The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 17, 1918, Page 5, Image 5
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.
?Mr. Bert Dannelly, of Ehrhardt,
was in the city Monday afternoon.
?J. Ham Kirkland. Esq., of Olar,
^ was a visitor in the city Monday.
W ?Mr. J. A. Gillam, of Denmark,
f was in the city one day last week.
?R. C. Hardwick, Esq., of the
Denmark bar, spent Monday in Bamberg.
v ?After a short visit to Miss Hays,
Mrs. Cabell has returned to Orangeburg.
L ?Lieut. Edwin C. Bruce is in the
city for several days from Camp
^ Jackson.
OVER 1,1(10 NEV STEAMERS
INVESTIGATION HAS BROUGHT
TO LIGHT WAR PACTS.
Guns, All Sizes, and Ammunition
Have Been Furnished Allies
and Their Vessels Armed.
Washington, Jan. 13.?Complete
satisfaction with the work of the
navy's ordnance bureau and its preparedness
for war is expressed by
Representative Oliver, of Alabama,
chairman of the House naval investigation
sub-committee, in a statement
tonight, summarizing for his colleagues
results of the ordnance
phase of the inquiry.
"The testimony convinced the committee,"
says the statement, "that
the prevalent belief and opinion as
to the navy's readiness are well
founded."
Interesting Facts.
I - ?Mr. John Frank Chassereau, of
, Ehrhardt, was a visitor to the city
! Tuesday.
?Mrs. Helen H. Copeland, of Augusta,
is in Bamberg for a short visit
to relatives.
?Mr. S. P. Guess, of Denmark,
was in the city a short while Tuesday
afternoon.
j
?Miss Nanaline DeWitt, of Black ille,
$pent the holidays with Miss
Gertrude Smoak.
^ ?Dr. George Odom and the Rev.
Achille Sassard, of Olar, were Bamberg
visitors Monday afternoon.
?Messrs. J. M. Kirkland and W.
D. Kinard, of Ehrhardt, spent a few
hours in the city Monday on business.
?Miss Gertrude Smoak has returned
to the city after a very pleasant
visit with friends in Blackville.
?Miss Nan Osborne, of Spartanburg,
is expected to arrive in the city
Friday to visit Miss Mary Livingston.
?Mrs. D. E. Harllee and little
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of Greens1
boro, N. C., are visiting Miss Mary
L Livingston.
|h ?Mrs. George P. White and little
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daugnter are visiung relatives m uu|
ion this week. They will return to
? Bamherg Friday. \
?Mrs. George F. Hair returned
home last week after spending some
time with her daughter, Mrs. J. J.
Cudd, in Spartanburg.
?Miss Addys Hays motored to
Columbia Monday, accompanied her
were Mrs. Cabell, Mr. Gilmore, Misses
V. Kate Felder, Lalla Byrd and Cooner.
?Mr. LaVerne Thomas is on a
trip of several days or more to Bal F
timore, New York and other Eastern
I Cities to Duy ills spring iijuc Ui gwno.
?Mrs. L. P. McMillan, who spent
Christmas and new year's on an extended
visit to friends and .relatives
in Atlanta, has returned to the city.
?Miss Alice Smoak, who is principal
of the Oak Hill school, at Millett,
S. C., has returned there, after
spending ?he holidays at home in the
?Mr. R; C. Rowell, who has held
& position at the navy yard In Charleston
for quite a while, is at home
for a visit among relatives and
friends.
_ ?Representative and Mrs. B. D.
^ Carter and Senator J. B. Black, who
are staying in Columbia during the
| session of the legislature, spent the
** past waek-end at their homes in the
city.
?Mr. Marion G. Smoak, a member
of the regular navy and of the crew
of the United States battleship Min
nesota, is spending a short stay
among relatives and friends at home
here.
?Mr. Lay ton Rentz, a Bamberg
volunteer for the army and under
the age of conscription, and whose
post of duty is at Camp Sevier, Greenville,
is visiting his parents, Mayor
t and Mrs. C. W. Rentz, here.
% ?Lieut. D. Graham Copeland, asv
sistant civil engineer of the naval/
l- station at New -Orleans, visited at
/ home for the first time in several
years on a visit to his parents here,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Copeland, Sr., last
week.
?Mrs. H. J. Brabham, who has
been confined to Johns Hopkins hospital
in Baltimore for about two
months following a very serious operation
performed there, is at home
and out again to the delight of her
numerous friends.
?Mr. Louis G. Poliakoff returned
K to Bamberg Monday morning after
m a week's stay in New York city and
I other eastern markets. He report^
ed the weather bitterly cold in those
V cities and the fuel situation fully as
bad as it is here.
i ?Mr. J. W. Smith, formerly of
Olar, was in the city on Saturday.
Mr. Smith was leaving for Blackstone,
Va., where he and his family
will reside in the future. The Herald
will accompany him, on weekly
^ visits, to his new home.
V ?Messrs. Glenn W. Cope and J.
W Garland Smoak, who have been in
I the naval service for the past few
months, are both at home on a week's
leave of absence from the naval sta0
tion at Norfolk, Va. They have completed
their training and are now expecting
to be designated for some
ship and ordered to put to sea.
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Many interesting facts brought out
in secret sessions are disclosed by the
chairman. Among other things he
says more than eleven hundred merchant
ships have been equipped with
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guili auu ammuuiviuu u,>
since the steamer Campania was fitted
out March 14 last, and that appreciable
quantities of guns, large
and small, with ammunition for
them, have been furnished to England,
France and Italy. Many meri
chantmen of the Allies, in addition
v
to virtually the whole of the American
merchant fleet, have been armed
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to fight submarines.
Favorably Impressed.
"The committee was so impressed
after exhaustive inquiry by the effi-j
cient manner in which the bureau
had in every way performed the ex- j
traordinary duty which war imposed,"
says Mr. Oliver, "that the committee
directed me to make a summary
of what was ascertained in the
hearing and investigation.
"The bureau, so far a$, could be
learned, has fully satisfied the demands
made upon it by the vessels
operating in European waters. A
letter from Vice Admiral/Sims compliments
the work and spirit of the
ordnance department. Other officers
in the war zone, writing in similar
vein, have given like testimony.
Personal Investigation.
"As a preliminary to its hearings
the committee visited the offices of
the bureau and personally examined
into the organization and operation
of the administrative details. The
committee was most favorably im
pressed with the business organization.
Inquiry revealed the fact that
practically all letters are answered
on the day of their receipt. By a
system of progress reports and follow-up
methods provision exists to
insure the actual delivery of material.
The signing up of a contract marks
but the beginning of action.
Doing Good Work.
"The organization of the bureau
in time of peace has been developed
so as to make it an organization for
war with the result that it is working
smoothly and efficiently notwithstanding
the fact that the expenditures
have increased from about $3,000,000
to more than $560,000,000.!
"Despite the pressure placed upon
the bureau by the demands for more
ordnance material of standard types,
it has been able to develop much new
material, including large depth charges,
new submarine bombs, non-ricochet
shells, bomb-dropping sights,
howitzers, guns for throwing depth j
charges, smoke screen apparatus,
heavier ordnance on aircraft, and j
many other important designs, which
we feel it unwise to disclose, and
made much progress on essential articles
of lesser importance."
' New Supply Sources.
"Where there were shortages in
the market of various materials the
bureau took steps immediately to
develop new sources of supply.
"Reserves of ammunition and
shells have been acquired, and money
placed at the disposal of the bureau,
we find, has been spent wisely,
and has been obligated practically
as soon as it became available. The
bureau had for years been preparing
for war. Guns, mounts, shell, powder
and ordnance equipment in large
amounts have been manufactured !
and held in readiness for eventual j
use. With the declaration of armed
neutrality guns and ammunition
were promptly placed on the merchant
ships of the United States. Upon
the declaration of war telegrams long
held in readiness were put on the
wire, and the wheels were in motion
?without a jar the machinery took
up the load placed upon it. There j
has been no breakdown, no let up; j
on the contrary there has been increased
speed and greater momentum.
Practically No Delay.
"Deliveries under war-time contracts
of guns, mounts and accessories
now are beins: received; little or
no delays have been experienced.
"The navy's industrial ordnance
plants have been and are being expanded
as rapidly as practicable
I
without interfering with their production.
The results of much of this
expansion will be felt this spring in ;
increased deliveries of all types of j
ordnance material.
"Anticipating the needs of the na- I
val service and marine corps for ad- i
ditional machine guns, the bureau i
wisely conducted a test of the Lewis '
machine gun early in April, 1917, |
with a view to definitely deiermining j
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its serviceability. Recent reports \
from the war zone indicate that the j
gun is giving entire satisfaction.
Depth Charges.
"Under depth charges, which the j
committee thinks may be properly;
termed 'the terror of the submarine,'
have been produced in quantity, and
are in use by.our destroyers and submarine
chasers.
"It was especially gratifying to
note that the skill, ingenuity and inventive
resources of the bureau have
been productive of new designs demanded
by the present methods of
modern warfare. Advantage has
been taken of every suggestion, irrespective
of its source. * * *
Fine Executives.
"The committee was gratified at
the executive ability shown by naval
officers placed in charge of industrial
work. As an illustration, the bureau
found it necessary to commandeer a
plant producing binoculars and other
optical instruments for the navy.
Under the former management this j
plant produced but 168 standard Di-j
noculars in two months, whereas during
the first two weeks of operation
under navy management it has pro- i
duced 600 satisfactory binoculars for
the use of lookouts and spotters.
"The committee made a special inquiry
as to the damage done to tor-1
peddes at the Bliss works. It ascer-1
tained that torpedoes or damaged'
I parts have found their way into serI
vice, that spare parts for torpedoes,
j such as gyrowheels, had been tamper- j
j ed with, but this was promptly de- j
tected by the naval inspector of ord- j
nance and a close watch was maintained
upon these articles, with the i
: result that the perpetrator of the I
| damage, one Paul Charles Hennig, a
' native of Leipsig, Germany, who had
been in this country since 1908, has
been arrested and is awaiting trial.
Attacks Warded Off.
"The committee was supplied with
full information of how many attacks
of submarines upon armed merchantmen
have been warded off by the
ship's gun crews using the battery
with bravery and skill, and was given
the details of certain engagements
of special interest. The record of attacks
on our merchantmen shows a
comparatively small percentage were
successful, and that the chances of
escape, when a submarine is sighted,
before she has time to fire a torpedo,
are very high, due to the efficiency
of ?he naval personnel. The unseen
torpedo is responsible for 80 per cent j
of the sinkings."
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think I can claim the forfeit."
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you mean, and besides someone might!
i see us."?American Magazine.
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I FURNITURE
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g have given me since opening my
U . been fortunate so far in regard to
El it not being delayed very long on
0 have been able to pretty well su
Ej the future, no man can say.
K I was at the furniture factories
H Xmas holidays and find that our g
1 go on all furniture being shippec
I places us in a very good condition
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g ernment control. Any day that tl
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railroad conditions, but had it b
York, and been resold to South Ci
what kind of condition would it 1
sumer have paid a great deal mon
I it been shipped to your nearest de;
Put your hand on the goods, see
you like it and not if you don't. J>
spend my money with exactly the
allowing you the second chance a
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ruined. Let me have this trouble
I am not knocking you for ord<
ordering, and endeavoring to hell
is too late.
Again thanking you for your ]
our 1918 business shall be larger a
Yours ver
F. K. GF
44 The Furniture Man." EHRH
Caught in His Own Trap.
It happened in the court room during
the trial of a husky young man
who was charged with assault and
battery. Throughout an especially
severe cross examination the defendant
stoutly maintained that he had
merely pushed the plaintiff "a little
bit."
"Well, about how hard?" queried
the prosecutor.
"Oh, just a little bit," responded
the defendant.
"Now," said the attorney "for the
benefit of the judge and the jury,
you will please step down here and,
with me for the subject, illustrate
just ho\^ hard you mean."
Owing to the unmerciful badgering
which the witness had just been
through, the prosecutor thought that
the young man would perhaps overdo
tlie matter to get DacK ai mm, ana
thus incriminate himself.
The defndant descended as per
schedule, and approached the waiting
attorney. When he reached him the
spectators were astonished to see him
slap the lawyer in the face, kick him
in the shins, seize^ him bodily and,
finally, with a supreme effort, lift him
from the floor and hurl him prostrate
across the table.
Turning from the bewildered prosecutor,
he faced the court and explained
mildly:
"Your honor and gentlemen, about
one-tenth that hard!"
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina?
County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brabham,
Jr., Esq., Judge of Probate.
Whereas G. W. Kearse hath
made suit to me to grant him letters
of administration of the estate and
affontc nf \T A Inahinptt dppp.asfid.
VUV/VWO VI J.A. A?.v? VAMWVVJ
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said M. A.
Inabinett, deceased, that they be
and appear before me in the Court 01
Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on
Saturday, January*26th, next, after
publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given un ler my hand and seal this
15th day of January, Anno Domini,
1918.
. J{ 3. BRABHAM, JR.'
Judge of Probate.
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