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UNDERSEA BOATS ? BEFENSE PLAN fy railes is Possible. EXPERTS LIKE THE SOHEHEi ?hicBflc Man Say? That tt ta PrectN cable- Would ' Havu Caiesons Four Milos Apart otu Doth C?ante-At mosphere Now Affactu Wirclact Phons and Torpedoes. ?.*?'' ;,' JUC', '?-..?My,? *>:'.'. uKriF-',4'*.?? . ) High Bpeed torpedoes with an effec tive range of more than twenty miles, with submarine structures in constant electrical connection with stations on th? shore and warships a'short dis tance out-this, In skeleton, is a pro gram said to be nuder consideration by dur military and naval suthoriUs^ There aro co roany, of these devices wbleu to the ordin?r/ man se^m im possible that this plan was taken to a prominent Chicago authority on elec trical malters with tho question: '.-%.'r? "Is there any-ii lng absurd on the face of thia?'' He gave a negativo answer, seemingly holding lt as something theo retically possible and likely capable of practical demon ri t ra? '.on. The plan calls for a lino of defensa up ?nd down the Atlantic end Pacific coasts in the* form of submarine cais sons constructed of re-enforced con crete, located ? few hundred feet from th 3 shore and connected with laud by tunnels, theso caissons to bo about Ave miles apart and connected by telephone and vrirelcvn pdh ? Central point nt Washington . through subcentral st? . tiona located inland. Theso subcentral nt a tiona vrouid be lu constant com -implication with the patrol fleet of.bat tleships and also ' with'? the'aeroplanes which the Aero Club ot America is proposing for our coast and borders. Torpsdo of Greatest Power. ?j?? 'i The new-weapon sold to be used-in this system;and-to have been devised by a nuperintendcut of one of tho plants Ot tho Cr neible Steel company is( a . torpedo of greater .range and power than anything of tho sort now .in use. Thia J weapon';would. be supplied to the caissons, wUch would have periscopes and nil necessary' electrical equipment. Th? structures would heed'only three men for operation, lt has been estimat ed that innes ot our coast would call for this kind of protection. 'This , would make the construction pf 1,000 of these ca bi s on a necessar5\ and cu cb vrc?ld. be. equipped, with ten torpedoes, the cost of) which would be $10.000 each? . Conceivablythis would be n perfsec protection for. our coast if tho ny a tem were.extended. It ia only n question cf practicability, and that is to be dem* j ons tra ted. When epa remembers'tba ! mauy marvelous things that have been done fa electrical science and the arts'; collateral thereto he cannot afford tc dismiss euch a thing ns th 13 nu nu ex tra vt gant creation of tho fancy. Tim . world 2*ugbed nt Darius Grec and bis flying machine. The J w\;rld now be stows unstinted admira tlc-*,on th? aero plane... ' "_.:' '".'.' '., : '.".v.; .'.': It ls generally found' that new de vices which rouse great expectations in their earlier stages Uisappoint to a car ? ? tala extent, when., they come into use. Tha commente of cartela "authorities on . thes? modern contrivances ?re highly j instructive. One of them says that the j wireless telegraph is extremely subject to changes in' wind and weather and that for the present it? usefulness is. limited, 3r>^ Ator? who waut to talk over a distance- of many hundred miles try and try again without success and then bav? to wait until the atmosphere gives them a good chance. 'I Atmosphere* Affecta Wirelocs Phono. The wireless t?l?phona is much mora sensitive to atmospheric conditions than tho wireless 'telegraph. Nevertheless the" authority says the wireless tele phone 'Will bc useful in tho case of ves sels fifty or a hundred miles from shore. It ts quito concelvabio that tb? equipment can bo so changed as to neo? trallzo unfavorable condlUons la n de gree. The* telephone has long beeb nacd on board vessels ?? la meana of heating what Ia going on.ubder.the.TOr/SjC? ot tbs.-vre ter-for example, the .wash against dangeroca rocks, ; . - t -, One bf tho experts was asked as to . the recen? report that .?erman opera torsof suhraarlnes could direct , th?ir torpedoes ijy hearing instead: of ilghf and Huit presently the periscope will ";b^ was theoreticly correct, but ranking a /.'good hit" wottld b? a chbnce-in other words, that method hoe not been pe* fected to tha'poiht oi ?fQel?ncy. ?bb British, be ?aid. bad long begabte;*?; locate submarinesby Bound, ?The quia* tien -appears to. be whether they wilt ever bb *bl?v& ? ?bh?ttf tten? :?e ?ced. s?tJ?i^Vjybit them with ntorpedo, if Ta^?m-erlcaa^a^ v? self that hiscon^irymeinare ra capablo ia the l?t?^?^?^ ??'.'? people in tho world arid, that therefore .we aro ?n-> pallion toi protect our ?P&Bt?m sgalhet^&b m^i'esrnett^fcp-. 1 bhfya'qhes^ I Into nae. ??cfet.b? our military nod mv ; .r,si:'(^l^\S^9^!^A' taken 09- by ) n^t^U^t^& pettecte?v '"'/'"-llaklteal.-'. : ? llcettt?'eierk-?t^^ : asa seT^mry-'swo, . ^gg3&BBfflBBH Pencil Points F?ed G. dribble,-who. baa put in a largo Btoc? of buggies and wagons, occupying* tho McGee building en West Benson street, cays that bujrt Uess is starting off nicely. He con trolls the sale ot a number of the' best known makes of vehicles in the, country, among them being Brock-j Way buggies and Mitchell wagons? a car load ol the latter being unload ed Friday. "The hour of tho posl card fiend ht?2 arrived," said a well known and popular attorney Coming'out of tho poe to fil cb Friday, showing a friend a card with a mountain scene and' signed S. D'. T.. "and from now un til late In the fall we wilt be moral ly, bombarded with , tho .missives They, will come from the uttermost parts of the earth, bearing some such banal message as T wish you were v-'i'.h me;' and they will be Bigned on ly with the initials ol the sender. "Arid ?that 1B the douce of it all. lt would bo sufficiently innocent matter j if it were not for those Initials'. The recipient of the card bCisrlng a, pfc- ! ture of tho Yosemite Val loy, scenes In the Land of tho Sky, thc Grand Canyonvor some other place, which illuminates" it, gives it a cursory in-1 spection and is about to put the thing, in tho wanto basket when those ini tials catch his eye. I "'Who In the dickens is A. M. T.?'j he asks himself.: .. "It is not his,cousin.Mandy Jones, I for she is at Asheville, and there 1B some difference between A. M. T..I and M. J.,-anyway. It ian't his lato j cook, because she cannot write; it ls ; not his girl who ^s?d to live next' door, for she writes* a perfectly un? ! readable hand and he has been ablo to decypher this. "It is not hts grand aunt Sallie who has gone to Texas, because she 1 would not spend a penny on him it he were dying... f. ,?He apostrophises A. M T.. angri ly. 'Why couldn't you sign your n-Kue?' he asks, 'why should you ex pect people to recognize - your silly initials' the moment they seo them V j If. he received a post card signed T. r>. he would of course suspect from whom it came. ,. One bearing the ini tials W. W. would have a familiar look. But A. M. T. ;j '"And, he never discovers, who A. M. T. IB,-.though he. stays awake trying4 to guess for manyV nights. Somewhere in the world is. a person bf the narnu of T who wishes he -were: with'her,.but who she ls or What her state ho never, knowe. It Isn't pleasant, ?s, mysteries GO mc tim cs H's as Irritating as trying to Ijght a pipe In .the' wind. "And," as ho toro the card ri two and tos sad it into thc gutter, "there should ?be e. law to kees ?bscuro nco pie, from signing, only "their initials But there Isn't, sp.what's tba use?" Mr. S. Bi, Parker, who has JUet returned from a special trip to New York, where ho went in the interest of hie firm, Parker & Bolt, says that buslries3 is moving along at a lively clip ' tn the metropolis. "By reason of our /natural resources, and: manu facturing facilities to fill the groat volume \ ot war orders wealth -hBB brien'-flowing into.thsSUnited States so ..r?pld-'y as to create conditions throughout the north and' east ea pcclally^-rthat are '-wholly Unprece dented." says -Mc Parker, "and- lt has como in . return for. the labor of bur workmen, ?killed and unskill ed,' and for our natural1; resources. Wealth has . como sp. fast that thoce people hardly know, what to do with, it and business in all lines is hum ming/ To complete my purchases In one certain Imo I called on at least eighteen or twenty different houses featuring this line before T succeeded, hut talco the trip, through and through ?I am much pleased and will have some really splendid things to offer our trado as a rena?t." . Furmari Smith, who was busily en gaged getting, together hie office pa pers; books, office furniture, etc., Fri j|rj^^epatatory to moving it to hts residence discovered a sugar- barrel containing several' thousand dollars, some of it having been hld away there- since '1908.' "Yes-, besides those coupon pass booka and cBupon season tickets yen sba on top there," said Mr; Smith,' "which, if they had all been sold and used, would b?V> made the : 'Carolina Association of Professloual Basel Ball clubs' a howl-*1 lng success, there' ia in the bottom, of tho barrel seme three.., thousand dollars wort?? of unredeemed pledges, miking the arao?nt represented run upsiconsiderabiyv*' CM?**?-* i&oftMatnref . It. .i&-j?ing rumored that .Mr. J. J." Baldwin, well ImoW architect ot this city, will, be a candidate for th? house of representatives. .* ' . ' ' . :?;,;.' * .':.:-; v .; ,; /vWlollrrop, Coneg^?g^^^ '^??^irjAx?SBtl* AWD. BSTRASCE '';-... W: ; IKXAMi??ATI?l? ;; The exam matteo for the award of vacant scholarships In Winthrop Oo' lege- and - for tba admission el .-ns Students 'will be held at tho Coun Court House oa friday, Joly.VI? ai. in i ri Applicants, toast not . be 1 than st^en" y??f* ; ?pl age. ; WL Scholarat?pa as* vicsnt after Joly * they will Toe. awa^ the, highest average at thia exritttlai.H titra, provided they moat the corid* tiona governing the .award. ...Appl cants for Seholarehipa should. ss * to. President Johnson before the EM.nattori for . Scholarship lion blank?, '. '."'''" ; ? Scholarships ^?n:'wi^^Ui? tiree tuition. The next session oj^,S*ptemher 30, 1818, For futtb * Pres. p. ?,> Jb^asbfij, .Soe* u?U W Missing Several m indeed I Newberry. 8. C., June 16.- Miss ing since May llth, and with his friends hoping day by day that tho mystery of. his sudden disappearance would be solved, Professor Fred D. (McLean, of tho faculty of Newberry college, has not yet been heard from, and the mystery has become more mysterious. A quiet investigation ot Prof. McLean's disappearance haa been, made - since he lett Newberry more, than a month ago, with the hope that'bis whereabouts would bo made known without the public prints, be ing resorted to. Up td this time, ! however, all efforts to locate the mls ! Bing man have failed, and the story ! of hlB disappearance has been given to tho newspapers. ' Mr. McLean left Newberry on Fri day-night, May 14tb, on the Southern train for Columbia. Ho did not tell any ot his friends of his intention i but left.a Hst of accounts which fae j owed in this city, with tho request [that they be settled. He had a bal ance ht one ol' the : local banks i and ; also left considerable earned salary I with the college, those-amounts be ing moro than sufficient to eetUo-all bf his indebtedness here. He did not I carry any extra clothini; with him, ! but, on tho othor hand, left his room and contents ?is if he expected to re turn. It is understood that ho told I several of his friends, a few days be fore lie left that he. was going, to Co I lumbla in a few dayB but would ?e ! turn on tho following Monday. An in vostigaUon,' which has been COri'duct ; od in Columbia, failed to reveal any ; thing ' in ? reference to. the missing man. I j Mr.- McLean came to Newberry at 1 the opening of i he session in 1912, ' from Youngstown, Ohio, accompany ing Coach Thomas ot Ohio. He grad I uated from Newberry college in June 11916, and was then elected tutor lu the institution. While pursuing his college ccui*sp, McLean for s?veral years was secretary to Dr.. J. Henry Hanns, president of the institution J Ho was well-liked in Newberry, being y .,: Several hudrcd pair Men's . Panta, easily'vbrth $1.00 "to Special for Monday; 1 the pair .;'.' .". ... . . '..'. Best grado Fancy and WhiS Oil Cloth, full 20c value, Sp< Monday; "one flight op,?? th? yard. Keep Koot Suits For Won Large assortment of pretty ne Keep Kool Suits tor Women, genu Kool Kloth, at Each' .... ...... ... ... > : ? . .. Imitation Palm Be a ah Cloth S Women, Special values at -. : ' ife Each . .....'.?J? MenV Palm Beach Sait* at : Weahow and soil more? Pelm Be season after season. than any ot stores: fa town and lost, now.' can J Natural Weaves, light and dark ? Stripes at, the . . 6j? .Suit ... ... '".i.' v..;.',........'.%?? JUST FOR MONDAY '84 Pairs Whit* Canvas Button $;..25. $l.f>0, aiid ?orne few pairs 1 des 1a the lot-Special for Mofiday.the pair. ?'???M|^W^P^ 4 * ? JUST FOR MOMMY * .Pretty .lot .oj new Curtain 6 * -In watte, cream and ernte:? * edge, hemstitched and pisto hoi * --worth 25c yard,' 'Our ap. 4? price tSf?t Extra for 1? fr Monday, ihe yard * ? * . .. WaBsBmm Weeks, Case Of 'rofesspr Is tai'fling ?? . equally OB popular ju the city aa up on the college campus. While a student at Newberry col lege, McLean, who was familiarly known as ''Dutch," headed, tho fist o? rootb;>ll and basketball stars Sn South Carolina collegiate circles, and was said to be ono of tito best foothill players.tn tho south. While small of stature, he was one of tho fastest men ever seeii on Carolina gridiron, ?T.U had numerous offers from other colleges In. tho stoto to join their Bquad. Ho was-at one timo assistant coach of tho Newberry team. While In Newberry, ho become ' affiliated with St. Luke's Kp ir. cc pal church i .As stated* McLean carno to Kcv, borry from ? Youngstown. Ohio., He ls a, graduate .ot the tYoungstown high Behool and after, bis graduation be attended Brown university. Provi dence, R. I., for oho year.' McLean is .about fivo feet four] Inches in height, and Is apparently i about thirty voarf* of 9?e. AMhcsgh small, he. bas a very athletic build, and weighs ?bout 160 pounds. Ho ls ] a very' nice looking young man, dr?BBes well and is very quiet and re served in .manner. His conversation* al tone ls very low, and ho ls a man of few words. At' the time of his disappearance McLean waB treasurer of tho Athletic association '. of Newborry collogo. All ot his accounts aro In first-class con dition. Tito young man's family in Youngs town, Ohio, aro making a diligent j search for him, hot having heard! anything from him since he myster iously disappeared more ,than a month ago. Nothing is known of his j whereabouts from this end of the line since he was seen on the train bound for Columbia on the night of May 14th. j "While ibo condition of the young mail's room and his affairs in general would Indicate - that he expected to return to Newberry a few nays after! he left for Columbia, tho fact that ho I loft a Hst ofh is accounts to be paid j te Table baal for test Ir?^style lue Keep 7.50 nita. for $5.4)0 ach Suits her ?. tvo at you Jn 5ray a? a" 5,00 Chooa *2.0O val?. And talk about pi floor of* din's buoy B &e greatest and mos yon ever saw. Wi Sp?wa?f we have for m Retail each one? Stoney saving oppoi summer wardrobe at . Notonly VOne-Fli but throughout the s bargains quoted in tl Come and see. SPECIALFORM 36 Inch Silk Finish P^ll green, brown, navy, roue, \n tani. 4Oe quality, .Special fi Monday, the' yard. J ri v.-i,rt.li. tr.it> n - , ,? "EV .".TT I44W T*-??w, UU 1 . 35c grade, Special tor Mon Iba yard. . ;.. 36 Inck Washi Organdy, sn ty^'pretty ?abrlc, Special foj Monday, the yard ?. ?. 45 Inch Pillow TubingVian ' brand, 45 inches wide-^tool wears likc??ncn-25c' value, for Monday, tho yard ... '.; S6 Inch Percale-light a and Shepherd checks-Spcf Monday,' tho yard ... ... :, Yard Wide. Seaisl?nd, a u?-40 to 20 yard lengths for Monday, the yard .,. .- .. . Solid/color Chambray, ? blue, piiftk, etc-r-lS l-2c vail lal for Monday, the yard . No. 100. Berkley Cambric come would ask ?0,o' for 'ta speclai:at' 16c, Extra'for. M< Hm yard, . . \ Fjno- quality Pajama Che wide, special 12 l-2c value, ? for Monday, .th/.-' yard 100 Piaces'ifcerleea Saniti width 27. teches, free from's ?^??rlt?nt full io Yard p ' Monday >?i'.Each . . '.;':.-, would lead one to believe that he did not Intend to return. The disappearance of Mr. McLean has created .irita a tttr no: only lu Nt-wberry, wnere he was wc!! liked, but throut; ?cu; South toixllPa col lei7<ato -athtat/.c. circles, and lt lr hop ped tbat tho' apprehension of nb) u?:?ny friends will von be re.! ie ved by stuie word 'VL'L Klip m txr-lfchatlon j i what no JV uppeads lo be i lb ch of a mystery. Hay flare Joined Arny. Columbia, June 16-Information rr. celved in Columbia yesterday wooli indicate that Prod D. McLean, th young tutor at Newberry collogr who mysteriously disappeared <Mu 14, has crossed the border of the United States into Canada and has Joined the forces ot the Dominion: In either Ottawa or Toronto. President Harms of Newberry college explained over tho telephone last night that a letter had been received from a ibrothr, W. M. McLean? superin tendent of public schools in Topeka. Kan., intimating tbat all traces ot his movements led to this conclusion. The brother in Kansas has beim fol lowing up all possible chi*-, since his disappearance last month. Tres idont Har?as farther expi??sid tho opinion that he did not bollcvo tho young mp.i had been the victim ct foul play and believes that .tho mat tor will be cleared up soon; Investigation Into the Columbia end of the caso yesterday developed that young McLoan registered nt thc Imperial hotel on Saturday afternoon May 13, occupying for tho night room 235. The hotel record shows that ho paid his bill Sunday r oon and check ed out. President Harms carno to Colum bia on Monday May 15,, arni-.'.by-"a strange coincidence was assigned. to the room that had been' nri'apt?d by Mr. McLean. Or. Harms said tint hu did not see the young man while'in Columbia. When t'a.3 young maa li-fi Newberry he told a\% friends :thnt ho Would return Monday. Try a box of Nunnolly'o Choc o?ate coated Nut*-1, 2 or 3 !b., packages. Vanilla and Tot, ti Frtntti Ice, Owl Drug Co. mm?CM?masmti??mmosmBmB?mmmamM?MMamm?mB .seil ' - fepnredncsc--you should visit the ce Hive. It h filled to tho utrao t attractive stocjt of Ready-to-Weal s do hot attempt to enumerate thi these Monday Sales, much less to c The goods are here, however, ss tunities make it easy to have ct ; a very small espense, ight Up"*do we set the pace for low tore-in every department. Sort his ad and hundreds of others not 3 ON DAY In-in light blue, vendor, pink and *. 25c ?tra good 25c to ow white, a dain lous Indian Head ts like , linen and, Special J 00 colors, nd dark ?lal for 3 good V L2c val :S9.e .!*!.. 6c 12 luches wide I6:?.6.0:10c !. without labei imo q?alityr-o?? jcks, 33 Inches ?ry D: ap or Cloth, il impurities auu NEW CU Big Jot of new? Cluny lace edgii white-$2.00 value at .. Marquisette Cw and Cluny lace edi values Mohday at Oliver Twis Oliver TwlBt Su lals and prettily m for Monday at Each........ Electric Ba -v. Bannon Bros;, -s House.''Dresses, 1 better On the mark . Monday! at ??ch . $1.00 BU One lot extra < Blouses, special S soiled, Special for at Each ... .... _ 345 x 68 Matt S6s 08 inch Mat mont of patterns, Monday, Each .., Special ia Congoleum tory floor covorint i; nie ? ever seenY Ed them to Crek itugi Special for ??>ndt Each ... ... ... Local Market 12.60. New York Harket Open High Low Close July....12.80 15.81 12.74 12.78 Oct .. .. .. ..12.96 12.98 12.89.12.63 Dec .i .13.14 13.14 13.13 13.09 Jun .. .. .. ..13.18 18.19 13.13 13.16 New York Spota 12.86. liverpool Hariet Open Close May-Juno ...7.63 7.69 J uh-Am;. ... .7.93 7.88 Oct-Nov.7.77 7.73 Receipt? 6,000. . . ,8ales 3,000. Spots 8.25. r . ? i i ?--.?-.i . ? . PRESERVES INDIAN HEAD *' National Museum Keeps Soiofce.Dr?ed Trophy Tho. ?mbiie-ii'e? h-itA cf aa ?nim?, secured ?n Brasil, about 40,years ago Ima boen placed on exhibition In tho r^utiurai mufceuni at Washington. Theg rucsome relic tran presented to the museum by Dr. C. H. Merlman, who obtained lt (rosi a South Afric an explorer, says The Cleveland Plain Dealer. *0n Tho latter had been hold a prisoner among the Indians ot Brazil tor several years and when ho c neap cd carried away :. eve ral of . tho smoked heads which tho Indians keep as trophies of their prowess. Bowel Complaints. Ia India . in a lecture: at ono of the DOE Moines, Iowa, churches a missionary from India told of goinj? Into tho in terior of India whero he was taken sick, -that bo had a bottle of Cham berlain's remedy Chollo and Diarrhoea Remedy with him and believed thal It save hts: lite. , This remedy lt used successfully in India both as s pie veut u Ivo and curefor cholera. Yat may know from this that it can, be depended upon for tho .milder formt of bowel complaint that occur In tait ?country. Obtainable.everywhere. ???????????????????IIIW ?many JJ??&?~ pw?? YV ?jV?Va RTAIH SPECIAL Babe Marquisette Curtains, real ?^V^* igs-In- cream, eenie and tor moa 8, Monday, ^ J 50 *Wott*!ft5 laine, pretty hemstitched . {ss, good $2.60 tl?? A|f| '" " '^ * 20 El 4 Sait?, at 50c Each Its for BoyB/good mater-* Ladle ?ade up,, ali sizes, jSpeciai . .. .. OUC oood BadHoase'Dressea Oood elf conforming, adjustable B^'8' SJcctrio Brand, nothing 100 I ot-all sizes- jg | QQ only, Ea ....... .,.V,;.:V,*sV tadies teyrttt 69c Each ''> Whltloat luaiity Balkan and Middy ? Colba 1.?0 values, but slightly ?rday ? Monday 60?f' bog Roes at 35e Each "? '??X{ Mug Rugs, splendid assoH Special for . ^g? ? ... ..,.,-;.^vr** io Ple Monday ? . Rugs, tho most satlsfac-- ? " JJ" 3 r??m itugs, soma preter - + ?, all pr?tty nz^p^tteng, \rfy Upbuilds and sustains tba body, No Cooking or MQk required Used for 1$ or ft Century mm m > A dollar down-A del lar ? ?eek er"??? da?. That's .th*. gtopMSS* Savings System way? On ly . you' cau^i&iyy. lu on/ amount from 10o up each weak or pay day. ? Your mcaey^eara fat?r cst compound Quarterly. Yours ?hen, you need it. Every man should Join tho Club. -Start any .?to?s?^i ?let? la titty pajTmeata. i ?: - .-? r .v .? v. r ... -. : ?'; The j \ . ; Bsiifc o? M?rsojtt \ The Str?nges? tJaii?c I . in the County, : o?^^ i places, Special for ' ?| v^;^>ll:^':, tt\ ? tho can. . .. . '.>'. ? Jfcjfc/ffl'?? g Saving on Little Things g, ,fat Ntttmegti. for only .. ..Sc. !ollar.Bands? d for .'. r...,..l??o , 3* loo Embroidered Hattdkercb4e.te,; Lead Pencils at, Each . .. "'ic' Pins, at Paper... ... ... >r '.f.lo and Men's 50c Belts at Each. /23c )ozen Ladles'. Taped Gauze /Vesta, ch...",.. ... ....... ... i...;?o . Men's and Children's' Guaranteed.', ber Hose. Pair ... ;.V . .. -llByjT ipi? Crochet Cotton, oil ?lites, .Sat- ( id Holiday, (Box ;.,, .. ate' c Rolls Toilet Pajt?r,\only.:.... .&o :ea- Arm and Hammier . Soda.' for . ... .. . .... . ......id?' isr Washing: Powder for .. . . . .16o WOK OlfyY sea 40 inch White Ratine.-good 50c but been selling for <0c yard.-Spec- ? JUST FO? MONDAIT ^ ?