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.A PAGE FROM CONFEDERATE HISTORY . Brief But Eventful Career of the Submarine That Destroyed the United States Warship Housatonic. .(Printed Originally in the Houston Telegraph and Discovered Recently in an Old Scrap Book.)) Twiner our lone: defensive war a great deal of ingenuity had been expended by the Confederates upon torpedoes and torpedo boats. The most remarkable of these boats was constructed by Messrs Hundley and Mc Clintock, of Mobile, Ala., and launched in 1864, and nothing which has gone down into the sea was more wonderfully and fearfully contrived to wreak destruction and vengeance upon a foe. She was built of boiler iron, and impervious to water or air. Her extreme length was about thirty feet, with a five or six-foot beam, and .i-.bout six feet depth of hold. In general contour she resombled a cigar, sharp at both ends. She was propelled by a screw, the rhaft of which ran horizontally along her hold, almost from stem to stem, and was turned by the manual force of eight jnen seated along it on either side. The only hatchway was circular about two-feet in diameter, with a low combing around it, which was placed well forward and when desired could be closed by an iron cap working on hinges and made air-tight. In ?fhe forward part of this cap was inserted a clear glass bull's eye through 'which the pilot could see. She was provided with water-tight compartments, by filling or emptying which she could sink or rise, and to enable ier to rise instantly her ballasting of railroad bars was placed on her bottom, outside of her hull, and by means of keys accessiDie to r.er crew, could be detached in a moment so that she could rise quickly to the surface. Besides her rudder, which was of the usual form, this vessel was -equipped with side paddles, or fins, -which, like those of a fish, served to guide it up or down with reference to the surface of the water. To prepare for action a floating torpedo v?as secured to her stern by a line -moTe than one hundred feet long, :and her crew having embarked, the water tanks were filled till the boat -was in equilibrium and almost subbarged. The hatchway was closed, the men revolved the shaft. The captain or pilot standing under the hatch, steered the boat, regu'ating at the'same time by the action of the fins the depth at which she would move. She could remain submerged for half an hour or an hour, without any great inconvenience to her crewr\nnn oiati Viorl n OWH <11IU VU UIIV UVCMOlUli liMVI t/www ?1?.V .... to remain under water two hours without actual injury to them, although no means were provided for procuring fresh air, and from the moment the hatch was closed, the men thus fastened in their living tomb, inhaled and exhaled continuously the atmosphere which was enclosed with .them." The plan of attack proposed by the inyentors was to dive beneath the l>old of an enemy's ship, hauling the torpedo after her. Its triggers would thus press against the ship's bottom, explode the torpedo and inevitably ^ ?nk the ship. Not anticipating an ?arly opportunity of using the dangerous vessel against the fleet of Farragut, Gen. Maury sent her by rail to <L-en. Beauregard, at Charleston, believing the waters of' that harbor better suited to her peculiar construction. Beauregard changed the position of the torpedo by fastening it to the bow. Its front was terminated by a sharp and barbed lance, so that when the boat was driven on against a ship's side the torpedo tkould be forced deep into its side below the water line, and thus fasten tl:e torpedo firmly against the ship's side. Then the torpedo boat could hack off and explode it -from land. /" ? J?? 4.1^ ^ vjreii. DCiiuie^diu b uun uuun tilt; 'Confederates for volunteers to man this dangerous craft, was promptly answered by Lieut. Payne, a Virginian, and eight sailors. They were 5oon ready for action. The evening iet for the expedition the torpedo boat was lying alongside the steamer from which the crew had embarked. '?lie was submerged till the combing of her hatch alone was visible above the water. Her commander, Payne, was standing in the hatchway in the :cct of ^rdering her to be cast ofF vhen the swell of a passing steamer roiled over ner and sunk her instantly, with her eight men, in several fathoms of water. Lieuf. Payne sprang out of the hatchway as the boat sank from under him. and he alone was left alive. In the course of a few days she was raised and again made ready for action. Again Favne volunteered and eight men v.ith him. The embarkation for their second attempt was made from Tort Sumter, apd, as before, sll having been made ready, Payne, stand- j ing at his post in the hatchway, or- j tiered the hawser to cast of?, when the boat careened and sank instantly. , Payne sprang out, two of the men following him; the other six went down in the boat and perished. Again the boat was raised and made ready for action, and her owner (.'apt. Hundley, took her for an experimental trip into Stono River, where, after going through her usual evolutions, she dived in deep water, and for days the return of poor Hundley and her crew was watched for and looked for in vain. After | near a week's search she was found inclining at an angle of 40 degrees; her nozzle was driven deep into the soft mud of the bottom. Her crew i-vP mnn M'flro f\aCkA SfpTlHinC*. sitting and lying about the hold, asphyxiated. Hundley was standing dead at his post, a candle in one hand, while the other had grown stiff with death in his vain effort to unclamp the hatch. Others had been working at the keys of the ballast but the inclination at which the boat had gone down had jammed the keys so that the men could not cast off the heavy weight which held them down, j Again this fateful vessel was made ready for action and volunteers being called for, Lieut. Dixon, of r-n Alabama regiment, and eight men volunteered to take her against the enemy. The powerful warship Housatonic was selected for attack, and one quiet night the bravest crew set sail from Charleston in this terrible, nameless torpedo boat that ever manned a craft before. We all know the fate of the Housatonic. Brave Dixon guided the torpedo fairly against her. The explosion tore up the great warship's sides so that she went down with nearly au 01 ner crew wiimn two minuues. The torpedo vessel also disappeared from mortal view. Whether she vent down with her enemy or ' whether she drifted out to sea to bury her gallant dead, no one knew. But within a few weeks past divers in submarine armor have visited the wreck vi the Housatonic and they have . found the little torpedo vessel lying by her huge victim, and within her i.re the bones of the most devoted and fj oaring men who ever went to war. e NTo forlorn hope or other desperate * onterprise of war can furnish the par- ^ all el of the courage of Dixon and his v comrades. Their names we have not at hand, but they are known and re- ? corded, and we hope to see the honor which is due paid to the great virtue ? they illustrate. c n ti m I JL/? 11. 1U. | I Tax Collector's Notice. s < OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM ? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, < UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 ST, 1915. The Rate of State, County, School 5 and Special Tax, Including One " Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Commutation Tax. In accordance with an Act to raise j supplies for the fiscal year cnmmencing January 1 1915, notice is hereby given that the office of Countv * Treasurer for Abbeville County will t be open for the collection cf taxes { for said fiscal year from Friday, Octo-1 ber 15th. until Friday. December! 31st, without penalty. There will be 1 added? \i A penalty of one per cent, on all ? taxes not paid on January 1st, 1916. jr A MAMAUIT A'f fttfA now /lATlf ATI oil 1 n. pcxiciiuj ui tnu yci wu on taxes not paid on February 1st, 1916.11 A penalty of seven per cent, on all 11 taxes not paid on March 1st, 1916. t Rates per cent, of taxation are as j follows: r State Tax 7 mills 1 County Tax 6 " fc Past Indebtedness 1% " fl Constitutional School v c Tax 3 Total 17% mills In addition to the above, a special a tax will be collected for school pur- t poses as follows: c Abbeville Shop Bonds. 1% mills Abbe. Special School 8 " Antreville 6 " ? Bethel 3 " & p Buffalo 5 " n Broadmouth 2 " _ Bethiah 4 " n Bold Branch , 4 " P Central : 2 " o Calhoun Falls 2 " s, Cana r 2 a Eureka 3 " Rocky River 2 " c O <( n jL/uuaiua ? ? ? o 41 Due West 6 " p Fonville 3 " v Hagan 2 Keowee 3 " Lone Forest 4 " s Lowndesville 8 " s Lebanon 4 " f Long Cane 2 " McCormick 9 " Mt. C arm el 4 " t Omega 4 " c Pineville 2 " t Parks Creek 3 " Reid 2 Rock Springs 2 " * Sunny Slope 4 " t Sharon 4 " Vermillion 4 " Willington 5 " Warrenton S " i Young's 2 " h Cold Springs 4 " Comer 2 Ray 4 " A poll tax of One Dollar per capita ^ on all male citizens between the age ^ ot 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, will be collected. f| A commutation road tax of One Dollar will be collected the same E Ctiew'^^ 5c. the packet or cent cit all the bett YES! E gum trude.Thecc .est heart, full good to start better with < "Bobs" lor a ime as other taxes from all male itizens between the ages of 18 and 8 years, except such as are exemptid by law. Unless said tax is paid >y first of March, 1916, eight days i/ork upon the public highways will >c required under an overseer, if so nuch be necessary. r,re nqvqhle only in gold and ilver coin, United States currency, National Bank Notes and Coupons of .v.?,?: oouus wiucn oecome payable Luring the year 1915.. A tax of 150 ents will be collected on each dog. Parties desiring information by nail in, regard to their taxes will lease write before December 16th, tating the location of their property, ind including postage for reply, and hose paying taxes by?check must in* lude the charge for collection. J. F. Bra dlev. County Treasurer. September, 1915. WINTERING THE FLOWERS A flower lover will make a little :ome of her flower garden. Everyhing connected with flowers will be ;here, from the flowers themselves 0 the gardening tools, wheelbarrow ind work gloves. The greenhouse, hothouse or pit is 1 useful feature of the flower garden md can be made a beautiful one? i'r.ould be, in fact, for nothing ugly nust be permitted in the flower garlen. A geranium loses; all its <eauty, potted in a sorry looking old in can or bucket and housed through he winter in an ill-constructed pit. seatly made and painted boxes that mve some symmetry about them, or lower pots which cost five and ten ents each, are not beyond the reach >f any thrifty woman; and in making . pit or hothouse, it will cost about he same to make a beautiful one as I1C limt IS tx OllUtlV IAS U1C c(yc*| The cost of the pit will depend upn the kind of material used and expense of work. The walls can be :iade of new brick or planks, or they lay be made of old material. A it can be constructed wholly withut expense if the work is done by ome one in the family and o'd waste laterial is used in building. This Id material will answer well if eatly put together. It can then be ainted a dark green, or if of brick, ines can be trained over the walls. Select the location, decide upon the :ze and depth, and mark off the pace for digging. Three or four eet is a suitable depth, and any size rom five by seven to fifteen by tweny feet will do. In selecting the loation for the pit, consider two mints; where is the sunnitst and r.ost protected spot? and Where will he pit show to best advantage in he garden? The side south of the front veran ia will probably suggest itself, and f the foundation of the house is of 'rick this could be very well utilized :$ the back wall of the pit. The !oor and sides of the pit can be ricked up or covered with concrete, ut are often left bare. A plank laid through the center of lie pit and slightly raised from the round will make a good protection ,4K. :vSHE* AT ,AyiC?#.*' MB i^H%* ^^^H^iifl^Htr *> "'flHf yt^^KjfF v-q^fc *' p^"Bobs" two "Bobs" for a er stands and stores. lobs is the for Gerindiest,minti 1 of gum that's with and gets every chew. cheerful smi'^ XUI" Hie lect, Ul ticau oauvi vaii laid on thickly. The shelves or steps for the flowe should not be so large as to make inconvenient to 'move about in t j pit, for the plants will require ca all the winter. 1 The glass top ought to he clo end carefully fitted to exclude cc and cold rains. Arrange bandl< i hinges and supports so the covers a J easily lifted and laid open. A pi jcf handles at the ten cent store cos J ten cents, two pairs of hin?'Pc; twi 'as much, and these are the lit things that add so much to appes lances and convenience. A neighbor of mine once told i that she had her pit built with double wall of wood, and filled t space between the walls with cottc seed. She thought her plan a go one, but soon found that it produc too much heat, and the plants w< weakened in consequence. I thii however, that the trouble . probal was that she had wooden c< crs and the lack of sunshine did t harm. I would endeavor if possil to have glass covers. Windi sas>hes make very good ones. This same woman was one of a fa iixr nf three thriftv and cnerge "V - ? p-irls and four trifling and idle bi thers. When cold weather began come on, the girls S2.w that the flo ers, of which they had accumulat a beautiful colection, during the su mer, would soon be killed by the co tird never could one of those i< boys find time to build them r. pit. the girls got picks and spades a set to work to make it themselv They not only dug the pit but th i-uilt the walls around it and ma the covers; and nicti, neat looki piece of work it was, too. I Now a few words as to flowers f [the pit. Do not wait too late I take up hothouse flowers that ha | been set out in the open ground, ai transfer them to their pots, and repot others whose soil is exhauste Give them time to settle in their ne quarters before the cold comes 1 cnecK tnem. i Ferns can repotted at this seaso if it seems necessary. They r j quire a loose soil, composed of loai | leaf mold, manure and sand. Pair j must not be disturbed in their po1 , if possible to leave them until sprin I They need but little soil, and wh< watered are best sprinkled from th tops downward, as tyie leaf is tl chief absorber of the water. The do best in a shaded place. Begonias, too, like the shade. I not water them much through tl winter. I TV, o%*>*QninT JL 11^ OTTVVW-dVVUVVu j should have a wid? space in the he i house. Rose and spice geraniur pie so easily grown that they Ci | soon be increased from cuttings, large numbers. The apple gerar um is not so hardy, but has the mo delightful fragrance of anv plar Lemon verbena will increase l:ke ar garden herb and needs very little pr tcction to keep it through the winte In one side or end of the pit mal %%%%%%%%%*' J PROLONG LIF | mm l * A Harmless Vege i with no Injui t ' ? j DOES AWAY WITH t r i ???? i Grigsby's Liv-Ve # Recommended b U I WE WANT , the farmers to sow grain this ijjj;!; they sow it. The boll weevil know when it will be here. T beset cotton seem to be increa damage every year. If you h; short cotton crop does not hu wheat and five acres in oats prepared and well fertilized wi I;!;-:;, next year. ]||:|; Where there is grain ther< corn and hogs and you have a ? But fertilize your grain when ) be Ke I ANDERSON PH0SPHA1 re 7<*} ' Anderson, Soi se BS, | ? ; ' _., re I " \ lir a seed bed where in early spring you 5ts cun plant seeds of salvias, coleuses ice und coreopses, for transplanting in tle later spring. These plants are exir_ pensive to buy, and by raising your | own plants from seeds you can have ne them in large quantities and at very J a flight cost. he I The best arrangement for the in)n_ j terior of "the pit is to have a set of 0d shelves or steps on one side and a e(j single wide shelf on the opposite !re side, which may be dispensed with if 1. fVio cfloH harl iq nooH All' ixr ono/ta ?JVVU l/vu tu U4VUI Ikll'/ TV oyuvv }]y through the center for standing, and )V.'l ave a door and steps at the nd, the ' he steps to continue on the outside j t 3]e tnrough a trench in the gt-ound. The Ic ow flower shelves or steps must be short * j enough to allow space for partly , m_ ' opening the door. ?Southern Ruralro-' ' | t VON PAPEN MAY GEJ { ORDERS TO RETURN HOME ,, ^ Washington, Oct. 1.? Circumstan- I m_ ces more deeply involving Captain ^ von Papen, the German military atjjg tin-he, in the Archibald case, have deg0 j veloped and it is strongly intimated j n(j' in governmental circles that Ambassador von Bernstorff will be asked for es. von Papen's recall. ey , It was learned at the state departng inent today that von Papen, in ad- , dition to sending a letter containing or the expression "idiotic yankees," ^ I gave Arcmoaia two cipner reports aave dressed to the German war office. i(j The department is now trying to decipher the code. j Von Papen is returning from the * west for a conference with Ambassador Bernstorff. : MAXWELL'S : MARKET ? T. H. MAXWELL, Proprietor ] 1 :ir 116 ALL PORK SAUSAGE se SMALL HA IS, ROAST PIG, 0 )o J he FRESH FISH and OYSTERS j ? n Highest Cash Prices Paid tor ns J Cattle, -Hogs aud Sheep, t ns Green Salted Hides. s PHONE 298 ' to C n- Maxwell's Market St s It. r iy SAM ADAMS J 0- u sr. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW Oilice Secoiid Floor City llall 'E BY USING t 1H1LMj1 table Compound i *ious Effects. 2 -he USE of CALOMEL I i ' r-Lax Sold and | y All Druggists * t v TO URGE 8 fall, and fertilize it when iff; is in Georgia and we don't ;||| he pests and diseases that i||; ising aud to be doing more |||: a.ve a good grain crop, a Bg rt so bad. Five acres in to the plow, ground well :j;; ; 11 make tilings easy for you s will be hogs?wheat, oats, ij ;j; mighty good grub stake/ ^ou plant it. ijj:\ v . * I U h ' V rE & OIL COMPANY 11 ith Carolina Ab Devi lie-Green wo od MUTUAL IIMCE ASSOCIATION. r m j i Property Insured, $1,890,000. September 1, 1915. |X7'RIT12 TO OR GALL on the nnderslr *T or the Director of your Township or any Information yon may desire alo ior plan of Innnranee. Wk insure your property agalost dsstrat Ion by in, vmm ds uemns, ind do so cheaper tb?n ?dt msnrauoe Com- ' ?*nv Id exlsttooe Dwellings covsred with netsl ronfn are lmmred for 25 per cent cbesper h*D other property. Remember we ar? prepared to prove to yon hflt onr* la tb? safest and cheapest plan 07 nsnranoe known. . J. B. BLAKE, Gen. Agent Abbeville, 8. 0. r. FBASER LYON, Free. < Abbeville, 8. 0. 8. U. Msjor*,... Greenwood t * w.w CokMbnry C H. Dodson ^Donalds '1*. o. hii it . ...? Dae West W. W. L. Keller....^.^.Long Cane I. A. Keller ......^._J3mHhvllle D. A. Wardlaw Cedar Spring W. W. Bradley Abbeville Dr. J. A. Auderson Antrevllle 8. 8. Bole* Lowndeovll]? a o. Grant.? ....Magnolia W. P. Morrah... Galb"n? Mills 8. P. Morrah Bordeaux H. L. Raaor Walnut Grove W. A. Nloklea .. .Hodgee M. G. Bowie* Coronaca D.8. Hattlwanger Ninety-SLx " " Klnarda " " Kellowahln Joseph Lake Phcen'x J. W. 8mlth Verd"*y J. H. Ob Ilea ....Bradley J. W. Lron .. T roy . E. K. MoKeley? Ye dell T. B. Bell PflllBou " " -.-......Blrkseys Abbeville, S. C., June 1, 1915. ESTATE OF MRS. A. A. TUSTEN H Notice of Settlement and Application H for Final Discharge. M TAKE NOTICE that on the 14th I lay of Oct. 1915,1 will render a final 9 iccount o^ my actings and doings as 9 Executor of the Estate of Mrs. A. A. B rusten, deceased, .in the office of ffi rudge of Probate for Abbeville Coun- H y at 10 o'clock, a. m., and on the H arae day will apply for a final dis- H harge from my trust as such Exe- H utor. All persons having demands against aid estate will present them for paynent on or before that day, proven nd authenticated or be forever iarred. Eugene B. Gary, Executor.