The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 13, 1913, Page FIVE, Image 5
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
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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
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June 261
Auspices I
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Alkehest
Same compai
Bryan and He
1911.
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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.
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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
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