The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 21, 1908, Page SEVEN, Image 7
ADMIRAL EVANS RETIRES.
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His Retirement Made the Occasion
for a Celebration at Lake Molionk.
Lake Mohonk, N. Y., August 18.?
Far from grim war ships and the
sen, where he spent nearly half a
century in the service of his country,
Rear Admiral Rob ley 1). Evans, of
the United States navy, who is at this
quiet mountain hotel, reached the age
limit of 02 years today, and passed
from the ransotehi'ck 13 TTAON
from the ranks of the country's active
seafighters. Here where fourteen
peace conferences have assembled,
sending forth to the world ap|L
peals that arms be laid down, one of
?the world's greatest naval comnianpfSjyers
laid down his arms, probably
jt>$Jiever again to take them up in the
defence of the country he has servP
ed so well, llis has seen the longL
est service, but two short years of a
m half century, of any man who has
r reached the ofliec of rear admiral in
^kthe United States navy.
All. through the day the hotel was
^ thronged with admirers of "Fighting
H?Bob," as his friends delight to call
JVhim, eager to congratulate him on the
^HG2d birthday and to wish him many
^Hmore. happy and useful years. Tele^ grams
by (lie score reached him from
^Vall ]>arts of the country, all expressj^Bing
felicitation and affection for tin*
man who has done so much to build
jH up the American navy. Many of tho
messages brought smiles to the AdBK
miral's lips, while others brought
V just a suspicion of moisture to his
I eyes. The telegram in particular
B which caused "Fighting Hob" many
smiles came from an old friend in
i Washington and said:
' For some of us, skipper, your
flag Will always fly."
Sailors*, soldiers, statesmen and
civillians, in tad, every walk in life,
i "were represented in the ureal outpouring
of nu-ssages whieii came to
him today.
I "Fit as a Fiddle."
In reply to a friend, who asked the
P ndmiral how he lelt on his 02d birth|
day, he replied characteristically:
flr 14 Fit as a fiddle. I am sixty-two
f years young today, and I expect to
reach a hundred. I am taking on
|V flesh at Die rate of a half a pound a
day, and I have not got a thing to
? do but loaf. Who would not get well
. under such circumstances?"
The admiral said be etfpecleil i<i
'slay here until October, when he will
go to Washington to be associated
i With the general board in an advisory
capacity, lie added tlint he expected
lo do some work before he left here,
having arranged with a magazine to
I write twelve articles on naval subjects.
The formal celebration in honor of
the Admiral took place this evening
in the large parlor <>!' tlx* Mountain
I hotel. The room was gaily decorated
with American flags, but the feature
which attracted the attention of
everybody was a battlescarced flag
\ which the Admiral carried on the
> Towa during the battle with the Spanish
fleet at Santiago. Albert K. Smilev,
introduced as presiding ollicer of
the ceremonies J. 13dward Simmons,
of New York. When Admiral Evans
was brought into the room in a wheel
chair the audience applauded him vigorously,
keeping it up until the Admiral
silently raised his hand as a
request for silence.
i EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
Three Sharp Shocks Felt in California?Over
a Hundred Chimneys
Knocked Down.
FiUreka, Cal., August 18.?Three
sharp earthquake shocks, which
knocked down more than a hundred
chimneys, shattered about forty
' plate glass windows in the business
1 portion of Eureka, broke much crockery
in the houses and sent many people
scurrying from their beds into the
streets, occurred here early today.
The damage reported so far is estimated
at between $2,000 and $:?.000.
The first and sharpest shock came
at 2.f>8 a. m. It was almost as severe
as the one felt here, on April 18, 100;).
At 3.00 another slighter shock was
experienced, followed by a third at
?>.30 o'clock.
The first shock caused practically
[all the damage. Besides shaking down
many chimneys and breaking crockery,
the trembler caused the sixlecufoot
statue of Minerva, on the court
Infuse grounds, to drop her heavy
staff, which crashed through the roof
into Superior Judge Hunt's court
ItfOom.
VX The walls of the court house were
cracked in several places, but the
Bin ma go is not great. The walls of
the Carnegie Library, erected five
years ago at a cost of $2.>,000, were
slightly cracked.
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Reports from (ho Soa/.y ranch, nea
Freshwater, six miles north of Kurt
ka. slate that the earl h<|iiake cause
a hiir fissure in the earth for half
mile. A number of chimneys wor
thrown down in that vicinity, bu
otherwise little damage was done.
The shocks extended as far north ,?i
Blue Lake, 2.') miles from Kurek;
i where some crockery was broken an
, half a dozen chimneys knocked dowi
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CORK OUTPUT IS DECREASING
I Disease AmOhg Cork Oa'/s Threater
I Supply.
That the output of cork is rapidl
- decreasing, owing to disease anion
the cork oaks and lack of knowlod.n
regardintr their treatment and lli
proper metliods of gathering the bail
is asserted by I'. Sautolvne in Ih
i Paris Cosmos. |j mav be that in fi
| lure years we shall have to depen
j entirely on substitnles for (he man
uses to which this substance is no'
put. The writer (juntos especially th
observations of Dr. fbtcomel. who ha
been studying the subject for (w
years past and who advises certai
methods for preserving the growth o
Hie trees. 11<? says:
''The cork trees are perishin
throughout certain regions. (hose o
Mozen and Lavadec, for instanct
Stunted trees with the ends of thei
branches dead are sometimes attack
ed by parasites, mostly fungi. T
these conditions the bark forms
thicker crust with more numerou
holes, it lias no longer (he flexible
ness. the fine texture or even the col
or that have given it its value. Thi
diseased state of the tree makes i
difficult, in dry years, to remove th
bark without injuring the tree. *
A third of the product must be rr
jeoted on account of its small thick
ness, which scarce reaches fifteen mil
limeters (three-fifths of an inch) in
stead of at least an inch.
"The slowness of growth of the in
nor bark does not. as lias boci
thought, cause a finger grain am
greater elasticity: besides, if thos
advantages strictly existed, the
would be offset by increase in th
number and size of the cavities. Oi
the other hand, by delaying the lim
I of gathering the bark, which is don
I normally once in ten years the thick
j ness is not sensibly increased. Th
I annual layers, in fact, diminish ii
size from the outer bark inward. Be
sides, the barking becomes necessar,
every ten years to restore the tree t
its normal activity. 'Surfeited' eorl>
older than the usual ton years, is alsi
I subject to attack by ants. The prin
j cipal defect in the formation of th
canals, simple or branched, that Ira
5 verso the entire thickness of the eorl
J and finally become filled with a dus
j ty brownish powder.
'The stjite of decrepitude of th
; cork oaks is noticed especially ii
i places where the maritime pine flour
' ishos, in dry regions, in an under
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IS | MB jnrUlatn oat of their Joints; noni
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growlli formed almost entireiv
itlie veget;ifion eiicouutct'ccl in ric
| :,nd Minister soils, lint the elinii
y 1 i"M <>1 | lie pine, whose injurious
[v','on 's ll"' ?*!? ;>rly under-stood, d
t> j ni>l benefit the cork trees. whi
s llins isnl;iled, become siniiteil or (
0|Tl lias been observed 1 hat the ym
n cork oaks flourish best in pin
a j where the undergrowth impoverisi
j I ho soil, removes its f'erl ili/.in-j pi
^ i eiples and facilitates the rapid <
j; i appearance of the organic matt
^Cultivated groves are always inl
* | ior to wild ones.
''besides these general causes
n ; deterioration we should mention ci
n i and caterpillars. Heavy frosts eai
s 1 tho hark to separate, injure and (
, I locale the wood and do other kii
l_ J of damage, with much loss of s
s j The men who nather hark 'bleed'
j I trees with a hatchet stroke to fac
p j I a I e the outflow of the sap before
* decomposition. The tool must
.. kept in a perfect state of dentin
i to avoid possible contamination."
I- j Tn specifying sources of injury
i-, the trees, the writer goes on to m
fion various diseases due to parasi
i- hitiiri. some of them aided by iusii
n ci'ent nourishment. Further:
^ i 4 ( \\ it hoiit desiring to dost? a rju
ejtion whose invest igat ion can ban
V , be said to be complete as yet, Mr.
c comet advises rational methods
11 treatment, including absolute si
' prcssion of any use of the grou
.about the trees for farming or p
I urave, the maintenance of ilie nnd
{> jvrowth. moderation in the height
11 which the removal of bark ex ten
* | mill reduction of the number of < ;;
N 'drainage of aecumnlat ion of liqu
0 destruction of the maritime pine, a
" the keeping of the tree within it- n
0 unil limits of territory, without a
attempt at extension toward the f
p est of resinous trees.
I "The uses of cork are very num
vjons; and after tlie most valuable p;
J of the bark has been utilized, all t
: debris and residues may be cmplov
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i & Son, Newberry, S. C.
of' SHARK FISHING OFF HONOLU
i km" , lu.
mi- . - ;ic
Either Hook or Harpoon Used?Moii
ucs stcrs Often Caught Neai'
i'li. tho Shore.
lie.
in*/ "One 111 Hon..lulu's most c.veitim
,.,-s i pastimes is shark fishing,'' said (\cr,
|iOS I. Wilson. :i planter of Honolulu
in- " I.ar?e sharks abound off JI
[is- harbor, and I ishermen may usualP
count on ln-invrinir hack one or (w
Vr- sea monsters IVom eisrht to I'ourleci
1 (Vet lonir hy jroin.tr three or four mile:
of from shore. The fish may either h<
[>](] j or hooked, the latter meth
use * "d heiny the easier. The harpoonim.
lis- Iis danuerous and more difficult
ids1 '"I'lio shark fishers need a smal
lfl'ilieli, a dead horse, some harpoon.I
he 1'ook-i and some 1ar<re calibre ri
ili- II"' horse is sometimes killei
ijs i a day or two before the expedition, a?
j)(, sharks are supposed to like theii
ess horse meat 4 hi-h.' The horse is tie,
at the end of a rope and left to Don 1
tu about sixty feet :,\vay from tlx
launch, and then the waif for tin
. sharks lx>?rins.
[tie
m- "ill usually show up ii
a very short time. At a distance o|
(>s- s'-v'.v 's !' lony trreen object
jlv of indefinite outlines. Flo approache.the
dead horse slowly until a few feel
()j. away and then veers off to one si.h
and disappears. I Wit he always re
ind ,nn,s* ^ver and over ajrain. some;t<_
times for an hour. lie will circle about
1animal, seeming to he a?
suspicions as any fox. While tin
_ . >>!.ail< i> ma kin it these repeater] invevti?_'alioiis
the bait is slowly drawn
, tow,iid | In* boat. \\ lien harpooning
| i> to he done the bait is drawn ?rraj
finally closer until the shark conn1
!l * vi-jlil up to the boat. Then the bar"
j poon is pi ii nired into him and the battle
bet;ins. lie trels exhausted by and
j b\ and then the ritles eouie into plav,
I lie -harks are more easily hook"
I I ed than harpooned. Many touristbejwno
come to Honolulu vet up shark
(,'l- j I'idiitiL- parties. There are launches
j and a??islants f,.r hire. The -hark
^ | usually -joes to the f i-hei n., i who
I help, and a -mall <nin is jo hi- realized
j from the oil its liver affords."
I
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NEWBERRY, S. C.
Condensed from report to State Bank
Examiner at the close of business June
4th, 1 908:
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $371,217.20
Overdrafts 6,521.92
Furniture and Fixtures 3,1 16.93
Cash - 30,599.38
$41 1,455.43
LIABILITIES:
Capital : $ 50,000.00
Undivided Profits net 55,887.90
Dividends Unpaid 1,112.00
Cashiers Checks 1 2.00 B
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Individual Deposits 303,380.21 1
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REPORT OF CONDITION OF
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> condensed from report of State Bank Exam:
iner June 4th, 1908.
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; 0\'cr<lrafts 2,11
| Furniture and fixtures 3,(>96.62
. j Cash on hand and in Banks 26,548.34
i * *
$232,099 64
I.I A III IJT I HS:
1 Capital stock c, 50,000.09
I Surplus, net *8,439.70
Unpaid 1 )ividc<N 12.51
; Cashiers Checks , ,162.80
! Hills Payable 65,000.00
! Deposits, | $ 1 ''192-7*1
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