The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 28, 1916, Page 9, Image 9
DREADED TANKS BUILT IN U.
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T Farm Tractors Turned Into War >
chines by England.
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British "tanks," the armor
x motor cars used in recent assau
on German trenches in Northe
France, so successfully as to attn
world-wide attention, were built 1
ai? ?Portpin Til fjs nati
, ^ IQe LLlUSt yai l an x , ?
pillar tractors designed many ye?
before the war to meet some of t
difficult problems of modern far
ing. Except for the armor, their n
chine guns and their crews, the
v t sands like them are in use today
- the United States, in plowing, d
ging ditches and other labors 1<
heroic than war.
M. M. Baker, vice president of t
'Holt Manufacturing company, <
plained that it was the n
chine made by his company at
DaArio niant that had hurdled G<
JL VUl AM) v
man trenches, walked through f(
ests and crawled over shell crat<
in the face of intense rifle and n
y
- chine gun fire.
Sold to England,
t /'We have sold about 1,000 cat*
L, pillar tractors to the British govei
| ment," said Mr. Baker. "We ha
r nothing to do with putting armor
Xthem, or placing machine guns, t
some of our ipen at Aldershot, Ei
recently were notified that t
* British government intended
. Wmor the tractors and use them i
work other than the usual towing
big guns. \
"Germany had some of these tn
tors before the war began, and
j. though I do not understand just hi
. it occurred I believe she may ha
| got others>since then. We have se
some to France and some to Russ
fSo far as I know up until the rece
appearance of the armored cars t
tractors were used to tow big gui
^ } I understand that Germany us
\ about forty of them in their woi
\ before Liege early in the war a
i recent photographs show that t
^British are using some of them f
the same purpose."
- \ Land Battleships.
^ Jtlr. Baker said he did not kn<
Kl!. ho^r many of the 1,000 tractors se
" to England had been armored and p
in service 'as land battleshiDs, n
4 did he know what equipment t
t . British war office had placed up
cars to be used in this work.
"It is time," said Mr. Baker, "tb
these tractors can go ahead over i
most' anything. They^ can straddle
trench, go, through a swamp, r<
over logs or climb through sh<
craters. It looks uncanny to s
them crawl along the ground, ji
i? . like a huge caterpillar. In a thi
J forest, if they encountered' tre<
|p": they could easily uproot them a:
clear their own paths."
"> Weigh 18,000 Pounds.
v;v--r. :
Mr. Baker said the tractors sent
?rV" England weigh about 18,000 poun
each, develop 120-horsepower a:
P are built of steel. The caterpill
tV: \
t feature, he .explained, is of the i
S most importance. Speaking broa
jf 3y, the tractor crawls on two bel
jr ?
with corrugated surfaces, on eith
r.- ; side of/ the body. The corrugat
^ surface is on the ground. On the i
A side of the belts, on each side of t
W body,, are two lines of steel rai
making four lines in all. These ra
T* 4 are in short sections, jointed, a:
? operated over a cogged mechanis
that actually lays them down wi
their belt attachment as the tract
?. moves ahead and picks them
again so that the car runs on its o^
self-made track continuously. T
short joints in the rails make it ea
to turn to the right or left.
A Like Railroad Tracks.
PThe body is supported by trac
' - with five wheels, something li
? small railroad trucks.
' These wheels never touch t
ground, but run upon the steel rai
1 In the ordinary tractor about sev
v ) feet of belt and rails is on t
ground at one time. Mr. Baker ss
that the machine would bridge a
trench that was not wider than t
> length of the track it laid on t
r ground at one time. "Bow" mig
hit the far side of the trenches i
below the top, and the "stern" woi
^ undoubtedly sink a little, but t
l tenacity of the tractor, he declare
would enable it to go ahead a
climb out.
The width of the track used on t
machines sent to England, Mr. Bat
said, was twenty-four inches. He <
clared that the ground pressure
about three pounds per square in<
where a thirty-inch track is used,
?'- less than that of the foot of eitt
man or horse. He suggested that t
I British authorities probably h
lengthened the track on the tract(
? used in trench work, giving th<
even greater power to surmount <
stacles.
"We've been making these tr;
tors for the British government 1
a long time," said Mr. Baker, "a
have not talked much about it."
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See S. W. Copeland, Ehrhardt,
j0f:- C., if you desire insurance. Speci
izes on the better class of cott
1 * gins.?adv.
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?. BEAUTIFUL BETTY COTTON.
(Continued from page 6, column 2.
la- _
edy that cut short the wicked caree
of beautiful Becky Cotton.
,e(j According to the testimony of Mi
lts Frazier, either Becky's popularit
>rn was on wan? or the men wh
lct stood around Edgefield court hous
on that fatal day were a pack of mis
gr_ erable cowards. "Only one of ther
irs dared interfere with an effort to pre
he vent the murder, and he slunk awa
m_ immediately when Stephen Kenned
ia_ turned upon him.
)U_ The fact that so many men at th
in present day in South Carolin
ig. through technicalities of the law an
iSS corrupt juries go unpunished for th
killing of their fellow men, shows n
he deterioration from social condition
3X_ that existed a century ago. Old Mi
ia_ Kennedy was also murdered. Ther
its is no parallel case to hers, that ca:
ar_ be found in Edgefield's history. Pei
-,r_ haps Becky was only a freak or wa
;rs really "The Devil in Petticoats," a
ia. the* Rev. Weems called her, for th
women of the past in (Edgefield an
those of today are noble Christia
5r_ women, and a murder like tha
of Becky has never been committe
ve by any of them.
on Becky's bones lie in an unmarke
,ut grave, but the bottomless pool wi!
,o-_ always exist as a njonument to he
he terrible deeds?"Becky's Pool"? is
to of course, haunted. Frightful spec
'or 'tros are said to arise from the blac
of water at midnight, and they howl an
shriek until they are heard for miles
lc_ Small boys and negroes are chase
al_ by the spectre and only great spee
3W can save them from being caugh
ve and dragged down to the depths c
!nt the pool -that keeps Becky's histor
ia. ever fresh *n the memory of Edge
{nt field's inhabitants.
The Tick's Tax on Dairies.
is.
^ Washington, D. C., Sept. 27.?
There is a not uncommon idea tha
a(* if a cow does not die from Texas fe
he
fer, the cattle tick is doing it no grea
or harm. Native cattle, it is asserted
are immune to the tick. There coul
be mo greater mistake. Cattle ma
>w become immune to the fever but non
int of them ever become immune to th
iut loss of the blood that the tick suck
or out. With steers this loss means re
he duced weight and lower prices; wit]
on dairy cows it means smaller milk pro
duction and correspondingly smalle
at profits/
al- Government tests conducted simul
a taneously, under identical conditions
>11 with ticky and tick-free herds shot
all that ticks reduce the milk flow fror
oal 18 tn 49 nar r?P.nt tha p*ao.t. am nun
vu * v - ? r ??;?
ist depending, of course, upon the se
ck verity of the infestation. Translat
2S, this statement into dollars and cent
nd and the true meaning of the tick t
the dairy industry becomes obvious.
# Let us assume that a man owns ;
herd of twenty cows each of which
under normal conditions, yields eigh
quarts a day and that he can sell th
milk for five cents a quart. His gros
revenpe then is $8 a day from hi
herd. If a few ticks are allowed t
feed upon his cows and their produc
' tion is cut down 18 per cent., hi
er
' ^ gross revenue is only $6.55 a daj
If each cow is milked on an averag
. 200 days in the year, his annual gros
116
j revenue is lowered from $1,600 t
' $1,310. This is the minimum los
lis
, from the tick. If the infestation i
nd
very heavy and the production low
ered 42 per cent, the revenue is cu
from $1,600 to $930?a losfc of $67
or
a year.
Up This loss, is absolute; there is n
vn
reduction in the cost or labor of feed
he
ing to offset it. Neither is it possi
ble to overcome it by increasing th
amount of fped. . "Cows carryin;
ticks," says the government repor
ks of the tests, "did irot increase thei
ke flow of milk when the feed. was in
creased as did the tick-free cows.
he In other words, the feed went to th
ls.v ticks and not to the cows.
en The practical experience of th
he people confirms the conclusions o
lid the government investigators. In th
ny tick-infested sections of the Sout
he dairying is not an important indus
he try. The farmer may cling, if h
;ht wishes, to the delusion that the tic
'ar is harmless on immune cattle, bu
ild he is not likely to put his faith t
he the test by investing in dairy cows
3d, He* knows from his own and hi
nd neighbors' experience that they wil
make little money for him. On th
he other hand, where the tick has bee
:er eradicated, dairying is coming mor
le- and more into favor. Silos are bein
is built, pure-bred stock is being intrc
2h, duced, the herds are getting bettei
or they are being better cared for, an
ler they are paying better.
he -?
ad Applied.
)rs
2m "How often have I told you not t
)b_ ask for a second helping of desert?
said Tommie's mother.
ac_ "I was only doin' what they tol
for me to do in Sunday-school," replie
nd the boy.
"Why, Tommy! What do yo
mean?"
S. "Well, the Golden Text today wa
al- 'Ask, and you shall receive,' and I'i
;on askin', ain't I?"?Montgomery Ac
vertiser.
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y
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: A Dig DUIiUlC U1 V/Ul I Cllbjf
^ is a pretty dangerous thing to
d about ybu. But a check book ^ ^I
of the Enterprise Bank is never
a temptation to violence. It is jP'
r of no use except to the owner. JSjk
book instead of the dangerous v/t
k cash? Some murdered men ^
^ had followed that prudential ll \\
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I Serge Dresses, the big hit this Si,k and Georgette Waist*- I
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S 1?1 TOv^^!ir^ more ^an ordinary poor roads
:J /aI y/vi -?* - to injure a bicycle that we have
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condition as to furnish efficient service. Where the
owners of rural lines are responsible for their upkeep,
we want to co-operate with them.
All lines require a thorough overeauling occa- *
sionally if the best service -is to be obtained. We
recommend that every line connected with us be
overhauled at least once a year, and that at least one
experienced telephone man assist in this work. The
cost of this work when divided among all the patrons
of the line, makes the amount paid by each man / . %
small, and this cost will be more than offset by the
improved service.
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PASSFNflFR TRAINS SCHEDULES
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EFFECEIVE SEPT. 17, 1916.
All Trains Run Daily.
No. Arrive Bamberg From No. Leave Bamberg For
24 Augusta and intermedi- 24 Branchville, Charleston
ate stations 5:05 a. m. and intermediate sta25
Charleston, Branchville tions 5:05 a.m.,
and intermediate sta- 25 Augusta and interme- .
tions 6:25 a. m. diate stations 6:25 a. m.
18 Augusta and intermedi- 18 Branchville, Charleston
ate stations : 8:43 a. m. and intermediate sta- .
35 Charleston and inter- otr tions........... ....8:43a.m.
mediate stations ....10:57 a.m. 35 Augusta and intermedi.
, . . , .. ate stations 10:57 a.m.
22 Augusta and intermedi- 22 Branchville, Charleston
ate stations 6:37 p. m. an(j intermediate sta7
Charleston, Branchville, tions 6:37 p. m.
and intermediate sta- 17 Augusta and intermeditions
8:17 p. m. ate stations 8:17 p. m.
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Trains Nos. 17 and 24?Through sleeping car service between Bamberg
and Atlanta.
N. B.?Sch'edules published as information only. Not guaranteed.
For information, tickets, etc., call on
S. C. HOLLIFIELD, Agent, 1
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