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l h 0ei8t 8 sons. pumiiheri 3 4am''9 Unrspajer: ^for the promotion of the political, Sotw, igrienlttiral and (fommerriat interests of the fleoplf. 'TE "?",!* ??'"r*?"NcE ESTABLISHED 185A YORK, S. C.. Tl.'KSDAYEBiYtfARY 12. 10187 NO. 13 MEETS ! FE IN DEEP SEA DUEL !? i ..'sl rsihh-s Building and Soon Likely Grapple With V- ? >r Supremaey of the Sea? ? that Will Follow. <i r? o oustruction," said Chairman Padgett, sj r "is a naval secret, and all that cart i !<? said is ttial the 13s which are be ing huiit under the authorization of u ? the programme of August, 1?16, are m only a part of the whole number." si What are we going to do with a ' them.' asks the layman out in Mis- tj f sown, who cannot quite associate the ,\ lavages of the Oerman navy with the ;i| inland security of the ozark Moun- >S| i tains. c< i There's a reason. Many of the tl WHEN SUBMARINE SUBMARIN 1**1 < <*!s of ^ alike** Sti)>iiit to Put to Son Will Pouts in St ruirulo ft Imagine tin* Puttie? 1 By Charlet W. Duke. I'tovnled ili> w.ii continues miotic i year. it is <|iiit<- j/ossible that we shal In.u ot great battles lougbi in tin depths ol oii-aii ln'lWM'11 Hi' kaiser's I -boats ami tla- submarines ui tin I niteii States nav>. OiiKiiiiit their way unei ritigly inioiigh tin lathoins by the light ol -lant reflectors that project then poweiiui rays Ihiougli the gieellist iiouiitaiiis ol sea- just as the steam locomotive lollows the silver stream I its headlight along the steel lulls that siiimount lin roail l>eil?so will liie siibiuaiuie ol the near tuture tan lot lit to explore tile depths. .lules Seme's dream then will liavt eonie tine in realistic fashion. All '.Ins is within the range ol possibility ami vciy likely to be developed durum I he next year, according to liaval experts. Instead ol groping in the darkness that closes ilown upon the subiuarine of today as it lowers away into the depths until the "eyes" ol' us periscopes have dipped through the salt spray into oblivion, the submersible feeling lis way a lolls with the aid of * tiie gy io-coinpass we shall lind it soon illuniinatitiK the depths and operating more aeeiiralely. more potently, in the glow ol lis own light. U- Boats Developed Rapidly ..ii. tlmt i his is lillt one fil'll'llir It-Ms iar> ? . ?I I In- luKleal developments to l?0 peeled In the evolution of the submarine. Three ami a half years ago, at the beginning of the world war, the siihniarine was an experimental toy that had yet to he proved. The I'Ih>iit of l'.tli Wits a mere pygmy eoml hi red to the giant stibinartiie erinser todiiy. Take, for instance. the I'lliled States suhltiarille of the Kelass thiil was h>st recently with its erew. eotnparc it with the latest Hernia 11 submarine cruiser. It is almost like placing the ai|tiariuni, down at th?- Itiiltery, New York, alongside the tallest Itroadway skyscraper. So rapid lias been the development of the submarine that it has grown in these last three years into the pitilessly powerful instrument not so long ago depicted only in fiction. The vessel on which t'aptain Neinu ex ill the wonders of the under se.i world through hundreds of pages ^ 11 f 'Twenty Thousand Leagues i'ndcr 'J'1 -tn, ^eu. ia" ri AfQic' ~dream <7iffTRsl completely realized. Kven now Ameriean sulmmrine engineers are perfecting the .subsca erawler whlrli is to worm its wa> over the liottwni of the sea under its own power and guided hy its own light Herman engineers ha\e announced their intention alter the war to utilize the I*-hunt in reclaiming hundreds of \uluahlc slups ami cargoes sent to the bottom l?y the conscienceless torpedo. Wli.it more to expect, then, when the submarine lias been raised to the nib power of perfection than thai submarines will tight submarines in titanic undersea battles deep down bc>ond the vision of man steel whale against steel wliale in a tight ?1 ' tie a ease always of the survival ??f the llttcsL Imagine one submarine, its engines stilled, its steel body resting inert in the fathoms, on guard. Its inierophone, or iteteetaphones, are set te catch the faintest sound of an approaching enemy. ThrouKh the mass of water conies eventually the steady whirr of propeller blades that deludes the approach of another submarine. Silently the submarine guard awaits its prey. Hy the use of the microphone anil other delicate nautical instrument.'' the submarine on guard is able tci judge accurately the position of tin approaching t'-boal. At the psychological moment the submarine (lashes on its strongest retlectors, the l'boat is caught full in the gl ire of (lit piercing rays, a torpedo ?|ieods from the submarine, and presto! the I*boat receives its death wound! A Hand-to-Hand Undersea* Battle ??r picture two submarines in a great, grappling, hand-to-hand contest. a submarine duel, if you please - something like the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Maneuvering like two giant swordlisli the two craft try to rant each other, the conning tour of each a vulnerable target, the thin skin of each hull ft the softest tissue before the impact of a steel nose dashing along at lie knots an hour or better. These are not unreasonable thingto expect when one considers the Tnnrvclous development of the submarine from a mere cheesebox to a huge cruiser capable of carrying stores of men and tons of freight The longer the war lasts the inort marvelous will tie the application ol science to perfection of those agencies of buttle now already so potent. Since the war begun and the submarine proved a feasible method o! navigation there has been much talk of submarine freighters as a mean; of outwitting blockades and carrying much-needed food and munition supplies to beleaguered nations. Hut wit! the advent of the electric headlight for the submarine such a plan seems not so easy. A submarine cruiser st illuminated could cut down the un derwater freighter and mete out th< same ruthless brand of spurlos vers enkt as is aeeorded the surface traveler. At any rate, we are likely soon t< aee the submarine pitted against th( submarine. Although Germany's iner chant marine has been swept froir the sea and her fleets are bottled ui ? in the Kiel canal, the United Statei ^ is build in* submarines by the whole sale. Only a short time ago. speakinf In St. Louis, t'hairman Padgett, ol the house naval committee, said tha within a year the United States woult have a submarine fleet every whit a good as that of Germany, or better "The number of submarines undei i submarines undei* construction for our ;j( I government are small submersible* j? nilemleil for home defense. They will lie distributed at the mouths of all w la lite rivers, at the big ba>s leading y? I to the Atlantic and i'aeilie cities, and ,,| .1 villi teen- uoints. Woe to the ,|, < enemy who ventures within range of c 1 llieir torpedo tubes: In addition to these Geo ami ynO \\ 1 ton submarines the government is ,j building many huge submarines of t|, 1 the cruiser type, large and larger M, than the Schley, at present the larg- Ml est submarine in service with our n, 1 lleets. w 'I'lies.1 lug fellows of ours will be ,|, sea-going vessels, or "Meet subina- s| lines," that will proceed front Atlantic ports across the ocean under ,,, their own power and become identi- ,,v tied Willi the Meet of Admnal Sims |j, ill activities over there. It What are they going In do with the < , Ilia new submarines which are "only ft, a pari of the whole number." dc- u scribed by chairman Padgett? asks ( the landlubber, as he scans the sea in s|( vain for sight of a Herman Hag. sj It remains to tie seen: but we can |1; venture a surmise that some of our m new submarine lleets may take a chance excursion beyuml Helgoland js into the "sacred waters" that encircle slJ tiie great German naval base. Fur- y; t lien note, we can venture a surmise jt that the American submarine and the ol tierinan I'-boat are going to run afoul of each other after a while. Lately we have heard something of the newest type of German suhniarines. They are giant vessels carry- ' ing sixteen torpedoes and so seaworthy J as to weather the winter gales with case. They are equipped with "wet n' guns," which means that the sub- th ' inersible's weapons no longer are of tr old t>q^e thut had to be raised in-l'e ' 1o position on" clecK TTeforc Ihey could <n lie tired, but are constructed of material unaffected by the salt water, w mounted on stationary platforms and ' ready always for action the moment ' their muzzles project above tin* t'u waves. These new U-boats can re- tii I main away from their bases six m weeks. In Such is the perfected instrument "*J 1 of warfi'.'-c against which the United at States navy must contend, it is now ta exactly three and a half years since h; i the war began, it is now just one p? ' your since Germany let loose her tli unrestricted U-boat warfare. Despite i the mobilization of all the brpins of |,j i the allied nations, the U-boat is still |a I an enemy uneonquered. It still re- Gj mains for some superscicntist to (l| ' evolve a way by means of which the ocean-going merchantmen or warship i can be made immune to the attack ttj i of the underwater scorpion. )l( It is useless to delve into figures w 1 m a discussion of the question, p Where one expert shows that the i U-boat sinkings are decreasing unolher pops up to say that while a less t0 number of ships are being sunk, the rt ships that are going down under Hun ' torpedoes are the very largest food ^ supply ships. Where one expert empiratically declares the U-boats are > being sunk by the allied navies, an- j, i other report comes along to the effect ' that Germany is building more of ^ them, "bigger and better than ever before.'' Still the Big War Factor. st The truth remains, after giving at- ^ i tentibn to all the statistics, that the ^ submarine, after three and a half j, years of war and a full year of unre- ^ strlctcd warfare, is still the big factor ill tltc war. It is the thing the Al- m lies must overcome in order to in' sure the freedom of the seas; for. i unless Germany is s?iuarely pinned to p the mat on land and sea and the U- p, i boat circumvented, the seas will nev- ja , or he free from the ruthless" Prus- tll sian barbarism. ul I Put the U-boat out of business and y Gerntany Is licked. Tales from the 1 interior of the Central powers e| brought home by persons who have ? lived tliere some time and have been a, in contact with the state of the Teutonic national mind show that the w i subjects of the militaristic kaiser are ! "fed up" with stories of the great feats of the l*-boats. Just when star- j? ' vatton and cold are depressing the ln f souls of these enslaved Germans the j? > people are "Jollied along" with the yarns about the submarines. Sj When will the I'-boats be beaten? r It is a question to be answered only p l by saying that It will be done when v, ? the full strength of our resources are 0| t thrown into the tight What has the A U-boat been able to do in the way 6f c< > preventing the transportation of our tr t army to France? Not much, with w s the exception of the sinking of the > transports Antilles, homeward bound. at and the Tuscania. Thousands of men _ * were moved front the United States U| to France, with all the supplies ne- al cessary to sustain them, and just one transport sunn, ivuui mm a) > being maintained more than 3,500 Q| ? mile* from its home base because the ja United States navy is keeping the sea ^ i open and the U-boat under cover. h, ) During these three and a half c< * years of war but nine Rngllsh troop p, - ships have been sunk and not more 8j C than 2.000 lives lost, due to the rav- q f ages of the U-boats. Frequently a ^ t quarter of a million troops have been 1 on the water on transports at one s time. All in all, more than 11,000,000 h . troops have been transported without h r mishap of any kind. tl This is accounted for hy reason ol ie f 11 ft that stronu convoys at tern i?- movement of tr.>o[> ships. <*onsdr the heavy movements from Curtail. from Australia, from Africa and Iiu-r points to the European battle. i-l<ls. Very effectually it has bei t iioivn that where there arc- sulli -lit convoy units the L"-bout date; ot trust its fact- above the waves. It ur own ?*? , tin- accuracy of ':hc ankee gunners and the puissance ol ii- depth bombs dropped from out estroycrs have ha t their deadly etui upon the "herr koimii.indent" ol n- I*-boats and their "iinterseelioot' ulors. Convoys Furnish the Answer. It would seem. then, that tin- mat r of sulliciei.t convoys might evenlally solve tin- problem of L'-boat likings, it is very imrei|uenuy inai convoyed merchantman is sunk? lere is always exception to the rul-v submarine lying in wait occasionly rises silently and unexpectedly to nite the merchantman before the >nvoy gets into action: but as a rule in guns of the destroyer get into tion and the submarine is routed short order. t*mloiihtcdl.\ the convoy facilities ill be greatly improved during the iir 1!?1 n. Iii the Delaware river one at the present time half a liiin ed destroyers are building for neb.- Sum. Knglaml and France are Iding to their fleets all the time, 'hen the t'nitcd States finally gets loiisands of an planes in action iere is no doubt this branch of the rvlce will contribute much to the iligation of tie- I'-boat peril, siuce le Seaplane has been proved a vital eapon in oven-outing the ('-boat le battle between the hawk and the lark. Yes, it is true dial many of the .- trumehts with which we hope to ereoine tin- I'-boats have yet to be lislicd and put nto operation. Mat is a time for patience and eon rted national anion, more umns liin "talking" :nnl less grumbling. is jusi iint* yea since ili<' (iennaii -boat shot its litsi insulting hruadile our way an.I only ten months lire we jtimpoil nt?? the fray. Much is hern done in that time, and much ore will he don.- in IMS. The t'-bout is no longer the neinisthat .I formerly was. Slowly but irely the tentacles of science and unkee ingenuity are closing around Kventiiall.v it will tie overcome? ily, have a l?it of patience, please. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. ;cord of Current: Happenings Col lectea from various couiccs. c. I.oomis Allen of Syiiicusv, .\. Y., puted millionaire and director of ic war board of the American Klecic itailway association. has mysriously disappeared. He dropped rr of-UTfct?t~on-'3tnrajrr5'-9 at "WaBVgton, whore he was engaged in war ork. Xo explanation has been ofred for his absence. Iccless days are expected to replace lelless days. Die fuel administrai?n has issued a statement that Ihe anufaclure of artificial ice may ive to be curtailed next summer. I'here is danger of a serious short ;e of ammonia and steps are being ken to have as large as possible a irvest of natural ice to meet any ssihle shortage oT artificial ice." ic fuel administration declares. The sinking ol the twin-screw turMi' steamer Tuscania wipes out the st of the Anchor line's famous lloel ' passenger vessels which formerly crated between New York and lasgotv. All have fallen victims to erman torpedoes. The Tuseanta's ster ship, the Transylvania, was toridocd in the Mediterranean last inter while carrying Ifritisli and reneh troops. The Anchor liners uueronia. Caledonia and California -eviously had tiecn sent to the Hot nn either while "trooping" or in the gular passenger service. The Cunard liner Aurania has ?en torpedoed by a submarine, it as learned from officials of the eainsliip company last Friday. The lip was hndly damaged ny me exosion t>ut diil nut sink. Shu is bepv?l tu bo making hor way back i port with tho assistance of govnment vessels. The liner, it was ated. had just left a foreign port >und for this country. She carried it little cargo. The A Urania was of 1.400 tons grjss. She is a sister lip of the f'lnard liner Andania, hieh was torpedoed and sunk last onth. German Prisoners at Hot Springs.? our hundred and twenty Herman risoners passed through Spartanburg st night in a special train en route i the concentration camp for civilii German prisoners at Hot Springs. . f\, where there are already 1,700 ertnan prisoners. When the prison's who were here arrived at Hot wrings there will be L'.l2" Teutons the camp. When the t'nited States declared ar against Germany there were 10 Germans aboard German nierinnt ships in the bay ot Manila, hilllpine Islr nils. The vessels were thnsi' .'ilioard Mere taken isoners ami sent to tho Pacific nist. After spending some time in in Francisco they were placed on >ard a ship and carried through the anamn Cant 1 to Charleston. The *ssel arrived at Charleston last night this morning, and after all the Itos, Hans, Fritz, etc.. had been ac>unted for they hoarded a special ain and the Journey to Hot Springs as begun. There were a number of guards soard the train?not military guards -civilian guards, for prisoners are nder the department of labor and re therefore not military prisoners. As has already been stated there re now at Hot Springs 1,700 prlsners and it is said quite a little vilige has been built there. By tolorrow morning the population will ave been Increased considerably and >nsiderab)e excitement will no doubt revall. The government it is said, is towing every consideration to the erman prisoners. ? Spartanburg ierald, Friday. ? John G. Richards has announced is candidacy for governor. He says e will be in the Democratic primary ila summer. I SOLDIERS IN THE MAKING | i Work the Boys Are Doing at Camp ; Sevier. < LEARNING TO STORM ENEMY DEFENSES James D. Grist Tells of Some of the f Strenuous Exercises that he is Being Put Through and How He is Getting Along With the Work?Bos Did f Not Think They Could Make It, but i Find Out that it Could Be Done. (Passed by the Censor.) i unip Sevier, Greenville, S. P.. February 7th?"It there were forty- 1 eight instead of twenty-four hours in a day 1 expect 1 could perform properly all the duties I am expected to perform," is a remark 1 heard a < major of the medicul department make a few days ago. He wasn't kicking; but merely illustrating the fart that there is so muni to u<> m i connection with training and getting t this army in sliape for business that < it is well nigh impossible to do it in : the time allotted. I heartily indorsed J 1 his sentiment, though it wasn't ad- | dressed to nie since majors are not I in the habit of voicing such opinions ; to hock privates or other noli des- \ eripts. lint there is no doubt of the t fact that lite several weeks' training ( lost recently on account of the wea- t tht-r, is being made up now. Kvery- I boity is so busy that there is hardly I time lo write a letter to the folks hack home. I shaved myscll this i afternoon with razor in one hand (and brush too); while with the other I ; was writing an official letter and at i the same time wondering how long | it will be before I learn to properly ? "squad right". They sa.v one can *| never be rated as a real good soldier t until he can do at least six different : things at one time and do them all ... well. l"|i to now it is all 1 can do to \ > i-r.iitii one task at a time a* it j should lie clone, because this military " si nil is all very strange in me. Itut j I am ambitious to take on the other j live. ii They had some of us out on what , is culled the "bayonet run" this |( morning for the tlrst time. "Hun" j is right, except there were numerous ? jumps and climbs included in it and { when it Wits over I felt like a house s looks after a cyclone has struck it. ( This bayonet run is composed of a 0 series of obstacles several hundred ^ feet apart and the object is to train j the men to negotiate these obstacles in the quickest possible time. There v are two hurdles, a zig-zag ana a solid wall some ten feet high, each built . of |)ine logs. 'Die tirst hurdle is ap- ,| proximately twenty-four inches in v height; the second strikes me around t my neck. The zig-zag is a frame-, m . wark S>L torn ataaU. ton feet lji I the poles being surmounted by single j: pine logs about four inches in width , and the surface of which is hewn A "smooth." other single logs nailed , to the main poles at about a forty- . live degree angle, support the frame- j work proper. The ten foot wall re- ferret! to above is constructed of pine t logs one above the other as closely - as possible; and the builders had no thought for leaving the soldier who had to olinib them, a hand or toe hold. These are the barricades and barriers in use "over there," and wo must learn how to go over them here. There were two squad or sixteen men in the crowd that started over with me this morning unci none of us hail ever seen or heard of a bayonet run before. In fact we didn't know where we were going until we were on our way. The sergeant instructor gave a command something like: "Kun, men and git over, and devil take the hindmost." Somebody started forward and of course the rest followed. The first hurdle was easy enough. The second hurdle some fifty feet further on, and neck high, wasn't to easy and most of us, including myself, decided that the best way over it was under it, and consequently about eight crawled under instead of over. We then started to run toward the zig-zag arrangement. An ollicer was standing nearby watching us and he had observed those of us who ran under the high hurdle. I heard him say something about "You can alwuys calculate that there is a streak of yellow in a fellow who isn't willing to take a chance at getting hurt when he has a hard task to perform." 1 stopped right there and turned around, resolved to jump that hurdle If I broke my neck. A little Jew next to me who had also ducked under, turned around and started back also. The others who slid under were ordered back. Then a second order "over the hurdle" was given and we started over again. I shut my eyes and turned myself loose, fully expecting to break an arm at least, and the next thing 1 knew I was on the other side with my legs over my arms and my nose in two inches of mud. The little Jew who was running beside me had also gotten over and lunded on my back pushing my head into tn?- uroresani muu. bui we were oxer, an*1 there was no stigma of "yellow" conected with us any more. Then we tackled the zig-zag and started up the supports to the affair. It isn't easy climbing a pine pole four inches through and ten feet high at an angle of forty-five degrees and . in order to get on top at -the first trial all of us had to "coon" it. as the experienced men termed our action, i That is we hugged the pole and climbed up. The poles on the top of i the zig-zag were no larger, and It i took quite a little care to walk erect . on a distance of three feet; then turn to the left and walk another three feet; then three to the right and then to the left again. But it was done and without any casualties. The next test was to jump to the ground and run to the pine log wall some fifty feet beyond. It waa the I work of only a few moments to run there; but it required several mlnu, tea of laborious effort to get over. , The wall has no toe holds except - perfectly rounded logB Joined. When we arrived at the wall and were ordered over, all of us stood there look| ing up much as a pack of dogs do ( at thet ree in which there is a 'pos, sum?only we were treed. But we started clawing and grasping at noth" \ \ N inx. an<l after ??me little while every it' ,ack was on top and hail jumped ten feet to the ground on the other Hide With that the first test was over. We Were informed that we did fairly well for beginners and in the course of a few months we might learn to get over in decent time We were also informed that we would hu\e to go over twice e\ery day. Every one of us said "damn." ? and then grinned as we alwajs do. Thus are we learning to be aerobats on the side. All vaudeville troops and c ircuses in need of acrobatic performers at the close of the war are invited to apply to I'onipan.v E. 119th Infantry, if there is any company left kl of us after the war. Jas. l>. Urist. al l)i THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON aI w Jews of the World Contemplate its Re- c'a construction. There is an ancient triumphal arch at idorning the Itomun Forum which in ortruys, with meticulous detail, the on<|Uering hosts of Titus, as they bear v' ?ff the seven-branched candlesticks KI nd other booty from the Temple at 111 lerusalem. Nearly 1,900 years have as.sed since the Itomans sacked the Holy City and the conqueror was ot siven his "triumph" along the Appian A'ay. The Itomans of the Caesars and a he Israelites of Jehovah's chosen cople have long ceased to he; hut he modern Jew in his wailing place ou ins never forgotten in his prayers the toary vow that the stones of the n' rem pie shall once more he set lip on lit' sacred abode of Israel's God. 11 At last came a day when it seemed is though the age-long prayer had lit eeii heard. The Jews within the sa Inly City were gathered together to elehrate the re-dedication of the rent pie. a ceremony which harks hack s" 0 the days when Judith Muccabee tn 1 rove out the Syrian tyrant and *?' lea used the holy place u|ion that spot vhlch is now the site of tiie famous I1' itos<|?'* of f'mar. No more woulii the daughters of Jtulah" "hang thctr iar|m ii|mn the wllliws," and "refuse o sing tin- songs of Zion." For high in I hi- Tower of Jerusalem flouted the ja Iritish flu it, anil through the gates p., iinie soldiers of Uome, following n fiji ung line of Itrilish infantry. The jn tews knew that they marched In no al pirit of triumph or of conquest; knew cv hat Jerusalem had again heen re- 0f tored to its ancient people, and that w| he Temple of Solomon would have ino more successor upon the thresh- Df ng lloor of Araunah. which David bi utrchnsed and set aside for that w, Holy House" which his son Solomon re ins to huild. w, The Temple of Solomon was com- ;n ileted in the year 960 H. C. one huntred and tifty thousand workmen be cere employed In its construe- th Jan. It has lieen estimated that the w| Skfar-ost of the building was about w WKSmLsi iinllnn i VfhniuT) 'nrkl M^ly about five years to build. Still nore surprising is it to learn that it (i vas by no means so large as com- m uonly supposed, t'pon careful estl- vt nates of the actual dimensions of the sv lebrew cubit, it is claimed that the ft. I\ in pie proper was not much more ut han 100 feet Ions, 33 feet wide and sx J feet high. Today, one is inclined a 0 ask where all the money went in -u he erection of a building of such pre- bt ieril:ed dimensions. A modern temple al osting six billion dollars could cover ot 1 space of ground much larger than ca hat of St. IVter's at ltonic and still In eave a goodly sinking fund in hand re o run It free of debt forevei. With- b< ait doubt, the new Temple ?vil! have I*' o be a spacious building, for the cc simple reason that orthodox Jewish ar torsllip is of the congregational type tli iltd no longer tolerates the ancient <? brnis of sacrifice or rites in which the th irincipal performers are an 'occlusive uder of priests. th Hut Solomon's Temple was designed mincipally as the abiding place of tli lehovah. as represented by til'.* Ark, ot 'onsei|uently. although the inclosing in oiirts, [torches and priests' uuarters tli overed a large area, the Tempi" conlisted only of the porch, approached y a tiiglit of steps and leading to lie holy place, or antechamber, which, ii its turn, led into the holy of holies, >r shrine of the- ark. The s. cred slJ -laces were entered through large m -ilding doors of cypress. Th" walls of j(j with chambers were lined with boards if cedar from floor to ceiling The n( inly of holies, or inner chamber, was h. -eparated from the holy place by a -a it it ion wall, in which was set a loor of olive wood. In the center of he holy of holies, facing the entrance, tood two cherubim figures o'" olive c.c ,\ood with outstretched Wings and w overed with gold. Among the furn- Ql shings of the chumbers was th-- altar p, if cedar, which was probably the aide of Shewbread and whtch stood re ii rront oi tile entrance to im nine, ihrine. The candlesticks or lamp- rj stands were arranged on each side ^ >!' the entrance. The ark itself, thai jn sacred memorial of early days, had 0| H-en removed from the tent in which se 'avid had housed it and placed within he holy of holies, so as to he under 0I he shadow of the cherubtrn wings. a( The brazen serpent found a place sl somewhere in the temple, not definitely ot mown. In the court of the temple vas the altar of burnt offerings, on fr he site of the earlier altar of David. ^ iotween the altar and the entrance to |(l he temple was one of the most sirik- |j. ng of the creations of Solomon's ''he- w lician artist, the Brazen Sea. a huge C( ircular basin of bronze, with a ca- tll acity of 16.000 gallons, and resting m ipon the backs of twelve bronz? oxen, There were also ^en smaller lavers of t0 ironze resting on wheeled carrleis or w uises. si The Temple of Solomon stood for hree and a half centuries, and was tj. hen razed to the ground by the solllers of Nebuchadnezzar, having first gj .een stripped of everything of value 8j hat could be carried away. In the m irospective rebuilding of the temple, g( t is probable that all the old sym- tc >olic utensils and the structural tea- Ct : 11 res of the Inner temple will be r< atthfully copied. But ancient usages p< tnd many of the material forms of vorshlp have passed away beyond all vturn. The real problem for the ft lew* will be the right disposal of the tl present lfosque of Omar, or Dome of ol he Rock. It Is a magnificent shrine of st vu^pnraedian worship, and doubtless ai r. nave to be transferred to another ol K -Christian Science Monitor. f i -.v.,-/ THE MANIA DISASTER Directed Description of Sinking ol Transport. MERICANS ACTED AS AMERICANS ig Liner Went Down in Short Time After Being Struck: but there Wa< Little Confusion on Board and The Loss of Life was Comparatively Small. Lurne, Ireland, Feb. 7 (via Lonjiii.?In the face of death?not the ind of death that conies in a fair id manly fashion on the battlefield .. uiuit lit vnn from iletitll ii ucaui luai 0|'hv ?. ... nl darkness by the viper of the sea lien you're not looking because you in't?two thousand one hundred and ty-six American soldier boys stood attention on the deck of the slnkg transport Tuscania. In their eyes tarkled the tire of detlunce and inncible courage?on their lips was a im smile und from the throats of any thundered a mighty chorus: "My Country, Tis of Thee!" 1'hen, many of them still singing, hers joking and some cursing, they gan to seamper for their lives. Not wince or a whine anywhere?it was e most orderly, most good-humorI retreat from the sea serpent reirded in the history of I'-boat warre. it was a tall hustle. More than ne-tenths of them saw it through. They told it. most of them, as if Were the most amusing event of ieir lives. Time, when they llrst >t here, there was much anxiety and dness in their heurts, for they dn't know how many of their collides had "pulled through." liut on word came from Huncraiia, I no iles from here and later from Kort lien, Islay, Scotland, of the landg of many hundreds, and it became ain that hut a small fraction of the tal had gone down. In Scrappy Humor. Say," burst out a husky young ichigan man, beginning with the ilend of tlie story. "What's that the icilists always ask: What are we rhting for." Listen! When 1 get to that front trench in France I'll iswer that question. And I bet eryone of these fellows, every one us that went through this thing, ill answer it the same way." He was still shivering from hours oxposu.-c. though now wrapped in a ige blanket donuted by a kindly Irish atnan. But his cheeks glowed with d-hot battle fever ;us he spoke. His ards epitomized the innermost feelgs of all Tuscania survivors. To these men the t'-boat attack has en a baptism of tire. They're all rough with the preliminaries, und hat they're aching is action of the nd here they can hit back. "Hew's ft funny thing." said?? urdy ex-guurdsttian from Detroit tames are withheld at the Mamies' own request)?"I'd been ncr>us all through the trip. My whole stem seemed strung up. It wasn't ar, by tlawd, no?yes, it was fear, . that; the fear that some sneak I' Jill A'CUIU gel ?s unuir >. * .. chance to do something to Fritz 1 the front. I'm always cr>ing to > honest with myself, hut 1 was sure 1 along it was this fear, not the her, physical sort. And the proof ime to me when the ship was struck, i that moment, though I was sent ellng hark against something iron ;hind me, 1 felt the Intensest relief ve ever felt in my life. The unrtainty was over, the hit had come, id from thut moment on my only lought was to he able to hit hack, f course, there was no chance for tat then, but that's why I'm glad, e: because I'm still alive to return ic compliment." Emphatic nods and shouts, "that's le way I feel," from the little crowd ' survivors around the speaker and tervlewer showed he had spoken le hearts of his comrades. Detailed Story. Pieced together from various eyeitness* accounts, this Is the story of hat happened Tuesday night: The 14,000-ton liner Tuscania, last irvivor of the Anchor line's luxurtts ships, was on the last lap of her urney. Th.. mo us aboard knew that the artheast coast of Ireland was at tnd and the nutural nervous strain lat had marked their mood during le greater part of the voyage was ven way to Joyous expectancy. The weather was clear and the sea impuratively calm. The Tuscania as steaming nmidst a number of her vessels. American and British, uck was fast yielding to complete irkness. The Tuscania's lights, for usons best known to her comman?r, were out. I'ncle Sam's emissaes to Armageddon were jKissing the me in manifold ways, reading, singg, playing checkers, writing letters. peering over the railing into the a. Suddenly a squall went up 'from te of the companion ships. It was Ulressed to the Tuscania and its ibstance was: "Torpedo on way; lay r... From the bridge the wind carried agmcnts of a sharp command. Enne signals were heard. The big iter let out a muffled groan, as if liking under her master's iron hand hich was Jerking her out of her nirse. Then. Just as the ship was irnlng. came the crash. The next inute she bowed surrender with a aavy starboard list. She kept it up * the end. and that killed and ounded more men than any other ngle factor in the disaster. "Lights on!" came the signal from te bridge, and in a second the vessl was illuminated by a myriad of aring globes. With that irrepresble curiosity that takes hold of a an in the moments of greatest dan ?r. hundreds of Americans rushed i peer In all directions, trying to itrh a glimpse of the undersea fer>t. No one saw even as much as a friscope. 2,156 Men 8ingin0. Everything now happened with ash-like speed. But brief as it was, tat spectacle of the 2.16* American Ulcers and men lining up on deck, anding at attention for a moment, ad then singing "My Country, ,TVi t Thee,** will ever live. They kept on singing all through I lie buttle for life that followed "Thell Star-Spangled thinner." came next and I then with the growing tension iwid i grimneas and fury, airs of a lighter strain went up. There'll be a Hot " Time," and "TheJ've Hot to Cut That i >ut." ? ere fuvorltes. i Also there was considerable "plain p 1 I'nitcd States." The torpedo had struck the Tuscania amidships. The explosion was E territic. but it did not rent the big liner asunder, sinking it in a few minutes as it might have. Accounts var> as to how long sh eremained afloat, but ' it was long enough to prevent a ter- 11 rible loll. h The growing starboard list made the ' lowering of lifeboats on that side dif- ' ticult and dangerous, and 011 the other ?* side impossible. " Rockets and red flares went up a from the Tuscaniu without pause. They nerved more for illuminating n purposes tlyvi for bringing aid, for 01 that had come with lightning speed ? immediately after the crash. All w around the sinking liner British torpedo boats were working feverishly 1 and successfully to speed the rescue ^ work. When they heard the Ameri- '* cans singing the British themselves h began to sing; the Tuscania's crew already had spontaneously burst into " "Cod Save the King." 1,1 Experiences. > Deeper and deeped tin- Tuscania " bowed starboard wards. That's what 11 the troopers were cursing most, for ' this list was responsible for many 1' deaths and painful wounds. Boats overturned while still suspended in the air. others were capsized when hurled by the sea against the liner's ci side. Others were hopelessly tied up it by ropes. Soon there were swim- In ming around the liner scores of men \l struggling for their lives. Some had r? Jumped overboard without life belts, oi but most of them had been hurled out hi of overturned boats. Meanwhile a| other boats were still being lowered, h; In some eases these dealt death as < < they hit the water, life-savers taking p; lives. Some tlied from exposure. The m majority, however, of those that Kot hi safely away from the liner in boats m stood the trial well. m "I made a human boat of myself." fi said an Ohio infantryman. "The boat || I got Into turned over, itnd as I was al swimming for my life, 1 came across t? a couple of oitrs. They're big, heavy la birds, you know, so 1 paddled along <t. very nicely until I struck a large h: raft with a couple of fellows already tl on it. And whom do you suppose 1 s, met on that raft? My pal. Charlie fe . We came from the same town, p, .1 ..?.l 1,? ,1 were tinmen losi-inci, umi ua<> un.. in the same boat when It was cop- tc sized." it PALMETTO GLEANINGS. Happenings And Events Ot Interest in '1 South Carolina. c! Mr. Frank W. Shealy, South Cam- T1 lina railroad commissioner, was mar- 11 rietl in the olflce of the commission ^ Friday afternoon to Mrs. Gladys Johns Hunter, daughter of \V. 1. s< Johns of Haldock, the ltev. \V. H. ''' Uiser of Lexington. otllclatinK. fc Captain Rossi ter Holhrook. Co. C, ^ loKth infantry. Camp Wadsworth, ( plaeetl on trial before a eourtmartial Thursday on the charge of being drunk and disorderly in camp and absenting himself front an otlicers' school, entered n formal plea of not ' guilty but later made the plea of temporary mental aberation of mind. The eourtmartial reported the status of the case, and the fact that the issue of temporary insanity had been ( made, to General O'ltyan. who immediately named a board to take Captain Holbrook under personal ob- ^ u?"nn Thiu hnurH uill not rellort for Home time yet, and pending their report nil further proceedings In the cane will be suspended. May Crowder, the four-year-old |r daughter of Mrs. Emily Crowder, was h burned to death; Vance Parker, a j, young man, and Mandy Sanders, domestlc in the Crowder home, are in (( the hospital as a result of.tire Kri- | day morning at Spartanburg, which S( completely destroyed the Crowder j, home. A gasoline tank in a vuleuniz- )( ing plant on the tirst lloor of the ( building exploded and within a few minutes the three-story building was In (lames. The cook inhaled some of |( the tlamea before she jumped from the second-story window, and Mr. j| Parker was seriously burned over the t( lower litjibs in an effort to rescue the child. The latter died in the atnbulance en route to the hospital. . THE "TUMP LINE" v Y Canadian Soldiers Take a Hint From H The Red Indians. v Renter's Agency learns that the il Canadians have Introduced into the P army a new method of carrying loads, h known as the tump-line. It is based ? on simple principles used for generations by North American Indians. Hv K its use -one man Is able to carry the rr ordinary loud of two men for a greater 8 distance over slippery, devastated ? ground, and with less fatigue than a P soldier can carry his own ordinary h load, while it enables troops to shift ? hack on march and greatly increase E their marching capacity. t* The tump-line, made of leather, has > three component parts?the browband, 01 J1 inches long by about 3 inches wide in the center, and tapering to about > one inch at each end, and two straps. C( each 7 or more feet long sewed to the k ends. The browband Is passed over H the head just above the brow and the J load rests high up on the back. The tumper walks slightly bent forward. A and can steady the load by holding the nr straps about the level of the ears. The si training of the man is very simple, no previous experience being required, i Trump-line companies have been formed In connection with each Canadian E brigade. T ? m a ? In his weekly review of the pro- n gress of the war, Secretary Baker says a that from all available Information, the Allies have superiority In both men and guns on the western front?that Is as' s to number of men and number of s runs. He warns the people not to give a too much evidence to stories of strikes fl and uprisings In Germany, or to ru-. I< mors of peace, and the Ilka He has t no idea that the Germans are eon- c slderlng peace, and be does not want y the people of the United States to relax . their efforts on the theory that ths war win soon ho at an sad. b rOLD Br LOCAL EXCHANGES lews Happenings Id Neighboring Communities. QNUENSED FOB QUICK READINIi lealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee. Cleveland. Gaston and Chester Counties. Gaffney Ledger. Feb. 9: 1'ostinastor lafTney said yostorday that only uiii' lien Herman had rritutvrril with tin. The nann- of the registrant t> '. T. stulkey and ho is front KfttK* 'rook. Mr. Sulkoy told tho post must r that ho loft iSortnany because of lilitarisni. and that ho is truly lo>I to America. Ho say* ho applied ar naturalization papers In 1H6S, but ad never secured them The real state market Is becoming active is vtdenced by the transactions which ere consummated through the Inlirancc Trust t*o. of tJaffney. A lot on herokec avenue was sold to Mrs. Iinnie Settlemyer. the consideration einK H5?. J. T. Haines purchased a ousc and lot on i'herokec avenue ir which he paid ll.tiutf. It. T. ? >lent purchased a store and dwelluiK a Kast Frederick stni't for which e paid tl.iiaa. Nineteen ami a half rres of land, one mile north of iSaffey. was sold to 1* Haiurtck lor Ml. In addition to the above sales, ie Trust company handled a mini it of shares of stocks and bonds Fort Mill Times, Feb. 7: From Holy lr< usurer's r?-|K>rt it ap|s-ars thai u- do? population of Fort Mill has it'll considerably reduced from preioiis years, only $vuo revenue beiiik ceiled from tills source. Since the rdinauces provide a tax of $1 for each ale and for each female, it would lipenr that not more than eiytht doits live made their litihltat within the in tines of the city limits diirinn tho si year enuuge in me man cvli'i' and iini' for which no one Ihtc ik >ci been alilc In flml ea use, was lade nn Tuesday, when the evening iirtliliniiinl mail ear was transferred 0111 train Xo. 32 In train No. 2X. eretolore this mall reaehed I'ort Mill I iS:40 p hi., but under the new arinceinent It arrives at 7.40, one homier. and some lime after the general livery window at the Ineal postottree is rinsed for the day Through ie efforts of Mayor It. K. I'atterson, a eond car of coal has been revolved >r distribution among the needy Tamil's of Fort Mill, the cost to the conniter being only the actual cost to the iwii for the purchase of the coal and s distribution. Chester Reporter, Feb. 7: The go\ nun-ut has not thrown the Knlsley ise and the cases against Priests 'Hern .TfTn tJlIfr out o7 IIHimit at'-""" "" junt of any Catholic domination ut Washington, we take it, but simply as preventive against discord and dls nsion at a time when the united fore< and energies of I he Amntry are ceiled against a terrible and relentless >e A jury before Clerk of Court no. K. Cornwell as judge at Fort awn Tuesday, in eondemnation pro[ edings brought l>y the Southern ower Co- against Mr. Walter McFoilen. awarded the latter $2,125 as the mount due him for running a tower ne across his premises, in close pro* nlty to residence property. Mr. A. I,, aslon, tlie Southern Power eompany's ttorney, looked after ills client's in rests, while Mr. Samuel K. McFud -I *1- UnCnililon I'll n'|)H'M |?u u .* ?. fiuiK , ?1W. ... he SonthiTii I'ower Co. is running fw town- line parallel to tin- old lino. similar case will lie disposed of totorrow at I towel fa, the proceedings in tils ease to lie directed against Mrs. I ma (I. Furls Mrs. M. I* Steiulurn. widow of the late D. W- Stead inn. died this morning at the home of or daughter, Mrs. Jan. I', Culp, In lock llill, and will lie buried tomorrow t ('ajiers Chapel. Funeral services by lev. It. K. Sharpi'. The deceased reided lor many years in the eastern ;-etion of Chester county, and leave* a irge circle of I'riend* to mourn her iss. She was HI years of age, and i survived by two sons, Messrs. J. H. nd C. D. Steadinan of Sharon, (bt., and ne daughter, Mrs. Jus. I*. Culp ot Itock I ill; also by one sister, Mrs. It. M. loss of this city Mr. John Henry lardin of Cheater So. 3, died at one of lc hospitals In this city Monday renlng, after an illness of several eeks, and was buried Tuesday at rmenia graveyard, the funeral secices being conducted by Itevs. J. II. arborough and It. K. Nharpe. Mr. lardin was the only son of the late lr. and Mrs. Henry Hardin, and was bout 45 years of age. He was of h-asant disposition, big-hearted, und ad numerous friends. He is survived y his widow, who was Miss Leila rant, and two children, Mis* Mary Irnrna and Wilbur Hardin- He was a lember of Calvary Itaptist church evenly-Ove class 1 registrants?11 hite and 63 colored?underwent a hysical examination at the courtouse yesterdny, and a similar nuriier are being examined today. Dr. II. I. Cornwell, member of the local board, i in charge of the examination, and is eing assisted, as last summer, by the ther members of the medical fraternif. The twelve white men examined esterday were classed as follows; Acppted as tit for general military serv:e?Lucius C. Jackson, Jesse Starnes. ,obt. X. Varnadore, Luther Lee Smith, udson II. Campbell, James B. Henson, lanly K. Meador. Jamcn E. Bigham. ccepted as fit for special or limited tllltary service?Fuller Austin. Phyically disqualified?Othar W. Thomas, [essrs. Dalton Hewett and Roht. C. IcLurkin will be sent before the tate board at Greenville. Messrs. \V. ). Rodman. Itobt. E. Young, Fred A. riplet and Willie N. Ross who were mong the first to be examined this lorning. were classed as fit for generI military service. Governor E. L. Phillips of Wlsconin, on Wednesday night issued a tatement to the people of that state nd Michigan, to whom came the irst great sacrifice of the war in the >4b of the Tuscan ia. He calls upon hem to accept the loss with the same ourage that the men gave their lives, le offered the gratitude and sympaby of all the commonwealth to the ereaved ones.