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AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSES. k Uncle Sam's Beacon Service i< the ' Most Extensive of its Kind. The sea coast line under me jurisdiction of the United States is 48,881 statute miles, measured in three-mile steps. The general government proi vides lighthouses and other aids to navigation along all this coast, with the exception of the Philippine Islands, 11,511 miles, and Panama, where the marking of the coasts is -mQintainpri hv thel ocal goverenmnts. In addition, the United States provides lights along the American shore of the Great Lakes, 4,020 miles and 011 interior and coastal rivers, 5,478 miles. The United States lighthouse ser,4 vice thus maintains lights and other aids to navigation along 46.28S miles of coast line and river channels, a ( length equal to nearly twice the circumference of the earth. In this distance it has 12,824 aids to navigation of all classes, sufficient to piace uue every two miles around the equator. In respect to territory covered and aids maintained, says George R. Putnam, commissioner of lighthouses in the National Geographical Magazine, it is much the most extensively service of i:s kind under a single management. There are 1,462 lights above the order of river post lights, and there are 762 lights having resident .' keepers, 31 light vessel stations and 438 lighted buoys. The total lighted aids 01 an khius is There are in all 933 fog signals, of which 510 are for signal stations. 43 submarine bells, 12^ whistling buoys and 256 bell buoys. There are 6.2S1 unlighted buoys and 1,474 day marks, or unlighted beacons. There are also 516 private aids to navigation, maintained at private expense, but under government supervision. * This service is carried on through ~ an organization ot nineteen uismas, under a central office in Washington. Each district is in charge of a lighthouse inspector and has a local office and one or more supp1^- depots and lighthouse tenders. In all there are 46 of these small vessels which carry the supplies to the stations and place and maintain the buoys and light vessels. About 5,500 men are required for the lighthouse work, of whom 211 are in the executive, engineering and cler ical force, 1,733 are keepers of lights and depots, 1,570 care for post lights, 1,516 are on vessels and 489 are in the construction and repair forces. The entire personnel is under the civil service rules, and appointments and promotions are on a strictly merit system. This is of great importance for the maintenance of good organiza tion and rigid aescj^imt; m a puiu.. technical service, on the efficient conduct cf which is directly dependent the safety of all the lives and all the propertv carried on the seas and the navigable waters of *his country. The annual maintenance cost of The entire service is closet o $35,000,000. and in addition in recent years there * ui nnn nna o has been expenaea ='uuiu ^l.VVV>VVV year on new lighthouse works and vessels. At all important light stations there are from two to five keepers, who maintain a continuous watch of the light all ni^ht and at the approach of fog at all times. At less important are from two to five keepers, who sometimes a single keeper cares for several lights. The first lighthouse on this continent was built by the province of Massachusetts in 1715-1716, on an island in the entrance to Boston harbor. Although candles and even coal fires appear to have been used in lighthouse illumination in England to a much later date, oBston light was probably illuminated from the first by oil lamps. In 1789 the light was produced by sixteen lamps in groups of four. Crude lenses and reflectors were f fitted in 1811, and a\so revolving me* :i- oTtt- hopn Jt onanism, it uavmg ^icuuuoij ? fixed light. Several other lighthouses were built and maintained by the colonial government. For New York harbor and immediate approaches alone 268 aids to navigation are required, including 46 shore lights, two light vessels and 36 lighted buoys; there are 192 buoys of all classes and 37 far signals, including sounding buoys. Among the lighthouses of the country may he found examples of gr6at engineering skill and of dignified and simple design. Various materials have been employed in lighthouse construction, stone, brick, iron, steel, concrete, reinforced concrete and "wood; in new work, however, the latter is now little used because of th desirability of permanency. Numerous types of construction have been used. Where the foundation is exposed, even at the lowest tides, masonry towers have been with great labor and often danger, fitted to i the bed-rock: otherwis- the structure has been erected on iron piles driven, screwed or pumped into the sand on I coral, or on calissons floated to the sight and set on the bottom or sunk deeper by the pneumatic process, or by the use of cofferdams, within ! which the masonry tower has been i erected; smaller structures have bees ! 1 1 ?" piacea on riprap luuuuauvuo. The earliest example now existing of a sea-swept lighthouse is the beautiful tower of Cordonan, built in 1584 j to 1611 on a rock. In the sea at the : mouth of the Gironde, on the west coast of France. This lighthouse has , i since been altered and rais in height. The original structure was 1 elaborately decorated and one floor j was occupied by a chapel. The most famous of the sea-swept lighthouses, is the Eddystone, 13 miles i i~? i 1. i i i-i i j .iruin riyinoum naroor, umgiana. | This was completed in 1690, after ; four years of work. During the first year all that, was accomplished was drilling twelve holes in the rock and i fastening irons in them. This lighthouse, vi. ith the keepers and the engi-y ' neer who built it, disappeared in the , great storm of November, 1703, and i since that time three other lighthouses j I have been erected on Eddystone. | Electric lights are used at a few | light stations only. The expense is too great to warrnt the employment ; of electricity at many important stations. | ' The electric light at Xavesink on the highlands just south cf Xew York I harbor is tfre most powerful coast lii'h.1- in rYe States. This lignt i shows eaoh se< ?r.ds a flash of; one-'eu*!; second il:.v; i m, estimated a: f<-Ot'i1 00" caad1.0 newer. Although: on account of the curvature of the earth the light itself cannot be seen *J.ai rtb leam has been! |f2i;orl?d to have been observed in the sky at a distance of 70 nautical miles.' It is important that lights be so distinguished from each other as to avoid the possibility of the mariner 1 mistaking one for another. To this ! end lights are distinguished by their numbers, colors, intensity or time of visibility. ! Lighthouse construction on the land ! 'is usually comparatively simple, ex-' | I cept when there is difficulty of access ; to the site. But often it is important for the protection of shipping that lighthouses be erected either on rocks j or reefs exposed to the sea or actually j in the water, on sand or rock bottom.! Such work has called forth the great- I est skill of engineers. With the system now available of' flashing and occulting lights it is.pos- j sible to obtain a great variety of > clearly distinguishable characteristics j ?Boston Transcript. STATEMENT i Of the Condition of The ?wberry I Savings Bank, Located at >"ewl>er-1 ry, S. C., at the Close of Business i June 4th, 3918. ! Resources. Loans and discounts $211,484.07 Ov-erdrafts 5,030.43 jiFurniture and fixtures 3,529.00 Other real estate owned.. 22,138.69 Due from banks and bankers 9,790.13 Currency 3,076.00 Gold 137.50 Silver and other minor coin 720.33 Checks and cash items ... 1,080.60 Total S256.986.75 Liabilities, I Capital stock paid in. $ 50,000.00 j Surplus fund 12,500.00 j Undivided profits, less curi rent expenses and taxes paid 7,957.46 j Due to banks and bankers . 7.28 Dividends unpaid 96.00 Individual deposits subject to check 38,626.88 i Savings deposits 106,739.29 j Cashier's checks 1,059.84 I Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 40,000.00 i Total $256,986.75 j siATiii ur buuin County of Newberry, ss. Before me came J. E. Norwood, | cashier of the above named bank, who, .being duly sworn, says that the above I and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by | the books of said bank. J. E. Norwood, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of June, 1913. B. A. Dominick, Notary Public. Correct Attest: James Mcintosh, ; R. McC. Holmes, | C. E. Summer, Directors. i The young girl had be n engaged as an amanuensis by a society woman. She discovered that nearly every day ! the husband and wife had a quarrel so she gave notice that she was going , tr? leave. - - - I "Why?" inquired the lady, in sur- : prise. "Oh, you don't need an amanuensis, | madam," replied the girl. "What you , want is a war correspondent!"?Yon-1 kerc Statesman. . STATEMENT i Of the Condition of the Comraerei.il | Bank, Located at Newberry, S. C.,1 At the Close of Business June 4th, 1913. Resources. Loans and discounts .. ..$400,826.76 Overdrafts 5,011.20 | Orher real estate owned .. 9,750.00 Due from banks and bankers 60,535.25 Currency 7,110.00 Gold .. .. .. 1,955.00 Silver and o>;her minor J coin 605.00 Checks and cash items ... 4,873.78 Total $490,866.99 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund 40,000.00 Undivided profits, less current exp-enses and taxes paid 3 4, < <1.18 Dividends unpaid 1,658.00 ; Due to banks and bankers 502.84 Individual deposits subject to check 133.539.12 -- * Savings deposits 212,037.50 Cashiers checks 158.35? 346.237.Si Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 15,000.00 ' i Total $490,666.99 j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, ss. Before me came J. Y. McFall, cashier of the above named bank, who, ' ^ * being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true | condition of said bank, as shown by ' the books of said bank. T "TT -\r~ Tl^n v. x. -vicr mi. j Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11-th day of June, 1913. R. L. Tarrant, Notary Public. Correst Attest: Jno. M. Kinard, F. Z. Wilson, L. W. Floyd, Directors. STATEMENT Of the Condition of the Farmers Bank, Located at ('happeHs, S. C, at the Cloce of Business .June 45 1913. Resources. Loans and discounts $ 22,714.86 Overdrafts ... 3.59 Furniture and fixtures ... 1,616.72, Banking house 2,131.72 Due from banks and bankers 2,763.78 Currency 405.00 Gold 255.00 i Silver and other minor coin 217.36 Checks and cash items 26.18 Total $ 30,184.21 Liabilities. <japitai stocK paia m .. j.v,uvu.uu | Surplus fund 135.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 1,501.63 Individual deposits subject to check . 7,177.71 Time certificates of deposit 741.78 j Cashier's checks 128.09 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 10,500.00 Total $ 30,184.21 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, ss. Before me came E. L. Cook, cash- j ier of the above named bank, who, be- | _ , % . i ing duly sworn, says tnat tne aoove i and foregoing statement is a true condit:or. of said bank, as shown by the i I books of said bank. E. L. Cook, Cashier. Sworn <to and subscribed before me this 12th day of Jure, 1913. J. R. Irwin, Notary Public. Correct Attest: A. P. Coleman, W. O. Hclloway, H. C. Strother, E'irectors ASSUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stock-1 "holders of the Farmers' Oil Mill will j be held at the courthouse on Saturday, June 28, 1913, ?t 11 o'clock. W. C. Brown, Secretary. 6-13-td. No. 1M4. REPORT Of tlie Condition of the National Bank I of Newberry, S. C., at Newberry, in flip sifnta at SimiHi ('nrnlinii. nt flip Close of Business, June 4th, 1913. Resources. Loans and discounts $307,329.44 Overdrafts, secured and un. secured 2,127.55 j U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 100,000.00 j U. S. Bonds to secure postal savings 2,000.00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds.. 1,100.00 Bonds, securities, etc 9,038.48 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 10,000.00 | Other real estate owned .. 32,700.00 ! Due from National banks (not reserve agents) ... 320.37 Due from State and private banks and bankers, trust companies and Savings banks 45.60 ; Due from approved reserve agents 4,185.30 Checks and other cash items 784.16 Notes of other National banks 2,200.00 Fractional paper currency. nickels and cents 378.06 Lawful money reserve in bank, viz: Specie $6,210.75 Legal-tender notes 4,193.00? 10,403.75 ! Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation) 3,600.00 Total $486,212.71 Liabilities. Capital s'rock paid in $100,000.00 Surplus fund 6,000.00 , Undivided profits, less cur rcnt expenses and taxes paid 8,699.60 National bank notes outstanding 100,000.00 I Due to other National banks 4,548.97 Due to State and private banks and bankers ... .. 65.68 I Dividends unpaid 179.56 Individual deposits subject to check 166,157.48 ^Certified checks 72.50 Cashier's checks outstanding 169.99 Postal savings deposits ... 318.93 Bills payable, including certificates for money bor rowed 100,000.00 Total $486,212.71 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j County of Newberry, ss. I, It. D. Smith, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. R. D. Smith, Cashier. ! Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12:h day of June, 1913. F. G. Davis, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: B. C. Matthews, C. D Weeks, Geo. S. Mower, j] Directors. ( STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ! COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, f Court of Common Pleas. The National Bank of Newberry, < Plaintiff, 1 against D. Essie Blackwelder, the George D. , Mayo Machine Company and George , S Mower, Defendants. ^ By an order of the court herein Ii, will sell at public outcry before the !j court house at Newberry, S. C., to the j 1 highest bidder, within the legal hours ^ of sale. nn Monday, sale day, the 7th I day of July, 1913, all that tract or . parcel of land lying and being situate ( in the Town of Newberry, county and State aforesaid, containing one-half acre, more or less, fronting on Main j or Pratt street of said town, and oth ertvise bounded by lands of the es-1 taie of the late J. W. Chappc-il, by | lands of Mrs. Clara M. McCrarv and by Randall or Catherine street of said \ i town. j Torms of sale: One-third of the pur- | chase money to be paid in cash, andi: the balance on a credit of one year from day of sale, with interest on the credit portion from the day of sale : 1 at the rate of eight per cent, per an-1 num, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate the credit portion in whole or in part, the credit portion to he secured by bond or note of the purchaser and a mortgage of the prem| ises sold, said bond and mortgage to | contain 'the usual stipulation of ten : ! per cent, attornev's fee in the event f I ! the d-ebt will have to be collected by | : foreclosure or has to be put in the ; hands of an attorney for collection. I And the mortgage to be given by the purchaser "to the Master to contain an insurance clause requiring the purchaser to insure the buildings on the said premises against loss or damage ELF Chaut; AN Home Com I June 261 Auspices I 14 Big Attr , Furnish Alkehest Same compai Bryan and He 1911. Watch for Season tickets m ' ????i by fire in a sum not less than the i credit portion of such sale and assign such insurance policy to the Master. The purchaser' shall be required at such sale to pay to the Master the sum J 3f two hundred dollars in cash or by 2er't-ified check when the purchaser's bid is accepted, and in default of such payment the Master shall immediately without delay resell the said premises so bid off, on the same terms. In case the purchaser fails to fully comply with the term sale within five days I ifter the day of sale the Master shall j forthwith reaavertise and resell the said mortgaged premises at the risk Df the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers and recording the same. H. H. Rikard, Master. Newberry, S. C., June 12, 1913. An Irishman out of work applied to the "boss" of a large repair shop in Detroit. When the Celt had stated his sundry and divers qualifications for a "job,'' the superintendent began quiz zing him a bit. Starting quite at random he asked: "Do you know anything about carpentry?" "Shure!" "Do you know how to make a Venetian blind?" "Shure, I'd poke me finger in his eye!"?Harper's Magazine. The Knickerbockered Phflisopher. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "And why do you go to school, Johnnie?" "So's I kin enjoy me vacations more." A mammoth oil driven harvester that is being tried out on Australian ? * ' /-. ! ?+ oivfT7 apfpg wheat fields, suiys auuui- ~ a day. auqua D ling Week to July 2 ?ocal Elks actions 14 / ed by s System V tiy that sent >bson here in / \ / Program $3, Phone 225 ioanHMHHHMmwBwnaMBHnHBnBMBw-4 STATE3fE>T Of the Condition of the Bank of Pomaria, Located at Pomiaria, S. C,. at the Close of Business, June 4th, 1913. Resources. Loans and discounts .. ....$39,716.34 Overdrafts 637.28 Furniture and fixtures .... 1,984.06 Banking house 1,238.50 Due from banks and bankers ... 3,559.88 Currency 1,751.00 Gold 35.00 Silver and other minor coin 60.69 Checks and cash items ... 285.47 Adj. account 5,411.69 Total $54,679.91 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in $15,000.00 Surplus fund ... 2,750.00 Individual deposits subject to check 10,997.85 Savings deposits 7,903.73 Cashier's checks 28.33 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 18,000.00 Total $54,679.91 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, ss. Before me came John C. Aull, cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bsmk. John C. Aull. Sworn to and subscribed before me at-;? i iIott Tune 1Q13 UlIS J.VIII uaj \JI- u Thos. A. Setzler, Notary Public. Correct Attest: Z. T. Pinner, R. H. Hipp, Thos. E. Hentz, Direct oris. 1 i