The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 11, 1918, Image 7
;XnCIENT CUSTOM
L One Knows Who Originated
the "Bound Robin."
, UK on 8hlpboard for Deter
I t^nlno Each Sailo.^ Wateh?Ofttn
I Employ** In the Form
I of a Petition.
I That watch kept on board ship at
| , , | , Wlill? lying "t uiichor. I* called
I ,h . anchor watch. Ge nerally speaking
IhtfonilStf of one officer ami one sca
Ltt whose dutlea are to watch out for
|r 'safety of the ship, aeo thai the
iuchor light i? kept burning brightly,
" , ,gke care that the vessel does not'
Jroj{ her anchor. If there ?re eight
w^urs of darkness to be covered and
Irtjt men constitute the crow, theae
Jo are required to watch one hour
If there be more or leas men
^ question arlaea who la to go on
watch first or laat. or, perhaps, who
t? to "lay ever" until the next day.
It thus become# necessary to ascer
tain who l? to go. on duty at a cer
tain hour and each man rauat know
/when his turn comea. Arrangement
for this is made by forming a "round
! robin," or putting It ip another way,
fcv "chalking for watches," which la ac
complished In such a way that each
wllor has the time for keeping hi*
watch determined by lot, one not be
fog favored more than another. The
thing is decided In this way :
One man drawe a large circle on
the Hd of a chest, or, If that Is not con
venient, the deck. The circle la sub
divided into as many division" as there
Hire-men ; and each man makea his
mark In one of the spaces. "Thia -may
be a cross, a circle, a triangle, or any
olher sign that will suffice to Identify
him.
During the time the sailors aria|
placing their marks within the division
of the circle, one of their number de
tained outside on deck and kept in
ignorance of the Identity of any au
thor of any murk. When all hove
made their marks the round robin Is
complete. The man who was on deck
Is now called, someone else having
made a mark for htm. This man now
proceeds to erase the marks, one by
one. The ownera of the marks are
numbered from number one up, in suc
cession, as he erases them, and their
numbers are chalked up on tha sides
of the berths; those above number ten
lying over until the next night As the
rann who erases the marks does not
know who made this or that, he can
not show any partiality.
The round robin is sometimes put to
other use when the crew of a vessel
nt sea wish to present a grievance In
the form of a petition to the captain.
Their complaint Is made out in writ
ing, and the signature put. in the form
of a ronnd robin, which prevents the
writer of the document from being
singled out and treated, qs a ringlead
er, ftlth undue Severity. A famous case
in example of similar use of the round
robin tn the army within recent times
was the "Roosevelt Round Robin" dur
ing the Spanish war.
Where the custom originated no one
knows. '?*?
Spain la Buying Planoa.
The American government Is buying
mules and blankets in Spain and pay*
ing for them with pianos made in the
United States, according to George W.
Pound, manager of the National Pinna
Manufacturers' association, In calling
attention to one of the striking devel
opments at the present time In this
country's export trade.
/'As is the case with neutrals gen
erally." Mr. Pound said, "much of
Spain's population has profited largely
by the war, and the demand for pianos
\hns persisted In spite of the fact that
the prices of all musical instruments
in Spain have doubled and trebled
since the war began."
Mr. Pound said that the American
manufacturers were thereby offered an
unnsr.nl opportunity to help the gov
ernment pay the war bills as Veil as to
inert the foreign demand for our godds.
In this connection, Mr. Pound satd, pi
ano manufacturers can only export
their pianos through government 11*
cense. ^ ^
New Generator Finds Favor.
An acetylene generator supplying
fuel for prepdllng motorboata is the
device of a Norwegian captain and Is
reported to be In great demand, al
though the average cost la 21 cents
per horse power hour. The gna given
off as water Is dropped upon calcium
carbide, is led to the carburetor, where
It is purified and fed- to the motor.
Though this apparatus Is adapted only
for the ordinary gasoline motor a mod
ification is being worked out that la
expected to serve for engines designed
to burn kerosene^
"Tacking Down Edges of Fight."
Things were stirring along the front.
Miles away we conld hear the battery
heavies thundering and drumming and
once in a lull w* detected the ham
mering staccato of a machine gun
Uekinj? down the loose edges of a
light that win never be* recorded fn
history, With the. earnestness and
briskness of a man IaytagTF'tarpet
to n hurry ? Irvln S. Cjobtj in the Sat
urday Evening Post. *"-? " '
Much Lumber Wasted.
K is estimated that American lum
bermen, accustomed to a wealth of
material, waste two-thirds of It ; and
that by utilising all parts of the tree
the long-leaf pine industry would^leld
daily 40 tons ef paper, ".000 tens orf
r"?)n; 300.000 gallons of turpentine
great quantities of ethyl products;
ML ILQ5 It
BE ON S1E BASIS
food Administration Imuo? Important
Regulations Regarding Cotton deed
and Oil Mills ? Price of Seed Stabili
sed ? AH Expected to Conform to
Regulation*.
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I
Columbia. William Elliott, food
administrator for South Carolina, 1ms
announced, in n hulk-tin issued to sell
?re, tuyere, ginnern and crushers of
cotton ??ed, that the State of South
Curoliua shall constitute one zone,
based Upon the- stabilised program roc
0111 mended by representatives of cot
ton seed producers, which have been
u i ? ( ? ?* j>( t)d by the Food Administration.
This means that all yield*, for South
Carolina shall be on the same basis, J
which In as follows:
(43 gallons.)
Pounds oil 822 H
Pounds meal 940
Pounds hulls 490
pounds Hitters 145
Pounds shrinkage 102 H
Total . . 2,000
(3? per cant protein.)
W The price of all reasonable sound'
?eed, irrespective of th* actual out
turn yield, shall be: $72. car load lots;
|69, wagon lots; - any railway
station in the State, the zone of origiu
of all cottonpseed determining the
price. - ? ; ^ ;^r ;;-t- .....
The price of seed at the landings on
navigable rivers in which boats are
actually operating shall be the saihe
as the railroad ba?ia price /or bulk
seed, to which may be added the cur
rent market value of the bags in which
such river seed are packed. This cost
of bags shall be added only when bags
Are furnished by party selling the
? s.
? No Ueduction from the price will be
permitted except for proven damaged
or unsound seed. Proqf of such dam
| oged or uneou^d Quality must be fur
nished to me. No deductlohs will be
allowed for dirt or trash unless ac
companied by sworn certificate (or
actual written agreement with' the
aeller) showing actual weight of such
dirt or trash taken from each carload
or wagon load, and the name of the
glnner or dealer selling su$h seed.
To conserve the use of freight care,
cottonseed may be hauled from the
railroad .stations to mill points an$
t<ie seller may receive as comp6nsa-{
tion for Such hauling an amount equal
to the raf-oad freight for the same
distance. This cost of hauling to be
treated by the purchaser as freight on
?eed.
~ Seed from any point may be sold ^
at the carload price? in quantities of
10 tons or more, for delivery by wagon 1
within ten days.
Additional regulations o>n< the han
dling of cottonseed will be found in^
Circular No. 40 issued from Washing
ton under dat? of June 14, 1918.
in handling this crop it is expected
by the Food Administration that there
will' be a co-operative spirit <m the
part of all interests to the end that
waste may be eliminateid and con*
servation in every way be promoted.
BREM) PRICE FIXED
BY FOOD MiNISTMTIOH
I ?
Columbia. ? Maximum bread prlcea
? for one pound and one and one-half |
pound loaves ? have been established
by the Food Adminiptrationi. fThe
maximum price for the one pound loaf
is fixed at 10 cents, and of the onaj
and one'half pound loaf at 15 cents.
These maximum pr'ces apply both to
the cash and Carry plan and the credit
and delivery plan, and, as stated in a
telegram received by WHliam Elliott, j
food administrator for South Carolina, j
from Herbert Hoover, federal food ad
ministrator at Washington, hrt based
upon investigations made by the bak
ing division of the Food Adrninlstra- ;
tlon into the manufacturing and coat
of bread. , ; \ I T, ' .
Furthermore investigation shows 8
cent and 12*cent wholesale prices in
many sections. These wholesale j
prices, says the Food Administration,
warrant a retail price of nine oontaj
for a one- pound loaf and 14 cants for j
a* one and ono-half pound loaf, cash
and carry plan.
EXCHANGE BA8I8 FOR
FARMER AND THE MILL
6otnmbla. - Concerning the ax
ii ohcrag of cotton seed for meal, the fol
lowing haa been agreed upon hy the
Advisory Committee of Farma and
Crushers, as announced, by tho Wood
Administration:
A farmer cao exchange . meal tor
aoed and get the amount of meal con
tained in the send delivered. This- la
940 pounds of .meal, to. the ton off eed,
The balance to be paid In owner by
the mQL Tho mills will deliver ?
rata additional naeal ae thep
< o.m\ii:nts ON riCACR NOTK.
American IVum. With One Arrvril S?y
Now is the Time to Strike Hani.
Kolowiua arii cx.eerpts nivlug tl?e gist
of American newspaper editorials on the
U*\W Oerman p?-ace Aloft, its pnhli?ln .1
Id {)gft paper* lliix ami transmit
i ' I bj t In' A^oriatrd |Vl4 last ? ? . >i i ? i ;
Springfield, Mas*,, Itcpubliom : The
allien will IffjtyKe to Im? Mitmpcdcd into
negotiations or ouiversntiotiN. No mat
tor what effort victory may require. they
;u'' lnuii.N r* > i n ? vi imr iii let Germany
??t by i)\tt it lias fulled t<?
??"t by force.- ^
??>- New Vot-k Time*; If Germany want*
peace, let her ?i<? aw ay wfth Ret i ?
sponsible braggart kaiser ami speak by
a gOV ?M-llllMMIt of lift- oWII |HHtple to the
KOV CI Iim.'iits of the a 1 1 i?%' I |HM)ple?. It
is not -l rout IViuce Maximilian. answer
able only to imperial authority, but
fix hi a mtu inter reaiiuuhiblc to the Ger
man people that Germany's p|e?tf for
peace muftt eome. President WJIkou can
be trusted to nittite an answer to these
overtures which will leave no doubt as
to thv determination of Germany')* foe*
to. pursue their vlctoriea until she can
light no more, until surrender is forced
upon her and with i(s security against
any further disturbancea of the peace
from that tpiarter.
A she ville PUInen; There will !>?* no
consideration of the kaiser's t rumpcted
"offer". When he snrrendj'is unctfiidl
tionnlly and bogs for peace. withdraw
ing his troops from all ot^mpled terrl
t< rir> ; when the junkers of llerlln, head
ed by the imperial blasphemer. opines*
into (*ounf. in chains, the houV for a peace
.coiifercn oo wtit "hnrr -ttrrlved?- Ak- fo*. thcu
imperial cln\nccllorV speech. it is dilli
eult to find therein a single note of
surrender."
Haleigh News and < Jhsorver : If the
German bid for peace proves to be what
it odght to be, the asking for terms by
a defeated' and hnmblod power, we mrty
TiWt the President the proper
steps. He will see to it that Germany
The Hun is on the Run!
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BUY LIBERTY BONDS AND HELP QUICKEN
HIS PACE. LIBERTY BONDS EQUIP ARMIES,
BUILD FLEETS. BUT THEY DO SOMETHING
FAR GREATER? THEY BUY VICTORY.
C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY
REAL estate INSURANCE
CROCKER BUILDING
BB 1^' PHONE i:<
atones for her crimes uml repents with
a repeiitanco that 1* of th* heart.
1 Post : "There never wan
Nueli a time ,t<? strike with evoVy ?ounre
of ^trikinj? jmwtT. Thfi"*' will hv 4111
lUinlKtlee. There imixt V no^negnliH
tion* with the (ierman government until
Oorniuny Is .bi'ttidu.- TTrrr~ppnr,e-nm*t -W
a jiCiU'V of complete victory ami uncon*
<llt ioual surrender,"
Ne\y, Orifiiiix, Times-Picayune : '"The
imperii)! Herman government is hriifiihw)
by Itfcuwn artV iis untrustworthy. The
knisor'x nerve is breaking. M'neondi|ion
ai HUrromlor' are the only tvsrro* Wlileh
can be granted with safety to humanity.
niut di-niorimx
Montjtoinriy AUvyrliHwr : "Tho
upon vvhirh tin' allle* hhuiild insist an
tin- .simplest iif ti i'inis uiHivndUUtnul #\ir
i?:uih>r. It is,iiiitbii>knt)l?' tliat \v?? should
nuiki'. jti'Hro tint II tteronUj m>11 litis Uwji
Invaded. Nothing lt??M will crush tlw
tho Qpiwalii lunki't-H."
Deaths at Camp .liu-ksnn.
KlfU'vn death* occur ml at Onmp Jack
son Sunday from iuHucnxa. Twonty
i > ? 1 1 r died Friday ami tweiit.v-live, died
Satnrda.v. '4Venty-nim? death* were rnv
ported from 7 o'oUiek Sunday night until
7 oVhwk Monday xijjcUt*.
NTATKMKNT
Of tho pwm?i'rthl|>, muna^omt'ut, ?>tv.
minimi by Jilu' net of vongto** of Aug ?
uM -I. 1012, of Tin* < in Anion rhroniob*.
publiwln><) work I v .(I < 'iiiihIi'm. K. frtv
<Mi.l.r. 1. 1018;
1 -lit is II |>. \ilt>s inn) 1-'. N. Mr
< 'minion. M. <\
KiliU.r II. I). NUoh, ('minim. S. r.
Owiifis II. I). Nltr* tttnl 1C. X. Me
1 tow oil, ('uimlen. N, (V ??
Known bnmlboblm'H* luai-tgajjooK, or
ottapf ^iTuril irs - None.
? II. I>. NIUk, Fublinlunv
tyvoin to before mi' llii* ttth day of
<>etoln;i\ 10l8n >1. M. t]ollOHOtt,
Notary Public
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1>(k ?|? tbe ooln ntitl bury tho linn.
ovs at the Front
$50
* $100 $500
$1,000 $5,000
$10,000
BUY ONE FOR CASH
and
? BUY MORE ON OUR
WEEKLY
PAYMENT PLAN
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~ j ARE THE
SAFEST
INVESTMENT
IN THE WORLD
THEY PAY INTEREST
AT
41 Per Cent
it Is Up To You
We are counting on our soldiers and sailors to win the
war and they will win if we do ,not fail them.
They must have Munitions, Food and Clothing: and we
must have ships to take ttiese necessary things to them.
$ The jmoney to buy and pay for and maintain our army
and navy must come from the people, from you and me.
We must lend it to our government.
Ct ' nlk.mJL.XX S _ ? ? %
?*'It I* not a question of how much you can afford to lorn],, but a <iuen
tlun of lending all you have and getting bufty and earning more.
Bvery real American kuowH thin and if you will think" for a moment
you will se? that It ia the only thing fuL MM ? uk To' do. Por yotir Country.
for Vour Flag .that l'rotecta you and yourf, For your own *Hf-re*peet.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS NOW.
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1 00 Per Cent Pure American
Have that stamped on you and every one of your fam
ily, by buying Liberty Bonds for all of them.
We kftow that it is not necessary to tell the people of
this community that it is the duty of everyone to BUY
BON D~S of the 4th Liberty Loan ? They know it. (Air
community has always "gone over the top" when the gov
ernment called, but we wish to emphasize the great neces
sity of everyone coming forward now and putting their all |
into Liberty Bonds. ? #
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So cxcu** you can nffer,no oxcuw will be accepted for your failure
to come f?? the ASftiAfance of. jQXfr Country now. This i* the call to all to
stand by Old illory, to back up the Iloya .WWtfr Tliere," and to prove that
you are One Hundred Per "Pore American. - ... -
BUY LIBERTY BONDS NOW.
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