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WAR SPEEDS IIP cms SNIP No Port in World as Well Equip ped as New York to Han dle Work. SAVING IN TIME IS SHOWN :HIgh Speed Coal Dumpers and Light ers Simplify Work-10,000 Tons Can Be Loaded in Six teen Hours. New York.-War has speeded np coaling of ships in the port of New York until no other port in the world .at the present time is as well equip ped to handle this important task. So fast has become the coaling of big vessels that enormous liners like the Imperator can have their bunkers ...led to their capacity of 10,000 tons in 16 hours. The reason for the increased speed ls largely high-speed coal dumpers and fuel lighters. Each one of the latter is able to give a ship 1,000 tons of coal in eight hours, an achieve ,ment due mainly to special coal ele vating machinery. i But ships requiring 1,000 tons or less are in the big majority, whether transatlantic or coastwise trade is considered. And it is not essential ?that for such ships there should be a loading device separate from the coal barges to enable a continuous stream of barges to ply to and from coal 'dumping stations. In a Single Day. For the average vessel a total of 300 tons is usually sufficient, and this means that a ship of this sort may discharge a cargo and take on a new one all in the course of a single day. With the adoption of the modern lighter it is an easy matter to load <oal while the cargo is being unload ed and a new one taken on. One mod ern high-speed lighter can coal three such ships in an eight-hour day. This development of modern light ers is equalled by better facilities for transferring coal from cars to barges. Huge steel dumping machines now take up a 50-ton car bodily, elevate it and empty its contents into the barge by tilting the entire car on the side-a great improvement over the process of unlocking a trapdoor in the bottom of the car and letting the coal slide through. These machines have a capacity of 9,000 tons each a day. Saving of time to the shipowner here is shown by comparison with Cardiff, the English port where the largest tonnage of English coal is loaded for export In loading a ves sel, for example, the English shipper uses a railroad car of ten or twelve tons, while the American uses one of fifty to ninety tons capacity, so that the Cardiff docks must discharge from five to ten carloads to every one dis charged in New York in order to main tain the same speed. Carried by Steel Colliers. Steel colliers ply between Boston and Hampton Roads, a distance of 000 miles. Each one of these ships is capa ble of making a round trip every week and transporting 3~>0,000 tons of coal a year. A vessel of the same tonnage, .however, carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff to a port 600 miles away would take a week at Cardiff to load j its cargo and another week at its des 'tination to discharge it. Thus New York laden ships can make three trips . to one for a Cardiff laden vessel. Such things as these are what places New York as the greatest port in the world and makes American ' .?al op erators feel that there is a great op portunity for exporting American coal. .Five different companies within re cent months have established fleets of specially designed carriers on the theory that with our tremendous coal supply and superior port facilities it will only be a question of time before America is shipping her coal to all parts of the globe. ? ??^?..?"?"."?"...?"?^."?...".'....."?.'....I^I?,?.!.^. I HE WALKS 35 MILES j TO ENLIST IN ARMY I J - t jj McAlester, Okla.-Just be- ? : i cause he mistrusted the Missou- ? j f ri, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, | ? ! John F. Dunham walked 35 miles j j * to reach the Rock Island lines | I ! on his journey to enlist. When f ! * Dunham reached here he was I i sockless and coatless. He made j ? his journey in three days. I L-~~ .J 13 NATIONS WAR ON GERMANY [Twenty-two Governments Have Sev ered Diplomatic Relations With Berlin. j London.-An official statement from jthe foreign office recently informed ?the British public that 22 countries ?had severed diplomatic relations with j Germany. I "Of these," the statement added, ! "thirteen are at war with Germany land may be considered in alliance for ?that purpose." The list of the 22 ls 'as follows: Russia, France, Belgium. Great Brit ain, Serbia, Montenegro, China, Brazil. Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicara gua, Japrm, Portugal, Italy, Roumania, United States, Cuhu, Panama, Liberia, Haiti, San Domingo. IS DISPENSER OF COMFORT One Englishwoman Does "Her Bit" by Keeping Open House for Wounded Men's Visitors. There is a large class of English women, writes a London correspondent, who have to keep their own homes go ing, but who manage to take time to help to ease the war strain. She visits soldiers' wives and families in dark and dirty streets, as do most of her friends and hundreds of other women. She never goes empty-handed. To pay for these luxuries she dispenses with help in the housework, rising earlier in the morning to do it herself. Here is the experience of one: In the course of her visit to a hos pital a tall, sad, young Scotchman won her sympathy. He was grievously wounded, but what he seemed to suffer from most was homesickness and a wild longing for his own people, es pecially his mother. "She can't afford it," he said when asked why she did not visit him. "She could get a half fare warrant, I know, but even then she's not accustomed to travel, and she'd be lost in a strange town." This gave her an idea. She would ask the mother to come to Leeds and stay with her ! She met her nt the sta tion and took her up to the hospital, where the excited boy lay. For a few days the old Scotch wom an stayed with her, and then returned to Scotland full of gratitude and de light at having seen her son. She was the first of many guests entertained by this warm-hearted Englishwoman. Sol diers' wives came, sometimes bringing with them a baby-once or twice it was a baby the father had never seen before, born while he was at the front ; soldiers' sisters, sweethearts, mothers, all poor women who could not afford to have come without her offer of hos pitality. They arrived tired, anxious and sad, and she comforted them and cheered them, and they went away hap pier to know that their dear ones had so kind a friend at hand. CAMELS ARE IN BIG DEMAND Great Numbers of Beast of the Desert Used by the British in Defense of Egypt Along the banks af the Suez canal and thence along the old coast road to the east you will find today between the endless series of British encamp ments caravans of camels passing to and fro with their burdens or lyings patiently at their mangers and chew ing the cud with that tranquil expres sion of the beast which no stress of war can disturb, says the Manchester Guardian. There are more camels gathered here than ever were assembled in the bazaars of Cairo or Damascus. Though the defense of Egypt has been carried .forward from the canal itself to the hills and dunes of the Sinai desert and to the Land of Promise beyond, the camel Is still an integral part of the defensive scheme. Rouds and rail ways, It is true, run out here and there eastward from the bank, but there re mains a vast hinterland unreclaimed from the desert, waste, in which our troops continually move. The World on Wheels. According to a report by the office of public roads, which takes notice of such matters, there wereJ8,512,996 au tomobiles and motor trucks and 250, 820 motorcycles registered In the United Stares in WIG. This is an in crease of 43 per cent over the registry of cars and trucks for the previous year. The gain was greatest in the Southern states, where it reached SC per cent. On the estimate of the pres ent population there is now an automo bile for every 29 people in the United States. On the basis of comfortable seating capacity, this makes roora for one-sixth of the inhabitants, says Tliomas F. Logan in Leslie's. Or, in other words, if properly apportioned, every sixth or seventh family would be found supplied. The total license reve nue derived from this source for 191G was $2i>,865,370, which represents an Increase of $7,G09.G59 over the receipts of the same character for the yeur before. For Old Linoleum. An old linoleum, if not worn into holes, may be refreshed and made al most as good as new with little trou: ble. First, be sure that it is stretched und tacked as ciosely as possible. Then paint it all over with two coats of any good wash paint, letting the first one dry before supplementing it with the second. When this is quite dry, give tbe floor a coating of orange shellac. After this is dry, go over lt with a second coat. This gives an ex cellent finish to the floor and will make the linoleum not only look well, but add greatly to its wearing quulitles. An oil mop will keep lt clean. Why Cherries Are Red. It was the theory of Darwin that nature made cherries beautiful to the eye for a definite purpose. Red, he said, was the most prominent and at tractive color. Cherries turned to that hue In order to attract birds. Birds, noting the brilliant globules, tasted them, found them to their liking, told other birds and consumed the crop, swallowing seeds and all. In this way the cherry stones were-carried far and wide over the country and dropped where they might grow into other cherry trees. Wouldn't Walt That Long. "So you're a bill cellector, eh?" .Tes, sir." "Do you believe In a hereafter?" "I certainly do but I'm not going to walt until then to collect this biU." Southern Railway System An Ambition and a Record j THE! E needs of the South are identical with thc needs j Df thc Southern Railway i tuc crowtb and success of on: ?can.? thc upbuildinc of thc other. The Southern Railway asks no favors-no ipccial privilege not accorded to others. Thc ambition of the Southern Railway Company i; io ire that J unity of interest that ia born of Operation between ?hu pcblle and , the railroads; to fcc perfected that fair and frar.k pokey In thc Bumer tn?m of rallloadl which invitee thc confidence of ?roiemmental I anodes) to realize that liberality of treatment which will enable it IO obtain the additional capital needed for ttcacqmiitiOfl of better and cnlarced facilities incident to thc demand for increased and better service; inda finally-? To take it? niche ;n the body politic of the South nlor.cjide of other rrcat industries. wi:h no more, but with equal l?beme:, equi ricks and equal opportunit?s. " The Southern Serves the South." [) For Metal or Composition ROOFINGS, GALVANIZED GUTTER, CONDUCTOR PIPE, SKYLIGHTS, VENTILATORS, HARDWOOD MANTELS, TILING AND GRATES, -CONSULT The Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Co. 607 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 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Agu, Secy. & Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C S. P. Morrah, Willington, S. C. L.N. Chamberlain, McCormick, S.G R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F.L.Timmerraan, Pln't. Lane, S. C. J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agt. Greenwood, S. C. Jan. 1st, 1917. HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take this means of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and will appre ciate their patronage. I am better prepared than ever to clean and press all kinds of garments, both for ladies and gentlemen. All work guaranteed. Let me know when you have work and I will send for it and make prompt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building Down Stairs NOTICE ! To My Friends an I the Public Generally: Although I have accepted the position as City Carrier, I have no intention of discontinuing the Insurance business. Your busi ness will receive the same core ful attention, and will be appre ciated. Office Hours:-0:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. J. T. HARLING At The Farmers Bank. Edgefield, S. C. Notice of Final Dis cliar .ge. To All Whom These Presents May Concern: i Whereas, L. G. Watson has made application unto this Court for Fi nal Discharge as Administrator in re the Estate of II. O. Watson de ceased, on this the 28th day of j July 1917. These Are Therefore, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or par ties interested, to show cause be fore me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 30th day of AugUHt 1917, at ll o'clock a. m., wli3 said order of j Discharge should not be granted. W. T. KINNAIRD, J. P. C., E. C., S. C. July 28, 1917. mm For Sale by G. W. WISE, Trenton, S. C. And All Good Dealers "DRTS. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. Pfil'? 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Purchaser to furnish sacks. Jas. D. Mathis, Trenton, S. C. July 25, 1917. HAIL: Prctection against Hail damage to crops can now be had by a policy in the HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO., through E. J. Norris Agent. See or phone Mr, Norris. ?lif?-'s nm LIFE PILLS Tho PIUS That Oo Cure. "Land of the Sky" is the appropriate designation of the . wonderful Mountains of Western North Carolina Located in the magnificent section of lofty mountains, abounding in towering peaks, beautiful rivers, smiling valleys and charming wooded slopes, are hun dreds of excellent places at which to spend the summer, ranging from pre tentious hotels with gay social life to home-like boarding places, quiet re treats and camps for roughing it. Get Out in the Open Golf, tennis, horse-back riding, mountain climb ing, boating, bathing, motoring, driving, and all other out-door recreations. Send the Boys to a Summer Camp Excellent camps to take care of the growing boys during vacation time. 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