Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BIG GUN CHARGES Handling Shells and Powder at a Naval Ammunition Base. SAFETY FIRST IS THE RULE. All Workman" on lona Island, Uncle Sam's Station In the Hudson River, Wear White Serge Suits and Moooasins, and Copper Tools Are Used. lona Island, the United States naval ammunition base In the Hudson river, covers 11G acres. Within its limits are stored ubout 3,000,000 pounds of smokeless powder and over 1,000,000 pounds of black powder, besides many thousands of shells. This war material is kept in large brick and stone powder magazines and shell houses. The powder magazines all have four separate fireproof walls and are divided up into compartments in order to prevent a fire or an explosion from reuehiug or destroying the entire contents. The loaded shells are kept separately from the empty projectiles and are stored in two tixed ammunition ui<i?<i*iuva. n.iteu sneii is welgUcd ami numbered before being put away. The weight is recorded in chalk on the shell. Magazine attendants inspect the shell houses and powder magazines many times during the day and night At night each visit Is recorded on the disk of the magnetic clock In the administration building. The temperature in the shell houses and powder magazines is kept between 85 and 90 degrees. Just how many shells for the big battleships arc stored away at Iona island is a secret, but there are lots of them. They are expensive. Thus the fourteen inch shells, weighing 1,600 pounds and requiring a charge of nearly 400 pounds of powder, cost about $600 each. One of the principal activities at lona island is the manipulation of smokeless powder for charges for the large and small guns of the navy and of black powder for bursting charges for the shells. The powder filling houses are situated at widely separated points. They are small one story wooden structures. Isolated owing to the possibility of an explosion. The men working in them are required to wear white serge 6ults and moccasins; no metal or other articles are allowed In tbelr pockets which might In any way cause a spark. All the tools, funnels, measuring cups, scales and other appliances used are made of copper. Here the delicate and somewhat dangerous business of weighing out the various smokeless powder charges is carried on. The weighing has to be done very carefully. At the Indian Head proving grounds the naval ordnance experts by tests determine the powder charges best adapted for the various guns, and at the annual target practice the results as to range and velocities of the various charges are recorded. Then slight changes In the composition of the powder lead to cbunges in the weight of the charges. Each morning the day's supply of powder Is brought from the magazine to the tilling houses In lead colored wooden boxes. These are zinc lined and air tight- The boxes of powder are emptied into a long wooden trough and with a copper scoop the powder Is dipped out, accurately weighed and tied up In quarter, half and full charges In bags of white muslin. TllA&u IhiiN horn onvni?ol wMa ' .itt ? v ov- (vuu wiut: Du ctiujera for fastening them, and each Is tagged with the date of filling and the amount of powder it contains. A small Ignition charge of quick burning black powder, to set off the smokeless, is stowed in the bottom of each bag. The bags are then placed In large copper cans nnd returned to the magazines, where they are held in readiness to go aboard the ships. The big charges of 400 pounds for the fourteen inch guns axe arranged in four charges of 100 pounds each. The bags when piled on top of one another reach to the top of a man's head and present a formidable sight of bottled up destruction. One of the important operations performed in the magazine houses is loading the projectiles with their bursting charge. For the fourteen inch shells fifty pounds of black powder is used and about thirty pounds for twelve inch shells. To hold the Rhell steady and to get at the buse of these huge steel missiles?some of them weighing pounds?they are roped In a sling and hoisted clear of the floor by a pulley and chain. The point Is then lowered a foot or so into a stoat wooden frame with an opening a trifle larger than the shell. Then a long narrow bag is inserted in the shell cavity and the measured amount of black powder is poured through a funnel into the shell. Some fifty of these huge projectiles can be loaded in a day. Several of the smaller filling houses are used to assemble the cartridge cases and the bursting charges of the three-inch rapid tire shells.?New York Sun. A Hardened Criminal. Mrs. Gotrox?You have shadowed my hnsband for two weeks. Did he do anything wrong? Society Detective? ...-.I n- ?""* - iivuh, nimiii>11; at) ni? peas wun a spoon, pie with a knife and drank coffee from the sancer. I will spare yon further angulRh by not mentioning bis clothes.?Chicago News. Joy is the ray of snnshlne that hrichtens and opens those two beautiful flowers?Confidence and Hope.? E Sonvestre. THE BELL AT LLOYD'S. Tolls Whsn a Ship Is Posted In ths Cham bar of Horrors. One of the most Interesting of bells Is the one at Lloyd's, the great London marine Insurance exchange. Its ringing has more significance than the sound of most bells, for It Is rung only when a vessel Is reported lost or when a ship long overdue and considered lost unexpectedly reaches port The bell now used at Lloyd's belone ed to the Lutine. which was wrecked near the Ziiyder Zee In October. 1799, while taking specie from Engllsh-uierchants to Hamburg. There 19 a room at Lloyd's known as the chamber of horrors, and here are posted the telegrams that report casualties at sea. Unimportant accidents are not entered In the loss book, but the most serious are not only entered there, but are cried aloud by an official who stands In gorgeous uniform beneath the sounding board. When after a week's disappearance It Is feared that a vessel has gone down the owners make an application to the committee at Lloyd's to have the ship posted. That is done by posting up a notice in the chamber of horrors which says that the authorities would be glad of Information concerning the boat. A week elapses, and then a second notice is put up, saying that the boat has not since been heard of. When you read that a ship has been "posted" as missing you may know that declaration Is upon the notice board at Lloyd's. On that day the insurance money is payable, and all who were upon her are legally considered dead. When a ship is posted the old Lutine bell is tolled once. In the very unusual event of a vessel arriving in port after being posted the bell Is struck twice, and the caller makes his announcement from the rostrum amid a breathless silence.?Youth's Companion. WOMAN IN HISTORY. 8h* Appear* to Have Got Herself on a Good Many Pages. Some advocates of equal suffrage and feminine progress seem to think that woman has not been given her proper place and due credit in history. And yet. don't you know, we had not observed the historic discrimination against woman! On the contrary, the place of woman in history has looked pretty good to us. What about Joan of Arc? And Charlotte Corday? And Rebecca the Jewess? Anything namby pamby in them? Who said Martha Washington and Florence Nightingale? Then there are ?don't let everybody speak at once? Ruth and Rachel and Potlphar's wife, not to mention Lot's. You bet Caudle had no contempt for Mrs. Caudle, nor Mantalinl for the ma da me. We need not go so far back as Cleopatra and Aspasla except to remark that in their day they cut a rather wide swath around Alexandria and Athens, and appear no small bunch of radishes on both the dramatic stage and the historic page. Moll Pitcher was a bummer In American history and Sal Jennings a loller in English history; Meg Merrilles wus no slouch. Does Catharine of Russia count for nothing, nor Maria Theresa of Austria, nor Elizabeth aud Victoria of Britain, among feminine sovereigns? Gracious, here come trooping in at the door, their bright eyes shining and their rosy cheeks glowing, Jessie Brown of Lucknow nnd Jennie Deans of Midlothian, and Ethel Newcome and Lucy Eontain nnd Florence Dombey, God bless their sweet souls, each and every onel?Louisville Courier Journal. Protect the House Wren. The rich, bubbling song of the house wren is one of the sweetest sounds in country life. It behooves the farmer's bov to provide wren boxes, the entrances to which are about an inch In diameter, nuiling these in the gables of barns nnd outhouses and orell'ird t rppu i Irocchnnnneo ? vnuoouvp)iCiO| UtXUt>)| caterpillars, bugs and spiders are the bird's principal items of food, but cutworms. weevils, ticks and plant lice are eaten in large quantities. Exaggerated Evils of Insomnia. Of the five minor exciting causes of functional nerve disease Insomnia is the chief, and its intrinsic evil effect is invariably exaggerated by the Importance attached to it by the sufferer himself. If a man does not mind lying awake quite half the mischief is obviated, but in nervous people the idea of fatigue doubles the actual exhaustion.?Schofleld's "Functional Nerve Diseases." Ground Flat. An old couple from the country were in town on a holiday, and on going along one of the streets they saw above one of the stair doors "James Simpson, Ground Flat" when the old woman wns heard to remark: "81c a death. Surely he's been run oor wl' a steam roller."?London Mall. Making 8ur?. "How shall I express my sentiments toward yon?" said the infatuated young man tenderly. "On paper, please," said the lovely, but clear sighted, girt "Then there can be no chance of your wriggling ont of it."?London Telegraph. < Whore They Differed. "I always try to look at everything < from both sides." ] "Yonr wife tells a different story." i "How's that?" "She says yon haven't seen the Inside of a church for years."?Chicago < Herald. I FIREFLIES IN JAPAN. Catching Them For Dooorotlvo Purposes Is a Regular Trade. In Japan there is followed the pretty custom of employing In garden parties and in various other social functions the native fireflies for purposes of decorative illumination, in some cases these tiny creatures are disposed about in cages; sometimes they are released in 8 warms in the presence of guests. To meet the demand for fireflies thus used it follows that there must be some systematic method of effecting their capture in sulUcicnt quantities. There are a number of concerns in the Japanese cities that employ men to catch the fireflies. These hunters proceed about their task in this way: The start is made ut sunset, and the hunter takes with him a long bamboo pole and a bag of mosquito nettlDg. When a suitable growth of willows near water is reached the hunter makes ready tils net and strikes the branches., filled with the insects, with his pole.) This jars them to the ground, where] they may easily be gathered if ondj proceed nuout me job quickly berorel they huvt had tiiue to recover and tlyl away. The skilled hunter, sparlug no time^ to put thcai at once into his bag, uses both hands to pick them up, and he tosses them lightly Into his apron, where he holds them unharmed untlC it can contain no more. Then be trans-I fers them to his bag. fl This work proceeds until about 2 o'clock in the morning, at which hour the Insects are beginning to leave the trees for the dewy soli. Then the. hunter changes his tactics. He brushes the surface of the ground with a light broom to startle the Insects into flight, when they are taken as before. It is said that an expert may capture as many as 3,000 In a single night?Washington Star. STICKY FEET OF THE FLY. Why the Germ Laden Peet Constantly Rubs and Brushes Thsm. Before the men of science terrified the world with their talk of germs most people thought that the housefly was a harmless creature and very cleanly In his habits, since he seemed to spend a great part of his time in cleaning his legs, but since public opinion hns turned against him some explanation hns to be found for his apparent cleanliness. Says the BibUothek der Unterhaltung und dee Wissens: "The fact that a fly can walk on a glazed or slippery perpendicular surface has long been a matter of observation. It was at first thought that the fine hairs that cover his legs were so small that they could enter the pores or the smoothest surface and In that way bear the weight of his body. Later It was thought that a sticky fluid was secreted by the feefc caused them fib adhefe sllgh^va^Mfi wall. The advent of the microscope has made it possible to observe the precise facts about the fly's unhsual powers. "It is true that the fly's feet secrete a kind of gTease, but not In a liquid form. Each leg has from 1,000 to 2,000 minute hairs, and each hair carries a certain amount of this fat. When the fly lights on a smooth surface the whole mass of hairs adheres to it. and each individual hair can be seen under the microscope to leave a distinct grease spot, which has a little circular mark in its center made by the hair itself. "With such sticky feet it is naturally the case that the fly collects a good deal of dust in the course of his dally perambulntions. If he wishes to walk on glass or upside down on the ceiling he must spend a few hours every day keeping his feet clean of this coating of dirt." Spoiled Hie Chance. "Why don't you propose to that girl7 You like her, and I'm sure sho would have you." "All true, but there Is an Insuperable obstacle between us." "All family or religions objections can be overcome." "Nothing like thut. 1 got a little too gay when I llrst met her and told her I was getting $50 a week whereas 1 am getting only $25."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Mozart's Delusion. During the last months of his life Mozart Imagined a man stood always by bim to compel him to compose his own requiem. Mozart played his harpsichord when three years of age, at the age of five composed concertos and at six made a concert tour In Vienna. Extremely nervous, the musician was so weak that at times he would faint without any apparent cause. ?Mew York Telegram. Better Than That. "Girls ought to be taught how to stnnd and hold themselves. I suppose, Mrs. Comeup, you want your daughter to have a good carriage?" imiiTu, sne uon i neou none. We cnn Afford to bay her an automobile now."?Baltimore American. Easily Rsmsdisd. Creditor?Still no money? Leok here, I'm inlgbty tired of this everlasting waiting. Debtor?Tired? John, fetch n chair for the gentleman.?Fllegende Blatter. Thay Brush ths Clouds. Mr. Foggy London?What causes the lellghtfully clear weather you have In New York? Mr. Man Hattan?Skyicrapers, dear boy.?Life. Labor relieves as from three great ?vlls?-ennui, vice and want*?French Proverb. / y IMMIGRATION A FEATURE | OF THE EUROPEAN WAR Problem For Smith?South Carolina Senator as Committee Chairman Moat Wrestle with Subject. Washington, Aug. 23.?Undoubtedly the most important lasting feature, so far as the Aemerican side of the European war is concerned, after the Eresent agitation over cotton and the igh price of foodstuffs has passed away, is the question* of immigration ?what to do with the thousands upon thousands of immigrants who will be knocking a*; tin doors of the Unit ed States for admission after they have been mustered out of the armies of their respective countries. And just here it will be upon the shoulders of Senator E'. D. Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the senate committee on immigration, that will rest the welfare of th-? lairing man i:i the United States?the man in the cotton 1 mill, the iron furnace, the railroad camp, the clothing factory?in fact jlwherever the laboring man is to be [/found. 1 U is no small task that Senator ISmith will face. It must be remcm. bered that there are many thousands of men in foreign countries who will be ruined by the war. Many of these will have whatever business they may be engaged in entirely wrecked and others, mustered out of their armies, will turn to the western world as the -Kld9rado?the land of peace, harnu?y and plenty. When Commissioner Caminetti of the United States immigration bureau was asked today to make an estimate on the number of men who would likely seek immigration to the United States within the next 12 months, he said that such a thing would be impossible, but that it might safely be assumed that within the very near future this country would see the largest tide of immigration wnich the world has ever known There will be thousands of them cominy this way he said, seekinp employment of one kind and another, in the mills and workshops, and it will be up to congress to handle the situation in such a way that no hardship will be worked on good men who wish to come to America, and at the same time see to it that American labor does not suffer. A big influx of for eigners here, he said, would naturally mean low prices for American workmen, and it is to be hoped that the immigration committees of the house and senate will take care of the situation, it being a most precarious one for American labor. It will thus be seen that during the next year or two if Senator Smith is returned to congress there will be much for him to do, not only for the farmers but for every class of labor. In fact, the very life blood of labor depends upon congressional action, and with Senator Smith holding the chairmanship of the committee already referred to, the interests of the laboring man will be safe. Should he ^ retired and another man placed raRBtrhead of this committee?-a new Utn? there is no telling what may happen and to what extent immigrants will be admitted to the United States, thus reducing the price of American labor as the result. State of South Carolina?County of Union?Court 6f Probate. [Inn W W T...1? *-*J **VII. IT . f? . UVIIIIC3VI1| UUU^C U1 Probate. Whereas, J A. Wilburn has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the estate and effects of Giles West, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred und creditors of the said Giles West, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union, C. H., Soutn Carolina, on the 5th day of September, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of August, A. D., 1914. W. W. Johnson, Probate Judge. Published on the 21st day of August, 1914, in The Union Times., 32 2 There's nothing so gloriously uncertain as a sure things Only Ono "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call lor lull name. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look lor algnature ol B. W. GROVE. Curea a Cold in One Day. Stop# cough and headache, and works off -old. 25c. Wake up your liver. A lazy liver brings on the worst of diseases. Take LIV-ER-LAX now. Glymph's Pharmacy. The man who gets the most of it seldom gets the best of it. LIV-ER-LAX tones up the system. Stimulates the liver to work in harmony with the other organs. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Glymph's pharmacy. Charlotte, N. C.f Aug. 17.?L. N. Case and Mr. Davenport, piano dealers living at Spartanburg, S. C., were instantly killed at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon at a grade crossing at Kings Mountain, 30 miles south of Charlotte, when their automobile was atruck by a Southern passenger train. The bodies werte horribly mangled. LIV-ER-LAX is guaranteed to relieve troubles resulting from a disordered liver. Pleasant to take and perfectly harmless. Glymph's Pharmacy. Plies Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 60c. No. Six-Sixty-Six Tbig is aprescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVLR. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c Phc^e^^ wants to Shop By Telephone It's Convenient, Quick and Satisfi Your telephone or< will receive as care attention as if you co yourself, whether it'i dozen eggs, pound cheese or a package soda. Here's a List ot Today's Telepii SPECIALS Fresh by express toda; Stone's Wrapped Cake Better than you can m; Cheaper than you can Six varieties 10 cents e SANDERS BR( PHONE 237. Welch's The National 1 here. Buy the Cas Tplpnhnr < 50c per Mo If there is no t< farm write for o telling how you n small cost. v. Add FARMERS' LINE SOUTHERN BELL T1 AND TELEGRAPH I 8. PRYOR STREET SPECIAL 10 DAY TICKETS TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH And Return Via U. & G. S. and S. A. L. Railway. The IJninn At Olenn Snrinno P I? Co. announce that beginning June 4th up to and including Sept. 10th, they will have on sale a special ten day ticket from Union to Wilmington, N. C. or Wrightsville Beach at the very low rate of $7.50 for the round trip. This ticket on sale on Thursdays of each week, with final limit returning to reach original starting point before midnight of second Monday following day of sale. Passengers wishing to may have limit extended until Oct 31st, 1914, upon payment of difference between price paid and the regular Summer Excursion fare to Wrightsville, this extension feature to be arranged with Ticket Agent, S. A. L. Ry. at Wilmington. For further information, Schedules, etc., phone 182. C. L. McEachern Agent. Some genius may yet be able to make breakfast food of wild oats. A woman seldom nags her husband unless he is that kind of husband. Two women can get along well together if they hate the same people. How To Olve Quinine To Children. FKBRILINB is the trade-mark name given to an improved Quinine. It UaTaateleM Syrup, plea* am 10 uxe ana ao?a not aisturo tne stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time yon need Quinine lor any purpose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The name PgBIUDINH is blown In bottle. 25 cents. Some things come to those who wait, but especially if they are not vaccinated. Whenever You Need a Cleneral Tonic Take drove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUI N IN E snd IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives oat Malaria, Enriches the Blood snd Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. of les >n Farms ^ ? f WT run ana up elephone on your ur free, booklet aay get service at * . \ rest DEPARTMENT ELEPHONE rnuPAiuv n n ?.... ATLANTA, GA. Dr. Virgil R. Hawkins DENTIST OFFICE OVER MUTUAL | T?j^- Q p DRY GOODS COMPANY UI1IUII, O. \J? SPECIAL NOTICE All goods not called for in 30 days will be sold for repairs. W. Newell Smith Auto Co.tf Union, S. C. ISEN^O^RE^TuIlo^ircuUr* Fashion Plate No. 1, copyrighted, I ud the Famous 90 Days Treatment and I McKISSICK'S METHOD of treating the Scalp, Hair and Skin with No. I 1. 2 A 3 Preparations I W. T. McKISSICK A CO- | P. O. Boa 102. Wnmlnstan. DoL M CHICHESTER S PILLS MUQA Ftl'U la Bc4~*nd Uiu mMUteVV/ CV -?boxen. m>M with Blue Ribbon. W lf? B yennknownuBest.S>fact./]w?f?Reltal>le SOiP BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Fishing, Boating, Bathing. Spend ten days at Wrightsville Beach, the best beach in the South. Ten day tickets on sale each Thursday. $7.50 round trip via U. & G. S. and S. A. L. Phone 182. tf C. L. McEachem, Agent. Among the poor ways of making one's mark in the world is painting the town red.