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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
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Designing artistic iewelry Is the lat
est profession taken up by women. In
England the fair designers have met
immediate success.
Queen Alexandra is very fond Of arti-
Giles for personal adornment that are
enameled, and gives many very beau
tlful gifts of this kind to her friends.
Miss Emily V. Cornish is the first
woman to be employed at Knox Col
lege, Toronto's principal theological
school. Miss Cornish was appointed
to teach reading.
Indianapolis has q woman shoe
maker. Her name is Miss Louise
Hartness, and she is thirty-slx years
old. She has followed her business
for twenty-one years.
1t is calculated that with Australia,
New Zealand, Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah and Idaho on the equal suffrage
lists /, 125,0OO English speaking women
now have full voting rights.
Mrs. Ballington Booth has written a
letter to the President Of nearly every
railroad in the United States, urging
that their trains be provided with
anaesthetics, stimulants, bandages,
etc, in case Of wreck.
Professor ]. w. jerks, OF Cornell,
believes that women are we'll fitted by
nature to become managers Of large
hotels, and suggests that schools of
domestic science extend their courses
TO prepare educated women for the
profession.
Mrs. Patti Lyle Collins, a Southern
woman, is said to be the best chiro-
graphical expert in the world. She Is
employed by the Postohce Department
In Washington, where she deciphers
some Of the addresses of letters-that
would otherwise not reach their destl-
nation.
Miss Gratia e. Woodside, who is
only twenty-three years old, is prac-
ticing law in st. Louis Miss Wood
side has no desire for a career as Grim
inal lawyer, and has no ambition to
shine as an advocate Of wOman's
rights, but intends to devote her entire
attention to the practice Of civil law.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
A FUNGUS DISEASE.

To plum and cherry black knot is
the most destructive of American dis
eases. Black knot is a fungous disease
causing swelling in the tissue Of the
previous seasons growth. 1t frequent
ly spreads over branches and trunk
and causes the death Of the tree in less
than two years, says The CultivOtor.
AS the swelling increases the hang
cracks open and a soft spongy tissue
protrudes. This tissue is coated with
olive green spores, which during the
summer are carried to other trees.
The spongy tissue becomes a wart-like
knot in the late autumn; it cracks in
many places, and in the cracks are de-
veloped white Spores which, after rip
enif 8 through the winter, are distrib.
uted when warm weather comes.
When q knotty growth encircles a
branch, growth beyond is stopped, and
the enlargement proceeds down the
limb toward the trunk. Treatment;
Cut off all infected limbs several inches
below the knot and burn, use bordeaux
for summer Spores and remove all in.
fected wild plum and cherry trees in
the vicinity.
Look over your trees and note
whether there is much new wood or
not. If there is, the pruning may be
quite vigorous, with care to leave
enough Of this new wood to form fruit
spurs. Remove all limbs that are mis-
shapen, crooked or broken. Take out
ala that have vertical forks that is,
with one branch directly above the
other, for these will split with a heavy
crop of fruit Cut out as much from
the centre Of the tree rs from the out.
side, SO as to allow light and sun to
enter. Always keep in mind that yen
want your tire" to have wel!-shaped
top and that cultivation must he Gone
under these trees.
Avoid the very common mistake Of
cutting too many large limbs, thinking
they will suffice Tor many smaller ones.
The opposite is the right practice. Cut
several small limbs farther cut rather
than remove q large one, except in case
there are two large branches close TO-
gether. A gcol rule is not to remove
a limb larger tnau one to one and a
hale inches in diameter. In cutting of
limbs make the cut MS square as posi-.
bic, and near the larger limb from
which the one to be removed is grow.
ing,
There are some precautions to be oh.
served in pruning, for the novice is liza.
bic to so to excess in some things. DO
not prune too much. Two moderate
prunings will Go more good than one
severe one. In some cases one-half to
two-thirds of the top may be cut out,
depending upon the thickness of the
top. Do not prune when the limbs arc
frozen. The earlier in The spring the
better, but it is fatal to cut 4 tree when
IL is frozen Regin to prune as soon as
tie season OF heavy freezing Is past
ana no danger may be fearpd from
frosts. Finally. do not expect the pruu-
ins alone 10 make your frees TO bear y
%ool ct0g of fruit-J c. Marquis. in
AaCricg- Ncric11l urist
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
The rnIe Tint is Told.

"Well" said the anecdotist, taking q
fresh start, "to make long story
short"
rs a sacrifice we can hardly expect
Of the raconteur," interrupted the man
who apparently never attempts tc
make friends by his affability.-In.
dianapolis News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
NEW COIFFuRES.

The question of the cOiffure is al
ways q veXed one. 1t is the alpha and
omega Of all our reflections in the
matter Of dress, and it is the browning
1 point in more senses than one of sue
cessful toilette. Nowadays, too we are
y Compelled to supplement our evening
headdresses by some form Of adorn-
ment or other, and the haute noyeaute
of the moment is a comb fashioned Of
white horn studded with paste and
y turquolses in a Pompadour design.
4 Whole sets of these are sold, including,
.Iof course, the Ubiquitous loop pin,
and 1t is a noticeable fact that they
look infinitely more effective in dark
hair than in fair
Another novelty is the turnover
t9rtoisesheu comb adorned with gold
( end paste, and which, when pushed
PWeu in, shows nothing but three small
FLAPS" or tabs" lying in the hair.
There is no special raison detre for
such an innovation, but in the modern
search after novelty 1t does not do
to be too particular as TO whether
this or that has the merit of being
particularly utllltarlan The old idea
Nthat the useful and beautiful can be
reasonably combined seems to be
rather lost sight Of nowadays, and even
regarding our modern furniture,
fancy for apparently senseless orna-
mentation seems to have perferted the
good taste Of some of the manufac-
turers.
An ingenious arrangement for com
binng tho relative merits Of the low
and lie high coiInIe was seen the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
Precinns DIVA.

Two anniversaries that man al.
ways observes with solemnity are his
wedding day and the day his rich uncle
died without leaving him anything
New York Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
WORN IN
BIBLICAL TIMES
A Royal Ring Which Is Nearly 5000
Years Old.

Noteworthy is a find that has recent
ly been made by Professor Petrie while
exploring tombs Of the kings of the
twelfth dynasty Of Egypt. This Won
derful relic is the rOyal slgnet ring VI
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
OLDEST OF ROYAL RINGS.

Usertesen l., who reigned nearly 5000
years ago, making it the oldest royal
ring in the world Its owner and wear
er founded the great university Of He
liopolis, mentioned in the Bible. ,osp
1t was here that Moses eq'skillful
the wisdom of the Egypta and skill
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29

Speaking generally, wild creatures
irhabiting hot countries are more say
,age than those of cold or temperate
nountries.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
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IMPROVED HEDGETRDnlER
The man who has q small hedge 20
Trim must resort to the clipping shears.
having only a pair OF blades to be
opened and shut by the movement Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-01-07

height of the dam will vary from thir-
ty to fifty-two feet, according to the
depth of the foundations.
The head of water for which the dam
is being constructed will be rs feet
above mean low water and is being
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up to $1,O00,O00. Indeed, 1t is hard to
get 1t into the head Of an outsider who
has viewed the giganic undertaking,
that the work could be done for less
than that sum, and one would be in
clined to think tEat DR.. Wylie will be
fortunate in getting out at that figure.
But it is built for keeps. A flood like
the great one Of May, 1901. which car
ried away the Air Line railroad bridge,
and which was the heaviest flood In
pass the overflow Of the dam, the con-
tractors say, without displacing stone
or interrupting the workings Of the
plant. DR.. Wylie has built upon solid
foundation and his money Is safely in
vested, not only to his own profit, but
to the manufacturing interests tribu-
tary to his plant.
well-Lafd Plans.
DR.. Wylie had his plans well-laid
from the first. It has been stated that
he got the choice of the water power Of
the Catawba in this immediate section.
There is cliff on. the west side Of the
bank and on the east high, receding
hill. The homes Of the engineer, con-
structor and other resident officials are
built on the west side cliff and from the
windows of their houses they have
bird's-eye view Of the works and Of the
Catawba valley. From the knoll on
which the houses are located, plank
gangways lead down to the dam and
the basin. On the east side Of the ba-
sin there is a railroad leading to one
Of the quarries from which the stone
blocks for the dam are secured, and
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been a good deal Of investigation by
prospective investors. The river
abounds in fine locations, but While
some prospectors were figuring and
talking stock, DR.. Gill Wylie, or
New York, a native Of Chester, S. c.,
remembering the Catawba from his
boyhood days and with a full appreci-
alton of the value Of electrical power
transmission, selected what Is perhaps
the finest site on the Catawba for
power plant and set to work building
1t. He organized the Catawba Power
company, which was Incorporated IN
1900 under an act Of the general as
sembly Of South Carolina, approved
March 2, 1899. The general offices or
the company are at Rock Hill. 5. T.
DR.. w. Gill Wylie is president; Mr.. L.
F. Bruins, vice-president and treasurer;
Mr.. w. H. Wylie. purchasing agent
Mr.. Schuyler Hazard, chief engineer,
and Mr. F. B. Freeman, superinten-
dent of construction.
LocatiOn of the Plant.
The plant Is located at Indian HOOK
shoals on the Catawba river, seven
and one half miles north of ROCK Hlii'
four and one half miles west OF Fort
mill and eighteen miles southwest or
Charlotte. The drainage area above
the dam is 5000 square miles, reaching
to a point about half way between
Marion and Asheville on the north
west: Lenoir, Statesville and Taylors-
VILE on the north; Charlotte and Lin
colnton and Dallas on the west. When
the dam is completed. it will create
pond that will extend from eight TO
twelve miles up the river. according TO
the stage of the water. The back
water will extend to South FORK 'n'o
the North Carolina line and not lar
from the railroad bridge of the Air Line
division of the Southern. The basin IN
the immediate vicinity Of the dam Is a
broad. deep valley set between a range
Of high hills. Two branch valleys lead
ing to the west, will afford additiohai
water storage facilities. making prac-
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tically one large and two small ponds,
either one Of the latter Of which is
larger than any pond in this section of
the country. The pond really will be a
great lake, with an average length of
ten miles and half mile across at its
widest point.
Construction Of the Big Dam.
The dam is a massive and imposing
structure of granite blocks and cement
as indicated by the Photographic views
which accompany this article. It is
composed Of four parts, making one
continuous whole as follows:
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coal. The establishment Of the power
plant on the Catawba river, Is miles
from Charlotte, makes such a condition
possible, by affording an abundant sup
ply Of electrical power to consumers.
The building Of this plant makes Char
lotte practically Independent Of the
coal miner and the city would be un-
disturbed over coal strikes. So far as
to furnishing motive power for the
mills and factories, the power plant on
the Catawba is to all intents and pur-
poses a coal mine in itself. The tur-
bines, the big rope transmission driv-
ing wheels and the electric generators
at the power house will do for the mills
and factories what coal has been here
tofore depended upon to do. There
will be no shutdown from strikes, and
no delays from railroad blockade
There will be no smoke, CRIME, dust
and cinders. There will be power on
tap. The only thing necessary to start
the machinery will be to pull down a
lever.
The question may be asked, Can
electricity compete with coal-the pow
er may be abundant but will 1t be
cheap" A million-dollar investment
in stone and cement and machinery on
the Catawba is the best answer to this
question. Electricity cs a motive pow
sr is just as sure to supercele steam,
as electricity for city illumination has
succeeded gas. and the mills within
the effective radius Of the Catawba
Power company are to be the first in
this section Of the south to take this
advanced step in Industrial economics.
The possibilities for more profitable
and satisfactory operation Of manufac-
turing plants will .Ae opened up in June
of next year, when the power plant will
be ready to turn on the current.
DIR. Wylie's Company.
The vast water power of the Catawba
has been the subject Of a good deal OF
comment in recent years and there has
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and upon and really forms one section
of the dam, is thirty feet wide and 1876
feet long. 1t is located on the west
side Of the river and is constructed Of
brick, with stone trimmings and slate
roof. 1t is designed to receive eight
units Of power. developing a total Of
5000 horsepower. Each unit will be
composed Of three 54-inch water
wheels. These will connect with elec-
trio generators, by means Of rope driv-
ers. The drivers in turn, will connect
with the electric generators, which are
each 750 kilowatt revolving field, three
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upon which dummy engine passes to
and fro necessarily, hauling in turn
granite blocks, crushed stone, cement
and sand. Communication is had with
the east bank by means Of pontoon
bridge. On that side also Is a rock
quarry and railroad. A third quarry
is now being opened about mile from
the dam, on the east side. Standing on
the cliff, one can look down on the
dam and see 400 men at work on the
various sections Of the plant. The sky
line is dotted with booms and derricks,
and the sputtering exhaust from ten
hoisting engines Is heard.
Fine System at Work.
There are regularly organized gangs
Of laborers, and looking down upon
them a panorama Of activity is open
ed. In the foreground is seen squad
of hands on a raised platform mixing
the sand, cement and crushed stone to
go into the power house construction;
to the east, at the base Of the hill, are
seen teams, engines and men at work
on that wing Of the dam; to the west
dummy engine Is seen bringing load
of stone from the quarry. There are
forces at work in the saw mill; In the
brickyard; in the crushing plant and IN
the sand pits; pumping squads are
tending their machinery at dozen diff
ferent localities about the dam and ac-
tivity is to be seen in whatever direc-
ton one may turn. Every detail OF the
work is thoroughly systematized.
There are company stores and supply
houses. all the various branches Of the
well-organized system being In charge
of a competent superintendent. The
hillsides are dotted with cabin which
are occupied by the laborers. The ma
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arresters and other devices to insure
safety to the plant and reliability Of
the service. A technical description
would be Of no advantage to the pub
lie and of no interest except to elec-
trical engineers and this general review
will be sufficient to satisfy both as to
the magnitude Of the plant.
Four Hundred Men at Work.
| Work begun in the year 1900 on
the foundations of the power house,
which are now completed. The con-
struction Of the dam proper, was begun
in the early part Of the present year.
What has been done and what Is yet to
be done will be seen from the accom-
panying Illustrations. At present 400
men are employed on the dam and
rs pid progress is being made. There
were many difficulties for the engineers
to overcome in the early stages of the
work, but the greatest trouble encoun-
Itered during 1901 was high waters.
There were so floods during that year,
yet the work was carried on persistent
ly. This year there have been only IL
floods, and rapid progress has been
made. The two wings Of the dam, from
east to west are ready to be united.
The most difficult and tedious part OF
the construction has been completed
and the contractors have now COM
paratively fair sailing before them.
There Is room at present for only 400
men; but as opportunity offers this
number will be increased.
| Cost of the Plant.
/ Mr.. Hazard, the chief engineer, after
showing The Observer reporter over
the ground, said that the plant will be
completed and in operation by June
! 1903. The plant completed, according
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ments have been made toe service,
Mrs. Caylor" Gordon asked. and his
heart was Sire at the light Of the
wretched mother, whose fearless atti-
tude touched him more than If she had
shown q passion Of grief.
"Mr. Randall is seeing tot" she said
indifrerently. y
"But don't you want minister"
Gordon was bewildered. He had never
faced exactly the same situation.
81 don't care. Mr.. Randan"-
"You are not a Catholiei 1 remem-
ber you said to me your people in New
England belonged to tie Baptist
church. There ought to bea service Of
some kind, with a minister. Do you
know one you would like tohave"
"a Minister The woman turned on
him almost fercely. "a minister!
Mighty little use they have for such u
one as me! This is no maRsparishp'
But for the sake Of Louie! I can
get Mr.. Falmouth to come down. I am
so sorry for you. Mrs. Caylor. God
help you! Louie was good boy"
The woman suddenly threw her
apron over her head and burst into a
torrent Of weeping so violent that at
first Gordon was alarmed. He brought
her a chair and made he, sit down.
The other women in the corridor came
ND, and one Of them said: She'll be all
right now. When you can't cry, that's
the time your heart bleeds inside.'
whats all this racketT cried a
voice from the room. Gordon wheeled
about and faced the man, Tommy Ran
dali. With the instructive f9ewarning
of a peculiarly sensitive and, delicate
moral consciousness Gordon knew that
between this man and himself there
could be nothing but war from the
start. But what form 1t would take,
what forces the man had to draw on,
how much Of a hold he had on the
wretched lives that Furnished his field
Of action, John Gordon did not know.
Perhaps it was as well that be did not
know much about it. A full howledge
of even one aspect Of Tommy Randalps
political influence might haveappalled
q more courageous and hopeful man
than John Gordon.
The boss was a man Of about forty
five. Outwardly he was short thick
set man, with florld face and a reso-
lutte manner. He did not show any
signs Of Incorporate living, and indeed
It was his boast that he had 10 vices.
The most noticeable characteristic of
the man was his absolute confidence in
his own influence. 1t was not egotism
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1. An earthen dam with masonry
core wall constructed on the east bank
of the river, 295 feet long, with the nec-
essary abutments and wing walls to
properly retain the earth.
2. The dam proper, of stone and con-
crete masonry, extending across the
river bed 585 feet.
8. The power house, Of stone and
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7 HE REF 0 R N Err.
BS Rev. Charles Nj. Sheldon.
Author of I'm lis Steps, "Robert Hards Seven Days. Etc.
opyright, 1901, by cha ales M. Sheldon.

svNops1s OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
John Gordon, heir tt riches, refuses
q position in his fatter's bank and
Leaves home. father and sister to work
for the people of thelslums. Sordid
money getting and a hfe Of frivolity
are revolving to him. Sordons soclety
sweetheart, Luella M9sh, refuses 10
share his life at Hole House, an
oasis of refuge and strength" among
tenements saloons and taudiville halls.
Thev part. Gordon sgoes to Hope
House and meets its hNd, Miss Grace
Andrews. He decides I join the SUM
settlement. His friend David Barton,
a successful yellow" jnrna!ist with
bad cough, asks him I'd conduct re-
form page in the Datll news. eolted
bv one Harris. Gordo1 considers the
offer. The offer tempt Gordon, but
he scores yellow" journalism. Edi-
tor Harris overhears tht conversation,
but gives no sign whenShe joins Cor
don and Barton. Harrts}oners Goroon
$500 q month to edit slum reform
page. Barton's coughSgrows worse.
Gordon refuses Harriss offer because
he thinks Harris wantS the page Tor
sensational, not reform, purposes. Cor
don finds that his faths and Luella's
own the worst tenemenu In the Sums.
Gordon asks his father 70 destroy his
illegal, insanitary tenanents, but is
repulsed. Luella's fatfkr, who owns
the worst dumb-bell tenHnent, visits 1t
in company with Gord@. They also
visit a disreputable valdiville house
near by. The indecenN shocks Mr..
Marsh. He promises tosdo something
about the dumbbell te1ment. Bar
toms cough is worse. Ars. Captain
George Effingham calls& and Gordon
learns that Barton hasabeen sending
consumptives to Coloradp at his own
expense. Miss Andrewa tells Gordon
that Tommy Randall, aspolitical boss.
blocks all tenement hous reform. Cor
don meets Randall at the bedside Of
Louie Caylor, a victim q the barbar-
Gus tenement system.
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THE CATAwBA IN HARNESS.

How the Mighty Flood Will Turn
the Wheels of Industry.
Charlotte Observer, Dec. %.
Within the next six months it will be
practicable for every factory, oil mill
and manufacturing plant Of other de-
scription in Charlotte, to run their ma
chinery day and night, necessarily If
desired, without burning a pound Of
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FdlniOt1k stood up a'''
han to talk.
ORDON went back
to The doorway.
where Mrs. Caylor
was sanding. She
was tearless and
apparently stolid.
"What arrange.
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concrete masonry, with a brick super
structure, 1876 feet.
4. A stone masonry wall Joining the
power house with the west bank Of the
river, $50 feet.
The total length of the dam Is 1,226
feet from end to end. The actual
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phase machines. There will be two
27-inch wheels for driving the exciters
1t is one Of the most completely fitted
up power plants in the country, its
equipment having been planned with
the best of modern engineering skill.
There are in addition to the machinery
already detailed, all the necessary
switchboards, together with lightning