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ALABAMA OF l'KKSKXT WAIi. German Vessel Operating in Orien Recalls Wandering Civil War Boat. The Alabama of the present wa is the best description of the Ger man cruiser Emden. which until de stroyed recently by an Australia] battleship, had been operating in th waters of the Orient for many weeks declares the New York Times. Dis appearing from sight after the decla ration of war, she was not hear< from for six weeks. Then, startin; from th9 China waters, she steamei in tne cay OI Dengai, auu ucmcci the 10th and 14th of September shi captured and sank six British mer chantmen. Several of these vessel were of considerable tonnage am some of them were bound for thi United States. Not confining herself to action against the merchant vessels of thi enemy, the Emden shelled Madra on September 22. and sank tw< British oil steamers. At Pondicher rv, on September 24, she sank fou other vessels and captured a collier ; transferring its cargo to her owi coal bunkers. Those who have followed the his tory of the sea and the doings o privateers thereon were wonderinj if the Emden could equal the fea performed by the Alabama in ou: own civil war. The Alabama, hav ing no port of her own, but securinj aid from British vessels, manage* to wreck considerable damage oi the shipping of the United States foi 22 months of her career as a priva teer. Like the Alabama the Emdei took provisions and coal from hei prizes and whatever supplies sh< - ?* *** 1 needed, She was a swm vessel, ue ing able to make 24 knots. She was a 6hip of 3,500 tons, her engines de veloped 15,000-horse power, hat armored sides and wireless tele graph, either to summon help or tc discover facts of advantages in hei operations. In comparison with the size of th< Emden the Alabama was a pygmy She was a boat of 1,040 tons, 21 ( feet long, 300-horse power and stor age for on'y 350 tons of coal. Sh< had a speed under steam alone o 12 knots, but had sails to help this when the wind was favorable. Hei beam was 32 feet and she requirec 17 feet of water. Built for Confederate Government. The Alabama was an Englisl ship, having been built by the Laird: of Birkenhead, England, for th< Confederate States government. The Alabama was put into commis sion Sunday, August 21, 1862. Th? crew as first shipped numbered 8< men, but this wa6 increased later b] selection from the crews of th< prizes. For 22 months the vessel built for speed rather than for bat tie, swept from the seas the mer chant vessels of the United States. One of the best accounts of tin cruise cf the Alabama is that of Johr Mcintosh Kell, her executive officer Capt. Kell served in the United State: navy for 20 years before the civi war, and served with distinction ir the Mexican war. He was one oi Commodore Perry's officers in th< Paraguay expedition. Capt. Seinmes was also an officer of the Unitec States navy. He served in the Mexican war, and commanded the bri| Sommers in the blockade of Vers Cruz, and lost, that vessel in chost during a porther and narrowly escaped drowning After the Mexican war he studied law, paying particular attention to the internationa branch, and was admitted to the bai of Alabama, his native State. "The eleventh day after going into commission we captured our first prize, not 100 miles from where w? hoisted our flag." writes Capt. Kell describing his experience on the Ala bama. "After working around the Azores for some weeks we shaped our course for Sandy Hook. But we encountered frequent gales off the Newfoundland banks, and on the 11th of October lost our mainyard in a cyclone. Being considerablj shaken up we decided to seek a milder latitude. Running down to the ? Winward Islands, we entered the Caribbean Sea. "Our prizes gave us regularly the mails from the United States, froir which we gathered the fitting out ol the army under Gen. Banks for the attack on Galveston and the invasior of Texas, and the day on which the fleet would sail." "With this knowledge to help hin Capt. Semmes decided to attack the fleet of transports when it was an chored in the open roadstead before Galveston. Instead of the transports the Alabama discovered nve vessel: ' of war anchored there. One of then stood out to investigate the A'aba ma. The Confederate privateei drew it away from the rest of tin fleet and about dark engaged witl her and in 1 minutes had sunk tin Hatteras, a United States war ves sel. Alabama's Ceaseless 0|>erati<>ns. After this encounter the Alabam; cruised in the South Atlantic, pick ing tip prizes wherever they couh be found and sinking many vessel: flying the United States flag. Afte a few weeks there the privateer passed over to the Cape of Good Hope 1 and spent much of the time dodging Ct the I'nited States steamer Yandet biIt. which was on its track. The r Alabama to shake off its pursuer " held its course for the Orient and " continued its operations in the China 1 Sea, where it was least expected, and da e where the Emden is now operating. '? In a few weeks she cleared the East- an ~ ern seas of United States merchant re vessels. w< * Capt. Kell, describing this part of th 5 the voyage, writes: "We ran down Fl ^ to Singapore and coaled ship, and i then turned westward through the mi e Straits of Magellan, across to India, ~ thence to the east coast of Africa. s Passing through the Mozambique * Channel we again touched in at the A1 e Cape of Good Hope, and thence th crossed to the coast of Brazil. P? s "We now set our course for Eu& rope and on the 11th day of June, TI s 1S64, entered the port of Cherbourg, 3 and at' once applied for permission G1 ~ to go into dock. There being none of r but national docks, the emperor of la: '? France had first to be communicated 1 with before permission could be granted, and he was absent from " Paris. 26 ' "It was during this interval of f0 = waiting on the third day after our ba 1 arrival that the Kearsarge steamed th r into the harbor for the purpose, as 0f " we learned of taking on board the ba * prisoners we had landed from our th 1 last two prizes. Capt. Semmes, how- ca 1 ever, objected to this on the ground pr r that the Kearsarge was adding to th * her crew in a neutral port. The au- wi 1 thorities conceding this objection as r valid, the Kearsarge steamed out of in* i the harbor without anchoring. be "Capt. Semmes communicated th s through our agent to the United wj * States consul that if Capt. Winslow <j0 1 would wait outside the harbor he pr " would fight him as soon as we could tei * coal ship. I at once proceeded to ? r get everything snug for action, and in by Saturday night we had finished P'! ; taking in coal, and had scrubbed the * decks. I reported to Capt. Semmes gn * that the ship was ready for battle. "The next morning, Sunday June ^01 i 19, between the hours of 9 and 10 Se f o'clock, we weighed anchor and stood an 3 out of the western entrance of the As r harbor, the-French ironclad Cou- W? * ronne following us. The day was As bright and beautiful, with a light P? breeze blowing. Our men were neat- up 1 ly dressed and our officers in full 3 uniform. m i ^ th; The Alabama and the Kearsarge. w, "The report of our going out to i fight the Kearsarge had been circu- tu ) lated, and many persons from Paris ca; r and the surrounding country had mi i come down to witness the engage- sir , ment. They, with a large number do - of inhabitants of Cherbourg, collect- thj - ed on every prominent point of the do snore mai woum auuiu a. view oca- vu } ward. As we rounded the breakwai ter we discovered the Kearsarge mt . about seven miles to the northward an 5 and eastward. We immediately sh 1 shaped our course for her, called all foi i hands to quarters and cast loose'the bo t starboard battery. cle ; "Ih about 45 minutes we were I ] 3 somewhat over a mile from the Kear- stc 1 sarge, when she headed for us, pre- of senting her starboard bow. At a wt ; distance of a mile we commenced the wa i action with our 100-pounder pivot Th } gun from our starboard bow. Both air ships were now approaching each un i other at high speed, and soon the an action became gereral with broad- sh; ' side batteries at a distance of about sei ' 500 yards. To prevent passing, each ship used a strong port helm. Thus mc - the action was fought around a com- th< : mon centre, gradually drawing in str s the circle. ed "After using solid shot for some time we alternated shell and shot, ne; s The enemy's 11-inch shells were now ou 1 doing severe execution upon our mc s quarter deck section. Thrtee of wt i them successively entered our 8-inch ou ; pivot gun port; the first swept off de; i the forward part of the gun's crew; acl ' the second killed one man and he; wounded several others, and the all i third struck the breast of the gun als : carriage and spun around on the an deck till one of the men picked it ale i up and threw it overboard. ?Our ha l decks were now covered with the an ! dead and the wounded, and the ship mj ; was careening heavily to starboard i from the effects of the shotholes on a ? her water line. da "Capt. Semnies ordered me to be Sti 1 ready to make all sail possible when th< ; the circuit of fight should put our di< - head to the coast of France: then he tin ? would notify me at the time to pivot! foi >. to port and continue the action with | wi 5 j the port battery, hoping thus to right sh nthe ship and enable us to reach the inj -'coast of France. I tin r "This evolution exposed us to a [ wc ; raking fire, but, strange to say, the joe J Kearsarge did not take advantage of I i [ it. The port side of the quarter deck j tin - was so incumbered with the mangled 00 trunks of the dead that 1 had to have th them thrown overboard in order to cl? i fight the after pivot-gun. I abandon- mi - ed the after 32-pounder. and trans- wa i ferred the men to fill up the vacan- as: s cies to the pivot-gun under charge nn r of young Midshipman Anderson, who ra SINK TWO JSKITISH SHIPS. I ^ ? s ews of Steamers Destroyed Oft' Uff Havre are Ilesoued. ill' London, Nov. 27.?It was reportby Lloyds today that two British earners were sunk off Havre yestery by German submarines. I The steamers were the Malachite d the Primo. Their crews were ~ scued. Those from the Malachite ire landed at Southhampton and ose from the Primo at Fecamp, 3 ance, on the English Channel. Lloyds report indicates that Ger an's submarines have made one of eir most daring feats. This is the st occasion when their activities ive been reported in these waters, pparently they made their way ^ rough the Straits of Dover to a lint more than one hundred and fif- ^ miles from their nearest base, le Malachite was a small steamer 718 tons gross. She was built in asgow in 1902. The gross tonage ( the Primo was 1,366. She was id down in Stockton in 1898. Not So Bad Off After All. Last year Sumter county produced 1,000 bales of cotton, which sold r an average not exceeding $60 a ( le, or $1,560,000 for the crop of e county. This year the total crop the county will exceed 38,000 .les, this estimate being based on e last ginners' report. If the crop n be sold finally at an average ? ice of seven cents, or $35 a bale, e net loss in the crop as compared th last year will not be as great . 9 the difference in price per pound || ^ dicates, and the farmers will not 11 in as bad shape as predicted, for II e big crop will go a long way to- || ird evening things up. There is no I ubt about Sumter county having II "~ oduced a big crop of cotton.?Sum- I r Item. the midst of the carnage filled his || ^ ice like a veteran. "At this moment the chief en- Ij leer came on deck and reported the I es put out, and that he could- no II ? iger work the engines. Capt. II mmes said to me, 'Go below, sir, Ij d see how long the ship can float.' J i I entered the ward room the sight II is indeed appalling. There stood II ' isistant Surgeon Llewellyn at his II st, but the table and the patient II on it were swept away from him II an 11-inch shell, which opened || ? the side of the ship an aperture II at was fast filling the ship with II iter. Ij "It took me but a moment to re- Ij rn to the deck and report to the | ptain that 'we could not float ten || nutes.' He replied to me, 'Then | cease firing, shorten sail and haul | wn the colors; it will never do in || Is nineteenth century for us to go || wn, and the decks covered with | r gallant wounded.' 'I "I now gave the order for every U\\ L in to jump overboard with a spar d save himself from the sinking ip. To enforce the order I walked ward and urged the men over ard. As soon as tne decKs were ?.q( tared, save the bodies of the dead, corre, returned to the stem port, where front >od Capt. Semmes with one or two jn er the men and his faithful steward, 10, poor fellow, was ,doomed to a ? .? .tery grave, as he could not swim. g e Alabama's stern port was now flier j nost to the water's edge. Partly .. dressing, we plunged into the sea t0 be d made an offing from the sinking tbey ip, Capt. Semmes with a life pre- z&gg\] -ver and I on a grating. terrib "The Alabama settled stern fore- <?.] >st, launching her bows high in aire , i air. Graceful even in her death wjn(j uggle, she in a moment disappear- 'gasy from the face of the waters. remei "After 20 minutes more I heard .< <] ar me some one call out, "There is \ | r first lieutenant,' and the next'ANO' jment I was pulled into a boat, in El tich was Capt. Semmes, stretched t in the stern sheets, as pallid as Dr. ath. He had received during the St., :ion a slight contusion on the montl ad, and the struggle in the water to El nost exhausted him. There were specif io several of our crew in the boat, highlj d in a few moments we were who c >ngside a little steam yacht which use. d come among our floating men, or re d by throwing them ropes saved medic inv lives." compi The Alabama, in her 22 months as convii privateer, managed to inflict great ployc mage on the shipping of the United with ites. She drove the shipping of thing 5 United States from the seas, and tions, 1 much to reduce the standing of Tamil} e American merchantmen among gcner eign shippers. Her work, coupled FO I th the fact that commerce and procu ipbuilding practically ceased dur- lief. x the civil war. is responsible for woulc e place America lias taken in the' this irld's shipping, and the place she grate! rupies at present. the p The money claims assessed against tion e Alabama amounted to over $17.- my s O.ObO, but only $15,000,000 of You is was allowed as a legitimate dent tint against England by the com- reliev ssion sitting in Geneva, after the skin tr was over, and damages were the p sessed against the British govern- satisf; jnt for the help given the Confedete privateer. P? WAR 'The Storeof Quality" ATKLA If you have not been to this yourself and family a big in at such low prices as to com jur WAR prices mean LOW ] LOT NO. 1. 3ne lot Boys' Knee Pants, values up to 50e pair. War sale price 23c LOT NO. 2. 2,000 yards American Pilgrim Calicoes, sold everywhere at 7]Ac yard. War sale price 412c LOT NO. 3. !>7.50 Poney Skin Coats. 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