get two guaranteed
nationally advertised NYAL products for the price of one.
Bring a friend and share the saving.
WHAT IS A REXALL ONE CENT SALE
It is sale at which you purchase two identical articles,
paying the standard price for one and only one cent for
ine other. For example: The standard price of Klenzo
Dental Creme is 50 cents. During this sale you may buy
two tubes for 51 cents, and thus save 49 cents. Every
article on this sale is a high quality guaranteed product
being sold all-year-round at the standad price. No limit
—buy all you want. —Remember this sale lasts only a
few days.
STROMS’ DRUG STORE
OF THIS um
LAWN-GARDEN-SHRUBBERY
What a lot of pride and pleasure there is in a smooth,
velvety lawn, beautiful flower garden and perhaps a vege
table garden, too, which will produce tasty foods for your
table. You must have good equipment, however to keep
your lawn and garden in shape and that is where we are
ready to help you.
We have a most complete stock of all the needed equip
ment for caring for your lawn, flower garden or vegetable
garden. Every piece is high quality and guaranteed to
give good service.
Our stock includes: Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Culti
vators, Grass Shears, Spading Forks, Lawn Rollers, Sickles,
Hose, Rakes, Spades, Garden Plows, Hedge Clippers, Grass
Catchers, Lawn-Sprinklers, Etc.
WHITE HARDWARE CO.
MAIN STREET
McCORMICK, S. C.
is written on the same page with the
analysis of the prosperity of the com
munity. They are closely bound for
one has progressed as the other help
ed. And the story of our growth is
the story of the success of our individ
ual depositors.
Your account is invited on the same
basis, knowing that we can help you
prosper.
PERSONAL INTEREST
The personnel of this bank is ever
alert to render whatever service which
may be to your best interest.
You will find it most pleasing and
profitable to you to be connected with
this bank. . Ask your friends, they
will tell you.
THE PEOPLES BANK
McCormick, S. C.