Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A OVER $400,000,000 FOR SHIPS. Whole-hearted Response to Nation's Call for An Emergency Fleet. A summary of the main shipbuilding activities along the South Atlantic Coast from Maryland to v Texas shows the vast aggregate value of over $400,000,000 in ships now building or under contract. About $175 ,000,000 is represented by wcrlt in hand at shipyards at Baltimore and Hampton Roads, or nearly onehalf of the total, leaving $225,000000 as the amazing sum representing practically new shipbuilding activi - ' i- - n ? + v, . ties that have sprung up in uie ouum f since the war began, because but a very limited amount of shipbuilding was carried on prior to the war at any Southern ports but Baltimore and Newport News. Now there is not a port from Baltimore to Port Aransas, Texas, that has not one or more shipyards speedily turning out wooden or steel vessels of varying sizes. At some of the main ports enormous expansions ~ are planned at the older established yards, while several new plants that will rank with the country's other big shipyards are rapidly being created. At Baltimore ships are under way or planned that will cost approximately $75,000,000, with an indication for a much wider expansion at $n early date, as some of the large shipyards have big contracts pending which are likely to be closed at any i moment and which will require con; siderable extension in plant equip ment to take care of them. In. Hampton Roads, where the great Newport News shipyard and the Portsmouth Navy-Yard are located, and new yards are being established at Norfolk and Hampton, , work in hand will aggregoate over $100,000,000 in value, making this . section what has been aptly termed the Clyde of America. At Wilmington, North Carolina's main seaport, vessels valued at $1000,000 are under way. Charleston, South Carolina, comes quickly to the f front with enlargements of its present shipyards, the construction of a dry dock, and establisment of a new pl&nt of large size that has a contract for steel fabricated ships valued at \ $20,000,000. Georgia furnishes its quota at the ports of Brunswick and Savannah, the former having three plants with contracts for 30 ships valued at $30,000,000, and the latter six yards, five of which have been established during the past year. In Florida both Jacksonville and Tampa have made wonderful strides in shipbuild - ing from the small yards they had, and now they have an aggregate of work building or under contract that will total in value over $50,000,000. Alabama presents Mobile, which, with the big plant of the United States Steel Corporation, promises; to' become one of the greatest shipbuilding centers in the country, if not in the world.' Here are five plants already in operation with contracts for over $15,000,000 worth of vessels. These will be backed up ' by the great shipyards of the Steel Corporation, which secured 10,00u acres for its plant, and is spending over $12,000,000 at this point and over $15,000,000 at Fairfield to pro vide the necessary equipment land ~ materials to make this one of the nation's greatest shipyards. 11 Mississippi gives Gulfport, Pascagoula and Biloxi, all of which have made great strides, especially Pascagoula, which has contracts for 45 ships?30 wooden and 15 steel. In Louisiana there is an important dei velopment in the New Orleans district, while all along the T.exas coast great activities are being shown, conspicuously at Orange, Beaumont and Houston, where shipbuilding has become an industry of first magnitude, with work under way or in j hand which will aggregate many millions of dollars. Thus it will be seen practically every Southern port from the Chesapeake Bay to the Rio Grande River is busily engaged in meeting the demands of the Government for ships to help win the war; and this conI dition is fullfilling every sense of I .the word the oft-repeated prophecy ' the Southern ports could be successfully developed for shipbuilding ^ because they possess in an unusually complete manner practically all of the advantages, and are backed up by a climate that permits outdoor work to be continued the year around with the least loss of time. Having created this wonderful shipbuilding achievement under pressure of national necessity and to meet the Government's urgent need for ships to carry on the war successfully, let us see to it that the millions of dollars and the countless value of brains- and energy invested in these splendid enterprises shall not be for the period of the war alone, but shall form the basis for permanent industries that shall once again place America in the foret HEBROX. Famous Bible City Recently Captured ] By the Britisli. "With the exception of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Damascus, there is 1 not a city in the Holy Land which holds greater interest for the Bible , students than the ancient town of Hebron, whose capture by British forces under General E. H. E. Allenby ( was announced recently," says a war ( geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society from its , Washington headquarters recently. , "Hebron is a ribbon of a town i r ^ running along 4he eastern siope 01 a. , narow valley, above which are ter- , raced vineyards and fruit orchards of great fertility. It is not more ( than 20 miles southwestof Jerusalehi, and in peace times tourists are ( accustomed to make the journey by , carriage in four and a half hours. . "Until captured and pillaged by ( the Calebites (as recorded in the j Book of Joshua) Hebron was known *as Kirjath-Arba. It is one of the ( %nost ancient cities in the world, . having been founded/ according to ] the Book of Numbers, 'seven years , before Zoan in Egypt.' , "The name of Hebron means 'The Friend of God,' in other words the city of Abraham. A tree standing in the Russian hospice garden, half a mile from the city, is known as the Oak of Abraham. It will be remembered that it was under the oaks of Mamre that the patriarch pitched his tents and he is supposed to have built an altar here in 1920 B. C. "When Moses sent his spies into the land of Canna, Hebron was one ~ 11 - T 4- ttto c V? nro Of tne Cities VISILCU. At nao uwv that David was anointed king over Judeah, and that six of his sons were born, including Absalom who at a later date made this place the headquarters of his rebellion against his father. It was also here that Abner, ; captain of Saul's hosts and guardian of Saul's son Isbosheth, was killed by Joab. "Hebron was fortified by Reho- ; boam and was repeopled after the return of the Children of Isreal from captivity. "Following the Biblical days Hebron was destroyed by the Romans. It became a place of impartance under Moslem rule, not only on account of its commerce but also because of its connection with Abraham, who is venerated by the followers of Mohammed. During the Crusades it was occupied by the Christians for a short time and became the seat of a Latin bishop in 1176, but it was recaptured by the Moslems under j Saladin twenty years later. "The most conspicuous building in Hebron is the Harem, with its ramparts, dating from the Herodian period. Within the enclosure are modern cenotaphs of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah. These are above the double cavern of Machpelah, which was purchased by Abraham from Ephron the Hittite as a family burial place when Sarah died. The tombs of the patriarchs are covered with richly embroidered green cloths, while those of their wives are covered with crimson draperies. "The population of Hebron is variously estimated at from 10,000 to 22,000, and the number'of Jews at from 500 to 2,000. The town was a thriving trading center before the war, the Bedouins finding here an active demand for their bales of wool and camel's hair. The chief manufantures of the community were glass braclets, leather water bottles and lamps. "According to mediaval tradition Adam, the father of mankind, died ; in Hebron." The Queer Looking Man. | A traveler tells of a trip on a jauntjing car in Ireland, where he had as a fellow passenger, an ugly looking man. whom he was not sorry to leave hind at an inn. "That was a queer looking fellow, P"1 " ho romorl-orl tn thp wnfP'ish I ; X at, UO * ** Vv* wv v-w .. o driver as he proceeded on his way. "Faith, yer honor, he's as quare as he looks. He's a villain. He's done fifteen years for leaving his woife without visible means of support." "Oh, get out, Pat. A man can't get fifteen years penal servitude for leaving his wife without visible means of suport." "Shure, and can't he, sir?" said Pat, with a twinkle in his rougliish eyes. "He did, though. And, bedad, isn't it leaving yer woife without visible means of support when ve throw her out of a window on the third floor?"?London Times. front of the maritime nations of the world and make the Stars and Stripes a familiar sight in every ocean and in every clime, thus regaining our cherished prestige of years ago when we led the way in traversing the endless paths of the sea and establish traditions that even today thrill us with the glory of achievement made by our forefathers.?Manufacturers Record. i LEGLESS; CLIMBS MT. HOOD. Vowsie Makes Dart of Ascension by j Walking on Hands. Snow-capped Mount Hood, a difficult exhausting climb for the seasoned sportsman, has been scaled by a legless newsboy, says December Prvnn lar Monhonirc \Ta?ra7inp in an illustrated article. For years the j desire to climb the mountain obsessed his mind. A few weeks ago, accompanied by two guides, a forest ranger and his wife, the newsy's ae termination won out. He did what hundreds of strong, normally constituted men have failed in their attempts to do?he reached the uppermost pinnacle of Mount Hood. Part of the trip was made on horseback, but when the steep .grades were encountered it was every man for himself. The newsboy was equipped with an improvised sled and blocks studded with heavy spikes. These implements, however, proved more oi' a hindrance than help and were discarded. Raising himself on his abnormally strong arms, he flung his body up the inclines several feet at a time and often made better progress tnan otners of tne pany. as migni be expected, the climb has made the boy and his news stand famous. The Keal Difference. "1 can't see why that man is boss over me. I do most of the. work around here." "I juess that is so." "It is. I know more about the | business than he does. Whenever he j wants to know anything about what's j going on he comes to me to find out." ; "That's usually the way." "I'm the fellow that ought to be i the boss." "A lot of men think that way, and ; yet there's one big difference. He! knows something that you don't! know." "What is it?" "He knows enough to hire good men like you to do the work. Ifj you knew that you'd be the boss and ! he'd be in your place."?Detroit Free Press. . i T*TakesGoo^ I and Good E The steadiness of Ra ?neither flicker noi makes it almost as ea delicate, particular t lamplight as daylight RAYO LAM are as easy to light as a ga don't take off either the d shade. Merely raise the g touch a match. A Rayo : re-wick and easy to keep < is artistic and ornamental. If your dealer doesn't a Lamps write our nearest s Aladdin Security Oil i best results from lamps, 8 heaters. STANDARD OIL CO. (New Jersey) , BALTIMORE, MD. I Washington, D. C. C Norfolk, Vs. 1 Richmond, Vs. i I I Charlotte, N. C. 4 | 1 Charleston, W. Vs. I | ^^^Charleatoa. S. G? Dr. William Bracly in an article about calomel in the Atlanta Constitution reA cently said: "Calomel is a cathartic and a very crude and superfluous one. It produces no special effect upon the liver or upon the secretion of bile. It has no more influence over biliousness than any other active physic. It is just the ancient standby, cheaper than most other physics and retained in use because old dogs seldom learn new tricks." As a substitute for a poison like calomel modern physicians prescribe purely vegetable cathartics. MarFor Sale by MACK'S DRUG ? ) SPY RAX STEAMER OX ROCKS. Officers of Liner Were New and Spy Masqueraded as One of Ciew. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14.?Federal agents arrested here today a German spy. who, masquerading under the name of "William Swanson," stood at the wheel of the Alaska liner Spokane when she crashed onto the rocks off Idol Point, B. C., on the night of November 22, 1917, while bound from Southeastern Alaska for Seattle with 237 passengers. "Swanson" was not a member of the Spokane's crew, it was said. He went aboard the ship when she left Alaska for Seattle, mingled with the crew and passed himself off as a quartermaster, the federal investigators explained. They said he was able to succeed in deception as the Spokane on the voyage had a new set of deck officers, who were unfamiliar with the faces of the vessel's crew. The Spokane was floated sopie time after she struck. No lives were lost in the accident. FRUIT TREES I am offering -Peach trees, one year old, at $10.00 per hundred; two year old, at $16.00 per hundred. Deliveries made on short notice. S. A. HAND BAMBERG, S. C. Representing the J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in ?T. 1"). Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. PUes Cored in 6 to 14 Days Yoar druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to 14days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. ^ Light r iyes |SSSS ir Pilii sy to do E i ;asks by li ili|hi?lfhiil I ute l iij Iji; fjuf si.'ssssj'iSI . v K !i liiihPii l S clet. You Hi'' IUib " * K<> ?!??T ?H<?M ??!?{ bimney or ?);| |||| |||jj I illery and B||BfiMiliijsllif f _ ~d*kmp9t?I t Fhfsfeian tin's Liver Medicine does all the good calomel does without producing calomel's injurious effects. Martin's Liver Medicine is a standard proprietary preparation for constipation, sick headache and other stomach and liver troubles. Purely vegetable as to ingredients, pleasant in taste, mild in action and fully guarTf nnf- satisfied with it. take the empty bottle to your druggist and get your 50c back. Try a dose or so of Martin's Liver Medicine when you feel that you need a liver regulator or a dose of physic. All good druggists sell Martin's Liver Medicine. STORE, Bamberg, S. C. I The Best Repairing I is the cheapest because it lasts s$ri'> 9 longest and is safest. So send | I FULL STOCK OF FORD PARTS l J. B. BRICKLE | Telephone No. 14J Bamberg, S. C. B 11 CvufuC TdfUnv 4und | Hwn^atwnv 4t# ^ HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH SHOULD SAVE MONEY WHAT'S THE GOOD FOR ONE TO SAVE AND THE OTHER TO SPEND. JUST ASK YOURSELF TO DAY: "WHO GETS THE \ / f MONEY I EARN?" DO I GET IT OR DOES SOMEBODY ) ELSE GET IT? IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING IT CUT HIM OFF YOU EARNED YOUR MONEY} IT BELONGS TO YOU. KEEP IT BE A CAREFUL MAN AND BANK YOUR MONEY. BANK WITH US I WE PAY FOUR ?) PER CENT. IN I EKES I, com- g POUNDED QUARTERLY, ON SAVING DEPOSITS | I Farmers & Merchants Bank I I BHRHARDT, S. C. 1 CHERO-COLA 1 1^1 IN A BOTTLE ft THRU A // *%4. FATIGUED ? HiJ tired? , b||s out of sorts? ' ;j Then yon need a bottle of delicious, delightful, invigorating II ]^W^3 Chero-Cola?in a bottle through I :ij I J | a straw'you knowperfectly pure 110,? P?la I s |u"&r yuu'^ ? | v ^ '" 0o* i Bottled fresh, right here in H fes. chB?a Bamherg, in bottles made scrup- J ulously clean before being used PL^/v ^1 /\1o R^ttlinrr Pa IV/UC1 U'VUiu juviumg vvi | BAMBERG, S. C. I ' v. .