The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 01, 1915, Page 3, Image 3
ENGLAND MAY HOLD SECRET.
Too Terrible Ever to I'se Heretofore.
Great Britain has in reserve a j
weapon of war she has not yet dared
to use. In military circles it is spoken
of in whispers as "Dundonald's
u Destroyer," savs the New Yorki
j
World. A recent article has revived J
interest in this almost forgotten ter- j
ror, although it is mentioned in the:
encyclopedias, which, however, give
no hint as to its nature. They could
not, for the secret has been guarded
as no such secret has ever before
been kept.
The fact that England has this
k weapon in reserve is no dream, no
bugaboo: it is attested by official documents
and the official reports of
committees of experts.
What is this extraordinary weapon?
Only a few highly placed persons
know. They do not tell; they
^ have not told; the reason for their
silence being the horror of it.
Great Britain was on the point of
using it against Napoleon and again
in the Crimean war. but in each case
her rulers drew back shuddering and
refused to "shock humanity." But,
if the worst should come to the worst,
^-non- it frr>m its centurv-old I
Due IL1<* J *v A
hiding place, and the most ghastly
horrors yet known in warfare will
seem humane in comparison with the
effects of this engine of destruction.
It was invented by Thomas Cochrane,
tenth Earl of Dundonald. an
extraordinary man who had an extraordinary
career. He offered it to
l the British government, which twice
appointed a committee to pass upon
it. He disclosed his secret to them
and claimed for it that it was "the
infallible means of securing at one
blow our maritime superiority and
of thereafter maintaining it in perpetuity?of
at once commencing and
terminating a war by one conclusive
victory." And again, that "no power
on earth could stand against its
attacks."
The committees reported that his
claims were not exaggerated, that
his device was irresistable and infallible
either on land or sea. This
much was indubitable and absolutely
certain. ' But they urged that it
be not adopted. It was too emcieni.
too destructive; its devastation
would be too inhuman.
In spite of their recommendation
hat Dundonald's invention be kept
a secret the British government
wanted to use a part of it against
the French fleet at Toulon. Dandonald
refused to consent to this, and
the committee backed him up in his
refusal, on the ground that such partial
use would reveal the secret to
the enemy and to the world, and enable
other countries to make use of
it against England.
In order to demonstrate its power,
however, Dundonald offered to use it
against the French fleet at Flushing,
*hen Napoleon was planning an invasion
of England; but this only on
condition that he use it in all its terrible
fullness. This t?e government
refused on the ground that it would
not be war; it would be annihilation.
The second committee was appointed
in 1846. It was as authoritive
in its make-up as the first had
been. It was directed to asceriaiu
if the device was as efficient and as
dreadful in the then relatively advanced
state of military science as it
had seemed in 35 years previously.
The committee reported in January,
1847, that there was not a shadow
of doubt that Dundonald's device
would not merely defeat, but actually
destroy, annihilate, sweep out of existence,
any hostile force against
which it might be directed. But it
was too awful to contemplate, and
its first application would reveal the
simple secret to the world.
During the Crimean war, when
Sebastopol and Cronstadt seemed impregnable,
Dundonald offered to re
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due? tnem 111 one nour. me D1 1UOU I
government hesitated, and was still
discussing the matter with the inventor
when the war ended.
Dundonald died in 1860. His
plans are still in the archives of the
British war office?at least thei'e is
no reason to suppose they had been
destroyed?and it is possible that,
should the war take a turn disastrous
to Great Britain, they may be
brought out and made the final weapon
in an Armageddon. This would
end the war. and it would end not
merely this war but all war for all
time; as. with all the world in possession
of a device with which armies
and fleets and fortresses could
be annihilated in an hour, a device
so simple that anyone seeing it once
could put it into practice, no nation
would ever dare to make war. War
on such terms would mean annihilation
for victor as well as for vanquished.
Dundonald was an inventor whose
devices had to be taken seriously.
He was no dreamer, but a practical
hard-headed Scotchman. And it is)
unimaginable that two such expert
committees as those that investigated
his destructive device could have
been hoodwinked or deceived.
The more one delves into the story
WASHINGTON SHAFT'S APKX.
Few People Know t,;e Purpose ol' the
Parallel Iron Hands.
Few persons who have seen the
Washington monument, even those
who have lived within sight of it all
their lives, have noticed that the
apex of the monument is surrounded
with parallel bands. Such is the
fact, however: and moreover, the
bands are studed with golden points.
T>u? I,O,.^, morlo nf prild-nlated I
i lie I'd HU.-> Ct I C uiuvtv 0 ~ ? ,
iron a foot wide and the points are
spaced a foot from one another.
For a few moments in each sunny
day of the first week of the new year
the golden fillet that binds the brow
of the Washington monument is visible
to human eyes. Then the angle
of incidence of the sun's rays is such
that they are reflected downward to
the windows of the buildings north
and west of the monument, and the
cool, grav surface is seen to be marked
with : 1 shining lines of gold.
Theoretically, a similar effect
could be obtained from some point of
observation at each moment when
the sun's rays are intercepted by the
sloping top of the monument, but
only an airship could attain the
necessary vantage point.
According to the original plan of
the monument, it was protected front
lightning by an aluminum tip that
was connected with the metal framework
of the elevator. During the
very first summer after the monu- j
ment was completed, however, it was;
struck twice and a piece of stone was,
clipped from the top.
Experts from all the scientific de-,
partments of the government werej
called on to contrno a plan for the'
better protection of the shaft, and
they decided that copper bands,
studded with projecting points,'
would accomplish the purpose. Col. ,
Casey, who had charge of the work,
ob.ievted on the ground that copper
would turn green and that the ver-j
digris would "run" and spoil the ap-j
pearance of the monument: he alsoj
doubted that the copper would have
the necessary tensile ?*rength.
So the men of science agreed on a
number of iron bands, heavily gal-i
vauized and gold i*l:-tted to prevent
rusting. The bands are connected
with the aluminum point of the mon-|
ument and the framework of the elevator,
and at the base iron cables:
lead the electricity into a deep well,
where it harmlessly expends its force.
The protection has proved to be per-1
feet.--Youth's Companion.
of this extraordinary invention the j
more mysterious does it seem. It is'<
easier to say what it was not than to!
imagine what it was. The known
facts about it are that it could be,
used on either land or sea, against j
navies, armies or fortresses; it was
so simple that it could be used by
unskilled people; it was so obvious!
in its application and operation that!
anyone seeing it used once would!
know all about it and be able to
wield it.
What is this greatest of all destroyers?
It cannot be an airship,
a submarine, or a torpedo. Neither
can it be a cannon nor an explosive.
The writer comes to the conclusion
that it was "some mechanical,
electrical or chemical device such as
has never been hit upon by another,
and thus has never been put in practice."
The modern invention that seems
to approach most nearly to it is the
projectile devised by John Hays Hammond.
Jr. This is a bomb, loaded
with thermit and chemicals, which,
when it explodes, scatters molten
metal and poisonous gases. So hot
is the metal that it will cut through
armor plate as a hot knife cuts
through butter; so deadly are the i
gases that every person within a wide
radius must instantly drop dead.
This bomb would certainly justify
what has been said of the horrible
effects of the Dundonald destroyer.
But on the other hand it scarcely
fulfils the condition of being so i
simple that once used anybody could
use it. The molten metal sets on i
fire everything with which it ^omes
in contact; the gas manes everyooay
for many yards around fall dead, and
those over a still wider area are
temporarily paralyzed. Consequent- <
lv no one can come to put out the
fire started by the hell-hot metal.
I Such a bomb dropped on the deck
of a battleship would make a hole
right through her, the molten metal
running down and into the sea. And
her crew would drop at their places
?corpses.
A few such bombs hurled into a
fortress would produce the silence
of death. A hail of such bombs upon
a city would turn it into a charnel
house in an hour.
Dundonald's invention, now locked
up in the British war office, was
not a therniit-prussic-acid-gas bomb,
but it seems as if it must have been
something of a like nature.
The question now is: Will Great
Britain dare to shock humanity by
bringing this hellish device out to
the light and using it to annihilate
her enemy and so forever put an end
to war?
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chhoxoloky of fkaxk cask. J
(.'ill Murdered April 20, 101;?, and
Conviction Had August 2:{, 1J)1:{.
The following is the complete
chronology of the Leo .M. Frank!
case:
Auril 2f? 1 !i 1 M?Marv Phaean whs I
murdered in the National Pencil t'ac-;
tory, Atlanta.
April 27. 1912?Her body was I
found in basement of factory.
April 27, 1912?Leo >1. Frank j
placed under arrest.
April 20. 1913?Frank accused of
knowledge of the murder.
.May 1, 1913?Jim Conley. negro'
sweeper in the factory, arrested. j
May 24, 1913?Frank indicted on
murder charge, on Conley's testimony.
July 2S, 1913?Frank's trial begun
in Fulton county superior court,
Atlanta.
August 23, 1913?Jury finds ver- 1
diet of guilty.
August 26, 1913?Frank sentene- ,
ea to nang October 10. Motion filed
for new trial.
October 31. 1913?New trial denied
by superior court. ,
February 17, 1914?Georgia supreme
court affirms conviction.
March 7, 1914?Frank resentenced
to hang on April 17. i
April 16, 1914?Another motion
for new trial filed, staying execution.
April 25, 1914?Frank's 6anity ex- .
amined, found to be normal.
June 6, 1314?New trial again denied.
November 14. 1914?Georgia su- ;
preme court sustains denial of peti- '
tion for new trial.
November IS, 1914?Georgia supreme
court
. u?um urn oi error.
November 21, 1914?Frank's attorneys
seek writ of error from Justice
Lamar, of United States supreme
court.
November ?>. 1914?Justice La- j
mar refuses writ.
November 5. 1914?Justice
Holmes, of the United States supreme
court also refuses writ.
December 7, 1914?Full bench of
United Stages supreme court refuses
writ of error.
December 9, 1914?Frank resentenced
to hang January 22.
December 21, 1914?United States
District Judge W. T. Newman refuses
application for writ of habeas
corpus.
December 24, 1914?Frank's attorneys
apply to Justice Lamar for a
certificate of reasonable doubt and
appeal.
December 28, 1914?Justice La- .
mar grants appeal and certificate of
reasonable doubt.
February 25. 1915?Frank's case
argued before full bench of United
States supreme court.
April 19, 1915?Supreme court,
with Justice Holmes and Hughes dis- i
senting, dismiss plea for writ of 1
habeas corpus.
April 22, 1915?Plea of commu- :
tation to life imprisonment filed with
Georgia prison commission.
June 9, 1915?Georgia prison '
commission rftfncoc
yica. . 1
June 10, 1915?Plea for commutation
to life imprisonment filed with
Gov. John M. Slaton. ;
June 21, 1915?Taken to prison ]
farm at Milledgeville. Sentence com- \
muted. ' i
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A Pomee of the Ball Grounds.
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Every afternoon, before (
They begin the playing,
Doth the megaphone roar
The announcement saying,
"Fresh cut sandwich?ham or j
cheese?" <
"Fresh cut sandwich?ham or
cheese?"
1
Spaced at intervals throughout, ]
"Twixt fast ball and bender, i
SOUTldS thP evorlacUnor
OilUUL, j
Of the earnest vender.
Drowns the eJevated ears:
"Peanuts, cigarettes, cigars!"
Oh, fo use a sturdy word
Frowned on by the censor!
One man out and man on third?
Nothing could be tenser
Then this avalanche of noise:
"Who else wants a cold drink, boys?"
sharp the spell such moments wield?
Filled with fascination,
Batter flies to centre field;
Taut the situation;
Battles in one's very ear;
"Blank's old-fashioned taffy here!"
Now a pincher comes to bat;
Pounds upon the platter;
Umpire taking o' his hat,
"fells the name of batter.
This, however, drowns his speech; .
"Tr>ct proQ ni r>r\r\ nv * TliavV/v
vviito. 1 wc; i c icrix tcuio
. . each!"
Magnates of the realm of clout,
Also Harry Steven.
Throw those noisy venders out.
Or I shall get even.
If you don't, 0 moneyed class,
I'll not take another pass!
?G. S. K., in X. Y. Evening Mail. <
Glendale Spring water on sale at
Murdaugh's Grocery Store.?adv.
MONKEY ATTACKED CHILD.
M"'ther Sues Owner and (Jets $2,000
Verdict.
Two thousand dollars' damages for
the attack made on them by Charlie
Fuller," an educated chimpanzee,
have been awarded to .Mrs. Lillian
Lindlev, and her little daughter. Miriant.
E \V. Knowlton, a Pasadena
millionaire, owner of the animal was
defendant.
Mrs. Lindley testified that the
chimpanzee entered her homej
through an open window, tore little;
Miriam from her arms and threw her I
on the floor. With the aid of a pet
dog, Mrs. Lindley said, she finally
rescued the little girl and locked
"Charlie" in a closet.
Knowlton declared his chimpanzee.
which wears clothes, smokes cigar-1
ettes and carries a cane, meant no
harm to the child.?Los Angeles dispatch
to New York World.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina, Barnwell
County?Court of Common Pleas.
Elizabeth W. Rice, in her own right
and as Administratrix of the estate
of Benjamin T. Rice, deceased,
plaintiff, against B. T. Rice, et al,
Defendants.
By virtue of a decretal order to me
directed in the above entitled cause,
I will sell at Bamberg, in front of the
;ourt house, on Monday July 5th, A.
D. 1915, it being salesday in said
month, within the legal hours of sale,
the following described real property:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and being
in the County of Bamberg, said State,
Buford's Bridge Township, containing
five hundred acres, more or less,
and bounded on the North by lands
of Patrick Starr: East by lands of
Malcome M. Rice and P. H. Starr;
on the South by lands fo Frances J.
Pelzefr, and on the West by William j
Pliail.
Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to
pay for papers.
H. L. O'BANNON.
Master for Barnwell County.
Master's office. June 11th, 1915.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Kntrance Examinations
Entrance examinations to the University
of South Carolina will be
held by the County Superintendent
of Education at the County Court
House Friday, July the 9th, 1915.
The University offers varied courses
of study in science, literature, history,
law and business. The expenses
are moderate and many opportun
ities for self-support are afforded. A
large number of scholarships are
available Graduates of colleges inthis
State receive free tuition in all
courses except in the School of law.
For full particulars write to
Tlie President,
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, S. C. j
BANKRUPT SALE OF J. B. MI LEY
& CO., LODGE, S. C.
Under and by virtue of an order of
the United States District Court of
the Eastern District of South Carolina.
dated third day of May, A. D..
1915, in the matter of J. B. Miley &
Co., bankrupts, I will sell to the highest
bidder, at public auction, on the
8th day of July, 1915, at 12 o'clock,!
noon, at the premises of the said J.
B. Miley & Co., on Main street, in the
town of Lodge, S. C., the following
described property in separate parcels
a6 set forth herein. The same
to be sold for cash, all sales subject
to confirmation by the court,,
Parcel No. 1. <
All that stock of goods contained
in the store house on Main street, in
the town of Lodge, formerly occupied
by J. B. Miley & Co., bankrupts, consisting
of dry goods, notions, clothing,
shoes, hats, hardware, etc., which
at invoice amounts to approximately
$2850.00, also the notes, open accounts,
and other evidences of indebtedness,
belonging to or owing to the
said J. B. Miley & Co., bankrupts.
Parcel No. 2.
One horee, one cow. one,- lot of
household furniture, etc., and other
minor personal property referred to
in the appraisement of the property
cf the said bankrupt.
W. MAX WALKER,
Trustee.
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ook lor the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
JOHN F. FOLK
REAL ESTATE, STOCK, BOXDS
Real Estate for Sale.
160-acre farm, 2 miles from Bamberg.
94-acre farm near Midway.
290-acre farm near Hunters Chappel.
1 house and lot. Bamberg, 4 rooms.
1 house and lot, Bamberg, 6 rooms.
8 vacant lots, different parts of
Bamberg.
290-acre farm near Ehrhardt.
2 dwellings and lots in Ehrhardt.
4 vacant lots in Ehrhardt.
2 desirable lots in Denmark.
353 acres near Howell's Old Mill.
Stocks and Bonds for Sale.
10 shares Bamberg Cotton Mill
stock.
l;> snares reopies Daim sium.
5 shares Enterprise Bank stock.
Boml and Mortgage Real Estate
Value.
$400. S per cent, interest, clue in
Z years.
Communications from parties having
real estate, stocks or bonds for
?ale solicited.
JOHN F. FOLK
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