The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 16, 1917, Image 3
NL'MTEF. II KICK WORKS
VA VE INST.1? LLED INDER.
WOOD OAS PROCESS AT
THEIR PLANT.
Ait System Will Increase
PrudsiU?t and Save Money for Lo
eal Ooasse vn?Hornethtag of Work,
sag* of Haw Method Which Wan
latin it by J. T. Underwood ami
laatallad by Oeo. P. Paxton.
la keeping with the Sumter spirit,
wbiob is always to be up-to-date and
to have the best out. the Sumter Ilrick
Weeks ha* recentaly installed a new
sjbtem of burning brick, which is ex
paeted to accomplish much for the
plant la the way of increased pro?
duction and In saving expenses by
catting down the labor force. The
new method Is to burn the brick with
oa a plan which was recently put
successful operation by Mr. J. T.
Underwood, of Ohio, efter many years
?f eaperlmenting. This is the first
brick plant south of the Ohio river
Which has Installed such a process for
burntni and the plant will be used in
future for demonstration by the In?
ventor for other brick manufacturers
. throughout the Southeast.
The Manufacturers Equipment Co.
Of Dayton, Ohio, who control the pat
sat of Mr. I ndorwood sent Mr. Geo.
P. Paxton, tn experienced brick mak
ar. who has been associated with Mr
Underwood In his work, to Install
a. He came here .the first of the
to install the now burning plunt
la still busy extending its brauch?
st the Sumter Rrlck Works, al
ugh th< ?ystsni has already been
pleted and used successfully In
of the kilns. In fact tho first
of brick burned by tho gas sys
has Just been opened and appar
fatly nil that w: s claimed for the in
Vent Ion has been accomplished. The
amount of fuel was cut down In the
burning. less time was required, a
much ?inaller force of hands was nee
canary, all this despite tho fact thai
the tunnels were green and dnmp and
part of hte heat had to go to drying
them out. and the usual clouds of
smoke *have not been In evidence.
The Invention itself Is something
unique and Interesting to one interest?
ed In, or who knows anything of, ma?
chinery. The gas is generated in two
large steel producers. Inlaid each
with more than a carload of firebrick.
Goal Is used for generating the gas.
? Y>elrntdumped Into the furnaces from
revolvTrTtv^containers, which hold a
certain a.nount. so that the coal Is
measured as it drops into the fur?
naces and an accurate account b*
kept of the amount used in burning
a kiln of brick. The tops of the
, hoppers are closed as the coal Is
damped, the bottoms being opened to
allow the coal to drop. This prevents
the gas from the producers escaping
and permits the fireman to work wit h -
sat s great amount of discomfort. The
lire Is kept burning fiercely by means
of a blast of air shot Into the furnaco
and from time to time the coal is stir?
red by means of a long steel rod
Which Is dropped down into the fur?
nace from above through small open?
ings in the top of the furnaco. These
openings are kept closed at other
times with small steel balls.
Prom the furnaces the gas passes
through brick tunnels to the kilns
where It unites with a blast of uirsent
through metal , pipes by means of an
electric motor.' The use of gas for
burning brick Is not a new thing, but
the using of thin current of air to
mingle with the gus at the openlne
Into the kiln hi a new process pat
sated by Mr. Underwood, and the suc
aass of his system lien in this fact
The air supplies tho needed oxygen
and the gas burn* with an intensity
which furnishes heat to bum the
brick:* in the kiln in less time than
required by the former'methods cm
ployed by the Sumter Rrlck Works
When coal and wood were used for the
burning. Half u kiln is burned a:
one lime, the burners being placed
over the gas and air pipes so as to
eause the desired eopibinutlon <>f a*,
and gas. When one-half of the kih
burned, the burners are then mov
etl up to the other half of the kiln and
the gas In there set on fire. Cover."
sre placed over tho holes where the
' burner* had been resting. Of course
when the burning of a kiln is com?
pleted, the fire Is almply allowed to
so out and the kiln Is opened u;?
Wbso the brick are placed In the
klm for burning, the ends of the kiln
?re always stopped up with brick ami
olsy. snd old brickbats and dirt are
Placed on top of the brick, In order
to keep the heat In the kiln, as It h
necessary to keep the brick at a white
hest for s number of days before they
*rs sufficiently burnt for markotablr
purposes.
Under the old system of burning
with wood and coal, It required eigh'
A* ten negroes to flro the kilns. Cn
det the new method, it requires only
trees. The brick had to burned eight
to ten days under the old syste.ii. sm'
under tf?e new, ft hi claimed that they
can bs> bn-nod in six to eight days.
The l orstem, it i?*claimed, will
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MEASURE APPKOVED RY AD?
MINISTRATION INTRODUCED
IN UPPE](l MOUSE.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Says Tliat Powerful Group of Footl
Gambler* In Striving to Hamper
Government Program for Fair
Prices.
Washington, May 11.?A food con?
trol bill approved by the administra?
tion and containing many features of
the agriculture department measure
pending in the house was Introduced
In the senate today by Senator Gore,
chairmnr of the agriculture commit?
tee. An effort Wall be made to bring
it to the senate lloor.
The bill contains most of the pro?
posals fought, according to Carl
Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri
? u.*ure, by a powerful lobby of
wealthy food gamblers. It calls for a
food survey by the agriculture de?
partment and would give the depart?
ment power to license the manufac?
ture, storage and distribution of
food. One provision would legalize
the mixture of wheat and other ce?
reals in the making of Hour and
would fix food standards.
Mr. Vrooman in a formal statement
tonight declared unpatriotic interests
were trying to defeat the food bill*
An outragod public sentiment, he
said, would condemn them for their
efforts.
Secretary Vrpoman's statement said:
"Nover In the history of the world
have business men shown as much
patriotism and unselfishness as have
been manifested since the war began
l y the business men of America. An
overwhelming majority of them have
teen as ready to place their business
organizations and Mtelr personal sei - I
vice* and their wenllh at the disposal
of the federal government in this
crisis as the young men have been
to do the actual fighting.
"Ho'vever, this attitude has not
been universal. There are food spec?
ulators, food corneicrs and food gam?
blers, some of then men of immense
wealth and others of very email
means, who are today taking advan?
tage of war conditions to exploit their
fellow citizens to the full extent of
their ability. Th?>se men are allies
of the kaiser and are doing their ut?
most to defeat the patriotic purposes
of the nation. Wherever they are
seen, In high places or In low, they
should be condemned and made* to
feel the loathing and contempt of
every patriotic American. These men
will be taken care of in due time by
national. State and municipal legis?
lation, but until such legislation can
be enacted the only effectlvo power
that can be brought against them is
the power of an outraged public sen?
timent and that should be used vig?
orously and mercilessly.
"I am told that some of these men
are actually in Washington today con?
ducting a lobby s gainst the rcquesi
of President Wilson that congress em
not require as much fuel as the old.
As already stated, only one kiln of
brick has been burned since the new
system was Installed, but the burning
of this seemed to show that the Un?
derwood system would do all that was
claimed for It. So far the installa?
tion of the new system has been com?
pleted in only one of the four kiln.1
at the plant. It will be Installed at
all of them, however, this work being
still In progress.
Mr. Underwood, the inventor of the
process, is an Ohio man and has had
a llfo-long experience in making
brick. It took him many years of ex?
perimentation to complete his Inven?
tion so thai it would work to his sat?
isfaction, hut indleations now are that
it will so revolutionize the burning of
brleh thai all plants will soon have It
in order to keep up with the pro?
cession and to do away with tin
Hiiiokp nuisance.
The Sumter Uriek works is itself,
as Mr. Underwood expressed it on his
visit here a short time ago, one of
the most unhitic plants which he htti
ever seen in his long experience. It
was started as a small Industry and
has gradually heen built up to one of
the largest nad most Important indus
trks of Sumter. It began as a small
mule mill, where the clay was dug
l?v hand ami haultd to the mill In
enrts, ground by nu |e power and con?
verted Into brick. It now employ?
Stenn?, elcetrleity and gas in various
departments for operating purposes,
and in turning out a quality of ma
terlel In the "Dixie" texture brick so
Rood that the trade name bad to In
copyrighted in order to prevent other
manu'neturcrs from using It in order
to sul stltute their products. Tnstea.
of being confined to local territory.
Dixie texture briek are now being
shipped in large quantities, to Vir
glnla. North Carolina, Cleorgia aft ;
Florida.
The gas has brought out a new col
or in the brick thit has ? herotofon
never been developed, and the golden
brown just discovered promises to fine
a ready market anywhere in the Unit
- d States.
power him and his cabinet to take j
the necessary means to mobilize the ,
agricultural resources of this nation i
for victory. They are urging every
upecious, theoretical and imaginary
argument against the granting of war
powers to the president and his cabi?
net, r ; they are at present directing
their principal attack against the laws
which have been introduced by the
agricultural committee of the house
with a view to putting the department
of agriculture on a war basis. That
step should have been taken several
weeks ago. The'bills now before con?
gress have been demonstrated to be
absolutely essential war powers.
"Tho unpatriotic and disloyal lobby
that is trying to defeat the determina?
tion of congress and of the people of
this country to put the agricultural
resources of the nation on an efficiency
basis in this crisis should be made to
feel the condemnation of every real
American."
The house agriculture committee
heard a number of food experts dur?
ing the day, among them Kirby C.
White of Detroit, president of the
American Seed association, who ad?
vocated power for the government to
take over and sell the country's seed
supply. John A. McSpaVran of Penn?
sylvania, representing the National
Grange, asked that no new agency
be created to deal with the food sup
I ply but urged that congress take what?
ever action is necessary and not dele- i
j gate power to some one else.
A commission to deal with the situ?
ation was the suggestion of Joseph
Cullinan, representing the Texas In
Idustrial congress. Edwin C. Dinwid
i die, representing temperance organi
1 z?tions, urged national prohibition to
j conserve the grain supply,
j Secretary* Redfleld said in a state?
ment today supporting the food bills
that there was no economic reason for
present high food prices and that the
government would have to take charge
[ to prevent further rises.
AMAZED AT BRITISH TANKS.
! Military Expert Says They Have Caus?
ed Germans Heavy Losses.
j Copenhagen, May 12.?Lieut. Gen.
i Baron von Ardenne, a new military
j expert, in the Berlin Tageblatt says
j the British tank is the most amazing
j weapon in modern warfare and has
I caused the Germans heavy losses.
WON'T DISCUSS PEACE.
German Chancellor Has Postponed j
Statement Relative to Peace Terms.
Copenhagen, May 12.?The Ger?
man organ of the clerical party indi?
cates that Chancellor von Roilimann
Ilollweg does not intend to make a
statement regarding peace terms be?
fore the reichstag. This is not sur?
prising if the Socialists abandon their
intention of forcing a peace debate,
and as the Centrists and Liberal par?
ties are apparently siding with the
chancellor that a discussion of peace
is not advisable. The Conservative
papers, however, are crying that the
Hohenzollern throne is tottering un?
less a new chancellor comes to sup?
press the reform movement with iron
I hands. ,
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.
I _
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j Germans Claim Victory in Run-Away
Fight.
j Berlin. May 12.?The admiralty has
! announced that a British destroyer
j was sunk in the engagement May 10th
I between the German light cruiser
forces and the squadron Oi. British
? cruisers and destroyers.
PERSinXG IN WASHINGTON.
War Department Deelines to Give Out
Army Information.
Washington, May 12.?A revival of
speculation as to the mission in
Washington of Major Gen. Pershing
has been met by the war department
with the statement nothing will be
given out at this time. Secretary Ba?
ker declined to comment on the re?
ports that Gen. Pershing might com?
mand the expedition to France and
said that the speculation was preju?
dicial to the public interest. Ho
pointed out that the war department
had promised that announcements
would be made to the press on any de?
cisions reached as soon as advisable.
MANY MILL GARDENS.
Textile Workers Are Aiding Increased
Food Carr paiyn.
Washington, May 12.?'Federal food
investigators found that textile work?
ers in North and Sooth Carolina aro
aiding In the increased food cam?
paign. They found that each of 5 4 8
families are raising crops valued at
$30 on gardens containing about fif?
teen one-hundredths of an acre each.
A Car Whose Quality Lifts It Above
the Level of Its Price
T Hough priced at less than $1000
Saxon "Six" has forced?actual?
ly compelled?people to think of
it in the terms of costly cars.
No other car we know of has ever
accomplished this feat.
Can you think of any car in any
other price class whose superior?
ity is as distinct and pronounced
as that of Saxon "Six" among
cars costing less than $1200.
The answer of course is in the mo?
tor? the famous Saxon "Six"
high-speed motor.
In high-gear work, in pulling pow?
er, in smoothness, in flexibility,
FftXOO "Six" gives a performance
that seems incredible in a car
from the less-than-$1200 clawf.
Consider if you will a certain car of
"less-than-six-cylinders" of simi?
lar price and good reputation.
At a speed of twenty miles per hour
this "less - than - six" developed
1512.73 power impulses per min?
ute.
Saxon "Six" showed 2993.025 im?
pulses per minute,
Or, under the same working Con?
ditions the Saxon "Six" motor
showed nearly 98 per cent great?
er continuity?greater smooth?
ness?greater uniformity of tor?
que.
It is quickly apparent that the "less
than-six" motor leaves much to
be desired.
For the less number of impulses per
minute the less smooth is the
power-flow and the greater is the
vibration.
And vibration induces friction,
which is, 08 of course you know,
the fiercest foe a motor car has to
Face.
Now you will see just how much
advantage accrues from the 98
per cent smoother power-flow of
Saxon "Six."
This well-known car of less-than-six
cylinders, previously mentioned,
in repeatd trials required 30 sec?
onds to reach a 45 miles per hour
speed from a stock-still stand.
Under the same conditions Saxon
"Six" time and again duplicated
this feat in 23 seconds.
Thi?. shows 22 per cent faster 1 'pick?
up" in favor of Saxon "Six."
These instances are not cited as ex?
traordinary performances of Sax?
on "Six." Nor are you to view
them as such. For they are not.
Rather are they representative of
the type of performance Saxon
"Six" gives.
And they picture, with fairness, we
believe, the inherent superiority
of Saxon "Six" over any other at
less than $1200.
Saxon "Six" is $865; "Six" Sedan,
$1250; "Four" Roadster, $495:
f. o. b. Detroit.
A Big Touring Car for Five People
CAROLINA SAXON COMPANY
HOLMES SIMONS, Treas. & Gen. Mgr.
1218 Hampton Ave. Columbia, S. C
Some Good Territory Open for Live Agents