The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 06, 1904, Image 1
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THE SOLDIER'S DREAM.
Ttao lines below are based on no actual
dream of an old Confcdorato soldlor:
I dreamed a dream last night, wife;
I thought they'd called the roll.
And I saw the soldiers "fall In lino,"
As tboy used to do of old;
It was a solemn sight, wife?
Tholr locks woro whitens snow.
TT D1IU nil SIIKVI B?? w V?V UKUBVO
And a shining cross you know.
Tho badges were for passports, dear,
To cross a sullen stream
That wound Just like a serpent
' 'Hound our 'oampment iu my dream;
I board the angel calling,
* "Ye vet'rans fall In line!"
And 1 saw our columns moving
Like they did In olden time.
Far out within tlio gloaming.
Upon the bloody plain,
I could see the whited tombstones
Of the men whom had been slain;
Tho smoke, it seemed, tand cleared away
From the lleld.'neath cloudless skies,
And I heard tho angel calling
To the dead to now arise.
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Deep trouble came upon mo,
For the angel from on high.
In giving out the badges.
It seemed had passed mo by;
My eyes wore sore with weeping,
. For 1 saw death's waters gleam,
v And 1 knew 1 had no passport
|?'J_ - -fi.hf.ar me o'er the stream!
FT!*- 1 wti" ? - ..
uwmk m Jt was a 'viatie clieoyjes;
othors, too. were weeping?
One had a procious wife,
A son and other childron.
Ho loved more than his life;
And others carried bags of gold.
Their forms all bending low,
T^k8 rr?iflrhted Tith ,lfo'8 treasures.
That they could not cross, you know.
Dot I ran and called tho anirel:
' Please help me o'er tho stream!"
For I heard the waves now lashing.
B?* AQd 0011'1 see death's water's gleam.
SBilSt' "eangel backward:
Mfcw> o W.kjr laggest thou I prayy ?
"JLV?*?11 ,,,ot ho*r order *
% * *ofall I** today r>
Then gave ha me my pa^kort.
So^vury givat-\in^tteSb
trom mv dream.
I vebeen thinking o'ei* this matter, wife
Since the dawning of the day
You soe our forms are bending'
And our locks are gettiag gray.
uur roet aro sore and heavy, dear,
And our eyes urc getting dim,
Elut, as we totter down life's pathway
We will put our trust in Him;
We'll net falter at denth's waters.
We'll not trouble at their gleam.
For Ood will send an angel.
To bear us e'er tho stream!
?Dy Prof. W. C. Hatley.
TORPEDOES AND~
TORPEDO WARFARE.
The Confederates the First to Use
Submarine Torpedoes During:
the American Civil War.
The brilliant successes of the Japanese
navy in the present war have
been due principally to the efficient
use of one of the best torpedo flotillas
that has ever been con?tructed.
Such a series of successful attacks by
the little boats of a little empire upon
the giant battleships of an enormous
empire has aroused the interest of
the world in the mechanism and operation
of the engines of war, by
which so great destruction has been
niuu^ui, m
The automobile torpedo, which in
its action upon the greatest war ves
eels, has been compared to the stone
and sling of David, is no simple device.
It is the product of tho inventive
genius of many minds, study-,
ing and experiment in different countries
for more than a hundred years.
It remained for the Japanese, however,
to demonstrate in actual warfare,
the terrible efficiency of the torpedo
inventions, which have been designed
and constructed by other nations,
and the latest type of which
has been libernllv nrilorp<t Kr
J ?Viae
Japanese Government in the formation
of her present splendid navy.
Although torpedo-boat service is
the most dangerous and discomforting
of all naval assignments,/yet
such is the unrivalled effectiveness of
the work of automobile torpedoes,
that some of the highest officers of
the Japanese navy begged for com
mands in the torpedo flotilla.
The destruction of Russian war- i
ships by'the Japanese torpedo boats,
which was tko beginning of the war, '
tad which apparently culminated in
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ATTENTION J
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ranking nature en- t
ves our best atten- <
lad to have a share (
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the terrible disaster to the Fctropav- i
losvk, April 13, was not the result
of accident, and was not due to ex- '
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ceptionai skiii on tno pare 01 rneuap
anese naval officers, but was due
mainly to the high efficiency to
which this branch of naval service
has been brought by civilized nations.
But it is true that the Japanese
probably more fully appreciated the
value and advantage of this branch
of the service than any other nation.
In order to be a competent torpedo
warsman, it is necessary to be possessed
of a peculiar dare-devil dispo
sition. and ono must be so constituted
as to find comfort in a very strenuous
life, and one fraught with many
hard knocks. The torpedo-boat
warrior is exposed to the buffetting
c Ji. | | *- bis little craft is tossed
S /elements,?X kuilt
about like an
for speed; and as it is propelled
through the water by its powerful
engines at a railroad pace, cutting
clean through the mountainous seas,
the crew is subjected to a variety of
experiences quite inapprehensible
- the s^Tlias b?en obtained bv
the ocean on a great liner.
The torpedo warsman must be
abrosid in tV?? .L
... .uv uigut uiiu I lie BlOfUl,
for such is the best time to steal unaware
upon souie giant battleship of
the enemy and sink her. But there
are two sources of weakness in his
system which serve to betray him to
the enemy. The first is the terrible
searchlight of the enemy, and the
second is the glow of his own funnels
venting the great furnaces unde. his
boilers.
Since the duration of exposure to
the enemy's fire is inversely as the
speed of the tc bedo boat in approaching
the ship to le attacked, and since
the liability of oeing hit ait any moment
is also lessened by rapidity of
motion, it is evident that the tor ed?>
boat must seek safety ir. the g'-eatett
possible speed, and/-must take i s
chances in running the gantlet of the
enemy's fire in order to get within
range and launch its torpedoes.
The instant the torpedo boat is
giirhtpd Kw ?
0 n unvucniii]), n is met
| with a perfect hailstorm of missiles of
all sizes, which makes the water
fairly boil about it- Just as the
modern soldier, who no iong?r wears
armored protection, must trust to i
chance in charging through a zone of .
exposure, so must the torpedo boat ]
trust to chance, for it is not built to i
offer any resistance whatever tn -
the smallest shot. 1
The question naturally arises?is !
not the torpedo boat subjected to far t
greater ri*k than the battleship, and \
is it not much more likely to be de- ! <
stroyed, with the loss l^\ on board, ! 1
than the larger and more substantial <
battleship and cruiser? The answer , t
is, certainly tho risk is considerably $
greater to the torpedo boat, but tho i
battleship costs six millions of dollars t
and may have a thousand men on t
board, while tho torpedo boat may j I
not cost more than one fiftieth as ' p
much and not have one fiftieth part j t
as many men on board. In other ! c
Words, fifty torpedo boats may bo r
built and manned at no greater ex- n
pqnse than a single battleship. Con- o
equently, fifty torpedo boats may be. n
lestroycd, with the loss of all on f
ward, in order to sink a single bat" C
leship, and the loss be equal to both 8
lides while if two battle ships can be o
mnk, by the sacrifice of fifty torpe- t
lo boats, the torpedo flotilla has won v
t decided victory. As a matter oi a
"act, it is probable that in actual v
warfare not more than ten torpedo c
Iroats. on the average, would be de- r
itroyed by battleships for every bat- i
tleship sunk by them. This moans I
that the present torpedo system is j
Sve times a9 efficient as the battle- i
ship. 1
Hundreds of torpedo brats have t
been constructed for the navies of 1
Europe. The danger from these 1
little hornets of the sea was so evi- i
dent that torpedo boats of a larger i
size were built especially to destroy i
the smaller ones of the enemy, i
These larger boats are called torpe- i
do boat catchers or torpedo-boat de- i
stroyers. They are provided with i
much more poweiful engines, and
are made to travel at considerably
greater speed, while thov carry a
powerful armament of quick-firiDg
guns.
J>uring the American Civil War,
submarine torpedoes were extensively
used by the Confederates, and for
the first time in history became an
actual factor in war. Seven Uni^n
ironclads, thirteen wooden war vesII
9rn\" transports were
ry. he said, beginning tdVu? ,
silst0anaei;?J " y?U have nny facts
anu DOV<?"' n*iU _n|<l us in t
destroyed by torpedoes, and eigh^
other vessels more or less injured.
The Confederates lost four vessels by
their own mines, and the Albemarle,
a fine ironclad, by the dariDg exploit
published shortly after the" adoption
of torpedoes by European nations.
A few years later, Captain White
head, of the Austrian navy, invented
tnc automobile torpedo, which ha*
since been adopted by the principle
maritime nations of the world. I
England was early to recognize the
tremendous advantage of this invention,
and purchased the right to use
it in 1871.
THE D. A. R. CONGRESS.
The Meeting: of the Continental
Congrress of the Daughters of
Revolution was Most
Delightful.
Contrary to some reports the meeting
of the Continental Congress of
the Daughters of the Revolution in
Washington last week was most
lovely ?nd delightful, no fighting nor
wrangling of any kind having taken
place. So much can not be promised
at the next meeting, for another
year will bring on the election of the
president general, when as is usual
at the election of some other kinds of
presidents, excitement is apt to run i
high. Only by attending the Con- i
tinental Oongresa of the Daughters
of the American Revolution can one 1
gain an idea of the grandeur of this j
r\a f wmfiA a-'I ^ *
|,Uv.iubiu uiucr wmcn now has 42,000 j
members, among whom are many 1
women of great culture, representing t
the finest families of this country. ?
[t is the greatest woman's organiza- (
don in the world, the only one that ]
icts in connection with the national t
jongre^s, also the only one in the c
United States that has a government t
tharter. The Daughters are won- c
lerful workers. They have paid a
$50,000 for one of the choicest sites b
n Washington on which to build ?
heir Memorial Hall, and have in c
>ank $135,000 toward building the ft
tall which will cost $350,000. The e
government has exempted it firom h
axes. The yearly expenses of the c
organization are $27,000, and they e
eceive $42,000, which gives them a f,
dee sum to put by annually. One h
doming at the congress last week a
honey was tO 1)0 raised tor wopie purpose,
and in cash and ptedgfcs,
>00 was collected, a proof thlt Vntb
ueh spirit there i? no-Anger of the
rder coming to.grief. '!%fce D.aaghrs
arc doing ,a. gfeat; educational
eork, and acre makktg testory r'ght
rorkers is tfrfrs McGhee, a daughter
f Prof N^ifc^pnl^*bationnl astroncner
at Wanjngtoq, ^whhse great
fork in taking8g^'*^mber9 of
Vmerican f^ar Wilt he remembered,
a doing a j Hiio -o* in tbe^Orienf,
laving takjfcn mar>y nurses with her
o the East. , For some time the
Daughters hage -had a movement on
bot to prb^e'df^le desecration of the
lag and the legislatures of many
itates have paBsed a law prohibiting
t. During the discussion oi the
tubject last week some lively little
ikirmishea took place, arousing much
laughter. Eight hundred delegates
and hundreds of^Visiting Daughters
attended the congress. South Carolina
had abtrat twenty^felegstes, and
a large number of visiting Daughters.
IIer delegates, among whom were
Mrs Sara. A. Hiehardson, Stat<
regent; M|m. Frances M. Jones, Mrs
VV. Moultrie .Goujdin, Mra. M. W
P.nlaman Hiivnn Mra RmKm
wore said'" the handsopoeSbj^
the
congpees.^RfMiw Jufia
$gu
r o were to have n voiced?
' beauty
atcr>^^|^M||^^^|
'cornerstone of tn^ "Memorial Ha
which was lain y . Masonic honoi
and imposing ceremonies.
"AMERICA'S GREAT
DRESS PARADE.
Rich Gowns and Fashionable Hal
Hake the Big Auditorium a
Scene of Gorgeous Coloring
and Beauty.
A Washington correspondent sayt
The thirteenth annual conventioi
of the continental congress of th
American Revolution has filled th
city with thousands of well-dresse<
and intelligent-looking women fron
every state and territory in the union
The busy opening day of the congress
was followed by a brilliant
social function, when Mrs. Chariot
W. Fairbanks, president general oi
.1 - un ?
me \uaugnters, standing beneatb
the graceful folds of a huge American
flag artistically draped along the
main floor in the Corcoran Art Gal?
lery, received the 6,000 members of
that organization. The congress is
being hold in the largest theater in
the city, which is packed from pit
to dome in all its meetings.
Flags festoon the walls and flowers
beautify the stage, and the attendince
is much larger than in any
previous year, ltich gowns and
ashionable hats make the big audiorium
a scene of gorgeous coloring
ind beauty. The organization is
sailed by outsiders the great Dress
?arade of America. The boxes of
he theater are occupied by past
tfficers of the order, honorary tjim
ere and other distinguished guests,
oany of whom add to the general
rtistic effect by wearing corsage
touquets or carrying bunches of cut
lowers. Tuesday afternoon the
orner stone for the new $400,000
demorial Continental Hall to be
rected by the national society, was
lid with elaborate and impressivo
eremonies. A large'nutnber of social
ntertainments has been arranged
)r the Daughters during their visit
ere, which will crown every avail*
ble moment,
4
F>X Farr, President.
THI
Merchants and Planl
Is not quite (?) the largest Bank on ca
at the *'Old ttand" successfully, as
thirty-two years.
It, ia the OLDEST tunk in Ur
It ia (be only NATIONAL b?
It has a capital and surplus of
It payi FOUE per cent, latere
It bas Mid dividends amountir
It bas Burglar-proof vault,, anc
It is the otiiy Bank in Union in
It pays more taxes tban ALL 1
We solicit your business, howev
the courtesies that are usually extern
conducted Bank. .
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CUPID S CURFEW.
Court Rules that Youn^r Men Must J
From time immemorial the ques- i
tion of how tae a young man might ,
with proprietjraod safety stay at the (
house of his sweetheart when calling j
on her has been relegated to the j
parties interested with occasional ]
participation in the case by the family ;
iratch^?l^^^te law, howoye^. has 1
never until ne#*ven tured to take a
, hand in the settlement of such nice
| 9f courte, thaV a mau s
* I to t*m? ^ ^ear
I lightlyconduct of an irate
* |whom he^regarded
^adge'10 ^ ^ow? *
y<^u8 woman of the
her fj^bar bel^td
'' ^Jiu' love, and ot^ne
jj by7 no meanf utn^0 wound his o^in
Pg in the course of tr*k- keen eyed man
. * . | . , years, who tells e
occasion at least h jllg protiUCff bUt ?n.
by force in a way CL .He has ch^jysical
feelings and to inflict great
II mental suffering upon his lady love.
Whereupon this aggressive young
? woman haled her father to court of a
complaint of assault, and the case
was heard in ull its fullness, and at
the close the presiding justice ruled
that "eleven o'clock at night is long
q enough for any beau to stAy with his
e sweetheart." Reports of the case
e thus far in hand are deplorably de>
I ficient. It doe9 not appear whether
^ the St. Louis gallant is by his ruling
given license to call until eleven
o'clock, or is still subject to the des?.
? potic rule of the father, who retains
} the veto power. Presumably the
p court holds this issue in reserve, and
( the assumption is that every man
! calls on his beloved at his own risk, '
, and has absolutely no rights in the '
premises after 11.. Of course the St. 1
Louis court's decision does not of 1
itself effect the suitors of other cities. 4
But the precedent laid down by it '
will undoubtedly have an effect upon 6
parents everywhere the news is car- I
ried. It would not be surprising (
to find a conceited movement in c
progress at the instance of the Amal- *
gamated Fathers of Pretty Girls to ?
secure the enactment of curfew laws b
covering this particular point. Nor v
would it be wonderful if some genius, D
inspired by this decision, were to in- b
vent an automatic ejector on the 8
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uiurm ciock principle.
DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN.
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Condensed Milk Discovered in New
Orleans in 1854. (l
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<4How and when was condensed s?
milk discovered?" said D. H. Miedell. a
"Well, that is an easy question, ii
known to all vendors of the article, n:
"It chanced that in 1854 the
journey from New Orleans to to New ai
York was a considerable trip. A w
certain lady, Mrs. Albert Cashingor, tl
had a sick baby, and on account of
that condensed milk was discovered, si
J. D. Arthur, Cashier.
E
:ers National Bank
rth, bat it continues to do business
i it has been doing for the
liOD,
nk in Union,
$100,000, - r
at on deposits,
iff to $196,800, *
I Safe with Time-lock,
apected by an Officer,
he Banks in Union combined. >
er large or small, promising all
led by an obliging and carefully .
"Mrs. Cashingor's b*by was so'ill
hat she realized that it would be
iecesSary to make a trip to New
Sfpth to receive expert medical attentifjn,
if she hoped to save the ,
child's life. But to travel that long ^
iistance the child had to have milk<
ffinrVouldq't keep fresh more than . ^
% few hours. So the$ee^e was, kepV * '* ?
back from making -thd trip merelybecause
she could~ not supply the
child with milk. > ' ->
"In her despair she began .to ex- ^
periment to see if sh? could not preserve
milk the same as she did jelly
or anything else. She tried several
t r.r- a ' "T'f >5 >ty.'
different methods and fin al ly hit ^pon
a plan which seemed to give satisfaction.
So she preserved several big
jars of the stuff, and made the trip.
The child fed upo^. the iSJik and
was nourished, . *
"In New York several tnep learned
of hot discovery. They Cried to
make some of the condensed milk in
the manner that the hal told them
but failed* ^hey Allowed her to
^w Orleansthere eh- >ittingly
unTblded her vilf ^
On the Island .ofion ?uveu to Gobi
??^ >s?r- - -the
?- ' ^
o, Dr. Aley j? Galveston these " ^
n. . ?* small factory and there '
ya .iilit salable condensed milk was
made.
*'The woman died poor. The
manufacturers made a fortune. Now
condensed milk is sold in every part
of the world."
I A'TREASURE SHIP.
Gold Shipped in Bars, Packed In
Kegs, Making Total Weight Fifteen
Tons?Largest Amount Allowed
By Insurance Companies.
New York, Special. Captain
Kidd and his trusty crew of bucoaneflro
wrrnlrl K? ? *'"
?v..v. uo ^iceu witn envy if
they know of the treasure ship th&t
sailed for Europe on April the 2CtEk.
The north German Lloyd steamship,
Kaiser Wilhelm die Grosse loaves
with $6,600,000 in yellow gold f located
below her decks. The trdasuYO
hoard is believed to be the first payment
of $50,000,000 to France for
the Panama canal, and it is the larg381
shipment made in the last 80
pears. More gold would have been
tent, but the amount was up tp the
imit permitted by the insurance
:ompanies for one shipment. The
:ost ot insuring the gold is between
ive and six cents net on the hundred >
lollars. The gold shipped was ip I
tars packed in kegs, and the total
weight of metal was fifteen tons. If
nade into double eagles there would
e three hundred and thirty thousand
eparate coins. 0"
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Magistrate Kills Lawyer.
Monday morning in the town of
lannitig, S.'M. Youmans, a magisi
rate of that place, shot an 1 killed
Ir. John R. Keels, a lawyer of thp
imo town. The killing took nlacn
? f ?
t the court house steps. Court was *
1 session. The trouble was about a
inle.
Several witnesses saw the killing,
mong them clerk of court TimmoDS,
ho saw Keels strike Youmans and
ten Youmans commenced firing.
Youmans gave himself up to the
lerift and is now in jail.