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SHORT ANO TRAGIC! Career of the First Submarine Used In Real War. SHE WAS BUILT IN MOBILE.! Constructed of Boiler Iron and Crude j ^ In Design, She Was Operated Against j Uk the Federal Ship Housatanic With Disastrous Results. V It is a fact that a submersible boat did actual sen-ice in the war between I the states and was perhaps the first practical submarine used in actual warfare. L The boat was built in Mobile in 1SG4 V by two men named Hundley and McClintock. It was of boiler iron, sharp at both ends and was about thirty feet riong. tive or six feet in beam and five or six feet deep. It was propelled by a screw, the shaft of which ran horizontally along the hold, almost from stem to stern and was turned by eight men, who sat four od each side of the shaft. r i The only hatchway, placed well forward, was two feet in diameter, and it was closed by an iron cap that worked on a binge and was airtight- In the forward part of the cap there was a clear glass bullseye, through which the I pilot could see. The boat had water tight compartments, by filling or empty- j ing which it could sink or rise. A ballast of iron rails was placed outside the k hull, and by meaus of keys they could be detached so that the boat could rise instantly if necessary. Besides a rudder, the boat had side paddles, or fins, which could be used to guide it up or down through the water. The boat could go perhaps four knots I an hour. It could remain submerged for half an hour or an hour witnout 1 serious inconvenience to its crew, and p once it remained as long as two hours under water without actual injury to Lthein. A floating torpedo was fastened to the boat by a line 100 feet long, and the inventor proposed that the boat L should dive beneath the keel of the t enemy's vessel and haul the torpedo ft after her. The triggers or sensitive | primers of the torpedo would press j against the ship's bottom, explode the j I torpedo and sink the vessel. I The boat was sent to Charleston to operate against the blockading fleet ; i General Beauregard had the torpedo I fastened to the bow. It terminated in ft front with a sharp lance head, so that i when the boat was driven against a A ship the lance head would be forced e-Viit-v tho n-otor lino Sinii I Piiitv LUC OUip k/CiV i? 1*JV 1> ucv the torpedo fastened against the side. | The boat was then to back off and ex- ; plode the torpedo by a lanyard. General Beauregard called on the j Confederate fleet for volunteers, and Lieutenant Payne, a Virginian, and i eight sailors volunteered. On the even- j ing fixed for the expedition the crew J * had embarked, and the boat was submerged until only the combings of her hatch were above water. Lieutenant Payne was standing in the hatchway when the swell of a passing steamer rolled over the boat, and it sank instantly with her eight men. Lieutenant .' Payne sprang out of the hatchway as 'dk the boat sank, and he alone was saved. ? In a few days she was raised, and Porno v?l J11 t OOTAfl flTlCi With 111 TP n^aiu i a,i uv, ? eight more men Tbe embarkation for k the second attempt was made at Fort f Sumter, and. as before, a^l being made 1 ready. Payne, standing at his post in the hatchway, gave orders to cast off, j I when the boat careened and sank in- j stantly. Payne sprang out, two of the men followed him, and the other six ft went down with the boat and perI Ished. b Again the boat was raised, and her r owner, CaptalD Hund^ \ took her for k an experimental trip id Stone river, A where, after going through her usual BE evolutions, she dived into deep water W and disappeared. After a week's search r she was found at an angle of forty k ^a?n-aac hop noso rtrivpn into the deeD. (UV^IVVW, "V. -WMV _? ? . soft mud of the bottom. Her crew of nine men were standing, sitting or lying about in her hold, asphyxiated. Hundley had died at his post with a candle in one hand, while with the other he had been vainly trying to unclamp the hatch. The angle at which the boat had gone down had jammed the keys so that the men could ? -i ? A? {(./lit Vvolloet fhof- Violrl !IiUt cast ULL LUC J.WJL1 uana^t i""v them down. Again the ill fated vessel was prepared for action, and volunteers were called for. Lieutenant Dixon of the Twenty-first Alabama volunteered and tight men with him. The ship Housatonic was selected for attack and on a quiet night the brave crew set out from Charleston. Lieutenant Dixon guided the boat straight to the Housatonic, and the explosion tore open the ship's side, so that she went down with all her crew in two minutes. The torpedo vessel never returned, nnd whether she went down with her ? enemy or drifted out to sea was long unknown. Many years after, in the I work of deepening the bar off Charlesk ton harbor, divers in submarine armor H^^visited the wreck of the Housatonic I and found the little torpedo vessel lyI ing by her huge victim, and within her the hones of as devoted and daring men A as ever went to sea. B In the history of the submarine certainly the Hundley is entitled to hon crable mention.?Youth's Companion. fc_Peace would be universal if there dj^settber thine nor mine.?Italian I FOODS THE TURKS EAT. Pilaff Is the National Dish, and but Little Meat Is Used. Vegetables, fruits :n;<l grains are the i staples of the Turkisn kitchen. Ureal* 1 fast on the Bosporus consists ot a ! small cup of Turkish coffee ami a roll. At noon there is ;i bowl of sour milk lyaourt) and bread Thick Turkisli coffee is taken ajrain in the afternoon to key ui> appetites for the principal meal, which comes at nijrhi. This , meal includes, probably, pilaff tineat j and rice?. several kinds of vegetables, j pastry and thick cofiee. The work man's meal is still more simple?a i chunk of bread and an onion or a bunch of grapes. There are. however, some dishes upon the Turkish bill of fare which the returned westerner never ceases to regret. Pilaff is one. It is a food as | national with the Turk as the i>otato I with the Irish, as the cabbage with the German. It takes a multitude of forms, but its basic quality, its quality of being pilaff, is derived from rice i being cooked in such a way as to pre- i J serve each grain tirm^md distinct. The j i rice is unpolished and in cooking takes I j on a gelatinous coat. Sometimes it is j 1 boiled in mutton fat. n rich, smooth. | | inviting- dish Sometimes bits of roast J | muttou are mingled with it. when it j becomes a meat pudding of delicious i : flavor. It is cooked with small cur- ! I rants and pine nuts, l'rajrrant and spicy. It is stuffed with dates and flavored with orange peel; but. whatever its form, it is one of the treasured memories of a visit to the near east. Eggplant is the foundation of another favored Turkish dish It is stuffed with chopped onions and rice and cook-! i ed in oil. It is also stuffed with meat i marrows and rice and steamed until it [ | becomes a culinary inspiration. The | | westerner, furthermore. learns to enj joy many of the milk foods prepared j by the Turks. Yaourt. cultured milk ! as thick as sour cream, prepared from ; the rich milk of the bftffalo cow. is a ; satisfaction to the most pampered din| er. Chicken breast milk, made from i grated chicken breasts; jelly like rice ! milt sf:jrchv nnddinir. eaten with suit ' >' ?- - ar and rosewater. and yaourt. with chopped nutmeats. are other dishes. The Turks are fond of sweets. Tbey prepare a kind of bread which they J soak in honey and eat with rich cream. | They also prepare pastry in strings | soaked in honey Meats, with the ex! ception of mutton, are poor in Turkey, but then the Turk is a good deal of a | vegetarian. The Turkish porter, or hamal. dines on a chunk of bread costing a cent, together with a melon or a bunch ot grapes or an onion or a piece of cheese, to the cost of another ceut. and con! siders his meal complete. Vet his daily toil consists in carrying packing j funes, puclliu:* uuu \Jl u*tl nniku u.j around on his back to the astonishment of every visitor acquainted only with the prowess of porters in the west. This rushed Turkish burden Dearer eats a dinner at night which costs about 4 cents?a bowl of pilaff with bits of meat in it.?National Geographic Society Bulletin. | . In an Australian Sleeping Car. The sleeping cars of Australia are in many ways better than those of the ; United States Instead of being of continuous lensrth thev are broken up i ! into compartments. each one of which contains two berths running crosswise the track, a separate lavatory and divers shelves, racks, hooks and cubby holes for disposing of a traveler's be- j I longings. The privacy of the arrange- j ment is much to my mind. The porfter. ; who is also the conductor, takes charge of alV heavy bags, satchels and prickages and puts them in an apartment specially reserved for that purpose.? Bishop E. E. Hoss in Dallas News. A Varnishing Tip. When varnishing wood the work j must be done in a warm room at a temperature of at least 75 degrees At a lower temperature the moisture j in the air-will give a milky and cloudy j appearance to the varnish. On the ; other hand, at the higher temperature I the moisture is not precipitated until the alcohol of the varnish has sufficiently evaporated to leave a thin smooth film of shellac. The durability and gloss are dependent on this. I ' v?!$<v /; : : : :?v':ftffi #&*>:?3gggra : ' . '. : ' "" -' :::.. | SCENE FROM "THE Bi I Tc:i C.-.c:!:-n Authors. f Inches would <ee*u not t<> la<-k ^i^:- j nilicanoe in literature Of the vv::! i English writers ot the v i?-tn era j almost all wer?? tall Tennyson. i. ar- ! lyle. Edward Fitzueraid and .Matthew j Arnold all reached six teet. KusUin ] touched five feet ten. Fronde tive teet j eleven. Dickens and 1'nnvnmy totshort of the six toot level l>y only a narrow space, and Thackeray turned six feet three.?London Chronicle. An Anachronism. When some celebrated pictures of Adam and Eve were seen on exhibition Mr. McNab was taken to see them "I think no great tilings of the painter," said the gardener "Why, man. tempting Adam wi' a pippin of a va riety that wasna known until about twenty years ago!" Squared. "By George. Tom. you have been in a fight!" "No: I just met an old school chum of mine I used to lick when we were inrl ho rioirl mo tt rloht hp's hppn owing me a long rime."?Pittsburgh Press. Handicapped. "Jinks is a born fM>et-" "That's no reason why bo shouldn't try to mate something of himself Boston Tran script. Of ail poverty that of the mind is most deplorable.?(Jreirory. Nature and Pcetry. Environment aids poetry, but does not create it. Nature is the grand agent in making poetry, and poetry is present wherever nature is. It spar kles on tli*' sea. glows in the rainbow flashes from the lightning and t'."_ star peals in thunder, roars in the cataract and sings in the winds. Poetry is God's image reflected iD nature, as in a mirror, and nature is present wher ever man is.?Selected. His Weak Point. A man who takes a business view of things when recently asked his opin ion of a person of quite a poetic temperament replied: "Oh. he's one of those men who have soarings after the infinite and divings after the unfathomable, but who never pay cash.''' Somathing Else. "Is loving a verb?" "No; it's just plain nonsense." . Having made this reply to his daughter's question, Mr. Grouch looked a J few daggers.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch, i I Laughing cheerfulness throws sunlight on ail the paths of life.?Richter. THE SEASON' Just a little sign that I ft you have given [me. May you have all that ] there is no better way to New Year by keeping yoi Don't try to economize on cost you several times the Come and see my stock keeping supplies. Mayes' Book j The House of a Sra?^&??S/'$ & ' ^ *' '1 $*^$8 lTTLE cry o peace," opera housi SALK OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. 1 Xotic-e is hereby given that, as ad- j! ministra;or of Mrs.-<!exanna Suber, deceased, ! will sell at her late resi-j deuce on Tuesday, January 2.",, 1916. j the following p. rsonal propertv of the : I dec-eased, beginning at. 11 a'clock a. m.: . Peas, oats, nay, corn, fodder, mules,I plow stocks, household and kitchen j furniture, etc. Also three shares of bank stock. Terms of sale: Cash. W. H. SURER, Administrator. l-7-3tlta\v. / i NOTICE TO PAY LICENSE. ! All ag.nts, dealers, manufacturers,: restaurants, lunch counters, barber: shops, merchants and all ether busi-! nesses of whatsoever kind are hereby \ notified that the license fee for 1915 is} now due and must be paid by February j 1st or penalty attaches. By order of council. T Tir ATT A A \" J. W. vn.iriViA.>, Clerk and Treasurer. .fr::.'\ ' . *."**.. Bps'** ' v Best Ground Insert Lense. $1.50 to, $3.~>0 pair. Best Ground Rimless Lens, $2.00 to' $4.00 pair. Kriptop $8.00 and up per pair. Gold Filled Frames and Nose Mount-; 1 ings, $2.50 pair. Solid Gold Frames and Nose Pieces. ; $4.00 pair. Eyes tested and glasses fitted., Broken lenses and prescriptions dupli-j cated. All work guaranteed. P. C> JE ANS & CO., Jewelers and Optometrists. Notice to Colored Teachers. (The Colored Teachers' association of Newberry county will hold its second meeting on Saturday,) January 8, 1916, at 11:30 o'clock a. m., in the Hoge school building, Newberry. At this meeting arrangements for "Fair dav" will be made. All teachers are expected to be present at this meeting!: or report to the superintendent of ed-1 ucation the reason why. Uliysses S. Gallman, Colored Supervisor. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't "wtc. The worst cases, no matter of liow long standing, < are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve? Paia and Heals at tbf same time. 25<:, 5Ctc. Sl.0( S GREETINGS ! appreciate the business j i I you wish for in 1916, and get it than to start the j ir accounts ia good shape. i i your ledger or it may : price of a good ledger, of blank books and book ? Variety Store Thousand Things. 3 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. / j , > f Subscribe to The Herald and News, M.9S a 'year with three magazines and The Progressive Farmer. ?? I Subscribe to The Herald and News.! ! ?1.">0 a years with two magazines' I TAX RETURNS FOR 3916. Notice is hereby given that the office of county auditor will be onen from 1 January 1st to February 20, 1916, in-j dusfve, for the purpose of taking tax ! returns of personal property for fiscal j year 1916. Also the following places! will be visited either by myself or an authorized agent for the purpose of securing tax returns. Namely: Whitmire, Thursday, Jan. 6. Glenn-Lowry Mfg. Co., Friday, Jan. 7. Kinards, (Tuesday, Jan 11. Chappells, Wednesday. Jan. 12. P. X. Boozer's Store, Thursday, Jan. 13. Silverstreet, Friday, Jan. 14. Little Mountain. Monday, Jan. 17. longshore. Manday, Jan. 17. \ Join Our ( Saving ** 1 i < Hundreds Are THOUSANDS OF DOL1 BERS MADE MAN' LAST CHRIS A little saved each wee when the club ends and ji little cash. Were you among the hi Christmas? If you were ; are sure. If not NOW IS FOR THIS YEAR. MAN1 NOT YOU? The small weekly payi and the substantial amoui you receive is MOST WE MAS TIME. ALL TO GAIN, NC If you cannot through pay all up, the money yoi for you. Plans of payment to a and talk it over with us. to explain the different pi THE CLUB 1< The Newberry / For '50 Shares Security Loa pany Stock 16 Shares Mollohon ] Preferred Stock \ 6 Shares Oakland Com / 4 Shares Mollohon Cor 1 I It is better to have it a need it and not have it. Don't you want some I J. A. I AGI / St. Luke's; Tuesday, Jan. 18. Pomaria, Wednesday, Jan. 19. Jolly Street, Thursday, Jan. 20. Prosperity. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21 and 22. O'Xeall, Monday, Jan. 24. * iMaybinton, Wednesday, Jan. 26. Tho ipu- rpnnires that tax returns shall be signed and sworn to. Taxpayers will take notice that no returns will be accepted unless made to me or my authorized agent, or someone qualified to administer an oath. It is requested that so far as possible all returns be made to me or my agent. This will aid me in preventing errors in your 1916 returns and help to clear up any errors now existing. Come prepared to give the name and number of school district in which you live. Also the school district in which you own oother property. Do not ask that your property be taken from the tax duplicate of last year returns. J. B. HALFACRE, County Auditor. Christmas s Club Joining Now LARS PAID TO MEMf HAPPY AT THE TMAS TIME k will give a nice sum ist when you will need a appy members of the last pou will join again, \ye > THE TIME TO JOIN Y ARE DOING SO, WHY ments are never missed nt increased by interest LCOME NEAR CHRIST)THING TO LOSE sickness or bad fortune 1 deposited is safely kept ;uit everyone. Come in We will be only too glad lans. 5 NOW OPEN. Savings Bank I Sale in and Investment Com# |: Manufacturing Company 3 imon Stock nmon Stock ,nd not need it than to 'ire Insurance? 3urton, / int. * 4 * V. "S $#? .%.. & > i : ' i jMH